The John Fahey Handbook - Volume 1: Updated & Revised Edition

This is the first volume of a two-volume set that explores the entire discography of the acoustic guitar player John Fahey (1939-2001). Volume 1 includes a biographical introduction and examines the recordings from Fahey’s first Fonotone 78 rpm issued in 1958 up until The Voice of the Turtle album of 1968. Each record is presented with all its known issues and variations. In addition, the complete labelography of Joe Bussard’s Fonotone Records and Fahey’s Takoma Records is described in detail with a pictorial representation of each label variant. In color!