AUTOBAHN (USA, 1992)
Elektra 25326-4


Here's another US edition of Autobahn, the 1992 edition. This came on Elektra, but seems to be based on the Warner Brothers 1985 edition - since it bases both the cat.no and front cover design on it!


The USA had a bunch of different releases of Autobahn, on various labels or sub-labels - why they kept changing labels I never understood, but it makes for a nice pile of different editions! So from Vertigo to Mercury to Warner to Elektra, over the course of 18 or so years, if nothing else it's testament to Autobahn's lasting impact on popular culture I suppose?


As mentioned, this edition is a mild update of the previous, 1985 WB version. It uses the front cover design with one small change - the information across the top was written in black, but now it's in white. The catalogue number has not changed, either; at a guess, the original was long out of print? The inside of the cover has some credits, notably Wolfgang Flür is credited for percussion on both sides here (sometimes he's only credited for the A-side), and the year of release is not listed; only 1974 and 1985, again as per the WB release. On the spine and labels, the Dolby logo is augmented with "HX PRO", which is actually mentioned on the 1985 version, but not in the logos...
 

The cassette is clear with white print, as fairly usual by this time, and on the back of the clear outer shell, there's a pretty "DIGALOG" sticker to show that this cassette comes from digital masters but is "fully compatible". I suppose compatible with the listeners analog ears? Well, good to know.








 

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