Faithful Breath - Fading Beauty (Ger 1973)br Krautrock, Prog Rockbr br br br The origins of Faithful Breath are somewhat obscure. Originally they were a symphonic rock band, br in fact one of the earliest of the genre in Germany. Their debut album FADING BEAUTY has indeed br justly become revered as a classic, having lengthy side-long suites, composed of a melodic, br oft-sedate and dramatic rock, driven on by vast washes of keyboards (lots of Mellotron and br synthesizers) and lengthy involved instrumentals, merging in with mysterious songs with a br science fiction fantasy concept. Several years on (and after many line-up changes, in fact they br were a guitarkeyboardsdrums trio at one point) they returned with the album BACK ON MY HILL, br which presented a less esoteric but still interesting rock music with contrasting LP sides: one br of shorter hard-rock based tracks, and the other a lengthy suite spurred on by majestic br Mellotron orchestrations. Later, with only one original member, Faithful Breath have become a br Heavy Metal band gaining some international success, but far from their former glories and out br of the scope of this book!br ~ "The Crack In The Cosmic Egg" by Steven Freeman & Alan Freeman.br br br Formed: 1967, Witten, Germany br Disbanded: 1987 br br Members: br * Heinz Mikus (Lead Vocals, Guitars), br * Horst Stabenow (Guitars, Bass), br * Manfred von Buttlar (Guitars, Piano, Organ), br * Jurgen Weritz (Drums). br br Produced by Boggi Kopec and Faithful Breath. br br br br Tracks:br A1. Autumn Fantasia: Fading Beauty 0:00br A2. Autumn Fantasia: Lingering Cold 12:13 br br B1.