Editing Conny Plank

{{short description|German record producer and musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Conny Plank
| image           = Conny Plank.jpg
| caption         = Plank at the Windrose studio in [[Hamburg]]
| birth_name      = Konrad Plank
| alias           =
| birth_date      = {{birth date|1940|5|3|df=y}}
| death_date      = {{death date and age|1987|12|5|1940|5|3|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Hütschenhausen]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
| death_place     = [[Cologne]], [[West Germany]]
| instrument      = {{Flatlist
|
* Synthesizer
* keyboards
* guitar
* percussion}}
| genre           = {{Flatlist|
* [[Krautrock]]
* [[kosmische musik]]
* [[experimental rock]]
* [[new wave music|new wave]]
* [[Electronic music|electronic]]
* [[ambient music|ambient]]}}
| occupation      = Record producer, musician
| years_active    = 1969–1987
| label           = {{Flatlist|
* [[Sky Records|Sky]]
* [[Drag City (record label)|Drag City]]
* Curious Music
* [[Brain Records|Brain]]}}
| associated_acts = {{Flatlist|
* [[Can (band)|Can]]
* [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]]
* [[Holger Czukay]]
* [[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft|DAF]]
* [[Brian Eno]]
* [[Eurythmics]]
* [[Harmonia (band)|Harmonia]]
* [[Hunters & Collectors]]
* [[Jane (German band)|Jane]]
* [[Kluster]]
* [[Kraan]]
* [[Kraftwerk]]
* [[Guru Guru]]
* [[Killing Joke]]
* Liliental
* [[Dieter Moebius]]
* [[Moebius & Plank]]
* [[Phew (singer)|Phew]]
* [[Gianna Nannini]]
* [[Mani Neumeier]]
* [[Neu!]]
* [[Night Sun]]
* [[Organisation (band)|Organisation]]
* Os Mundi
* [[Play Dead (band)|Play Dead]]
* [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]]
* [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]]
* [[Mayo Thompson]]
* [[The Tourists]]
* [[Ultravox (band)|Ultravox]]
* [[The Meteors (Dutch band)|The Meteors]]}}
| current_members =
| past_members    = 
}}
'''Konrad''' "'''Conny'''" '''Plank''' (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a [[sound engineer]] and producer in Germany's [[krautrock]] and [[kosmische musik|kosmische]] music scene in the 1970s. Plank was involved in releases by [[Neu!]], [[Kraftwerk]], [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]], [[Harmonia (band)|Harmonia]], [[Ash Ra Tempel]], [[Guru Guru]], [[Kraan]], and other German groups of the era.<ref name=seabrook>{{cite book |last1=Seabrook |first1=Thomas Jerome |title=Bowie in Berlin: A New Career in a New Town |date=2008 |publisher=Jawbone Press |page=85 |isbn=9781906002084 |access-date=25 April 2019 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xsSHjTf_-F8C}}</ref> He later produced for [[New wave music|new wave]] acts such as [[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft|D.A.F.]], [[Eurythmics]] and [[Ultravox]]. As a billed performer, Plank also formed the group [[Moebius & Plank]], releasing 5 albums between 1979 and 1986.

==Career==
===1960s===
In mid-to-late 60s, Conny attended new-music courses at the Rheinische Musikschule in [[Cologne]], taught by [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], [[Luciano Berio]], [[Henri Pousseur]], and [[Earle Brown]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Young |first1=Rob |last2=Schmidt |first2=Irmin |authorlink2=Irmin Schmidt |title=[[All Gates Open: The Story of Can]] |year=2018 |edition=e-book |publisher=[[Faber and Faber]] |location=London |isbn=978-0-571-31151-4|pages=24–25}}</ref>

In the late 1960s, Plank began producing albums and working as a sound engineer, and became involved in the underground music scene, which was spreading from [[Berlin]] throughout Germany. In 1969 he served as engineer for the first [[Kluster]] album, ''[[Klopfzeichen]]'', which was released the following year. His long association with [[Dieter Moebius]] and [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]] of Kluster and later [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]] endured until his death. He also served as engineer for [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]]'s album ''The Living Music'', which was released in 1969, the first of a long list of engineering and production credits.<ref name="discogs"/>

===1970s===
In 1970 he had a 56 channel [[mixing desk]] hand built by himself, Peter Lang and Michael Zähl.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://audiomediainternational.com/the-one-of-a-kind-mixing-console-built-by-conny-plank/|title=The one-of-a-kind mixing console built by Conny Plank|author=Colby Ramsey|magazine=Audio Media International|date=21 March 2018}}</ref> and went on to produce and/or engineered many recordings by significant German progressive/experimental music acts often referred to as [[krautrock]] internationally, including [[Kraftwerk]], [[Organisation (band)| Organisation]], [[Neu!]], [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]], [[Harmonia (band)|Harmonia]], [[Night Sun (Hard Rock Band)|Night Sun]], [[Holger Czukay]] and [[Guru Guru]].<ref name="discogs"/>

In 1977, through [[Brian Eno]], Plank recruited Dave Hutchins from Island Studios, as house engineer. Hutchins undertook recording and mixing roles on many of the productions originating from the studios in the following ten years.{{cite needed|date=December 2024}}

As a musician, Plank played guitar and keyboards on three Guru Guru albums: ''Kang Guru'', ''Guru Guru'', and ''Mani und Seine Freunde'', the Os Mundi album ''43 Minuten'', and Cluster's self-titled debut album. In 1978 and 1979 he added guitar and percussion to two Roedelius solo albums, ''[[Durch Die Wuste|Durch Die Wüste]]'' and ''[[Selbstportrait]]''. He was a member of the short lived band Liliental, contributing guitar, keyboards, and vocals. In 1979 he went into the studio with Dieter Moebius to record the first Moebius & Plank album, ''[[Rastakraut Pasta]]'' which was released the following year.<ref name="discogs"/>

===1980s===
Plank continued to work as one half of the duo Moebius & Plank, recording four additional albums. Their second album, ''[[Material (Moebius & Plank album)|Material]]'', was released in 1981. Their third album, the African-influenced ''[[Zero Set]]'', with Guru Guru drummer Mani Neumeier, was released in 1983. These two albums are early examples of the predecessors of [[techno]] and [[electronica]]. In 1983, Moebius & Plank also recorded the album ''[[Ludwig's Law]]'' using an [[E-mu|Emulator]], an early form of sampling keyboard that enabled them to duplicate other instruments without having musicians to play them. [[Mayo Thompson]] of [[Red Krayola]] contributed vocals, mainly spoken monologues. The project was rejected by Sky Records and was not released until 1998. The final Moebius & Plank collaboration, ''[[En Route (album)|En Route]]'' was recorded in Conny's Studio in 1986 but left incomplete as Plank's health deteriorated. It was completed and mixed in 1995, primarily by Dieter Moebius, and released that year.<ref name="discogs"/>

During the eighties, Plank remained in high demand with the new generation of electronic pop and [[New wave music|new wave]] artists, including [[Devo]], [[The Meteors (Dutch band)|the Meteors]] from the Netherlands (''Hunger'' in 1980 and ''Stormy Seas'' in 1981), [[Hunters & Collectors]] from Australia ( ''[[The Fireman's Curse]]'' in 1983 and ''[[The Jaws of Life (Hunters & Collectors album)|The Jaws of Life]]'' in 1984) [[:de:Fred Banana Combo|the Fred Banana Combo]], [[Ultravox (band)|Ultravox]] (''[[Systems of Romance]]'', ''[[Vienna (album)|Vienna]]'' and ''[[Rage in Eden]]''), [[Echo & the Bunnymen]], [[Freur]], [[Killing Joke]], [[the Tourists]] (''Luminous Basement'') and [[Eurythmics]] (''[[In the Garden (Eurythmics album)|In the Garden]]''). He also worked on pop and rock productions with artists such as [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], [[Clannad (musical group)|Clannad]], [[Play Dead (band)|Play Dead]], and [[Gianna Nannini]] (''Latin Lover'', ''Sogno Di Una Notte d'Estate'', ''Tutto Live'' and others, also credited for music).<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|title=Conny Plank's recording contributions|website=Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/40135-Conny-Plank?srsltid=AfmBOoobyn6zmBv8TtLIaQmOcAF2JtegKkW7sbLiber5CjGTKzpFckW7}}</ref>

Plank's other production credits include [[Liaisons Dangereuses (band)|Liaisons Dangereuses]], [[Phew (singer)|Phew]], [[Einstürzende Neubauten]], [[Ástor Piazzolla]], Psychotic Tanks, [[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft|DAF]] (including the classic single "Der Mussolini"), [[Les Rita Mitsouko]], and [[Nina Hagen]].<ref name="discogs"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://thevinylfactory.com/features/10-essential-conny-plank-records/|magazine=The Vinyl Factory|title=An introduction to Conny Plank in 10 records}}</ref>

According to [[René Tinner]] and Stephan Plank in a radio documentary about the life of Conny Plank, it was [[Brian Eno]]'s idea that Plank should produce the [[U2]] album ''[[The Joshua Tree]]'' instead of him. After being introduced to the band by Eno and after a short meeting, Plank turned down the job ("I cannot work with this singer").<ref>''Conny Plank – eine Produzentenlegende'', NDR German Radio, 11 February 2006</ref> According to the companion website of the documentary film ''Conny Plank – The Potential of Noise'' (but not the film itself), after the meeting, Plank firstly asked for time for a second thought. In the meantime he attended a U2 concert at [[Freilichtbühne Loreley]], where U2's Bono introduced Plank to the audience as their new producer, after which Plank is said to have left the concert and never communicated further with any member of U2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conny-plank.de|title=Conny Plank – The Potential of Noise|website=Conny-plank.de}}</ref>

==Death==
Plank became sick while touring South America with Dieter Moebius, Arno Steffen and Detlef Wiederhoeft performing music from ''Ludwig's Law''. Some of Plank's last work, before his death in 1987 from laryngeal cancer in [[Cologne]], was the recording of concerts on Eurythmics' ''Revenge'' tour, and samples used on the [[Synclavier|NED Synclavier]] on their ''[[Savage (Eurythmics album)|Savage]]'' album.<ref name="discogs"/>

Plank's studio established at his home on the southern outskirts of Cologne continued to be run by his widow Christa Fast and their son until her failing health and the general change in the music business forced them to offer its contents for sale in May 2006.<ref>[http://www.vintage-music-equipment.de/connys-studio/about-connys-studio/ Vintage-music-equipment] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217082026/http://www.vintage-music-equipment.de/connys-studio/about-connys-studio/ |date=17 February 2007 }}</ref> Fast died on 1 June 2006. Conny's hand-built mixing desk was bought by English producers [[David M. Allen]] and [[Mark Ralph (record producer)|Mark Ralph]] and transported to England. The desk was originally designed and built by Plank in 1970, altered and frequently upgraded until his death in 1987. The 56 channel desk was a custom design and has a number of unique features, including a specially designed [[Equalization (audio)|equalization]] (EQ) section that conformed to Plank's own preferred EQ settings, as well as a section that could be removed and fitted into a converted military van adapted for remote recording. It is also reputedly laminated in wood taken from a single cherry tree from Plank's own garden.{{cite needed|date=December 2024}}

The mixing desk was initially installed at Club Ralf, the private studio of producer [[Mark Ralph (record producer)|Mark Ralph]], where he used it to record and mix a range of work including all or parts of "In Our Heads" and "Why Make Sense" by [[Hot Chip]], "Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action" by [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] and "Communion" by [[Years & Years]]. It is currently in North London at Studio 7, the private studio of songwriter and producer Laurence Loveless.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.connys-studio.de|website=Connys-Studio.de|title=Conny Plank's studio}}</ref>

==Style and influence==
Plank drew inspiration from British and American [[rock music]], specifically the work of [[Rolling Stones]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], and [[Velvet Underground]], but deemed pointless an effort to imitate them and "set about devising ways of giving groups [he produced] a discernibly European identity and sound. He praised the work of the Jamaican producer [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], admiring its simplicity and minimal technology usage.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bussy|first=Pascal|title=Kraftwerk: Man, Machine and Music|publisher=SAF Publishing Ltd|year=2004|isbn=0-946719-70-5|p=23}}</ref> Plank used [[Multitrack recording|multi-track]] recording facilities. He favored sometimes harsh-sounding effects and contrasting audio for each element in the mix. Plank used combinations of echo, reverberation and other electronic, mixing, editing and tape-based effects to create mixes.{{cite needed|date=December 2024}} Plank favoured a 'live' production sound,<ref name="ManMachine"/> especially on drums. On a recording session in Hamburg in 1970 with Hartmut Kulka from the German Blue Flames & Philip Cantlay of Casey Jones & the Governors/Gaslight Union, together known as Kulka & Cantlay, he set up and recorded conga drums with specially inserted microphones to provide an unusual percussion sound.{{cite needed|date=December 2024}}

Plank, who began his career as soundman for [[Marlene Dietrich]], was an ardent believer in the possibilities of electronic music and electronic [[soundscape]]s.<ref name="ManMachine">{{cite magazine|title=Man VS. Machine: Conny Plank|author=John Diliberto|date=12 July 2007|url=http://www.emusician.com/engineers-producers/0989/man-vs-machine-conny-plank/147192|magazine=Electronic Musician|archive-date=August 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829055839/http://www.emusician.com/engineers-producers/0989/man-vs-machine-conny-plank/147192}}</ref> He was also known for blending them with conventional sounds, or natural sounds given unconventional treatments, such as using large metal containers and other industrial objects as percussion instruments.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Electronic Sound|url=https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/features/long-reads/conny-plank/|title=Conny Plank biography|author=Mark Roland|date=November 9, 2017}}</ref>

Plank and the bands he worked with in West Germany had a strong influence on mainstream rock artists, some of whom were able to popularize aspects of his production technique and his distinctive approach. In the 1980s, electronic pop bands were able to realize his ideas in performance as computerized electronic instruments became readily available.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Dave Everley|date=20 August 2024|title=He wasn't like a mad scientist with all these live wires hanging around in the studio – the wires were all in his mind: The prog credentials of pioneering producer Conny Plank|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-prog-was-conny-plank|magazine=Louder Sound}}</ref>

== Recordings ==
Plank was involved with the following chronological list of albums, either as a direct contributor or because his studio facilities were used. The dates refer to the year of first release.
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'''1969'''
* ''The Living Music'' ([[Alexander von Schlippenbach]])
* ''[[Tone Float]]'' ([[Organisation (band)|Organisation]])
'''1970'''
* ''[[Just A Poke]]'' ([[Sweet Smoke]])
* ''[[Klopfzeichen]]'' ([[Kluster]])
* ''[[Kraftwerk (album)|Kraftwerk]]'' ([[Kraftwerk]])
'''1971'''
* ''[[Zwei-Osterei]]'' (Kluster)
* ''[[Ash Ra Tempel (album)|Ash Ra Tempel]]'' ([[Ash Ra Tempel]])
* ''Legend'' (Parzival)
* ''[[Eloy (album)|Eloy]]'' ([[Eloy (band)|Eloy]])
* ''[[Cluster (album)|Cluster]]'' ([[Cluster (band)|Cluster]])
'''1972'''
* "BaRock" (Parzival)
* ''[[Mournin' (album)|Mournin']]'' ([[Night Sun]])
* ''43 Minuten'' (Os Mundi)
* ''[[Kraftwerk 2]]'' (Kraftwerk)
* ''[[Neu! (album)|Neu!]]'' ([[Neu!]])
* ''[[Cluster II (album)|Cluster II]]'' ([[Cluster (band)|Cluster]])
* ''Echo'' (A.R. & Machines)
* ''[[Lonesome Crow]]'' ([[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]])
* ''Kan Guru'' ([[Guru Guru]])
* ''[[Together (Jane album)|Together]]'' ([[Jane (German band)|Jane]])
* ''I Turned to See Whose Voice it Was'' (Gomorrha)
* ''Kollektiv'' (Kollektiv)
* ''Supernova'' ([[Ibliss]])
'''1973'''
* ''Guru Guru'' (Guru Guru)
* ''[[Neu! 2]]'' (Neu!)
* ''[[Ralf und Florian]]'' (Kraftwerk)
'''1974'''
* ''[[Autobahn (album)|Autobahn]]'' (Kraftwerk)
* ''[[Zuckerzeit]]'' ([[Cluster (band)|Cluster]])
* ''[[Andy Nogger]]'' ([[Kraan]])
* ''[[Free Improvisation]]'' (Wired)
'''1975'''
* ''[[Deluxe (Harmonia album)|Deluxe]]'' ([[Harmonia (band)|Harmonia]])
* ''[[Neu! '75]]'' (Neu!)
* ''La Leyla'' (Ramses)
* ''Hoelderlin'' ([[Hoelderlin]])
* ''[[Let It Out (Kraan album)|Let It Out]]'' (Kraan)
* ''Bröselmaschine'' (Bröselmaschine)
* ''Mani und Seine Freunde'' (Guru Guru)
'''1976'''
* ''[[Sowiesoso]]'' ([[Cluster (band)|Cluster]])
* Selected Jigs Reels & Songs ([[De Dannan|De Danann]])
* ''Clowns & Clouds'' ([[Hoelderlin]])
* ''You Won't See Me'' (Helmut Koellen)
* ''[[La Düsseldorf (album)|La Düsseldorf]]'' ([[La Düsseldorf]])
'''1977'''
* ''[[Before and after Science]]'' ([[Brian Eno]])
* ''[[Cluster & Eno]]'' ([[Cluster (band)|Cluster]] and Brian Eno)
* ''[[Flammende Herzen]]'' ([[Michael Rother]])
* ''[[Pompeii (Triumvirat album)|Pompeii]]'' ([[Triumvirat]])
* ''Rockpommel's Land'' ([[Grobschnitt]])
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'''1978'''
* ''[[After the Heat]]'' (Eno, [[Dieter Moebius|Moebius]], [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius|Roedelius]])
* ''[[Ambient 1: Music for Airports]]'' (Brian Eno)
* ''[[Flyday]]'' (Kraan)
* ''[[Durch die Wuste|Durch die Wüste]]'' (Roedelius)
* ''[[Question: Are We Not Men? Answer: We Are Devo!]]'' ([[Devo]])
* ''[[Out of Reach (album)|Out of Reach]]'' ([[Can (band)|Can]])
* ''Liliental'' (Liliental)
* ''[[Sterntaler]]'' (Michael Rother)
* ''[[Systems of Romance]]'' ([[Ultravox]])
* ''Welcome'' ([[SBB (band)|SBB]])
'''1979'''
* ''[[Katzenmusik]]'' (Michael Rother)
* ''[[Selbstportrait]]'' (Roedelius)
'''1980''' 
* ''[[Crann Ull]]'' ([[Clannad (musical group)|Clannad]])
* ''[[Rastakraut Pasta]]'' ([[Moebius & Plank]])
* ''[[Die Kleinen und die Bösen]]'' ([[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft|DAF]])
* ''[[Three into One]]'' (Ultravox)
* ''[[Hunger (The Meteors album)|Hunger]]'' ([[The Meteors (Dutch band)|The Meteors]]) 
* ''[[Tournee]]'' (Kraan)
* ''[[Vienna (album)|Vienna]]'' (Ultravox)
* ''[[Luminous Basement]]'' ([[The Tourists]])
'''1981''' 
* ''[[Material (Moebius & Plank album)|Material]]'' (Moebius & Plank)
* ''[[Phew (album)|Phew]]'' ([[Phew (singer)|Phew]], with [[Holger Czukay]], Conny Plank & [[Jaki Liebezeit]]) 
* ''[[Alles ist gut]]'' ([[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft|DAF]])
* ''[[Gold und Liebe]]'' ([[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft|DAF]])
* ''Les Vampyrettes'' (Conny Plank and Holger Czukay)
* ''[[Stormy Seas]]'' ([[The Meteors (Dutch band)|The Meteors]]) Dutch band
* ''[[In the Garden (Eurythmics album)|In the Garden]]'' ([[Eurythmics]])
* ''[[Rage in Eden]]'' (Ultravox)
* ''Der Ernst des Lebens'' ([[Ideal (German band)|Ideal]])
* ''[[Edelweiß (album)|Edelweiß]]'' ([[Joachim Witt]])
'''1982'''
* ''[[Revelations (Killing Joke)|Revelations]]'' ([[Killing Joke]])
* ''[[Latin Lover (album)|Latin Lover]]'' ([[Gianna Nannini]])
* ''Strange Music'' (Moebius & Beerbohm)
* ''[[Für immer (D.A.F. album)|Für Immer]]'' ([[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft|DAF]])
'''1983'''
* ''[[Zero Set]]'' (Moebius, Plank, and [[Mani Neumeier|Neumeier]])
* ''[[The Fireman's Curse]]'' ([[Hunters & Collectors]])
* ''[[Listen (A Flock of Seagulls album)|Listen]]'' ([[A Flock of Seagulls]])
* ''[[Schlagende Wetter]]'' (Kowalski)
*[[Whodini (album)]]

'''1984'''
* ''[[Der Osten ist Rot]]'' (Holger Czukay)
* ''[[Belfegore (album)|Belfegore]]'' ([[Belfegore]])
* ''[[Begegnungen]]'' (Eno Moebius Roedelius Plank)
* ''[[Rita_Mitsouko_(album)|Rita Mitsouko]]'' ([[Les Rita Mitsouko]])
* ''[[The Collection (Ultravox album)|The Collection]]'' (Ultravox)
* ''[[Puzzle (Gianna Nannini album)|Puzzle]]'' (Gianna Nannini)
* ''Should Have Been Greatest Hits'' (The Tourists)
* ''[[The Jaws of Life (Hunters & Collectors album)|The Jaws of Life]]'' (Hunters & Collectors)
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'''1985'''
* ''Humpe Humpe (album)'' ([[Annette Humpe|Humpe Humpe]])
* ''[[Begegnungen II]]'' (Eno Moebius Roedelius Plank)
* ''[[Tutto Live]]'' (Gianna Nannini)
* ''[[Old Land]]'' (Cluster and Brian Eno)
* ''[[Dein ist mein ganzes Herz]]'' ([[Heinz Rudolf Kunze]])
* ''[[Company of Justice]]'' ([[Play Dead (band)|Play Dead]])
'''1986'''
* ''[[U-Vox]]'' (Ultravox)
* ''[[Profumo (album)|Profumo]]'' (Gianna Nannini)
'''1987'''
* ''The Prophecies of Nostradamus'' ([[Bollock Brothers]])
* ''[[Rome Remains Rome]]'' (Holger Czukay)
* ''[[Savage (Eurythmics album)|Savage]]'' (Eurythmics)
* ''Mein Schatz'' (Heiner Pudelko) = his final production; finished by [[Annette Humpe]]
'''Posthumous'''
* ''[[Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!]]'' (Killing Joke, 1992)
* ''Box II'' (Brian Eno, 1993)
* ''[[If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox]]'' ([[Midge Ure]] and Ultravox, 1993)
* ''Rare, Vol. I'' (Ultravox, 1993)
* ''Rare, Vol. II'' (Ultravox, 1994)
* ''[[En Route (album)|En Route]]'' (Moebius & Plank, recorded 1986, released 1995)
* ''Space Ship (The Best Of, Part 1)'' (Guru Guru, 1996)
* ''The Best of Ax Genrich'' (Ax Genrich, 1997)
* ''Greatest Hits'' (The Tourists, 1997)
* ''Guru Guru & Uli Trepte'' (Guru Guru and [[Uli Trepte]], 1997)
* ''[[The Michael Schenker Story Live]]'' ([[Michael Schenker]], 1997)
* ''Chronicles, Vol. 1'' ([[Michael Rother]], 1998)
* ''[[Ludwig's Law]]'' (Moebius, Plank, [[Mayo Thompson|Thompson]], recorded 1983, released 1998)
* ''Music For Two Brothers'' (Rolf & Joachim Kuhn, 1998)
* ''Best'' (Scorpions, 1999)
* ''The Very Best of Guru Guru'' (Guru Guru, 1999)
* ''[[La Luna (Holger Czukay album)|La Luna]]'' (Holger Czukay 2000, expanded 2007)
* ''Into The Arena 1972–1995 [Highlights and Overtures]'' (Michael Schenker, 2000)
* ''[[Pioneers Who Got Scalped]]'' (Devo, 2000)
* ''[[More Nipples]]'' ([[Peter Brötzmann]] Group, 2003)
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==Documentary==
* ''Conny Plank – The Potential of Noise'', a 92 minute documentary film directed by Reto Caduff and Plank's son Stephan Plank, was released in September 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kanthak|first1=Dietmar|title=Kritik zu Conny Plank – The Potential of Noise|url= https://www.epd-film.de/filmkritiken/conny-plank-potential-noise |access-date=7 October 2017|work=[[:de:epd Film|epd Film]]|date=22 September 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://connyplank.com/ Official website]
* {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p114812|label=Conny Plank credits}}
* {{Discogs artist|Conny Plank}}
* {{imdb name|9307059}}

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