title: A movie trying to be what it isn't.

text:
I decided to watch this movie because the trailer looked very interesting. The first few minutes into the movie were very well done and were really scary. The sound was crisp, the cinematography was luscious, and the first murder scene was very suspenseful and brutal.
But then, things kind of went downhill from there.
My impression is that the movie was trying to be something that it wasn't -- a Crouching Tiger / Matrix  / Angels and Insects / Titanic / Plot-Twisting  epic. It just took pieces from different kinds of movies and put them all together.
You know how in some Hong Kong / Bruce Lee martial arts movies, the good guy gets surrounded by all these goons who get their... kicked because they attacked him one at a time? There's about half a dozen of those scenes in the movie.
The effects were also not very good. The fast-slow motion effect was very gratuitous and pointless in certain scenes (and that is really the ONLY "The Matrix" link to the movie). Even the effects for the movement of The Beast was cheap. It was very choppy and it made me think of bad computer animation.
As for the plot, it didn't even twist. It was just a conglomerate of different ideas that hardly had anything to do with one another since there wasn't enough storyline or character development. It tried to be complex but the lack of creativity actually made things predictable.
Lastly, the movie was so damn long - about two and a half excrutiating hours. I really considered leaving earlier (like some of the viewers) because it just keept going on and on.
I suggest you wait for the video or watch a cheaper matinee in the afternoon. This movie was hyped up as if it was really good because in reality, it's quite bad.

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title: Absolutely classic!

text: One of the finest recordings and interpretations of J.S. Bach, better yet on his own actual instrument of choice and composition, this is (as far as I know) the ONLY recording of any of Bach's works using the organ at St Johannis in Luneberg.  If you want to hear what Bach himself heard as he composed and played, this is it!  Think of listening to Beethovens works performed on the same piano that Beethoven composed on, and you might get some idea of what I am talking about.  What a shame this is not available on CD!!


title: Cockamamie [bad]!

text: Having just seen this at the theater, it is (unfortunately!) still fresh in my mind... This movie is a ridiculous combination of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,'(the absurd martial arts mummery) any Sam Pekinpah spectacular you care to name (the slowed down 'action' sequences), with musical scoring courtesy of Sergio Leone (The Good, The Bad & The Ugly).  The point is, there is practically nothing cinematically original in this movie, and as far as the storyline is concerned, it is nonsense from start to finish!  How many Mohawks in 18th century France (or anywhere else for that matter!) would know anything about martial arts (let alone any Frenchmen!)?  Some explanation should be forthcoming, but it never arrives.  Why would 'Mani the Mohawk' have anything to do with our hero, when the hero (Fronzac) freely admits he actively participated in the massacre of Mani's tribe via bedding infected with disease, followed by active bloodletting?  Why would they seek to destroy the Mohawks in the first place, seeing as how my history books indicate they were allies against the English during the time period (French & Indian Wars)?  You would think Mani would be the first to cut Fronzac's throat (but doesn't, more's the pity!)!  Next issue involves the evil thugs of the 'Brotherhood.'  Mani manages to slaughter most of them with his trusty Kung-Fu tomahawk before being shot in the back (I don't know why more Kung-Fu fighters are not similarly dispatched!).  Then, and for no apparent reason, the same characters/actors in the same costumes reappear to fight with Fronzac in the final scene (and get bloodily killed.  Again!).  Was this because too much of the film budget was spent on crap 'special effects' instead of additional extras?  Your guess is as good as mine!  And then there is the 'Brotherhood' itself.  Supposedly, this is a secret organisation created by the Catholic Church to somehow frighten the King of France for some reason.  Or perhaps it's to frighten the people, who might not be frightened by the King.  Or something.  Why, is never explained, nor why some much more simple method, such as assassination, was not considered sufficiently efficacious.  Whatever.  In any case, this 'Brotherhood' supposedly gets out of control, so the Pope sends a special agent to make sure it gets suppressed.  And what agent was sent?  A collection of tough Jesuit priests?  The Inquisition (no-one expects the Inquisition!)? The Swiss Guard? Nope!  Apparently, all the Holy See could muster is a single Italian hooker with a slight penchant for S&M!  Look folks, if you want to waste your money on some French trash in order to see some nudity (and trust me, there is nothing but a bunch of exceedingly worn-out has-beens from the Bois de Boulogne to be seen, in a single, and totally gratuitous bordello scene), then you would be much better off buying a straight-up [dirty] film.  If it is a quality film you are looking for, with a quality storyline and believable actors, you had best look far, far away from this claptrap!


title: Where do i start?

text:
... Granted there are a number of flashy fight scenes and
some unoriginal camera work (that tries, but unfortunately fails to
approach anything like those other movies I mentioned.
I thought
this movie was misleadingly marketed as an adventure movie when it is
quite obviously a horror movie. And not a very good one. I just can't
say enough bad things about this movie. and what was worse, it was
long. It lacked continuity, likable characters, explanation, or really
any redeeming quality.


title: Tell the Mummy to step aside for Les Loups!

text:
Brotherhood of the Wolf is best described as a period horror film like The Mummy or Bram Stoker's Dracula.
As a period drama the first half of Brotherhood is extremely successful. As a horror film like Jaws or Alien, Brotherhood is very well done. As a martial arts film Brotherhood is fantastic.
The question is; can one movie be all these things without becoming a jumbled mess?
Although it walks a thin line between sublime and absurd Brotherhood comes out looking pretty good especially if you don't take it too seriously. The danger is that a movie this beautifully shot and with so much historical baggage absolutely begs to be taken seriously.
I would have liked to see one or two of the plot twists at the end of the movie either surgically removed or expanded upon as they seem a little tacked on in their present state. More happens in the last 5 minutes of the film than in the first 2 hours!
Other than that Brotherhood of the Wolf is a shining spectacle that rivals even this year's Fellowship of the Ring. And is certainly one the most most interesting horror films ever made.


title: A rare look at what European Cinema could offer the US

text:
Film in the US is glitz, fame, and rehashing the 60's or 70's. Brotherhood of the Wolf is the farthest thing from that. It's an involving story with complex situations and an original plot. Take these two things together and you get one of the most engaging and exciting cinematic experiences that I've had in years.
There are great fight scenes but that is not the be all end all.You get pulled in to the little town and it's very intense watching the story unfold. The acting is great but not over the top. The charachters are half covered in blood and fight on in an almost insanely driven couple of horror scenes. And yet again there's more...
If you love films and/or filmmaking this is an EXPERIENCE not to be missed.


title: Better, But Still Weak

text:
Watching "Attack of the Clones", I was struck by what is so very wrong with Lucas' latest Star Wars movies.  In the original movie, we got to experience a great adventure through the eyes of a simple, identifiable character (Luke Skywalker).  By the time the story took on greater scope in its sequels, we were already familiar with the good guys and cared for them, and already knew and detested the villian.  In the latest movies, however, it is really hard to care for (or hate) any of the characters.
In Phantom Menace, Anakin was an annoying little kid with amazing talents which made him impossible to identify with.  In the latest movie, he is suddenly older but even more annoying and self-obsessed.  The Princess (now Senator) also mostly comes off as being outside of society and is about as easy to identify with as Prince Charles.  And the relationship between the two is stiff and wooden.  Scenes of the two together completely derail the pacing of the movie.  Christopher Lee (usually excellent) is wasted as a pathetic villian.  At least, unlike Darth Maul (or however it is spelled, the WORST villian in cinematic history), he is given some lines so you do get to know some of his motivation and character.  And Jar Jar Binks, although thankfully relegated to only a few seconds, is still grating and annoying.
The reason why this film is better than Phantom Menace, however, is that (besides having more action scenes), character who are already familiar from the first trilogy play a much greater role.  Sure, Yoda and Obi Wan Kenobi are not given much character development in this film, but at least you already know them.  And Ewen McGregor's performance is very enjoyable, and you can see in him the future Obi Wan played by Alec Guinness.  The best parts involve him going up against Boba Fett's father.  In general, whenever Yoda or Obi Wan are on the screen investigating the future Emporer's conspiracy or fighting villians, the movie once again becomes more of the fun experience Star Wars used to be.
Unfortunately, you know already that all the main heroes are going to survive the film, so there is little suspense (unlike, say, with Titanic where knowing ahead of time that a disaster is coming makes you worry for the leads).  And, as noted above, Lucas still fails to give us a good villian and derails the film with an annoying (and unromantic) romantic subplot.  And I still want to strangle Jar Jar Binks even during his thankfully brief appearances.  This trilogy is still only worthwhile as a prelude to the first three.  Peter Jackson did a much better job, relegating the history behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy to a brief introduction to the first movie.


title: I only have the music

text:
I don't own this product anymore per se but I do have the music. I transferred it from CD-Rom to Windows Media to Mp3
The tracks are
1. Castro Haze 2. Manilla Envelope 3. Spunk Worship 4. Beast and 5. Alloy Balcony & Jets Overhead.  I have been told that Robert Fripp plays guitar on these tracks.  This is Ambient or electronia music.
I know nothing of the visuals but the Tracks Beast / Alloy Balcony & Jets Overhead are superb.  "Beast"'s simplistic loud drum beats with smooth synths remind me of PiL's Flowers of Romance. Recorded random voices add to the mix.
Alloy Jets has a more complex drum stylings along with piano synths and sci-fi sounding effects.  It's like a space movie soundtrack.
Whatever Eno has said of this these 2 tracks are some of his best music.
Track 1 is not bad either.


title: Gorgeous

text:
I had the great luck of screening the US release of this film recently.
Before I list the good, I'll list my one and only complaint:
It is quite gory.  If you have difficulty with gore, bring someone with you to the theater who can tell you when you can look up again.  On video or DVD, there's always fast-forward.
Now on to everything else:
This movie is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen.  The cinematography is inventive, unique, and truly gorgeous.  The use of odd camera angles and slowing of time (more subtle than The Matrix) make the simplest shots (i.e. feet landing in a puddle of mud) a thrill to watch.
Some of the most incredible fight sequences grace this movie, most starring cult-favorite Mark Dacascos.  This is probably some of his most beautiful work, giving us a broad spectrum of his great skills.  It's also quite obvious that the cuts used during his fight sequences are only there cinematic effect, and not for lack of ability or stamina.  Some of his moves (all without wire-work) will leave you breathless.
See it in the theaters, and buy it when it comes out on video.  You won't regret it.

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title: oh the agony....

text:
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 A long time ago a great director named George Lucas created a groundbreaking trilogy in the sci-fi/fantasy genre.  He called it Star Wars and told it as the second trilogy.  Now he is creating the first trilogy and since we are at the mid-way point of the story arc it is easy to see that George has forgotten what made the magic of the first series.
 The Phantom Menace introduced the audience to Anakin Skywalker, better known as Darth Vader, as a child.  We also were given glimpses of a young Obi-Wan Kenobi and Princess Amidala.  Attack of the Clones brings us Anakin and the other characters 10 years in the future.  Amidala has become a Senator from her planet and Anakin is firmly entrenched as a student of Obi-Wan Kenobi.  They meet up again when Anakin and Kenobi are called back by the Jedi Council after a failed attempt on Amidala's life.
 Kenobi decides to follow up on evidence concerning a clone army being built while tracking the bounty hunter, Jango Fett, who launched the attack.  He reluctantly assigns his student to follow Amidala back to her home planet as a bodyguard.  Anakin is initially against this but realizes that his childhood crush on Amidala is becoming a more adult love so he complies.
 As Anakin and Amidala grow closer, Kenobi discovers all the information concerning the clone army and tracks the bounty hunter to his meeting with his boss Darth Tyrannous.  After Kenobi is captured, Anakin and Amidala decide to launch a rescue ahead of the Jedi Council team led by Mace Windu.
 We then see the might of the Jedi unleashed against an army of Droids and the arrival of Master Yoda at the head of an army of clones beginning the Clone Wars mentioned in the original Star Wars movie.
 This seemed to be very much two different movies.  The first half is a love story between Anakin and Amidala and the second half is a Star Wars movie.  The thing that worked so well in the original trilogy is the chemistry between the characters.  The three principals carried the movie and made you want to see each additional episode.  There is nothing like that in this movie.  The only characters that exhibit any chemistry at all together are C-3PO and R2-D2, which is a bad thing to say since they are DROIDS and contrary to popular rumor, this wasn't a love story about them.  Natalie Portman again plays Amidala and, while Natalie is a good actress, she has no chemistry whatsoever with her co-star.
Hayden Christensen is cast as Anakin.  In the future Vader was an imposing figure.  Right now, Anakin is played as a talented brat.  True, the seeds have been planted which will facilitate Vader's fall to the dark side but right now he seems more like someone who just needs his behind pattled.  Hayden Christensen has absolutely no concept of the character and can't play any type of menace.  He sulks but that is about it.
Perhaps it would be best to throw the blame also at Lucas as Hayden is mouthing the lines written and in that matter, Lucas has made major mistakes as the dialogue is atrocious.  It was almost agony to sit through some of the discussions between the characters, as everything seemed false and flat.
While the dialogue was absolutely awful and the actors need some serious re-casting, this was a visually exciting movie.  The space scenes, the battles, and the backgrounds are all breathtaking on the big screen.  Unfortunately the special effects didn't carry the first trilogy and Lucas really needs to remember that.
 The last portion of the movie does save things somewhat as we have an all out Jedi battle, which is entertaining to watch.  Finally Lucas has released Master Yoda and, like the Droids, Yoda steals the show from the human actors.  Lucas has a lot to make up for in the final movie and hopefully he will be able to do so.  Right now things don't look too good for the trilogy though.


title: Arabesques from the Cradle of Civilization

text: Despite the previous reviewers comments, this isn't a terrible CD - it just isn't very representative of traditional Iraqi Arab music. I should also point out this is an Arabic release, from EMI Arabia; its not a western release at all. Oh, the idea is solid enough; take several samples of various Iraqi musicians, remix them up, and cash in on the popularity of Oriental dance music in the West. Selections on this album include some top notch Iraqi artists too, including Ilham al-Madfai, Omar Bachir, Nathem al-Ghazali and, of course, Kazem al-Saher. All old Iraqi favorites from Baghdad to Basra to Mosul. Unfortunately, the heavy electronic tampering doesn't allow them to shine anywhere near the way they deserve to. The end result is more like the sort of cutting edge electronica that you'd hear at hopping urban night clubs in, say, Beirut, Dubai or even London than anything your average Iraqi would recognize. Is the CD worth it? Maybe if your seeking some Arabic-tinged electronica, yes. But if you want a real taste of Iraqi music, then look for stuff by Kazem al-Saher, Munir Bashir, Omar Bashir, Farida & the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, Nasser Shamma, Saleh and Daoud al-Kuwaity, Ilham al-Madfai and the like. Whatever suits your tastes.


title: Tribal Acoustic from Morocco to Iran

text: On this album, pan-Middle Eastern ensemble Helm attempted a return to tribal roots, playing music drawn from and inspired by the entire Muslim world, from the Tuareg of the Sahara and Turkish Gypsies to upper Egypt and the Bandar region of southern Iran, all on acoustic instruments. The result is quite inspired, ranging from traditional pieces like Gargabas, Insabah and Lorke Lorke, to original compositions like the vibrant Raqs il Shams, the stately Huriyah and the folkloric Jamilo. Traditional instruments like the tabla, ney, mizmar and rebab mix with strong rhythms and festive ululations. The result is quite enjoyable. Bellydancers, particularly those with tribal fusion inclinations, will appreciate the complexity and length of these pieces. I strongly recommend checking out this CD, but be aware that it has been recently re-released, with several tracks redone and one (Raqs Siri'a) has been dropped. If you want the originals, they are still available as downloads through iTunes, but either way the CD is superb.


title: Dark Etheral Music from the East

text:
This long out of print CD was put out by the Atlanta-based Changelings, who were rightly famous for their dark, ambient Gothic music tinged with Near Eastern flavour. Accompanied by violin, santoor, sitar and electronics, Regeana Morris provided haunting melismatic lyrics almost approaching the heavenly vocals of Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance.

This CD, which is sadly still out of print as far as I know, had a good mix of purely instrumental numbers (such as the exotic Byzantium), and haunting vocal pieces (Johnny Ether's Great Escape, which is one of the best examples of melismatic singing in the English language). Middle Eastern elements are very strong on this particular CD. If you are into the dark ethereal or ambient music, especially with a strong Middle Eastern flavour (like, say, Dead Can Dance, Rajna, Vas or Niyaz), then you should definately try and get your hands on this CD.

For the record, the track list is as follows:
1. Terra Firma
2. Johnny Ether's Great Escape
3. For Endymion
4. Salome
5. Mirage
6. Dervish
7. Clockwork
8. Naiad
9. Cherchez la Femme
10. Stalingrad
11. Buono Reposo
12. Byzantium

Addendum: It has recently come to my attention that several songs from this CD (and their earlier self-titled debut) were used in History Channel's "Beyond the Da Vinci Code" documentary. Just thought fans of the book would like to know that.


title: HOLLYWOOD ARE YOU WATCHING?

text:
Apparently based on a true story (or at least a true myth) Brotherhood of The Wolf is a wonderful movie full of surprises. Part pre-revolutionary French period drama (complete with scantily clad peasant maidens with heaving bosoms and creepy aristocrats), part political allegory, part martial arts movie, and complete with gothic trimmings (a la Hammer House of Horror - secret societies, castles and candle-lit cellars etc.). Brotherhood of The Wolf is no euro art-house movie but it really is a must see.
I'm not generally a fan of foreign movies but that's probably because this is only the third foreign movie I've seen on the big screen (the other two were `Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' And `Amelie'). This movie received such universal high praise that I just felt compelled to go and see it and I must admit that although I initially struggled with the subtitles during the more conversation filled early scenes, after only twenty minutes I had completely forgotten that I was watching a foreign movie with subtitles, so immersed was I in the movie.
I don't want to give too much of the plot away, particularly as part of the joy of this movie is its surprise element - just when you think you have the movie sussed it moves in a different direction. Set in France, in 1776, and entirely told in flashback, an unknown and rarely seen beast is terrorising the French rural district of Gevaudan, by killing its women and children. So, King Louis XV dispatches young scientist Gregoire de Fronsac (Samuel Le Bihan) accompanied his Iroquoi native American companion, Mani (Mark Dacascos) to find the uber wolf. On arriving in Gevaudon they find that the soldiers previously sent to catch the beast are more adept at terrorising the locals than they are at hunting, and that region is in a state of complete panic.
Director Christophe Gans serves up a stylish period thriller and exhilarating ride, perfectly capturing the period, beautifully photographing the landscapes, seamlessly combined with action scenes of great style and surreal originality. When we are first introduced to de Fronsac and Mani masked and on horseback in the driving rain (a la Dangerous Liasons), they happen across an old man and his whorish daughter being beaten and bullied by brutish soldiers. Cue a change of direction from period drama to action kick ass action movie as Mani delivers a very sound and stylish beating to the thugs, seamlessly directed with the combination of slo-mo and real time action.
This is the movie that Tim Burton's `Sleepy Hollow' could have been and should have been. Although the beast special effects (from Jim Henson's workshop( are not the best and perhaps slightly overlong, this is an excellent and very gripping movie, beautifully filmed and directed with superb action and superb acting. Monica Bellucci sizzles as a rather shapely and very attractive high class prostitute. The handsome (in a chunky Gallic way) Samuel Le Bihan makes an great leading man and he is ably supported by the excellent Vincent Cassell (as a menacing one armed aristocrat) and the radiant Emilie Dequenne, as the virtuous Marianne. However, it is Mark Dacascos (Driven) who steals the show as de Fronsacs blood brother Mani. With striking good looks, charisma, and a great deal of both physical presence and martial arts skills, coupled with his acting ability, he lights up the screen and given the opportunity he will go on from here to be an international star.
Personally I can't wait until the movie is available on DVD. Apparently Ang Lee described `Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon as Bruce Lee meets Jane Austen', this is much more than Dangerous Liasons meets John Woo meets Hammer House of Horror. This is a real gem of a movie that I am so glad I `discovered'. Stunningly original in its combination of styles and genres and a great example to Hollywood of what they should be producing. Very entertaining!!!
(See it now before they make a horrible English language remake).


title: Blessed

text: I love this CD.  It made me feel how much he is missed.  I love his music and cherish it.


title: Death Metal, Black Metal...No, its BIGFOOT METAL!

text: I first saw this band in the horror film magazine "Rue Morgue". Dudes wearing Sasquatch masks and singing love songs about skunk ape rape...I was sold and had to have it! It has since taken me a couple years to even find a copy, apparently it went out of print fairly quickly. So what does it sound like? Dudes playing competent Death Metal & grunting about Bigfoot, obviously! Perhaps no strong case for originality, but at least they've replaced boring old Satan with screaming about a hungry and horny Bigfoot! And really, how cool is that?!? Most songs are around the 3:00-3:30 minute mark, so nothing gets too stale or outwears its welcome...Welcome to Boggy Creek indeed!


title: Yes you CAN judge a book (in this case, record) by its cover!

text: Just look at that cover...Dont make 'em like they used to! I love each and every cornball, unintentionally funny moment of this record. And I truly say that with the utmost respect; Porter Wagoner was the "real deal" and all of his 60's albums, with or without Dolly, are worth listening to for old-school Country! YeeHaw!!!


title: The "right stuff" baby, the RIGHT STUFF!!

text:
Cant believe there isnt a SINGLE review for this great record?!? For those not in the know, file this with "Hawkwind" as the late Mr. Calvert was a former member and this sounds consistent with their early catalog (i.e. "space rock" classics). Some of his Hawkwind mates make guest appearances and add to the spacey proceedings, as does the legendary Mr. Arthur Brown. To be honest, the several spoken-word bits seem a bit excessive and unnecesary,but then again this IS a concept album.In any event,the excellent music MORE than makes up for it. It's not quite Metal,not quite Punk,but British Space Rock of the highest order from the 1970's!

If you're a Hawkwind fan and somehow unfamiliar, buy immediately! You modern day hipsters and crate diggers should pay attention,too.

Over & out


title: "Visions of Dune", indeed!

text: Here's an example where the title is most appropriate to the work of art at hand (in this case, "ear") - Zed's "Visions of Dune".As the other reviewer noted, Zed is a.k.a noted French(?) Electronica artist Bernard Szagner. Having a knowledge or appreciation for the sci-fi classic is not necessary for enjoying this,but if you're a fan I think you'll agree with my statement! This creates very "cinematic" aural soundscapes evoking the spirit of Dune (at least to me).  Having been recorded in the late 1970s their's plenty of analog synth goodness to be found here.I'm also a sucker for vocoder/processed vocals! The drums are great too, as they give an additional "earthy" feel to this outstanding slice of '70's Electronica. For fans of that genre, this should be considered a mandatory "Five-star worthy" listen!


title: CLASSIC 80's Heavy METAL!!!

text: This came out, I believe, in 1987. It is a solid, flat-out quality, HEAVY METAL album. Its not Glam,its not Hair-metal.Not Speed,not Thrash,not Death, its ROCK based heavy METAL,my brothers! Must admit I passed this up back then,couldnt get past the name - "Shok Paris?!?, What the hell is that?!?". My mistake, as this is GREAT with killer hooks,riffs,vocals,etc. I guess because they didn't sing about Satan (and had that kinda lame/pansy name,thing) the Metal hordes avoided this like the plague at the time,your humble scribe included,and it was fated to the cut-out bin. Well, now's your time to (re)discover a TRUE 80's Metal relic. One that will amply demonstrate "how-it-is-done",and make you all nostalgic for that most horrible of decades,the 1980s. I know, I was there....


title: Every bit of that FIVE star rating

text:
Just about everything the guy did musically was pure genius. His work could,and often did,flirt & flow into varying musical genres sometimes in the same song! Sure, that sounds like a recipe for a real mess(read:crap) but not in the hands of a true visionary,such as is the case with Serge here!

This early album,though,demonstrates his smokey jazz-club stylings in full force and it's pretty straight forward; the real epitome of Cool.The song "Intoxicated Man" is reason enough to purchase this,but it's all just as killer with no filler.Dont be a schmuck and let it go out of print,daddy-o - buy it and thank me later...


title: YES,ESSENTIAL

text: Really loud,bluesy hard rock ala Hendrix but no copy-cat here -  Randy has his own style for sure.This is one of those discs I can listen to over and over.Amazing that this was/is more or less a "lost" album - a true crime,as this is incredible!This would definetely appeal to all you proto-metal lovers/"stoner rock" crowd,as this is raw and quite heavy for it's time.Worth the extra bucks you'll (probably) have to pay...You'll thank me later.


title: Five Stars

text: well kept


title: All of what makes Patsy Cline's music a forever treasure!

text: Fabulous collection of 75 songs by the one and only Patsy Cline! Some familiar, others not--but all together a tribute and remembrance of her unique voice.  A rediscovered treasure!


title: Another GREAT cd

text: Nothing that I didn't LOVE on this cd. Love Crabb family music.


title: Excellent

text: An addition to my Moody Blues collection.


title: Fantastic

text: It arrived quickly. Wonderful music from one of the best, most creative bands ever! What's not to like?


title: Carrie Underwood CD

text: CD is an excellent recording of Carrie Underwood gospel music.


title: Good sound.

text: Good sound, not scratchy sounding at all. A bit bummed though it is all instrumental & I thought that I remembered singing on this record/cd. It has been over 25 years since I last heard this sound track though. The music is very nice though.


title: Good job, Jackson Caesar

text: It's a talented braiding of old and new - and by this I mean that while you are listening to each song, you feel the comfort of an old classic, but it's lifted, modern, with the deep roots still intact. These are not snappy cover tunes but soulful connections.  Good job, Jackson Caesar!


title: j'etaime!

text: This innovative, punchy, and most importantly well-executed music is just what I would have asked for, had I ever thought,"I'd like to hear some urban world music with a fresh,tight mix and brothers who rap in French..." Thanks, freres, and kudos to the producer!


title: Wonderful cd. Very nice and peaceful

text:
Wonderful cd.  Very nice and peaceful.
thank you.  It is a gift for myself and I have really
enjoyed it.


title: This is a comprehensive CD

text: I am a big fan of the Carpenters. I have every CD they ever made. I bought this CD for my sister.


title: Five Stars

text: Loved it in 1952--still do.


title: Husband loves it

text: Husband loves ut


title: Wonderful classics.

text: Was a gift. My friend loved it.


title: One Star

text: only one song i like diappointed


title: Album

text: Good album.


title: Love This!

text: Every song is very good.


title: Five Stars

text: I bought this for a friend and he loves it!!!


title: Only had one good song the rest were terrible!

text: I have always loved all of Adele’s music but this cd only had one good song. I won’t be buying any more of her records!


title: Five Stars

text: Beautiful


title: The amazing Regine Velasquez

text: The amazing Regine Velasquez. You could never go wrong with any of her cds. This is one of her absolute best. One of the few you can play throughout and not skip any songs because they are all good.


Gary V is one of my absolute favorite vocalists. Very happy with my purchase. Hard to find this rare item outside of the Philippines


title: Sons and Daughters --  Sherri Youngward

text: Beautiful worship music, by a beautiful, anointed artist, Sherri Youngward!  PTL!  Will draw you into the Presence of the Lord!


title: Terrible

text: Terrible


title: One of the BEST

text: I was turned on to this group about three years ago and have been a fan ever since.  Why they are not more well known is a mystery to me.  This CD is the type of CD where every song is great. It can be listened to from beginning to end!! I love this Band and this CD. I would also recommend their greatest hits. I have a few more but can not name them all here, all I can say is give them a listen you will not be disappointed.


title: Five Stars

text: its the best go get it


title: Five Stars

text: as expected


title: Cd

text: I loved it,<br />I was replacing one that got damaged in my car radio


title: Adele 25

text: Great music, Purchased 3 copies total, one as gift and the other 2 for me.


title: This CD is my favorite Aqua album

text: I was thrilled to receive this album. I used to order the Aqua album on I-tunes and I always enjoy the album. Then I accidently deleted the album and I had no more downloads to get this album back. So I decided to search for the album at other stores and it was less likely I'll find the Aqua greatest hits album. So I ordered it on Amazon to get it. I believed the product performed well and I'm happy to have the album back with me, so I grade the item a perfect score.


title: Good first album

text:
I bought this album because "the checks" are playing support for "Muse" at their Melbourne concert, (which I'm heading off to in just over an hour!) and found it to be excellent.

These 5 lads from New Zealand obviously are influenced by the Rolling Stones but that's not a bad thing. Excellent album, great energy, I'm looking forward to seeing them live.


title: 100 hits of the 80's

text:
It's all about what songs you think is good for you.
Here are the listing:
1. Flashdance (What a Feeling) - Irene Cara
 2. Get Down Saturday Night - Oliver Cheatham
 3. If You Could Read My Mind - Viola Wills
 4. So Many Men, So Little Time - Miquel Brown
 5. Stars on 45 Proudly Present : The Star Sisters (Medley)
 6. Hit & Run Lover - Carol Jani
 7. High Energy - Evelyn Thomas
 8. San Salvador - Azoto
 9. Vamos a la Playa - Righeira
 10. Just an Illusion - Imagination
 11. Am I Losing You Forever - Mai Tai
 12. Safty Dance - Men Without Hats
 13. Good Thing Going - Sugar Minott
 14. Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Remember Me - Boys Town Gang
 15. Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
 16. Reflections - Evelyn Thomas
 17. Making Your Mind up - Bucks Fizz
 18. Only Crying - Keith Marshall
 19. Dance All Night - DeBarge
 20. History - Mai Tai
 21. Take Me to the Top - Advance
 22. Stars on 45 Proudly Present : Abba (Medley)
 23. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (Medley) - Ashaye
 24. Going Back to My Roots - FPI Project
 25. Everybody Salsa - Modern Romance
 26. Move Over Darling - Tracey Ullman
 27. Baila Bolero - Fun Fun
 28. You and Me - Spargo
 29. Papa Chico - Tony Esposito
 30. Balla Balla - Francesco Napoli
 31. Another Life - Kano
 32. Feels Like I'm in Love - Kelly Marie
 33. Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Boys Town Gang
 34. Searchin' - Hazell Dean
 35. Don't Push It Down Force It (Mix) - Shermans
 36. What Have I Done For You Lately - King MC
 37. I Specialize in Love (12'') - Sharon Brown
 38. Stars on 45 Present : The Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Band in the World (Medley)
 39. Land of Make Believe - Bucks Fizz
 40. Give a Little Love - Bay City Rollers
 41. Buzz Buzz a Diddle Bit - Matchbox
 42. Orchard Road - Leo Sayer
 43. Give It up - KC & The Sunshine Band
 44. Some Broken Hearts Never Mend - Telly Savallas
 45. He's a Saint, He's a Sinner - Miquel Brown
 46. Rain in May - Max Werner
 47. Star Trekkin' - The Firm
 48. Margeritha - Massara
 49. Im NIN Alu - Ofra Haza
 50. At This Moment - Billy Vera
 51. Sucker DJ - Dimples D.
 52. Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith
 53. I.O.U. - Freeze
 54. Taxi - J. Blackfoot
 55. Come Into My Life - Joyce Sims
 56. Walking on Sunshine - Rockers Revenge Feat. Danny Calvin
 57. Again - The Night People
 58. Rumors - Timex Social Club
 59. Hot Hot Hot - Arrow
 60. Lovesongs Are Back Again - Band of Gold
 61. You're in the Army Now - Bolland & Bolland
 62. Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
 63. Long Blond Animal - Golden Earring
 64. Boys - Sabrina
 65. I Thought I'd Ring You - Shirley Bassey & Alain Delon
 66. One Night Affair - Spargo
 67. Pretend - Alvin Stardust
 68. Loud Music in Cars - Billy Bremner
 69. Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie
 70. Heroes - Meat Loaf
 71. Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Mint Juleps
 72. Wunderbar - Tenpole Tudor
 73. Free Yourself - The Untouchables
 74. Breakaway - Tracey Ullman
 75. Don'y You Touch My Tempo - Arrow
 76. We Are Growing - Margaret Zingana
 77. Girl From Ipanema (Remix) - Astrud Gilberto
 78. Body & Soul - Mai Tai
 79. Heaven I Need - The Three Degrees
 80. Happy Station - Fun Fun
 81. Let's Break - Master Genius
 82. Close to Perfection - Miquel Brown
 83. Step by Step - Silver Pozzoli
 84. I Need You - B.V.S.M.P.
 85. Serious - Donna Allen
 86. Tropicana Bay - Demis Roussos & Nancy Boyd
 87. Hot on a Thing - The Chi- Lites
 88. Saddle up - David Christie
 89. Joy and Pain - Donna Allen
 90. Volour My Love - Fun Fun
 91. I Like Chopin' - Gazebo
 92. Dance Around the World - Richenel
 93. Soul Street - Jolly & Swain
 94. We Just - Moses
 95. Let's Go Dancing - Novo Band
 96. I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
 97. No Tengo Dinero - Righeira
 98. Around My Dream - Silver Pozzoli
 99. Walkman - Kasso
 100. Be Gentle (12'') - B.V.S.M.P.


title: Best performance of symphonic dances

text: I’ve owned a copy of this vinyl recording for decades. It is still the best performance of the Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances I’ve ever heard.


title: Please enter a title for your review

text: the most experimental indie/alternative rock music since the kelley deal 6000. the way one instrument steals control over what key the song is in from another is continually amazing.


title: Early Keola Beamer at his best

text: Love the album.  Had one for years, left it with a friend, and got another copy....because I missed hearing it.


title: It will annoy some

text: I purchased this with the intention that it will be a gift for a listener of my podcast. Each year we do a Christmas show and we give away a lot of stuff from sponsors and mech for the podcast. Long story short, 10CC came up in one of our episodes and it went on to be a thing on the show. As a result, some lucky winner will get this. Personally, I only know of two songs on this CD set and both of them go back to the 1970's and admittedly, conjure up some fond memories.


title: Five Stars

text: great set... would definitely recommend


title: Avant Guarde Masterpiece

text:
I would have been happier if two things had happened with this release:

1) Trent Reznor peeled off the mask and released this as a 'solo' project.  It is very inconsistent with anything he's done as 'nine inch nails' and isn't it about time?

2) The collection was simply titled 'Ghosts'.  Trying to get a grip on these sets of tracks as discrete chunks really doesn't make sense to me.  Thematically, one ghost doesn't have characteristics different from the others.  They all sound good as one double-CD work.

That said, there is a little of everything to enjoy in this two-disc instrumental work.  From industrial moments to piano explorations and forrays into electronica, this is a very eclectic, 21st Century collection.  The fact that it carries with it no conceptually signifying tag/naming elements to differentiate the tracks is nothing short of radical, for a massive pop recording artist.

The only album that I can compare this to is Muzik for Insomniaks I & II by Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo), which, unfortunately, is out of print, but has a similar stream-of-consciousness feel to it and similar approach of not naming the tracks (see also The Silence Bureau's 'To Name Is To Destroy' which also explores this idea - available at [...]).

But where Mothersbaugh's recordings had an intentional rinky-dink bed-time midi-chimes quality to them, this collection is like a mashup of all of Reznor's forgotten ideas he never recorded going back to Downward Spiral.  Instead of sounding like bedtime music, though, these are fully realized pieces, from minimalisitc (piano and ambient noises) to full blown instrumentation (drums, guitars) and everything inbetween.  Reznor utilizes the full power of sampling technology to great effect.

Lack of lyrical vocals enhances the experience. You can either listen with intent to hear all the nuances of the music or let it play in the background as a soundtrack to whatever you're doing.  Either way, it is definitely a collection that will reward multiple repeat playbacks.

The non-commercial aspect of this album may be overplayed.  I think it's exactly what people are craving and will buy - unpretentious music by a great artist who is willing to take some risks and put himself out there and explore his creativity to the maximum. There is serious avant guarde moments here as well as moments where Reznor just rocks out.

However, if you think that means Downward Spiral II or Pretty Hate Machine Again... you can get the original albums and put them in you CD player or iPod.  The point of this album is that it's new music.  If you're not interested in listening to anything new, you shouldn't buy new albums.

For those who enjoy variety, this is a gem.  It has a lot of different moods that seem to match the pace of our time, shifting from one to another with fluidity.  It is definitely somber in tone, but if you don't expect that from nine inch nails, then you haven't been listening.


title: not received

text: I have not received this item. I do not know where my order is...It should definitely have been here by now.


title: Beauty & Glamor seems to justifly a tragic lifestyle

text:
Review date: 5-1-2022
I purchased this CD because I'm a HUGE Jim Morrison fan!! (a Fan of his good qualities - Not his self-destruction). Obviously Pamela was known as a physically Stunning woman with a lot of charisma. What I Don't like is the lack of regret in looking back on her past - and the implied encouragement to others that this is all a great time. Full of Drama (Not in a good way).
Not mentioned directly is the topic of 'Love Addiction'. So many have spiraled into this abyss.
Being drawn romantically to someone because of abusing alcohol and other mind-altering substances is Not a good thing. If it was - One of these relationships would have lasted a lifetime.
I try to Not be one who rains on others 'parades' but - this delusional thinking - and 'encouraging' others to jump off this figurative cliff with them (on Love Addiction) is not cool with me.
Btw - what was Wrong with her parents that they did Not intervene and - Not much about Jim Morrison.
Sincerely, Scott M.


title: Five Stars

text: Love this song. He has other great songs too, but this one is my favorite.


title: so good....

text: one of the greatests guitarrists I ever heard....... very good!!!<br />like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Greg Howe....... Eddie Van Halen.... in my humble opinion...... the bests ever!!!


title: Five Stars

text: Bet cd ever


title: justice and redemption meet

text: Star power shines in this remake of the 1957 film of the same title. The plot epitomizes simplicity, but it twists and turns for 90 minutes, and only in the last minute does it find resolution--of a sort. Dan Evans (Christian Bale) is a down-on-his-luck rancher who's not only losing his ranch and the respect of his two boys but even his own self-respect. He seeks to redeem himself, and earn a handsome $200, by joining a posse to take a truly bad outlaw, Ben Wade (Russell Crowe), to the 3:10 train in Contention that will take Wade to Yuma and deposit him in the federal slammer. Redemption for himself, justice for Wade, a man who has robbed 21 stagecoaches. It sounds simple enough, but there are Apache Indians before them, Wade's truly bad gang behind them, and the wily Wade with them. Spooky campfires, rampaging stagecoaches, harsh landscape, saloons with pretty women, whiskey-gulping, way too much gratuitous violence, and non-stop trash-talking make this a cowboy classic. Directed by James Mangold who made Girl, Interrupted and the Johnny Cash bio Walk the Line.


Few scratches causing needle to stall, but love the music and this album of Lee Evans


title: Great condition! Exactly what I wanted

text: Great condition!  Exactly what I wanted.


title: Soft & Soothing . . .

text: Soft & soothing piano musuc.


title: No superlative good enough for this found in my thesaurus

text:
Below you will find a lengthy analysis of one song on this record "I want you back." If a single song can generate this kind of response, imagine the musical content of the entire 21 song record.

This song obliterates me. All the performances are incredible, including, to quote a friend, Michael's astounding, dumbfounding lead vocal.

The bass part sounds to me as if it came straight from the composer and arranger, but in any matter it's stuffed full with inventive ideas and super fonky! Given the calculated nature of this recording I would expect the arranger to have worked out the bass part note for note. The recording is a careful tapestry of many sounds that blend together to give the overall effect. The intro is a good example. The melody played by the bass is wonderful, but that melody is doubled by other instruments plus other things are woven around that melody, all indicating that the arranger wrote it all out note for note, the bass player serving to faithfully play the arrangement.

(Un)fortunately, any excellence in other portions of this song is obscured by Michael's unbelievable vocal. So much stuff, so much soul, so much range and flexibility. This vocal is way in the unbelievable range for any artist. But to come from a brand new 11 year old is, as my friend put it so well, "dumbfounding." (If this selection does not feature sound clips, look at other Jackson 5 records here on Amazon to hear the mentioned snippets.)

*He sounds a little hoarse and that increases the authority.

*The way he uses subtle, rhythmic vibrato on the word "me" in the phrase "won't you please let me back in your heart." (Hear this on the Amazon snippet.)

*The pause and surprise attack on the word "back" in the same phrase. (Hear this on the Amazon snippet.)

*The screaming with 100% authority.

*The drifting out of tune on the words "now, baby, yeah" in the phrase "Yes I do now, Oh oh baby, yeah yeah yeah yeah, Nah Nah no no." (Is there a technical term for this "drifting out of tune" vocal technique?) (Hear this on the Amazon snippet.)

*The authority and inventiveness and soul of the scatting on that same phrase and other scats in the song, including the various fun "Huh"s.

*The natural way he does the call and response sections with his brothers.

*The perfect timing all over the place, including jumping on some of the responses a little early.

*The exciting vocal build on the phrase "All I want, all I need, all I want, all I need!" with the fantastic atonal exclamation on the second "all I want."

And on and on. You could almost analyze every single note the guy sings. The fact that this guy could do this at 11 years old shows beyond any question that singing at this level requires talent given to you directly by God. You can't get it and you can't learn it. God either gave it to you or He didn't. My guess is that some genius worked out most of this stuff and recorded a track for Michael to sing along with during the session. I mean God given talent or not, Michael could not have come up with that stuff on his own, atonal, drifting out of tune, etc. But to even sing along and get these results....incredible. Plus, who was that singing genius that came up with all that stuff?

Other great parts of the song are the pervasive background vocals, the excellent call and response, the subtle, almost inaudible use of strings and background vocalizing, and the various guitar parts that weave an interesting tapestry.

One thing that I think is ground breaking but at the same time takes away from this arrangement is the calculated, restrained drum part. The drum part sounds completely canned, written out and played note for note. It's not exuberant; instead it's carefully restrained. To my ears it sounds too mellow for this joyous, raucous romp. But it's groundbreaking because this style of drumming became prevalent later and today in the 2000s you rarely hear any drum pyrotechnics in favor of a steady drum beat that does not break the flow of the song.

I wonder if all the vocals on this recording are Jacksons? I assume they are and that shows the talent of this family and the quality of this product.

Excellence and analysis of each individual part aside, the real value of this song, besides Michael's vocal which you simply can not retire to the background, is the overall sound. Each part is carefully calculated and blended to create a unique, exuberant, joyful, new, and instantly recognizable sound that's unlike anything that had been heard before. Though each part is worthy of study, perhaps the best way to listen to this song is with a 6 inch speaker through an AM radio in your car. And isn't that the way it was meant to be?

Larry Brown


title: One of the Greats

text: Ramsey Lewis is one of the greats.  I thoroughly enjoyed this CD.  I remember saving my lunch money to buy his version of "Wade In the Water and The In Crowd."


title: Last Gift

text:
My sister introduced me to the movie and the first thing that I noticed other than the phenomenal story was the music.

I had a laserdisc at the time so I recorded the music from the laserdisc.

One day my sister come by and told me that she wanted to play something for me.  She surprised me with the CD.  It was one of the last gifts that I would receive from her.  She passed away two years later.

I cherish this cd for its beautiful music and the precious memories of my sister that it envokes each time play it.


title: I'm so happy to add such excellent CDs to my growing collection ...

text: I'm so happy to add such excellent CDs to my growing collection of classic Mexican music uwu The CDs came brand new and in almost perfect condition (one of them might be a little scratched, but it's nothing that a DiskDoctor can't fix.) Overall, I am very satisfied with this purchase.

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title: Beautiful Album of Songs

text: My copy was scratchy after many years of playing it.  I bought new to replace my old copy.  If you like the songs from the 40's & 50's, you love this album.  They changed the words on "I Wonder Whose Kissing her Now".  Devout Mormons don't drink alcoholic beverages.


title: Zero

text: Zero


title: shoji after dark cd

text: Nothing but good things to say about this CD.  So far I own about all of Shoji's CDs, Cassettes, VHS tapes and the most recent DVD, and have yet to be disappointed in any of them, so of course 'AFTER DARK' is no exception.


title: A1 .. Chieftains

text: Excellent Group, music and CD.


title: Some good songs ...

text: Good sampler disc ..


title: Disappointing

text:
We went to see Shoji in Branson. My husband wanted a CD to listen to so I ordered this one. Unfortunately the playing is a hair out of tune making it painful listening. The tempo for "Danny Boy" is also slower than one would like. I do like the selections.The following songs are included:
  * Londonderry Air
  * Fiddler on the Roof Medley: Tradition/If I Were A Rich Man/Sunrise, Sunset
  * Blue Danube Waltz
  * Moon Over the Ruins
  * Wildwood Flower/Joy
  * Canon in D
  * Ashokan Farewell
  * Stardust/Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
  * Somewhere My Love
  * The Way We Were/Yesterday
  * Love Story
  * Fun Classical: Four Seasons"Spring"/Sonata in G Minor


title: Wonderful new recording from Christchurch

text: This new CD is a great demonstration of the remarkable Christchurch Town Hall organ's range and power as well as the consummate abilities of Martin Setchell as organist. Having survived the devastating Christchurch earthquake, this organ with its newly added voices stands as a testament to the people of the city and their grit in the face of disaster.  Recent events seem to suggest that world class organs somehow survive the most horrible events and I, for one, am so glad that this Christchurch instrument is an example.


title: For Real Song!

text: I never listened to Mr. Womack's music until I heard a Woman's Gotta Have It in the year of 2016 on IHeartRadio. I know I'm real late. Well anyway OMG! This jam is tight. I love it. Unfortunately he's gone to Glory I would have loved to see him perform this song live. I think I will check out some more of his music.


title: Great collection of DORO's music

text: Great collection of DORO's music at a very reasonable price


title: Two Stars

text: Some of the CDs stop playing before the session is finished.  Very Fustrating!!!


title: Buy this CD

text: Every song is great.  All have great messages.  I listen to it over and over.


title: I own all the albums!

text: When I bought my first album, I loved it and knew that I wanted to have all they made. I’m 78 years old, and the music is so beautiful, and soothing.


title: One of my Favorite CD's

text: Very relaxing and melodic, with a wonderful karmic rhythm. Singing is intoxicating. Great CD……recommend it highly for easy listening AND some awesome background beach-y music..


title: Great CD. Enjoying the music

text: I enjoy the early Beatles and this CD is perfect


title: Terrific soundtrack!

text: This is one of my favorite movies, and now I can relive this wonderful musical through the cd! If you love the movie, you'll love this! Go ahead and buy it! You will not be disappointed!


title: Didn't look ike it much

text: Only had one or two good songs


title: Four Stars

text: The CD is very good although I felt not every song felt right in the bossa nova thing.


title: Sparks live

text: Was great hearing it.Bought kimono my house when it was released so it was great hearing those songs live.


title: Five Stars

text: Beautiful


title: Classic Tom Petty

text: Great set of CDs. These are also sold separately, under different names. Be careful you don't already have them. I had bought At the Coliseum, but it is also included in this set.


title: Great

text: My grams loves this album and lost her copy when she moved almost 10 years ago. I was glad I could find a copy for her so readily available.


title: Faith

text: I love listening to Women of Faith this CD has brought a lot of joy into my home and I hope to someday be able to pass it on to my kids.


title: Authentic Music...

text: Great Civil War music played with authentic instruments of that period. Descriptive narration of war aids to these two discs. Excellent set for Civil War scholars.


title: high flying with this calvert best of hawkwind years cd

text: superb import single 16 track cd covering calvert's years as lead vocalist/frontman/songwriter partner in hawkwind for 4 lp's during the years 1976-1979. could use a sonic remastering, but it is not that bad the sound. booklet great. 16 great shots of hawkwind's best tracks from those years.


title: Very good condition

text: Love every song


title: a hard-to-find item

text: perfect


title: Five Stars

text: Good music, well produced.


title: Love the music

text: Love the music, and have heard this group many times. But I can’t imagine anyone paying this price for it. I’m not sure if it has been entered wrong or what. I’m sure it can be bought for much less cost.


title: Great to listen in the car.

text: Our baby daughter loves all the tunes, especially "My Child, Me and BabyFirstTV". Keep in mind, however, all the other theme songs are very brief, running no longer than 20 seconds each, so the entire CD can be listened to in mere minutes. Would have been nice to include the Dance Time Boys, as she loves those boys. Perhaps in the next round of CDs.


title: price

text: good quality


title: Thanks for a 5 star experience

text: I have been looking for a CD of this for 30 years. No CONSTANDINOS anywhere. It is perfect and I can't thank you enough. I will be picking up The Hunchback soon. 11 day shipping was great also.


title: the wait is worth it

text: A must for fans of the original Berserk anime. It's a mini cd so it won't play on slot cd players like the one in my car, BUT plays just fine on everything else. It has the full length FORCES song, the God Hand remix, karaoke version,  and TV version. Took a while to get,  but it came from Japan.


title: Straight to the top of the collection

text: Seeing these brothers bickering over you while sorting out their own feelings was more fun than expected. Reiji is adorable and Shu is...well...Shu. You can't get much hotter than Shu and his passive aggressive affections. This CD is one of my top favorites!


title: It was good

text: It was fun, but not the best one they've put out. I loved Subaru in it, but he just couldn't keep up with Raito's...well...nature. Fun to listen to though.


title: Amazing...

text: I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy this, but I haven't been able to stop listening to it for two weeks straight. The scenario along with the talented VA's really made this an amazing CD to add to my collection.


title: Can't stop listening

text: I have no words for how much I adore this CD....


title: not all of these songs are soothing!

text: This is similar to what I said at greater length about Baby Dreams 5:  some of these songs are NOT soft, slow, and soothing.  Some of them are up-tempo and louder than the other songs.  I do NOT know how babies, or adults, could sleep through this entire CD.  If you can get your CD player to repeat only one track, then you can choose one of the more soothing ones, like Brahms.


title: Awesome CD, I've been looking for this CD for ...

text: Awesome CD, I've been looking for this CD for a long time, should have come here first and will in the future!


title: Five Stars

text: L love Vineyard Worship songs.  I am glad I was able to find them on Amazon.


title: Nothing sells like the word "Masonic"

text: Just because someone puts the word "Masonic" on something doesn't make it worthwhile for a Freemason to buy. Such is the case with this CD. The music quality on high-end equipment sounds like it was being played through the 8-track in an old AMC Pacer (yes, I owned one of those!). If you were looking for music for anything to do with a lodge presentation, don't waste your money on this or its sister product, Volume 2.


title: This is not your comic book Thor!

text:
A truly awe inspiring work of art. A dear friend of mine received one of these magnificent statues as a Yule gift this year and everyone present went into mild shock at the beauty and power that this massive sculpture radiated. One female attendee, (I wont mention her name), commented, "He is really hot"! Several other ladies present nodded in agreement. The males present simply stated, "Wow"!

On a more personal note to the manufactures and retailers of these items. I think that you could sell quite a few more of the, "Viking/Norse" statues, (Odin, Viking Warrior & Valkyries etc), if you would get rid of the, "winged & horned helmets".  Nothing turns a student of Norse History off faster than these two things, (and the non-historical, mega-fantasy oversized swords, axes and hammers also), just a thought.

Spence the Elder
"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc"
  -M. Addams-

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title: Old classics

text: Great selection of songs I listened to on my dad's record player growing up. Love hearing them again


title: The last album with the classic lineup

text: A couple of nice songs here but not much that stands out. But nice for the collection of Smokie albums, production is somewhat not as crisp as previous albums produced by Mike Chapman. The only album where Terry Uttley and Alan Silson wrote the majority of the songs.


title: Consistently excellent

text: I have owned this album since 1980 and recently rediscovered it when I began digitizing my old LPs.  I remembered it was great but I had forgotten just how listenable it is.  Great late '70s funk.  Makes me that much sadder than Scott-Heron has passed on.


title: Great find

text: Seller was great at providing additonal collector information with the product.  It was a great find and was received quicker than expected.


title: The best Salsa band ever

text: This band is phenomenal.  I have seen them perform several times and they are a crowd pleaser.  I will put this cd on my wish list.


title: Five Stars

text: love to listen to these songs as meditations of prayer


title: Five Stars

text: Great for toddlers!


title: Java Jive

text: replacing a copy I lost in the 90's. Every bit as enterrtaining as I remember it, especailly the opening tracks


title: The Delight of Dark Trance

text:
Alligators slide through the sewers of Manhattan.  A bum falls to the sidewalk in Paris, and the flow from his bottle of wine vanishes in the  spring rain under the streetlights' glimmer.  Cyborg engineers with ocular  implants stalk the night, their ominous purpose hidden from view..
OK,  well, how would you write about this kind of music?  It's a bunch of beeps  and boops from synthesizers and drum machines, cunningly arranged.  It's  downtempo dark techno-trance.  It sounds like the soundtrack from next  year's PKD-inspired action movie.
Just find a copy and listen to it, OK?


title: A Worthy Addition to Your Collection

text: This is a great collection of songs of men singing love songs to other men.  Like many recordings of this time period, these songs have an innocence of a by-gone era.  The songs are taken from 78's so the quality is as you might expect however, you won't find these songs anywhere else.  I do recommend this CD.


title: Track Listing

text:
At the time of this review, there was no track listing provided by Amazon.

1) Run To You (Radio Edit) - 2:56
2) Run To You (Video Edit) - 3:40
3) Run To You (Extended Version) - 6:19
4) Run To You (Burn Out Mix) - 6:44
5) Homeless - 2:54


title: Group & Track lineup information

text:
At the time of my review, Amazon had not posted any group or track data about this release.  Here it is:

Son Ache - Cuba: A Musical Journey
1) La Ruñidera  2) Guantanamera  3) Son De La Loma  4) Guararey De Pastorita  5) El Cuarto De Tula  6) La Mujer De Antonio  7) Dos Gardenias  8) Guayabitas Del Pinar  9) Cien Años  10) Bruca Maniguá  11) Besito De Coco  12) El Guanajo Relleno

Grupo Cimarrón De Cuba - The Most Popular Songs From Cuba
1) Qué Manera De Guererte  2) El Son De Ana Maria  3) La Bilongo  4) Chan Chan  5) Longina  6) El Tumbaito  7) Una Vez Más  8) Madrigal  9) Asi Estoy Yo Por Ti  10) Rabo De Nube  11) El Traguito  12) Yolanda

Zafra - ¡Caliente!: Musica Cubana
1) Santiago  2) Bajo Las Palmas  3) Descarga Abakwa  4) El Monte  5) Sasa  6) Ciudad Azul  7) Ayé  8) Charanguita  9) Conga


title: Track listing for this release

text:
1  Slugger
2  As The End Draws Near (Vocals - Sarah McLachlan)
3  Passion For The Future
4  Bond Street Station
5  Little Caesar
6  Terrorvision
7  Obsolete
8  Ballet Mechanique
9  Armed Forces
10  American Embassy
11  Armed Forces (Bombing Mix)
12  As The End Draws Near (Ext)
13  Terrorvision (2 East Meets West)


title: Track Listing Information

text:
1) Into The Blue (La La Sheldon Mix) (6:47)
2) Divided We Fall (3:40)
3) Bird Of Passage (6:29)


title: Track Listing Information

text:
1) Running Around Town (7" Mix) (3:55)
2) Running Around Town (BT's Jacobs Ladder Mix) (13:12)
3) Running Around Town (Extended Mix) (5:27)
4) Running Around Town (BT's Shelter Mix) (7:01)
5) Running Around Town (Junior's Mix) (11:04)
6) Your Loving Arms (Brothers In Rhythm Edited Club Mix) (6:49)


title: Five Stars

text: PERFECT THANK YOU!


title: Bad recording

text: I have no doubt that the conductor and orchestra performed masterfully, but the recording is just terrible, with certain instruments blasting into the microphone, while others sound too far away.  The London Symphony Orchestra offers their performance conducted by Simon Rattle on Youtube for free, and it's excellent in comparison.


title: I like these cds but the vocals in the background make ...

text: I like these cds but the vocals in the background make the voices of Jesus & St Faustina very hard to hear at some time.


title: Five Stars

text: Great Song, not played much on the radio.  Don't think this was ever put on CD.


title: Overpriced

text: This record is way over priced.  Hardly anyone has a phonograph and none of the tunes are/were popular.  I had this album at one time but I can do without at this price.  Plus if you add shipping the record is prohibitive.


title: Grandeur and Glory

text: I am pleased to see in reading the user reviews that I'm not the only lifelong fan of Charles Ives to find these recordings by Gerald Finley and Julius Drake to be truly exceptional.  How can this be I thought- believing Finley to be of English descent (he's actually Canadian but trained at Kings College Cambridge) and that Ives music required a singer of American origin.  Foolish me!  Everything about this recording seduces the listener, gently tugging him into Ives' unique sound world.  As another reviewer pointed out, the choice and order of songs works to perfection.  Finley's voice has a wonderful sonorous quality, of never straining or trying to do too much.  The sound quality has an intimate warmth, perfectly suited for this material, as if the artists are right there in the room with you.  This is a worthy sampling of Ives songs.  They've been too long neglected.


title: The Rest Is History (Rating: 9 out of 10- -4.5 stars)

text:
I'm not sure if anyone knows this album is out, this is sort of like a mixtape of collection of freestyles Big L has done over his short career that was released independently on Colerone Records around 2003 that dates as far as 1992. Listening to this here, it's a shame L never received the fame that he deserved, because this man can spit some sh..  off the top of his dome with some rhymes that not many people can think of. L's shows that he has major charisma when he rips the mic, and you can hear it on every freestlye that he drops here. If you heard his first LP [[ASIN:B00000294R Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous]], you would recognize quite a few lines on here that you heard from that LP, so you have somewhat of an idea of what he is going to say. Some of the rhymes he says will make you laugh. Some of the tracks have guests on them who drop dope rhymes, like Jay-Z (who sounds completely different that he does today), Royal Flush, and McGruff. This here is perfect if you're a fan of Big L and want to hear how he sounded off the top of his dome at various points of his career. A mixtape full of origonal freestlyes, with the some unreleased songs (I believe), like "Devil's Son (Live In Amsterdam)" (I believe that was his first song he released), and I believe "How Will I Make It" is another. I'm not sure how many of these were released, but if you see this, go ahead and collect it. It's just sad to see such a great lyricst leave the world so early. When listening to this, you can't help to imagine what it could have been if he was here in '07. If you haven't aready, be sure to check out [[ASIN:B00000294R Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous]] as well as [[ASIN:B000067CNU The Big Picture]]. Peace!!

R.I.P. Lamont Coleman- 5/30/1974 - 2/15/1999


title: The Summit

text: YES: I have heard "Pet Sounds" and "Blonde on Blonde". And "Revolver".  And "Imperial Bedroom".  And all thoses albums live up to their hype in spades.  But then there's "Forever Changes".  Bob, Brian, Elvis, John and Paul all crane their necks upward, shielding their eyes from the intense glare.  And there's Arthur Lee.  He's wearing a gas mask, of course -- at this altitude it's required -- but it's him, all right.  It's him....


title: Both Freddie and Ella Mae overlooked for too long

text: First off this vinyl release is excellent sounding and an obvious great pressing. Freddie Slack was a great musician and a hell of a piano player of the boogie woogie style of music. Ella Mae Morse had a sexy voice and could swing with the best of them from this time period of the 1940s and 1950s. Cow Cow Boogie oozes with soul and this version of "House Of Blue Lights" is the best of any versions. There are now much more out there of these two, but this album is a great place to start.


title: Pretty Good, but this is a bootleg recording

text: Good collection of the usual Neil stuff. Sound is good considering this is a bootleg recording. It has never been officially released.


title: Tremendous Early R&B from the "Fat" man

text: Fats Domino's music is great. This is perhaps the best collection of easy goin' rhythm songs you'll ever find. Packed with all of his hits and with the exception of maybe 10% of the songs, it's a pure winner. Fats was one of the rock 'n' roll originators whose career started before Elvis came onto the scene. If you know anything about the music of the 1950's then this must be in your collection.<br />******* Anyone interested in buying this should go directly to the Bear Family website where you can get this for under $300 instead of the ridiculous prices listed on Amazon by independent sellers.


title: Matthew Whitaker is a Prodigy

text: Prodigy - "a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities". That describes Matthew Whitaker 100%. This young man is phenomenal and at age 16 he has established himself as one of today's great jazz musicians. Just listen to his playing here and you'll know what I mean. I saw him live in Philadelphia and was in awe of his abilities. 10 stars for this young man. And for anyone who didn't know it, he's blind.


title: Great Band and Entertaining

text: I've seen Frank Bey numerous times at Warmdaddys in Philadelphia.  He always does a great show.  This cd is good, but he's much better in person.<br />He comes to Warmdaddys frequently and it's always a good show.


title: Three Stars

text: IT WAS ALRIGHT NOT WHAT I THOUGH IT WOULD BE


title: I can't find any Christian music that isn't super corny and I'm a Catholic too like this singer ...

text: I can't find any Christian music that isn't super corny and I'm a Catholic too like this singer so there is even less available. But I like this woman's music a lot. She did a good job on this album. Well done.


title: Great sound...

text:
I am not that big of a John Lennon fan. I actually think that George and Ringo wrote better songs than John from 1968 and onward. John did create the beautiful IMAGINE as well as the hit singles from DOUBLE FANTASY, but I actually agree with some of his interviews in support of that forthcoming album... John just couldn't write great music anymore. I am glad that he finally found peace and serenity within his troubled heart before he went into the studio for DOUBLE FANTASY... as he finally found that lyrical mind that had long been lost inside of him since REVOLUTION and THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO. FREE AS A BIRD was turned into a peace of majesty once his

With that being said, there are not many tracks of his solo works that I deem enjoyable and thus my critique of this (or any collection) is from one who was not a big fan from the start.

Therefore, I can only give this set a score of 3 as most of the songs are outside of my taste for music. His eclecticism, his penchant for oddity and bizarre often leaves me completely turned off. 5 or 6 favored songs is just average to me.

The sound quality of this set however, is fantastic when compared to both the DOUBLE FANTASY (Remastered) and WORKING CLASS HERO releases. The vastly improved sound quality and editing makes this set a worthy purchase when compared to those releases.

May peace be with you, John Lennon. You truly hold a place in rock and roll Heaven. I can only imagine how many fabulous hits you could have compiled had that horrible winter day never occurred.


title: Levon!!

text: This is a great cd by Levon, they do a great job with Willie & The Hand Jive 1 of my old time favorites. The band does a great job also, all the songs are worth having on these 2 discs.


title: Well,, Its T ara!

text: They deserved more. They all are brilliantly talented. . just deserved so much more. The scandal was a farce. I am so sad for what happened.


Fast shipping, excellent condition - just as advertised!  it was a joy!


title: The best extreme metal CD that's never available

text:
Look up the life and talents of Edwin Borsheim. He committed suicide and left this world too soon. But his music with Kettle Cadaver and the gore images he left us all with is unsurpassed. Nailing his genitals to a board, but even without the shock value, the music just rocked and was damn catchy.

Sadly this CD is never attainable. We're only stuck with youtube uploads to sustain us with their music.


title: I question if it is the original groups

text: I don't think you will be hearing the original groups but the ones singing are ok.<br />I thought I was ordering the original groups.


title: Nice songs to dance too.

text: Good dance songs.  By those of the late 40's and 50's.  Brings back great memories.


title: False advertising!!!

text: It would have been nice if the DVD was included.


title: This is a treasure for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fans to say the least

text: LOVE IT!


title: My favorite one

text: For myself, this is easily her best album, and time period, before she drifted into the ether zone


title: Look elsewhere to buy their music

text:
I'm only speaking of the comparison of the price to the music cuts...
Somebody is ripping people off at this outrageous price.
Look elsewhere to find similar blue's music at a reasonable price.  Or, look into purchasing one from the blue's outlets overseas.
Would've enjoyed this more if the whole album had only the two of them, unaccompanied.


title: Awesome!

text: Well, there couldn't have been a more Exciting Collection of RM's Hits...<br />Though I'd trade "Me and Bobby McGee" for "Tall Tall Trees".


title: I Own This - and the God Save the Kinks Badge, too

text:
It was an ad in the back pages of Rolling Stone to "God Save the Kinks." It told a tale of woe, how the Kinks couldn't tour, how nobody bought their albums - some of the best songs ever recorded in the history of vinyl and British Invasion Pop. Basically Warners/Reprise was saying that this could the last time for the Kinks. For a PENNY, (Yes you had to tape one to the address card to get your booty,) you got a compilation album, the God Save the Kinks button, a puzzle, and something that looked like it was yanked up from somebody's lawn. I had little faith but with the amount invested figured "What the hey!"

What I received was a extravaganza of promo goodies. The album, however, was the real prize. And yes, these are edited versions of songs many of us came to love by either searching down the original vinyl LPs of Face to Face, Something Else, Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur or the Cliff Notes version on Kinks Kronikles. But at the time Reprise was doing CPR on the Kinks in the USA. The ban from 1966 - 1969 had 'em on the ropes. This was Reprise Records cheesy (albeit very American, and it makes me feel patriotic as I doubt the UK would ever do anything this crass) way to create demand.

I don't know if you could call it demand but I hit all the used record stores, remainder bins, and started buying up every Kinks album I'd missed. Sometimes I'd bump into pals doing the same thing. We were all on the hunt. The Kinks were fighting for their lives at the time - opening bills, third act on the bill, playing tiny venues, playing constantly once the embargo was lifted. Played colleges, high schools, cafes, record stores. Heck, the Kinks would play the opening of an envelope at the time.

Hard to imagine now. Being in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The Queen awarding Ray a CBE. Recently beating THE BEATLES (Yes, you read that right) on the Classic Rock Website Battle of the Bands for the most important band in rock music. (The Beatles fans were smug and went to bed too early. They forgot about time zones and how big a place the world is. They also forgot that Kinks fans are almost as insane as the band itself.)

Anyway. Give this thing stars? Nope. Not really. This is a momento for people who already paid their dues, or didn't get the chance to pay their dues, but who know and love the band, its music, it bizarre dysfunctional inter-personal conflicts and desperate need for anger management, and familial counseling. Or people like me. Who actually had the button but lost it in the family "junk drawer" for a decade and only recently found it after it stabbed me whilst looking for something else. It's not really worth buying unless you have a major, and I mean major, emotional attachment to the Kinks and their hard-pressed slog up the slag heap to the Top of the Poppermost.

Buy "Picture Book Box Set." Buy the entire BBC Box Set. Buy all the remastered, extended, spitting out nickles versions of their classic Reprise arc - Face to Face up to an including Powerman. Then start all over with the RCA years - especially Muswell Hillbillies. Hunt down the Preservation I & II on one disc that Rhino put out. Enjoy their big '80's comeback with Give the People What they Want, Misfits, Sleepwalker. Never miss a live Kinks album - especially One for the Road. But I actually like the hysteria of Live at Kelvin Hall. And the drunken fun fest of Everybody's in Showbiz (Back in the day if you didn't come home from a Kinks show smelling like a ginmill YOU JUST DIDN'T DO YOUR JOB, SOLDIER!)

Amazingly, unlike other bands I can think of (looking at you Rolling Stones), the Kinks never, ever "dialed it in." They always kept swinging. Not all their later stuff is good, but what IS kicks the stuffin's out of the "product" from their Brit Invasion peers. Do I have to say their names? Ray & Dave deliver always. Their solo stuff does too, which is what makes it that much sadder that they aren't doing it in tandem.

If investing heavily is too dear, especially if you are not already among the converted, look for the most comprehensive set available - for my money it's "Picture Book". For the truly converted, us who light candles that Commerce may do what Common Sense can not - 50th Anniversary Cash Cow Tour for the Kinks (but without the $600 ticket prices of the Stones)? We can hope. Hope springs eternal.


title: Better Than Sgt. Pepper & more(again)

text: I have little to add to what's already been written about this incredible record. At a time when "concept albums" were at a premium Love recorded what I consider the ultimate. It's flows seamlessly, with haunting and evocative songs and instrumentation. Nothin has dated over the years. Back then a line like "the snot has caked against my pants it has turned into crystal" was mindblowing. Still pretty darn visual now. I had the good fortune of seeing Arthur Lee and Love play live last year in NYC at Town Hall, a pretty small venue. Imagine my surprise when Arthur Lee was downstairs signing CDs. He was extremely gracious as I blithered thanks for his music. The shaman onstage, who seemed no older than 30 and more energetic than half that, is in fact a petite, slender, somewhat frail man. Onstage, he is a lion. Given his recent bout with leukemia, he needs our prayers and good wishes. If you are reading these 100+ plus reviews, and are debating whether or not to buy "Forever Changes" all I can say is: what's stopping you? "Forever Changes" is timeless.


title: Wow. Where are artists like this now?

text: I heard one song by Darrell Mansfield while listening to Christian Armor Radio on live365 and loved it. Found the CD on Amazon and took a chance that the CD would be good. Well, it's actually not good. It's great! Sometimes reminds me of a cross between Bad Company, Grand Funk, and some guitars from Rob Rock. If you're even thinking about ordering this CD stop thinking and order it.


title: Eh, it's something to listen to

text: Bought this becasue I heard a couple good songs....and that's all there is...a couple good songs. The message is good but the music many times is like bad pop hair band.


title: Outstanding!

text: One of the best CDs I've ever heard made all the better due to the Christian message. I've seen reviews from some who've said the first CD is better. Don't buy it. It's not. The band is much more well rounded and they are much tighter on Volume II. The vocals are also much better.


title: Just a Quick Run-thru- of a BEAUTIFUL Movie- missed!

text: All songs brief 'chorus's' - no TRUE/DEEP SOUL of each- as EACH ONE represented a 'SPECIAL EMOTIONAL MOMENT' that was never brought OUT>  O What a MISSED opportunity!


title: Good music, easy to dance to

text: I have a Mrozinski Brothers vinyl album and really like it. Unlike a lot of better-known polka bands, they play their songs at just the right speed to dance to. And they have good voices. Win-win.


title: Great

text: Great


title: excellent CD

text: Bruce is a favorite


title: Five Stars

text: Awesome


title: Four Stars

text: Good pick of songs


title: Good album.

text: Good album.


title: Rare and Wonderful Vihuela music

text: If you love lute music - listen to this!!  I am a poor musician who owns a lute because i love the music written for it.  I heard about Luys de Narvaez because his music is often performed by lutenists - but this is the original Luys on his instrument! ... I Am inspired... worth adding to your collection.


title: GREAT COLLECTOR'S CD

text: Absolute love this CD. Great artists, great songs, and great addition to my Salsa collection! Lluvia, Botaron La Pelota, Si Yo Tuviera Un Millon - 3 of my favorites, although they are all great songs.


title: Great Albums

text: Great collection. These are quite moving and it feels very magical to have them in my collection.


title: Tennessee Ernie Ford had undoubtedly one of the greatest voices that I have ever heard and his commitment ...

text: Tennessee Ernie Ford had undoubtedly one of the greatest voices that I have ever heard and his commitment to sing beautiful gospel music as it should be sung comes through on each and every song on the CD. I grew up listening to Ernie and watching him on his TV show. I loved his humor and his contemporary songs but most of all, I enjoyed listening to his Gospel Hymns. He was a great man and great singer whose work will live on for many, many years.


title: Enya

text: I had heard Enya's theme song to a movie in 2001 and became a fan. She is a fine Celtic Singer. Being of Irish decent enjoy her songs.


title: Beautiful music!

text: Danielle Rose is an amazing musician.  If you buy this CD you will not be disappointed.  Her voice is heavenly and her lyrics deep and inspiring.  In the pop music world, she often reminds me of Jewel, but she definately is not limited to that genre.  You can find elements of blues, rock, country, and gospel in this cd.  Catholic or not, I urge you to buy this CD.  I guarantee you will be amazed.


title: Great Music

text: Beautiful CD.  Harmonies are perfect.  very enjoyable


title: Excellent

text: Probably one of the best analog recordings ever made. This pressing really makes it shine. Dynamic range and nuances you will never hear on the CD.


title: Flawless

text: Flawless transaction and product.


title: Love

text: Love


title: Love it!

text: I love Miles Davis. This is the best selling jazz album of all time. Very happy with this product!


title: God is using  these men

text: I like this groups music it lifts me up when I'm down


title: An Act of Faith Rewarded

text:
In the old days, we bought albums, not songs.  As hard as it is for our impatient moderns to imagine, there was a time when owning a song which you already loved meant exposing your ears to a half-dozen other tracks that you had probably never heard of, much less heard.  The great virtue of this ancient state was that it more or less forced you to listen to music you didn't already know:  You had bought it all, so you at least tried it all, feeling bound by your purchase to give all the tracks a play.  And for me - very, very often, actually - I found over time that some of the tracks I'd never heard before became the ones I valued most.

When, through YouTube, I tracked down the album which contained "No Time To Lose," I bought the disc to get that track, which could have been practically the theme song for a girl I know born in the same year as this album.  I was following again my oft-rewarded philosophy:  Buy the whole mine for the gem you can see, and find others hidden inside.  These are happy accidents originating in acts of faith.

But not in every case!  The perfect miracle of "No Time to Lose" was evidently never granted again to the Tarney/Spencer outfit - and I say "evidently" because there are thirteen other opportunities on this disc, and they all land me in one or another forgettable poppy-place.  I've tried hard, and patiently, to find other glimmers of immortality here, but I finally have to summarize the experience in this way:  The rest of these are tunes that could have been playing in the background at parties your parents would have approved of.  Feh.

I envy the other reviewers here who found 53 minutes of delight.  I'm the poorer, you're the richer, and this may well be because your ears are more open than mine.  But do understand, I'm not disappointed in the purchase.  I have a full-fidelity track of one flawless gem from 1979, ready at any time to remind me of another.


title: Espectacular

text: Simplemente Increíble. La calidad del empaque, el detalle de cada disco. Si eres amante de la buena música no debes dejar pasar esta colección del Maestro Sabina


title: you can never go back

text: Vinyl. 40 years old. Sounds pretty bad.Took a chance and came up empty. I have a manual table with a Stanton 681eee so I have a pretty high standard.


title: mediocre

text: i was hoping for a more distinctive sound. really it sounds very generic country neither interesting lyrics not music. If youre looking for a 'find' or 'a striking new' artist atleast for you, then i doubt that this will be it.


title: Classic!

text: Truly a masterpiece.  For those unfamiliar with the band, you might want to start with Fragile (the album containing radio favorite Roundabout, among others).  For seasoned Yes fans, Close to the Edge is as good as it gets. Fantastic all around -- vocals, drums, guitar, keyboards and Chris Squire's always amazing bass work.  A classic.


title: Love their songs

text: I wore out a cassette of these women--love their harmonizing!!  Love their songs.  What a frustration that I can't replace it.


title: beautiful and restful

text: Beautiful and restful.


title: What is this?

text: I think the album is awful. I bought it because it’s emilie but she keeps up this self pity about doctors and men to the point that she has a magical way of turning you against her. The more she insists doctors are the problem and men are the problem the more you start to think SHE has the problem.


title: Great CD

text: This soundtrack is great, however it IS just a re-hash of other songs with a Parisian touch to them. So if you don't want a re-hash of the songs don't get this soundtrack.<br />I would say it's worth it if you like remixes or a twist on an old favorite song.


title: Beautiful.

text: I love this album. its so beautiful and Klaha has a great voice. I love Marchen and the Instrumental version. If you are a Fan, check out Bara no Seidou from Malice Mizer and Gardenia and Garnet. His singing is so beautiful.


title: The CD is great condition. I wanted this CD because we sing ...

text: This was exactly what I wanted.  The CD is great condition.  I wanted this CD because we sing out of this book a lot with our church choir.  It makes it easier to practice.  I could play our parts on my piano, but this way we can hear all the parts and how it sounds with a choir.


title: Great!

text: Great!


title: Beatles Album l’ve wanted for Ages — this one’s mine, get your own.

text: This is a great new add to my Beatles album collection even if just a reissue. Can’t wait for their next release. Item was just as described and arrived right on time.  Very pleased with this purchase.


title: It takes awhile but worth it

text: I have been using Holosync for about 6 years. The first CD's kind of messed with my mind. I loved them but would have anger reactions after using the CD for a few weeks. Then it would go away and I put the new CD on and the same reaction. I had to let my wife know whenever I was moving to a stronger CD.<br />That was the first year and then it became no anger reaction. I then bought the whole set and every 6 months I get a stronger CD's. I can tell they are stronger as I will fall asleep for the first week or so and then deep meditation and then when the meditation is lighter I will go to a stronger CD. I can tell that my life over the years has gotten more peaceful with little anger and a happier disposition.


title: Outlaws Unplugged is a good listen!!

text:
Fell in love with The Outlaws sound when I got "Hurry Sundown" '77 on cassette from my dad, way back when.  Then again when they released "Ghost Riders" '80 and I actually saw them on that tour with U.F.O.  Thought that was an odd pairing then, still do.

When I found this "Unplugged" just thought it might be interesting to hear how some of the songs I really liked as a teenager might sound acoustically.  It isn't bad, but the sound just doesn't seem to be quiet right in places.  But, I don't have the best ears anyway and it's not so bad that I just can't stand it.  It seems to have been recorded at a small intimate venue, which is a real plus in my opinion and also helps me over look the sound imperfections as this tends to happen a the bar settings that I've Xperienced.  If this set were to be cleaned up and released with better sound I'd have no issue with giving it 5 stars as I really liked the acoustic take and feel of each of the songs and thought they were played quiet well.

If you're a die hard Outlaws fan, then you probably will appreciate the songs and grin and bare the sound imperfections.  If you're just a casual fan and want to check out The Outlaws, I recommend you start with "Bring It Back Alive" or one of the Hits compilations.  I don't have any of The Outlaws studio material prior to "Hurry Sundown" '77, but I do hear and read that "The Outlaws" and "Lady In Waiting" are both very good and something very new at the tyme they were released.  I'll always recommend "Hurry Sundown" as all 9 tracks are great and flow well together.  That album also has a sound that is similar to the sound of The Eagles before "Hotel California" to me.  "Ghost Riders" '80 is also a solid work.

I've read many of the other reviews of this "Unplugged" and figure I'm going to receive a bit of hate mail for knocking the sound quality.  Now you know.  Like I've said throughout the review, I like the album and am thankful it is available.  I'd also agree with the reviewer who did point out that the entire set is not totally acoustic, but it is still very acoustic.

Free Hugs!!
Keep A Rockin' In The Free World!!
Be The Change You Wish The World Would Make!!

Outlaw X


title: Gary Clark Jr. Well Worth The Listen!!

text:
Not everyone is going to feel compelled to have every recording Mr. Clark has put out, but I feel his talent is worth it.  My only knock of this vinyl single is that I have to get up and turn it over after each song.  The live cut of "When My Train Pulls In" is well worth the 18:22 minute listen.  You get the album studio version on the flip side.

Free Hugs!!
  &
Keep A Rockin' In The Free World!!

Changin' The World One Ear At A Tyme!!


title: From Another Tyme

text: I just went through a bit of a moment after listening to "Ballad Of The Green Berets" LP/CD and decided I needed to collect all of Barry Sadler's releases that I could find.  This wasn't bad, but it isn't anything special either.


title: Unplugged is Plugged In to the Max!!

text:
Well this has been a long tyme coming, but I just noticed I'd not written any thoughts for this obscure Rolling Stones release.

Funny story with this one, I didn't even know of its Xsistance until about February this year.  It's not that I'm not a Stones fan, cause I am!!  I'm in the midst of a "WINE" music project.  My cousin sent me a song "Blood Red Wine" that neither of us had ever heard before.  I did a bit of research on the song and found it was on this "Unplugged" release.  Well, call me an idiot, cause I deserve it this tyme...this CD is out of print and all I could find was a Used copy...but, it said it was in very good condition.  It was, but they wanted and arm and a leg for it.  Being that I really wanted my "WINE" Project to be unique and special, I paid the asking price...I'm not a haggler, but if I had known how to get hold of the seller and make a counter offer, I would have.  It is the most $$$$$ that I've ever spent on a single CD or LP for that matter.

Even though I overpaid for the product, it is an outstanding listen.  The disc and case were both in Xcellent shape, other than the price tag sticker that said $11.95 or $17.95, which kind of rubbed salt in the wound.  Cruel!!  The music on the disc is fabulous and it was all stuff I'd never heard before.  There are titles I'd heard before, but never in this basically acoustic setting.  There were some big surprises for me here.  "Cocksucker Blues" I'd never even heard of, or if I had then I'd forgotten about it.  I know the title is a little off color and so is the song, but it put a smile on my face...the blues ain't got nothing on this one.  I really liked every song on this set!!  I'm thinking it has a 1985 release date in the liner notes, but I think I read somewhere that several of these songs were recorded in like '71...several years before its release.

1) Dear Doctor: Great!!
2) You Got The Silver: Great, maybe one of my favorites here, but there's more
3) Family: This was a total surprise for me, loved it.
4) No Expectations: Which I really didn't have for this album, but this a good'n too!!
5) Sister Morphine: Fantastic version of a Classic...this is a favorite of mine!!
6) Blood Red Wine: The whole reason for me buying this CD...good song, sounds like something they could have done more with if they'd been inclined to let it age a bit more.  But, it works well with my "WINE" Project!!  Thanx Lisa!!
7) Country Honk: This was one I wasn't aware of, but after hearing this version of what I'd call early "Honky Tonk Women" I started going way back and checking out some of their late 60's releases...I'm much more complete today than yesterday!!
8) You Can't Always Get What You Want: Which has a "WINE" reference and is a great version of an already classic song!!
9) You Gotta Move:  Could be my personal favorite here!
10) Wild Horses:  Great song, but everybody knows this already!
11) All Down The Line: Another one I was totally unfamiliar with and I loved it!
12) Cocksucker Blues:  We've already covered this one!!  Muddy, Howlin' & Lightnin' would have all been proud to have played on this one!!
13) Dead Flowers:  Another Classic done Classically!!
14) Angie:  Beautiful rendition!!

If you can find this and you enjoy the Rolling Stones and the price isn't too steep...I'd highly recommend you pick it up.  Price is a relative thing.


title: Hauntingly Familiar

text: First, please know that I'm just discovering who & what Gov't Mule are.  So as I write this, I'm not yet real familiar with their body of works.  I was intrigued by disc two, which is a live rendition of Led Zeppelin's "Hoses of the Holy", which is a great album in and of itself.  Disc one started out with a good cover of the Rolling Stones "Play With Fire", the rest was a very tight live set of thier own material.  For those of you who are already on board with Gov't Mule, you could probably help me describe them better, but I thought it was well worth the listen, and it will get many more in the near future.  It is the complete live cover of Zeppelin's fifth album that is the highlight for me.  Audley Freed joins in on the set.  I thought the Zeppelin covers were done most Xcellently, I enjoyed every note including the drum solo.  There are also two old Robert Johnson covers that are Xtremely awesome. Highly recomended for anyone who likes Led Zeppelin, Gov't Mule or old Blues Covers.  I will admit that the going price is a little steep for Xpearmenting, but I am very pleased with this purchase.  Pretty sure I'll be getting more Gov't Mule releases in the near future.  Oh, one last comment about Audley Freed, when I looked him up...I found he had been a founding member of a early 90's group, Cry Of Love.  That was also new to me...they released "Brother" in '92...I already love that album, well worth checking out if you like straight ahead rock.  Reminded me of Bad Company, Trapeze and The Black Crows.


title: PINK 💋😃🎼!

text: Received this order and it wasn’t even close. The Seller made up for it though. And as a Guy I’m one of the few who likes PINK. Cuz she tells it from the heart.


title: I would recommend buying from this site.

text: I received this CD set in a very timely manner and it was just as they advertised it to be.


title: Five Stars

text: Fun


title: Five Stars

text: Great!


title: Five Stars

text: A-OK


title: Long wait to arrive

text: Was disappointed in the shipping time. It took about a month to arrive. Thought it was the CD for music. But instead it was just cards small ones at that. Smaller then baseball cards.


title: Classic Eric B & Rakim remix ..

text: One of my favorite remixes ..


title: The best!

text: I've grown up listening to these songs! They really do stand the test of time - and stick with you too. This makes a great gift for the children I work with.


title: Nothing different here

text: Disappointed that what seemed to be a rare CD of Melanie did not contain anything different. It is just a compilation of songs from other CDs of hers.


title: Disappointing

text:
I am a huge long-time Melanie fan,-- over 40 years. I own almost every album / cd she ever came out with. Most are wonderful, others, good enough. But this one, well,---  1st) None of the songs are "catchy". 2) None of the songs are even worth hearing again. 3) Her singing in these songs are just mumblings with words to close together to understand anything she is saying / singing.
All I can say is, I spent good money for a lousy cd. Melanie, I still love you, but I can't stand this cd.
This is not anything a Melanie fan can expect from Melanie.
Debra-Sue


title: Thi cd is the best

text: Arianna it's the best singer from 80" to now Spanish pop


title: Goog

text: I'm love