Very expensive for a CD and mini-book
Philip Edelbrock | Corvallis, OR United States | 01/28/2006
(2 out of 5 stars)
"The music is great, however very expensive for $40. If you are mostly interested in the music, spend the $40 on buying the best albums from which these tracks were selected from. Disappointing that it's only a single CD. I would have expected a book from a label come with at least two.
The 'book' is an interesting collection of pictures (several Photoshop'ed for entertainment value) and some random writings. This is not a coffee-table book. It's the size of a CD and about twice as thick as a standard jewel case. When I first opened it, it literally feel apart into two pieces (which it obviously wasn't supposed to do).
I give the 'book' one star and the CD three, for an average of two. If this cost, say, $15 or maybe $20 it would be worth it. But $40? For a single CD and a CD sized book filled with random content? No, don't bother unless you are a hard-core fan trying to gather collectibles."
K&D are awesome - this book is average
Steward Willons | Illinois | 05/31/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)
"The G-Stone book is interesting and amusing to flip through, but there isn't a whole lot of substance to be found. The flimsy binding cannot support the size of the book. One should turn the pages *very* carefully so as not to destroy the binding, thus making it rather annoying to look through. There are, however, many interesting pictures within. The organization is pretty strange. I'm fairly sure that the book is totally bilingual, but all the written segments are presented in a sort of random order, so I can't be absolutely positive and everything written in English is represented in German and vise-versa. There is an interesting bit about the concept for the Peace Orchestra foldout picture and a couple first-hand accounts of K&D DJ sets.
The CD is a decent compilation of G-Stone artists. The standout tracks are, of course, from Kruder and Dorfmeister, Tosca, and Peace Orchestra, but the others are not bad either. With only 14 tracks, it is rather curious to find "Chocolate Elvis" appearing twice (in different mixes). It's also strange that 5 out of the 14 tracks are by Tosca. Again, not necessarily a bad thing - just strange. If you already own the bulk of K&D's respective output, there's not much here of interest. If you're new to G-Stone, the CD will be a nice introduction, but the $40+ price tag makes the purchase a bit of a risk.
This is really more of a scrapbook than anything else. If a Kruder and Dorfmeister scrapbook sounds good to you, then you'll dig this."
The CD is Awesome~~
S. Rightnour | Fairfax Station, VA | 06/15/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I haven't purchased the book, but the CD has been underrated in my opinion. It is one of my favorite CD's of all time, and while it may not be someone else's, I would recommend it to anybody.
Nearly every song on this CD is by K&D themselves, just under different established aliases (Tosca [Dorfmeister], Peace Orchestra [Kruder], and from what I've read Farda P and Sugar B being both K&D.)
The 2nd Chocolate Elvis mix is actually a mix by Boozoo Bajau (another artist you should check out) and sounds very different than the original mix (track 2). Both of these mixes are instant classics, along with High Noon. If you don't buy this CD (w/ book or otherwise) then make sure you hear some of their original tracks on one of their other CD's.
I'm only not giving it 5 stars because I haven't seen the book and I read that it falls apart. Although if I knew how much I'd enjoy the CD I woulda paid $40 for it at the beginning, so that justifies this review :)"
Track Listings (14) - Disc #1