Kraftwerk's 1974 Album 'Autobahn' To Be Reissued In Three Editions

 

To celebrate reaching its 50th Anniversary, Kraftwerk have announced three new editions of their landmark 1974 album Autobahn for release on March 7. After re-visiting the original 16-track master tapes, Kraftwerk founder Ralf Hütter with engineer Fritz Hilpert have created a brand-new Dolby ATMOS mix, which takes the listening experience of this seminal recording further and deeper than ever before. The new Dolby ATMOS Mix will be available as a Blu-ray disc and digital release. For vinyl lovers, the stereo album is pressed as a vinyl picture disc for the very first time, making it the only official picture disc in Kraftwerk’s discography.

Pre-order Autobahn.

The three formats of Autobahn are as follows:

• Blu-ray audio disc featuring Dolby ATMOS mix, 5.1 mix, stereo mix, 2024 edits of "Autobahn" and "Kometenmelodie 2" (in Dolby ATMOS mix, 5.1 mix, stereo) plus a visualizer video of Autobahn (edit) using Kraftwerk’s live projections. 
• 12" picture disc vinyl (2009 stereo remaster)
• Digital release of Dolby ATMOS mix (Apple Music, Amazon, Tidal etc)

In addition, a new single edit of Autobahn (which originally became an underground hit in the UK and US) will be released on 7” vinyl and digitally on February 14:

Kraftwerk acknowledges Autobahn at 50 with some newly announced US, UK and European shows, including a headline appearance at the Forever Now Festival at Milton Keynes Bowl on Sunday, June 22. Full line up and ticket info at forevernowfestival.co.uk.

For more info and additional concert dates, visit kraftwerk.com/concerts/index-concerts.html.