| Rating | |
| 9 | George Barnes: Country Jazz; Colortone C33-4915 |
| 7 | Vinnie Bell: The Soundtronic Guitar of Vincent Bell; Independent 8012 |
| 7 | Vinnie Bell: Pop Goes the Electric Sitar; Decca DL-74938 (pop sitar) |
| 6 | Vinnie Bell: Good Morning Starshine; Decca DL-75138 (some pop sitar & Moog) |
| 6 | Vinnie Bell: Airport Love Theme; Decca DL-75212; 1970 (some pop sitar & Moog) |
| 7 | Sandy Bull: Fantasias for Guitar & Banjo; Vanguard VRS-9119 (w/Billy Higgins) |
| 6 | Jerry Byrd's Guitar Magic 10"; Mercury MG-25134 (jacket: Pagan Love Song) |
| 6 | Jerry Byrd: On the Shores of Waikiki; MG-20230 |
| 7 | Jerry Byrd: Steel Guitar Favorites; Mercury MG-20345; 1957 |
| 6 | Jerry Byrd: The Man of Steel; Mercury SR-60932/MG-20932; 1957 |
| 5 | Jerry Byrd: Hawaiian Beach Party; RCA LPM-1687; 1958 |
| 7 | Jerry Byrd: Blue Hawaiian Steel Guitar; Mercury SRW-60856 |
| 5 | Jerry Byrd: Byrd of Paradise; Monument SLP-18009 |
| 4 | Jerry Byrd: Burning Sands, Pearly Shells & Steel Guitars; Monument SLP-18081; 1967 |
| 6 | Jerry Byrd: The Polynesian Suite; Monument SLP-18107; 1968 |
| Al Caiola: [10" LP on RCA Victor] |
| Al Caiola: Guitar, Guitars, Guitars; United Artists UAS-6077; 1959 |
| 6 | Al Caiola: Greasy Kid Stuff; United Artists UAS-6287 |
| 6 | Al Caiola: The Best of; United Artists UAS-6310; 1963 |
| 6 | Al Caiola: Tuff Guitar; United Artists UAS-6389 |
| 4 | Al Caiola: Guitar for Lovers; United Artists UAS-6403 |
| 5 | Al Caiola: Solid Gold Guitar Goes Hawaiian; United Artists UAS-6418 |
| 8 | Al Caiola: Sounds for Spies & Private Eyes; United Artists UAS-6435 |
| 6 | Al Caiola: Tuff Guitar Tijuana Style; United Artists UAS-6473 |
| 4 | Al Caiola: Romantico; United Artists UAS-6527 |
| 7 | Al Caiola: All Strung Out; United Artists UAS-6553; 1966 |
| 6 | Al Caiola: Let the Sunshine In; United Artists UAS-6712 (partly electric sitar) |
| 7 | Al Caiola: Blockbuster Movie/TV Themes; United Artists/Two Worlds TW-9102 (Theme from the "Magnificent 7 Ride" '73; United Artists/Avalanche AV-LA058-F; 1973) |
| 7 | Cliff Edwards; Glendale GL-6011; 1978 (Ukukele Ike; compilation) |
| 6 | Bill Faith (w/Frank Hunter): A Guitar to Remember; Chancellor CHLS-5007 (rare Philadelphia LP) |
| 5 | Bill Justis: Alley Cat/Green Onions; Mercury/Smash SRS-67021 (good only for "Green Onions," which is organ) |
| 8 | Joe Maphis: Fire on the Strings; Columbia CL-1005 (w/some steel guitar) |
| 7 | Jack Marshall: The Marshall Swings; Capitol ST-1351 (guitar/Hammond treatments of Western songs) |
| 6 | Leon McAuliffe & his Swingin' Western Band: The Dancin'est Band Around; Capitol ST-2016 |
| [Buddy Merrill] |
| 6 | Billy Mure: Hawaiian Percussion; Strand SLS-1010 |
| 5 | Billy Mure & the Islanders: Pink Hawaii; Strand SLS-1070 (reissues 7 cuts from SLS-1010 and adds 3 new exotica cuts) |
| 6 | Billy Mure's Supersonic Guitars: Teen Bossa Nova; MGM SE-4131 |
| 7 | Billy Mure & his Combo: Tough Strings--Great Guitar Hits; Kapp KS-3253; 1961 |
| 6 | Billy Mure: Songs of Hank Williams; Everest SDBR-1072/LPBR-5072 |
| 5 | Tony Mottola Joins the Guitar Underground; Project 3 PR-5035-SD; 1969 |
| 6 | Nick Nastos & his Fireballers: Guitars on Fire; Strand SLS-1097 (guitar/steel) |
| 6 | Sydney Nesbitt: Let Me Teach You to Play the Ukulele; Music Minus One MMO 150; 1961 (ukulele/instructional; w/booklet) |
| 7 | Herbie Remington: Steel Guitar Holiday; United Artists UAS-6167 |
| 6 | The Revengers: Batman & Other Super Men; MGM/Metro MS-565 (guitar instrumentals, mainly spy themes) |
| 6 | Alvino Rey: A Drowsy Old Riff; Golden Era 15002 (compilation of 1940s material) |
| 6 | Alvino Rey: The Uncollected (Vols. 1-3); Hindsight |
| 7 | Alvino Rey: Swingin' Fling; Capitol ST-1085 |
| 7 | Alvino Rey: Ping Pong; Capitol ST-1262 |
| 4 | Alvino Rey: That Lonely Feeling; Capitol ST-1395 |
| 3 | Alvino Rey w/Ralph Carmichael Orchestra: Refreshing Melodies; Sacred LPS-76002; 1966 |
| 6 | Alvino Rey: Dance with Me--The Big Band Sound of Alvino Rey; Alysa R-1000; 1980 |
| 7 | Conjunto Sempre Alerta: Feito para voce; Sempre Alerta SA-2001; 1968 (Brasil/guitar rock) |
| 6 | Roy Smeck: Difting & Dreaming 10"; Coral 56013 |
| 6 | Roy Smeck & his Paradise Islanders: Memory Lane 10"; Decca DL-5458; copyright 1953 |
| 6 | Roy Smeck & his Paradise Islanders: Songs of the Range [in Dreamy Hawaiian Style] 10"; Decca DL-5473; copyright 1953 |
| 6 | Roy Smeck & his Serenaders: Memories of You; Decca DL-8674 (mono only) |
| 5 | Roy Smeck & his Paradise Serenaders: South Seas Serenade; ABC-Paramount ABC-119 |
| 6 | Roy Smeck & his Paradise Serenaders: Melodies with Memories; ABC-Paramount ABC-174 |
| 5 | Roy Smeck & his Paradise Serenaders: Hi-Fi Paradise; ABC-Paramount ABCS-234 |
| 8 | Roy Smeck: The Magic Ukulele of Roy Smeck; ABC-Paramount ABCS-279 |
| 7 | Roy Smeck & his Dixie Syncopators: The Happy Banjo; ABC-Paramount ABCS-309 |
| 8 | Roy Smeck "The Wizard of the Strings" & his All Star Serenaders: Stringing Along; ABC-Paramount ABCS-412 |
| 7 | Roy Smeck: I Love to Hear a Banjo; ABC-Paramount ABCS-484 |
| 7 | Roy Smeck & his Paradise Serenaders: Hawaiian Guitar Hits; Kapp KS-1491 (steel guitar) |
| 9 | Roy Smeck Plays the Hawaiian Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele, and Guitar; Yazoo 1052; 1976/1926-49 (w/jacket art by R. Crumb) |
| 7 | Roy Smeck: Wizard of the Strings; Blue Goose BG-2027; 1980/1979 |
| 8 | Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith & his Crackerjacks: Mister Guitar; Starday SLP-173 |
| 8 | Frank Sorrell [& his 4 Guitars]: The Magic Sounds of Frank Sorrell; Coral CRL-757324 (steel guitar & other guitar) |
| 8 | The Ventures: Walk Don't Run; Liberty/Dolton BST-8003/BLP-2003 (and like so for mono numbers) |
| 8 | The Ventures; Liberty/Dolton BST-8004 |
| 7 | The Ventures: Another Smash; Liberty/Dolton BST-8006 |
| 6 | The Ventures: The Colorful Ventures; Liberty/Dolton BST-8008/BLP-2008 |
| 8 | The Ventures: Twist With the Ventures; Liberty/Dolton BST-8010 (reissued under another title) |
| 7 | The Ventures Twist Party Vol. 2; Liberty/Dolton BST-8014 (reissued under another title) |
| 7 | The Ventures: Mashed Potatoes & Gravy; Liberty/Dolton BST-8016 (reissued as "Beach Party") |
| 7 | The Ventures: Going to the Ventures Dance Party; Liberty/Dolton BST-8017 |
| 6 | The Ventures Play Telstar & the Lonely Bull; Liberty/Dolton LST-8019 |
| 7 | The Ventures: Surfing; Liberty/Dolton LST-8022 |
| 5 | The Ventures Play Country Classics; Liberty LST-8023 (I Walk the Line) |
| 5 | The Ventures: Let's Go; Liberty LST-8024 |
| 8 | The Ventures in Space; Liberty LST-8027 |
| 5 | The Ventures: The Fabulous Ventures; Liberty LST-8029 |
| 6 | The Ventures: Walk, Don't Run Vol.2; Liberty LST-8031 |
| 6 | The Ventures Knock Me Out; Liberty LST-8033 |
| 5 | The Ventures on Stage; Liberty LST-8035 |
| 6 | The Ventures A Go-Go; Liberty LST-8037 |
| 4 | The Ventures Christmas Album; Liberty LST-8038 |
| 6 | The Ventures: Where the Action Is; Liberty LST-8040 |
| 8 | The Ventures: Batman Theme; Liberty LST-8042 |
| 6 | The Ventures: Go with the Ventures; Liberty LST-8045 |
| 6 | The Ventures: Wild Things; Liberty LST-8047 |
| 6 | The Ventures: Guitar Freakout; Liberty LST-8050 |
| 7 | The Ventures: Super Psychedelics; Liberty LST-8052 |
| 6 | The Ventures: Golden Greats by; Liberty LST-8053 (compilation) |
| 5 | The Ventures: 1,00,000.00 Weekend; Liberty LST-8054; 1967 |
| 4 | The Ventures: Hawaii Five-O; Liberty LST-8061 |
| 4 | The Ventures: Swamp Rock; Liberty LST-8062 (arr. w/Mike Melvoin) |
| 6 | The Ventures: Rock & Roll Forever; United Artists UAS-5649; 1972 |
| The Ventures: New Testament; United Artists UAS-6796 |
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