WAXED

Manuel Göttsching made E2-E4 to fill a Walkman for one flight - Larry Levan wanted it played at his funeral. One take, two chords, at Studio Roma - the rhythm came out wrong — he almost stopped. "Let's see what happens." Then he shelved the tape for three years.
Klaus Schulze released it in '84, a copy hit New York and Levan closed nights at Paradise Garage with it., supposedly he also played the full record 58min. 
Derrick May and Juan Atkins wore their copy’s out, they loved the record as well. As it gained popularity in the US in '89, bootleggers showed Götsching a pressing he'd never seen He didn't even know it had spread .
25 years to the day, he played it live for the first time — a few blocks from where he originally made it (Studio Roma).