Zarthus

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Zarthus
Robbie Basho - Zarthus.jpg
Studio album by
Released1974 (1974)
Genre American primitivism
Length45:20
Label Vanguard
Robbie Basho chronology
The Voice of the Eagle
(1972)
Zarthus
(1974)
Visions of the Country
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Great Folk Discography 7/10 [2]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Zarthus is the ninth studio album by composer and guitarist Robbie Basho, released in 1974 by Vanguard Records.

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Robbie Basho

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Zarthus"2:57
2."Khoda é Gul é Abe"9:34
3."Mehera"2:23
4."Khalil Gibran"6:59
5."Bride Divine"3:31
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Rhapsody in Druz" (Main Theme/Wine Section/Flower of the Heart/The Flight/Nightingale/Darshan/Ocean Section/Allah Meher/Ships/Baba's Mountain/Look into Your Heart/March/Rolling Home)19:56

Personnel

Adapted from the Zarthus liner notes. [5]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1974 Vanguard LP VSD 79339
Italy2001 Comet CD, LP
United Kingdom2014 Ace Vanguard Masters CD

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References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "Robbie Basho: Zarthus > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  2. Strong, Martin Charles (2010). The great folk discography. Volume 1, Pioneers & early legends. Polygon. ISBN   9781846971419.
  3. "Zarthus – Record Collector Magazine".
  4. Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979
  5. Zarthus (sleeve). Robbie Basho. Santa Monica, California: Vanguard Records. 1974.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)