The Yellow Princess

by John Fahey

The Yellow Princess cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:06:06
  • Community rating: 4.03/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

For his major-label debut, acoustic guitar pioneer John Fahey incorporated subtle orchestration and slightly denser arrangements into his signature fingerpicking style. 'The Yellow Princess' is fiercely technical and wonderfully hypnotic, weaving highly melodic, deeply passionate American Primitivism into a remarkably pastoral, distinctly autumnal folk atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, Folk, Acoustic, acoustic, instrumental, technical, melodic, unaccompanied-solo, guitars, intricate, experimental

Tracklist

  1. The Yellow Princess (4:53)
  2. View (East From The Top Of The Riggs Road/B&O Trestle) (4:56)
  3. Lion (5:10)
  4. March! For Martin Luther King (3:43)
  5. The Singing Bridge Of Memphis, Tennessee (2:53)
  6. Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Invisible City Of Bladensburg (4:10)
  7. Charles A. Lee: In Memoriam (4:02)
  8. Irish Setter (7:17)
  9. Commemorative Transfiguration And Communion At Magruder Park (6:00)
  10. The John Fahey Sampler, Themes And Variations (8:43)
  11. Fare Forward Voyagers, 1965 (4:53)
  12. Steel Guitar Medley (9:23)

Credits

  • John Fahey - primary artist, producer, written-by, guitar, liner notes
  • Chuck McVicker - artwork
  • Samuel B. Charters - executive-producer
  • Jeff Lovelace - photography by
  • Barry Hansen - producer
  • Mark Andes - bass
  • Kevin Kelley - drums
  • Matt Andes - guitar
  • Jay Ferguson - organ, piano

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