Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie
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| "Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie 1" | ||
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| Single by Kraftwerk | ||
| B-side(s) | Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie 2 (Edit) | |
| Released | December 1973 | |
| Format | 7" vinyl | |
| Recorded | 1973 | |
| Length | 4:08 | |
| Label | Philips | |
| Writer(s) | Hütter/Schneider | |
| Producer(s) | Ralf Hütter & Florian Schneider | |
Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie is a recording by German band Kraftwerk, released in Germany in 1973.
The tracks released on the A- and B-sides of the single are in reverse order to the versions recorded for the Autobahn album some months later: on this single the fast arrangement is part one and the slower arrangement part two. Drum-machine rhythm and guitar – a similar sound to that used in the early part of "Autobahn" – are the main differences of instrumentation to the re-made album versions.
The title refers to the astronomer Luboš Kohoutek, who in March 1973 had identified a comet (C/1973 E1, also known as Comet Kohoutek) that was due to pass the Earth later that year.
A longer version of the B-side track "Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie 2" (4:51 compared with the 4:29 edit on the single) was included as part of a various artists compilation, Super Group Festival, also released on the Philips label, in 1975, as a music club special edition (‘Club Sonderauflage’) sold by mail order.
| Kraftwerk |
| Ralf Hütter | Florian Schneider |
| Karl Bartos | Wolfgang Flür | Fritz Hilpert | Henning Schmitz | Emil Schult |
| Discography |
| Albums: Tone Float (as Organisation) | Kraftwerk | Kraftwerk 2 | Ralf und Florian | Autobahn | Radio-Activity | Trans-Europe Express | The Man-Machine | Computer World | Electric Café | Tour de France Soundtracks |
| Live and Compilations albums Exceller 8 | The Mix | Klang Box | Minimum – Maximum | The Catalogue |
| Non-album singles: Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie | Tour de France | Expo 2000 |
| Videography |
| Minimum – Maximum (DVD) |
