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I understand that not everyone will understand my excitement at receiving the new, eight CD, live boxed set from Kraftwerk in the post, today, but believe me when I tell you that it was considerable.

I also understand that you might find the idea of an eight CD live collection a little excessive. After all, the average gig is only a couple of hours. But this is something different. 

In 2009, Kraftwerk released 'The Catalogue', a remastered collection of the eight albums that Herren Hütter and Schneider deemed canonical: 'Autobahn'; 'Radio-Activity'; 'Trans Europe Express'; 'The Man Machine'; 'Computer World'; 'Technopop' (formerly known as 'Electric Café'); 'The Mix'; and 'Tour de France'. 

Four years later, they performed each album in turn and in its entirety over the course of eight nights at Tate Modern. Despite the complete cockup over the ticket sales, I was fortunate enough - via my good friends Ash and John - to get tickets for both the 'Computer World' and 'Technopop' nights. 

I wondered at the time if they would ever release these concerts and now, four years later, they have. Not that these are specifically the Tate Modern gigs; the shows have been put on all over the world. 

It doesn't worry me that Kraftwerk have released no new material in fourteen years, since 2003's 'Tour de France'. I'm wholly satisfied to see Ralf Hütter - the only original member left in the band - curating the Kraftwerk legacy. That amazing run of the five albums between 1974 and 1981 - from 'Autobahn' to 'Computer World' - is enough for me, with the added bonus of side one of 'Technopop', released in 1986.

I can't wait to immerse myself in all of this live material :-)

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