The Very Best of Tommy Emmanuel Review

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The Very Best of Tommy Emmanuel ReviewI first heard Tommy performing on TV a while back. I was blown away. I never heard anyone play acoustic guitar like him...ever! I then heard him live and was just so impressed - what a fresh new way of interpretting the acoustic guitar. No one plays harmonics like Tommy. So I ordered this CD and was devistated from the start. This wasn't the Tommy I knew and loved. It was watered down Tommy and doesn't serve justice to how good he really is. This is why I am being so critial. You will never know his true talent by listening to these CD's. The music is poorly produced and poorly mixed. Much of the time the accompanyment sounds like the main feature with Tommy playing somewhere in the background. In fact, sometimes it sounds like he is playing at the far end of the room, away from everyone else, or even in a differnt room altogether. Tommy's guitar playing is meek, not very expressive and is shrouded in effects. I mean how much reverb does one need. The drums sound like they come from a track machine with reverb. The orchestration is cheesy synthesizer tracks. I am not sure what went wrong here. I am still disspointed whenever I listen to it. Check out Johnny A for an example of how it should really be done.The Very Best of Tommy Emmanuel Overview

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Center Stage Review

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Center Stage ReviewI was fortunate enough to hear Tommy Emmanuel live in concert in May of this year (2008). From the opening notes to the last encore, he was one of the most brilliant musicians I have ever heard.
His technical skill is amazing, but he's about more than flash. He plays with a wide range of deep human emotion, and does it all with great wit.
This recording captures the essence of that experience. It's a live concert recording that finds him at his best, showing off his skills, and connecting and communicating with the audience. It may sound like hyperbole, but this recording has rocketed onto my list of my favorite recordings of all time.
If you haven't heard Tommy, this recording is the place to start!Center Stage Overview

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Best ReviewThis is my favorite of all of Leo Kottke's albums. I've owned it on vinyl for years and it's the only reason there is still a turntable in my living room. It has an unbelievable live version of "Stealing", followed by a Live version of "Living in the Country" that leaves me speechless. Play them back to back for your guitar playing buddies and watch them turn green.
I am just thankful that I had a friend who brought Leo Kottke to my attention. That friend received a case of scotch for doing so. Hands down my favorite artist of all time, in any category. He's the best there is, and this is him at his finest.Best Overview

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Essential Review

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Essential ReviewChet Atkins is not the most flambouyant guitarist, but his skill and technique make him not only one of country music's best guitarists, but a highly influential guitar player during the formative years of rock 'n' roll, having played guitar on most of the Everly Brothers early recordings including "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Susie."
This 20-track collection begins with a 1954 recording of "Mr. Sandman" and concludes with 1982's "Chet's Medley." Heavily influenced by Merle Travis, this all-instrumental set shows why Atkins is Nashville's superpicker. His song selections run the gamut from country to pop to tin pan alley to movie themes and all stops in between.
If this set leaves you wanting more, try and track down the two-disc set The RCA Years. Also superb is the two-fer set with Les Paul--Chester & Lester/Guitar Monsters and the pairing with Mark Knopfler on Neck and Neck. But the Essential Chet Atkins will serve adequately as a primer for this legendary guitarist. HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDEssential Overview

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Manuel Barrueco plays Lennon & McCartney Review

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Manuel Barrueco plays Lennon & McCartney ReviewAside from the folks who would otherwise waste an opportunity to discuss the worthiness of this album, I fully endorse it as an example of a beautiful combination of excellent playing and superb composing. A good arranger finds the perfect balance between keeping honest to the original music and exploring/exploiting the inherent qualities within it through different means. That's precisely what occurs with this album. You're hard pressed to find better arrangements than the Takemitsu. Leo Brower shows a deft touch for string writing in his arrangements and again his writing for the guitar is spot on. The final two arrangements by Mr. Lubbock are interesting, yet straying further from their original inspiration than the other arrangements, still manage to capture that lovely balance.
There aren't enough accolades to give Maestro Barrueco whose precision and musicianship are nearly unmatched (still a close second to Pepe Romero in my book). An excellent and interesting purchase for guitar, strings, and Beatles lovers alike.Manuel Barrueco plays Lennon & McCartney Overview

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LJ Plays The Beatles Vol. 2 Review

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LJ Plays The Beatles Vol. 2 ReviewYAY!
After ten years since the release of his popular and brilliant album "LJ Plays The Beatles"Lj Plays the Beatles, Laurence Juber is back with a most fitting follow up to one of the most flawless acoustic albums ever.
"LJ Plays The Beatles Volume 2" is a MUST for any Beatles fan as well as any fan of Juber's incredible musical talents. I can't believe I'm writing this, but this man's musical virtuosity has evolved to a new high - and I didn't think that would be possible since he's definitely the Master of the Acoustic Guitar Domain, and has been for more than a few decades.The album starts out with the lovely and lilty "Penny Lane" and segues into "Elenor Rigby" which though still haunting, has a really cool rhythm behind it, making it more introspective than depressing. "Drive My Car" rocks and Juber's version of "Here, There & Everywhere" is heartfelt and easy to imagine as "the" song used in any wedding ceremony/celebration; just beautiful.
"You Can't Do That" and "I Feel Fine" are expertly interpreted and LJ makes them both his own.
Don't get me started on "Blackbird" which I personally never thought could be improved upon, but by God, when you listen to the nuances LJ brings to this classic (and is there any guitarist who hasn't tried to master this one?!), you hear some very sweet and sublime layers that could only be created by someone as gifted as Juber.
Confession: There are a few Beatles songs that I usually fast forward through given my affinity for the music from their "starting out days" - and "Michelle," "Dear Prudence" and "I Am The Walrus" fall into this category (sorry, lads!) but I am happy to say that LJ's versions of all three of these tunes keep me from skipping over them; all new interpretations and all truly great. They converted me, anyway....
That said, my personal favorites on this album are "I Feel Fine," "All I've Gotta Do," "Please Please Me" and "No Reply" - for my obvious allegiance to the group's early days. But, boy, do I love "When I'm Sixty Four" - it's absolutely contagious in its sweetness and simplicity.
The album "winds" up perfectly with Juber's flawless "The Long and Winding Road" which will bring tears to your eyes. This song means so much to so many and LJ brings heart, soul, and clearly the depth of someone who has traveled many a long and winding road to where he, as a talent and a human being, has arrived as one of our greatest musical artists.
This album is a joy and a pleasure to have on my iTunes and in my car at all times.
Whenever one of these tunes pops up on my iPod Shuffle, it brings a smile.
Thanks, LJ, for yet another gem.
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Pop Goes Guitar Review

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Pop Goes Guitar ReviewI agree with the strangely negative review ..I say strange because the only real gripe the review has is that he or she wishes there was more than only 12 tracks...so why only 2 stars for an album they haven't listened to and want more of?
Well I am a happy owner and this is a beautiful CD. Being a guitarist I have admired Mr Juber for years but this is the kind of thing my girlfriend actually allows me to play because it features songs we all know and very interestingly arranged for solo guitar. This CD isn't a BEST OF as the other review claims but matches a book (that amazon.com sells) of all the arrangements and they aren't easy but worthwhile to try if you have been playing for a few years at least.
Back to the CD...the sound is very intimate and clear...and the arrangements are truly unique. God Only Knows rivals his great arrangement of Strawberry Fields from his classic LJ Plays The Beatles cd. The real gem for me is the almost classical arrangement of that beautiful ballad by Elvis Costello ALLISON.
If you are a guitarist I'd recommend this and the book , if you just love great music this is for you and if you always thought instrumental versions of pop songs are the domain of smooth Jazz ....give this a try and you will be hooked. I also recommend his treatment of Harold Arlen songs, One Wing and his most recent CD P.C.H. which may be my all time favorite Juber CD.
UPDATE: I need to answer a question swirling around the net...YES, this version of STAND BY ME on this cd ...is the one currently heard on the national DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER holiday televsion commercial...its a great arrangement!Pop Goes Guitar OverviewThe CD ,POP goes Guitar, is a collection of arrangements of love songs....a couple previously available on the best selling LJ Plays the Beatles and One Wing but most newly arranged and recorded by two-time GRAMMY winner Laurence Juber. LJ not only created this recording for listening pleasure but to coincide with the book Popular Songs for Acoustic Guitar (Hal Leonard) that allows guitarists to try their hand or hands at these challenging and beautiful versions of classic love songs.

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King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones Review

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King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones ReviewIt doesn't seem to make sense if described in words: a Lebanese-Polish kid from Boston who creates the sound of the blond California beach culture at the dawn of the Sixties with a synthesis of Gene Krupa's big band beat, minor-keyed Middle Eastern folk tunes, and the sounds he hears in the water as a tube-surfing daredevil. Makes a machine gun of the guitar, playing it in the frenzied, staccato double-picking style of the mandolin, while drenching it in reverb, a technical innovation of the day. The Sound is something every rock & roll devotee will, at once, recognize and find utterly different than anything he's ever heard. Rhythm sections tighter than James Brown's, brass as bold as Herb Alpert. This compilation traces his development through the daring, gritty "Miserlou" to the infectious "Surf Beat" on to the glistening smoothness of "The Wedge" and beyond. If you thought there was only Motown and Brill Building pop after Elvis and before the Beatles, think again. An absolute must for every serious collector.King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones Overview

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