My Favorite Guitars is the twenty-sixth studio album by Chet Atkins. The guitars referred to are Atkins' signature Gretsch "Country Gentleman" electric guitar, a Brazilian Del Vecchio (guitar maker) resonator guitar presented to him by Los Indios Tabajaras, and a Spanish Juan Estruch classical guitar, all visible on the LP cover photo. It is another example of Atkins' 1960s easy-going, easy-listening guitar playing.
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Released | 1964 | |||
Recorded | RCA 'Nashville Sound' Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country, pop | |||
Length | 29:06 | |||
Label | RCA Victor LSP-3316 (Stereo) LPM-3316 (Mono) | |||
Producer | Bob Ferguson | |||
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Reissues
edit- My Favorite Guitars was reissued on CD along with It's a Guitar World in 1995 on One Way Records.[3]
Track listing
editSide one
edit- "Levee Walking" (Jerry Reed Hubbard, Henry Strzelecki) – 1:56
- "Wimoweh" (Campbell) – 2:45
- "One Note Samba" (Hendricks, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) – 2:04
- "Moon of Manakoora" (Frank Loesser, Alfred Newman) – 2:09
- "Travelin'" (James Arnold Miller) – 2:18
- "Say It With Soul" (Fred Carter, Jr.) – 2:45
Side two
edit- "Josephine" (Burke Bivens, Gus Kahn, Wayne King) – 2:06
- "Rose Ann" (Jerry Reed) – 2:20
- "Sukiyaki" (Hashida Naramura Rokusuke) – 2:28
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 2:18
- "El Vaquero" (Atkins, Wayne Moss) – 2:07
- "Chopin Waltz No. 10 in B Minor" (Frédéric Chopin; arranged by Chet Atkins) – 3:50
Personnel
edit- Chet Atkins – guitar
- Chuck Seitz - engineer
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (31 July 1965). "Chet Atkins: My Favourite Guitars" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 229. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ AllMusic entry for reissue of My Favorite Guitars and It's a Guitar World.