The discography of the American guitarist and composer John Fahey consists of thirty-six studio albums, five live albums and sixteen compilation albums, as well as five tribute albums. A number of semi-official releases are excluded here, as are bootlegs and material from unreleased recording sessions which circulate among fans and collectors. __TOC__
Studio albums Year Album title Label 1959 Blind Joe Death Takoma 1963 Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes 1964 The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites 1965 The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death Riverboat 1966 The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party & Other Excursions Takoma 1967 Days Have Gone By Requia Vanguard 1968 The Voice of the Turtle Takoma The Yellow Princess Vanguard The New Possibility - John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album Takoma 1971 America 1972 Of Rivers and Religion Reprise 1973 After the Ball Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) Takoma 1975 Old Fashioned Love Christmas with John Fahey Vol. II 1979 John Fahey Visits Washington D.C. 1980 Yes! Jesus Loves Me 1982 Christmas Guitar Volume I (A rerecording of The New Possibility) Varrick 1983 Railroad Takoma Popular Songs of Christmas & New Year's Varrick 1984 Let Go 1985 Rain Forests, Oceans and Other Themes 1987 I Remember Blind Joe Death 1989 God, Time and Causality Shanachie 1991 The John Fahey Christmas Album Burnside 1992 Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories Varrick 1996 Double 78 Perfect 1997 City of Refuge Tim/Kerr The Mill Pond (Double EP) Little Brother Womblife Table of the Elements The Epiphany of Glenn Jones Thirsty Ear 2000 Hitomi LivHouse 2001 Good Luck (With the John Fahey Trio) One Hit 2003 Red Cross Revenant
Live albums Year Album Label 1981 Live in Tasmania Takoma 1998 Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts and Other Contemporary Dance Favorites Table of the Elements 2000 KBOO Radio Live Session (With the John Fahey Trio) One Hit 2003 Hard Time Empty Bottle Blues Table of the Elements 2004 The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick Water/Revenant 2005 On Air Tradition & Moderne Some Summer Day Intergroove
Compilation albums Year Album Label 1967 Contemporary Guitar Spring 1967 (Compilation with tracks by Max Ochs, John Fahey, Bukka White, Harry Taussig and Robbie Basho.) Takoma 1969 Memphis Swamp Jam (Three guitar duets by John Fahey, and Bill Barth using the pseudonyms of R L Watson and Josiah Jones.) 1970 Zabriskie Point: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Motion picture soundtrack) MGM 1974 The Essential John Fahey Vanguard Leo Kottke, Peter Lang & John Fahey Takoma 1977 The Best of John Fahey 1959–1977 1993 The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album/Christmas with John Fahey Vol. 1Rhino 1994 The Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology 1996 The Legend of Blind Joe Death Takoma 1996 The Best of the Vanguard Years Vanguard 1996 Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes (Reissue of both issues of the album) Takoma 2002 John Fahey Trio, Vol. 1 Jazzoo 2004 The Best of John Fahey, Vol. 2: 1964–1983 Takoma Of Rivers and Religion/After the Ball Warner Bros. 2005 On the Sunny Side of the Ocean Brook Records 2006 Sea Changes & Coelacanths: A Young Person's Guide to John Fahey Table of the Elements 2006 Vanguard Visionaries Vanguard 2009 Twilight on Prince Georges Avenue: Essential Recordings Rounder 2011 Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You: The Fonotone Years 1958–1965 Dust-to-Digital 2023 Proofs & Refutations (Reissues Double 78 alongside new material) Drag City
Tribute albums Year Album Label 1979 A Tribute to John Fahey Kicking Mule 2006 I Am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey Vanguard Friends of Fahey Tribute Slackertone The Revenge of Blind Joe Death: The John Fahey Tribute Album Takoma 2007 The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration Table of the Elements
References
External links "The Fahey Files" at John Fahey's official website