The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death Vinyl

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The transfiguration of blind joe death vinyl.

The playful 20 year old american primitive guitarist had created an alternate identity. That of the obscure unknown guitar great blind joe death. Shipped with usps media mail. The transfiguration of blind joe death is a 1965 album by american fingerstyle guitarist and composer john fahey originally issued in a hand lettered edition of 50 it was fahey s first album to be released by a label other than his own takoma records as with all of fahey s independently released early albums it had little critical recognition upon release.

View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1980 terre haute pressing vinyl release of the transfiguration of blind joe death on discogs. The music critic richie unterberger wrote liner notes for reissues of two of fahey s later albums. John fahey the transfiguration of blind joe death original w insert. Originally released in 1965 the transfiguration of blind joe death is the fourth album from guitarist and composer john fahey and the first to be released on another label aside from his own takoma records.

1959 s self released blind joe death had an enigmatic spare cover that read blind joe death on one side and john fahey on the other. Sleeve is in excellent condition with a strong uncrushed spine and minimal storage wear marks. In his allmusic review of the 1964 release of blind joe death unterberger wrote the album s mystique probably owes more to the 1959 record s rarity and utter oddity in the context of its era than the music in which fahey s experimental blues folk acoustic fusion is just beginning to take shape. The transfiguration of blind joe death.

Vinyl is in excellent condition with a few spindle superficial marks. The transfiguration of blind joe death is john fahey s classic fifth album from the mid 1960s and is one of his most influential. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1967 vinyl release of volume 5 the transfiguration of blind joe death on discogs. In stock now for same day shipping.

Minor background noise in places. All original vinyl near mint cover shows some wear comes with 29 page insert. Hear music as its meant to be heard.