Faust So Far and Faust IV: the reissues are announced; the technical chain is not
Bureau B has announced new LP and CD editions of two Faust albums. The available information confirms the titles and formats, but does not support claims about the source tape, remastering, cutting or pressing plant.
A vinyl reissue begins with its identity, not with a promise of listening. Bureau B has announced new editions of Faust So Far and Faust IV, originally released in 1972 and 1973. The label gave 5 December 2025 as the release date, in CD and LP formats, and also mentioned a limited LP edition.[1]
That is what is confirmed. The public information does not establish that these copies will sound better than an original, an earlier reissue or an edition included in another catalogue release.
What Bureau B has announced
Bureau B identifies the two titles, the formats and the announced date. It also presents Faust as a band associated with krautrock and describes these records as especially unconventional.[1] That description is the label’s editorial language: it provides context, not a manufacturing specification.
Independent specialist criticism places Faust among the central groups in German experimental music of the 1970s. That historical standing and the demonstrable quality of a particular edition are different questions.
Two albums, not the 1971–1974 box set
The first useful distinction is discographical. These are separate reissues of Faust So Far and Faust IV; they are not a new version of the earlier Faust 1971–1974 box set. The Quietus covered that box as a collection spanning a broader period of the band’s work.[2]
For anyone who already owns that box or an earlier edition, the announcement confirms new catalogue objects. It does not confirm a different audio source, a new remaster or a necessary replacement on sonic grounds.
The provenance sheet: what is confirmed and what is not documented
The available documentation confirms Bureau B as the label, the titles, the formats, the announced date and the existence of a limited LP edition.[1] It does not document the audio or tape source, whether remastering took place, who cut the record, where it was cut or which plant pressed it.
Neither the weight, colour, exact run nor any numbering of the limited edition is documented. “Limited edition” therefore describes a condition communicated by the label, but does not by itself establish audiophile provenance or a particular pressing quality.
The absence of those details does not demonstrate a problem. It defines the limit of what can be stated rigorously. Without source, mastering, cutting and pressing credits, there is no basis for presenting this reissue as a proven upgrade.
What a vinyl buyer can decide today
Anyone who wants to add these two titles to a collection has the essential identity information: Bureau B has announced LP and CD editions, including a limited LP edition.[1] That may be sufficient catalogue interest for a buyer interested in Faust and in the physical format.
The decision is different if it depends on improved sound, a particular variant or a specific pressing. In that case, it makes sense to wait for an expanded product sheet or consult the credits on the available copy. The current documentation does not support a comparison with originals, earlier reissues or the 2021 box set.
The honest limit
The solid news is precise: Bureau B has announced Faust So Far and Faust IV as separate LP and CD reissues, with 5 December 2025 given by the label as the release date.[1] Critical context explains why both records continue to draw attention; it does not complete a technical chain that the announcement does not publish.
Until the source, remastering, cutting and pressing are credited, this should be read as a confirmed catalogue reissue, not as a demonstrated sonic improvement.