Faust - Stretch Out Time 1970-1975

Julian Cope

"When the Germans do something, they don't fuck around"

Jean-Hervé Péron

From the publisher: September 2006 sees the release of this book about

Faust, the legendary krautrock group. Fully illustrated, it contains

reviews all of the group's records from the period 1970-75 as well as

recounting the rise of krautrock and its relation to the social

upheavals of the '60s. There is also a discography, bibliographies, live

reviews and the text of the group's 1973 manifesto as well as essays on

music and time and the group's relation to the work of Frank Zappa.

From the dustjacket: In 1970 Polydor Records funded an unusual

experiment. They gave some unknown German musicians a retreat in the

countryside near Hamburg, equipped it with a studio and their best

engineer, then left them free to do as they liked. This is the story of

Faust and the music they made between 1970 and 1975, music which

continues to inspire and confound listeners to this day.

About the author: Andy Wilson has been running the Faust web site, the

Faust-Pages (http://www.faust-pages.com) for over a decade now, during

which time he has collected information about the band, interviewed band

members and generally researched the group's history. Now he has

collected that information into a book. He lives in Hackney, London, and

has been listening to Faust for the best part of a lifetime.

Book Contents: Das Lied Eines Matrosen; Germany Calling; On Currywurst;

Clear / Faust ; So Far ; Tony Conrad: Outside The Dream Syndicate; The

Faust Tapes; Faust IV; Munich; Elsewhere; On Returning; Faust Live;

Faust Manifesto; Fruit Flies Like a Banana; Das also war des Pudels

Kern; Discography; Online; Guide to Illustrations; Faust Bibliography;

General Bibliography