The Faust Tapes

by Faust

Overview

This was the release that "broke" Faust to a British audience, mostly because of a marketing gimmick whereby the then-infant Virgin label sold it in shops for half a pound. Still, it's no mean feat to sell 50,000 copies of rock this avant-garde, no matter what the cost. A continuous 43-minute piece with about 26 discrete passages (which makes it hell to zero in on a specific bit on CD), it roams from crash'n'mash drums and fierce art rock jamming to rather pretty, if inscrutable, bits of folk-rock and spoken word, with odd shards of melody sticking out like glass in a tire. There are rough reference points to Zappa in the torrid editing and British Canterbury bands in the goofier, more rock-driven parts, but this is even less immediately accessible, taking a few plays to get a grip on, though most pop-oriented listeners won't get that far. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	08/12/2022
Label:	Bureau B
UPC:	4015698627695
Rank:	2693

Tracks

1. Several Hands on Our Piano
2. Don't
3. Flashback Caruso
4. Voices and Trumpet and All
5. J'ai Mal Aux Dents
6. Beim n¿¿chsten Ton ist es?
7. Two Drums, Bass, Organ
8. Dr. Schwitters Intro
9. Several Hands on Our Piano (Continued)
10. Beam Me Up, Scotty
11. Elerimomuvid
12. Dr. Schwitters (Continued)
13. Have a Good Time, Everybody
14. Above and Under Our Piano
15. Hermanns Lament
16. Donnerwetter
17. Was ist hier los?
18. Rudolf der Pianist
19. Ricochets
20. I've Heard That One Before
21. Watch Your Step
22. Under Our Piano Again
23. Fluid Chorus
24. Stretch Out Time
25. Der Baum
26. Ch¿¿re Chambre

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Faust   Primary Artist
Rudolf Sossna   Voices
Jean Herve Peron   Voices
Uwe Nettelbeck   Voices
Florentine Papst   Vocals
Zappi   Conductor

Technical Credits

Uwe Nettelbeck   Audio Production,Producer
Kurt Graupner   Audio Engineer,Engineer
Bob Drake   Remastering
Chris Cutler   Design
Guenther Wuesthoff   Performer
Rudolf Sossna   Composer
Werner Diermaier   Performer
Jean Herve Peron   Composer
Matt Murman   Remastering
Faust   Composer
Edda Koechl   Paintings
Savage Leisurecentre   Cover Photo
E.M. Thomas   Cover Art
Andy Hertel   Artwork