Acoustic Shards

Acoustic Shards
Compilation album by Buckethead
Released	May 31, 2007
Recorded	July 2, 1991[1]
Genre	Acoustic
Length	52:01
Label	Avabella
Buckethead chronology
Pepper's Ghost (2007) Acoustic Shards (2007) Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot (2007)

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Allmusic	[2]

Acoustic Shards is Buckethead's second special release. It consists of acoustic recordings culled from tapes that were reportedly recorded on July 2, 1991, when Buckethead was 22 years of age.

The album was released on May 31, 2007, by Jas Obrecht, through his label Avabella, who also released the DVDs Young Buckethead Vol. 1 and Young Buckethead Vol. 2.^[3] The album was engineered by Tyler Stipe ^[4]

"For Mom" was first released officially on the album Colma (1998) and "Who Me?" followed on Monsters and Robots (1999).

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"For Mom" (Early Version)	2:39
2.	"Who Me?" (Early Version)	3:02
3.	"Little Gracie"	2:11
4.	"Ed's Rhapsody / Midnight Dance / Jars"	2:55
5.	"Ganryu Island / Sasaki's Gone"	2:14
6.	"Ghosts Upstairs"	2:39
7.	"Spirals"	3:48
8.	"Cubes, Chunks & Crumbles"	3:27
9.	"Thugs"	7:38
10.	"Dinging / Ah-Ji-Jee"	2:38
11.	"Johnny"	2:17
12.	"Stay Out of the Shed"	3:00
13.	"Serape"	1:46
14.	"Longing"	10:33
15.	"Box Elders"	1:14
Total length:		52:01

Credits

• Buckethead – acoustic guitar
• Tyler Stipe – engineer ^[5]

References

1. "Young Buckethead". Young Buckethead. Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
2. Westergaard, Sean. "Acoustic Shards - Buckethead". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
3. "MLive entertainment". Mlive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
4. "Buckethead – Acoustic Shards (2007, CD)". Discogs.
5. "Buckethead – Acoustic Shards (2007, CD)". Discogs.

External links

• Avabella's official Young Buckethead site