Caribbean Guitar

Caribbean Guitar
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released July 1962
Recorded Nashville, TN
Genre Country, pop
Length 29:16
Label RCA Victor LPM-2549 (Mono), LSP-2549 (Stereo)
Producer Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins chronology

Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
(1962)		 Caribbean Guitar
(1962)		 Down Home
(1962)

Caribbean Guitar is the title of a recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1962.

Atkin's treatment of "Banana Boat Song" is based on The Tarriers' version, not Harry Belefonte's more famous rendition.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote the album is "Chet Atkins's versatility and curiosity have covered a lot of ground, and you would think that his talent would be able to encompass calypso and other Caribbean styles as well. Alas, he isn't given much of a chance here.."[1]

Reissues

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Mayan Dance" (Antonio Lauro) – 2:08
  2. "Yellow Bird" (Marilyn Bergman, Michael Keith, Norman Luboff) – 2:00
  3. "Wild Orchids" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:34
  4. "Bandit" (Michael Carr, Milton Nascimento, Zeb Turner) – 2:06
  5. "Jungle Dream" (Natalicio Moreyra Lima) – 2:36
  6. "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)" (Erik Darling, Bob Carey, Alan Arkin) – 2:24

Side two

  1. "Montego Bay" (Marvin Moore, Bernie Wayne) – 2:20
  2. "Theme from Come September" (Bobby Darin) – 2:22
  3. "Moon over Miami" ( Joe Burke, Edgar Leslie) – 2:45
  4. "Come to the Mardi Gras" (Max Bulhoes, Milton de Oliveira) – 2:27
  5. "The Enchanted Sea" (Frank Metis, Randy Starr) – 2:19
  6. "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 3:04

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ginell, Richard S. "Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. ↑ AllMusic entry for reissue of Travelin and Caribbean Guitar.