Gordon Giltrap discography

Gordon Giltrap discography
Gordon Giltrap discography
	Fanned fret guitars used by Gordon Giltrap.
Studio albums	22
Live albums	7
Compilation albums	15
Video albums	2
EPs	1
Singles	11

Gordon Giltrap is an English guitarist and composer. His discography consists of 22 studio albums, 7 live albums, 15 compilations, 2 videos, 1 EP, and 11 singles.

Studio albums[edit]

1968: Gordon Giltrap (Transatlantic Records) - later reissued on cassette as The Early Days (Allegro ALC) with a different track sequence
1969: Portrait (Transatlantic)
1971: A Testament of Time (MCA Records)
1973: Giltrap (Philips Records)
1976: Visionary (The Electric Record Company, catalogue no. TRIX 2)
1977: Perilous Journey (The Electric Record Company, catalogue no. TRIX 4)
1978: Fear of the Dark (The Electric Record Company)
1979: The Peacock Party (PVK)
1981: Airwaves (PVK) - The Gordon Giltrap Band
1982: Soundwaves (KPM) - The Gordon Giltrap Band
1984: In At The Deep End (KPM)
1987: Elegy (Filmtrax) - reissued in 2000 by La Cooka Ratcha
1987: A Midnight Clear (Modern Music) - a collection of Christmas carols
1995: Music for the Small Screen (Munchkin)^[1]
1998: Troubadour (K-tel)
1998: Down the River (K-tel)
2002: Under This Blue Sky (La Cooka Ratcha)
2003: Remember This (La Cooka Ratcha) - primarily cover songs
2004: Drifter (La Cooka Ratcha)^[2]
2007: Secret Valentine (La Cooka Ratcha / Voiceprint)
2010: Shining Morn (Floating World)

Cassette-only releases[edit]

1991: The Eye of the Wind (Heartsongs) - Giltrap composition performed by The Birmingham Schools Concert Orchestra
1995: The Brotherhood Suite (Munchkin) - with the Nottinghamshire Education String Orchestra at the Albert Hall

Live albums[edit]

1981. Live (Cube Records) - at Oxford Polytechnic on 9 March 1979 - reissued in 2000 on La Cooka Ratcha as Live at Oxford
1992: On a Summer's Night (Music Maker) - live Aug. 1991 at the Warwick Festival.^[3]^[4]
1995: Live at the BBC (BBC Worldwide)
2003: The Gordon Giltrap Band Live 1981 (La Cooka Ratcha)
2003: Fingers Of Fire (ARC)^[5]
2006: Captured From a Point in Time (Hypertension) - a reissue of 2003 Fingers of Fire with bonus track "The Dodo's Dream"^[6]
2004: Live at Ambergate (La Cooka Ratcha / Voiceprint) - live 20–22 August 2002 in Shining Cliff Woods, Ambergate, Derbyshire - a binaural recording
2004: The River Sessions (River Records) - recorded by Radio Clyde on 29 November 1979 at the Magnum theatre, Irvine
2006: Gordon Giltrap And Friends At The Symphony Hall Birmingham (La Cooka Ratcha)
2009: As It Happens... (Voiceprint) - live January 2007 at Dorchester Arts Centre

Compilations[edit]

1980: Performance (K-tel) - includes "Theme From The Waltons" which was released as a single
1981: Platinum Collection (Cube)
1990: Guitarist (Music Maker)
1991: The Best Of Gordon Giltrap (Prestige)
1992: The Solo Album (Resurgent Music) released in 2000 - solo acoustic performance collection^[7]^[8]
1993: Gordon Giltrap / Portrait (Transatlantic) - compilation of two albums
2000: Part of the Picture (Snapper Music)
2001: Collection (La Cooka Ratcha) contains some rare and previously unreleased music, as well as music from previous albums
2001: Acoustic Troubadour (La Cooka Ratcha) - reissue of Troubadour with extra disc containing guitar-only versions of the original songs
2007: Sixty Minutes With Gordon Giltrap (Voiceprint Records)
2010: The Peacock Party & Airwaves ... Plus (Edsel) - compilation of two albums and five bonus live cuts
2010: Music For The Small Screen / The Solo Album (Edsel) - compilation of two albums
2010: Remember This/Janschology - compilation of two albums
2010: Troubadour / Live At The Ventnor Winter Gardens (Edsel) - compilation of Troubadour with bonus tracks and a DVD of a May 2008 concert
2015: Time To Reflect: A Personal Anthology (Trapeze)

Library albums[edit]

1979: Guitar masterclass, Compositions for solo and accompanied guitar written and performed by leading exponents (KPM 1237) - 6 out of 24 tracks by Gordon Giltrap (the others are by Richard Harvey, Graeme Taylor and Kevin Peek)
1981: Airwaves (Themes TIM 1038) - 16 tracks by Gordon Giltrap Band (Side A: Contemporary rock guitar, Side B: Featured acoustic guitar)
1984: In At The Deep End, The distinctive style of Gordon Giltrap and the Gordon Giltrap Band (KPM 1330) - 19 tracks by Gordon Giltrap and the Gordon Giltrap Band

EPs[edit]

2000: Janschology EP (Resurgent) - tribute to Bert Jansch^[9]

Singles[edit]

1977: "Lucifer's Cage" / "The Echoing Green" (The Electric Record Company)
1977: "Heartsong" / "The Deserter" (The Electric Record Company)
1978: "Oh Well" / "Reflections And Despair" (The Electric Record Company)
1978-11: "Weary Eyes" / "Nightrider" (The Electric Record Company)
1978: "Fear Of The Dark (edited version)" / "Melancholy Lullaby" (The Electric Record Company)
1979: "Fear Of The Dark" / "Inner Dream (live)" (The Electric Record Company)
1979: "Fear Of The Dark (edited version)" / "Catwalk blues" (live) & "Inner Dream" (live) (12", The Electric Record Company, LWOT29)
1979: "Fear Of The Dark (edited version)" / "Catwalk blues" (live) & "Inner Dream" (live) (12", Picture Disc, The Electric Record Company, LWOP29)
1979: "O Jerusalem" / "Party Piece" (The Electric Record Company)
1981: "Hocus Pocus" / "Dodo's Dream" (PVK)
1981: "Chi Mai" (with Juan Martin) / "After the Storm" (Juan Martin only) (PVK)
1982: "Sunburst" / "Headwind" (PVK)
1988: "Coppers Will Turn Into Silver" / "In The Bleak Midwinter" (The Birmingham Mail) with Malcolm Stent

Video[edit]

2011: Double Vision in Vision DVD (Floating World) with Raymond Burley - filmed live in 2006 at Stickford Church and Fulston Manor
2013: Live at Huntingdon Hall DVD (Wienerworld) - Live performances and extra material

Music Books[edit]

1991: Gordon Giltrap, A Special Collection book (International Music Publications) ISBN 0863598218
2003: Classic Giltrap book (Registry Publications) ISBN 1898466491, 9781898466499 - five compositions by Giltrap arranged for classical guitar by Raymond Burley
2005: Total Giltrap: Guitar Encounters of the Fingerstyle Kind book + CD (Mel Bay) ISBN 9780786656769

As a member of Accolade[edit]

1970: Accolade (Capitol Records)

Collaborations[edit]

With Joan Armatrading[edit]

1976: Stereo Pop Special-135 (BBC Transcription Services) - live 13 November 1976 at the Paris Theatre, London

With Raymond Burley[edit]

2009: Double Visions (Floating World)

With Martin Green and Carol Lee Sampson[edit]

2011 Echoes of Heaven (K-tel)

With Ric Sanders[edit]

1989: One to One (Nico Polo)

With Martin Taylor[edit]

1991: A Matter of Time (Prestige) reissued with extra songs in 2005 on P-3 as Giltrap and Taylor.^[10]
2012: Best of the Essential Years: Gordon Giltrap & Martin Taylor (Xelon Entertainment)^[11]

With Rick Wakeman[edit]

2009: From Brush and Stone (Gonzo)

With Oliver Wakeman[edit]

2013: Ravens & Lullabies (Esoteric Recordings)

With Paul Ward[edit]

2017: The Last Of England (Psychotron)

With The Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra[edit]

2005: Giltrap (self-released) - live 30 March 2005 at Symphony Hall, Birmingham and 30–31 July 2004 at St. Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield

As composer[edit]

1971: Accolade - Accolade 2 (Regal Zonophone) - track 9, "William Taplin"

Appears on[edit]

1969: Pauline Filby - Show Me A Rainbow (Herald Records)
1972: Graham Kendrick - Footsteps On The Sea (Key) - acoustic guitar
1973: Dave Ellis - Album (Sonet) - second guitarist on track 8, "Something wrong"
1973: Larry Norman - Only Visiting This Planet (Verve Records) - guitar on track 2, "The Outlaw"
1979: Nutshell - Believe It Or Not (Myrrh Records) - guitar on track 10, "Thief In The Night"
1980: Adrian Snell with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - The Passion (Kingsway) - acoustic guitar
2015: Merry Hell - The Ghost in our House And Other Stories... (Mrs Casey) - guitar on track 2, "Leave a Light On"
2017: Bert Jansch On the Edge of a Dream (Earth) - guitar on track 4-8, "Chambertin"
2017: John Shuttleworth - The A1111 And Other Ones! (Free Range Product) - guitar on track 2-13, "Sutton On Sea"

Individual songs on compilation albums by various artists[edit]

1968: Various Artists - Listen Here! (A Transatlantic Records sampler) - Contains "In love with a stranger" by Gordon Giltrap
1997: Various Artists - The Sky Goes All The Way Home (A Down's Syndrome Fundraising Compilation, Voiceprint) - Contains "Fell runner" by Gordon Giltrap
1998: Various Artists - Total Guitar CD vol. 44 (Accompanying CD to music magazine Total Guitar) - Contains "Quest for Nonsuch" by Gordon Giltrap

References[edit]

^ "Music For The Small Screen + The Solo Album". Giltrap.co.uk. Music For The Small Screen: [...] 1995 Munchkin Records Label CD - MRCD1
^ "Drifter". Giltrap.co.uk.
^ "On a Summer's Night (re-issue)". Giltrap.co.uk. Other releases: 1992 Music Maker Label CD - UMMR 924
^ "On A Summer's Night". Google Play. January 1, 1992
^ "Fingers Of Fire". Giltrap.co.uk. The aptly named "Fingers Of Fire" was released as a fund raising tool in 2003 as part of the Make Music Live Campaign for The Arthritis Research Campaign.
^ "Captured From A Point In Time". Giltrap.co.uk. This album is the reissue of Fingers Of Fire (2002), a compilation of live tracks recorded at different concerts and originally released in aid of arthritis research. The links have been edited out and the applause is low in the mix, but the music retains the warmth and humanity of a trademark Giltrap performance. [...] Topping it all off is the bonus track, a recent studio version of 'The Dodo's Dream' from The Peacock Party (1981).
^ "The Solo Album (re-issue)". Giltrap.co.uk. Other releases: 1992 Prestige Label CD CD - SGP021
^ "Gordon Giltrap". Shoftshoe's Music Matter Site. 20 The Solo Album 06/92
^ Harper, Colin (2012). "Tribute Songs and Tribute Albums". Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival. A&C Black. p. 313. ISBN 9781408831021. Released: June 2000
^ Gregory, Andy (2002). The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 (4th ed.). London: Europa Publications Limited. p. 193. ISBN 1857431618. A Matter of Time, with Martin Taylor, 1991
^ "Best of the Essential Years: Gordon Giltrap & Martin Taylor". Deezer.

External links[edit]

[1] "Music For The Small Screen + The Solo Album". Giltrap.co.uk. Music For The Small Screen: [...] 1995 Munchkin Records Label CD - MRCD1

[2] "Drifter". Giltrap.co.uk.

[3] "On a Summer's Night (re-issue)". Giltrap.co.uk. Other releases: 1992 Music Maker Label CD - UMMR 924

[4] "On A Summer's Night". Google Play. January 1, 1992

[5] "Fingers Of Fire". Giltrap.co.uk. The aptly named "Fingers Of Fire" was released as a fund raising tool in 2003 as part of the Make Music Live Campaign for The Arthritis Research Campaign.

[6] "Captured From A Point In Time". Giltrap.co.uk. This album is the reissue of Fingers Of Fire (2002), a compilation of live tracks recorded at different concerts and originally released in aid of arthritis research. The links have been edited out and the applause is low in the mix, but the music retains the warmth and humanity of a trademark Giltrap performance. [...] Topping it all off is the bonus track, a recent studio version of 'The Dodo's Dream' from The Peacock Party (1981).

[7] "The Solo Album (re-issue)". Giltrap.co.uk. Other releases: 1992 Prestige Label CD CD - SGP021

[8] "Gordon Giltrap". Shoftshoe's Music Matter Site. 20 The Solo Album 06/92

[9] Harper, Colin (2012). "Tribute Songs and Tribute Albums". Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival. A&C Black. p. 313. ISBN 9781408831021. Released: June 2000

[10] Gregory, Andy (2002). The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 (4th ed.). London: Europa Publications Limited. p. 193. ISBN 1857431618. A Matter of Time, with Martin Taylor, 1991

[11] "Best of the Essential Years: Gordon Giltrap & Martin Taylor". Deezer.

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