Guitar Monsters
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| Studio album by Chet Atkins and Les Paul | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Country, jazz | |||
| Length | 31:16 | |||
| Label | RCA APL1-2786 | |||
| Producer | Bob Ferguson | |||
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Guitar Monsters is an album by Chet Atkins and Les Paul. It is their second collaboration after their Grammy award winning release Chester & Lester.
At the Grammy Awards of 1978, Guitar Monsters was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Reissues
- Guitar Monsters and Chester and Lester were released on CD in 1989 by Pair Records as Masters of the Guitar: Together with some tracks omitted.[2]
- Both albums were re-released with the two albums intact on one CD in 1998 by One Way Records.
Track listing
Side one
- "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) - 2:50
- "I Want to be Happy" (Caesar, Youmans) - 3:41
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) - 2:41
- "Meditation" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 2:32
- "Lazy RIver" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin ) - 3:01
- "I'm Your Greatest Fan" - 3:49
Side two
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 2:58
- "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) - 4:04
- "Brazil" (Ary Barroso, Russell) - 2:41
- "Give My Love to Nell" (Traditional) - 2:53
- "Hot Toddy" (Ralph Flanagan) - 3:00
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – guitar
- Les Paul – guitar
References
- ↑ "Guitar Monsters > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ↑ Allmusic review of Masters of the Guitar.