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Released
  
Feb 11, 2003

The Instrumentals The Best of the Chrysalis Years (2003)
  
Try and Stop Me (2004)

Release date
  
11 February 2003

Recorded
  
1976-1983

Artist
  
Leo Kottke

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Genres
  
Folk music, American Primitive Guitar, New Acoustic Music

Producers
  
Denny Bruce, T Bone Burnett, Kenny Buttrey, Leo Kottke

Similar
  
The Instrumentals: The Best, Try and Stop Me, Essential Leo Kottke, My Father's Face, Standing in My Shoes

The Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years is a 2003 compilation of American guitarist Leo Kottke's releases on the Chrysalis label. It includes previously unreleased tracks. The Chrysalis release Essential covers the same time period, presenting a different line up of tracks.

Contents

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. wrote of the album "The tracks flow in chronological order, allowing the listener to follow the guitarist's evolution over his eight years with Chrysalis; and while the albums he recorded during this time may lack the edginess of his earlier material, the pieces on Instrumentals are consistently fresh and invigorating. Guitar hero wannabes, of course, will buy the album for the extra tracks; everyone else will find it a rewarding introduction to mid-period Kottke."

Track listing

  • All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.
  • All tracks are excerpted from Leo Kottke, Burnt Lips, Balance, Guitar Music, Live in Europe and Time Step.
  • ’’The Fisherman’’ is a previously unreleased live recording from a Montreux Jazz Festival appearance in 1977.
  • The short version of "Little Martha" is a previously unreleased version.
  • The version of "Airproofing" represented here is the original, not the later extended version.
    1. "Airproofing" – 2:18
    2. "Waltz" – 2:25
    3. "Death by Reputation" – 4:10
    4. "The Fisherman" – 2:48
    5. "Up Tempo" – 1:53
    6. "A Low Thud" – 3:07
    7. "Orange Room" – 3:32
    8. "Whine" – 3:32
    9. "Dolores" – 4:11
    10. "The Train and the Gate" – 2:42
    11. "Open Country Joy: Theme and Adhesions" (Leo Kottke, John McLaughlin) – 7:00
    12. "Wheels" (Norman Petty) – 2:20
    13. "Palms Blvd." – 2:48
    14. "Strange" – 2:34
    15. "Jib’s Hat" – 2:24
    16. "All I Have to Do is Dream" (Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant) – 1:43
    17. "Memories Are Made of This" (Frank Miller, Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson) – 2:37
    18. "Little Martha" (Duane Allman) – 1:28

    Personnel

  • Leo Kottke - 6 & 12-string guitar, vocals
  • David Kemper - drums
  • David Miner - bass

    • Songs

    1Airproofing2:18
    2Waltz2:25
    3Death by Reputation4:10

    References

    The Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years Wikipedia
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