Can Live Music (Live 1971–1977)

Can Live Music (Live 1971–1977) is a double live album by the band Can, released in 1999 and recorded in the UK and West Germany between 1972 and 1977 (despite the title referencing 1971). It originally came as an item in the now out of print Can box set.

Can Live
Live album by
Can
Released1999
Recorded1972–1977
GenreKrautrock
Length122:53
LabelSpoon
ProducerCan
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Pitchfork9.5/10[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

The album contains several tracks created through instantaneous free improvisation ("Jynx", "Fizz", "Colchester Finale" and "Kata Kong") that did not appear on any of Can's studio albums. "Spoon" is from same concert appearing on the film "Can Free Concert 1972" by Peter Przygodda, which was released to celebrate success of the Spoon-single.

Track listing

All songs written by Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, and Irmin Schmidt, except where noted.

Disc one
  1. "Jynx" – 16:06
    14th Oct 1975, Giessen, Universität
  2. "Dizzy Dizzy" – 8:02
    19th Nov 1975, Brighton, Sussex University
  3. "Vernal Equinox" – 12:44
    19th Nov 1975, Brighton, Sussex University
  4. "Fizz" (Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Rosko Gee) – 6:27
    2nd Mar 1977, Keele, University of Keele
  5. "Yoo Doo Right" (Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Malcolm Mooney) – 14:26
    4 May 1975, Croydon, Greyhound
  6. "Cascade Waltz" – 4:48
    23rd Mar 1977, London, Sound Circus

Disc two
  1. "Colchester Finale" including "Halleluhwah" (Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Damo Suzuki) – 37:24
    8 May 1972, Colchester, University of Essex
  2. "Kata Kong" – 8:28
    21st Nov 1975, Hatfield, Hatfield Polytechnic
  3. "Spoon" (Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Suzuki) – 14:23
    3rd Feb 1972, Cologne, Sporthalle

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References
  1. Can Live Music at AllMusic
  2. Sirota, Brent (2 November 1999). "Can: Box Music (Live 1971-1977)". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. Nathan Brackett; Christian David Hoard (2004). The new Rolling Stone album guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
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