title: Ratios with NO Air

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Background: I developed a personal philosophical system to erase taught repetitive principals from our historical/cultural paradigm. My newest quest is to relearn music from the beginning with Pythagoras Circle of 5ths (3:2 ratio from 53 TET to 212 TET) to Harmonic Ratio Musical Reality. In this quest I found out that the planets of our solar system also work within a Ratio system based on the Titus-Bode Law to Blagg’s Updated Formulation. Okay, I am going to create a HARMONIC RATIO CELESTIAL MUSIC piece. I found an interesting book called “The Harmony of the Spheres: The Pythagorean Tradition in Music” by Josecelyn Godwin which led to a section of Johannes Kepler’s “Harmonices Mundi” in which Kepler creates semitones from the Aphelion and Perihelion differences of the elliptical obits of the planets. This I understand but how he got HZs to create NOTES is rather puzzling. The HZs in the book don’t match the Treaty of Versailles 432 HZ (440 HZ in today's Western Usage) to the NOTE “A”. Then again there was no standardization of HZs to NOTES during Kepler’s time period. I also figured out that Kepler’s HZs come near to the key of “E Major” (4 Sharps) but without the “F#”. The exception would be that the “F” could be a “F#” due the fluctuation of Aphelion and Perihelion differences within the elliptical obits. Later I did a little math on Ceres by adding Mars and Jupiter Kepler's HZs together and dividing by 2 and Ceres came out with the F#. E Major it is.

The CD “The Harmony of the World - a realization for the Ear of Johannes Kepler's Astronomical Data from Harmonices Mundi 1619 by Willie Ruff and John Rogers” from Yale University is not musical but is based on raw math. Let’s face it, Kepler was a mathematician and not a composer, though the piece does hold some Phillip Glass simplest repetition with Steve Reich “Drumming” effects for the other planets Uranus, Neptune, and Plato. Which was a clever idea from Yale because Uranus, Neptune, and Plato were not discovered during Kepler’s time, but then again Plato is no longer a planet. Ratios can be heard both by TONES and RHYTMN.

Maybe Kepler or this whole idea of Celestial music should be totally RHYTHMIC because there are NO NOTES when there is NO AIR (ARIA).


title: First Recording on Chisa

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Review based on standard LP

I see that the other reviewers here in Amazon couldn't find a CD version for this recording. Therefore this LP format maybe the only means of getting & hearing this music. It seems that some of Hugh Masekela's other recordings are getting hard to find, for example "Beatin' Aroun De Bush" now only comes in MP3 format in Amazon. This recording of "Emancipation of Hugh Mesekeka" LP cover states that this is Hugh Mesekeka's first recording, but in fact it's his 5th. I believe the writer meant that this is Hugh Mesekeka's first recording on the Chisa label. The LP cover & record itself doesn't have the recording date, but I looked it up in Wiki, its 1967. Hugh Mesekeka was exiled from South Africa because of his music expressing his hope of freedom from the then Apartheid government. I don't know all the details but Hugh Masekela lived in New York & Los Angeles for years to continue his music which is a mix of Pop, Jazz, & African beats. One of the reviewers is totally correct, the music on this older LP is less Pop with more complex music than the newer material. Hugh Mesekeka also sings in a tougher & rougher vain then his newer recordings.


title: Always Looking for that one song

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Review based on a standard LP

Many years ago I was at an Alvin Ailey ballet event & they performed a dance to a Hugh Masekela song about a man coming out of jail. It was a most profound performance & ever since I have been collecting Hugh Masekela's music. I never did find that song but here is a live recording of Hugh Masekela at the Whiskey in Los Angeles. Neither the record cover nor the LP states the date of the recording. I looked it up in Wiki, its 1967. I normally think of Hugh Masekeka as a Jazz trumpeter, but as revealed in this recording he also plays radio hits as Poco Harlem's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" & The 5th Dimension's "Up-Up & Away". The LP is a little short on time & could of have had another tune on side one. The musicians are: Hugh Masekela on trumpet & singing, Al Abreu on sax, Henry Franklin on bass, Cecil Barnard on piano, Chuck Carter on drums & percussion. The sax player is fantastic! The main highlight of the LP is the Spanish tune "Senior Coraza" on side two. The last tune "Ha Lese Le Di Khanna" is an African song about the need to own cattle as money. My copy is rather worn out. Too bad, maybe I should get a new copy?


title: Pop Kayak

text: Found this CD at a thrift store. The music reminds me of an inferior copy of the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. That's Kayak without the progression, jazz, poetry, or humor. If you know Kayak, listen to both singers from both bands & see if you agree with me. Basically it's Pop Rock with lyrics that you can guess coming up. Maybe it's my fault; I am into experimental Jazz right now & it's hard to sit through "Happy Rock Songs". The guitar player is good & at least they can write music that's coherent. I want to be challenge when I listen to music & this doesn't fit my mood. Maybe someone would like it. I am returning it to the thrift store. If you see it & want it, you can buy it there. If there is an used one for sale in Amazon, you can get it here.


title: The Following Must Be Read with a French Accent

text: Madame, may I take your hand & walk down a Pari boulevard & hear some music from this café I know. The accordion player is excellent as well as the espresso served there. Wee, this is a fine recording that creates the right mood for lovers. If you prefer have a fine glass of burgundy or bubbly champagne with the music. Bonjour a rating of 5.


title: Has its Moments

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Review based on standard LP.

I got this LP as a hand-me-down from a friend who no longer has a turntable. He must of been into 1970 to early 1980 synthesizer music. I have yet to count the total LPs of early computer music I received. He told me that Vangelis was his favorite composer but this recording must of been an exception. Read the CD reviews pro & cons; this is the most experimental & less musical of all of Vangelis's work. One review wrote that Vangelis got paid for playing with his new toy, the Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer & others compared the work to the composers LaMonte Young & Stockhausen. You would have to know your modern classical music to enjoy the joke. It does have its moments when 1 or 2 minutes here & there come together to make some logical musical sense. Other wise it sounds like Vangelis is pushing buttons on the keyboard & taking it for a test run. Recorded in 1978.


title: 1st Release from Release Music Orchestra

text: Review based on German import pressing LP. Recorded live in Hamburg & Amsterdam 1974, this is Release Music Orchestra first LP. Great German Jazz Rock, great live recording with over duds on "Brain"' records with no hiss or pops & good separation. Leader is the keyboardist Manfred Rurup with woodwinds, bass, & drums. Rather free flowing jazz with a strong repeatable back beat. Later LPs bring better melodies but less woodwinds.


title: Release the Music

text: Review based on German import pressing LP. I have had 4 Release Musical Orchestra LP's for years, this LP "Beyond the Limit" being the newest & less experimental then the pervious 3. I am missing their last LP & a Live LP. Recorded in 1977 this is Jazz Rock at its refinement into melody. The band consists of a woodwind player, bass, drums, & keyboards. 2 extra percussionist are guests. The leader & main writer is Manfred Rurup. The German pressing "Brain" always puts out top of the line recordings with wide spacious sound. No hiss or pops to speak of. This 2nd to the last LP of Release Musical Orchestra is missing a vocalist which was always their weak point. Somehow I have always loved European Jazz & this is fine example. I am surprise that Release Music Orchestra never made it famous.


title: Another Hand Me Down

text: Review based on  standard LP. I was given 3 LP's of Charlene from a friend that no longer has a turntable. I been been playing the LP's today & when I saw that this was a Motown production I was ready for some late 1960's to early 1970's Pop Funk but instead I got light rock ballads with weird words. Charlene is a fine soprano but this is not my cup of tea. Maybe her emotions or lack thereof don't match the seriousness of her words. Stevie Wonder sings with Charlene on the 1st song "Used To Be" with mixed results. The production is good & spacious with little hiss & pop from the LP. Great sound effects of birds & the ocean on "Rainbows". A rating of 3 because of my musical tastes. The rating maybe higher for those into easy listening.


title: Interesting Pre-makes

text: Victor Tsoi, the main songwriter & singer of the Russian rock band Kino (Movies or Film), around the late 1980's started acting in some USSR movies at the end of his short life. I was hoping that this CD would have music from those films based on the title of the CD. Instead this CD contains rougher remixes of his older music material from 1986 to 1988 with 5 songs from the movie he stared in called "Needle". The movie was about a man returning to his home town to face the local Drug Lords. It's interesting that I can't understand the Russian meaning of words but I hear Russian enough to know where the songs come from even when the songs are in a different tempo, style, or structure. Victor Tsoi was a type of Bob Dylan of the USSR singing protest songs against the Soviet Regime during the early to mid 1980's. He sang rather rough & untrained, but his poetry & emotional projection of them carried his message of freedom throughout the USSR before it fell. It is too bad that he died before his vision of freedom came true. This is a sort of "Best Of" CD of Kino, but to hear the songs in their finished polished form try the CD "Istoria Etogo Mir" translated as "History of this World" which I also wrote a review on.


title: Joanne Personal Songs

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I have been buying used CD's lately because my musical taste is rather hard to find & most of the CD's are out of print. Amazon.com makes it possible to buy these hard to get CD's from other dealers, just as long the added freight cost doesn't go over a normal cost of the CD, & then it's a good deal.

I have been a fan of Iona for years & collected all of the band's CDs but some of the solo work from each of the artists from Iona maybe hard to find. Joanne Hogg is no exception, & "Personal" is not to be missed. The cover shows her on a piano but there is a good backup band including Troy Donockley, Frank Van Essen, & Teri Bryant from Iona. Iona music is normally Celtic Progressive Jazz Rock Band (yes there is such a thing) with ancient Christian mystical overtones. The music on "Personal" is a tone down version into fine crafted rock ballad music about Joanne's "Personal" views on spiritual relationships with God. Don't worry; this is not CRR (Christian Rock Radio) because the words & music are above that. The 1st time I played this CD, I kept excepting it cross over onto CRR, but only one came close which is my least favorite "I Felt Sad in Church Today". Maybe because this song is sung in the 1st person which can make a song less Universal, maybe it's too "Personal"? A good buy for Iona fans, but for Celtic music keep on looking.


title: English Byzantine

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Being an Antiochian Orthodox Christian cantor that sings mostly Georgian & Benedictine plain chant, & married to my lovely Russian wife, I have also sang Russian tones at some OCA (Orthodox Church of America) churches & monasteries. Every so often we visit a more Arabic-Lebanonease type of church & hear both English & Arabic cantors singing Byzantine tones. The English cantors sing the Byzantine tones in a clean, clear, & non-vibrato style while the Arabic cantors go for the cultural expression of intense emotional vibrato. In fact a few churches in southern California that has a large convert ratio mix English, Arabic, Greek, Russian, & Spanish in the repeatable laity responses. My main church also adds Mandarin Christmas & Pascha (Easter) greetings during those seasons. It all depends on what culture is within your local Orthodox church that reflects the language being chanted or sung. I always thought that some tones were of a Slavic origin, specialty the Trisagion hymn which is normally sung in a western chord structure yet in different languages set in each church. After buying & hearing this CD, I need to rethink what we in America are singing during church services.

Fr. Apostolos Hill is a Greek Orthodox Assistant Priest in Denver CO. He has been a cantor from several Orthodox churches in the past. He has a very clean well define tenor voice. He sings Byzantine chant in the English language & style with little vibrato with another cantor or 2nd recording of himself a 3rd or so above depending on the Eastern chord structure. Added to the mix is normally a male bass drone & in a few chants a female voice or group of female voices are added. What threw me off was the recording of the Trisagion & the readings which are just like we sing at churches with mixed Slavic & Arabic attendance. Why are they in a western chord structure? Do the Greeks sing some Slavic tones in their churches? I need to find out what this famous Trisagion we are all singing. Maybe it's a earlier form of a Slavic tone when the Slavic race became Christian Orthodox through the Kievskaya Rus. The readings in the CD are maybe plain chant rather than Byzantine. I am a big fan of Divna, a Serbian Orthodox female cantor who sings older forms of Slavic hymns which are labeled as Byzantine by the recording companies but are not because of their western chord structure & style. In other words: Slavic chant developed from Byzantine chant but is based on western chord structures & is about 700 years later. There seems to be a cross road where East meets West in Orthodox music that needs to be clarified, categorized, & then correctly sold in the USA.

Other than this issue, "Hymns of Life & Hope" is another great CD from Fr. Apostolos Hill, this is our 3rd CD. We 1st heard of Fr. Apotstolos Hill in YouTube where there was a recording of a Christmas hymn with carton like icons telling the story of the birth of Christ. We found the song on his CD "Hymns from the Great Feasts". We had to get all of his CD's because all the songs are in English & we can understand what the chants, hymns, or songs are about.

Read the other fine reviews for a description of the topic mater sung on this CD.

If you're looking for true "Byzantine" chant this is not the CD to buy. If you what to learn what the Byzantine chants are about, understand their subject matter, or sing along in English, then you can't do better than this.


title: Same Beat CD Format

text: I first heard Fr. Apostolos Hill canting from a internet blog which featured the Nativity song "Kontakion - Nativity of Christ, Tone Three" with a video of moving cartoon like icons about the nativity scene. His beautiful mystical canting fitted the YOU TUBE entry perfectly. Afterwards I went to Amazon.com & bought this CD. Fr. Apostolos Hill is a first rate canter but seems to follow the same beat with most of the songs, then again to cant is to sing at the rate of talking. A cantor's job is to sing-tell a Religious moral story or history for the worshippers in church to pray & reflect upon. Fr. Apostolos Hill sings tenor solo over a tenor or bass dischord with bass drones. At one point I thought "What is really needed is a female voice to cut through the male drone." & on the second CD my wish came true on a few songs. The female voice brighten up the songs & added an extra favor. This CD is full of good spiritual music but some people may not be able to go through the 2 CD's in one sitting. Another issue: I have a professional stereo system with an older CD player, a Sony S9000-ES; the 2 CD's will not play on it. It must be recorded with a new format because it works fine in my car stereo. A good listen to for each Great Feast.


title: Not Even in the Steve Bach "Store"

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I wrote another review on Steve Bach's CD "Zero Gravity" which was recorded a year before "More Than a Dream". Sometimes when you write a review, Amazon.com seems to be programmed to ask you to review another CD & it asked me to review "More Than a Dream". Okay here I am, but why isn't this CD in Steve Bach's "Store" or in his CD list? Lately I have studying the "Store" in Amazon.com which has a biography & catalog of musical artists. Great way to get the basics & see what else you can pick up.

"More Than a Dream" is more fuller than "Zero Gravity", it has more musicians which equals more instruments. Stronger drums with more percussion & sound effects. Better production with a clean sound. Still easy light jazz with a rock beat & at times with a Latin beat. Good music for a party or another dinner date. Amazing with all these improvements I still rate this CD a "4" as I did with "Zero Gravity". Maybe its my fault; I seem to be in a more traditional jazz mood these days as for example Charlie Haden Quartet West, or more original jazz as for example Keith Jarrett. Steve Bach musical style just can't make me give him a "5".


title: 4 sections of Kino's (Kyno) last recordings

text: The 1st section of two songs are re-mixes of Kino's (Kyno) pervious Russian rock music hits. These re-mixed songs have less string instruments than the originals but have more of a percussive sound. The 2nd section has Victor Tsoi (Tsoy) singing an English version of the song "Blood Type", yet his voice was done with a sound board mix that makes its hard to hear most of the words. The 3rd section of 7 songs are Russian sounding folk music with a rock beat that seems simple enough but carries an inner anti-soviet message. One song's plot is the following: 'Life is good with a woman that loves you but there is something missing under the communist star that keeps us from our heavenly shepherd.' The last section of 7 songs are poor recordings from a cassette tape which maybe the cassette found on Victor Tsoi (Tsoy) when he died in a 1990 auto accident? All the songs have Victor Tsoi (Tsoy) singing solo with a guitar, some are re-mixes while other songs maybe original demos. The first 3 sections deserve a "4" rating, but the 4th section has such poor sound quality with tape distortion & hiss. These should be looked at as historical recordings of a great artist coming up with ideas rather than listen-able music. Therefore a "3" is given for the total. Buy for the first 3 sections.


title: The Best of Igor Tal'kov

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The above Russian title "Bolshaiz Muzikalnaia Entsiklopedia" which translated into English means "Big Music Encyclopedia" is not the title, nor is it written on the CD itself. The real written title for the CD reads in English "Russian Project presents Blvd of Stars Igor Tal'kov".

Igor Tal'kov like Victor Tsoi (Tsoy) of Kino (Kyno) was a Russian anti-Soviet poetic Rock star of the 1980's. His songs dealt with heavy cultural, political, & spiritual issues that lead to his assassination in 1991. The last of the Soviet government tried to blame the killing on his manager who escaped to Israel.

Igor Tal'kov was more intense with his words or more outspoken than Victor Tsoi (Tsoy) in his songs, for example the first song of this CD deals with the death of the Czar by the hands of the Soviet government. In another song a Father has 2 sons, the 1st is interested in spiritual issues & the 2nd son joins the communist cause to fight it's wars. During a battle God reveals himself to the communist youth & warns him of his path, but the youth continues to put God out of his mind only to later regret his life & kills himself with a pistol. A 3rd song is about how the KGB entered the Orthodox Church as priests & Igor Tal'kov warns that he shall come back in the resurrection when Christ comes again. There is even a song dedicated to Victor Tsoi (Tsoy) when he died in a 1990 auto accident. Igor Tal'kov wrote in different musical styles such as Hard Rock, Reggae, & Ballads. Yet most songs do have something Russian about them, either a Russian folk tune, Russian instruments, or Russian Church bells. At times Igor Tal'kov sounds like Sting without the rock group "The Police", but has a rougher voice when making an extreme point.

Russian rock in the late 1980's was like the political protest of American rock in the early 1960's. Both delt with issues rather than dance tunes.


title: 1st Kino (Kyno) CD

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This is an early recording of Victor Tsoy (Tsoi) with 6 other musicians when they formed the famous poetic anti-Soviet Russian Rock-N-Roll band Kino (Kyno) which means "Cinema" in English. 2 of the musicians were from the Rock band "Aquarium" that discovered Victor Tsoy (Tsoi) at a Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Rock Club. The CD was poorly recorded in a studio in 1982 because it sounds like a live recording in a small club. Only a few musicians play at a time with primitive acoustical sound effects & in a few songs the guitars sound out of tune. In this recording Victor Tsoy (Tsoi) lacks his later deep mystery of a voice & sings like a Russian Bob Dylan or a strange Elvis Presley. This CD is very hard to find but I found it in Kiev Ukraine during our past vacation.

For Kino (Kyno) fans only


title: 2nd Kino (Kyno) CD

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Strange almost live sounding CD from Kino (Kyno) during their early rise as a poetic anti-Soviet Russian Rock-N-Roll band. On this recording Victor Tsoy (Tsoi) lacks his normal deep mystery of a voice & sounds more like an early Bob Dylan. Maybe because Bob Dylan in the USA mid 1960's like Kino (Kyno) in the USSR mid 1980's wrote songs against war & social injustice. Some of his later popular songs like "Trolley Car" are here but most are of an experimental nature. This CD is very hard to find but I found it in Kiev Ukraine during our past vacation.

For Kino (Kyno) fans only


title: A Remarkable Performance

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Sir Colin Davis is known for his Berlioz recordings by fans and critics alike. This, to my knowledge, is Davis' only recording Berlioz's "Requiem" and what a fine one it is!

I have three other versions of this requiem: Munch's on RCA, Spano's and Shaw's both on Telarc. I have heard all four versions I own and have done some comparisons. One thing remarkably clear in Davis' recording is his incredible ear for the innerworkings of the structure and how to bring out the darker elements of the composition. The choral singing is outstanding quite possibly some of the best I've heard on any recording. The orchestral accompaniment is also evenly paced, well-balanced, and powerful when it needs to be. The London Symphony Orchestra also plays great.

Another bonus for me is Philips warm analog sound. I own many (and I do mean many) Philips recordings and they always have such great warmth and clarity. This recording is no different.

The performance of "Symphony Funebre et Triomphale" is also very good and I have actually already heard this performance in this set: [[ASIN:B0000041MZ Berlioz: Complete Orchestral Works]], which is now sadly out-of-print.

This is the greatest recording I've heard of the very difficult to play and sing "Requiem." I'm still on the lookout for a more superior recording, but I have yet to find one. Highly recommended.


title: Nice and average new age type tunes

text: nice stuff, typical mellow new age stuff and melodies. middle of the road. good purchase if that is your taste.


As good as 1st and better than any other one out there


title: Terrible recording quality

text: There might be some great music on this disc, I hd certainly hoped so.  It is recorded so terribly it is hard to tell.  The sound is very low volume and sort of muggled...I'm not sure there is even any cello on it.  A defective disc?  Perhaps...but the disc I bought from Amazon is just about unlistenable.


title: One of the great buys for Cello music

text: Fabulous compilation of great Cellists...none of which I had heard of before.  Wonderfully remastered, these recordings, often from 50 or more years ago sound fresh and so very, very musical.  Some interesting choices, too.  I have long been a Cello enthusiast, yet I had never heard Max Reger's work for unaccompanied Cello...very reminiscent of Bach's stunning and similar work.  Whoever put this together really knew what they were doing.  5 enthusiastic stars!<br />Will order the original Cello Giants, too.


title: Terrific music at a terrific price!  What a deal!

text: I paid 87 cents for my used copy from an Amazon seller.  Surely this must count as one of the great Amazon bargains of all time!  The two CDs are terrific.  No other way to put it.  About as nice as classical guitar gets. Some of the selections will surprise you.  The version of Pavane For A Dead Princess is a strong candidate for the loveliest thing I've ever heard on guitar.  This is  one of those purchases that just make me want to dance with joy!


title: A surprising treat for the ear and the rest of your musical taste buds!

text: After more than a half century of seeking out classical gems that I have not encountered before, it seemed pickings had gotten pretty darn thin.  Most of the completely new stuff I was finding was Gawd-awful rather atonal modern and obscure stuff that I jettisoned very quickly.  I heard a cut of this music on FM radio and ordered it with some trepidation.  What a treat!  Wonderful harmonies and rhythms that were sweet to my ear, and above all highly musical. It just sounds great...perhaps a hint of Mozart influence?  A real discovery.  The recording quality seems good, too.  If you seek something new and have been disappointed of late, may I recommend this little gem?


title: What a great surprise!  Some gorgeous music!

text: Let me say right from the start that I am not fond of modern composers. Any trace of atonality or discordant stuff drives me from the room in great haste.  Fear not,  you'll not find it here.  The trio work for violin, clarinet and piano is lovely.  However it is the cello that steals the show for me.  I bought the disc because I had heard A Hero's Prayer for Cello and Piano on FX radio and liked it.  When I heard the Little Suite for Unaccompanied Cello my jaw just dropped!  I am going to say here and now that I am unaware of anyone currently writing this well for the cello.  The piece is just stunning! It makes me really wonder what his apparently unavailable Cello Concerto is like.  Sowash also writes beautifully for the harpsichord, too.  I am possibly doing an injustice in not giving the disc five stars, but I really do try to save that for works that are really at the very top of the heap.  I really wish there were a 4 1/2 star ranking at this point.<br />If you love cello, you really must hear this disc!  Also, if you are unfamiliar with the Verdehr Trio, you should not be.  They play masterfully and are one of the very best.


title: Old country music.

text: A great collection of old country music.


title: If you want calm background music then give this a try....

text: I use this as my 'calm me down' music.  Love it


title: If You Like Big Band

text: This is the Collection to have if you are not hung on only owning the originals (I have both). There are 4 volumes to this set I believe but I'm not sure ... I have #'s 1 through 3. The music is very nicely done and very tight. They manage to evoke the original sound but a bit cleaner, fuller and, of course, in full stereo.


title: Paul Bley in Italy

text: Another surprise of previously unreleased Paul Bley material.  May there be many more such unexpected gifts!  Italy always brought out Paul Bley's lyrical side and this recording is no exception.  I know many Italian jazz musicians have expressed their love of Bley's playing.


title: will do business with in the future.

text: Product was delivered in a timely manner and was exactly as described.


title: The Omaha stakes have never been higher!

text: Had anyone told me I would listen to "metal" and enjoy it, I would have crossed the street to avoid an obvious lunatic. Then I was referred to a cut from an Omaha group's eponymous cd and I was hooked! This is the most musical metal I have ever heard, written and performed with an impressive level of professionalism. Many groups can play with joyous abandon and lots of musicians can play with zesty freedom of expression. Few can combine those into a performance that rises well above expectations. Cold Steel can and did on this CD.<br />Once in a long while you have a chance to hear a good band in the process of becoming great. Do yourself a favor and add this cd and this group to your top list of favorites.


title: Not comprehensive, but great practice

text: If you've made it through grammar and are working on vocabulary but just need to practice for fluency, this is a great purchase. Not for beginners, but it sure helped me.


title: Good music

text: CD played great - CD case was cracked


title: Sounds of a true man telling his story

text: The soulful voice if truth.


title: One Star

text: Whst songs are on this


title: I hope they record more projects

text: Great duo with some excellent blues chops.  Eagerly awaiting another album.


title: Good CD

text: Enjoyed this CD


title: Loved this CD

text: I enjoyed this music very much.  It helps to quiet my spirit and puts me in a worhipful mindset.  I highly recommend this CD to those who enjoy Christian music.


title: Beautifully Haunting Slack Key Guitar

text: I picked up this CD while I was in Hawaii on vacation, along with a few other Slack Key Guitar albums. The others were good...but Chris Yeaton's album is consistently on our playlist, whether we're relaxing by ourselves or having friends over. It's really a terrific collection of songs, softspoken and a bit haunting.


title: QVC 2003 CD’s

text: I bought the 2003 CD when it first came out. Have played it every year since. Many favorites, but Mary Beth and the newer words to old Lang Syne always touch s everyone. I’ve printed words and had family members sing along with Mary Beth to start our Christmas get together. All the hosts made a wonderful CD set.


title: Nice collection of songs

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I like the duets by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris.  The particular album is good, though I didn't think the song versions on here were exceptional.  Husband likes it, though, and the album supplied him with a couple songs he wanted.  It arrived quickly, undamaged, and plays with no problem.

The songs are:
  Disc One
Right Now
Red Staggerwing
Michelangelo
I Dug Up a Diamond
Born to Run
Red Dirt Girl
Band introduction
Done With Bonaparte
Romeo and Juliet
Song for Sonny Liston

  Disc Two
Belle Star
This Is Us
Boulder to Birmingham
All the Roadrunning
Speedway At Nazareth
If This is Goodbye
So Far Away
Our Shangri-La
Why Worry

Total running time, 49 minutes


title: Still replacing record albums with CDs

text: I enjoyed this music back when I owned "Snakes & Ladders" on vinyl, and when I saw this set at a good price, decided it was time to replace the old album.  There's not much printed detail to accompany this set, but the music sounds good, and smoothly copied into iTunes.


title: Some of the best rock and roll melded with symphony...

text: I was ecstatic to find this on cd...


title: Wonderful live praise!

text: This CD was recorded in a live worship service and it is so anointed, you feel as if you were right there when it was being played.  Wonderful to listen to during personal devotions.  I would like to have more of Eric Pechin's music.  Highly recommended.


title: Music

text: My Grandmother suffers from Dementia. I purchased this because it is the music from her youth. It brought her to life. 💖


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent


title: Classic Album

text: A classic album!  Worth every penny for Bolin lovers.


title: Awesome album.

text: Great album.


title: Wonderful!

text:
An absolute delight! A true blessing! This recording brings you to the heart of God.
I"m still amazed that Jesus is for everyone, including Jewish people! He really is
the Jewish Messiah! He lives and is drawing more and more people, Jews and Gentiles
alike, to Himself everyday!!!!!!  This CD helped draw me to Himself!


title: ONE OF THE BEST OF HIS ALBUMS

text: I like all of the songs on this album.. Nice choice of different tempos and of course Neil's own words.  Some of the songs are true things that happened to him and his friends.


title: Real good rockers

text: Great music from across the pond


title: Five Stars

text: its johnny nough said


title: Five Stars

text: its johnny no other thing to say


title: A delightful collection of older time Gospel classic music.

text: A definite must have for any Gospel lover.  40 great songs of old.  I listen while driving, lifts my mood :)


title: Great CD - Great talented and inspirational artist - don't like the gouge on shipping which has more to do with the seller!

text: Fantastic musician and vocalist. Truly is a Christian man. Great sense of humor with an important message. He visited our church on a mission and he was incredible. I think it's kind of crazy to spend that much on shipping when it doesn't cost that much to send it however, that has nothing to do with the CD.


title: Great song!

text: I absolutely love "The Song of Crazy Horse." I never thought I'd find another copy of the album and was thrilled when I found the CD was available. The title cut is a wonderful, beautiful piece of musical magic!


title: Lyrical

text: Great music, like their other CD, which I have. Transformational.


title: Five Stars

text: This album contains a bunch of lost treasures.


title: All my favorites.

text: Love it.


title: Four Stars

text: Enjoyed this book and only wish that he had written part two of his biography.


I've enjoyed listening to this audio books many times now. I have been a fan of LeGuin for a long time.


title: Liked and enjoyed the album.

text: Liked and enjoyed the album.  Beautiful voice, songs and photo booklet.  Great deal on album package two for one price CD & DVD.  He is a multi-talaented artist in both acting and singing. Can't wait to hear an see more from him in the future.


title: Act 1 an absolute Masterpiece

text: Like everything about this album.  Masterpiece from start to finish. You can feel his emotions of his singing on every song. I like every song on this album and it doesn't get old. This is my 3rd album of his and its worth every penny. The photo book is beautiful and captivating.  I look forward to Act 2 in the near future.


title: Taemin Repackage CD so worth it.

text: Love it..Love it. He is so talented on so many levels. Great deal on price. Arrived in perfect condition . The repackage CD's are the best ones to get because you get so much more for one great deal.


title: Like and enjoy the album but....

text: Liked and enjoyed the album price was a little steep. But Taemin is very talented on so many levels so it's worth it. He gives everything in all that he does and you can see it when he dances and sings. My first owned album of his and I am very satisfied.


title: Love this 2nd album.

text: Love this 2nd album as well as his first. Can't stop listening to it such a nice photo album BTW. Received it new and in perfect condition. Just in time for the summer season.


title: Regulate album feed back

text: Love this album..I received the Johnny cover version with bonus pics.


title: 2nd EXO Album purchased.

text: Like this album and all the songs. I really love their Tempo album and this is the 2nd album I have purchased. They all have beautiful voices and they are all so talented. Worth every penny.


title: JUS2

text: Love the JUS2 album package. Recieved everything as advertised in perfection condition.


title: EXO Tempo

text: I really love this CD package. Love the songs bonus pictures. Worth every penny.


title: GOT7 Album worth every penny.

text: I like the album and I enjoy all of the songs. The photo booklet<br />I received was all of JB...Love it. The bonus photo cards of the other members were adorable as well. 😊


title: NCT Music

text: I really love this album..can't get enough. Good songs and a perfect jam to listen to while working or driving. 😊 love the free gift of Tea bag..yum.


title: BTS music

text: I love everything about this album. All  the songs are really good. I can not get enough.


title: Disappointing.

text:
I have to confess some buyer's remorse. Most of this stems from it being the same orchestra and studio who did Galactica less than a year before, but not being the same composer. Well, not much of the same composer. Very little of it is done by Stu Phillips. Most of the scores are by hired gun composers,

What bugs me is that while there's a full orchestra, there's also a disco band playing along on most of the tracks, most of the time. This is more noticeable at some points than others, but what really gets on my nerves is the drummer. They've got a guy on a normal studio kit - not orchestral tympanium - doing most of the percussion, and he's sitting way closer to the mic than the rest of the orchestra. And it was mixed poorly at the time. On nearly every track, there's some drummer going to town on a high-hat or whatever VERY LOUDLY, and it's always coming out of the front right speaker.

So: cool theme happens, ruined by ratta-tattata-ratta-tatta-tat-tat. There's also a general dearth of low strings (Cellos, basses. Violas seem ok, though) as that would make the boogie-oogie-oogie-all-nigh-igh-ight bass guitar sound muddy. As a result, the disco stuff overshadows the music when it's there, and the music seems very thin when it isn't. And all the drums coming from one speaker is disconcerting.

Another poor choice was over-reliance on Clavinet. I actually LIKE clav. It's got a twangy, funky kinda' retro-synth sound. That said, it's a somewhat indigestible sound - it doesn't blend well - so it's best used SPARINGLY. They don't use it sparingly here. They slather it on everything like Barbecue sauce on the 4th of July.

Basically, there's some nice music here, but the music keeps getting in the way. And it hasn't aged well.

A perfect example is a piece called "I'm Sorry" from "A Dream of Jennifer." It's a very pretty, very low-key piano-and-strings version of the main theme, played liltingly and sadly. For about a minute. Then - zang - boogie-oogie-oogie-all-nigh-igh-ight ratta-tattata-ratta-tatta-tat-tat and twang-twang-twang goes the clavier. Ugh.

There's also a piece that interests me called "Buck and Tangie" from "Vegas in Space." This is a re-orchestrated version of the Charlie's Angels theme. Seriously. Played it for two different people and they agreed. I assume it was meant as a kind of musical practical joke.

Disk three, which is mostly music by Richard LaSalle, is actually pretty good, and is immune from this criticism.

Anyway, even by the standards of 1979/80, this music feels rather dated and out of place. It's simply not iconic, like the Trek scores or the Galactica scores. It's got a great opening theme that they mostly refuse to use, a couple nice action themes that they generally trash with bad decisions, and the rest is just mindless filler suitable for an episode of Baretta or The Streets of San Francisco. Definitely I'm feeling a little buyer's remorse.


title: not for everyone

text:
this album is definitely not for everyone.  if you like the synth sounds of late 80's/early 90's bands... and if you like good, thought provoking christian lyrics... and if you like your music a little quirky, but smooth and melodic, then give it a spin.

otherwise, get to steppin.  :)


title: Five Stars

text: Great rock!


title: Excellent performance and recording; music not what I was hoping for.

text: Caption says it all.  Music a little too ornamented or "fussy" for my tastes.


title: Bought this for my wife.

text: She listens to it on occasion, so I guess she likes it.


title: Sorry showing, only one song was Adele worthy

text: Gave it away.


title: good

text: good


title: His Golden and Most Romantic Voice

text: I do not comment much on any product, but, this is an exception.  His musical compositions along with his beautiful and romantic voice will mesmerize your ambiance and mind with all the feelings of past and present memories of romance.  Just a great purchase and you'll not regret.  Zebra.


title: Very enjoyable violin/viola duo music

text: I purchased this CD to get a recording of the Halvorsen's Passacaglia, but ended up very much enjoying the entire album of violin and violin/viola duets. Bruni (whom, I must confess, I have never heard of until I purchased this CD) composed some of the prettiest duos I have listened to.


title: Great

text: We really enjoy this CD and others from Jim Fyrie. I saw him 20+ years ago at the Sawdust Festival in Newport Beach, CA and bought a few CD's. The music is mellow and lively, both. In addition to a dulcimer other instruments are a fiddle and penny whistle.  It has an Irish/Celtic feel.


title: good tool

text: Good all around tool


title: Five Stars

text: All of their best songs. I must have for any fan of this spectacular music team.


title: 20+ years and still as good as it was day 1

text: One of my top 5 favorite albums. Bought it in '98 and can still listen start to finish


title: Great

text: Just perfect.


title: Five Stars

text: certainly a gem


title: It's OK

text: It's okay.  Typical Night Ranger sound; however, to my ears, there are no standout tracks.


title: An Epic Film Score That is Destined to become a Classic

text: When I saw the film "Ladder 49" I knew I had to get the soundtrack but I have to say that for all the wonderful songs that comprise the Various Artists CD, the film's compelling and emotional score by composer William Ross is ten times better then most of the other songs that are incorperated into the film. William Ross combines a rich mixture of orchestral talent that conveys both the danger, excitement and human drama that resonates throughout the core of the movie's storyline. Much like previous films such as, "Apollo 13" and "Backdraft" the musical score of "Ladder 49" is a rare breed of cinema orchestra onto itself. I have never heard a film score that captures the roller coaster of emotions or reflects the world of our nation's brave firefighters so vividly and with such beautiful clarity as this one does.<br />Unlike other memoriable film scores such as, "Backdraft" which paints a more darker and frightening image of the world of the firefighter, William Ross takes his version of "Ladder 49" a step further by offering us a window into the more softer side of things by highlighting the humor of the firehouse and the quiet and romantic side of life at home with tracks such as, "Jack and Linda" and the scene where he's talking with his son about the dangers of his chosen profession in "Jack Goodnight". However, for me my personal favorites are the main title track in the beginning, Jack's First Fire, Rope Rescue and The Christmas Fire theme where the crew is summoned to that harrowing house fire toward the end. This is a very original film score and it's a shame that they aren't putting it out there for more people to get a hold of because it's definitely well worth its weight in gold! If you're into film scores then this soundtrack is for you. A perfect work of art!


title: Excellent CD!

text: If you can find a copy, it is well worth the used price. Kinda  like a old-fashioned train ride through the heartland and west, or a summer afternoon sail in New England. An excellent chill CD.


title: Good Selection of Seventies Music

text: Good collection of music from my youth.  The disc arrived on time and in excellent condition.  I would recommend for anyone that likes the seventies era music.  A mix of disco and others.


title: Great Selection

text: I purchased this CD for a 70's theme party.  Great selection.


title: Five Stars

text: Funky introspective sound, so unexpected


title: Piano Bar Heaven

text: A wonderful selection of songs from the golden era ... Cole Porter, George Gershwin ... and some classical pieces ... Clair de Lune ...played by the incomparable Margaret Rector. Close your eyes and you are back in your favorite old piano bar. Heaven.


title: Incredible Narration

text: Truth be told, I'm not the biggest fan of Rudyard Kipling. While his prose is elegant and delightful, the stories he chose to tell simply never caught my imagination. However, I would gladly listen to Boris Karloff narrate the cover of a matchbook. His voice is a work of art in and of itself and his reading is masterful.


title: 3 disks

text: Maybe half the tunes are interesting.  Some sound alike.  Too bad, I really liked his songs.


This is a wonderful audio book on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Everything is explained in words that even a child can understand. The CDs I bought cover only two chapters but they are a joy to listen. While explaining the Sutras, the author skillfully combines humor with everyday examples so nicely that even the most difficult-to-understand spiritual concepts are made easy and fun to listen. This is a must buy for anyone who wants to progress in spiritual path.  Krish Shetty, Manhasset, New York.


title: Great!

text: Got it for one song but like them all


title: In love! Good material!

text: I love these. It doesn’t shrink after washing and drying, it looks nice and rustic in our living room.


title: Five Stars

text: Best music ever.Gets me going all the time


title: great

text: the man can sing.


title: Very good

text: Love this


title: Organic Mugwort

text: What can I say? Mugwort is an herb and this one is organic and does what it is supposed to do without being overly expensive. Trust this company.


title: LOVE IT!!!

text: I received this as a Christmas present. I love the group MonstaX.  This album is excellent. The photo cards and photo book were all in excellent condition. Love it. Love them.


title: New Tunes!

text: I am a Michael Buble fan.  Good music and a great new album


title: Love it

text: I love changing my blackberry's appearance and this was a great looking housing unit for it...I bought several on here and loved every one of them...easy to install as well


title: First hand account experiencing heaven

text: The two CD's in the set are riviting.  Jessie Duplantis describes several encounters he had personally with God in his own inibitable style. I am blessed every time I play the CDs.


title: A hidden gem I was lucky enough to discover recently

text: I've been a huge fan of The Hooters starting in the mid 1980s.  With that said, Spiritual Pre-School, the only solo album of their former bassist, Andy King is a moving experience.  We were occasionally treated to Andy's amazing voice on tunes like the cover the Hooters did of the Beatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". Apparently Andy was supposed to be a 6 month fill in when their bassist got into an accident, but the guy never came back and Andy was asked to stay. He says he was promised song writing opportunities that never happened, so in 1988 he left to pursue his creativity and this album is the result. Some of the numbers left me in tears as he pairs his heartfelt lyrics with a driving beat and an amazing baritone.  Sadly, Andy left the music biz after this to do tv production, but as late as 2019 he's made occasional appearances with the Hooters drummer who he lives near in PA and with whom he has remained friends. You can check out some of his gigs on Youtube by searching "Andy King In the Pocket". I hope this seller gets more cd's to offer because you can only buy it as a resale.  Im glad I paid $49 for this collectors item, it was well worth it!


title: Maroon 5 is Entertaining.

text: Maroon 5 has a great cd here.  It is the first from them that I've purchased and I'm glad that I did.


title: Beautiful.......

text: I really like this CD. The music just flows like clouds in the sky..Your soul once again connects to life and nature.......How refreshing..!!


title: Glad I bought it!

text:
I debated for a while whether to spend the money on this program.  I had read some bad reviews on this guy.  Well don't believe the bad reviews.  This is a great program.  If you follow this program it will do exactly what it says.

Buy the program here, if you try to call the number they give in the radio ads the same program will cost you 3 times what it is here.  The extra price is for personal question and answer time.  I didn't really feel the need for the personal question and answer time.  The program lays everything out pretty well.

Does it try to get you to buy more...of course...isn't that what good marketing is all about?  You decide whether you need a coach to kick your butt into gear...once I went through the program I had one of those V-8 moments (the one where you hit yourself on the head and say WOW why didn't I think of this) and knew I didn't need a coach to kick my butt into gear!  I started the program immediately and anticipate being debt free in 5 years! (Yep that includes my $210,000 mortgage!)


title: You will feel like he's singing only to you.

text: It gave me goose BUMPS,! Loved every song. I felt right back in the 80's when I saw him in concert.


title: Too much drama!

text: I purchased three of Christopher Loves meditation cd's and gave each of them repeated use hoping I would end up feeling differently than my first impression of them.. that didn't happen.. The cd's are laced with very dramatic music and sound effects, and Christopher's voice sounds so melodramatic, you kind of feel like your listening to a horror festival.. By time he gets to the point of the Cd, I've either fallen asleep or totally lost interest in where he's going and suddenly the Cd is over and I realize I totally missed the point.. I've tried listening to them over and over again, trying to force myself to pay attention long enough to finally get to the point of the Cd (in this case, it's about financial abundance), but I find that I consistantly suddenly realize I'm at the end of the Cd and totally missed the point.. I think he adds all the music and sound effects in an attempt to relax you into a deep meditative state, but it just doesn't work for me! I have many other meditation Cd's by other artists and I don't have the same problem with them.. maybe it's just me, but his cd's just don't accomplish what they're suppose to for me...


title: I'd like to change my rating to a 2

text: I purchased three different meditation cd's of Christophers.. When I first started listening to them I wasn't quite sure what to make of them. His tone of voice and the music seemed overly dramatic, almost like a Halloween story! I've tried listening to all of the Cd's repeatedly hoping to change my mind, but that hasn't happened.. His Cd's are full of very dramtatic music and sound effects and his voice is just too dramatic.. He takes you through a very long process of trying to reach a deep mediative state of mind, and that does work, but the problem is, he goes on for so long getting you into this state, that by time he gets to the point of the cd, in this case, meeting your spiritual guides, I've either fallen asleep or mind has gone somewhere else.. I suddenly realize the cd is over and I missed the point of the cd.. Other meditation cd's work for me, but unfortunately, his cd's do not.. I had originally rated this product as a 5 because the cd's are very well done, but after a couple of months of trying to reap the rewards of his cd's, I've given up and moved on to another artist.. I never met any spiritual guides or reaped any other rewards other than falling asleep easily!


title: Excellent!

text: This CD is great.  For those who love prog rock.... I highly recommend it.


title: Awesome CD

text: We ansolutely love the Spirit-filled CD. Charles Johnson was awesome!


title: Prepare to be swept away!

text: Great worship album.  We are being blessed by every song.


title: Five Stars

text: This was the real jam in NYC during the 80's....


title: Wonderful!

text: He is such an awesome musician. I highly recommend his albums.


title: Great Album

text: Who doesn't love Blake's music? Great album.


title: Good for new drivers

text: Bought for my granddaughter, who is a new driver. She felt it was helpful.


title: What an amazing album!

text: If you like the Carpenters, this album is for you. Richard Carpenter has created a masterpiece that must be heard. Karen's voice is the best its ever been and the music tracks sparkle like never before!<br />A must have CD you will love if you love The Carpenters!


title: Love this CD!

text: Such soothing piano music!


title: Beautiful!

text: Love her voice and this CD.


title: BTS my wings

text: Love it


title: Get this record if you don't have it!

text: This was one of his best records! I would say to any Fisher fan to go ahead & get a copy if you don't own one already. You won't be disappointed!


title: A great compilation

text: RCA Victor was good at compiling various artists LP's. This one's no different.


title: A good album

text: A good listen. Actually a re-release of older material but still nice to put on the turntable.


title: Rockabilly!

text: Highly recommended rockabilly. It's too bad that this guy had a few small hits. He was real good!


title: A great collection

text: Well put together collection from this short-lived label. Highly recommended.


title: More great R & S early cuts!

text: King still didn't run of of cuts from these two! This is originally from 1959 and has great early R & S material. Highly recommended for C& W fans or King collectors. This one's the 1960's electronic stereo version.


title: Sassy Sarah!

text: Sassy Sarah during her golden Mercury days - can't top this!


title: Two nice sides from Mr. C.

text: Two nice sides from Mr. C. He was RCA Victor's top selling 1950's artist after Harry Belafonte & Elvis. That's good company!


title: Great 1950's country

text: Any album on King before 1967 or so is guaranteed to be great - no matter the genre. This one came from 1959 & has Reno and Smiley at their best. Some of these cuts go back a few years before 1959 and capture some of their best early cuts. Highly recommended!


title: Buy this!

text: Two good sides - like his 45's always were.


title: A great single!

text: Two great sides!


title: Two great sides!

text: Get this. Both sides are terrific!


title: Highly recommended

text: A great LP if you're a U.S. Bonds fan or just like early 1960's music....get it if you can find it!! It's not impossible, just a little tough.


title: Nice sound

text: I like the quality


title: Five Stars

text: Arrived as scheduled.


title: its true..unbelievable

text: Cheater Jones really was unbelievable. saw them at Rutgers college in the late 80's and was amazed..How often do you see a band twice and remember them the rest of your life. I have been searching for anything from them with no success...The album is unreal but Zimmerman the lead singer is incredible..older now as am I...I would still love to hear him play again....buy this album it will rock your world..you tube has one song.."think again" from the Bombshell album.....leaves me wanting more...Jim, wherever you are..thanks for the memories and awesome music..you shouldnt have stopped..Maurice<br />kidzip@hotmail.com


title: Cool

text: Cool


title: Five Stars

text: Fast delivery and highly recommended, thank you.


title: Name a better album. I’ll wait.

text: The first CD I received for my boombox. You can’t get better than *NSYNC, Britney Spears, and Backstreet Boys remixes, followed by Weird Al and Slam Dunk Da Funk.


title: great severice

text: got to my house fast and love the greek music. i will shop here more often now . I love you guys


title: begins

text: Another good choice to add to your CD collection by the classic sound of Phillips, Craig and Dean.  Gotta have it!


title: Great Collection

text: A MUST for Tom Petty fans!


title: Excellent recording and mastering

text: The cd was good, although I really just bought for a few songa


title: US Festival 1983 Performance

text:
Any true Motley Crue fan will know that this is a bootleg from their US Festival 1983 performance
If you've ever seen the video on youtube you'd know you're listening to the same thing.
This sounds like a straight recording off the video, no remastering from what I can hear.


title: More Great Music

text: I love the music and compositions of Two Steps From Hell and this two CD Dragon is great, maybe one of their best so far.


title: SUCH A TALENTED PIANIST

text: BEAUTIFUL PIANIST 🌟


title: Five Stars

text: Love


Five Stars


title: excellent cd

text: great music


title: The Hula Poppers are tops!!!!

text: awesome, novelty type song! Can't kick off a fishing season without listening to this a few times!!


title: Spanish Celtic music with a wild, feminine soul.

text: This CD represents the recording debut of an 18 year old woman who has played the Galician bagpipes, or Gaita, since she was four years old, and now is playing sold out concerts in Europe, Japan, and Spain.  Galician music is a revelation, since the Celtic people of Galicia, the rainy province of Northwestern Spain from which Columbus sailed, have the same roots as those who settled Ireland and Scotland and developed the distinctive Celtic-rooted music that so defines those countries.  Cristina Pato, a beautiful and talented young lady, combines the best of Galicia's Celtic traditional music (which in itself has Spanish and North African influences that you won't hear in Irish music) with modern popular elements and some of Galicia's finest musicians to produce an album which is lyrical, deeply beautiful, and full of the wild energy of youth.  The title song, "Tolemia," which means "crazy" in Gallego, the Portuguese-based native language of Galicia, showcases Pato's ability to play the Gaita on the edge but under control - Charlie Parker and John Coltrane would have been proud.  A few cuts later, "Crisis," written by Pato's sister to celebrate the wild moods of her sister Cristina, is one of the most hauntingly beautiful combinations of violin, piano, and bagpipes that you will ever hear.  If you already like Galician music and have heard stars like Carlos Nunez or Milladoiro, or if you haven't, this CD will expand your Celtic music horizons into a wonderful new dimension.


title: Better than expected...

text: I'm talking about the quality of the LP's themselves.  The performance is fully adequate and all performers acquit themselves very well.  I remember when the original Westminster version (in white leatherette, no less) came out in 1972...unfortunately, a "clean" copy of that version does not exist...for sale.  But I enjoyed the oratorio very much and have admired Abravanel since the '50's.  He was an unusual man who changed the entire cultural landscape of Utah by developing his own orchestra rather than continuing to conduct in New York or the capitols of Europe where he had conducted before coming to the Wild West.


title: Filled With The Spirit

text: Lisa Kemp is Spirit Filled CD is an inspirational Gospel Album which delivers many powerful messages and worship to God.


title: Nice music cd.

text: Yes, I really like this compilation of music. It is very relaxing and enjoyable to listen to. Cute cover too.


title: Perfect relaxing compilation.

text: I always seem to be thrilled with the compilations that this company has offered. The artwork is cute also. Relaxing, soothing, quiet to work by, read by, nap with, rest with.


title: Five Stars

text: Lost my 1st case !


title: another masterpiece

text: the voices and the joy in the album is contagious - I use it to workout and I find myself singing all day to the<br />beautiful vocals and instrumental background - truly a beautiful album


title: Bring back the old school techno beats

text:
JYP was a RnB star in Korea and his music was always compared to Michael Jackson's. He even admit that his music is deeply rooted from the late MJ. He has dug RnB as no others did in Korean music scenes during his time.
Now, as a producer, his creativity in re-interpreting the old times into the new generation music lovers. And this was a big hit. I dare to predict him grow as big as Quincy Jones in 80-90s.

Debuted in September 2007, Tell me, and Irony's catchy sounds, along with the choreography were all his creation and he should get 100% credit for Wonder Girls' name today. Yes, the timing was right, and he surely worked hard.

The songs are not as consistent as the second album just out now in nov 2011, but this album definitely brought the big attention to JYP production and the distinctive and surpassing potentials of this girl group, and their journey began.

The tracks in English;

1. I Wanna
2. ' ''(E-babo, You Fool)
3. Tell Me
4. Friend
5. Headache
6. ' '' (Mo ote, So What)
7. Wishing on a star
8. Move
9. '' '(Gajo ga, take it away)
10. Good Bye
11. Bad Boy
12. ''' ''(Mianhan Maum, Sorry feeling)
13. Irony


title: Enjoying this older album.

text: Pleased to find this older album of this artist.  We were present for a performance in August and were looking for more of his work.


title: Wonderful gift.

text: Great gift for my German Mother in law whose older CDs and cassette tapes are wearing out.


title: Best album as always!!

text: Weki Meki is a talented girl’s group!! I have to say that. I love their album look. This version is as pretty as the others. I enjoyed their whole album and their taste of music is so fit mine. I recommend everyone try their music!


title: Five Stars

text: We love this audio as well as the many others produced by Lamplighter! They are a treasure!


title: Very good. But not great.

text: Quite a few clunkers and weird songs as filler, but has all the songs you want.


title: Good sound

text: Songs are not in their original order however good quality sound and no issues.


title: A DC Cult Classic

text: The Pheromones are hilarious and this is some of their best material. Yuppie Drone is a catchy yet astute indictment of yuppie life.


title: Great CD, received quickly. Brand new, still wrapped.

text: My niece loves Karen Carpenter’s voice! Her parents requested this for Christmas. Very happy with the price and condition.


title: I am soooooo glad I bought this when it was new!

text:
I bought this CD on a whim when it was in print many years ago, and it just sat on my CD shelf until about two hours ago when I played it and really listened to it.

This is good stuff!  I thought for some reason when I bought it that it would be children's music that would give me a little blast from the past when I watched the show as a kid, but it turns out this is a very enjoyable pop album in it's own right.  I was amazed at how much I enjoyed it, and I'll probably listen to it again soon.  One of the highlights for me was the Pussycat's version of the Carpenters hit "(They Long To Be) Close To you".

Some of the songs seem to go into Motown territory; the others are just good clean pop fun, and the multiple versions of the Josie and the Pussycats theme song are just icing on the cake.

So now all you have to do is make and drink your own coffee instead of getting that latte about twenty or thirty times and you'll save up the money to get this rare gem from the past.


title: Dad loved it for his birthday

text: It was priceless to see this memories it brought  back for him


title: Don't pay $1,000 for this. Buy online!

text: I love this CD however with that being said I found it like $850 cheaper on line. Is that price a serious price? No way!!! $1,000 for this cd? Get bent!


title: Little known classic.

text: If you are a fan of Wang Chung or similar acts from the 80's and early 90's seek this out.<br />The band features Darren Costin previously the drummer for Wang Chung on vocals with a solid group of musicians.  Start to finish this is a great record. Hard to get your hands on, but well worth the effort to obtain.


title: Great CD

text: Had been watching but I bought too soon.  Was contacted by someone who knew I was wants this for quite a bit less.  Oh well


title: Good value

text: Love anything by the Statlers and the CD played perfectly


title: Catfish Billy

text: Yelawolf is stylin'


title: ... quit listening to it AND I thought I didn't like classical.

text: Can't quit listening to it AND I thought I didn't like classical.


The shipping was faster than its estimated time. This album is one of the best in a long time! I love every single song on here!


title: discover this talented lady and her group

text: give this great musician a listen. She is dynamite - she plays the rhythm guitar, sometimes plays the leads, and does the singing.  ANd did i mention that she writes the material as well?  You won't hear covers - this is original tunes.  Give her a listen, she is good.  I originally heard her while in boise at Pengilly's bar - just wandered in, and here is this rocking band sound, that also has depth on slow tunes.


title: Endless Tears/Love is a beautiful pain album

text: She is an amazing artist!  This is the only place I've been able to find the song "Endless Tears," also has gone by "Love is a beautiful pain" (Track 2) The other songs are amazing as well!


title: This disk is defective right out of the box. ...

text: This disk is defective right out of the box. I tested in in four CD/DVD players that I know work and the disk will not work. It only plays white noise on all test tracks and does not rotate between speakers. I would return it but its been too long since my purchase.


title: Great

text: I loved it. One of my friends produced this album.  Good Lyrics about God and Yeshua.


title: I am impressed! One of the Best Techno Compilation I have Heard In Years!!!

text:
Im not goin into detail with every song but there are a few tracks on here worth mentioning, like "A trip To Trumpton" - Urban Hype, "Sesame's Treet" - Smart E's, "Searching For My Rizla" - Ratpack, "The Gun" - Nino, "Get The Message (Remix)" - New Decade, Stakker Humanoid (Cobain Mix '94) - Humanoid, 'Trip II The Moon, The Dark Side(Part 2)" - Acen  which sounds a bit different from just Part II or actually Parts I & II. Try to find these songs any way you can!! Awesome stuff!!

This cd is more Techno then dance, i thought there was goin to be alot of dance stuff on here but its too heavy to be dance & there are plenty of people out there who think Techno is loud. This is definatly Techno material & plenty of classic tracks that are unheard. Majority of the tracks on here are from '92 & are pretty good for that age & for a random compilation that only has 2-3 ok songs.  Yea some of the tracks would be passed as old school house but back then alot of house was techno, mainly cuz techno when it first came out sounded so boring.  But once this stuff came out it was definatly awesome.  Many of the old school material still rocks, its heavy, different rhythms, lots of bass & it kicks quite a few of today's techno.

Tracks are as listed:

01. A Trip To Trumpton by Urban Hype

02. Sesame's Treet by Smart E's

03. Searching For My Rizlab by Ratpack

04. Closer To All Your Dreams by Rhythm Quest

05. Temple Of Dreams by Messiah

06. The Gun by Nino

07. On A Rubbish Tip by Progression

08. Papau New Guinea by The Future Sound Of Lundon (F.S.O.L.)

09. Get The Message (Remix) by New Decade

10. Hot Chilli by N.A.M.

11. No Other (Native Breed Volume 1) by Nightbreed

12. Stakker Humanoid (Cobain Mix '94) by Humanoid

13. What's E For Dad by Little Jack

14. Trip II The Moon, The Dark Side (Part 2) by Acen

15. Reset by Output & DJ Oz

16. Feel The Vibe by Tequila Carter

Definatly must have for new or hardcore techno fans!!


title: Not happy about the condition of this cd or the case ...

text: Not happy about the condition of this cd or the case which did not have all the slide in. They are shown in the product description.


title: Bryan Dodge

text: This man is great.  Great delivery and absolutely wants to make your life better!  If you like Tom Hopkins your in for a treat.  Hint Bryan trained with Tom!!!!


title: not much

text: not many songs I like. Will toss it or give it to some kid.


title: ...Something Beautiful To Say....

text: This band is wonderful when performing live! The next best thing is recorded live performances!  This collection solidifies that opinion and new listeners will not be disappointed. For Seether fans, a must have.


title: Good songs ok sound

text:
Great song selection.
However the sound quality is lacking.
Very flat


title: Hard to find

text:
Great to get anything by this South bay  band on any format.
Great performances, unlike their  lp which was way over produced.
Funny thing with this though when I went back to get a copy for my brother the price  quadrupled.
Amazon  has done this a few times before.


title: Good to catch up.

text: OK disc , great tunes of course and especially if you have lost track of twilleys doings over the past few decades.<br />Nice package.


title: Lackluster performance

text: Audio quality is  OK , band seems uninspired and the guitars are either lost in the mix or non existent ,overall not very good .


title: No studio fluff , straight rock n roll

text: Great early tunes from what I believe to be his two best CDs.<br />Sound quality is an 8 plus , highly recommended.


title: Great disc

text:
Solid live cd.
Rob Grill and band are in fine form.
Not just a trip down memory lane. The sound is also quite good.


title: yesssss!!!

text:
Worth the price  of admission  with the opening  track alone.
Ever group should age this well.
Loved them when I was a little  kid and still love em now.


title: Good stuff

text: Nice walk down memory lane


title: Perhaps the worst album of all time

text: I have been rounding up copies of this album for decades and burning them. It is a horrid collection of songs that need to be erased from existence.


title: Track Listing

text:
Side One
1. Parallels
2. Time And A Word
3. Going For The One
Side Two
4. The Gates Of Delirium
Side Three
5. Don't Kill The Whale
6. Ritual (Part 1)
Side Four
7. Ritual (Part 2)
8. Wonderous Stories


title: Track Listing

text:
Side One
1. Gravy Train 4:50
2. Drink All Day (Got To Find Your Own Way Home) 3:20
3. China Light 4:35
4. Somebody's City 5:20
Side Two
5. Costafine Town 3:10
6. The Place I Love 4:25
7. Situation Vacant 4:00
8. Elly-May 2:43
9. Haven't Got Time 3:55


title: Track Listing

text:
Side One
1) Jamaica
2) Heartaches
3) Heaven Tonight
4) Rock and Roll Nights
Side Two
1) Wastin' Time
2) Here She Comes Again
3) End of the Line
4) Rock and Roll Hell
5) Amelia Earhart

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title: Track Listing

text:
Side One
1. Never Had It Better
2. Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)
3. Just What I Want
4. Any Way That You Want Me
5. Morning Sun (Dream On)
Side Two
1. Shakedown
2. Keep on Fighting
3. Have No Fear
4. Gina


title: Track Listing

text:
1. Walk Away Renee
2. I Haven't Got The Nerve
3. Pretty Ballerina
4. She May Call You Up Tonight
5. I've Got Something On My Mind
6. Barterers and Their Wives
7. Let Go Of You Girl
8. What Do You Know
9. Evening Gown
10. Lazy Day
11. Shadows Breaking Over My Head
12. Ivy Ivy
13. Men Are Building Sand
14. Desiree
15. Dark Is The Dark
16. My Friend Today
17. Sing Little Bird Sing
18. And Suddenly
19. Goodbye Holly
20. In The Morning Light
21. Bryant Hatel
22. Give The Man A Hand
23. Nice To See You
24. There's Gonna Be A Storm
25. Pedestal
26. Myrah


title: Track Listing for this CD

text:
Track Listings
1. Gardener
2. Bonsai Picnic
3. Ghostwood
4. Parterre
5. Harvest
6. Hanging in Babylon
7. Big Weather
8. Iris in Moonlight
9. Medicine Tree
10. Roses for Jessie
11. Monticello


title: Five Stars

text: I like it Better than the Authentic First Night.


title: Soothing and relaxing. Great collection of lullabies.

text: Who still buys CDs these days? This girl. It's a great collection of lullaby music, which put the little ones to sleep fast. Very relaxing and soothing and makes you drift off without knowing it. I wouldn't recommend it while driving though. lol Definitely something I would add to my bedtime playlist.<br />Disclaimer: I was given this product at a discount in exchange for my honest review.


title: Always loved this album

text: Always loved this album!!<br />[[ASIN:B00G2HRAOO Close to the Edge by Yes Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Extra tracks edition (2003) Audio CD]]


title: A favorite

text: This is among their best - but so are a half dozen others!


title: I THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER AS A

text: SORRY I BOUGHT IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER AS A KID


title: Awesome

text: Great music.


title: Five Stars

text: Love the oldies


title: Bought these to upgrade a board game

text: Bought these to upgrade the coins for age of empires 3 board game, or how it’s now called empires: age of discovery. The coins in the original are already upgraded from regular cardboard coins to plastic coins the size of a half dollar, but that’s why I spent more money on theses then the smaller cheaper ones. I love that these are half dollar size and come with both colors I needed(gold and silver). great feel and made the game even better experience


title: Four Stars

text: Very nice.


title: nice

text: thanks


title: Wow!

text: Great album in increments!  I'm a rock and roll listener but I like to listen to other genres.  I heard of this guy from the movies and NPR.  I put it in and it brought a smile to my face.  But I had to take it out 1/2 way through because it's a bit much!


title: Jason Gray is my favorite artist!

text: Jason Gray is my favorite artist! I also like Brandon Heath, For King and Country and Mathew West. Whether you need to feel love to heal your heart or to find the strength to extend love to others, he is my favorite artist to listen to.


title: Five Stars

text: Yes it's great


title: An incredible album.

text: This is arguably my favorite TON album. This was also the first album I discovered them through. Booming vocals, amazing guitars, and beautiful piano segments all mesh to make this a unique musical experience. This album and this band changed my life and how I look at music. This album needs to be part of your collection. Love You to Death, My Girlfriend's Girlfriend, and The Green Man are great tracks!


title: Steve Hall Collection

text: We have a collection of Steve Hall CD's, Started back in 1998. We Play our CD player most of the day, Steve Hall music provide a good background sound to our daily lives


title: very useful..

text: very useful... I am listening to it everyday while I am driving. Mrs. Jett has a very powerful voice.Great job


title: A MUST FOR ANY ARASHI FAN

text: A wonderful box set to celebrate Arashi's  music! Music spanning their 20 years performing together. I absolutely love all the songs!!!


title: Five Stars

text: Great cd!!!


title: Classic country music

text:
If you like old school classic country, this CD by Robbie Currie is for you. Great writing, great voice, top notch production. Get it!

The companion DVD is a really great insight into Robbie's life and goals in music, highly recommended as well.


title: Mid to Late 90s Israeli Pop Music Collection

text: This small box set is my most prized possession from the years I lived in Israel, which included the late 1990s. Gidi Gov had a popular talk show at the time, and he invited top Israeli music acts to perform duets with them (being a well-known singer himself). This set is a wonderful time capsule of the time. And the set includes beautiful watercolor images and liner notes.


title: They Can Do No Wrong

text: How can you not like Pink Floyd’s most popular hits?  Love the CD!


title: Brilliant Record.

text: I was in search of this album for a while. I find their music very inspiring and relaxing. Thank You


title: Great song by fantastic singer

text: Did not know it existed till I heard it on SirruXM and had to have it


title: Very cool movie

text: Nice movie. I seem to like old movies when I want to chill out and relax.  I watch this several times a month on dvd.


title: Greatest Supergroup of All Time!

text: Got this CD the other day and it was as ordered.  No complaints with the sender.  The music is fantastic!  The Traveling Wilburys, consisting of George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Jeff Lind, are a true supergroup of the rock era.  Too bad they only made two albums between 1988-90 (Roy Orbison died before the second album was recorded).


title: An acquired taste, but an interesting Lou Reed Album

text:
This is absolutely an acquired taste. It is NOT a Metallica record. They are playing, but they are playing behind the punk New York-former-junkie-street-poet Lou Reed. It is a bohemian story telling rant over a thrash metal backdrop. It is not polished; it is not pretty – except maybe pretty dark – and the vocal style of Lou Reed is a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.  It is a final artwork from Reed, which David Bowie found to be a really good release from Lou. But the pop music critics and Metallica purists hated it – it was not what they want.
 If you do not like Lou Reed, you will not like this album.
 If you can deal with the somewhat crass lyrics, monochromatic vocal delivery, and Metallica being the backup band for the word association of Mr. Reed and long running story passages, this might be your Wasabi Ice Cream you have been craving. I found the thrash metal rhythm band behind the word pictures to be pretty cool indeed.


title: The Star Fleet original three recordings at the top are ...

text: The Star Fleet original three recordings at the top are worth the price. The other recordings, while interesting, are "nice to have". Needed to complete a Brian May collection.


title: Another addition to my collection

text: The disc set was like brand new. I still like to watch movies on the old format. This purchase did not disappoint me.


title: Excellent

text: Listening to this cd transported me to those days...and still her music goes straight to the heart.


title: A nice set at a very good price

text: Most of this is available elsewhere but it is a very well put together set at a great price.  If you are an Eagles fan and do not have this material, I would not hesitate to recommend purchasing


title: Five Stars

text: best cd ever!


title: I heard bad reviews

text: I don't know why, but I heard bad reviews. 😅


title: Excellent box set.

text: Emerson Lake and Palmer fans need no more than all of they have recorded.  Icing on the cake.


title: The Best of "The Great Statesman".

text: Excellent content... terrible cover photo ...  just awful.  I could not stand this insulting and distorted image .  I reprinted a much better photo depicting  this icon and  "justice done".  I just about did not order this set because of the original cover photo.  Good thing for internet images.


title: You’ll love this CD

text: Everything about this CD is good. Thoughtful lyrics, wonderful music, and perfectly paired singing. Give it a listen. You won’t be sorry.


title: An absolute revelation. He really was genius and soul.

text: This just blew me away. There's a reason they call this guy genius. I knew plenty of his later songs, but this full collection makes you realize what a game changer Ray Charles was and remains.


title: El mejor CD de Juan Luis desde Fogaraté

text:
Por descuido de mi parte no había podido zambullirme en este nuevo CD de Juan Luis Guerra. ¡Cuánto lo lamento!

Tengo sentimientos mezclados al escucharlo, pero la mezcla de los mismos es un caldo de alegría, satisfacción... y lágrimas de felicidad. Creo que desde "Fogaraté" no me emocionaba tanto con un CD de Juan Luis. En esta ocasión, creo que la misión de Juan Luis ha sido la de volver a las letras románticas, a cantarle al amor, a sensibilizarnos con sus rimas sencillas e ingeniosas. Juan Luis logra inyectarnos el ritmo y la poesía de una manera muy parecida a los tiempos en que "La Bilirrubina" era un himno de alegría (aún lo es, sin dudas).

"Medicine for my soul" abre las puertas. Es la versión en inglés de "La Llave de mi corazón", y a mi juicio, hace más lógica escucharla en inglés que en español. Los versos "cuadran" mejor al ubicarse en un gringo de Lousiana enamorado de una "latin girl" de San Pedro de Macorís que un chico de Ciudad nueva. :) La nota beisbolística queda igual para ambas versiones, pues menciona a Sammy Sosa, quien se esfuerza por regresar a las Grandes Ligas. Supongo que el otrora "Bambino del Caribe" debe sentirse más motivado con este detalle. Pero volviendo al tema, es tremendamente pegajoso, y como siempre nos ha acostumbrado Juan Luis, un malabarismo de tonadas y arreglos. Empieza como un mambo que de inmediato nos recuerda a Pérez Prado, pero sin dejar de enriquecer la canción con la característica percusión salsera y los sonidos bachateros. Definitivamente, es tremendamente contagiosa.

"La Travesía" es un merengue con profunda percusión y moderadamente rápido (nada parecido a la agitación de "La Cosquillita" o "El Farolito"). La base lírica es sencilla: No hay nadie como tú en todo el mundo. Y es un tema didáctico, pues quien lo escuche debería sentirse motivado a investigar los lugares de los cuales habla en la canción. Debe ser excelente para bailarlo en cualquier fiesta.

"Te contarán" llega a ritmo de salsa, con un tumbao que no se me parece a nadie. Una salsa muy correcta, sin el dramatismo vocal de Marc Anthony, más bien cercana al ritmo pedagógico de Gilberto Santa Rosa. Pero Juan Luis es su propio imitador, y busca sus propias fronteras. "Te contarán" es también un canto al amor único, al amor insuperable. Te contarán que no hay un corazón que te ame igual que yo, es su premisa y sí que lo logra.

"Que me des tu cariño" es la primera bachata de este CD, y diría que la más hermosa desde que nos encandiló con sus letras de "Bachata Rosa". "Que me des tu cariño" es una excusa para cantar bajito al oído y enamorar a la enamorada. Suave tonada y delicado arreglo de metáforas.

"Como yo" resuena a ritmo de merengue y me recuerda bastante al "Niagara en Bicicleta", pero por supuesto sin el toque de protesta social sustituido por el canto al amor y la contemplación de la dicha.

"Si tú no bailas conmigo" es un compendio de metáforas que asombra, una tras otra va maravillando más que la anterior, y girando todo alrededor de una sencilla idea: la noche se conjura para bailar, pero si no bailas conmigo, prefiero no bailar. Es un merengue lento, casi acústico, ideal para abrir cualquier boda (y darle descanso a "Tú") o para que tu novia te enseñe a (por fin) dominar el baile de nuestra música. Esta es, por mucho, mi canción preferida de todo el CD.

"Sólo tengo ojos para ti" es una suave balada romántica. Demasiado romántica, si se puede pensar en que la belleza puede ser demasiado bella alguna vez. Juan Luis canta a la fidelidad, canta a la entrega, canta al compromiso que se renueva con cada verso que sale, con cada acorde que suena de su guitarra. Sencillamente, es una de las canciones más hermosas que he escuchado en mi vida.

"Amores" es un merengue como en los viejos tiempos, con una base rítmica muy diversa (a veces suena como los vallenatos de Carlos Vives, a veces le escuchas acordes de latin jazz). La letra es quizás la menos bonita de todo el CD, en el sentido de que no es tan asombrosa como cualquiera de las demás piezas.

"Cancioncita de amor" nos trae una salsa dividida en dos secciones, empieza lenta y suavemente, y se acelera un poco en el último minuto recordándome por un momento los coros de "A pedir su mano". Tiene una estructura muy fácil de seguir y muy bailable.

"Sabia manera" es un bolero abachateado que podría ser balada también. La única crítica que podría decir de este tema es que suena demasiado triste, cuando la letra es, nueva vez, un canto al amor. Siento que tiene acordes de despecho pero letras de esperanzada dulzura.

"La llave de mi corazón" es la canción que da título al CD completo, y tiene el mismo arreglo que "Medicine for my soul", que es la versión en inglés. Como expresé antes, es un mambo muy chévere, pero personalmente me gusta más el arreglo en inglés que en español.

"Something good" es una sorpresa. No me esperaba encontrar una pieza tan hermosa, en inglés, y a dúo con Chiara Civella, a quien confieso no conocer. La canción es en bachata y el saxo le da un toque de jazz tremendamente exótico. Y el ritmo... ¡es maravilloso! Es mi segunda favorita de todo el álbum.

"A la vera" es una balada que termina siendo merengue lento, y por las letras hay que ubicarse en tierra adentro. Es un tema que me recuerda el sentimiento de esperanza de "Ojalá que llueva café".

En mi opinión, este es el mejor CD de Juan Luis Guerra desde "Fogaraté". Sólo me encuentro mejor a "Bachata Rosa", "Ojalá que llueva café" y "Fogaraté". Pero sin dudas, este CD ganará muchos premios, es un producto tremendamente bien hecho, que le da de nuevo un aire positivo a la carrera de este artista del mundo.

Estoy feliz de haberlo adquirido. ¡FELIZ!


title: Yep that’s Steve Miller all right. Great addition to our cd collection

text: Great music.


title: A must have in your Curtis collection!

text: Liked everything about this album.  This is vintage mid-1970's solo Curtis at his soulful best!


Glad I could still obtain this as a CD.  Good compilation of music used in the series.


title: Here is the famous Decca Sound!

text: Spectacular, transparent sound quality and a very quiet pressing on heavy vinyl make this a demonstration recording for the "Decca Sound."<br />Concerning the performance, Abbado, in his early thirties, already shows his trademark lightness of touch and his affinity to the language (and rhythms in this case) of XX century music. His Romeo and Juliet suite is unique both in content and reading. A lesser orchestra than LSO would have melted under Abbado's manic drive. On the contrary, every little detail is there, played (and recorded) just right. The only criticism I may have is that Chout grotesque farce of murdered wives and raped goats may profit from a more dionysian reading than this one.


title: Demonstration quality recording on Mussorgsky program music

text: A well-assembled program of Mussorgsky (mostly) program orchestral works from the lesser known "Fair at Sorochinsk" to the "Night on Bald Mountain" warhorse. I don't like describing performances as idiomatic, but no doubt Mussorgsky would have been pleased by how Russian the USSR Symphony sounds under Svetlanov.<br />Speaking of sound, this is a demonstration-quality recording. For all the marketing hype about the "Decca Sound" or RCA's "Living Stereo," the Melodiya recordings offer the most detailed and lifelike sound of the analog era. Kudos to those now-forgotten Soviet sound engineers.


title: Two relatively minor works receive the luxury treatment

text: Honegger #4 is surprisingly light and pleasant compared to the severe, tightly composed work I have heard from him. Roussel suite is an excellent match: fun throughout and sparklingly in the final Gigue.<br />The ORTF plays sharp under Munch. Sound quality is very good with just a hint of midrange veil.


title: Flimsy vinyl, great sound!

text: Not the most memorable material (run of the mill Russian romantic ballet music) but a memorable recording for its joyful performance, and -above all - for its sound quality. The vinyl I got is probably the thinnest and flimsiest I have seen. I guess you don't really need 180g vinyl to get a wonderfully natural and yet detailed sound.


title: Beatles playlist

text: (Almost) Chronologically ordered compilation of some pretty good tracks from a boys band of the 60s ;-)<br />The sleeve is pretty basic, on the back there is the tracklist with credits, copyright, and issue year. Of course, the material is top notch, and the sound quality becomes good around track A7 (Something).


title: Yummy clarinet

text: Classic coupling. Sometimes it is hard to remain focused on Brahms chamber music, but the Sequoia and Zukovsky playing with remarkable balance and integration have no problems keeping me "into it". The third movement, in particular, is exceptionally well played.<br />The sound quality is very good. The timbre of Zukovski clarinet is yummy, and the soundstage is intimate and natural. There is a slight veil to the sound, but nothing that distracts from the performance.


title: great sounding recording

text:
The Rubinstein Piano Concerto #3 is classic romantic fare. What lacks in creativity or emotional depth, is made up by virtuoso showcasing in the outer movements, as is to be expected, particularly in the closing Allegro.
Kabalevsky #3 is a very logical coupling. More complex and emotionally involving than Rubinstein's #3, it is nonetheless a reactionary work. Composed in 1952, at the time when Ligeti was writing his Musica Ricercata, sounds like something Tchaikovsky may have written a century earlier.
I have no comparison recordings, but Robert Preston seems to have no problems meeting Rubinstein technical requirements, and Kabalevski interpretational ones. Freeman and the Westphalians are good accompanists. The remarkably natural sound is the best thing of this recording: closing my eyes it feels like seating in the 10th row of a good concert hall, right in front of the piano.


title: subtle, mysterious, well-recorded

text: You don't expect for Karajan/BPO famously polished sound to work for Stravinsky's savage masterpiece. Somehow it does. It's a very German rite, almost bourgeois, but it brings forward the mystery and subtle menace (e.g., in the Cercle des adolescents), that may be missed by the more "manly" renderings (e.g., Gergiev/Kirov, or my reference Metha/LAPO) sometimes. The sound is exceptionally good. For once the DG engineers seem to have left home their 57 mikes and weird 4D mixing, and produced a natural sounding, three-dimensional, very dynamic LP!


title: great performance, bad sound.

text: Really exciting performance of Symphony no 1, classic Stokowski. Unfortunately quad sound does not make for good sounding stereo, at least not here. Stereo is unnaturally wide, and the tone balance is definitely on the tizzy side of neutral. Great stuff nonetheless.


title: great VW Fantasia

text: I am a Schoenberg fan and not particularly fond of Vaughan Williams, but in this particular recording, I prefer the emotonial side 2 (VW Tallis Fantasia) to the ho-hum Transfigured Night. Very good sound quality, just a bit less transparent and less precise in instrument placement than the best.


title: Better than Inti Illimani?

text: The less-known spiritual brothers of Inti Illimani. Andean sounds, poignant melodies, a strong rhythm section, all captured in incredibly vivid sound.


title: Edlina recording

text: Shostakovich piano quintet is a classic, and this recording has a lot of competition, starting from the Borodin themselves paired to Richter or Leonskaja. Here they play with Luba Edlina-Dubinsky who is the wife of Rostislav, the founder of Borodin Quartet. Later the two would emigrate to Europe and create the Borodin Trio of Chandos fame. She currently teaches piano at IU. All these details, because this is Edlina recording. Her playing is wonderfully nuanced. Listen for example to the tender dialogue with the violin (her husband?) in the opening bars of the Intermezzo (track B1) and compare it with the cheeky staccato of the following Allegretto. The recording engineer did right to put her piano front and center. In general, the recording is of good quality, perhaps a touch too close-miked.<br />The Stravinsky "filler" is a miniature that strongly reminds the later Bartok quartets. Pity Stravinsky did not do more with this material!


title: An operatic Symphonie

text: Mitropoulos was known to American audiences as a purveyor of fiery XX century music, but he was also one of the best opera conductors of the 50s. His sparkling 1956 recording in Salzburg is probably the reference for Don Giovanni - no less. Like the best opera recordings, this Symphonie Fantastique has a clear emotional arc connecting the five scenes: from the very restrained, almost classical Reveries to the full-on romantic Sabbath we feel the story unfolding. Strong playing from NYPO and the good quality sound add to the enjoyment.


title: What we were waiting for...

text:
This is a collectable must have cd box set for any fanatic F13 fan.
 U get all the score and music from first six jason films except cooper's HE'S BACK THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK....(Why is this song missing ?)
 Apart from that this is a great BUT expensive box set.
 If u can afford it...GO FOR IT and together with the already available parts 7,8,9,10,11 u can have THE COMPLETE F13 SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION.


title: Alternate/early mixes for each album from their most popular period.

text:
Boy Warner is really squeezing the last bit of juice out of Fleetwood Mac. These discs include the ‘alternate versions of each album which, as I recall, has been released as part of the deluxe editions for each of their most popular period as a band.

This boxes the together for the few people who haven’t purchased the deluxe or even the expanded editions over the last couple of years.

While none of these are revelations the alternate/early mixes of these tracks will give them a bit of freshness if a fan is burned out with the albums themselves.

Each album on CD is housed in a cardboard holder in a larger holder. It’s a nice set. If you don’t have the deluxe editions, this is a good set to get.


title: Classic debut from The Rumour-it’s a needle drop

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The Rumour’s first album without Graham Parker is the essence of classic pub rock.

Be aware if you do find this on CD, it’s from a needle drop. There’s obvious surface noise. It’s a pretty clean needle drop but there is occasional crackle and surface noise evident.

Why hasn’t this been released on CD from the tapes? Likely, it’s either because the album was a bootleg, fell out of copyright or the masters couldn’t be located.

This album has all the energy of the early Parker/Rumour albums.


title: Debut from Ambrosia before their turn to jazzy-soft rock.

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"Ambrosia" was much more than "feel"; their first major hit "How Much I Feel" made them a soft rock regular on radio but the band began as Progressive Rock band and their first two albums, originally released on 20th Century Records (which doesn't exist any longer) weren't run  away hits but they did get a fair amount of FM radio airplay especially "Nice, Nice Very Nice".

This reissue from a German Prog Rock reissue label called Eclipse, features the entire album. Sounds like it was mastered from tapes to me. The sound is pretty good--not overly loud or compressed. It's a pretty good release overall although there aren't any bonus tracks or notes in the slim booklet, it does present the music-which is the most important aspect.


title: So-so sound on bootleg of destroyed album-missing period from Fogerty’s past.

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John Fogerty recorded the follow up to his self titled album and, after discussion with the label, decided to shelve it and asked them to destroy the masters. Luckily, some acetate pressings escaped and early pressings of the vinyl survived. The only source for this album ARE these early pressings.

The source for the album is vinyl and it hasn’t been signs a toy cleaned up or improved with good EQ. It is listenable but just that. There’s noticeable distortion, the drums are underwhelming and it makes one wish John had not dumped the album only shelved it. Of the 10 tracks 0n here, there’s at least half of a terrific album. The other half, although mediocre, is still fun.

The album is expanded with singles from the time. There’s a Blue Ridge Rangers single included and a Fogerty single (he chose to revive “Coming Down The Road” for his concerts). The latter sounds better than the album but also is a bit noisy and has some groove distortion evident that coild have been repaired digitally. I’m sure that these master tapes DO survive and wish Fogerty would honor his own legacy and put them out in a great digital sounding format. There’s also the stereo singles from the album included along with the period inappropriate “MY Toot Toot” single which was recorded between “Centerfield” and “Eye of The Zombie” and ended up on the expanded former album. So the album is expanded with the bonus tracks “You Got The Magic”, “Evil Thing” (both on the album-the single versions which sound virtually identical to the album versions), “You Don’t Owe Me”, “Back in the Hills”, “Coming down the Road”, “Ricochet” and “My Toot Too” plus “I Confess”” (the latter two in better sound quality from the expanded “Centerfield”).

Fogerty should revisit some of these songs and re-record them with new arrangements. Half of the tracks from the original album are very good and, filled out by the four singles from the singles from around the time, would fill out the album well.

The artwork ism’t the original from the slicks issued at the time. The booklet does give a brief overview on the album.


title: The Rumours 2nd and 3rd albums presented as a twofer.

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A pair of fine albums from The Rumour (former and current backing band for Graham Parker). This includes their second and third release. The U.S. release is different of the third album with some tracks remixed, re-recorded and with some ‘new’ material replacing the UK material.

It’s essential to have both of the versions of the band’s third album although the Americanized version is superior IMHO.


title: Great show (and I didn’t have to rely on my memory about it).

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Showing my age here but I was st this show and my memory is that it was great. The nice thing about this release is that it proves my memory still works.

A stunning set of songs and a stunning performance that proves, once and for all, that Parker and The Rumour were THE REAL DEAL. The sin d quality is very good as well.