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Chet Atkins Vol. 2 - Eight Classic Albums / Digitally Remastered And Enhanced For Superior Quality / Real Gone 4x Audio CD / RGMCD032
UPC 5036408137722
Product Details:
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | In The Good Old Summer Time | 2:08 |
| 1-2 | Beautiful Brown Eyes | 2:46 |
| 1-3 | The Prisoner's Song | 2:22 |
| 1-4 | Titanic | 2:23 |
| 1-5 | Tennessee Waltz | 2:06 |
| 1-6 | Sweet Bunch Of Daisies | 2:15 |
| 1-7 | John Henry | 2:26 |
| 1-8 | Birmingham Jail | 2:58 |
| 1-9 | Music Music Music | 1:59 |
| 1-10 | Cold Cold Heart | 2:32 |
| 1-11 | Bill Bailey | 2:18 |
| 1-12 | Goodnight Irene | 2:37 |
| 1-13 | I Know That You Know | 1:55 |
| 1-14 | Rainbow | 2:31 |
| 1-15 | Hello Bluebird | 2:10 |
| 1-16 | Siesta | 2:30 |
| 1-17 | Country Style | 2:05 |
| 1-18 | Show Me The Way Home | 2:29 |
| 1-19 | I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles | 1:36 |
| 1-20 | Backwoods | 2:13 |
| 1-21 | Country Gentleman | 1:56 |
| 1-22 | Slinkey | 2:03 |
| 1-23 | Jessie | 2:09 |
| 1-24 | Piaon Concerto In C Minor | 2:29 |
| 2-1 | Relaxin' | 11:11 |
| 2-2 | Nashville To Newport | 3:18 |
| 2-3 | Opus De Funk | 6:14 |
| 2-4 | S'Wonderful | 4:35 |
| 2-5 | 'Round Midnight | 4:39 |
| 2-6 | Frankie And Johnny | 3:37 |
| 2-7 | Riot-Chous | 8:59 |
| 2-8 | White Silver Sands | 2:18 |
| 2-9 | Boo Boo Stick Beat | 2:10 |
| 2-10 | Oh Lonesome Me | 2:18 |
| 2-11 | One Mint Julip | 2:08 |
| 2-12 | Take A Message To Mary | 2:21 |
| 2-13 | Teensville | 2:13 |
| 2-14 | Night Train | 2:35 |
| 2-15 | Come Softly To Me | 2:02 |
| 2-16 | Sleep Walk | 2:33 |
| 2-17 | Django's Castle | 2:32 |
| 2-18 | Till There Was You | 2:23 |
| 2-19 | Hot Today | 2:22 |
| 3-1 | Begin The Beguine | 3:21 |
| 3-2 | Sabrosa | 2:08 |
| 3-3 | Yours | 2:33 |
| 3-4 | Siboney | 2:06 |
| 3-5 | The Streets Of Laredo | 2:41 |
| 3-6 | Delicado | 2:21 |
| 3-7 | Peanut Vendor | 2:20 |
| 3-8 | El Relicario | 2:04 |
| 3-9 | Maria Elena | 2:56 |
| 3-10 | Marcheta | 2:22 |
| 3-11 | Tzena Tzena Tzena | 2:04 |
| 3-12 | Poinciana | 2:03 |
| 3-13 | Lambeth Walk | 2:47 |
| 3-14 | A Summer Place | 2:08 |
| 3-15 | Whispering | 2:07 |
| 3-16 | In A Little Spanish Town | 2:14 |
| 3-17 | Sleep | 2:19 |
| 3-18 |
Marie | 2:15 |
| 3-19 | Hot Mocking Bird | 2:11 |
| 3-20 | Lullaby Of Birdland | 2:06 |
| 3-21 | Tammy | 1:57 |
| 3-22 | Goofus | 2:34 |
| 3-23 | Bonita | 2:48 |
| 3-24 | Que Sera, Sera | 2:08 |
| 4-1 | It Ain't Necessarily So | 2:45 |
| 4-2 | My Dear Little Sweetheart | 2:54 |
| 4-3 | Stay As Sweet As You Are | 3:41 |
| 4-4 | Monte Carlo Melody | 2:32 |
| 4-5 | When Day Is Done | 2:22 |
| 4-6 | My Prayer | 2:25 |
| 4-7 | Rock-A-Bye-Bye | 2:45 |
| 4-8 | Venessa | 3:59 |
| 4-9 | Intermezzo | 3:07 |
| 4-10 | Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo | 2:42 |
| 4-11 | East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon) | 2:41 |
| 4-12 | Goin' Home | 2:55 |
| 4-13 | Jingle Bell Rock | 1:50 |
| 4-14 | Winter Wonderland | 2:49 |
| 4-15 | Jolly Old St. Nicholas | 2:14 |
| 4-16 | White Christmas | 2:21 |
| 4-17 | Blue Christmas | 2:54 |
| 4-18 | Jingle Bells | 1:50 |
| 4-19 | Silver Bells | 2:10 |
| 4-20 | Little Drummer Boy | 2:30 |
| 4-21 | Medley: The Coventry Carol / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen |
3:24 |
| 4-22 | The First Noel | 1:47 |
| 4-23 | Hark! The Heard Angels Sing | 1:55 |
| 4-24 | O Come All Ye Faithful | 2:18 |
| 4-25 | Deck the Halls | 1:12 |
| 4-26 | Silent Night | 2:00 |
Review:
The price of this set makes it an unbelievable value. The recording quality is excellent and clear, way superior to what I expected from such an inexpensive set. The set contains the music from several older albums, Atkins recordings that I haven't seen elsewhere. The best tracks are those that are not overly produced (!). A real surprise are tracks from the 60s that are great light jazz in the vein of Street Dreams and Sails CDs. In a way, though, what gives the set it's value also costs it one star in my view. The albums included are so different that the sequence of the tracks is uneven and a bit distracting. The first disk really isn't primarily Chet Atkins ... it's a Nashville Ray Coniff chorus clone, with Chet as the background. Great background ! The chorus is pretty good for what it is, but not what I was expecting. In addition, some of the tracks in the set are just odd, like Begin the Beguine, with a really weird instrument included. Still, a great value for great recordings from Mr. Guitar.
