Legendary Guitarist

Allan Holdsworth - Legendary Guitarist

Young Guitar Special Issue
Shinko Music Mook

"Legendary Guitarist" is a special issue of the Japanese guitar magazine "Young Guitar", released by Shinko Music in 2017 as a "Music Mook", a combination of a magazine and a book. It consists of 164 pages with the following contents: a biography, a small collection of condolences by Japanese guitarists, a reprint in Japanese of Anil Prasad's two interviews with Allan, a fairly detailed discography, eleven interviews from 1983 to 2014 that appear to have been published in previous magazine editions, plus a conversation between Allan and Akira Wada, an extended section on Allan's gear with rare photos from Allan's home studio and notes on his setup and sound, an extended section of musical analysis of chords, scales, technique and transcription extracts. Finally, there are complete guitar transcriptions of "In The Dead Of Night" , "Where Is One", "Road Games" and "How Deep Is The Ocean". The headlines are written in English, but everything else is written in Japanese.

The interviews appear to have been previously published in the following magazine issues:

1st Interview (1983) - Young Guitar 2, Feb 1984
2nd Interview (1984) - Young Guitar 7, July 1984
3rd Interview (1990) - Young Guitar 7, July 1990
4th Interview (1992) - Young Guitar 2, Feb 1993
5th Interview (1993) - Young Guitar 8, Aug 1993
6th Interview (1995) - Young Guitar 7, July 1995
7th Interview (1996) - Young Guitar 5, May 1996
8th Interview (1999) - Young Guitar 1, Jan 1999
9th Interview (2007) - Jazz Guitar Book
10th Interview (2008) - Young Guitar 3, March 2008
11th Interview (2014) - Young Guitar special issue

Allan Holdsworth x Akira Wada - - Young Guitar 7, July 1991

The mook appears to have been published in two editions. The first edition has a picture of Allan with a DeLap guitar on the cover and was apparently published in 2017, while the second edition has a UK-era picture of Allan playing a Strat, and was apparently released in 2022. The second edition appears to have been slightly updated with photos and discographical information. Further details on the difference between the editions are pending.