The Best of Chet Atkins
The Best of Chet Atkins | ||||
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Original 1964 LP cover. | ||||
Greatest hits album by Chet Atkins | ||||
Released | 1964 | |||
Recorded | Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country, pop | |||
Label | RCA Victor LSP 2887 (Stereo) | |||
Chet Atkins chronology | ||||
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The Best of Chet Atkins is a compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1964.
History
The original LP release included 12 tracks which have been increased on the 1980 reissue to include four additional songs: "Teensville", "Boo Boo Stick Beat", "One Mint Julep", and "Yakety Axe". Apart from those titles, the track listing is the same as the original LP.
The collection is notable in that it is Atkins' first "Best of..." release, but does not include some of his highest charting singles up to that time.
The mono tracks were treated with "phoney stereo" in the original stereo version.
This title has been discontinued. All the songs are available on other compilation packages and Chet Atkins retrospectives. There have been many CD releases of various Atkins selections that are titled "The Best of Chet Atkins".
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Record Mirror | [2] |
Track listing
- "Teensville" (Wayne Cogswell)
- "Boo Boo Stick Beat" (Buddy Harman, John D. Loudermilk)
- "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs)
- "Jitterbug Waltz" (Maltby, Fats Waller)
- "Peanut Vendor" (Moisés Simmons)
- "Django's Castle" (Django Reinhardt)
- "Blue Ocean Echo" (Chet Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant)
- "Yankee Doodle Dixie" (Atkins)
- "Swedish Rhapsody" (Hugo Alfvén)
- "Vanessa" (Wayne)
- "Trambone" (Atkins)
- "Malaguena" (Ernesto Lecuona)
- "Meet Mister Callaghan" (Eric Spear)
- "Main Street Breakdown" (Atkins)
- "Country Gentleman" (Chet Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant)
- "Yakety Axe" (Boots Randolph, Rich)
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – guitar
References
- ^ "The Best of Chet Atkins > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (30 January 1965). "Chet Atkins: The Best of Chet Atkins" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 203. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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- Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar
- Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins
- A Session with Chet Atkins
- Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version)
- Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions
- Finger Style Guitar
- Chet Atkins at Home
- Hi-Fi in Focus
- Chet Atkins in Hollywood
- Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
- Mister Guitar
- Teensville
- The Other Chet Atkins
- Chet Atkins' Workshop
- Christmas with Chet Atkins
- The Most Popular Guitar
- Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
- Caribbean Guitar
- Down Home
- Our Man in Nashville
- Teen Scene
- The Guitar Genius
- Travelin'
- Guitar Country
- Progressive Pickin'
- My Favorite Guitars
- More of That Guitar Country
- Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
- From Nashville with Love
- Music from Nashville, My Home Town
- It's a Guitar World
- Chet
- Picks the Best
- Class Guitar
- Hometown Guitar
- Solid Gold 68
- Solo Flights
- Lover's Guitar
- Solid Gold 69
- Yestergroovin'
- Solid Gold 70
- Pickin' My Way
- For the Good Times
- Picks on the Hits
- Alone
- The Night Atlanta Burned
- Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies
- Teen Scene
- Me and My Guitar
- Country After All These Years
- East Tennessee Christmas
- Work It Out with Chet Atkins C.G.P.
- Stay Tuned
- Street Dreams
- Sails
- Chet Atkins, C.G.P.
- Read My Licks
- Almost Alone
- Solo Sessions
- Chet Atkins and His Guitar
Hank Snow | |
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Boston Pops | |
Jerry Reed | |
Country All-Stars | |
Nashville String Band |
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Les Paul | |
Others |
compilations
- The Best of Chet Atkins
- The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2
- The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends
- Galloping Guitar: The Early Years
- Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
- Chet Picks on the Grammys
- The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years
- The Essential Chet Atkins
- Eclectic Guitar
- The Early Years 1946–1957