JOHN FAHEY The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death 1968 UK TRA w/ RARE BOOK NM
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JOHN FAHEY The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death 1968 UK TRA w/ RARE BOOK NM

JOHN FAHEY
The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death

1968 UK Transatlantic Records (TRA 173) FIRST PRESSING
COMPLETE WITH THE ELUSIVE 30 PAGE BOOKLET
GREAT COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITTLE PLAY AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE WHITE/PURPLE TRANSATLANTIC LABELS
MATRIX: TRA 173 A1 / TRA 173 B1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE
WITH 32 PAGE BOOKLET CONTAINING NOTES BY CHARLES HOLLOWAY, ESQ. AND PUBLISHED BY "THE GRINGO PRESS", 12 NOYES PLACE, BOSTON
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATED OCTOBER 1968 ('108)

One of acoustic music's true innovators and eccentrics, John Fahey was a crucial figure in expanding the boundaries of the acoustic guitar over the last few decades.
His music was so eclectic that it's arguable whether he should be defined as a "folk" artist at all.
In a career that saw him issue several dozen albums, he drew from blues, Native American music, Indian ragas, experimental dissonance, and pop.
His good friend Dr. Demento has noted that Fahey "was the first to demonstrate that the finger-picking techniques of traditional country and blues steel-string guitar could be used to express a world of non-traditional musical ideas -- harmonies and melodies you'd associate with Bartok, Charles Ives, or maybe the music of India."
The more meditative aspects of his work foreshadowed new age music, yet Fahey played with a fierce imagination and versatility that outshone any of the guitarists in that category.
His idiosyncrasy may have limited him to a cult following, but it also ensured that his work continues to sound fresh today.

Side One
Beautiful Linda Getchell (1:50)
Orinda-Moraga (3:55)
I Am The Resurrection (2:53)
On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean (3:13)
Tell Her To Come Back Home (2:40)
My Station Will Be Changed After While (2:02)
101 Is A Hard Road To Travel (2:17)
How Green Was My Valley (2:15)
Side Two
Bicycle Built For Two ?(1:10)
The Death Of The Clayton Peacock (2:52)
Brenda's Blues (1:45)
Old Southern Medley (6:08)
Come Back Baby (2:20)
Poor Boy (2:25)
Saint Patrick's Hymn (0:55)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with nothing but light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new with barely a mark to be seen
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT
Plays beautifully with practically nothing to fault.
An odd one-off tick noted (mostly on Side Two) but I did not clean this copy as it looks so immaculate so these will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins.
Otherwise pristine sound and a really fine example
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Nice deep gloss to the laminate which has been tightly applied.
All edges are sharp and all spine text is clear and bold
BOOKLET: VERY GOOD (NEAR MINT)
Apart from some discolouration on the bottom corner the 32 page heavyweight booklet is as crisp, clean and fresh as the day it was made

POST & PACKING:
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UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)

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 854 (GS 7.0.18 (854))


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