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List Price: $39.95 | | Publisher: Hal Leonard
Salesrank: 143134
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| Our Price: $26.27 |
| Used Price: $27.93 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
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. 2007 Grammy Winner for Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Performance!
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium: Special Edition Guitar Book with 2 CDs (Guitar Recorded Versions) Reviews:
Excellent idea; worth every penny. 
2008-07-02 -
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.
2008-03-11 - 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
2007-12-28 - 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
2007-04-27 - 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.
It's worth having !!!
2007-04-11 - Don't think twice before you get this. I'll be able to listen to all the tracks with guitar / bass isolated. They even mention the effects on the tabs.
Gotta have it.
