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It probably surprised a few people that guitar eccentric John Fahey chose to record Christmas music. This release comprises the majority of not one but two Christmas releases from 1968 and 1975. Most of the instrumentals on both albums will be familiar, such as "White Christmas," "The First Noel," and "What Child Is This?" On The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album, Fahey plays alone, using unusual harmonics and open tunings to turn in pleasant versions of classic Christmas songs. This is a relaxed album, with a pleasing version of "We Three Kings of Orient Are" and a nice fingerpicking adaptation of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy." The music from the second album, Christmas with John Fahey, Vol. 2 includes several duets with guitarist Richard Ruskin, giving this music a fuller sound and offering a nice contrast to the first album. "Oh Holy Night" presents an abundance of textures, as light and airy as the season, but more resonant due to the continuous melody line. While the material from both albums is satisfying, the later album gathers more depth and presence by the addition of Ruskin's unique but complementary guitar work. The instrumentals on the second album are also more eclectic, as with the "Russian Christmas Overture" and the 12-minute "Christmas Fantasy, Pt. 2." On this tune, Fahey uses a more eccentric approach, creating the type of Christmas music a fan would expect from him. This instrumental contains more dissonance and improvising than the other material, but nonetheless retains a seasonal air. This is a fine collection of holiday guitar music.
© Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. /TiVo
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John Fahey, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
John Fahey, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Recording Producer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Robb, Producer, Recording Producer - Jack Barr, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Rawson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Rounder Records
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
John Fahey, MainArtist - Douglas Furber, ComposerLyricist - A. Emmett Adams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
John Mason Neale, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
John Fahey, MainArtist - John Hopkins, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, Composer - John Fahey, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
John Fahey, MainArtist - John Hopkins, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
Edmund Sears, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist - Richard Stors Willis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist - Anders Widmark, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
Joseph Mohr, ComposerLyricist - Franz Xaver Gruber, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Takoma Records, Inc.
Adolphe Adam, ComposerLyricist - John Sullivan Dwight, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist - Richard Ruskin, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist - Richard Ruskin, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist - Richard Ruskin, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Takoma Records, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist - Richard Ruskin, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1975 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - John Fahey, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Takoma Records, Inc.
Album review
It probably surprised a few people that guitar eccentric John Fahey chose to record Christmas music. This release comprises the majority of not one but two Christmas releases from 1968 and 1975. Most of the instrumentals on both albums will be familiar, such as "White Christmas," "The First Noel," and "What Child Is This?" On The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album, Fahey plays alone, using unusual harmonics and open tunings to turn in pleasant versions of classic Christmas songs. This is a relaxed album, with a pleasing version of "We Three Kings of Orient Are" and a nice fingerpicking adaptation of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy." The music from the second album, Christmas with John Fahey, Vol. 2 includes several duets with guitarist Richard Ruskin, giving this music a fuller sound and offering a nice contrast to the first album. "Oh Holy Night" presents an abundance of textures, as light and airy as the season, but more resonant due to the continuous melody line. While the material from both albums is satisfying, the later album gathers more depth and presence by the addition of Ruskin's unique but complementary guitar work. The instrumentals on the second album are also more eclectic, as with the "Russian Christmas Overture" and the 12-minute "Christmas Fantasy, Pt. 2." On this tune, Fahey uses a more eccentric approach, creating the type of Christmas music a fan would expect from him. This instrumental contains more dissonance and improvising than the other material, but nonetheless retains a seasonal air. This is a fine collection of holiday guitar music.
© Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:31
- Main artists: John Fahey
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Fantasy Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1993 Fantasy, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1993 Fantasy, Inc.
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