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Cynics might point out the reality that greatest-hits packages on artists who have left a label are a ploy to milk the consumer, but the consumers care more about a solid package full of their favorite songs from the artist. The new Acoustic Alchemy (with Miles Gilderdale replacing the late founding guitarist, Nick Webb, as Greg Carmichael's partner) is riding high on Higher Octave Music, but the material on this collection -- part of a new GRP collection series -- will always be, to the true Acoustic Alchemy fan, the real deal. AA's post-Webb sound is fancy and feisty, extremely soulful, and very attractive. Yet, there's something more intimate about the way Carmichael and Webb interacted; theirs was a union of true musical soul mates. This wonderful 16-track collection from their GRP and earlier MCA "Master Series" projects was chosen and sequenced by their manager, Stewart Coxhead, and he smartly picks all the crowd favorites: "Mr. Chow," "Catalina Kiss," "Same Road, Same Reason," and more. The range from pop to Latin to reggae is fun to experience again. There's obviously a poignancy to all this because of Webb's 1998 death, but it's more important to celebrate the legacy. As syndicated radio host and Catalina Island Jazz Trax festival promoter Art Good says simply in his liner notes, "These are good songs." More importantly, they speak of an innocent time, the early days of smooth jazz when even the gentlest of these could become radio hits.
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
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Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Manni Struck, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Klaus Genuit, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1987 GRP Records Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, Producer, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - Greg Carmichael, Composer, Producer - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Producer
℗ 1991 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Parsons, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nicholas Charles William Webb, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 GRP Records Inc.
Nick Webb, Producer - Nicholas Charles William Webb, Composer - Greg Carmichael, Composer, Producer - John Morris Parsons, Composer - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Producer
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Jones, Producer - Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - Steven Jones, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, Producer, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Manni Struck, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Klaus Genuit, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1987 GRP Records Inc.
Nick Webb, Producer - Nicholas Charles William Webb, Composer - Greg Carmichael, Composer, Producer - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Producer
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - Steven Jones, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, Producer, MainArtist - Iain McArthur, Participant, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons Morris, ComposerLyricist - Klaus Genuit, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 GRP Records Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - Steven Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, Producer - Nicholas Charles William Webb, Composer - Greg Carmichael, Composer, Producer - John Morris Parsons, Composer - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Producer
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, Steel Guitar, Nylon-String Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Quinn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mario Argandoña, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Serge Maillard, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Herting, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Carmichael, Nylon-String Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Simon James, ComposerLyricist - Rainer Brüninghaus, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Manni Struck, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Klaus Genuit, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bert Smaak, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gunter Kasper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Konrad Mathieu, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vera Elfert, Recorder, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steven Jones, Producer - Greg Carmichael, Composer - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 GRP Records Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Manni Struck, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Klaus Genuit, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1987 GRP Records Inc.
Album review
Cynics might point out the reality that greatest-hits packages on artists who have left a label are a ploy to milk the consumer, but the consumers care more about a solid package full of their favorite songs from the artist. The new Acoustic Alchemy (with Miles Gilderdale replacing the late founding guitarist, Nick Webb, as Greg Carmichael's partner) is riding high on Higher Octave Music, but the material on this collection -- part of a new GRP collection series -- will always be, to the true Acoustic Alchemy fan, the real deal. AA's post-Webb sound is fancy and feisty, extremely soulful, and very attractive. Yet, there's something more intimate about the way Carmichael and Webb interacted; theirs was a union of true musical soul mates. This wonderful 16-track collection from their GRP and earlier MCA "Master Series" projects was chosen and sequenced by their manager, Stewart Coxhead, and he smartly picks all the crowd favorites: "Mr. Chow," "Catalina Kiss," "Same Road, Same Reason," and more. The range from pop to Latin to reggae is fun to experience again. There's obviously a poignancy to all this because of Webb's 1998 death, but it's more important to celebrate the legacy. As syndicated radio host and Catalina Island Jazz Trax festival promoter Art Good says simply in his liner notes, "These are good songs." More importantly, they speak of an innocent time, the early days of smooth jazz when even the gentlest of these could become radio hits.
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:30
- Main artists: Acoustic Alchemy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: GRP
- Genre: Jazz
© 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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