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Steve Howe: Not necessarily acoustic

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Label: Boundmere Records
Released: 1994
Time:
 62:19
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Steve Howe
Rating: ***....... (3/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.stevehowe.com
Appears with: Asia, GTR, Yes
Purchase date: 2000.07.27
Price in €: 15,99



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[1] Valley Of Rocks (Howe) - 2:55
[2] Heritage (Howe) - 2:20
[3] Arada (Torroba) - 0:56
[4] Country Mix: White Silver Sands/Green Bay... (Daffan/Mathews/McAuliffe/Sosenko/Stone/Traditional/Travis) - 2:50
[5] Excerpts From The Tale Of Topographic... (Anderson/Howe) - 9:00
[6] Bareback (Howe) - 2:50
[7] Sketches In The Sun (Howe) - 2:50
[8] Cactus Boogie (Howe) - 2:00
[9] Second Initial (Howe) - 2:33
[10] Corkscrew (Howe) - 3:37
[11] Glory of Love (Hill) - 1:09
[12] Dorothy (Howe) - 2:06
[13] Meadow Rag (Howe) - 2:15
[14] Concerto In D: 2nd Movement (Vivaldi) - 2:38
[15] Surface Tension (Howe) - 3:12
[16] Masquerade (Howe) - 2:00
[17] Mood for a Day (Howe) - 2:50
[18] Swedish Rhapsody (Alfuen) - 0:52
[19] Whispering (Coburn/Rose/Schoenberger) - 0:48
[20] Roundabout (Anderson/Howe) - 2:26
[21] Ram (Howe) - 1:50
[22] Clap (Howe) - 3:10

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Steve Howe - Guitar, Arranger, Producer

Roger Dean - Design
Simon Pressey - Engineer
Tim Handley - Post Production
Toby Alington - Mixing
Miki Slingsby - Photography

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Recorded in intimate club performances in late 1993, this live and nearly unplugged collection ably spans three decades of Howe's releases. Lead vocals are always a weak spot for him, and so he wisely constrains most of this album to solo instrumentals. The result is a headphone treat, as if you're sitting right in front of his amp and his famed collection of guitars. Of special interest is his one vocal and guitar piece, a seamless medley of each movement from Tales from Topographic Oceans; it's as close to a Tales demo session as fans will ever get. Because Howe's albums are a pastiche of already ripened styles — a "Meadow Rag" here, a steel guitar twang in "Cactus Boogie" there, and a flamenco-tinged "Mood for a Day" to top it off — the material on Not Necessarily Acoustic has hardly dated, and it sounds less like a retrospective than a unified new album. The one unfortunate omission is that while the concerts had a nod to his psychedelic days with Tomorrow's "My White Bicycle," there's nothing from that era on this disc.

Paul Collins - All Music Guide



Kaum ein Gitarrensolist kann eine so abwechslungsreiche und unterhaltsame Setlist zusammenstellen wie Yes-Saitenhexer Steve Howe. Und kaum ein Album spiegelt diese Vielseitigkeit so gut wider wie Not Necessarily Acoustic. Die im Dezember '93 in Philadelphia und Montreal aufgezeichnete Scheibe enthält nicht nur Highlights seiner Soloalben wie "The Valley Of Rocks", "Heritage", "Bareback", "Cactus Boogie", "Meadow Rag" und natürlich "Ram", sondern auch einige Yes-Songs. Das legendäre Gitarrensolo "Clap" hat man erwarten können; auch "Mood For A Day" ist keine große Überraschung. Dass Howe sich allerdings an "Roundabout" und einigen Auszügen aus Tales From Topographic Oceans heranwagt, darf man getrost als mutig bezeichnen. Der Feeling-Gott meistert diese Herausforderungen aber genauso souverän wie ein Country-Medley, diverse Coverversionen und Vivaldis "Concerto In D - 2nd Movement". Für Freunde eingängiger Gitarrenzaubereien ein absoluter Pflichtkauf!

Michael Rensen - Amazon.de
 

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