The Yellow Princess

The Yellow Princess

Track Listings

1. Yellow Princess

2. View (East from the Top of the Riggs Road/Bando Trestle)

3. Lion

4. March! For Martin Luther King

5. Singing Bridge of Memphis, Tennessee

6. Dances of the Inhabitants of the Invisible City of Bladensburg

7. Charles A. Lee: In Memoriam

8. Irish Letter

9. Commemorative Transfiguration and Communion at Magruder Park

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
CD reissue of 1968 album from the spiritual father of American primitive guitar. The vinyl version is rare and sought after by collectors. Featuring members of Spirit. Original artwork on miniature gatefold LP sleeve.

Tracks:

Yellow Princess
View (East from the Top of the Riggs Road/B&O Trestle)
Lion
March! For Martin Luther King
Singing Bridge of Memphis, Tennessee
Dance of the Inhabitants of the Invisible City of Bladensburg
Charles A. Lee: In Memoriam
Irish Setter
Commemorative Transfiguration and Communion at Magruder Park
John Fahey Sampler, Themes and Variations [#]
Fare Forward Voyagers, 1965 [#]
Steel Guitar Medley [#]

Customer Reviews:

John Fahey.......2007-05-07

Enjoyable. If you like guitar music, you'll liek this album from a master.

No Better Introduction To Fahey's Music.......2006-03-21

If I could own only one John Fahey album, it would be "The Yellow Princess," so this reissue is a real treat. This is at least the third time Vanguard has issued this album on CD-"The Essential John Fahey" and "Best of the Vanguard Years" couple it with tracks from Fahey's "Requia"-but this 2006 release restores the original cover art and Fahey's surreal, confounding liner notes. The addition of three previously unreleased tracks from 1965 would suffice to justify purchasing this version, even if you already owned an earlier edition. These include a rare example of his 12-string work, an early version of "Fare Forward Voyagers," and a lengthy slide guitar improvisation. For the uninitiated, I can think of no better introduction to Fahey's music than "The Yellow Princess." All the primary strains of his work are represented here: pre-WWII country blues guitar stylings; Indian raga; Episcopal hymns ("Commemorative Transfiguration and Communion at Magruder Park" quotes "Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones") and even musique concrete ("Singing Bridge of Memphis, Tennessee"). There is a more whimsical, evocative quality to the last-named track than one finds in Fahey's at times dissonant, abrasive later material. Reviewers elsewhere have remarked that "The Yellow Princess" features some of his best guitar work, and that the sonic quality of the recording is as if one is listening from inside the instrument. My friend Clark quotes John Fahey as having said something like, "I'm not the greatest guitarist, but I am the deepest." Let the "Yellow Princess" show you what he meant.

Average customer rating:

side b song one...
Yellow Princess Shines
more essential early Fahey

The Yellow Princess
John Fahey
Manufacturer: Vanguard Italy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004WC9E
Release Date: 2001-03-30

Tracks:

Yellow Princess
View (East from the Top of the Riggs Road/B&O Trestle)
Lion
March! For Martin Luther King
Singing Bridge of Memphis, Tennessee
Dances of the Inhabitants of the Invisible City of Bladensburg
Charles A. Lee: In Memoriam
Irish Letter
Commemorative Transfiguration and Communion at Magruder Park

Album Description

CD reissue of 1968 album from the spiritual father of American primitive guitar. The vinyl version is rare and sought after by collectors. Featuring members of Spirit. Original artwork on miniature gatefold LP sleeve.

Customer Reviews:

side b song one..........2006-01-06

... raison d'etre

Yellow Princess Shines.......2004-11-30

I've owned this album for a little while, and listened to it a few times without really being too affected. But something has changed and I cannot stop listening to the record and going over the songs in my head. Fahey is stupendous, and this album is playful and serious enough to contain some of his brilliance. I highly recommend it.

more essential early Fahey.......2001-03-10

"The Yellow Princess" has a lot in common with Fahey's other early stuff, especially "Death Chants, Breakdown, and Military Waltzes." Similar inspired mix of full-on fingerpicking, slow blues, dissonance and found sound. The title track can be found on a number of anthologies, but the rest of the record is excellent as well. There's drum and bass backing on a few cuts, an unusual set-up for Fahey but one that works well.

Tracks:

Yellow Princess
View (East from the Top of the Riggs Road/B&O Trestle)
Lion
March! For Martin Luther King
Singing Bridge of Memphis, Tennessee
Dances of the Inhabitants of the Invisible City of Bladensburg
Charles A. Lee: In Memoriam
Irish Letter
Commemorative Transfiguration and Communion at Magruder Park

Customer Reviews:

Lessons of a Mind.......2001-07-20

What I enjoy about John Fahey's albums is that listening to them is an aural experience of the lacerating blossoming unhinging (if I may) of John Fahey's perceptions, intuitions and memories. What is special about this album is theoretically what is special about many of John Fahey's works . . . more blossoming. There are some great freight train and steel string tracks here. I think there's a raga, or use of the style, and plenty of irreverent hammering. The packaging is lovely to run your fingers over. Buy it.

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The Yellow Princess
John Fahey
Manufacturer: Vanguard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006B0YPY
Release Date: 2004-12-06

Tracks:

Yellow Princess
View (East from the Top of the Riggs Road/B&O Trestle)
Lion
March! For Martin Luther King
Singing Bridge of Memphis, Tennessee
Dances of the Inhabitants of the Invisible City of Bladensburg
Charles A. Lee: In Memoriam
Irish Letter
Commemorative Transfiguration and Communion at Magruder Park

Album Details

Fahey's Second and Final Album for Vanguard was Recorded in 1968. Unusually for Fahey, Three of the Nine Tracks Feature Additional Musicians - Mark Andes and Jay Ferguson, Late of Spirit, and Kevin Kelley, a One-time Drummer with the Byrds. Our Release also Includes Fahey's Usual, Absurd Liner Notes, which Seem to have Reached a Pinnacle on this Release. While These Tracks have Been Available on Various Fahey "Best Of" Compilations, this is the First Time the Original Album and Artwork have Been Released in the UK.

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Yellow Princess
John Fahey
Manufacturer: City Hall Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002B6I12
Release Date: 2001-04-06

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Yellow Princess
John Fahey
Manufacturer: Msi Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000N0M6RM
Release Date: 2004-11-29

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