title: Forty Four Minutes Of Excellence!

text:
Hallmark's ninth album in their series of  "Joyous Christmas" featured Anne Murray in 1993.
Murray had already recorded 6 of these 11 songs on her previous Christmas albums ~
"Christmas Wishes" and  "Christmas - Anne Murray".
Still I found it nice to add this C.D. to my Murray Collection for the following reasons.

1. Even though Murray's voice sounds nearly the same on those 6 songs, the musical accompaniment
with the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Ambrosian Singers ~ exquisitely lend a touch of class.

2. Two tracks where introduced here for the first time ~
"The Season Will Never Grow Old" (also the title of the album)
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

3. Three songs here, sung by the Ambrosian Singers (don't feature Anne), are the beautiful.
classic sound of Symphony Christmas music like my folks used to listen to.

Track Listing ~ and  "previously on".

1. Joy to the World --- Christmas Wishes
2. Away in a Manger --- Christmas Wishes
3. Sweet Little Jesus Boy --- Anne Murray - Christmas
4. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear --- Anne Murray - Christmas
5. Ding Dong Merrily on High --- Ambrosian Singers (only)
6. Silent Night --- Christmas Wishes (Silent Night on 'Christmas Wishes' is the only place I've found to get
the original recording that includes Anne saying "Merry Christmas" in the last 7 seconds of the song.
This Symphony version is excellent, but it doesn't include "Merry Christmas",
nor is it included on "The Wonderful World Of Christmas".
7. This Season Will Never Grow Old --- Here for the first time
8. Jingle Bells --- Ambrosian Singers (only)
9. Winter Wonderland --- Christmas Wishes
10. Deck the Halls --- Ambrosian Singers (only)
11. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas --- Here for the first time.

That sums up the 11 tracks on this 44 minute long collection.

Footnote: All 8 songs by Anne are on the 2001, 28 track ~ double C.D. "Anne Murray - What A Wonderful Christmas".
(they've been re-mastered ~ making the sound especially good ~ crisper ~ fuller and richer)
But not all are the exact version as on this Hallmark C.D. ~ for example, Hallmark's "Joy to the World"
has a bit different and longer intro then on other of collections.


title: For Now ~ This Set Is The Best Bargain Out There.,

text:
31 of these 36 tracks were hit singles ~ the other 5 are album tracks.
Here's a really good set of Anne's music ~ completely enjoyable from beginning to end.
There aren't any that are hard to find ~ all of these are on her regular albums.
But it's convenient to have this many in one set ~ although it would be nice to have more then 12 on one C.D.

There aren't any sleepers here ~ this is the break-down by chart numbers ~
9 number one hits ~ 16 top ten hits ~ 4 at - or just missed the top twenty ~
1 top 40 ~ 1 # 67 and 5 album tracks ~~~ that equals 1 hour & 55 minutes of great music.

From Murray's first song to chart in 1970 to her last in 1991 she had 54 songs make the country chart.
As mentioned above ~ 31 of those are here.

The box set contains 3 pink disc ~ 12 tracks each, there are no liner notes.
The music sounds great (AAD).
Timeless Media Group ~
Product of Cema Special Market/Capitol/EMI ~ Original Recordings.

Footnote ~ This set has more hits then ~ 'The Best so Far" which has 17 hits
1 B-side ~ 1 song from 'Croonin' C.D. ~
And 1 previously un-released track that is originally from 1985
which had additional tracks added (mixed) to up-date it to 1994.


title: Anne's 30th ~ Original Studio Album ~ From Canada ~ Theses Songs Here Only.

text:
Ann's original studio album released in 1996 contains a variety of great ballads among excellent up-tempo tracks.
All tracks are new here for the first time and Anne's voice (52 yr old) is totally as strong and versatile as ever.
This album was largely over-looked, and is harder to find then most of her other albums
which is a shame, because there's some great material here, and this is over-all a solid set.

The track listing ~
1. That's The Way It Goes ~ excellent, great beat, reminiscent of great tracks from the 1980's.
2. That's What My Love Is For ~ (Duet with Aaron Neville) ~ good romantic ballad.
3. What Would It Take (with Bryan Adams in back-ground) ~ up-tempo, one of her best.
4. Me Too ~ thought provoking ballad about passing up what was best for you.
5. I Know Too Much ~ up-tempo, about knowing to much about love.
6. Fools Like Me ~ break-up ballad.
7. Trust Me Baby, This Is Love ~ up-tempo, about keeping a relationship together.
8. The Other Side ~ Positive and inspiriting ~ later included in 1999 on Anne's album "26 Inspirational Classics".
9. Until I Was Loved By You ~ up-tempo, great beat, Anne's voice is smooth and sultry here.
10. Highway, Highway ~ break-up ballad.
11. Shame On Me ~ up-tempo, and my favorite, excellent song reminiscent of the 1980's.
12. Missing You ~ ballad about loneliness, even when together, beautiful delivered.
13. Good Again ~ up-tempo, positive reflection, old friends.
The ballads are worth paying attention to the message.

Includes a fold-out liner note that contain the words to all the tracks.

Footnote: Anne introduces four songs from this album on her D.V.D.  "An Intimate Evening With Anne Murray"
which was first released in 1997. (same as Amazons "1999")
1. That's The Way It Goes
2. What Would It Take
3. Me Too
4. Shame On Me


title: "I WISH THAT WE WERE MARRIED" --  among a  -- Pretty good collection of Doo-wop!

text:
Here's a hard to find treasure from 1962.
Ronnie & the High-Lites only had one song ever to chart, but it was a good one!
"I wish that we were married" b/w "Twistin' & kissin'" was a top 20 hit,
and although that was the end of their chart success,
it is not the end of the great Doo-wop music.

This collection will take you to another place in time.
These recordings have an R&B and Doo-wop mix that is still delightful today.
The first 15 of these 23 tracks are by Ronnie & the High-Lites and is a enjoyable listen.

Little Joey & the Flips close out this collection with tracks 16 to 23.
Again they were a group that had only one hit,
but also have some good music in this collection.
"Bongo stomp" b/w "Lost love" was a top 40 hit in 1962.
This is a great oldies compilation.


title: The Dale & Grace signature sound and stlye is here on every track.-- This is a GREAT collection.

text:
Dale and Grace are remembered for their two hit songs in 1963 & 64.
They had a total of 3 songs chart, those are here and the 3 b-sides.
1. "I'm leaving it all up to you" b/w "That's what I like about you" top 10 in 1963.
2. "Stop and think it over" b/w "Bad luck" top 10 in 1964.
3. "The loneliest night of the week" b/w "I'm not fine" top 100 in 1964.

This pop duo from Louisana at times sounds a bit country,
or as I've heard it said, "Bayouland".
This is an enjoyable easy to listen to compilation.
Their sound is all their own and is the highlight of every song on this collection.
They do a great job on all of these recordings.
I was surprised how well they sing these other classic songs.

This 31 track C.D. is plainly packaged.
A small amont of information about how they got started
is on the one page inside cover.
Other then that there's only the track listing.

The digital audio C.D.is from Royale 100, and sounds great.
This is seemingly the only Dale & Grace compilation ever produced.
Well worth adding to your oldies collection while it's still available.


title: This is the foundation many Ral Donner's collection's are based on.

text:
Here is the original Ral Donner L.P. from 1961 "Taking care of business",
Produced by Steve Alaimo on Gone label.
The same Steve Alaimo known for his hit "Every day I have to cry some" in 1963.
And later a major producer at Miami's T.K. Records during the 1970's.

This album is the basic foundation many of Donner's C.D.'s are built on.
After Donner had his first top 20 hit with "Girl of my best friend" in 1961,
his next try was "To love, that song failed to chart.

But with his next release, Donner landed a top 5 hit in the summer of 1961
with "You don't know what you've got (until you lose it)".
Donner began touring regularly with his band the Starfires,
and was invited to play the Dick Clark show American Bandstand.
With two hits behind Donner, George Golden,
owner of Gone Record label wanted Donner to record an album.
These 14 tracks are the result of that recording session,
"Ral Donner, Taking care of business" Gone #5012 issued in 1961.

In 1961 and 62 Donner had 5 songs chart.
Since this L.P. was issued in 1961
only the first three 'charted' songs are here, and one b-side.
1. "Girl of my best friend" top 20 in 1961.
2. "You don't know what you've got (until you lose it)" top 5 in 1961.
3. "Please don't go" b/w "I didn't figure on him (to come back)" top 40 in 1961.

These ten supporting album tracks are all GOOD.
1. "Turn back the clock"
2. "Lonely star"
3. "With you now"
4. "Nine times out of ten"
5. "I don't need you"
6. "School of heartbreakers"
7. "She's my baby"
8. "Your skies of blue"
9. "For love nor money"
10. "Pray for me"

Ralph Stewart Donner was born February 10, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois.
Ral's whole family shared a love of music, including two brothers and a sister.
Donner was singing and imitating Al Jolson by the time he was 3.
At school assemblies he was a regular, singing hits of the artists of the day.
By 1959 Donner was the lead singer in the group "The Gents".

Donner's first record was "Tell me why" b/w "That's all right with me" in 1959.
Recorded in Memphis for the Scottie label.
Ral Donner passed away in 1984.

Here is Ral Donner in the prime of his career,
and every song here is exceptional!
This is a superb album from an artist consistantly reliable for great music.
This L.P. is highly recommended.


title: GREAT Ral Donner music --  BUT --These tracks can be found elsewhere at a better value.

text:
These are the same tracks to be commonly found,
some here, some there, on other Ral Donner collections.
Ral Donner has always sounded similar to Elvis.
In fact at the time, that coincidence was his undoing.

Donner had 5 songs chart in 1961 and 62, but with Elvis dominating the chart,
that striking parallel of voice was more then some of the public wanted
and he rather faded into obscurity.

To title this collection "The Presley sound of" (Ral Donner) is a gimmick.
This collection is typical Ral Donner music, and is not something specific to Elvis.

This is indeed a good set of tracks.
Everything Ral Donner sang was well done as if creating a classic
and indeed more of his music should have been.

All 5 of Donner's charted songs are here and 3 b-sides:
1. "Girl of my best friend" top 20 in 1961. -- b-side missing
2. "You don't know what you've got (until you lose it)" b/w "So close to Heaven" top 5 in 1961.
3. "Please don't go" b/w "I didn't figure on him (to come back)" top 40 in 1961.
4. "She's everything (I wanted you to be)" top 20 in 1961. -- b-side missing.
5. "(What a sad way) to love someone" b/w "Will you love me in Heaven" top 100 in 1962.
Produced by Request Records, Sounds of Yesterday.

Footnote; There's other compilations that contain ALL A and B sides,
and are as good, or better than this collection in that they contain more tracks,
& cost less then the $95.00 price of this CD as of June 10, 2011.

You can find 24 of these 28 tracks on the 32 track C.D.
"The Great Ral Donner" on Gone label, if its still available.

And 19 of these 33 tracks are on "Ral Donner, 33 Greatest Hits"
In fact with-in those two C.D.'s are ALL of these tracks except for the one track "Rip it up".

The C.D. "You don't know what you've got" produced by Castle Music in 2002
contains all A&B sides, and most of these tracks.

"Rip it up " is on "27 Rockin Hits".
That is an overlooked gem you may want to consider while it's only around $18.00.
Some harder to find tracks are there, and a couple Christmas songs from 1962.


title: Here is Del Shannon at his VERY BEST!

text:
This is "Runaway, with Del Shannon", the original vinyl L.P. from 1961.
THIS was the blast that sent Del Shannon's career into orbit.
This is an exceptional debut album, that contains 12 GREAT tracks that are concidered
to be some of Del Shannon's best material ever, and some of the best 'rock and roll' as well.

Big Top was more interested in 45 rpm sales at this point in time,
so this album was not massively produced, and the stereo verison is even more scarce.
Shannon wrote or co-wrote several of the songs here,
which make this collection even more refreshing.

"Runaway", his debut song was a hit around the world,
in the U.S.A. it went to #1 pop, #3 rhytm and blues.
The b-side "Jody" is here also, Shannon co-wrote both.

The 12 album tracks are:
1. "Misery"
2. "Day dreams"
3. "His latest flame"
4. "The Prom"
5. "The search"
6. "Runaway"
7. "I wake uo crying"
8. "Wide wide world"
9. "I'll always love you"
10. "Lies
11. "He doesn't care"
12. "Jody"

This is a difficult album to find, as is reflected in the priceing.
But it's fun to own such an iconic L.P. that is an important piece of rock and roll history.
This blast from the past IS a GREAT debut album, with Del Shannon at his VERY BEST!


title: DO  YOU  REMEMBER  VOL 8.  Original artists --- and original hits!

text:
This is an oldies C.D. like you would typically find at a big box store,
in oldies "series" or x amount of "volumes".
This volume 8 of "Do you remember" includes fourteen tracks.
If your an oldies buff, this would be one you might enjoy.

This vol. focuses on 7 different artists, and contains two songs from each.
This is the track listing with artist,-- year and chart position,
as provided in C.D. case.

1. "Runaway" -- Del Shannon -- 1961 -- #1
2. "A teenager in love" -- Dion & the Belmonts -- 1959 -- #5
3. "Dynamite" -- Brenda Lee -- 1957 -- #72
4. "Sh-Boom" -- The Crew Cuts -- 1954 -- #1
5. "I'll be home" -- Pat Boone -- 1956 -- #4
6. "Lipstick on your collar" -- Connie Francis -- 1959 -- #5
7. "The great pretender" -- The Platters -- 1955 -- #1
8. "Hats off to Larry" -- Del Shannon -- 1961 -- #5
9. "Where or when" -- Dion & the Belmonts -- 1959 -- #3
10. "I'm sorry" -- Brenda Lee -- 1960 -- #1
11. "Earth angel" -- The Crew Cuts -- 1955 -- #3
12. "Love letters in the sand" -- Pat Boone -- 1957 -- #1
13. "Stupid cupid" -- Connie Francis-- 1958 -- #14
14. "My prayer" -- The Platters -- 1956 -- #1

"Goldies" stereo 1988, made in portugal.
This is a good selection of late 50's early 60's oldies..


title: This is a good collection. BUT- has some sound issues.

text:
This is a pretty good collection in that it has all 5 of Donner's charted singles, and 4 of the b-sides.
Plus several of his other recordings on Fontana, Tau, Reprise, Red Bird and Scottie.
This compilation is on Gone label, the label he had his 5 charted hits on. It's made in Italy, 1990.
Of these 32 tracks, 17 are stereo.
A couple of the stereo tracks sound a bit speeded up. Specificly "I didn't figure on him (to come back)".
Maybe that is correct for the stereo verison, but I prefer the sound I heard on the radio back in the day.
And "You don't know what you've got (until you lose it )" has a very pronounced hiss from poor copying.

Here are 12 songs different than on the 'basic' Donner collection's.
He recorded several songs on various labels after his last charted song on the Gone label.
"(What a sad way) to love someone" Gone #5125 stopped at #74 in March of 1962.

He soon signed with Reprise label. (and had a Christmas single out for the Christmas holiday of 1962)
Although these songs didn't realize any chart success they are top quality.
This is the number they are on the C.D.
1. #1 "A tear in my eye" Fontana, 1965.
2. #2 "And then" Tau,1963.
3. #7 "I got burned" Reprise, 1963.
4. #8 "I wish this night would never end" Reprise, 1963.
5. #9 "It will only make me love you more" Red Bird, 1966.
6. #11 "Loneliness of a star" Tau, 1963.
7. #13 "Love isn't like that" Red Bird, 1966.
8. #18 "Poison Ivy league" Fontana, 1965.
9. #20 "Run little Linda" Reprise, 1963.
10. #25 "Take me back" ?
11. #26 "Tell me why" Scottie, 1959.
12. #27 "That's all right with me" Scottie, 1959.

I have never thought of Ral Donner as an imitator,
I have always enjoyed his music for his own qualities.
Although back in the 60's some folks thought he was trying to copy Elvis,
he stands out today as the great artist he was.
This C.D. is worth owning for the different tracks.

This C.D. coupled with "33 Greatest Hits",
has all but one song that's on the pricey "The Presley sound of Ral Donner".
The one missing song between the two C.D.'d is "Rip it up".
That song is on "27 Rockin' Hits" which also contains
many songs that are found on that collection only,
(at this point in time) plus two Christmas songs from 1962.

If you want ONLY ONE good collection of his best,
without the stereo duplications etc. you may like "Ral Donner - 33 Greatest Hits" best of all.


title: All of Donner's hits are here and the b-sides! ~ Great Collection!

text:
Of Ral Donner's five songs to chart in 1961 - 62, (3-top hits) all are here and b-sides, among great album tracks.
Though thought of at the time as an Elvis want-to-be, his music has stood the test of time.
A great talent in his own right, Donner's music is still a great listen over 50 years later.
An excellent collection of 33 tracks, with every one having the quality of a classic.

Track listing & noting of hits - b/sides.
1. You Don't Know What You've Got (until you lose it) - 2 - top 5 in 1961
2. Girl Of My Best Friend - 1 - top 20 in 1961.
3. She's Everything (I wanted you to be) - 4 - top 20 in 1961
4. (What A Sad Way) To Love Someone - 5 - top 100 in 1962
5. Half Heaven, Half Heartache
6. Because We're Young - b/side of - 4
7. I Didn't Figure On Him To Come Back - b/side of - 3 (great song)
8. Sweetheart
9. It's Been A Long, Long Time - b/side of - 1
10. Lonely Star
11. Nite Owl
12. Creampuff
13. For Love Nor Money
14. I Don't Need You
15. Nine Time Out Of Ten
16. Will You Love Me In Heaven - b/side of - 5 (great song)
17. Little Miss Heartbreak
18. Bells Of Love
19. Please Don't Go Go - 3 - top 40 in 1961
20. School Of Heartbreak
21. Your Skies Of Blue
22. Puddle Of Tears
23. To Love
24. She's My Baby
25. Please Don't Tease
26. Juarez
27. Standing Here
28. Tears Of Misery
29. You Haven't Lived Until You Loved
30. Pray For Me
31. Turn Back The Clock
32. Loveless Life - released for a single - (great song)
33. So Close To Heaven - b/side of - 2

Although "Loveless life" didn't made the top 100 chart, it used to play on the radio a lot when I was a young.
It's always been one of my favorites, and has been a difficult song to find.
EVERY song here is well done, and could have been a hit.
This compilation is a great listen from beginning to end!

On Teenager label, the C.D. is plainly packaged, and no liner notes.
Highly recommended!


title: One Star

text: Did not fit my record player


title: Perfect

text: This is a great gift. You get exactly what you see. Got it for my dads 50th birthday. He is going to love it.


title: Five Stars

text: different but anything Chris brown does I like it:)


title: Classic

text: Love.


title: Great gift

text: Purchased as a gift. She loved it!


title: Teach Your Children Well

text:
When I was a small child, I went to live with grandparents when my father died.  My teenage aunt had this set and for some space of time I slept with her and listened to the records play us to sleep every night and I have such a visceral reaction to every piece in this set.

There are superstars represented in this collection which make it a fun listening experience and again for me it was a primo listening primer when I was a small child that lead to greater music appreciation as a learning young adult.

I highly recommend this for "music time" or "play time" for small children. It's not intrusive and gives a nice background ambiance which will give them a tutorial on some popular and prevalent musical themes from that decade.

Enjoy!!!


title: Not happy with it

text: Not that impressed with this CD.  The ocean sounds don't sound very real, like a few minutes are looped over and over.  Unfortunately I broke the ocean CD that I loved and amazon doesn't have it anymore.  I thought the birds on this CD would be nice but they don't sound like real birds in a garden.  In fact, I've never heard bird sounds like them so it leads me to believe they are some kind of manufactured sounds.  Probably won't be listening to this CD much.


title: CD

text: Great cd, great music, great artists.


title: Good

text: I really wanted the version with R.Kelly and Beyonce.  It was beautiful although this one is nice.


title: Four Stars

text: Love Hank and old country music. Nice CD.


title: five stars

text: great music, beautiful packaging


title: Earthy, hippie-surf vibe, but important to me as a touchstone of a time and place.

text: The performer is local to my town, and the cd brings back a terrific memory of a concert that was performed in his honor.


title: John's greatest solos (almost all)

text: Great traxx Excellent sound quality for a standard disc.


title: This is pure Jack Johnson... This is ...

text: This is pure Jack Johnson...This is the CD I first heard of his & I'm loving it! I wish he'd do some French stuff!


title: Great

text: John Lennon's CD was good and cool songs.


title: Awesome

text: Doobie Brothers CD was cool and exciting.


title: Groovy

text: Liked everything about the CD.


title: Perfect

text: Perfect


title: Half and Half

text: Good album, but during the time of its release, the Queen was branching out into TV and films.  You can tell that it doesn't quite have the flavor of her earlier albums, but it's still good to listen to.  The best cuts are "U.N.I.T.Y" and "Weekend Love".


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent, outstanding CD

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title: fiddle

text: awesome irish fiddler


title: Wish They had carried on

text:
This album is solid rock-a-billy with a brazen front end singer and solid backups.

I thought he was Mr. Right, but He left : Born to Burn (Momma warned you) : Tonight I really Laid Down the Law (with a Johnny Cash cameo intro)

The songs are great and the quality is outstanding.

Original songs played with gusto that make you move.

Remember this girl group was instrumental in Asleep at the Wheel, so you know they got the grooves down.

Highly recommended.


title: Good

text: Good


title: Five Stars

text: Wonderful a real gift


title: Fantastic concert

text: Great concert and the DVD was great quality. A very good buy. Too bad Vince Gill looked "sauced"....I felt sorry for George who pretended not to notice.


title: Glad we purchased

text: Very helpful guide when we went to Hawaii.  Glad we purchased.  Would highly recommend.


title: 40 songs on 2 CDs

text: I had forgotten several of these songs over the years, but this CD brings back these songs as well as the memories of that time.  Great listen.


title: Wonderful!

text: Love every song! Beautiful singing and anointed.


title: Joseph Pokorski a most talented barotone

text: This cd is a prize. I have played this several times and enjoy it very much. I understand he has several more made and would love to get them.


title: Artist

text: Great cd


title: Artist

text: Excellent cd all his best songs


title: Best NWA album!!!

text: Best in history!!


title: Terrible, don't waste your money

text: Absolutely the worst CD I have ever listened to.  Don't waste your money, All music is done by  someone who plays at a skating rink some where is a town so small it probably isn't even on a map.  TERRIBLE


title: Breathtaking woman

text: I love anything Dusty Springfield did.  She was a very talented young woman that we lost entirely too early in life!


title: It arrived on time!

text: I was eager to buy these songs from the past and so ordered them.  Right on time and for a good price.


title: So happy to find it on CD so I can add ...

text: Have had the LP version of this since the '70's.  So happy to find it on CD so I can add it to my itunes library.


title: Great stuff.

text: Insightful and entertaining.  Great stuff.


title: Brilliant.

text: Immediately after I bought this, I ordered #2 and #3.  Brilliant.


title: Favorite Christmas album

text: especially like the rendition of I Wonder As I Wander.


title: One good side, one mixed.

text: The full side taken up by The Song of Crazy Horse is wonderful. The other side is strctly that, the other side.  The scatological opus "I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart" will either offend you tremendously, or make you laugh like a moron, depending upon your IQ.


title: Well made

text: Very cute. Have added to my bear collection


title: It's good quality,  great sound. Hard to find

text: Like it alot.


title: Good Tunes for end of an Era

text: Fast Delivery, CD in great shape, better than I thought.  Thank you!


title: a national treasure

text: OUTSTANDING CD.  RICKY WAS ONE OF THE GREATS ALL HIS LIFE FROM TELEVISION AS A CHILD AND LATER FOR ALL THE GREAT MUSIC HE HAD.


title: great old music

text: Jim Reeves as one of the best ever


title: overall pretty good

text: posters were bent in the corners


title: Spider John the Robber Man

text: One of my all time favorite songs.  Too bad it's not available for download, or actually available at all!  Someone please digitize this CD!!  I was going to buy this one song for a friend, and so sad... it's not available at all... Now that I know what one of the CD's is worth, think I'll put mine in a safe somewhere!


title: Five Stars

text: I've loved this album since it came out.  To have it on vinyl is even better.


title: CMANGO

text: I bought this album when it first came out loved it I loaned it to a friend back then and they never returned it. I have been searching for years and finally found it on Amazon it was the last one it said "buy it now" and I did. One of the best albums ever made, I love every song on it, the vocals and lyrics. I am one HAPPY little girl!


title: It's 1979 all over again!

text: This remains one of my favorite films of all time. Although it lacks the song "I Love The Nightlife" its still a great soundtrack!


title: Five Stars

text: one of my favorites...thanks

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title: Jen's voice is amazing! I love seeing her with Skillet and she ...

text: Jen's voice is amazing! I love seeing her with Skillet and she does great on her own as well. Beautiful voice.


title: Chicago Symphony at its finest

text: I have always liked Sir George Solti's interpretation of classical music and this was no exception.  The music is excellent.


title: gotta love those Men from Maine" guys

text: My husband's cracks up whenever he plays this in the car....gotta love those Men from Maine" guys!


title: Not my style

text: Great music for some but I personal didn't like it


title: Four Stars

text: I ordered this for my mother and she really enjoys listening to it while she drives.


title: When your stuff is coming

text: This cd/dvd is awesome! Love it. Just don’t know why it took so long to have it delivered.


title: Five Stars

text: My grandson said it was just what he wanted.


title: Music CD

text: Purchased as a gift


title: Five Stars

text: Great collection, great singer!!!


title: babies!

text: NCT dream is such a mood lifter!


title: japanese release

text: I LOVE it!


title: you can't lose

text: Is CHEN, ferchrissake! Singer extrordinaire! I'd play this to my baby, if I had one.


title: EXO-l s say YES

text: what's to Dislike? It's OXO!!!


title: The best ever!

text: I absolutely love this Christmas music. My mother had it and we played it every Christmas--nothing sounds more festive than bells at Christmas time.  Highly recommend it for everyone!


title: Acker Bilk Stranger on the Shore

text: Wonderful CD.  Acker Bilk is probably one of the greatest clarinetists ever.  "Stranger on the Shore" is one of the loveliest instrumental hits of all time.


title: Alfred Newman won an Ocsar for this movie-score!

text: One of the best sound-track albums of all time.


title: What a Classic!

text: The Norman Luboff choir is amazing.  Soothing music of the west.  The quality of the CD is good.


title: but I love both versions of the song

text: Silly me, I thought I was buying the new entire CD, but I love both versions of the song anyway


title: Love this artist!

text: Love the CD, however, I wish it was all in English and all the songs are slow.  Great artist.


title: A little bit too hard for peanut brittle

text: Based on reviews I thought this wasgoing to be a really great peanut brittle. Sadly it is really a bit on the hard side and does not convey a lot of Peanut brittle flavor. I guess I have been spoiled by See’s Peanut brittle. In my opinion they are the Cadillac of peanut brittle.


title: An Unexpected Ending

text: I mistakenly ordered an abridged version, so ordered this copy.  There is an unexpected and relieving ending.


title: Five Stars

text: Great Item - Love It - Would recommend highly.


title: Rock

text: Great album


title: Awesome

text: Great for any metal fan


title: GunsNRoses doing things their way

text:
Fans of GNR will love this cd so much. They are so good at what they do. Axl has a wide
range of vocals,very unique and then there's
Slash. Slash must have been born with a guitar in his hands. Great cd!!


This is bought for my son who is reading the series. He's on the last book and has loved each book.


Five Stars


title: Incredible

text: If you have the good fortune to find this for sale, certainly purchase it.  I went to college where Ovid Young was on the faculty.  It was so wonderful to hear his work again.


title: Elvis comes thru once again!

text: Love the songs.


title: Five Stars

text: High recommend!


title: Beautiful

text: Arrived quickly from outside USA. Love the songs. Beautiful voice!


title: Did not like the soprano voice irritating

text: Yeats should never be sung by female voice. I didn’t realize it would be so monotonous. I’ve heard Edna O’Brien read Yeats. She has a strong Irish brogue and it was lovely. The “Yeats in Song” album is better.


title: LOVE!

text: Santana and Kroeger???.....couldn't get any better than that....this one does IT for me!


title: Love the music!

text: Love his music!


title: Junk

text: In japanese


title: Five Stars

text: Bought this for my wife, and she loves it.


title: I continue to enjoy ......

text: I continue to enjoy the sing and the spirit of Tennessee Ernie Ford!


title: Five Stars

text: Love her voice, energy. All the songs on this are good.


title: great heavy metal

text: this cd is great. took me 25 years to find it, but was worth the wait. the guitar and vocals are awesome.


title: BEST BOOK *EVER*

text: I came across this while doing some research and searching and I am mediately thought this book has got to be awesome or the biggest waste of an awesome title in history.  It’s the latter!!!  Dr. Joe is great and the narrator is very calming so aside from the continent that alone makes this a good lesson. The Contin is very interesting and comes at the topic from a very surprising and unique angle and that’s what makes it so great but you’d probably have to listen to it several times and work on implementation because it’s deep… Really deep… But in a very very good way!


title: These are my Mountains

text: I just love this version of "These are my Mountains". I have had the pleasure of hearing Colin Grant-Adams in person and I have quite a few of his songs back when he sold them on cassette =)


title: wish it was available as an MP3 album

text: This is one of my favorites from Jerry Vale, especially the single On and On. I have searched for years to find this as an MP3 and will continue to do so.


title: it was perfect! Thanks much

text:
Yes, it was perfect!

Thanks much!


title: Price Gouging after Wish List

text: This item was $24 only a month ago.  Then it was sold out.  After I added it to my Wish List it suddenly appeared again for sale by two different sellers for the exact same price of $119.  Seems very strange to me and they call it a "budget-priced" item.  And right after I added it to my Wish List!!


title: Five Stars

text: Thanks!


title: Five Stars

text: Great discs. Thanks!


title: The Long Road Home in Concert by John Fogerty 12-3-06

text: This is an awesome concert and my husband and I have watched it over and over!  The band is one of the best and John Fogerty  is at his best!!  I highly recommend this DVD!


title: Great music!

text: Great Christmas CD!


title: Four Stars

text: It is a very nice cd. Wish it had more Buddhist tracks.


title: Wilco Cruel Country

text: Another excellent record by one of Americas great bands. Just buy it.

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title: Voice Changed Billy

text: Older, mature, voice changed Billy. Wide variety of songs include even a Mozart with lyrics. Billy never fails to deliver!


title: A very nice song collection!

text: A nice set of songs to have. A nice collection!


title: Good CD

text: Good CD.


title: Wonderful

text: Album was in great condition as stated.  I converted this LP to digital and imported into iTunes.  Loving it!  I will always love Evie.


title: I love Aerosmith

text: I love Aerosmith


title: not like

text: The original album


title: He is awesome

text: Love his music


title: Love Beatles solo music

text: I am buying the solo albums of all 4 Beatles.


title: Childhood record I had

text: An old record from my childhood.  Very good


title: Great Song by the Great Stars Who Made Them Famous

text:
This is the Volume 2 Track List

  1. Love is a Many Splendored Thing  -- Four Aces
  2. I Believe -- Frankie Laine
  3. Allegheny Moon -- Patti Page
  4. You're Breaking My Heart -- Vic Damone
  5. You Belong To Me -- Jo Stafford
  6. There's No Tomorrow -- Tony Martin
  7. You Gotta Have Heart -- Peggy Lee
  8. Cry Me a River -- Julie London
  9. Pretend You Don't See Her  -- Jerry Vale
  10. Buttons and Bows -- Dinah Shore
  11. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You -- Ella Fitzgerald
  12. Tenderly -- Rosemary Clooney
  13. Wheel of Fortune -- Kay Starr
  14. Little Things Mean a Lot -- Kitty Kallen
  15. Tangerine -- Helen O'Connell & Jimmy Dorsey
  16. Charmaine -- The Four Freshmen
  17. Moonlight in Vermont -- Margaret Whiting
  18. Flamingo -- Herb Jeffries with Duke Ellington
  19. The Wayward Wind -- Gogi Grant
  20. Deep Purple -- Bea Wain and Larry Clinton
  21. I Had The Craziest Dream -- Helen Forrest and Harry James
  22. No Not Much -- The Four Lads
  23. The Christmas Song -- Mel Torme

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title: This collection is great and well worth it.

text: I love this collection.  But, who doesn't love Stevie Nicks.  So glad I purchased it and am able to enjoy real music.


title: Completely wonderful.

text: So few people know of Rev. Dan Smith, and that is a true shame.  I had the good fortune to hear him live about 30 years ago, and was amazed.  How someone this singular has flown under the radar for so long is a puzzle to me - and a loss to the greater listening public!


title: great music

text:
Great to listen while driving a long distance (2 hours or more).

Keep you awake and enjoy the driving


title: Jack Benny presents the Treasury of Golden Memories of Radio

text: This was exactly what I was looking for the quality was very good and provided a very good sample of 1930's and 1940's radio.


title: Glad I found this album as it’s not on any streaming sites other than YouTube.  Classic album.

text: You can play this album straight through..


title: Awful CD

text: I thought his would be. Symphonic CD.  It's!  The instrumentation is single instrument and I thought this would keep a child awake rather than lulling it to sleep.  Do not buy.


title: Beautiful music.

text: I only wish every song on the CD was sung by Michael MacGuire instead of every other song.  MacGuire voice is so exceptional he should be singing all the songs.


title: Wife loves this set!

text: My wife LOVES this set - listens to it all the time.


title: Irish Heritage

text: I enjoy this CD with many songs that I have always loved!  I had seen Sean Dunphy in person and was happy to be able to get this CD.


title: Five Stars

text: Always enjoy anything featuring Sade.


title: Liner notes are wonky, but who cares?

text: Have been looking for a copy of this album for years. Excellent find!


title: Nice recording, incomplete Capriccio

text: Notes indicate 5 tracks for Capriccio Espagnol. The last movement, Fandango asturiana, is missing. My CD has only 8 tracks, times Scheherezade:10:40; 12:10; 10:34; 13:00; Capriccio 1:12; 6:22; 2:48; 5;59.


title: old times

text: i've been lookin for this album for years, since the 60's its t5he best thank you.


title: Five Stars

text: Outstanding music of the twelve string guitar.


title: An WONDERFUL compilation of calming music and romantic Waltzes!

text: An WONDERFUL compilation of calming music. These waltzes are some of the very best pieces of Chopin and are played wonderfully on this album.  I recommend this CD highly!


title: Five Stars

text: it's a xmas gift.


title: Wonderful CD!

text: Great CD just as stated.. Recommend seller! Enjoy this french singer.

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title: Great service!

text: Nice cd- would do business again.


title: Proper Playback Makes Miracles

text: This is essentially a Quad version of this CD. If your home theater/sound system can handle it, this is an almost mystical CD. The sound is incredible; the songs are Class A R&B.


title: Classic Chicago Blues from an unusual source

text:
This is a classic blues album. 12-bar, shuffle, rowdy, you name it, it's here and it's good. This is actually a "getting the band back together" CD by what was originally The Brooklyn Blues Busters, who played far and wide in the 70's, going as far as playing backup for Victoria Spivey and John Lee Hooker at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival - in its day, the top-line one of its genre.

Not a single bad cut,and John's harmonica is sizzling hot throughout.

Fun fact: John Leslie was the most famous and accomplished actor in adult films from the 70's through the 80's.


title: that would have made this CD perfect. I could have lived without Fat Old Sun ...

text:
Pink Floyd BBC show from the seventies: I had recorded off the radio a show that was Pink Floyd live and I never thought Id find it on CD but here it basically is.  My recording had included One of These Days and Echoes but it cut Atom heart Mother in half (and I actually never knew that until I got this CD).  The track listing is :John Peel intro, Embryo, Fat Old Sun, Green Is The Colour, Careful With That Axe Eugene, If, Atom Heart Mother.
Everything is as I remembered it except Atom Heart Mother is about twice as long as what I had recorded.  We are missing John Peel's comment about Nick Masons vocal debut which will be well worth hearing - and seeing - if you're in the studio...because all of that was in One Of These Days; but its got everything else...except Echoes...that would have made this CD perfect.  I could have lived without Fat Old Sun and One of These Days.
but you can't have everything. where would you put it?  overall - Im very happy with this CD.  came in a nice package too.


title: Great

text: Love this album


title: Not as good as I hoped for

text: One iconic song...take a guess...the rest, just o.k.


title: Joan Baez

text: A comment on....N16178 LaserLight....... the CD...Joan Baez....House of the Rising Sun......Matty Groves and Mary Hamilton.....were cut short by four minutes, with no warning......NOT ACCEPTABLE.........Robert  W.  Carpenter (80 years old)....a collector of all Joan Baez records and CD's..........


title: Upper Body + Abs

text: This is not bad for a little sampler. It contains an upper body segment from Lift Weights to Loose Weight 2 - about 20 minutes and one abdominal segment from Tummy Trimmers - about 10 minutes. The upper body exercises include balancing and leg lifts. Go heavy and it's quite challenging.


title: Best drummer from 1961 . Best cd

text: I love drums! This is what I listened to when I was younger. That's when I knew I was hooked!!! Haha thanks!!!


title: Essence of Purity

text: of sound of Universe... It was what I expected.  The CD is a great collection of J. S. Bach organ music.


title: Bad disc quality

text: Terrible quality disc all scratched


title: Returned did not open or use!

text: Thought was a dvd, not just music!


title: Skips songs not everyone one plays through

text: I got this CD as a gift for my grandmother but she said that not every song plays all the way through and it starts to skip


title: Wonderful

text: Love the classics, and this one is no exception.  What a great story it tells.


title: One of the absolute best bands of all time.

text:
My favorite band in all of the past, present, and future. Go watch some of their music videos on YouTube (there is an official video for the song "Let Me Hear"), then come back here and buy every single one of their CDs. That's what you will do.

This CD has at least one single that is not on any of their albums.

They are a Japanese rock band but they mostly sing in English. Scream, techno, dance, rock, heavy metal, ballad, these guys do a mixture of almost everything. Even a little circus music and jazz is thrown in for good measure. Uplifting lyrics to brighten up your day they are screamed at you so they sound cool. How to describe this? Just listen. Your ears will figure it out.


title: Satisfied Customer

text: I love this set!  Great hits at a great price!!!


title: Always amazing!!

text: Nelson has always been my favorite artist of all time. This CD doesn't disappoint. He could literally put out anything and I would buy it.


title: Good music.

text: Excellent older music.


title: Great buy

text: Love these songs and these guys are so talented.


title: Great cd

text: Beautiful singing.


Was for a gift.  He absolutley loved it. Unique in every way.


title: Best album I've ever owned

text: I first heard Changer and the Changed when I was a young college woman back in 1976.  I was blown away then and played this record endlessly during all the ups and downs of the young adult years.  When music transitioned to CDs I bought the CD, now I have it on my digital playlists.  While I am retired now, I spent 32 years in a career working with abused children.  I would play "Song of the Soul" on the way to work and on the way home from work and it centered and comforted me.  "I am crying, I am not dying, I am dancing, dancing along with the madness, there is no sadness only the song of the soul"  One of the most beautiful lines of poetry about grief and loss and still choosing life I've ever found.  Plus, her voice!!  I finally saw Cris in concert a couple years ago, still love her.


title: Did.  Not enjoy

text: Too much ugly swear words


title: I l love music and this CD did not disappoint.

text: I have no complaints at all.


title: Wonderful Carpenters album.

text: It’s wonderful music to stretch to.


title: Another Stevie Wonder hit album.

text: I have no dislikes in this album.


title: Great music. Uplifting.

text: Love that it's glorious and uplifting.


title: Great CD

text: We saw the UOGB in concert.  This CD is a real nice collection of their tunes.  Fun to listen to.


title: BEST SONGS EVER

text: Probably one of the best children's Christian cd EVER made. I used to listen to this "album" as a child and remember all of the words. My 20 month old even sings along with me. Every single song is so catchy and different. Great way to teach my daughter about God and Jesus all while having lots of fun!


title: EVERLASTING VIBES!!

text: BEST CD THEY EVER MADE IN MY OPINION!!


title: STEVE 2020,,,LET'S KICK IT!!

text: AWESOME MUSICIAN!! MY HUBBY LOVES HIM😊❤ AND DO DO I.


title: VOLUME 2 IS ALSO GREAT!!

text: THE CD HAD A VERY NICE SELECTION OF SOME OF HER BEST SONGS!!


title: Five Stars

text: Great music!! One of my favorite groups from back in the day!!


title: Five Stars

text: Perfect.. my hubby loves them!!!


title: I would love to buy this version

text: I want this song.


title: Great songs!

text: I purchased this CD for my hubby for Xmas and he loves it.


title: Not Up To Maureen's Usual Standards

text: The variety of songs sounded promising and with a great singer like Maureen McGovern, how could this album miss? But it sure left me sad and disappointed. She simply belts her way through most of these songs. What about some sensitivity and a little tenderness? And finally came the oddest thing of all. When it came to the title song, The Long and Winding Road, she only sings a brief portion of it! A beautiful song ruined. Very bewildered. She's capable of so much better!


title: Great colletion

text: Love the assortment of songs.


title: You must be motivated

text: A lot of what the instructor says on the video doesn't match what she has in the accompanying notebook. It's a great review tool for those who already have a piano background and want to brush up. As with any program, you must practice, practice, practice, or it won't do you much good.


title: Exactly!!

text: If you love Alan Jackson this CD is a must have!!!


title: Great CD for Worship

text: Purchased about ten years ago it has been worn out because I played it in my home and un my car.  It is a wonderful way to begin the morning and to end the day.  For those who attend church during the last quarter 20th century will be lift up spiritually and emotionally because you can enter into the sanctuary of the Lord God.  I recommend it to anyone who want a timeless worship CD,


title: Five Stars

text: Greatt!


title: Mixed Country CD

text: This is a nice mix of Country Artists singing Christmas songs!  I have enjoyed the variety of artists and their arrangements for the Christmas music!


title: Five Stars

text: Son-in-law really enjoyed this.


title: Weird, Weird, Weird (Zero Stars)

text: Weird, weird, weird. The loons are jest loud enough to detract from the music, so you neither are enjoyable.  It also took a LONG time to arrive. Will donate it to my favorite animal rescue in hopes that an animal lover with weird musical taste will love it. Well, one can hope. LOL


title: Great music

text: If you enjoyed the Carolina Chocolate Drops, you will lot this CD.


title: good cd

text: enjoy singing with this, no one else might enjoy me singing with it....but me.  Buy it, you will enjoy it.


title: Excellent relaxation CD

text: I really like this relaxation/ hypnosis CD and the lady’s soothing British voice. There is one portion to play in the morning and another excellent one to play at night. I am facing some difficult health issues soon and this CD has been very helpful in helping me to sleep and in emphasizing positive thoughts and relaxation.


title: Score!!

text: Baby shower gift for a couple traveling across the country!  Great songs that everyone can tolerate :))


title: Soothing

text: We got this to add to our baby's sleep 'playlist' since they use it at daycare. She actually has an old tape version, so we were happy to find this on cd. Very soothing, some orchestral arrangements of children's songs. Perfect length for naps


title: Five Stars

text: Like new with picture sleeve to boot...Very happy with this item!!!


title: Good sound

text: Great sound Love the whole disc


title: Fantastic

text: Absolutely a great rockabilly CD.


title: Five Stars

text: So happy to receive it on Saturday. Listened to it all day. Love it.


title: Not Good Music

text: Be sure you read the song list. Didn’t recognize alit of this music.


title: Very soothing

text: Hearing lullabyes done by a string section with a harp is very soothing.


title: Excellent

text: One of the most beautiful and relaxing CDs I have ever owned.


title: Good price

text: Great music at a great price !


title: Paco De Lucia

text: Loved the music , I would recommend this CD to anyone who loves guitar or learns to play guitar. Collection of the best music pieces


title: Will Not Buy Used Media Again

text: This regrettably, was a used item. I just tried to watch the DVD tonight only to find that it doesn’t work, so I recommend only buying media like this ‘New’.


title: Unplug, by putting this in a CD holder with ...

text: Unplug, by putting this in a CD holder with earphones, close your eyes, and listen to God talk to you.  If you aren't touched deeply, I don't know what else to say.


title: Lovely

text: My mom plays this in her uber every day- gets compliments non stop.


title: Husband loves it!

text: Bought this as a gift for my husband after he mentioned it - he is loving it :) I haven't listened to the CDs but he said they are great! Shipping was fast, too! Thanks!


title: complete collection!

text: WOW! I HAD NO ITDEA IT WOULD BE THE ENTIRE COMPLETE COLLECTORS EDITION IN A HUGE LONG BOX WITH ALL OF THEM SEALED!!! YOU GUYS ROCK! I AM REALLY HAPPY AND IMPRESSED AS THESE ARE FOR EASTER FOR THE BASKET! I LIKE TO BUY SOMETHING INSTEAD OF ALOT OF CANDY!


title: All Adam!

text: This is the best of both worlds. Adam's audio and DVD is PERFECTION at its best!


title: Piano CD

text: Love his CDs.  Great on piano.


I was lucky enough to meet Eirinn Abu two days ago.  He is charming in addition to being a magnificent sax player. I have this CD in addition to 2 others and they are among my very favorites.  His music is so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes.  The pictures of him and his wife on the cover provide an additional love story with their extensive charitable work.  Five stars don't seem enough for his works.


title: I am a big fan of the other cds but this one was just not very good. I paid alot for it and it isn't ...

text: I have to agree with the other reviewer.  I am a big fan of the other cds but this one was just not very good.  I paid alot for it and it isn't something I am going to use.  Several of the songs just don't have a pleasant sound at all.  I hate to leave a negative review but want to save someone else the money.


title: Major Bummer

text: This is not a review about the Shardlake series, which by the way is wonderful, but rather the box set of audio books. No where in any of the descriptions from any of the various sellers is it indicated that these are abridged versions of the books. Tsk,tsk,tsk...found out the good news when the set arrived. Should have seen it coming: If something seems too good to be true, it probably is!


title: Tom Petty Greatest Hits

text: This is a very good CD if you like Tom Petty. All the songs are really good.


title: A meaningful interpreter.

text: I love Steinberg's interpretations of Brahms.


title: Old Time Duets

text: My husband and I love Jane and Gordon's CD with many Bluegrass duets. Both are talented musicians and we would highly recommend this album of memorable songs.


title: Wonderful recording of 8th and 9th symphonies

text: I've had this LP for years and have always felt it was an outstanding version of these symphonies.  Great to have it on CD.


title: Five Stars

text: back in time.


title: Big band standards that are just cool man, cool

text: I loved everything about this item. The ease of purchase, the price, the speed it got to me, the quality of the CD and its sound, and of course the song selection and Nat King Cole's voice.


title: Love her

text: Good seller, real cd (not a knockoff) and shipped much more quickly than promised.  Listening to this takes me right back to Turkey.  A long time ago, but right back there!


title: Superb Recording

text: Ward Marston is a genius when it comes to restoring these old recordings.  Flagstad shines through like a gigantic, golden beacon and we finally hear Melchior's unique timbre.  I especially love the Tristan and Lohengrin duets.  Buy this before it goes out of print!


title: LOVE

text: Hey it's Percy Faith, what more can I say, LOVE IT


title: the CD is better than the 45's but not as good as the ...

text: takes me back, well recorded, played it and then played the same songs on LP and 45, the CD is better than the 45's but not as good as the LP versions, doesn't miss it by much (LP playback will sound only as good as the playback equipment)


title: Ramsey Revisits some of his standards

text: Imagine a night in a smoke free club and Ramsey is playing your jazz favorite and you are hearing them again for the first time. That is this CD. Don't miss it. Doesn't he look good in a yellow background?


title: Innocent not Baldacci's Best

text: After a dozen dazzling best sellers, David Baldacci has finally let me down. This story does not have the pizzazz of the Camel club or his other brilliant pairings. The pace is lacking and the characters lack the usual Baldacci hutzpah. Until now every book has been a crescendo of delight, even Zero Hour, which Lee Child seemed to be imitating.


title: Five Stars

text: PERFECT IN EVERY WAY.


title: Five Stars

text: PERFECT IN EVERY WAY. VERY SATISFIED


title: Classic Piece of Music

text: This CD is  an outstanding piece of Classic Music  that  is a treasure to anyone, anywhere.  It took me  3 years to find it<br />and lo & behold I found it on Amazon.  Many Thanks.


title: I love their music..

text: I love their music. Maybe it is just me but I feel that many of the songs are calming and their guitar plays smoothly.


title: Five Stars

text: I love it!!!!


title: Five Stars

text: Very nice two CD set.  Love the songs from WWII.  Brings back many memories


title: Buy it while you still can !!!

text: Great CD and a classic piece of history. Recording, sound quality is very good. If you are a Garcia fan this is fantastic cd to own as it is a rare glimpse into another talented side of Jerry. Fast ship for UK order.


title: Rare  find

text:
This is an awesome CD  This disc does have a high quality version Bon Jovi's cover of "Hallelujah
A rare find in the US
Highly recommend


title: Disappointing Collection

text: Unlike a past CD by this artist, this collection had little variation in tempo and range of Walsh's prior talent.<br />I gave it away to the library book sale.


title: Two Stars

text: It was not the one I was looking for.


title: old times

text: This is a hit from the past & a must have @ any cost.<br />  I gladly paid $30 for my copy!


title: butI'm glad I took the opportunity to get a full set ...

text: I have a couple of other Haitink/Concertgebouw recording of the Brahms 1st and 4th, butI'm glad I took the opportunity to get a full set and these were different enough to make the purchase worthwhile. I really like the orchestral/conducting combination and, so far, see no need to explore other interpretations. Recording quality was excellent, with stunning accuracy. Highly recommended


title: After an initial surprise, highly enjoyable.

text: Upon starting play of this CD, I thought one channel on my amp had gone out. With further listening to the follow-up selections, I realized that the engineers/producer had decided to put the first piece, a solo performance on only one channel, Other tracks played as expected.<br />Overall, I really liked the performances. I'm not very familiar with baroque brass compositions, but I really enjoyed listening to these performances. Would love to get this on vinyl.


title: This was a perfect album.

text: They should have released more music.  I only knew of them from Video Soul.  They should have had more radio play.

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title: Carlos!!!!

text: This is probably his best album. 5+ stars!!!


title: satisfied

text: I enjoyed it very much


title: Great Memories

text: The music I grew up on......made me smile and step back in time. I did not realize how soft the "rock" was back then.


title: Great disks. Everyone loved them!

text:
My niece who is in Sunday school at her local Ward and is 6 years old loves to sing. Got her this and she loves it. She listens to it on her portable cd player w headphones and sings. Great gift idea.
I also bought a set for my mom. She loves it toooo.
By the way. Disk 5 has the fun songs like leafy tree tops and popcorn popping on the apricot tree. My favorites. Been singing those since I was a kids.


title: Faster shipping

text: Nice


title: Terry Cashmans' (Forever Dodger Blue)

text: WOW, I hadn't seen or heard this song/record since I had it when I was a kid, I found it on iTunes and listened to the sample, I can't believe the memories this song brings back, especially having been a die hard Dodgers fan like I was!


title: highway 91 revisited

text: Donna Crosby explodes with complete vocal psychological fury in every song on this record. In all my travels ive never encountered upon an album thats been more of an influence to me. The dark rage steering the force behind "betrayed" is capable of driving it into your dreams. Every songs capable of forming an addiction to this record that will keep you going back for more.... until you know every detail of everyone. One of the best, and certainly one of the furthest records ahead of its time, in its era.


title: awful not the artists singin or playin

text: just awful gave it away


title: Roy Clark

text: Add said it was a cd very disappointed


title: Gave mine away so....

text: I needed a replacement.  Such beautiful songs.  One of king for any collection


title: A GREAT CHRISTMAS MEMORY

text: I remember this album from my childhood. One of my favorite Christmas memories. As a matter of fact, when I moved out, I “confiscated” it so it wouldn’t meet the same fate as Meet The Beatles (my Mom threw it out). But I DEFINITELY recommend this album!


title: Great value

text: Looking for 50+ years for this album


title: I love this CD

text: I love this CD.  I ride my stationary bike to it every morning and it gets me going.  Not a fan of the second track, so I just put the first track on repeat and get my cycle on !!!


title: Ronnie Dunn

text: Excellent cd.

user_id: AEPACMDGCBYFPBVUOVWSXVHVOMUQ


title: love it

text: love it


title: Five Stars

text: ok


title: Jamie Ross arrives on the Case!

text:
Carey Lowell joins the cast as Jamie Ross in the Seventh Year of Law & Order, but departs in the Eighth Year.

Fans of Carey Lowell will be HAPPY to her in action when Law & Order The Seventh Year (1996-1997) arrives on DVD!

This could most likely be either an August release or sometime later in the fall.

Please continue releasing the Original Law & Order series on DVD, in the near future!


title: This is just a song CD. Not the story

text: We were hoping for the book on tape of this story. This is just songs. Not the story.


title: nice music

text: nice music. just love Eddy Duchin style.


title: James Last!  Need I say more?

text: As a fan, I appreciate the music that James Last provided.  Very versatile performer & band


title: Best Christian Alternative Album I have ever heard

text:
If you like the Byrds, Crosby, Stills and Nash, or CCR or that type of stuff you'll really like these guys.

I first bought this album in 1994 on clearance from a Christian bookstore.
I wore out my first copy.
Then I purchased another copy used somewhere.
It's now scratched, so I purchased yet another copy last week.

I LOVE this album. It's so unique. The lyrics are deep, not shallow and full of Christianese slogans.

There are a lot of obvious influences, but they really have their own sound.

Honestly, most Contemporary Christian albums I have heard sound sappy. Which rhymes with crappy. Just sayin.'

Or they are released before anyone decent with half a musical brain edited out the junk songs that would be on Coda if they were Led Zeppelin.

Not so with this album.

"Something" is so real. "I Cry in My Sleep" helped my wife and I through some rough memories - I think shared. I just can't recommend this album enough. "Circus World" is so real.

I haven't tried [[ASIN:B003A7YA6U Spiritual Songs By The Wayside]] yet, but I intend to.


title: The Sgt. Pepper's of kids albums!

text: I am a lifelong Beatles fan, so that review title carries A LOT of weight! Every song on this album hits a grand slam, covering everything from the silly (We Had To Go Home, Be Part Of The Band), the new brother or sister (When One Became Two) or those down in the dumps times (Worrisome One), wrapping then all in melodies both soothing and rocking. You won't find ONE of those banging your head against the wall Baby Shark tunes in the whole bunch. You'll be listening to this album long after your kids have moved out!


title: Classic Performance!

text: I have had this recording since I was a kid and recorded it of the Midnight Special. Mediocre sound, but a must have recording!


title: EXCELLENT MUSIC

text: Had purchased this before for my wife who listened to it a lot.  She somehow managed to break one of the CD's.  I tried multiple ways to replace the CD, but even with contacting the company I was unable for over a year to replace the damaged disk.  I finally purchased another set and the wife is now happy.  These are very good songs as I hove the old set with the broken CD and I use them.


title: Let Your Cares Float Away With Mulder Music

text: Last night I fell asleep listening to the beautiful and restful music of The Piano Dreamer. It's the most relaxing, dreamy music, and lulled me into a dreamless sleep. What a way to relieve and release the stress of the day. It makes me regret stopping my piano lessons when I was younger. Jan Mulder's music is exquisite.


title: Better than nothing

text: The music drowns out the thunder and the rain is one constant speed.  I have a very old cassette I'm trying to replace and can't find the EXACT same Interludes on any other format...plus the cassette is about worn to death.


title: Five Stars

text: good


title: Four Stars

text: Was everything I thought it was


title: Five Stars

text: Great artist


title: I already had the Mother's Best collection and thought this would be a nice addition ...

text: I already had the Mother's Best collection and thought this would be a nice addition but there's not really a whole lot on it.


title: Bluesy doo-wop with an almost comical touch-lalala.....

text: If you like the style of the classic "Bad Boy", you'll enjoy this CD. There are a couple of similar-style numbers that you'll enjoy. The rest are mediocre fills.


title: Finally, the complete audition tapes in great quality!

text:
As noted by others reviewing this CD, it is the best version offered to date of The Beatles Decca audition sessions, and is complete!
The CD and packaging are great quality, not to mention the additional ephemera included. I thought the inner paper sleeve with lyrics was a nice touch, and I was surprised to find, folded into four, liner notes, history, and photos.
If you have been waiting for the complete Decca recordings, wait no longer! This is the CD to get.
It sounds like a little stereo reverb was added, but not in a heavy handed kind of way, and sounds like the native affectations we are used to hearing on the tracks. The quality compares well with the Anthology tracks.
This was the missing link in my Beatles archive.
I've heard these tracks in various states over the years, and had acquired a few of the songs on this disc, heard more from friends, but never the entire sessions. September In The Rain was probably the only one in this compilation I had never heard before.
I have many of the early club recordings in various formats; perhaps someone will get around to compiling these as well. The quality is not great, but the performances are stellar.
Get this CD, while you can!


title: Five Stars

text: Love!


title: cds

text: sounds great


title: Nothing short of Amazing!

text:
Track Listing Error:

This is a great CD, however it only contains 13 tracks, instead of 14. The missing track is: 7. A Friend Or Two (05:18)
I didn't realise that this track was missing until I started typing this review. In spite of this error, the CD is still a great CD.

The Composer:

David Hirschfelder is one of Australia's leading film score composers. His compositional and music production skills have been honored internationally.

One of the tracks, 'To the Sky' have been credited to Owl City. Seems like a strange co-incidence, but Owl City is an American synthpop musical project by Adam Young. While Mr Young was suffering from insomnia while working packing boxes for UPS in his hometown, Owatanna, he turned to composing music.

The Music:

This music is simply majestic and very uplifting. Once you have seen the associated movie, if you listen carefully, you will be captivated by the musical score. It captures and embellishes richly the concepts of the film, which of course involves Owls soaring through the sky as well as engaging in aerial battles.


title: Five Stars

text: Good


title: Five Stars

text: great


title: Five Stars

text: Amazing album!


title: Amazing

text: Amazing album! I can't wait for their comeback!


title: Three Stars

text: Love the album, but I didn't get a poster.


title: Five Stars

text: Ok :)


title: Special effects were too digital, Watch it for the storyline

text: This was better than the first one but the special effects were too digital. I know George used a special digital camera with no film that sent the scenes directly to the editors, effects crews, etc & it made the movie different not classic. It would of been nice to see episodes 4,5,6 with this technology but it really did help with the way the cities & other places looked like. The acting was good enough to bring believable realism to the story. Hayden Christianson -------------------He was a great pick for portraying Anakin Skywalker as he seems to have this aura of both of the light & dark forces. Natalie Portman ---------------She was more interesting this time because her character had a bit more personality than the Geisha like statue I wish I could forget from the first movie. (She does not have any strange costumes this time around!)Ewan Mcgregor --------------I've watched quite a few of his movies since trainspotting & this time around he looks more like the music coordinator of the Star Wars theme (The man that was in the music video for the first movie, he was sitting next to George Lucas near the end of the video, Shoulder length red hair/beard.) Mcgregor was more believeable & intelligent as was the Obi Wan we've seen in Episode 4 but, is probably still years away from us seeing him with his new look. I kept getting distracted by my thinking about the music video & Jesus... but this has to be my most favorite character in the star wars films right now. Excellent job, Ewan!Yoda...! You seek answers, yes?-----He had to be the most digital character in the movie & spoke using reverse parables, The notible scenes are his indian style floating sequence & his fight scene "somewhere" in the film(I will not say when because some people have not seen this movie yet?)Yoda is a large part of the story as the jedi founder so I would give credit to the character either way!Jar Jar Binks-------------Jar Jar somehow got through security at the studio & surpassed the insomniacs of Industrial light & magic.. I would guess that him and his race of illiterate saltwater drinkers & slimydippers become eliminated during the clone war in the 3rd movie?!?!Palpatine---------The man playing Chancellor Palpatine has been in "every Star Wars movie" made playing the different ranks of Palpatine, including Emperor Palpatine in Episodes 4, 5, 6. He will play E.P. again in Episode 3. All that really needs to be said is wait for the DVD...and... Please make one last sequel with Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, & Carrie Fisher!!! ?You could call it Star Wars: Episode 7- The Rebuilding (or Republic) of the New Empire (2008)? Most likely it will be disappointing like the Wing Commander movie. I expected the characters from the game but got Shaggy from Scooby Doo instead of Mark Hamill. ------Shaggy stars in Star Wars: Episode- 7 The search for Jar Jar


title: Great worship, loved Danny Daniels!

text: Excellent production!


title: CD

text: Great inspirational worship music


title: I truly appreciate the serene quiet music. I had ...

text: I truly appreciate the serene quiet music. I had been looking for this CD for a couple years, thanks Amazon.


title: A great artist of the 50's and 60's.

text:
I don't think anyone of this generation would remember Johnny Horton, a recording artist of the 50's and 60's.  He was an artist that was successful in the Rockabilly/Country carossover. Some of his hits wer "The Battle of New Orleans", "Lost Highway", Johnny Reb, North to Alaska, Sink the Bismark among others.

In the band I played in we performed songs of that era that our senior audience preferred.  Our band are now disbanded due to the Corona Virus.


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent music. Lot of good songs.


title: 1959 hit recordings

text: The best cd for 1959 hit recordings


title: Great Music!

text: I love Guns & Roses! Great music! Love all the songs on this cd and the price was just right! Happy customer here!


title: Great Music!

text: Blondie Greatest Hits (CD) is awesome! Here you get all of those great songs from the 80's! Brings back a lot of good ole memories!


title: Great Music!

text: Love this cd the Ultimate Sin. Brings back a lot of great memories from the 80's. Glad I bought it and at a great price too!


title: Fantastic

text: Great tunes

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title: Awesome

text:
Awesome holiday music
Brought back some great memories
Everyone needs to own a copy of this album


title: Awesome

text:
Awesome music
Awesome band
Create lots of great memories with these songs


title: Awesome.

text: Marillion rules. Best album ever. Great music. Great memories. Great times.


title: Five Stars

text: Fantastic music. Thanks.


title: Five Stars

text: Awesome music. Great songs. Good memories.


title: SP rules

text: Awesome music. Must have for all SP fans.


title: Great band

text: I love the band America. It's hard to believe that it's been 40 years. All there music is really good.


title: Its BTS.  My kids love it

text: it's BTS.  My kids love them.  I cant say how good or durable the cd is because none of them own a cd player.  They just look at the cards and cd.  Well it does that job good so i guess it gets a 5 star.


title: Five Stars

text: love the monkees


title: 100% perfection

text: If you're reading these reviews then it is likely that you like these songs just like I do. So this review isn't about whether the songs are good. This review is about whether or not these CDs are good. And they are. The quality of the CDs and the sound is excellent, the case is nice and you're going to get what you pay for.


title: A knock out performer!

text: You may not understand a single word she's singing, but the beauty of Aida Nikolaychuk's talented voice will give you chills. Although this CD doesn't contain some of her most mind blowing performances from Russia's Got Talent (during her first performances her voice was so stunning that the judges thought she was lip-synching and stopped her in the middle of her song and made her sing a' cappella - she was even more magnificent without the music!), if you can appreciate "international" music, you'll fall head over heals for Aida! Check out the videos of her on YouTube and see for yourself - especially her knock out cover performances of Whitney Houston's I Wanna Run to You, Adele's Rolling in the Deep, and Marilynn Monroe's I Wanna Be Loved By You from the movie Some Like it Hot (even the male musician are in drag in tribute to the movie).


title: Classic

text: Classic


title: Love Is Blue

text: Love Is Blue


title: great oldie

text: great oldie


title: Alice's cake said "Eat Me", then she saw this review that says "READ ME".......

text:
If she does, will she get bigger or smaller, or something else entirely. Anything can happen in the Geology of Planet Weird !

Nice driving music. Sounds a bit like Bare Naked Ladies combined with Dillon Fence (My favorite North Carlolina club band from not so long ago also worth checking out), but cooler. This is Bloo's debut CD! This site had me wondering, but this is the same group that does "Land Mimes". Both CDs are exquisite; polished and tight, with pleasant chords and harmonies. Real melodic rockers for what is at present a giveaway price. Give them a play, and you too may find them in your player more often than not. Aptly titled "Geology of Planet Weird". Lots of fun!


title: O Man I Ordered 2 of these - 1 for me and 1 as a gift.

text: This is my 2nd Favorite Album - It has a collection of most of my Favorite songs!  I could not  Say it's my #1 album Go To" with All my favorites - But It's the Top 3 Album with All my Favorites - Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, Ultimate Collection Paul Wilbur, and The Watchman.


title: That I will enjoy it.

text: This CD by Tim Janis is calming. I use to go to sleep by. It calms my nerves and soothe my thoughts.


title: Willie

text: I have the vinyl and this just adds to the man's talent!


title: Willie

text: Again, this is Willie!


title: likeit

text: likeit


title: Music  from pass time ! Great!

text: Great music her!


title: Learning never stops !

text: Good item!


title: Great VD

text: If you're a Tom Petty fan I recommend this CD...


title: Five Stars

text: good listen


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent album! Quality sound, presentation! Good price! Good seller!Thanks Amazon!


title: Good CD

text:
This is the only Gundam Wing soundtrack that has no background music; it's all image songs, sung by the characters' original Japanese voice actors.

Track list:

1. With Only My Words (Hiiro)
2. Love Is Not Crying Yet (Relena)
3. Wild Wing (Duo)
4. Far Off Dawn (Zechs)
5. Star's Gaze (Quatre)
6. Love Is A Shooting Star (Trowa)
7. Stardust Soldiers (Treize)
8. Grasp the Truth (Wufei)
9. Rhythm Emotion (second opening, full version)
10. Flying Away (Hiiro)

-Hiiro's actually got two songs on this CD, though unfortunately neither is my favorite one, "Take Off To The Sky."
-I hate Relena's cheesy song, though her voice isn't bad.
-"Wild Wing" is Duo's best image song, one of my overall favorites.
-Zechs's "Far Off Dawn" is also cool, a bit haunting.
-Quatre's slow song is terrible, despite his lovely voice; I like his songs on the other CDs much better.
-Trowa, however, has a terrible singing voice, but "Love Is a Shooting Star" is his only image song where you almost can't tell, because of the fast pace.
-I find Treize's song a bit boring, but he does have a nice voice.
-Wufei also has a nice voice; "Grasp the Truth" is one of his better songs.
-Rhythm Emotion is awesome, of course.


title: Five Stars

text: Outstanding !!!


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent


title: poor fidelity

text: I thought they would have done a better job especially since Dave Clark supposedly had his hand on the mastering.  I remember the old greatest hits on vinyl sounding much better.  I'm going to see if I can sell it on CL to someone else.


title: Five Stars

text: If you enjoy modern jazz, this cd should be in your collection.


title: Five Stars

text: very good


title: Five Stars

text: Have this in LP too.


title: Progressive Rock Albums

text: A solid addition to any progressive rock fan's collection, or any fans of Rush.


title: Love this particular Beethoven work.

text: One of my favorite Beethoven pieces.  The Record itself is near mint.  Great dealer.


title: Good band liive or in the studio

text: The perfect example of classic 70's Rock


title: Fast sercice and Product is exactly what was advertised

text: Record in great condition.  Not noisy at all.


title: Looks like it's not a bootleg

text:
Since this release has been available new by import for almost fifteen years, I would guess it's a legal release. If it weren't, the legal powers of Hütter and Schneider would have wiped it off the face of the Earth with its shoddy cover, its inaccurate track listing, and including Klaus Röder who never even toured with the band. We all know that a real live Kraftwerk release would never include Hütter apologizing to the audience for "some problem on the electronic drum kit, OK?". Maybe they were offered a huge amount of cash to release this old tape?

The other reviews accurately describe the sound. This is a straight-from-the-board mix with a Minimoog, an ARP Odyssey and an EMS Synthi-A, and other stuff going right into your ears with only the primitive effects they had on stage with them. There are no edits between songs so you hear the guys adjusting their analog synths for the next song, along with harsh clicks and hums of cables being moved around and them discussing in German how well the last song went. The sound of the audience between songs sounds like spill over from Hütter's and Schneider's microphones.

One major plus is that you'll hear Karl Bartos on vibraphone on every song except Autobahn. His playing is wonderful and fits in perfectly with the early synth sounds but would never appear on any studio albums. Schneider doesn't play flute unless that's him barely audible in Tanzmusik (mislabeled "Morganspaziergang Part 2") but that may be the flute disk from their recently purchased Orchestron. The presence of the Orchestron (a new competitor to the Mellotron) suggests this recording was from their American tour which is when and where they purchased it. Its choir and violin sounds would play a huge part in Kraftwerk's sound in their next two albums and it's fun to hear Hütter's early experiments with it, for example to give Autobahn a big ending.

The quiet parts are almost overwhelmed by the swirling hissing sound of two early phasers (probably old Schulte models). You can hear them piping almost every electronic instrument through these at some point and became a trademark Kraftwerk sound. It also made their Farfisa organ sound like a synthesizer. You can also hear a humming Roland Space Echo giving the synths and electronic percussion a repeat echo. Effects like this are now standard but were cutting edge equipment at the time and add to the charm of the recording.

You won't want to miss Hütter speaking to the audience in an almost comical high pitched monotone. You will not mistake this band for the Rolling Stones.


title: The weakest of the triology

text:
After the HT came up with a surprisingly cohesive and interesting release "Kill the King", what could they (or more likely "he") do next?

While there are some interesting moments in this release, the biggest flaw is that things move far too slowly. Sounds will continue unchanged literally for minutes and it's usually the least interesting ones that go on too long. There are also a few too many of the usual tricks that HT loves (sudden silence, sudden switches, slow deconstruction).

Since ambient recording often rely on surprise, I strongly recommend that if you intend to purchase this that you stop reading here since the following WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS.

The first cut "Bull Baiting" (and some other titles but no marks where they begin or end) starts off with a hum that will exercise your subwoofer. And it continues unchanged for almost two minutes! At last some swooshing sounds shoot past us along with a quick yet irritating electronic noise. Just as we hear some interesting distorted speech in the background, we also hear some high pitched whistles that are as irritating as the hum which go on for minutes. I found absolutely nothing interesting in this one.

After eleven long minutes of that I guess we're onto "Empty Rooms and Their Occupants" featuring a wonderful wall of swirling buzzing and what sounds like a room of hundreds of tuned percussive instruments lightly pounded. Barely audible sounds fade in and out and it sounds like certain instruments slowly dominate and recede. The buzzing stops and the barely audible sounds are clearer. It's a mix of percussive and sustained sounds. The percussive sounds fade but the sustained ones remain and a new more threatening distorted sound fades in. We then slowly flow through several unremarkable scenes which is more like trace music than ambient music -- nothing really stands out. It ends however with a great build up of what may be highly echoed voices mixed with long sustained notes... then HT's trick of pulling the plug. A moment of silence later we hear a field recording of voices quietly chanting in a strange language while slow drones rumble around them. It's great that HT was able to make a long piece that truly flowed together instead of a series of mismatched random scenes but it simply went on too long with no memorable moments.

Then the CD gets silly with no less than 32 untitled short parts lasting one to five seconds each. The series begins with some very creepy hurricane wind-like noise. "Untitled 17" changes the tone a little bit while the harsh grinding sounds of "Untitled 19" sets up the beginning of the final piece, "Untitled 33" which is more harsh noise.

Almost two minutes into "33" it gets quiet and we hear tones and hums in the foreground. In the background we hear something with a slight shreaking sound which sounds almost like strange creatures are talking or maybe laughing. It's strangely unsettling and one of the best moments. This continues with the voice-like sounds getting buried in louder distorted tones, then suddenly the tones vanish quickly followed by the voices.

"33" then has a field recording (very real human voices and car horns are audible as well as church bells). Some rustling suggests that we're moving. That ends and after a second of a siren, we hear several slowly rising and falling tones. Unfortunately it's no more interesting that that. Also two more times the recording cuts out which sounds more flaws in the master than an intended effect. While there are some quiet noises in the background, this was a waste.

Now we have another field recording and it's a mystery where we are. There's a low rumbling (probably not in the original recording) and possibly the sound of a large body of water. We are then attacked by what might be a subway train. The humming continues and we have a sound that would make an excellent ring tone (similar to the ring modulator effect on analog synthesizers). The humming fades and more ring tones appear.

It ends with what's unfortunately the most memorable cut. The only sound is a "laugh box", an old toy with a thin scratchy recording of an irritating belly laugh. It gets the HT treatment with a dozen overdubs at various speed until we have a chorus of annoying laughter. There's nothing subtle or clever about it.


title: A interesting modern ambient recording with lots of puzzling sounds

text:
Lately I've been relistening to the ambient recordings I've bought over the decades, from Tangerine Dream to Zoviet France. Kill the King is the only Hafler Trio CD I have. I think I listened to it once and didn't think much of it so it's been sitting around for ten or fifteen years. Time for a relisten!

It has much of the typical combinations of sounds in ambient recordings, a mixture of droning sounds in the background with no clear source (note that almost anything will sound interesting with enough reverb) mixed with peculiar sounds in the foreground. This formula is as old as Klaus Schulze's Irrlicht and Tangerine Dream's Zeit. What makes many of these older electronic records hard to listen to are the "far out" and "groovy" synthesizer sounds that were mind-blowing in the 70's but are damned irritating to hear now. In my opinion they've wrecked much of Schulze's 70's recordings.

Kill the King is in this classic ambient style and doesn't fall into the trap of making electronic noises for their own sake, although no one knows how it will sound to people in another twenty years. It's a bit repetitious, it reuses some tricks once or twice too often and completely lacks a cohesive structure or theme but it's clear that some careful work had been done to create its individual sections.

Since music/sound like this often uses surprise for entertainment I have to include this for the more detailed part of my review:

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SPOILERS.

Since the entire CD is one "song" I won't even try to match the titles with the parts.

It's starts off with one of the creepiest things I've ever heard: a female English voice, thin and distorted and speaking in a slow, robotic monotone announces itself. "Good evening. Mine is a faint voice." She (or it) then describes a strange scene. "Color: none. All gray. Shades of gray." It sounds like it was recorded off of a shortwave. There is noise that sounds like radio interference and a slight echo. I can't describe how unsettling it is. It must be heard. I would have given this CD five big stars if this voice or what it said had been a repeating theme.

Then we get into the real ambiance. A loud thick wall of drones come and go much like the beginning of Schulze's Irrlicht. It passes and leaves a low hum with a buzz which is the base of the next section. More vague sounds slowly get added until they become somewhat rhythmic. They mostly fade leaving us with the original hum and buzz. Those fade as well giving us something that almost sounds like sustained chord. Other sounds arrive and surround this sound and seem to harmonize with it yet one peculiar buzzing sound tries repeatedly and fails! These sounds then fade into the background while they too are surrounded by new drones.

This wall morphs into a left and right side. The right sounds like everything pushed into one speaker. The left is new and sounds something like a Zoviet France "tune" before it becomes noise. We have a duel here! The right gets more dissonant and aggressive. The left doesn't respond. The right attacks with a new sound. The left continues to ignore it. At times they're almost identical. This goes on for several minutes as their pitch slowly rise then they fade.

The next section starts with two simple synthesizers throbbing and buzzing in a rhythm. Irritating noises like a keyboard with random keys held down attack our ears. A sound just like a modem (remember those?) makes it even harder to tolerate. The rhythm disappears leaving us with a wall of somewhat more pleasant sounds which is a relief. Of course they become more dissonant and irritating until they fade. The replacement sounds slowly change until they're switched off (a trick that's used again) exposing quieter background noises which are familiar synth drones.

We instantly switch to another section. This is the left/right format again with two similar sounds competing for attention. They're low almost metallic drones. As more noises fill the stage it sounds very much like the second side of Schulze's Irrlicht with a single held chord, splashes of watery noise hitting us like waves and lots of drones. The piece then recalls Irrlicht even more with backwards recordings, this time of what sound like choruses of human voices. They become something of a musical number.

"Boom boom" announces the end of that! The next section repeatedly hits us with two thumps which move into the background to be less annoying. This makes me think of Tangerine Dream's Zeit with strange noises appearing and disappearing in front of a wall of drones. These drones are replaced with sweeps of buzzing until we end up in yet another dense wall of noise.

Then we hit the pinnacle of the CD, what you've been waiting almost an hour for. Yes, it's the unmistakable sound of a DENTIST'S DRILL starting and stopping, over and over. You hear it rip away at your left molar while horrifying drones make this a dentist appointment in hell. It's only thirty seconds or so and makes you appreciate everything else you'll be hearing. Even a bellow like a monster screaming in agony shortly after it sounds like pop music now.

Approaching the end we briefly hear sounds much like human voices in both speakers. They're repeating chants like robots. Not as creepy as the woman at the beginning and unfortunately they don't last long (I had hoped they would bookend the robot voice in some way). Another nearly human voice sounds like a long groan. We hear harsh metallic crashes which begin to repeat in a rhythm. A buzz appears, gets loud, then switches off (that trick again). The metallic noises also suddenly switch off leaving two beeping tones like a busy signal. We briefly hear some splashing but it leads to nothing. The tones fade and it ends with one quiet crash.

This was wonderfully puzzling although parts certainly went on too long. Much like Tangerine Dream's Zeit it's beyond me how anyone could design and execute a recording like this that's nearly void of any musical qualities yet is mostly listenable as just sound. I'm very disappointed that the sections are interchangeable and have no relation to each other. It suggests that the recording was more of a notebook than a complete composition.


title: Five Stars

text: awesome!! as always


title: Five Stars

text: It's Friday night, time to get it on


title: Five Stars

text: great collection


An amazing collection of songs that give praise and worship. I have brought 3 copies of this CD because I have gotten so much use of them. The Amazing Grace song on this CD is worth the price alone.


title: Excellent

text: I love the music. It helps with my relaxation.


title: Lakeside

text: I purchased this CD because there are a lot of good songs which are classics and also the 7 inch versions which is a rarity on some music CD`s these days.


title: Natalie Cole Greatest Hits

text: Natalie Cole Greatest Hits is a collection of her best songs to date that never get old.


title: Aretha Franklin Knew You Were Waiting

text: This is a good classic album from start to finish.


title: Outrun The Sky by Lalah Hathaway

text: I played this album last night on my sound system. I made some adjustments to my sound system and was blown to pieces with the results.<br />Lalah Hathaway actually sounded live over the loudspeakers when I tweaked the settings on the processor.


title: amazing Artist

text: Love it, a Native blues guy!


title: good price, product as promised all a customer can ...

text: Fast shipment, well packed, good price, product as promised all a customer can ask for


title: Five Stars

text: Great Local peruvian music. I have vol 1 also.


Bought the album again after my taoe recording became sub par. O great album for all Metheney and Mays fans.


title: Five Stars

text: I love it.


title: All from scratchy 45s and very poorly remastered...disappointing!

text: All recordings are from 45s and poorly remastered. Very disappointed. Perhaps the Monogram master tapes might not have been available? I don't know.


title: low quality.

text: NOT from original master tapes.  All life recording in very low quality.


title: Bad quality recordings

text: Very low quality recordings! Be aware


title: Good Selection of BGM Tracks

text: Mostly background music tracks with a couple of vocal numbers included. Generally good listening experience. A nice album to have if you love One Piece.


title: Great sounds from the 60s

text: This has a wide variety of music from the 60s. It plays for hours in the car so great for trips.


title: Awesome

text: Two great singers together.


title: early stuff

text: Good start for a band moving up.


title: Exults God.

text: Good uplifting music.


title: It is a CRIME that this record is out of print.

text:
There are very few records that rock and groove this hard from front to back. The Fleshtones had for years been dismissed as a garage band, but you know, you do something long enough, and you get really good at it. This record marks that point for The Fleshtones. The writing, the production, the arrangements (including horn sections throughout), the performances – everything is hitting on all cylinders here. There are a few outstanding tracks, but zero duds.

As for my order. My CD arrived as expected and in great condition. (I had sold my original one years ago when I was strapped for cash, before MP3s became a thing. I'm really happy to have it replaced.)


title: Fantastic music, but expensive.

text: This CD features Idle Race tracks from Jeff Lynne, but you can honestly get the same tracks for less from either a Idle Race compilation CD.


title: One of the greatest prog albums ever

text: Anyone who loves prog rock needs to have this album in their collection


title: Classic Album everyone should own

text: Fanatastic


title: It's OK

text: It's OK, has a few good hits that justifies getting the album instead of buying the tracks


title: Sybreed at their best.

text:
I loved the previous albums. This album has all the best parts of sybreed in a complete album. It feels like Sybreed is very comfortable in their songwriting, muscianship and vocals. And that is our benefit. If you are a Sybreed fan than you need to buy this. If you have not heard them before their is a 50/50 chance you will love or hate them. I am still absorbing the album but my fav song so far is "Hightech Versus lowlife".

MikeBalc.com


title: 5 stars

text: It's a very hard to find album. "No side" and "Loving you the rest of life" are the gems. A.S.A.P made original flat and boring songs into sweet and lovely songs.


title: Amazing remaster, tracklist mistake

text:
I have purchased many a hi-res version of a classical album. This is the finest I've heard - whether it's the remaster or the 96k/24b resolution, there is an immediately noticeable upgrade over the prior CD editions of these symphonies. I am listening over my Sony MDR-1000x noise canceling headphones from my NW-A40 music player. I could easily pick out the differences in clarity and dynamic range. It's really an exceptional mastering job of exceptional original recordings. The recordings are in stereo, as they were originally created, without any faux-surround effects applied.

The other reviewers are correct that there is a mistake in the track listing - basically, the booklet lists the Slavonic March and Capriccio italien pieces as tracks 6 and 7, when in fact on the BRA disc they are tracks 26 and 27 (which makes more sense to me, keeping the 6 symphonies together sequentially). Personally, it doesn't bother me, because I extracted the audio onto my music player anyway and renamed the tracks. But I could understand someone being annoyed by this while using a Blu-Ray disc player over a stereo system.

If I had to pick nits (besides the track list issue), I would say that DG should be including download tickets for the hi-res tracks. It took me about an hour to extract the audio with Make MKV and to rename the tracks with MP3 Tag.  Did I kind of enjoy it? Sure, but I'm perverse like that. It would be much nicer to just log onto the DG website and download the files. The disc sleeves are just a recapitulation of the cover photo, it would have been nice to have different photos on each sleeve. But this of course is a very minor concern. The sleeves are nice cardstock and should protect the discs. The box is sturdy. The booklet contains a very nice essay about Tchaikovsky, but nothing about Karajan's particular recordings.

All in all, as long as you don't care about the track list error, this is a slam dunk, especially at this price. The hi-res audio actually sounds it, and the recordings themselves are peak 70s Karajan, at his most sweepingly romantic, with the BPO playing at their best.


title: Three Stars

text: nice


title: Three Stars

text: bien


title: Four Stars

text: nice


title: Stunning debut

text:
If you like Workingman’s Dead, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, or anything by Poco, you will love this album.

A concept album which tells a long, engaging  story song by song.. Harmonies are as good as the Dead ever did, guitars are really tight, and the woodwinds add a very ethereal feel.

The first two minutes of the introduction are as stirring, suggestive, and hypnotic as any album out there. Go sample the first song on YouTube.

You’ll wish like heck for a CD Version.

Highly recommended!


title: Five Stars

text: Killer live Texas sound. Phenomenal.


title: Oldie but goodie

text: Lots of fun. Great sound from bygone days


title: What a great deal, hours of songs that take me back down memory lane.

text:
I had been looking for some of that easy listening music from when I was a kid.  I found it in this CD set.  Great music, great price and was shipped quickly.

If you like the music of the 50's and 60's this would be a great addition to your music library.  I love to put it on and take that walk down through the years and remember my earlier days.


title: Moments to Remember is fantastic

text:
I have always enjoyed the music of the 50's and 60's.  This collection is just awesome.  There are 3 cd's that are full of great hits that really take one back to a much easier and softer time.

As a baby boomer, I love the songs and just so pleased to be able to listen to these songs that I remember as a child and young man.  It was a great deal and a fun walk down memory lane.


title: Nice to doze to Mozart

text: Great Service on a Great CD


title: Excellent re-recording!

text: This album has terrific sound quality, great liner notes decorated with awesome artwork, and (AFAIK) all the cues of of the score. If you want the actual film recording, though, this isn’t it - it’s a re-recording.


title: Caveat Emptor: Still-affordable work by an old-school composer

text:
Georges Delerue had been composing for film for forty years when he scored "Joe Versus The Volcano" in 1990. As soundtracks go, it's a mixed bag - gentle fairy-tale twinkles mixed with '80s rom-com sax riffs that don't age as well. Unless you're a particularly passionate fan of "Joe" or Delerue, this score will probably land somewhere in the middle ground.

The CD (purportedly a small pressing to begin with) is long sold out, which means original copies will fetch $130+ on the secondary market. Unless you're a hard-core collector, though, shelling out this kind of cash isn't at all necessary - you can buy the digital version on iTunes for a little under $14. Caveat Emptor!