Sharon Isbin and Friends - Guitar Passions

Artist: Sharon Isbin and Friends (various artists)

Album: Breakfast Guitar Passions
Year: 2011
Genre: Rock, Classics Covers
Format: mp3 320 kbps
Password: http://guitar-maniacs.blogspot.com/
Tracklist:
[02:28] 01. Porro
[03:43] 02. Sonidos de Aquel Dia
[13:06] 03. Adagio
[07:18] 04. Asturias
[03:41] 05. Allegro
[04:02] 06. Dreamboat Annie
[05:58] 07. Alfonsina Y El Mar
[03:56] 08. Chovendo Na Roseira
[04:11] 09. Carinhoso
[02:31] 10. O Presidente
[01:56] 11. Andante Religioso
[03:40] 12. Allegro Solemne


Guests:
Steve Vai, guitar
Stanley Jordan, guitar
Nancy Wilson (Heart), guitar/vocals
Steve Morse, guitar
Romero Lubambo, guitar
Paul Winter, soprano saxophone
Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, organic percussion
Rosa Passos, vocals

“Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin is truly a master of this genre ... Her new album elevates classical guitar to a whole new level. She masterfully captures what’s unique about each performer’s personality and style and melds it into a new guitarified creation.”
Guitar World 

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Buckethead - Albino Slug

Artist: Buckethead

Album: Albino Slug
Year: 2008
Genre:  Guitar Virtuoso, Avanguard, Guitar Instrumental
Format: 320 kbps mp3
Password: http://guitar-maniacs.blogspot.com/
Tracklist:

1. The Redeem Team
2. Siege Engine
3. Pink Eye
4. Dawn at the Deuce
5. Flee Flicker
6. Symmetrical Slug
7. The Bight of Benin
8. Fear of Salt
9. Spooner Arks
10. Electric Bell Blanket
11. Tide Pools
12. Shell Substitutions
13. Forgotten Trail



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Artist: Tony MacAlpine
Album: Tony MacAlpine
Year: 2011
Genre:  Guitar Instrumental, Guitar Virtuoso
Format: 320 kbps mp3
Password: http://guitar-maniacs.blogspot.com
Tracklist:
1. Serpens Cauda (4:22)
2. Ölüdeniz (5:15)
3. Fire Mountain (4:23)
4. Dream Mechanism (4:18)
5. Ten Seconds to Mercury (4:35)
6. Flowers for Monday (3:04)
7. Angel of Twilight (5:02)
8. Pyrokinesis (3:56)
9. Blue Maserati (4:41)
10. Summer Palace (4:35)
11. Salar De Uyuni (5:39)
12. The Dedication (4:22)

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Jason Becker - Collection

Artist: Jason Becker
Album: Collection
Year: 2008
Genre:  Guitar Virtuoso, Guitar Instrumental, Shred
Format: 320 kbps mp3
Tracklist:
1. Rain (3:12)
2. River of Longing (5:54)
3. Images (3:45)
4. Opus Pocus (5:39)
5. Higher (5:30)
6. It's Showtime! (3:48)
7. Altituides (5:41)
8. End of the Beginning (11:43)
9. River of Longing (Reprise) (4:15)
10. Meet Me in the Morning (5:23)
11. Air (5:39)
12. Electric Prayer for Peace (11:50)
13. Mandy's Throbbing Little Heart (1:22)
Description:
    Featuring Guest Guitar Performances By Michael Lee Firkins, Marty Friedman, Greg Howe, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, gripping virtuoso guitar licks and a glimpse at history as it was being made are the meat and potatoes of Jason Becker's 2008 album, Collection. Jason Becker still has a strong desire to compose, despite paralysis from Lou Gherig's disease, and Collection CD not only contains some of Jason's favorite moments from his Shrapnel and David Lee Roth recordings, it also features three new Becker compositions, each as impressive as anything he has recorded in the past. Jason has enlisted some of the largest names in instrumental guitar music to perform the parts that he hears in his head and has as many as three guitarists per track trading off riveting performances. Collection is exactly the kind of record that Becker fans have been waiting for!

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Greg Howe - Five

Artist: Greg Howe
Album: Five
Year: 1996
Genre:  Guitar Virtuoso, Guitar Instrumental
Format: 320 kbps mp3
Tracklist:
1. Just Kiddin' (5:10)
2. Sit (5:34)
3. Three Toed Sloth (4:12)
4. The Terrace (3:52)
5. Acute (4:24)
6. Quiet Hunt (6:01)
7. Bach Mock (1:14)
8. Plush Interior (4:40)
9. Dusty Maid (4:56)
10. Skyline (5:42)

   "Five", an appropriate title for Howe's fifth Shrapnel release, was again completly recorded, produced, engineered and mixed by Greg Howe at his house. Howe even mans the drums on this one. This recording set the stage for Howe's teaming with Richie Kotzen for two releases "Tilt" and "Project". While some of the tracks are a step slower than some of the 'Allan Holdsworth on steroids' feel of some of his previous releases, there are still plenty of examples of Howe's fluid, dare-devil playing over polyrhythmic, funky, neo-bluesy rhythm beds. "Five" includes Howe's trademark shredding on exemplary tracks such as "Just Kiddin'" and "Acute". 

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Steve Vai - Speed (VaiTunes#3) - 2010

Artist: Steve Vai
Album: Speed (VaiTunes#3)
Year: 2010
Genre:  Guitar Instrumental, Guitar Virtuoso
Format: 320 kbps mp3
Tracklist:
1. Speed


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Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare

Artist: Steve Vai
Album: Passion And Warfare
Year: 1990
Genre: Guitar Rock, Guitar Virtuoso
Tracklist:
1. Liberty (2:03)
2. Erotic Nightmares (4:15)
3. The Animal (4:01)
4. Answers (2:56)
5. The Riddle (6:25)
6. Ballerina 12/24 (1:43)
7. For The Love Of God (6:04)
8. The Audience Is Listening (5:30)
9. I Would Love To (3:41)
10. Blu Powder (4:45)
11. Greasy Kid's Stuff (2:58)
12. Alien Water Kiss (1:10)
13. Sister (4:08)
14. Love Secrets (3:38)


The second solo album from Steve Vai shows the guitarist coming into his own as a composer, matching his prodigious talent as a performer. The result is an entertaining mix. The hilarious "Audience is Listening" complements more reflective pieces such as "For the Love of God." The high-powered "Animal" and "Greasy Kid's Stuff" are balanced by "Blue Powder" and "Alien Water Kiss." Unlike most guitar-god solo recordings, Passion & Warfare avoids the sort of technical noodling that is uninteresting to everyone except other guitarists, opting instead for a collection of high-quality music that is full of compositional experimentation without ever getting out of control. --Genevieve Williams

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Uli Jon Roth - Under a Dark Sky

Artist: Uli Jon Roth
Album: Under a Dark Sky
Year: 2008
Genre: Guitar Legend, Rock
Format: 320 kbps mp3
Password: http://guitar-maniacs.blogspot.com/
Tracklist:
1. S.O.S. (4:09)
2. Tempus Fugit (2:32)
3. Land Of Dawn:Techno Man (2:26)
4. Land Of Dawn (3:35)
5. Land Of Dawn:Lion Wings (5:06)
6. The Magic Word (6:11)
7. Inquisition (1:08)
8. Letter Of The Law (3:03)
9. Stay In The Light (6:30)
10. Benediction (3:45)
11. Light And Shadows (6:13)
12. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Destination Twilight (1:52)
13. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Morgenrot (0:48)
14. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Searchlights From Hell (1:14)
15. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Seelenschmerz (1:47)
16. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Inside The Titanic (1:13)
17. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Fama Errat (1:40)
18. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Requiem For The Nations (1:52)
19. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Morituri (2:06)
20. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Rex Tremendae (2:28)
21. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Star Peace (2:18)
22. Tanz In Die Dammerung (1:34)
23. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Silence
 
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G3 - Live In Concert

Artist: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson
Album: G3 - Live In Concert
Year: 1997
Genre: Guitar Virtuoso, Guitar Instrumental
Format: 256 kbps mp3
Tracklist:
1. Joe Satriani - Cool #9 (6:46)
2. Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream (5:59)
3. Joe Satriani - Summer Song (6:30)
4. Eric Johnson - Zap (6:06)
5. Eric Johnson - Manhattan (5:16)
6. Eric Johnson - Camel's Night Out (5:57)
7. Steve Vai - Answers (6:58)
8. Steve Vai - For The Love Of God (7:47)
9. Steve Vai - The Attitude Song (5:16)
10. Going Down (5:47)
11. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (5:21)
12. Red House (9:12)

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Steve Vai - Fire Garden

Artist: Steve Vai
Album: Fire Garden
Year: 1999
Genre: Guitar Virtuoso, Guitar Instrumental
Format: vbr 320 kbps mp3
Tracklist:

1. There's A Fire In The House (5:27)
2. The Crying Machine (4:51)
3. Dyin' Day (4:30)
4. Whookam (0:36)
5. Blowfish (4:04)
6. The Mysterious Murder Of Christian Tiera's Lover (1:02)
7. Hand On Heart (5:25)
8. Bangkok (2:46)
9. Fire Garden Suite: Bull Whip, Pusa Road, Angel Food, Taurus Bulba (9:56)
10. Deepness (0:48)
11. Little Alligator (6:13)
12. All About Eve (4:38)
13. Aching Hunger (4:45)
14. Brother (5:04)
15. Damn You (4:31)
16. When I Was A Little Boy (1:18)
17. Genocide (4:12)
18. Warm Regards (4:07)

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Steve Vai - Flexable

Artist: Steve Vai
Album: Flexable
Year: 1984
Genre:  Avant-Garde, Guitar Virtuoso, Guitar Instrumental
Format: 192 kbps mp3
Tracklist:
1. Little Green Men (5:36)
2. Viv Woman (3:07)
3. Lovers Are Crazy (5:37)
4. Salamanders In The Sun (2:25)
5. The Boy/Girl Song (4:00)
6. The Attitude Song (3:21)
7. call It Sleep (5:06)
8. Junkie (7:19)
9. Bill's Private Parts (0:16)
10. Next Step Earth (0:34)
11. There's Something Dead In Here (3:52)

I love it! Flexable contains Vai in his most Raw form. It's fantastic. It's also a very good example of his song writing abilities and orchestration. Some of Vai's best material is on this CD. Virtually all of Flexable was record on a Fender Strat!

"Viv Woman" is one of my favourite Vai songs. This album also contains "The Attitude Song", which is a fabulous guitar song. The first song "Little Green Men", contains vocals recorded at half time, and then sped up to fit in time with the music. The result are these chipmunks vocals, very funny.

The third song, "Lovers are Crazy" is a very Zappa inspired song, with Steve on vocals. The next one "Salamanders in the Sun", starts with a simple melody played on a Flute. Elevator music, big time. However, after the chorus and verse, the guitar takes over on the melody. Pure magic. The drums are done entirely on a Linn drum machine. Also, if you listen carefully to the 'chorus' section, there is a hi-hat going at 16th notes in the background. I've got a live version of this song, and the drums are psycho, really heavy. It changes the whole song.

"The Boy/Girl Song". Recently Aphex Twin did a song named exactly this. I haven't heard it, did they steal any melodies off it? It's a very simple vocal-orientated love song. "Corny but cute"

"The Attitude song". Wow... you just have to hear this song. Actually, most of you probably already have, its on the G3 video. This is the song that introduced me to Vai. After hearing it on the G3 video, I bought Flexable and couldn't believe the original version of the song. It's so tight and fresh. An excellent guitar song. I've also got a version of this that Vai recorded first, when he used a drum machine and did a one-take improvisation on the bass. Then he decorated it with guitars. It's very cool.

Vai on "Call it Sleep": "This piece was written when I was in school. It was on the original demo audition tape I sent to Frank Zappa. It was re-recorded at Stucco Blue and now appears on Flexable. The sentiment of this song was inspired by a few friends who, in adolescence, met an unfortunate demise. There's something sad, powerful, mournful and beautiful that touches our hearts in such circumstances. I sought to capture those emotions with 'Call it Sleep.'"

"The basic Carvin (guitar) and the '77 "Sticker" Strat were used. There was an extra feed taken from the guitar that went into the console direct. A small amount of the direct signal is blended in with the distorted signal in the raging section (approximately 12 percent). A larger amount of clean signal is used on the cleaner melody section (about 50 percent). During the mix for this piece, the D.I. guitar was sent back out to a Carvin amp that was cranked up and mic'd for the raging solo section. This was then blended into the distorted sound (about 15 percent). Very little echo was used; no delays. A stereo chorusing FX was used in the mix to slightly widen the melody tone." Flexible vinyl middle circle thingo

You can hear Satriani's famous 'lizard down the neck' technique in this song.

"Junkie". Have you heard "Rescue Me Or Bury Me" from Sex and Religion? Well this is kind of the original version of it. The song it totally different, but it follows the same format. Guitar and vocals at start for about 2 minutes, and then a long solo section that doesn't have any time signature. Chad Wackerman played the drums on it (from Zappa). The solo section contains a good introduction to Vai's very fast technique. Next stop Earth: Part of a huge space opera he was writing called "Alien Love Story". Funny, considering his later album named alien love secrets. This song is a bizarre random melody in a cacophany of harmonization and technique. It's great!
Rewieved by:Lach

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Steve Vai - Alive In An Ultra World - 2CD

Artist: Steve Vai
Album: Alive In An Ultra World
Year: 1995
Genre: Guitar Virtuoso, Guitar Instrumental
Format: 320 kbps mp3
Tracklist (content of 2 CD's):
1. Giant Balls Of Gold (4:45)
2. Burning Rain (4:50)
3. The Black Forest (6:38)
4. Alive In An Ultra World (3:53)
5. Devil's Food (10:10)
6. Blood And Glory (4:53)
7. Whispering A Prayer (8:46)
8. Iberian Jewel (4:39)
9. The Power of Bombos (5:04)
10. Incantation (8:53)
11. Light of The Moon (5:47)
12. Babushka (6:42)
13. Being with You (in Paris) (6:24)
14. Principessa (5:52)
15. Brandos Costumes (Gentle Ways) (6:03)
16. Maple Leafs (2:28)

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