THE MIX (USA, 1991)
Elektra 9 60869-4


It's my 100th post on this blog, so I suppose I should have posted something fancy today; some collector's item from a far-away place, or a promotional item, perhaps... Instead, I will treat you to a US edition of The Mix. It's probably one of the easiest Kraftwerk cassettes to get hold of these days, but I like it, and anyway I don't want this to be a place where I simply brag about my obscure stuff... It's a format that was all but discontinued 20 years ago, it's hardly anything to brag about even if it's a rarity. So anyway, here it is!


In fact, here _they_ are, as this is another of those few posts where I've taken pictures of two actual items (I posted two Portuguese cassettes together once). I've had a copy for years, but it didn't have the hype sticker, which I thought was a little annoying, so in the end I got another, still sealed copy. In fact, they're both a little annoying, since they are both "deleted"; the lower spine has been cut into, like an Lp with one corner of the cover cut-off. (A barbaric practice, and to me it would make much more sense to simply let dealers sell them at full price if they could, but there are some complicated tax rules that I don't really understand, nor feel the urge to get into here.) There should be a Dolby HX PRO logo where the spine was ruined.


So. The cover design is roughly the same as I've shown here before; a 4-panel J-card, if you count the full-length backflap, with print on both sides. The credits have been printed in slightly larger letters than on the European edition, and there are a few lines of extra credits (songwriting and publishing details). The card used is thicker, and the inside is not glossy, giving it a rougher finish that is actually kind of cool. Cassette is clear with a grey protective sheet inside, printed in white.








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