title: great!

text: Thanks.


title: Maravilloso tema

text: Me gustó


title: as expected

text: great


title: A Thinking Person's Western

text: "3:10 to Yuma" stars Russell Crowe, who gives a thrilling performance as an outlaw, but an outlaw who is somewhat cultured, with class and sex appeal.  Ben Foster is his sidekick, or one of the motley crew who ride with him, and he is the epitome of evil, reminding me of Richard Widmark as he plays the arch villain to the hilt.  Peter Fonda plays the part of a detective.  Besides his acting ability, I admire him for how  discriminating he is in the parts he chooses.  Alan Tudyk is excellent as a doctor who finds himself drawn into the action.  The film is about good and evil (so what else is new) and though Russell Crowe is a criminal, he's not as focused on evil as Foster is; he has redeeming qualities.  Christian Bale is supposedly the "good" to Russell Crowe's "evil," but this is a thinking person's western, and it is obvious that the "good" has elements of "evil," or at least flaws, and vice versa.  Quite a lot of killing takes place in this film, and that is why I rate it four stars instead of the five it really deserves.  It starts out with a robbery that is more like a full scale war and it ends with a war-like confrontation on the streets of a town called Contention.  But Crowe, Fonda, Foster, Tudyk, Bale and the entire cast are such fine actors, and the Western countryside so apropos to the action that I really liked the film.  The main kudos go to Crowe, who gets so amazingly into his characters.  There are two women in it, Bale's wife and a barmaid, both of whom have eyes for Crowe.  Who wouldn't!  I will never get over that scene in "Gladiator" when he reveals himself as Maximus.  In this film, there's nothing that dramatic; just a series of good shots of him looking like his character, Ben Wade, a complicated bad man, a thinker and an artist who is sure of himself.  Good to see on the big screen, because of the New Mexican landscape that goes so well with the good/evil theme, and how wonderful to be able to hear dialogue, unlike the DVDs I watch, where for some reason sound doesn't come through properly.  And the dialogue is darn good, with some memorable lines.  The sound track is also quite beautiful, written by Marco Beltrami, who seems to be paying homage a bit to the spaghetti western composer, Ennio Morricone.  Last but not least, I believe Russell Crowe is a natural horseman, and seeing the rapport between him and his horse is appealing.  Well, I guess I'm just an incurable horse opera lover.  If you are, too, see this movie!


title: Perfect

text: Arrived quickly, well packaged, item was brand new & in perfect condition. Thank you!


title: brings back fond memories :-)

text: This album was in great shape! I bought it for the pictures especially and the words.


title: Donna-free Bliss

text: I bought this show because the Euro box was too rich for my blood. For unknown reasons, Donna was absent on this night, so no caterwauling to ruin classic '72 versions of your old favorites. Standouts include Sugaree, BTW and an interesting sequence on disc 3. Recommended.


title: Arrived quickly

text: great price


title: It's the original UK release song list plus more, a little different from the US release.

text: Song list is different from the usual US copy available, like the original UK release plus some extra music. The original is one of my favorites, this is really great too!


title: Great playing from Doc and the band.

text: Not sure what the origin of this short CD is but it's more great playing from Doc and what's essentially the Tonight Show band.


title: Library of Congress recordings

text: ...a great set of recordings...for mono the sound, I think is very fine...Library of Congress recordings...I could not ask for better...


title: What a Flashback!

text:
Great debut album by what may have been one of the best bands of all time to come out of Kilgore Texas or the surrounding areas ;)

I believe the sellers may have 1 too many 9s in the price though...


title: Pretty sure this is complete BS

text: Pretty sure this is complete BS.  I heard these sessions on youtube, and you can clearly tell when it's Hendrix vs McLaughlin playing.  I previewed this in a local record shop.  Even the owner of the shop said he couldn't find any songs on it with both guitarists...


title: Three Stars

text: Good album, I didn't like it as much as Heroes but it's still a worthwhile addition to the collection


title: Five Stars

text: Great soundtrack


title: The place to be

text: Out of this world, yet somehow familiar. Deep, serene, and beautiful.<br />Whoever listens to this chant (with attention) gets drawn into this state: retreated yet deeply engaged, serene, and beautiful.


I first saw I, the jury in 1982, when I was fifteen. I never forgot the haunting beautiful score, the piano and saxophone. I looked for years for the soundtrack, finally found it here on Amazon. I've seen a lot of movies and I have to say, that two movie scores stand out to me as unforgettable. those two are the Omega man, which I was lucky to purchase some years ago and I, the jury, I can not decide which one , I love more, so I will say they are tied as number one to me.


title: Let That Right Hand Go response:

text: Smokin Joe is one of my favorite guitar players. I was very pleased to find a copy of this album. Thank you very much for the excellent service ! Sincerely, Chris Knollhuff


title: They don't make 'em like this anymore

text: Amazingly talented and well-produced. They don't make 'em like this anymore.


title: Kondrashin and Shostakovich - a winning combination

text: Short of locating a reasonably priced set of Kondrashin conducting all 15 Shostakovich symphonies your best bet might be to purchase some of the "better" individual symphonies when you see them offered at reasonable prices.  This 1961 recording of Symphony No. 8 provides the depth of emotion and the level of energy you want in this particular DSCH work. Kondrashin keeps things moving and it serves the music well; looks like the run time for this recording is under 56 minutes while the running time for two other well-regarded recordings of this work appear to be in the neighborhood of 63 minutes. No dry matter of fact modern day recording - this is the real deal - and to my ears it does justice to portraying the epic forces of war and politics that were on the march in 1943 when this work was composed.  I guess some of those forces were still marching in 1961 even though it had, by then, turned into a Cold War. I'd also recommend the Kondrashin recordings of the 4th, 7th, and 9th symphonies and the Execution of Stenka Razin that I've picked up and very much enjoyed.


title: Five Stars

text: Great and will shop again!


title: Great music

text: Love it!


title: I LUUUv THIS SONG!

text: To tell you the truth, the first time I heard this song was in french class.  Me and my friend Laura have been obsessed w/ it ever since.  They don't sell it on itunes so i was soooooo happy to find it here! I know this is only one song, and 2 mixes but it is such a good song it's worth it!


title: COP THIS CD!, You wont find better franch hiphop anywhere el

text: wow, you got to buy this album ! its tight, lyrics are dope (hardcore rated NC17 !), the beats are banging, heavy bass, even nice melodies in some songs, my favorites are: temps mort, le bitume avec une plume, strass et paillettes, repose en paix, sans ratures, among others.  its defenetly one of the best albums ever produced in france, the beats can even compare with the great U.S. beats of Dre, Timbaland, Just Blaze and the such. COP THIS ONE HOMIE!


title: WTF this band is great!!!

text: I bought this cd because the band picture on the back of the cd looked hilarious and 99 cents isnt bad. I thought this band would be ridiculously bad, but they actually have some talent. The guitarists are pretty good, but they could use a better drummer. In any case, meow meow meow.


title: this isnt a cd

text:
this is a mixtape!!!
 you can get for free off of Datpiff.com
why are people buying this?
if it was a real case id buy it but it sound slike someone is just making profits off yelawolf


title: great vendor highly recommended

text: Above and beyond, slight tear on the package and unasked given a partial rebate. Way to go.


title: Worth picking up if you don't already own the original release of these albums...

text:
This is a great collection of Doro's first (5) solo albums in the mini album slip-sleeve format. The albums do not contain any liner notes/credits and are the original sound recordings. The (5) albums in this collection are not remastered, so if you already own these albums, there is no reason to buy this collection. At least (2) of the albums in this collection, "Machine II Machine" & "True At Heart", are becoming increasing hard to find on CD, and if you do find them on CD you'll probably hesitate buying them because of the price. So do yourself a favor and pick this collection up while you still can, because quantities are starting to become scarce and the price for this (5) album collection is starting to go up big time!

Hard Rockology Approved...


title: A Surprisingly Strong Album

text:
This CD has held up reasonably well over the decade-plus since its release. It is an all-too-rare occasion when Brother Norman releases an album that is composed entirely of new material, and much of this is quite well written. The production (and probably most if not all of the arrangement work) can be attributed to the musical maturing of Norman's little brother Charly, whose "signature" feels heavily present throughout the album. But that, thankfully, is a good thing -- because, in all honesty (and this from an admirer of Larry Norman's music), big brother Larry's fount of inspiration appears to have been barely trickling for a good three decades now.
It is difficult to speculate precisely regarding the sudden cessation of the kind of music that Norman proved capable of writing and performing in the late 60s and early 70s. He has not been hesitant to offer his own (often quite varied -- and hackneyed) explanations over the years, in print, for his dramatic falloff in the mid-70s after "Upon This Rock" (still a very fun late 60s "period piece"), "Only Visiting This Planet" (oh my goodness -- classic, truly classic early 70s "Jesus Rock" that addresses the gamut of social issues with sanctified-but-cynical wit), and "So Long Ago the Garden" (crafty songwriting and some great blues).
In fact, Norman has offered more "spins" on his tailspin than one could possibly keep straight: often it's those nasty music companies who keep screwing him over one way or another(i.e., "The Man"); or else he spent so many long and thankless years selflessly producing other people's albums (i.e., "my so-called 'friends' stabbed me in the back"); or else he was emotionally spent by a ruined marriage (though in fact much of his best work appears to have been animated by lost love); or else it was that really serious head injury in a plane accident . . . and many more. Come on, Larry -- you were just getting old! (I should know; I'm creakin' along not far behind.)
I know I've strayed from the issue, which is to review "Stranded in Babylon." Forgive the venting . . . and suffice it to say that this album certainly stands up reasonably well alongside Norman's finest work. His lyrics can still be biting and prophetic (especially in the excellent rant "Step into the Madness," where he warns against "a kinder, gentler World War Three" and proclaims America to be the "land of the free [where] everyone gets liberty -- if you've got the money").
For the most part, though, the kind of truly wicked (in the best sense of the word) humor that once characterized Norman's writing has almost entirely vanished, at least on this album. (I have yet to hear his most recent, and possibly his final, studio album, "Tourniquet," but I have heard good things about it.) And "Stranded" also provides evidence aplenty that his capacity for crafting a tune that is actually attractive and catchy has diminished considerably.
If I could, I'd probably have actually given this 3 and 1/2 stars, rather than 4. (I'd have reserved 4 stars for "So Long Ago the Garden" and, I suppose, "In Another Land.") Nonetheless, the album is / was a solid effort by the single most important figure in the history of Christian rock music -- at a time when few could really have expected something so fresh and alive from an aging-before-his-time, apparently burned-out musician.


title: New

text: Cool


Jimmy Cobb is still going strong, but let's suppose the rest of the Kind of Blue personnel were still alive too. And let's suppose they all sat together and listened to this Joe Buck Trio album. My guess is that that legend lineup would say "Man, these 3 cats get it. Not only do these cats get it. These cars got it, you dig? These cats just channeled something cool just like we did. Sure, it's their sound, but it's from the same source, baby."

Now, in my words: These cats get it  These cats got it, you dig?


title: Four Stars

text: good collection


title: This album is fantastic..

text: This album is fantastic...looking for love songs of the 50's and I got it with this...fabulous orchestration behind Johnny's voice...reminiscent of the Sinatra/Riddle union...I thought the song about "Good Buddies" was hilarious....very talented artist.  Thank you for making this album, Johnny!


title: Good value

text: So the albums are different each time. If you’re lucky, you get the deluxe edition copies. Worth the money


title: Änglagård killing it Live

text: This is an excellent live release and well worth tracking down if you like this kind of music.


title: Ambient/Electric Gem

text: This recording was basically a collaboration between King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and The Orb. Around this time, Robert was going to war to regain control of his rights to his music publishing, a period he identified as "endless grief". As as source of income, he resorted to selling guitar soundscapes, the basis around which The Orb sprinkled their own fairy dust. Some of you may recall they did a similar thing with David Gilmour. If you are familiar with his soundscapes there will be no surprises here.<br />Been searching this product for awhile, so to find it for a reasonable price and in such good shape is very nice. Thanks brightline_books.


title: Another stellar Norwegian nu-jazz offering

text: This being the fifth release by this outfit, the interplay between the musicians becomes more apparent in the compositions. For fans of improvised nu-jazz, this is well worth a listen.<br />Of interest is the origin of the recordings title which stems from a Marcel Duchamp piece "Large Glass", which consisted of two large panes of glass framed together with original artwork applied to both sides. The piece was then allowed to collect dust that was eventually affixed in stages to illustrate the passage of time. It was later resurrected and retitled "Dust Breeding". How that pertains to the interpretation of this title I leave to your imagination.


title: Terrible re-mastering of a terrible album

text:
In 1969 after the Hassles broke up, keyboardist Billy Joel and drummer Jonathan Small started Attila. While the organ and percussion type instrumentation has worked with bands such as Hardin and York (both formerly of the Spencer Davis Group), it does not work all that well in this case, mainly because Attila is attempting to be a heavy metal band. Sure they' re certainly noisy, but I don't know if that is all that makes a metal band. Joel runs his organ through what sounds like distortion and wah-wah pedals to achieve what the original album's liner notes referred to as pure raunch. Joel also handles all the bass lines on the bass pedals of the organ.

While both Joel and Small have technical ability, the actual songwriting on this album is horrible. With lyrics like "Revenge is sweet, you can not kiss my feet and admit you were wrong" and instrumental numbers that sound like a psychedelic baseball game the only merit this album has is it's unintentional humor. The CD version listed here was issued several years ago by a small label out of Philadelphia (although they seem to have their discs mostly made in the Netherlands) called Creative Sounds Limited. As with most shoddy Creative Sound releases, this album was poorly mastered from a vinyl source. To make matters worse this recording is slightly off pitch either by someone not paying attention to the strobe on the turntable or attempted to slow it down slightly to make the younger Joel sound like the older Joel most people are familiar with. There is also a balance issue causing one channel to be slightly muffled which is really annoying since this stereo album is filled with panning effects.

As far as the confusing title goes, that was because early versions of this CD had about six odd tracks from an album from around 1980 called the "The Tough Boy" released by Billy Joel and the Hassels (yes, that is how they spelled it on the cover). This record was of questionable origin and while it obviously did not have any actual ties to Joel himself, I have not seen anything which states whether or not those tracks have any ties to the Hassles themselves. Either way it sounded every bit of 1980 and nothing like the actual band The Hassles from the late '60s (which you are not really missing much there either). I guess the folks at Creative Sound realized that those tracks had no actual Joel connection and yanked them off the cd, changed the layout of the tray card, but for some reason kept the same front cover. Anyway the two titles alluded to the fact you were getting two albums on one cd which really it equated to an album and an EP. I guess they thought putting a sticker that said single over the printing that said "double album" as good enough. Pretty much par for the course for Creative Sounds Ltd.


title: A treasure among the many Ghibli CDs out there

text: Overwhelmed by the oceans of Ghibli music CDs and bootlegs available, I found the treasure of them all in this disc. Handpicked and performed by Hisaishi himself, the tracks all highlight vital themes and music from the biggest Ghibli films. Beautifully put together and elegant performances on every track. If you are a hardcore collector, then naturally you're gonna want to obtain all that is out there. But if you had to have only one, this is it.


title: puhleeze

text: I know we're not supposed to do this ...but...this cd is $2.97 here at Amazon, $19 at Starbucks...first, the $5.00 cup of coffee (and we smile and say 'thank you')...now this!!??  By the way the cd is interesting and surprisingly good...I bought mine from Amazon...


title: Among His Best

text: Charlie Parr has a vast catalog of extremely impressive music, and Rooster is up there with the best. Unlike more recent (as of 2012) gospel blues slant that Mr. Parr has been on with recent albums (2011's "Keep Your Hands on the Plow" and 2010's "Glory in the Meeting House"--a stunning collaboration with the Black Twig Pickers), "Rooster" demonstrates Parr's versatility. His brooding "Dead Cat on a Line" and "Cheap Wine" reveal his song-writing skills, and "1928", "Ellen Mayhem", and the nominal track (among others) betray his exceptional skill with stringed instruments. It's all here...a pity this record is out of print.


title: does anyone remember laughter?

text: Sometimes life can get you down.  Money, politicians, jobs, housing, CNN, it can all just get to you.  In these times you just need to laugh as a way to keep sane.  May I introduce you to "Bed Bug Boogie".  Yes, a novelty song about the current 50's horror sci fi movie come to life.  Rollicking, rocking (for sure), and lyrically the equivalent of the best protest/complaint songs you can't remember, with the added twist of HUMOR!  Which we don't have a lot of these days (Sheen doesn't count).  What more do you need?  It's current, it's fun and you can dance to it.  A must have.


title: About this CD (Informational)

text:
Martine St. Clair

Tracks:
1. Usure des jours
2. Ni plus ni meins
3. Tout que rira un enfant
4. C'est l'amour
5. Quelle est la raison?
6. Big Bang
7. Sans
8. Ecoute ton coeur
9. L'amour m'attend
10. Un long chemin
11. Plus près de toi
12. L'amour qui danse


title: What He Said. And...

text: What Stewart said is all true. For the completist this is something of a disappointment.. Also, on many of the tunes the sound is atrocious. It's very possible that there was simply no other way to reproduce those particular cuts without losing significant sonic aspects, (bass, or talking,etc), but none the less, the roar of distortion is so bad that some aspects can't be heard anyway. That said, this is Bird live. If you are a committed Bird fan this, or some set that covers the same concerts should probably be in your collection. It's Bird. Must more need be said?


title: Chess and Charly

text:
Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) was one of the most important and enjoyable blues musician that immigrated to Chicago. He'd knocked around the South for up to four decades in cut-down rain boots playing two harps at a time, (one with his nose), and wrote and absorbed many of the songs that are on this box set. Sonny Boy II didn't much influence the electric blues being made in Chicago in the early 50's. His impact was on the bands of young men in England, bands that would change Rock& Roll forever. The Yardbirds, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall and The Rolling Stones were some of the bands that were inspired by "The Goat".
The songs they listened to, and many more are in this box set that was produced by Charly. This box and many more, (Muddy, The Wolf, Little Walter, etc) were produced by Charly when the ownership of the tapes was a cloudy issue. The tapes were copied by an employee of Chess, and removed to Europe, where they were offered up for sale. Charly, probably not delving to the subject of ownership too deeply, got most, if not all, of them and turned out these fantastic box sets. Or so the story goes.
The music wasn't remastered and so the warm, slightly bassy sound that might have been heard coming out of a bar room's jukebox in the 50's on a Saturday night, is still there. Some of the info in the booklet that comes with the box is incorrect, dates and personnel both. So search the internet for the correct info, that's not the reason for this box set. It's the music and lyrics made by one of the most original musicians of the electric blues boom in 50's Chicago.
The process of creativity can be heard on the last disc, when Phil Chess stops the recording of one song in order to give some music advice to Sonny. That pissed Sonny off and he proceeded to cuss Chess out in florid language. For a moment those people come alive, and they're revealed as working and thinking, made real for a moment. Fly on the wall stuff.
If you're reading this you're probably considering purchasing this box. Do it. It's a treasure you will listen to for the rest of your life. That's if I haven't snagged it first. I have CD copies made from tapes of the Lp's. I very much want the real thing.


title: Rare & Wonderful

text: This box is just about everything Sonny Boy recorded for Chess. There may have been some alternate tracks or & starts & stops that have been found since this box was put together by Charly, but every song that was in the jukebox, on the radio and that was pressed for sale is here. This box is for the collector, Sonny Boy II fanatic, and completist. I have this but it was copied from the vinyl records onto tape and then that was transferred to cd. The sound is warm & a bit muddy; the way it sounded coming out of a jukebox 50 years ago. I've others of these Charly boxes, Muddy, the Wolf & Little Walter Jacobs. They all share that original-press sound, they're not "cleaned up" by some engineer using the latest sonic process. Works for me. I have cd's from the 90's & 2000's, "best of's", I far prefer this sound. If you have the money & a very good stereo system get this. I mean if you fit one of the descriptions of box buyers above. Definitely not for the tyro. But for someone who has a love for SBW II this is a jewel.


title: Another marvelous trio. Feel her music take over.

text: Her music  is made by a poet and painter, Yelenaa Eckemoff creates a sense stimulating land, everytime.


title: great!

text: I don't know what to say that I haven't said about the other two editions.  Great insight into the production process and the mood during recording sessions, laughter, bloopers, 2 or 3 versions of songs with different tracks laid down or just moving towards the finished product.  A must have for beatles fans.  I'd say this is the best of the 3 anthology cd sets, but imo all 3 should be on any beatlemaniacs cd shelf.


title: Great!

text: This set, as do Anthology 2 and 3, give insight into the production process, the different takes gone through to create the finished product, the joking and fun between the boys in the room.  A must for all beatlemaniacs!


title: Why does every New Seekers CD omit “Free to be you and me”?

text: I like the group and I always wanted a complete greatest hits CD including all their best known songs and hits. But every single one seems to omit they’re 1972 classic “free to be you and me,” the title track to the Marlo Thomas special that has been re-run on American television ever cents. Is there a reason why they do not include this song? Is it a matter of rights to the album?


title: A nice Irish CD, not a best effort

text: If you like Irish music, then check this group out.  The Makem Brothers are the sons of legendary Irish balladeer Tommy Makem.  This CD is not their best effort.  The brothers are great musicians, but their vocals at times can be a bit pitchy and unbalanced.  Since this release in 1995, the brothers joined up with Micky and Liam Spain, forming the Makem and Spain Brothers.  This group is much better, with better balance and more instrumentation.  As noted above, this CD is out of print, so good luck in finding it.


title: it's possible no one will ever read this...

text: but, here it goes. only people who know about this band will possibly come across this cd. It's probably not a band you would come across accidently, and I don't see a nonfan searching for it. The band has been away so long, some fans of their one released album in 1991 may not even know this exists.  It contains 6 previously recorded tracks ( most unreleased) and three new tracks. unless you already know which are new and which are old, you probably won't be able to tell. They all sound like they were recorded in the same sessions.  If you like their other cd or lead singer Steve Taylor's solo work...you should like this. You can tell it's the same group that recorded the self titled album all those years ago, but it does sound different to me. That album sounded like 90s alternative. It doesn't sound dated, but you can definitely tell it was a 90s record. This one sounds a little more like a rock album. It does have a country twinged humorous track. The self titled cd was not a Christian album but was made by Christian members. This one is mostly more of the same. I guess the most accurate description would be it sounds like a continuation of Steve's last solo record Squint. Great lyrics that you need to read while listening.  I'm still not completely sure what a few are about,  but  it's fun trying to figure them out. It is not a long record, but it is all good. May take a few listens to appreciate.  At first I wasn't sure about it. Now, I like it. Their first record was good, but had some filler to my ears. This feels like a stronger record overall. There is an older song called Tale O the Twister that I wish was included on this. It was on a movie soundtrack, and would have filled this out to an even 10 songs, and completed my collection.  I will probably hunt down the download of that song and add it to my digital copy. As is, this album is a 4.5 for me. Would round up to five if it had the other track. I believe I like it a little more than the old record, although both are worth the money. Took 30 years to release this...doubt there will be another..but I would be first in line if they do get together again.


title: This is what i ordered but not totally what i ...

text:
This is what i ordered but not totally what i had expected.
Many songs are remakes.
Delivery was as expected


title: Fresh

text: Great album. This is McCartney breaking new ground, delving in uncharted territory.


title: good

text: it was sealed. good.


title: Sadly out of print

text: and overlooked final effort by Rod Argent and the band.  Great mix of progressive jazz and rock with enthusiastic performances by all.  Since this final release was on a different label from the other Argent album this has not been part of any subsequent release/remaster as were all the others.  Please get the label suits or whomever is sitting on this treasure get with it a give it the release and treatment it deserves.


The Bert Kaempfer production. Excellent interpretation and elegant arrangements.


title: Coleske

text: Absolutely love these guys!  I worked hard to get a copy of this CD; and bought a used copy abroad;  found out it was 15 years old.....wish it had "to make you feel my love" on it.  Listen to it all the time...too hard and expensive to get in the U.S...


title: A Lost Gem From A Great Artist

text: First of all, there may be billions of people on this earth, but I may be the youngest person who is a fan of Morris Albert, as well as one of the brave few who remembers him, especially in America.  In fact, I was only born on September 8, 1976, during the time which Morris Albert was releasing music in America.  He's been best known as a one-hit wonder for the hit-song "Feelings".  That was originally my mother and father's song when they first got married in 1975, a year before I was born.  I grew up listening to the "Feelings" album and I've always loved it.  That was the first of 3 albums in which Morris Albert released.  His other 2 albums, his self-titled follow-up album released in 1976 and "Love And Life" released in 1977, completely vanished without a single trace, and there are several reasons to understand why.  There may have been other artists, whether famous or low profile, who have released albums which vanished into oblivion or ended up in cut-out bargain bins.  However, Morris Albert has been so little known, especially in America, and with a much more lower profile than a cult artist such as J.J. Cale, for example.  Also, with the exception of his big hit "Feelings", the fact that nobody hardly paid any attention to Morris Albert contributes to the fact that artists such as Neil Diamond or Barry Manilow got the attention with the public and their taste for easy listening/adult contemporary/vocal music, resulting in millions of records sold for both of those artists, as well as others.  Although his first album "Feelings" was only a modest but not big seller, and was the better received album of all 3 he released, it did not do well enough to stay in print or be released on CD.  Anyway, getting down to the main subject, I thought his follow-up self-titled album was quite good, but not great.  It's also quite obvious that this album got just about no promotion at all when it came out.  Also, I just don't find it to be quite as outstanding as his first album.  However, I still enjoy it and I'm thankful to have this very rare long-lost album in my collection, and I always will.  I'll always be very thankful to possibly be one of the brave few people to remember and never forget this amazing artist.  Also, Morris Albert always had one of the best, most amazing voices I've ever heard.


title: 1 of 2 Must-Have Dells CD's/LP's!

text:
The Dells [60's version] are in a select group in which really defines Soul Music.  Their 'There Is' and 'Always Together' LP's are 2 of the finest examples of this limited era.  Like Doo-Wop, it came and went so fast, but both are 2 of the most important era's of the greatest music this Country has had to offer.

If you want real SOUL music, along with Otis, James, Sam, Ray, Sam & Dave, Isaac, Aretha, and many, many others, you really MUST include the 2 aforementioned Dells LP's.  They are so Soulful, you'll feel the pain.

What gets me is, 'There Is' is available on CD as it should, but where is 'Always Together'?

Enough of the Best Of stuff, this LP is that great, too important to be ignored!


title: Do you believe the hype?

text:
Anthemic and cavernous guitar rock from the uber-indie Tapes 'n' Tapes.  Nothing terribly original, here.  Heavily informed by the likes of British Sea Power, the Arcade Fire, Spoon, the Walkmen, Interpol, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Tapes 'n' Tapes craft tastefully angular and unobtrusively moody toe tapping tunes that are equal parts melodic and energetic.  Kind of generic and more than a little derivative, the Loon is nevertheless a decently listenable record, and sure to make every indie kid jump for joy.

For what it's worth, I hated it.


title: Decent Hip-Hop Song Made Better by Supertramp's Roger Hodgson.

text: It's kind of hard to ignore this Hip-Hop Tune since it is currently ranked at #4 on the Billboard's charts. What really sets it apart though is the inclusion of the song "Breakfast In America" written by Supertramp's Roger Hodgson. Oddly there doesn't seem to be any recognition of this fact from either the group or it's label. The Video of this song is very good.


title: As advertised!

text: The Ethel Waters CD arrived on time and in excellent condition just as the seller advertised it would!


title: Cheater Jones, legitimately great band that vanished.

text: What a great album from a great band that was part of the scene in my college years in the late '80s, but has vanished without a trace.  Allman Bros. influenced, but not imitators, with excellent lead singer/guitarist Jim Zimmerman, and songs on this album are engaging, fun, relatively-short and sweet prog-blues rock songs with good lyrics, melodies and hooks (I’ve had a few stuck in my head since buying this in early 2021 after not hearing it for 35 years).


title: Linda's High-Octane GAS

text:
In the 1970s, the idea of a pop/rock star doing an album of songs that
your parents thought were killer-diller was considered an amusing
folly. Harry Nilsson’s venture into that territory (A Little Touch of Schmilsson
in the Night) had not done well, and that was enough justification for the
people in charge at Elektra/Asylum Records to resist Ronstadt’s urge to
do the Great American Songbook. Finally, after several years of great
success with Elektra/Asylum as the reigning pop/rock diva, and one
attempt at the genre that was scrapped, Ronstadt finally got her way
with the production and release of What’s New. Two more albums in
the same vein followed. This set has the tracks from all three.

From the start of her career, Ronstadt’s singing stood out, emphatically.
Her first hit, with the Stone Poneys — Different Drum — displayed the
vocal qualities that would propel her to the top of the pop/rock
ziggurat: a seemingly effortless big, wonderfully clear and clean
voice that practically leapt out of car speakers and grabbed the
attention of the listener.

That quality — big, ringing sound — is where the problem lies with
engaging in ballads from Tin Pan Alley and Broadway. Popular music
of that era was pitched at a more intimate level than in the rock era.
There were belters on Broadway (a nod to Ethel Merman, wherever
you are), but that approach pales in comparison to filling an arena,
even with powerful sound systems, and the big Broadway numbers
were, well, big numbers, not nightclub mood pieces.

Ronstadt has basically four vocal approaches: big; not quite as big;
effortful reining-in; whisper. She won’t, or can’t, maintain a moderate
mood level, with the result that vocal pyrotechnics overwhelm the
material.

As an example, I’m a Fool to Want You — the quintessential Sinatra lost
love number. Ronstadt starts off nicely, in as reflective a mood as she
can muster, but one knows that the lava is pressing just under the surface.
And so it bursts forth. Instead of inner pain not-quite suppressed, we get
an eruption that can be heard down the block. TIME AND TIME AGAIN I
SAID I’D LEAVE YOU. Volume equals intensity. The girl can’t help it; her
fans want it.

And so it goes. Someone to Watch Over Me goes from wistful to insistent.
Any self-respecting Skylark would flap away from the operatic outbursts.

To be fair, Ronstadt does manage to keep the clarion effects in check now
and then. I’ve Got a Crush on You maintains a wistful mood without the
alarm sirens going off. On Lover Man (Oh Where can You Be) Ronstadt
is right on the edge of blaring out, but doesn’t. Both are from the first album
of standards.

Ronstadt recruited veteran arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle for these
albums. Riddle, along with Gordon Jenkins, had done landmark
Sinatra albums for Capitol Records in the 1950s and 1960s, so he was
a go-to guy for these projects. What Riddle may have really thought of
Ronstadt’s renderings we will never know, but he must have winced at times.
BTW, Gordon Jenkins was Harry Nilsson’s collaborator on A Little Touch
of Schmilsson in the Night. Nilsson had a more apt approach to the material.

Ronstadt was able to say “I told you so”: What’s New was a multi-platinum
seller, and the other two titles went platinum as well. So there.


title: Amazon, Wake Up!

text:
My rating in this review is for the recording that should be reviewed. As is soon apparent, Amazon has dumped reviews of several recordings of Tristan on this page, a practice unfortunately typical of Amazon.

Entreaties to Amazon to correct this lazy practice are hit-or-miss, based on past experience.  Ah, well...


title: Not Just Any Enescu

text:
Judging from what is on offer on Amazon, the Enescu cycle done by Horia Andreescu and the Romanian National Radio Orchestra for Electrecord in the 1990s has become very hard to come by.  So I encourage, nay, exhort anyone reading these notes to buy whatever volumes of that cycle are available.  I hesitate to use the term definitive in relation to performances of classical music, but what Andreescu and company achieved is probably as close to definitive as mortals are allowed.  The performances are zestful, nicely detailed, as idiomatic as one could hope for at this remove from Enescu’s era.  The sound is well-balanced and bloomy.  Go and acquire, enjoy.

This volume is the most available of the seven CDs released on Electrecord and Olympia.  This is no doubt because this has the two youthful effusions, the Romanian Rhapsodies, which endure as concert openers, and Enescu’s Symphony No. 2, his first really individual essay in that form.  Heady, enjoyable stuff.

Enescu and Bartok were born less than five months apart.  Both of them displayed precocious musical talent.  Enescu budded more conspicuously, being admitted to the Vienna Conservatory (Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde)  when he was seven years old (Fritz Kreisler also made it at that age), the only non-Austrian admitted at that time.  As the careers of Enescu and Bartok progressed, they became the poster boys of Mitteleuropa serious music.  Their musical interests overlapped: both sought to integrate indigenous folk music into classical music.  (Bartok poached on Enescu’s turf with his Romanian Folk Dances).  Both composers wrote in various forms, but their respective focuses diverged: Bartok eschewed the symphony while Enescu continued in that more traditional form; Bartok found his voice in the concerto, but Enescu, oddly enough, didn’t even write a concerto for the instrument of which he was a virtuoso, the violin.  Bartok’s more modern musical explorations, particularly the string quartets, gained him more acclaim over the years than Enescu’s basically Late Romantic style, with some forays into neoclassicism.

The orthodoxies of musical aesthetics have mellowed over the decades since serialism and aleatory approaches were considered de rigueur.  Enescu’s melodic, harmonically lush music has re-emerged from a period of eclipse.  Gather up some Enescu and wallow in intricate, gorgeous, compelling music.  Also look for this on Amazon: ASIN B0000260IJ


title: It’s Prince

text: It’s Prince!!!! What else is there to say....


title: Five Stars

text: I am happy!


title: Highly Recommended for Fans of Elvis (or Leiber and Stoller)

text:
Another great 2CD set from the French fan club "Elvis My Happiness," made in cooperation with BMG France. (The CDs were pressed in Germany.) This follows their previous two songwriter-based compilations, Elvis Chante Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus and Elvis Chante Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennet ("chante" = "sings"). Released in 2004, the Leiber and Stoller set is packaged in a four panel fold-out digipak and contains a beautifully designed 36-page booklet (in English and French). The set is limited to 2500 copies and closely follows the design and packaging of the previous two songwriter collections.

This 2CD set (69 total tracks) expands and improves on the 1991 single disc collection, Elvis Sings Leiber and Stoller, which was the first Elvis release to focus on some of the great songwriters behind his hits. For the uninformed, Leiber and Stoller were the greatest rock 'n' roll songwriting team of the 1950s, turning out numerous R&B classics, and the occasional pop hit as well. (For a great read, pick up their 2009 autobiography, Hound Dog, which contains a sizable and interesting section on working with Elvis.)

Disc 1 of the set contains previously released Elvis recordings of Leiber and Stoller-penned songs, many of which were huge hits, while disc 2 is comprised of alternative versions of the songs, plus three rare bonus tracks by Freddie Bell and the Bellboys ("Hound Dog"), Willy and Ruth ("Love Me"), and Tippie and the Clovers ("Bossa Nova Baby"). The three bonus tracks were all recorded before the more well-known versions popularized by Elvis.

This 2CD package looks as good, or better, than some of the nicer FTD releases, which is saying something. The sound is also excellent. Along with the Pomus/Shuman and Tepper/Bennett collections, Elvis Chante Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller is highly recommended for Elvis fans!


title: Here is the track listing since Amazon didn't provide any:

text:
This is a 1997 CD-Single with three tracks, made in The Netherlands by BMG/RCA. The CD itself is a "picture disc" of Elvis in the Fifties, holding a mic and singing. The sound quality is excellent for the first two songs; the third is a home recording, a medley of five different songs. Here is the track listing:

1. Always On My Mind
2. Separate Ways (alternate take #25)
3. Bad Nauheim Medley (private home recording)


title: Shear Joy: Jules Unplugged

text:
Unplug This is a promo-only CD from 1991 that was an attempt by Polydor Records (promoting Shear’s label debut, The Great Puzzle) to connect the dots for those not attuned to Shear’s unique appeal. What you get here are eight great Shear compositions (two were big hits for Cyndi Lauper and the Bangles), all performed solo and live in the studio. For fans, no more need be said. The joint composition with The Band’s Rick Danko, “Never Again Or Forever,” was a rarity at the time and unavailable anywhere else. The title of the CD alludes to MTV's acoustic musical series, Unplugged, which Shear hosted during its first year.

Track Listing:

 1. Following Every Finger
 2. All Through the Night
 3. Whispering Your Name
 4. If She Knew What She Wants
 5. If We Never Meet Again
 6. Jewel In a Cobweb
 7. Sad Sound of the Wind
 8. Never Again Or Forever


title: A River of Sound

text:
My first exposure to this artist, and words almost elude me. Three CDs of music for modern jazz octet that has no obvious beat or time signature, written and directed by Tyshawn Sorey, a master of percussion who just received his doctorate in composition at Columbia.  There are only three tracks, one per CD. Sorey's octet includes two horn players and five guitar / bass players, all extremely versatile as exhibited by the complete list of instruments. Firehouse 12 Records is new to me but also offers Myra Melford's latest (also with Sorey) so it's a newcomer to watch.

I have to resort to comparisons to describe this music, with hopes that I offend nobody.  Anthony Braxton, Sorey's elder colleague at Wesleyan, has pioneered this kind of musical architecture for decades. Cecil Taylor comes to mind, in particular a concert at Yerba Buena Gardens where CT was joined several dozen Bay Area improvisors for a session that lasted several hours.  I would also cite recent work by Henry Kaiser, Tania Chen, Leo Smith, and William Winant as a link to this aesthetic, which adheres to tradition while assimilating methods of modern composers like Cage, Murail, Messiaen, Feldman, Boulez, Sciarrino, etc... Like some of their music, Pillars could easily function as a soundtrack to an art exhibit in a world-class museum, but in my modest living room, it demands my attention just as well. It ain't got that swing but you might hear strains of Duke in the spectral guitar mix.

This music will accommodate any level of listening you care to dedicate. One could pass it off as either "ambient" or "avant garde", but do not expect the usual elements associated with those forms.  Though it is generally on the quiet side, song lovers may call it noise, and the impatient  will say it goes nowhere. I can safely say that's not the audience it's intended for, but for those who enjoy music as a boundless sensory experience.

Musicians:
Stephen Haynes: trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet, alto horn, small percussion
Ben Gerstein: trombone, melodica
Todd Neufeld: electric and acoustic guitar
Joe Morris: electric guitar, double bass
Carl Testa: double bass, electronics
Mark Helias: double bass
Zach Rowden: double bass
Tyshawn Sorey: conductor, drum set, dungchen, percussion, trombone


title: Almost Perfect

text: This is a rare and high quality version of Seasons. My only complaint is the name, lol. It should be "The Months."


title: Fantastically recorded jazzy string quartets

text: Excellent recording - excellent musicianship and engineering to boot. I love it......


title: Five Stars

text: Awesome


title: A worthy addition to the remastered Led Zeppelin catalog.

text: The extra tracks are certainly worth the price of admission, The sound quality is very similar to the original album however, in that the electric bass is still rather low in the mix. I would still recommend it based on the inclusion of No Quarter, The Ocean and other tracks left off the original.


title: My albums are warped, they are no good

text:
The discs were both warped, I cannot play them they are useless as a collectors item.

I want a better copy of this.


title: Beautiful song -- unique for Fleetwood Mac

text: A shimmering, beautiful tone poem -- almost psychedelic in nature... although it has some antecedents on 'Future Games', it is really unlike anything else in the long and winding Fleetwood Mac canon.  It is definitely a high point for Danny Kirwan.  Apparently, Peter Green thought so, too, singling it out as the best thing the band did after his departure.  The B-side is less impressive...


title: Hilarys Videos.

text: I Really Like the music Videos that came with the package set well worth it Because all the videos are on one DVD and plus a section with Hilary talking about how she first got started.


title: Dro Bless

text:
"Zanelli for Mayor" is what I really want to say with my review.

While the current version of Tauk looks quite different than is pressed into the little etchings on this disc, I can assure you that after you listen to this, you'll have an appreciation from where the band came from and how much better they are without a lead singer.


title: Perfect

text: Thanks for hooking me up with this amazing, rare album.  My friend played some of it for me and I had to have it, but how do you search for something on the internet that you only know as "WHAT".  Lucky I found it and lucky you were the seller!


title: A fun CD

text: Almost all the songs were terrific


title: Great CD!

text: Great CD in great shape!


title: Divine feelings

text: A menacing avant-garde assault on black music conventions, thick with mean bass lines and creepy late night tales - a young lothario high on the wrong drugs.


title: For Late Night Listening...or Just As Background "Wallpaper"

text:
Steven Stapleton created this CD to be the equivalent of "musical wallpaper". Each track acheives this. The title track is influenced by Robert Ashley's _Automatic Writing_. I prefer Stapleton's rendition to Ashley's work. Yes, all of these tracks are very "minimal" - but each creates a mood that is hard to describe. It's the feeling of being in a quiet elevator - alone - and gently drifting to the top floor of a building. There's always a high frequency sound that is heard: A sound that you hear almost nowhere else. Unique tones and sounds such as this are ALL OVER this recording. That is the essence of _A Missing Sense_.

It says that the title track was written to accompany his (Stapleton's) experimentation with LSD. I find this music very enjoyable - perfectly straight. The addition of a mind-altering substance may??? heighten the experience, but I feel this can be appreciated anytime.

...and then there is the artwork. Disturbing, shocking. You wouldn't place this CD on top of your CD pile, because the front cover comes out and visually slaps you in the face.

This is one of my favorite NwW recordings. I play it often. You should do the same. It clears and relaxes the mind, and prepares you for what looms ahead.

There aren't many recordings that I can say that about.


title: Fantastic trip through a unique era in underground music

text: Superbly selected and sequenced collection of strange early electronic music. This brings back memories of mysterious, early '80s after-midnight college radio shows baffling the airwaves with experimental songs and sounds. Some really rare stuff here that probably only existed on obscure cassettes and vinyl. A huge thank you to the people who preserved this material. It's a treasure.


title: 23 years on...

text: Don't be too quick to dismiss this album as an irrelevant postscript in the great Pink Floyd canon. That album might have been A Momentary Lapse of Reason had it all ended there. But much to the contrary, this album instead signals the hallmark accomplishment in David Gilmour's size-able catalog. It plays like a well written novel or an expertly shot film with a splendid arc that leads from the opening static to the final sighing riff. It has a literary resonance and cinematic grandeur that is spellbinding. Unmistakably Pink Floyd but not recycled or cliche.  So glad to have had this eureka experience so many years later.  Thanks RDM for prompting me to pull it out of the vaults and thanks David, Rick, and Polly for creating such a beauty!


title: Smokin' Hot

text: Brilliant!  This album is like a swinging party peopled by the New York Dolls, Mark Bolan, The Stooges and put to bed by Supertramp.  Nikki never sounded finer or seemed to be having such a rocking blast.  This one is not to be missed.  He and the band really do burn it up...


title: CHEEBA CHEEBA!!

text: This has to be one of the best CD's in the world 4 when u wanna get high! it has cypress 'i wanna get high' live!! that alone makes this CD brilliant!! but every other song on the album is brilliant also!!  when u have your mates over and u wanna smoke this is the absolute s**t!!  no really it is!  im not just a big stoner!  believe me!  you like to get high?  u like really good music?  then you buy this album!  pretty simple!  help out NORML!  f**k the crappy american government!  it all started from them making up crap!  they spend billions fighting marijuana, especially america!  why?  legalise it!  lose the black market, save billions, which could be used for something worth while!  like education!  it doesn't lead to stronger drugs!  all they have on that is that people who take stronger drugs also smoke marijuana!?  ofcourse they do!  it gets you high!  and isn't dangerous!  that doesn't mean it lead to their big drug addiction!  fight for legalisation!  if you dont agree and have a good arguement for why it shouldn't be legalised all around the world then e-mail me at: monkey_boy@bongmail.com!  thank you!  woo!<br />BUY BUY BUY


title: Enjoyable

text: I enjoy the music.


title: Best Lullaby music out there-buy it now!

text: I was SO happy I found this CD...again. It was played non-stop for my daughter, now 15 and my son, now 14 in their early years. I always looked forward to rocking my children and turning this music on. It was also de-stressing for me. My daughter actually continued to play it at night on repeat until around age 7 or 8 because it was so soothing...and probably routine. We have misplaced it and still on the hunt after our recent move. I now have a great nephew, now 7 months old, who spends a lot of time with us including overnights. I really think it helps establish a good nap time and bedtime routine while rocking/gliding. Music is so important for babies and children. Very calming and soothing. A must buy for Mothers, Aunties and Grandmas!


title: Five Stars

text: Great stuff!


title: Looks very real

text: My grandson love it


title: Four Stars

text: ok


title: EXIT:E arrived

text: Very excited for this album. It arrived much earlier than expected, too. Good condition.


title: Can't stop listening!

text: Danielle Rose has done it again - this time appealing to even more musical genre tastes!  Whether you like Norah Jones, Enya, Country, Blue Grass, or rock (and everything in between), Ms. Rose wraps her voice around the words and makes them come to life.  The songs are as easy to sing along with as to pray with - in fact you won't even realize your praying with Danielle as you listen to this 2-CD set.  My only dilema is deciding which CD to listen to each day.


title: you're only cheating yourself of true electronic joy. These guys are close to 70 and still ...

text: The point of origin and one of the key elements in defining industrial music as we know it. Pioneers and mark-makers.  If you've never seen this band live, you're only cheating yourself of true electronic joy. These guys are close to 70 and still hard at it. TANZMUSIK!!!


title: Great Way to Renew Your Faith

text:
I just finished listening to the "Lose Fat, Not Faith" CDs.  I can safely say that these 5 CDs contain more information presented in a clear and friendly manner.  This program and helps to make sense out of the technical data that is discussed.  Actually, the technical data doesn't seem to be technical data at all.

A lot of the information presented is common sense type stuff.  Things that most overweight Americans have heard before.  Jeremy presents all of this information in a manner that I understood and actually believed that I could succeed with.

I thought that the CD on nutrition was outstanding.  Jeremy brings a no-nonsense approach to the world of nutrition.  He not only dispells some of the bad information that is floating around out there, but he doesn't just poke verbal jabs at them, he explains them, the basis of them and why these fads/ideas don't work.  At least long term.

Just when I was about to declare the nutrition CD by far my favorite, I listened to CD 5 - "The Zen of Releasing Fat".  Wow, Jeremy hits it out of the ballpark with this one.  If everyone who needs to lose fat is honest with themselves, they will admit that releasing fat is not completely a physical challenge.  There are many mental and emotional issues wrapped up with it.  For many people, unless you are prepared to deal with the entire package, you are doomed for failure or at least relapse.  Jeremy speaks on this topic by discussing the demons he had to overcome and the demons he has seen his clients fight and offers some logical help in identifying and overcoming your own demons.

Over all I am very happy with this CD set.  For the first time in a long time, I feel like I am ready to once and for all break free of my fat and never  turn back.


title: Like New CD

text: Like New CD<br />Thank you.


title: Five Stars

text: Great music! so peaceful


title: Quality

text: Loving their music


title: not her best

text: wish I could get a refund


title: CD Skips

text: The CD skipped all the way through. Had to request a refund.


title: laser beam to reality

text:
after i ordered this set i promptly received an email from the shippers with the details.  i ordered a second item from amazon at the same time as this, and this shipment arrived only about a week later than the item shipped by amazon.

the cd's are amazing.  the words that are expressed resonate deeply in my heart.  these messages are like a laser beam into reality.  it's like getting a behind-the-scenes tour of life.  if you're into hearing truth without too many new age bells and whistles, this set is for you.


title: Four Stars

text: That cd is good,blessings


title: Five Stars

text: Love the cd


title: Five Stars

text: Better than expected! Only thing missing to make the album in perfect condition could be the wrapping!!


title: Five Stars

text: Fantastic. Wonderful. The best singer in the USA. I know since 1960.


title: Five Stars

text: Wonderful and uplifting


title: Praise God with Marty.

text: When Marty Goetz sings you can hear his love for His Messiah


Marty Goetz sings with his whole heart about his Messiah. You can honestly feel his love as he sings.<br />I have purchased all of his cd's because of his depth and love for God.


title: Great songs!

text: Love this band! Cd works great!


THIS IS CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR MY GRANDSON, SO WE HAVEN'T LISTENED YET, BUT HIS MOM GREW UP LISTENING TO IT, SO I'M SURE IT WILL BE WONDERFUL ESPECIALLY FOR ROAD TRIPS.


title: It wasn't what I expected

text: I did not properly read what I was getting, thought I was getting a DVD, not an LP.  I really can't use LPs, but that is NOT  the seller's fault, the item itself is in great shape, and I would buy from them again, if I can get a DVD or even a CD.


title: Without question a masterpiece...

text:
I'm Giddy... Speachless... Hey! Where's my FACE?!?!? I've owned and listened to this CD for 4 years now and I am blown away every single time I listen to it.  I can't hear it enough. I must make a point that only about a week ago, I was made aware of an astonishing feature of this album I may have never noticed on my own. I played a track for my brother, who is currently worshiping Yngwie Malmsteen and trying to learn one of his songs, and he said, "so where's the guitar solo?".

I was dumb struck! I've listened to this work hundreds of times and I am an accomplished musician myself. This thought never occurred to me! I listened to the entire CD again and realized that the power, depth, and perfection of this music and lyrics left absolutely no room for any superfluous, narcissistic guitar grandstanding. Not for one microsecond would one entertain the thought that someone had to step up to a solo to prove this band's virtuosity and grandeur.

I'm perfectly aware that most of the music I enjoy is perfectly integrated with masterful solos that could neither be removed nor even slightly diverted from their so natural and powerful course. Yet here is something that in it's conception remains note for note an incessant gang assault on the senses where everyone always has everyone else' back defended in an impervious musical fortress where the safety of quiet passages and warm chambers of introspective solitude could never be breached, nor can there be any natural or supernatural denial against the open assaults they make on our deepest questions of being and existence.

In the past, my motivations for reviewing a musical work were to defend against some perceived injustice... OK to whine about something and alas, this can not be an exception for this group has disbanded! Please treat yourself to the download and help pressure the market to extend the distribution of this masterpiece on CD.

For some this band may be an acquired taste, but to those, give it some extra attention, as any single part out of it's context does not demonstrate the omnipotence of each arrangement's place in the whole beautiful work! It is as disturbing as it is inspiring and uplifting and as powerful as it is vulnerable, peaceful, restrained, introspective. Not one single note or breath is wasted nor is any stone left unhurled.

Find a place completely to yourself at the end of your toughest day and connect yourself, refurbish, and refuel!


title: LOVE IT

text: Everything came perfect!! I got double BamBam and a JayB polaroid ❤ I also love the extra photocards and sticker gift!! I'll probably get JayB next!

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title: I love my cd!

text:
It arrived in time and brand new.
Comes with a high quality poster.
I'm really happy with the product. :)


title: Wonderful

text: Wonderful


title: Like a time machine!!

text: Fast safe delivery.  Sounds amazing.  Brings back a lot of good memories I forgot I had!!


title: Five Stars

text: Looks and sounds awesome!!


title: Great CD!

text: This is a really good CD.  Thank you for the great customer service in honoring my timely purchase.


A moving title theme, with some other good compositions on this soundtrack, that is from a poorly reviewed movie. The City of Prague Philharmonic<br />does a great job with this original movie soundtrack.


title: Great

text: Look for this a long time !


title: Excellent and AVAILABLE from Al's website!

text: A fantastic cd...better than Black Coffee ..and Black Coffee was great!!!....and is available from Al' s website for approx $14.95 US with bonus tracks!!!:-)


title: Chuck Berry and Marc Bolan Want Their Royalty Checks

text: I very much enjoyed the album, and have listened to it several times now.  This is an album of mainly good time rave-ups, and it works.  It is classic Chuck Berry-based rock and roll, and indeed off-kilter versions of Johnny B. Goode open and close the album.  While the songs are entirely derivative, they are highly enjoyable.  One song is so close to "Bang A Gong" that if Marc Bolan were alive, he'd be checking his pockets to see if his wallet were still there.  That's a compliment.


title: So Good!!! Like Really Good!

text: BEST ALBUM OF TEEN ANGST EVER! super talented lead singer. Totally feel her every emotion. Listen to it over and over again. Never gets old!!


title: One of those 'must have' CDs

text: Great CD. Awesome voice!. Great arrangements! Lisa has a range that gives you goose bumps. This is one of those CDs that I love to surprise with my friends, as in "guess who this is?" I've played drums (professionally off and on) for over 55 years. I would have loved to have backed Lisa at some point in time.  Get the CD - you'll enjoy it!


title: Hard to find collection of hymns but well worth it

text: Great choir work on some of my favorite hymns like Ode to Joy. The person i gifted it to  was very happy with this collection,


title: We have found it to be a terrific way to introduce children to the true history of ...

text: We just started listening to this drama, and our entire family LOVES it!  We have found it to be a terrific way to introduce children to the true history of the war.


title: Spike Sings.

text: I first heard these songs on YouTube.I knew James sang but I wasn't aware he had out solo albums. If you are expecting Spike's accent it isn't there. On the other hand I really enjoy James singing style and the songs he writes. This album is easier to get then his first solo CD "Civilized Man" but I like both(still trying to buy the first) and can't wait for more.You don't have to be a Buffy fan to like James' music.So give it a try!


title: Good Product

text: I love the fact that it was delivered so quickly! It is a great value, good product, described accurately, and delivered quickly. Thank you.


title: Five Stars

text: To anyone who call themselves puertorrican this is a MUST have in their collection


Love the album and brings back fond memories.


title: TERRIFIC!

text:
Davis divines superb renditions of Gottschalk's works - easily my favorite versions. There's a buoyant lyricism and sensitive finesse here that conjures up Chopin at one moment and Keith Jarrett the next.  Surprisingly wonderful for music composed in the 1850s and 1860s.

I sincerely don't understand why this has never been released on CD.  Well, actually, it appears it has, but under a different title and on a different label.  See Davis' "Souvenir De Porto Rico" Gottschalk CD –

https://www.amazon.com/Souvenir-Porto-Gottschalk-Davis-1993-05-11/dp/B01A7TQ2V4/ref=sr_1_23?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1507967671&sr=1-23&keywords=ivan+davis

If you can find the tracks from this disc on YouTube (they were there last time I checked), don't miss them.  Truly wonderful!


title: Willy Vlautin is great as both writer and musician.

text: I love this CD.  It is a beautifully  integrated mix of music and spoken word, a gentle story about kindness.  The author's voice is a lot of what makes it wonderful.


title: Take note: 1-star NOT for this performance but for the reviews NOT about the performance listed here

text: This appears to be a very common problem with Amazon and opera reviews: they are indiscriminately placed. Most of the reviews here discuss other performances of "Don Carlo," which may be generally useful to know, but they are not useful about this performance—which I, for one, would have enjoyed comments about. I don't know if Amazon can do anything about these misplacements, but they should; and posters should not confuse the issue by misplacing their reviews. Referring to different performances may be fine and informative, but intentionally focusing on them out of place is not fine.


title: Al Stewart is a poet and gifted musican.

text: This collection is good, but many other songs he wrote are worthy of a second double release of The Best of Al Stewart...


title: Stan Stray Kids

text: Came with everything listed


title: Good selection of music

text: Good background for when I'm working on the computer


title: Music of the Fiji Islands

text: I enjoy this music and haven't been able to find it in local stores.


title: Not bad.

text: The interviews with the Bassist and Keyboardist from this band were good but I'd have liked to hear Walt Wray and Dom Miller in there too.  Guess you can't have everything.  KS should have had a better recording contract and done at least one more full-length album under major release and promo/distro.  The 1st album was a home run.


title: It is what it is! Not a masterpiece, but quite enjoyable

text:
With an all-star cast of crack contemporary musicians, this is a bit more polished and slick than you might expect from Edgar Winter, but I like it!
There are a couple of tunes where the arrangement gets a little cheezy, but I found that overall, this album grows on you after the second listen.
I definitely like the Mose Allison influenced vocal stylings and grooves on most of the songs!
This album really allows Edgar to stretch out on vocals more than any other album of his that I know.
There is some great acoustic piano on a couple of tunes and wonderful sax playing too.


title: LLEVA EL SELLO DÚRCAL EN LAS VENAS!!!

text:
EL PRIMER CD DE DEBUT DE LA BELLISIMA SHAILA DÚRCAL...UN DISCO MUY BONITO, CON CANCIONES DE ROBERTO LIVI,KIKE SANTANDER Y DEL GRAN ARTISTA Y PADRE DE SHAILA "JUNIOR" HACEN QUE EL DEBUT MUSICAL DE LA ARTISTA SEA POR LA PUERTA GRANDE...TIENE GIROS Y FRASEOS EN LA VOZ MUY PARECIDOS A SU MADRE LA GRAN ROCIO DÚRCAL.
TEMAS COMO PERDÓNAME(COMPUESTO POR SU PADRE ANTONIO MORALES "JUNIOR"),FUEGO EN LAS VENAS...ETC DEMUESTRAN QUE SHAILA VA A LLEGAR MUY LEJOS Y SINO AL TIEMPO!!!
MUY BONITO TRABAJO!!!


title: Muy buenos recuerdos

text: Son canciones del recuerdo<br />Sólo pará enamorados


title: Five Stars

text: Very pleased with my CD. Love it


title: Cale and the Bomberettes

text:
A good album from Cale with his band the Bomberettes. I particularly like
"Magic and lies" and "Dead or alive".Russian Roulette is good rock song that is long but seems to get better as it goes on.
The album's title is an abbreviation of the phrase "Honni soit qui mal y pense" (French: "shame upon him who thinks evil of it"), the motto of the British Order of the Garter.
Track listing
1."Dead Or Alive"
2."Strange Times In Casablanca"
3."Fighter Pilot"
4."Wilson Joliet"
5."Streets of Laredo" [traditional arranged by John Cale]
6."Honi Soit (La première Leçon De Français)"
7."Riverbank"
8."Russian Roulette"
9."Magic & Lies"


title: Pathetic

text:
I am constantly amazed that today's musical groups have such little imagination that they have to cop the names of yesteryear's bands who have already earned their niches in the music world's history.
... and that they do it so very badly.
Bands like the People, Touch, White Witch, Armageddon,(and the list goes on and on)were extraordinary one-of-a-kinds.
And yet, modern bands continue to take those names for themseles, then release inferior, blandly common, boring music, and expect no one to notice the difference while they attempt to suck in $$$ on the names of others.
Pathetic!


title: MKII lineup right before the release of Machine Head

text: Great concert  right before the release of Machine Head . Fireball one of the highlights, but great MKII  jamming as the boys are still figuring out the live sequences, so it is  distinctly different from Made in Japan. All the releases of the Official Deep Purple Overseas Live Series have great sound quality and this one is no exception. Great Version of the mule ("A song about Lucifer and some of his Friends") and the NY 73 songs  are a real treat as well.  Play this one as loud as possible and you will not be disappointed.


title: interesting for the music or history buff

text: Alex Haley narrates the history of one of the world's oldest and finest sea going services. the Coast Guard band is exceptional (as are all military bands) this cd is cheap and rare...get it.


title: Brilliant stuff!!

text: A great, great album which fell by the wayside, sort of a disco opera. The title tune and "Cherry Boy" are particular standouts; "Street Talk" ought to have been a #1 record...a true artistic achievement...


title: Classic Holiday Music

text: Selections include The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)/Nat King Cole --  Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!/Lena Horne -- I Like a Sleighride (Jingle Bells)/Peggy Lee -- Baby, It's Cold Outside/Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting -- Frosty the Snowman/Bing Crosby -- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year/Andy Williams -- White Christmas/Mel Torme -- I'd Like You for Christmas/Julie London -- Silver Bells/Wayne Newton -- Ther Merriest/June Christy -- We Three Kings/Ella Fitzgerald -- What Are You Doing New Years Eve?/Nancy Wilson


title: J Hip Hop Classic

text: This is up there with "The Deep" by Soul Scream, as one of the best J hip hop (and hip hop in general) of all time. Every track is a banger, so glad I imported this.


This is a reissue of Mainstream album Ruth Brown '65.


For his current release, Fernando Perdomo made a pilgrimage to Memphis' legendary recording studio, Ardent. Power Pop fans know the studio through the '70s recordings of college radio cult favorites Big Star. The Golden Hour captures the magic of the studio, right down to the splendid sounds of the mellotron. Fernando Perdomo made the cross country journey from his Reseda, CA home base with a collection of first-rate compositions. "Spotlight Smile" would bring a smile to the face of the weary commuter, and "Sleep" sounds like a bonus track from All Things Must Pass. Jordan Zevon--son of Warren--contributes as a co-writer on the haunting "Look at the Moon."  The Golden Hour is my favorite album in any genre for 2017, and, like Big Star's recordings, could achieve cult status of its own someday.--STEVE THORN, SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR


title: A Few Good Songs...

text: There are three or four music I enjoy it. I could be live without listen to others.


title: Among the best.

text: Great lyrics sung great.A great mix of song writer and artist.


title: Up there.

text: I just love the interpratation by Don.Hank would of loved it.


title: A message.

text: One of Johns best. So much truth in it.


title: but not perfect. The Hassles stuff is worth a listen for ...

text: Bought this for the Attila album material.  The sound quality is ok.  Listenable, but not perfect.  The Hassles stuff is worth a listen for a laugh, but isn’t something I’d return to.  I copied the Attila tracks to a CD-R to replicate my album, and listen to that.


title: The best quality collection that exist in my opinion

text: I was surprised as how good the recording for this collection is. I previously have owned other offerings of Nat King Cole in CDs but I was not satisfied, until now.<br />I highly recommend this compilation CD.


title: whaaa

text:
Is this cd good?
Can a dragon fly?
well it depends what fairy tale you read but yes a dragon can fly which means that this cd is very very good.
if your a young jeezy fan i would not only get this cd but also "I Am The Street King" by young jeezy.  You won't be bored for months with these 2 cds .....HIT IT


title: One of the Best!

text: One of the sweetest cds you'll ever hear.


title: ALICE COOPER'S CREATIVE TAKE ON A CLASSIC PETER AND THE WOLF

text: i bought this for myself as I have loved the story of PETER AND THE WOLF since I was a child and my parents gave me the version narrated by CAPTAIN KANGAROO. I have bought many versions of it over the years with a variety of narrators. As a huge ALICE COOPER fan, I had not known about this until recently. I listened to it and loved it, especially the incorporation of music from STAR WARS and other composers into the storyline as Peter builds a robot from parts found in an abandoned Hollywood movie studio. The story of Peter hunting the wolf and trying to save the duck in his grandfather's swimming pool is terrific, as the wolf has escaped from the local zoo. This will eventually be played for my grandsons some day, It is very humorous, especially when Peter is riding in the car with his grandfather upon arriving in LA and switches radio stations, with a bit of "School's Out" being heard, before settling on the classical piece of Peter and the Wolf music which Peter likes. Very creative and enjoyable modern telling of this classic.


title: Lloyd rocks again!

text: This cd presents excellent melodic rock in the power pop area. Much like his other cds, this one will please the listener.


title: Hard to find

text: I bought this set back in the eighties and have been looking for another copy for years.  This was my lucky find.  Hours in the car listening with my daughter or was it me listening to it with her?  I never tired of it and you all know how hard that can be.


title: Blues With Each And All Feeling

text: This is a stone (ahem) cold masterpiece of blues guitar and lyrical singing performance, it is filled with density of playing and length of playing in the blues line- the quick tight and the long stretch of line. It is infused with great spirit and touch, excellence and gusto. This is an epic of the blues played wide open. Buddy Guy is filled with a sincerity and ferocity of blues- it is not to be missed. From a master might as well come a masterpiece- don't miss this. It's all like a slow and fast/fast and slow eruption of spirit that will come over you.


title: Five Stars

text: Awesome !


title: Five Stars

text: Very Rare item for great low price. Can't beat it!


title: Watch this seller

text: It was not what was advertised. I got a different session. Instead of getting what the picture showed, I got a note saying it wasn't the same AFTER I paid for it. Very shady in my opinion.


title: Pretty damn good

text: There's a mix of old and newer music. I would have liked to have seen more from eras before the 1960's, with artists like the Ink Spots, the Mills Brothers and a host of R&B artists like Billy Ward's Dominoes. However, You can't have everything in a two CD collection. I am glad that I bought it.


title: I'm in awe

text: As an American, I feared not being able to understand "Liverpoolan" English, and one's ears attune and with the excellent staging and actors, the lyrics and music just shine.  This recording can sit proudly along with your Les Miz and Phantom, and others.  I've heard the recording now many times and just look forward to the next London visit.  Feel blessed to be the beneficiery of such talent.


title: Those Kids

text: If you love Amy Rigby, you should buy this cd.  If you don't love Amy Rigby, I don't know why we are talking.  If you don't know Amy Rigby, check the Christgau Consumer Guide; no point in my duplicating what he has done.  (He rates this one as an A-).  Wreckless Eric dates from the early days of Stiff Records and has done some good things.  I don't love him the way I love Amy Rigby and am not happy that he got to marry her but I am happy that they seem to be happy.  If you must: good songs - melodies and lyrics, small rockish combo style, slight production.  I'd like to have them for dinner, a few drinks and everybody plays some favourite songs on the cd / turntable.<br />(I would go with 4 1/2 stars if I could.)


title: Will Wilde is an awesome Harp player

text: Great harping on bluesy jams


title: Hesus Paid It All

text: I had heard this version on KHBC so I knew I loved it.  I just wish it had lasted longer.


title: Jones Charts Country Path With Hit Album

text:
1977's Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow was Tom Jones first album of new material since ending his decade long contract with London Records (Parrot Label in the US). After a chart lull brought in part by a lack of promotion as his deal was ending, new company Epic Records got behind this effort and Jones enjoyed a mini chart Renaissance because of it.

The album is almost exclusively MOR/Easy Listening territory with no rock or R&B material, unlike many of Jones prior lp's. A mix of original compositions and remakes, Jones turns in very good to excellent renditions of "Take Me Tonight", Paul Anka's "One Man Woman" and the classic "Anniversary Song". The original material often pails in comparison, songs that have little to make them stand out. Nothing embarrassing but nothing particularly good.

The exception is the Title Track, a country styled ballad that perfectly fits Jones soulful, emotive vocal style despite lacking the dramatic high notes past hits like "Delilah" offered. This was Jones' first single to chart on the US Country Charts where it hit US#1 in Feb 1977. The single also did well at Top 40 radio reaching US#15 on the Hot 100 Singles Chart. It would prove a harbinger of things to come as Jones would embrace Country pop in the early & mid 80s for a string of moderate hit albums and singles on the US Country Charts.

If you're a Tom Jones you will enjoy this set, although in terms of his most critically acclaimed material it lags behind his work over the past decade or in comparison to some of his best work in his commercial hey day of the mid 60s/early 70s.


title: What A Night A Solid, Not Spectacular, Effort By Tom Jones

text:
1977's What A Night was Tom Jones second LP after switching to the Epic Label a year earlier, after a decade long relationship with London Records (Parrot Label in the US).  Jones first Epic release, Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow gave Jones his best selling album release in 5 years and put him back in the US Top 20 with title track as the album's lead single (US #15, Feb 1977). That single also opened Jones up to country radio, gaining significant airplay and eventually topping the US Country Singles Charts (Making Jones the first artist ever to hit #1 with their debut country chart hit).  What A Night follows a similar path as it's predecessor, mostly middle of the road pop, some with more country oriented arrangements.

Highlights include the title track, a fun, uptempo, dance friendly Country Pop number playing up Jones image as a ladies man, albeit a struggling one in this particularly story song. "No One Gave Me Love", another single release, plays to Jones strengths as an emotive balladeer with more than a few big voiced flourishes in the bridge. "if This Is Love", a remake, is even more done in the power ballad style and again is a highlight.

Most of the ballads are more Top 40 sound wise, the country arrangements come into play during the uptempo numbers, of which there are few.  Overall, this is a fun 70's pop album, it's not among Jones's best work from the first half of his career, lacking the versatility in song styles and vocal performances that made prior albums such as I (Who Have Nothing), She's A Lady, Green, Green Grass of Home, Fever Zone, Live in London, and Live In LAs Vegas so enjoyable.  However, if you were a fan of Jones prior albums like the ones listed then you'll likely enjoy this, especially if you can get it for an affordable price. If you were a fan of the 70's Country-politan sound populated by cross over artists who dominated both the Top 40 Pop Charts & Country Charts during the era, artists such as Kenny Rogers, Crystal Gayle, Glenn Campbell, Eddie Rabbitt, etc then you will also enjoy this disc.


title: Soup Greens

text: Unbelievable! This is a great compilation. Hopefully it will be available again. The Soup Greens rock.  Listen to their Cd on Misty Lane.


title: 5 stars are totally inadequate for this superlative, definitive funk collection

text: Unless you already own 3 or more of the original albums - and even then, as the sound quality on this is superb - this is perhaps the tastiest 6-disc slab of new orleans funk genius going and a shoo-in for discerning cd collections anywhere/everywhere.  This set cannot be overpraised, covering their early brilliant ground-breaking instrumental workouts  and their mid-period funk classix without which life would be grayer indeed.  If you've got a speck or more of joie de vivre, this will prove priceless to ya, flat out, hands down and stone-cold trooth.


title: It’s not vinyl

text: It’s a CD not vinyl


title: Enjoyable album

text: If you like music of the 20s and 30s, this album will not disappoint.


title: What's Happilatin' fellow juggalos!? This album is one of the best!

text:
I just had to leave a review for this album, as after I purchased it, it quickly became one of my favorites from them. This is one of J and Shaggy's best albums (IMHO) and it didn't seem to receive the same amount of media attention as maybe their "joker cards" or some of the others. If you liked "Jugganauts: Best of ICP", "The Wraith: Shangri-La", or even their latest "Bang, Pow, Boom" album, you will love this one as well. Originally I purchased this album for the "Yellow Bus" track. But I quickly discovered a few other "gems." One of my personal favorites is "Wind Me Up", a western-stylish ballad by J (I know, what Juggalo in their right mind likes ballads? Well stop hatin' cause J does it right!!). Another is "Scatterbrain" by the crazy wicked duo. I also find myself singing along to the likes of "High Rise" and "Thrill of a Kill."

Bottom line, you won't regret purchasing this album. But like the first poster mentioned, the sellers offering this album for $100 or more here on Amazon are simply ripping you off. As he said originally, you'll find this album on "hatchetgear.com" for around $10. I highly recommend following his advice and paying a visit to hatchetgear.com, who knows, you might even find a few more things you didn't even know you had to have!


What a step up from their debut! Both are great, but this is just on another level: great songwriting, great production, great use of space and minimalism, great cohesion. This is one of those albums that just clobbered me in the chest and left me short of breath. All tracks are great but a few favorites are Future People, Gimme All Your Love, The Greatest, and Gemini. If you don't have it, get it! Support great artists and stop downloading the ish for free!


title: Intensely beautiful work

text: I originally bought The Moon Seven Times' first album because of the cover art - plus the name was so dreamy, I figured I couldn't go wrong. I fell in LOVE with the first album because of the lush instrumentals and Lynn's delicate vocals. The music pulses with yearning and makes everything dissolve around you. I was no less impressed with this second album. Certain tracks are moody and desperate and dark. Others are sweeter and like a sigh of relief. I cherish my copy of this album...it is becoming harder and harder to find.


title: GORGEOUS!!!

text: I can't tell you how much I love this recording. British pastoral music is one of my many favorites. Just stunning. Grab this while it's still available.


title: only some of the best around

text: only six songs but what great sounds and a dvd of them being played , what a deal .


title: but was very disappointed because it did not arrive with a poster or ...

text: I received the album quickly, but was very disappointed because it did not arrive with a poster or the other "fetus photocards" as listed in previous reviews.


title: Four Stars

text: interesting concept album for a musical


title: Loved it, Lost It, Buying another

text: I loved this CD all through the 90's but then lost it. (probably left in that Volvo I sold). So, having withdrawls I am buying another. Thank God it


title: My daughter loved it

text: I bought it for my 13yr old daughter she loved it


title: The seller does not securely package the album

text: The album and the inclusions are beautiful but as an album collector the damage to the album makes me really sad, i display my albums and it came really damaged 😞


title: Must have in your album collection

text: One of my favorite artist i love his voice so much


title: Must buy for your album collection

text: Amazing and beautiful album A.C.E deserves so much more recognition


title: Amazing album, Came in perfect condition

text: This album is amazing!!!! One of my favorite albums, it came in perfect condition & with freebies 🙌❣


title: Great Recording of some of my favorite songs from David Bowie.

text: All great versions of these songs.  Must have CD.


title: Loud Records HIP Hop before it died!

text:
1. Raekwon, American Cream Team-Giant Size
2. Tash, of the Alkaholiks-Bermuda Triangle
3. Big Pun, Noreaga-Thug Brothers
4. Aasim D'xplicit-Last Stop
5. Pete Rock, Inspectah Deck, Kurupt-True Master
6. Mobb Deep-The Illustrious
7. Dead Prez-Police State
8. Inspectah Deck-R.E.C. Room
9. The Dwellas-Stand Up
10. Xzibit-What U See Is What U Get
11. No Good -f Luke-Lizard Lizard
12. Delinquent Habits-Western Ways


title: Lick It Maxi Single

text:
1. Evolution Team Radio Edit
2. Evolution Team House Mix
3. Evolution Team Faster Mix
4. JJ Brothers Remix
5. Kamasutra Remix


title: Great Mashes by the mini apple group

text:
1. Public Service Announcement
2. Change Clothes
3. Dirt Off Your Shoulder
4. My 1st Song
5. 99 Problems
6. Allure
7. Moment of Clarity
8. Encore
9. Lucifer
10. Threat
11. December 4th
12. Bonus Track

This is the Double Black Album, Jay-Z's classic remixed by cheap cologne using Metallica's also titled Black Album.

Great stuff from these guys, very creative, sounds good for the most part.  As a remixer I understand how much hard work must have gone into this one!


title: Extra Song

text: Disc and wrapper list 8 songs on side-2, there are actually 9, 6th track has been added. Anyone know the title of that song?


title: Roy Orbison at his best; missed;  NEVER FORGOTTEN!

text: Roy left us well before his time but left a legacy of his outstanding songs! Missed but NEVER FORGOTTEN!!


title: Classic!

text: Great Album!


title: Invisible by Hunter Hayes

text: First the song still gives me chills!!  It's poetry in motion and everyone should not just hear the words but listen to the words. Extra bonus love just the music only and had no idea that I was getting that with cd.  Most important....package arrived exactly on time and was in perfect shape...............thank you ....thank you and extra thanks to Hunter Hayes for giving me chills...........and the good kind!


title: Don’t find this track anywhere else.

text: I like it. And remixes like this.  I like to keep on my collection


title: music to massage by

text: I liked it very much it was relaxing music for massage. my clients commented that they enjoy it very much also.


title: Five Stars

text: Lifescapes CDs are always great


title: terrible!!

text: I have only listened to first disk; but half of it skips!!  When you open disk one is on disk two; and disk two is on disk one, you know something is wrong .  Don't waste your money!!!


title: J.J. Cale is a legend .

text: This album is awesome !


title: Very Cool Music

text: This is a great compilation CD of very cool music, Naste' and "What about our Love" are great pieces!.... Enjoy this one of the many Jazziz type CD comps.....


title: Remembering old times

text: The music is just as I remember it! It brings back so many memories... The only disappointment, is that is not 100% digital, it has been recorded from a long play, and you can still hear the needle going on the disc. Besides that is perfect!


title: for starters

text: it gives a prety good idea of what and how is drum tuning composed of. but i bought it to have instructions to improove my tuning. i have 19 years playing. i learned nothing new. if you are working on your tuning you must get a torque drum key. that is a really good tool to play and learn how to tune your drums by yourself geting your prefered sound. i think most players, even begginers know that tight means acute and long sustained tones and loose means low dry tunes. have a great one


title: Your Hit Parade - The Unforgettable '50's

text: I am a great fan of 1950's music. However, I purchased this CD specifically for one song - Guess Who by Jesse Belvin. Unfortunately, the listing was incorrect and the song is not actually on the CD. I was disappointed. Otherwise, the CD is great.


title: Awesome music!

text: Outstanding! Quick, secure shipping! Awesome music!


title: A concert feeling

text: If you want to hear the feeling of André Rieu's concerts, buy this CD, audio tape or both (you can listen the tape in your car..  There are a lot of beautiful songs like "Last rose of summer"; "the Blue  Danube" and "The Second waltz" There is also funny songs  like "My Krapfenwald" and "Feuerfest"


title: Great performance!  awesome!

text: André Rieu proves again he is the "King of the waltz". This CD was made to celebrate the 100Th anniversary of the death of Johann Strauss  II. When you listen the CD, it's like the orchestra is in your house. I  hope Amazon.com will sell the VHS of 100 jahre Strauss and soon. This is a  must for all André Rieu's fans.


title: On my way and feel much more confident...

text:
Some book readings are affected greatly by your mood (well at least that's how I feel about advice book or self help book). That's how, sometimes, my opinions differ from the other Amazon.com's reviewers. The Bootstrapper's Bible is not one of them. This book certainly changed my entrepreneur outlook. I felt more confident knowing all the common senses and common mistakes that entrepreneurs should or should not make in the first place.

I encouraged two important people in my life to read this "short e-booklet"; my brother (the bravest entrepreneur in the world) and my best friend (a born to be entrepreneur, but hasn't gathered all his courages to be one), hoping that they can be more succesful and more confident.

Describing this e-booklet in this review would be an insult to Mr. Seth Godin, because the e-booklet is short (65 pages), very easy to read, and very cheap. Buy it (it's cost lest than 3 bucks) and let me know what you think.


title: Lovely melodies

text: Just purchased this and absolutely love it.  Soft, romantic, orchestral music of popular love songs.  Perfect for a quiet evening with your sweetie, a candlelit dinner or anytime you want to calm and refresh your soul.


title: beautiful voice that echos in your heart, and wraps you in arms of grace...

text: I love all of this cd and listen to it when I want a touch from God/Dess, thank you Jesus!


title: Two Stars

text: Just okay, but it's not going to change anything.


title: A FANTASTIC RARE ZANY GEM FROM EARLY 80S!

text: I found this on vinyl in 1982 at a storefront on the Venice Beach Boardwalk and it remains one of my favorite gems from that era.  It's hysterical.  "Mrs Donald's" husband has Tourette's syndrome and can't stop barking.  No one can help but the witch next door.  It's over the top funny.


I was so thrilled to be able to get the cd which, although not new, is in great condition.  The price was good, no fault of the seller was the cost of postage, but that is nothing considering the pleasure this cd has brought us.  A big thank you


title: Five Stars

text: the album is really awesome, I love it so much!!!


title: It replaces a cassette I played to death I like Celtic music and the title is my favourite hymn ...

text: It replaces a cassette I played to death I like Celtic music and the title is my favourite hymn I am Anglican


title: record

text: Very pleased with this purchase.


title: One of the best bands I've heard

text:
I'm terrible at writing reviews but I had to write one for this CD. I am fairly new to this genre of music and am still learning about new bands, but as soon as I heard the first song from this band I was hooked. The music is just fantastic and from the opening chords of Oblivian it just grabbed me and I really don't know how else to describe it. The lyrics are very strong and brilliantly written yet unlike many songs I've heard, they are not so overly poetic that they make no sense. All of the songs really speak to me. Especially Cry and Awakenings II-Unspoken.

Vicky Johnson has to have one of the most amazing voices I've ever heard. Very rich and powerful and totally unique.  I very much recommend this CD to everyone.  I know, not a great review, but it's from the heart.


title: C.D. mix sounds great

text: All the songs are great


title: Oh, daddy, you sure do swing!

text:
Recently, I happened across Wolfgang Parker on myspace.com -- and what a lucky find that was!  I was raised on the classic swing tunes of the 1940s -- Dorsey, Goodman, Miller, etc.  Thus I was thrilled when, from out of nowhere, a rocking swing revival cropped up about the time I graduated from college...suddenly, I wasn't some sort of weirdo living in the past, and I could lindy the night away every night of the week.  Naturally, I got my hot little hands on all the albums of the fellows who were getting a lot of radio play on mainstream radio. (Well, alt-mainstream radio, anyhow...I don't do mainstream-mainstream.)  I liked them.  A lot.  But, guess what?  Mr. Parker is better than those other guys -- and you know who I mean. (It would be rude to name names.)  His voice is better, the band is more rollicking and fun, and the lyrics are more original.  In addition to toe-tapping, danceable tunes (there's not a single track on "Hep City Swing" I don't like), the format of the album -- that of a 1940s live radio broadcast -- is highly original, and quite a kick, with an announcer, and  commercial breaks consisting of an endorsement of "Luxor Cigarettes" and a teaser for an upcoming mystery serial programme.  It makes me smile every time I listen to it, imagining that I'm *actually* listening to a broadcast over my 1943 Westinghouse console radio (with the soft glow for ambient lighting whist listening in the dark, of course...is there any other way to listen to such things? I think not.) That is, I'm lying on the floor in front of the afore-mentioned glowing radio, chin in hands, *in* 1943, smokes, and a G&T close at hand. iPod-schmiPod. The album brilliantly blends a very modern version of swing for the 21st century, with a great deal of respect for the roots of this all-American form of music.

I wish I had known about The Talented Mr. Parker back when I was living closer to his home turf; I certainly would have liked to see him and his band play live -- I'm sure every show is a grand time.  But, failing that, I think "Hep City Swing" is probably the closest thing you're going to find to a really great live swing concert.  (One of those "Other Bands" has a (literally) live album, but this one is more fun.) It's certainly an album to take pride-of-place with your collection of those other swingy fellas in snappy pinstripe suits.

Bravo, Mr. Parker!  I've been spreading the word to my other swing aficionados, and all are equally impressed.  Oh, and PS, be sure to check out Wolfgang's latest, "Octoboure," on myspace and wolfgangparker.com  Yet another treat!


title: Help your records sing

text: Best of the best.


title: Five Stars

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title: He is a dynamic speaker and devoted servant of G-d

text: Imam Wazir is an incredible scholar of Islam. I was amazed to locate this on Amazon and hope to see more of his work here.


The cover on the C.D. that I received does not look like this.........Who is Lucy Diaz?? Anyway the Tangos I received is O.K....I even knew one of the other tunes on it!


title: Five Stars

text: The Laws were cranking.


title: My favorite Pink Floyd album!

text: Sounded great no defects. Just as I hoped it to be.


title: An amazing music experience

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Despina and Foibos bring a delightful experience to your ears.
 The use of acoustic instruments - guitar, drums, vocals, percussion
arranged into intricate melodies brings Despina into the present times.
There are no super 'dance hits' on this album, just first rate entertainment.
Great music to 'pass the time' anywhere.