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ARTIST
BLACKSHAW, JAMES
TITLE
Apologia
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
BLADUD FLIES!
CATALOG #
BF 006LP
BF 006LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
2/3/2015
Apologia
is the first solo guitar recording by
James Blackshaw
, which he self-released in 2003 on CD-R in an edition of 30. Bladud Flies! now presents a limited vinyl edition of 500 copies. "
Apologia
was written on a cheap Yamaha guitar with a ridiculously high action over the course a couple of months in 2002 and recorded in February 2003, a few months before I picked up a 12-string guitar for the first time and wrote and recorded my first release,
Celeste
. I'd just started fingerpicking and had gotten comfortable enough with some techniques to experiment with open tunings of my own devising and write my own compositions, which were at that time very inspired by the musicians I adored --
John Fahey
,
Robbie Basho
, and lots of old country blues players like
Mississippi John Hurt
,
Blind Blake
, and
Reverend Gary Davis
. I burned about 30 CD-Rs with homemade covers in jewel cases, gave most to friends and family and sold a few in the record shop I used to work in Soho. I felt for some time afterward like I was only just starting to find my own voice with
Apologia
-- the songs are shorter and more straightforward and the cyclical structures and appreciation of drones and overtones really came to the fore later on, as did my appreciation of adding other instrumentation and experimenting with sounds generally. Plus, I wasn't entirely happy with the sound of the recording (some small EQ changes and reverb was added for this edition) and let's just say the situation in the studio was far from ideal, but that's another story. For that reason, I never chose to reissue
Apologia
. Now, almost 12 years later, I'm hearing them in a different way, realizing the songs' charms rather than simply concentrating on the flaws. It doesn't sound quite like anything I've ever done since and there's a simplicity and raw energy about them that I've grown to appreciate. It's an interesting snapshot of where I was then and how things have changed. It is an absolute pleasure for me to work with Bladud Flies! to release
Apologia
as a limited edition LP now -- something I would never have dreamed of back in 2003." --James Blackshaw
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