EXCELLER 8 (Australia, 1975?)
Vertigo, 7149 007


It's time for another compilation cassette, I suppose - here's Exceller 8, in an Australian edition!


Exceller 8 has been featured before, from France, but I wasn't even aware that this one existed until recently. It may be quite obscure, of course, but on the other hand - Kraftwerk cassettes are generally un-researched, little information is to be found outside Discogs, Ebay and a couple of Kraftwerk collector/fan sites - so the fact that it is not listed online doesn't automatically make it a monster rarity.


What I do know though is that it came out in 1975, on the back of Autobahn. It has the same Price Code as other Vertigo cassettes - the Australian editions of Autobahn and Ralf & Florian (both of which have been listed here before). The cat.no.s are adjacent, too - This is 7149 007, after Autobahn came as 7149 005 and R&F as 7149 006.


The J-card is a lovely 2-panel, printed on one side of the thick card stock - with a unique version of the LP cover! Nice one. Cassettes are grey with white labels, and the track list follows the original LP - unlike the French and UK cassettes, which shuffle the tracks of the LP probably to make the sides more similar in length, thereby saving on tape, as well as not having to fast forward the end of the "short side". The cassette labels warn us of the fact.






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