Faithful Breath – Fading Beauty ( Germany 1974 Krautrock, Prog Rock ) Full Album

FAITHFUL BREATH came into being in 1967 in Bochun. Everything started in the autumn of 1967, when a guitarist and vocalist Heinz Mikus (21.9.1952) and bass guitarist Horst "Piet" Stabenov (4.10.1952) left their pretentious group Magic Power in order to form Faithful Breath together with three other people; namely two guitarists: Reinhold Immig and Walter Scheuer and a drummer Jόrgen Fischer. For a few weeks Georg Grebe replaced Horst Stabenov and it was him who was responsible for the name Faithful Breath. Boggie Kopec also came from Magic Power. Ulrich Bock, who played the saxophone and the flute joined them some time later. At the beginning of 1969 the guitarist Reinhold Immig left the group, and in the autumn the drummer. Many people were tested in order to replace them, but it didn t work. Finally, at the beginning of 1971 they borrowed Jόrgen Weritz (10.12.1953 in Bochun) from the group Mama Werwoll (he early been in group called Crash) whose seat was in Witten and who for two years played in the two groups at the same time. In the late summer the flutist and saxophonist Ulrich Block also resigned because he was sick. In spite of that, the four of them still played new pieces. At the end of 1972 the guitarist Walter Scheuer had to resign aswell. He was replaced by a keyboard player Manfred "Carl" von Buttlar (2.1.1955) who played the organ and the melotron and who directed the group towards progressive rock. He had classical piano education. He also came from the group Mama Werwoll, which ceasedto exist after his leaving. Where did this strange name come from? It consisted of parts of the names of the following four artists: Manfred von Butler, Diethelm Weritz, Jόrgen Weritz and Martin Wollschlδger. Faithful Breath started to play so well and their compositions were so good that soo it provided the opportunity to bring out a LP. So, at December of 1973 the band arrived in Cologne (Kφln) to Tonstudio an Dom and recorded the first longplay. Renate Heemann from Witten was a backing singer on this occasion. The record was released at the beginning of 1974 by a private publisher as Fading Beauty and the initial print run was 1500 copies. The cover of the record was prepared at a poorly equipped printing house Opa Laube in Witten, but without assemblage and sticking. The picture on the front was supposed to be colourful, but it remained only brown. The record itself was made in Diepholz. In the newsletter which was then sent to the organizers Lutz Meyer, a friend of the band, wrote: The music of Faithful Breath goes round gloomy and dramatic issues such as the end of the world, lapse of time, fear. In their newly created LP they show in a very convincing way how they can express such problems in music. One side of this LP is entirely devoted to the legend of huge bird Tharsis, according to which the earth is an egg of this bird. One day the nestling of the bird will be hatched. The increasing earthquakes foretell that the time is approaching. Faithful Breath prove that they are able to subordinate their music virtuosity to such issues. This is the reason why listeners are fascinated. Live transmission enhances the performance due to intentional optical effects; the translations of the lyrics prepare the audience for an amazing journey to the world of legends. 1. Autumn Fantasia: Fading Beauty 00:00 2. Autumn Fantasia: Lingering Cold 12:22 3. Tharsis 22:52