Chet Atkins - Tennessee Guitar Man (1984) [1987]

This 18-song compilation was originally assembled by RCA in 1984, and then bumped over to CD by BMG through Pair Records three years later. It shows Chet Atkins at his elegant best, his crisp, clean guitar sound applied to countrypolitan, hillbilly, bluegrass, and pop standards, everything from "Wabash Cannonball" to "The Bells of St. Mary's." The sound is crisp and holds up remarkably well despite the early vintage of the CD -- as is typical of Pair's releases, there is no annotation whatsoever and no indication of the dates of origin of these track, though they're all in stereo and very clean.


Tracks:

01. Make the World Go Away (2:27)
02. Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely) (2:07)
03. Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) (2:32)
04. The Bells of St. Mary's (2:15)
05. April in Portugal (2:27)
06. Hot Mocking Bird (2:11)
07. San Antonio Rose (2:32)
08. Kicky (2:19)
09. Wabash Cannon Ball (2:49)
10. Foggy Mountain Top (2:04)
11. Bandera (2:36)
12. Yankee Doodle Dixie (2:05)
13. Lonesome Road (2:50)
14. Goin' Down the Road (Feelin' Bad) (2:02)
15. Wildwood Flower (2:14)
16. Oklahoma Hills (2:26)
17. Early Times (2:40)
18. Prancin' Filly (1:52)