Solid Gold 69
1969 studio album by Chet Atkins
Solid Gold 69 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||
Studio album by Chet Atkins | ||||
Released | 1969 | |||
Genre | Country, pop | |||
Label | RCA Victor LSP-4244 (Stereo) | |||
Producer | Bob Ferguson | |||
Chet Atkins chronology | ||||
|
Solid Gold 69 is the thirty-eighth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1969.[1][2]
The liner notes were written by Donovan.[1]
Reception
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The album was a moderate commercial success, entering the US Pop Album charts on December 13, 1969. It stayed on the chart for 7 weeks and peaked at #150.[4]
At the Grammy Awards of 1970, Solid Gold 69 was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.
Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "Only completists who must hear everything need search for this."[3]
Track listing
Side one
- "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell)
- "Son of a Preacher Man" (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins)
- "My Way" (Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Paul Anka)
- "Blackbird" (Lennon–McCartney)
- "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
- "So What's New?" (Lee, Pisano)
Side two
- "Folsom Prison Blues" (Johnny Cash)
- "Jean"
- "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"
- "Hey Jude" (Lennon–McCartney)
- "Aquarius" (Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni)
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – guitar
Production notes
- Produced by Bob Ferguson
- Cover Photo by Howard Cooper
- Liner Photo by Bill Grine
- Sculptor: Marvin Thompson
References
- v
- t
- e
- Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar
- Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins
- A Session with Chet Atkins
- Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version)
- Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions
- Finger Style Guitar
- Chet Atkins at Home
- Hi-Fi in Focus
- Chet Atkins in Hollywood
- Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
- Mister Guitar
- Teensville
- The Other Chet Atkins
- Chet Atkins' Workshop
- Christmas with Chet Atkins
- The Most Popular Guitar
- Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
- Caribbean Guitar
- Down Home
- Our Man in Nashville
- Teen Scene
- The Guitar Genius
- Travelin'
- Guitar Country
- Progressive Pickin'
- My Favorite Guitars
- More of That Guitar Country
- Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
- From Nashville with Love
- Music from Nashville, My Home Town
- It's a Guitar World
- Chet
- Picks the Best
- Class Guitar
- Hometown Guitar
- Solid Gold 68
- Solo Flights
- Lover's Guitar
- Solid Gold 69
- Yestergroovin'
- Solid Gold 70
- Pickin' My Way
- For the Good Times
- Picks on the Hits
- Alone
- The Night Atlanta Burned
- Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies
- Teen Scene
- Me and My Guitar
- Country After All These Years
- East Tennessee Christmas
- Work It Out with Chet Atkins C.G.P.
- Stay Tuned
- Street Dreams
- Sails
- Chet Atkins, C.G.P.
- Read My Licks
- Almost Alone
- Solo Sessions
- Chet Atkins and His Guitar
Hank Snow | |
---|---|
Boston Pops | |
Jerry Reed | |
Country All-Stars | |
Nashville String Band |
|
Les Paul | |
Others |
compilations
- The Best of Chet Atkins
- The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2
- The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends
- Galloping Guitar: The Early Years
- Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
- Chet Picks on the Grammys
- The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years
- The Essential Chet Atkins
- Eclectic Guitar
- The Early Years 1946–1957