Faust
Subtitle: Stretch Out Time 1970-1975
Edition: First
Publisher: The Faust Pages
Published: September 7, 2006
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780955066450
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; c 1970 to c 1980; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Anthropology - Cultural; Art & Politics; Composers & Musicians - General; Art-Art & Politics; Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians; Social Science-Anthropology - Cultural
Description: "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. Along the way, Andy Wilson recounts the rise of Krautrock and its connection with the social upheavals of the late '60s and early '70s. He also discusses the role of time in music, takes a swing at Frank Zappa and looks in detail at the records Faust made in their heroic years.

Andy Wilson lives in Hackney, London. He has been listening to Faust for the best part of a lifetime."