Across The Universe – The Beatles Vol2 Al Di Meola SKU: 0214706EMU Barcode: 4029759147060 23.00 £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Earmusic Released Date: 13th March 2020 Buying Format: 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Guitar Maestro’s Second Album of Beatles Covers Following 2013 Acoustic Tour De Force All Your Life Boasts Full Band Sound! Al Di Meola’s ongoing fascination with complex rhythmic syncopation combined with provocative lyrical melodies and sophisticated harmony has been at the heart of his music throughout a celebrated career. A bona fide guitar hero, perennial poll-winner, and prolific composer, he has amassed over 20 albums as a leader while collaborating on a dozen or so others with the likes of the fusion supergroup Return to Forever (with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White), the celebrated acoustic Guitar Trio featuring fellow virtuosos John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia, and the Rite of Strings trio with bassist Clarke and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. And while his dazzling technique on both acoustic and electric guitars has afforded him regal status among the hordes of fretboard fanatics who regularly flock to his concerts, the depth of Di Meola’s writing along with the soulfulness and the inherent lyricism of his guitaristic expression have won him legions of fans worldwide beyond the guitar aficionado set. Di Meola’s 2013 release All Your Life was an acoustic tour de force that found him revisiting the music of a seminal influence – The Beatles. “I really credit the Beatles for the reason why I play guitar,” he says. “That was a major catalyst for me to want to learn music, so their impact was pretty strong.” Now following several albums of original material including 2018’s Opus, Di Meola returns to that formative influence once again with his second Beatles covers collection, Across the Universe, this time with a full band sound. “After doing the first record and being overwhelmed by the response, I wanted to return to The Beatles’ back catalogue but this time do it with fuller production,” he told Guitar. “Also, in some cases where The Beatles had originally recorded two-minute versions of those songs, I wanted to be able to write some parts and develop those ideas, as I did on Strawberry Fields Forever and Norwegian Wood. Norwegian Wood was basically a two-minute piece exactly – it’s just melody/bridge/melody/bridge and it’s over – and it’s beautiful! You can play it anywhere and everyone knows it! Of course, in my world, there are no lyrics so I feel the need as an instrumentalist to bring more to the essence of the piece in terms of composition and that’s what you hear on this record.” Artist Al Di Meola Genre Rock And Pop Label Earmusic Buying Options 2LP Format 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Here Comes The Sun Golden Slumbers Medley Dear Prudence Norwegian Wood Mother Nature's Son Strawberry Fields Forever Yesterday Your Mother Should Know Hey Jude I'll Follow The Sun Julia Till There Was You Here, There And Everywhere Octopus's Garden Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Al Di Meola View Product Quick View Al Di Meola Twentyfour Jazz | Absolute | 2LP Released 19th July 2024 £32.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Al Di Meola Twentyfour £32.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Absolute SKU: 219621EMU Formats: 2LP Released Date: 19th July 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy & More Jazz | Ear Music | 2LP Released 15th December 2023 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy & More £31.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Ear Music SKU: 0217773EMU Formats: 2LP Released Date: 15th December 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Al Di Meola All Your Life: A Tribute to The Beatles Jazz | Ear Music | 1LP Released 18th August 2023 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Al Di Meola All Your Life: A Tribute to The Beatles £31.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Ear Music SKU: 0218546EMU Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th August 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Al Di Meola World Sinfonia: Heart of the Immigrants Jazz | Absolute | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 27th January 2023 £32.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Al Di Meola World Sinfonia: Heart of the Immigrants £32.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Absolute SKU: 0216678EMU Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 27th January 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Al Di Meola Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody Jazz | Inakustik | 1LP Released 26th June 2020 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Al Di Meola Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody £27.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Inakustik SKU: INAK916412LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th June 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Al Di Meola Casino Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 18th January 2019 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Al Di Meola Casino £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: JC35277 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 18th January 2019 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Al Di Meola Opus Jazz | Ear Music | 1LP Released 21st February 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Al Di Meola Opus £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Ear Music SKU: 0212564EMU Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st February 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Al Di Meola Morocco Fantasia Jazz | Inakustik | 180g, 1LP Released 27th January 2017 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Al Di Meola Morocco Fantasia £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Inakustik SKU: INAK913212LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 27th January 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Al Di Meola Splendido Hotel Jazz | Speakers Corner / Columbia | 180g, 2LP Released 19th February 2016 £59.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Al Di Meola Splendido Hotel £59.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner / Columbia SKU: C2X36270 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 19th February 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released 7th March 2013 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP665 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released Date: 7th March 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more from Al Di Meola Start again More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Church, The Starfish Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released 27th January 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Church, The Starfish £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP901 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released Date: 27th January 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Paul Kelly Songs From The South. 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