Takoma's one-offs and obscurities

i do have the fahey box set -- it's fab! some of it is the kinda thing you won't listen to more than once, but there are some things that are as good as anything he ever did. and some of the curiosities (like the session with flute) are surprisingly successful.

Yeah, and I may have missed it on this teeming thread, but have you linked yr re-post of the Fahey live at U of Washington tape yet?

no, i haven't -- get it here!
http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/2012/02/john-fahey-university-of-washington.html?spref=tw
seriously pretty amazing show. fahey goes deeeeep.

oh and he just posted two more fahey shows -- one at carnegie hall, of all places.
http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/2012/02/john-fahey-live-at-swarthmore-college.html

I'll can make a Takoma mix, give me a day to find the cord for my mixer.

my whimpering pays off! that'd be awesome, jacob.

ghostcapital.blogspot.com/2012/03/phil-yost-bent-city-takoma-records-c.html
yost up for DL. i assume this is out of print/never released on CD?

tyler my laptop had a coffee incident and I've had to put the takoma mix on hold, sorry. I do like that Phil Yost, Great beatnik folkie jazz, you see it on ebay sometimes. I wish I could find his second record.

ha, i'm on that parenting thread, i know you have bigger/better things to be doing with your time!

i have bent city.. it's fog hat ramble i really need! i like phil yost, his music is really awesome.

yeah, i'm liking it a lot thus far.

I never see Fog Hat Ramble, and I'm dying to know if he expands on the Bent City sounds or something else? Little info exist on him.

really digging Peter Lang lately! guy plays small cafe and club shows here in Mpls on the regular, i need to go see him...

also my friend took lessons from him, which WOW how cool would that be?

not takoma, but related: here's peter lang's brother mark! i like this record a lot.

ooh yeah, he's got a track on the numero group guitar soli release -- nice stuff. is that record available anywhere?
love peter lang. he's more flamenco-y these days, no?

from people that have seen some recent gigs i guess he's actually doing lots of stuff from his older takoma albums, i kinda wonder if he's realized there's more of a market for that stuff now than he thought there was

here's a more recent clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZBm7f6bALA

that particular piece i have on this Takoma record that's a 12 inch split 3 ways between Lang, Kottke and Fahey

but it's super bad that i haven't gone to see him, it's like seeing a guy on the level of leo or fahey for like $10 cover at a bar

that sounds nice. i'd go see him! sweet shirt too.

yeah my friend bought six small group (like 6/7 ppl) lessons w/Lang and said it was really great, he's a great teacher and ....brace yourself...a really nice eccentric older gentleman

love love love the "Sunflower River Blues" on that Fahey/Kottke/Lang LP

is that LP the most common Takoma LP? i got it for a buck, but never see any of the other Takoma stuff. Not that I'm a deep crate-digger or anything.

i just picked that up on vinyl (been hella copies of that floating around minneapolis -- and sealed too! someone must've found a box of them), really just an amazing folk record all around....

xpost - huh weird they must've over pressed that one or something, thought it was just specific to minneapolis...but yeah i got a sealed copy for $7

i bet it's more common because when it was released kottke was already a "star" or at least a star in takoma terms.

hey M@tt i got a copy of kottke live at the scholar today in a trade!

http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb391/ElliotGKnapp/Album%20Art/thethingatthenurseryroomwindow.jpg

gah i had that in MY HAND the other day, brought the lil' one to a record store, got up to the counter and realized in all the fuss of getting the toddler ready to go on an outing, i had forgot my wallet :( hope it's there when i get back

Now what is that artist's name? Can't quite make out his signature.

hey M@tt i got a copy of kottke live at the scholar today in a trade!

― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:45 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh awesome! that's JJusten's dad's place! i think they have a bunch of tapes they were trying to get digitized

that lang album looks incredible, haven't heard that one! is it on CD?
also, how can i get live kottke tapes please.

yes http://www.amazon.com/Thing-at-Nursery-Room-Window/dp/B00004X0RF

lol nevermind, i am confusing peter walker with peter lang. peter!

Oh man, what a nice record cover!

ooh yeah, he's got a track on the numero group guitar soli release -- nice stuff. is that record available anywhere?
love peter lang. he's more flamenco-y these days, no?

― tylerw, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:16 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

first one i found i traded with ian, second one i kept, third one is yours!

(as soon as i find it)

also, how can i get live kottke tapes please.

― tylerw, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:00 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you should talk to JJ but it sounds like their tape archives were like epic and unreal classic folk & blues artists, believe they were working to maybe see them released officially

sounds neat -- the scholar is where kottke recorded his first album, right?

think so? from what jj told me that place got like the "who's who" of american folk & blues coming through in the 60s

Who ever did the art for the early Takoma records was onto something. They are very fitting for the music and I'd even like large framed ones of a few, if that existed...

Anyone heard 'Last Chance on the Merry Go Round" by Lost Gonzo Band? Also recently found Stone Mountain Boys self titled, nice newgrass record, been playing it a lot.

is this the Fahey-Lang-Kottke you guys were talking about? I've seen one with a different cover than this.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ECWC-H-dL._SS500_.jpg

that's the one i have. i had it out today and my 2 1/2 year old saw and was like: "whoooooa what is THAT."

your kid = good aesthetic taste

Show him the post of the cover of Thing In The Nursery Window--maybe when he's a little older?

ha, i think she'd be into that cover right now.

Anybody heard this?
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61MFMNP2RKL._SS500_.jpg

dow the fahey/lang/leo thing you posted is the one i have, really great stuff

it's kinda funny cuz the dudes are soo stylistically similar at that point it's kinda hard to tell them apart

hiow do you guys feel about norman blake? i like his takoma studio record more than the takoma live LP; it's his rounder & flying fish LPs that really kill me sometimes...

i've only heard whiskey before breakfast, but i like it a lot. is that on rounder? can't remember.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-6alHEC12I