Chester and Lester - the greatests

Go ahead - take this one in.  Songs on this record are, It Had to be You, Avalon, Birth of the Blues, and Caravan.  I am in awe of being able to even own such a record.  Chester & Lester.  That would be Chet Atkins and Les Paul.  Just typing out the name Les Paul is chilling.  That would be Mr. Lester William Polsfuss.  His name is synonymous with, of course, the Gibson Les Paul model solid body electrtic guitar that has adorned the shoulder of Jimmy Page and so many others.  It was first made and sold in 1952, aurguably the birthdate of rock and roll.  The Les Paul was designed by Ted McCarty in collaboration with popular guitarist Les Paul, whom Gibson enlisted to endorse the new model. It is one of the most well-known electric guitar types in the world.  Les Paul's own guitar: until his death in August 2009, Les Paul himself played his personal model of Les Paul Guitar onstage, weekly, in New York city.  He preferred his 1972 Gibson "Recording" model guitar, with different electronics and a one-piece mahogany body, and as we read on Wiki - he was as an inveterate tinkerer and bona fide inventor, Paul modified heavily to his liking over the years.  A Bigsby-style vibrato was of late the most visible change although his guitars were formerly fitted with his "Les Paulverizer" effects.