Handwritten Notes

Preston Reed

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 17, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 17, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Outer Bridge
• ASIN: B00004Y9JJ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #367,571 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Night Ride

2. Gianaina

3. First Summer Without You

4. Tractor Pull

5. Crossing Open Water

6. The Groove Is Real

7. What You Don't See

8. Accelerator

9. Love In The Old Country

10. Along The Perimeter

11. Lost Time

12. Quintana Roo

13. After A Rain

14. Shinkansen

Editorial Reviews

Hilarie Grey, Jazz Times

"...Reed's pieces are as visually and emotionally provocative as his technique is dazzling."

James Rotundi, Guitar Player

"Reed's propulsive one-man grooves echo Soundgarden and Joni Mitchell".

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Preston Reed since Ladies Night, November 8, 2000

By	E. T. Ellison (Tehachapi, CA USA) - See all my reviews

It's been a long wait for a new Preston Reed acoustic guitar outing. Handwritten Notes is Reed's first CD since 1996 and a fine set through and through. Lots of variety: melodic stuff, groove stuff, sweet ballads, funk, bluesy, percussive, fingerpicking, slap-tap, cool, hot, velocidrome, romantic. Overall, the flavor of this collection is a bit reminiscent of an evolved Border Towns...but more tunes and all solo. No synths. Great playing, great tunes. Maybe he'll reprise "A Day at the Races" on the next disc...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars dont get ripped off, February 25, 2004

By	shed up "budzlightyear" (Middleboro, MA United States) - See all my reviews

an excellent album, but just a note, people are trying to sell this album used for ridiculous amounts of money($50 plus). Go to the Preston Reed website and buy it for $16. Dont get suckered. As far as the album goes, it's fantastic. Any fan of proficient music should check this out. Innovative technique and perfect exsecution of his tech. make this one not to miss!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No better guitarist, October 16, 2001

By	"modox" (Manchester, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This is another spectacular CD from Preston Reed. He is the master of fast-picking and his own percussive unique style. The great thing about Preston Reed is that, no matter which style he is playing, his compositions are wonderful. Many guitarists seem to compose "guitar music" -- Reed composes music, then figures out how to make a guitar play it. See him in concert if you can -- he can really play this stuff! It's not simply studio magic.