Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles

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Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
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Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released March 1966
Recorded RCA 'Nashville Sound' Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre Country, pop, rock
Length30:11
Label RCA Victor LPM 3531 (Mono), LSP-3531 (Stereo)
Producer Chet Atkins, Bob Ferguson
Chet Atkins chronology
More of That Guitar Country
(1965)		Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
(1966)		 From Nashville with Love
(1966)

Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles is the title of a 1966 RCA Victor LP by American guitarist Chet Atkins. Atkins interprets a selection of songs by The Beatles on this album.

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Chet Atkins American guitarist and record producer

Chester Burton Atkins, known as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician, occasional vocalist, songwriter, and record producer, who along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, among others, created the country music style that came to be known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country music's appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily known as a guitarist. He also played the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and ukulele.

Contents

History

The sleeve features liner notes by George Harrison and there is a photo of Atkins wearing a "Beatle wig" on the back cover. It peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Country Albums charts and No. 112 on the Pop Albums charts.

George Harrison British musician, lead guitarist of the Beatles

George Harrison was an English musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work. Although the majority of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group included "Taxman", "Within You Without You", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something".

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Atkins never recorded with the Gretsch Country Gentleman 12-string guitar that was made especially for him and is pictured on the cover. [1]

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The recording was nominated for Best Instrumental Recording (other than Jazz) at the 1967 Grammy awards.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Country Standard Time(no rating) [3]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album "an entertaining, if ultimately disposable, artifact... As always, his playing is subtle and tasteful, but the album doesn't provide enough inventive or energetic performances to be of lasting interest." [2] Norm Rosenfield of Country Standard Time wrote "You don't have to be a guitar fan to enjoy Atkins' arrangements that add unexpected harmonies with generous helpings of class. So when Chet picks on the Beatles it's only the highest form of flattery." [3]

Reissues

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Track listing

All songs by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Side one

  1. "I Feel Fine” – 1:57
  2. "Yesterday” – 3:09
  3. “If I Fell” – 2:11
  4. “Can’t Buy Me Love” – 2:31
  5. “I'll Cry Instead” – 2:36
  6. “Things We Said Today” – 2:34

Side two

  1. “A Hard Day's Night” – 2:27
  2. “I'll Follow the Sun” – 2:06
  3. “She's a Woman” – 2:40
  4. “And I Love Her” – 2:22
  5. “Michelle” – 2:46
  6. “She Loves You” – 2:34

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Atkins, Chet and Cochran, Russ. (2003). "Me and My Guitars". Milwaukee. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   0-634-05565-8.
  2. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Rosenfield, Norm. "Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles > Review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
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