Return Of The Repressed: The Anthology

Return Of The Repressed: The Anthology Artist: John Fahey
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 081227173722
EAN: 0081227173722
ASIN: B0000033C2


Release Date: 1994-10-04

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Tracks:

  1. Desperate Man Blues
  2. Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Palace Of King Phillip XIV Of Spain
  3. Sligo River Blues
  4. Sun Gonna Shine In My Back Door Blues
  5. On Doing An Evil Deed Blues
  6. I'm Gonna Do All I Can For My Lord
  7. Some Summer Day
  8. Worried Blues
  9. Tell Her To Come Back Home
  10. Poor Boy
  11. Orinda-Moraga
  12. The Death Of Clayton Peacock
  13. Brenda's Blues
  14. On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean
  15. Revelation On The Banks Of The Pawtuxent
  16. Night Train To Valhalla
  17. Knott's Berry Farm Molly
  18. Bill Cheatum
  19. Knoxville Blues
  20. Sunflower River Blues
  21. A Raga Called Pat-Part One
  22. In Christ There Is No East Or West

Tracks:

  1. The Yellow Princess
  2. Lion
  3. The Revolt Of The Dyke Brigade
  4. The Portland Cement Factory At Monolith California
  5. Steamboat Gwine 'Round De Bend
  6. Lord Have Mercy
  7. Beverly
  8. Hawaiian Two-Step
  9. Candy Man
  10. Jaya Shiva Shankarah
  11. Medley: Silver Bell/Cheyenne
  12. The Approaching Of The Disco Void
  13. Summer Cat By My Door
  14. Theme And Variations
  15. Lava On Waikiki
  16. Samba De Orfeo
  17. Rain Forest
  18. Twilight Time
  19. The Sea Of Love
  20. Yes, Jesus Loves Me

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars the first, the best.......2006-12-08

It's very hard to grasp the importance that John Fahey's music had in the development of the solo acoustic performance genre. Before Fahey the guitar (in "popular" music) was only there to support the voice. Fahey made the guitar the star. He did this not through sheer virtuosity, although certain elements of his technique were unmatched, but by being INTERESTING! His music was hard to pigeonhole, was it bluegrass,blues,new-age,folk?...all of these and none of these, it WAS thought provoking and hypnotic. Now that he's gone artists are coming out of the woodwork (at least three tribute albums already). He could have used their support during his very tough life, but Fahey was not an easy person to love. He was iconoclastic and highly critical(even of himself). His excellent literary efforts show him to be a very complex and troubled individual. This compilation of recordings is a good representation of his ever evolving musical style (he called it "American Primitive Guitar"). If you love music and don't know John Fahey, prepare to be profoundly changed.

5 out of 5 stars First rate collection of this brilliant guitarist.......2003-01-09

A fab 2-CD collection of one of the 20th Century's most innovative acoustic musicians, the late John Fahey. Yeah, it's true there's so much great John Fahey music out there, that limiting it to a single best-of seems a shame... Still, this is a wonderful introduction to his work... Admittedly, these beloved classic recordings from the '50s, '60s and '70s are to blame for the legions of sugary acoustic musicians to follow -- Will Ackerman, et al -- but the curse of history in no way diminishes the original power of Fahey's incredibly creative muse. As he brilliantly quotes and elaborates on old folk and turn-of-the-century popular music, Fahey distorts the melodies, meter and tonal qualities in radically unexpected, mind-altering ways. Chances are that if these two CDs are your first exposure to Fahey's work, you will be left swiftly scrambling for more.

5 out of 5 stars Hark! The dark angel sings........2002-01-10

The Return of the Repressed is wonderful and uplifting.

5 out of 5 stars essential, in two senses.......2000-12-26

Rhino Records has done the music world a great service over the years in resurrecting old classic works, and here's another of their successes. Fahey's approach has not changed very much over the span of his 40 year plus career, but because he is such an original this is not necessarily a bad thing. The essentials of his music can thus be reasonably succinctly listed: (1) the leading American fingerpicking style guitarist of his generation, with strong influences on Leo Kottke and many, many others (2) a quirky sense of humor, evident both in his play and choice of subject material (3) a straightforward, almost brutally direct fingerpicking style (he calls 'American primitive') influenced by American blues and a slew of other elements (4) a singular lack of popular (i.e., sales) success (with the exception of his brilliant Christmas album, "The New Possibility") (5) a concentration on solo, vocal-less 6-string play, but with occasional excursions into bottleneck guitar, tape-looping, dog barks, and whatever else might suit him, and (6) the occasional educational element (Fahey has a Master's degree as a musicologist, and spent a good deal of time in the field collecting material by old masters). This collection is excellent and representative of it all; there are 42 cuts on the 2-cd package, including, among others, 'Sligo River Blues,' 'On Doing an Evil Deed Blues,' 'Knott's Berry Farm Molly,' 'In Christ There is No East or West,' 'The Yellow Princess' (my personal favorite), 'The Approaching of the Disco Void,' 'Rain Forest,' etc., etc. The best place to start for an overview of the musical world of this unconventional but fascinating instrumentalist.

5 out of 5 stars Thirty Years Of John Fahey.......2000-12-16

The John Fahey of the Nineties tends to pan much of his early work. In a recent article for the British music magazine "Wire," Fahey says, "A lot of what I did is embarassing to me now, because it was pretentious and stupid." His legions of fans--myself included--disagree. Over the past forty years and as many albums, Fahey has created an impressive body of work which explores what the artist dubbed "American primitive" guitar.

The forty-two tracks on this album are culled from twenty albums beginning with the original recording of Blind Joe Death in 1959 (although it is the 1967 rerecordings that are used) through 1992's Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories. Since only a handful of Fahey's albums are still in print, this compilation offers an opportunity to hear many songs that are otherwise unavailable.

Fahey's unique blend of blues and folk music make for some of the most arresting finger-style guitar playing you'll ever hear. Fans of Leo Kottke, the late Michael Hedges or countless other guitar players influenced by Fahey, owe it to themselves to listen to this generous sampling of songs from the master. Highlights are too numerous to mention, but I especially enjoy "Desperate Man Blues," "I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord," "On the Sunny Side of the Ocean" and "In Christ There Is No East or West." ESSENTIAL

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