Delay 1968 is a compilation album by the German experimental rock band Can released in 1981. It comprises previously unreleased work recorded for Can's rejected debut album, Prepared to Meet Thy Pnoom, recorded with the singer Malcolm Mooney.

Delay 1968
Compilation album by
Released1981
Recorded1968–1969
Genre
Length35:48
LabelSpoon Records
ProducerCan
Can chronology
Can
(1979)
Delay 1968
(1981)
Rite Time
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Parts of Delay 1968 circulated in bootleg form for several years under the title Unopened, and included other tracks recorded during the same sessions that would later surface in various forms on other albums.[4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Mooney

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Butterfly"8:20
2."Pnoom"0:26
3."Nineteen Century Man"4:26
4."Thief"5:03
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Man Named Joe"3:54
6."Uphill"6:41
7."Little Star of Bethlehem"7:09
Total length:35:48

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Delay 1968 at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Can". Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  3. ^ Nathan Brackett; Christian David Hoard (2004). The new Rolling Stone album guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
  4. ^ Semprebon, Rolf. "Unopened Can". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 January 2011.