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German for "fist", Faust were one of the first bands to use the recording studio as an instrument. After two albums for Polydor, they signed with the fledgling Virgin label. Priced as a single, "The Faust Tapes" album sold a staggering 50,000 + copies - amazing since it is one amazingly weird pastiche. Their live appearances were explosive (literally), as the pinball machines and jack-hammer legends detail. The band carried on for nearly two years after "IV", however that album, recorded outside the Wumme studio, was their last. Faust came back in 1995 with a new series of albums and live appearances.
Since 2003 two different bands, both having original members, carrying the name Faust are active.

Please do only submit pre-2003 Faust recordings in this profile. Recordings from 2003 and later should be submitted under Faust (6) when it concerns the Faust with Joachim Irmler or under Faust (7) when it concerns the Faust with Jean-Hervé Peron and Werner 'Zappi' Diermaier.
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Discography

Releases:
Faust (Album) (9 versions)   Polydor ... 1971
So Far (7", Single)   Polydor 1972
So Far (Album) (8 versions)   Polydor ... 1972
Faust IV (Album) (9 versions)   Virgin ... 1973
Outside The Dream Syndicate (Album) (3 versions)   Caroline (UK) ... 1973
The Faust Tapes (Album) (4 versions)   ReR Megacorp ... 1973
Extracts From Faust Party 3 (7")   Recommended Records 1979
Faust Party 3 Extracts #2 (7")   Recommended Records 1980
Munic & Elsewhere (LP, Comp, RM)   Recommended Records 1986
Seventy One Minutes Of… (Comp, Album) (4 versions)   ReR Megacorp 1988
The Last LP (LP, Album, Ltd)   ReR Megacorp 1988
The Pyre Of Angus Was In Kathmandu (7", Cle)   Table Of The Elements 1993
Rien (Album) (2 versions)   Table Of The Elements 1994
The Faust Concerts Vol.1 (Album) (2 versions)   Table Of The Elements 1994
The Faust Concerts Vol.2 (Album) (2 versions)   Table Of The Elements 1994
London 1-3 (LP, Comp, Ltd)   Recommended Records 1996
Untitled (CD, Comp, Ltd)   Klangbad 1996
You Know Faust (Album) (3 versions)   Klangbad ... 1996
Überschall 1996 (7", Ltd)   Die Stadt, Überschall Records 1996
Edinburgh 1997 (CD, Album, Dig)   Klangbad 1997
Faust Wakes Nosferatu (CD, Album)   Klangbad, Think Progressive 1997
Hurricane (VHS, PAL)   Klangbad 1997
Trafics (10", EP, Ltd)   CRDC 1997
Untitled (7")   What's That Noise 1997
Faust Wakes Nosferatu (LP, Album)   Klangbad 1998
Faust Wakes Nosferatu (LP, Album + CD, Album + Box, Ltd, sig)   Klangbad, Klangbad 1998
Ravvivando (Album) (2 versions)   Klangbad 1999
Compared To What (2 versions)   Weed (2) ... 2000
Faust / So Far (CD)   Collectors' Choice Music, Universal Music Special Markets 2000
The Land Of Ukko & Rauni (2xCD, Album)   Ektro Records, Ektro Records 2000
The Wümme Years 1970-73 (5xCD, Album + Box, Comp)   ReR Megacorp 2000
BBC Sessions + (CD, Album, Dig)   ReR Megacorp 2001
Live: Berlin - Volksbühne - May 1996 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Bern - Reithalle - June 1997 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Braunschweig - Klangbad - April 1988 (Cass, C60)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Bremen - Lagerhaus - September 1997 (Cass, S/Sided, C60)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Bremen - Schlachthof - August 1996 (Cass, C60)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Dijon - La Vapeur - June 1997 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Dublin - Mean Fiddler - October 1998 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Frankfurt - KOZ - March 1997 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Glasgow - 13th Note - October 1998 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Hamburg - 1987 (Cass, MP, C60)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Hamburg - Markthalle - April 1997 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Hamburg - Peute - May 1982 (Cass, C60)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Hamburg - Westwerk - August 1996 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Hamburg - Wilhelmsburg - 1984 (Cass, C60)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Heidelberg - Karlstor - April 1997 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Herzberg - Festival - July 1999 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Köln - Stadtgarten - June 1996 (Cass, C60)   Klangbad 2001
Live: La Spezia - Theatro Civico - May 1998 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: London - Garage - December 1996 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: London - Mini Melt Festival QEH - April 1999 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Lyon - Pez Ner - June 1997 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Metz - France - November 1996 (Cass, C60)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Osaka - Music Hall - December 1997 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Pittsburgh - Millvale Industrial - October 1999 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Potsdam - Nearby Berlin - November 1996 (Cass, C60)   Klangbad 2001
Live: San Francisco - Great American Music Hall - February 1994 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: San Francisco - Great American Musichall - October 1999 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Schiphorst - Home Concert - March 1997 (Cass, S/Sided, C60)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Tokyo - Liquid Room - December 1997 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Tübingen - Sudhaus - June 1998 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: Wien - Szene - April 1997 (Cass, C90)   Klangbad 2001
Live: London Queen Elisabeth Hall 1995 (Cass, C60)   Klangbad 2001
Ravvivando Remix (CD, Maxi, Dig)   Klangbad 2001
Freispiel (Album) (3 versions)   Klangbad 2002
Patchwork 1971 - 2002 (Comp) (2 versions)   Staubgold 2002
Abzu (4xCD, Comp, Ltd)   Not On Label 2003
Nummer 3 (7", Ltd)   Bomb Mitte 2003
Derbe Respect, Alder (Album) (2 versions)   Staubgold ... 2004
Authentic Life (DVDr, DVD-V)   Not On Label 2005
Impressions (DVD-V, NTSC, Multichannel + CD, Smplr)   Hit Thing, Hit Thing 2005
Outside The Dream Syndicate - Alive (CD, Album)   Table Of The Elements 2005
Faust 1971 - Wümme Archiv (DVDr, Ltd)   Not On Label 2006
Nobody Knows If It Ever Happened - A Concert Film (DVD-V, PAL)   Ankstmusik 2006
Appears On:
I Don't Remember Now / I Don't Want To Talk About It (LP, Ltd) 27B4 Record Sluts 1980
Recommended Records Sampler (Comp) (2 versions) Extract 5 From Faust P... Recommended Records ... 1982
16 Dance Party Smash Hits! (16x7" + Box) Extract 1, Extract 4, ... Recommended Records 1985
Space Box - 1970 & Beyond (3xCD, Comp) Devoted Bone Dance Cleopatra 1996
Electronic Dreams (CD) Lauft ... Heisst Das E... Virgin, Virgin 1997
Feng Shui (Album) (2 versions)   Astralwerks ... 1998
Pop 2000 - 50 Jahre Popmusik Und Jugendkultur In Deutschland (8xCD, Comp, Car + Box) So Far Grönland Records 1999
Think Space (7" + CD, Album, Ltd) Picnic On A Frozen Riv... Cortical Foundation 2001
Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01 (2xCD, Comp) Just A Second (Starts ... Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Next Step (CD, Smplr) It Was Not Me Klangbad 2004
Krautrock (6xCD, Comp) So Far, Why Don't You ... Universal Strategic Marketing (Germany) 2005
LateNightTales (CD, Mixed, Comp) It's A Bit Of A Pain Azuli Records 2005
A Field Guide to Table Of The Elements - Southeastern Edition (2xCD, Smplr) Encore Table Of The Elements 2006
Trial And Error 2005 (DVD-V, NTSC) Rainy Day FünfUndVierzig 2007
V:S/T (LP, Ltd) Wir Brauchen Dich, The... Go To Gate Records 2007
V:S/T + [v:s/t]² (LP, Ltd, RE, Album + CDr, Ltd) W.O.C., Apokalypse Go To Gate Records, Save Our Sperms Records 2007
Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed. (2xCD, RM, Comp) It's A Rainy Day Sunsh... Domino Recording Company Ltd. 2008
Industrial Strength (2x7", Single) It's A Rainy Day, Suns... Slumberland Records 2008
Electric Brain Storms Vol.5 (File, MP3, Mixed, 320)   The Pod Room 2009
Krautrock Vol. 3 (6xCD, Comp, RM) The Sad Skinhead Target Music, Target Music 2009
Blow Of Oblivion (3x7", Ltd) Jennifer September Gurls  
Tracks Appear On:
Actual Frenzy (LP, S/Sided, Comp, Cle) Extract VI Recommended Records 1982
Recommended Records Sampler (Comp) (2 versions) Extract 5 From Faust P... Recommended Records ... 1982
16 Dance Party Smash Hits! (16x7" + Box) Extract 1, Extract 4, ... Recommended Records 1985
A Brief History Of Ambient - Volume 1 (Comp) (2 versions) Läuft...Heisst Das Es... Virgin Records America ... 1993
Chemical Imbalance Vol. 2, No. 3 (7", Comp) Live Hamburg 10-90 Chemical Imbalance (2) 1993
In God We Trust (7", S/Sided, Etch, Ltd) Untitled Table Of The Elements 1995
EP No 3 (7", EP) Liebeswehen II G Hayfever 1996
Space Box - 1970 & Beyond (3xCD, Comp) Devoted Bone Dance Cleopatra 1996
Supernatural Fairy Tales: The Progressive Rock Era (5xCD, Comp + Box) It's A Rainy Day, Suns... Rhino Entertainment Company 1996
Electronic Dreams (CD) Lauft ... Heisst Das E... Virgin, Virgin 1997
Four Years In 30 Seconds (Comp) (2 versions) Spot Dirter Promotions 1997
Progressive Rock (CD) Jennifer ΠΟΠ + ΡΟΚ (Magazine), Virgin 1997
Open Air Burg Herzberg - Best Of Part I (CD, Comp) Allerdings Weist Du Think Progressive 1998
Resonance Volume 6 Number 1: Structure & Freedom (CD) Rock Aktion Party 1.12... London Musicians' Collective 1998
Enhanced Gravity (CD) Against Absolute Gravity Yucca Tree Records 1999
Open Air Burg Herzberg - Best Of Part I (2xLP, Album) Allerdings Weist Du Think Progressive 1999
Pop 2000 - 50 Jahre Popmusik Und Jugendkultur In Deutschland (8xCD, Comp, Car + Box) So Far Grönland Records 1999
Savage Pencil Presents... The Antiquack Dead Duck Selection (CD) Krautrock EMI Records 1999
The Wire Tapper 6 (2xCD, Dig) So Far (Alternate) Wire Magazine 2000
Fluorescent Tunnelvision (2xCD) From The Upper Underwo... Submergence 2001
For Films - Selected Tracks For Moving Pictures: Edit. 6 (2xCD, Comp) Wir Brauchen Dich (Remix) Freibank Music Publishing 2001
Made In Germany (2xCD, Comp) 4er Fuer Deutschland (... ZYX Music 2001
First Steps (Album) (2 versions) I Can, U 2? Klangbad ... 2002
Goethe Goes To College - German Bands Celebrating 25 Years Of KUSF (CD, Comp) Up Eleven (Live In San... Radio Goethe, Radio Goethe 2002
Mind The Gap Volume 41 (CD, Comp) Wir Brauchen Dich #6 Gonzo Circus 2002
Music Out Of Place (Comp) (2 versions) Nervous Staubgold 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01 (2xCD, Comp) Just A Second (Starts ... Mute Records Ltd. 2002
The Wire 20 1982 - 2002: Audio Issue (3xCD, Comp + Box) The Death Of The Compo... Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Staubgold Gravitation (CD, Album, Comp) Nervous Sinedín Music, Staubgold 2003
The Wire Tapper 10 (2xCD) T-electronique Wire Magazine 2003
An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Third A-Chronology 1952-2004 (2xCD, Comp) The Faust Tapes: Untit... Sub Rosa 2004
Next Step (CD, Smplr) Lied Eines Matrosen Klangbad 2004
Tempo Technik Teamwork (2xCD, Comp) T-Electronique Staubgold 2004
Krautrock (6xCD, Comp) So Far, Why Don't You ... Universal Strategic Marketing (Germany) 2005
Krautrock (CD) So Far Universal Music Domestic Division 2005
LateNightTales (CD, Mixed, Comp) It's A Bit Of A Pain Azuli Records 2005
Les Ambassadeurs Volume 2 (CD, Dig) The Faust Tapes Abstrait Music 2005
Uncut - The Playlist May 2006 (CD, Comp, Smplr) Just A Second (Starts ... Uncut Magazine 2006
666 Mix (CD) Livin' Tokyo Not On Label 2007
Krautrock Vol. 2 (6xCD, Comp) No Harm, It's A Rainy ... Universal Strategic Marketing (Germany) 2007
Trial And Error 2005 (DVD-V, NTSC) 1972 A, 1972 B FünfUndVierzig 2007
Berlin 61 / 89 - Wall Of Sound (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) The Sad Skinhead Le Maquis 2009
Krautrock Vol. 3 (6xCD, Comp, RM) The Sad Skinhead Target Music, Target Music 2009
Rauschgold: Alec Empire Plays Staubgold (CD, Album, Comp, Mixed) Stretch Over All Times... Staubgold 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Hekla's Selection (CDr) The Pyre Of Angus Was ... Reckankreuzungsklankewerkzeuge 1998
Faust (CD, Unofficial, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2001
Ono Norway (CDr, Ltd) Outside The Dream Synd... Ono 2007
Obscured By Krauts - Another One Way Ticket Into The Abyss Ov Thee Unexplored Teutonic Underground 1968 - 1974 (CD, Comp) Extract 7 Blumenkraft  
Seventy One Minutes Of… (CD, Comp, Unofficial)   G. & P. Essential Music  
So Far (LP)   Schwarz  
The Faust Tapes (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova  
Untitled (LP, Ltd, Cle)   Not On Label  
Verrat (LP, Ltd, Cle)   Not On Label  
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Review by jussumen Jan 22, 2004
FAUST were the first to ever release a clear visible vinyl . That was more amazing , since that first album by this group had a Röntgen-ray-picture of a hand with a fist (faust in german) packed together with the clear vinyl into one visible plastic-cover . That efect was indeed mindblowing . As soon as i saw that one , i had to own it , reagrdless what was recorded on it . In fact it was typical Kraut-Rock in the vein of XHOl-Caravan , early Amon Düül or Kraftwerk . Hardly any music on it , but one nice tune with a young hippy woman saying "Möhren , ich mag Möhren" ( from "Steig Auf Die Leiter") , influenced by Pink Floyds "Marmelade , I like marmelade" on Meddle .
Of course i sold this rubbish a couple years later (to my regret now) . Since i would probably get a fortune for it as it was the first pressing i bought around 1971/early 72 . I never was into collecting stamps ,or paying 10 times the price for a record (often in less good shape or sound) with the 'right number' on it . After all it is the music that counts and unless you actually own the masters you always have a duplicate and not the original . But this is something a lot of us will disagree about .