Weedon,Bert Play In A Day - Hits Misses & Collectables 1956-6 CD

EU-only collection. Former jazz and dance band guitarist Bert Weedon will always be remembered as the most important and influential British guitarist of all time, for the multi-million-selling guitar tutorial which he'd written and published in 1957, Play In A?Day. He subsequently became the UK's unlikely first ever guitar hero in 1959, when he charted with his lively cover version of The Virtues' twangy US hit 'Guitar Boogie Shuffle'. This compilation features all his important recordings between 1956-62, notably his original versions of 'Apache' (which of course launched The Shadows' career) and 'Ginchy' (which was popularized in the US by The Ventures). Also includes his other UK?hits 'Nashville Boogie', 'Big Beat Boogie', 'Twelfth Street Rag', 'Sorry Robbie' and 'Mr Guitar', as well as his historic cover version of Bill Doggett's 'Honky Tonk' (which was the first-ever UK?rock µn? roll instro). Bert has been repeatedly name checked by subsequent generations of British guitarists as being the man who inspired them to first play the guitar, most notably Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Hank B Marvin, Joe Brown, George Harrison, John Lennon, Dave Davies, Pete Townshend, Mark Knopfler, Brian May, and many more.

1. Stranger Than Fiction 2. Honky Tonk 3. Flannel Foot 4. Theme from Itv's 64,000 Question 5. Soho Fair 6. Quiet, SSH! 7. Big Note Blues 8. Guitar Boogie Shuffle 9. Bert's Boogie 10. Teenage Guitar 11. Blue Guitar 12. I Need Your Love Tonight 13. Roulette 14. Nashville Boogie 15. King Size Guitar 16. Big Beat Boogie 17. Theme from a Summer Place 18. Twelfth Street Rag 19. Querida 20. Apache 21. Lonely Guitar 22. Bongo Rock 23. Sorry Robbie 24. Easy Beat 25. Ginchy 26. Yearning 27. Mr. Guitar 28. Eclipse 29. Ghost Train 30. Fury 31. China Doll 32. Red Guitar 33. Twist a Napoli 34. Some Other Love 35. South of the Border 36. Poinciana