John Fahey Live In Tasmania 1981 Aust LP Rare Takoma

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John Fahey Live In Tasmania 1981 Aust LP Rare Takoma

"John Fahey was well known as a perfectionist who played concerts for over two decades without releasing a live album. It was therefore something of a surprise when he not only recorded a full album in front of an audience, but did so at a concert booked on four days notice, at a hall he had never seen much less checked for acoustics, and with almost all material written on the spur of the moment. Fahey hadn't even planned on visiting Tasmania, but during an Australian concert tour he got drunk on an airplane flight and decided on the spur of the moment that he wanted to record an album there. A hall was booked, an audience rounded up, and the resulting show was recorded. The results were fantastic. The notoriously unpredictable Fahey was in a cheerful mood, playing an outstanding set and genially favoring the audience with a rambling monologue about the strangeness of finding Tasmania less wild and esoteric than he expected. A thoughtful version of "Waltzing Matilda" was a predictable crowd-pleaser, but so were more, er, esoteric pieces like "The Approaching of the Disco Void." The transcendent moment of this album, and one of the finest pieces of Fahey's career, is "Indian-Pacific R.R. Blues," a complex work that has elements of ragtime, blues, and Americana strung together into a magical whole. It was a marvelous gift to an audience that had probably never heard of him five days before, and it is fortunate indeed that this concert was not merely recorded, but captured brilliantly so that not a note was lost."  by Richard Foss ©

After 18 studio albums, Fahey released this live album from a concert in Tasmania, set up, according to the original liner notes, on a drunken whim. It was recorded on four days notice at Hobart University in 1980 when Fahey was touring Australia.

It was in 1981 that Fahey and his second wife Melody left Los Angeles after he had lived there nearly 20 years and moved to Salem, Oregon.

The songs are songs previously recorded under different titles with the exception of "Waltzing Matilda".

In his 1981 review for Rolling Stone, Charles M. Young praised the album and said it "is pretty accessible, as Fahey records go. Uninitiated listeners ought to be able to appreciate his strong stroke and profound sense of rhythm quite easily. A legendary character in concert, Fahey was apparently in one of his unpredictable good moods so far from home. Let me follow suit and chide my own audience for not buying enough of his albums."

Side 1:

1. "Introduction/On the Sunny Side of the Ocean/Tasmanian Two-Step/Tiger" – 13:34
2. "The Approaching of the Disco Void" – 6:48

Side 2:

1. "Waltzing Matilda" (Fahey, Traditional) – 2:27
2. "Fahey Establishes Rapport With the Tasmanians: A Dissertation on "Obscurity"/The Return of the Tasmanian Tiger/Funeral Song for Mississippi John Hurt" – 8:53
3. "Steamboat Gwine 'Round de Bend" – 4:54
4. "Indian-Pacific R.R. Blues" – 4:57

CONDITION:

SLEEVE:  EX— Minimal shelf/ring wear, small strip of “invisible” tape at open end of bottom seam where glue had parted.

RECORD:  EX— Small, blacked out promo sticker on label, also price in pencil. Plays with minor surface noise.

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EX = Excellent

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VG = Very Good

The surface and cover/sleeve shows visible signs of wear due to the fact that it has been played on a regular basis. There will be some audible surface noise but it will not effect the listening experience.

G = Good

The sound quality has deteriorated due to having been played often. The cover/sleeve and surface will show considerable signs of wear and tear with some possible damage.

F = Fair

Has been neglected, but is still playable. There will be major audible defects such as loud clicks or jumping. The cover/sleeve maybe badly damaged.

P = Poor

Technically playable, but with serious deterioration in condition and sound quality. The cover/sleeve will be badly damaged.

VP = Very Poor

In terrible condition and absolutely unplayable. Would only be of use as a last resort to complete a collection.

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