Description Vinyl LP pressing. Faust stand among the most influential creative forces to have emerged from Germany in the late '60s and early '70s. Along with Can, Agitation Free, Neu! And others, Faust rejected the Anglo-American norms of rock 'n' roll to start a back-to-basics and uniquely Teutonic revolution in sound-later dubbed by the UK press with the semi-derogatory term "krautrock." Faust would reach near-mythical status through a series of classic albums recorded between 1970 and 1973 at their secluded Wümme studio. As Dave Segal writes in the liner notes, "There's no consensus about which Faust album represents their zenith. But a survey of the group's fans would likely find the collage-heavy messterpiece The Faust Tapes triumphing. It's freewheeling, jump-cut nature and unlikely earworm moments conspire for more what-the-f*** epiphanies per minute than just about any other record about which Krautrocksampler author Julian Cope has raved." Comprised of twenty odd tape-manipulation experiments and freak-out jams, The Faust Tapes stashes away some of the band's best-known songs. "Flashback Caruso," with it's delicate acoustic guitar and Rudolf Sosna's airy vocals, could easily have appeared on So Far or Faust IV, while on "J'ai Mal Aux Dents," Jean-Hervé Peron's playful lyrics and this ecstatic, era-defining riff perfectly represent Faust's magical mischievousness. This first-time domestic release of The Faust Tapes on vinyl reproduces the original sleeve design, featuring artwork by Bridget Riley. TracklistA1 Exercise - With Several Hands On A Piano 0:52A2 Exercise - With Voices, Drum And Sax 0:21A3 Flashback Caruso 4:01A4 Exercise - With Voices 1:48A5 J'ai Mal Aux Dents 7:14A6 Untitled 1:03A7 Untitled - Arnulf & Zappi, 2 Drums 1:42A8 Dr. Schwitters, Intro 0:25A9 Exercise - Continues Track 1 1:11A10 Untitled 1:18A11 Untitled 0:50A12 Dr. Schwitters Snippet 0:49A13 Untitled - Arnulf On Drums 1:03A14 Untitled - Arnulf On Drums 0:47B1 Untitled - All On Saxes 1:33B2 Untitled 2:18B3 Untitled - Rudolf 0:34B4 Untitled - Rudolf 0:51B5 Untitled - Rudolf 1:15B6 Untitled 2:28B7 Untitled 0:20B8 Untitled 1:15B9 Untitled 0:59B10 Stretch Out Time 1:35B11 Der Baum 3:49B12 Chère Chambre 3:07
