Can (band)

Can ("The Can" until 1970) was an experimental rock music / Psychedelic music / Art rock / krautrock group founded in Germany in 1968. They found little success in conventional terms, but they were one of the major Krautrock bands, an "anarchist community" who have had a great influence on modern rock and electronic music.

Discography

Studio albums

• Monster Movie (Liberty, 1969)
• Soundtracks (Liberty, 1970)
• Tago Mago (United Artists, 1971)
• Ege Bamyasi (United Artists, 1972)
• Future Days (United Artists, 1973)
• Soon Over Babaluma (United Artists, 1974)
• Landed (Virgin, UK/Harvest, Ger., 1975)
• Flow Motion (Virgin, UK/Harvest, Ger., 1976)
• Saw Delight (Virgin, UK/Harvest, Ger., 1977)
• Out of Reach (Harvest, 1978)
• Can (Harvest, 1979)
• Inner Space (Peters International, 1979)
• Rite Time (Mercury, 1989)

The first seven albums are currently available as remastered SACDs.

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Singles

• "Kama Sutra"/"Null" (Music Factory, 1968)
• "She Brings The Rain"/"Deadlock" (Liberty, 1970)
• "Turtles Have Short Legs"/"Halleluwah" (Liberty, 1971)
• "Spoon"/"Shikaro Maru Ten" (United Artists, 1972)
• "Moonshake"/"Splash" (United Artists, 1973)
• "Dizzy Dizzy"/"Come Sta La Luna" (United Artists, 1974)
• "I Want More"/"..and More" (Virgin, 1976)
• "Silent Night"/"Cascade Waltz" (Virgin, 1976)
• "Don't Say No"/"Return" (Virgin, 1977)
• "Can-Can"/"Aspectacle" (Harvest, 1979)

Collection albums

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• Limited Edition (United Artists, 1974) - collection of 1968-1974 rarities
• Unlimited Edition (Virgin, UK/Harvest, Ger., 1976) - collection of 1968-1975 rarities
• Delay 1968 (Spoon, 1981) - 1968-1969 rarities and outtakes collection
• Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit, 1995) - collection of 1973-1976 recordings from BBC radio's John Peel Show
• Radio Waves (Sonic Platten, 1997) - collection of 1969-1972 live and rare recordings
• Live (Spoon, 1999) - collection of live recordings 1972-1977 (originally packaged with the Can Box cd/video/book set)

Unlimited Edition is currently available as a remastered SACD.

Related Topics:
Unlimited Edition - SACD

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Compilations

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• Opener (Sunset, 1976) - compilation from 1972-1974 album material
• Cannibalisms (United Artists, 1978) - compilation from 1969-1974 album material
• Incandenscence (Virgin, 1983) - compilation from 1969-1977 album material
• Cannibalism 2 (Spoon, 1992) - compilation from 1974-1981 album material
• Anthology (Spoon, 1993) - compilation from 1968-1991 album and soundtrack material
• Cannibalism 3 (Spoon, 1993) - compilation from 1979-1991 solo album material

Bootlegs

• Prehistoric Future, Paris 1968
• Mother Sky Berlin, Waldbühne 1971
• University Of Essex, Colchester, UK 8-5-72
• Horror Trip in the Paper House Köln 03.02.72
• Live at Paris Olympia, France 1973
• Live at Sussex University, Brighton, November 1975
• Live at Stuttgart 31.10.1975
• Live at Hannover 4.11.1976
• London und Grenoble Live 1976

Film and video

• (1972) Free Concert
• (1998) The Can Documentary
• (1999) The Can Box (Box set including Can Documentary, Free Concert, Two Live CDs and a book)
• (2004) The Can DVD (2 DVDs with CAN material and 1 Audio CD with the solo material)

Can remasters

All are re-issues of previously released Can albums (all re-released by Spoon Records).

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• Monster Movie
• Soundtracks
• Tago Mago
• Ege Bamyasi
• Future Days
• Soon Over Babaluma
• Unlimited Edition
• Landed