ROBBIE BASHO Vol. 3 Sings V Rare Orig 1967 US Takoma LP Folk Psych John Fahey
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Robbie Basho
Basho Sings
Very Rare original US LP released on Takoma Records in 1967. 1st US pressing with a grooved black label and comes n a paste on sleeve.
Robbie Basho was the least celebrated of the trio of '60s acoustic guitar virtuosos who established themselves as innovators on the Takoma label (the other two were John Fahey and Leo Kottke). It's not hard to surmise why Basho found a natural home on Takoma. Like Fahey and Kottke, he was determined to expand the horizons of the acoustic steel-string guitar by utilizing dissonance, unusual tunings, and influences from all over the world. At the same time, it's not hard to see why Basho attracted a smaller, more specialized audience than Fahey and Kottke. His work requires a little more time and effort to absorb, and is more colored by Eastern and Indian modal influences.
"Haunting" is an overused adjective for Basho's instrumentals (as it has often been for Fahey's records), but entirely appropriate. Difficult to pigeonhole and categorize, Basho's strums were characterized by a tension between spiritual, meditative moods and bursts of restlessness. In addition to American folk and Middle Eastern influences, traces of classical, Irish, koto, medieval, and other musics could be heard in his material (and he had notably little pure blues influence when compared to his Takoma labelmates). Occasionally he would add some eerie whistling, or even eerier, not to say unsettling, singing; even dedicated Basho fans concede that his vocals weren't what you came to hear.
This was Basho's fifth album and his third for the Takoma label. A more commercial listen than what came before. A few of the songs even have a traditional blues based structure with the majority still being rooted in folk. There are however, no raga flights of fancy, Basho reigns it in to deliver more of a song based album. Still essential, still bizarrely not re-issued.
Tracks Are :-
Side One
1 Salangadou
2 Allons Au Ball Colinda
3 Katari Takawaitha
4 Basket Full Of Dragons
5 Solilquoy
6 Tibetian Bach
Side Two
1 Dance Colinda
2 Basho's Blues
3 Black Mare Moan
4 New Lhassa New Year's Chorale
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Released on Takoma Records in 1967
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Catalogue Number C-1012
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Record is in Ex ++ condition
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Sleeve is in Ex + condition (bottom edge split at the opening edge)
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