John Fahey: Record Labels and other Trivia for Collectors

When I started posting here, it was merely with the intention of putting up pictures of the various labels used on Fahey albums, particularl...

I'm afraid that ill-health has come between me and this blog for a while but hopefully normal service has now resumed. Particular apolog...

This post follows on from comments left on my recent posting of the mono BJD. In 1987 Fahey recorded a session for the BBC Radio 1 Andy Ker...

When Takoma reissued Fahey's first three albums in sleeves designed by Tom Weller in April 1967, the records acquired new sleeve notes, ...

I promised this some time ago and finally here it is - the 1967 mono version of the Blind Joe Death album. The CD issue of this album used a...

The 1966 release: Second sleeve,1968: Third sleeve, circa 1972: Fourth sleeve, circa 1975: The earliest sleeve design for Volume 4 had a di...

When Dance of Death was released in 1965, the notes that came with it included an extensive discography / sessionography covering the period...

Earthly appetites: The brilliant and curious career of steel-string demigod John Fahey What do you think about the Mormons?" This abrup...

One of the aspects of the Turtle saga that has supplied surprisingly fertile ground for research is the claim that the album was withdrawn ...

These are labels for four 12" Fonotone LPs, produced as a set and almost certainly entirely unique. Here's the original owner's...

Pages from two Fonotone catalogs listing the Fahey material Joe Bussard had to offer at that point. Joe Bussard, as always at Fonotone, type...

I must apologise for my relative silence here over the Summer although I have certainly not been ignoring the blog, rather giving my time to...

When Fahey re-recorded his first two albums in 1967 it was because of dissatisfaction with various aspects of the recording quality with the...

Mayne Smith, who contributed banjo and kazoo at Fahey's Delta sessions in 1965, has a new CD about to be released - Places I've Been...

I like to think that one or two regular visitors here still have an interest in my Transfigured piece, even if it may appear to have stalle...

Since it settles quite a few debates, here are pictures of the original 1968 black & silver labelled copies of Voice of the Turtle ; the...