John Fahey - Guitar Vol. 4/Great San Bernardino Birthday [Takoma,1973,Vinyl:NM]

	£		57
	$		76

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John Fahey - Guitar Vol. 4 / The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party And Other Excursions, Takoma C1008 Few guitarists, even ones leaning toward the eccentric, would dream of pasting together a 19-minute instrumental out of various improvisations. But John Fahey is on his own planet, and he assured that fingerstyle guitar would never be the same when he issued The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party on his own Takoma label in 1966. The album features Fahey's more experimental explorations on the guitar between 1962 and 1966, ranging from solo guitar on "Guitar Excursions Into the Unknown" to the eerie organ accompaniment on "Will the Circle Be Unbroken." The intriguing "900 Miles" finds Fahey's guitar intermingling with Nancy McLean's flute, creating a surreal, mysterious mood. "Knott's Berry Farm Molly" begins by rolling along like a traditional folk instrumental only to switch abruptly to a backward-tracked guitar. Mysterious Al Wilson adds the sitar-like sounds of the veena to several tracks, including "Sail Away Ladies," meshing his eastern touch into the fabric of Fahey's open tunings. Despite the multiple approaches, this album is surprisingly cohesive. Perhaps it is the experimental air of every selection, or just the unifying element of Fahey himself. The album ends, as many of Fahey's albums of this period did, with a religious instrumental, "Oh Come, Oh Come Emanuel." The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party is a fascinating experiment that finds the artist taking some real chances and succeeding.

Grading scale: NM > EX > VG+ > VG > Good > Poor)

Vinyl: NM. Looks like it just came from a retail store and it was opened for the first time. The finish is shiny, with no visible defects. Labels are superb, clean and bright without marks. Spindle shows no sign of wear. And no warps.

Cover: VG+. SPINE: Clear, readable text | SEAMS: Slight wear or small split | CREASES: None or minor only | RING WEAR : None | DEFACING: Minor sticker removal desidue. Aged patina | (Actual images so you can check the condition)

Will combine for shipping if you buy mixed singles and albums. If you buy multiple items wait for invoice with correct shipping cost.

Records are packed well with extra protection and LPs taken out of sleeves. Double-LP usually works as 1LP but no extra protection.

Tracks:

A1 The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party 19:08 A2 Knott's Berry Farm Molly 4:34 B1 Will The Circle Be Unbroken 4:45 B2 Guitar Excursions Into The Unknown 3:34 B3 900 Miles 3:05 B4 Sail Away Ladies 6:08 B5 Oh Com h Come Emanuel 2:03

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