Not Necessarily Acoustic

Not Necessarily Acoustic
Live album by Steve Howe
Released	1994
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Thunderbird Records
Producer	Steve Howe
Steve Howe chronology
The Grand Scheme of Things (1993) Not Necessarily Acoustic (1994) Homebrew (1996)

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Not Necessarily Acoustic is a live album recorded on Steve Howe's first solo tour and released in 1994. Steve plays alone, and mixes songs from his earlier solo albums, some country and jazz favourites of him, and also some songs from Yes.

Track listings

1. "The Valley of Rocks" (Basedown, Howe) – 3:03
2. "Heritage" (Basedown, Howe) – 2:32
3. "Arada" (Basedown, Torroba) – 1:08
4. "Country Mix - a. White Silver Sands b. Green Bay Polka c. Steel Guitar Rag d. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup e. Blue Steel Blues" (Daffan, Matthews, McAuliffe, Sosenko, Stone, Traditional, Travis) – 2:57
5. "Excerpts from Tales from Topographic Oceans" (Anderson, Howe) – 9:18
6. "Bareback" (Basedown, Howe) – 2:42
7. "Sketches in the Sun" (Chappell, Howe) – 2:58
8. "Cactus Boogie " (Howe) – 2:09
9. "Second Initial" (Basedown, Howe) – 2:47
10. "Corkscrew" (Basedown, Howe) – 3:45
11. "The Glory of Love" (Bernstein, Hill, Shapiro) – 1:14
12. "Dorothy" (Basedown, Howe) – 2:10
13. "Meadow Rag" (Howe) – 2:26
14. "Concerto In D. 2nd Movement" (Vivaldi) – 2:34
15. "Surface Tension" (Howe) 3:22
16. "Masquerade" (Basedown, Howe) – 2:03
17. "Mood for a Day" (Howe) – 2:59
18. "Swedish Rhapsody" (Alfven) – 0:53
19. "Whispering" (Coburn, Darewski, Herman, Rose, Schoenberger) – 1:00
20. "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe) – 2:33
21. "Ram" (Howe) – 1:51
22. "Clap" (Howe) – 3:43

Personnel

• Steve Howe – guitar, producer
• Toby Alington – editing, mixing
• Roger Dean – graphic design, design, paintings, logo, logo design
• Doug Gottlieb – liner notes
• Tim Handley – post production
• Simon Pressey – engineer
• Miki Slingsby – photography
• Mark Stratford – production coordination
• Dave Wilkerson – engineer, liner notes

References

1. ^ "allmusic ((( Not Necessarily Acoustic > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r210783. Retrieved 2010-08-17.