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The Beach Boys - Let's Go Away for Awhile

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

 

...and there's an instrumental version of "What's Going On" that was included in the deluxe anniversary edition of the Album by Marvin Gaye, which gradually builds up just the instrumental portions of the recording, first just Mr. Jamerson's bass and the legendary sax "warm-up" by Eli Fontaine, then pieces are gradually added (snaps, bongos, strings, vibes). It is magnificent.

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Curt Flood - Joe Henry - Fuse

Cause We've Ended As Lovers - Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow

Portrait of Jan with Flowers - Bill Nelson - Love That Whirls

Sleepwalk - Santo & Johnny

Introduction - Nick Drake -Bryter Layter

Dreamt of light years in the belly of the Mountain - Sparklehorse

Sandusky - UT

Country Rag - Dylan - Nashville Skyline

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Lots of great choices. I concur with these:

 

bron-yr-aur - Zeppelin

black mountain side - Zeppelin

One of these days - pink floyd

(untitled)- Andrew Bird

Sparks - the Who

Glad - Traffic

Flying - Beatles

Sandusky - UT

Country Rag - Dylan

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> There was a time I could play bron-yr-aur on guitar. It's been so long now that I can't even remember what tuning it was in

 

 

CACGCE

Yep, that's the one :).

 

I relearned this one last night after finding a TAB online: Bron-yr-aur TAB

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wow, how could no one mention this one:

 

"Green Onions" - Booker T and the MG's

 

and

 

"Treefingers" - Radiohead

 

Beach Boys Smile era instrumentals are great and i believe there's a good one on Friends as well.

 

No Knife had some great instrumentals - I don't have the CD with me right now.

 

and..........hahahaahah.....Wipe Out!

 

Tarantino uses some great instrumentals in his films.

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Eric Johnson's "Cliff's of Dover"

Hell yeah. I've always loved his guitar playing - what a great tone.

 

Stevie Ray is to Hendrix as Johnson is to Jeff Beck (or so it seems to me). That album (Ah Via Musicom) is chock full of great instrumentals - he does a great job of channeling Wes Montgomery on the tune "East Wes".

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wow, how could no one mention this one:

 

"Green Onions" - Booker T and the MG's

 

Original thread directive:

 

What are some of your favorite instrumental tracks from artists that generally incorporate lyrics?

 

Booker T and the MG's were an instrumental band ;).

 

 

 

Eric Johnson's "Cliff's of Dover"

Love that song. I thought of mentioning it earlier but I consider Johnson more of an instrumentalist so I skipped it.

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Original thread directive:

Booker T and the MG's were an instrumental band ;).

 

this is true and i did even read that. it slipped my mind because i love that song.

 

Eels - Blinking Lights and Revelations had quite a few instrumentals...though i wouldn't classify them as 'favorites.'

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wow, how could no one mention this one:

 

"Green Onions" - Booker T and the MG's

 

Definitely one of the best instrumentals ever, but it probably wasn't mentioned because of this (from the first post on this thread):

 

"What are some of your favorite instrumental tracks from artists that generally incorporate lyrics?"

 

 

Booker T & the MGs are amazing, but they are an instrumental band.

 

EDIT: Sorry, I didn't see the two previous posts.

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Clap - Yes

Love Theme from Island Weirdos - Joe Walsh

Dee - Ozzy Osbourne (Randy Rhoads)

Eruption - Van Halen

Mammagamma - Alan Parson's Project

Foreplay - Boston

...And the Gods Made Love - Jimi Hendrix

Pretty Little Ditty - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Hillbillies from Outerspace - The Vaughn Brothers

The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) - Yes

Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin

Duet For Guitars #3 - M Ward

Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict - Pink Floyd

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Tom Rothrock, "Rollin' Crumblin'"

Soulfly, "Soulfly V"

On Fillmore, "Cricket Conquers Cave"

Glenn Kotche, "Monkey Chant"

Metallica, "To Live Is To Die"

Metallica, "Orion"

Metallica, "The Call Of Ktulu"

Explosions In The Sky, the whole album of All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

Explosions In The Sky, "Yasmin The Light"

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