The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Deluxe Box Set)

Charlie Christian - The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Deluxe Box Set)

The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Deluxe Box Set)
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Artist: Charlie Christian
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2002-09-24
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Flying Home
  2. Rose Room
  3. Star Dust
  4. Memories Of You
  5. Soft Winds
  6. Seven Come Eleven
  7. Shivers
  8. AC-DC Current
  9. I'm Confessin'
  10. Till Tom Special
  11. Gone With What Wind
  12. The Sheik Of Araby
  13. Untitled Tune
  14. Poor Butterfly
  15. I Surrender Dear
  16. Boy Meets Goy (Grand Slam)
  17. These Foolish Things
  18. Flying Home
  19. Memories Of You
  20. Soft Winds
  21. Shivers
  22. Gone With What Wind
  23. The Sheik Of Araby
  24. I Surrender Dear
  25. Boy Meets Goy (Grand Slam)
  26. These Foolish Things
Music CD 2
  1. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me)
  2. Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special)
  3. Ad Lib Blues
  4. Wholly Cats
  5. Charlie's Dream
  6. I Never Knew
  7. Lester's Dream
  8. Wholly Cats
  9. Wholly Cats
  10. Royal Garden Blues
  11. As Long As I Live
  12. Benny's Bugle
  13. Gilly (Gone With What Draft)
  14. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me)
  15. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me)
  16. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me)
  17. Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special)
  18. Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special)
  19. Wholly Cats
  20. Wholly Cats
  21. Wholly Cats
  22. Royal Garden Blues
  23. Royal Garden Blues
  24. As Long As I Live
  25. Gilly (Gone With What Draft)
  26. Gilly (Gone With What Draft)
Music CD 3
  1. Breakfast Feud
  2. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  3. Breakfast Feud
  4. On The Alamo
  5. I Found A New Baby
  6. Gone With What Draft
  7. A Smo-o-o-oth One
  8. Air Mail Special (Good Enough To Keep)
  9. Breakfast Feud
  10. Breakfast Feud
  11. Breakfast Feud
  12. Breakfast Feud
  13. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  14. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  15. Breakfast Feud
  16. Breakfast Feud
  17. Breakfast Feud
  18. I Found A New Baby
  19. Gone With What Draft
  20. Gone With What Draft
  21. A Smo-o-o-oth One
  22. A Smo-o-o-oth One
  23. Air Mail Special (Good Enough To Keep)
Music CD 4
  1. All Star Strut
  2. Honeysuckle Rose
  3. Li'l Boy Love
  4. Solo Flight
  5. All Star Strut
  6. Li'l Boy Love
  7. Solo Flight
  8. Untitled Tune (Breakdown)
  9. Poor Butterfly (False Start)
  10. I Surrender Dear (Breakdown)
  11. I Surrender Dear (Breakdown)
  12. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) (Breakdown)
  13. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) (False Start)
  14. These Foolish Things (False Start)
  15. Tune Up & Blues (False Start)
  16. Wholly Cats (Breakdown)
  17. Breakfast Feud (False Start)
  18. Breakfast Feud (False Start)
  19. Gilly (Gone With What Draft) (Breakdown)
  20. All Star Strut (Breakdown)
  21. Benny's Bugle (Rehearsal Sequence - Part One)
  22. Benny's Bugle (Rehearsal Sequence - Part Two)
  23. March 13, 1941 Jam Session

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Free Music Review: Essential, although I absolutely agree with the packaging critique
Hit: 5 Stars

I am a jazz guitarist, music salesman, and record collector. So, I was obviously excited when I heard about this reissue. Charlie Christian is arguably the most important jazz guitarist of all time, and he was certainly the first great electric guitarist (regardless of genre).

Sadly, I must say that I agree that the packaging is miserable. As previous reviewers have complained, some of the cds skipped as a result of the blemishes caused by the foam packaging. My solution was to purchase a cheap ($12) cd cleaner (all of the blemishes were superficial and not permanent). I also tore out the foam (which is glued in) and put the cds on blank trays, which fit conveniently in the "amp" (Note: Should you choose to do this, you will have to remove the tray from the rest of the jewel case).

Its such a shame that Columbia packaged the set this way, because it is such a wonderful and important release. The remastering is truly remarkable, stunning in fact. Comparing these discs to the single cds which Columbia first issued close to 20 years ago, one hears so much detail. For example, there is a clarient obbligati from Benny Goodman in "Six Appeal" which is inaudible on the single cd. Definetly an essential purchase, just beware of the packaging.
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The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Deluxe Box Set) Poster

Once a musician's influence becomes widespread and absorbed, it's often a good idea to step back and remember how revolutionary their work was in its day. Charlie Christian's role as a forefather of the electric guitar was forged not just because he was among the first to use the then-new technology in the late '30s, but also because of his playing. He understood that an electric guitar is a different creature than an acoustic, and he explored this difference with fearless aplomb during his tragically short life (he died in 1942 at the age of 25).

This four-disc set is a powerful celebration of Christian's legacy. As a young man playing alongside some of the giants of his day, he held his own. His fluid lines became part of basic and continuing language of the electric guitar, setting the stage for everyone from Les Paul to Jimi Hendrix. Beautifully mastered, the 98 tracks here include 17 previously unreleased performances (and another 27 never previously issued in the U.S.). Lovingly compiled, this is an essential title, not just for a jazz fan, but for any fan of the electric guitar--it all traces back to Charlie Christian. --David Greenberger

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