Maybe they are only essential to those on a Neu! wavelength, but as KraftNeu! and their various tributaries in the Dusseldorf scene are my favourite branch of Krautrock, I'd still recommend the first two La D albums as essential, especially the debut, which I regard as being almost the equal of "Neu! '75". Same goes for the two Harmonia albums, and the first three Kraftwerk albums (and all the subsequent ones, for that matter, but they're not really Krautrock at all).
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