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FAUST / FAUST TAPES

1973  VIRGIN 1st UK PRESS

•••••  RARE ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL AVANT NOISE/PROGRESSIVE ROCK. Legendary collection of indescribable tracks & audio experiments mixed with progressive krautrock that defies genre definition, and was also never originally intended for release. MUST BE HEARD. COLLECTION ESSENTIAL STATUS.

1973 true 1st UK pressing thick heavy rigid 164g weight vinyl stereo the dead wax is machine stamped "VC 501 A/B-1U  PH" cover is printed thick heavy card stock ***TRUE FIRST COVER DOES HAVE THE "FLUTED" PINCHED SPINE ENDS inner sleeve is generic


CONDITION:
VINYL =    NM  Lightest possible signs of play wear or handling or sleeve scuff visible under bright halogens. The labels are NM.

PLAY GRADE =   M   Exceptionally low noise floor, CLEAN CLEAR BOLD DEEP BOOMING FIDELITY.

COVER =   EX   Light storage or handling rub, minor ring rub / impression on back, some very light creasing near a few edge areas, CLEAN COLORFUL BOLD BRIGHT.  The edge seams are ROCK SOLID NO SPLITS, SPINE LEGIBLE.  Corners are have very mild rub or dent/creasing. 

 ‎– The Faust Tapes Label:  ‎– VC501,  ‎– VC 5o1 Format: , LP, Album, Stereo 
Country: Released: Genre: ,  Style: ,  Tracklist  AB Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) –  Published By –  Distributed By –  Distributed By –  Pressed By –  Credits Cover –  Liner Notes – , , , , , ,  Painting ["Crest"] –  Performer [Uncredited] – , , , ,  Photography By [Photograph] –  Notes ℗ 1973
℗ Virgin Records Ltd.
Distributed by EMI & Island.

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 Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped): VC 501 A-1U Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped): VC 501 B-1U



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