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The Seal of the Blue Lotus

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Released
  
1965 (1965)

Length
  
45:33

Release date
  
1965

Genre
  
American Primitive Guitar

Recorded
  
1965

Artist
  
Robbie Basho

Label
  
Takoma Records

Producers
  
Robbie Basho, ED Denson

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The Seal of the Blue Lotus (1965)
  
The Grail & the Lotus (1966)

Similar
  
Robbie Basho albums, American Primitive Guitar albums

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The Seal of the Blue Lotus is the debut studio album of composer and guitarist Robbie Basho, released in 1965 by Takoma Records.

Contents

Release and reception

Skip Jansen, of Allmusic, favorably compared Basho's Eastern-influenced musical approach to that of John Fahey and noted the influence of Ravi Shankar. Jansen gave the album four out of five stars, concluding that it is "An essential document for folk guitar fans."

In 1996, Takoma Records issued The Seal of the Blue Lotus for the first time on Compact Disc, with an alternate cover. The album has again been re-issued by 4 Men With Beards on 180 gram vinyl

Track listing

All music composed by Robbie Basho.

Personnel

Adapted from The Seal of the Blue Lotus liner notes.

  • Robbie Basho – steel-string acoustic guitar, production, cover art
  • ED Denson – production
  • Songs

    1Seal of the Blue Lotus7:41
    2Mountain Man's Farewell8:39
    3Dravidian Sunday6:36

    References

    The Seal of the Blue Lotus Wikipedia