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Title: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Lew on December 14, 2009, 06:16:07 AM
No hating! :lol:

Cosmosquad - live at the baked potato

Mike Landau - tales from the buldge

Mattias IA Eklundh - freak guitar, the road less traveled (effin masterpiece)  

Danny Gatton - Relentless
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Twinfan on December 14, 2009, 09:26:27 AM
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - Beano album

Allman Brothers - Live at the Fillmore East

Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: _tom_ on December 14, 2009, 09:34:44 AM
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
UFO - Strangers in the Night

Do they count as "guitar" albums?
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: 38thBeatle on December 14, 2009, 09:38:27 AM
Not definitive but:

Sonny Landreth- Grant Street
Allman Bros- Live at the Fillmore East
Joe Bonnamassa -Sloe Gin
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live at Montreaux
Steely Dan -The Royal Scam

it will no doubt change  shortly but for now I have been listening to these when time permits.
Edit ( upon seeing Tom's question) these are not pure guitar albums but those that i love the guitar on)
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Philly Q on December 14, 2009, 11:32:18 AM
Robin Trower - Live!
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Frank Zappa - Them or Us
Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy

I'll think of some more later.
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: gwEm on December 14, 2009, 11:37:20 AM
what is a 'guitar album'? how much guitar has to be actually featured? will do my best to come up with some names!
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on December 14, 2009, 12:02:55 PM
UFO- Strangers in the night
Queen - Queen 2/Sheer Heart Attack/ Night at the Opera/ News of the World
MSG - Live at Budokan
VAn Halen - Van Halen 1
Dave Lee Roth EAt Em and Smile
Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love (original Leathur Records mix)
Def Leppard - High and Dry
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: choucas09 on December 14, 2009, 12:03:49 PM
Jeff Beck     You Had It Coming.
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: martinw on December 14, 2009, 12:24:32 PM
AC/DC - If you want Blood, You've got it.
Ted Nugent - Spirit of the Wild.
Airbourne - Runnin' Wild.
Fleetwood Mac - Mr Wonderful.

 :)
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: tomjackson on December 14, 2009, 01:35:53 PM

Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Naturally - JJ Cale
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Radiohead - OK Computer
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: dave_mc on December 14, 2009, 02:11:39 PM
do you mean instrumentals? :)
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: gingataff on December 14, 2009, 04:10:20 PM
I'm sure I'll change my mind in a few minutes but...

Steve Vai - Passion & Warfare
Steve Stevens - Memory Crash
Steve Morse - Coast To Coast

OK, that's enough of the Steves.

Joe Satriani - Not Of This Earth
Vinnie Moore - Mind's Eye
Allan Holdsworth - Hard Hat Area
Di Meola, De Lucia, McLaughlin - Friday Night In San Francisco
Greg Koch - Radio Free Gristle
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Supernaught on December 14, 2009, 05:00:33 PM
Without a shodaow of a doubt, Blues Saraceno's Plaid.

Tone, technique, songs.   If you play guitar you need to listen to it.
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Lew on December 14, 2009, 06:34:01 PM
what is a 'guitar album'? how much guitar has to be actually featured? will do my best to come up with some names!

do you mean instrumentals? :)

Yea, I think I meant solo guitar albums but the threads taken a nice direction, so carry on :p
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: gwEm on December 14, 2009, 08:31:52 PM
The only guitar instrumental stuff I've heard and enjoyed are by 'The Shadows', 'The Ventures' and Dick Dale - take it back to the old skool ;)

edit: kayama yuzo is also very good (i covered one of his tracks once)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFwMZLX_AP0
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Stevepage on December 14, 2009, 08:37:52 PM
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Carcass - Heartwork
SRV - Texas Flood

These stick out to me at the moment.
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: gwEm on December 14, 2009, 08:41:07 PM
Good call steve - how could i have forgotten eric johnson ;) :)

but i am a closet fan of old surf instrumentals
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Nolly on December 14, 2009, 09:17:05 PM
Instrumental-wise:

Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes
Andy Timmons - Resolution
Greg Howe - Extraction
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger
Marco Sfogli - There's Hope
John Petrucci - Suspended Animation
Ron Jarzombek - Solitarily Speaking of Theoretical Confinement
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Lew on December 14, 2009, 09:21:44 PM

Ron Jarzombek - Solitarily Speaking of Theoretical Confinement

I'm only familiar with some of his stuff with Spastic Ink (from youtube no less) but WOW!  :o
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: dave_mc on December 14, 2009, 09:25:24 PM
Yea, I think I meant solo guitar albums but the threads taken a nice direction, so carry on :p

thanks. :) everyone's nicked most of my choices now, so i'll just +1 the vai, satch, eri johnson, timmons, srv, moore and govan etc. nominations and raise you tony macalpine and malmsteen. :D
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Philly Q on December 14, 2009, 09:28:09 PM

Ron Jarzombek - Solitarily Speaking of Theoretical Confinement

I'm only familiar with some of his stuff with Spastic Ink (from youtube no less) but WOW!  :o

I've got an album he did with a band called Watchtower - always found it pretty hard work to listen to.
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Lew on December 14, 2009, 09:41:29 PM
This is genius  :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhP4lg28fs0
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Philly Q on December 14, 2009, 09:52:20 PM
OK, instrumental stuff.  A few mentioned already:

Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (haven't heard his more recent stuff, but still my favourite of the ones I know)
Eric Johnson - Tones and Ah Via Musicom
Vinnie Moore - Mind's Eye (better tunes and more melody than other shred albums I bought in the '80s!)

A few others I like:

Chris Poland - Return To Metalopolis
Jennifer Batten - Above Below And Beyond
Chris Haskett & Brandon Finley - Nonfiction
John Paul Jones - Zooma
The Mermen - A Glorious Lethal Euphoria

I'd love to include some Roy Buchanan and Richie Kotzen, but most of their best albums have vocal tracks!
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Nolly on December 14, 2009, 09:59:56 PM

Ron Jarzombek - Solitarily Speaking of Theoretical Confinement

I'm only familiar with some of his stuff with Spastic Ink (from youtube no less) but WOW!  :o

Seriously Lew, you should check it out! I'm not sure I've ever actually listened to it from end to end, but it is insane throughout.
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: martinw on December 15, 2009, 08:43:47 AM
GCB - Chris George Band.

He's the Marshall demo guy and has an instrumental album out. Check it out!  :)
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: choucas09 on December 15, 2009, 11:01:25 AM
The Beano album has already been mentioned, but Peter Green didn't exactly come up short on A Hard Road, the follow up album. I love this track The Supernatural.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWFFqffopb8
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: dheim on December 15, 2009, 12:47:13 PM
yngwie j malmsteen : rising force (i'm not a great malmsteen's fan, but this one blew me away...)

joe satriani : flying in a blue dream (not sure if it's really my satch favourite, but it's the first i heard and some song has become a guitar standard for me)
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Fourth Feline on December 15, 2009, 12:51:44 PM
Another vote for :

Robin Trower : 'Live'
UFO : 'Strangers In The Night'
Thin Lizzy : 'Live And Dangerous'
Pink Floyd : 'Pulse'

And adding :

Be-Bop Deluxe : 'Live In The Air Age'  ( Especially the track - "Adventures On A Yorkshire Landscape" ).
The Brian Setzer Orchestra : 'Dirty Boogie' .

For guitar instrumentals :

Larry Carlton : 'Last Nite' ( at the potato club ) and 'Sapphire Blue '.

Also, for profound guitar inspiration heard as a session on another musician's album :

Marc Ribot for his work on Tom Waits : 'Raindogs'.

 :)
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: choucas09 on December 16, 2009, 01:17:05 AM
Yeah I thought about posting Saphire Blue. For my money Larry Carlton's got it all, but he never shoves it in your face. The bottom line for me is musicality. And not necessarily in a technical way.
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: nfe on December 16, 2009, 06:45:28 AM

Ron Jarzombek - Solitarily Speaking of Theoretical Confinement

I'm only familiar with some of his stuff with Spastic Ink (from youtube no less) but WOW!  :o

I've got an album he did with a band called Watchtower - always found it pretty hard work to listen to.

Was it a Jehova's Witness release?
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Fourth Feline on December 16, 2009, 09:32:03 AM
Yeah I thought about posting Saphire Blue. For my money Larry Carlton's got it all, but he never shoves it in your face. The bottom line for me is musicality. And not necessarily in a technical way.

Well said Sir !  :)
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: remak on December 19, 2009, 08:21:26 AM
Peter Green didn't exactly come up short on A Hard Road, the follow up album. I love this track The Supernatural.

Respek!
 
Is that the first time feedback was used for musical effect? Anyone know an earlier feedback solo?
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: remak on December 19, 2009, 08:32:43 AM
Hmmm ...

Wired - Jeff Beck
Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell
Birds of Fire - The Mahavishnu Orchestra
Solo Guitar Volume 1 - Derek Bailey
Title: Re: Favourite guitar albums?
Post by: Plexi Ken on December 19, 2009, 11:10:20 AM
Peter Green didn't exactly come up short on A Hard Road, the follow up album. I love this track The Supernatural.

Respek!
 
Is that the first time feedback was used for musical effect? Anyone know an earlier feedback solo?

There's feedback on the intro to I Feel Fine but IIRC there were a few blues records that have some feedback previous to The Beatles.