The Faust Tapes

The Faust Tapes is the third album by Faust. The album is very similar to the first Faust album as it contains two long tracks. However, these two songs are made up of multiple smaller songs, instead of being continous tracks. The album currently holds a 4 star rating on Allmusic. This album is generally regarded as being the album that introduced Faust to Great Britain.

Background
After the release of Faust So Far, Polydor complained that the album was not commercial enough. This prompted Uwe Nettelbeck to get the band a new record deal with Virgin Records. Nettelbeck chose to give Virgin tapes of the music that the band had been working on since 'Faust So Far' for free.

Release
The album sold over 50,000 copies in the UK, due to a marketing campaign by Virgin Records that sold the album at single-price (49p), instead of album price.

The album was re-released in 1980 by Reccomended Records with alternative artwork. Other re-releases of the album use a third set of artwork.

Track listing
The tracks listed below are taken from 'The Wümme Years' box set. The tracks on the original album are a 22:37 minute track on Side One and a 20:49 minute track on Side Two.