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Artist: John Fahey

Title: Christmas Guitar Vol 1

This Christmas classic has been a perennial bestseller since being issued on Varrick in 1982--new recordings of the songs found on Fahey's earlier Christmas collection on Takoma. Fahey interprets well-known Christmas carols on solo acoustic guitar. His straightforward, unsentimental approach to these sentimental favorites can make you hear them as if for the first time.

1 Joy To The World
2 What Child Is This
3 Hark The Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful
4 Auld Lang Syne
5 The Bells Of Saint Mary's
6 Good Christian Men Rejoice
7 We Three Kings Of Orient Are
8 Away In A Manger (I)
9 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy
10 The First Noel
11 Good King Wenceslas
12 Of The Father's Love Begotten
13 Away In A Manger (II)
14 In The Bleak Midwinter
15 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
16 Jesus, Won't You Come By Here/Go Tell It On The Mount
17 Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
18 Silent Night, Holy Night

Label Number: VARR002

Artist: John Fahey

Title: Let Go

One of Fahey's special gifts is his knack for using specific bits and pieces of the language of early country blues (but seldom the 12-bar form itself) to create compositions and extended improvisations that are uniquely his own. This 1984 collection includes compositions from Brazilian guitarists Bola Sete and Baden Powell, composer Dvorak, along with Fahey's unique originals -- even a cover of Eric Clapton's "Layla." Guitarist/producer Terry Robb duets with Fahey on several tracks.

1. Let Go
2. Lost Lake
3. Black Mommy
4. Dvorak
5. The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
6. River Medley: Deep River/Old Man River
7. Lights Out
8. Pretty Afternoon
9. Sunset on Prince George's County
10. Layla
11. Old Country Rock

Label Number: CDVARR008

Artist: John Fahey

Title: Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories

This aptly-titled album, recorded in 1988 and 1990, is a new take on Fahey's personal mix of sentiment and existential dread; acoustic guitar instrumentals of '50s pop tunes ("Twilight Time," The Sea of Love," "Blueberry Hill") meet Fahey's vaguely ominous originals such as "The Thing at the End of New Hampshire Avenue."

Label Number: CDVARR031

Artist: John Fahey/Terry Robb

Title: Popular Songs of Christmas & New Year's

Another holiday favorite! John Fahey is joined by guitarist/producer Terry Robb to create another wonderful collection of traditional Christmas carols as well as secular seasonal favorites: "Winter Wonderland," "The Skater's Waltz," and "Save the Last Waltz for Me," to name but a few.

1. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
3. Skater's Waltz, The
4. Christmas Song, The
5. Christmas Time's A Comin' / Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
6. Holly And The Ivy / The Cherry Tree Carol
7. Apple Blossom Time
8. White Christmas
9. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! / Winter Wonderland
10. Remember
11. Christmas Time Is Here
12. Do You Hear What I Hear
13. I'll Be Home For Christmas
14. The Waltz You Saved For Me
15. Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly / We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Label Number: CDVARR012

Artist: John Fahey

Title: Rain Forests Oceans & Other Themes