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''The Best of John Fahey 1959–1977'' is a compilation album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released in 1977. The songs are collected from four of Fahey's dozen or so releases up to that point. The original album received five stars in the second edition of the ''Rolling Stone Record Guide''.〔(5-Star albums listing. Rolling Stone Record Guide. 1983. Second Edition. )〕 ==History== The original album consisted of tracks picked out by Fahey for the release, with two tracks "Spanish Two-Step" (called "Hawaiian Two-Step" on ''After the Ball'') and "Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Philip XIV of Spain" re-recorded for the album. For the original release Guitar Player Magazine released a matching music folio of tablature for guitar. It also contained essays by Fahey, continuation of the tale of Blind Joe Death, and an on-going story which meandered across the pages and the page margins throughout the book. In the introduction Fahey wrote: : "While technique is important, it is only part of the story. Music is a language—a language of emotions. The worst possible way to play these songs—and I am not only talking about my own compositions—is in metronome time at a uniform volume. Another terrible thing would be to play any composition the same way every time, or to feel that you have to play it exactly the way someone else, such as myself, played it or said to play it. A good technician must also be creative. Even if a person is not a composer, he can interpret and arrange, and these skills are as important as technique in making a performance interesting. I rely heavily on both technique and interpretation, and I think of myself as a very good composer, arranger, and plagiarest for the solo acoustic guitar"〔Fahey, John. ''The Best of John Fahey''. 1978. Guitar Player Books.〕 The book is no longer in print. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Best of John Fahey 1959–1977」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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