The Instrumentals: The Best of the Capitol Years
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| Compilation album by Leo Kottke | ||||
| Released | Feb 11, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 1970-1975 | |||
| Genre | Folk, New Acoustic, American Primitive Guitar | |||
| Label | Blue Note (42312) | |||
| Producer | Denny Bruce | |||
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The Instrumentals: The Best of the Capitol Years is a 2003 compilation of American guitarist Leo Kottke's releases on the Capitol label. It was released at the same time as The Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years.
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Hal Horowitz wrote of the album "...having a compilation of Kottke's instrumental music — much of it totally solo — makes for a cohesive — some might say definitive — portrait of the guitarist's jaw-dropping skills... Although his approach would ultimately lead others to new age, there is nothing here that is atmospheric or merely background music. Beautiful, difficult, quirky, but never flashy for the sake of show, Kottke's singular style remains vital and influential to everyone who picks up an acoustic guitar... this is as good a place as any to start a Kottke collection."
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