OFF: Neu

[J Strobridge]

> Paul Mather wrote:

> >Speaking of Neu, my local shop has a copy of _Neu 2_ on CD in their Psyche
> >section.  Is this any good?  I've seen at least two other Neu CDs
> >advertised in mail order outlets.  I remember someone on here saying they
> >bought a Neu album and it was fairly lousy, whereupon someone explained
> >that they'd bought the "wrong" Neu album (i.e. later material which was...
> >different).  My interest in Neu was piqued by the fact that Dave Brock was
> >a big fan.  Didn't he write the liner notes to one of their albums?

He wrote the notes to the first Neu album.



John Majka writes:

> Well, "Neu 2" is the one to avoid.  The first album, "Neu" and the third
> album "Neu 75" are both fantastic however.  "Neu 2" has a great deal of

Ah - thank you - that's useful.  I seem to have a composite issued on
Cherry Red entitled "Neu! Black Forest Gateau" which has tracks from
albums 1 and 3 and the feel of some tracks is astonishingly close to
Brock's first Hawkwind line up as well as subsequent ones.   In fact one
of the surprises was a track called "Negativland" from Neu! 75 which is
a dead ringer for Valium 10 - except that the track starts with a road
drill rather than a dentist's drill!

There's a history on the back which explains that when they recorded
Neu! 2 the first side took longer and was more expensive than they'd
budgeted for and consequently the second side was somewhat rushed and
consisted of the A and B sides of their single "Super"/"Neuschness"
played at different speeds.   "Was this" asks the reviewer, David
Elliott "a profound artistic statement or simply a rather blatant joke?
I'm inclined to think the latter".   I'd guess he's being charitable!

jill

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