Artist: John Fahey Label: Takoma Orig. Released: 1959 Catalog No.: LPTAKO4447 Condition: Sealed-Reissue Format: LP Retail Price: $ 9.75 (3 available) Quantity: add to cart

Description "Using money he earned pumping gas, he made his first recording in 1959 and had 95 copies of it pressed; one side of the plain white sleeve read 'John Fahey' and the other, 'Blind Joe Death,' an invented blues singer about whom Mr. Fahey devised an entire mythology. That started his career at Takoma Records, his own label, which he ran until the mid-1970's, when he sold it to Chrysalis." -from: "A 60's Original With a New Life on the Fringe", Ben Ratliff, New York Times, January 19, 1997.

Track Titles Selections by BLIND JOE DEATH 1. West Coast Blues (Blind Blake) 2. St. Louis Blues (W. C. Handy) 3. I'm a Poor Boy a Long ways from Home (Barbecue Bob) 4. Uncloudy Day (Traditional Spiritual) 5. John Henry (Traditional) 6. In Christ There is no East or West (Episcopal Church Hymn) Selections by JOHN FAHEY 1. The Transcendental Waterfall (John Fahey) 2. Desperate Man Blues (Arranged by John Fahey) 3. Sun Gonna Shine in my Back Door Some Day Blues (John Fahey) 4. Sligo River Blues (John Fahey) 5. On doing an Evil deed Blues (John Fahey)

Liner Notes TAKOMA RECORDS 7101 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE TAKOMA PARK, MD.

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