John Fahey: Record Labels and other Trivia for Collectors

This is material that has been around on bootleg for some time, and is credited as having been recorded in 1968 at the Worcester MA Polytech...

Finally, some more unreleased material. It's in zipped folders, so it won't require nearly as many downloads as normal. From 'Tu...

I am very grateful to Paul Bryant for letting me have this analysis of the various editions of the Blind Joe Death album. BLIND JOE DEATH ED...

I am very grateful to Vincent Smith, who has spent some time scanning copies of two US Takoma catalogues, a selection of UK press clippings,...

Some articles from Vincent Smith's archive, mainly drawn from the 'Melody Maker', from the late 60s - early 70s (click to enlarg...

'The Television Song, aka TV Rag' is an outtake from the Adelphi sessions that produced the 'Dance of Death' album. Fahey ta...

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...