KRAFTWERK - Trans-europe Express

Item Description

Vinyl, , Purple Labels
LP Album Repress

Purple labeled Los Angeles pressing. Their is also an earlier Los Angeles pressing released with [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/7539683] orange center labels[/url].

Klingklang Studio Düsseldorf
Rüssl Studio Hamburg
The Record Plant Hollywood
All selections published by Famous Music Corporation/ASCAP.
Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc. a subsidiary of Capitol Industries-EMI, Inc.
Factories: Los Angeles, California; Jacksonville, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia.
Personal Management: Mr.I.Mouse Ltd.
©℗1977 Capitol Records, Inc.
Recorded in Germany.
Made In U.S.A.

There is a small Capitol® logo to the left of the fine print on the bottom of the back cover, there is also a small EMI logo to the right of the fine print on the bottom of the back cover.

The 'Matten + Wiechers, Bonn' note on the inner sleeve is to credit the designer and supplier of the aforementioned equipment.

Regarding runout etchings:
MASTERED BY CAPITOL is machine stamped.
The "2" on side 1 and the "✲" on side 2 are machine stamped. The "✲" indicates the record was pressed at Capitol Records Los Angeles pressing plant.

This label color ran thru 1983 and released around the same time as this Canadian issue [r=1586659]