Primitive Guitars

Track Listings

1. Criollo

2. Caracas

3. Nueva Ola

4. Bogota

5. Ritmo de Los Angeles

6. Europe 70-1

7. Impossible Guitar

8. Big Dome

9. Europe 80-1

Primitive Guitars,Phil Manzanera,Editions Eg Records,Album Rock,Ethnic Fusion,Pop,Popular Music,Prog-Rock/Art Rock,Rock

Primitive Guitars

Tracks:

Criollo
Caracas
Nueva Ola
Bogota
Ritmo de Los Angeles
Europe 70-1
Impossible Guitar
Big Dome
Europe 80-1

Album Description

First released in 1982, 'Primitive Guitars' truly is a soloalbum. Released at the same time as Roxy Music's 'Avalon', this experimental album received rave reviews. Now digitallyremastered it includes the two bonus tracks, 'Criollo' (french remix) and 'Frontera' (instrumental version).

Album Details

An Instrumental LP, Musically Looking Back at his Stylistic Growth Through a Series of Solo Pieces that Take in the Various Stages of his Life; Childhood in South America, Adolescence in London, Stints in Roxy Music, 801 and Other Projects. Manzanera is Backed Only by a Drum Machine and on One Track, John Wetton on Bass. In Between Tracks, Manzanera Inserts Snatches of Dialogue Recorded at Various Rehearsals.

Customer Reviews:

Incredible Virtuoso.......2002-12-28

This album is INCREDIBLE! Why it was never pushed, I haven't a clue. I wore the LP out, so I had to go CD - and it was no easy task. Haunting melodies, consuming riffs. Wow. It just blows me away. Hell, this is 10 stars!