The Wümme Years 1970–73

Album by Faust

The Wümme Years 1970–73 is a compilation album by German krautrock band Faust, compiling early recordings made between 1970 and 1973. The material showcases the group's experimental krautrock approach with extended improvisation, tape manipulation, noisy textures and drone-like passages, documenting a transitional period that links their formative studio work to later avant-garde explorations.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Why Don’t You Eat Carrots?
    9:34
  2. 2.
    Meadow Meal
    8:18
  3. 3.
    Miss Fortune
    16:35

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    It’s a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl
    7:31
  2. 3.
    On the Way to Abamäe
    2:46
  3. 4.
    No Harm
    10:22
  4. 5.
    So Far
    6:20
  5. 6.
    Mamie Is Blue
    6:05
  6. 7.
    I’ve Got My Car and My TV
    3:51
  7. 8.
    Picnic on a Frozen River
    0:43
  8. 9.
    Me Lack Space…
    0:41
  9. 10.
    …In the Spirit
    2:16

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Exercise: With Several Hands on the Piano
    0:52
  2. 4.
    Exercise: With Voices, Drum and Sax
    0:21
  3. 5.
    Flashback Caruso
    4:01
  4. 6.
    Exercise: With Voices
    1:48
  5. 7.
    J’ai mal aux dents
    7:14
  6. 8.
    [untitled]
    1:03
  7. 9.
    [untitled: Arnulf and Zappi on Drums]
    1:42
  8. 10.
    Dr. Schwitters (intro)
    0:25
  9. 11.
    Exercise (Continues Track 1)
    1:11
  10. 12.
    [untitled]
    1:18
  11. 13.
    [untitled]
    0:50
  12. 14.
    Dr. Schwitters Snippet
    0:49
  13. 15.
    [untitled: Arnulf on Drums]
    1:03
  14. 16.
    [untitled: Arnulf on Drums]
    0:48
  15. 17.
    [untitled: All on Saxes]
    1:33
  16. 18.
    [untitled]
    2:18
  17. 19.
    [untitled: Rudolf]
    0:34
  18. 20.
    [untitled: Rudolf]
    0:51
  19. 21.
    [untitled: Rudolf]
    1:16
  20. 22.
    [untitled]
    2:29
  21. 23.
    [untitled]
    0:20
  22. 24.
    [untitled]
    1:13
  23. 25.
    [untitled]
    0:58
  24. 26.
    Stretch Out Time
    1:35
  25. 27.
    Der Baum
    3:51
  26. 28.
    Chère Chambre
    3:07

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Munic/Yesterday
    11:57
  2. 5.
    Don’t Take Roots
    4:53
  3. 6.
    Das Meer
    2:50
  4. 7.
    Knochentanz
    11:48
  5. 8.
    Baby
    4:23
  6. 9.
    J’ai mal aux dents
    7:06
  7. 10.
    Party 8
    1:22
  8. 11.
    Psalter
    4:09
  9. 12.
    25 Yellow Doors
    4:32
  10. 13.
    Chromatic
    9:48
  11. 14.
    Party 6
    0:43
  12. 15.
    Giggy Smile
    3:24
  13. 16.
    Lieber Herr Deutschland
    4:48

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    The Lurcher/Kraut Rock/Do So
    22:11
  2. 6.
    Party 9
    6:06
  3. 7.
    (360)
    3:37
  4. 8.
    Party 10
    1:11
  5. 9.
    Party 1
    3:43
  6. 10.
    We Are the Hallo Men
    4:29
  7. 11.
    So Far (alternative)
    3:59
  8. 12.
    Meer (alternative)
    3:13

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