Almost Alone

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In recent years, Chet Atkins has shared albums with Mark Knopfler, Suzy Bogguss, and Jerry Reed, but the veteran guitarist recorded this 1996 disc just the way the title suggests: Almost Alone.

Aside from the strings added to several cuts, only 3 of the 13 numbers feature any musicians other than Atkins. And on 11 of the tracks, only one Chet Atkins is present; in other words, those tracks feature a single take without overdubs. When it works, this minimalist format allows us to enjoy Atkins at his best--just 10 fingers and 6 strings. Too often, however, he can't resist his lifelong temptation to clutter up arrangements with sugary string charts. Still, he dazzles on such unaccompanied pieces as his own pretty pop tune "Happy Again" and Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek." --Geoffrey Himes

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Average customer rating: Agreed--Almost Chet's Best, but still an incredible CD! Almost Chets best Terrible The title says it all. Pure Guitar Sounds

Almost Alone Chet Atkins Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Master And His Music The Day Finger Pickers Took Over The World The Essential Chet Atkins Guitar Legend: The RCA Years Plays Back Home Hymns ASIN: B000002BFU Release Date: 1996-03-12

Tracks:

1. Bigfoot
2. Waiting For Susie B.
3. A Little Mark Musik
4. Jam Man
5. I Still Write Your Name In The Snow
6. Pu Vana Kulu
7. Happy Again
8. Sweet Alla Lee
9. Maybelle
10. Mr. Bo Jangles
11. Cheek To Cheek
12. You Do Something To Me
13. Ave Maria

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In recent years, Chet Atkins has shared albums with Mark Knopfler, Suzy Bogguss, and Jerry Reed, but the veteran guitarist recorded this 1996 disc just the way the title suggests: Almost Alone.

Aside from the strings added to several cuts, only 3 of the 13 numbers feature any musicians other than Atkins. And on 11 of the tracks, only one Chet Atkins is present; in other words, those tracks feature a single take without overdubs. When it works, this minimalist format allows us to enjoy Atkins at his best--just 10 fingers and 6 strings. Too often, however, he can't resist his lifelong temptation to clutter up arrangements with sugary string charts. Still, he dazzles on such unaccompanied pieces as his own pretty pop tune "Happy Again" and Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek." --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Agreed--Almost Chet's Best, but still an incredible CD!.......2007-05-16

We agree with J.K. Olsen, Chet Atkins - Solo Sessions is even better, but don't dismiss this CD. It is still features some of Chet's best playing. (Just listen to You Do Something To Me and Mr. Bojangles)

Almost Chets best.......2006-03-01

Almost Chets best

This is a very beautiful solo guitar album.
The only reason, it's almost Chets best album, is that

Solo Sessions is even greater,,,buth any way, this is a superb album,, and you will not forget bying it.

Solo Sessions, were found in Chets home studio, after the genious had past away.
28 traks. Many of them greate...It`s Chets best solo work since the 50ties.

You can get Solo sessions on www.misterguitar.com and www.funkyjunk

Terrible.......2005-08-30

Sure Wish I had saved my money and purchased another of Chet's CD's instead of buying this one because of the reviews. I loved the picking, but didn't like the songs. will not play this CD again.

The title says it all........2003-06-13

Finally, an album by the master, as the name implies. Just Chet. From Early humor (I Still Write Your Name in the Snow) to recent pieces (A Little Mark Music) to one of his many classics, (Ave Maria) Mr. Guitar is at the top of his game when he's "Almost Alone."

Pure Guitar Sounds.......2003-04-03

This one is a definite must have for Your collection and/or jukebox. For those days of enjoying guitar sounds at Their finest, this One by Chet Atkins in His later years exemplifies the talent that remains today and for Our tomorrow's!!

Buy it, and You wont be disappointed*

Average customer rating: A bargain collection of showtunes

Golden Greats: Greatest Broadway Hits Manufacturer: Golden Greats ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Duke, Vernon | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005USEJ Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

1. Ouverture - Orchestra
2. Something Wonderfull - Dorothy Sarnoff
3. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Ethel Merman
4. Life Upon the Wicked Stage - Colette Lyons
5. So in Love - Patricia Morison
6. You'll Never Walk Alone - Jan Clayton, Christine Johnson
7. Bill - Carol Bruce
8. Hello, Young Lovers - Gertrude Lawrence
9. Bloody Mary - Male Chorus
10. I Can't Say No - Celeste Holm
11. This Was a Real Nice Clambake - Jan Clayton,
12. Oklahoma! - Alfred Drake
13. Sue Me - Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene
14. Woman Is a Sometime Thing - Edward Matthews
15. Some Enchanted Evening - Ezio Pinza,
16. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Todd Duncan, Todd Duncan
17. Guys and Dolls - Douglas Deane, Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver
18. It Ain't Necessarily So - Lawrence Tibbett
19. Make Believe - Jan Clayton
20. Wonderful Guy - Mary Martin
21. They Say It's Wonderful - Ethel Merman
22. When the Children Are Asleep - Jean Darling, Eric Mattson
23. More I Cannot Wish You - Pat Rooney, Sr., Pat Rooney, Sr.
24. Puzzlement - Yul Brynner
25. I Got Lost in His Arms - Ethel Merman

Tracks:

1. Overture...Summertime - Anne Brown
2. Why Can't You Behave? - Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang
3. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Carol Bruce
4. There's No Business Like Show Business - Chorus
5. If I Were a Bell - Isabel Bigley
6. People Will Say That We're in Love - Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts
7. Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Anne Brown
8. Luck Be a Lady Tonight - Robert Alda
9. Shall I Tell You What I Think of You? - Gertrude Lawrence
10. Girl That I Marry - Ray Middleton
11. Nobody Else But Me - Jan Clayton
12. Carousel Waltz - Orchestra
13. Dites-Moi - Barbara Luna
14. Ol' Man River - Kenneth Spencer
15. Summertime
16. Many a New Day - Joan Roberts
17. Blow High, Blow Low - Murvyn Vye
18. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There - Edward Matthews
19. You've Got to Be Carefully Taught - Billy Tabbert
20. We Open in Venice - Alfred Drake
21. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Mary Martin
22. Who Do You Love, I Hope? - Kathleen Carnes, Robert Lenn
23. I've Never Been in Love Before - Robert Alda
24. Tom, Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
25. I Whistle a Happy Tune - Gertrude Lawrence

Tracks:

1. New York, New York - Lynn Murray, Lynn Murray
2. Almost Like Being in Love - Marion Bell, Dave Brooks, David Brooks
3. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Vivienne Segal
4. Beat out Dat Rhythm on a Drum - June Hawkins
5. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? - Ella Logan
6. Old Devil Moon - Ella Logan
7. South American Way - Carmen Miranda
8. September Song - Walter Huston
9. This Is the Army, Mister Jones - Irving Berlin
10. Takin' a Chance on Love - Ethel Waters
11. My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Mary Martin
12. Anything Goes - Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals
13. You're the Top - Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals
14. I Get a Kick Out of You - Ethel Merman
15. Night and Day - Fred Astaire
16. I Got Rhythm - Red Nichols & His Orchestra
17. Someone to Watch Over Me - Gertrude Lawrence
18. Fascinatin' Rhythm - Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire
19. Strike Up the Band - Red Nichols & His Orchestra
20. Makin' Whoopee - Eddie Cantor
21. Heatwave - Ethel Waters
22. Easter Parade - Clifton Webb
23. She Didn't Say Yes - Peggy Wood
24. I've Told Every Little Star - Mary Ellis
25. Johnny One Note - Lynn Murray, Lynn Murray

Album Description

Import exclusive, budget price compilation featuring Broadway classics like 'You'll Never Walk Alone', 'Summertime', & There's No Business Like Show Business', performed by Ethel Merman, Gertrude Lawrence, Celeste Holm, & many more. 75 tracks in all. Standard double jewel case. Disky. 2001.

Album Details

3 CD set

Customer Reviews:

A bargain collection of showtunes.......2005-08-19

This bargain collection of showtunes is highlighted by the composition of Kurt Weill and the uniquely rolling tongue of Colette Lyons. I have a complaint about this compilation. It includes "Ol' Man River", but it excludes Al Jolson's rendition of "Ol' Man River." Otherwise, this collection gives you ample bang for your buck.

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The Best of Broadway Manufacturer: Bmg Special Product ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000IGHW Release Date: 1999-04-13

Tracks:

1. I Could Have Danced All Night
2. Tonight [From West Side Story]
3. Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
4. Anything Goes
5. Almost Like Being in Love
6. If He Walked into My Life
7. If Ever I Would Leave You
8. All I Ask of You
9. You'll Never Walk Alone
10. Music of the Night

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Almost Alone Michael Chapman Manufacturer: Voiceprint ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000086EQJ

Tracks:

1. Dogs Got More Sense
2. Fireside Hound
3. I'm Sober Now
4. Theme
5. Nuages
6. Deal Gone Down
7. SHC
8. Kodak Ghosts
9. Waiting for Miguel
10. Fahey's Flag
11. No Thanks to Me
12. Falling Apart
13. Among the Trees
14. In the Trees

Album Description

Long deleted album originally released in 1981. Featuring a number of the British folk artist's classic compositions like 'Kodak Ghosts' & 'Deal Gone Down' as well as covers of 'I'm Sober Now' & the Django Reinhardt classic 'Nuages'. Rural Retreat. 2003.

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Klassic Country 1965-1969 (2-cd Set) Various Artists Walk Through This World With Me - George Jones (S)/Jackson - Johnny Cash & June Carter (S)/Flowers On The Wall - Statler Brothers (S)/King Of The Road - Roger Miller (S)/Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard , Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & First Edition (S)/Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash (S)/Crying In The Chapel - Elvis Presley (S)/Make The World Go Away - Eddy Arnold (S)/Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line - Waylon Jennings , Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - Loretta Lynn (S)/Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley (S)/Skip A Rope - Henson Cargill (S)/Mama Tired - Merle Haggard (S)/Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell (S)//Stand By Your Man -Tammy Wynette , Almost Persuaded - David Houston (S)/Cryin' Time - Buck Owens (S)/Take Good Care Of Her - Sonny James (S)/I Walk Alone - Marty Robbins (S)/Is It Really Over - Jim Reeves (S)/There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene , Next In Line - Conway Twitty (S)/Just Someone I Used To Know - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton (S)/Green Green Grass Of Home - Porter Wagoner (S)/Blue Side Of Lonesome - Jim Reeves , and Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley (S)/All I Have To Offer You (Is Me) - Charley Pride (S)/Galveston - Glen Campbell (S)/Honey - Bobby Goldsboro Manufacturer: BMG Special Products TCD-808 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000NPKHEG

Product Description

R808-02 (BMG Special Products TCD-808) - Classic Country 1965-1969 - Various Artists [1998] (2-CD set) Walk Through This World With Me - George Jones (S)/Jackson - Johnny Cash & June Carter (S)/Flowers On The Wall - Statler Brothers (S)/King Of The Road - Roger Miller (S)/Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard (S)/Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & First Edition (S)/Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash (S)/Crying In The Chapel - Elvis Presley (S)/Make The World Go Away - Eddy Arnold (S)/Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line - Waylon Jennings (S)/Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - Loretta Lynn (S)/Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley (S)/Skip A Rope - Henson Cargill (S)/Mama Tired - Merle Haggard (S)/Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell (S)//Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette (S)/Almost Persuaded - David Houston (S)/Cryin' Time - Buck Owens (S)/Take Good Care Of Her - Sonny James (S)/I Walk Alone - Marty Robbins (S)/Is It Really Over - Jim Reeves (S)/There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene (S)/Next In Line - Conway Twitty (S)/Just Someone I Used To Know - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton (S)/Green Green Grass Of Home - Porter Wagoner (S)/Blue Side Of Lonesome - Jim Reeves (S, with string overdubs)/Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley (S)/All I Have To Offer You (Is Me) - Charley Pride (S)/Galveston - Glen Campbell (S)/Honey - Bobby Goldsboro (S)

Average customer rating:

Walk Alone Manufacturer: Texacali Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA99ZU Release Date: 2005-10-11

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