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1	The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album/Christmas with John Fahey, Vo (1993) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist It probably surprised a few people that guitar eccentric John Fahey chose to record Christmas music. This release comprises the majority of not one but two Christmas releases from 1968 and 1975. Most of the instrumentals on both albums will be familiar, such as "White Christmas," "The First Noel," and "What Child Is This?" On The New Possibility: ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $10.41!
2	The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death (1965) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist A strange man, John Fahey, with an unusual set of guitar styles. This album, originally released on Riverboat Records and later reissued by Fahey's own Takoma label, has a lot of rough edges in terms of the recording but a tremendous amount of power when it comes to the music. Fahey was at the top of his game, alternately playful and dark, so ... see all copies from $12.51! new only from $12.51!
3	Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes [CD] (1999) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist Fahey recorded two entirely different versions of this record: one issued in 1963 and one mostly of re-recordings in 1967. The CD reissue of Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes does Fahey fans a massive favor by combining both versions onto one disc. Preceded only by the super-rare original version of Blind Joe Death, the 1963 LP of ... see all copies from $9.14! new only from $9.14!
4	The Best of John Fahey 1959-1977 (1977) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist The title of this compilation is a little misleading. Although it is indeed an anthology, and the most recent two tracks were recorded in 1977, nothing was recorded as early as 1959. In fact, nothing was recorded before the mid-'60s. If you believe the track notes, nothing was recorded before 1967, though it should be pointed out that the two ... see all copies from $12.49! new only from $16.89!
5	Popular Songs of Christmas & New Year's (1988) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist The famously abrasive and eccentric John Fahey -- a brilliant guitarist and composer who once recorded under the name Blind Joe Death -- is not the first person one would expect to make a sweet and apparently unironic album of Christmas instrumentals. Being the bloody-minded coot that he was, he made several, all of them wonderful. Popular Songs ... see all copies from $3.83! new only from $3.83!
6	The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites [CD] (1965) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist The title The Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favorites might lead some to believe that this is a collection of public-domain items that go back to the Deep South of the 19th century. However, while this 1964 session does contain a song titled "Dance of Death," most of the material (including that tune) was written by Fahey himself in the ... see all copies from $10.35! new only from $10.35!
7	The Best of John Fahey, Vol. 2: 1964-1983 (2004) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist In keeping with the great perversity, virtuosity, and humor that marks all releases of John Fahey records, guitarist Henry Kaiser has compiled a second volume of the late picker's Takoma sides to coincide with the first, self-selected set issued in 1977. Kaiser, a wildly idiosyncratic player and cultural iconoclast, is better-suited than just ... see all copies from $9.89! new only from $9.89!
8	Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology (1994) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist Back in the 1960s, when fingerpicking folk guitarists were a dime a dozen, John Fahey stood out for several reasons. For one thing, his sense of humor was sophisticated and unfashionably cynical for the period (this is the guy, remember, who simultaneously celebrated the blues tradition and ridiculed his own blues pretensions by adopting the nom ... see all copies from $12.86! new only from $12.86!
9	Vanguard Collector's Edition (1997) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist This four-CD set isn't quite as comprehensive as it might have been. All of the major bases are covered, from Paul Robeson, the Weavers, and Count Basie to Alison Brown and John McEuen, and even Circus Maximus ("Oops -- I Can Dance") is here, with cuts by the Frost ("Sweet Lady Love") and the Third Power ("Gettin' Together"). But there's no Sandy ... see all copies from $10.05! new only from $30.00!
10	Old Girlfriends & Other (1992) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist John Fahey, whose seminal solo guitar albums led the way for a zillion other guitar players, has made another fine one himself. All his trademark elements are here, eclectic song choices, dark and precise playing and a sense of fun. "Twilight Time" and "Sea of Love" are particularly memorable. ~ Richard Meyer, All Music Guide see all copies from $8.75!
11	The Best of the Vanguard Years (1999) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist Though only encompassing two albums, The Yellow Princess and Requia and Other Compositions for Guitar Solo, the latter of which appears almost in its entirety, Best of the Vanguard Years is an excellent overview of Fahey's tenure on the Vanguard label and also documents an impressively innovative period for the experimental guitarist. Mysterious, ... see all copies from $3.30! new only from $12.15!
12	The Legend of Blind Joe Death (1996) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist The saga of Blind Joe Death is an extremely confusing one, for those listeners who haven't been following Fahey's career from the beginning. In short: Fahey originally recorded Blind Joe Death in 1959, in an extremely rare, self-released edition of less than 100 copies. Though few heard it, his debut album was a groundbreaker on the acoustic folk ... see all copies from $16.74! new only from $16.74!
13	Sea Changes and Coelacanths: A Young Person's Guide to John Fahey (2006) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist see all copies from $23.86! new only from $23.86!
14	The Yellow Princess [Bonus Tracks] (2006) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist This particular John Fahey side is a personal favorite of many of his devout fans for several reasons. And although such a judgment is tough, if one were looking to own only one album by this unique guitarist, The Yellow Princess could be the one. The recording sound is among the best of his many releases; at the proper volume, the effect is as if ... see all copies from $15.65! new only from $15.65!
15	America (1971) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist In some respects this was Fahey at his most ambitious; two of the four songs ("Mark 1:15" and "Voice of the Turtle") clock in at around the 15-minute mark, and one of the others is entitled "The Waltz That Carried Us Away and Then a Mosquito Came and Ate Up My Sweetheart." It's actually typical of his work of the period, however: inventive ... see all copies from $9.14! new only from $9.14!
16	Days Have Gone By, Vol. 6 (1967) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist Sam Graham once referred to Fahey as the "curmudgeon of the acoustic guitar," while producer Samuel Charters noted that Fahey "was the only artist I ever worked with whose sales went down after he made public appearances." This tumultuous spirit, in turn, made tumultuous music on albums like Days Have Gone By, filled with odd harmonics, discord, ... see all copies from $13.74! new only from $13.74!
17	Friends of Fahey Tribute (2006) more music like this by John Fahey & Friends add to wishlist The album may have an awkward title, but the music it contains is both touching and generally quite graceful. It's an appropriate juxtaposition, since the album celebrates the life and music of guitarist John Fahey, who was himself the same kind of walking contradiction: a notoriously difficult personality with a rare musical gift that expressed ... see all copies from $15.01! new only from $15.01!
18	The Voice of the Turtle (1968) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist Like some of John Fahey's other projects in the '60s, this was actually recorded and assembled over a few years, and primarily composed of duets with various other artists (including overdubs with his own pseudonym, "Blind Joe Death"). One of his more obscure early efforts, Voice of the Turtle is both listenable and wildly eclectic, going from ... see all copies from $13.78! new only from $13.78!
19	Vanguard Visionaries (2007) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist Though John Fahey cut only three records for Vanguard between 1966 and 1969 (he cut a slew for his own Takoma label as well) , some of his most adventurous -- and some would say maddening -- work is here. Vanguard Visionaries compiles ten cuts from the latter two of these LPs, 1967's Requia & Other Compositions for Guitar Solo, and 1969's Yellow ... see all copies from $10.79! new only from $10.79!
20	The Epiphany of Glenn Jones (1997) more music like this by John Fahey & Cul de Sac add to wishlist see all copies from $14.19! new only from $14.19!
21	Red Cross (2003) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist Red Cross is the last consciously recorded 'new' John Fahey record. Intended for release in 2001 but met with delays following his ill health (and eventual death), Red Cross bookends an important discography, to say the least. In a manner perhaps typical of Fahey, this collection of self-produced pieces ends his career on a note both simple and ... see all copies from $16.48! new only from $16.48!
22	Visits Washington DC (1979) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist John Fahey's final album of the 1970s was also his first studio album in nearly five years, his prolific pace in the first dozen years or so of his recording career slowing notably by the middle of the decade. He pretty much just picked up where he left off on Visits Washington DC, however, offering another set of acoustic guitar instrumentals ... see all copies from $5.89! new only from $33.17!
23	Essential John Fahey (1978) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist While the mesmerizing sound John Fahey conjures here from his steel strings meets this Maryland guitarist's typically high standards, the album title misleadingly suggests a best-of collection. It's actually a CD two-fer. The Yellow Princess, a 1969 album in its entirety, is followed by 1967 release Requia, missing only the four-part "Requiem for ... see all copies from $16.42! new only from $16.42!
24	Vol. 4: The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party (1966) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist This hodgepodge of tracks from 1962-66 was among the last of Fahey's early Takoma albums to make it onto CD (which it did in 2000). Perhaps that's because Fahey himself has a low estimation of the record. Nevertheless, it stands as his most, well, far-out work, and one of his most innovative. Edited together from several pieces, the 19-minute "The ... see all copies from $14.10! new only from $14.10!
25	Live in Tasmania (1981) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist John Fahey was well known as a perfectionist who played concerts for over two decades without releasing a live album. It was therefore something of a surprise when he not only recorded a full album in front of an audience, but did so at a concert booked on four days notice, at a hall he had never seen much less checked for acoustics, and with ... see all copies from $10.35! new only from $10.35!

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