Not Necessarily Acoustic

Not Necessarily Acoustic is a live album recorded on Steve Howe's first solo tour and released in 1994.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Howe except where noted.

1. "The Valley of Rocks" – 3:03
2. "Heritage" – 2:32
3. "Arada" <small>(Federico Moreno Tórroba; arr. Howe)</small> – 1:08
4. "Country Mix - a. White Silver Sands b. Green Bay Polka c. Steel Guitar Rag d. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup e. Blue Steel Blues" <small>(a. Charles "Red" Mathews, b. Traditional, c. Leon McAuliffe, Cliff Stone, Merle Travis, d. Anna Sosenko, e. Ted Daffan)</small> – 2:57
5. "Excerpts from Tales from Topographic Oceans" <small>(Jon Anderson, Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman, Alan White)</small> – 9:18
6. "Bareback" – 2:42
7. "Sketches in the Sun" – 2:58
8. "Cactus Boogie" – 2:09
9. "Second Initial" – 2:47
10. "Corkscrew" – 3:45
11. "The Glory of Love" <small>(Billy Hill)</small> – 1:14
12. "Dorothy" – 2:10
13. "Meadow Rag" – 2:26
14. "Concerto In D. 2nd Movement" <small>(Vivaldi; arr. Howe)</small> – 2:34
15. "Surface Tension" - 3:22
16. "Masquerade" – 2:03
17. "Mood for a Day" – 2:59
18. "Swedish Rhapsody No. 1" <small>(Hugo Alfvén)</small> – 0:53
19. "Whispering" <small>(Vincent Rose, John Schoenberger, Richard Coburn)</small> – 1:00
20. "Roundabout" <small>(Anderson, Howe)</small> – 2:33
21. "Ram" – 1:51
22. "Clap" – 3:43

Personnel

• Steve Howe – Scharpach 6-string acoustic (tracks 1, 4, 8, 9, 11, 20, 21, 22); Martin 12-string acoustic (tracks 7, 16); Kohno Model 10 classical guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5, 10, 14, 15, 17); Steinberger 6-string electric (tracks 6, 12, 13, 18, 19)
• Toby Alington – editing, mixing
• Roger Dean – graphic design, design, paintings, logo, logo design
• Doug Gottlieb – liner notes
• Tim Handley – post production
• Simon Pressey – engineer
• Miki Slingsby – photography
• Mark Stratford – production coordination
• Dave Wilkerson – engineer, liner notes
• Produced by Steve Howe

References