Calling all acoustic guitar fans...


I've always liked the sound of acoustic guitar on my system. Currently in heavy rotation in my system now:
1. Sounds of Wood and Steel #2 (Windham Hill)
2. Sounds of Wood & Steel #3 (Windham Hill)
3. Eric Clapton Unplugged
4. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds (live extra disc in Some Devil CD)

I'm looking for direction from you guys on other well recorded selections, let me know your thoughts.

Thanks,
Jim
mijknarf
There's alot of good classical stuff that you might like (Parkening, Segovia, Gropman...). Also would recommend:

Andreas Willers/Can I Go On Like This
Larry Coryell/Tributaries/ The Restful Mind
John McLaughlin/My Goals Beyond/ or any Shakti
L'Ensemble Raye/Quelques Pieces Detachees
James Emery/Standing On A Whale...
Raoul Bjorkenheim, Nicky Skopelitis/Revelator
Jonas Hellborg/Octave Of The Holy Innocents/Good People
Adrian Legg/Guitars And Other Cathedrals
Zai Ensemble/Oxygen Suite
Tim Sparks/At The Rebbe's Table
Peter Finger/Solo
Benjamin Verdery/Ride The Wind Horse
Richard Johnson, Jud Martindale/Creatures Of Habit
Ralph Towner/City Of Eyes, Sargasso Sea (w/Abercrombie)
Sylvain Luc/SUD
Uwe Kropinski/ANY!!!
Jack West/Big Ideas
Leo Kottke/One Guitar No Vocals, That's What
Christian Escoude/A Suite For Gypsies
Cullen-Manring/Equilibre
D. Andrtova & R. Hladik/Voliera
Robt. Fripp & The League Of Crafty Guitarists/Show of Hands
Bernd Steidl/Psycho Acoustic Overture (maybe a bit of an Yngwie clone)
The Guitar Workshop (Compilation of some GREAT little known british acoustic guitarists on the Transatlantic label)
Masada Guitars - Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot and Tim Sparks playing solo compositions by John Zorn.
Also -- Stephen Stills, Stills Alone. This is just Stills and an acoustic guitar. Stills is in his gritty, swampy, backwater mode, picking his guitar and singing with a whiskey aged voice. Great songs, great picking, and
great sonics. Check it out.
Norman Blake, "Whiskey for Breakfast", n Rounder Records. I have the LP, and it is incredible. Utterly true to the sound of the instrument, no compression of dynamincs or bandwidth, and virtuouso, tasteful playing. Really terrific. Can't speak for the CD release, and doubt it's quite as good. Also, Vanguard releases of Doc Watson tend to sound great.

RNM
Some older acoustic guitar LP's that I have combine both great music and top-notch recording are:

Bruce Cockburn - Dancing in the Dragons Jaws (sound quality is unbelievably good)

Leo Kottke - A Shout Toward Noon (obscure recording that has survived my rotation on and off for well over a decade)

Muddy Waters - Folk Singer (a classic)

I have about 40 original Kicking Mule LP's with a variety of obscure artists. Some of them sound great - they were clearly single mic'ed and deliver some real warmth. If you want some names, I can go make a list.