Unlimited Edition (album)

Unlimited Edition is a compilation album by the band Can. Released in 1976 as a double album, it was an expanded version of the 1974 LP Limited Edition on United Artists Records which, as the name suggests, was a limited release of 15,000 copies (tracks 14–19 were added). The album collects unreleased music across the band's history, from 1968 to 1975, and both of the band's major singers (Damo Suzuki and Malcolm Mooney) are featured. The cover photos were taken among the Elgin Marbles in the Duveen Gallery of the British Museum.

Track notes
The abbreviation "E.F.S.", appearing in several of the track titles, refers to Ethnological Forgery Series, a series of songs in which Can self-consciously imitated various "world music" genres. "Mother Upduff" is a retelling of an urban legend involving a family whose grandmother dies while they are on holiday together, and whose corpse – left wrapped up on the roof of the family car – is later stolen along with the car. Recording of tracks "I'm Too Leise" and "LH 702 (Nairobi/München)" is seen in the film Can Free Concert 1972 by Peter Przygodda.

Track listing
Note: Tracks 14–19 were only on Unlimited Edition.

All tracks composed by Can

Personnel

 * Holger Czukay – bass guitar, tape effects
 * Michael Karoli – guitar, violin, shehnai on track 3
 * Jaki Liebezeit – drums, percussion, winds on tracks 4, 9, 11, 14, 16
 * Irmin Schmidt – keyboards, synthesizer, schizophone on track 10, voice on tracks 8 and 14
 * Damo Suzuki – vocals on tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8
 * Malcolm Mooney – vocals on tracks 10, 12, 14, 15, 16

Production credits

 * Composed, written and produced by Can
 * Recording by Holger Czukay and René Tinner at CAN Studio, Weilerswist, Germany
 * Front cover – Trevor Key