Tracklist

No. 1 [1958]
1-1	–John Fahey	Interview: John Fahey On Fonotone Records And Joe Bussard
1-2	–John Fahey	Franklin Blues
1-3	–John Fahey	Smoketown Strut
1-4	–John Fahey	Steel Guitar Rag
1-5	–John Fahey	Takoma Park Pool Hall Blues
1-6	–John Fahey	Buck Dancer’s Choice
1-7	–John Fahey	Medley: Pretty Polly / Shortnin’ Bread
1-8	–John Fahey	Barbara Namkin Blues
1-9	–John Fahey	In Christ There Is No East Or West
1-10	–John Fahey	Stak 'O Lee Blues [Louis Collins]
1-11	–John Fahey	The Transcendental Waterfall
1-12	–John Fahey	John Henry
1-13	–John Fahey	Over The Hill Blues
1-14	–John Fahey	St. Louis Blues
1-15	–John Fahey	On Doing An Evil Deed Blues
1-16	–John Fahey	Reinumeration Blues [Brenda's Blues ]
1-17	–John Fahey	The Transcendental Waterfall
1-18	–Blind Thomas	Mississippi Boweavil Blues
1-19	–Blind Thomas	Green River Blues
1-20	–John Fahey	Over The Hill Blues
1-21	–John Fahey	Libba’s Rag
1-22	–John Fahey	Chris’s Rag
No. 2 [1958-1960]
2-1	–John Fahey	St. Louis Tickle
2-2	–John Fahey	Pat Sullivan’s Blues
2-3	–John Fahey	Blind Blues [A/K/A Martin’s Esso Blues]
2-4	–John Fahey	Poor Boy Blues
2-5	–Blind Thomas	Long Time Town Blues
2-6	–Blind Thomas	Gulf Port Island Blues
2-7	–Blind Thomas	Blind Thomas Blues Part 1
2-8	–Blind Thomas	Blind Thomas Blues Part 2
2-9	–Blind Thomas	New Newport News Blues #2
2-10	–Blind Thomas	Wanda Russell’s Blues
2-11	–Blind Thomas	Going Away To Leave You Blues
2-12	–Blind Thomas	Lay My Burden Down
2-13	–Blind Thomas	Hill High Blues
2-14	–Blind Thomas	John Henry
2-15	–Blind Thomas	Paint Brush Blues
2-16	–Blind Thomas	Blind Thomas Blues Part 3
2-17	–Blind Thomas	Blind Thomas Blues Part 4
2-18	–Blind Thomas	You Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
2-19	–Blind Thomas	Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin’ Bed
2-20	–Blind Thomas	Banty Rooster Blues
2-21	–Blind Thomas	Tom Rushen Blues
No. 3 [1960-1961]
3-1	–Blind Thomas	Yallaboosha River Blues
3-2	–Blind Thomas	You Gonna Miss Me
3-3	–Blind Thomas	Wissenschaftlich River Blues Part 1
3-4	–Blind Thomas	Wissenschaftlich River Blues Part 2
3-5	–Blind Thomas	Zekiah Swamp Blues
3-6	–Blind Thomas	Nobody’s Business
3-7	–Blind Thomas	Going Crabbing Talking Blues Part 1
3-8	–Blind Thomas	Going Crabbing Talking Blues Part 2
3-9	–Blind Thomas	You Better Get Right So God Can Use You
3-10	–Blind Thomas	Weissman Blues
3-11	–Blind Thomas	Dasein River Blues
3-12	–Blind Thomas	Racemic Tartrate River Blues Part 1
3-13	–Blind Thomas	Racemic Tartrate River Blues Part 2
3-14	–John Fahey	Smoky Ordinary Blues [Dance Of The Inhabitants ]
3-15	–Blind Thomas	I Shall Not Be Moved
3-16	–Blind Thomas	Old Country Rock
3-17	–Blind Thomas	Little Hat Blues
3-18	–John Fahey	Guitar Solo Title Unknown [Revelation On The Banks Of The Pawtuxent ]
3-19	–John Fahey	Guitar Solo Title Unknown [Night Train To Valhalla ]
3-20	–John Fahey	Some Summer Day
3-21	–John Fahey	The Langley Two-Step
3-22	–John Fahey	Dream Of The Origin Of The French Broad River
No. 4 [1962]
4-1	–John Fahey & Nancy McLean	Saint John’s Hornpipe
4-2	–John Fahey & Nancy McLean	Sail Away Ladies
4-3	–John Fahey & Nancy McLean	Dreaming Under The B & O Trestle
4-4	–John Fahey & Nancy McLean	900 Miles
4-5	–John Fahey & Nancy McLean	Prince George’s Dance
4-6	–John Fahey & Nancy McLean	Improvisation For Flute And Guitar
4-7	–John Fahey	Dorothy / Calvert Street Blues [Brenda’s Blues ]
4-8	–John Fahey	Brenda’s Blues
4-9	–John Fahey	Buck Dancer’s Choice
4-10	–John Fahey	Night Train To Valhalla
4-11	–Vandiver* & Fahey*	In The Pines
4-12	–Vandiver* & Fahey*	Pretty Polly
4-13	–Vandiver* & Fahey*	Take This Hammer
4-14	–John Fahey	Yazoo Basin Blues
4-15	–John Fahey	Stomping Tonight On The (Old) Pennsylvania / Alabama Border
4-16	–John Fahey	Smoky Ordinary Blues [Dance Of The Inhabitants ]
4-17	–John Fahey	Revelation On The Banks Of The Pawtuxent
4-18	–John Fahey	Bean Vine Blues [Pea Vine Blues]
4-19	–Mississippi Swampers	Green Blues
4-20	–Mississippi Swampers	Stone Pony
No. 5 [1962-1965]
5-1	–John Fahey	Dorothy / Calvert Street Blues [Brenda’s Blues ]
5-2	–John Fahey	Days Have Gone By
5-3	–John Fahey	Some Summer Day
5-4	–John Fahey's Shuffle Band	Texas & Pacific Blues [My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It]
5-5	–John Fahey's Shuffle Band	John Henry Blues
5-6	–John Fahey	Brenda’s Blues
5-7	–John Fahey	St. Patrick’s Hymn
5-8	–John Fahey	Bicycle Built For Two
5-9	–John Fahey	The Blues You Saved For Me
5-10	–John Fahey	House Carpenter
5-11	–John Fahey	How Long
5-12	–John Fahey	The Portland Cement Factory At Monolith, California
5-13	–John Fahey	You Take The E Train [The Last Steam Engine Train]
5-14	–John Fahey	I Sing A Song Of The Saints Of God
5-15	–John Fahey	How Long
5-16	–John Fahey	O Jesus I Have Promised
5-17	–John Fahey	Untitled
5-18	–John Fahey	Medley: Untitled / O Jesus I Have Promised
5-19	–John Fahey	I Am A Rake And Rambling Boy
5-20	–John Fahey	Medley: Goodbye Old Paint / Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo, Git Along Little Doggies
5-21	–John Fahey	Goodbye Old Paint
5-22	–John Fahey	Simple Gifts
5-23	–John Fahey	Untitled
5-24	–John Fahey	Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
5-25	–John Fahey	Goodbye Old Paint
5-26	–John Fahey	Western Medley
5-27	–John Fahey	Durgan Park
5-28	–John Fahey	The Bitter Lemon
5-29	–John Fahey	Old Southern Medley (Fragment)
5-30	–John Fahey	Bottleneck Blues

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• Mastered At – M Works Mastering Studio, Cambridge, MA

Credits

• Design – Susan Archie
• Layout – Christopher Fairchild
• Mastered By – Matthew Azevedo
• Producer – Dean Blackwood, Glenn Jones , Steven Lance Ledbetter
• Transferred By [Transfers By] – Jack Towers, Matthew Azevedo, Scott Colburn

Notes

Issued in a 12" x 12" solid cardboard box containing an 88-page hardback book and separate cardboard gatefold with the CDs in pockets.

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