Release date: 22-02-2007 (originally release in 1986)

2007 EU 8-Track vinyl LP limited edition - Contributes an intimate solo version as part of his first-rate recent release Diabolic Inventions and Seduction for Solo Guitar, Volume 1: Music of Astor Piazzolla.- Sealed in Original artwork gatefold sleeve.

Tracks:
01. Campero   
02. Poema Valseado    
03. Tangata del Alba     
04. Adios Nonino     
05. Tema de Maria      
06. Milonga del Angel    
07. Romantico      
08. Milonga Carrieguera 

This certainly isn't the first time Al DiMeola has covered the music of Astor Piazzolla, but its the first time he's done so acoustically. And as the "Vol 1" in the title implies, it hopefully will be just the first of many acoustic interpretations of Piazzolla's vast musical oeuvre.

Al DiMeola began covering Piazzolla nearly twenty years ago with the advent of his World Sinfonia project. Since that time, there have been other albums featuring some Piazzolla covers and at least one other, Di Meola plays Piazzolla, which was entirely devoted to him. Those were all excellent interpretations, but they were recorded with whatever group of musicians formed DiMeola's working band at the time. On Diabolic Inventions and Seduction for Solo Guitar, there is just Al and his guitar (with a little percussive help from long-time collaborator Hernan Romero), front and center, bringing Piazzolla to life in an entirely new way.

What I really like about this beyond the beauty of DiMeola's exquisite interpretations is that the songs he has chosen to cover range from the familiar to the obscure. Most casual Piazzolla fans know Adios Nonino and Milonga del Angel, but how many know such gems as Poemo Valseado, Campero and Milonga Carrieguera? -Kurt Harding