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The Voice Of The Turtle is the most experimental and genre-busting work in the catalogue of US folk guitarist John Fahey. By bringing together elements of psychedelia, blues, ambience, white noise and compositional traits of Indian music- Fahey created a record of cutting-edge traditionalism. Rather than completely shunning the blueprints that he was more associated with, he decorated them with sounds from further afield to create something truly singular. A patchwork of sounds can be heard on tracks like Bottleneck Blues and The Little Train That Couldn’t. It was a patchwork that deservedly transcended the wider folk sounds of the 1960s and placed Fahey in his own lane.

###Tracklist

1. Bottleneck Blues
2. Bill Cheatum
3. Lewisdale Blues
4. Bean Vine Blues
5. Bean Vine Blues #2
6. A Raga Called Pat, Part III
7. A Raga Called Pat, Part IV
8. Train
9. Je ne me suis reveillais matin pas en may
10. The Story of Dorothy Gooch, Part I
11. Nine-Pound Hammer
12. Lonesome Valley