Search and Destroy: John Fahey

Wow, nice!

so good

Looks like a new 4xLP box, comprising his now famous mixtapes along with unreleased recordings, is coming next year via Mississippi:

John Fahey - Bestiary 4 LP box set (Unbelievable 4 LP set of unreleased Fahey recordings collaged with mixes made by Fahey of his favorite songs from all genres - Brazilian, pop, classical, blues, country, Indonesian and on and on. Also comes with a 185 page cloth bound book filled with unpublished writing, collages and paintings by Fahey. Very limited one time edition. We will also have an expensive special edition available to CSR members that comes with an original Fahey painting and an original mix tape made by Fahey. Really. This thing is nuts.)

They've been pretty quiet about it thus far (no release date, and this is the lone Google hit for "Fahey," "Bestiary") but you can see the cover art here (just below Dead Moon): https://sites.google.com/site/mississippicsr/

Hope this thing is >$150

Think you mean <$150

fahey is my musical hero but can't say i have much interest in unreleased late period stuff... and i feel like i saw those mixes on someone's blog or soundcloud at one point?

yeah I've listened to some mixtapes he made on SoundCloud before

xmas was a great reminder of how amazing The New Possibility is

it really is, we listened to it a few times. the later period 1991 Xmas CD on Burnside has some great stuff too, like a sprightly version of 'Jingle Bells'. I still need the Xmas Vol. II LP as well.

jamming new possibility in the gift shop today as we speak

John Fahey, live in early 1968: "Bursting with a manic vitality and a missionary belief in the healing properties of the alternating bass." https://t.co/lI2Ga7OVx3 pic.twitter.com/i0pciRhHbE

— Tyler Wilcox (@tywilc) July 26, 2022