Can Live Music (Live 1971–1977) Explained

Can Live
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Can
Cover:	Can - Can Live.jpg
Released:	1999
Recorded:	1972–1977
Genre:	Krautrock
Length:	122:53
Label:	Spoon
Producer:	Can

Can Live Music (Live 1971–1977) is a double live album by the band Can, released in 1999 and recorded in the UK and West Germany between 1972 and 1977 (despite the title referencing 1971). It was originally included in the now out-of-print Can box set, Can Box.^[1]

The album contains several free improvisations ("Jynx", "Fizz", "Colchester Finale" and "Kata Kong") that were titled for this release, and are not songs from any of Can's studio albums. The extended version of "Spoon" is from the same show appearing in the film Can Free Concert 1972 by Peter Przygodda, which was also included as part of Can Box.

In 2021, Mute Records released Live in Brighton 1975, which includes full versions of the tracks titled "Dizzy Dizzy" and "Vernal Equinox" on Can Live Music. Because these tracks are actually improvisations on the themes of those songs, they are titled numerically (as "Drei" and "Vier" respectively) as with the other tracks on Live in Brighton 1975.^{[2] [3]}

Track listing

All songs written by Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit and Irmin Schmidt, except where noted.

Disc one

1. "Jynx" – 16:06
   14 October 1975, Universität, Giessen
2. "Dizzy Dizzy" – 8:02
   19 November 1975, Sussex University, Brighton
3. "Vernal Equinox" – 12:44
   19 November 1975, Sussex University, Brighton
4. "Fizz" (Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Rosko Gee) – 6:27
   2 March 1977, University of Keele, Keele
5. "Yoo Doo Right" (Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Malcolm Mooney) – 14:26
   4 May 1975, Greyhound, Croydon
6. "Cascade Waltz" – 4:48
   23 March 1977, Sound Circus, London

Disc two

1. "Colchester Finale" including "Halleluhwah" (Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Damo Suzuki) – 37:24
   8 May 1972, University of Essex, Colchester
2. "Kata Kong" – 8:28
   21 November 1975, Hatfield Polytechnic, Hatfield
3. "Spoon" (Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Suzuki) – 14:23
   3 February 1972, Sporthalle, Cologne

Personnel

Can

• Holger Czukay – bass (1972–1975); short wave radio, sampler & electronic treatments (1977)
• Michael Karoli – guitar, vocals
• Jaki Liebezeit – drums, percussion
• Irmin Schmidt – keyboards
• Damo Suzuki – vocals (1972 only)
• Rosko Gee – bass (1977 only)

Notes and References

1. https://www.discogs.com/release/1050643-Can-Can-Box "Can – Can Box"
2. Web site: Cush. Andy . Can: Live in Brighton 1975 (Album Review . 2021. Pitchfork. 26 August 2023.
3. https://www.discogs.com/master/2402455-Can-Live-In-Brighton-1975 "Can – Live In Brighton 1975"