Can - Landed

This is a unique "Master Reference Acetate" cut at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, on 17 September 1975, presumably during preparations for an American release. Landed's European release date is usually given as September 1975 – some sources say October – but the uncertainty of these track titles on the 17th of that month suggests a more likely October release.

Virgin Records was at that time releasing in the US through Atlantic Records, but by October they had pulled out of their Atlantic arrangement and switched to Columbia, beginning with Mike Oldfield's Ommadawn (28 October in the UK, possibly later in the US). Can's Landed album never saw a U.S. release on either label.

The handwritten song titles differ from those on the released album. This is believed to be Holger Czukay's writing, though the attribution can't be substantiated. At any rate it is surely the writing of a native German speaker, given the misspelling of "Seide 2", and likely someone close to the production, given the informal working titles ('Michael's Song').

There are no etchings or stamps in the dead wax, it being a one-off acetate.

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[Sticker:]

CAN
"Landed"
33 1/3 stereo acetate

[Handwritten:]

Side 1
Full Moon
Michael's Song
Hunters & Collector
Equinox

Seide 2
Red Hot Indians
Unfinished

All songs ©1975 Mayflower Music Corp. (ASCAP)
All songs written by Can

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[Label print, both sides:]

ATLANTIC RECORDING STUDIOS
11 WEST 60TH STREET, N.Y., N.Y. 10023

[Typewritten either side:]

MASTER REFERENCE ACETATE
9/17/75
STEREO 33 1/3
SIDE ONE [or] SIDE TWO
CAN