Travelin' (Chet Atkins album)

Travelin'
Studio album by
Chet Atkins
Released1963
RecordedRCA "Nashville Sound" Studio, Nashville, TN
GenreCountry, pop
Length28:35
LabelRCA Victor LSP-2678
ProducerAnita Kerr
Chet Atkins chronology
The Guitar Genius
(1963) 		Travelin'
(1963) 		Reminiscing
(1964)

Travelin' is the twenty-third studio album recorded by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1963.

The liner notes, titled "Smash Hit Tunes from His History-making International Tour", portray Atkins' tour of South Africa with Jim Reeves and Floyd Cramer.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
New Record Mirror[2]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Steven Cook wrote of the album "While often seen as no more than hokey, easy listening ephemera, Atkins' many sides from the '60s deserve a reassessment. The stellar jazz dates Atkins later did at Columbia may better showcase his jazz leanings, but these RCA discs still have a wealth of quality picking and a good share of top-drawer material."[1]

Reissues

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Wheels" (Torre, Stephens) – 2:31
  2. "Calcutta" (Conway, John Garton, Libby Quinn) – 3:01
  3. "La Dolce Vita" (Nino Rota, Eduardo Verde) – 2:16
  4. "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 3:17
  5. "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) – 2:37
  6. "Naboomspruit Polka" (Taffy Kikillus) – 2:18

Side two

  1. "Muskrat Ramble" (Ray Gilbert, Kid Ory) – 2:47
  2. "Warm Patat" (Nico Carstens) – 2:03
  3. "Volare" (Franco Migliacci, Domenico Modugno) – 2:42
  4. "Mossie Se Moses" (Nico Carstens)– 2:26
  5. "Sweetness" (Jethro Burns) – 2:24
  6. "World is Waiting for Sunrise" (Gene Lockhart, Ernest Seitz) – 3:11

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Cook, Steven. "Travelin' > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. ^ Watson, Jimmy (27 July 1963). "Chet Atkins: Travelin" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 124. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ^ AllMusic entry for reissue of Travelin and Caribbean Guitar.