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Product Identifiers

Record LabelCdb, CD Baby

UPC0634479130182

eBay Product ID (ePID)6046080648

Product Key Features

Release Year2005

FormatCD

GenreWorld Music

ArtistVarious

Release TitleVillage of the Unfretted

Dimensions

Item Height0.40 in

Item Weight0.25 lb

Item Length5.60 in

Item Width4.90 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks35

Number of Discs1

TracksHip to Hop - Eddie Degenaro, Liftoff - Tim Donahue, The Evidence - Ned Evett, Balcan Fire - Vassilis Ketentzoglou, Village Waves - Yan Vagh, The Shortcut - Emre Meydan, Barely Makin' It - Eric Rhodes Band, Twelve Is Even More Slippery - Tim Mirth, Pearl Land - C# Orchestra, Crunch - Edward Powell, Shamata - Sándor Szab;#243; ; Balazs Major, Art of Mung - Gazmungus, Hushabye - Jim Kimsey, Lullaby for Che - David Fiuczynski, Tuto E Come Prima - Ratko Zjaca ; Stanislav Mitrovic, C.O.L.D. - Gunnar Backman, Mafalda - Bumblefoot, Twins - Elliott Sharp, Return to Unfretted - Newbie Brad, Mathews Got a Noisy Haircut - James Went, Slide Thing Swamp Jam - Geoffrey Fitzhugh Perry, Proximity of Wales - Jahloon, Untune Your Time - Luca Formentini and Andrea Nones, There Is No Such Thing - Tellef ;#216;Grim, L.T.T.C. - Andrzej Izdebski, The Place of Three Roads - Greg Segal, Nook - the Tom Baker Quartet, La Traversata - Franck Vigroux ; Cecile Rives, Aktur - Deniz Atalay, Nacimiento - Yannick Robert, The Effect of Living Backwards - Erik Hinds, Not Yesterday - Morgan Kraft, Regret - Billy Dugger IV, Rholex - Ben Cole Miller, Vvvick My Neck - Michael Atonal Vick

NotesThis double CD showcases 35 of the World's Fretless Guitarists, spanning 16 countries across the globe, and that's nearly most of this rare breed. Their instrument of choice, the fretless guitar, is a specialist item, either custom built, luthier modified or sourced from one of a handful of select manufacturer's. The Fretless Guitar opens up a whole new world of nuance, pitch, and expression making this compilation a completely different listening experience. Part I consists of mainstream, world and ethnic material while Part II is more diverse featuring metal, microtonal, ambient and experimental music. Village of the Unfretted was conceived, created, and completed in four short months. It is a unique snapshot in time, when the large majority of performers on a single musical instrument could still squeeze themselves onto a double album. Jeff - Unfretted.