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John Fahey: Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You
The Fonotone Years 19581965
Text by Claudio Guerrieri, Glenn Jones, Malcolm Kirton, R. Anthony Lee, Byron Coley, Douglas Blazek. Afterword by Eddie Dean.
More than ten years in the making, this critically acclaimed box setoriginally published in 2011features the earliest recordings of one of the most influential guitarists of the 1960s and 70s, blues and folk pioneer John Fahey (19392001). The five CDs feature 115 tracks, most of which are available on CD for the first time, remastered from Fonotone owner Joe Bussards reel-to-reel tapes to achieve pristine sound quality. The CD set is accompanied by a bookthe first ever written on Faheyfeaturing a host of essays as well as a poem by Byron Coley and Douglas Blazeks 1967 interview with Fahey, published here for the first time. Focusing on a critical early period in Faheys career, John Fahey: Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You is a challenging, engrossing introduction to a figure called the folk guitar-playing equivalent of William Burroughs or Bukowski by Pete Townshend.
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FORMAT: Slip, Hbk, 12 x 12 in. / 88 pgs / 136 b&w / 5 CDs. LIST PRICE: U.S. $60.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $84 GBP £53.00 ISBN: 9780997060201 PUBLISHER: Dust-to-Digital AVAILABLE: 2/23/2016 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: WORLD
John Fahey: Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You The Fonotone Years 19581965
Published by Dust-to-Digital. Text by Claudio Guerrieri, Glenn Jones, Malcolm Kirton, R. Anthony Lee, Byron Coley, Douglas Blazek. Afterword by Eddie Dean.
More than ten years in the making, this critically acclaimed box setoriginally published in 2011features the earliest recordings of one of the most influential guitarists of the 1960s and 70s, blues and folk pioneer John Fahey (19392001). The five CDs feature 115 tracks, most of which are available on CD for the first time, remastered from Fonotone owner Joe Bussards reel-to-reel tapes to achieve pristine sound quality. The CD set is accompanied by a bookthe first ever written on Faheyfeaturing a host of essays as well as a poem by Byron Coley and Douglas Blazeks 1967 interview with Fahey, published here for the first time. Focusing on a critical early period in Faheys career, John Fahey: Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You is a challenging, engrossing introduction to a figure called the folk guitar-playing equivalent of William Burroughs or Bukowski by Pete Townshend.
