Thread: Kraftwerk Minimum - Maximum (German import)

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Post by poldo June 9, 2005 (1 of 11)
Hi everyone,

I was patiently waiting for a full fledged SACD edition, which is *supposed*
to come out by the end of the month, when I read this, on Amazon.uk:



Anyone knows more?!? What does it mean "Bonus Sacd"?!?

Thanks! Paolo.

Post by DrOctodivx June 9, 2005 (2 of 11)
poldo said:

Hi everyone,

I was patiently waiting for a full fledged SACD edition, which is *supposed*
to come out by the end of the month, when I read this, on Amazon.uk:



Anyone knows more?!? What does it mean "Bonus Sacd"?!?

Thanks! Paolo.

"usually dispatched within 4 to 6 weeks"

I don't like the sound of that either.

Post by emilsjr June 9, 2005 (3 of 11)
If you look at that same version on Amazon.de (use Amazon's AISN - B0009HL7PG), it does not even mention SACD anywhere on the page. However, it shows ship within 24 hours and I, in fact, did get my shipping notice today so I will report back if it is really an SACD.

Post by DrOctodivx June 9, 2005 (4 of 11)
emilsjr said:

...did get my shipping notice today so I will report back if it is really an SACD.

Yes, please do so. I remember enjoying Kraftwerk back in the day and would enjoy listening to them again under SACD.

Post by racerguy June 9, 2005 (5 of 11)
The album has been released as a Double-CD and as a 4-LP set. There does not appear to be an SACD release as of yet.

Post by zeus June 9, 2005 (6 of 11)
racerguy said:

The album has been released as a Double-CD and as a 4-LP set. There does not appear to be an SACD release as of yet.

These are the current releases:

http://www.capitolmusic.de/xml/1/500021/3120462.html

Amazon.co.uk are advertising the "GSA-Version" (whatever that is) as including a SA-CD, but I'm doubtful. I'd be interested in feedback from anybody who has bought this.

Post by racerguy June 11, 2005 (7 of 11)
The "GSA" version is the domestic version of the release (Germany/Switzerland/Austria). Titles/text for the package are in German. The other release is the "International" version - titles/text are in English.

The buyer feedback posted thus far on amazon.de does not indicate that anyone has found the presence of an SACD layer on the domestic version of the double CD set.

Further research on the "unofficial" Kraftwerk website indicates that the SACD set will be released separately from the CD and LP sets. I HATE when they do that! Seems to be pretty typical of EMI though.

Post by vonwegen June 14, 2005 (8 of 11)
poldo said:

I was patiently waiting for a full fledged SACD edition, which is *supposed*
to come out by the end of the month, when I read this, on Amazon.uk:



What does it mean, "Bonus Sacd"?!?

Got this response from cd24.de that said the Amazon.co.uk listing is WRONG--there is at present no SACD version of Max/Min, though a lot of forums are full of posts saying there will be a SACD version in the future, but none of cd24's suppliers can confirm this.

For those of you who are German speakers, here's the actual response:

Hallo,

leider sind wir uns da auch noch nicht ganz sicher.
Laut Amazon.co.uk sind unsere Doppel CD Ausgaben incl. SACD.
Das stimmt allerdings nicht und wird von Amazon berichtigt.
In diversen Foren ist auch zu lesen, das es eine SACD Ausgabe davon geben soll, nur keiner unserer Lieferanten kann diese besorgen,

mit freundlichen Grüßen

Stefan Neuhaus
cd24.de Support

Post by poldo June 15, 2005 (9 of 11)
... I want to thank everyone for the interesting feedbacks, in particular Walter,
of course. Thanks!

Post by emilsjr June 16, 2005 (10 of 11)
I just received my order from Amazon.de and can confirm that there is NO sacd on the item that Amazon.uk lists as having a bonus SACD.

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