Fate Is Only Twice, by Harry Taussig

Fate Is Only Twice

by Harry Taussig

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	1.	Rondo in D - On Southern Themes 04:47
	2.	C'est Magnifique - Fantasia in A 03:14
	3.	Children's Dance 02:23
	4.	Der Dritte Man Fantasia 03:55
	5.	Electric Forest, Electric Trees 03:28
	6.	In the Corner of the Circle 03:04
	7.	Living in the City 04:17
	8.	Perpetuum Mobile Revisited 03:14
	9.	Azure 03:25
	10.	Fate Is Only Twice 07:12

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Released as a short-run private press LP in 1965, 'Fate Is Only Once' has long been a coveted collectible among American Primitive guitar enthusiasts. The album presages the broader movement. Acoustic musicians were still largely stuck in a rigid "Folk" mindset in 1965, and there are just not that many other examples of the exploratory guitar sounds found on 'Fate' during this time period. Alternating between haunting originals and jaunty blues-based traditional numbers, this absurdly rare LP was reissued by Tompkins Square in 2006. Taussig's only other recorded works appear on the long out-of-print Takoma compilation 'Contemporary Guitar Spring '67' alongside John Fahey, Robbie Basho, Max Ochs and Bukka White. Taussig spent years as an educator, published instructional guitar books, and traveled extensively to photograph weird museums.

Amazingly, he returns with his first album in 47 years, appropriately titled 'Fate Is Only Twice'. The same stark, smoldering playing is evident, all the humor and inventiveness intact.

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released April 2, 2021

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Tompkins Square label, established in 2005, has released acclaimed recordings by artists such as William Tyler, Gwenifer Raymond, Ryley Walker and Michael Chapman as well as reissues of folk, old-timey, gospel and American Primitive Guitar. The label has received 8 Grammy nominations. ... more

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