CAN-BOX

 
CAN-BOX strictly limited 30 th Anniversary Edition is sold out.
The Can book and live double CD are available as separate items, the video will be made available later on this year.

 
Item I: Music (Live 1971-1977) Double CD
   
Item II: Book (History, Interviews, Reviews, Photos)
   
Item III: Video comprising
1. CAN-FREE-CONCERT Film by Peter Przygodda (1972)
2. CAN DOKUMENTARY with unreleased material filmed in 1988 & 1997 by DORO-Filmproduktion Vienna -Austria

 
Item I - MUSIC
(release as single item Sept. 1999)

The material for the CD : CAN - LIVE - compilation was taken from cassettes and tapes of non-professional recordings made and/or collected by Andy Hall, friend of CAN, without whose devotion this live-CD would have been impossible. Compiled by Michael Karoli & Irmin Schmidt Soundprocessing and mastering by Michael Karoli & Jono Podmore.

The tracklisting is as follows:

 
CD 1  
   
1. Jynx
    16:06 		Giessen - Universität - 14/10/75
composed by : Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt
on stage: Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt
   
2. Dizzy Dizzy
    8:02 		Brighton - Sussex University - 19/11/75
composed by : Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt
on stage: Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt
   
3. Vernal Equinox
    12:44 		Brighton - Sussex University - 19/11/75
composed by : Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt
on stage: Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt
   
4. Fizz
    6:27 		Keele - University of Keele - 2/3/77
composed by : Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Rosko Gee
on stage: Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Rosko Gee
   
5. Yoo Doo Right
    14:26 		Croydon - Greyhound - 4/5/75
composed by : Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Mooney
on stage: Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt
   
6. Cascade Waltz
    4:48 		London - Sound Circus - 23/3/77
composed by : Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt
on stage: Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Rosko Gee
   
CD 2  
   
1. Colchester Finale
    37:24 		Colchester - University Of Essex - 8/5/72
composed by : Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Suzuki
on stage: Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Suzuki
   
2. Kata Kong
    8:28 		Hatfield - Hatfield Polytechnic - 21/11/75
composed by : Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt
on stage: Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt
   
3. Spoon
    14:23 		Cologne - Sporthalle - 3/02/72
composed by : Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Suzuki
on stage: Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Suzuki

 
The tracks Jynx , Fizz , Colchester Finale and Kata Kong are "instant compositons", spontaneously created on stage and have never been released before!


Item II: Book
(as single item already available at Mediumbooks)

The book, titled Can Box: Book, was edited by Hildegard Schmidt, the band's longtime manager, and Wolf Kampmann, a prominent German journalist. Can Box: Book is a very subjective attempt at a reconstruction: a puzzle made up of interviews, analyses, articles and facts that have, until now, been known only to those close to Can.


Item III. Video
(compilation of two Videos - running time: apr. 133 min as longformvideo only in the CAN-Box)


Video 1 : CAN - DOCUMENTARY
(as single item release Sept. 1999)

compiled by Rudi Dolezal & Hannes Rossacher
produced by DoRo Production, A-1150 Vienna, Winckelmannstr.8
Editor: Sven Offen
Research: Peter Fözö

 
included songs: paperhouse
  vernal equinox
  I want more
  dizzy, dizzy
  below this level
  and more
   
included TV appearences: Old Grey Whistle Test
  Top Of The Pops
  Musik Extra 3
  Szene¹74
  and other vintage interviews and
  features on german television

 
Excerpts of the CAN Documentary “Rite Time³ 1988 filmed on location in Nice, Roussillon (France) , Cologne & NewYork by DoRo Excerpts from the official EPK “Sacrilege - the Re-Mix Album³ courtesy of MUTE Records Promo Video: WESTBAM MEETS CAN “......and more³ directed by Sandra Schmidt & Uschi Ferstl.


Video 2 : CAN-FREE-CONCERT by Peter Przygodda (51:23 min)
(as single item release Sept. 1999)

On February 3, 1972, Can held a free concert at Kölner Sporthalle in Cologne. They had just enjoyed a number one chart position in Germany with "Spoon" and more than 10,000 people attended. This concert came to be known as CAN-FREE-CONCERT, and is featured on the Can Box video.

CAN-FREE-CONCERT is made by Peter Przygodda and Robby Müller. Przygodda has edited all of Wim Wenders' films, and Müller was Wenders' cinematographer on several occasions including the film "Paris , Texas" .

 

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