Here is an excellent vintage bootleg with a great documentary about the guitar. Recommended for fans.

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The Story Of The Guitar
2008-10-05 (first broadcast date)
BBC documentary.
(this is from a 2011 re-broadcast)

Lineage: DVB-Cable(BBC4)>Thomson DC/62UPC>Scart>Philips DVDR3600>DVD>PC
Additional authoring: TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 (menu/5 min chapters)

Video: PAL 25 fps, I/L TFF, 16:9 (720 x 576), MPEG2 4700-5108 kbps
Audio: AC3 CBR, 48000Hz 256 kb/s tot , stereo (2/0) (GSpot)

The Story Of The Guitar.

Alan Yentob embarks on a three-part personal journey to discover how the guitar became the world's favourite musical instrument.


Part I: In The Beginning.

Beginning with the rise of the acoustic guitar, the series takes him from an ancient Middle Eastern ancestor of the lute, to the iconic guitars draped round the necks of Bill Hailey and Elvis Presley and beyond.

Featuring interviews with Bert Weedon - the man who taught Britain to 'Play in a Day', Pete Townshend, Bill Bailey, flamenco player Paco Pena and classical guitarist John Williams.

total run time: 01:00:25


Part II: Out Of The Frying Pan.

As the guitar turns electric, music is changed for ever. The world's first electric guitar had nothing to do with jazz or blues, but Hawaiian-style music and was known as the 'frying pan'.

Yentob continues his investigation from the blues of the Mississippi to the guitar wars of the 1950s, when the Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul were battling for supremacy.

total run time: 00:59:55


Part III: This Time It's Personal.

In the final programme of the series the guitarists talk about how they find their own sound, and how the guitar has changed their lives. Since its invention, the electric guitar has unleashed a seemingly inexhaustible sonic invention among guitarists.

Featuring Muse's Matt Bellamy, who turns out to be following in his father's space age footsteps, Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath, who talks about the invention of heavy metal, David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, Pete Townshend (Perhaps equally famous for smashing guitars), Johnny Marr from the Smiths on 'the mother of all riffs', Slash and The Edge from U2 among many others.

total run time: 00:58:00

Note: BBC4 logo.

Recorded/authored by jabulon. First seeded @ TTD February 2011