An interview with Holger Czukay

...And you were responsible for all the editing?

I was a bass player - I thought being the bass player of Can nobody will listen to the bass. I could hide myself quite good because I was afraid I was not good enough. So I could with one hand mix everything straight away and with the other one I can play bass. And if something was not right we cut out the mistakes like that. We did not need any multi-track machine and actually it was the best time of Can as everyone was responsible for the whole result. If someone was getting too loud - and there were no limiters or nothing - and disturbed the balance he has destroyed the upcoming album somehow. A special responsibility was required. And therefore I say it was more of a church or a place of rituals than it was a normal tone studio.
After a while we got a little bit successful, we had a hit and we bought a multi-track machine. It was 1975. More or less this was the beginning of the end of Can. Because of the multi-track the musicians thought they want to avoid any mistakes they want to get the best output they are able to do. That means it was not any more this sort of 'underground' idea. No, now suddenly a different programme started...

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Damn! Wish I'd seen this jacket back at the time (tho I suspect it was way outta my price range!)