Uli Jon Roth "Transcendental Sky Guitar"

Uli Jon Roth "Transcendental Sky Guitar"

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Uli Jon Roth
Transcendental Sky Guitar
The Story
"Transcendental Sky Guitar" may very well represent German guitarist Uli Jon Roth's finest work ever, containing over 2 hours of music - 25 songs on a 2 CD set. This nearly all-instrumental collection includes "The Phoenix", a CD featuring concert pieces, and "The Dragon", a CD with encores and improvisations, including covers of Hendrix' "Voodoo Chile", "Villanva Gem" and "Atlantis". The concert CD has a neo-classical to classical flavor, with adaptations of pieces by Mozart ("Rondo Alla Turca"), Paganini ("Paganini Paraphrases"), Mendelssohn ("Fairy Dance") and other classical greats. The improvisational CD is loaded with Roth's remarkable feats of guitar playing wizardry, and culminates with the beautiful "Air De Bach". "Transcendental Sky Guitar" is destined to inspire a generation of guitarists as a documented example of the power and glory of the electric guitar.
The Music
=== DISC 1 === Vocal
08:51 Sky Overture Instrumental
02:00 Rondo Alla Turca Instrumental
04:12 Sehnsucht Instrumental
03:06 Tuona E Fulmina Instrumental
05:37 The Hut Of Baba-Yaga Instrumental
07:51 Earthquake Instrumental
04:10 Meditation De Thais Instrumental
01:37 Paganini Paraphrase Instrumental
03:21 Fairy Dance Instrumental
03:20 Beethoven Paraphrase Instrumental
02:30 Recuerdos De La Alhambra Instrumental
03:43 Air De Aranjuez Instrumental
=== DISC 2 === Instrumental
06:44 Hiroshima Vocal
05:05 Villanova Gem Instrumental
09:18 Voodoo Chile Vocal
03:18 Stormy Passage Instrumental
03:17 Gypsy Czardas Instrumental
05:30 Spanish Fantasy Instrumental
07:01 Freeflow Gem Instrumental
03:16 Scherzo Alla Paganini Instrumental
04:58 Atlantis Instrumental
05:13 Turn The Time Instrumental
08:21 Event Horizon Instrumental
05:40 Mighty Wing Cadenza 2000 Instrumental
02:55 Air De Bach Instrumental
The Artists
Uli Jon Roth Sky Guitar, Vocals, Production, DIrection, Additional Engineering, Mixing, Principal Art, Photography
Don Airey Keyboards
Steven Bentley-Klein Violin, Viola, Cello, Trumpet
Liz Vandall Vocals on "Hiroshima"
Shane Gaalaas Drums
Tonio Neuhaus Engineering
Georg Feltes Engineering
Carl Swann Engineering
Steve Claps Engineering
George Shmagranoff Engineering, Photography
Petra Hoops Photography
Recorded at Skylight Manor, Wales, September 17-20, 1999, Vienna, Austria, September 24, 1999, Zenith - Paris, France.

Additional recordings from December, 1999 to February, 2000.

Mixed at Skylight Manor in April/May, 2000.