Looking for Allan Holdsworth recommendations
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Topic: Looking for Allan Holdsworth recommendations
Posted By: Argo2112
Subject: Looking for Allan Holdsworth recommendations
Date Posted: November 18 2020 at 14:31
| 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 By: Rivertree
Date Posted: November 18 2020 at 14:36
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Soft Machine - Bundles   ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date 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! ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: xhouse
Date 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 ------------- Between Thought and Expression Lies True Perception |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date 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". |
Posted By: Intruder
Date 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. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date 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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqtZg4XCe48" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqtZg4XCe48 ^Here is another one of his best solos, off of The Atacama Experience, by Jean-Luc Ponty.
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Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: November 18 2020 at 15:47
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDgIy_Fk-mQ" rel="nofollow - 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 By: Man With Hat
Date 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. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:16
| Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I will check these out & see which ones are going on my Christmas list! |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date 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. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Awesoreno wrote:Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 11:02
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^You beat me to it, Tapfret. Great minds! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 13:16
| The rhythm section work on that album is so tight. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 17:36
Fission is great, too. My favorite Jens Johansson album is his first one, Fjäderlösa Tvåfotingar. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 17:42
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Bundles is my fav Holdsworth work ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Intruder
Date 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. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: grantman
Date Posted: November 27 2020 at 18:46
metal fatigue. 
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Posted By: cstack3
Date 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Holdsworth#Early_career_and_1970s" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Holdsworth#Early_career_and_1970s ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: November 28 2020 at 00:13
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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: ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: CristauxFeur
Date Posted: December 04 2020 at 13:09
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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. ------------- Dragged down by the stone |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: December 04 2020 at 14:07
| Thanks again to everybody for the recommendations. I have Bundles coming for Christmas & I'll probably be getting some of the other ones down the road. |