FAUST FAUST IV LP on VIRGIN LABEL STEREO 1973 ORIG UK IMPORT KRAUT ROCK NM
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Here is a NEAR MINT copy of a FAUST LP titled FAUST IV. It is an original UK pressing on the WHITE VIRGIN label, catalog #V2004 in STEREO sound from 1973. The vinyl is in NEAR MINT condition, black and shiny with a couple of fine non-sounding marks and excellent playback. The cover is original thin cardboard in NEAR MINT MINUS condition with just some corner bumps and a small bottom right corner crease. It is a NEAR MINT copy of this FAUST LP for you to own. It is an opportunity to purchase this LP in this condition. It’s a superb addition for the KRAUT ROCK / FAUST collector!! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pic’s. I DO NOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM OR MAIL TO BRAZIL, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY & OTHER EXCLUDED COUNTRIES. SEE EXCLUSION LIST PRIOR TO BIDDING! International bidders can email me for shipping rates. Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!
Music Review from AllMusic.com by Steve Huey
Coming on the heels of the cut-and-paste sound-collage schizophrenia of The Faust Tapes, Faust IV seems relatively subdued and conventional, though it's still a far cry from what anyone outside the German avant-garde rock scene was doing. The album's disparate threads don't quite jell into something larger (as in the past), but there's still much to recommend it. The nearly 12-minute electro-acoustic opener "Krautrock" is sometimes viewed as a comment on Faust's droning, long-winded contemporaries, albeit one that would lose its point by following the same conventions. There are a couple of oddball pop numbers that capture the group's surreal sense of whimsy: one, "The Sad Skinhead," through its reggae-ish beat, and another, "It's a Bit of a Pain," by interrupting a pastoral acoustic guitar number with the most obnoxious synth noises the band can conjure. Aside from "Krautrock," there is a trend toward shorter track lengths and more vocals, but there are still some unpredictably sudden shifts in the instrumental pieces, even though it only occasionally feels like an idea is being interrupted at random (quite unlike The Faust Tapes). There are several beat-less, mostly electronic soundscapes full of fluttering, blooping synth effects, as well as plenty of the group's trademark Velvet Underground-inspired guitar primitivism, and even a Frank Zappa-esque jazz-rock passage. Overall, Faust IV comes off as more a series of not-always-related experiments, but there are more than enough intriguing moments to make it worthwhile. Unfortunately, it would be the last album the group recorded (at least in its first go-round).
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