ROBBIE BASHO Grail & The Lotus TAKOMA US 1966 ORIG Press Acid Folk Psych Fahey M

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ROBBIE BASHO: “The Grail & The Lotus”

Label: TAKOMA RECORDS

Label Number: C-1007

- Rare US 1st ORIGINAL pressing from 1966 on John Fahey’s TAKOMA RECORDS.

- First press issue that comes on orange colored label

- MONO COPY!!!

- TOP CONDITION!!!

GRADING:

LP Record: Excellent ~ Near Mint – perfect all the way – seems to been hardly played, TOP ARCHIVE QUALITY

Jacket: Excellent ~ Near Mint. No splits or damahes, sharp corners and fully readable spine.

Some words on this issue: BASHO, ROBBIE: “The Grail & The Lotus” (Takoma – C-1007) Original 1st press MONO copy. Released by Takoma Records in 1966. The Grail and the Lotus was the second Basho release. Basho can be seen as Fahey’s spiritual acoustic guitar brother, incorporating more eastern music aspects and philosophies into his playing. Basho’s playing is incredibly raga-like. It makes him seemingly dislocated geographically due to him wandering along Asian modes. So it will come as no surprise that he felt a close linkage to the music of Ali Akbar Khan, which is unmistakably present in his picking patterns and scales. His work is perfumed with exotism and at times it almost feels like he treats his six and 12 strings like a Sarod. The recording here is highly sophisticated and the playing crisp and clear but always with an ear tuned towards the Mystic East so to speak. His playing blurs the lines of conventional styles and technique and is dramatic, personal and expressive, all at the same time. As a guitarist, Basho was absolutely groundbreaking in his use of texture and color, complex right hand picking patterns blended with an almost completely free fretting hand and his linear approach to the neck. Top copy, 1st original US mono pressing on Fahey’s Takoma imprint. Stuff of legends!! Basho is bewitching, important, beautiful and above all…essential to any self-righteous music lover.

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Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new.

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