ROBBIE BASHO - ARCHIVES

• -The Seal of the Blue Lotus (1965) Takoma 1005 (***+ /SBJ personal rating)

A)-Seal of the Blue Lotus ( 6str.g, vocal), -Mountain Man's Farewell (12str.g ), -Dravidian Sunday (6str.g) B)-Bardo Blues (6str.g), -Sansara in Sweetness after Sandstorm (12str.g, voice), -Black Lotus - Hymn to Fugen (6str.g)

• -Contemporary Guitar (1966/Compilation) Takoma 1006

special works just for this album by; -John Fahey, Max Ochs, Harry Taussig, Bukka White -RB-track: The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose (6str.guitar)

• -The Grail and the Lotus (1966) Takoma 1007 (****)

A)-The Grail and the Lotus (6str.g), -The Dharma Prince (6str.g), -Oriental Love Song (6str.g, whistling) B)-The Golden Shamrock (6str.g), -Street Dakini (6str.g), -Chung Mei - Chinese Orchid (6str.g, whistling) rec: Feb.12,19,26,1966 KPFA

• -Basho Sings! (1967) Takoma 1012 (****)

A)-Salangadou (6str.,vocal), -Allons Au Ball Colinda (6str.g, vocal), - Katari Takawaitha (6str.g, vocal), -Basket Full of Dragons (12str.g,vocal), -Soliloquy (6str.g, vocal), -Tibetian Bach (6str.g, vocal) B)Dance Calinda (6str.g, vocal), -Basho's Blues (6str.g, vocal), -Black Mare Moan (6str.g, vocal), -New Lhasa New Year's Chorale (12str.g, voice)

• -The Falconer's Arm,Vol.1 (1967) Takoma 1017 (****)

A)-The Falconer's Arm (12str.guitar), -Tassajara (Zen Shinji)(6str.guitar/Susan Graubard -flute) B)-Lost Lagoon Suite (12str.guitar), -Pavan Hindustan (6str.guitar), -Babs (6str.guitar)

• -The Falconer's Arm,Vol.2 (1967) Takoma 1018 (****)

A)-Variations on "Shakespeare Wallah" (6str.g, voice), -Song of the Snowy Ranges (6str.guitar) B)-Pasha (6str.g, vocal), -Song of God (12str.g,voice)

• -Venus in Cancer (1969) Blue Thumb 10 (*****)

A)-Venus in Cancer (6str.guitar), -Eagle sails the Blue Diamond Waters (12str.g, voice), -Kowaka D'Amour (6str.guitar) B)-Song for the Queen (6str.g, vocal), -Cathedrals Et Fleur De Lis (12str.guitar), -Wine Song -(Sweet Wine Of Love) (6str.g, vocal)

• -Song of the Stallion (1971) Takoma 1031 (*****)

A)-Song of the Stallion (12str.g, vocal), -A North American Raga (The Plumstar)(6str.g, vocal), -The Lady, She is in Waiting (6str.g), B)-Roses and Snow (6str.g, vocal), -California Raga (6str.g, vocal), -The Hajj (12str.g), -Khatum (12str.g)

• -The Voice of the Eagle (1972) Vanguard 79321 (****)

A)-The Voice of the Eagle (12str.g,vocal), -Wounded Knee Soliloquy (6str.g, vocal), -Blue Corn Serenade (6str.g, vocal) B)-Joseph (6str.g, vocal), -Omaha Tribal Prayer (6str.g, vocal), -Sweet Medicine (12str.g, whistling), -Roses and Gold (6str.g, vocal), -Moving Up A Ways (6str.g, vocal)

• -Zarthus (1974) Vanguard 79339 (*****)

A)-Zarthus (12str.g, vocal), -Khoda É Gul É Abe (12str.g), -Mehera (p,vocal), -Khalil Gibran (6str.g,vocal), -Bride Divine (6str.g,vocal) B) -Rhapsody in Druz (p,vocal)

• -Visions of the Country(1978) Windham Hill 1005(*****)

A) -Green River Suite (6str.g,vocal), -Rodeo (6str.g), -Rocky Mountain Raga (12str.g, vocal/Antoinette Marcus -v), -Variations on Easter (6str.g), -Blue Crystal Fire (6str.g,vocal) B) -Orphan's Lament (p,vocal), -Leaf in the Wind (p,whistling), -Night Way (6str.g,vocal), -Elk Dreamer's Lament (12str.g), -Call on the Wind (6str.g, vocal)

• -Art of the Acoustic Steel String Guitar 6 &12 (1979) Windham Hill 1010(*****)

A) -The Grail and The Lotus (6str.g), -Cathedrals Et Fleur De Lis (12str.g), -Pasha (6str.g,voice), -A Study for Steel String (6str.g), -Ackerman Special (6str.g), -Apres Midi American (6str.g) B) -Variations on Grieg (6str.g), -Scottish Rites (12str.g), -Pavan India (6str.g), -Variations on Ezumi (6str.g), -Variations on Claire De Lune (12str.g)

• -Rainbow Thunder (Songs of the American West) (1981) Silver Label Rec.029 (****)

A) -Redwood Ramble (6str.g), -Crashing Thunder (12str.g, voice), -Moving Up A'Ways (6str., voice), -Legend of Mount Tamalpias (6str.g,voice), -Rainbow Thunder (6str.g,voice) B) -The Pathfinder (6str.g, voice), -The White Buffalo (12str.g,voice), -Home Again (6str.g,drum,voice), -The Long Lullaby (12str.g,voice), -Black Hills Sololoquy (6str.g,voice)

• -Basho's Best (Antolog.) (1982) MC/Basho -Productions

• -Bouquet (1983) MC/Basho -Productions (*****)

Basho's Cover

A) -The Golden Medallion (6str.g,voice), -Khalil Gibran (6str.g,voice), -The White Swallow (6str.g,voice), -The Polish Rider (6str.g,voice), -El Cid (6str.g,voice) B) -Lightening Thunder (6str.g,voice), -Land of Our Fathers (Hopi Hymn)(12str.g,voice/feat. the Consortium of the Arts Choir, dir. by David Hogan), -Tears of Teresa (6str.g,voice), -Blues from Lebanon (6str.g,voice), -The Song of Leila (6str.g,voice), -The White Princess (p,)

• -Twilight Peaks(1984) MC/Basho -Prod./The Art of Relaxation/Vital Body (****)

A) -Twilight Peaks (6str.g), -Nice Enough For Love (6str.g), -Afternoon and Evening (6str.g), -Where Butterflies in Winter Go (6str.g) B) -Japan Idyll (6str.g), -Camelot II (6str.g), -Golden Dragon (6str.g), -Lament For The Earth (6str.g)

Basho's Twilight Flyer

• 2008 -ROBBIE BASHO "BONN 1ST SUPREME" Bo'Weavil Recordings (***+)

(live 1980 at Kulturforum Bonn/Germany) -Redwood Ramble (6str.g), -Fandango (12str.g, voc), -Variations on 'Easter' (6str.g), -Rocky Mountain Raga (12str.g, voc), -Cathedrals et Fleur de Lis (12str.g), -German Chocolate Cake (6str.g, voc), -Silky Jane (6str.g), -The Grail and the Lotus (6str.g), -Pavan India (6str.g), -Variations on Claire de Lune (12str.g), -California Raga (6str.g, voc)

• 2017/18-Robbie Basho Live in Forli" ESP-Disk(02/18, LP) (***+)

• 2017/18-Robbie Basho Live in Forli, Italy 1982" Obsolete Recordings (06/17, streaming & download) (***+)

1.Redwood Ramble 03:50(6str.g), 2.Song of the Stallion 04:23(12str.g,voc), 3.The Grail and the Lotus 09:31(6str.g), 4.Interlude 1 00:50 5.German Chocolate Cake 02:42(6str.g), 6.Interlude 2 02:51 7.Cathedral et Fleur de Lis 08:09(12str.g), 8.Pavan India 07:57(6str.g), 9.Interlude 3 02:44 10.Clair de Lune (for Twelve-String) 04:42(12str.g), 11.California Raga 08:08(6str.g,voc),

inofficial re-release:

• 1975? - "Robbie Basho, Indian Album II" -unreleased studio recordings for Vanguard, published digitally 2007 as "Indian II" like the tapes were labeled

tracks:

1. A Day in the Life of Lemmeria (p,whistling,vocal)- 6:52 (earlier v. of "Leaf in the Wind" /Visions of the Country)

2. Night Way (6str.g,vocal)- 6:16 (>> Visions of the Country)

3. The Butterfly of Wonder (12str.g,vocal)- 2:52

4. Laughing Thunder (12str.g,vocal)- 7:02 (altern.: "Crashing Thunder" on Rainbow Thunder)

5. Thunder Sun (12str.g,vocal)- 6:07

6. Kateri Takekithwa (6str.g,vocal)- 4:31

7. Thunder Love (12str.g,vocal)- 6:07

8. Song of the Great Mystery (6str.g)- 7:34

9. Death Song (6str.g,vocal)- 3:45

bootlegs:

• 1975 live version of "Wounded Knee", recorded Live at the United State Cafe
• 1975 live at Amazingrace (Evanston, IL)
• 1978 live at the Sinclair Auditorium/Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (July, 22,1978)(see Special/live)
• 1980 live at Bonn Kultur Forum /European Tour..2008 Bonn 1st Supreme
• 1982 live at the Stone City General Store in Stone City, Iowa (see Special/live)
• 1982 live in Brescia/Italy 10/1/82 /European Tour

tracks:

1. Song of the Stallion

2. Redwood Ramble

3. Rocky Mountain Raga

4. German Chocolate Cake

5. The Grail and the Lotus

6. Cathedrals Et Fleur De Lis

7. Pavan India

8. Variations on Claire De Lune

9. The Polish Rider

• 1982 live in Forli/Italy 10/11/82 /European Tour..2018 Live in Forli

recorded interviews with live performance:

• 1974 "Ode to Gravity" (Charles Amirkhanian)(link see Special/live)
• 1980 "BFBS Night flight" Interview (Alan Bangs) and performance
• 1983 "live from Studio One" /Cedar Falls 2/7/83 (Jennifer Alt/KUNI)(see Special/live)

RB on compilations:

• 1971 - All Day Thumb Sucker (Sampler) Blue Thumb 2000

RB-track:   Robbie Basho - Eagle Sails The Blue Diamond Waters 6:45

• 1981 - Windham Hill Records Sampler '81 (Sampler) W.Hill CD 0193411015

RB-tracks:   -Variations on Ezumi, - Elk Dreamer's Lament

• 1981 - The Best Of Acoustic Steel String Guitar Solos (Pastels/Germany/S-ST-2027)

(Pastels Records Sampler '81) w: William Ackerman, Alex De Grassi, Daniel Hecht, Michael Hedges  RB-tracks:   -Elk Dreamer's Lament - 4:14, -Variations On Ezumi - 4:03

• 1982(?)- Guitar Heaven /Sampler (Happy Bird/Germany/Q 90054)

w: Alain Giroux, Michael Haumont, Jack Ada, Christian Séguret, Pierre Bensusan, Alex De Grassi, Jea-Marie Redon, William Ackerman,    RB-track:   - Variations on Grieg 5:02

• 1990 - Windham Hill -The First Ten Years (Windham Hill 0193411095)

• 1999 - TAKOMA ECLECTIC SAMPLER,vol 2 (Takoma TACD-8906/Fant.Inc)

RB-track:   Black Mare Moan (6str.g, vocal)

• 2006 - Imaginational Anthem: Volume Two(Tompkins Square)

• 2007 - American Primitive Guitar (Tompkins Square)

reissues:

• 1996 - The Seal of the Blue Lotus (CD) (Fantasy,Inc./Ace Records Ltd.London)

• 1996 - Guitar Soli (CD/Takoma TAKCD-8902-25/ConcordMusicGroup)

tracks: from "The Seal and the Lotus"(S) and "The Grail and the Lotus" (G):  1 - Seal of the Blue Lotus (7:34)(S),  2 - Mountain Man's Farewell (8:34) (S),  3 - Dravidian Sunday (6:32),(S)  4 - The Grail and the Lotus (6:00)(G),  5 - The Dharma Prince (10:00)(G),  6 - Oriental Love Song (5:56)(G),  7 - Sansara in Sweetness After Sandstorm (6:05)(S),  8 - Salangadou (4:12/from "Basho Sings!),  9 - The Golden Shamrock (8:40)(G), 10 - Street Dakini (6:28)(G), 11 - Chung Mei - The Chinese Orchid (8:08)(G)

• 2001 - The Voice of the Eagle (LP,CDVanguard/Comet Records)

• 2001 - Bashovia (CD/Takoma TAKCD-8913-2/ConcordMusicGroup)

tracks: from "Falconer's Arm I": The Falconer's Arm - 9:51 / Tassajara - 9:46 / Lost Lagoon Suite - 12:16 / Pavan Hindustan - 6:18 from "from Falconer's Arm II": Song of the Snowy Ranges - 8:33 from Song of the Stallion: A North American Raga - 11:18 / Roses and Snow - 7:42 / California Raga - 9:11 / The Hajj - 5:12 / Khatum - 2:03

• 2001 - Zarthus (LP,CD Vanguard/Comet Records/79339)
• 2006 - Venus in Cancer (LP,CD Tompkins Square)
• 2012 - Twilight Peaks (LP/CD/DL Smeraldina Rima)

tracks:  Twilight Peaks - 3:40  Nice Enough for Love - 5:51l  Afternoon and Evening - 4:00  Where Butterflies in Winter Go - 4:31  Japan Idyll - 5:55  Camelot II - 6:14  Golden Dragon - 4:50  Lament for the Earth - 4:03

• 2012 -The Seal of the Blue Lotus (LP, 4 Men With Beards)

• 2013 -Land Of Our Fathers Grass-Tops Recording

• 2013 -Visions of the Country, reissued on LP/CD by Grass-Tops Recording/ Gnome Life Records (LP)

new issues:

• 2010 -The 1st Robbie Basho Tribute album: -VA: We Are One, In The Sun: A Tribute To Robbie Basho | CD/LP/DL | Important Records/ digital / CD

Tracks:  Steffen Basho-Junghans - Rolling Thunder Variation II  Helena Espvall - Travessa Do Cabral  Meg Baird - Moving Up A Ways  Glenn Jones - 1337 Shatuck Avenue, Apartment D  Arborea - Blue Crystal Fire  Cian Nugent - Odour Of Plums  Rahim AlHaj - Baghdad Athania  Fern Night - Song For The Queen  Steffen Basho-Junghans - Rocky Mountain Variations   The digital album of We are All One, In the Sun will include evocative bonus tracks by Portuguese guitarist Joseba Irazoki, Israeli Yair Yona and English guitarist Cam Deas.

• 2016 -The 2nd Robbie Basho Tribute album: -VA: Basket full of Dragons: A Tribute To Robbie Basho II | CD/DL | Obsolete Recordings

Tracks:  Glenn Jones & Matthew Azevedo - Portrait of Basho as a Young Dragon  Tammam Saeed & April Centrone - Fog Upon the Moon  Adele H & Buck Curran - Manifestations of the Sun  Richard Osborn - Walk in Beauty: A Healing Way Song  Eva Sheppard and Jesse Sheppard - Salangadou  Paolo Laboule Novellino - Pasha  Yair Yona - Kahlil Gibran  Chuck Johnson - Golden Rose at Dawn  Twelve Hides - California Raga  Steffen Basho-Junghans - The Rediscovery of the Basho Cathedral  Michael Gulezian and Henry Kaiser - Enigmatic Eagle  Mike Tamburo - The Chameleon and the Crow  Mariano Rodriguez, Jonah Schwartz, Karina Vismara - Wine Song of Love

• 2020 - Robbie Basho - Songs Of The Great Mystery | CD/DLP | Real Gone Music

Tracks:  A1 - A Day In The Life Of Lemuria  A2 - Night Way  A3 - The Butterfly Of Wonder  B1 - Laughing Thunder, Crawling Thunder  B2 - Thunder Sun  C1 - Kateri Tekakwitha  C2 - Thunder Love  D1 - Song Of The Great Mystery  D2 - Death Song  D3 - A Day In The Life Of Lemuria (Alternate Take)   recorded at Vanguard Studios 1971 or'72 published digitally 2007 as "Indian II" like the tapes were labeled

• 2020 - Robbie Basho - Selections from Song of the Avatars: The Lost Master Tapes | LP | Tompkins Square

Tracks:  A1 - If I Had Possession  A2 - Gypsy Rosary  A3 - Come to Me  B1 - Golden Palomino  B2 - American Sunday  B3 - Bride of Thunder  B4 - Califia   released 26 Sep 2020

• 2020 - Robbie Basho - Song of the Avatars : The Lost Master Tapes | Tompkins Square

	released December 1st, 2020
Tracklist CD 1    1-1  -  Harakiri, Kali Style  1-2  -  If I Had Possession, Written-By Robert Johnson  1-3  -  Bengali Prayer  1-4  -  Brahman's Blues  1-5  -  Tatanka  1-6  -  Medieval Nocturne  1-7  -  Autumn Child  1-8  -  Priest Spring Jazz  1-9  -  Hippie Song  1-10 -  Swamp Song  1-11 -  Rosey Bush	Tracklist CD 2    2-1  -  Gypsy Rosary  2-2  -  Himalayan Highlands  2-3  -  Rising Sun Song  2-4  -  Song Of The Avatars  2-5  -  Mehera My Love  2-6  -  Mehera's Lament  2-7  -  Hymn For The Warriors Of The Rainbow  2-8  -  White Buffalo  2-9  -  Walla Walla  2-10 -  Crazy Horse Soliloquy  2-11 -  Come To Me	Tracklist CD 3    3-1  -  Symphonic Quisada For The Prophet  3-2  -  Cry Of The Nightingale  3-3  -  Song Of God  3-4  -  Le Jardin (Ballet)  3-5  -  Libation  3-6  -  House Of God  3-7  -  Breeze In The Palace  3-8  -  Queen's Ride  3-9  -  Bhupali
Tracklist CD 4    4-1  -  Golden Palomino  4-2  -  Memorial  4-3  -  Great Depression Blues  4-4  -  American Sunday  4-5  -  Bride Of Thunder  4-6  -  Ride The Buffalo  4-7  -  Majnun's Lament  4-8  -  Omar Khayyam Country  4-9  -  Four Ladies Across The Water  4-10 -  Tears Of Teresa  4-11 -  Blues From Lebanon  4-12 -  The Song Of Leila  4-13 -  Califia	Tracklist CD 5    5-1  -  Tree Of Love  5-2  -  Lady Fair  5-3  -  Wonder Song  5-4  -  The Fortunes Of War  5-5  -  Hindu Christmas Carol  5-6  -  Shepard Of The Stars  5-7  -  Baba Boy  5-8  -  Murshida's Wally  5-9  -  Sea Of Light (Baba's Ship Song)  5-10 -  Lord Of Roses