Takoma's one-offs and obscurities

Don't know if the Chris Darrow twofer reissue is still available, but here's how me and my coffee responded to it:
imported from Rolling Country 2009 (our discussion of early frontrunners of Country etc Top Ten:
Chris Darrow's twofer, s/t with Under My Own Disguise. from the early 70s, post- or late-psychedelic folk/country rock I'd say: he reaps the whirlwind, under inpenterable cloud cover, but re-orientation is no prob: dense but clear, as xgau said of Meltzer's best writing, And no up-in-lights oh wow factor, cause no lights. Lots of stuff going on, but mainly what gets me is voice-keyboards-bass-drums in the pocket, like on Fotheringay 2, Jessi Colter's Out Of The Ashes, Tell Tale Signs (and some other Dylan tracks, much older than Tell Tale Signs' outtakes, like "Ballad of a Thin Man"/"Dear Landlord"/"Down Along The Cove"/"If Dogs Run Free"/"Dirge") Vocally, a bit like Michael Nesmith, but this guy can hold a note as long as he wants to, and flex it too (might be some of that Middle Eastern in his alma mater, Kaleidoscope, but he always sounds like a cowboy, incl in UK with maybe some of the same people on Fotheringay 2, come to think of it-- although some of the "UK" vibe turns out to be from the L.A. sessions, and vice versa)
-dow

This was the CD, also a vinyl double, but expensive

Also, yall ever hear this? I haven't, but nice cover
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What thu?? Never happened before--anyway, Peter Lang's the non-big name on there, but pretty good in a Fahey-esque way, on the albums I have heard--could say Fahey-wannabee, but got the spirit as well as the chops (without pretending he's got the mystic twin of JF), and I kinda prefer him to Kottke.

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look out now!
http://img2.wantitall.co.za/images/ShowImage.aspx?ImageId=Robbie-Basho-Seal-of-the-Blue-Lotus%7C61v2j91ioIL.jpg

love gets kinda crazy with a spooky little girl lak you
http://blog.wfmu.org/.a/6a00d83451c29169e2013488a45455970c-320wi

speaking of spooky, I've been wondering about this--anybody heard it??
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also wonder how this is
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Anyone heard Scott MacDonald's Solitude? Is it new age?

man, i know almost none of these! someone make me a comp of takoma's greatest hits, plzzz?

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