Kraftwerk cassettes

THE MIX (Yugoslavia, 1991) Jugoton MC-7-T 3034658 - 79 6641 4 Here, instead of another Polish edition, is the Jugoton release of The Mix. Good to have something legit and official once in a while! This Yugoslavian edition is largely similar in design to other European/ North American editions; a 4-panel J-card, printed on both sides, with 3 pictures of the robots, plus the robot graphic on the inside. There's the small differences in record company logos and catalogue numbers, and the holes in the backflap are rectangular rather than round or oval, but I can't find much here to merit the credit of the Jugoton "editor" here; he is mentioned though - and even in pink letters to make it stand out. The cassette is black, with orange labels. My copy has a previous owner crossed out on side 1, which was tempting to photoshop out, but - y'know. It is there.

ELECTRIC CAFE (Yugoslavia, 1986) EMI/ Jugoton CAEMI 9210 And we're back to Electric Cafe again. As said earlier, by 1986, releases were fairly standardised for many territories, notably within the EU, and it's getting harder to come up with variants that actually look different, but there are still a few interesting items worldwide that have not featured here yet! In Yugoslavia, Electric Cafe was put out on the State label, Jugoton, and compared to the mentioned "standard" of EU, UK, and the USA, this looks rather cheap and simple: a 1-panel J-card, printed on both sides. My copy (if not all) is cut a little to narrow and misses a little of the front cover on the right-hand side. (They should have looked to Italy and put the design in a frame.) The inside of the J-card holds the credits, impenetrable as they are, at least stylishly presented in what I believe is Kraftwerk's own typeface? In fact, the panel is lifted from the EU standard edition, so you get two of ...