Overkill packaging as usual with tracking via USPS media for $4.00 and yes, I do combine. Since I have had a series of questions concerning shipping charges on combined orders I will try to be more explicit. Generally up to three lps ship as one, but shipping charges are based on weight not records. So gatefolds or double LPs or 180 gram vinyl all have an affect differently. Suffice to say, I don't try to make money on shipping charges and I am fair, so enjoy the auctions. Open records are cleaned with Ultrasonic cleaning system and in new 3 mil inner and outer plastic sleeve.

Pioneering and influential German rock outfit that blended avant-garde electronics and trippy psychedelia to create a radical musical collage.
Faust's second album moves closer to actual song structure than their debut, but it still remains experimental. Songs progress and evolve instead of abruptly stopping or cutting into other tracks. The opening song "It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl" begins as a repetitive 4/4 beat played on toms and piano with the title sung over the top. But for seven minutes the song adds instruments, including a lush analog synth line, and ends in a memorable sax riff. Faust's lyrical side appears on the acoustic "Picnic on a Frozen River" and "On the Way to Adamäe," whereas its abrasive side pops up on "Me Lack Space." "So Far," a jam shared by guitar, horns, and tweedy keyboard, rolls along with a funky hypnotic beat and wailing processed synths. And on "No Harm," the crazed delivery of such lines as "Daddy, take the banana, tomorrow Sunday" makes one want to believe something profound is going down. In terms of scope and the wealth of ideas, this is probably the most balanced of their first four albums.

Faust ?– So Far

Label: Recommended Records ?– R.R. ^ two Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: UK Released: 1979 Genre: Electronic, Rock Style: Krautrock

Tracklist

A1 It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl 7:21 A2 On The Way To Abamäe 2:42 A3 No Harm 10:09 B1 So Far 6:12 B2 Mamie Is Blue 5:55 B3 I've Got My Car And My TV 3:42 B4 Picnic On A Frozen River 0:36 B5 Me Lack Space ... 0:40 B6 ... In The Spirit 2:59

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Wümme
• Published By – Intersong
• Lacquer Cut At – Nimbus
• Pressed By – Nimbus

Credits

• Design [Album] – Uwe Nettelbeck
• Engineer – Kurt Graupner
• Lacquer Cut By – GR*
• Painting – Edda Köchl
• Producer – Uwe Nettelbeck
• Written-By, Performer – Gunther Wüsthoff, Hans-Joachim Irmler*, Jean-Hervé Peron, Rudolf Sosna, Werner Diermaier

Notes

A Golden Records Production.
Recorded at Wümme, March 1972.
Inserts printed by GRAPHOS.

Reissue of Polydor 2310 196 from 1972. Like the original, the LP includes nine art paintings, one for each song. Later editions did not includes these inserts. Black labels, no text, - "Recommended Records" stamped / etched into the A-side paper - barely visible.

Issued with two black inner sleeves: one glossy for the record, the other matte for all ten inserts (the nine art paintings plus lyrics and credits, printed on one side only).
Some copies may include two small Recommended Records advertising inserts.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A-side, etching): FAUST 'SO FAR' Side One 2- NRL GR 3 MPKT T
• Matrix / Runout (B-side, etching): FAUST 'SO FAR' Side Two NRL GR 3 MPKT T 2-