The first few copies of this one flew out the door in no time. From the visual kosmische of the cover to the layout and typewriter font inside, this near 200-page tome looks like it could be a reprint straight out of the seventies. With an introduction by David Stubbs and contributions from The Wire’s David Keenan and Ken Hollings as well as Galactic Zoo Dossier's Steve Krakow, these articles are clearly geared towards the hardcore record geek. The first fifty pages of critical/historical essays are followed by band profiles from the common canon (Can, Kraftwerk, Cluster, et al) to the more obscure (I’ve never heard of Achim Reichel or Floh de Cologne, although collectors might sneer at my ignorance), and chapters on the key labels and producers are rounded out with a nifty timeline that contextualizes key Krautrock records and musical developments from 1967-1975 alongside contemporaneous German films and historical events.