Solo Flights
Solo Flights | ||||
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Studio album by Chet Atkins | ||||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | RCA's "Nashville Sound" Studio, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country, pop | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
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Solo Flights is the title of a recording by Chet Atkins. Side one of this album features Atkins' experiment with the "Octabass Guitar," where he replaced the two low strings (the E and A strings) with heavier strings in order to drop an octave and create a fuller sound with bass.
This album was reissued on CD for the first time, in Japan only, on April 22, 2009
Reception
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "All told, this is one of Atkins' more pleasing collections from that era."[1]
Track listing
Side one
- "Drive In" (Rich) 2:15
- "Three Little Words" (Burt Kalmar, Harry Ruby) 2:35
- "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) 3:25
- "Chet's Tune" (Cohen) 2:18
- "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) 2:12
- "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) 3:10
Side two
- "Cindy Oh Cindy" (Robert Barron, Burt Long) 2:25
- "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Ned Washington, Leigh Harline) 2:46
- "Music to Watch Girls By" (Sid Ramin, Tony Velona) 2:30
- "Choro da Saudade" (Agustín Barrios) 2:37
- "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" (Milton Kellem) 2:05
- "Georgy Girl" (Jim Dale, Tom Springfield) 2:45
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – guitar
References
- 1 2 Ginell, Richard S. "Solo Flights > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
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