the of mirror eye

* Blind Mamie Forehand: Honey In The Rock (2.5 mb)
* Blind Joe Taggert: Been Listening All The Day (3.0 mb)
* Rev I.B. Ware: I Wouldn’t Mind Dying (3.0 mb)
* William and Versey Smith: I believe I’ll Go Back Home (3.0 mb)
From American Primitive Vol I: Raw Pre-War Gospel : Revenant Records : Revenant No. 206

Probably one of my favorite record labels of all time is the one started by the late, great John Fahey, Revenant Records. This label was started with the mission of releasing raw musics, regardless of genre or classification.

Awhile back, in 1997, they released a collection of pre-war gospel songs that blew my mind all apart. I remember when I got this, I immediately put the disc in my portable player and started walking back to my house. And I also remember listening to these songs and not really believing what I was hearing because the sounds were so strange to me. They were (and still are) a true revelation.

Revenant Records released volume 2 in their American Primitive series recently. And if their first volume is any indication, this’ll be an absolutely essential release.

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