Kraftwerk - Autobahn 50th Atmos Blu-Ray (March 7th, 2025)

[TwoMuch]

Amazon.co.uk (I expect it will be up in the US and on other online retailers soon):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Autobahn-50th-Anniversary-Blu-ray-Audio/dp/B0DTJ28NNK

Linky no worky for me.

 

[Petr Kropotkin]

Is there some sort of planetary alignment or harmonic convergence on March 7? I now have four releases on that date: John Mayall, Tull, Yes, and now Kraftwerk.

 

[humprof]

Linky no worky for me.

I think it only works on some browsers, or browsers that have "location setting" turned off, or...I donno. But I do know that when you enter an Amazon.co.uk URL, some browsers try to take you to Amazon US instead--and of course there's no listing for it there (yet).

 

[H.A.L.]

I pre-ordered, no problems. I didn't realize the previous box Atmos set was different! I heard them live at the Warfield in SF in the 90s, and it was brilliant. The box set was an early Atmos masterpiece.

 

[marpow]

All right, now as I said I will practice restraint in 2025.
I have the German box set from 2017. All in Atmos.
I understand this will be a studio version re-mixed, but as a casual Kraftwerk listener my 2017 Atmos Autobahn will be good enough.

 

[van1]

Hopefully Paul will chime in as to whether the quad mix questions were raised at the December playback session; whether it still exists and whether it was considered for inclusion

 

[Horbus]

Stepped into the same trap and ordered instantly but cancelled and ordered at JPC for about 40% less. Not keen about the slip case!

 

[Klaus Rosenthal]

with engineer Fritz Hilpert

And that's all I needed to see, great to see he hasn't lost interest in atmos. Definite purchase for that alone, though I will wait to see if any US retailers will carry it. If not also going to go with JPC (sorry paul).
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/kraftwerk-autobahn/hnum/12162320

 

[lovecraft]

Stepped into the same trap and ordered instantly but cancelled and ordered at JPC for about 40% less. Not keen about the slip case!

Yes, I will be more circumspect next time too.

 

[Robert van Diggele]

Huh? So these are new atmos mixes, but the release itself is NOT an exclusive, i.e., you can get it elsewhere just without the slipcase?

Doesn't SDE making non-exclusive titles part of their exclusive series dilute the series? Not sure I like this... unless I'm completely misunderstanding.

It was done before with the Peet Shop Boys release last year. Slipcase exclusive to SDE shop, but not part of the Surround Series.

 

[HenkG]

It was done before with the Peet Shop Boys release last year. Slipcase exclusive to SDE shop, but not part of the Surround Series.

That's the reason not to order by SDE. Only the numbered serie. Paul try us to fool/misled us every time with his word exclusive. And exclusive is also a hype these days, because it shows up everywhere, Ebay, Discogs and others, Even his numbered collection becomes very strange sometimes, sold out and sold out and then suddenly again available after a while. lately with Keane and now Suede, Bob Dylan as example

 

[beerking]

Pre ordered from Amazon UK ...cheap as chips at £17.99, that was yesterday.
Now showing as £21.99

 

[perzon57]

Pre ordered from Amazon UK ...cheap as chips at £17.99, that was yesterday.
Now showing as £21.99

Tried to order with Amazon UK, but they will not ship to Norway? Will wait to see if it gets available locally or maybe use JPC. Will not buy from SDE, to expensive.

 

[HenkG]

Tried to order with Amazon UK, but they will not ship to Norway? Will wait to see if it gets available locally or maybe use JPC. Will not buy from SDE, to expensive.

JPC.de is €24,99 without shipping

 

[perzon57]

JPC.de is €24,99 without shipping

They will deduct the German VAT, so makes up for some of the shipping cost.
I have the big box, so I don't really need this after all.

 

[zappaman2]

Ordered!

 

[GOS]

All right, now as I said I will practice restraint in 2025.
I have the German box set from 2017. All in Atmos.
I understand this will be a studio version re-mixed, but as a casual Kraftwerk listener my 2017 Atmos Autobahn will be good enough.

No restraint here, I ordered it.

 

[srbjab]

I have the Kraftwerk 12345678 3-D release, the single disc distillation of the multi-disc Kraftwerk 3-D: The Catalogue. It's a great sampler with a killer Atmos mix and sufficiently scratches my itch for Kraftwerk music. After sampling the tracks on the Autobahn album, other than the title track I find the rest to be snoozers. Easy pass for me.

 

[James Hoffmann]

Fingers crossed that there will be some signed copies of these at the merch booth during the upcoming show!
https://www.ticketmaster.com/kraftw...-california-04-18-2025/event/1C006199B92920EE

 

[~dave~~wave~]

Amazon Canada link: https://a.co/d/hoPuc9a