Label: Tompkins Square

テリー・ライリーの楽曲までが収録されています！！廃盤となっている初期の重要3タイトルが纏められボックスセットで登場!!ここTompkins Squareレーベルが仕掛ける、主にアメリカン・プリミティブ系のアコースティックギター録音にフォーカスし高い評価を得ているシリーズ[Imaginational Anthem]。2005年のスタート以来15タイトル程がリリースされていますが、その中でも非常に高い評価を得た"Vols.1~3"が再発、一つのボックスセットとしてリイシュー。お馴染みのロビー・バショー、ジョン・フェイヒー、ジャック・ローズらの名演、発掘された貴重なヴィンテージ・フォーク音源、現代のアヴァン・フォークを牽引する演奏家まで、超充実の編集となっています。













The first three volumes of Imaginational Anthem on CD, housed in a handsome slipcase.
Each volume contains a booklet with descriptive notes.

Imaginational Anthem Vols. 1-3 brings together all three volumes of the essential acoustic guitar series. Released in October 2005, Imaginational Anthem was featured on NPR's All Things Considered, and received 4 stars from Uncut ('Entrancing'), All Music Guide ('Masterful') and Mojo ('Groundbreaking'). Rolling Stone's David Fricke wrote, 'the history and beauty here speaks for themselves, at the perfect volume.' Jon Pareles wrote in The New York Times, 'old and new, the music meditates on blues, Appalachian music, raga and ragtime, and traditions are transfigured by a deep love for the sonority of the acoustic guitar.' Released in June 2006, Imaginational Anthem Volume 2 opened with the gorgeous 'River Of Heaven' by Tompkins Square recording artist James Blackshaw, and featured unreleased recordings by legends such as Michael Chapman, Fred Gerlach, Billy Faier, Peter Lang and Robbie Basho. The album was supported by a national Arthur Magazine-sponsored U.S. tour with Blackshaw, Sharron Kraus and Sean Smith. Pitchfork wrote, '[IA2] pairs some of the leading lights of the current avant-folk subculture with unearthed vintage folk rarities.' Tompkins Square has been steadily mining the genre known as 'American primitive guitar' with a string of acclaimed releases." Other artists include: Max Ochs, Brad Barr, Suni McGrath, Harris Newman, Harry Taussig, Jack Rose, Steve Mann, Glenn Jones, Gyan Riley & Terry Riley, Bern Nix, Bob Hadley, Janet Smith & Steve Mann, John Fahey, Kaki King, Sandy Bull, Jose Gonzalez, Jesse Sparhawk, Sean Smith, Christina Carter, Sharron Kraus, Richard Crandell, Ben Reynolds, Greg Davis, Nathan Salsburg, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Cian Nugent, Matt Baldwin, Mark Fosson, George Stavis, R. Keenan Lawler and Shawn David McMillen.