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Well this is a spinoff of the tele greats thread. i absolutely loved the links to his music in there, and now my question is where to start with him. I'd like to get a few albums, preferably live, any suggestions?
A perfect starter kit would be Sweet Dreams The Anthology which I have. It's a double disc collection with 26 tracks, 6 of which are live. The material is in chronological order dating from 1969 to 1978. It's a great collection, but there is much more out there. A tragic lose to the guitar world of a very troubled man, the best version of Hey Joe I've ever heard.
Think Green,
J Dawg
I second that suggestion. A place to start with Roy "...you're all fired..." Buchanan
ThinkBlue
Bigjeff
I would go for - Live in Japan- first, released again in 2003. According to Roy himself his best live recording ever on LP now CD.
A rare CD is; -You're not alone- ,the only CD where he plays a Gibson les Paul instead of a Fender Telecaster.
I have a brilliant compilation CD from the serie -Guitar Heroes -from Zounds , with the best digitally remastered quality you can get. You could buy it from the German magazine Audio. It's from 2000. If it is not available anymore, what I think,
I can make you a copy.
A good one too is; Roy Buchanan live from Charlies Blues Legends Live vol. 9.
Good luck!
Andre Wittebroek
I have a brilliant compilation CD from the serie -Guitar Heroes -from Zounds , with the best digitally remastered quality you can get.
You can buy it from amazon.de for €52.99(!!!!!!!!), or for 16.38 from amazon marketplace.
Günter
Hallo Gunter
Ridiculous those prices! It was around 15 Euros then if I remember well.
Same Guitar Heroes serie I've got: Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stan Webb and Frank Marino.
Andre Wittebroek
A great place to start is with his first 2 albums, "Roy Buchanan" & "Second Album" , also check out "You're Not Alone" , some great spacey stuff on that one, completly different from anything he ever did. With some jaw dropping guitar work.
Wow I wish I could get my hands on a copy of You're not alone. Used to have the album back in the day. Really different from any other Roy. Me, always loved the Live stock disc.
Yeah, I own several but if I only had one (my desert island collection) it would be "When a guitar plays the blues". The tiltle track, Chicago Smokeshop, Mrs. Pressure and A Nickle and a Nail are all classics. Other Roy classics are "The Messiah will come again" and his version of Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe". For Live albums, I own "American Axe" and it's pretty good.
Jeff
I can send you a copy if you can't get one. Send me an email then.
Andre Wittebroek
I have gotten Sweet Dreams, and also American Axe: Live in 1974. both are very good thus far.
I would also like to hear you're not alone if it is spacey/different, but i should be able to find it on soulseek sooner or later.
i now have you're not alone, and by the way this guy is fast becoming amongst my favoirte guitarists....sorry folks, i don't think jeff beck picking up a tele could do this or even come close...both are great...there is no best ever...just isn't...deal with it
hi guys, i know it' s not a roy buchanan album, but there's a guy called fred chappelier who made a tribute album in 2007 with neal black,tom principato... and it's damn good. that's how i discover roy buchanan amazing work.
he 's myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/fredchapellier
he got a new album now but song 5 is one of the tribute album.
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