The Thing at the Nursery Room Window is the title of the debut recording by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 and blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 guitarist Peter Lang

Peter Lang (guitarist)

Peter Lang is an accomplished acoustic guitarist, from the same genre, American Primitivism, as the better-known guitarists Leo Kottke and John Fahey. All three artists shared the Takoma Records label, and a joint-titled album released in 1974 features a selection of songs from...

, released in 1973. It was reissued in 2000 with three bonus tracks.

Reception

Allmusic reviewer Alex Henderson wrote in his review: "This is essentially a folk recording, although Lang's brand of folk easily incorporates elements of southern country blues, bluegrass, and Appalachian music... Although the Minneapolis native has impressive chops, he never lets them get in the way of his down-home charm, and he never has a problem coming across as warm, unpretentious, and earthy."

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Lang unless otherwise noted.

1. "Snow Toad" – 1:28
2. "Muggy Friday" – 1:34
3. "Last Days at the Lodge" – 3:24
4. "Turnpike Terror" – 2:28
5. "R.C. Rag" – 2:36
6. "Adair's Song" – :53
7. "Bitminous Nightmare" – 1:45
8. "Wide Oval Rip-Off" – 4:27
9. "Young Man, Young Man, Look at Your Shoes" (Lang, Traditional) – 3:52
10. "Quetico Ree" – 1:44
11. "Red Meat on the Road" – 2:59
12. "Future Shot at the Rainbow" – 9:47

    2000 reissue bonus tracks:

13. "Flames Along the Monongahela" – 7:43
14. "Medley: V/The Connecticut Promissory Rag" – 2:54
15. "Going Down the China Road" (Lang, Public Domain) – 3:29