It's an entertaining and absorbing showcase for his unique skills as a guitarist.

Guitarist, songwriter, session man, record producer and record company A&R man Chet Atkins was a ubiquitous and highly influential figure in Nashville through the 1950s and '60s, helping to shape the industry's output of country music as the genre's styles and sounds evolved into the country/pop styles of the modern era. His prowess as a guitarist was legendary, and this collection focuses on that aspect of his work. Acrobat already has on catalogue a 2-CD set devoted to his singles, which includes his early hits ('The Chet Atkins Singles Collection 1946-61' Acrobat ADDCD3254), but this 59-track 2-CD collection focuses on his early album output during the 1950s as the LP format became established, and features most the titles from his albums 'Gallopin. Guitar', 'Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins', 'A Session With Chet Atkins', 'Chet Atkins In Three Dimensions', and 'Finger Style Guitar' and selected titles from 'At Home' and 'Hi-Fi In Focus'. It showcases the many sides of his instrumental artistry, as he interprets material from across the spectrum of the genres in his inimitable style. It's an entertaining and absorbing showcase for his unique skills as a guitarist.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Gallopin' Guitar
• Stephen Foster Medley
• St. Louis Blues
• Black Mountain Rag
• Imagination
• Oh By Jingo! (Oh By Gee, You're The Only Girl For Me)
• Indian Love Call
• Memphis Blues
• 12th Street Rag
• Hello Ma Baby
• Alice Blue Gown
• Blue Gypsy
• South
• Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)
• Alabama Jubilee
• Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue?)
• Red Wing
• Old Man River
• Caravan
• Corrine, Corrina
• A Gay Ranchero
• Frankie And Johnnie
• Honeysuckle Rose
• Arkansas Traveler
• Londonderry Air
• Ochi Chornya (Dark Eyes)
• La Golondrina
• Blues In The Night

Disc 2:

• Tenderly
• Little Rock Getaway
• Tip-Toe Through The Tulips With Me
• Minuet (From French Harpsichord Suite / Prelude (From Six Short Preludes)
• Intermezzo
• Schön Rosmarin
• Minute Waltz
• Swedish Rhapsody
• Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
• In The Mood
• Heartaches
• Glow Worm
• Dance Of The Goldenrod
• Petite Waltz
• Adelita
• Gavotte In D
• Unchained Melody
• Waltz In A-Flat
• Malagueña
• Say 'Si Si'
• Vilia
• Nagasaki
• Yankee Doodle Dixie
• April In Portugal
• Czardas
• Ain't Misbehavin'
• Tiger Rag
• Walk, Don't Run
• Tara's Theme
• Johnson Rag
• Lullaby Of The Leaves

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Country

Language: English

Run Time: 143 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 08/07/26

UPC: 824046360627