Rain Forests, Oceans and Other Themes

CMJ New Music wrote that Fahey's "... newest work is slightly more subdued than last year's Let Go, but equally as radiant. A nimble-fingered master... Fahey has continually created profound expressions on the acoustic guitar, in a mystical yet intimate setting".^[1]

Track listing

"Melody McOcean" (Fahey) – 6:42
"Layla" (Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon) – 5:15
"Rain Forest" (Fahey) – 6:47
"The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" (Ernest Seitz, Gene Lockhart) – 2:30
"Lullaby and Finale from the Firebird" (Igor Stravinsky) – 4:19
"Atlantic High" (Fahey) – 2:08
"Samba de Orfeo" (Luiz Bonfá) – 3:12
"Theme and Variations" (Louis Hardin) – 3:00
"May This Be Love/Casey Jones" (Jimi Hendrix, Furry Lewis) – 3:28
"Intro to Ocean Waves/Ocean Waves" (Fahey, Bola Sete) – 6:31
"Jiroscho Ascopi" (Fahey, Terry Robb) – 5:20
"Saint Patrick's Hymn" (Traditional) – 2:38

Note that both "Layla" and "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" were originally issued on the previous year's Let Go album, and did not appear on the vinyl release. They were added to the CD version several years later to give additional value.

Personnel

John Fahey – guitar
Terry Robb – guitar, bottleneck guitar
Guy Maxwell – percussion, drum machine
Scott White – bass

Production notes

John Fahey – producer
Terry Robb – producer
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Susan Marsh – design

References

1 2 "Rain Forests, Oceans and Other Themes > Review". CMJ New Music. November 2000.

John Fahey

Studio albums	Blind Joe Death Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party & Other Excursions Days Have Gone By The Voice of the Turtle Requia The Yellow Princess The New Possibility America Of Rivers and Religion After the Ball Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) Old Fashioned Love Christmas with John Fahey Vol. II John Fahey Visits Washington D.C. Yes! Jesus Loves Me Railroad Let Go Popular Songs For Christmas and New Year's Rain Forests, Oceans and Other Themes I Remember Blind Joe Death God, Time and Causality Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories City of Refuge Womblife Hitomi Red Cross

78s and EPs	The Fonotone Sessions Double 78 The Mill Pond

Live albums	Live in Tasmania Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts and Other Contemporary Dance Favorites The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick On Air Some Summer Day

Collaborations	The Epiphany of Glenn Jones John Fahey Trio KBOO John Fahey Trio, Vol. One

Split albums	Leo Kottke, John Fahey & Peter Lang

Compilations	The Early Sessions The Essential John Fahey The Best of John Fahey 1959–1977 The Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology The Legend of Blind Joe Death The Best of the Vanguard Years The Best of John Fahey, Vol. 2: 1964–1983 Sea Changes & Coelacanths: A Young Person's Guide to John Fahey Vanguard Visionaries Twilight on Prince Georges Avenue: Essential Recordings Christmas Soli

Tribute albums	A Tribute to John Fahey I Am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey Friends of Fahey Tribute The Revenge of Blind Joe Death: The John Fahey Tribute Album The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration

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