John Fahey discography

The discography of the American guitarist and composer John Fahey consists of thirty-six studio albums, five live albums and sixteen compilation albums, as well as five tribute albums. A number of semi-official releases are excluded here, as are bootlegs and material from unreleased recording sessions which circulate among fans and collectors.

John Fahey discography
Positioned behind two microphones, a bearded man dressed in a flannel shirt and corduroy pants fingerpicks an acoustic guitar.
Fahey performing in Paris, 1984
Studio albums36
Live albums5
Compilation albums16
Tribute albums5

Studio albums

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Year Album Title Label
1959 Blind Joe Death Takoma
1963 Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes
1964 The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites
1965 The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death Riverboat
1966 The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party & Other Excursions Takoma
1967 Days Have Gone By
Requia Vanguard
1968 The Voice of the Turtle Takoma
The Yellow Princess Vanguard
The New Possibility - John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album Takoma
1971 America
1972 Of Rivers and Religion Reprise
1973 After the Ball
Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) Takoma
1975 Old Fashioned Love
Christmas with John Fahey Vol. II
1979 John Fahey Visits Washington D.C.
1980 Yes! Jesus Loves Me
1982 Christmas Guitar Volume I (A rerecording of The New Possibility)
1983 Railroad
Popular Songs of Christmas & New Year's Varrick
1984 Let Go
1985 Rain Forests, Oceans and Other Themes
1987 I Remember Blind Joe Death
1989 God, Time and Causality Shanachie
1991 The John Fahey Christmas Album Burnside
1992 Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories Varrick
1996 Double 78 Perfect
1997 City of Refuge Tim/Kerr
The Mill Pond (Double EP) Little Brother
Womblife Table of the Elements
The Epiphany of Glenn Jones Thirsty Ear
2000 Hitomi LivHouse
2001 Good Luck (With the John Fahey Trio) One Hit
2003 Red Cross Revenant

Live albums

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Year Album Label
1981 Live in Tasmania Takoma
1998 Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts and Other Contemporary Dance Favorites Table of the Elements
2000 KBOO Radio Live Session (With the John Fahey Trio) One Hit
2003 Hard Time Empty Bottle Blues Table of the Elements
2004 The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick Water/Revenant
2005 On Air Tradition & Moderne
Some Summer Day Intergroove

Compilation albums

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Year Album Label
1967 Contemporary Guitar Spring 1967 (Compilation with tracks by Max Ochs, John Fahey, Bukka White, Harry Taussig and Robbie Basho.) Takoma
1969 Memphis Swamp Jam (Three guitar duets by John Fahey, and Bill Barth using the pseudonyms of R L Watson and Josiah Jones.)
1970 Zabriskie Point: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Motion picture soundtrack) MGM
1974 The Essential John Fahey Vanguard
Leo Kottke, Peter Lang & John Fahey Takoma
1977 The Best of John Fahey 1959–1977
1993 The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album/Christmas with John Fahey Vol. 1 Rhino
1994 The Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology
1996 The Legend of Blind Joe Death Takoma
1996 The Best of the Vanguard Years Vanguard
1996 Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes (Reissue of both issues of the album) Takoma
2002 John Fahey Trio, Vol. 1 Jazzoo
2004 The Best of John Fahey, Vol. 2: 1964–1983 Takoma
Of Rivers and Religion/After the Ball Warner Bros.
2005 On the Sunny Side of the Ocean Brook Records
2006 Sea Changes & Coelacanths: A Young Person's Guide to John Fahey Table of the Elements
2006 Vanguard Visionaries Vanguard
2009 Twilight on Prince Georges Avenue: Essential Recordings Rounder
2011 Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You: The Fonotone Years 1958–1965 Dust-to-Digital
2023 Proofs & Refutations (Reissues Double 78 alongside new material) Drag City

Tribute albums

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Year Album Label
1979 A Tribute to John Fahey Kicking Mule
2006 I Am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey Vanguard
Friends of Fahey Tribute Slackertone
The Revenge of Blind Joe Death: The John Fahey Tribute Album Takoma
2007 The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration Table of the Elements

References

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  • Downes, Chris; Bryant, Paul; Kirton, Malcolm; Kremer, Tom (July 2003). "The John Fahey Catalog from the International Fahey Committee". JohnFahey.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  • Lowenthal, Steve (2014). "John Fahey Discography". Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. pp. 209–214. ISBN 978-1-61374-519-9.
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