Record Details

Artist:	Kraftwerk
Title:	Exceller 8 (The Best Of...)
Format:	12"Reissue
Label:	Mercury
Cat No:	6449 004
Released:	1978
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Genres:	KrautrockExperimentalAmbient
Status	Have
Added To List	18th October 2025

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1978 reissue which states "Manufactured and distributed by Polygram Inc." on labels. [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/254534]Copies made after 1978[/url] show PolyGram Distribution Inc. as distributor on labels. A1, A3, A4, B2, B3, B4: Intersong/Gema/MCPS A2, B1: Famous-Chappell Music Ltd./Gema A1, B2, B3, B4 ℗ 1972 Phonogram Holland A2, B1 ℗ 1974 Phonogram Holland A3, A4 ℗ 1973 Phonogram Holland "Ruckzuck", "Klingklang", "Vom Himmel Hoch" & "Stratovarius" from the double album "[r=50203]" that combined Kraftwerk's first two albums. "Tongbirge" & "Kristallo" from the album "[r=125205]" "Autobahn" & "Comet Melody 2" from the album "[r=15159]" A1 is misspelled "Ruckzack" on back cover and label. The opening flute-echo intro of the original album track has been cut. A2 is the heavily-edited version that was a UK top 20 hit in 1975. B1 is credited as "Comet Melody 2" on the back cover and "Comet Melody 2 (Kometenmelodie II)" on the label. It is the version released as a single in 1975, that has the original middle section edited out. B2 is an extended extract that starts 1:38 into the original track. B3 is misspelled "Vom Himmell Hoch" on the label. It is the opening and closing sections of the original, linked with a cross fade. B4 is a short extract of the final section of the original track.

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