Computerwelt (Germany RE, 198?)
EMI Electrola 1C 264-46 311

Back to Germany again for this, a cassette of Computerwelt. It's the last of the "canonised" albums (you know, the "Katalog", the "12345678" - the ones the band themselves care about!) to be featured on this blog in German, and as usual, it's not a first edition...


Most of the German albums were released in several variants on cassette - they were maybe not big sellers in the charts, but would sell steadily over the years. Hence, slight variants abound - different colours as regards the cassette shells and cases, different labels, and variants in the J-cards as well. Hard to tell in retrospect what was the genuine "first" issue. In this case, I'm sure it's not a first edition due to one simple fact: It's "made in EEC", not Germany. I think this was a result of some change of rules in the common market in the 80s? In fact, I suppose this must be a late 80's reissue, since even their 1986 album Electric Cafe came in "made in Germany" editions. As always, of course, it's merely guesswork on my part!


The J-card is the usual rather thin glossy paper, just the one panel, printed on both sides. As with many German issues, they use the full space of the back side of the card, printing the track list across two columns. (Other countries would either use the inside of the spine and backflap for other information, or leave them blank). The spine of my copy is faded, it was originally the same colour as the front. Cassette is black, with white on-body print.







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