Milton Caniff: In Formosa’s Dire Straits- A Complete Steve Canyon Adventure
Milton Caniff: In Formosa’s Dire Straits- A Complete Steve Canyon Adventure
In comics, the master of suspense is Milton Caniff. From 1932 to 1988, Caniff thrilled millions daily with his great newspaper strips. There was ‘Terry and the Piratese,’ and then in 1947, there came ‘Steve Canyon.’ In this volume, six months of ‘Steve Canyon’ from 1955 are reprinted, for the first time, from sharp artist’s proofs. Thrill again to the action, adventure, and suspense spun by a master storyteller: Milton Caniff’s ‘In Formosa’s Dire Straits!’
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Sultans of Swing – The Very Best of Dire Straits (Fretted)
- Includes Guitar TAB152 pagesSize: 12″ x 9″Artist: Dire StraitsISBN: 711973032
Authentic transcriptions in notes and TAB of 16 hits: Brothers in Arms * Calling Elvis * Love Over Gold (Live) * Money for Nothing * Romeo and Juliet * So Far Away * Sultans of Swing * Tunnel of Love * Walk of Life * more.
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Very good book, minor flaws.,
This is a very good book with some of the most well-known songs by Dire Straits. The songs are in the right keys. I found that it was worth the price if only for the Romeo and Juliet tab. This song uses an alternate tuning that you won’t find on free internet tabs. The only trick you have to know is to tune lower and capo at fret 3, then you’re set to play it the way Mark Knopfler does. Of course, Dire Straits is recommended for, at least, intermediate guitarists. I put myself in that group. Advanced players will have fun on Sultans of Swing, Tunnel of Love and all soli. Some tablatures are less easy to read. They seem to come from magazines and the notation (bends, slides) is different. Unfortunately, the tabs are really for the Sultans of Swing compilation, i.e. shorter versions of the songs. For instance, many bars are missing for the beginning and last solo of Brothers in arms compared to the version of the eponymous album. Still, it’s a lot of fun and practice, even for the rhythm chords.
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|poorly done !,
Not sure what the other person was smoking when reviewing this book, but must be a beginner to Dire Straits. This was very poorly done. In many places, the tabs are incorrect. It looks like the transcriber just did what they thought or liked rather than validate it. I would not have bought this book if I had known how wrong it was. I suppose on a plus note it provides an alternate method. Also, the print it too small.
Don’t buy the book. There are free tabs on the internet that are closer to the way it was played.
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