John Fahey: Record Labels and other Trivia for Collectors

The IFC have included the Engineer's Notes for this record on the John Fahey site. They show that there were numerous other recordings...

Those of a certain age who lived in the south-eastern corner of England in the mid-60s will remember the pirate broadcaster 'Radio Londo...

Like I did with my earlier post on VOTT, I'm putting this up despite it being very much an unfinished work-in-progress. It'll be con...

"Choosing a song was not easy - he has a million incredible songs that i would love to take the time, sit down and try to learn someda...

The conventional wisdom regarding this album is this: that it was originally released with an orange label in a gatefold sleeve with a book....

There is quite a bit of confusion over which of the early Fahey albums were released in stereo, so I hope that this will clarify things. The...

It is difficult to determine the precise date of a record from the label design it is carrying. There is not a great economy of scale when ...

The original 1959 release: Circa 1965: The 1968 release: Circa 1970: Circa 1972 (monaural): Circa 1972 (stereo): Circa 1977: Circa 2005 reis...

The original 1963 release: Circa 1965: The 1968 release: Circa 1970: Circa 1972: Circa 1973: The 1972 'dragon' label came initially ...

The original 1965 release: Circa 1965: Circa 1970: Circa 1972: Later copies of this record are labelled as stereo but they aren't; regar...