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Chester and Lester

Chester & Lester is a collaborative album by guitarists Chet Atkins and Les Paul released by RCA Records in 1976.

Reissues
• Both Chester & Lester and Guitar Monsters were released on CD in 1989 by Pair Records as Masters of the Guitar: Together with some tracks omitted. • In 1998, Chester and Lester and the duo's follow-up release Guitar Monsters were reissued intact on one CD on One Way Records. • Chester & Lester was reissued in 2007 on RCA Nashville/Legacy with four bonus tracks. ==Track listing==
Track listing
Side one • "It's Been a Long Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:33 • "Medley: Moonglow/Picnic (theme from Picnic)" – 4:44 • "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:21 • "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 3:34 • "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:14 Side two • "Avalon" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose) – 6:32 • "Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 3:07 • "Someday Sweetheart" (Spikes, Spikes) – 3:21 • "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 2:31 • "Lover Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg) – 2:44 Bonus tracks on Columbia Nashville CD re-release: • "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" (previously unreleased) • "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" (previously unreleased) • "Caravan" (previously unreleased alternate take) • "Moonglow / Picnic (Theme From 'Picnic')" (previously unreleased rehearsal take) ==Personnel==
Personnel
• Chet Atkins – guitar • Les Paul – guitar • Ray Edenton – guitar • Randy Goodrum – piano • Larrie Londin – drums • Henry StrzeleckibassBob Moore – bass • Kenneth Aronson – album cover design • Kenneth Aronson, Chip DeVilbiss – photography ==References==
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