Travelin' (Chet Atkins album)

Travelin' is the twenty-third studio album recorded by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1963.

Travelin'
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	1963
Recorded	RCA "Nashville Sound" Studio, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country, pop
Length	28:35
Label	RCA Victor LSP-2678
Producer	Anita Kerr
Chet Atkins chronology
The Guitar Genius (1963) Travelin' (1963) Reminiscing (1964)

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Writing 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."[1]

Reissues

• In 1995, Travelin' and Caribbean Guitar were reissued on CD by One Way Records.[2]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Wheels" (Torre, Stephens) – 2:31
2. "Calcutta" (Conway, John Garton, Libby Quinn) – 3:01
3. "La Dolce Vita" (Nino Rota, Eduardo Verde) – 2:16
4. "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 3:17
5. "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) – 2:37
6. "Naboomspruit Polka" (Taffy Kikillus) – 2:18

Side two

1. "Muskrat Ramble" (Ray Gilbert, Kid Ory) – 2:47
2. "Warm Patat" (Nico Carstens) – 2:03
3. "Volare" (Franco Migliacci, Domenico Modugno) – 2:42
4. "Mossie Se Moses" (Nico Carstens)– 2:26
5. "Sweetness" (Jethro Burns) – 2:24
6. "World is Waiting for Sunrise" (Gene Lockhart, Ernest Seitz) – 3:11

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar
• Floyd Cramer – piano
• Boots Randolph – saxophone

References

1. Cook, Steven. "Travelin' > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
2. AllMusic entry for reissue of Travelin and Caribbean Guitar.