| Vanguard Visionaries | |
| Type: | Compilation album |
| Artist: | John Fahey |
| Cover: | VanguardVisionariesFahey.jpg |
| Released: | June 12, 2007 |
| Recorded: | 1967–1968 |
| Genre: | Folk, avant-garde |
| Length: | 51:13 |
| Label: | Vanguard |
| Producer: | Sam Charters, John Fahey, Barrett Hansen |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
Vanguard Visionaries is the title of a compilation recording by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released in 2007.
Vanguard Records had a high-profile during the 1960s folk revival and released music by many folk artists such as Doc Watson, Odetta and many others. To celebrate their 60th anniversary, Vanguard had released a series of artist samplers called Vanguard Visionaries from the 1960s and early-'70s era. Each contained a small track listing and all the tracks are available on other compilation packages.
Fahey recorded two albums for Vanguard: The Yellow Princess and Requia.
Allmusic critic Thom Jurek favorably reviewed the album, writing "[Fahey] is forever unpredictable, no matter how often one hears these songs. His playing is simply the element of imagination and surprise itself. While it's true that "Requiem for," may be off-putting for those looking for a real introduction to Fahey, this is his earliest experimentation with the electronic sounds he explored a great deal more in his later career, and stands as a singular moment in his catalog."
All songs by John Fahey.
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