John Fahey – Sea Changes & Coelacanths

LPx4 Box Set, Compilation, Table of the Elements Records, 2006

LP 1: Womblife
Recorded November 1996; Produced by Jim O’Rourke

LP 2 & 3: Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts, and Other Contemporary Dance Favorites
Recorded Live at Horizon Theatre (Atlanta), August 9, 1997

LP 4 [Single-sided, 45rpm]: Hard Time Empty Bottle Blues
Recorded live at The Empty Bottle (Chicago), November 8, 1996

includes essays by David Grubbs, Byron Coley and David Frick, an interview, and an original text by Fahey


Style: Avant-Folk, Free-Folk, Ambient Blues, American Primitivism, Tape Music (LP1)

Vibes: Haunting, Nocturnal, Murky, Brooding, Eerie, Aquatic, Bluesy, Woozy, Raw, Meditative

Musical Qualities: Instrumental, Sparse, Improvisation, Collage, Vignettes, Suite, Electro-acoustic (LP1), Live (LPs 2-4)



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