Takoma

Takoma Founded in 1959 in Takoma Park, Maryland; acquired by Chrysalis in 1977; acquired by Fantasy in 1995. Takoma Records began as a way for idiosyncratic guitarist John Fahey to issue recordings of himself. He and label cofounder Ed Denson also tracked down Bukka White and recorded an album by the then-forgotten blues great in 1963. Takoma issued numerous recordings by other blues and rock artists, primarily guitarists. Fantasy continues to reissue repackaged material from Takoma under the…