Henno Althoff (born September 16, 1960 in

Lippstadt Lippstadt () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest. Lippstadt is situated about 60 kilometres east of Dortmund, 40 kilometres south of Bielefeld and 30 kilometres west of Paderborn. Ge ...

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) is a German

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and

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owner, best known for his association with

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Biography

Althoff, a long-time

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admirer, specializes in the recording of guitar music. It was at a Chet Atkins Appreciation Society convention in

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in the 1990s where he met Emmanuel for the first time. After Emmanuel had moved to

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, Althoff played a key role in getting him started there, he aided in organizing concerts. Later, Althoff produced Emmanuel's collaboration with guitarist Jim Nichols titled ''Chet Lag'' (re-issued as ''Happy Hour'') and recorded several more of the Australian's work. Emmanuel dedicated his composition ''Sanitarium Shuffle'' to him, referring to Althoff's Lippstadt home as his sanitarium. Apart from Emmanuel, he has worked with artists such as

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, Doug Morter, Ray Jackson,

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, Richard Smith and Gareth Pearson among others.

Discography

*Tommy Emmanuel: ''

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'' (Original Works, 2000) (Assistant Engineer) *Tommy Emmanuel, Jim Nichols: ''Chet Lag'' (Adalt Records), re-issued as '' Happy Hour'' (Original Works, 2006) (Producer, engineer) *Tommy Emmanuel: ''

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, 2005) (Engineer) *Fotheringay: '' 2'' (

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, 2008) (Engineer) *Gathering: ''Legends of Folk Rock'' (Hypertension, 2009) (Studio) *Gareth Pearson: ''Urban Echoes Vol. 1'' (

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, 2010) (Engineer) *Joscho Stephan: ''Live in Concert DVD'' (Acoustic Music Records, 2007) (Audio mixing, mastering and encoding) Discography is partially listed at

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.Henno Althoff at Allmusic
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References

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