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V/A - Hit Fascination 5/91 (Germany, 1991) Top 13 Music Club 67 818 5 Various artists compilations... I haven't really made up my mind about them. Sometimes I feel they're not as "important" as Kraftwerk cassettes, but on the other hand I think they're an interesting place to see Kraftwerk in a contemporary context, though, so I have a few which I think are interesting.  Today's entry seems to have been issued as part of a hit compilation subscription service; The Top 13 Music Club was a series of compilations of current hits, issued roughly every two months from the late 80s and into the early 90s, where listeners would get a bunch of current chart hits. They came out on LP, CD and cassette, and number 5/91 was released to the fans/ subscribers in August. It features Die Roboter in its 7" remix, alongside a surprisingly good range of other artists - Yello, De La Soul, Erasure, Soft Cell and the big earworm of 1991, Crystal Waters' "Gypsy Woman...