The Lost Tapes
This compilation was curated by Irmin Schmidt and Daniel Miller, compiled by Irmin Schmidt and Jono Podmore, and edited by Jono Podmore.
This 3xCD set was distilled from 30 hours' worth of unissued material spanning the period from 1968 through 1977 by Can keyboardist Irmin Schmidt and his son-in-law and frequent collaborator Jono Podmore.
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It's about time they dug up some unreleased Can master tapes. Every other band of their stature gets this treatment three times over, with or without justification—such a collection from the Can-on is a welcome gift.
Irmin Schmidt’s sleeve notes observe: “We are very unsentimental, and not very gifted for nostalgic emotions,” in what is presumably an attempt to bolster stereotypes as well as his objective-cu
Considering the wildly different backgrounds of the players in Can, it's amazing they could all exist in the same band, let alone establish their...