John Fahey/Peter Lang/Leo Kottke
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1996-04-23
Music Label: Takoma
Soundtracks:
- Cripple Creek - Leo Kottke
- Ice Miner - Leo Kottke
- Red And White - Leo Kottke
- Anyway - Leo Kottke
- St. Charles Shuffle - Peter Lang
- When Kings Come Home - Peter Lang
- As I Lay Sleeping - Peter Lang
- Thoth Song - Peter Lang
- On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean - John Fahey
- Sunflower River Blues - John Fahey
- Revolt Of The Dyke Brigade - John Fahey
- In Christ There Is No East Or West - John Fahey
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Free Music Review: Open tunings and standard,beautifully wrought
Hit: 5 Stars
One more voice in loving praise of this wonderful record. I just tonight got a copy of this CD re-release. The earlier CD release had the artists/track titles mislabeled, as did the original vinyl, if I recall correctly. It is important to note for the newer listener that John Fahey re-recorded a couple of his works specifically for this recording. One can now 'collect' perhaps 6 different versions of In Christ There Is No East or West, if the "Guitar, Guitar" television segment on the "In Concert" DVD is counted. I treasure all the different versions of his pieces, and seeing how he evolved (rather than renamed) some pieces. I think he introduced On the Sunny Side of the Ocean here, and this version of Sunflower River Blues is somewhat evolved from his earlier recording of it. Wonderful Fahey. Then there's Peter Lang. His music opened up another small universe or me, especially the majestic and dissonant When Kings Come Home and Thoth Song. A guitar heir to some Stravinsky ideas. I didn't have a lot of new guitar records to share with a best friend back when this was released on vinyl, but I had to play the Peter Lang for him- and was very pleased that he was as awed as I had been. The Kottke pieces are, to my taste, less of an expansion. Certainly well-played (I made up my version of Cripple Creek in dropped D by hearing this open-tuning version) and skillful. But something about Mr. Kottke has never touched me as John Fahey and Peter Lang did. Except for this recording, and a couple vinyl records I got and then (idiotically) ignored, I've been a late comer to Fahey's HUGE musical achievement, beginning to listen to him only in early 2006. It is now a glorious time to be exploring Fahey, since (as of 11/07)almost his entire catalog has been newly released in expanded and lovingly annotated versions. Also, the original Fahey-selected "Best of..." has been expanded, and, thanks to Henry Kaiser et al., there is now a fine "Best of... Volume 2" There are 3 readily-available live recordings on CD (On Air; The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick; Live in Tasmania). There are well over 30 discrete CD recordings. (I'm not counting the several rearrangements of his Vanguard recordings that Vanguard has put out, apart from the magical originals such as The Yellow Princess). I have none of his seasonal music but nearly all of his recordings up until the 'electric' years. Everything except perhaps my least favored The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party is well worth having. The CD reissues of his earliest records now give both the first-released versions and the later re-recorded re-releases, all on one CD- a splendid achievement. Evey Fahey-lover and guitar-player he influenced has their special recordings to recommend, so I hesitate EXCEPT to note that any of the 3 available Live recordings would make terrific starting places. "Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick" has about the most material crammed on it, of the live recordings. Good as "Live in Tasmania" is, one of its tracks, originally titled 'Beverly' and then retitled by Fahey as "Indian Pacific Railroad Blues' is simply the earlier studio recording with fake applause added to make it sound as if it were part of his Tasmania performance. "On Air" another Henry Kaiser-assisted gem of a show, is lovely, long, and thoroughly impressive.
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