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German Rockシーンを代表すると共に随一とも言える異端の音楽性を誇る名バンド、英ReRから発表された'89年コンピ盤の'10年2枚組/180g重量盤限定アナログ盤が'21年復刻復刻再発!伝説のPolydor在籍期からVirgin移籍後に当たる'71～'75年にかけて録音されていた未発表音源から選曲/編纂、'74年作『IV』収録曲の原曲や、'79年Single『FAUST PARTY EXTRACTS 1/6』や'89年に発表される『THE LAST LP』にも収録される Wumme Studio未発表曲等を収録、未整理/未編集なマテリアルも交えつつこのバンドの当時の才気奔った音楽性の魅力がダイレクトに味わえる貴重な内容です!!マスターは'98年リマスタリング音源を使用。

Basically an expanded version of Munich and Elsewhere (which was itself a compilation of unreleased material), with the addition of the unreleased LP Faust Party Three (parts of which had previously appeared only as limited-edition EPs and singles), as well as two previously unreleased tracks. Parts wed brutal drum patterns to insistently repetitive guitar riffing; there are prog rock keyboard passages that slightly recall Soft Machine; and "Don't Take Roots" sounds like an unintentional satire of the cheap California psychedelia that you might hear on a late-'60s youth culture exploitation flick. Sometimes it even sounds like a parody of early King Crimson-type pomp rock. It would be nice to have some liner notes explaining exactly what comes from where, but basically what you need to know is that it was all recorded in Germany from 1971 to 1975 and is on par with the quality of the albums they actually released during that time. ~ Richie Unterberger