Kraftwerk – Kohoutek - Kometenmelodie

Full version of Kohoutek - Kometenmelodie (Version 2) clocks in at 4:49 and Is Worth Seeking out on vinyl from 1974: Various - Super Group Festival.

Probably the first track in popular music that contains a repetitive bass sequence. It starts like a regular Krautrock tune, and developes a SynthPop atmosphere. But after three minutes it turns into something that many people would call a proto-EBM track. This basic line shows you that the true inventor of Electronic Body Music was German Krautrock master Conny Plank who produced Kraftwerk, DAF, Liaisons Dangereuses and many others. He put the synthesizers (Moog, Korg etc.) in a Marshall guitar amp... and that's the sound that came out of it.

I like this version, sound has more dreaming feeling, but this single is so expensive

it was released during the RALF AND FLORIAN era
but this song song appeared later in a different way on AUTOBAHN

This one makes a pretty damn good example of an oddity, as both sides reflect work in progress - pieces in radically different form, rarely heard in the Kraftwerk catalogue, considering they always deliver a final concept-album product with most of their single releases only slightly remixed or ungratefully edited from the original album environment.

That said, "Version 1" here is only slightly deceptive, starting with the exact spooky whistling intro (as if it's the exact cut from the "Autobahn's" crossover between "Kometenmelodie" pts 1 and 2) - but suddenly the piece becomes more intriguing as it bursts into a psychedelic tune this side of Neu!. "Version 2" is way slower and is brought in a more acoustic, albeit equally edgier sound.

The baby of a single that's pushing synth buttons to great effect and in the right direction. A beautifully rough studio sketch of what would become a proper suite on the group's landmark album a year later.

still a great record, because it's the "blueprint" :-)