JOHN FAHEY The Voice of the Turtle RARE Orange/Purple Label Gatefold w/ Booklet - Not to be confused with the later releases in 1972 of the black and gold dragon labels, and the 1973 blue and gold labels, nor the 1975 black and gold dragon labels. This is an early release and RARE. If you conduct a search, you would be hard pressed to find a similar copy for sale.

The Voice of the Turtle is the seventh album by  . Recorded and released in 1968, it is considered one of his more experimental albums, combining not only folk elements, but shreds of , early blues, country , , and .

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RARE orange & purple early release - vinyl shines, labels are sharp & clean with only the faintest signs of spindle marks not worth mentioning, only the faintest, wispy, hairlines, probably from inner sleeve scuffs, original gatefold cover with inner booklet still held strongly by 2 staples, the usual wear in the usual places along parts of the edges and corners, including small bumped corners, but no seam splits, yellowing/discoloration from aging, etc., minimal browning, mainly a few tiny spots, mainly inside cover, and back cover wear including discoloration along part of spine. A nice copy in rather hi-grade condition, over-all. See multiple pics complete with zoom for details. Thanks.  
The mythical bluesman named Blind Joe Death, first introduced by Fahey on his debut album , appears again in the liner notes of The Voice of the Turtle. For years Fahey and Takoma continued to treat the imaginary guitarist as a real person, including booklets with their LPs containing biographical information about him and that he had taught Fahey to play.

The concept that the blues guitarist Blind Joe Death was an actual person and contemporary of Fahey is carried further with some tracks credited to being performed by Death and Fahey. There is debate that Fahey never actually appears on some of the tracks and that they are instead old, little-known recordings. Fahey has been quoted as saying "That whole record was a hoax. On all the songs that say it's me it isn't and vice versa." , a friend and collaborator of Fahey's albums told  reporter  that three of the tracks were old  that Fahey copied to tape and credited to Blind Joe Death. The first track "Bottleneck Blues" is a 1927 recording made by  and Walter Beasley. The tracks with fiddlers Hubert Thomas and Virgil Willis Johnston were made with Fahey during his 1965 trip to the South with Barry Hansen.

NOTE ON SELLERS: Beware of sellers that post 1 or 2 photos only. This is a red flag and usually suggests 2 things.  #1) the seller is trying to hide the real condition of the record by limiting photographic details. They also will further camouflage their item’s condition by not offering zoom features. #2) Many sellers limit their photos because they are not only trying to camouflage their item’s condition, but because they are Lazy. A lazy seller won’t go the extra mile in other aspects of his sale, exhibited in shoddy packaging and they will drag their feet in shipping item out. Just as deceitful and lazy are the many sellers that provide only STOCK photos (not of actual item you will receive) tricking the bidder in thinking they are getting the impressive item pictured in the stock photo. 

 

You will be happy to know that I post MULTIPLE Photos to offer forthright representation of ACTUAL item, and with ZOOM features. I also package LP in cardboard Media Mailer and I ship ASAP, provided my cherished customer pays asap. You will also receive a hand-written thank you note, because I appreciate you and couldn’t survive without you. Thank you.