Caribbean Guitar Explained

Caribbean Guitar
Type:	album
Artist:	Chet Atkins
Cover:	Caribbean_Guitar.jpg
Released:	July 1962
Recorded:	Nashville, TN
Genre:	Country, pop
Length:	29:16
Label:	RCA Victor LPM-2549 (Mono), LSP-2549 (Stereo)
Producer:	Chet Atkins
Chronology:	Chet Atkins
Prev Title:	Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	Down Home
Next Year:	1962

Caribbean Guitar is the eighteenth studio album recorded by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1962.

Atkins' treatment of "Banana Boat Song" is based on The Tarriers' version, not Harry Belafonte's more famous rendition.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "Chet Atkins's versatility and curiosity have covered a lot of ground, and you would think that his talent would be able to encompass calypso and other Caribbean styles as well. Alas, he isn't given much of a chance here."

Reissues

• In 1995, Travelin' and Caribbean Guitar were reissued on CD by One Way Records.^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Mayan Dance" (Antonio Lauro) – 2:08
2. "Yellow Bird" (Marilyn Bergman, Michael Keith, Norman Luboff) – 2:00
3. "Wild Orchids" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:34
4. "Bandit" (Alfredo Ricardo do Nascimento, John Turner, Michael Carr) – 2:06
5. "Jungle Dream" (Natalicio Moreyra Lima) – 2:36
6. "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)" (Erik Darling, Bob Carey, Alan Arkin) – 2:24

Side two

1. "Montego Bay" (Marvin Moore, Bernie Wayne) – 2:20
2. "Theme from Come September" (Bobby Darin) – 2:22
3. "Moon over Miami" (Joe Burke, Edgar Leslie) – 2:45
4. "Come to the Mardi Gras" (Max Bulhoes, Milton de Oliveira) – 2:27
5. "The Enchanted Sea" (Frank Metis, Randy Starr) – 2:19
6. "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 3:04

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar
• Karl Garvin – trumpet
• Bill Porter – engineer

Notes and References

1. AllMusic entry for reissue of Travelin and Caribbean Guitar.