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Kraftwerk: Radio-Activity (Capitol)

Richard Riegel, Creem, February 1976

DOES ANYBODY out there remember 1962's top ten screamer, 'Telstar', by the Tornadoes? I really loved it at the time. Not only was it one of the first British records to break here, but it was practically the only truly out-of-control music readily available in those benighted times, what with its castrated-Farfisa shrieks and general distorto swirls.

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