John Fahey Volume 1 Blind Joe Death 180g LP (Vinyl)

180g Vinyl LP!

After moving to Berkeley, California, Fahey's career began to take off. After a mildly successful second album, "Death Chants, Breakdowns, & Military Waltzes," he decided to re-release his earlier album. In doing so, he chose to re-record much of the material. In 1967, Fahey was successful with many albums under his belt. His first two albums would be released in stereo and both were re-recorded, resulting in this third version of Blind Joe's Death.

For several years major labels had been issuing records in both mono and stereo formats. By 1967, Takoma was doing well enough financially to justify the re-recording of Fahey's first and second albums for the burgeoning stereo market. Thus Volume 1: Blind Joe Death, as the record would be titled henceforth, was recorded for the third time and it is probably this release that most people are familiar with today. For the new version Fahey recorded all but one song on the album. He recorded one new track for the reissue: "I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord." His new take of the Episcopal hymn "In Christ There Is No East or West" would become the most well-known and oft-played song on the album.

"Fahey's experimental blues-folk acoustic fusion is just beginning to take shape...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." -Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com

Features:
• 180g Vinyl

Selections:
Side One:
1. On Doing An Evil Deed Blues
2. St. Louis Blues
3. Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
4. Uncloudy Day
5. John Henry
6. In Christ There Is No East Or West
Side Two:
1. The Transcendental Waterfall
2. Desperate Man Blues
3. Sun Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday Blues
4. Sligo River Blues
5. I'm Gonna Do All I Can For My Lord