Sweet Dreams: The Anthology
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Sweet Dreams: The Anthology is a compilation album by American
guitar
ist and blues
musician
Roy Buchanan
. The double CD contains released as well as previously unreleased recordings, live and studio. According to Mike Joyce, who reviewed the album in the Washington Post, it "presents the good, the bad and the unreleased from Buchanan's tenure with the Polydor and Atlantic labels." The anthology is part of PolyGram
's "Chronicles" retrospective series.
's catalog is given a thorough overhaul, Sweet Dreams: The Anthology (1992) is a satisfying overview of the man once dubbed 'The Best Unknown Guitarist in the World.'" Mike Joyce of the Washington Post was most impressed with "a gorgeous guitar reading of 'Sweet Dreams,'" besides the live songs, especially "an expansive and expressive version of Neil Young's 'Down by the River' (featuring Billy Price
on vocals)."
United States
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guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist and blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan was a sideman and solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career, and two later solo albums that made it on to the Billboard chart. Despite never having achieved stardom, he is still...
. The double CD contains released as well as previously unreleased recordings, live and studio. According to Mike Joyce, who reviewed the album in the Washington Post, it "presents the good, the bad and the unreleased from Buchanan's tenure with the Polydor and Atlantic labels." The anthology is part of PolyGram
PolyGram
PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...
's "Chronicles" retrospective series.
Track listing
- Disc one
- Disc two
- Tracks 1.01 to 1.04 outtakes from unreleased debut album, recorded between 1969 and 71 (vocals on "The Story of Isaac" by Charlie DanielsCharlie DanielsCharles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer...
) - Tracks 1.05 to 1.07 from the album Roy Buchanan
- Tracks 1.08 to 1.10 from the album Second Album
- Tracks 1.12 & 1.13 from the album That's What I am Here For
- Tracks 1.14 & 1.15 from the album Rescue Me / In The Beginning
- Tracks 2.02 & 2.03 from the album Live StockLive StockLive Stock is a 1975 album by Roy Buchanan and was released on the Polydor Records label. The cover photo was taken and sent to Roy by Australian music commentator Glenn A Baker. This release, recorded live in New York City, finds axeslinger extraordinaire Roy Buchanan doing what he does best:...
- Tracks 2.04 & 2.05 from the album A Street Called StraightA Street Called StraightA Street Called Straight is a 1976 album by Roy Buchanan and was released on the Atlantic Records label.-Track listing:All tracks by Roy Buchanan except were noted# "Running Out" – 2:51...
- Track 2.06 from the album Loading Zone
- Tracks 2.07 & 2.08 from the album Live in Japan
- Tracks 2.09 & 2.10 from the album You're Not Alone
- Tracks 1.11, 2.01 & 2.11 previously unreleased, mixed at PolyGram Studios
Critical reception
Lindsay Planer, in a review on Allmusic, writes in a review that gives the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, "until BuchananBuchanan
- People :* Buchanan * James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States* James M. Buchanan, Nobel Prize-winning American economist.- Places :In Africa:* Buchanan, Liberia, a large coastal townIn Canada:* Buchanan, Saskatchewan...
's catalog is given a thorough overhaul, Sweet Dreams: The Anthology (1992) is a satisfying overview of the man once dubbed 'The Best Unknown Guitarist in the World.'" Mike Joyce of the Washington Post was most impressed with "a gorgeous guitar reading of 'Sweet Dreams,'" besides the live songs, especially "an expansive and expressive version of Neil Young's 'Down by the River' (featuring Billy Price
Billy Price
Billy Price is the stage name of soul singer William Pollak. Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey in 1949, he has lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA since the mid 1970s.-Career:...
on vocals)."