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 (Itself a special issue by Shinko)
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.

2014 edition contents

Page	Section / Feature	Title / Topic	Details / Sub-items
003	SPECIAL GRAVURE	Portraits of Master of Originality	Tracing the Path of a Guitar Pioneer in Photographs[cite: 2]
010	LATEST INTERVIEW	Be One of a Kind!!	Latest Interview Reflecting on a Career Spanning Over 40 Years[cite: 2]
017	LIVE & STUDIO GEAR	The Imaginative Machinery	The Evolution of Equipment Used Throughout His Ever-Changing Career[cite: 2]
032	SIGNATURE MODEL	Allan Holdsworth Signature by CARVIN	The Latest Signature Model Condensing Years of Ideas[cite: 2]
034	DISCOGRAPHY	Sound Material Real	Manifestation of Matchless Individuality Stamped with "Madness"[cite: 2]
047	BIOGRAPHY	Travels with My Faith	The Life of a Genius Who Walked Without Compromise[cite: 2]
053	ARCHIVE INTERVIEWS	The Things He talked...	Collection of Roots-Exploring Interviews Published in Young Guitar （incl. Talk Session: Allan Holdsworth × Akira Wada, P.072）[cite: 2]
074	TALK ABOUT ALLAN	Testimony feat. Shudo Marumoto Interview	Close Associate of 17 Years Speaks About Allan's True Self[cite: 2]
079	SUCCESSIVE MODELS	Thorough Trial of Holdsworth Models	From Guitars to Attenuators, Check Them All Out! （feat. IBANEZ “AH-10” / Pickups Comparison / YAMAHA “UD-Stomp” / J. ROCKETT AUDIO DESIGNS “Allan Holdsworth / signature OD” / ALLAN HOLDSWORTH “The Harness”）[cite: 2]
088	SOUND SIMULATION	Advanced Tone Theory	Reproducing Supreme Clean & Lead Sounds![cite: 2]
093	PLAYING ANALYSIS	Secrets of Super-Thoughts	Analyzing Supreme, Fluid Playing Techniques to Unravel the Origins of Innovative Ideas （PART-1 Essence of Chords / PART-2 Essence of Scales / PART-3 Essence of Technique / PART-4 Passages from Works）[cite: 2]
118	SPECIAL APPENDIX	Selected Guitar Score	Selecting Highly Popular Early Solo Masterpieces! （feat. “Where Is One” [P.118], “Tokyo Dream” [P.127]）[cite: 2]
134	—	Basic Technique Explanation & Performance Notation	Check Unfamiliar Score Symbols Here![cite: 2]

Special Columns

• Page 052 — Column #1: Memories of "Allan the Person" Shared by Those Close to Him[cite: 2]
• Page 092 — Column #2: Guitarists Influenced by Allan[cite: 2]