Allan Holdsworth - The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever! [12CD Remastered Box Set] (2017)

The April 2008 Guitar Player Magazine cover featured guitar legend Allan Holdsworth and underneath his name it the following: The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever! This bold proclamation is not just the opinion of this one magazine, but an opinion shared by musicians and guitar aficionados everywhere and the perfect title for this collection.

The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever! is a 12 CD box set collection that contains all of Allan's eleven studio albums and one live album to date as a solo artist, producer, and group leader since 1980. These albums have been out of print and unavailable for several years, but have now been re-mastered and come in beautiful high quality packaging with a 40 page booklet full of extensive liner notes and archival photos.

The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever! is a must have for Allan Holdsworth fans and guitar aficionados alike. The rest of the world will finally see why Guitar World magazine cover story proclaimed, "He's as influential as Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, and Eddie Van Halen."

Allan Holdsworth was inducted into Guitar Player's "Hall of Fame" in 1991 and his influence has crossed many genre lines including rock, jazz, and metal which is why he is considered by many to the be the guitarists' guitarist.

Twelve CD box set collection featuring all of Allan Holdsworth's solo albums from 1982-2003. That title is no hyperbole-it was a proclamation that ran on the cover of Guitar Player Magazine in 2008, and is a feeling shared by fans and guitarists all around the world. Still, though, Holdsworth remains largely under-rated; many who admire his most famous work have overlooked dozens of fascinating finds to be made on his decades of recordings. This collection is a treasure trove of such discoveries, as it brings you all 11 of his albums as a solo artist, producer and group leader since 1980 plus the live-in-Tokyo album Then! And a 40-page booklet full of liner notes and archival photos. You also get previously unreleased bonus tracks, and all these albums have been newly remastered from the original tapes: I.O.U. (1982), Road Games (1983), Metal Fatigue (1985), Atavachron (1986), Sand (1987), Secrets (1989), Wardenclyffe Tower (1992), Hard Hat Area (1993), None Too Soon (1996), The Sixteen Men Of Tain (2000), Flat Tire (2001) and Then! (2003). These albums, many of which have been out of print and very hard to find for years, include one intriguing composition, ethereal track, dazzling fusion rocker and daredevil guitar passage after another