Kraftwerk – Trans Europa Express

My new copy is really scratchy.can’t believe it’s 2025 and they are making such crap for the high prices

I’ve never listened to such phenomenal electronic music until this.

This is the version fam. My original was absolutely cained ta death. This is a stone cold classic.

Love this band, love the title tune. The rest of it l can live without (surprisingly dull A-side) (2.5*)

Stunning and clean pressing. No surface noise as played on my Linn Sondek LP12

I have had this from new, but it only has a plain paper inner sleeve.

Fabulous pressing, I was blown away by how good this thing sounds, this is absolutely the copy to get if you can get your hands on one.

Think i have an empty sleeve for this.. looking for a record to match it with. Will buy or sell. Uk

So - I got this copy??? in the 80s in the US - 2nd hand. I just assumed it was a real copy. It is the ONLY one posted on discogs as 1 C 064-82 306 that is not debossed on the back.The outer sleeve is pretty glossy. Mine has a curved-bottom, clear inner sleeve - not picture sleeve - not paper sleeve (but the paper sleeve may have been replaced by the curved-bottom plastic inner sleeve by the original owner. THAT SAID - the matrix number is etched into the runnout. BUT it is very very small and hard to read - it is a stamped matrix number - right up to the label and tiny and hard to read. No poster. I will log mine in as this copy. Even if unofficial - I have Radio-Aktivität and now I need to figure out if it is also unofficial. I just cannot if I bought them both at the same time - and I likely did - at the record shop I worked at in the late 80s. I have owned it a long time and trust the other comment here that said it is from a run of several of their other bootleg versions that dropped at the same time. I am not upset if they are unofficial - as they are old and relatively great sounding and glad I own them. I likely got them pretty cheap at the shop I worked at. Definitely hanging on to them for life - and not going to try to replace them with legit copies. No point, at this point. Thanks for all input on this bootleg -But my copy has the very near etching of 823064 A-1 and 823064 B-1 - tiny, and right up to the label. Still confused.... I may have a copy that is not listed???

I have just played my copy received yesteday and it plays terribly on side 1 with lots of crackles and interference in isolated areas. No improvement after cleaning. Side 2 plays fine. Wish I had seen the review as below as I had already left for the seller on eBay, the copy was sealed.