JOHN FAHEY "VOL.4 GREAT SAN BERNARDINO BIRTHDAY PARTY" VG++
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Takoma Records C-1008 stereo with the gold & blue label This hodgepodge of tracks from 1962-66 stands as his most, well, far-out work, and one of his most innovative. Edited together from several pieces, the 19-minute "The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party" anticipated elements of psychedelia with its nervy improvisations and odd guitar tunings. The six briefer pieces that comprise the rest of the record also broke ground with their unsettling moods and dissonances: "Knott's Berry Farm Molly" suddenly moving from a characteristically placid instrumental to backwards tapes that Fahey assembled on a tape recorder, and the lo-fi "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" putting some aggressive picking against a mysterious church organ played by Flea. The beautiful "900 Miles" also had unexpected instrumental accompaniment, by Nancy McLean on flute, while future Canned Heat member Al Wilson played "veena" (sitar) on "Sail Away Ladies." Despite Fahey's curmudgeonly dismissal of the record several decades later, it's an important, if uneven, effort that ultimately endures as one of the highlights of his discography. -- All Music Guide The cover has a slight bit of partial ring wear, is VG+(+). The vinyl, visually, has some storage marks on one side that do not make noise, will grade it VG++ because of the marks - the other side appears NEAR MINT. Plays very well.
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