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[[File:Thingsyousee.jpg|right|200px]]"The Things You See" is a duo album by [[Allan Holdsworth & Gordon Beck]], released in 1980 | [[File:Thingsyousee.jpg|right|200px]]"The Things You See" is a duo album by [[Allan Holdsworth & Gordon Beck]], released in 1980. The album features originals by Allan and Gordon. They play a version of "Golden Lakes" recorded by [[Igginbottom]], and the songs "At The Edge" and "The Things You See" would later be reworked into one song named after the latter on "I.O.U.". | ||
This intimate duet album | This intimate duet album features Allan on an acoustic-sounding and electric guitar, while Gordon plays both acoustic and electric piano. Sometimes they overdub. The material is varied: swinging jazz on “She’s lookin’...”, experimental on “Diminished…” and melancholic on “At The Edge”, where Allan does an early version of what would be joined with “The Things You See…” on IOU. Still, it’s cohesive sounding, and very listenable. | ||
By all accounts, Allan used an [[Ibanez L5]] copy for the recording of the album. | By all accounts, Allan used an [[Ibanez L5]] copy for the recording of the album. | ||
The album has been reissued several times. A popular edition on CD has been "The Things You See/Sunbird", which excludes the track "Flight" from "Sunbird". The track listing here is for the original single album edition. | The album has been reissued several times. A popular edition on CD has been "The Things You See/Sunbird", which excludes the track "Flight" from "Sunbird". The track listing here is for the original single album edition. | ||
Allan would sometimes play the tune "Stop Fiddlin'" in his solo show's in particular in the first shows he did in the U.S. in 1982. | |||
Producer Jean Marie Salhani of JMS Records offered his recollections on the album in 2017. They are given in a machine translation below. | |||
=Track listing= | =Track listing= | ||
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|+ Holdsworth/Beck: The Things You See ([[Allan Holdsworth Discography|D]]) | |+ Holdsworth/Beck: The Things You See ([[Allan Holdsworth Discography|D]]) ([https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nkQRYCtGIbYlg5t9B9QiMASamGEmQA3d0 YT]) | ||
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=Quotes on "The Things You See= | =Quotes on "The Things You See= | ||
==[[L’hommage de Jean-Marie Salhani à Allan Holdsworth (Guitaremag 2017)]]== | ==[[L’hommage de Jean-Marie Salhani à Allan Holdsworth (Guitaremag 2017)]]== | ||
''[Machine translated from French]'' | |||
- So after this “Sunbird” experience, for it was that first album which led to your first encounter, there was another record which became a reference, a duo with Gordon Beck, which you produced. | - So after this “Sunbird” experience, for it was that first album which led to your first encounter, there was another record which became a reference, a duo with Gordon Beck, which you produced. | ||
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Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Things_You_See | Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Things_You_See | ||
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/2051644-Allan-Holdsworth-Gordon-Beck-The-Things-You-See-Sunbird | Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/master/789728-Allan-Holdsworth-Gordon-Beck-The-Things-You-See | ||
Discogs (reissue): https://www.discogs.com/release/2051644-Allan-Holdsworth-Gordon-Beck-The-Things-You-See-Sunbird | |||
[[Category:Discography]] | [[Category:Discography]] | ||
