The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album
by John Fahey
- Type: Album
- Released: December 1968
- Label: Takoma
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:13:44
- Community rating: 3.26/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
In a surprisingly accessible move, the notoriously eccentric fingerstyle guitarist applied his complex, syncopated picking techniques to a selection of traditional Christmas carols. The resulting acoustic recordings strip away seasonal bombast, offering intimate, mesmerizing interpretations that became the most commercially successful release of his career.
Genres
Descriptors: Acoustic, christmas, instrumental, acoustic, melodic
Tracklist
- Joy To The World - Instrumental (1:53)
- What Child Is This - Instrumental (3:01)
- Hark, The Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful - Medley (3:10)
- Auld Lang Syne - Instrumental (2:02)
- The Bells Of St. Mary's - Instrumental (2:10)
- Good King Wencelas - Instrumental (1:09)
- We Three Kings Of Orient Are - Instrumental (1:49)
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy - Instrumental (2:42)
- The First Noel - Instrumental (2:11)
- Christ's Saints Of God Fantasy - Instrumental (10:17)
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Instrumental (1:28)
- Go I Will Send Thee - Instrumental (3:00)
- Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming - Instrumental (3:45)
- Silent Night, Holy Night - Instrumental (1:12)
- Oh Holy Night - Instrumental (3:28)
- Christmas Medley: Oh, Tannenbaum/ Angels We Have Head On High/ Jingle Bells - Instrumental (3:30)
- Russian Christmas Overture - Instrumental (6:46)
- White Christmas - Instrumental (4:59)
- Carol of the Bells - Instrumental (2:37)
- Christmas Fantasy - Part II (12:24)
Credits
- John Fahey - primary artist, guitar, sleeve notes, composed by
- Georg Friedrich H盲ndel - composed by
- Traditional - written-by [release credit]
- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - composed by
- A. Emmett Adams - composed by
- John Henry Hopkins - composed by
- Richard S. Willis - composed by
- Michael Praetorius - composed by