title: Not your usual collection of organ favorites; may be more for organ specialists

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Let me begin by sorting out and clarifying what we have here. First, these are not commercially produced recordings as we normally think of them—i.e., recordings undertaken by an established record label and distributed for sale through established marketing channels. Rather, the two-disc set at hand is taken from master reel-to-reel tapes in the John Beck Library housed at the East Texas Pipe Organ Festival Headquarters in Kilgore, Texas.

Established in 2010, the Festival is an annual event still going strong today. In fact, if you’re reading this by November 1, there’s an outside chance you may still be able to attend the Festival’s 10th Anniversary season to be held November 8–12 of this year, assuming it hasn’t been cancelled due to COVID-19. The Festival is not necessarily confined to Texas, though most of its events have featured an array of artists performing on various organs in the Dallas area, with an occasional excursion to Shreveport, Louisiana, where Festival attendees are taken by bus.

Taped from three separate organ recitals that predate the Festival by 45 and 40 years, the two discs that make up this set were recorded in October 1965, February 1970, and November 1970. Therefore, they have no actual connection to the Festival, other than the fact, as noted above, that the tapes are held at the Festival’s Headquarters in Kilgore, Texas. Indeed, the featured organist here, Robert Theodore Anderson (1934–2009), died in Honolulu the year before the Festival held its first annual event. Whether he was involved to any extent in the early planning stages of the Festival, I don’t know.

What I have gleaned from the album notes and from the East Texas Pipe Organ Festival website is that the organs rather than the organists who play them are the lifeforce that animates the existing Festival. In other words, a bevy—which is fewer than a brigade but more than a battalion—of players from near and far are invited to perform a wide diversity of repertoire on various organs in various venues located primarily in and around the Dallas area, with the main attraction and center of attention being the instruments. Program notes furnish details on builders, design, installation, renovation, and specifications; and attendees are treated to lectures on various topics of organ history, science, and art. It puts me in mind of an endocrinologist with whom I once played in an orchestra, who told us that he wouldn’t be able to attend the dress rehearsal for our upcoming concert because he’d be in Arizona for a thyroid festival.

The album booklet offers background on the colorful Kilgore, Texas organist Roy Perry (1906–1978) who also worked as a sales representative and tonal finisher for the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, one of whose organs we are treated to on these discs. According to a very lengthy tribute to Perry, authored by Neal Campbell and published in the East Texas Pipe Organ Festival literature for its 2012 season, Perry died by his own hand.

Just to repeat, the performances we have here by Robert Anderson are not Festival event recordings, and except for the likelihood that Anderson became acquainted with Perry through his work as Professor of Organ and Sacred Music at Southern Methodist University and as organist of the University Chapel and Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, there is no direct link I could ascertain between Perry and these recordings.

But in another article, this one in the November 8, 2014 edition of the New York Times, titled, “Other Instruments, Beware; the Pipe Organs Cometh,” authored by Chester Rosson, one learns a great deal about the Aeolian-Skinner Company and the boom of organ building in East Texas that coincided with the oil boom of the 1930s and 1940s, when “land-rich timbering families suddenly had the money to build impressive churches and fill them with some of the best organs around. Most were constructed by T. J. Williams and his family in New Orleans (they held the regional franchise) in collaboration with the largely self-taught genius of organ building, Roy Perry, a Texan who lived in Kilgore from 1932 until his death in 1978.”

Robert Anderson, organist of the present release, was born in Chicago, where he received his musical training at the American Conservatory of Music, and then at Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. Further studies followed at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City (Master’s and Doctoral Degrees in Sacred Music, 1957 and 1961) and through a Fulbright scholarship (1957–1959) with Helmut Walcha in Frankfurt.

In 1960, as already noted, Anderson found his way to Dallas, Texas, and to Southern Methodist University there, where he served on the faculty until his retirement in 1997. But he was also an organ consultant for some of the finest concert hall organs in North America: the C. B. Fisk organs at Meyerson Symphony Center (opus 100, 1992) and SMU’s Caruth Auditorium (opus 101, 1993), both in Dallas. He also initiated the prestigious Dallas International Organ Competition, of which he was chair in 1997 and 2000.

Herein lies both a connection and a mystery between Anderson and SMU’s Caruth Auditorium organ, for which his bio credits him with having been a consultant. Clearly, the organ documented in these recordings is the 1965 Aeolian-Skinner, opus 1438, not the 1993 C. B. Fisk, op. 101, so, unless there are two entirely different and separate organs in Caruth Auditorium, or the University removed and replaced the Aeolian-Skinner with the newer Fisk, this doesn’t compute.

Unable to leave the mystery unexplored, I did a little research, and it happens that out-with-the-old and in-with-the-new is exactly what flush-with-cash SMU did in 1993. Thus, these recordings are of a doubly historical interest, for not only do they document the playing of one of America’s once finest organists and respected scholars, they also document the music-making and sounds of an instrument that is long gone.

If you haven’t already done the math yourself, it was 28 and then 23 years between the time Anderson made these recordings on the Aeolian-Skinner, opus 1438, in Caruth Auditorium in 1965 and 1970, and the time that he is said to have consulted on its replacement with the Fisk organ in 1993. Suspicion tells me that among Dallas’s swimming-in-oil-money there was a bit of a competition to see who could lay claim to the most impressive organ.

Both visually and sonically, the three-manual, plus pedal, 51-stop, 3,681-pipe Fisk, opus 101, nine years in the planning, construction, installation, and voicing, was a larger organ than the three-manual, plus pedal, 47-stop, 3,358-pipe Aeolian-Skinner it replaced. But size wasn’t the only difference. Not having any expertise in organ design or mechanics, I don’t know the significance of this, but the new Fisk had a fully mechanical action compared to the electro-pneumatic action of the Aeolian-Skinner.

As a sidebar to all of this, no amount of vying for biggest and best could ever come anywhere near matching the Wanamaker organ in Philadelphia, an instrument of such size and cost that it bankrupted its original builder, the Los Angeles Art Organ Company, which had originally constructed it for the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. In its original configuration, the organ had only a modest 10,000 pipes. Then, in 1909, to its rescue came wealthy Philadelphia department store merchant, John Wanamaker, who, over the next two decades, employed 40 full-time workers to add another 18,500 pipes, for a total of 28,500, making it the largest organ in the world.

As noted earlier, the works that make up these two organ recital discs by Robert Anderson were recorded on three separate occasions, one in the fall of 1965, the next in early 1970, and the last in the fall of 1970. Items from the three programs, however, are comingled between the two discs, assumedly to make for an engaging in-home listening experience, more on which below. Nineteen sixty-five, by the way, was the year in which the Aeolian-Skinner opus 1438 was originally installed in SMU’s Caruth Auditorium, so it may be that Anderson inaugurated the organ with his October 1965 concert.

At least one of the items—the very first one in fact that kicks off the first disc, tops the list of every organist’s obligatory repertoire, and the one that every listener knows and wants to hear, Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565. Beyond that, Anderson seems to have prepared programs for his audiences that reached into repertoire, largely from the Franco-Belgian organ school of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with a nod to the Germans—Muffat, Brahms, and Reger—and the Italians—two Antonios, Valente (1520–1580), and Vivaldi.

In other words, Anderson did not shy away from challenging his listeners with music both unfamiliar and, in some cases, difficult to digest on a first hearing. That would have been true, for instance, of Norman Dello Joio’s Laudation, commissioned by a Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Akin for the organ’s dedication. Today, it’s not likely that Dello Joio’s composition would curl anyone’s ears—much of it sounds like a festive piece appropriate to the occasion for which it was written—but remember, this was 1965. I doubt that the music of a number of these composers—Charles Tournemire, Olivier Messiaen, Marcel Dupré, Jehan Alain, and Max Reger—was typical organ recital fare at the time. I daresay that even today the name of French organist and composer Gaston Litaize (1909–1991) is not familiar to many but organ specialists.

The programs on these two discs succeed admirably on two counts: 1) They put a glorious organ through its paces and showcase both its versatility and its beauty; and 2) they provide organist Robert Anderson with a platform to prove his technical skill, his intellectual curiosity, and his profound musical intuition.

If I’m a little less enthusiastic about the musical numbers themselves, it’s because I find listening to them in succession difficult. There’s nothing here I would describe as avant-garde in the “anarchistic” sense of the term, but the language and style of quite a few of the pieces are of strongly Modernist-leaning tendencies that take a degree of endurance to sit through without a break. Alain’s Three Dances, which goes on for 21 minutes, and Reger’s Introduction, Variations, and Fugue, which tips the scales at 28 minutes, are examples of works that may try the patience of even the most persevering listener. Taken in smaller doses, however, I think one can better absorb the numbers on these discs and begin to appreciate their individual strengths and appeal.

Most of all, these discs afford listeners the opportunity to hear a magnificent organ in its original home, played by one of America’s great artists, organist Robert Anderson.


title: A welcome return of a great recording, but with some questionable results

text:
ecorded by RCA in 1975, this was the first commercial recording of Korngold’s masterpiece, which the Nazis had removed from the repertoire; it has continued to be thought of as the finest. Erich Leinsdorf was a famous conductor who never lived up to his reputation—or to his own self-repute; I was among many critics who found most of his carefully planned and securely executed performances dull. This Die tote Stadt was Leinsdorf’s finest moment. Reviewing a different recording in Fanfare 21:2, Lawrence A. Johnson wrote: “The theme of that poised, heart-catching duet [“Gluck das mir verblieb”] is for this writer’s money one of the most stunningly drop-dead-beautiful melodies in the entire operatic literature” and “The midprice RCA set remains one of the glories of the catalog, a full-blooded, emotionally wrenching, and beautifully sung performance that sounds better with each passing year.” I couldn’t agree more, except that—having seen the opera several times—I gravitate to a favorite video production, not as well sung or as well played.

There are many reasons why this is such a superior recording. Carol Neblett, René Kollo, and Hermann Prey are all excellent, near or at the top of singers who have performed their roles. Lesser-known Rose Wagemann is a marvelous Brigitta, her voice and character challenging Neblett’s Marie/Marietta as a hidden rival for her employer’s love. But above all, it is Leinsdorf’s passion that makes the performance dazzling, each act taken at a single breath. One more factor is often overlooked: the recorded sound is just right: clean and vivid from pp to ff, with just enough reverberation to liven it up without smearing anything. One could say that, by today’s standards, the 1975 analogue recording is a bit blatant, a bit hard-edged, as were so many RCA recordings of the era. I had both the three stereo LPs and, later, the two CDs in The RCA Victor Opera Series; I never noticed that it also appeared in RCA’s short-lived series of quadraphonic LPs.

These Dutton SACDs soften the blatancy, but they throw out the baby with the bath water: Clarity and sparkle are dimmed, and each of the solo voices loses some of its character. It’s possible that I am too enamored of the original CDs, biased by long familiarity, but I have fought against that likelihood and conclude that I have overcome it. Unfortunately, I have not been able to audition the Dutton discs in surround sound, which should be a blessing for Korngold’s lush score. Three other points should be made: My copy of the RCA CDs, 7767-2-RG, misses the first two chords of the act I prelude; Dutton restores them. That original RCA set, although “midprice,” includes a German/English libretto; RCA and Sony reissues probably do not, nor does this Dutton set. Dutton includes a wonderful booklet, with a fascinating reminiscence by Maria Jeritza, for whom the role of Marie/Marietta was written, plus Korngold’s own 1921 synopsis and articles by original producer Charles Gerhardt and English composer Christopher Palmer.

It’s possible, of course, that others will prefer the subtler sound of the Dutton issue, especially when heard in surround sound; I can only report what I hear.


title: Substantial, worthy examples of Vaughan Williams’ juvenilia

text:
Robert Markow, Fanfare Magazine

Most horn players would be surprised to learn that Vaughan Williams composed a horn sonata. In fact, this early work was left incomplete in 1903, and only last year (2019)—more than a century later—did the British conductor and composer Martin Yates get around to finishing the job for him. The sonata is one of numerous early manuscripts in the British Library from the composer’s voluminous juvenilia. Vaughan Williams left a complete horn part in four movements, but the piano part exists only as seven pages of sketches entered in a small music notebook. “I set about creating the piano part as an entity using the musical motifs of each movement,” writes Yates in the inlay booklet, “and from what I had learned about the style of the piano part from the sketches. Moreover I studied several of the early chamber pieces – particularly the two piano quintets of 1903 – to attempt to recreate the piano writing Vaughan Williams was experimenting with at that time.… [His] piano writing isn’t always the most fluent, so I have tried to build that into this piece.” Yates conjectures that the sonata was written for the German-born virtuoso Adolf Borsdorf, one of the founding members of the London Symphony.

The 20-minute sonata makes a worthy addition to the horn-and-piano repertory. The slow movement is the work’s emotional heart, a highly appealing exercise in pure lyricism reminiscent of English folk song, while the third movement is a scherzo replete with hunting calls and ferocious excitement. The horn writing is totally idiomatic, gratifying to play, and utilizes the entire range of the instrument—nearly four octaves. Horn players interested in performing the sonata (be the first in your city!) are advised that the piano part too is of formidable difficulty. Obviously this is the sonata’s recording premiere. Peter Francomb is a highly sensitive musician, and has a hauntingly beautiful sound up to mezzo-forte. But at higher volume levels his tone spreads, resulting in an unpleasant hybrid of trombone and saxophone. Blatty attacks further mar the listening experience.

A work for horn, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello might lead one to believe that such a combination could be unique, but in fact there are enough works like this to present an entire concert. In addition to Vaughan Williams’s contribution there are entries by Zdeněk Fibich (1893—possibly the first), Alan Rawsthorne, Derek Williams, and Dmitry Timofeev. The Quintet is another piece of juvenilia (1898), predating the Horn Sonata by five years. It is a fully accomplished work—no student muddling here—and one wonders why the composer suppressed it. Lewis Foreman, in his exemplary, extensive program note, surmises that the reason is “not because it was no good, but because it was too good. He certainly did not want comparisons made with the adventurous new music he would soon be writing.” In its contrapuntal complexity and rich textures it bears close elation to Brahms’s chamber music. Piano and wind instruments tend to dominate; the piano writing is particularly Brahmsian at times (Brahms died just a year before the Quintet was written). There is a wealth of lyrical material, wide-arching melodic lines, and much Romantic writing for the horn. Here, as in the Horn Sonata, Victor Sangiorgio proves to be a pianist of the first rank.

Just as Hindemith wrote Hausmusik (chamber music for practical, home use) over in Germany, Vaughan Williams wrote music with a similar purpose in England. His Household Music was written in wartime (1940–41) and was intended to provide amateur musicians with something not too challenging for home production. The three pieces (subtitled “Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes”), lasting about 15 minutes, are scored for string quartet, which can be expanded to string ensemble, with a very modest and completely optional contribution from a horn, but in fact the music can be—and has been—rescored for almost any ensemble (Foreman recalls a performance by a recorder quartet). Despite its utilitarian title, the music is eminently enjoyable, pleasing, even soothing—just the ticket for a time of stress and anxiety such as the world is experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bax’s 12-minute, single-movement Horn Sonata (1901), another world premiere recording, opens the program, an unfortunate choice as it is the least interesting work in musical terms. It was composed while Bax was still a student, and sounds it—vapid, rambling, without a single memorable melodic line. In addition, the performance suffers from Francomb’s unpleasant tone quality (more so than in the Vaughan Williams works, his instrument sounds like a trombone or euphonium), blatty attacks, and a limited dynamic range. Don’t take this as representative of the disc as a whole.


title: Outstanding in Every Parameter

text:
David DeBoor Canfield, Fanfare Magazine

The present disc affords an opportunity to hear four most rewarding works by a leading American composer, who has collaborated in their production with librettist (and veteran cardio-thoracic surgeon of 40 years’ practice) Myles Lee. This series of four instrumental concertos pays tribute to four of the greatest Presidents of these United States, namely George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the two Roosevelts, Theodore and Franklin Delano.

The first concerto, entitled Soul of a Nation, is an encomium to Jefferson, and is scored for violin and string orchestra. It opens with an extended unaccompanied solo exquisitely performed by violinist Frank Almond. Shortly into the piece, the narrator, Fanfare’s own Henry Fogel, begins a disquisition on our third President. Myles Lee’s text focuses on Jefferson’s authorship of the Declaration of Independence and his idea that independence, religious freedom, and education formed the soul of a nation. The narration is largely confined to solo utterances, with the violin and string ensemble effecting a musical commentary on the words. Given the turbulent time this work is portraying, the music is sometimes turgid and dissonant, but at other times sweetly lyrical. Violinist Almond is clearly a master of his instrument, and the string orchestra of Roosevelt University also plays at a consistently professional level. Fogel, incidentally, is the recently retired dean of the Chicago College of Performing Arts, which is part of Roosevelt University. His narration proves him to be as effective a speaker as he is a writer, which is saying something.

The Indispensable Man paints a portrait of FDR, and opens with a jazzy lick on the solo clarinet; indeed, the music of this concerto is evocative of the Swing Era, and its prime clarinetists, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, whose music helped a war-torn nation survive the traumatic ordeal. Unlike the format of the preceding concerto, the narration in this one is often undergirded by music. I’ve previously praised in print the clarinet playing of John Bruce Yeh, and now I know why. Not only is he a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, but he is the longest-serving clarinetist in the orchestra’s history, having been in his position since 1977. As in the first concerto, Bond skillfully varies the style of the music according to Lee’s text at the moment. At some points, I discern hints of a martial character, suggestive of the then-ongoing worldwide conflagration. David Holloway is also a very effective narrator for the text, and he is as different from Fogel in sound as the clarinet is from the violin.

Following is The Crowded Hours, which portrays Theodore Roosevelt, whose personality was imbued with optimism, high energy, and enthusiasm. It opens with a prolog that hearkens back to the spirit of the times through hints of various patriotic songs of the Bull Moose era. These are not quoted at any length, but fragments are combined in clever Ivesian polytonal fashion to suggest rather than overtly state them. The virtuosic solo part, performed by another member of the CSO, trumpeter Mark Ridenour, is dashed off with aplomb. Here again, the narration is largely unaccompanied or, at most, sparsely accompanied. The brass members of the Chicago College of Performing Arts are on display here, and the tight ensemble is kept that way by conductor Stephen Squires. Bond makes a touching reference to Roosevelt’s loss of his son Quentin as a casualty of World War I through a brief reference to Taps. This loss caused Roosevelt a good deal of grief, from which he never fully recovered, dying a mere six months after his son.

Pater Patriae commemorates George Washington. If I remember my ninth-grade Latin at all (pretty iffy after 50-plus years), the phrase means “father of the fatherland.” Its introduction again strikes a patriotic outlook and contains once again martial elements, with a backwards glance to the drum and fife corps of the time. There is an unmistakable reference to Yankee Doodle in this introduction as well, and I admit that the corners of my mouth bent upwards when I heard it, as they did several times earlier in the work. In this concerto, the solo instrument is the flute, the part superbly rendered by flautist Gabriela Vargas, another Chicago area performer who has won several competitions. Despite the optimistic tone of the music in much of this movement, Bond also provides music of a more sober nature. After all, the continuation of the new nation over which Washington presided was by no means secure in its first several decades.

Myles Lee does an excellent job in his distillation of the essence of these four Presidents in his texts, and Bond does an equally admirable job in her building of the musical pedestal upon which these texts are presented. I give high kudos to all of the soloists (which especially include the four narrators) for bringing these works to life in a most vivid fashion. This CD is outstanding in every parameter, and I believe the great majority of Fanfare’s readership would find this disc a worthwhile and even essential acquisition.


title: The best of Robert and Robin Kochis

text: Beautiful voices and the selection of Catholic music was wonderful!! I"m a cantor at our church and found their quality beautiful!!


title: Very Peter Gabriel-esque

text:
Sounds like Peter Gabriel joined or created another band and uses a moniker called Xyris. I really don't know but this is a two-person project in which the vocalist is a dead ringer for Peter Gabriel. We already had Fish doing this for Marillion. Do all future artsy-prog bands want to have a Peter Gabriel sound-alike to get some attention?

It's not a bad album - these two "artists" employ soundscapes and actually play drums, bass and keyboards and they do sound a little more proggy than early Genesis. The average song is about 8 minutes long. Not really anything ground breaking nor to die for but it's OK if you have it in your collection if you are an artsy-prog fan.


title: It's KILLER - here and there

text:
Some songs are a bit sub-par on the audio quality. The performance overall is cool but the originals are always classic and will stand the test of time on their own. The aspect that stands out the most on this disc is KING FOWLEY's vocals which can be a bit hilarious or comical at times. KING and co. perform a variety of covers ranging from classic THRASH & SPEED to DEATH and BLACK and an oddball metal version of the DOORS "Not to Touch the Earth".

Not really such a great album but bodes well as cool cruisin music. Kudos to KING and Co. for keeping the METAL spirit alive - someone has to.


title: Love it

text: I love zhou's music since high school， and this is the second best album ever.


title: Fun and irreverent, but part of a series

text: Vince Cosmos is a fun mini-rock opera. There are some songs, but mostly it's the story of how a fan finds out the rock star she admires may be more into his persona than she imagined - very much like Ziggy Stardust. Vocal talent and sound effects are great. Keep in mind this is part of a series, or sounds like it is, so the ending is closer to a season finale than a finished tale.


title: !A “must-buy” for all red velvet collectors.!

text:
Beautifully themed, SM did this album so well and I am so overwhelmed in the best way.

Although this album is small, it still PACKS A PUNCH in the way it is presented. The color scheme is amazing, each member’s hair color and look fits with themselves so well, and the CD?! The CD is made up of slices of fruit! I love it so much !!!

Now let’s get started on each track.... hearing it from somewhere that’s not from your phone is so refreshing. The vocals are beautiful and each song compliments the next and they all fit together nicely in this small mini album. The tropical fruit theming is absolutely amazing and I have to give this album a 10/10. One of my favorite kpop albums I own so far, which means a lot!! The concept and the music just fit together wrapped in this beautiful little metaphorical bow. I could rave about this for so long, but I’ll stop here.

At first I was a little scared to purchase this because with the way it was advertised, I didn’t know what to expect. I saw the good reviews and gave it a shot. through a screen is underwhelming... But to see the whole photobook and album cover in front of your own eyes?? Absolutely amazing!

TLDR; Do not pass up this opportunity, and definitely give this purchase a shot!

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title: Four Stars

text: perfect beats


title: Four Stars

text: nice tracks


title: Golden Earring lead singer

text: This is a pretty good early 70's album, although I give the nod to Barry's second solo album, "Victory Of Bad Taste", which is unfortunately very rare, as is George Kooyman's second solo album.  My favorite track would definetely have to be "Oh Lordy I'm Gonna Try", least favorite would be "Roll Another Rock".  If you liked "Golden Earring" (Wall Of Dolls), you'll probably like this.


title: A word to the wise

text:
Wayne Smart is "just another" Canadian singer/songwriter, who learned to play bass and guitar from the age of 12 and started his first  band at 16. After finishing college he toured North America as a lead  singer with several bands. He teamed up with record producer Richard Buck,  a frequent visitor at his concerts, with whom he co-wrote this 1996 debut  album.
Within the context of the melodic rock/AOR genre "Just  another stranger" is a solid effort, serving up a number of songs that  are perfect fodder for FM rock stations. This gifted artist from Ottawa  knows how to deliver. I have no complaints whatsoever about the way he and  his company of guest musicians perform on this album. Vocals, vocal  harmonies, guitars, keyboards and rhythm section are all up to scratch and  well-balanced. Those who would find a ballpark comparison helpful may think  of melodic rockers like Michael Morales, Kane Roberts and Michael Sweet, or  a latter-day Stan Meissner. This particular stranger needs not take a  backseat to any of these fellow artists.
The album kicks off with its  title track, one of the best songs on offer. Some other outstanding cuts  include the exciting "Fighting for a miracle" (terrific guitar  theme), "No more time for dreaming" and "Tonight" (both  featuring a splendid keyboard intro) as well as the dramatic "Father  forgive me" and the balladesque "In your eyes". "Don't  call me a sinner" (another ballad) is represented in an acoustic and a  non-acoustic version, one of which i could have done without, since there  is hardly any difference between the two.
Wayne Smart's music - at least  on "Just another stranger" - is not the kind that should be  overanalyzed. He is by no means a novelty act, nor are his lyrics of the  reflective and intellectually challenging variety. This is just lightweight  heavy rock, stripped of any and all pretentions. Sit back and enjoy,  preferably while driving a sportscar with the top down, doing 55  mph...within city limits.
Note: To the best of my knowledge this Canuck  of Native origin (his ancestors were Huron Indians) has thus far released  two albums. His second, entitled "Live and learn" ('97) (although  originally intended as a louder, more aggressive effort), turned out rather  soft, with an acoustic/unplugged and sometimes experimental (incl.  alternate instruments) feel, reducing the input of keyboards to a bare  minimum. As a consequence this one is much less to my liking. Consider  yourself forewarned.


title: Fish out of water

text:
I have always been puzzled by the way this 1984 album has been
underestimated and disregarded in the grand scheme of Marillion's
work. To brand "Fugazi" a mere album of transition, a phase
they had to go through en route to bigger and better things, does no
justice to the brilliance of this early recording (which, i might add,
can also be said for their debut album "Script for a jester's
tear"). It is every bit as much a masterpiece as the ensuing
"Misplaced childhood", which did receive such critical
acclaim, but primarily owed its considerable commercial success to the
way "Kayleigh" seemed to capture the imagination of the
public at large. Forget about the (pre-Phil Collins) Genesis analogy;
"Fugazi" is in an entirely different league altogether from
anything Peter Gabriel & Co had previously been able to come up
with. Sure, apart from working a similar symphonic rock angle, Fish's
vocals bear a good likeness to Gabriel's, while both were known to
wear on stage warpaint. But the evolution of recording techniques
alone (coupled with a vast improvement of production values), would
make this a senseless and unfair comparison.
To focus on Marillion's
early work without stressing the role and importance of the lyrics
would be an oversight. Lead singer/songsmith Derek William Dick, also
known as Fish, is a towering, balding Scotsman with the heart of a
poet and the vocabulary of "Webster's New Dictionary". At
this point he still loved to indulge in overly complicated songtexts,
elaborate phrasing and expensive words. The music was evidently
written to suit the lyrics, not the other way around. Giant opener
"Assassing" and the sweetly ironic "Punch &
Judy", both single releases, are notable exceptions to the
rule. And even though this adversely affected the flow of the music,
somehow it worked for them like a charm, adding to the distinctive
nature of their theatrical style.
On "Fugazi" Fish's
lyrics mostly address unhappy relationships that have either lost
their magic ("Punch & Judy") or have turned downright
venomous ("Assassing", "Emerald lies", "She
chameleon"). The undercurrent of bitterness and resentment,
leading up to inevitable confrontation, is further reflected in Fish's
icy, razorlike vocal delivery and reiterated by a sharp edged
production. Only the title track deals with alternative subject
matter: Fish sheds his light on a world gone mad, a society
depersonalized by space age technology and under constant threat of
annihilation. If nothing else, the hyperintelligent, introspective
lyrics provide a crash course in English at University level.
Named
after J.R.R. Tolkien's 1977 novel "The Silmarillion",
Britain's all-time greatest symphonic rock band (gratuitous judgmental
statement !) did not exist by the grace of Fish alone. On their
respective instruments keyboarder Mark Kelly and guitarist Steve
Rothery are among the best in the bizz, while Pete Trewavas and Ian
Mosley to this day are permanent fixtures on bass and drums. Kelly's
keyboard antics in particular are spectacular throughout the
album. The pomposity of its synthesizer theme and vicious guitar riffs
help make "Assassing" (its closing line is a quote from
Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse now") one of the greatest
symphonic rock tracks ever. "Emerald lies" is both poetic
and disconcerting, "Incubus" ominous and strangely
hypnotic.
"Fugazi" (the album) was modestly represented on
Marillion's 1997 29 track 2CD anthology "The best of both
worlds" (namely by "Assassing" in a shorter version and
"Punch & Judy"), which  would nonetheless be a solid
starting point for people who are relatively new to their music. The
bonus CD that is included here i do not own myself, but suffice it to
say that "Cinderella search" (off of the "Assassing"
EP, featuring on "B-sides themselves" and (live) on
"Real to reel") is a great song for incurable romantics -
Yep, i admit it: i love this one -, while "Three boats down from
the Candy" (off of the "Market square heroes" EP (famous
for its stupendous 17 minute epic "Grendel"), also on
"B-sides themselves") is an OK track, but nothing
earthshattering.
"Fugazi" ranks without a shadow of a
doubt among my Top 3 Marillion albums, the others being "Script
for a jester's tear" and (with Steve Hogarth on vocals)
"Season's end". Likewise it is one of the best symphonic
rock albums ever made. Draw your own conclusions...


title: Great main theme, little else.

text:
This is a nicely produced soundtrack album with copious liner notes. If you do not have the main theme already from some sort of compilation CD ("Longest Day"), then you may wish to purchase this disc.

Unfortunately I was not impressed with the other music on the disc. There's a lot of romantic music and dance tunes which I guess formed the background for some romantic scenes. It's been too long since I saw the movie, so I don't recall.

Really that main theme is all there is that's interesting.


title: Fondly remembered action theme really hits the spot!

text:
I only saw this movie once, many years ago, yet when I saw the soundtrack was finally available something told me I should get it. Wow! As I heard the opening tracks it all came back to me. Conti has written an exciting and memorable theme! The movie of course has Mike Hammer barging through one scene after another, and many of the tracks reflect the fast pace of the fights and chase scenes. But there are other slower tracks where quite a range is shown.

If you've never seen the movie, I don't know how you will like this, but for me it's a real find and I am delighted to add it to my soundtrack collection.

Now if I can just find a copy of the movie somewere (I think maybe Amazon finally has it for instant viewing).


title: Rathbone reads "The Redheaded League"

text:
In this, the third of the four LP's issued by Caedmon with Rathbone, he reads "The Red Headed League", 53 minutes.

Rathbone had the hang of it by this time and uses various vocal characterizations to full effect.

Top notch. Why aren't these available on modern CD's?


title: "Speckled Band" and "Final Problem"

text:
Basil Rathbone reads two Holmes stories: "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" (32 minutes) and "The Final Problem" (25 minutes). Rathbone mostly reads the stories straight, with less vocal characterization for the characters than in the later 3 Caedmon Albums.

I did not check to see if the text of the stories has been abbreviated.


title: Basil Rathbone reads "A Scandal in Bohemia"

text:
This is Volume 3 in a 4 LP series from Caedmon records. In this disc (as in the others) Basil Rathbone reads a Sherlock Holmes story, in this case "A Scandal in Bohemia".

I don't know if it's abbreviated from the book or not. Running time is 50 minutes. Rathbone uses different tones of voice for the different characters and it works well.

You can't beat the Rathbone rendition of Holmes.


title: Not

text: I expected a CD and received a vinyl record.


title: She's honestly the BEST!

text:
I grew up with this cassette tape, and was immediately entranced by her rich and engaging stories. I think my brother and I wore it out from hundreds of plays!

The stories are well told, and fun to imitate and reenact for your friends and family later at the dinner table ;)

Theses stories have now become a part of bedtime ritual for my own family.

Wishing I could find more of her work and wishing that someone would put this on CD for more families to be able to enjoy!!

If you have a tape player--BUY THIS TAPE! You'll love her.


title: I wonder where you got this cd. I'm the ...

text: I wonder where you got this cd. I'm the singer, and the cd was paid for by me and my company. Hmmm...


If I Could Fly is still his best work but this is a good album.  I've seen Vinnie in concert several times (and met him) and he is the most amazing musician and a really sweet guy.  He plays every instrument on his albums and plays them ALL as if he's been playing for 30 years, and if you saw him live you'd think he had been performing and charming audiences for at least that long.  But he's only 23.


title: Healing music

text: The recordings are excellent


title: Great buy

text: Great album of spanish music. her "Ahora tu" is one of the best love songs you will ever hear.


title: Was exactly what it said it was

text: It was perfect, delivered on time .


title: Way cool

text: Coolest jazz album ever.  Never gets old.


title: Love this music!

text: Beautiful!


title: Listen & Learn Russian (CD Edition) by Michailoff,

text: excellent book who want to learn Russian


title: Excellent overview of a complicated work

text: This recording was recommended to me by a Chassidic rabbi. The speaker is very engaging and provides an excellent broad overview of Tanya. I listened to this after having read Rabbi Steinsaltz's translation, and it complemented what I read very well.


title: Better than expected

text: I am not a Lieder fan, generally, but I'm very glad I got this CD. I like it better every time I hear it.


title: Great

text: Love it.


title: Utterly adorable!

text: It's the perfect relaxation tool for absolutely anyone. The art style is utterly adorable, and the pages are fairly thick. Haven't tested how well they hold up to markers (be that Copics or even Sharpie), but colored pencil is pretty much harmless. There's a lot to color and it's something that I can certainly see myself admiring once finished.


title: Mostly clean and new

text: The album came mostly perfect--slightly dented at the corners and maybe a scuff of dirt here or there, but for the most part, it came pretty clean. (The scuffs could be related to how easy it is to get it dirty though.) Didn't get my bias, but I can't complain--the card is still incredibly cute!


title: Five Stars

text: Fun


title: AYE

text: Everything was wonderful except now I wish I bought the poster.


title: Give the gift they will remember

text: It's amazing but everytime i give one of these memory cards the recipient really enjoys looking at it and reminiscing about days gone by.


title: So Pleasing :D

text: Most of them are in Major Keys. Delightful!!!


title: Use it all the time

text: Met Vince 2001, admired his talent and love his music. I use the Dreamland CD during my workouts and reading.


title: Five Stars

text: Love patch the pirate!


title: Five Stars

text: Gospel music at its best. Heirloom has great harmony and the most very touching songs!!!


title: Death of Eydie Gorme relivies cult status

text:
The day I read in the newspaper that Eydie Gorme had dierd, it brought me back to the 1960s during which she was part of my adolesence. We used to swing in a hammoc, all us girls, singing to her tunes, listen to her on our record players, and I  knew almost all of the songs by heart. To make classics again of Spanish as old as my gradmother (I am a grandmother by now too) was a fine thing to do, an inventive way.

I could see how Edyie loved Latin Music, and in YouTube videos I watched of her, I could see was almost Latin as she swayed through over the stage, accompanied by a wondrously romantic trio members of T


title: Glorify Him

text: Puts me into a Praise State of Mind


title: EXCELLENT

text: EXCELLENT,  amazing collaboration from musicians around the world.  Started watching Sina's drum covers on U tube, and love the results!


title: Low price for a mixed bag!

text: The price was right for this European music mix; however there are too many music types mixed together with songs that weren't that popular here in the states, or popular by different artists.  For that reason I'd suggest that anyone (considering buying this item) check the complete listing of songs and performers before purchasing.


title: Five Stars

text: Great material!


title: ... to see him in concert and he did not disappoint, on his record he sounds amazing but in ...

text: Had the chance to see him in concert and he did not disappoint, on his record he sounds amazing but in person he's even better.


title: Five Stars

text: Great


title: ... play live many times but also got to be pretty good friends with them as well

text: I worked in a bar on the GA/AL line and had the pleasure of seeing them play live many times but also got to be pretty good friends with them as well. I would give an arm to see them back together and rocking one more time.


title: Five Stars

text: ;ove it


title: Five Stars

text: 30 STM my favorite.


title: Premium price. Terrible quality

text: Considering what I paid for this. It was in terrible condition. Very disappointed.


title: Five Stars

text: Love it


title: Four Stars

text: Although Jimmy was a great singer, this is not one of his best.


title: If you love to be inspired, you will love this album

text: It’s fabulous. Highly recommend this album


title: A great cd, a classic

text: A great cd, a classic! Has most of of my favorite songs on it. And I would recommend it to any Tori Amos lover.


title: friends of bill's listen up

text: love each song.  as a friend of bill's this recording is very meaningful.


title: Vibrant free jazz

text: Great great jazz ensemble improvisation !


title: Five Stars

text: Very nice overall variety emphasizing Chinese instruments


title: Broken case

text: Got for my dad for Christmas, came in early but case was completely broken and disc had fingerprints very displeased with how it came in but I dont know how it sounds so I'll wait for my dad to listen to it


title: Great Original.

text: The sound is original.  I'm glad I found the original one.


title: One Star

text: Not worth the time.


title: Five Stars

text: Sturdy, solid, reliable, smooth roll


title: Beautiful

text: Despite having around 100 classical CD's in my collection, this remains one of my favorites.  I also bought it at dollar store while I was a poor college student :)


title: Love this CD!

text:
I like this CD, especially the song "Hey Mia'.
Let's just say it has sentimental value!!
The other songs are pretty good too.


title: Will order more gospel music in the future.

text: This is the 2nd cd I had ordered for a family member again she loved it.


title: Masters of Universe lp

text: Item was as described.  Would buy from again. It was what I was looking for. I remember He-man from the 80's.


title: It was interesting and educational. It helped me to ...

text: It was interesting and educational.  It helped me to know the man as well as the President.  Bill O'Reilly has done a masterful job along with Martin Dugard.


title: sound was good

text: Enjoyed listening to it


title: Three Stars

text: It is an enjoyal music selection.


title: Five Stars

text: Great


title: Five Stars

text: Love it


title: Five Stars

text: Very well done and great interpretation of the Master.


title: Anything Goes

text: wonderful man so real  actually met him in person got a photo of him and me and an autograph. Also met his sister Carol just as loving and charming as he and what a wonderful bond they have .  I lost my sister this year and it was so nice to see their love for each other just like my sis Jan and I had  BLESS all the real  loving people in this world  and as far the other I'll quote a line my mom always said about the nasty ones  "Avoid Ignore get rid of" and Bless you mom RIP Florence Brantell and even you came around after 88 years to accept gay people as human beings


title: anything with Steve Rothery is awesome!

text: Wild and lovely, anything with Steve Rothery is awesome!


title: Best compilation ever?

text: I picked it up at a thrift store on a whim for a very low price.  It was several years before I even played it, but after the second playing, it became one of the best compilations I've ever heard, and I don't even speak French.  The style of the music reminds me of the English-speaking group The Dream Academy.  Some good stuff--it is pop you would only have heard towards the end of the 80s or early 90s, I am thinking.  I actually researched each artist and tried to buy some of the albums these songs came from, I was that impressed with the quality and type of music.


title: This is a delight!

text: A beautiful assortment of Terry Jean Pollard’s  classic Masterpieces!


title: Mostly re-recordings

text: Of the 10 songs on this CD, only In The Summertime, Louie Louis and Tequila are original hits. I don't like oldies CDs with only 10 songs, and I especially don't like oldies CDs that don't bother to license the original hits. Buyer beware.


title: Cheap 10-pack of 70s hits

text:
For the rock-bottom used price this collection costs on Amazon these days, it's a pretty good deal. I confess to a particular fondness for I'm On Fire, which isn't found on too many CDs. There are a few other relative rarities (Isn't It Time, Fresh Air) along with other 70s hits that you might have already. If even half of these songs will help fill out your 70s collection, it's worth buying this CD instead of individual MP3s.

Here are the contents, with observed time:
My Sharona,The Knack 4:55
Go All The Way, The Raspberries 3:21
I'm On Fire, Dwight Twilley Band  3:16
Hot Child In The City, Nick Gilder 3:08
Magic, Pilot 3:04
Isn't It Time, The Babys 4:03
Heartbreaker, Pat Benatar 3:28
Plain Jane, Sammy Hagar 3:48
Green-Eyed Lady, Sugarloaf 3:40
Fresh Air, Quicksilver Messenger Service 5:19


title: Precious rarities

text:
There are only three songs on this CD, but ahh, what songs they are.

1) Trans-Island Skyway (Edit) 5:37. I've got fond memories of this song leading off his Kamakiriad album. Why bother editing almost a minute out of the album version? Beats me, but there it is.

2) Big Noise, New York 5:23. This was a B-side from a Kamakiriad single, but it really sounds like it should have been from the Bright Lights, Big City soundtrack. It's also available on [[ASIN:B000M06SVS The Nightfly Trilogy (3-MVI DVD + 4-CD Box Set)]].

3) Home At Last (Live) 6:39. Doesn't look like much, but it's an extra track that should have gone on the [[ASIN:B000002L0E New York Rock & Soul Revue: Live At The Beacon]] CD. I've seen a few video clips, so I'm sure that there are untold recordings from that show that never made it to that CD. This is one of them. To my knowledge, this is the only place to find it.


title: Track listing for decent 60s collection

text:
There are two pages of 60s trivia nuggets, but otherwise, this is a straightforward collection of these big hits from the mid to late 60s:

Monday, Monday - The Mamas & The Papas
California Girls - The Beach Boys
Daydream Believer - The Monkees
One - Three Dog Night
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful
Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells
Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots
Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
Come on Down to My Boat - Every Mother's Son
Just Dropped In (Condition) - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Mellow Yellow - Donovan
Love is All Around - The Troggs
People Get Ready - The Impressions


title: One Star

text: made a mistake in buying this item

user_id: AEWMRLDUDFVEPRUBXAIVGUYYQUBA


title: Not gift ready as it should be

text: I bought these cd's as a gift the box it come in has stuff all over it and the cases that the CD's are in are both broke.  I won't be able to gift this as a box set as I would have hoped and hope I can find some CD cases for it which I shouldn't have to do.


title: A little damaged

text: It just got delivered today and would only give it 3 stars not based on quality or anything. Just that somehow either in delivery or during transport the case got cracked.


title: Best album!

text: My favorite album! Stays on in my car every day and I never, ever get tired of it!!!


title: good

text: this was a gift for my sister and she loved it


title: Excellent!!

text: Excellent!!!!! Great services Frightening facts that needs to be addressed!!! THANK YOU US MILITARY. KNOW YOU ARE LOVED AND RESPECTED BY THE MAJORTIY OF us!!!


title: Win some, lose some.

text: This CD is quite a disappointment.  It is a very poor recording and in my mind should not be for sale.  I am a die hard Marley fan and as I have all of his albums, I risked fate and purchased a few of these Japanese label live recordings.  I hope this is the worst of the bunch or I will be back writing another review.<br />Consider yourself warned.  I can't recommend this CD to any class of reggae or more specifically Marley fan.


title: Five Stars

text: great;thankyou


title: Music

text: Beautiful songs


title: Bob Seger music.

text: This cd has most of his songs I like best. Cd priced well and delivered in a timely manner.


title: Five Stars

text: Love it


title: Five Stars

text: Good


title: life changing

text: This is an awesome CD set.  I would recommend it to anyone who seriously wants to change their life for the better. It is truly empowering and will change the way you view everything.


title: Great buy.

text: One of my favorite movies. Love the audio and the booklet inside.


title: get this cd

text: the 3  member band has good rock and melodic sound, hoppie is a very good singer and writer to boot, cd came out in 1992 so  its hard to find and will cost extra, but cd to good to listen too! enjoy


title: One of the best popular tenors you'll ever hear

text: I got to hear Kearns both locally and in Ireland. Oh what a tone he has. And his phrasing is perfect, reflecting the feeling of whatever he's singing. I love this recording!


text: The Isley Brothers in their prime goin' hard. It's recorded in the studio, but it's preformed live. The set list is crazy, from Who's  the lady to Don't say goodbye, Groove with you, Summer breeze, Fight the power. Only disappointment is when they started Hello it's me, I'm like Yeah this is my joint. Then after about 30 seconds it switches to Footsteps in the dark.They did just a snippet of Hello it's me, but i also love Footsteps in the dark, So i'm like ok that was cool how they did. Then they get me again. Footsteps is also just a snippet. Other than that 5*****, Love that project...


title: but the Chinese one isn't bad at all

text: I would have preferred to get the Taiwanese version, but the Chinese one isn't bad at all.  It comes in a hard cardboard case and includes an the disc and a lyrics book.  Probably a bit lacking in goodies but since the music is what I bought it for and I am a hardcore Zi-mi (fan), I'm pretty satisfied.


title: Beautiful selection of songs

text: The music on this cd is beautiful and It totally reminds me of the great Sherlock Holmes show. It is very soothing and relaxing too.


title: A delight from the past-1954 vinyl

text: Had this years ago.  Maybe not the greatest version to some, but for me the only one.  There is strength and life and feeling in the sounds.  Not a professional critique- just my own verdict.  Only on Vinyl now it seems.


title: A wonderful version of a remarkable piece.

text: This is the version of The Planets that I first met/heard in 1954.  I have never since heard a version that I liked better.  It is not loud and strident as some are.  I wish I could find it on CD.  It is just music, that can take you away to some very far away places if you let it.  I am not a musician,  just someone who grew up on Classical music and find it as vital to life as food.


title: It is Fiedler !

text: Anyone who knows  and enjoys Arthur Fiedler's style will enjoy this album.  If you are not familiar with his joyful and flamboyant conducting, this is a good introduction.  Music to relish and rejoice with.


title: The Jazz Orchestra at it's best...

text:
Jazz is often thought of, and many times is..."Play the head, then solo, then play the head again going out."  There's nothing wrong with that, after all the formula has survived for decades.  But Jazz can and does go beyond that, even in a small group setting.  And sometimes it goes beyond that in a large group setting, but not always.  Maria Schneiders arrangements for Jazz Orchestra go way beyond that.  She uses a vast array of instrumental sounds in very creative ways to bring familiar, but new sounds to your ears.  And it's not just a musical exercise, this music speaks to your body and your soul. Just like Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Stan Kenton and others, the orchestra is her instrument.  And like the aforementioned composers/arrangers/band leaders, she writes parts for people, not instruments.  She knows the players strengths and writes those into her arrangements. The soloists are wonderful.  They know how to play in an orchestral setting and still be very creative.

It has been said that Jazz is an American form of Classical Music. This idea is not new, but if you look through the history of Jazz, you will find very few groups (large or small) that execute this idea so well.  Maria Schneider's Jazz Orchestra does that. I'm a new fan of Maria Schneider, but an adamant one.  This is great music.  I believe those who are deeply immersed in Jazz will love it (if they give it a chance).  I think Classical Music fans will love it as well. I believe that anyone who listens will find a new art form to enrich their lives. This is great Jazz, this is great music!

Listen intently, and enjoy.


title: A future jazz/music icon in the making.

text:
I had the pleasure of seeing Chris Graham in his infancy as a jazz vibraphoniest.  He left Columbia, Missouri a few years ago to further his career in Chicago.  I can see that he is continuing to develop his skills. As you will hear, there is a lot of Bobby Hutcherson and Gary Burton here.  He is still finding his own voice as a player. I am confident that he will find it and that voice will be powerful.

As he develops his personal approach as a player, and hopefully as a composer as well, I think the world will notice Chris Graham.  He is a gifted young man.

And, regardless of his future, this is great music.  Chris has assembled a talented group and chosen some good material. The music is mostly in the post bop mode, but well done. It's a good first outing, keep watching, there is more to come!


title: Good Quality

text: I got them to make my son a Tom Brady shirt for the Super Bowl and they went on easily! I haven't washed the shirt yet, but for the price of a shirt and these numbers - I really don't care!!


title: Music for Productive Working

text: It is wonderful to have attended performances, living in Sally Harmon's community. So varied, and always calming. Successful artists are rare and precious.


title: The Cuban master.

text:
Fantastic music. 2 CDs worth.

We are lucky to have access to his music. Gone from the music scene from 1960 to 1994, living the life in Sweden of all places.

Such an incredible jazz pianist and arranger. You can really hear it on these well recorded outings. Great songs. Some killer horn players.

The United States really lost out on the Cuban embargo.  There are so many Cuban artists I have yet to hear.


title: The Sku

text: The kid is great as a vocalist. Glad to have the cd.


title: Great Southern Rock From The Outlaws Archives

text: More great southern rock and roll. Glad to have in my collection.


title: Great Unreleased Music by One Of the Icons Of Southern 🎸

text: Very happy to add this disc to my collection. Awesome disc !


title: A Rare Find For Outlaw Fans.

text: Good disc for an Outlaw fan that is looking for different recordings of classic songs. I am happy to have it though it does have some electric guitar instead of all acoustic.


title: ... Horenstein recording of Nielsen's 5th has always been my favorite, since it came out on Nonesuch in the ...

text: The Horenstein recording of Nielsen's 5th has always been my favorite, since it came out on Nonesuch in the 70s. I was very happy to find it on CD after a long search.


title: All 12 Daquin Noels

text: Thrilling performances of all 12 Daquin Noels. Until I played them all, I hadn't heard the common theme.  They're basically variations on that theme.


title: Two Stars

text: all the cds and dvds not there and the tracks scratched


title: After throughly enjoy the first audio Under Drake's Flag we quickly bought ...

text: After throughly enjoy the first audio Under Drake's Flag we quickly bought In Freedom's Cause. Amazing story! Amazing quality! Our entire family of seven would drive around a few extra miles just so we could continue the story.... No one wanted it to end. So when it did, we started it over. We have listened to it three times already. Soon after our first round we found out that we are direct decendants of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce so this story took on an entirely different meaning the second time around. I love that my kids can learn about true heroes that always stayed faithful to God. We cannot wait for the next story... THANK YOU!!


title: Years worth a search.

text: I have been looking for this song for year's. I had to buy the DVD Armageddon, in order to find the singer who sang this song. I found her and it was worth the years looking for. THANKS for having it. Walter Johnson


The quality of the singing was not equal to the one song I heard on Facebook.  Really disappointed with the quality of the recording.<br />Sorry I bought it.


title: Five Stars

text: Good times listening to this as a kid.


title: Five Stars

text: Great


title: Outstanding

text: This book is extraordinary when one reads it... both the first and the seventh times! Hearing Gurunath read it aloud has easily twice the impact as reading it to oneself!  I have listened to the book several times and with each hearing new information presents itself. This is truly a living experience - not just an ordinary book. I was grateful to have purchased and read the book. I am even more grateful to have been able to be able to have Gurunath's audio book as well.


title: Arrived warped.

text: Love this album. but arrived warped. No bueno. Sending it back


title: Music was amazing

text: The case was in rough shape fell apart when I opened it.  Was not noted that it was in that condition.  Was for a gift and since I already had one I just switched the cases.  Just might have been nice to know before getting it. Since price was the same as what I paid for my brand new one.


title: Love this cd

text: Love this cd. Had it before, but lost it. Ordered for the delivery room for when I have my baby. Most soothing music ever, great for relaxing or studying. Shipping was as promised, received in a timely manner.


title: Nice

text: Perfect


title: My Favorite Rory Gallagher Album.

text: I  have Tattoo on vinyl.  I canceled all of my streaming subscriptions so I bought the CD to listen to on road trips.


title: Good Purchase

text: I purchase this CD for one song, but it turned out to be a pretty good CD. Nice gospel CD.


title: fuego

text: fuego


title: Best Kids CD!

text: This is a great CD. Every song is only scriptures. The children can memorize them with a fun jingle. Love the Godrocks band!! I wish they was on tv in America.


title: Extremely Underrated

text:
This is just a great unheard of band. Every song on this album is great, no filler. Manages to combine great 70/80's style rock and other influences like Alice In Chains.

Recommend anyone who likes a good hard rock album to get this.


title: Wonderful songs for children!

text: Whether you grew up with Cri Cri or not you will love these songs. They have nice tunes that are easy to listen to and learn, are fun, and that children will love to sing to. You will not be disappointed. Worth every penny. If you look up the lyrics it makes it more fun to sing along until you learn the songs.


title: Stardust memories

text: What can you say other than it's Nat? That's superlative enough for me.


title: Five Stars

text: Stirring main theme. Quality soundtrack.


title: Classic rock favorite.  Love Love Love

text: A collectors item for me.  Great seller super fast delivery.


title: Gardiner or Shaw: A difficult choice

text:
Verdi's mass for the dead is one of my favorite pieces in the western canon, so I've collected a few over the years. You can read the other reviews for poetic waxing on the themes and scope of this work, but I will concern this review with the musical and performance merits of two specific recordings: the best period performance (Gardiner's, albeit the only one) and arguably the best modern performance (recorded by the regrettably late Robert Shaw, and there are some other moderns in close contention).
I won't make you read the entire review to get my take: I prefer the Gardiner/ORR recording to the Shaw/ASO for the simple reason that there is more fire, drive, dynamic, or other related adjective involved in this performance than any other.
Gardiner's players are absolutely deadly - you need look no further than tracks two and three for evidence of that! The tempi, while quite brisk, do not daunt this remarkable ensemble, and they play with an astounding precision. 50 percent of that credit is due, however, to Gardiner's outstanding conducting (most/all of his recordings with just about any group are staggeringly precise - check out The Planets with the Philharmonia!).
The choir, being the Monteverdi Choir, sings an incredible performance, but using far more vibrato than is normally heard from them - consistent with the style of the work. Their technique and facility equal that of the orchestra: a combination that is difficult to beat.
The tempi, taken as literally from the score as possible, are faster than we normally hear (by lesser ensembles) so, some listeners may feel that the music is not given enough time to breathe, or that it is too fast to comprehend. Enter Dr. Shaw...
Robert Shaw's outstanding account of this requiem has an incredible asset: phrasing unparalleled in any other recording. Under the guidance of the best choral conductor of his time, the Atlanta Symphony Chorus responds to their director's brilliant musicality with aplomb. His superb vocal phrasing transfers well to the strings too. Every phrase has a top and bottom, and he exposes many textures that other conductors do not.
But, Shaw's larger, less agile, and more-distantly miked ensemble do not capture the immediacy that Gardiner's does. Compounded with a slower performance, Shaw's - while breathtakingly beautiful - does not have Gardiner's impact.
So here's my recommendation: purchase Gardiner for the recording quality, tempo, orchestra, perferable choir, and effect. Purchase Shaw for the contemplative setting, outstanding choral phrasing/conducting, and superior soloists. Really, purchase both when you can.
But to feel the true power and effect of Verdi's opera for church, Gardiner's is the one to get.


title: Good teaching resource.

text: This is a great resource for teachers and perhaps a parent that practices with younger children.<br />Do note: this is not the cd that comes with the book that has accompaniment music for children to play along with.


title: Old Favorites

text: Love the voice of Tom Tipton and have greatly enjoyed this CD.


title: Amazing & fun

text: Noye for note perfect recreation of soft rock songs from the 70s & 80s. Even better than the originals thanks to Mr. Coulton's voice.


title: One Star

text: DIDNT HAVE 1 SONG I KNEW  IT WAS VERY HARD  TO PLAY


title: It's Red Velvet

text: When I found out they had Bad Boy in English on here, I couldn't click the add to cart button fast enough. Absolutely love these girls and this is just another great comeback in the list of many.


title: Wonderful soothing cd to listen to

text: Incredibly easy soothing cd to listen to and fall asleep to


title: Brinkman Adventures Voted Best by Backseat Drivers!

text: Our kids really enjoy the Brinkman Family and their adventures. Exciting stories, fun characters - we can't go on a trip without these cd's. "Can we listen to the Brinkmans"? has replaced "Are we there yet" as the catchphrase most heard from the backseats. Do yourself a favor and get these stories!


title: Haunting Nordic Climates

text:
This album, which I listened to on Spotify, reminds me of the music of Jan Garbarek. The mood, climates, a bit of melancholy... even the tunes seemed to be similar in terms of their melodic lines.

But in lieu of soprano sax you will hear there tenor, in lieu of acoustic bass a Hammond organ. No piano. Instead a... cello. And the cello is the lead instrument. Very unique selection of instruments and the first time I hear cello as a lead jazz instrument.

Recorded and released in Poland in 2017 by stellar musicians lead by Atom String Quartet's cellist, Krzysztof Lenczewski, featuring Grzech Piotrowski on saxophone, Jan Smoczyński on Hammond organ and Tomasz Waldowski on drums.

If you like dark, contemplative moods in slow tempo - get it. If you don't like such music... challenge yourself! :)


title: I love Fell Venus

text:
I love Fell Venus.  He may have only one album to his credit, but that album rocks with harsh vocals and tight angry rock music.

I purchased this album 21 years ago when it first came out and I still love it to this day.


title: Love ❤ it

text: I loved every single song so beautiful


title: The best one yet

text: This is the best tape. Hearing these lullabies makes me feel relaxed.


title: Great for the young ones.

text: These lullabies are soothing for the little ones.


title: A classical favorite.

text: Great album. This is one of a classical favorite.


title: Relaxing and beautiful

text: Sherri Huffman's voice is beautiful. There are two shortened songs: Wind In The Willow and Brahms' Lullaby.


title: Talented and beautiful

text: Sherri Huffman's voice is beautiful like an angel. She is a talented singer.


title: Best songs ever

text: This album is very rare. And it's one of the best songs yet.


title: Great instrumentations for one and all!

text: Great instrumentations with the originals and traditional favorites!


title: Fun songs for the whole family!

text: This album is fun for the whole family!


title: Hard to find!

text: This album is ultra rare! This album is great for meditation and relaxation.


title: A pleasing album for the young ones

text: This album is pleasing for babies and children. Congratulations to Mr. Steven Gruskin for recording this album.


title: Great set , great price!

text: So many great unreleased songs , with better sound quality! One of the top Ƭ̵̬̊  Prince albums ever !


title: Classic Doo Wop

text: No Doo Wopper should be without these Classics. Two Great Groups with Two Great Songs. I wish you could hear a litte bit of each song.


title: Now I have a great combination for heating water and cooking when the power ...

text: I purchased these fuel block to go with my Ohuhu portable stainless steel stove and they are ideal for that use.  I live in an apartment with limited back yard and wanted a way to heat food and water. I already had two Kelly Kettles for water, but they were not convenient to use with the material I could find in the yard.  When I found the Ohuhu stove it showed the fuel as a suggested addition and once I had them I realized how well they would work for both that stove and the Kelly Kettles.  Now I have a great combination for heating water and cooking when the power goes out or when camping in the summer.  They also make it easy to start an outdoor fire even if the tinder is a bit moist.  A point of interest, the Ohuhu stove fits very nicely into the Alpine Stowaway 1.1 L pot.


title: Excellent product. Easy to light

text: Excellent product. Easy to light. Much larger than expected. Nice to have and use smaller pieces for shorter cooking jobs.


title: this review is in honor of a true coquelicot in our motrix lives, the infinite Clarice Na.

text: I honestly thought this was an experimental album by Raison D' Etre using Christmas bells. ended up being even weirder. all 5 stars presented on a silk pillow as it rains flakes of chocolate gold. on your head. covering the dandruff. like seasoning for a cannibal.


title: Great listening of good hymns

text: Lots of good old hymns


title: He is a great pianist

text: Listen to this all the time -restful and love his music


title: GREAT CONVERSATION PIECES

text: Great for the fun factor of listening to them as a kid. Most Star Trek fans I've talked to never realized these existed. You'll notice several "illogical" things when you listen to them. Not sure if the producers paid much attention to the real show. But these are a GREAT collector's item.


title: GREAT COLLECTOR'S ITEM

text: Most Star Trek fans I know never realized these thing existed. Entertaining and sometimes cheesy but brings back memories of being a kid. Not sure if the people who produced these paid much attention to the real show. Some things are very "illogical" (pardon the pun). Great conversation pieces though to amaze other fans with.


title: Kevin Cole was terrific 90%.

text: The CD would have been FIVE stars if it wasn't for the 'flaw' right before the Rhapsody in Blue was played....the CD skipped and kept repeating.  The CD was damaged...however, Kevin Cole was terrific 90%....and we have learned to hit the CD when the 'skip' comes.


title: Yodel Nut

text: It doesn't matter how much yodeling of any variety you've listened to - when you spin this CD your ears will light up. Such a magnificent voice!! The first couple tracks are yodel au naturale and then she does composed songs with yodels at the end of the verses. This woman mixes a trained voice with the beauty of the natural yodel to make a truly memorable listening experience. This is not your usual yodel but a vocalise. You may even have to turn the volume down as her voice is wide open. Highly recommended for your collection. This was done in Japan in the 60's. There are actually lyrics in Swiss/German - helpful to those who wish to translate or to "sing along." If you can sing along with the yodel parts you can consider yourself one heck of a yodeler!


title: great music to my ears

text: I love the cd. The case was cracked but no big deal. Fast delivery I would use them again. A+++


title: Excellent beyond comprehension

text: John Bradshaw nails it.  He sees the family through the lense of a professional experienced counselor.  I am fortunate to have been able to listen to these CDs.  Thanks John!


title: Five Stars

text: Amazing !!


title: Positive memories of time in the past.

text: Listening to Tennessee Ford's hymns are so refreshing and brings back wonderful memories of when I used to listen to him on television.  He continues to inspire my faith memories through these old hymns.


title: excellent video with many nostalgic songs..i loved it.

text: i am truly glad i bought this video it represents lots of nostalgia from my youth 100% excellent


title: The premier Russian girl group

text:
The CD "On Love" by the all-girl group Blestyacshie - translated "Shining" - is a great introduction to the Russian pop music genre, and a truly shining example of how all pop music is related... regardless of where it originates.  This is the group that launched solo careers for Olga Orlova and Zhanna Friske, and deservedly so.

The first track (tr. "Ciao, Bambina") exemplifies this mix of cultures, peppering Russian lyrics with bits of Spanish and Italian, and employing a Spanish guitar to reinforce the Mediterranean flavor of the tune.  It's the first of my three favorite tracks on the album.

Track 2 (tr. "Dear Autopilot") is a spirited jaunt into more traditional Russian pop fare, using accordian and steel drums to accompany the singers.  I give it, along with tracks 3 ("Cradle"), 4 ("Winter Will Follow Autumn"), 5 ("Only You"), and 6 ("Jazz and Funky"), four stars out of five.

Track 7 ("Flame") is a slow, incredibly beautiful love ballad.  It's also my personal Blestyacshie favorite, on this or any of their albums.  Again, just a hint of Italian influence is apparent, along with a great bass line and just the right mixture of organ and violins in the background.

Track 8 ("There, After the Clouds") is the third of my favorites on the album.  The pacing is faster than the other two tracks, and a generous helping of synthesizers is employed to give a surreal effect to the music.

Track 9 ("New Year") returns to a slower pace and incorporates traditional Russian accordian to weave minor chords into a heart-felt song of beauty and emotion, followed by a techno-dance remix of the second cut.


title: Pure, unadulterated brilliance

text:
Unlike his solo grand piano work in "Lovepiano" or the classical favorites he jazzed up in "Chopin in Africa", in "Ballad of the Rain", Vyacheslav Gorsky effectively uses both synthesizer and piano to create smooth jazz music that is uniquely his own.

I usually consider myself lucky if I can find two or three tracks on an album to which I can honestly give 5 stars.  But on this CD, four tracks get my highest personal rating.  They are:

#2 Revelation (a tune as smooth as silk),

#3 After the Carnival (with its great bass and percussion - especially the steel drum),

#7 White Piano (grand piano, backed by bass guitar, synthesizer and Ruslan's excellent brush strokes), and

#10 Whisper of Love (grand piano, backed by a synthesized violin section).

It doesn't get any better than this, kids.


title: The man loves piano, and it shows

text:
"Lovepiano" is one of my favorite Vyacheslav Gorsky albums, and I have them all.  Mr. Gorsky is a brilliant composer, and I have no doubt that a hundred years from now, his name will be mentioned along with Pytor Tchaikovsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov when people discuss the greatest Russian composers of all time.

This time around, he steers away from the synthesizers that he uses so effectively on some of his other albums, choosing instead to concentrate on pulling out all the feeling and emotions that his Steinway and Yamaha grand pianos can muster.

My three favorites are tracks #1 (Morning Song), #8 (Moonlight Stranger), and #11, the title track.  They're as beautiful as any acoustic piano pieces you're apt to hear in this lifetime, to be sure.

If you enjoy the solo piano work of musicians like Jim Brickman and David Benoit, you will definitely love "Lovepiano".  I certainly do.


title: Dedication

text: The Russian word "Posvyachenie" means "Dedication".  This collection of "shanson" (informal pop/folk) songs - mostly duets - includes some of the last works completed by the popular Mikhail Vladimirovich Krug before his murder on July 1, 2002, at the age of 40.  Mikhail's strong vocalizations are always front and center... accompanied by guitar, accordian, drums, and occasionally a brass section.


title: Jazzed-up classical

text:
For "Chopin in Africa", Vyacheslav Gorsky has put a few of the most well-known classical pieces on steroids, and the results are nothing short of amazing.  The title track definitely has an African flair to it, but the rest of the tunes are better described as jazzed-up versions of old favorites.  He takes each of them on a spin that really blows the dust and cobwebs off.

Included are pieces by Chopin, Shubert, Mozart, Grieg, Liszt, Glinka, Albinoni, Borodin and Listov, and they're all great.  You'll recognize them, but don't expect them to sound like they did when you heard them in music class. At this writing Amazon doesn't offer samples of the music, but I hope that changes soon. So for now, to get an idea of what this sounds like, try to imagine someone like the Rippingtons or Bob James doing Mikhail Glinka's "Zhavoronok", or Franz Shubert's "Serenade" with a strong electric bass, a full set of drums and a funky, over-the-top synthesizer.  They're my two favorite tracks, but the rest are great as well.

I highly recommend this collection.


title: A gift to my sister

text: Olga is great, this was too a gift for my sister/


title: Antenna does not support gps

text: Antenna does not support built-in navigation. There is no gps function. Sirius XM works but no gps.


title: loved it

text: Loved it


title: Five Stars

text: Good music, I sure wish that they would have made more videos/DVD.


title: Five Stars

text: Wondeful!


title: Five Stars

text: I'm really plased with this music cd.....


title: Four Stars

text: Wonderful.


title: buy now. classics never die.

text: i got this cd because i love it. the only place where you can get ignore the machine with this edit. plus you get gutter glitter .great album.


title: Picture perfect compilation.

text: First, I cannot speak Japanese. But in a lot of ways, that makes me feel more appreciative of how well this band uses their voices and musicality to communicate even with that barrier. Each disc is strong from beginning to end. So happy to have this to enjoy and share.


title: Nice

text: It’s ok


title: Arrived Damaged

text: The book was severely damaged when it arrived. The book is bent at the top, the binding is cracked, and the pages are warped. The packaging was ripped and torn up at the top. I’m returning it for a replacement, but this is completely unacceptable.


The voice of Audrey Assad is so beautiful and so clear! I just love her voice! She always can bring me to before God which I really thankful! I bought this album many times for my friends. They all love it!


title: Can't go wrong with Grover Washington in the background

text: Grover Washington is one of my favorite artist, and on this album he continues to play a smooth jazz sound that is great background music for when you want to relax and have a glass of cognac.


title: Amen

text: Right on with the below comments. This band came up on my Fu Manchu pandora page and I was instantly hooked. Buy it. Play it.


title: Five Stars

text: A true Cali Classic!!!


title: Does not quite fit into the standard USB port (at least in the US)

text:
Music is as promised and arrived on time.
BUT... The music card is too big for a standard USB port.

I had to tear out the memory chip portion and insert the chip into the USB port and hold it steady in place while I transferred the music to my computer. I had to hold it steady because the memory chip portion was now too small to properly insert into the USB port.
I purchased 4 music cards from Saragama and all 4 had the same problem. It wasn't quite easy to remove the memory portion either, I thought one was going to break.


title: Does not quite fit into a standard USB port (in the US at least)


title: This CD is perhaps the single most important CD in the history of British jazz piano.

text:
This CD contains 8 tracks:
1.  Cockle Row
2.  Starless and Bible Black
3.  I Lost My Step in Nantucket
4.  No Good Boyo
5.  Penpals
6.  Llareggub
7.  Under Mile Wood
8.  A.M. Mayhem

"Starless and Bible Black" is the track that first drew me to this CD.  King Crimson has an entire album with the same title.
Tracey played piano in the jazz idiom for a long time--more than 50 years, I think--I might be wrong about this. But the point is he paid his dues, and he was an excellent player.


title: LOVE IT`

text:
AWESOME GOD HONORING MUSIC!
Manic is a great talented group....!!
I am very happy with my purchase.
Great Job Guys


title: Used and absolutely perfect!!!

text: Seller "Rose & Thyme USA" shipped a "beautiful" and extremely well maintained 29 year old CD.  It's an original, not a import. Plays very well, large 2disc plastic case with booklet. Well protected in shipping package. I will buy from Rose & Thyme USA again! Thanks, I'm very satisfied.


title: Defective CD worst seller.

text: Page says guarantee replacement, seller says no, told me to contact Amazon! Selling defective CDs is fraud and not honoring printed replacement guarantee is like a scam! Worst customer service ever!


title: Excellent LP - received as described and was in good ...

text: Excellent LP - received as described and was in good packaging. We would definitely purchase from this seller again.


title: Voices of The Legendary Morrisania Revue

text:
If there were 5 more stars i would have touched them all.  Not only was the quality outstanding but every song on that
album is to be cherished & listened to over & over.
Doo Wop Lives


title: Audra rocks

text: This CD reminds my of the great days of Album Oriented Rock Radio of the 70's...smooth and rockin'..great stuff from the Penquin 98.3 FM Oak Island NC!


title: Unexpected discovery to replace a 20 year-old disc that had become damaged.

text: A collector's item of rare compositions by Italian baroque composers residing near Naples late 17th century.  Apparently a recording project that was origially sponsored by HP.


title: The Last Janis album

text: This album is really a homage to Janice Joplin,  It has many traditional and new cuts, all done superbly in a studio.  It was completed after her death so there was some "cutting and pasting" from other venues.  A superb collection and so well done.


title: Underappreciated but beloved by their fans.

text: One of the great underappreciated groups of early mellow rock. You Were Mine is one of those haunting sounds that rips you back in time and makes you smile. I would listen to this group whenever I needed a boost


title: Love It

text: Love It


title: Five Stars

text: Received an excellent condition copy of this out-of-print audio biography of Jimi Hendrix. Great seller, great product!


title: A fun EP of music

text: The music: Great. It made me purchase another album by Everglow.<br />The purchase: Smooth. Delivered on time. The packaging was in great shape with no dings, dents, or marks. The extras that were promised in the description were there and in great condition as well.


title: A gift

text: This was sent from Europe and arrived before Christmas.  The one who got the gift could not have been happier to get the original sound tracks by John Williams.  :)


title: I am an Aesthetician, and play this when I ...

text: I am an Aesthetician, and play this when I give facials.  I have heard the CD hundreds of times, and it is still pleasant to me.  Background music that is not intrusive to your thoughts.  (-Carla)


title: This music is thrilling!  Now Miss Franklin is singing For her Lord in Heaven!

text: Aretha’s music fills my soul with refreshing delight!


title: Miss Franklin always delivers the goods!

text:
As always, Aretha Franklin delivers stupendous
Entertainment!  We value this outstanding
Woman of Faith with our gratitude!  Her legacy must live forever!


Hector Lavoe was an amazing salsa singer, and he would've been impressed with both the saxophone performance and the arrangements made on his hits. This CD is perfect for music students also who want to learn melody by applying the saxophone line and the many saxophone riffs to their own instrument to achieve skill and flavor in their performance.


title: Outstanding Oud music - very accessible!

text: This is some excellent Oud music and very accessible to a wide audience. My wife even likes it, and she usually can't take my 'world music'.


title: Jesus Is Lord, Jesus Is Life.

text: For those who love The Lord and wait excitedly for His Kingdom come on Earth as it is in Heaven then "You'll Paint a Sunset Someday" will blow you away, melt your heart and bring tears of deep emotional confirmation through The Holy Spirit's Ministry of Healing and Reconciliation. Slow down, don't hurry God, He knows exactly what we need to complete our finalized Human Tabernacle, individually and collectively.


title: great

text: best ever, when there was music you could understand not rap crap


title: I was disappointed.

text: I was fooled by the advertised wording.  It is not Elvis.  It is the music of Elvis.  I was disappointed.


title: Grest Value

text: I’m really pleased with the delivery and everything


Wonderfully expressive cello interpretations of Hildegard's exquisite music. Hope this CD gets reissued.


title: eugenia Leon

text: Great cd


title: Five Stars

text: Good country music, enjoyable to list to.


title: But easily came off when trying to hang the DVD player ...

text: Functioned ok. But easily came off when trying to hang the DVD player from the seat.  Wouldn’t recommend doing that.  The player is honestly too big to hang like that.


title: Gorgeous outdoor patio set!

text: Gorgeous outdoor patio set!  We have had multiple parties & gatherings at our home - all guests have complemented our selections.


title: Lee Taemin did it again

text: Art. And the album is pretty, the cover is nice material and not flimsy. But the music....*chef’s kiss*


title: Performer/Song List

text:
AWAY FROM HOME (CD #1)
Elvis Costello - "Just About Glad"
Robben Ford & The Blue Line - "Chevrolet"
Joan Osborne - "One of Us"
John Hiatt - "Cry Love"
Shawn Colvin - "Get Out of This House"
Steve Earle - "Ellis Unit One"
John Wesley Harding - "Kiss Me, Miss Liberty"
Keb' Mo' - "That's Not Love"
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - "Rumble in Brighton"
Los Lobos - "Mas y Mas"
Patti Rothberg - "Remembering Tonight"

BACK HOME (CD #2)
J.J. Cale - "Call Me the Breeze"
The Why Store - "Lack of Water"
Lyle Lovett - "Hello Grandma"
Patti Smith - "Dancing Barefoot"
Taj Mahal - "Take this Hammer"
Cowboy Junkies - "Come Calling (Her Song)"
Finn Brothers - "Angel's Heap"
Lisa Loeb - "Do You Sleep?"
The Wallflowers - "6th Avenue Heartache"
Jonatha Brooke - "Is This All?"


title: Performer/Song List

text:
The Welcome Matt, "In San Francisco"
Luce, "Amsterdam"
Vienna Tang, "Harbor"
Kingstreet, "Go On"
Jackie Green, "Gone Wanderin"
Michael Franti & Spearhead, "Yes I Will"
Blame Sally, "Water"
Kulica, "Groove"
Forest Sun, "Tumblewood"
Megan Slankard, "Too Bad You"
Chuck Prophet, "Summertime Thing"
Matt Nathanson, "I Saw"
Emory Joseph, "Carolina Princess"
Tremolo, "Evil Twin"
Beth Waters, "Sweaters"
Four Year Bender, "Rainy Day"
Dusky River Night Band, "Dusky River Night Band"
Walty, "California"


title: Performer/Song List

text:
Boz Scaggs - "Some Change"
Crowded House - "World Where You Live"
Cowboy Junkies - "Anniversary Song"
John Hiatt - "Slow Turning"
Big Head Todd & The Monsters - "Dinner with Ivan"
Squeeze - "Take Me I'm Yours"
Freedy Johnston - "Evie's Tears"
Brian Setzer Orchestra - "Stray Cat Strut"
Smithereens - ""Everything I Have Is Blue"
Freddy Jones Band - "Take the Time"
Jackopierce - "Late Shift"
Texas - "So Called Friend"
Love Spit Love - "Wake Up"


title: Performer/Song List

text:
Shawn Colvin - "Round of Blues"
Toad the Wet Sprocket - "Walk on the Ocean"
James McMurtry - "Where'd You Hide the Body"
Dave Matthews Band - "Ants Marching"
Sonny Landreth - "Congo Square"
The Neville Brothers - "Yellow Moon"
Blues Traveler - "But Anyway"
Robben Ford - "The Brother"
Sonia Dada - "Planes & Satellites"
Bruce Hornsby - "Rainbow's Cadillac"
Jann Arden - "Could I Be Your Girl"
Del Amitri - "Move Away Jimmy Blue"
Pete Droge - "Straylin Street"
Richard Thompson - "I Feel So Good"
Roy Rogers & Charlie Musselwhite - "Livin' On Borrowed Time"


title: Performer/Song list

text:
Norah Jones - "Feelin' The Same Way"
Luce - "Long Way Down"
Jack Johnson - "Inaudible Melodies"
Stevie Nicks - "Stand Back"
Counting Crows - "American Girls"
Patty Griffin - "Rain"
John Mayer - "No Such Thing"
Johnny A. - "Oh Yeah"
Bonnie Raitt - "Fool's Game"
Gov't Mule - "Beautifully Broken"
Ryan Adams - "Answering Bell"
Indigo Girls - "Moment Of Forgiveness"
Zero 7 - "Destiny"
Midnight Oil - "Golden Age"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Sour Girl"
Suzanne Vega - "Widow's Walk"
Cake - "Comanche"
Elvis Costello - "Spooky Girlfriend"
R.E.M. - "I've Been High"


title: Performer/Song list

text:
Disc One:
1. Stereophonics - Have A Nice Day
2. Steve Miller - Take the Money and Run
3. Los Lonely Boys - Crazy Dream
4. Barenaked Ladies - Testing 1, 2, 3
5. Mindy Smith - Come to Jesus
6. Ziggy Marley - Higher Vibration
7. Shane Nicholson - Nice To Be Here
8. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - You Know You Wrong
9. Joe Bonamassa - Woke Up Dreaming
10. Alanis Morissette - Excuses
11. Grant-Lee Phillips - Mona Lisa
12. Joe Firstman - Breaking All The Ground
13. Mark Knopfler - Romeo & Juliet
14. Sarah McLachlan - Angel

Disc Two:
1. Robert Randolph & The Family Band - I Need More Love
2. The Allman Brothers Band - Come On In My Kitchen
3. BoDeans - Fadeaway
4. Gary Jules - Mad World
5. Jackie Greene - I'll Come Undone
6. Peter Gabriel - Secret World
7. Keb' Mo' - Keep It Simple
8. Buchanan - American Son
9. My Morning Jacket - Golden
10. Josh Rouse - 1972
11. Toots & The Maytals - Time Tough
12. Train - Get To Me
13. Damien Rice - Delicate


title: Performer/Song list

text: Glen Phillips, "Gather";  Ozomatli, "(Who Discovered) America?";  The Ditty Bops, "Ooh La La";  Los Lobos, "I Got Loaded";  Jamie Cullum, "twentysomething";  Rachel Yamagata, "Paper Doll";  Steve Earle, "The Revolution Starts Now";  The John Buttler Trio, "Zebra";  Train, Medley, "Whole Lotta Love/Ramble On/Walk on the Wild Side";  Marc Broussard, "The Wanderer";  Amos Lee, "Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight";  Kenny Wayne Shepherd, "Deja Voodoo";  Aqualung, "Brighter Than Sunshine";  Madeleine Peyroux, "Don't Wait Too Long";  Collective Soul, "Better Now";  Ray LaMontagne, "Trouble".


title: Do not recommend

text: Didn’t play well


title: Miss This Band!

text:
Great band! Wish they still performed live. Jeff has amazing vocals!
Lots of overall talent.
Second cd, wore out my first one that I had bought at a live show.


title: Thank you!

text: Thank you arrived exactly as described. Great Christmas gift.


title: Five Stars

text: This music has blessed our home, and is very Christ centered.


title: quality

text: Like the good old days!


title: Additional Product Details

text:
For the details on this Deluxe Edition CD/DVD set, I finally located the following on cdJAPAN(.co.jp):

New album release from Miley Cyrus. Deluxe edition includes a bonus DVD with music videos of "Party In The U.S.A." and "The Climb." *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.
Bonus Track: "The Climb"

Their site also states "First Press Sold Out" but subsequent pressings are available.

Enjoy


title: Lite FM Four Disc Tracks

text:
Disc 1
1. You Light Up My Life...Debby Boon
2. It's Impossible...Perry Como
3. Looks Like We Made It...Barry Manilow
4. Sunshine On My Shoulders...John Denver
5. My Eyes Adored You...Frankie Valli
6. The Air That I breathe...The Hollies
7. I Honestly Love You...Olivia Newton-John
8. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me...Elvis Presley
9. Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady...Helen Reddy
10. She's A Lady...Tom Jones
11. Lady...Kenny Rogers
12. Do That To Me One More Time...Captain & Tennille
13. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You...Michael Bolton
14. Saving All My Love For You...Whitney Houston
15. Her Town Too...James Taylor
16. Anything For You...Gloria Estefan
17. Seasons Change...Exposeì
18. Soldier Of Love...Donny Osmond
19. If I could Turn Back Time...Cher
20. Don't Stop Believin...Journey
Disc 2
1. Candle In The Wind...Elton John
2. Same Old Lang Syne...Dan Fogelberg
3. I Only Have Eyes For You...Art Garfunkel
4. Whenever I Call You "Friend"...Kenny Loggins with Stevie Nicks
5. I'll Never Love This Way again...Dionne Warwick
6. Wedding Song (There Is Love)...Noel Paul Stookey
7. Blue Bayou...Linda Ronstadt
8. Can't We Try...Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard
9. Danny's Song...Anne Murray
10. The Wind Beneath My Wings...Gary Morris
11. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue...Crystal Gayle
12. Islands In the Stream...Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
13. Shadows In The Moonlight...Anne Murray
14. Behind Closed Doors...Charlie Rich
15. Paper Roses...Marie Osmond
16. I Will Always Love You...Dolly Parton
17. Rose Garden...Lynn Anderson
18. I Say A Little Prayer/By The Time I Get To Phoenix...Anne Murray & Glen Campbell
Disc 3
1. Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree...Tony Orlando & Dawn
2. Everything Is Beautiful...Ray Stevens
3. She Believes In Me...Kenny Rogers
4. I Can See Clearly Now...Johnny Nash
5. Rhinestone Cowboy...Glen Campbell
6. Touch Me In The Morning...Diana Ross
7. Midnight Train To Georgia...Gladys Knight & the Pips
8. The Most Beautiful Girl...Charlie Rich
9. Torn Between Two Lovers...Mary MacGregor
10. Delta Dawn...Helen Reddy
11. The One That You Love...Air Supply
12. I Love A Rainy Night...Eddie Rabbitt
13. 9 to 5...Dolly Parton
14. Total Eclipse Of The Heart...Bonnie Tyler
15. Greatest Love Of All...Whitney Houston
16. Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)...Christopher Cross
17. Eternal Flames...Bangles
18. Time After Time...Cyndi Lauper
19. (I've Had)The Time Of My Life...Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
Disc 4
1. My Way...Elvis Presley
2. When I Fall In Love...Natalie Cole
3. Someone To Watch Over Me...Linda Ronstadt
4. Could It Be Magic...Barry Manilow
5. Angel Of The Morning...Juice Newton
6. Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow...Tom Jonew
7. I Don't Know How To Love Him...Helen Reddy
8. Calypso...John Denver
9. My Melody Of Love...Bobby Vinton
10. (Where Do I Begin)Love Story...Andy Williams
11. After The Lovin'...Engelbert Humperdinck
12. Without You...Harry Nilsson
13. All I Know...Art Garfunkel
14. Never Gonna Fall In Love Again...Eric Carmen
15. Handy Man...James Taylor
16. She's Like The Wind...Patrick Swayze (featuring Wendy Fraser)
17. Rock And Roll Heaven...The Righteous Brothers
18. The Last Farewell...Roger Whittaker


title: Awesome CD!

text: Awesome CD!! love this band!! great item!! the only complain that i have is that the item could have been packaged more professionally and more protected. the CD arrived in a bad cracked case, but the CD still played great.


title: Solid effort but the light is beginning to dim this time

text:
Servant signed with Myrrh records and got some bigger money behind this project, but the "warmth" is ebbing out as they reach for the lyrical goals that seem just out of reach.

"Zero Minus One" and "One At Heart" are two dreary, go-nowhere tracks that bring the album to a dead stop. With no real centerpiece or theme, the album sounds great, but is really a series of tracks and with the 80s gloss that money brought, this could be almost any 80s band.

Almost -- "Born In The Fire" "Courage To Burn" "Poolside Logic" and "Neighborhood" are four of the best written/performed tracks by Servant. Social responsibility (regardless of your spiritual bent) are proclaimed loudly and boldly without any "preachyness" so the message IS the media.

A fine effort all around but there is that "coldness" factor about the production that many of us feared would overtake this once "warm" band, and our fears were well founded when their next and final album, the cold and mournful SWIMMING IN A HUMAN OCEAN was released.


title: A tempting taster

text: I bought this album when it came out in the early 90's - I seem to recall it cost next to nothing - maybe GBP2.5. This sampler album is staggeringly good if you are interested in different types of what I guess could be described as serious contemporary classical/jazz music.<br />Several of the pieces exude energy energy  (particularly Hook by Graham Fitkin); may of the others are extracts of pieces - possibly less satisfactory to some; but the way in which the extracts have been chosen makes most of them sound reasonable. There are a couple of Michael Nyman pieces that are fairly well known; the others I was pleased to be introduced to. Now I am better off than in my youth, I really must get round to supporting the artists properly by buying their full albums. (I'd happily pay to go to concerts too, but they tend to be UK based artists, rarely performing in the US where I now live.)


title: Sound is Excellent.

text: Purchased mine from another seller.<br />Pleasantly surprised at the great sound quality.  Definitely vinyl worthy.


title: Best Celtic band EVER!

text:
I got to see these guys perform live a few years ago at the PA Renn Faire and I'm planning on going back to see them again next weekend for the first time in about 6 years...I can't wait, LOVED this CD, have this and one other will be buying the newest release directly from them anyone who loves the pipes and drums will adore this cd, I highly recommend you check out their website and take a listen...

ALBANNACH forever!!!


title: MY FRIEND JUDY WAS SO GLAD SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THIS CD & AT A REASONABLE PRICE. SHE LOVES DALE THOMPSON & BAND BRIDE.

text: IT ARRIVED IN A TIMELY MANNER AND IN GOOD CONDITION. MY FRIEND JUDY ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!!!!


title: SELENA IS A WONDERFUL SINGER AND THE SONGS ARE WONDERFUL!!!!!!

text: IT ARRIVED IN A TIMELY MANNER AND IN GOOD CONDITION. I LOVED IT!!!!!!


title: MY FRIEND LOVES THE CHRISTIAN ROCK GROUP, BRIDE!!!!!!

text: IT ARRIVED IN A TIMELY MANNER AND IN GOOD CONDITION. MY FRIEND JUDY LOVED IT!!!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!!