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01. JOHN FAHEY - Ghosts
02. JOHN FAHEY - Garbage
03. JOHN FAHEY - You Can't Cool Off in the Mill Pond, You Can Only Die
04. JOHN FAHEY - The Mill Pond Drowns Hope
ARTIST
TITLE
The Mill Pond & Collected Paintings
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
IMPREC 183CD IMPREC 183CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/7/2008

"The Mill Pond was originally released in 1997 as a double 7" that went immediately out of print. For its 10th anniversary, 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. On this release, Fahey uses heavy reverb, electric slide and feedback to create an eerie mood. He gets a bit of help from Jeff Allman, who recorded the songs and adds some electronic noise in spots, and from Scott Colburn, who mixed the tracks, but this record is all Fahey. 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." --Byron Coley.