Allan Holdsworth

Allan Holdsworth – Leverkusen ’97 (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:02 minutes | 798 MB | Genre: Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Allan Holdsworth

Leverkusen ’97, the latest release in the continuing series of classic live recordings by Allan Holdsworth, is released by Manifesto Records.

For the performance, Holdsworth was backed by acclaimed drummer and long-time collaborator Chad Wackerman and ace bassist Dave Carpenter. Wackerman also wrote liner notes for the set, based on his personal memories of Holdsworth and playing with Carpenter on the 1997 European tour.

The 11-song set features the Guitar Great live in performance at the Leverkusen Jazztage Festival in Germany on October 16, 1997 – recorded and filmed for German television. The already high-quality audio has been digitally remastered from the original tapes.

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Allan Holdsworth – I.O.U. (1982/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:50 minutes | 874 MB | Genre: Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Allan Holdsworth

His first authorized solo LP, 1982’s I.O.U. from influential jazz fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth has been remastered for this reissue, part of a series of 12 of his solo albums originally released between 1982 and 2003.

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Allan Holdsworth – Frankfurt ’86 Live (Remastered) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:10:17 minutes | 862 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Allan Holdsworth

Manifesto Records is proud to announce the release of Frankfurt ’86, the third in a continuing series of classic Allan Holdsworth live performances.

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Allan Holdsworth – Eidolon (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:31:35 minutes | 2,99 GB | Genre: Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Allan Holdsworth

Two CD collection spanning the years 1982-2003. Following his early work with Soft Machine and Gong, this innovative and highly influential guitar stylist (whose tapping and tone crossed over to players from rock to prog to metal to jazz) started a long solo career. This retrospective contains an unreleased Jack Bruce vocal version of “Road Games” plus “Eidolon,” “City Nights,” “Sphere of Innocence,” “Funnels,” “Mental Fatigue,” “Tokyo Dream,” “Against the Clock” and more key cuts from his albums, all hand-picked by Allan himself!

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Allan Holdsworth – Atavachron (1986/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:48 minutes | 735 MB | Genre: Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Allan Holdsworth

Originally released in 1986, Atavachron from influential guitarist Allan Holdsworth has been remastered for this reissue, part of a 2012 series. Influenced by an episode of Star Trek, the jazz fusion album marks the debut of Holdsworth’s use of the SynthAxe, an electronic controller he embraced on several subsequent recordings.

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Allan Holdsworth – All Night Wrong (2002)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:57 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Jazz, Fusion
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Music

Guitar hero Allan Holdsworth often performs with his peers. Such is the case with this live setting recorded at a venue in Japan during a 2002 tour. On this release, the guitarist leads a trio featuring longtime musical associates, drummer Chad Wackerman, and bassist Jimmy Johnson. To that end, the respective musicians’ talents are well-known entities. Wackerman and Johnson can handle the trickiest time signatures imaginable. Along with the nimble flexibilities and odd-metered excursions witnessed here, they exude a force of power that serves as a meaty foundation for Holdsworth’s mighty licks.

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Allan Holdsworth – The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 08:40:26 minutes | 10 GB | Genre: Jazz Fusion, Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: Qobuz | Front cover | © Allan Holdsworth

Twelve CD box set collection featuring all of Allan Holdsworth’s solo albums from 1982-2003. That title is no hyperbole-it was a proclamation that ran on the cover of Guitar Player Magazine in 2008, and is a feeling shared by fans and guitarists all around the world. Still, though, Holdsworth remains largely under-rated; many who admire his most famous work have overlooked dozens of fascinating finds to be made on his decades of recordings. This collection is a treasure trove of such discoveries, as it brings you all 11 of his albums as a solo artist, producer and group leader since 1980 plus the live-in-Tokyo album Then! And a 40-page booklet full of liner notes and archival photos. You also get previously unreleased bonus tracks, and all these albums have been newly remastered from the original tapes: I.O.U. (1982), Road Games (1983), Metal Fatigue (1985), Atavachron (1986), Sand (1987), Secrets (1989), Wardenclyffe Tower (1992), Hard Hat Area (1993), None Too Soon (1996), The Sixteen Men Of Tain (2000), Flat Tire (2001) and Then! (2003). These albums, many of which have been out of print and very hard to find for years, include one intriguing composition, ethereal track, dazzling fusion rocker and daredevil guitar passages. (more…)