Fast Folk Musical Magazine (Vol. 6, No. 9) Lost in the Works

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

101	The Kid	Buddy Mondlock	05:27
102	Come on Down	Dude Stewart	02:15
103	Goodbye Heart	Julie Gold	03:01
104	Of All of the Sorrows	Jack Hardy	04:01
105	Steampipes	Eric Wood	02:54
106	'Round Midnight	Peter Spencer	04:26
107	Fisherman's Wife	Nikki Matheson	04:01
108	Dream Astronette	Paul Jay	05:47
109	Bright Lights of Memphis	Richard Ferriera	02:43
110	Sweeping	Richard A. Meyer	05:17
111	Philosophical Statement	Rod MacDonald	04:19
112	Eye of the Immigrant	Eric Andersen	06:58
113	Love Calling	Richard Goldman	03:54
114	Russian River Flood	Kim Wallach	03:13
115	Ballad of a Garage Band	Cindy Lee Berryhill	04:27
116	Legend of the One-Eared Rabbit	Hidaefuso Matsomoto	04:02