Chris A Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) Ali Farka Toure/Ry Cooder 1994 Talking Timbuktu Ana Caram 1982 The Other Side of Jobim Ana Caram 1989 Rio After Dark Ana Caram 2001 Blue Bossa Andrés Segovia 2004 The Best of Anouar Brahem 1991 Barzakh Bruce BecVar 1986 Take It To Heart John Renbourn 2002 Sir John Alot Of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & Ye Grene Knyghte John Renbourn 2006 So Early In The Spring Julian Bream 1983 Julian Bream Plays Granados And Albeniz Music Of Spain Vol. 5 LA Guitar Quartet 1993 Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker Michael Hedges 1981 Breakfast In The Field Michael Hedges 1984 Aerial Boundaries Salero-Sonnenberg/Assads 1999 Nadja Salero-Sonnenberg/Sergio & Odair Assad Pepe Romero 1992 Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasía para un gentilhombre Rahul Sharma 2000 Music of the Himalayas Ravi Shankar 1999 India's Master Musician Sara K. 1994 Play On Words Sérgio & Odair Assad 2001 Play Piazzolla Sérgio & Odair Assad 2007 Jardim Abandonado Various Artists 2000 Gypsy Fire Edited May 28, 2016 by Chris A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 The best acoustic recording of music of the kind I like is Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall 1971, which is available on CD, DVD and double LP. I haven't heard the LP, but I have the CD and DVD, and the DVD sounds great! The video quality is poor at best, but that's okay, because the audio is amazing. How amazing? Enough that it felt like I had totally rediscovered this music and this musician. On this recording, I can hear subtleties in Neil's guitar and piano playing, and his voice, that I hadn't realized he was capable of. Everyone who has heard it on my system says the same thing. We did not know Neil Young was this good. On this Amazon page, the recording gets five stars from 92% of reviewers. http://www.amazon.com/Live-at-Massey-Hall-1971/dp/B000MTPANG#customerReviews If you get the CD, be sure to get the deluxe edition that includes the DVD. It's only a couple of dollars more, and the DVD is clearly better-sounding. You also get to see and hear the old man who inspired the song. You can even get it from the Neil Young store: http://neilyoung.warnerbrosrecords.com/live-at-massey-hall-cd-dvd-91453.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Gypsy Soul: New Flamenco Very dynamic and strong instrumentals backing various flamenco and jazz guitarists (Slash even recorded an outstanding track.) Highly recommended - it could change your life. http://www.amazon.com/Gypsy-Soul-Flamenco-Various-Artists/dp/B000006FCQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossy bottom Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 The best acoustic recording of music of the kind I like is Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall 1971, which is available on CD, DVD and double LP. I haven't heard the LP, but I have the CD and DVD, and the DVD sounds great! The video quality is poor at best, but that's okay, because the audio is amazing. How amazing? Enough that it felt like I had totally rediscovered this music and this musician. On this recording, I can hear subtleties in Neil's guitar and piano playing, and his voice, that I hadn't realized he was capable of. Everyone who has heard it on my system says the same thing. We did not know Neil Young was this good. On this Amazon page, the recording gets five stars from 92% of reviewers. http://www.amazon.com/Live-at-Massey-Hall-1971/dp/B000MTPANG#customerReviews If you get the CD, be sure to get the deluxe edition that includes the DVD. It's only a couple of dollars more, and the DVD is clearly better-sounding. You also get to see and hear the old man who inspired the song. You can even get it from the Neil Young store: http://neilyoung.warnerbrosrecords.com/live-at-massey-hall-cd-dvd-91453.html I can tell you the LP is also spectacular. Fantastic soundstaging. My tiny music room turns into Massey Hall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Another gem: Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band: Almost Acoustic http://www.amazon.com/Almost-Acoustic-Jerry-Garcia-Band/dp/B00480MOQ6/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1464484667&sr=1-1&keywords=jerry+garcia+acoustic+band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebdixson Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 The Counting Crows - Across a Wire - Live From New York. It is a 2 disc collection from two different shows. The first disc is acoustic and is really well recorded and sounds fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Gypsy Soul: New Flamenco Very dynamic and strong instrumentals backing various flamenco and jazz guitarists (Slash even recorded an outstanding track.) Highly recommended - it could change your life. http://www.amazon.com/Gypsy-Soul-Flamenco-Various-Artists/dp/B000006FCQ Cool collection but most of it's from the 70's and 80's Go back a little farther and you will run across this acoustic flamenco gem: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 James-Laid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J M O N Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kent T Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 How about some David Grisman? Tony Rice is also terrific. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdl5M_b1pOQ# Stanley jorden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdl5M_b1pOQ# Stanley jorden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) California guitar trio https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kzUDWSgY2UA https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=vsjxtWCezqY https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=sBD_QN5Wjs4 Edited July 23, 2016 by dirtmudd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Robert Fripps: The League of Crafty Guitarists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1atQ2P-DOXQ Robert Fripps string quintet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marvel Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I really like the music of Mandolin Orange https://youtube.com/watch?v=BG_NL_5ZkPA: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Laurindo Almeida, Virtuoso Guitar is a must Larry McNeely, Confederation, Sheffield Labs, (guitar and banjo) reissued on CD Town Hall Recordings (Lincoln Mayorga) This is a particularly interesting release. Apparently Sheffield did not record this with a backup tape master or something happened to the tape backup. A Sheffield Labs CD of this was never released, only the original direct-to-disk LP. Mayorga had to rip this from an original LP. I have both versions and I think the transfer is amazingly good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Al Dimeola - This will check your system to make sure it is imaging in stereo properly. You can just hear the two guitar players sitting on stools, one on the left, one on the right, playing acoustical only. Check out the entire album, it's pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiminSTL Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Ali Farka Toure/Ry Cooder 1994 Talking Timbuktu Ana Caram 1982 The Other Side of Jobim Ana Caram 1989 Rio After Dark Ana Caram 2001 Blue Bossa Andrés Segovia 2004 The Best of Anouar Brahem 1991 Barzakh Bruce BecVar 1986 Take It To Heart John Renbourn 2002 Sir John Alot Of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & Ye Grene Knyghte John Renbourn 2006 So Early In The Spring Julian Bream 1983 Julian Bream Plays Granados And Albeniz Music Of Spain Vol. 5 LA Guitar Quartet 1993 Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker Michael Hedges 1981 Breakfast In The Field Michael Hedges 1984 Aerial Boundaries Salero-Sonnenberg/Assads 1999 Nadja Salero-Sonnenberg/Sergio & Odair Assad Pepe Romero 1992 Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasía para un gentilhombre Rahul Sharma 2000 Music of the Himalayas Ravi Shankar 1999 India's Master Musician Sara K. 1994 Play On Words Sérgio & Odair Assad 2001 Play Piazzolla Sérgio & Odair Assad 2007 Jardim Abandonado Various Artists 2000 Gypsy Fire Chris, Can't wait to listen to your list. It so happens, my absolute favorite "classical" piece of music is the Concierto de Aranjuez. I am fortunate (?) to be old enough to have actually seen the Romeros perform live (and Andre Segovia, but not Julian Bream), when I lived in San Francisco. Back in the 60s! My ABSOLUTE favorite performance of that piece is the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Eugene Ormandy, and featuring John Williams as the guitarist. To me, just the right proportions of power, sensitivity, balance, nuance, and controlled--but soaring--emotion. But, Pepe is not far "behind". I also very much like Indian sub-continent and East Asian string instruments. Happy listening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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