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Fast Folk Musical Magazine (February 1993, Vol. 6, No. 9): Lost in the Works, Pt. 1

Various Artists
Fast Folk Musical Magazine (February 1993, Vol. 6, No. 9): Lost in the Works, Pt. 1

Founded in 1982, Fast Folk Musical Magazine was a New York cooperative record label and magazine dedicated to reviving the city’s folk scene and serving as an outlet for performers to release their first recordings. The magazine depended on the availability of independent volunteer recording engineers to record musicians. Occasionally, these recordings became “lost in the works.” The songs on this compilation are paired thematically. “Goodbye Heart” and “Of All of the Sorrows” present lighter and darker takes on heartbreak. “Steam Pipes” and “’Round Midnight” depict smoky urban backdrops. The final track is performed in Japanese by Hidaefuso Matsomoto, whose dream to become a New York folksinger was aided by a Japanese TV show that sponsored his trip. The liner notes apologize that full musician credits remain, like the songs themselves, “lost in the works.”

Track Listing

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Buddy Mondlock
05:27
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102
Dude Stewart
02:15
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103
Julie Gold
03:01
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104
Jack Hardy
04:01
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105
Eric Wood
02:54
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106
Peter Spencer
04:26
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107
Nikki Matheson
04:01
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108
Paul Jay
05:47
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109
Richard Ferriera
02:43
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110
Richard A. Meyer
05:17
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111
Rod MacDonald
04:19
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112
Eric Andersen
06:58
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113
Richard Goldman
03:54
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114
Kim Wallach
03:13
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115
Cindy Lee Berryhill
04:27
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116
Hidaefuso Matsomoto
04:02