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Faust - The Faust Tapes - 1973 First Issue Near Mint Vinyl LP - Virgin - VC501

Label: Virgin - VC501

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Country: UK

Released: 19 May 1973

Genre: Electronic, Rock

Style: Krautrock, Experimental

Condition: from a well cared for large private collection.
  Vinyl: Near Mint (NM, M-) - nothing that appears to effect the audio;
  Labels: Side One: Good (G) - would have been Near Mint other than the remaining impression left by a sticker (See photo), Side Two: Near Mint.
  Card Sleeve: Front - Very Good Plus (VG+) - some yellowing with age; Back - Very Good (VG) would have been VG+ but for the impression left by a sticker (See photo) and some small creases and yellowing with age;
  Inner Paper Sleeve - (G) - would have been VG but hand-written biro notes top left hand corner (See photo), some yellowing with age.

Tracks:
Side One:
Three discernible tracks, all untitled

Side Two:
Four/five discernible tracks, all untitled

Performers (Uncredited): Gunther Wüsthoff, Hans Joachim Irmler, Jean-Hervé Peron, Rudolf Sosna, Werner Diermaier

Cover: Uwe Nettelbeck
Front Cover Notes (English and French): B.D., Christian Lebrun, Ian MacDonald, John Peel, Léon Naje, Philippe Paringaux, Steve Peacock
Back Cover Painting "Crest" by: Bridget Riley

℗ 1973
℗ Virgin Records Ltd.
Distributed by EMI & Island.
Phonographic Copyright ℗: Virgin Records Ltd.
Published by: Copyright Control
Distributed by: Island Records Ltd.
Distributed by: EMI
Pressed by: The Gramophone Co. Ltd.

Notes:
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 from: 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
Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped): VC 501 A-1U GA
Etched name: R Delaney
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped, variant 1): VC 501 B-1U GD

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