Various - Guitar Player
Singer: VariousTitle: Guitar Player
Label: MCA Records – MCA2-8012
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: US
Date of released: 1977
Category: Jazz, Blues
Style: Electric Blues, Fusion, Contemporary Jazz
Size MP3 zip: 1616 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1442 mb
Rating: 4.0✭
Format: MP3 ASF AA RA XM MMF ADX ASF FLAC
- 1442 downloads at 29 mb/s
MP3 version
- 1616 downloads at 32 mb/s
FLAC version
Tracklist
| A1 | –Lee Ritenour | Valdez In The Country | 6:31 |
| A2 | –B.B. King | Guitar Player | 3:12 |
| A3 | –Joe Pass | Django | 5:54 |
| A4 | –Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis | Two More For The Blues | 5:33 |
| B1 | –Larry Coryell | Tronto Under The Sign Of Capricorn | 3:39 |
| B2 | –Larry Coryell | Spain | 5:17 |
| B3 | –Joe Pass | Two Track Trip | 5:21 |
| B4 | –Laurindo Almeida | Feelings | 4:22 |
| B5 | –Laurindo Almeida | Samba For Sarah | 3:39 |
| C1 | –B.B. King | Counting My Tears | 6:38 |
| C2 | –Larry Coryell | Autumn in New York | 4:20 |
| C3 | –Irving Ashby, John Collins | Shivers | 4:25 |
| C4 | –Irving Ashby, John Collins | Funville U.S.A. | 3:35 |
| C5 | –Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis | Tea For Two | 4:27 |
| D1 | –Lee Ritenour | Bertha Baptist | 9:41 |
| D2 | –Laurindo Almeida | Lament In Tremolo Form | 4:00 |
| D3 | –Joe Pass | Allison II | 4:12 |
| D4 | –Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis | Contrary-Ness | 4:54 |
Notes
Presented by GUITAR PLAYER MagazineTracks A1, D1 recorded 9/23/76 at Total Experience Studios, Hollywood
Tracks A2, C1 recorded 12/11/76 at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Tracks A3, B3, D3 recorded 10/18/76 at MCA Recording Studios, Universal City
Track A4, B4, B5, C5, D2, D4 recorded 10/4/76 at MCA Recording Studios, Universal City
Tracks B1, B2, C2 recorded 10/11/76 at MCA Recording Studios, Universal City
Tracks C3, C4 recorded 11/23/76 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Side 1 and 4 are on Record One
Side 2 and 3 are on Record Two
"The Guitar Player project is different in that the material is all newly recorded especially for the occasion under optimum studio sound conditions, and using broad spectrum of styles and idioms".
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Label): MCA 1201
- Matrix / Runout (Side 4 Label): MCA 1202
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Label): MCA 1203
- Matrix / Runout (Side 3 Label): MCA 1204*
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout etched): MCA 1201 W-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side 4 runout etched): MCA 1202 W-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout etched): MCA 1203 W-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side 3 runout etched): MCA 1204 W-1
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82.041-2 | Various | Guitar Player (2xLP, Comp) | MCA Records | 82.041-2 | Germany | 1977 |
| MCA2-8012 | Various | Guitar Player (2xLP, Comp) | MCA Records | MCA2-8012 | Canada | 1977 |
| MCA2-8012 | Various | Guitar Player (2xLP, Album, Gat) | MCA Records | MCA2-8012 | US | 1977 |
| MCA2-6002 | Various | Guitar Player (2xLP, Album) | MCA Records | MCA2-6002 | US | 1977 |
| MCA2-6002 | Various | Guitar Player (2xLP, Album) | MCA Records | MCA2-6002 | Canada | 1977 |