FAUST "The Faust Tapes" '73 UK VIRGIN 1st PRESS Nr MINT
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25
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33
£ 25
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May 16, 2011
Sold Date
May 6, 2011
Start Date
£ 24
Start price
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Great Britain
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FAUST "The Faust Tapes" '73 UK VIRGIN 1st PRESS Nr MINT
HEAVY VINYL, PINCHED SPINE COVER, SUPERB CLEAN SOUND
FAUSTThe Faust Tapes
ORIGINAL UK VIRGIN (VC 510) FIRST PRESSING (July 1973) OF FAUST'S FABULOUS, EXPERIMENTAL ROCK RAMBLING "The Faust Tapes" IN LOVELY CONDITION - VERY CLEAN PRESS WITH SUPERB SOUND REPRODUCTION THROUGHOUT - GREAT COPY
PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL (very thick and chunky) WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK AND WHITE VIRGIN LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS: VC 510 A-1U / VC 510 B-1U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/L and 1/GH
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL BLACK AND WHITE "UWE NETTELBECK" SLEEVE WITH TOP AND BOTTOM 'PINCHED' SPINE AND BRIDGIT RILEY'S "CREST" PAINTING ON THE REVERSE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH "MADE IN ENGLAND" AND UK PATENT NUMBER PRINTED IN BLUE
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 49p.
Still, it's no mean feat to sell 50,000 copies of rock this avant-garde, no matter what the cost.
It's a continuous 43-minute piece with about 26 discrete passages, 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 Can and Zappa in the torrid editing and British Canterbury bands in the goofier, more rock-driven parts, but this is not immediately accessible, taking a few plays to get a grip on, though most pop-oriented listeners didn't get that far.
LABELS: Clean labels with barely a spindle trace - this copy has seen very little play. There is some very light yellowing to the labels but nothing really - EXCELLENT++
VINYL Visual: The vinyl surfaces retains their original deep glossy sheen and are practically unmarked - NEAR MINT
VINYL Audio: A beautifully clean press and on playback at a loud volume there are no major audio issues of note - no scratches, no loud clicks or pops and very, very little surface noise (which is pretty exceptional). The whole album plays beautifully from start to finish and is very critically graded NEAR MINT for audio - great copy of this wonderful piece of work
SLEEVE: The 1st issue black and white matt cover is also in great condition. Again, very clean with non of the common ring wear or grubby marks and the edges and spine are crisp and square with no wear to speak of - EXCELLENT++
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A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER WITH NAGAOKA ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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436 (GS 6.1.1 (436))
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