MVP
Truth In Shredding
The Story
Recently reissued by Tone Center for 2003, this 1990 Legato Records release of MVP (The Mark Varney Project), "Truth In Shredding", offers "a relentless, thrill-a-minute, Indiana Jones of instrumental music! The guitar work by two Guitar Player Magazine Reader's Poll winners is staggering!" Those two winners happen to be none other than Allan Holdsworth (guitar, synthaxe) and Frank Gambale (rhythm guitar, lead guitar), who also produced the album of seven instrumentals - 99% of which was tracked live! Intense, mind-numbing, intimidating - all have been used to describe the music on "Truth In Shredding" - recommended for fans ranging from fusion to progressive to metal.
The Music
06:51 | Rocks | Instrumental |
06:23 | Humpty Dumpty | Instrumental |
08:03 | The Fall | Instrumental |
09:21 | Not Ethiopia | Instrumental |
06:15 | New Boots | Instrumental |
08:51 | Ana Maria | Instrumental |
08:02 | Bathsheba | Instrumental |
The Artists
Frank Gambale | Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Production, Engineering |
Allan Holdsworth | Guitar, Synthaxe, Mixing, Overdub Engineering |
Tommy Brechtlein | Drums |
Jimmy Earl | Bass |
Freddy Ravel | Keyboards |
Steve Tavaglione | Saxes, E.W.I. |
Mark Varney | Musical Concept, Executive Production |
Daved Levitan | Cover Painting |
Dave Stephens | Cover Design |
Bob Biles | Engineering |
Music tracked at Silverlake, L.A. Mixes and Allan's solo overdubs performed at the Brewery, Tustin, CA and Front Page, Costa Mesa, CA. |