As much as I like their later work (and I admit a certain affinity to German electronic music of this era...Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schultz, etc.), there's a certain humanity in their non-robotic early work from KlingKlang...

Ruckzuck 1970: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgpLAPZEf7Y
Truckstop Gondolero http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca96MBPk5mg
While Ralf Hutter was on a 6 month break from Kraftwerk
Koln II 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P9dy-TeGGo
Again, Ralf on break...
Tanzmusik 1973: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCg7hPeUdvE&feature=related
It'll take a minute or two to get through the intro...I think that Karl Bartos appears in this on the electronic drums.
1973 French TV Documentary (Part 2 shows early Tangerine Dream): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCGUC5vwobU&feature=related
Autobahn 1975 Midnight Special: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJM9xpvMbJ0&feature=related
Antenna 1975 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbgvvzVvNSI&feature=related
Radio Activity 1978 French TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCGUC5vwobU&feature=related
Documentary in 3 Parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVBE-x2SoR4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTe2J8ceUJw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9JhsIrrWEw&feature=related

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Agreed. I very much enjoy their self-titled album Kraftwerk [Vertigo/UK/1972].

I had the good fortune to see them back in 1975 on their Autobahn tour; it was one of my strangest concert experiences. It was in the field house at the University of Nebraska (Lincoln) and I swear there couldn't have been more than 1000 people there, all packed tightly around the stage. The opening act was Pavlov's Dog, out of St. Louis, featuring a lead singer who could give Geddy Lee a run for his money in his top register.
I was actually surprised the promoter hadn't backed out due to the poor ticket sales, but if Kraftwerk was at all disappointed to see how small the crowd was, they showed no sign of it. It was the tightest, most professional non-classical concert I've ever attended save for Frank Zappa himself.

I dig their early stuff the most. Still love their later stuff, but the early stuff was much spacier. I've been watching those Youtube vids for a couple of years now. What an incredible resource that site has proved to be. On a related note, the remastered Klaus Schulze CD's are absolutely wonderful, and have added bonus tracks! They are a must for any Krautrock/Electronic music fans.

good work, wajobu. i've been a kosmiche/motorik fan for a long time. if you go for a long time w/o seeing that early KW stuff, its still breathtaking to see the vastness of their imagination. i would have loved to see that 1975 show one of the posters mentioned; also, he called it a 'non-classical' show, but i would disagree. KW has always made classical music