Guitar white pages

Subject: RE: Guitar white pages
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 25 May 04 - 02:00 PM

Thanks folks

Les

Subject: RE: Guitar white pages
From: Mark Clark
Date: 24 May 04 - 06:59 PM

Search eBay for guitar white pages and you'll find a lot of these for sale. It's evidently a series of books, vol 1, vol 2, etc. Some have 150 songs and one, called Greater Guitar White Pages, has 230 songs. One ad lists the following tunes as contents:

(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
3 AM
About A Girl
Across The Universe
Adia
All I Want
American Tune
American Woman
And I Love Her
Angie
Annie's Song
At Seventeen
Back On The Chain Gang
Barely Breathing
Be-Bop-A-Lula
Behind Blue Eyes
Best Of My Love
Bitch
Black Star
Blackbird
Blowin' In The Wind
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
Brahms Lullaby
Breakfast In The Field
Breaking The Girl
Building A Mystery
Cajon Stomp
Can't You See
Change The World
Chicago
Close My Eyes Forever
Come To My Window
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Crying
Dark Hollow
Dear Prudence
Do You Believe In Magic
Don't Treat Me Bad
Drive
Dust In The Wind
Fast Car
Fight The Good Fight
For The Sake Of The Call
Friends In Low Places
Galileo
Genesis
Gettin' Better
Girl
Go Let It Out
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Helplessly Hoping
Here And Now
Here Comes The Sun
Hold My Hand
Hold On
Homeward Bound
Honeysuckle Rose
How's It Going To Be
I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Ice Cream Man
If You Could Only See
Iris
Jack And Diane
Jessica
Jumper
Just A Song Before I Go
Kind Hearted Woman Blues
Landslide
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
Layla
Leader Of The Band
Learning To Fly
Leaving On A Jet Plane
Let Her Cry
Let's Live For Today
Little Martha
Loser
Love Of A Lifetime
Love Song
Lover, You Should've Come Over
Maggie May
Me And Bobby McGee
Melissa
Michelle
Mona Ray
More Than Words
Mr. Jones
Mule Skinner Blues
My Name Is Jonas
Name
Nights In White Satin
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Not Fade Away
Nuages
Oh, Lonesome Me
Our House
Over Now
Patience
Pinball Wizard
Pink Houses
Run Around
Running On Faith
San Franciscan Nights
Scarborough Fair
Show Me The Way
Signe
Signs
Silent Lucidity
Slide
Small Town
Soak Up The Sun
Southern Cross
Space Oddity
Spanish Caravan
Stay The Night
Suite Madame Blue
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Superman (It's Not Easy)
Sweet Home Chicago
Sweet Talkin' Woman
Take A Picture
Take Me Home, Country Roads
Teach Your Children
Tears In Heaven
The Boxer
The Magic Bus
The Man Who Sold The World
This Land Is Your Land
Time For Me To Fly
Time In A Bottle
To Be With You
Torn
Travelin' Man
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Up On The Roof
Wake Up Little Susie
When The Children Cry
Wherever You Will Go
Wildwood Flower
Wonderwall
Yankee Doodle Dixie
Yellow
Yesterday
You Were Meant For Me
You're In My Heart
You're Only Lonely
You've Got A Friend

They claim to be exact transcriptions but that's probably a pretty loose use of the word exact. I'm only guessing here, I haven't seen one of these, but I'll bet the notes have been transcribed and any accompanying tablature is computer generated. I can't believe that they found competent musicians who actually knew exactly how each of these tunes was played and got them to write it out as tablature.

Or am I too cynical?

      - Mark

Subject: RE: Guitar white pages
From: Eric the Viking
Date: 24 May 04 - 06:27 PM

It is a thick book! Costs about £25.00 or so, can be found in many music shops, contains about 200 songs (mostly standards and popular songs from the 60's to the 90's)It is, "White" (covers). Published by IMP (I think)Don't know ISBN number, sorry.

Subject: Guitar white pages
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 24 May 04 - 05:19 PM

I have been asked to find a copy of a book of this name. Any body have a view?