Kris Kristofferson Guitar Collection (Guitar Recorded Versions)

Although I give this five stars, let me clarify that.Who this book is NOT for:This is NOT your typical songbook!In the top left of the cover you will see "Recorded Versions Guitar" which tells you that this is transposed as closely as possible from at least one of the artists recordings. This also tells you that it "might" contain some very complex fingering using multiple instruments. Songs will require multiple page turns and if more than one guitar was used in the recording, then even more page turns will be required due to the space used to display the TAB for the second or third instrument.Anyone looking for lyrics with a simple melody (one staff) and chord letter designations would be best directed to look for a country or country/rock "Fake Book" which will normally restrict each song to a single page. Most of Kristofferson's works can be found in those books and you can learn and interpret them in your own way easily. It helps to have a background in music in order to interpret the fake book versions into something you can use for a paying audience, but they are great for campfires, family sing alongs, coffee houses, etc...Who this book IS for:Anyone who wants to play the song exactly as they heard it on Kris' albums. A cover band. Or, anyone who wants to learn that version then develop their own version. Most of these "recorded Versions" books include TABs for multiple instruments and that eats up lots of space and requires multiple page turns for even the simplest of songs. (If you want to pull your hair out, try the Sheryl Crow book with multiple guitars in various alternate tunings!) The "recorded Versions" series attempts to present every note as recorded and thus a lot of paper is used. A dedicated student will appreciate the information provided and decide which parts they wish to retain and which they can do without when they do perform the song.As a "Recorded Versions" book, I found this to be fairly accurate. At least to my ears. I would like to have seen some different songs in some cases, but they can't all be number one songs. Again, your satisfaction with this book will be determined by your reasons for buying and your level of playing. I get most music from fake books but occasionally use the "Recorded Versions" series for a couple "special" songs.For those interested, some of the books with "Anthology" in the title are fairly complex and some are quite simple. Do your research, ask questions before making a purchase. That is why Amazon has a question and answer section for each product. Use it. Some of us actually give truthful answers.

All songs are all time favorites!! Excellent!!

Good seller. This songbook arrived in mint condition. Easy to read music notes. I am glad that I ordered this.

Nice to look through his chords and songs together, a little work to play the songs, he like doing it in a messy way the good old Kris, but I love the book, it gives me work. "Why me Lord" is a great song for those who believe in Jesus and The Creator.

Tabs are accurate and most of the music is accurate to the albums. Worth the time to work with and add to your collection. I brought this because Sunshine and Shadows is out of print and I lost my copy. This is much smaller than Sunshine, but just as good. It has most of the key songs of Kristofferson. I'm looking forward to doing my own arrangements from what's in the book.

Great music!

Good song selection,quality paper and easy to read, though Kris doesn't compose in the keys that are easiest for me.. .

The arrangements didn’t sound like the recordings to my ear. This one is not like the play along books available these days that get u up and running with a cover version quickly. Didn’t work out.

I thought that the musical presentation was poorly explained and extremely economical with its explanations.The book is an interpretation of the multi guitar accompaniments on various CD's. I would have thought that most people using this book would be looking for the lyrics, melody and chords so that they could try and play themselves. I know that I would have happily settled for this.Disappointed.

The book was bought for my son for Christmas as he is a big fan, he was very pleases with it.

Excellant

Ein dünnes Büchlen mit Gitarrenakkorden zum selber spielen was auch gut ankam.Als Weihnachtsgeschenk verschenkt und es hat demjenigen viel Freude bereitet.

The book itself is great. The only problem I encountered is due to the reader it is formatted for. The reader does not allow sufficient magnification to be able to see the print in the book well enough to use.