The Instrumentals: The Best of the Capitol Years

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The Instrumentals: The Best of the Capitol Years
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Compilation album by Leo Kottke
Released Feb 11, 2003
Recorded 1970-1975
Genre Folk
Label Blue Note (42312)
Producer Denny Bruce
Professional reviews
Leo Kottke chronology
Clone
(2002)
The Instrumentals: The Best of the Capitol Years
(2003)
The Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years
(2003)

The Instrumentals: The Best of the Capitol Years is a compilation of American guitarist Leo Kottke's releases on the Capitol label. It was released at the same time as The Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years.

[edit] Track listing

  • All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.
  • All tracks are excerpted from Mudlark, Greenhouse, My Feet Are Smiling, Ice Water, Dreams and All That Stuff and Chewing Pine.
  • "Ice Miner" is the version from Mudlark, not the Takoma compilation release.
  • There are no bonus tracks or unreleased material here, unlike The Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years.
  1. "June Bug" – 2:14
  2. "Ice Miner" – 2:02
  3. "Poor Boy" (John Fahey, Bukka White)– 2:06
  4. "Machine #2" – 3:01
  5. "Bean Time" – 2:32
  6. "In Christ There is No East or West" (Traditional) – 2:12
  7. "Owls" – 5:02
  8. "Lost John" – 2:18
  9. "Blue Dot" – 2:54
  10. "Eggtooth" (Kottke, Johnson) – 5:16
  11. "Medley: Crow River Waltz/Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring/Jack Fig" (Leo Kottke, J. S. Bach) – 7:16
  12. "Mona Ray" – 3:43
  13. "Twilight Property" – 3:15
  14. "Taking a Sandwich to a Feast" – 2:49
  15. "A Good Egg" – 3:12
  16. "A Child Should Be a Fish" – 3:49
  17. "The Scarlatti Rip-off" – 3:33
  18. "Grim to the Brim" – 3:10

[edit] Personnel

  • Leo Kottke - 6 & 12-string guitar, vocals
  • Bill Berg – drums
  • Kenny Buttrey – drums
  • Wayne Moss – bass
  • Cal Hand – dobro, pedal steel guitar
  • Michael Johnson – guitar
  • Paul Lagos – drums
  • Bill Peterson – bass
  • Larry Taylor - bass
  • Steve Gammel - guitar

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