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Favourite acoustic albums
6 and 12 String Guitar6 and 12 String Guitar by Leo Kottke
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £21.01
Why didnt I know about this guy years ago! Banjo picking on a 12 string with a slide - Just fantastic! Get it.
Joan Baez Debut AlbumJoan Baez Debut Album by Joan Baez
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £7.00
Joan's voice grated on first listening - then the doors opened and beauty flooded in. Silver dagger my favourite, but jaunty Wildwood Flower a close second. Lovely playing
Folk Roots, New RoutesFolk Roots, New Routes by Shirley Collins & Davy Graham
Buy new: £10.78 / Used from: £10.33
Unique, seminal English folk/blues music. Graham defines a style that leads to Zeppelin and beyond - Collins voice and the songs have hearts of oak.
The Times They Are A-Changin'The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.48
Lots of reasons for listening to this album, but in this list because of the open d playing in Hollis Brown. Can you get more power from a guitar and voice?
AnaAna by Ralph Towner
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £21.72
Towner's eclectic modern style of playing should be studied by all guitarists
Paris, TexasParis, Texas by Ry Cooder
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £3.15
A whole world from one man, a slide and a Wiesenborn guitar. Wait till the small hours, pour a tequilla and lime and lose yourself in this south-western landscape
Shine Eyed Mister ZenShine Eyed Mister Zen by Kelly Joe Phelps
Buy new: £7.78 / Used from: £3.99
More slide heaven. Kelly's dry Gibson flatop sound and virtuoso modal blues playing are a revelation - Check out The House Carpenter.
PlanxtyPlanxty by Planxty
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £13.34
The most beautiful interplay of traditional instruments. Listen to The Blacksmith and go directly to Guitar/Mandolin heaven.