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Considering the incredible amount of influence and prestige Chet Atkins has pumped into country music in the last 50 years, it's strange that there aren't more greatest-hits packages on the market of real value. While RCA's Essential Chet Atkins attempts the near-impossible task of condensing the guitarist's vast 30-year output onto a single disc, Bear Family's four-disc box is characteristically too exhaustive and expensive to be practical. With 50 tracks spanning from his first recordings in 1947 to the Nashville Guitar Quartet sessions 30 years later, the two-disc retrospective Guitar Legend is arguably the first affordable collection to paint a comprehensive picture. Despite the inclusion of a vocal track, "Tellin' My Troubles to My Old Guitar," the set is focused on the stylistic innovations Atkins brought to Travis-picking, and thus, country music. Each phase of his development is documented, with an emphasis on his classic early group recordings. His saccharine '60s output receives minor attention, as do his ventures into straight jazz, allowing plenty of room for his trademark fingerpicking to be heard without the strings and other excesses that tended to clutter his albums. Most of his hits are here, as well as a few tracks previously unissued in the U.S.
© Jim Smith /TiVo
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Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins & his Colorado Mountain Boys, Performer
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins & his Colorado Mountain Boys, Performer - Lowell Tennis, Composer - Lowell Tennis, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1947. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins & his Colorado Mountain Boys, Performer
Originally Recorded 1947. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Vocal - Chet Atkins and his Guitar Pickers, Performer - Don Weston, Composer - Don Weston, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins and his Guitar Pickers, Performer - John H. Tower, Composer - John H. Tower, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins and his Guitar Pickers, Performer
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins and his Guitar Pickers, Performer
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins and his Guitar Pickers, Performer - Steve Sholes, Producer
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins and his Guitar Pickers, Performer - Oscar Hammerstein II, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II, Lyricist - Otto Harbach, Composer - Otto Harbach, Lyricist - Rudolf Friml, Composer - Rudolf Friml, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1950. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Chester Atkins, Composer - Chester Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer - Chet Atkins and his Guitar Pickers, Performer - Mel Foree, Composer - Mel Foree, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1951. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Performer - Fats Waller, Composer - Fats Waller, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Alfred Bryan, Composer - Alfred Bryan, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - Percy Wenrich, Composer - Percy Wenrich, Lyricist
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Billy Meyers, Composer - Billy Meyers, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer - Elmer Schoebel, Composer - Elmer Schoebel, Lyricist - Ernie Erdman, Composer - Ernie Erdman, Lyricist - Gus Kahn, Composer - Gus Kahn, Lyricist - Stephen H. Sholes, Producer
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - Jean Schwartz, Composer - Jean Schwartz, Lyricist - William Jerome, Composer - William Jerome, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Charlie Green, Bass - Chet Atkins, Electric Guitar - Country All-Stars, Performer - Dale Potter, Composer - Dale Potter, Fiddle - Dale Potter, Lyricist - Homer Haynes, Guitar - Jethro Burns, Mandolin
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Al J. Neiburg, Composer - Al J. Neiburg, Lyricist - Charlie Green, Bass - Chet Atkins, Guitar - Country All-Stars, Performer - Homer Haynes, Guitar - Jerry Livingston, Composer - Jerry Livingston, Lyricist - Jethro Burns, Mandolin - Marty Symes, Composer - Marty Symes, Lyricist
Originally released 1953. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Archie Tennant, Composer - Archie Tennant, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer - Joe Avants, Composer - Joe Avants, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Albert von Tilzer, Composer - Albert von Tilzer, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer - Lew Brown, Composer - Lew Brown, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
A. Emmett Adams, Composer - A. Emmett Adams, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer - Douglas Furber, Composer - Douglas Furber, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Boudleaux Bryant, Composer - Boudleaux Bryant, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Chet Atkins, Performer - W.C. Handy, Composer - W.C. Handy, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Boudleaux Bryant, Composer - Boudleaux Bryant, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Performer - Chris Smith, Composer - Chris Smith, Lyricist - Jim Burris, Composer - Jim Burris, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins and Hank Snow, Guitar - Edward Madden, Composer - Edward Madden, Lyricist - Percy Wenrick, Composer - Percy Wenrick, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
DISC 2
Chet Atkins, Performer - Mike Lipskin, Producer - Pat Ballard, Composer - Pat Ballard, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1954 & released 1955. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bob Wills, Composer - Bob Wills, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer - Tommy Duncan, Composer - Tommy Duncan, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Performer - Chet Atkins, Vocal - Marguerite A. Monnot, Composer - Marguerite A. Monnot, Lyricist - Margueritte Monnot, Composer - Margueritte Monnot, Lyricist - Mike Lipskin, Producer
Originally Recorded 1955. All rights reserved by BMG Music.
Chet Atkins, Performer - Winfield Scott, Composer - Winfield Scott, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Performer - Etta, Composer - Etta, Lyricist - P. Otis, Composer - P. Otis, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Boudleaux Bryant, Composer - Boudleaux Bryant, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chatman Bros., Composer - Chatman Bros., Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer - Greene and Marshall, Composer - Greene and Marshall, Lyricist - Rhythm Rockers, Performer
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Performer - Jerome Kern, Composer - Jerome Kern, Lyricist - Otto Harbach, Composer - Otto Harbach, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Performer - Johnny Smith, Composer - Johnny Smith, Lyricist
Originally released 1957. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Chet Atkins, Performer - Ralph Flanagan, Composer - Ralph Flanagan, Lyricist
(P) Originally recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Chet Atkins, Guitar - Steve Sholes, Producer - The Nashville All-Stars, Performer - Traditional, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - John D. Loudermilk, Composer - John D. Loudermilk, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Bob Ferguson, Producer - Chet Atkins, Performer - Jerry Reed, Composer - Jerry Reed, Lyricist
Originally released 1964. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bob Ferguson, Producer - Chet Atkins, Performer - Johnny Smith, Composer - Johnny Smith, Lyricist
Originally released 1964. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bob Ferguson, Producer - Chet Atkins, Performer - Jack Sharpe, Composer - Jack Sharpe, Lyricist - Jerry Herst, Composer - Jerry Herst, Lyricist
Originally released 1964. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bob Ferguson, Producer - Boots Randolph, Composer - Boots Randolph, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Performer - James Rich, Composer - James Rich, Lyricist
Originally released 1965. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bob Ferguson, Producer - Chet Atkins, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - Natalico Lima, Composer - Natalico Lima, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music.
Bob Ferguson, Producer - Chet Atkins, Performer - Jerry Hubbard, Composer - Jerry Hubbard, Lyricist - Jerry Reed, Composer - Jerry Reed, Lyricist
Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Chet Atkins, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - Tommy Magness, Composer - Tommy Magness, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1971. All rights reserved by BMG Music.
Chet Atkins, Performer - Jorge Morel, Arranger - Paul Desmond, Composer - Paul Desmond, Lyricist
(P) 1975 Sony Music Entertainment
Chet Atkins, Arranger - Chet Atkins, Performer - Jerry R. Hubbard, Composer - Jerry R. Hubbard, Lyricist
(P) 1973, BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - Gene Slone, Composer - Gene Slone, Lyricist
(P) 1977, BMG Music
Chet Atkins, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - James P. Johnson, Composer - James P. Johnson, Lyricist - John Krowles, Arranger - John Pell, Arranger
(P) 1979, BMG Music
Albumbeschreibung
Considering the incredible amount of influence and prestige Chet Atkins has pumped into country music in the last 50 years, it's strange that there aren't more greatest-hits packages on the market of real value. While RCA's Essential Chet Atkins attempts the near-impossible task of condensing the guitarist's vast 30-year output onto a single disc, Bear Family's four-disc box is characteristically too exhaustive and expensive to be practical. With 50 tracks spanning from his first recordings in 1947 to the Nashville Guitar Quartet sessions 30 years later, the two-disc retrospective Guitar Legend is arguably the first affordable collection to paint a comprehensive picture. Despite the inclusion of a vocal track, "Tellin' My Troubles to My Old Guitar," the set is focused on the stylistic innovations Atkins brought to Travis-picking, and thus, country music. Each phase of his development is documented, with an emphasis on his classic early group recordings. His saccharine '60s output receives minor attention, as do his ventures into straight jazz, allowing plenty of room for his trademark fingerpicking to be heard without the strings and other excesses that tended to clutter his albums. Most of his hits are here, as well as a few tracks previously unissued in the U.S.
© Jim Smith /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 50 track(s)
- Total length: 02:03:40
- Main artists: Chet Atkins
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Buddha Records
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Country
(P) 2000, Buddha Records
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