Sea Changes & Coelacanths: A Young Person's Guide
Playing with versatility and a fierce imagination, Fahey  expanded the boundaries of the guitar, and his contribution to American  music is immense. Here is his trademark American Primitive sound at its  most harrowing and resolute. Featuring Skip James-influenced vignettes,  deep-sea string bendings, sonic collages, oaken reverberations, and  lengthy, impressionistic suites, these recordings, made between 1996 and  1998, comprise a major portion of Fahey's canon. Undiluted, uncompromised,  starkly honest, pure of vision and innovative. The 2XCD and 4XLP sets  include over two hours of music, a 64-page book (CD), 12-page libretto  (LP), new essays by Byron Coley, David Fricke, and David Grubbs, an  interview with and original text by Fahey, plus previously unreleased  photos (CD only).