{"product_id":"1971-1974","title":"1971 - 1974","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited boxset that contains\u003ci\u003e Faust, So Far, The Faust Tapes, Faust IV, Punkt\u003c\/i\u003e (1974 album that has never been released), \u003ci\u003eMomentaufnahme I\u003c\/i\u003e (unreleased studio tracks), \u003ci\u003eMomentaufnahme II\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(unreleased studio tracks), and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA band's fame can be measured in the sum of myths, legends and stories which are conjured\u003cbr\u003eup in their wake. In which case, Faust have been playing in the Champions League for quite\u003cbr\u003esome time. Few bands have been as innovative, influential or as irrepressible as Faust - the\u003cbr\u003eway they revolutionized the history of music in the space of just four years puts them right\u003cbr\u003eup there with The Velvet Underground. What began in a Hamburg (Sternschanze) bunker in\u003cbr\u003e1970 would send shockwaves around the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis box is the first virtually complete collection of Faust works from the years 1971-1974.\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to the debut album, it includes the 1972 album \u003ci\u003eSo Far,\u003c\/i\u003e the legendary 1973 Virgin\u003cbr\u003eUK release \u003ci\u003eThe Faust Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Some chose to play frisbee with the LP, others said it changed\u003cbr\u003etheir lives\" as Jean-Hervé Peron noted), \u003ci\u003eFaust IV\u003c\/i\u003e and, for the first time ever, the mythical,\u003cbr\u003eso-called \"Munich album\" \u003ci\u003ePunkt\u003c\/i\u003e, which Faust recorded at Giorgio Moroder's Musicland Studios\u003cbr\u003ein 1974. For one reason or another, this last album never saw the light of day - until now. The\u003cbr\u003ebonus albums \u003ci\u003eMomentaufnahme I\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMomentaufnahme II\u003c\/i\u003e also feature unreleased material,\u003cbr\u003esimultaneously affording us a fascinating glimpse of Faust's creativity in their Wümme studio\u003cbr\u003ephase. Two 7-inch singles round off the Faust 1971-1974 compendium: \u003ci\u003eLieber Herr Deutschland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eis the demo recording they sent to Polydor in 1971, remarkably triggering a contract offer from\u003cbr\u003ethe label who had something of a conservative reputation at the time. The track later resurfaced\u003cbr\u003eas the B-side to their single \u003ci\u003eBaby,\u003c\/i\u003e a song which had been rejected by the aforementioned label.\u003cbr\u003eThe second 7-inch single in the box is a rerelease of \u003ci\u003eSo Far,\u003c\/i\u003e the first Faust single on Polydor,\u003cbr\u003eoriginally issued in 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is by no means overstating the case to assert that Faust created and christened a genre (the\u003cbr\u003ename would prove emotive) in one fell swoop (track 1 on Faust IV). This box is no more and\u003cbr\u003eno less than the holy grail of Krautrock. Even 50 years (or perhaps all the more so) after they\u003cbr\u003etook their first musical steps in a bunker near Hamburg's Sternschanze station, Faust still sound\u003cbr\u003erevolutionary, timeless, irrepressible and, above all, unique.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bureau B","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x7","offer_id":50459889140043,"sku":"1124865","price":179.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/fd924c0f-087d-4bee-9d98-09f342c2d0e4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727227926","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/1971-1974","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}