John Fahey LP Blind Joe Death Takoma 1002 LIMITED PRESSING 2nd Ed. w/ Booklet
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John Fahey LP Blind Joe Death Takoma 1002 LIMITED PRESSING 2nd Ed. w/ Booklet
John Fahey
Blind Joe Death
- Vinyl GradeVG+
- Cover GradeVG+
- Format1 LP
- LabelTakoma
- Catalog NumberTAKOMA C 1002
- Matrix NumberTAKOMA VOL I SIDE I / TAKOMA VOL I SIDE 2
- Year1964
The bottom of the cover reads: "This record is a limited pressing, second edition... Recorded in Berkeley, California, in April, 1964, in the studio of an anonymous benefactor."
Blind Joe Death is the first album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey. There are three different versions of the album, and the original self-released edition of fewer than 100 copies is extremely rare. It was one of the first albums recorded and produced by an independent artist. The recording of steel string acoustic guitar solos was "incredibly avant-garde" in 1959. It was released on Takoma Records, Fahey's own creation. It was not marketed and made no impression on the American record-buying public. Its popularity, significance in guitar music, and critical reception has steadily increased over the years. The 1967 release received five stars in the second edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide. Music historian Richie Unterberger characterized the impact of Blind Joe Death, noting it as being "a very interesting record from a historical perspective...as few if any other guitarists were attempting to interpret blues and folk idioms in such an idiosyncratic fashion in the late '50s and early '60s."
Note: Includes booklet.
- Side A
- West Coast Blues
- St. Louis Blues
- I'm A Poor Boy A Long Ways From Home
- Uncloudy Day
- John Henry
- In Christ There Is No East Or WestSide B
- The Transcendental Waterfall
- Desperate Man Blues
- Sun Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday Blues
- Sligo River Blues
- On Doing an Evil Deed Blues
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