Villa ...another recorded version ?

[MitchC]

Does anyone know if there is another recorded 'live' performance of "Villa" by Chet anywhere ? Also, what album was this tune from ? Went looking for this tune in my mp3 library of Chet stuff and can't find the studio version on any that I have.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsGb52-f768

[MitchC]

Well... looks like "Villa" is on "Chet Atkins At Home" (which I don't have)...but I DO NOW

http://www.amazon.com/8-Classic-Albums- ... 074&sr=8-1

[cettyboy]

There was a nice version on "Relaxing With Chet".
Mark

[bill raymond]

I haven't had a chance to compare these two albums in a long while, but as I remember them they were pretty much the same, except that there were some alternate versions of the same tunes--I always assumed that they were probably alternate takes that were recorded at much the same time and one take appeared on one album, another on the other.

[JeffS]

Going by memory, I think the version on Chet Atkins At Home is played with standard bass strings while the version on Relaxin' With Chet has the octabass bass strings.

Jeff Stovall

[bill raymond]

Jeff, you may be right about the one album being "octabass" and the other not. However, if that's the case, it's the other way around: the At Home has the octabass.

[MitchC]

The 'At Home' version is the 'normal' one. 'Relaxin' With Chet' is the Octobass. Was wondering if there was another 'youtube' performance of this tune by chance.

[bill raymond]

The "At Home" album featured Chet's "invisible bass player", which is what I assumed was meant by the reference to "octabass".