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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium: Special Edition Guitar Book with 2 CDs (Guitar Recorded Versions) | 
| Author: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $18.97
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 283505
Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9 x 0.8
ISBN: 1423420004
Dewey Decimal Number: 782
EAN: 9781423420002
ASIN: 1423420004
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
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Product Description
This first-of-its-kind publication allows you to hear John Frusciante's guitar tracks and Flea's bass tracks like never before! According to the All Music Guide, The string instruments are the reason to listen to Stadium Arcadium ... they push and pull, rave and rumble, lie back and rock out. The CDs isolate the guitar and bass tracks from the original recording, so you can listen as you learn from the music in the book. This special edition is the brainchild of John Frusciante, and he personally approved all parts of it. All 28 songs are included from this groundbreaking two-disc release, the Peppers' first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts. Songs include: Dani California Hard to Concentrate If Snow (Hey Oh) Stadium Arcadium Tell Me Baby Wet Sand and more.
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If for nothing else, buy this for the CD's June 29, 2009
Dan (San Diego, CA)
Don't get me wrong, the book is great by itself. It's clear and complete, and it seems accurate as far as I can tell. Plus, the effects that John used are listed within each song, so you can discover how he created all those cool sounds on the album.
But, the real gem here is the CD's. The vocals, drums, and everything else are stripped away so only John's guitar and Flea's bass remain. It's like listening to a whole different album, and it's awesome! Sometimes I felt like the guitar and bass were drowned out on Stadium Arcadium itself, but you can really appreciate them when they are isolated on these CD's. What a great learning tool!
Just two notes:
1) Two CD's come with the book, and each song on the CD's features both the guitar and the bass together. So it's not like there's one CD for guitar and then a separate CD for bass. I was kind of confused about that before I bought it.
2) The book itself only contains parts for guitar, so if you're interested in learning the bass parts, you should buy the bass version, which comes with the same CD's but has the bass book instead of the guitar book. Happy playing!
Excellent idea; worth every penny. July 2, 2008
T. Wylie (St. Louis, MO)
I'm a longtime RHCP fan and a guitar player (obviously since I bought the tab!). I have both the Mother's Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magik tablature books and have learned almost all of the songs in both. That said, I was a little hesitant in ordering the Stadium Arcadium book for two concerns: 1) the album is so effects laden, it may be hard to reproduce at home; 2) usually, when audio is provided on a CD with a tab book, examples are truncated snippits or examples of songs taken out of context--not very helpful, IMHO. Let me cut to the chase: buy this book with the CDs! The CDs contain ALL 2 SA discs with FULL songs from beginning to end sans drums and vocals. You get to hear John Frusciante's guitar parts and Flea's bass interacting together for all of the songs. I'm hearing things being played that I've never noticed before on the original SA release. Actually, what the recordings have confirmed is a suspicion I've had that SA was mixed horribly for the final release... a little too smooth and compressed, finally killing the BSSM era peppers sound. However, listen to something like "Hump De Bump" on this book's audio and you will hear guitar and bass every bit as raw, inventive, and funky as anything from BSSM. Why did this get lost in the final release? The tabs are pretty spot on, too. I've noticed a few voicing inconsistencies with JF's live playing of the songs... but this is a minor quibble. This book is a must (for this price) for any RHCP fan that plays bass or guitar. The audio is also an awesome stand-alone look into the writing and musical process of a inventive band of musicians.
Awesome! Great Instruction. March 11, 2008
C. Conger (Los Angeles, CA)
The bass and guitar tracks on the CDs really help to identify the individual notes, riffs and chords. Extremely worth it!
If you love the RHCP's you will love this book December 28, 2007
J E (Chicago)
I am a big fan of the RHCP's and enjoy trying to replicate their sound. I am by no means a good guitarist but still have a lot of fun going through the book and playing pieces of their songs. The tab appears to be very accurate but I am not sure that it is 100% (still, good enough for me). I found it very useful to look at some of the lessons on Youtube as an aide to the book.
Rock Out With Your Sock Out April 26, 2007
Z. Miller
First of all, I must say, I really enjoyed this album. I don't normally use the words "dude" or "money", but dude, the Jupiter disc is *money*. The Mars disc was good too, but I think every song on the aforementioned disc was a hit, thus making them the ones I wanted most to learn to play.
All recordings feature the guitar and bass with no drums or vocals. This makes picking up the guitar parts considerably easier. All effects used are mentioned in the tab, and the tabs themselves seem very accurate when reading them and listening to the disc.
I think Frusciante's style of playing is interesting, and a good study for any guitarist. It's refereshing to hear a guy who is talented and really makes good arrangements, but isn't shredding and wanking all over the place. He also doesn't just whack on the same power chords all day long like every other modern rock band.
Furthermore, the band as a whole definitely remains fresh and valuable in a world where, I'm sad to say, rock is starting to suck really bad. RHCP makes me want to pick up my guitar, jam out, and be a better musician.
Fallout Boy does not.
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