Faust - IV - Orig UK Virgin '73 Prog Avantgarde

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ARTIST: Faust
LABEL: Virgin V 2004 (1974 UK)
TITLE: Faust IV
CONDITION:
Sleeve: Almost Mint- w/ a slight LP indent on front & back covers, a whisper of very light ring wear, a small light crease at the bottom right corner of the back cover and a touch of light corner wear.
Record: Beautiful! Looks & plays Mint- / VPI cleaned
COMMENTS: Very nice original UK Virgin copy of this classic '73 Krautrock Prog Avantgarde LP.
Tracks : Krautrock... The Sad Skinhead...Jennifer...Just a Second...Picnic On A Frozen River... Giggy Smile...Lauft - Heisst Das es Lauft Oder es Kommt Bald - Lauft...It's a Bit Of a Pain...
Faust IV would be the German avant-rockers' last proper album for almost two decades. Though only releasing a handful of records over the course of four years, they would leave an indelible impression on music. Faust's adventurous studio explorations - from music improvisations to their experiments with tape collage and electronics - would go on to influence generations of musicians to come (e.g. the Fall, 23 Skidoo, Nurse With Wound, Stereolab, Olivia Tremor Control, Liars, etc.). Compared to their earlier works, Faust IV is somewhat tempered, especially considering the cut-n-paste mayhem of its predecessor, Faust Tapes , but it's far from a straight-ahead record. The 12-minute instrumental opening track Krautrock is as sprawling as the title implies (surely the group was taking a playful piss on contemporaries like Can and Neu!), while Just a Second unexpectedly turns a bluesy, stoner rock jam into a strange, musique concr̬te-influenced workout - think Black Sabbath meets Ash Ra Tempel meets Luc Ferrari. In contrast, the The Sad Skinhead is given a Teutonic reggae workout, seemingly plotting a course which post-punk bands like Scritti Politi would follow a half-a-decade later, and I wouldn't be surprised to find the Beta Band citing the whimsical It's a Bit of a Pain as an inspiration for any number of songs from their Three EPs era. And I haven't even touched upon Giggy Smile yet, but let's just say that its rollicking Zappa/Beefheart-esque and proggy Canterbury-styled jamming effortlessly twists through jazzy interludes, and is a Faust masterpiece.
NOTE: VPI cleaned means that this record was cleaned on a professional $500 cleaning machine, which does wonders for the playback of all vinyl records !
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