Travelin' is the twenty-third studio album recorded by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1963. The liner notes, titled "Smash Hit Tunes from His History-making International Tour", portray Atkins' tour of South Africa with Jim Reeves and Floyd Cramer.
Reception
In a review for AllMusic, critic Steven Cook wrote of the album "While often seen as no more than hokey, easy listening ephemera, Atkins' many sides from the '60s deserve a reassessment. The stellar jazz dates Atkins later did at Columbia may better showcase his jazz leanings, but these RCA discs still have a wealth of quality picking and a good share of top-drawer material."
Reissues In 1995, Travelin' and Caribbean Guitar were reissued on CD by One Way Records.[ AllMusic entry for reissue of Travelin and Caribbean Guitar.]
Track listing Side one "Wheels" (Torre, Stephens) – 2:31 "Calcutta" (Conway, John Garton, Libby Quinn) – 3:01 "La Dolce Vita" (Nino Rota, Eduardo Verde) – 2:16 "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 3:17 "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) – 2:37 "Naboomspruit Polka" (Taffy Kikillus) – 2:18
Side two "Muskrat Ramble" (Ray Gilbert, Kid Ory) – 2:47 "Warm Patat" (Nico Carstens) – 2:03 "Volare" (Franco Migliacci, Domenico Modugno) – 2:42 "Mossie Se Moses" (Nico Carstens)– 2:26 "Sweetness" (Jethro Burns) – 2:24 "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" (Gene Lockhart, Ernest Seitz) – 3:11
Personnel Chet Atkins – guitar Floyd Cramer – piano Boots Randolph – saxophone
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