Eclectic Guitar
2007 compilation album by Chet Atkins
Eclectic Guitar | ||||
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Compilation album by Chet Atkins | ||||
Released | Mar 19, 2007 | |||
Recorded | 1954–1956 | |||
Genre | Country, jazz | |||
Length | 51:19 | |||
Label | El | |||
Producer | Chet Atkins, Stephen H. Sholes | |||
Chet Atkins chronology | ||||
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Eclectic Guitar is a compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 2007 on the El label.
History
The single disc contains 20 tracks from the three-year period of 1954 through 1956 representing Atkins' work in a variety of styles; mostly pop, jazz, and classical with very little country music. Most of the songs are solo performances.
The cover photo had been previously used for the 1961 reissue of A Session with Chet Atkins.
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Track listing
- "Sunrise Serenade" (Carle) – 2:47
- "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:41
- "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:28
- "Mister Sandman" (Pat Ballard) – 2:18
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:25
- "Minute Waltz" (Frédéric Chopin) – 1:47
- "Intermezzo" (Robert Henning, Heinz Provost) – 2:33
- "Minuet/Prelude" (Bach) – 2:30
- "Little Rock Getaway" (Carl Sigman, Joe Sullivan) – 2:19
- "Ochi Chornya (Dark Eyes)" (Traditional) – 2:46
- "La Golondrina" (Traditional) – 2:48
- "Indian Love Call" (Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach) – 2:58
- "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 3:01
- "Alice Blue Gown" (Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney) – 2:22
- "Malaguena" (Ernesto Lecuona) – 2:48
- "Gavotte in D" (François Joseph Gossec) – 1:43
- "Waltz in A Flat" (Johannes Brahms) – 1:50
- "Adelita" (Tarrega) – 1:39
- "Petite Walz" (Traditional) – 2:50
- "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 2:46
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – guitar
- Ray Edenton – guitar
- Poppa John Gordy – piano, celeste
- Buddy Harman – drums
- Marvin Hughes – piano, celeste
- Ernie Newton – bass
- Dale Potter – fiddle
References
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- Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar
- Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins
- A Session with Chet Atkins
- Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version)
- Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions
- Finger Style Guitar
- Chet Atkins at Home
- Hi-Fi in Focus
- Chet Atkins in Hollywood
- Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
- Mister Guitar
- Teensville
- The Other Chet Atkins
- Chet Atkins' Workshop
- Christmas with Chet Atkins
- The Most Popular Guitar
- Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
- Caribbean Guitar
- Down Home
- Our Man in Nashville
- Teen Scene
- The Guitar Genius
- Travelin'
- Guitar Country
- Progressive Pickin'
- My Favorite Guitars
- More of That Guitar Country
- Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
- From Nashville with Love
- Music from Nashville, My Home Town
- It's a Guitar World
- Chet
- Picks the Best
- Class Guitar
- Hometown Guitar
- Solid Gold 68
- Solo Flights
- Lover's Guitar
- Solid Gold 69
- Yestergroovin'
- Solid Gold 70
- Pickin' My Way
- For the Good Times
- Picks on the Hits
- Alone
- The Night Atlanta Burned
- Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies
- Teen Scene
- Me and My Guitar
- Country After All These Years
- East Tennessee Christmas
- Work It Out with Chet Atkins C.G.P.
- Stay Tuned
- Street Dreams
- Sails
- Chet Atkins, C.G.P.
- Read My Licks
- Almost Alone
- Solo Sessions
- Chet Atkins and His Guitar
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Boston Pops | |
Jerry Reed | |
Country All-Stars | |
Nashville String Band |
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Les Paul | |
Others |
compilations
- The Best of Chet Atkins
- The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2
- The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends
- Galloping Guitar: The Early Years
- Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
- Chet Picks on the Grammys
- The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years
- The Essential Chet Atkins
- Eclectic Guitar
- The Early Years 1946–1957