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Argo2112 
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 Topic: Looking for Allan Holdsworth recommendationsPosted: November 18 2020 at 14:31 |
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I love Holdsworth's playing on the UK album & the Bruford stuff but I haven't checked out any of his solo stuff or other projects he may have been involved with. Where's a good place to start?
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Posted: November 18 2020 at 14:36 |
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Soft Machine - Bundles   Edited by Rivertree - November 18 2020 at 14:40 |
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Posted: November 18 2020 at 14:41 |
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For solo, Secrets is a good starter, and then on to i.o.u., Wardenclyffe Tower, Road Games, Hardhat Area . He also plays on tons of other stuff including Tony William's Believe It, Planet X's Quantum, Soft Machine Bundles, Moerlen's Gazeuse! , many others. Good luck! |
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Posted: November 18 2020 at 14:54 |
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A favorite of mine is K2-Book of the Dead. http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=7398
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Posted: November 18 2020 at 15:18 |
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Can't go wrong with any Holdsworth. Metal Fatigue, I.O.U, Hard Hat Area all fantastic.
His playing on Jean Luc Ponty's "Enigmatic Ocean" is stellar. Also, "MVP - Truth in Shredding". Edited by Grumpyprogfan - November 18 2020 at 15:18 |
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Posted: November 18 2020 at 15:44 |
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The first two Bruford albums and the first UK album are prog staples featuring AH, but also check out his funky jazz bits on the Believe It! Lp from the Tony Williams Lifetime. And can't forget AH's contributions to Gong's Gazeuse! album.
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Posted: November 18 2020 at 15:45 |
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All great recs so far. Yeah just jump into his discography. One of my favorite solos of his is on Low Levels, High Stakes, off Hard Hat Area.
Another album is Heavy Machinery, a record he did with Anders and Jens Johansson. Very fun. ^Here is another one of his best solos, off of The Atacama Experience, by Jean-Luc Ponty.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDgIy_Fk-mQ
Here's another of his best solos. Lots of giants on this record.
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Posted: November 18 2020 at 16:16 |
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Non solo related, Soft Machine's Bundles (and live album Floating World Live), K2's Book Of The Dead, and GonG's Gazeuse!.
For his solo stuff...a bit more hit or miss with me (usual misses are when vocals are involved), but when it hits it soars. I'd recommend Then! Live, Hard Hat Area, Sand, and Blues For Tony.
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Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:16 |
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Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I will check these out & see which ones are going on my Christmas list!
Edited by Argo2112 - November 19 2020 at 10:58 |
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Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:23 |
I found this to contain some of his best work. And probably the best compositions from the Johansson brothers as well. |
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^You beat me to it, Tapfret. Great minds!
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Posted: November 19 2020 at 13:16 |
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The rhythm section work on that album is so tight.
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Posted: November 19 2020 at 17:36 |
Fission is great, too. My favorite Jens Johansson album is his first one, Fjäderlösa Tvåfotingar.
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Posted: November 19 2020 at 17:42 |
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Bundles is my fav Holdsworth work
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Posted: November 27 2020 at 16:54 |
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And Holdsworth always said he wasn't happy with the Softs and their style, yet it's some of my favorite albums featuring AH.
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Posted: November 27 2020 at 18:46 |
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metal fatigue.
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Posted: November 27 2020 at 19:13 |
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Allan's Wikipedia page is especially well-written and has a great deal of good information! Whomever wrote this was likely both a fan and guitarist.
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Holdsworth is the OG! As others have mentioned, but here are the direct stream links:
Metal Fatigue: IOU: Hard Hat Area: |
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My favorite work by him is probably Bundles. But another of my favorite Allan Holdsworth projects is Gazeuse! by Gong or more accurately Pierre Moerlen's Gong (the name this line up would take two years later because it has nothing to do with Daevid Allen's Gong). He also plays violin there and there is a reworking of one of his solo pieces. A very interesting album.
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