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1-1	Millionenspiel Flute – David Johnson Saxophone – Gerd DudekVocals – Damo Suzuki	5:49
1-2	Waiting For The Streetcar Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Malcolm Mooney	10:08
1-3	Evening All Day	6:58
1-4	Deadly Doris Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Malcolm Mooney	3:10
1-5	Graublau	16:47
1-6	When Darkness Comes Vocals – Malcolm Mooney	3:48
1-7	Blind Mirror Surf Music By [Additional Music By], Flute – David Johnson	8:39
1-8	Oscura Primavera Music By [Additional Music By], Flute – David Johnson	3:19
1-9	Bubble Rap Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By – Damo Suzuki	9:24
2-1	Your Friendly Neighbourhood Whore Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Malcolm Mooney	3:43
2-2	True Story Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Malcolm Mooney	4:30
2-3	The Agreement Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals, Performer [Toilet] – Mooney*Vocals, Performer [Toilet] – Schmidt*, Karoli*	0:37
2-4	Midnight Sky Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Malcolm Mooney	2:44
2-5	Desert Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Malcolm Mooney	3:20
2-6	Spoon - Live Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Damo Suzuki	16:47
2-7	Dead Pigeon Suite Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Damo Suzuki	11:47
2-8	Abra Cada Braxas Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Damo Suzuki	10:12
2-9	A Swan Is Born Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Damo Suzuki	3:00
2-10	The Loop	2:33
3-1	Godzilla Fragment	1:59
3-2	On The Way To Mother Sky	4:35
3-3	Midnight Men	7:35
3-4	Networks Of Foam	12:36
3-5	Messer, Scissors, Fork And Light Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Damo Suzuki	8:24
3-6	Barnacles Drums – Liebezeit*Guitar – Karoli*Keyboards – Schmidt*Music By [Additional Music By], Bass – Rosco Gee*Performer [Wave Receiver & Spec. Sound] – Czukay*	7:46
3-7	E.F.S. 108	2:07
3-8	Private Nocturnal	6:49
3-9	Alice	1:56
3-10	Mushroom - Live Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Damo Suzuki	8:18
3-11	One More Saturday Night - Live Music By [Additional Music By], Lyrics By, Vocals – Damo Suzuki	6:34

Companies, etc.

• Licensed To – Mute Artists Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Spoon Records
• Copyright (c) – Spoon Records
• Made By – Arvato Digital Services
• Published By – Spoon Music
• Published By – Messer Music
• Recorded At – Schloß Nörvenich
• Recorded At – Can Studio
• Mastered At – The Soundmasters
• Designed At – Intro

Credits

• Artwork – House*
• Bass – Czukay*
• Compilation Producer [Curated By] – Daniel Miller, Irmin Schmidt
• Compiled By – Irmin Schmidt, Jono Podmore
• Drums – Liebezeit*
• Edited By – Jono Podmore
• Guitar – Karoli*
• Keyboards – Schmidt*
• Liner Notes – Ian Harrison , Irmin Schmidt
• Management [Spoon Records & Can Management] – Hildegard Schmidt, Sandra Podmore
• Mastered By – Kevin Metcalfe
• Music By [All Music], Lyrics By – Holger Czukay, Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Michael Karoli
• Photography By [All Photos Of Original Can Studio, Weilerswist] – Thorsten Güttes
• Photography By [Band Photos] – Spoon Archives
• Technician [Tape Restoration], Transferred By [Digital Transfer] – Andreas Torkler, Dieter Denzer

Notes

Unreleased studio, soundtrack and live material from 1968-1977.
10" square tape-box style packaging with 28-page 10" booklet.

Recorded in
1968: CD1 Track 2 + 4 + 7 + 8, CD2 Track 2 + 4
1969: CD1 Track 1 + 2 + 5 + 6, CD2 Track 1 + 5
1970: CD3 Track 2
1971: CD2 Track 3, CD3 Track 5
1972: CD1 Track 3, CD2 Track 6 + 7 + 9, CD3 Track 10
1973: CD2 Track 8, CD3 Track 11
1974: CD2 Track 10, CD3 Track 9
1975: CD3 Track 1 + 3 + 4 + 8
1976: CD3 Track 7
1977: CD3 Track 6

The front cover gives the dates "1968 1975" as the timespan of the recordings. This is incorrect: the latest recording included ("Barnacles") is from 1977, as detailed above.

Additional Info
CD1 Track 1 - Score for the film "Das Millionenspiel"
CD1 Track 5 - Score for the film "Ein großer graublauer Vogel"
CD2 Track 7 - Score for the film "Tote Taube in der Beethovenstrasse"
CD3 Track 3 - Score for the series "Euro Gang"
CD3 Track 5 - Score for the film "Das Messer"
CD3 Track 9 - Score for the film "Alice in den Städten"

Can released exclusively by:
Spoon Records UK Ltd / Warner Music for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Poland.
Spoon Records / Mute Artists Ltd for ROW (excluding Japan).

(P) 2012 Spoon Records
(C) 2012 Spoon Records
Published by Spoon Music/Gema, Messer Music/UK.

Made in the EU.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Stickered): 5099962448420
• Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI LP 73
• Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 0794
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): 55081788/CDSPOON55-1 21
• Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI LB47
• Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 0768
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): 55081794/CDSPOON55-2 21
• Mastering SID Code (CD3): IFPI LB47
• Mould SID Code (CD3): IFPI 0770
• Matrix / Runout (CD3): 55081810/CDSPOON55-3 21
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Rights Society: MCPS
• Label Code: LC 07395

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDSPOON55	Can	The Lost Tapes ‎(3xCD, Album, RE)	Spoon Records	CDSPOON55	Europe	2013
CDSPOON55, CDSPOON55USA, 9527-2	Can	The Lost Tapes ‎(3xCD + Box, Album, Ltd)	Spoon Records, Spoon Records, Mute	CDSPOON55, CDSPOON55USA, 9527-2	US	2012
CDSPOON55, LCDSPOON55	Can	The Lost Tapes ‎(3xCD, Album)	Spoon Records, Spoon Records	CDSPOON55, LCDSPOON55	Europe	2013
CDSPOON55, 9527-2	Can	The Lost Tapes ‎(3xCDr, Promo)	Spoon Records, Mute	CDSPOON55, 9527-2	France	2012
724596954324, 9543-2	Can	The Lost Tapes ‎(3xCD, Album)	Spoon Records, Spoon Records	724596954324, 9543-2	US	2012

Cesar

Sound is not as good as on the 5LP, somehow more dull. Selection is quite good but a double LP would have been mor adequate in order to get all the great cuts of the box together.

Mautaxe

This is a pretty awesome bootleg release. Sounded great to me.