The Mill Pond EP & Collected Paintings (CD)
Label: Important Records
Format: CD
Genre: Folk
In stock
The Mill Pond was originally released in 1997 as a double 7' that went immediately out of print. For it's 10th aniversary we're issuing it on compact disc housed in a deluxe letterpressed jacket and including an extensive booklet collecting John Fahey's paintings for the very first time. Limited edition. The Mill Pond is all over the place stylistically, so it should confuse those who try to pigeonhole Fahey into any one category. The Mill Pond further proves that there is only one category into which he fits: truly innovative guitar genius. 'Four ecstatic, lo-fi grabs for the ring of eternity, recorded in Fahey's Oregon hotel room. Containing the first graspable evidence of John's throat-singing abilities, this represents the merging of the bull and the china shop. The crudity of the electronics and the delicacy of the stringwork makes for a wonderful match.
Cat. number: IMPREC183, IMPREC183CD
Year: 2007
Notes: 10th anniversary reissue of the original 2x7" release on Little Brother Records [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1053238](LB009).[/url]
The deluxe letterpressed jacket is available on brown chipboard stock or on white board stock (this), in editions of 1500 each.
Painting credit on the jacket: 32 sel ected paintings by John Fahey
The 32-page booklet collects many of John Fahey's paintings for the first time.
Under exclusive license from the John Fahey Trust.
Catalog number variations: IMPREC183 on jacket spine, IMPREC183CD on sticker.
Copies may have a hype sticker and catalog number/barcode sticker on the shrink wrap.