Eclectic Guitar is a compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 2007 on the El label.

Eclectic Guitar
Compilation album by Chet Atkins
Released	Mar 19, 2007
Recorded	1954 - 1956
Genre	Country, jazz
Length	51:19
Label	El
Producer	Chet Atkins, Stephen H. Sholes
Chet Atkins chronology
The Essential Chet Atkins (2007) Eclectic Guitar (2007) The Early Years 1946-1957 (2007)

History

The single disc contains 20 tracks from the three-year period of 1954 through 1956 representing Atkins' work in a variety of styles; mostly pop, jazz, and classical with very little country music. Most of the songs are solo performances.

The cover photo had been previously used for the 1961 reissue of A Session with Chet Atkins.

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Review scores
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Track listing

1. "Sunrise Serenade" (Carle) – 2:47
2. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:41
3. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:28
4. "Mister Sandman" (Pat Ballard) – 2:18
5. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:25
6. "Minute Waltz" (Frédéric Chopin) – 1:47
7. "Intermezzo" (Robert Henning, Heinz Provost) – 2:33
8. "Minuet/Prelude" (Bach) – 2:30
9. "Little Rock Getaway" (Carl Sigman, Joe Sullivan) – 2:19
10. "Ochi Chornya (Dark Eyes)" (Traditional) – 2:46
11. "La Golondrina" (Traditional) – 2:48
12. "Indian Love Call" (Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach) – 2:58
13. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 3:01
14. "Alice Blue Gown" (Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney) – 2:22
15. "Malaguena" (Ernesto Lecuona) – 2:48
16. "Gavotte in D" (François Joseph Gossec) – 1:43
17. "Waltz in A Flat" (Johannes Brahms) – 1:50
18. "Adelita" (Tarrega) – 1:39
19. "Petite Walz" (Traditional) – 2:50
20. "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 2:46

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar
• Ray Edenton – guitar
• Poppa John Gordy – piano, celeste
• Buddy Harman – drums
• Marvin Hughes – piano, celeste
• Ernie Newton – bass
• Dale Potter – fiddle

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