Womblife

From Steve Lowenthal’s biography:

O’Rourke: “He said he wanted to make it sound like whales rubbing the barnacles off the side of a boat. “ … Fahey doesn’t play an instrument at all on Womblife. Instead he orchestrates found sounds to compose delirious symphonies he heard in his head.

Coelacanths

The Gamelan effects are similar (but more extensive) to those used in A Raga Called Pat Pt III. JF says he recorded it at his motel with the help of several young lads who he roped in to keep the tape loops and the various Gamelan records going.

Juana

Retitled version of Mexico, (on the Fahey In Concert video from 1996). and a reworking of Rainforest.

Steve Lowenthal goes on to say that there were accusations around at the time about Fahey losing his ability to play guitar in his famous style, so he wanted to include one long acoustic piece on the album. This was Juana. But when the day came to record it he didn’t want to play it so he got O’Rourke to.

No one seemed to be able to tell the difference, and the track became an album highlight for nostalgic Fahey fans.

For further proof of Jim O’Rourke’s uncanny ability to impersonate classic Fahey, see his album Bad Timing.