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The John Fahey Handbook, Volume 2 cites "late 1968 or January 1969" and the recording date as June 1968 at Sierra Sound Laboratories. [3] Fahey's original liner notes describe the genesis of the song "The Yellow Princess", which was based on the overture to the opera La Princesse Jaune (The Yellow Princess) by composer Camille Saint-Saëns ...
To celebrate their 60th anniversary, Vanguard had released a series of artist samplers called Vanguard Visionaries from the 1960s and early-'70s era. Each contained a small track listing and all the tracks are available on other compilation packages. Fahey recorded two albums for Vanguard: The Yellow Princess and Requia.
The Best of the Vanguard Years contains the complete album The Yellow Princess and all of Requia except for "Requiem for Molly, Pt. 1" and "Requiem for Molly, Pt. 2". ". Vanguard had previously released both albums with modified track listings in 1974 on The Essential John Fahey (both differing LP and CD versions) and would again in 2007 with a different combination of tracks on Vanguard Vi
The Yellow Princess: Vanguard The New Possibility - John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album: Takoma 1971 America: 1972 Of Rivers and Religion: Reprise: 1973 After the Ball: Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) Takoma 1975 Old Fashioned Love: Christmas with John Fahey Vol. II: 1979 John Fahey Visits Washington D.C. 1980 Yes! Jesus Loves Me ...
The original 1974 double-LP release included all songs from both Fahey's Vanguard albums—the only two albums Fahey recorded for the label. The CD reissue in 1993 of The Essential John Fahey contains all the tracks from The Yellow Princess and four from Requia, missing only the four-part "Requiem for Molly".
Fahey in studio with Recording King guitar, c. 1970 While Fahey lived in Berkeley, Takoma Records was reborn through a collaboration with Maryland friend ED Denson.Fahey decided to track down blues legend Bukka White by sending a postcard to Aberdeen, Mississippi; White had sung that Aberdeen was his hometown, and Mississippi John Hurt had been rediscovered using a similar method.
Fahey later said the songs were "too demanding" to play live. [3] An earlier version of the title track was released on the 2006 reissue of The Yellow Princess. Themes from "Requiem for Russell Blaine Cooper", "When the Catfish Is In Bloom", and "Dalhart, Texas 1967" can be found in the three songs. [3] [4]
Requia (subtitled and other compositions for guitar solo) is the eighth album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey. Released in November 1967, it was the first of Fahey's two releases on the Vanguard label. [4] It originally received hostile reviews from music critics, [5] particularly for its musique concrète ...