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John Fahey
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b. 2-28-1939 Takoma Park, MD John Aloysius Fahey
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Summary Discography:
t = Complete list of track titles appears in the Full Discography
p = Partial list appears, John Fahey tracks only
(r) = published reviews of this album are listed in section #B
% = Listed in Schwann "Spectrum", Fall 1990, but
dropped from the next issue, Winter 1991 (14 titles!)
%1 = Listed Summer 1992, dropped Fall 1992
* = Listed in the Winter 1994/95, Schwann "Spectrum", p. 95
p.# = Schwann listing page number
Solo Albums
#01) 1958 Blind Joe Death RCA Victor ?
#02)t 1967 % Volume 1: Blind Joe Death Takoma 1002
#03)t 1967 % Vol.2:Death Chants, Breakdowns &Military Waltzes Takoma 1003
#04)t 1967 % Vol.3:Dance of Death &Other Plantation Favorites Takoma 1004
#05)t ? The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party Takoma 1008
#06)t 1967 Days Have Gone By - Volume 6 Takoma 1014
#07)t ? % The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death Takoma 7015
#08) 1968 The Voice of the Turtle Takoma 1019
#09)t 1969 % The New Possibility Takoma 1020
#10)t 1971 America Takoma 1030
#11) 1973 % Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) Takoma 7035
#12)t 1975 % Old Fashioned Love Takoma 7043
#13)t 1975 % Christmas With John Fahey, Volume II Takoma 7045
#14)t 1977 % The Best of John Fahey 1959-1977 Takoma 7058
#15)t 1979 % Visits Washington, D.C. (r) Takoma 7069
#16)t 1980 % Yes! Jesus Loves Me Takoma 7085
#17)t 1981 % John Fahey Live In Tasmania Takoma 7089
#18) ? % Railroads 1 Takoma 72802
#19) 1987 % Yes! Jesus Loves Me Takoma/Allegiance 72820
#20)t 1967 John Fahey Guitar "Requia" Vanguard 79259
#21)t 1969 * Yellow Princess Vanguard 79293
#22)t 1974 * The Essential John Fahey Vanguard 55/56
#23)t 1972 Of Rivers And Religion Reprise 2089
#24)t 1973 After the Ball Reprise 2145
#25)t 1982 * Christmas Guitar, Volume One (r) Varrick 002
#26)t 1983 * Popular Songs of Christmas and New Year's (r) Varrick 012
#27)t 1984 * Let Go (r) Varrick 008
#28)t 1986 * Rain Forests, Oceans And Other Themes Varrick 019
#29)t 1988 * I Remember Blind Joe Death (r) Varrick 028
#30) 1992 * Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories (r) Varrick 031
#31)t 1989 * God, Time and Casualty (r) Shanachie 97006
#32) ? * Old Fashioned Love Shanachie 99001
#33) 1991 %1Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes Shanachie 99002
#34) 1992 * Railroad Shanachie 99003
#35) 1992 * Fare Forward Voyagers Shanachie 99005
#36)t 1991? The John Fahey Christmas Album Burnside 0004
#37) 1994 Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology Rhino ?
#38) ? * The Guitar of John Fahey (instructional)Stefan Grossman 936
Various Artists Collections
#39)p 1967 Contemporary Guitarists Takoma 1006
#40)t 1974 Leo Kottke/Peter Lang/John Fahey Takoma 7040
#41)t 1969 Zabriskie Point (soundtrack) Columbia 4668
#42) ? The Baby Maker (soundtrack) ? ?
#43) ? Straight Time (soundtrack) ? ?
#44)p 1985 * Rounder Folk 1 Rounder 04
#45)p 1986 * Rounder Folk (r) Rounder 20018
#46) 1992 * Zabriskie Point (soundtrack) Sony 52417
#47) ? Memphis Swamp Jam ? ?
Cover Albums
#48)t 1979 A Tribute to John Fahey Kicking Mule ?
Session Albums
Canned Heat
#49) 1968 Living the Blues Liberty 27200
Jo Ann Kelly
#50) 1972 Jo Ann Kelly Blue Goose 2009
Books
#51) 1966 Charley Patton (master's thesis) UCLA paper
#52) 1970 Charley Patton Studio Vista book
#53) 1978 The Best of John Fahey 1959-1977 Guitar Player Books songbk
#54)t 1982 20th Century Masters of Finger-style Guitar Stropes Pub songbk
#55) ? John Fahey's Christmas Songs Stefan Grossman songbk
Non-album sections
#A) Singles (#56)
#B) Articles/Reviews
#C) Sources
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Full Discography: Owners
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[number] = Actual albums I have seen
"Owners" = Who owns the album I saw
(see the complete code list in library)
mm-yy = Schwann Catalog new listing
Sonet = Sonet Productions, Ltd. (U.K. release)
Allegiance = Allegiance Records Ltd. (U.K. re-issues)
All tracks are solo fingerstyle guitar instrumentals unless otherwise noted
----------RCA Victor
#01) 1958 Blind Joe Death (LP: ?)
(only 100 records produced, see #99, p. 47)
----------Takoma Records
#02) 1967 Volume 1: Blind Joe Death (LP: C-1002) {.A}
#02 [LP: TAK-7002] {M}
#02 (LP: SNTF-607) U.K. Sonet
#02 [LP: ST-72792] {A}
#02 [LP: ST-72702] {A}
#02 (CS: 4XF-72702) %
#02 (CD: CDP-72702) %
--- (track times are not listed on the LP)
--- (track times from the CS liner notes of #14)
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#02. A1 : On Doing An Evil Deed Blues
#02. A2 3:12 St. Louis Blues
#02. A3 2:22 Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
#02. A4 : Uncloudy Day
#02. A5 : John Henry
#02. A6 2:39 In Christ There Is No East Or West
#02. B1 : Transcendental Waterfall, The
#02. B2 : Desperate Man Blues
#02. B3 : Sun Gonna Shine in My Back Door Someday Blues
#02. B4 : Sligo River Blues
#02. B5 : I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord
#03) 1967 Volume 2: Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes
#03 (LP: C-1003) {.A}
#03 (LP: TAK-7003)
#03 1969 U.K. Sonet (LP: SNTF-608)
#03 (LP: ST-72703) %
#03 (CS: 4XT-72703) %
--- (track times are not listed on the LP)
--- (track times from the CS liner notes of #14)
--- (re-issued 1991 on Shanachie, see #33)
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#03. A1 : John Henry Variations
#03. A2 : Downfall of the Adelphia Rolling Grist Mill, The
#03. A3 1:21 Take a Look at That Baby
#03. A4 3:11 Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Philip XIV
--- of Spain
#03. A5 : America
#03. A6 : Episcopal Hymn
#03. B1 : Sunflower River Blues
#03. B2 3:53 When the Springtime Comes Again
#03. B3 : Stomping Tonight on the Pennsylvania / Alabama Border
#03. B4 : On the Beach at Waikiki
#03. B5 2:00 Spanish Dance
#04) 1967 Volume 3: Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favorites
#04 (LP: C-1004)
#04 (LP: TAK-7004) {.A}
#04 (LP: ST-72704) %
#04 (CS: 4XT-72704)%
--- (track times are not listed on the LP)
--- (track times from the CS liner notes of #14)
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#04. A1 : Wine and Roses
#04. A2 : How Long
#04. A3 : On the Banks of the Owchita
#04. A4 : Worried Blues
#04. A5 : What the Sun Said
#04. B1 : Revelation on the Banks of the Pawtuxent
#04. B2 : Poor Boy
#04. B3 : Variations on the Coocoo
#04. B4 2:14 Last Steam Engine Train, The
#04. B5 3:08 Give Me Cornbread When I'm Hungry
#04. B6 : Dance of Death
#05) ? The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party (LP: C-1008) {.A}
--- b = backup musicians
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#05. ? 19:00 Great San Bernardino Party, The
#05. ? 4:30 Knott's Berry Farm Molly
#05. ? b 5:40 Will the Circle Be Unbroken
#05. ? 3:30 Guitar Excursion Into the Unknown
#05. ? b 4:00 900 Miles
#05. ? b 6:00 Sail Away Ladies
#05. ? 1:55 Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel
John Fahey: guitar
Flea: organ (Will the Circle Be Unbroken)
Nancy McClean : flute (900 Miles)
Mysterious Al Wilson: veena (Sail Away Ladies)
#06) 1967 Days Have Gone By - Volume 6 [LP: C-1014] 10-67 {A}
#06 (LP-ST-72714)
--- (includes a 16 p. booklet of notes and Takoma discog.)
--- (track times are not listed on the LP)
--- (track times from the CS liner notes of #14)
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#06. A1 2:45 Revolt of the Dyke Brigade, The
#06. A2 : Impressions of Susan
#06. A3 : Joe Kirby Blues
#06. A4 : Night Train to Valhalla
#06. A5 : Portland Cement Factor at Monolith California, The
#06. A6 : Raga Called Pat - Part One, A
#06. B1 : Raga Called Pat - Part Two, A
#06. B2 : My Shepherd Will Supply My Needs
#06. B3 : My Grandfather's Clock (public domain)
#06. B4 : Days Have Gone By
#06. B5 : We Would Be Building - Finlandia (Jean Sibelius)
#07) ? The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death (LP: RB-1) {.A}
#07 (RB-1 re-issue) (LP: R-9015)
#07 (LP: TAK-7015)
#07 U.K. Sonet (LP: SNTF-744)
#07 (LP: ST-72715) %
#07 (CS: 4XT-72715) %
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#07. A1 1:50 Beautiful Linda Getchell
#07. A2 3:55 Orinda-Moraga
#07. A3 3:00 I Am the Resurection
#07. A4 3:00 On the Sunny Side of the Ocean
#07. A5 2:45 Tell Her to Come Back Home
#07. A6 2:02 My Station Will Be Changed After Awhile
#07. A7 2:17 101 Is a Hard Road to Travel
#07. B1 2:15 How Green Was My Valley
#07. B2 1:10 Bicycle Built for Two
#07. B3 2:52 Death of the Clayton Peacock, The
#07. B4 1:45 Brenda's Blues
#07. B5 6:08 Old Southern Medley
#07. B6 2:15 Come Back Baby
#07. B7 2:25 Poor Boy
#07. B8 :55 Saint Patrick's Hymn
#08) 1968 The Voice of the Turtle (LP: C-1019)
#08 Transatlantic (LP: TRA-173) U.K.
#09) 1969 The New Possibility (LP: C-1020)
#09 [LP: TAK-7020] {A}
#09 (LP: SNTF-702) U.K. Sonet
#09 (LP: SF-72720) %
#09 1987 [CS: 4XF-72720] % {A}
#09 (CD: CDP-72720) %
--- "John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album" (subtitle)
--- (track times are not listed on the cassette)
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#09. A1 : Joy to the World
#09. A2 : What Child Is This?
#09. A3 : Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (medley)
#09. A3 -- O Come All Ye Faithful (medley)
#09. A4 : Auld Lang Syne
#09. A5 : Bells of St. Mary's, The
#09. A6 : Good King Wenceslas
#09. A7 : We Three Kings of Orient Are
#09. A8 : God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy
#09. B1 : First Noel, The
#09. B2 : Christ's Saints of God Fantasy
#09. B3 : It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
#09. B4 : Go I Will Send Theee
#09. B5 : Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming
#09. B6 : Silent Night, Holy Night
#10) 1971 America [LP: C-1030] {A}
#10 (LP: SNTF-628) U.K. Sonet
--- (track times are not listed on the LP)
--- (all songs by John Fahey except as noted)
--- Author:
#10. A1 : Voice of the Turtle, The
#10. A2 : Waltz That Carried Us Away And Then A Mosquito Came And
--- Ate Up My Sweetheart, The
#10. B1 : Mark 1:15
#10. B2 : Knoxville Blues McGee
#11) 1973 Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) (LP: 1035)
#11 (LP: 7035)
#11 1974 U.K. Sonet (LP: SNTF-656)
#11 (LP: ST-72735) %
#11 (CS: 4XT-72735) %
#12) 1975 Old Fashioned Love [LP: C-1043] {A}
#12 (LP: 7043)
#12 (LP: SNTF-688) U.K. Sonet
#12 (LP: ST-72743) %
#12 (CS: 4XT-72743) %
#12 (CD: CDP-72743) %
--- (track times are not listed on the LP)
--- (all songs by John Fahey except as noted)
--- Author:
#12. A1 : In a Persian Market Ketelbey
#12. A2 : Jaya Shiva Shankarah trad. Hindu chant
#12. A3 : Marilyn
#12. B1 : Assassination of Stephan Grossman, The
#12. B2 : Old Fashioned Love F. Miller, F. Loesser
#12. B3 : Boodle-Am-Shake Jack Feierman, John Fahey
#12. B4 : Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Fred McDowell
--- Burning
#12. B5 : Dry Bones in the Valley
John Fahey: guitars (all)
Woodrow (Woody) Mann: 2nd guitar (all of side one)
musicians on side two:
Bobby Bruce: violin, vocal
Dick Cary: piano
Joe Darensbourg: clarinet
Nick Fatool: drums
Jack Feierman: trumpet, jug, vocal
Allan Reuss: guitar, banjo
John Rotella: alto sax
Ira Westley: tuba
Britt Woodman: trombone
#13) 1975 Christmas With John Fahey, Volume II [LP: C-1045] {AB}
#13 (LP: TAK-7045)
#13 Sonet U.K. (LP: SNTF-702)
#13 (LP: SF-72745) %
#13 (CS: 4XF-72745) %
#13 (CD: CDP-72745) %
--- (LP label and sticker on jacket "TAK-7045, distributed
--- by Chrysalis Records")
--- (track times are not listed on the LP)
--- D = guitar duets with Richard Ruskin
---
#13. A1 D : Oh Holy Night
#13. A2 D : Oh Tannenbaum (Christmas Medley)
#13. A2 D -- Angels We Have Heard on High (Christmas Medley)
#13. A2 D -- Jingle Bells (Christmas Medley)
#13. A3 D : Russian Christmas Overture
#13. A4 : White Christmas
#13. A5 D : Carol of the Bells
#13. B1 : Christmas Fantasy - Part I
#13. B2 : Christmas Fantasy - Part II
#14) 1977 The Best of John Fahey 1959-1977 (LP: TAK-7058)
#14 (LP: SNTF-607) U.K. Sonet
#14 (LP: ST-72758) %
#14 1987 [CS: 4XT-72758] % {A}
#14 (CD: CDP-72758) %
--- (track B8 previously unreleased, other tracks are
--- from #02: A2,A3,B3; #03: A1,A4,A5,A6,A7,B1,B5;
--- #04: B2,B4; #06: B6; and #40: B7)
---
#14. A1 3:15 Sunflower River Blues
#14. A2 3:12 St. Louis Blues
#14. A3 2:22 Poor Boy A Long Way From Home
#14. A4 3:53 When the Spring Time Comes Again
#14. A5 3:21 Some Summer Day
#14. A6 2:00 Spanish Dance
#14. A7 1:21 Take a Look at That Baby
#14. B1 1:18 I'm Going to Do All I Can for My Lord
#14. B2 2:14 Last Steam Engine Train, The
#14. B3 2:39 In Christ There Is No East Or West
#14. B4 3:08 Give Me Cornbread When I'm Hungry
#14. B5 3:11 Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Philip XIV
--- of Spain
#14. B6 2:45 Revolt of the Dyke Brigade, The
#14. B7 3:40 On the Sunny Side of the Ocean
#14. B8 2:12 Spanish Two Step
#15) 1979 Visits Washington, D.C. [LP: 7069] {C}
#15 (LP: ST-72769) %
#15 (CS: 4XT-72769) %
#15 [CD: CDP-72769] % {A}
--- (all songs by John Fahey except as noted)
--- Author:
#15. A1 D 4:27 Silver Bell (medley)
#15. A1 -- Cheyenne (medley)
#15. A2 8:04 Ann Arbor (medley) John Fahey, Leo Kottke
#15. A2 -- Death By Reputation (medley) John Fahey, Leo Kottke
#15. A3 7:43 Discovery of the Sylvia Scott, The
#15. B1 5:30 Guitar Lamento Bola Sete
#15. B2 10:08 Melody McBad
#15. B3 6:30 Grand Finale, The
Richard Ruskin: 2nd guitar (A1)
#16) 1980 Yes! Jesus Loves Me [LP: TAK-7085] {AB}
#16 (LP: ST-72785) %
#16 (CS: 4XT-72785) %
--- (all selections arranged by John Fahey except as noted)
---
#16. A1 1:43 Yes, Jesus Loves Me
#16. A2 1:06 Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus
#16. A3 3:33 Lord of All Hopefulness (medley)
#16. A3 -- All Through the Night (medley)
#16. A4 2:28 Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel
#16. A5 2:20 Two American Folk Hymns
#16. A6 1:33 For All the Beauty of the Earth
#16. A7 1:46 St. Patrick's
#16. A8 1:54 Holy, Holy, Holy
#16. A9 1:33 Come Labor On
#16. A10 1:40 St. Clement's
#16. B1 1:28 For All the Saints
#16. B2 1:18 At the Name of Jesus
#16. B3 1:40 Come Thou Almighty King(medley)
#16. B3 -- Wild Western Hero (medley) Jeff Lynne
#16. B4 1:37 Praise to the Lord
#16. B5 1:48 Lord, I Want to Be a Christian in My Heart
#16. B6 1:10 Faith of Our Fathers
#16. B7 1:15 Just As I Am
#16. B8 3:24 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
#16. B9 3:01 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
#16. B10 0:33 Yes, Jesus Loves Me (reprise)
#17) 1981 John Fahey Live In Tasmania [LP: TAK-7089] {Y}
#17 (LP: D11G-72789) %
#17 (CS: D41G-72789) %
#17 (CD: CDP-72789) %
---
#17 A1 13:54 Introduction by Stefan Markovitch (spoken)
#17. A1 -- On the Sunny Side of the Ocean
#17. A1 -- Tasmanian Two-Step
#17. A1 -- Tiger
#17. A2 6:33 Approaching of the Disco Void, The
#17. B1 2:34 Waltzing Matilda
#17 B2 8:58 Fahey Establishes Rapport with the Tasmanians;
--- B2 -- A Diseration on "Obscurity" (spoken)
#17. B2 -- Return of the Tasmanian Tiger, The
#17. B2 -- Funeral Song for Mississippi John Hurt
#17. B3 4:57 Steamboat Gwine 'Round de Bend
#17. B4 5:03 Indian - Pacific R.R. Blues
#18) ? Railroads 1 (LP: ST-72802) %
#18 (CS: 4XT-72802) %
----------Takoma/Allegiance
#19) 1987 Yes! Jesus Loves Me [CD: CDP-72820] % 12-87 {A}
--- "Takoma Plus One" series, 2 LPs on 1 CD,
--- 1st album: "Gospel Nights" by Maria Muldaur (TAK-7084)
--- (track times are not listed on the CD)
--- (track times are those shown on my CD player)
---
--- Author:
#19 1 6:41 My Sisters and Brothers C. Johnson
#19 2 3:47 My Jesus Is All Rev. Brewster
#19 3 4:47 Trials, Troubles, Tribulations trad.
#19 4 3:24 Bright Morning Star trad.
#19 5 2:35 Daniel Prayed trad.
#19 6 1:39 Nobody's Fault But Mine J. Johnson
#19 7 4:44 As An Eagle Stireth Her Nest Rev. Brewster
#19 8 3:19 Did You Remember to Pray N. Savage
#19 9 4:15 Traveling Shoes public domain
#19 10 3:50 People Get Ready C. Mayfield
#19 11 1:58 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah trad.
--- 2nd album: re-issue of #16 (except tracks A6, A9, B6,
--- B7, B9, B10 dropped)
--- (all selections arranged by John Fahey except as noted)
--- (track times from #16)
#19. 12 1:43 Yes, Jesus Loves Me
#19. 13 1:06 Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus
#19. 14 3:33 Lord of All Hopefulness (medley)
#19. 14 -- All Through the Night (medley)
#19. 15 2:28 Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel
#19. 16 2:20 Two American Folk Hymns
#19. 17 1:46 St. Patrick's
#19. 18 1:54 Holy, Holy, Holy
#19. 19 1:40 St. Clement's
#19. 20 1:28 For All the Saints
#19. 21 1:18 At the Name of Jesus
#19. 22 1:40 Come Thou Almighty King(medley)
#19. 23 -- Wild Western Hero (medley) Jeff Lynne
#19. 23 1:37 Praise to the Lord
#19. 24 1:48 Lord, I Want to Be a Christian in My Heart
#19. 25 3:24 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
----------Vanguard Records
#20) 1968 John Fahey Guitar "Requia" (LP: VRS-9259) 2-68
#20 (LP: VSD-79259)
#20 label? U.K. (LP: SVRL-19055)
--- (track titles and info from Bowling Green State University)
--- "TELNET BGLINK.BGSU.EDU"
---
#20. ? : Requiem for John Hurt
#20. ? : Requiem for Russell Blaine Cooper
#20. ? : When the Catfish Is in Bloom
#20. ? : Requiem for Molly, Part 1
#20. ? : Requiem for Molly, Part 2
#20. ? : Requiem for Molly, Part 3
#20. ? : Requiem for Molly, Part 4
#20. ? : Fight on Christians, Fight On
#21) 1969 The Yellow Princess [LP: VSD-79293] 4-90 {B}
#21 (CD: CV-79293) *
#21 (CD: VMD-79293) *
#21 label? U.K. (LP: SVRL-19033)
---
#21. A1 4:49 Yellow Princess, The
#21. A2 4:54 View (East From the Top of the Riggs Road / B & O Trestle)
#21. A3 5:03 Lion
#21. A4 3:40 March! for Martin Luther King
#21. A5 2:49 Singing Bridge of Memphis, Tennessee, The
#21. B1 4:07 Dance ofthe Inhabitants ofthe Invisible City ofBladensburg
#21. B2 3:58 Charles A. Lee: In Memorium
#21. B3 7:14 Irish Setter
#21. B4 5:29 Commemorative Transfiguration & Communion at Magruder Park
#22) 1974 The Essential John Fahey [2LP: VSD-55/56] {A}{C}
#22 1993 (CD: VCD VCD-55/56) * 1-93
--- (#21 and #20, repackaged by Vanguard)
---
#22. A1 4:49 Yellow Princess, The
#22. A2 4:54 View (East From the Top of the Riggs Road / B & O Trestle)
#22. A3 5:08 Lion
#22. A4 3:40 March! for Martin Luther King
#22. A5 2:49 Singing Bridge of Memphis, Tennessee, The
#22. B1 4:07 Dance ofthe Inhabitants ofthe Invisible City ofBladensburg
#22. B2 3:58 Charles A. Lee: In Memorium
#22. B3 7:14 Irish Setter
#22. B4 5:59 Commemorative Transfiguration & Communion at Magruder Park
#22. C1 5:05 Requiem for John Hurt
#22. C2 8:51 Requiem for Russell Blaine Cooper
#22. C3 7:37 When the Catfish Is in Bloom
#22. D1 7:35 Requiem for Molly (Part 1)
#22. D2 7:41 Requiem for Molly (Part 2)
#22. D3 2:28 Requiem for Molly (Part 3)
#22. D4 2:55 Requiem for Molly (Part 4)
#22. D5 1:54 Fight on Christians, Fight On
----------Reprise Records
#23) 1972 Of Rivers And Religion [LP: MS-2089] {L}
#23 (LP: K-44213) Reprise U.K.
--- "by John Fahey and His Orchestra"
---
--- b = backup musicians, there is no indication which musicians
--- listed below appear on which "b" tracks.
---
#23. A1 4:15 Steamboat Gwine 'Round de Bend
#23. A2 b 6:45 Deep River (medley)
#23. A2 -- Ol' Man River (medley)
#23. A3 b 3:55 Dixie Pig Bar-B-Q Blues
#23. A4 b 4:30 Texas and Pacific Blues
#23. B1 4:20 Funeral Song for Mississippi John Hurt
#23. B2 6:05 By the Side of the Road (medley)
#23. B2 -- I Come, I Come (medley)
#23. B3 b 2:28 Lord Have Mercy
#23. B4 5:22 Song
Chris Darrow: second guitar, fiddle, dobro, mandolin
Joel Druckman: double bass
Jack Feirman: trumpet
Nappy La Mare: banjo
Alan Reuse: banjo
Joanne Grauer: piano, calliope
Joe Darensbourgh: clarinet
Ira Nepus: trombone
#24) 1973 After the Ball [LP: MS-2145] {L}
#24 (LP: K-44246) Reprise U.K.
--- "by John Fahey and His Orchestra"
--- b = backup musicians, there is no indication which musicians
--- listed below appear on which "b" tracks.
---
#24. A1 2:04 Horses
#24. A2 b 3:14 New Orleans Shuffle
#24. A3 4:44 Beverly
#24. A4 b 5:47 Om Shanthi Norris
#24. B1 2:33 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
#24. B2 2:30 When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose
#24. B3 b 2:38 Hawaiian Two-Step
#24. B4 b 2:11 Bucktown Stomp
#24. B5 b 1:24 Candy Man
#24. B6 b 3:39 After the Ball
Dick Cary: E flat alto horn, piano
Joe Darensbourg: clarinet
Britt Woodman: trombone
Jack Feierman: trumpet
Allen Reuse: mandolin, uke, banjo
Johnny Rotella: alto sax
Chris Darrow: fiddle, guitar
Peter Jameson: guitar
Joel Druckman: bass
----------Varrick
#25) 1982 Christmas Guitar, Volume One [LP: VR-002] * {A}{C}
#25 p.95,508 (CS: CVR-002) *
#25 (CD: CDVR-002) *
---
#25. A1 1:34 Joy to the World
#25. A2 3:15 What Child Is This?
#25. A3 4:22 Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (medley)
#25. A3 -- O Come All Ye Faithful (medley)
#25. A4 2:00 Auld Lang Syne
#25. A5 2:15 Bells of St. Mary's, The
#25. A6 1:13 Good Christian Men, Rejoice
#25. A7 1:45 We Three Kings
#25. A8 1:19 Away in the Manger #1
#25. A9 2:52 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy
#25. B1 3:48 First Noel, The
#25. B2 1:02 Good King Wenceslas
#25. B3 1:20 Evermore and Evermore (of the Father's Love Begotten)
#25. B4 2:27 Away in the Manger #2
#25. B5 1:46 In the Bleak Midwinter
#25. B6 2:54 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
#25. B7 3:22 Jesus Won't You Come By Here? (medley)
#25. B7 -- Go Tell It on the Mountain (medley)
#25. B8 1:48 Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming
#25. B9 3:10 Silent Night, Holy Night
#26) 1983 Popular Songs of Christmas and New Year's [LP: VR-012] *{A}{C}
#26 p.95,508 (CS: CVR-012) *
---
#26. A1 1:45 Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
#26. A2 2:53 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
#26. A3 3:52 Skater's Waltz, The
#26. A4 2:18 Christmas Song, The
#26. A5 4:02 Christmas Time's A-Coming (medley)
#26. A5 -- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (medley)
#26. A6 2:00 Holly and the Ivy, The (medley)
#26. A6 -- Cherry Tree Carol, The (medley)
#26. A6 1:30 Apple Blossom Time
#26. A7 1:34 White Christmas
#26. B1 3:43 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (medley)
#26. B1 -- Winter Wonderland (medley)
#26. B2 2:00 Remember
#26. B3 1:15 Christmas Time Is Here
#26. B4 2:23 Do You Hear What I Hear
#26. B5 1:53 I'll Be Home for Christmas
#26. B6 3:16 Waltz You Saved for Me, The
#26. B7 3:40 Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly (medley)
#26. B7 -- We Wish You a Merry Christmas (medley)
#27) 1984 Let Go [LP: VR-008] * {C}{F}
#27 (CS: CVR-008) *
---
#27. A1 6:34 Let Go
#27. A- Lost Lake (listed on jacket, but it is NOT on the LP!?)
#27. A2 8:04 Black Mommy
#27. A3 4:04 Dvorak
#27. A4 2:30 World Is Waiting for the Sunrise, The
#27. B1 4:53 River Medley:
#27. B1 -- Deep River (River Medley)
#27. B1 -- Old Man River (River Medley)
#27. B2 2:44 Lights Out
#27. B3 3:05 Pretty Afternoon
#27. B4 4:13 Sunset On Prince George's County
#27. B5 5:15 Layla
#27. B6 1:20 Old Country Rock
#28) 1986 Rain Forests, Oceans And Other Themes (LP: VR-019) * 12-85
#28 (solos and duets w/Terry Robb) (CS: CVR-019) *
#28 [CD: CDVR-019] * {P}
--- b = backup musicians
--- Author:
#28. 1 6:38 Melody McOcean
#28. 2 b 5:15 Layla
#28. 3 6:44 Rain Forest
#28. 4 b 2:30 World Is Waiting for the Sunrise, The
#28. 5 b 4:16 Lullaby and Finale from the Firebird (Stravinsky)
#28. 6 2:06 Atlantic High
#28. 7 b 3:11 Samba de Orfeo
#28. 8 b 2:58 Theme and Variations Moondog (Louis Hardin)
#28. 9 b 3:25 May This Be Love (medley)
#28. 9 b -- Casey Jones (medley)
#28. 10 6:20 Intro to Ocean Waves (medley)
#28. 10 -- Ocean Waves (medley)
#28. 11 b 5:28 Juroscho Ascopi
#28. 12 2:37 St. Patrick's Hymn
Terry Robb: guitar (2,4,5,7,8,9,11)
bottleneck guitar (9)
Guy Maxwell: percussion and Yamaha RX15 (8)
Scott White: bass (8)
#29) 1988 I Remember Blind Joe Death [LP: VR-028] * 1-88 {A}
#29 (CS: CVR-028) *
#29 (CD: CDVR-028) *
--- (all songs by John Fahey except as noted)
---
--- Author:
#29. A1 3:25 Evening Mysteries of Ferry Street, The
#29. A2 1:33 You'll Find Her Name Written Harold Hensley
--- There
#29. A3 3:59 Minutes Seem Like Hours, The Hours Seem Like Days, The
#29. A4 2:42 Are You From Dixie trad.
#29. A5 4:39 A Minor Blues trad.
#29. A6 2:22 Steel Guitar Rag trad.
#29. B1 5:22 Nightmare / Summertime Artie Shaw
#29. B2 2:10 Let Me Call You Sweetheart L. Friedman, B.S. Whitson
#29. B3 3:50 Unknown Tango trad.
#29. B4 7:27 Improv in E Minor
#29. B5 2:16 Lava on Waikiki
#29. B6 5:56 Gaucho Bola Sete
#30) 1992 Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories
#30 (CS: VRC-031) * 1-92
#30 (CD: VRCD-031) *
----------Shanachie Records
#31) 1989 God, Time and Casualty (LP: 97006) 5-90 p.105(%1)
#31 (CS: C-97006) *
#31 [CD: SH-97006] {W}
#31 (CD: CD-97006) *
---
#31. 1 3:48 Revelation
#31. 2 6:29 Red Pony, The
#31. 3 6:38 Lion
#31. 4 11:37 Interlude (medley)
#31. 4 -- Portland Cement Factory, The (medley)
#31. 4 -- Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt (medley)
#31. 5 11:46 Snowflakes (medley)
#31. 5 -- Steamboat 'Qwine Around the Bend (medley)
#31. 5 -- How Green Was My Valley (medley)
#31. 6 16:29 Sandy on Earth (medley)
#31. 6 -- I'll See You in My Dreams (medley)
#32) ? Old Fashioned Love (CS: C-99001) *
#32 (CD: CD-99001) *
(re-issue of 1975 Takoma 7043, see #12)
#33) 1991 Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes
#33 p.105(%1) (CS: C-99002) %1 8-91
#33 (CD: CD-99002) %1
(re-issue of 1966 Takoma 1003, see #03)
#34) 1992 Railroad (CS: C-99003) * 5-92
#34 (CD: CD-99003) *
(re-issue of ? Takoma 72802, see #18)
#35) 1992 Fare Forward Voyagers (CS: C-99005) * 5-92
#35 (CD: CD-99005) *
(re-issue of 1973 Takoma 7035, see #11)
----------Burnside Records
Burnside
#36) 1991 The John Fahey Christmas Album (CS: 0004)
#36 (CD: 0004)
#36 (track titles from a Burnside Record ad in
#36 "Acoustic Guitar" magazine, Jan/Feb 1992, p. 62.)
---
#36. ? : Jingle Bells
#36. ? : Mary Had a baby
#36. ? : O'Holy Night
#36. ? : Little Drummer Boy
#36. ? : O'Little Town Of Bethlehem
#36. ? : Silent Night, Holy Night
#36. ? : Good Christian Men, Rejoice
#36 ? : "and more"
----------Rhino Records
#37) 1994 Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology (CD: #?)
(42 tracks from #01, #30 and other albums)
----------Stefan Grossman Guitar Workshop
#38) ? "The Guitar of John Fahey" (6CS: GW-936) *
p.432
6 tape instructional series with transcriptions
published by Stefan Grossman
----------Takoma Records - collections
#39) 1967 Contemporary Guitarists [LP: C-1006] 10-69 {A}
--- (also Robbie Basho, Harry Taussig, Max Ochs, Bukka White)
--- (jacket and label have heavy water damage, all readable
--- information appears below)
--- (all 7 tracks are listed in "collections.guitar")
--- (track times are not listed on the LP)
---
#39. A2 : ?
#40) 1974 Leo Kottke/Peter Lang/John Fahey (LP: 1040)
#40 [LP: TAK-7040] {A}
#40 (LP: SNTF-688) U.K. Sonet
#40 / (LP: ST-72740)
#40 10-87 re-issue < (CS: 4XT-72740)
#40 \ (CD: CDP-72740)
#40 (CD: D21Y-72740)
--- (track times are not listed on the LP, tracks timed manually)
--- (track time of B3 from the CS liner notes of #14)
---
#40 A1 1:49 Cripple Creek (Leo Kottke)
#40 A2 1:50 Ice Miner " "
#40 A3 1:42 Red And White " "
#40 A4 1:58 Anyway " "
#40 A5 2:10 St. Charles Shuffle (Peter Lang)
#40 A6 4:39 When Kings Come Home " "
#40 B1 1:55 As I Lay Sleeping " "
#40 B2 3:05 Thoth Song " "
#40. B3 3:40 On the Sunny Side of the Ocean
#40. B4 5:46 Sunflower River Blues
#40. B5 2:46 Revolt of the Dyke Brigade, The
#40. B6 2:12 In Christ There Is No East Or West
----------Columbia Records - collections
#41) 1969 Zabriskie Point [LP: SE-4668-ST] {B}
--- (re-issued 1992, see #46)
---
#41 A1 3:09 Heart Beat, Pig Meat Pink Floyd
#41 A2 2:38 Brother Mary Kaleidoscope
#41 A3 2:30 Dark Star (excerpt from) Grateful Dead
#41 A4 4:12 Crumbling Land Pink Floyd
#41 A5 3:02 Tennessee Waltz Patti Page
#41 A6 2:10 Sugar Babe Youngbloods
#41 B1 7:04 Love Scene Jerry Garcia ()
#41 B2 1:53 I Wish I Was a Single GirlAgain Roscoe Holcomb
#41 B3 1:38 Mickey's Tune Kaleidoscope
#41. B4 2:39 Dance of Death
#41 B5 4:57 Come in Number 51,Your TimeIsUp Pink Floyd
----------? - collections
#42) ? The Baby Maker (soundtrack) (?)
#43) ? Straight Time (soundtrack) (?)
----------Rounder Records - collections
#44) 1985 Rounder Folk 1 (LP: AN-04) * 12-85 {.A}
#44 p.503 (CS: CAN-04) *
--- (track times are not listed on the LP)
--- (all 14 tracks are listed in "collections.misc")
---
#44. ? : Firebird, The
----------Rykodisc - collections
#45) 1986 Rounder Folk [CD: RCD-20018] * 11-86 AAD {W}{AL}
--- p.503
--- (all except 2 tracks are re-issued from #44, John Fahey had
--- different tracks on the original and the re-issue)
--- (all 21 tracks are listed in "collections.misc")
---
#45. 4 2:06 Atlantic High
----------Sony Music Special Products - collections
#46) 1992 Zabriskie Point (soundtrack) (CS: AT-52417) * 3-92
#46 p.395 (CD: AK-52417) *
(re-issue of #41)
(selections by John Fahey, Pink Floyd, Youngblood,
Grateful Dead)
Cover Albums (those by other artists where all titles are by John Fahey):
----------Kicking Mule Records
#48) 1979 A Tribute to John Fahey (LP: KM-?)
#48 U.K. Sonet [LP: SNKF-155] {A}
--- + = these tracks also appear in the artist's discography
---
#48 A1 2:30 Revelation on the Bank of the +Bob Hadley
--- Pantuxent
#48 A2 3:37 Joe Kirby Blues Arvid Smith
#48 A3 4:00 Desparate Man Blues Stephen Connolly
#48 A4 4:22 When the Springtime Comes Again Woody Harris
#48 A5 3:53 Sail Away Ladies Arvid Smith
#48 B1 3:26 Sunflower River Blues Woody Harris
#48 B2 2:41 Death of Clayton Peacock, The Arvid Smith
#48 B3 2:23 Sligo River Blues Stephen Connolly
#48 B4 4:52 Yellow Princess, The Arvid Smith
#48 B5 2:04 In Christ There Is No East Or West ?
#48 B6 2:39 Poor Boy Arvid Smith
(the liner notes do not state who plays on track B5)
Session Albums (where John Fahey appears on albums by other artists):
----------?
#47) ? Memphis Swamp Jam (?)
(by ?)
----------Liberty
#49) 1968 Living the Blues (LP: 27200)
#49 1971 (LP: UAS-9955) United Artists
(by Canned Heat)
----------Blue Goose
#50) 1972 Jo Ann Kelly (BG-2009)
(by Jo Ann Kelly, with John Fahey, Woody Mann,
John Miller, Alan Seidler)
LP - 13 tracks - recorded in New York approx. 1969/70
(details from "Jo Ann Kelly - Discography" in
"Detour" (U.K.), Summer-Autumn/91, Issue #4, p. 34)
Books
#51) 1966 "A Textual and Musicological Analysis of the Repertoire
of Charley Patton"
by John Fahey, Thesis (M.A.), Univ. of Calif. Los Angeles,
ISBN: none, LC: 67-3863
(Charley Patton, b. ?-1887, d. 4-28-1934)
#52) 1970 "Charley Patton"
by John Fahey, London: Studio Vista, 112 p.,
ISBN: 0-289-70030-2, LC: 70-548903
[1970 retail price - $1.75 !]
(reprint of his UCLA Master's thesis, #51)
#53) 1978 "The Best of John Fahey 1959-1977"
New York: Guitar Player Books, 174 p.
#54) 1982 "20th Century Masters of Finger-style Guitar" {A}{K}
--- "Transcriptions, study notes, and history by John Stropes,
--- biographies by Peter Lang", Milwaukee: Stropes Editions, Ltd.,
--- 95 p., ISBN: 0-9608512-0-8, LC: 82-90413
--- (has TAB for all tunes, & also standard notation for 5 tunes)
---
--- start p. std tab
#54 book TAB Spanish Fandango, 1860, The Norman Blake 18 22
#54. book TAB In Christ There Is No East Or West 35 32
#54. book TAB When You Wore a Tulip 44 41
#54 book TAB Glory, Glory Joseph Spence 54 51
#54 book TAB Great Dream from Heaven (by Spence) Ry Cooder 64 61
#54 book TAB When Kings Come Home Peter Lang -- 72
#54 book TAB V/The Connecticut Promissory Rag Peter Lang -- 76
#54 book TAB Prodigal Grave Leo Kottke -- 83
#54 book TAB Easter and the Sargasso Sea Leo Kottke -- 90
#55) ? "John Fahey's Christmas Songs"
ten tunes edited and transcribed by John Stropes
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#A) Singles (info from 1982 "MusicMaster", p. 336):
----------Vanguard Records
Catalog # Year
#56. sngl : March for Martin Luther King, A 35076 1968
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#B) Articles/Reviews (top/bottom of page)
Articles/Reviews:
Articles (by John Fahey):
"Bola Sete; the nature of infinity, and John Fahey"
.Guitar Player, 2/76, Vol. 10(2), p. 10,36,40,42,44
Articles (about John Fahey):
"Why Fahey Wants to Kill Everybody", by T. Ferris
Rolling Stone, 12/24/70, Vol. 73, p. 8
#98 "?", by ?
Guitar Player, 4/72
"New Acts"
Variety, 10/11/72, Vol. 268, p. 62
"J Marks' Hall of Obscurity"
Stereo Review, 12/72, Vol. 29, p. 79
"Legendary Master - John Fahey", by L. Allerman
Melody Maker, 3/10/73, Vol. 48, p. 28
"Horizontal and Vertical Playing", by John Fahey
Guitar Player, 2/75, Vol. ?(?), p. 48
in the "Tips from GP's Advisory Board" column
"?", by ?
Rolling Stone, 12/30/76, Issue #229, p. 64E-F
#99 "Reinventing the Steel", by Dale Miller,
--- .Acoustic Guitar, Jan-Feb/92, Vol. 2(4), p. 42-49.
---
#99. mag TAB Dorothy
Music by John Fahey, words by Janet Smith & John Fahey
music, words and tablature, p. 44-45.
"scheduled for release on record in '92"
"The Persecutions and Resurrections of Blind Joe Death",by Byron Coley
.Spin, 11/94, Vol. 10(8), p. 62-4, 66, 107
Reviews: (reviewer)
Albums:
(#15) "John Fahey Visits Washington D.C"
Stereo Review, 3/80, Vol. 44(3), p. 109-110 (Noel Coppage)
Audio, 4/80, Vol. 64, p. 83 (Michael Tearson)
(#23) "Of Rivers and Religion"
Rolling Stone, 11/09/72, #121, p. 66
Crawdaddy, 1/73, #20, p. 86
(#24) "After the Ball"
Crawdaddy, 10/73, #29, p. 82
(#25) "Christmas Guitar, Volume 1"
Los Angeles Magazine, 12/84, Vol. 29, p. 74 (Mark Humphrey)
(#26) "Popular Songs of Christmas and New Year's"
Los Angeles Magazine, 12/84, Vol. 29, p. 74 (Mark Humphrey)
(#27) "Let Go"
Rolling Stone, 7/19-8/02/84, Issue #426/427, p. 102 (Kurt Loder)
Guitar Player, 9/84, Vol. 18(9), p. 117 (Dan Foote)
(#29) "I Remember Blind Joe Death"
Guitar Player, 2/88, Vol. 22, p. 172 (Jon Sievert)
Wilson Library Bulletin, 2/88, Vol. 62(6), p. 87 (Bruce Pollack)
(#30) "Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories"
Stereo Review, 6/92, Vol. 57, p. 86 (Alanna Nash)
(#31) "God, Time and Casualty"
Down Beat, 7/90, Vol. 57, p. 41 (John Ephland)
(#37) "Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology"
.Goldmine, 12/23/94, #376, Vol. 20(26), p. 130 (Jeff Tamarkin)
(in his column, "Reissues and More Reissues: Goldmine's Annual
Holiday Roundup")
(#45) "Rounder Folk"
Guitar Player, 3/87, Vol. 21, p. 130 (Jas Obrecht)
(#51) "Charley Patton (thesis)"
John Edwards Memorial Foundation (JEMF) Newsletter, 1966,
Vol. 2(1), p. 12-13
(#52) "Charley Patton"
Jazz Hot, 1/71, #268, p. 29
JEMF Quarterly, 1971, Vol. 7, Part 4, p. 192-5
Jazz Journal, 2/71, Vol. 24, p. 5-6
The Musical Times, 2/71, Vol. 112, p. 141
Storyville, 2/71, #33, p. 90
Orkester Journalen; Tidskrift foer Jazzmisik (Sweden)
9/72, Vol. 40, p. 23
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#C) Sources (top/bottom of page)
See my Bibliography for complete bibliographical information.
Sources (for information about albums I have not seen):
#0001 1970, Fahey, "Charley Patton"
#af 1989, Clark, "The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music", p. 399
#dg 1992, DeCurtis, "The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music", p. 237
#cx 1992, Erlewine, "All Music Guide", p. 506, 612, 725, 582
#fh 1994, Erlewine, "All Music Guide", p. 495, 507, 522, 1063, 1266, 1270
#eg 1991, Gambaccini, Rice & Rice, "Guinness British Hit Singles", p. 62
#fi 1983, Guitar Player Magazine, 'The Guitar Player Book", p. 84-6, 162
(appeared in slightly different form in the 4/72 issue, see #98)
#ek 1973, Hill, "The Guitar: An Introduction to the Instrument", p. 62
#ar 1981, Hounsome & Chambre, "Rock Record", p. 144
#el 1983, Hounsome, "New Rock Record: 2nd Edition", p. 196
#as 1987, Hounsome & Chambre, "New Rock Record", p. 197
#az 1979, Marsh & Swenson, "The Rolling Stone Record Guide", p. 124
#ba 1983, Marsh & Swenson, "The New Rolling Stone Record Guide", p. 168
#da 1980, Perlman, "Fingerstyle Guitar", p. 32, 44, 57, 86-9
#bi 1976, Sandberg & Weissman, "The Folk Music Sourcebook",
p. 101, 117-118, 119.
#bj 1989, Sandberg & Weissman, "The Folk Music Sourcebook",
p. 109, 125-126, 127.
#cr 1987, Schaefer, "New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music", p. 177
#bn 1983, Stambler & Landon, "The Encyclopedia of Folk, Country &
Western Music", p. 255
#fy 1980, Zalkind, "Contemporary Music Almanac 1980/81", p. 214
"20th Century Masters of Finger-style Guitar", p. 29 (see #54 above).
"Selected Discography", p. 49 (see #99 above).
"John Fahey's music is currently available from..." the following:
Burnside Records, 3158 E. Burnside, Portland, OR 97214
Roundup, P.O. Box 154, N. Cambridge, MA 02140 (several Varrick albums)
Sanachie Records, 37 E. Clinton St., Newton, NJ 07860
"in the process of re-releasing 8 of Fahey's early Takoma albums"
Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, P.O. Box 802, Sparta, NJ 07871
(#38 and #55 above)
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