Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You (The Fonotone Years 1958–1965)

Compilation by John Fahey

Released 11 October 2011

folk

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CD 1
1
Interview: John Fahey on Fonotone Records and Joe Bussard
2:59
2
Franklin Blues
3:15
3
Smoketown Strut
3:14
4
Steel Guitar Rag
3:24
5
Takoma Park Pool Hall Blues
3:31
6
Buck Dancer’s Choice (1)
3:19
7
Medley: Pretty Polly / Shortnin’ Bread
3:40
8
Barbara Namkin Blues
3:13
9
In Christ There Is No East or West
3:57
10
Stak ’o Lee Blues (Louis Collins)
3:24
11
The Transcendental Waterfall (1)
3:01
12
John Henry (1)
3:09
13
Over the Hill Blues (1)
3:57
14
St. Louis Blues
4:06
15
On Doing an Evil Deed Blues
3:29
16
Reinumeration Blues (Brenda’s Blues) (1)
2:08
17
The Transcendental Waterfall (2)
5:09
18
Mississippi Boweavil Blues
Blind Thomas
2:46
19
Green River Blues
Blind Thomas
2:59
20
Over the Hill Blues (2)
2:44
21
Libba’s Rag
3:08
22
Chris’s Rag
3:14
CD 2
1
St. Louis Tickle
3:12
2
Pat Sullivan’s Blues
3:24
3
Blind Blues (a.k.a. Martin’s Esso Blues)
2:41
4
Poor Boy Blues
3:36
5
Long Time Town Blues
Blind Thomas
3:29
6
Gulf Port Island Blues
Blind Thomas
3:32
7
Blind Thomas Blues, Part 1
Blind Thomas
3:20
8
Blind Thomas Blues, Part 2
Blind Thomas
3:24
9
New Newport News Blues #2
Blind Thomas
2:56
10
Wanda Russell’s Blues
Blind Thomas
3:20
11
Going Away to Leave You Blues
Blind Thomas
3:13
12
Lay My Burden Down
Blind Thomas
2:28
13
Hill High Blues
Blind Thomas
3:06
14
John Henry (2)
Blind Thomas
2:54
15
Paint Brush Blues
Blind Thomas
3:18
16
Blind Thomas Blues, Part 3
Blind Thomas
3:11
17
Blind Thomas Blues, Part 4
Blind Thomas
3:29
18
You Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
Blind Thomas
3:00
19
Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin’ Bed
Blind Thomas
3:11
20
Banty Rooster Blues
Blind Thomas
3:13
21
Tom Rushen Blues
Blind Thomas
3:35
CD 3
1
Yallaboosha River Blues
Blind Thomas
3:43
2
You Gonna Miss Me
Blind Thomas
3:20
3
Wissenschaftlich River Blues, Part 1
Blind Thomas
3:17
4
Wissenschaftlich River Blues, Part 2
Blind Thomas
3:28
5
Zekiah Swamp Blues
Blind Thomas
3:25
6
Nobody’s Business
Blind Thomas
3:12
7
Going Crabbing Talking Blues, Part 1
Blind Thomas
3:09
8
Going Crabbing Talking Blues, Part 2
Blind Thomas
3:15
9
You Better Get Right So God Can Use You
Blind Thomas
3:27
10
Weissman Blues
Blind Thomas
3:06
11
Dasein River Blues
Blind Thomas
3:12
12
Racemic Tartrate River Blues, Part 1
Blind Thomas
3:11
13
Racemic Tartrate River Blues, Part 2
Blind Thomas
3:13
14
Smoky Ordinary Blues (1) (Dance of the Inhabitants (1))
3:01
15
I Shall Not Be Moved
Blind Thomas
3:06
16
Old Country Rock
Blind Thomas
3:11
17
Little Hat Blues
Blind Thomas
3:19
18
Guitar Solo Title Unknown (1) (Revelation on the Banks of the Pawtuxent (1))
2:57
19
Guitar Solo Title Unknown (2) (Night Train to Valhalla (1))
3:27
20
Some Summer Day (2)
5:44
21
The Langley Two-Step
1:37
22
Dream of the Origin of the French Broad River
2:53
CD 4
1
Saint John’s Hornpipe
John Fahey & Nancy McLean
1:12
2
Sail Away Ladies
John Fahey & Nancy McLean
1:16
3
Dreaming Under the B & O Trestle
John Fahey & Nancy McLean
3:19
4
900 Miles
John Fahey & Nancy McLean
4:36
5
Prince George’s Dance
John Fahey & Nancy McLean
2:59
6
Imrpovisation for Flute and Guitar
John Fahey & Nancy McLean
3:33
7
Dorothy / Calvert Street Blues (1) (Brenda’s Blues (2))
1:40
8
Brenda’s Blues (3)
0:46
9
Buck Dancer’s Choice (2)
1:29
10
Night Train to Valhalla (2)
4:22
11
In the Pines
Chip Vandiver & John Fahey
2:49
12
Pretty Polly
Chip Vandiver & John Fahey
3:31
13
Take This Hammer
Chip Vandiver & John Fahey
4:09
14
Yazoo Basin Blues
6:38
15
Stomping Tonight on The (Old) Pennsylvania / Alabama Border
3:47
16
Smokey Ordinary Blues (2) (Dance of the Inhabitants (2))
2:22
17
Revelation on the Banks of the Pawtuxent (2)
3:17
18
Bean Vine Blues (Pea Vine Blues)
2:18
19
Green Blues
Mississippi Swampers
2:46
20
Stone Pony
Mississippi Swampers
2:49
CD 5
1
Dorothy / Calvert Street Blues (2) (Brenda’s Blues (4))
0:57
2
Days Have Gone By
3:11
3
Some Summer Day (2)
3:47
4
Texas & Pacific Blues (My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It)
John Fahey’s Shuffle Band
2:09
5
John Henry Blues
John Fahey’s Shuffle Band
2:37
6
Brenda’s Blues (5)
1:49
7
St. Patrick's Hymn
1:52
8
Bicycle Built for Two
1:24
9
The Blues You Saved for Me
1:35
10
House Carpenter
1:30
11
How Long (1)
2:25
12
The Portland Cement Factory at Monolith, California
4:32
13
You Take the E Train (The Last Steam Engine Train)
2:33
14
I Sing a Song of the Saints of God
3:14
15
How Long (2)
2:11
16
O Jesus I Have Promised (1)
3:06
17
Untitled (1)
1:09
18
Medley: Untitled (2) / O Jesus I Have Promised (2)
3:24
19
I Am a Rake and Rambling Boy
1:46
20
Medley: Goodbye Old Paint (1) / Whoopee Ti‐Yi‐Yo, Git Along Little Doggies
1:25
21
Goodbye Old Paint (2)
1:00
22
Simple Gifts
0:53
23
Untitled (3)
1:37
24
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1:41
25
Goodbye Old Paint (3)
1:16
26
Western Medley
6:01
27
Durgan Park
2:06
28
The Bitter Lemon
2:46
29
Old Southern Medley (Fragment)
0:12
30
Bottleneck Blues
2:59