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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Takoma Records
		Takoma Records was a record label which was acquired by Fantasy Records.
		Fantasy Records is a United States based record label, which was was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California.
		Takoma Records was a small but influential record label set up between 1959 and 1960 by John Fahey, Norman Pierce and Eugene "ED" Denson.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Takoma-Records (238 words)

	Clicks and Klangs - John Fahey's Last Visit To Takoma Park by Mitchel Tropin
		Takoma Park native and legendary guitarist John Fahey had an extraordinary love-hate relationship with the city.
		During that visit, he came into contact with two Takoma Park families - likely to be the last town residents to communicate with Fahey who died on 22 February 2001 at the age of 61.
		The lawyers notified him that the Takoma Park house was being sold and that he should go home to collect whatever momentos he wanted.
	www.beefheart.com /zine/articles/0110faheytakomapark.htm (959 words)

	Takoma Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Takoma Records was a small but influential record label set up between 1959 and 1960 by John Fahey, Norman Pierce and Eugene "ED" Denson.
		Another influential album on Takoma was the 1974 eponymous compilation LP featuring Fahey, Kottke and Lang.
		The Takoma catalogue was purchased in 1995 by Fantasy Records, which in 2004 was taken over by the Concord Music Group.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Takoma_Records (191 words)

	Welcome to Takoma Adventist
		Takoma Adventist Hospital recognizes that the use of tobacco products is the greatest preventable cause of disease and death.
		Advanced directive forms are available through Takoma by contacting Cindy Luttrell at 636-2391 or emailing her at cindy.luttrell@ahss.org or may be downloaded at http://www2.state.tn.us/health/Boards/AdvanceDirectives/index.htm.
		Takoma Home Health Care is available for your continuing healthcare support after discharge from the hospital.
	www.takoma.org /takoma.php?template=guests (2113 words)

	Takoma Voice: News
		Records of nonserious offenses, such as petty larceny, trespassing and drunkenness, were accessible only at the state and local levels.
		The database is largely supported by records from local and state jurisdictions, but the new policy does not compel state law enforcement agencies to hand over records to the FBI for retention.
		The FBI obtains 94 percent of its criminal records from state and local police, Sklar said, emphasizing that these jurisdictions elect -- but are not required -- to hand the records over to the federal authorities for storage, and that anyone can request to view their own records in the database, Sklar said.
	www.takoma.com /archives/copy/2006/09/news/cns/26fingerprints.html (1018 words)

	John Fahey Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musician Directory
		He expanded the Takoma label to include fellow guitarists Leo Kottke and Peter Lang, among many others, and New Age pioneer George Winston was another whose early career was nourished by the quirky innovator.
		In 1963, he recorded his second album, "Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes." He and his partner in Takoma Records, ED Denson, tracked down two Mississippi bluesmen, Bukka White and Skip James, and recorded them for Takoma, bringing them to new audiences on the folk-revival circuit.
		Takoma was sold to Chrysalis Records in the mid- 1970's, and in the 1980's Mr.
	elvispelvis.com /johnfahey.htm (1771 words)

	Washington City Paper
		Record collectors are typically thought of as irascible loners, but in the Washington of the ’50s and early ’60s, there existed a group of scruffy young blues and folk fans who could’ve given the Illuminati a run for their all-seeing eyes.
		Though Fahey’s self-released first album was ostensibly on Takoma Records, the label didn’t properly exist until this year, when Fahey and Denson formed a partnership with record distributor Norman Pierce to re-release some of Fahey’s old material.
		Thirsty Ear Recordings arranges for Fahey to record with Cul de Sac, which the guitarist refers to as a “retro lounge act.” The acrimonious proceedings were chronicled extensively by Jones and ultimately became the liner notes for the resulting album, The Epiphany of Glenn Jones.
	www.washingtoncitypaper.com /cover/2006/cover0707.html?navEdit (3316 words)

	Peter Lang Article
		The Thing At the Nursery Room Window is a fingerstyle guitar classic, and that recording, along with the 1974 Kottke/Lang/Fahey compilation, established him as a now-legendary master of solo acoustic guitar music, on both six and twelve string guitar.
		I was caught by surprise at John’s illness and subsequent death, in February of 2001.
		John recorded many of what I consider to be his best works on the "King"-- Of Rivers and Religion, America, After the Ball, Fare Forward Voyagers, and several others.
	www.folkrocks.com /peterlangguitaristarticle.html (1521 words)

	HUSH Records: Amy Annelle
		some great records i just got turned on to are graham nash's two first solo albums, "wild tales" and "songs for beginners" and thin lizzy's first album.
		sometimes it is a guest singer on a jazz song or one song on a field recording of folk or blues music or music from outside the western song-oriented thing that slays you.
		before i made any records i used to make tapes of 4 track recordings and give them away at shows and always be updating them with new songs.
	www.hushrecords.com /amyannelle.html (1668 words)

	The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Biography - AOL Music
		The record was successful enough to attract the attention of major labels and Chrysalis signed the band the following year.
		By the time the Thunderbirds recorded their 1982 album T-Bird Rhythm, drummer Mike Buck was replaced by Fran Christina, a former member of Roomful of Blues.
		Wilson re-assembled the band in late 1994 and the band recorded their ninth album, Roll of the Dice, which was released on Private Music in 1995.
	music.aol.com /artist/the-fabulous-thunderbirds/4217/biography (881 words)

	The Fahey Files - John Fahey - Reinventing the Steel
		He and Denson started their own record company at a time when that idea was, as Denson remembered, "like making your own car." As Kottke said, "John kind of invented the audience for solo steel-string guitar and the industry behind it.
		He has survived the loss of Takoma Records in a power play in the late 1970s by not paying close enough attention to how things were being run.
		As he releases new recordings and his early albums become available again on CD, Fahey is in a strong position for his music to be discovered by a whole new generation and to be rediscovered by those of us who may have forgotten.
	www.johnfahey.com /pages/ac1.html (3912 words)

	Walmart.com - Music Downloads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		These 1958 recordings, pressed up as 78s and catalogued as "authentic Negro folk music", were an elaborate joke at the expense of folk purists, but also demonstrated Fahey's mastery of the blues idiom.
		Fahey's early recordings appeared on his own Takoma Records imprint, with his second and third albums also being re-recorded for reissue in 1967.
		The ambitious America, which was restored to its intended double album length when reissued in the late 90s, didn't sell as well as its predecessors and Takoma suffered in the general recession which hit the music industry in the 70s.
	www.walmart.com /swap/LoadArtistBio.do?artistId=13719 (1019 words)

	John Fahey: 1939-2001
		He recorded his second album, Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes, in 1963, and also recorded the almost forgotten blues greats Bukka White and Skip James, relaunching their careers on the folk-revival circuit.
		Fahey sold Takoma Records in the 1970s, and recorded further albums for the Shanachie and Varrick labels, but his personal life was in increasing disarray, as was his health.
		He recorded a new album, City of Refuge, in 1996, the first of several discs released in the past six years, including The Mill Pond (1997), Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts and Other Contemporary Dance Favorites (1998), and Hitomi (2000).
	www.jazzhouse.org /gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=984168686 (1005 words)

	Blues Bytes Flashback
		Founded in the 60's by guitarist John Fahey, Takoma Records had its beginnings as a label dedicated primarily to releases by guitarists/composers.
		Takoma was purchased by Chrysalis Records in 1978, and the company's better days were behind them.
		Takoma Eclectic Sampler closes with the most eclectic number of all, a recording of The Santa Monica Pier Merry-Go-Round.
	www.bluenight.com /BluesBytes/fk0797.html (382 words)

	The Fahey Files - John Fahey - The Death of Death and Other Plantation Favorites
		Prior to his discovery in 1958 by a Takoma research team Fahey had played as a guitarist for a bluegrass band; often appearing with Bill Hancock and Greg Eldridge, but no recordings are known from this period.
		His first recordings were made under somewhat mysterious circumstances for the Fonotone company - a pioneer in the folkfield.
		It was produced by ED Denson, Takoma Records.
	www.johnfahey.com /pages/v3.html (131 words)

	Discography for Alan "Blind Owl" WIlson - www.blindowl.net
		The record was done entirely of Blues covers and re-arrangements, and was hailed by the period critics and blues purists.
		This Record also marks the entrance of drummer Fito De La Parra, who was left out of the cover art but properly credited on the back of the album.
		The record also features the last roadhouse recording of the mountainous blues shouter and bandleader Bob "The Bear" Hite bellowing "Hell's On Down The Line" in 1981, days before he collapsed on stage and died of a drug-related heart attack.
	www.blindowl.net /discography.html (3005 words)

	Fantasy Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The label was the first to record "in person" performances by Lenny Bruce.
		Fantasy's first subsidiary label, formed in 1951, was Galaxy Records.
		Zaentz had picked up Debut Records as a wedding present from Bassist Charles Mingus to which were added Good Time Records, Prestige Records (in 1971), Riverside Records and Milestone Records (both 1972), Stax Records (1977), Contemporary Records (1984), Specialty Records (1991), Pablo Records (1987), Takoma Records and Kicking Mule Records (both 1995).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fantasy_Records (382 words)

	The Many Faces of John Fahey
		The recording reveals the earliest stages of Fahey's genius, channeling the raw, dark, ominous emotion and anger he heard in the old blues in combination with his unique approach to the guitar.
		Takoma Records, named in honor of his hometown, was created to issue Fahey's first LP, Blind Joe Death.
		"We weren't really interested in having a tribute record where people tried their best to imitate Fahey's style or his songs, because that would be a fairly impossible task," says M. Ward, who coproduced the record and contributed a version of "Bean Vine Blues #2" to the project.
	harpmagazine.com /articles/detail.cfm?article_id=3864 (2479 words)

	Unofficial Leo Kottke Web Site, Recordings: Leo Kottke Anthology
		His recording career was launched nearly 30 years ago in the Minneapolis basement of a polka king whose kids roller-skating on the floor above made for trying conditions.
		Procol Harum had hard the Takoma record in England, where it was handled by Sonet.
		All of the records after the first one were done in Minneapolis with David Z and Prince.
	www.guitarmusic.org /kottke/gtlka3.html (2524 words)

	Table of Contents by Id#
		Records and correspondence of Mother's and Children's Club.
		City of Takoma Park tax records and delinquent taxes.
		Records relating to Takoma Park, MD; the Takoma Park Historical Society; an
	www.historictakoma.org /archives/WebSite/exhibit2/vexid2.htm (428 words)

	Michael Gulezian - Biography - AOL Music
		All of those fellow guitarists influenced the Armenian-American, whose recordings have often had a very spiritual, dreamy, airy quality and sometimes underscore his interest in the traditional modal music of India and the Middle East.
		Fahey decided that he wanted to re-release the record on Takoma, but with a few changes.
		When Takoma went bankrupt in 1985, Gulezian felt disillusioned with the music industry and decided to take a break from recording and return to college.
	music.aol.com /artist/michael-gulezian/31219/biography (530 words)

	Leo Kottke Interview - 1994
		I was two and a half and my folks would put it on the record player and I would run around the house screaming, but I haven't been that hip since.
		We spent a lot of time on that record with the sound and recorded it on the Paramount sound stage which is this huge room where the sound is reflected but the reflection is so late and comes from so far away that it doesn't blur the music but gives you a room nonetheless.
		I had a really tough time finding out what to do with that lyric musically, and that record is unique for me in that sense because most all of the lyrics preceded any melody or guitar which is maybe why some of them are spoken.
	www.solidairrecords.com /AMR_interviews/kottke.html (4402 words)

	Tower Records - Unspoken Intentions - Michael Gulezian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Recorded at Producers Workshop, Hollywood, California between 1979 and 1981.
		Michael Gulezian "coulda been a contenda." He was tagged by guitar legend John Fahey and his Takoma Records just as the acoustic guitar renaissance was blossoming in the late '70s.
		But Takoma was in transition towards oblivion and Gulezian's major-label debut was released, just barely.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=2674808 (234 words)

	Fishman Transducers, Inc - Jacques Stotzem Bio
		He was introduced to the guitar music on Takoma Records of John Fahey, Robbie Basho and Leo Kottke and found in them a sense of connection to the guitar ramblings that he was experimenting with.
		In the same structure (also built by Ackerman) was an independent music store, the offices of an independent record distributor and the offices of Kicking Mule Records (a record label devoted exclusively to guitar recordings and founded by Ed Denson who had created Takoma Records with John Fahey years before).
		The debut recording for the label will be a collection of new recordings of his favorite guitar solos over 35 years of composition entitled RETURNING: pieces for guitar 1970-2005.
	www.fishman.com /artists/bio.asp?id=456 (1200 words)

	Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		The Takoma releases of the early sixties were obsure to the general public, but enormously influential to a legion of guitar pickers.
		Fahey operated from the point of view of a dedicated folklorist, dedication that went beyond his own playing and led to the rediscovery of artists like Skip James and songs that were rescued from stacks of ancient 78s.
		As a singular talent and a significant influence, John Fahey deserves a wider audience, and thanks to Fantasy Records, the current curators of the Takoma catalog, this music is available in pristine and expanded form for everyone.
	www.cosmik.com /aa-december99/reviews/review_fahey.html (162 words)

	www.myspace.com/takomastar
		During his time away from the project Danny B had started his own label (Helveticon Records) with a roster of great metal acts, kept his other projects Dead Girl Inc. and Flight 19 writing and recording, opened a studio and most importantly become a father.
		Sadly the break down of this relationship and the loss and yearning he felt for his daughter led him to retreat into himself and would eventually lend themselves to the now, introspective and deeply personal nature of his lyrics.
		Tragically in 2005 another series of crushing blows were dealt with the death of Danny B's father at the forefront and then the subsequent deaths of further family members taking their toll.
	www.myspace.com /takomastar (1053 words)

	Review - Robbie Basho: Bashovia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Recording for Fahey's Takoma Records, and being cited by Ackerman as a principal influence on the founding of Windam Hill Records, never produced the kind of fame and acclaim that Basho's prodigious talent merited.
		During his latter career (Basho died in 1986 at the age of 46) he was reduced to peddling self recorded, cassette only material.
		Three feature his idiosyncratic vocals, which are not universal in their appeal but are important in a collection like this, which seeks to provide an overview of Basho's work for Takoma.
	www.cosmik.com /aa-october01/reviews/review_robbie_basho.html (242 words)

	Mark Fosson - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Fosson lost no time in relocating to Los Angeles and began recording with Fahey, but as bad luck would have it, Takoma was in some difficulty, and the label soon folded.
		In 2001 he began collaborating with singer/songwriter Lisa O'Kane, who recorded several of his songs, and Fosson also began recording a solo project, Jesus on a Greyhound, which was eventually released on Big Otis Records in 2005.
		The record drew positive reviews and Fosson was frequently compared to Americana artists like Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Joe Ely, John Prine, and Guy Clark.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,701619,00.html (362 words)

	Michael Gulezian: Full Biography
		CONCERT AT ST. OLAF COLLEGE is reminiscent of the groundbreaking tone, tenor, and timbre of Michael’s critically acclaimed Takoma Records debut, Unspoken Intentions.
		Thus the listener to this record identifies himself, and to some extent becomes one with something greater and more powerful than oneself...
		One generation removed from the musical arabesques of his Armenian heritage, infused with the raw emotional power of the Mississippi Delta trailblazers, fiercely devoted to his art, and blessed with technical proficiency in the extreme, Michael Gulezian remains a seminal force on the cutting edge of the American solo acoustic guitar tradition.
	www.timberlinemusic.com /bio.html (1328 words)

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