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Artist:
TAUSSIG, HARRY
Title:
Fate Is Only Once
Label:
TOMPKINS SQUARE
Format:
CD
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
TSQ 1523CD
"Released as a short-run private press LP in 1965,
Fate Is Only Once
has long been a coveted collectible among American Primitive guitar enthusiasts. The only other recorded work by Taussig surfaced on the out of-print Takoma LP
Contemporary Guitar Spring '67
alongside John Fahey, Robbie Basho, Max Ochs and Bukka White. 'Dorian Sonata' was recently featured on the acclaimed acoustic guitar compilation
Imaginational Anthem Vol. 1
, and now the album is here. remastered, with original liner notes and vintage photos. The album features takes on traditional tunes ('Dark Town Strutter's Ball', 'Revs Rag' and 'St. Louis Tickle'), expressive originals in the American primitive vein ('Blues For Zone VII', 'Dorian Sonata') and re-workings of songs popularized by Rev. Gary Davis and Elizabeth Cotten ('Baby Let Me Lay It On You/That'll Never Happen No More', 'Sugar Babe, Yoir Papa Cares For You.')The 'headiness' of the album is remarkable for a 1965 guitar recording. While many guitarists were still stuck in the stuffy, conservative world of 'folk", Taussig was mining spacier territory like his colleague John Fahey. The musical ideas on the album sound remarkably fresh 41 years later."
Artist:
TAUSSIG, HARRY
Title:
Fate Is Only Once
Label:
TOMPKINS SQUARE
Format:
LP
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
TSQ 2042LP
"Harry Taussig's
Fate Is Only Once
was originally self-released in 1965. Taussig's only other recordings appear on a deleted 1967 Takoma Records sampler LP entitled
Contemporary Guitar Spring '67
, which also featured John Fahey, Bukka White, Max Ochs and Robbie Basho.
Fate Is Only Once
has long been a coveted collectible among American Primitive guitar enthusiasts."
Artist:
TAUSSIG, HARRY
Title:
Fate Is Only Once
Label:
VINYL LOVERS (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
Format:
LP
Price:
$24.00
Catalog #:
VL 900892LP
"An extremely rare album of instrumental guitar, originally released as a private pressing in 1965 (while Taussig was living in 'Beserkley,' right on the cusp of the '60s revolution) and then forgotten until the album was finally saved from the black hole of music with a re-release on CD in 2006. While this album is a faithful slice of American roots, folk, traditional rags and blues, Taussig is not a mere student of these styles, rather he brings a contemporary approach and a darkly sarcastic humor to the music that is all his own. In the vein of guitarists like John Fahey, Taussig is extremely proficient on his instrument (he even wrote a book called
Instrumental Techniques of American Folk Guitar
), but never bound by mere technique. An important piece in the puzzle of the American folk revival." Pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl. Licensed from Tompkins Square, whose own domestic vinyl edition is still available.
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