19 Original Albums, 10 Audio-CDs

Unzählige Nachwuchsmusiker haben schon versucht, so zu klingen wie Chester Burton Atkins, doch das Gitarrengenie des 20. Jahrhunderts ist bis heute in seiner Kreativität und Virtuosität unerreicht. Der 1924 geborene Chet Atkins blieb trotzdem ein bescheidener Star ohne Allüren und erhielt bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 2001 zahlreiche Auszeichnungen für seine exzellente Arbeit. Diese Box vereint in einer Werkschau seine besten Langspielplatten aus einem Jahrzehnt und zeigt, wie vielseitig der Instrumentalist war: Ob klassische oder südamerikanische Themen, Film- oder Weihnachtslieder, Country, Jazz oder Rock`n`Roll - er beherrschte alle Spiel- und Stilarten perfekt und experimentierte bei seinen Aufnahmen im Studio auch gern mit den technischen Möglichkeiten. Doch nicht nur als Musiker machte er sich einen Namen, sondern auch als Produzent für die Plattenfirma RCA. Atkins arbeitete unter anderem mit dem jungen Elvis Presley zusammen, mit Country-Sängern wie Eddy Arnold, den Everly Brothers; außerdem nahm er einige Platten mit befreundeten Gitarristen auf. 2001 erlag er in Nashville einem Krebsleiden; seine 19 in dieser Box zusammen gefassten LPs sind heute gesuchte Sammlerraritäten.

19 Original-LPs plus Bonus-Songs von einem der besten Gitarristen des 20. Jahrhunderts; Eine kompetente Werkschau von Chet Atkins von Country über Jazz bis zum Rock`n`Roll; Exzellente Instrumental-Versionen bekannter Evergreens, Film- und Weihnachtslieder

CD 1 "GALOPPIN' GUITAR" (1953) 1. Third Man Theme (Karas) 2.23 2. St. Louis Blues (Handy) 2.14 3. Lover Come Back to Me (Hammerstein II/Romberg) 2.25 4. Nobody's Sweetheart (Erdman/Kahn/Meyers/Schoebel) 2.13 5. Stephen Foster Medley (Traditional) 2.23 6. Hangover Blues (Atkins) 2.33 7. Black Mountain Rag (Traditional) 2.15 8. Galloping on the Guitar (Atkins) 2.28 "A SESSION WITH CHET ATKINS" (1955) 9. South (Moten/Hayes) 2.4410. Indiana (Back Home in Indiana) (Hanley/MacDonald) 3.1811. Alabama Jubilee (Cobb/Yellon) 2.3212. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Brown/Hill/DeRose) 2.4013. Red Wing (Mills/Chattaway) 2.2414. Old Man River (Hammerstein II/Kern) 2.3015. Caravan (Tizol/Ellington/Mills) 3.2416. Corrine, Corrina (Williams/Chatman/Parish) 2.1717. The Birth of the Blues (DeSylva/Brown/Henderson) 3.1918. A Gay Ranchero (Tuvin/Luban/Espinosa) 2.30 19. Frankie and Johnnie (Traditional) 2.3220. Honeysuckle Rose (Waller/Razaf) 2.39Total Time 52.20 CD 2 "CHET ATKINS IN THREE DIMENSIONS" (1956) 1. Arkansaw Traveller (Traditional) 2.19 2. Londonderry Air (Traditional) 2.44 3. Ochi Chornya (Dark Eyes) (Traditional) 2.43 4. La Golondrina (Traditional) 2.44 5. Blues in the Night (Arlen/Mercer) 2.21 6. Tenderly (Gross/Lawrence) 3.21 7. Little Rock Getaway (Sullivan/Sigman) 2.16 8. Tip-Toe through the Tulips with Me (Dubin/Burke) 2.18 9. Minuet/Prelude (Bach) 2.2610. Intermezzo (Provost) 2.2811. Schön Rosmarin (Kreisler) 2.0012. Minute Waltz (Chopin) 1.43 "STRINGIN' ALONG WITH CHET ATKINS" (1956)13. Oh by Jingo (Brown/von Tilzer) 2.1114. Indian Love Call (Harbach/Hammersein/Friml) 2.5515. Memphis Blues (Handy) 2.0716. 12th Street Rag (Bouwman) 2.1917. Gallopin' Guitar (Atkins) 2.2818. St. Louis Blues (Handy) 2.1419. Main Street Breakdown (Atkins) 2.1620. Hello Ma Baby (Howard/Emerson) 2.0721. Alice Blue Gown (Tierney/McCarthy) 2.0322. Blue Gipsy (Atkins/Bryant) 2.1523. Black Mountain Rag (Magnus) 2.1524. The 3rd Man Theme (Karas) 2.24Total Time 57.46 CD 3 "FINGER STYLE GUITAR" (1956) 1. Swedish Rhapsody (Alfven) 2.31 2. Liza (Kahn/Gershwin) 2.44 3. In the Mood (Razaf/Garland) 2.16 4. Heartaches (Klenner/Hoffman) 2.04 5. Glow Worm (Lincke) 2.12 6. Dance of the Golden Rod (Travis) 1.58 7. Petite Waltz (Traditional) 2.46 8. Adelita (Tarega) 1.36 9. Gavotte in D (Gossec) 1.3910. Unchained Melody (Zaret/North) 2.2611. Waltz in A-Flat (Brahms) 1.4612. Malaguena (Lecuona) 2.44 "HI-FI IN FOCUS (1957)13. El Cumbanchero (Hernandez) 2.0414. Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller/Razaf/Brooks) 2.1815. Shadow Waltz (Warren/Dubin) 2.2516. Anna (Giordano/Vatro) 2.0517. Yesterdays (Kern/Harbach) 2.1918. Portuguese Washerwoman (Lucchesi/Popp) 2.0719. Tiger Rag (Sbarbarro/Edwards/Ragas/Shields/LaRocca/DeCosta) 1.5120. Walk, Don't Run (Smith) 2.24 21. Tara's Theme (Steiner) 2.2522. Johnson Rag (Hall/Kleinkauf/Lawrence) 2.1123. Lullaby of the Leaves (Petkere/Young) 2.3924. Bouree (Bach) 1.2825. Avorada (Little Music Box) (Atkins)1.31Total Time 55.19 CD 4 "CHET ATKINS AT HOME" (1958) 1. Say "Si Si" (Lecuona) 2.13 2. Villa (Lehar) 2.09 3. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington/Parish/Mills) 2.47 4. Ay-Ay-Ay (Freire) 2.36? 5. Nagasaki (Warren/Dixon) 2.23 6. Yankee Doodle Dixie (Atkins) 2.03 7. April in Portugal (Ferrao/Kennedy) 2.25 8. Jungle Drums (Lecuona) 2.25 9. In the Chapel in the Moonlight (Hill) 2.5110. Martha (Flotow) 2.0711. Czardas (Monti) 2.0212. You're Just in Love (Berlin) 2.34 "MISTER GUITAR" (1959)13. I Know That You Know (Caldwell/Youmans) 1.5414. Rainbow (Wenrich/Bryant) 2.2915. Hello Bluebird (Friend) 2.0916. Siesta (Rich/Atkins) 2.2317. Country Style (Burke/VanHeusen) 2.0518. Show Me the Way to Go Home (King) 2.2719. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (Kenbrovin/Kellette) 1.3420. Backwoods (Rich) 2.1121. Country Gentleman (Atkins/Bryant) 1.5622. Slinkey (Atkins) 2.0223. Jessie (Traditional/Atkins) 2.0824. Piano Concerto in B-Flat Minor (Tchaikovsky) 2.30Total Time 55.08 CD 5 "HUMMM AND STRUM ALONG WITH CHET ATKINS" (1959) 1. In the Good Old Summertime (Shields/Evans) 2.07 2. Beautiful Brown Eyes (Smith/Delmore) 2.45 3. The Prisoner's Song (Massey) 2.20 4. Titanic (Hudson) 2.22 5. Tennessee Waltz (Stewart/King) 2.05 6. Sweet Bunch of Daisies (Traditional) 2.14 7. John Henry (Traditional) 2.25 8. Birmingham Jail (Traditional) 2.56 9. Music! Music! Music! (Weiss/Baum) 1.5910. Cold, Cold Heart (Williams) 2.31 11. Bill Bailey (Cannon) 2.1612. Goodnight Irene (Ledbetter/Lomax) 2.36 "CHET ATKINS IN HOLLYWOOD" (1959) 13. Armen's Theme (Bagdasarian) 2.0514. Let It Be Me (Curtis/Becaud) 3.1515. Theme from "Picnic" (Duning)3.2016. Theme from a Dream (Bryant) 3.5717. Estrellita (Ponce) 2.5018. Jitterbug Waltz (Waller) 2.5819. Little Old Lady (Carmichael/Adams) 2.1520. Theme from "Limelight" (Chaplin/Parsons) 3.0721. The Three Bells (Reisfeld/Gilles) 2.5722. Santa Lucia (Traditional) 2.4323. Greensleeves (Traditional) 2.4024. Meet Mister Callaghan (Spear) 2.24Total Time 63.38 CD 6 "CHET ATKINS' TEENSVILLE" (1960) 1. White Silver Sands (Matthews) 2.16 2. Boo Boo Stick Beat (Harman/Loudermilk) 2.08 3. Oh Lonesome Me (Gibson) 2.16 4. One Mint Julep (Toombs) 2.06 5. Take a Message to Mary (Bryant/Bryant) 2.19 6. Teensville (Cogswell) 2.11 7. Night Train (Forrest/Washington/Simpkins) 2.34 8. Come Softly to Me (Troxel/Christopher/Ellis) 1.59 9. Sleep Walk (Farina/Farina/Farina) 2.3210. Django's Castle (Reinhardt) 2.3011. Till There Was You (Willson) 2.2112. Hot Toddy (Flanagan/Hendler) 2.22 "THE OTHER CHET ATKINS" (1960)13. Begin the Beguine (Porter) 3.1914. Sabrosa (Touzet) 2.0615. Yours (Quiereme Mucho) (Roig/Sherr) 2.3116. Siboney (Lecuona) 2.0417. The Streets of Laredo (Traditional) 2.3918. Delicado (Azevedo) 2.1919. Peanut Vendor (Simon) 2.1820. El Relicario (Padilla) 2.0221. Maria Elena (Heagney/Barcelata) 2.4822. Marcheta (Schertzinger) 2.2023. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena (Myron/Grossman/Parish) 2.0224. Poinciana (Song of the Tree) (Simon/Bernier) 2.02Total Time 56.53 CD 7 "THE MOST POPULAR GUITAR" (1961) 1. It Ain't Necessarily So (Gershwin/Gershwin) 2.43 2. My Dear Little Sweetheart (Weiss/Smith) 2.55 3. Stay As Sweet As You Are (Gordon/Revel) 3.42 4. Monte Carlo Melody (Shapiro) 2.33 5. When Day Is Done (DeSylva/Katscher) 2.22 6. My Prayer (Boulanger/Kennedy) 2.25 7. Rock-A-Bye Bay (Curtis/Wood) 2.45 8. Vanessa (Wayne) 4.00 9. Intermezzo (Henning/Provost) 3.0810. Hi-Lilly, Hi-Lo (Deutsch/Kaper) 2.4311. East of the Sun (West of the Moon) (Bowman) 2.4112. Goin' Home (Traditional) 2.54 "CHRISTMAS WITH CHET ATKINS" (1961)?13. Jingle Bell Rock (Beal/Booth) 1.4814. Winter Wonderland (Bernard/Smith) 2.4715. Jolly Old St. Nicholas (Traditional) 2.1216. White Christmas (Berlin) 2.1917. Blue Christmas (Hayes/Johnson) 2.5118. Jingle Bells (Traditional) 1.4919. Silver Bells (Livingston/Evans) 2.0720. Little Drummer Boy (Davis/Onorati/Simeone) 2.2721. MEDLEY: The Coventry Carol/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Traditional) 3.2222. The First Noel (Traditional) 1.4423. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn) 1.5224. O Come All Ye Faithful (Traditional) 2.16 25. Deck the Halls (Traditional) 1.1026. Silent Night (Gruber/Mohr) 2.00Total Time 66.12 CD 8 "CHET ATKINS AND HIS GUITAR" (1961) 1. The Bells of St. Mary's (Adams/Furber) 2.12 2. Centipede Boogie (Atkins) 2.39 3. Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup (Sosenko) 2.20 4. Rubber Doll Rag (Traditional) 2.12 5. Peek-A-Boo Moon (Garson) 2.06 6. Barber Shop Rag (Atkins) 2.48 7. Kentucky Derby (Atkins/Bryant) 1.59 8. Mountain Melody (Atkins) 2.09 9. High Rockin' Swing (Avants) 2.1910. Dill Pickles Rag (Traditional) 2.2111. Stephen Foster Medley (Traditional) 2.2612. Walkin' on Strings (Atkins) 1.12 "CHET ATKINS' WORK SHOP" (1961)13. Lambeth Walk (Gay/Furber) 2.4714. The from "A Summer Place" (Steiner) 2.0615. Whispering (Schonberger/Coburn/Rose) 2.0616. In a Little Spanish Town (Lewis/Young/Wayne) 2.1317. Sleep (Lebieg) 2.1818. Marie (Berlin) 2.1419. Hot Mocking Bird (Traditional) 2.1020. Lullaby of Birdland (Shearing) 2.04 21. Tammy (Livingston/Evans) 1.5622. Goofus (Harold/King/Kahn) 2.3423. Bonita (Rich) 2.4624. Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) (Livingston/Evans) 2.20Total Time 55.05 CD 9 "CARIBBEAN GUITAR" (1962) 1. Mayan Dance (Traditional) 2.06 2. Yellow Bird (Keith/Bergman/Luboff) 1.57 3. Wild Orchids (Bryant) 2.29 4. The Bandit (Nascimento/Turner/Carr) 2.03 5. Jungle Dream (Lima) 2.32 6. The Banana Boat Song (Darling/Carey/Arkin) 2.20 7. Montego Bay (Feather) 2.16 8. The from "Come September" (Darin) 2.17 9. Moon over Miami (Leslie/Burke) 2.4210. Come to the Mardi Gras (Bulhoes/DeOliveria/Shirl/Drake) 2.2311. The Enchanted Sea (Metis/Starr) 2.1612. Temptation (Brown/Freed) 2.17 "DOWN HOME" (1962)13. Salty Dog Rag (Gordy) 2.1214. I Am a Pilgrim (Travis) 3.0315. Trambone (Atkins) 2.1616. Steel Guitar Rag (McAuliffe/Stone/Travis) 2.0117. Little Feet (Traditional) 2.2918. Blue Steel Blues (Daffan) 2.2019. Windy and Warm (Loudermilk) 2.2820. I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow (Atkins/Louvin) 2.3421. Never On Sunday (Hadjidakis/Towne) 3.0422. The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish (Dubin/Mercer/Warren) 2.1923. Give the World a Smile (Deaton) 2.0424. Tuxedo Junction (Dash/Feyne/Hawkins/Johnson) 2.10Total Time 58.06 CD 10 "CHET ATKINS PLAYS BACK HOME HYMNS" (1962) 1. Take My Hand Precious Lord (Dorsey) 2.44 2. Amazing Grace (Traditional) 2.39 3. Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Traditional) 2.08 4. In the Garden (Miles) 2.33 5. When They Ring the Golden Bells (Traditional) 2.31 6. Just As I Am (Traditional) 1.48 7. Further Along (Traditional) 3.03 8. Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Traditional) 2.07 9. The Old Rugged Cross (Bennard) 2.2710. Lonesome Valley (Traditional) 2.0411. God Be With You (Traditional) 2.3412. Were You There (Traditional) 2.11 BONUS TRACKS13. Boogie Man Boogie (Atkins) 1950 2.4614. Confusin' (Atkins) 1950 2.1115. Under the Hickory Nut Tree (Carter) 1950 2.5516. The Old Buck Dance (Atkins) 1950 2.0617. Mister Sandman (Ballard) 1954 & RED KIRK 2.1518. Somebody Stole My Gal (Wood) 1955 & RED KIRK 2.0919. Hybrid Corn (Atkins) 1951 & THE CARTER SISTERS 2.1220. Hey Mister Guitar (Hey Mister Banjo) (Atkins) 1955 & ANITA KERR SINGERS 2.0121. Martinique (DeParis) 1957 & THE RHYTHM ROCKERS 2.3522. Hidden Charm (Rich) 1957 & THE RHYTHM ROCKERS 2.2923. Colonial Ballroom (Atkins/Thompson) 1957 & THE RHYTHM ROCKERS 2.2424. Downhill Drag (Bryant/Atkins) 1954 & MINNIE PEARL2.21Total Time 58.05Total 578:32