Album
The Faust Tapes
1973 · Electronic, Rock
6 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Faust Tapes is a Rock album by Faust, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 24 pressings tracked, owned by 6 collectors.
About
Faust were a bunch of scruffy, prankster-minded German art-hippies who lived communally, recorded music near-constantly in their own studio, and had the gall to name themselves after one of the crowning achievements of their nation's cultural history. This "krautrock" act was equally inspired by Frank Zappa, musique concrète composers, and British prog-rockers. Their music is experimental but weirdly accessible, thanks to their uncompromising sense of humor and a heavy emphasis on rhythm. On <i>Faust Tapes</i> you really never know what's going to happen next until you've listened to it so often you memorize it all, like some <i>Monty Python<>/i> skit. A "song" tends to last either thirty seconds or seven and a half minutes, and buzzsaw sounds routinely interrupt dulcet ones. The space jazz becomes shambling acid-folk that runs into creepy-fake world music, which somehow becomes a touching acoustic love song. Almost on the same level as the first two Velvet Underground albums, entire genres were either spawned by or prefigured in Faust's music: industrial, post-rock, darkwave, and maybe even a few yet to be named.</i>
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Tracklist
Side A
- AUntitled
Side B
- BUntitled
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Krautrock
- raw
- chaotic
- cerebral
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Text panel at the top of the front cover:
"The music on this album, drawn from Faust's own library of private tapes, was recorded informally and not originally intended for release. However, since British interest in the group has been unusually great, it has been decided to make some of this unofficial material available to the public in this country. These tapes have been left exactly as they were recorded - frequently live - and no post-production work has been imposed on them. The group wish to make it clear that this is not to be regarded as their third album, but a bonus release - on sale at the current price of a single - to mark their signing with Virgin Records, for whom they will shortly be recording their next official album. The Faust Tapes reveals Faust at their most personal and spontaneous. It's a unique glimpse behind the scenes of a group which European and British critics have hailed as one of the most exciting and exploratory in the world. Virgin Records"
The rest of the front cover text is made out of press quotes: Best, Rock & Folk, Sounds, Disc, Extra, Pop Music, and New Musical Express.
Black & white 'twins' Virgin labels indicate Side One and Side Two without any track titles, some parts were specified on later reissues. Musicians are uncredited.
The cover has a 'fluted spine' (pinched at both edges).
Catalogue number variations:
VC501 on cover spine and labels
VC 5o1 on top-right of front cover
The runouts are stamped.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Arnulf MeifertDRUMS
- Gunther WüsthoffSAXOPHONE, SYNTHESIZER
- Hans Joachim IrmlerORGAN
- Jean-Hervé PeronBASS
- Rudolf SosnaGUITAR, KEYBOARDS
- Werner DiermaierDRUMS
- ZappiDRUMS
6 collectors on Gatefold own this · 24 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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