“If you're old enough to remember hearing your first Hendrix album, you will be pleasantly surprised to hear Tausig's music, which, like Hendrix, challenges and amazes you at the same time...stripping the bloat and overblown showmanship, Tausig conjures up the choicest ghosts of prog past into a thoroughly modern setting" Sea Of Tranquility

"This talented musical polymath has a discography that makes me go “woah!”" DPRP.net

The latest in Fruits de Mer Records’ ‘Introduction to’ series features Nevada-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Jay Tausig; Jay’s huge back-catalogue is reflective of his remarkable songwriting, vocal and instrumental range, from folk to progressive rock, psychedelia to synth, covers to original compositions.

This set begins with a selection of Jay’s contributions to Fruits de Mer Records over the years – these are all covers (including Can, Nick Drake, Motorhead, Bowie, Pretty Things and Jethro Tull – hard to believe they are the work of one man!); disc 2 is Jay’s selection of covers that haven’t appeared on a Fruits de Mer label (from Judee Sill to Yes, Daevid Allen and Hawkwind!, disc 3 contains some of Jay’s own shorter songs and disc 4 rounds things off with a compilation of his longer compositions.

I can’t think of another musician who spans so many musical styles so effortlessly, but over to Jay with some thoughts about this collection…

“It has been quite a journey going through all of these recordings and choosing the material to be included. Having all of these songs in one place has never happened before. I am very grateful to Keith and Fruits de Mer Records for releasing this "introduction" and originally releasing all of the songs on disc one individually over the years, on the many compilation albums I've been lucky enough to be included in. This is a diverse collection, many of the songs on disc two have never been released before. Every one of these songs is special to me in one way or another and I'm grateful to be able to share them with you here.

I'd like to thank: Rhi Winders, Violet Tausig, Bob Madsen, John Agle, Shelby Snow, Lerin, Mike Varney, Shawn Ahearn, Roger Hodgson, Virginia Tate, Daevid Allen, Keith Way, Bridget Wishart, Santtu Laakso, Matt Peak, Keith Jones, Mauro Moroni, Massimo Gasperini, Rich Corbo, Amy Albert, all of the musicians I've shared stages with over the years and all the beautiful fans and friends I've met along the way. To further explore my music, go to:
Jay Tausig on Bandcamp Thank you - Jay"

Full track listing

CD1 Fruits De Mer Tracks

01 Elevated Observations (originally by The Hollies) 02 Bewley Brothers (David Bowie)
03 Father Cannot Yell (Can)
04 Doctor Bogenbroom (Jethro Tull)
05 Fearless (Pink Floyd)
06 Glorious Om Riff (Gong)
07 Hallucinating Light (Roy Harper)
08 Open My Eyes (The Nazz)
09 Ace Of Spades – (Motorhead)
10 Surrounded By The Stars (Amon Duul ll)
11 International Feel (Todd Rundgren)
12 Thick As A Brick (Jethro Tull)
13 Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (Pentangle)
14 Time Has Told Me (Nick Drake)
15 Well Of Destiny (The Pretty Things)


CD 2 Unreleased and Rarities

01 She (originally by Daevid Allen)
02 Wondrous Stories (Yes)
03 Healing Part 2 (Todd Rundgren)
04 I've Had Enough (The Who)
05 Psychedelic Warlords (Hawkwind)
06 Refugees* (Van Der Graaf Generator)
07 Outside Of The Inside (Richard Thompson)
08 Monsters (Blue Oyster Cult)
09 The Iron Stone (The Incredible String Band)
10 Icarus Ascending (Steve Hackett)
11 A Long Time Ago (David Byrne)
12 The Phoenix (Judee Sill)
13 Torpor (Peter Hammill)
14 Wise Man In Your Heart (Daevid Allen)

CD 3 The Short Songs

01 World Of Illusion (from 'World of Illusion')
02 Sum Of All The Parts (from 'World of Illusion')
03 Waiting (For The Ricochet) (from 'World of Illusion')
04 Light and Shadow (from 'World of Illusion')
05 Echoes of the Infinite (from 'Ad Infinitum')
06 Strange Premonition (from 'Ad Infinitum')
07 From Mars To The Stars* (from 'Earthshaker')
08 Here (Excerpt) (from 'Here')
09 More Than One Side (from 'Here')
10 Inevitable (from 'Ad Infinitum')
11 Observations Of Autumn (from 'Observations of Autumn')
12 Threshold Of The Dawn (from 'Observations of Autumn')
13 Over the Lonely Miles (from 'Observations of Autumn')
14 Longing For The Sky (from 'The Infinite Doorway')
15 Shadows and Echoes (from 'The Infinite Doorway')
16 Forgotten Signals (from 'The Infinite Doorway')

CD 4 The Long Instrumental Tracks

01 Radiance (from 'Firehorse')
02 Astral Labyrinth (from 'Inner Sanctum')
03 Spectral Visions (from 'Inner Sanctum')
04 New Wings (from 'Metamorphosis')
05 The Unfolding (from Metamorphosis')
06 Of A New Day (from 'Outer Orbit')

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