The Faust Tapes is a 1973 album by the German krautrock group Faust. The album sold well in the United Kingdom (50,000 copies) because of a marketing gimmick by Virgin Records that saw it go on sale for the price of a single. This exposure introduced British audiences to Faust.
Recommended Records reissued the album on LP in 1980, and on CD in 1996 and 2001. The Virgin and Recommended LP releases, and the first Recommended CD release had no track...
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The Faust Tapes is a 1973 album by the German krautrock group Faust. The album sold well in the United Kingdom (50,000 copies) because of a marketing gimmick by Virgin Records that saw it go on sale for the price of a single. This exposure introduced British audiences to Faust.
Recommended Records reissued the album on LP in 1980, and on CD in 1996 and 2001. The Virgin and Recommended LP releases, and the first Recommended CD release had no track titles.
The Faust Tapes consists of segments of songs woven together in pieces spread out over two sides of the LP, in the same manner as Thick as a Brick (1972) by Jethro Tull.
Faust's previous record label was Polydor Germany, and when they complained that Faust's second album Faust So Far (1972) was not commercial enough, Faust's producer, Uwe Nettelbeck signed the band up with Virgin Records in London. Part of the deal between Nettelbeck and Virgin was that he would give Virgin the tapes he had of the music Faust had been working on since...
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