Music: Best acoustic albums

[Hippasus]

They can be LPs, EPs, or even 7" releases (singles). Genre is open as well.

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[Jack Straw]

Tony Rice & John Carlini, "River Suite for Two Guitars"

 

[Elvis P]

Clapton Unplugged
Nirvana Unplugged
Pink Moon
The free wheeling Bob Dylan

 

[MakeTheGoalsLarger]

Nirvana -MTV Unplugged
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are a Changin'
Woody Guthrie - whatever compilation of his you can grab

 

[kook10]

a tasting -

Neil Young - (50% of) Live Rust or Live At Massey Hall
Johnny Cash - Live at Folsom or Live at San Quentin
Ronnie Lane - Anymore for Anymore
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Beck - Sea Change
Tony Rice - Church Street Blues
Townes Van Zandt - Live At The Old Quarter
Elliott Smith - Either / Or

 

[Know Your Enemy]

Pink Moon

 

[Mescaleroman]

Washington Squares - s/t
Paul Weller - Days of Speed
Phil Ochs - Chords of Fame

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Neil Young: Live at Massey Hall
Nick Drake: Pink Moon
Joni Mitchell: Blue
Clapton Unplugged
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks

 

[Saturated Fats]

Nick Drake's Bryter Layter, Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, and the Alice in Chains Unplugged album are the first that come to mind.

 

[Ouroboros]

John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) [American Primitivism, 1973]
John Fahey - America [American Primitivism, 1971]
Jack Rose - Raag Manifestos [American Primitivism, 2004]
Derek Bailey - Aida [Free Improvisation, 1981]
Pelt - Ayahuasca [Psychedelic Folk/Drone, 2001]
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother The Mountain [Country/Folk, 1969]
Comus - First Utterance [Psychedelic Folk, 1971]
Vincent Le Masne and Bertrand Porquet - Guitares Dérive [Folk/Minimalism]
Steffen Basho Junghans - In The Morning Twilight [American Primitivism, 2006]
James Blackshaw - O True Believers [American Primitivism/Psychedelic Folk, 2006]

 

[peate]

Tony Rice & John Carlini, "River Suite for Two Guitars"

Nice, and it was fun trying to pick out each player; I think I followed Tony pretty much all the way.

 

[peate]

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will the Circle be unbroken Vol. 1 and to a lesser degree, vol. 2.

Mother Maybelle Carter

 

[Jack Straw]

Nice, and it was fun trying to pick out each player; I think I followed Tony pretty much all the way.

If you google around you’ll find a site that talks about that album and identifies the two of them. I believe Tony is on the right speaker and Carlini the left. That’s if you’re facing the speakers.

 

[Jack Straw]

David Grisman & Tony Rice, “Tone Poems”

 

[kook10]

John Williams - Echoes of Spain


Baden Powell - Tempo Feliz

 

[zombie kopitar]

Nirvana Unplugged and Pink Moon, easy

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Nirvana - Unplugged
Alice In Chains - Unplugged
Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies (EP)

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams

 

[I am not exposed]

KISS Unplugged

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Nirvana - Unplugged
Alice In Chains - Unplugged
Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies (EP)

This album shouldn't have taken this long to get mentioned.

 

[Jack Straw]

Jens Kruger - "The Bridge"

 

[Jack Straw]

 

[Thucydides]

came here to post this.

 

[Hippasus]

I excised several albums that are predominantly acoustic but have tinges of amplified guitar. Alice in Chains, Nick Cave, Simon & Garfunkel, Nirvana, and Johnny Cash were all excised for this reason. I'm not even sure if Willie Nelson qualifies. Anyway, here is my list:

J. S. Bach - Goldberg Variations
Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues: The Complete Recordings
Cat Power - The Covers Record
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Willie Nelson - Red-Headed Stranger
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

 

[angusyoung]

This is a great double album and they also filmed it for dvd.

They do a great cover although the electric version at 20 minutes is epic.



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