CAN - LIVE IN KEELE
Release Date: 22nd November 2024
Double Vinyl
Includes 4 page booklet with exclusive in depth sleeve notes by Jennifer Lucy Allan Etching on side D
The long-awaited release of a fan favourite, LIVE IN KEELE 1977, is the latest in CANâs series of live albums, released on Mute and Future Days.
LIVE IN KEELE 1977 is the newest release in a series of live albums that have been unearthed from the Spoon Records vaults and from fan recordings, then painstakingly assembled by founding member Irmin Schmidt and producer and engineer René Tinner.
This album is a dynamic document of late-period CAN. Recorded in March 1977, the core line up of Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Michael Karoli, and Holger Czukay is augmented by the addition of Rosko Gee (Traffic) on bass. Geeâs recent addition to the line-up meant that Holger Czukay was freed up from bass duties to perform âwaveform radio and spec. soundsâ, manifesting here as otherworldly sounds, samples and what one reviewer of a later show described as âmoontalk to a white continental telephone.â
1977 was a difficult period for CAN; their recently released eighth studio album, Saw Delight, had been badly received and although posterity has been kinder to the album, the reviews on release were savage. Journalist, broadcaster and author Jennifer Lucy Allanâs meticulous research of the time, place and context of the performance on the accompanying sleeve notes led her to declare of the album: âOn paper, unremarkable. In practice, a precious hunk of sonic material.â Before going on to remind us that âThe heads know â forums and published books alike agree â that â76-â77 is the best of the Can live years (Keele included). A couple of the tracks from this show have been included on fan-made âbest ofâ live bootlegs over the years. And wow, are they rightâ.
The album follows the release of CANâs LIVE IN STUTTGART 1975, LIVE IN CUXHAVEN 1976, LIVE IN BRIGHTON 1975, LIVE IN PARIS 1973, and LIVE IN ASTON 1977, which have received high praise and featured heavily in Reissues of the Year.
CANâs unprecedented and bold marriage of hypnotic grooves and avant-garde instrumental textures has made them one of the most important and innovative bands of all time, and these albums reveal a totally different perspective to the group.
Side A.
Keele 77 Eins
Keele 77 Zwei
Side B.
Keele 77 Drei
Keele 77 Vier
Side C.
Keele 77 FĂŒnf
Description
Release Date: 22nd November 2024
Double Vinyl
Includes 4 page booklet with exclusive in depth sleeve notes by Jennifer Lucy Allan Etching on side D
The long-awaited release of a fan favourite, LIVE IN KEELE 1977, is the latest in CANâs series of live albums, released on Mute and Future Days.
LIVE IN KEELE 1977 is the newest release in a series of live albums that have been unearthed from the Spoon Records vaults and from fan recordings, then painstakingly assembled by founding member Irmin Schmidt and producer and engineer René Tinner.
This album is a dynamic document of late-period CAN. Recorded in March 1977, the core line up of Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Michael Karoli, and Holger Czukay is augmented by the addition of Rosko Gee (Traffic) on bass. Geeâs recent addition to the line-up meant that Holger Czukay was freed up from bass duties to perform âwaveform radio and spec. soundsâ, manifesting here as otherworldly sounds, samples and what one reviewer of a later show described as âmoontalk to a white continental telephone.â
1977 was a difficult period for CAN; their recently released eighth studio album, Saw Delight, had been badly received and although posterity has been kinder to the album, the reviews on release were savage. Journalist, broadcaster and author Jennifer Lucy Allanâs meticulous research of the time, place and context of the performance on the accompanying sleeve notes led her to declare of the album: âOn paper, unremarkable. In practice, a precious hunk of sonic material.â Before going on to remind us that âThe heads know â forums and published books alike agree â that â76-â77 is the best of the Can live years (Keele included). A couple of the tracks from this show have been included on fan-made âbest ofâ live bootlegs over the years. And wow, are they rightâ.
The album follows the release of CANâs LIVE IN STUTTGART 1975, LIVE IN CUXHAVEN 1976, LIVE IN BRIGHTON 1975, LIVE IN PARIS 1973, and LIVE IN ASTON 1977, which have received high praise and featured heavily in Reissues of the Year.
CANâs unprecedented and bold marriage of hypnotic grooves and avant-garde instrumental textures has made them one of the most important and innovative bands of all time, and these albums reveal a totally different perspective to the group.
Side A.
Keele 77 Eins
Keele 77 Zwei
Side B.
Keele 77 Drei
Keele 77 Vier
Side C.
Keele 77 FĂŒnf
