My Favorite Guitars (Chet Atkins album)
| My Favorite Guitars | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Chet Atkins chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Record Mirror | [2] |
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.
The album peaked at No. 86 on Cash Box, during a four-week stay on the chart.[3]
Reissues
- My Favorite Guitars was reissued on CD along with It's a Guitar World in 1995 on One Way Records.[4]
Track listing
Side one
- "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
- "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
- Chet Atkins – guitar
- Chuck Seitz – engineer
Charts
| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Cashbox Top LPs[3] | 86 |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (July 31, 1965). "Chet Atkins: My Favourite Guitars" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 229. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ a b Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 12. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
- ^ AllMusic entry for reissue of My Favorite Guitars and It's a Guitar World.