Leo Kottke - Guitar Music

    Album : Guitar Music

    Artist : Leo Kottke

    Year : 1981

- Tracks -

01.) Part Two

02.) Available Space

03.) Side One Suite

04.) Perforated Sleep

05.) Strange

06.) Little Shoes

07.) Jib's Hat

08.) Tumbling Tumbleweeds

09.) Agile N.

10.) A Song for "The Night of the Hunter"

11.) All I Have To Dream

12.) Sleep Walk

    An all-instrumental LP from a guitar maestro who for some reason never really got his due.  Nothing fancy; just Leo and his guitars - sometimes the 6-string; sometimes the 12-string.  No drums; no keyboards; no bass.  It very much reminds me of a Chet Atkins album - just one guy making an acoustic guitar sound as good as it can get.

   I picked up the album for $2 at the local used-record store, and digitalized it last week.  There were no skips to contend with, and no major scratches.  But there were a zillion scrapes and small hisses - I suspect the grooves were filthy, and just wiping it with a cloth wasn't effective.  No matter, the DAK de-popper program cleaned it right up.  My favorite tracks are in pink., which is pretty much the whole Side 2.