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- Date Released: August 15, 2000
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Contemporary Folk, Holiday
- Label: Fantasy / Takoma
An acoustic guitar giant helps save Christmas.
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We Say...
Arguably one of the greatest Christmas recordings of modern times, A New Possibility was recorded by just one visionary folk icon and his acoustic guitar — no overdubs. John Fahey accomplished a lot in his lifetime: he virtually re-invented the acoustic guitar as a solo instrument with his idiosyncratic and mournful style, and he founded Takoma and Revenant, two influential independent record labels. For a great many people in the '60s and '70s, the bearish-looking dude also saved Christmas, rescuing holiday music from the schmaltz that so often drenched it.
Recorded in a beautiful, loping and often very simple style, the melodies resonate throughout the entire, unadulterated album. On the first three songs alone — "Joy to the World," "What Child is This?" and "Medley: Hark the Herald Angels Sing / Come All Ye Faithful" — Fahey's tone slips from joy to reverence and back again. As Fahey wrote in the original liner notes, "I hope that you like my new arrangements — they are not progressive; 'different' is the word — and I hope that you will celebrate Christmas with me." It's hard to think of better music to mellow out next to the tree with.
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Joy To The World |
1:55 |
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| 02. | |
What Child Is This? |
3:06 |
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Medley: Hark, The Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful |
3:14 |
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Auld Lang Syne |
2:06 |
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| 05. | |
The Bells Of St. Mary's |
2:13 |
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Good King Wenceslas |
1:13 |
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| 07. | |
We Three Kings Of Orient Are |
1:52 |
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| 08. | |
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy |
2:48 |
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| 09. | |
The First Noel |
2:15 |
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| 10. | |
Christ's Saints Of God Fantasy |
10:21 |
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| 11. | |
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear |
1:32 |
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| 12. | |
Go I Will Send Thee |
3:04 |
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| 13. | |
Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming |
3:49 |
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| 14. | |
Silent Night, Holy Night |
1:16 |
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| 15. | |
Oh Holy Night -- Christmas with John Fahey Vol. II |
3:31 |
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| 16. | |
Christmas Medley: Oh Tannenbaum/Angels We Have Heard On High/JingleB ells |
3:34 |
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| 17. | |
Russian Christmas Overture |
6:49 |
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| 18. | |
White Christmas |
5:02 |
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| 19. | |
Carol Of The Bells |
2:41 |
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| 20. | |
Christmas Fantasy - Part II |
12:24 |
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20 Total Tracks, 74:45 Total Length
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Credits
- Phil Brown - Remastering // John Fahey - Arranger // John Fahey - Arranger // John Fahey - Producer // John Fahey - Producer // John Fahey - Liner Notes // John Fahey - Liner Notes // James Austin - Reissue Supervisor // Doug Decker - Producer // Doug Decker - Engineer // Barry Hansen - Liner Notes // Barry Hansen - Reissue Director // Bill Inglot - Remastering // Ted Myers - Project Assistant // Gary Peterson - Research // Geoff Gans - Reissue Art Director // Tom Weller - Design // Stephanie Pyren - Reissue Supervisor // Richard Ruskin - Arranger
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