The Attic Tapes Renbourn

John renbourn the attic tapes an album of early 1960s recordings by the fingerstyle pioneer offers a glimpse at his developing style.

The attic tapes renbourn.

The attic tapes lp 12 album 33 rpm john renbourn format. For anyone with even a passing interest in the music of john renbourn the attic tapes is an essential and absorbing collection thanks in no small part to colin hood s editing and tape transfers and to mike walker s mastering which offers a remarkable insight into the roots of one of britain s greatest guitarists and songwriters. Certainly others will hear this set and rate it lower to each his own on that. Remarkable early recordings of renbourn that features folk standards such as angi before even davy graham recorded his definitive version in 1964.

Released in gatefold sleeve with free download card. 4 7 out of 5 stars 27 ratings. The riverboat label s new collection of previously unreleased home recorded tracks the attic tapes catches him just before he made his name in the early 1960s a formative period when he hashed out his mix of folk blues and baroque classical and toured the south of england with cultish innovator mac macleod. Riverboat records tugcd1089 format.

It raises more questions about archival. Lovingly mastered from old tapes found in a friend s attic this is a vintage collection of previously unreleased rarities and early works by one of the guitar s truly great innovators. Made in the eu. Tunes like anji are nice but not definitive showing renbourn s early style.

Barcode and other identifiers. The four stars is for the release of these tapes themselves and hearing renbourn so early without him having any thoughts to these tunes being issued. Folk world country style. Cd album country.

Certainly others will hear this set and rate it lower to each his own on that. T he attic tapes is a 20 song archival hodgepodge cobbled together from early recordings of the late british guitarist john renbourn who died in march. The four stars is for the release of these tapes themselves and hearing renbourn so early without him having any thoughts to these tunes being issued. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2016 cd release of the attic tapes on discogs.