Re-Inventions: Best of the Vanguard Years

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Re-Inventions: Best of the Vanguard Years
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Greatest hits album by Sandy Bull
Released January 26, 1999
Recorded 1963 – 1972
Genre Folk
Length75:32
Label Vanguard
Producer Tom Vickers
Sandy Bull chronology
Steel Tears
(1996)		Re-Inventions: Best of the Vanguard Years
(1999)		 Still Valentine's Day 1969
(2006)
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Re-Inventions: Best of the Vanguard Years is a greatest hits compilation of folk guitarist Sandy Bull, released in 1999 through Vanguard Records. It comprises pieces from three of his albums: Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo , Inventions and Demolition Derby .

Folk music Music of the people

Folk music includes traditional folk music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that.

Alexander "Sandy" Bull was an American folk musician and composer. Bull was an accomplished player of many stringed instruments, including guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, and oud. His early work blends non-western instruments with 1960s folk revival, and has been cited as important in the development of psychedelic music.

Vanguard Records Record label

Vanguard Records is an American record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York City. It was a primarily classical label throughout its heyday in the 50s and 60s, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal jazz, folk, and blues musicians. The Bach Guild was a subsidiary label.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Blend" Bull Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo 21:55
2."Manhã de Carnaval" Bonfá Inventions 13:00
3."Carmina Burana Fantasy" Orff Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo4:32
4."Gospel Tune"BullFantasias for Guitar and Banjo9:58
5."Little Maggie"BullFantasias for Guitar and Banjo4:07
6."Memphis, Tennessee" Berry Inventions9:46
7."Triple Ballade" de Machaut Inventions3:13
8."Carnival Jump"Bull Demolition Derby 9:01

Personnel

Acoustic guitar type of guitar

An acoustic guitar is a guitar that produces sound acoustically by transmitting the vibration of the strings to the air—as opposed to relying on electronic amplification (see electric guitar). The sound waves from the strings of an acoustic guitar resonate through the guitar's body, creating sound. This typically involves the use of a sound board and a sound box to strengthen the vibrations of the strings. In standard tuning the guitar's six strings are tuned (low to high) E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4.

Banjo musical instrument

The banjo is a four-, five-, or six-stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity as a resonator, called the head, which is typically circular. The membrane is typically made of plastic, although animal skin is still occasionally used. Early forms of the instrument were fashioned by Africans in the United States, adapted from African instruments of similar design. The banjo is frequently associated with folk, Irish traditional, and country music. Banjo can also be used in some rock songs. Many rock bands, such as The Eagles, Led Zeppelin, and The Allman Brothers, have used the five-string banjo in some of their songs. Historically, the banjo occupied a central place in African-American traditional music and the folk culture of rural whites before entering the mainstream via the minstrel shows of the 19th century. The banjo, along with the fiddle, is a mainstay of American old-time music. It is also very frequently used in traditional ("trad") jazz.

Oud pear-shaped stringed instrument

The oud is a short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped stringed instrument with 11 or 13 strings grouped in 5 or 6 courses, commonly used predominantly in Western Asia and North Africa: in Egypt, Syria, Sudan, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Kurdistan, Yemen, Arabia, Iran, Greece, Armenia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and other ethnic music like Jewish music, North African Chaabi, Classical, and Spanish Andalusian.

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References

  1. ↑ Gallucci, Michael. "Re-Inventions: Best of the Vanguard Years". Allmusic. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ Scherman, Tony. "Re-inventions: Best of the Vanguard Years". Entertainment Weekly . February, 1999. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
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