Ralph McTell, Bert Jansch, John Williams, Earl Okin, Juan Martin: Just Guitars (1983)

This benefit concert will be a delight to all fans of acoustic guitar picking.

Pete Berryman: ...And Guitar (1978)

Called "one of the unsung heroes of the British acoustic guitar movement" by John Renbourn, few people have heard more than one album from this excellent picker, namely his duo recording with John James, "Sky In My Pie".

Eric Bibb: E Bibb & Friends (1981)

A mellow, all-acoustic, early world-music album from the American blues musician.

Pierre Bensusan: Solilai (1981)

Back to the acoustic guitar with one of France's finest pickers.

Frank Evans: Soirée - The Guitar Of Frank Evans (1977)

Another beautiful excursion into solo jazz guitar from the British maestro.

Doug Randle: Songs For The New Industrial State (1971)

A glorious 60s pop album that everyone who loves the music of Brian Wilson and Curt Boetcher should hear.

Gary Burton: Who Is Gary Burton? (1963) / Tennessee Firebird (1966) / The Time Machine (1966) / In Concert (1968) / Country Roads And Other Places (1969)

I've just re-upped a few Burton albums elsewhere on request. Seemed a good idea to show them here, too.

Fritz Hartschuh Quartet: Autumn In Europe (1964)

A relaxed swinging rarity of German jazz.

Judy Mowatt: Black Woman (1978)

Soulful singing, driving rhythms, catchy songs: just the way i like reggae best.

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Letta Mbulu: An Evening Of African Music (1980)

Rare Canada-only live album from the wonderful South African diva.

Jorma Kaukonen: Jorma (1979) / Too Hot To Handle (1985)

Two solo albums from the ex-Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna guitarist: one acoustic and one electric.

Freddie King: Is A Blues Master (1969)

Soulful blues and funky instrumentals guarantee a true fun ride with this King Curtis production.

Frank Evans: Noctuary - The Jazz Guitar of Frank Evans (1976)

Absolutely stunning solo album from the British jazz guitarist.

Rodrigo: Concierto Madrigal For Two Guitars / Giuliani: Guitar Concerto No. 1, Op. 30 - Pepe & Angel Romero/Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Two lovely and virtuoso guitar concertos.

The Frank Evans Consort: In An English Manner (1972)

More from the exceptional British guitarist: jazz meets classical meets folk.

Jean David: Le Luth (1973) [Le Chant Du Monde]

Expertly played medieval lute music.

An Triskell: Harpe Celtique (1977) [Le Chant Du Monde]

Gorgeous harp instrumentals, enriched by flute, bass, bagpipes, drums etc.

Art Blakey: Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)

A most unusual Blakey album: pop hits, soul-jazz, guitar, organ... 

It was Grant Green's presence that made me look out for this album and he does have a few nice features, "Secret Agent Man" or "Sakeena" for instance. Can't think of any other Blakey album with a guitarist, btw.

Frank Evans: Mark Twain - A Jazz Suite for Guitar and Strings (1970)

An incredible, though hardly known, jazz guitarist from Britain with a beautiful small-group album.
It's mellow, blues/bop based jazz with a bit of classical and bossa thrown in. As such this is far more conventional than one might think from the title and subject of the suite.

Joe Tex: I Gotcha (1972)

Tex mixes James-Brown-ish funk with southern soul and a few ballads on an album that was recorded with some of the best session men in this wide, wide world: the crews at American Sound Studios in Memphis and the Sound Shop in Nashville.

Skip James: Today (1965)

His intrciate guitar picking and eerie high-pitched vocals make James one of the true individualists of the blues, an artist who influenced musicians from Robert Johnson to Eric Clapton.

Quarteto Novo: Quarteto Novo feat. Airto & Hermeto Pascoal (1967)

A unique and innovative Brazilian classic on the verge of jazz and folk music.

Boz Scaggs: Boz Scaggs (1969)

The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section was already legend in 1969, when Boz Scaggs went down to Alabama to record his first album after leaving the Steve Miller Band. AMG calls it an "enduring blue-eyed soul masterpiece". Such labels are easily given, but this album deserves it, i guess. Not least due to the input of a skinny, long-haired guy named Duane Allman playing guitar.

Various: Acoustic Guitar Scene (1975)

A representative look at Germany's acoustic guitar scene in the mid-1970s.

Bonnie Raitt: Takin' My Time (1973)

Blues and singer-songwriter tunes sprinkled with drops of calypso, funk and jazz make for "an overlooked gem in the catalog of Bonnie Raitt" (AMG).

Re-Post: The Al Gafa Quinteto: Leblon Beach (1976)

This is one of only a few Pablo albums not reissued on cd. And it's a rather atypical album for the label. Unlike so many sessions issued by Norman Granz' label, which where deep-seated in the swing/mainstream jazz of the 1940's/50s, this album with Kenny Baron's warm fender rhodes and the breezy, Brazilian flavoured rhythms of Al Foster is clearly a product of the 1970s.

Michael Naura Quintet: European Jazz Sounds (1963)

Naura's quintet plays the kind of sophisticated hard bop labels like Blue Note where famous for. The three cover versions give you a good idea of where the album is heading, with tracks by Oliver Nelson, Tubby Hayes and Jackie McLean.

Hillbilly Jazz, Vol. 2 - feat. Vassar Clements & David Bromberg (1975)

A successful modernisation of the classic western swing style with stellar picking by everyone. Vassar's fiddle and vocals take center stage on many songs, but Bromberg's acoustic and Doug Jernigan's pedal steel get plenty of room to shine, too.

Linval Thompson: Negrea Love Dub (1978)

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