title: You have to be a true soprano or a low ...

text: You have to be a true soprano or a low alto to sing this song. If you are midrange don't bother.


title: Innocence Lost and Found

text: YES!! Some of my favorite songs from the 70's on here that bring back childhood memories of driving in the car with my mother. Innocence is brought back to a time that was carefree, playing outside, riding in cars and easy times. I would add this to your overall 70's song collections.  Also Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, US THESE SONGS.


title: GREAT ALBUM!

text: I picked it up on CD in the 80’s and it is absolutely mesmerizing and very unique yet very accessible. Still does not sound dated after all this time.


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent music score and songs from the greatest MGM Musical Movie ever made!


title: Marvin Gaye-Master of Smooth

text: [[ASIN:B003F7OBFU X4 Marvin Gaye]]If you are an old school music buff you will appreciate (4) of Marvin Gaye's most popular and coveted albums:Here my Dear,Trouble Man,Let's Get It On,&I Want You,Marvin Gaye @ his best.All in one sweet little package.Enhance your music collection with this rare & treasured set.


title: Christmas Gift

text: I hope the person for whom this is a Christmas gift doesn't see this.  I think this CD collection will be great!  Louis Prima was an important transitional artist.  He bridged the gap between Jazz, Big Band, and maybe even Rock and Roll.  I hope this will be a welcome addition to my friend's collection.


title: Four Stars

text: Have enjoyed all of their cd's


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent CD and seller.

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title: Five Stars

text: Good music!


title: Better than white noise

text: This CD is excellent for drowning out background noise and lulls the listener into a soothing sleep and refreshing feeling in the morning.


title: Good, but not pre-Columbian style

text: Some very nice corridos. But was hoping for pre-Columbian music without European influence. Still a very important part of the Otomi (Nahñu) culture.


title: I hate this kind of music but my husband was so ...

text: I hate this kind of music but my husband was so happy with it.  The things we do for love.


title: Love christian music

text: Amazing music, my kids don't know that much spanish but love Los Immortales and so do I.  It's another take on christian music, the beat is fresh and the lyrics really put some thought in your mind.  Today's youth would love it.


title: Questionable sales practice

text: I really like this album, but this has to be the noisiest vinyl I've ever heard.<br />Edit: This was sold to me as sealed, but it was used and resealed.


title: Very disappointed.

text: I'm not sure why some of the other reviews said this was a nice quality recording, this album sounds like dog doo. Ripple, one of the reasons I bought this album, is so distorted, I found it unlistenable. I even checked and cleaned the needle to make sure there was no dust and replayed it. It didn't help.<br />The problem with having a decent system , is that really bad recordings tend to sound really bad. Pity, good music, but bad recording. An issue not uncommon with some of the more recent Dead albums.


title: Excellent relaxing music

text: I heard this on SeriusXm radio, and really liked it. I've been looking for Music like this for a long time. Long, mellow, slightly melodic and flowing. It's a pity it is so hard to get. Out of print? A good addition to my collection.


title: Bees in sweet harmony

text:
I bought this CD not knowing what it would sound like. In the past, I have bought Layne Redmond's
Cds featuring the frame drum. I have been very pleased with Her other works, so I tried this one. What a sound! Nature Herself gives voice, in Her humble but very imporant creature, the honey bee.
  Each selection features the bees, with their particular humming. They join each other, raise their humming in union & harmony. The bees are not alone in their melody. They are joined by musicans & singers. This Cd will surprise & make you think, about bees. The bees give voice & build energy, in their humming. Mixed together with music & singing, this Cd stands alone.
  Anyone who love bees, their unquie hum & nature, this Cd awaits your ears. The bees are the star attraction. The musicans & singers are the topping on the cake.


This is House of Heroes' debut album, as a three piece punk rock band called No Tagbacks. It's not up to the amazing standards of their later albums, either lyrically or musically, but big fans of HoH will still appreciate it.


eve single movie in existence from the turn of the 20th century to 2017 are the greatest movies in the universe there true classics the best of the best every single movie in existence from the turn of the 20th century to 2017 rocks ^_^


title: all the four panzer dragoon video game soundtracks are the greatest video game soundtracks in the universe they rocked ^_^

text: all the four panzer dragoon video game soundtracks are the greatest video game soundtracks in the universe there true classics the best of the best all the four panzer dragoon video game soundtracks rocks ^_^


title: the metroid prime federation force video game for the nintendo 3ds is the greatest video game in the universe it rocks ^_^

text: the metroid prime federation force video game for the nintendo 3ds is the greatest video game in the universe a true classic the best of the best the metroid prime federation force video game for the nintendo 3ds rocks ^_^


all the mega man X games soundtracks are the greatest video game soundtracks in the universe there true classics the best of the best all the mega man X games soundtracks rocks ^_^


title: the mega man X series is the greatest video game series in the universe a true classic the best of the best ^_^

text: the mega man X series is the greatest video game series in the universe a true classic the best of the best the mega man X series rocks every single video game imaginable from the 70s,80s,90s,2000s,2010s,2015 and 2016 are the greatest video games in the universe there true classics the best of the best every single video game imaginable from the 70s,80s,90s,2000s,2010s,2015 and 2016 rocks ^_^


title: the scorpion king movie is a classic

text: the scorpion king movie is the greatest movie in the universe a true classic the best of the best the scorpion king movie rocks every single movie that hollywood produced from the turn of the 20th century to 2015 to 2016 are the greatest movies in the universe there true classics the best of the best every single movie that hollywood produced from the turn of the 20th century to 2015 to 2016 rocks ^_^


suikoden 3 soundtrack is the greatest video game soundtrack in the universe a true classic the best of the best suikoden 3 soundtrack rocks


title: A quality recording

text: Sounds reasonably good. Recommend for ant bee geed fans.


title: For die-hard fans only

text:
This is for die-hard Bee Gees fans only.

The sound is really really bad.


It does sound a bit like Pink Floyd; PF fans would enjoy it.


title: Five Stars

text: I am a fan of 中村雅俊.


title: WONDERFUL CD

text:
excellent cd and i love the song solid as a rock
my favorite by the duo
would recommend it


title: Worth Every Penny

text: Everything I expected, some of the shows are poor quality, but that aside it includes every single episode and that is a lot of episodes! It was definitely worth the price!


title: Concentrate and well worth it.

text:
I purchased a record washing kit to clean all my LPs  (reviving my audio listening habits).  (Kenwood KD-4100 w/ new Onkyo RZ-series & Polk Signature series)

A friend told me to grab this and try it.

I tried the solution which came with the kit and wasn't impressed.  There were still pops
I tried with this and not a single pop.

The sheeting action of the distilled water as it drips off is clear.

Remember,  this is concentrated and goes a long way but well worth it


title: This CD is not by Cyndi Lauper. Its some ...

text: This CD is not by Cyndi Lauper.  Its some compilation Sony put out on its own.  I'm going to return it.


title: Nice

text: It's a good CD that came in an apporiate amount of time.  A bit overpriced fo what you get, though.


title: It’s killswitch

text: Sounds just like all their other albums. So if you like any of them, you’ll like this too


title: Invigorating Music Triad

text: "Future Trance Vol. 63" is a fantastic compilation of 60 musical tracks on 3 cds.  "Hold Me Tight" by Addicted Craze, "Light Up The Night" by Gimbal & Sinan, and "Heaven In Disguise" by Trance Arts Feat. Hysteria are some of the quality songs that stir my soul. However, the following are some of the multiple musicians included on Future Trance Vol. 63 for various men and women into dance/trance music:  DJ Shog, Cascada, Avicci, Nicky Romero, Zedd, Ryan Tedder, Afrojack, Keane, Calvin Harris, Florence Welch, Tiesto, Allure, Dennis Sheperd, Cold Blue, Ana Criado,Armin Van Buuren, Fiora, Rob Mayth, DJ Neo, Megastylez and many more.  Currently, a complete music track and artist listing is available through Amazon Germany.


title: Fearless Neon Neon

text: "Stainless Stye" by Neon Neon is a bold song collection that contains music touching on various aspects of seduction and relationships. "I Lust U","Yo Majesty-Sweat Shop", and "Fat Lip-Luxury Pool" are among  some of the multiple songs featured that epitomize the daring music style of "Stainless Style" by Neon Neon.


title: Where is this on LP, or Disc?

text: This is always the problem with music that can't be categorized. Especially back in the day when it came to black music. It was either soul, r&b, or pop when they were really confused such was and still is the case with Lp which should have been on disc for everyone to hear. The man played for the best R&B had to offer and then turned his eye towards jazz. At that point the music world was never the same. Don't believe me ask the people he played with watch their eyes when you pull that name out of your hat. One of the most underrated ,unappreciated LP's of any era. I remember chatting with the boys back in the day at San Jose State Campus where he and Pleasure were the opening act for Roy Ayers.


title: Not what I expected but, that's a good thing..

text: Too bad these were not all original cuts, which is what I was hoping for. Suffice to say though, not a bad mix or songs from the past, along with a couple of outtakes. Buddy miles's contributions were a cool bluesy touch, the same can be said for Zillatron.


title: The Last of the undiscovered Funk from Them

text: This double ablum set is the bomb. They have got to print more of these, Period. To all Mandrillites, this is the one you should have. That's all I am going to say about this one, for now.


title: music

text: good


title: Unforgettable!

text: Cool cool '70's dance hit, with lead baritone voice.  I was able to find this song on the old plastic vinyl (45) from a record company on the internet.  But I wish that I could find this on a CD.  This was a hot dance disco tune from the early '70's when I was just a teenager.  I'm older now, but the song stays in my head. If I can't find it on CD, I'm going to take my vinyl 45 record to a shop and have them record it on CD.


title: Five Stars

text: It's the white album on one cd ACOUTIC no Christmas songs at all.


title: Illest Bordicua  M.C.

text: YO! PUN, I miss you man, Hip-Hop isnt the same with out you. You are definitely one of the best M.C.s that lived, and if you were still alive, you would have shut down alot of these corny M.C.s today for sure! Illest joint Pun spit on was A song done with the Beatnuts called "Off the books", check it out! One Love BIG PUN! You wont be forgotten.


title: Sung with gusto

text:
Taped live in 2007 at the Millburn Stone Memorial Theater at Cecil Community College in Northeast, Md., this concert recording features singer Charlie Zahm at his vocal best.

The CD is dominated by Scottish and Irish songs, including "Westering Home," "Follow Me Up to Carlow," "Mairi's Wedding," "Minstrel Boy" and "Scotland the Brave." Other songs range from Nova Scotia ("Out on the Mira," "Farewell to Nova Scotia") to Broadway ("Memory") and include a handful of Zahm originals: "Summer Rains," "Sweet Virginia," "Lighthouse on the Shore").

All combined, it's an excellent concert experience, proof that Zahm sings equally well in the studio or on the stage.

by Tom Knapp, the Rambles.NET guy


title: Snotty!

text:
Snotty Var is a Newfoundland term for "an old fir-tree, with resin clotted on the bark." It's also a group of musicians from St. John's who played sessions and dances and, apparently, decided to record this album.

How did I miss this? It's more than a decade old, but that doesn't matter -- good music is good music no matter when it was released. The band -- they are numerous -- is musically tight and polished. The album is packed with Irish tunes -- the life's blood of Newfoundland's own rich musical tradition -- and they are tunes well selected and well performed.

It's been some years since this recording was made. It's too much to hope that Snotty Var is still intact and playing tunes in St. John's. I hope some of them are -- and I hope you can pick up a copy of this recording to remember when they did.

by Tom Knapp, the Rambles.NET guy


title: Outstanding

text:
To say that House Red is a tight trio of musicians is to sell them short. To mention how well they sizzle on an instrumental set of tunes is to tell only half the story. To say that they punch up this selection of traditional and original music with phenomenal energy and skill is to show an utter lack of the proper superlatives.

This band is good. Really good. Have I gotten that much across to you yet?

House Red is Shawn Brenneman on piano, Jonathan Thielen on fiddle and Owen Morrison on guitar, mandolin and, um, feet. Based in the North Carolina area, they play a lot of contra dances -- and I suspect the dancers who frequent their sessions go home with very tired legs, sore feet and big goofy smiles on their faces.

When you listen to a lot of Celtic music, albums, bands and arrangements can sometimes run together. House Red and Uncorked stand out in the crowd.

by Tom Knapp, Rambles.NET editor


title: For young Irish fans

text:
Baby Celtic, a project led by two proud moms, claims to be the perfect recording to introduce youngsters to the wonder of Irish music. Based on their experiences, they explain on their website, this music will calm irritable babies and put smiles on pouting lips; that claim alone will have exhausted parents lining up to take a copy home.

Frankly, I'm pretty sure any number of Irish music CDs would work just as well. And, I'll be honest, I approached "Wigglyjigs & Irish Lullabies" with the niggling fear that the music would be watered down somehow, diluting the music I love so much with "age appropriate" instruments and arrangements that would leave a true fan shuddering with horror.

Never fear, moms Amy Millar and Laura Cameron seem to know what they're doing. The music here is up to par and should please many a discriminating Celtic listener. And, hidden behind kid-friendly titles like "See Ya Later Alligator" and "The Whirling Merry-Go-Round" are fine versions of standards tunes including "The Galway Hornpipe," "The Reconciliation Reel," "The Maid Behind the Bar" and "Kesh Jig." OK, sure, "Skipping the Rope" mixes "This Old Man" (the "paddywack" song) in with traditional tunes, and "Toor-a-Loor-a-Loor-a" puts the final cap on "Here Comes the Pony/Golden Slumbers," but overall this is a likeable assortment of Celtic tunes.

by Tom Knapp, Rambles.(n e t) editor


title: Legrand's Finest Score -- Gorgeous, and Brilliantly Restored by Intrada

text: An absolute classic and one of the most unsung of all late 70s/early 80s scores -- probably because nobody had a chance to hear it outside the seldom-screened picture -- THE MOUNTAIN MEN offers a gorgeous Michel Legrand score for the late period Charlton Heston-Brian Keith adventure/western. The main theme is sweeping and glorious, and the score culminates in a truly spine-tingling end credits cue where the composer brings one of his finest works (for my money, his best) to a brilliant dramatic finish. Kudos to Intrada for releasing a great-sounding album that ought to give this neglected gem the audience it has long deserved.


title: Superb Score with one of Jarre's Loveliest Themes

text: LAST FLIGHT OF NOAH'S ARK was Maurice Jarre's second score for Disney and it's a far more melodic and satisfying outing than his previous work, "Island at the Top of the World." Built upon a gorgeous ballad, "Half of Me," performed in several iterations during the score, Jarre's colorful score also includes dramatic passages ("Shark") that are all crisply recorded and delivered by Intrada in a 50-minute limited edition CD. The highlight of the score, though, is that song, with lyrics by the late Hal David and a beautiful Jarre melody that most listeners have never had the opportunity to discover. Sung in a credits sequence that occurs nearly 15 minutes into the film, as well as a large-scale end credits rendition (with female vocalist, orchestra and full Disney chorus), it's just a sweet treat from Jarre, and a fine score worthy of discovery for fans.


One of my favorites by James Galway. I grew up listening to this after my dad served in the military in Okinawa, Japan and still love the magical feel this album eminates.


title: Quality

text: Though not as thoroughly heart-felt as the movie production, this original Broadway cast shows the talent and quality of real actors


title: Sassy and fun!

text: I love this collection!  It introduced me to artists I hadn't heard before.  Every song is fun and it has some of the best songs of my favorite country girls.


title: The Moody Blues hit songs are just the tip of the iceberg!

text: Back in 1980 I would go to bed listening to side 4 because I was familiar with a few of the songs and liked them very much. I would put the needle on the record and just let it play to the end while I fell asleep. However, In-between the hits were unfamiliar songs which I soon realized were very good too. So I said to myself...if these other songs are also good then I want to investigate the other 3 sides. (I'm talking LP here of course).....and yes they were all good/great songs which made me investigate further into their studio albums. You won't be disappointed with any of their first 7 albums. But if you want to just take one step at a time I would then highly recommend you listen to this cd/album to be convinced. Discovering an artist on your own without all the hype makes it extra special and personal. Enjoy!!!


title: Funny the first time through

text: Most of the songs don't really stand up to re-listening, and several of the later songs aren't anywhere near as funny as "He's the Man".


title: Disappointing

text: I love the music they play in Brooks Brothers, so I was disappointed that it wasn't similar.  You'd also think Wynton Marsalis was a big part of this, but I think he is only on one song.  Nothing horrible, but then nothing spectacular.


title: She’s Back!

text: I live Avril so much, and one listen of this album proves why! Every song is excellent, from the lyrics to the beat, this album is excellent in my book!


title: awesome cd

text: cd arrived in great condition


title: Finally getting "USED" to their sound

text: ccording to a review, this group was suppose to have the jangly Rickenbacher sounds lie R.E.M. It's not even close. These guys are A LOT heavier than R.E.M. ever was. I think this was kind of a ploy to buy this album. I never would have never even purchased it. It's not bad but it's also not what I expected. I would have liked a chance to listen to a portion of a song.


title: Best Illapu Album

text: One of my favorite albums ever!! Had this record in the 80s, just got the CD and am so happy! What a fun group, beautiful music! :)


title: authentic vinyl Doo Wop

text: This was a great find which has been on my list for years.very satisfied. recieved this in excellent condition. Anything on the Groove Record label is an awesome find.


title: great jazz pop 3

text: I got this one mostly for the rare and exclusive B-side 'another Dawn,Another Day'.this one is from 1953.I found several other early Fifties releases,but they were all on 78RPM singles which are more risky to purchase through the mail and hard to find a player for.


title: great Jazz Pop 2

text: This is another one that cannot be found on any album or CD that I know of.both sides rare and exclusive.this one is from 1955.


title: 'Unbelievable' good collection

text: When I had first ordered this CD collection at the beginning of last February, I had waited that entire month for it to show up in my mailbox.In march when I still hadnt recieved it, I had no choice but to request a refund on it.I still believe this to be the fault of the less than competent postal service in my area. When I had attempted to reorder it, I was very angry to find that it was no longer available, but I left it on my wish list in the hopes that it would become available again. Thankfully it did last May, so I jumped on it and was successful in recieving it this time.<br />  This collection is jam-packed with some rare and rocking Gems indeed from some great groups of the late Fifties and early Sixties. I had got this mostly for the rare track 'Unbelievable' by the Five Hearts who were the great Doo-Woppers of the Fifties fronted by Lee Andrews.this song was issued in 1959 on the very hard to find Arcade label and should not be confused with another version they released the following year on the Chancellor label as "The Hearts".


title: Jazz Diva

text: most of ernestine andersons early singles for mercury were exclusive releases which cant be found on her LP's for that label. this is one of three she released in 1959.


title: British Archive of Country Music

text: Everything I wrote about the BACM collection titled 'Little Farm Home' also applies to this collection.


title: British Archive of Country Music

text: This is an absolutely essential collection for any serious collector of Gene Autry's music.most of these songs taken from the original 78 RPM records cannot be found on any American collection.the tracks from 1930-1933 can be found on the Bear Family 9 disc box titled 'That Silver-Haired daddy of mine'.the rest of the songs from 1934 on with only a couple of exceptions cannot be found anywhere else.I highly recommend this collection, along with 'Goodbye Pinto','Hold on little Dogies hold on'&'Rollin' along' also from BACM.


title: bought it a long time ago. still listening.

text: Some of the best music ever.  I bought this album a long time ago and listen to it regularly. Awesome!


title: Edgy, Eclectic Compilation

text:
This is a good compilation from Newbury Comics out of Boston that is edgy and eclectic.

Great mix of from Eve 6, Creed, Econoline Crush, and many others.


title: Excellent Compilation!

text: Excellent Compilation!  Very indicative of why the Cities 97 compilation series are highly sought after and very much desired!  Definitely a MUST HAVE!


title: Gorgeous vinyl, amazing music!

text: OMG Gorgeous vinyl, amazing music! Comes with a dope sticker set. The teal record is the best. The sound is AMAZING.


title: Great music!

text: Another Steve Green cd that is worth having in your music collection, especially if you are a Steve Green fan.  If you are not, why not give this a try?--it's an excellent collection of inspiring Christian music.


title: Wonderful instrumental Christmas music!

text: A friend of mine had this on a record album when we were in college.  I fell in love with this recording, and have wished for my own for over 20 years, and I found it on cd for an excellent price.  Even though it's not even close to Christmas, I've already listened to it several times, and am enjoying it immensely!  I LOVE instrumental Christmas music, and this particular recording of piano and background instruments is unusual and so lovely!


title: Amazing Vocalist Great Song

text: This Song is Amazing! And Monica Naranjo Does An Amazing Job Singing it...must have if you are a coleccionist Of the Diva! 5 Stars


title: j.D, Sumner and the Stamps

text: It was a good CD but I was not as impressed with the quartet and I thought I would be. NOt the seller's fault.


title: Another good LP that needs a CD..

text:
This has songs from the 1980s cartoon show as well as the songs from the "I love the Chipmunks Valentine special" I think that the cover art looks cool as the back of the jacket has vagenets of all the songs listed on the lP.

It's My Party
It's a Jungle out Here
Captain Chipmunk
I Give Up on Love
Pump Pump Pump

are just some of the songs that are on this LP. These old LPs should be introduced to a new generation of fans... Great fun!


title: Bought for a friend

text: I bought this import for a friend.  I learned that I should look at the details much closer than I did.  I couldn't find a disc under $50 and then found this one around $25.  DUH...it's vinyl.  Now I'm trying to find someone that has a converter so I can make it digital for him......and I don't even like their music very much.


title: Taylor Swift - Shake It Off song review

text: As far as the the lead single for Taylor Swift's upcoming album, 1989, goes, "Shake It Off" I think it is actually a pretty good song and great advice cause when you think about it people are going to do what they are going to do whether you like it or not so you may as well just "shake it off" and I love how she plays that off on her own personal life to give her fans some great advice. Swift's album is set to be out in stores on October 27, 2014 and when pre-ordered through her official site fans are automatically entered into a sweepstakes, which she is calling a "Swiftstakes" to win a chance to see the artist in concert as well as a chance to meet her in her upcoming tour for the new album. Be sure to download the new single from iTunes. Five out of five stars.


title: Rascal Flatts - Rewind EP review

text: The title song, "Rewind" is not a bad song at all in fact it is pretty good for Rascal Flatts one of the few I have liked by them since a lot of their songs on their Greatest Hits, Volume 1 album. I also think they put some great songs on this Walmart exclusive EP. The track listing includes the title song, "Rewind" and "Dancin' on My Grave" from their upcoming studio album of the same name, set for release on May 13th of this year, "Why Wait" from their 2010 album, Nothing Like This and "Come Wake Me Up" from their recent album, Changed. A music video has already been released for the song and can be seen below along with a full video of the EP. So if you would like to get the song and a new song from Rascal Flatts be sure to scurry down to your local Walmart and buy the EP which only runs at $5, not bad for only four tracks or just wait for their new album to come out. Your choice. But if you want a new song and cannot wait for the album then go buy this EP. I give the EP four out of five stars.

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title: Red album review (Target exclusive)

text:
I am going to start out this review by placing each song in their specific genres then I am going to review the album then give you the stand out songs on the album.

Indie pop: State of Grace, Treacherous, All Too Well, The Last Time, Sad Beautiful Tragic, The Lucky One, Everything Has Changed, Come Back...Be Here
Country: I Almost Do, Stay Stay Stay, Holy Ground, Begin Again, The Moment I Knew, Girl At Home, Treacherous (Original Demo Recording), Red (Original Demo Recording), State of Grace (Acoustic Version)
Pop: Red, I Knew You Were Trouble., 22, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Starlight

The album is a bit disappointing with some of the songs as it was definitely not what I was expecting, when Taylor described the reason she chose the title of the album because of all the colors and emotions in the album I was expecting a hardcore country/pop album but I now understand why she chose to use "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" as the lead single for the album as the lyrics are a hint as to what a majority of the album will consist of as she says  in the song, "With some indie record that's much cooler than mine". Definitely this is her first step into the indie pop world. I hope this album will do her well. Red's original demo recording was a bit of a shock as it made the song sound a lot more country then the final recording. That was a shock. 3 1/2 out of five stars.

Stand out songs: Red, I Knew You Were Trouble., All Too Well, 22, I Almost Do, We Are Never Getting Back Together, Stay Stay Stay, Starlight, The Moment I Knew, Come Back... Be Here, Girl At Home, Treacherous (Original Demo Recording), Red (Original Demo Recording)


title: Great for those who like to collect exclusives!

text: I got this the day it came out and it is just absolutely amazing! This Target exclusive contains the same CD as the regular version of this live album but the DVD is what makes it worth it with three exclusive live performances not included on the standard version of the DVD. The bonus performance of "Ours" is neatly cut in between "Long Live" and "Fifteen". "Nashville" and "Sweet Escape" are exclusive bonus performances on the bonus features along with the "On the Set with Taylor Swift: Mean" which originally aired on CMT. This is great for those, like me, who like to get the store exclusives which feature these great bonuses. If you are one this CD/DVD Target exclusive of "Speak Now World Tour Live" is definitively for you.


title: The Most Wanted Album By LeAnn Rimes Fans

text:
This album was released in 1994 under the independent label, Nor Va Jak, when LeAnn was only 11. The album contains the original recordings of "Blue", "I'll Get Even With You", "Why Can't We" and "Middle Man" and a lot of the songs found on the album "Unchained Melody: The Early Years" ("Why Can't We" and "Middle Man" can be found on "God Bless America", while "Blue" can be found on the album "Blue", and "Greatest Hits", "I'll Get Even With You" can be found on the album "Blue").

This is probably the most wanted album by LeAnn Rimes fans because this album is very rare and hard to find other then online or ordering as a member on LeAnn's fan club.

The album contains 11 tracks (listing below) and probably is one of the best ways to show how great LeAnn's vocals were at a young age.

If you are a LeAnn Rimes fan you wanna get your hands on this album cause the likelihood of you finding it anywhere else is slime to none.

Track listing:
1. Blue
2. Sure Thing
3. I'll Get Even With You
4. Why Can't We
5. The Rest is History
6. Broken Wing
7. Cowboy's Sweetheart
8. Middle Man
9. Share My Love
10. Yesterday
11. I Will Always Love You


title: Five Stars

text: perfect


title: Two Stars

text: The music id good but i wanted to herar richards voice anDhe is not on this cd😩😩😩


title: The White Album in Technicolor

text: I thought I reviewed this already.  Ooops maybe not.  I have not stopped listening to this since receiving this cd the other day. I love the Beatles (love love love) and I love new inventive covers of Beatles songs.  If you like Beatles songs - reconstructed, meaning, someone actually taking a (sad) song and make it (better) all theirs - this may be the cd for you.  However, if you just want to hear Mr. X sing a Beatles song the same exact way J, P, G, or R would than maybe not your cup of tea.  Personally I'm lovin' it.


title: Wonderfully sung, but poorly recorded

text:
If you are looking for pristine audio, this is not the recording for you.  Even by the standards of live recordings from the 1950s, the audio quality is a little lacking.  However, this is the only Forza recording with Tebaldi and Corelli, and is worth hearing for that reason.

The live recording was made in Napoli, IT, on the Ides of March, 1958.  In the cast were: Leonora - Renata Tebaldi, Preziosilla - Oralia Dominguez, Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli, Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini, Il Padre Guardiano - Boris Christoff, Frà Melitone - Renato Capecchi, Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giovanni Amodeao, Curra - Anna Di Stasio, Il Mastro Trabuco - Mariano Caruso, and Un Alcade - Enrico Campi.  Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conducts the Orchestra e coro del Teatro San Carlo

The third CD also has bonus tracks from another Forza recorded live on January 10, 1958 in Mexico City, this time with Antonio Narducci conducting the Coro e orchestra del Teatro de las Belleas Artas, and featuring a cast including: Leonora - Anita Cerquetti, Don Alvaro - Flaviono Labò, Don Carlo - Cornell MacNeil, and Il Padre Guardiano - Nicola Zaccaria.  The bonus tracks include: "Ah per sempre, o mio bell'angiol"; "Son Pereda, son ricco d'onore"; "Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio"; "La Vergine degli angeli"; "O tu che in seno agli angeli"; "Solenne in quest'ora"; "Le minacce, e i fieri accenti"; "Pace. Pace, mio Dio"; and "Non imprecare, umiliati".

The included booklet contains track listings and a complete libretto in Italian.  However, no English translation is provided.


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent


title: Great Condition... Like New

text: Seller listed CD as Very Good Condition.  CD was actually PERFECT !<br />I appreciate when a Seller is Humble in the Description.  But You may be Underselling, a  Great Product. Would DEFINITELY,  RECOMMEND  This Item. And any offering from a Very Honest Seller.  Integrity is Alive and Well  !


title: A Perfect addition to my Vinyl Collection

text: Picked this up just a few days before the legend passed away. Treasured possession and on the top of my vinyl list.


title: Five Stars

text: It Did just what I Needed.


title: Five Stars

text: great


title: Four Stars

text: okay


title: Good item

text: Loved it


title: Four Stars

text: Impressed, for a recording made in the early 70's.


title: she ROCKS!

text: damn, this lady ROCKS! I love every song. glad I found out about her


title: the Queen of Jpop is back!

text: Oh, God, she rocks so! Love every track but one.


title: rock on!

text: what can I say? She ROCKS! excellent addition to my collection


title: Cute songs!

text: I love having instrumental music playing for my son, we put the second CD in and have honestly been playing it on repeat for months!


title: Very fast delivery

text: I love this cd.  The songs are beautiful


title: Impressive for being used!

text: No skips, and very few pops and crackles!


title: Disappointing

text: Paid $30 thought I was getting the vinyl. Its Partly my fault I didn't read the label close enough, but it's just a cd in a cheap plastic case.


title: Thank you!

text: I've been wanting this CD for the longest finally bought and I love it, love the poster that came with it, and the extra postcards were a treat!!! A++


title: good seller

text: as described and shipped promptly.


title: great cross section of tunes

text: great cross section of tunes, especially LSD.  On top of a pizza is clever but it gets old after a while.


title: a great retrospective

text: on four discs, it's hard to have all the hits over a 25 year period.  But, this collection does give a nice flavor of what was going on.  As typical of TimeLife, there are only hits, songs you have heard before and more in the pop genre, rather than hard rocking.  If you are looking for hidden gems or rock with a harder edge, look elsewhere.  However, if you want some good music and a perspective of what went on in the 50-70 era, give this one a look.


title: 70's still have it

text: its a nice collection.  nothing new different or undiscovered.  If you are looking to refresh your memory of what you heard on the radio, this is the collection.  No Beatles, Stones, etc.  Some one hit wonders.


title: Love it

text: I love the doo wop sound in general and especially the ballads.  This has a good mix of slow and fast songs.  Includes some harder to find like Little Anthony and the Imperials "Two People in the World" where he reaches the ceiling.  This music is before my time, but I still love it.  Appeals to all ages.


title: intresting mix of folk,rock and blues

text: I listen to wxpn a lot and usually hear new music - all the best are on this cd<br />You will find at least a few you will like


title: The Rock 'n' Roll era 60's

text: It was ordered for my mother-n-law Birthday, she loves the music. It was received in great condition and was here within 2 weeks.


title: Some Diamonds Some Dogs

text: Probably depends on your taste, but this collection is hit and miss and a bit forgettable overall.  Easy way to grab some hard to find versions to complete your collection, but the best of the bunch may be ones you already have.  The best is the easy to find version of Fame by Duran Duran, a classic b-side from 1981, the worst is probably the mess of a live sing along that is All the Young Dudes by an otherwise talented Alejandro Escovedo or the train wreck that is indeed a Space Oddity by the Langley Schools Music Project.  Another easy to find highlight is Peter Murphy's Funtime and there are certainly others to enjoy or not, but overall, this collection is unessential.


Outstanding large band arrangements and solos! Rather than write my own review, I will refer readers to an excellent review by Nate Chinen of Jazz Times here:

http://jazztimes.com/articles/14567-the-complete-verve-gerry-mulligan-concert-band-sessions-gerry-mulligan

He covers everything and gives many good reasons to buy this seminal set!


title: Excellent Gosdin Collection with almost no duplicates

text: The songs on this CD were all released overseas and do not duplicate his US catalog. Many great ones a few good ones, no real clunkers. Well worth it for Gosdin fans!


title: Takes back to the 70's!

text:
This band was played on the air in the Central Texas area thanks to the Godfather of Rock on 99.5 KMAC and KISS from San Antonio, Texas.
It was great listening to it and other types of rock music!
Nothing like the junk music being played today!
Try and listen to some of the early 70's jams and tell me if you don't agree?


title: Classic George

text: Why have I not given more credit to George Harrison for great music? I heard Cockamamie Business on the radio so I went searching for the album that contained it. This album is full of treasures, including When We Were Fab. I am really enjoying it.


title: you will love

text: What amazing songs!!  I couldn't believe how much music was in these cd's.  The velvet case is nice, a bit worn but that was expected.  I listen to this over and over again - Sinatra to Billie Holliday.  A great time of music.


title: Great Collection of classic and newer remixes of 80s hits!

text: Great Collection of classic and newer remixes of 80s hits. The seller was on top of the situation to make sure I received the package.


title: Five Stars

text: A


title: Great job James Newton Howard

text: Great soundtrack by James Newton Howard.  Very complete.  The movie was great and the music made the movie better.


title: Five Stars

text: Great!


title: Five Stars

text: Awesome!


title: Five Stars

text: Love it!


title: Beautiful music

text: I like how soothing the music is and the ocean waves are relaxing.


title: Lesser Known Australian Super Rock'n'Roll!!

text:
I First heard The Hitmen on the Great Do The Pop! Double CD from Austrailia. I Knew of an American Power Pop band from Back in the 80's, (not so Great) I Was Glad to be Wrong about These Hitmen!

This Band is Well Worth Seeking out. This is one of their Two Double CD collections of their first 2 Early Albums released Recently. Each has the Album, Plus Single versions, Live cuts, Alt Mixes & Demos ect. Plus a Fully Illustrated Booklet. Loved It! These guys Rock! They Love the Music & Make sure their Enthusiasm shows Through!

I LOVE Australian Rock'n'Roll! & if you dug Do The Pop! or Do The Pop!! Redux CDS too, Seek out These guys! Along with more of The Eastern Dark, New Christs, Died Pretty, Hoodoo Gurus/Viktims...& So Many More to go with your Great Radio Birdman Stuff!


Very fast delivery. Excellent presentation and packaging of early mono Beatle recordings. The sound quality is better than previous available CDs. One thing is glaring, Pete Best was a real stiff. The Fab Four were very wise to replace him.


title: Magnificent Soundtrack!

text: I have been searching for the soundtrack to the movie "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" for years. I finally was able to find it, and so happy that I did. Although I paid a premium price for this limited soundtrack (only 2,000 copies were made), it was worth every dollar spent. The two CD set contains virtually all the music from the film. The CD was produced with crystal clear audio and dynamic range. The movie title song will bring a big smile to your face! Linear notes are informative, and the color photos are a nice touch. All the original music is by the late Ron Goodwin, with many other anthems and familiar melodies quoted and thrown in for good measure. If you love this movie and music as much as I do, you need to grab this soundtrack before it disappears. I have never spent so much money on a two CD set in my life, but this is a collector's item and was well worth the price. I have no regrets at all.


title: Simply Great

text: Finding an album of music by march composer Henry Fillmore is almost impossible. Quite by accident, I found this album "His Honor" on Amazon.com, and am I ever glad I did! The 13 selections are played by two ensembles: The Washington Winds (6 tracks) and The Trade Winds (7 tracks). Both are superb groups and play with a high level of artistry and spunk. I really love the mix of Henry Fillmore marches and his own arrangements of "Light Calvary Overture" and "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna". If you're a lover of concert band music expertly performed, then don't pass up this great CD.


title: Five Stars

text: Love love


title: I prefer to look at cds for sale that list ...

text: I prefer to look at cds for sale that list the songs on the track names. Any other description does not help me and I will not buy it.


title: Walter the best

text: This is a long plain from 1986 that is in excellent condition and is for the sign of gemenis very interesting


title: arrebato super song of faith

text: songs to the lord


title: good music and excellent for a gift

text: this cd is an excellent for people that like to listen music for the yorubas saints from celia cruz in spanish


title: merengues al 100%

text: excellent merengues praysing the lord excellent for a gift


title: Perfection Realized

text:
On the bands third CD, we see a distinct refinement both musically and in the song writing.  The band has also moved from its four piece roots to five piece outfit.  This allows for a more fuller sound on this CD than in previous works.  Sonically, the musical influences cannot be denied.  The song writing has evolved to reflect the songwriters experiences, as well as, current events.  The song "Train Wreck" for example, sings of the perils of heroin addiction.  This should not be taken to mean that Adorable Mess is a heavy CD.  There are enough poppy gems (Ex. Miss Sydney, He's So Fab) on this CD to please any happy heart.

By far, this is the most radio-ready and radio-worthy effort by the band to date.  With great production, song placement, and fuller sound, Adorable Mess is a shinning example of a mature band, expanded sound, and sincere song writing.


title: The Best Gets Better

text:
On this CD, the second by the band, we see an distinct evolutionary jump from their first CD.  Here the band truly comes into their own.  Both in production and musicianship.  The years on the road have paid off.  The band is tight, and the songs demonstrate a melodic sensibility that both sings of originality, and pays homage to the bands influences.  There is no doubt that those influences hail from the New Wave scene of the `80's, but that does in no way detracts from the fresh approach and catching songs found on this CD.  All I can say is their third CD (out now) is even more of an evolutionary jump!  The best keeps getting better...

Tom Montoya


title: Mislabeled track, but still a fun budget comp

text: This was one of a few  interesting budget compilations from the early 90s that popped out of nowhere. I originally had the cassette and played the hell out of it,  as many of the tracks weren't readily available elsewhere at the time (not for $1.99,  anyway). I recently bought this CD version for moralisation same and was surprised how different it was.  There's 4 or 5 more songs here. Unfortunately,  "Superbad,  Superslick," though listed,  is not on this CD.  That track is actually the original "(Call Me)  Super Bad" single.  A better track for sure,  but also not as rare or weird a track. So I was kinda dissapointed.


title: very interesting soundtrack

text: very interesting sound track as were mostly in Japanese but then again always love anime personally


title: Five Stars

text: great


title: If you like Fastball ... AVOID THIS CD!

text: I love Fastball.  When they play live, they rock the house.  This however is a recording of a show where everything goes wrong!  I can't believe Fastball would authorize this recording.  It starts with the vocal levels too low and when that is addressed you get loud reverb.  Then a couple of songs in the keyboard dies and they ask if anyone has another.  From that point they admirably try to make due with just guitars, bass & drums.  They play well, but the mix level of the vocals keeps wavering with reverb/echo effect popping up.  There are some cool acoustic performances by Tony, but it doesn't make up for it.  This has to be an attempt to ruin the band's reputation or a cruel joke.  It is a waste of $.  I have seen them live 3 times and this recording pains me.  It is definitely going in the trash.


title: What Is This?

text: I have never seen this cd single in stores anywhere,and I guess it`s just hard to find.All I know is that Jump5 is a wonderful contemporary christian band,and the song on this cd,"All I Can Do",is a great song,and is from their cd called "All The Time In The World".


title: Five Stars

text: This has helped my wife's trigger finger problem!


title: Three Stars

text: gift


title: AM Gold-1966

text: I have this series,I don't know if it's still in print or not,but I got it through the mail,I love this Diamond Ring by Gerry Lewis and The Playboys,Windy by The Assosiation.


I had older WA albums years ago.  The Essential Collection catches me up with their great music.


title: love it-great sound quality

text: we loved the quality & price. received it in a very timely manner and it was in great condition!  it was a gift for my husband and he was very pleased!


title: Essential

text: Every saxophonist should own this disk.


The book is great, but the tapes don't play.  I tried three different tape players and none of them worked.  Too bad.


title: IL DIVO WICKED GAME CD/DVD

text: AWESOME...IT DID TAKE A WHILE TO GET IT, AS IT WAS PRODUCED IN JAPAN.I HAVE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE EVER DONE. THEY ARE SUCH A FABULOUS GROUP....HIGHLY RECOMMEND.


title: Robert Shaw

text: I own a full vinyl and CD copies of full performance of this peformance.  Bought this as a gift.  This peformance sets the standard for all other performances of Handel's familiar opus.


title: Four Stars

text: I listen to this the most


title: Five Stars

text: A must have!


title: steve

text: good music


Always been an Elvis fan. This CD sounds like Elvis recorded it today. One fantastic CD.


title: Five Stars

text: Love love this CD.  Great artistic


title: The Real Deal

text: The Real Deal! Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore, Florida Georgia Line, all copy-cats! Aldean is the real deal! I love his sound. If you like his other records, you'll like this one too. Here's to the next ten years!


title: Kill the Bottle

text: We saw this young musician perform at a local restaurant and loved his music. [Reminded us of John Mayer] We purchased his cd and think that is awesome! This young man is going places. Our recommedation is high on our list![ He writes most of his own music]!  Vicki, Ruston, LA.


title: Each song he sings is AWESOME!! Love his voice!

text: Love this CD! Brings back so many memories!


title: 4 stars.

text: George is George..another consistent album.


title: Only thing..........

text: I wish the record would be something that hasn't been released (From the "Live" At The White House) and as a collector, be able to get the other two colors.


title: She's back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

text: Dolly's STILL the best!  Wish I didn't have to buy this CD 5 times to get all the songs.


title: Country music at it's best

text: Excellent songs, great country music artists. Highly recommend


title: 2014 acm awards , a winner

text:
great music, great musicians, enjoyed the variety from American country's best,

highly recommend


title: Five Stars

text: Good Product, Fast Service


title: Review

text: Love this cd.


title: Love her voice.

text: "Lara Fabian has pipes that could knock down trees and give Celine Dion a run for her money."  I love Celine, but for me personally Lara has a more appealing voice.  She only made two English language albums.  But French is a nice sounding language.  I can look up the translation of the song title, so I can appreciate what she is singing about.


title: Girl Power

text: Excellent all women musical affair.  I love every song and discovered new and exciting woman musicians.  I found Sarah Jane Cion!


title: Lovely original old-time music

text: Lots of beautiful harmonies. Really touching songwriting.


title: Four Stars

text: looks great and worth the price


title: Incredible Music, lots of swag

text: Cards, posters, the book- but it comes down to a voice blessed by the gods. Wow.  The man can sing.


title: Nostalgic

text: Bought this for a friend because we used to listen to it on cassette a lot as kids. The good old days.


title: Hardcore DMB fans need this

text: Great show.  Features an earlier version of Raven, one of the finer versions before the studio version was released formally on BS.  I was at this show and it was nice to fill the gaps in my memory with this disc(s).


title: Four Stars

text: Great cd but DVD is region 2.


title: Good collection of greatest hits

text: Over two hours of most of Chicago’s most popular tracks, yet most are the sun four minute radio edits.


title: Gift

text: Was a gift , niece loved it


Saw Utah Phillips/Rosalie Sorells concert in Madison, WI back in 1977 and bought this very album after the show, it was in a small community center on the east side of town, what splendid show, Utah Phillips indeed is a great teller of stories and hobo lore.
This is a fantastic album with a rich mix of songs and stories.

It's not a long album....it's Good Though!


title: The Real Johnny Mathis album

text: l love anything Johnny Mathis and this is no exception.


title: the best big band sound I've ever heard. Great recording quality, catchy modern TV Movie melodies

text: I heard a cut off this album on KCSM , the jazz station in San Mateo, CA.  "The Sun Will Shine Today" . Sometimes when you hear something on the radio and it catches your ears, you stop whatever you're doing and listen.  And enjoy it and listen more , and hope you'll hear it again.  So get this album while you can, its from "Artists Share" and out of print.  I had to wait several weeks and months before one became available.  Patrick Williams is famous, mostly for his movie and TV work. Here, the recording is hollywood sparkling quality, and the musicianship is very hollywood -- catchy tunes with lots of variation in tempo, melodie and style. Mostly all uptempo and upbeat. Love it. Love it , love it.  R.I.P. Patrick Williams.  A voice from beyond the grave who's talents will endure for many years.


title: The best introduction to music theory I have encountered so far

text:
I have read David Harp's [[ASIN:091832159X Music Theory Made Easy]] and Michael Miller's [[ASIN:1592574378 The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory]], but this Teaching Company course is far superior. I highly recommend it.

This course is composed of sixteen 45-minute lectures. It has a classical music orientation while I am interested in rock and pop, but it doesn't matter because the music theory principles are mostly the same either way.

If this course is not available on Amazon, try Googling "The Teaching Company".


title: Amazing.  Perfect for relaxation and easy listening

text: I was searching for soothing music as I have fibromyalgia along with spinal issues and arthritis.  These 3 CD's are incredible.  They are pleasant, great quality and super relaxing.  I am absolutely ecstatic.


title: Great praise song

text: Great song - gets you in the mood to praise God.  If you want to see something uplifting go to youtube and search on this song title - there's a video of a whole room full of marines singing this song!


title: Classical adapted by Larry Coryell. Amazing guitarist.

text: I love this CD which some places charge $$$$$.


title: Five Stars

text: Love this and love BETTE!


title: Such beautiful and relaxing music for anytime of the day!

text: The most beautiful cd ever.  I listen to it every morning with my tea.  The melodies are so soothing and relaxing.  The vocals are euphoric.  I highly recommend this cd!!!


title: total album quality

text: From the first to the last track on this album, excellent music all the way through.  From an era when albums were compiled as a whole, instead of just a set of itunes tracks, here is one that stands out and helps explain why Elton John is such a legend of popular music.  This is an album that belongs in a "lifetime collection" to be come back to time and again over the long haul, along with several other EJ albums like Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Honky Chateau... right in there with other selected classic albums by Beatles, Springsteen, and some others.


title: Fantastic, of course!

text:
Brandi Carlile live is like no other experience. She creates a witty and warm environment, combined with some truly amazing vocal talent and songwriting ability. Having just returned from my second Brandi show, let me tell you that the studio album does not do her justice. This EP, however, is a perfect introduction to the true artistry of Ms. Carlile!

Edited 4/7/07: Please y'all don't purchase this record for $39.95 from the Amazon sellers. Google "brandi carlile live at neumo's" and you'll find plenty of cheap and legal alternatives.


title: Still sexy after all these years!!

text: If you're "lover" you'll love this cd. You will not be disappointed!!


title: Teresa Teng Song Collection

text: I love Teresa's music.  However, the first CD was faulty and wouldn't play.  I was not able to get a replacement of just that CD.  I kept the other two, but the seller apparently couldn't replace the first CD(maybe all the others in that collection were the same way)  I was given another CD that was a repeat of a lot of the songs that were on the two remaining CDs in the collection.


title: Oxford American Compilations are the BEST!

text: This is one of the cd's I've listened to most often over the years.  If you are a dedicated music fan, hearing these Oxford American compilations will be like Christmas and your birthday all rolled into one.


title: Heavy Metal Thunder

text: Musically, it's very Rephlex - crunchy beats mixed with sine-wave pings, ambient tunes and snatches of Bontempi-organ rhythm presets - but it's slightly more conventional in that Bogdan sings most of the songs, although  it's still as far from being Meat Loaf as you can imagine. Bogdan is not a  classically-trained singer, and his total lack of technique gives the album  a charming, innocent air. Often, his voice is processed to sound  high-pitched, like a child, or a chipmunk, or the child of a chipmunk, and  his lyrics are usually non-linear stream-of-consciousness rambles about  light sabres and fighting Darth Vader, but it all seems to work. It's  perfect as listening music, and grows on you.


title: Awesome

text: This is delicious


title: Hannah Waddingham is AMAZING

text: I had the chance to see Hannah Waddingham perform in Spamalot in NYC. She is seriously one of the most amazing singers I have ever heard. I have heard her version of "Our Kind Of Love" and it is so beautiful! I encourage anyone to get her single while you can. It's really hard to find and really worth owning!


title: cool cd

text: The songs are awesome but the amazing David Osmond stole the show with that voice. I love it!


title: Five Stars

text: pleased ..


title: For true fans of Lovejoy

text: Priceless... Ian Mcshane reading a Lovejoy novel


title: Lovely CD very relaxing for young children!

text: This is a very nice recording of two lovely books for young children. I think they will enjoy listening to it for a long time!


title: I miss these girls.

text: It's a shame that Ethel and the Shameless Hussies only made this one album. Kacey Jones is still singing and writing, but this group was a wonderful idea.


title: One of Swano's many forgotten treasures.

text:
It's hard to imagine that Dan Swano released this album during the same year as Nightingale's the Breathing Shadow and Godesend's In the Electric Mist, and in between the years of Edge of Sanity's Purgatory Afterglow and Crimson (all musical projects by Swano). He certainly accomplished a lot in such a short amount of time--the list goes on and on. What's most impressive is how diverse all of these bands are. Edge of Sanity was a melodic death metal band with buzzsaw guitar riffs and roaring, venomous vocals that Swano ripped out from his throat, though still with a strong melodic edge. Nightingale was a melancholic tribute to the Sisters of Mercy, though the style progressed with each album and have since become a full-fledge prog/AOR rock band. He's not afraid to explore the many obsessions that music has blessed him with, and all of these projects are a keen example.

So what do we have with Unicorn? A neo-progressive band that takes its influences from bands such as Marillion and Genesis. It's probably the softest project Swano has embarked on, with lush meadows of acoustic guitars, pianos, and even the calm river of a saxophone and flute here and there. Aside from the sudden inclination to depict pretentious imagery on this reviewer's part, Unicorn creates a collection of catchy, infectious songs that could fit right at home with much of what is on the radio these days. Charming numbers like the upbeat title track, Suddenly, The Boy and the Impossible, and Waterfall are all among the most prime of examples of Swano's knack for never letting his metal side get in the way of his irresistible softer side. The highlight on the album for me, however, and out of the entire Unicorn discography, is Hiding Again. The distant, beautiful piano chords, flute, lyrics, and chorus make what is easily one of the most gorgeous and incomparable compositions that Swano has ever created.

The album's title, Emotional Wasteland, is a good representation of the lyrical content. The majority of the lyrical topics are perfectly encapsulated as an "emotional wasteland," as are many of the lyrics that Swano has written in his countless number of projects. The album cover is simplicity in its most ethereal and elegant of forms, sporting a somber, colorful sky that is tainted with colors of the setting sun, just before the darkness (I'm actually not sure if it's a sky, but I'm pretty sure I'm right).

It's almost tragic that Unicorn's albums are so scarce. I had to search far and wide across the web to find this and the other Unicorn record. But I can confirm that it was completely worth it. Whether or not Emotional Wasteland is the most supreme portrayal of Dan Swano's genius is debatable, but the extreme diversity of his work makes it difficult to take a firm stand on a certain side. If you have ever been a fan of Dan Swano's lighter side, or if you're just looking for some highly enjoyable music, Emotional Wasteland might be the ideal wasteland for you.


title: The DVD had poor quality in the sound

text: The DVD had poor quality in the sound. The music overpowered the vocals so much that you only hear part of the words. I used to own the record and enjoyed it but lost it in a fire so I know the difference in the quality of the DVD.


title: Ultra Rare Tracks by Pink Floyd: For refined taste only!

text: Just started listening to it... Floyd is most certainly the best ensemble in the entire cosmos!!!!


title: Comes as close to redemption as we'll get.

text:
Thankfully, AOTC is a great fun ride, and one heck of a Star Wars movie. You can almost rate it as 2 things, one as an individual piece, which proves somewhat hard to do and then as a piece of the bigger Star Wars epic and how it compares to the other films and their individual places in the series.
Yeah, I'm sure by now you've heard the 'wooden' acting complaints, which is kind of weird as when you compare the acting here to the other movies, it's well above Episode I (lucas learned something) and just about at the levels of the original trilogy.
The galaxy is in disarray. Systems are pulling out of the Senate and the threat of war hangs over all. Senator Padme Amidala, former queen of Naboo, is hurrying back to vote on the army creation act, which she strongly opposes. She's under a seemingly constant death threat and is assigned Jedi protectors Obi-Wan Kenobi and his padawan Anakin Skywalker to keep her safe. Needless to say, adventure spreads like wild fire and Obi-Wan is off to play Sherlock Holmes while Anakin is left to assist Padme into seclusion to keep her safe. Needless to say, romance ensues when the public servants are left to themselves and Obi-Wan finds more than he bargained for. The romance is workable at worst and Obi-Wan's run-ins with the bounty hunter Fetts are things that fanboy dreams are made of. The final half hour or so really demonstrates the vast world that digital film and effects has and will offer us in the future.
Maybe Lucas uses too much CGI, but it's his film and luckily the picture is visually breathtaking. I only wish I could see it digitally projected to get the full experience. And, to  his and his ILM team's credit, the digital characters and surroundings do become one with the real things when you don't keep telling yourself to try to find the CG additions. I think Lucas also realizes that someone had to make a film like this and almost formally kick off the digital film age.
Star Wars fans (forget Episode I) will absolutely love this one and it also probably might have more appeal to the 'outsider' or 'general' audience than any other Star Wars film. Superb popcorn flick sure to be a summer favorite.


title: Don't give it the cold shoulder

text:
The 10th entry in the Big Finish Doctor who collection is a rather pedestrian one, significant only due to the appearance of India Fisher as a supporting character. She comes across well, which might explain her later casting with the 8th doctor as his companion Charlotte Pollard.

As for the Plot Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) Finds herself accidentally teleported to the Swiss Alps in winter due to an experiment of the Doctor's. After her rescue he is taken to a remote school run by frankly a stock religious fanatic character, who along with the school French mistress and two students Allyson (who provides the surrounding narration) and Peril (Fisher) are stranded at the school due to a blizzard along with a local policeman who's attentions to Peril are the cause for much trouble and produces an incredibly funny line from Sutton.

That first episode is the strongest as there seems to be some sort of Ghostly activity in the remote school, the late arrival of the doctor (handled VERY well and rather funny) near the end of the episode gives Sutton a lot of character time rather than the "yes doctor how doctor" stuff that can be long on occasion.

The rest progresses as the Doctor and Nyssa investigate the ghostly happenings in the school. One plot twist is decidedly non-doctorish but we will leave that out to avoid spoilers.

It is in the end not the best of the batch but an acceptable story. If you are starting your collection or want Nyssa episodes I would go with either Circular Time or [[ASIN:1903654726 Doctor Who:  Spare Parts (Big Finish Audio Drama)]] first, but either way your collection is incomplete without it.


title: Good Prince Yawn

text:
It has been said many times that special effects and computer graphics will make acting irrelevent.  This movie is the ultimate proof that this is not true.
This movie has excellent special effects, great computer graphics, and some excellent plotting.  It has characters that we care about from the previous movie and a built in audiance.  What it is lacking is acting, and this turns what should have been a blockbuster into just an ordinary movie.
These performances were more wooden than Al Gore, Even Chrsitopher Lee could not bring order to this chaos.  This movie reeked with boredom, the big fight at the end was better, but the animated fighting Yoda, of which I have heard others rave about didn't work for me.  He looked like a bouncing tribble.
Again the plotting from the clone planet, Our young bounty hunter, the trade federation still wanting revenge on the queen etc... really had potential.  Even Ms. Portman's slowing shrinking clothing (Which my 11 year old noticed right away but I didn't, must be getting old)couldn't make this movie interesting.
It could be said that because this picture has to be shoehorned into a particular place that limitations exist, it is a crime to the other 4 movies which were all much better that they failed.
I am reminded about something Elijah Wood said in an interview.  He and some other cast member of LORD OF THE RINGS were visiting the location of this movie.  Wood commented that Portman thought them odd since they kept referring to themselves as "hobbits".  She made it plain she was Natalie Portman NOT Padmé Amidala.  Too bad she didn't think like the Hobbits, that might have been the difference between an avg movie and a classic.


title: The best rock singers come from down under...

text: Anthony Snape is a great talent and he should be heard all over the world. Little Piece of Love is from his debut album entitled Disappearing Day. This song is very good and a great rock song. You will not be disappointed with this single. It also has an acoustic version of Little Piece of Love and another track called Can't Stop the Rain. Hopefully Amazon will make Disappearing Day available very soon!


title: Great recording

text: Great


title: Five Stars

text: Great CD!


title: Five Stars

text: Good recording


title: great find!

text: Rare, great find!


title: This just might do nobody any good.

text:
The sad part about this movie is that it is a self-fulfilling prophecy in and of itself.  The movie is bookended by a speech by Murrow about the potential that television can have for the enlightenment of humanity.  In the speech, Murrow correctly predicted that television would instead appeal to the lowest common denominator.  Thus, instead of education, we got stupidity.  Instead of "See It Now" we got "Temptation Island."  Thus, a movie about serious issues has the unfortunate fate of having a short run in the major metropolitan areas, and having an even shorter one in the secondary markets.  The real crux of the movie is about the Red Scare of the 1950's and how Murrow and McCarthy faced off.  Murrow of course won and McCarthy was defeated.  The screenwriter would have us believe that Murrow and CBS single-handedly brought down McCarthyism.  The truth of the matter is that McCarthy had not only reached the point of self-destruction, he had also reached the tipping point of angering friends and associates in higher places.  I give credit to Clooney for giving us the extended footage of Welch's rebuke of McCarthy ending in "Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last?"  Although directed by well entrenched Hollywood figure George Clooney, the movie has been basically ignored by mainstream media, and as said before, has had a very short run in the secondary markets.

In a time when opposition to war is spun as unpatriotic, it is refreshing to hear that we should not confuse dissent with disloyalty.  When we live in a culture of media scare tactics, we should hear: "we will not walk in fear of one another."  "Good Night, and Good Luck" besides being beautifully filmed, should be shown to the younger generation who have no idea who Joe McCarthy is, besides a fleeting reference to McCarthyism in their High School reading of "The Crucible."  Although the movie focuses on the downfall of McCarthy, the real horror story is how fast the contagion of McCarthyism spread through the country.  In the end, this film is really about bravery and practicing what you preach.  But, did Murrow win?  Yes, he and others besides him beat back McCarthy, but the war for television, I believe, was lost the moment television executives realized that TV is so good at its worst, why even try for its best.  In that way, Murrow may have indeed won the battle, but lost the war.

(I would encourage anyone to read Murrow's speech at [...])


title: Great gift for your Irish friends.

text: My SiL loved it.


title: GOOD LISTENING

text: ANOTHER CHANCE TO HEAR PAT CONTE OF MAJOR CONTAY AND THE CANEBREAKERS


title: Depressing album

text: NOT AT ALL WHAT I EXPECTED FROM PAT CONTE. HE IS USUALLY "UP" AND "WITH IT".<br />HE MAY HAVE TO INCREASE HIS ANTI-DEPRESSANTS..


title: A great collection of obscure early punk tracks

text: Overall a great sampler of some of the more obscure early punk bands-a sort of updated version of the "Killed By Death" series. Only bad thing-it's only got one side of each single, so if you like a song by a band, you'll have to track down more releases featuring that artist. Still, it serves it purpose as a great intro to the pre-hardcore side of U.S. Punk.


title: Carry me back to old Virginny!

text: Reminds me of my days at VT!  Go Hokies!


title: Astounding Audio

text: If you like the music, you will love the Blu-Ray


title: Fantastic Album!!!

text: Love this band!!


title: My Favorite Yes Tour!

text:
I've seen Yes over a dozen times since 1974 but this tour in 2000 is my favorite!

I saw Yes (for free) at the Taste Of Chicago festival on 7/8/2000 that summer. This live recording cd is that setlist and does include Steve Howe's solo of "Leaves Of Green", which was not played in Chicago.  I also went on that summer to see Yes play this setlist again in Indianapolis and Cincinnati.  All three of these shows were great to see.  I even created my own playlist at that time based of the studio versions but to finally find a live recording is fantastic.

The sound mix on this cd is excellent.  Chris Squire's bass at times is very loud but thats how I hear and feel it at live shows.  His bass pedals during "Close To The Edge" go right through your body.  Awesome!  And Igor K's keyboard work is superb. Jon Anderson's voice is great, Steve and Alan White sound great as well.

All in all, if you want a live recording of the summer of 2000 Masterworks Tour than this is an excellent cd to buy.

************UPDATED EDIT ****************

I had about a month to listen to the cd and I got to say is is one of THE BEST live show recordings Yes has done.  The band is hot. Very sharp  and tight with their timing, very enthusiastic and inventive with their playing when they can indulge in their solo spots.

If you are a Yes fan who likes live show recordings then BUY this cd. IT'S FANTASTIC!


title: Not Peaceful Enough

text: For the most part, "Peaceful Ocean Surf" is a nice, relaxing disc that captures the ebb and flow of the ocean surf. However, the disc also includes some rather obtrusive and downright annoying fog horns too. This disc has something of a "choppy" quality to it as it sounds like the surf was recorded at certain times and then hastily edited togther. If you listen closely, you'll see what I mean. All in all, not a bad disc to listen and relax to but if you like the sound of the ocean surf without all the fog horns and seagulls, check out the far better "Thunder by the Sea."


title: used cd

text: for 27.00 I thought I was buying a new CD. Product received was used..


title: More, please!

text: Some amazing soundscapes sprinkled amongst some other good songs.  Looking forward to the next!


title: Eclectic selection of hits

text:
I bought this one on cassette back in 1989, and at the time, had not heard a number of the tracks presented here.  This is a good representation of the styles of music Island had been signing over its lengthy history; nonetheless, it *is* mainly a hits collection.  None of Island's true oddities are here at all--its deep collection of folk-rock and prog is not represented at all.  This is due mainly to the fact that most of these acts were signed to Island in America as well as in the UK, with only a few being distributed on other labels (e.g. A&M in the case of Free and Fairport, and Fontana in the UK in the case of Millie Small and the Spencer Davis Group).  For those acts, the listener would be well advised to seek out the recent box set Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal, or any of the label's 40th Anniversary single-CD comps (Vol. 1--Ska's the Limit 1959-1964, for example, or Vol. 3--Acoustic Waves 1968-1975, Vol. 4--Electric Currents 1967-1975), which give a fairer representation of Island's complete history.  (Chris Blackwell actually established the label in Jamaica in 1959, keeping his base of operations in Kingston until 1962, when the country declared its independence and Blackwell picked up stakes and moved to London.)

That said, the hits are indeed noteworthy--big international hits like U2's "With or Without You," Free's "All Right Now" and the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star"; alternative hits like Sparks' "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" or Fairport Convention's "Si Tu Dois Partir" (French version of Bob Dylan's "If You Gotta Go, Go Now"); ska (Millie Small's "My Boy Lollipop," Island's first major hit single from 1964, which features Rod Stewart on harmonica), reggae, disco ("Cuba," "Now That We've Found Love"), dub/dancehall ("Boops (Here to Go)"); unclassifiable oddities like "Adventures in Success."  This collection scratches the surface of Island; as a big fan of the label's wonderfully varied musical roster, I encourage one and all to start here, and dig deeper.


title: Outstanding music

text: I purchased all three volumes and just listened to them twice.  The selections on all three flow well, and the music is just terrific.  BIG fan of the label.


title: Five Stars

text: Classical Thunder I is best, but this one is also very good.


title: Van the Man

text: what's not to love about this mix of songs...so glad I could find it.


title: Awesome

text: Awesome music


title: Listen to Shout! w/ earphones

text: The whole Anthology is spectacular!!  I bought them when they came out 10 years ago.  I'm sure this has been mentioned, but if you listen to Shout! from Disc 2; which was prerecorded for a TV special; towards the end, you hear John say "Everybody f@@in' shout now" 4 or 5 times.  It went on the air that way and I don't think no one caught it.  Pretty wild when you think about it.  Incidently, that TV special was released on VHS back in the late 80s.  If you can find it, it's pretty awesome.


title: Five Stars

text: Great singer, great music, great price.  Thanks.


title: Four Stars

text: It's Kenny Rogers. What more do you need to say.


title: The complete official work from the original line-up

text:
I used to have these discs separately, but a series of unfortunate circumstances (young Labrador Retriever) led to my having to replace them; I was unaware of all three being available together, so this was a pleasant surprise.

It's funny, Deep Purple exists today as Roger Glover, Don Airey, Ian Paice, Ian Gillan, and Steve Morse. As always, the talent level is over-the-top, collectively and individually, but in 1968 and 1969, a vastly different Deep Purple existed, Ian Paice being the only original member still working today as a Purple member. For the curious, Morse replaced Ritchie Blackmore, who returned after his replacement, Joe Satriani left after replacing Blackmore who replaced Tommy Bolin, who replaced Blackmore the first time. Ian Gillan came back for the 1984 reunion, replacing David Coverdale, who replaced Gillan the first time, who replaced Rod Evans, and Joe lynn Turner had a brief stint as Gillan's temporary replacement, until Gillan's return. Don Airey replaced Jon Lord, and Roger Glover replaced Glenn Hughes, who replaced Glover the first time, and Glover replaced Nick Simper. It makes one shake their head and go "wobbitty-wobbitty-wobbitty" with confusion.

But there is a side of me which prefers the original band to all the later permutations, despite all the great talent of the later musicians. In the early years Deep Purple had a much quieter sound, often playing ballads, and if you listen closely, original lead vocalist Rod Evans sounds an awful lot like Elvis Presley, but with a less powerful voice; They called Elvis "The King" for a reason. But Evans' delivery is almost identical to Elvis', his range, his phrasing, and so on. And in the early years, bassist Nick Simper and organist Jon Lord provided choir-like harmony vocals to Evans, giving the early recordings a flavor completely gone from MK II on. For lack of a better word, it sounds "sweet," but not in that saccarine sickly sweet sense. It just sounds nice.

"Shades Of Deep Purple" was the debut, the biggest hit being Joe South's "Hush," the first of the disc's cover songs. Jon Lord wrote a complex instrumental piece called "Happiness," which segues into their own treatment of "I'm So Glad," the song popularized at the time by Cream, and their rendition of "Help!" does the song far more justice than the Beatles' version. Yes, The Beatles did it first, but John Lennon wrote it as an introspective ballad, only to be recorded in an upbeat fashion at the insistence of their management. Here, it's haunting, slow and surreal, much more in line with the mood the lyrics portray, one of insecurity. The Beatles, and Lennon in particular, should be proud. "Hey Joe" takes the Billy Roberts murder song, a la Hendrix, and expands on it, using various tempos and motifs to give it their own unique feel, interesting, to say the least.

There are four originals here, and where they were still developing as original composers, these hold up to anything they did later.

"The Book Of Taliesyn" holds the same formula as "Shades;" roughly 50% covers, and 50% original, "Anthem" in particular sounding a lot like Elvis Presley. It's very similar to "Shades," but you can see them developing their own unique approach to music; it's still evolving.

"Deep Purple III" (or just "Deep Purple," no title) is the first album of almost all original material. They have finally established themselves as an unknown supergroup that made it, but by this time, their record company went bankrupt, and Blackmore, Lord, and Paice had fired Evans and Simper, behind their backs. Roger Glover and Ian Gillan, both from Episode Six, were hired and the band regrouped, only for Evans and Simper to be phoned after the fact, and told their services were no longer needed. This release has the feel of a band that made it, but it also sounds like it's over. The lyrics to "April," the disc's standout, seem to foretell what's to come.

So, for the curious, or the purist, this box set is a must-have.


title: Great Album

text: If you like Roger Whittaker, this album provides many of his greatest hits.  What is not to love listening to the easy sounds of Roger's voice.


title: Great music CD

text: One of Roger Whittaker's best.  Was delivered timely and have enjoyed it since.  Easy way to find hard to find music from an earlier time.


title: but not as good as first album kind of acoustic not what I ...

text: ok, but not as good as first album  kind of acoustic  not what I expected  wish first album was on cd


title: You call that acting?

text:
With Star Wars, it's always a love-hate thing for me.  I love it now that more of the story George Lucas has envisioned is revealed.  It's more complicated and sinister than I thought.  I watched Episodes IV, V and VI when I was a kid, and haven't had a chance to review them.  There were a lot of scathing reviews for Episode I: The Phantom Menace, yet it still did phenominally well in the box office.  I believe Episode II will follow the same trend.
Off the bat, I will say that the story of Episode II is an improvement over Episode I.  The graphics were no-doubt state-of-the-art and just as stunning, if not more so, than the first episode.  (Since this film was shot entirely on digital cameras, they had more flexibility and control over the non-human characters.  For instance, Yoda used to be a puppet, but is now entirely digital.  All the mecha fight scenes in Episodes IV, V and VI used to be stop-frame photography, not anymore.  And I can't imagine filling up a colloseum with thousands of insect-costume-clad extras.  Shows you how far technology has come.)  Unfortunately, the acting was horrendous.
(Usually, when I make comments like these, Star Wars fans dismiss me as missing the point.  People also tend to think less of my review.  But it is still a movie, isn't it?  And if these reviews are supposed to be a candid forum where I can voice what I truly think about something, then I just have to grit my teeth and spit it out.  So here goes.)
Regardless of how pretty Natalie Portman is, her role as Padme was less than convincing.  As was her "relationship" with Anakin.  The last kiss scene was absolutely passionless and insipid.  Her character smells of a bad soap opera star.  (I did find her peck-on-the-cheek kiss to Anakin in the colosseum cute.  But seriously, isn't she supposed to be this grown-up senator who doesn't show her emotions in public?)  I'm even more disappointed with what Hayden Christensen did to Anakin.  OMG, I can't believe that's acting!  He could've atleast tried harder.  (Maybe they decided to put him behind a mask and a robotic voice and call him Darth Vader to coverup for his acting.  Just a thought ;).)  As usual, Yoda is there to provide some comic relief.  As I was lining up at a book store holding a copy of the book version of Episode II, some guy asked me "Did Yoda really kick some [rear]?"  I had to tell him that he did, but it was a short 20 second scene and it didn't really overwhelmingly prove Yoda's prowess in swordfighting.  The enemy ended the stalemated fight by running away.
I think die-hard Star Wars fans will love this movie regardless of what I say.  I believe adults will appreciate the plot of this episode more than the first one.  I think kids below 13 will find a large segment of this film boring and the last half hour spellbinding.  I would still recommend this film to people for continuity and something to talk about by the watercooler.
LEAP rating (each out of 5):
============================
L (Language) - 0 (This is a harsh rating to give, but someone should've proofread the dialogue, and passed it to a script doctor.)
E (Erotica) - 0 (n/a - sorely disappointed by this rating)
A (Action) - 5 (You can't beat the graphics, state-of-the-art.)
P (Plot) - 4 (As more of the story unfolds, it becomes more suspenseful.  I really didn't want it to end where it did.)


title: Nice try, but huh?

text:
I once wrote a book review where I defined my own rating criteria, and in it was a Flagpole factor.  Perhaps not politically correct as I should be, but this criteria defines how erotic and sexy a film is.  I only bring it up because with foreign films you get a healthy dose of nudity and a hint of "savagery".  This film is no exception.  One of the female protagonists works at a whorehouse.  And the director seems to have a talent for sprucing up the film with a breast here and there.  Not entirely a bad thing, but it gets worse...
This film is interesting, not for its plot, but for its unique combination of several genres into a confusing story.  It is foreign (spoken in French, English subtitles).  It is a mystery (what is this beast and how can it be caught).  It is a suspense thriller (what or who is this brotherhood).  It's a martial arts film (they are all able to leap incredibly high and split their legs and fight with a wooden pole).  It is political (a government coverup and underground societies exist).  But put these ingredients together and you end up with this mix that's just highly confusing and leaves the audience alone in the dark scratching their heads.  At one point in the film one thinks the story just abruptly ends with the death of the protagonist only to pick up and go on yet again.  And somehow through all of this, it manages to squeeze in a happy ending.
To say it's one of the year's best films would be grossly inaccurate.  It is different, I will grant that.  Every now and then a foreign film can really shine and touch our hearts, like Amelie.  But this isn't one of them.


title: Awesome CD

text: Brilliant!


title: LOVE THEM

text: They are wonderful. I have many of their cds. They are so melodic and beautiful. True, clear, relaxing, invigorating. Excellent


title: Five Stars

text: A+


title: Awesome set get it! If your a Fan you’ll be pleased

text: I’m so happy this came so quickly I was dying to ahold of this set!! I’m a BIG FAN.  Thanks for perfect delivery driver finally followed directions after calling Amazon to follow the delivery directions they asked me to include for proper delivery. All Good Now. Perfect purchase


title: Who! Are the Rolling Stones

text: Hey when one wears out you got to replace it with another right?!!!


title: surprising Cd

text: I was buying this Cd for Les Claypool and thought that the whole Cd was Les Claypool.When I found out there was only one song by him,I was a little skeptical about listening to it.Now that I have,wow,it suprised the hell out of me.It's one of the best Cd's I've bought in a while!


title: Rockin

text: Great album. Gotta love the Chop Tops.


title: Five Stars

text: Thanks


title: Incredible.

text: This box set is a must for all Social D fans. There are recordings here that you will not find anywhere else. After purchasing, I listened to it for over a month, while the rest of my classic punk gathered dust. Punk lives ladies and gentleman and Mike Ness and the boys prove it with this box set.


title: Splish Splish Splash woot!!!

text: Fearless Fred Fury and his pet rat flip are completely awesome


title: Sibling Songsters

text: Very few things sound as good as talented siblings harmonizing. This is a truly beautiful collection of music and should be in everyone's music collection.


title: Good price and good condition

text: Good price and good condition


title: Great style from a vanishing breed of jazz musicians

text: The Pete Eye Trio was part of the Midwest jazz scene for many years. This album revives the beat and spontaneity of live jazz as played by dedicated musicians. Jazz lovers won't be disappointed by the transition to CD; the quality of the original vinyl shines through. Perhaps the new format will bring the sound of Kansas City jazz to the next generation.


title: Whoa... a racy cover shot.  Is this c.d. rated "R" ?

text: Once an artist enters the realm of the jumping flea there’s no escape!  The cosmic wheel turns, the spheres become re-aligned!  There’s no turning back!  Reality is re-imagined, the listener floats downstream.  Enlightenment rules the day.  Happiness is a warm c.d.  What was she thinking?  One might say… Go with the flow, open your mind.  It’s Mary with a ukulele!  Who knew?  Splish-splash, she’s taking a bath - on the cover, no less!  The creative mind holds no limits.  The subconscious mind however… Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar!  If it looks good, it probably sounds good!  I would buy this in a heartbeat.  Take a chance, jump down that rabbit hole.  Groove till your heart overflows with joy.  Music rules the day!  Live for today…, pick-up your copy soon, they’re going fast!


title: No regrets...

text: Just a great mix of MB songs!  This has become my go-to cd for an uplifting listening experience.  I have (almost), every single MB album, but always come back to this one.  "Please Think About It."  Sound quality seems decent.  "I'll Be Level With You," I can't attest to details regarding mix, etc., just know it's a fantastic collection - like "Steppin' In A Slide Zone" kinda experience!  The "Voices In The Sky" told me to purchase it, and I have no regrets..., so "Leave This Man Alone.  "Question?"


title: A surprise find!

text: It's easy enough to find originals, they're out there.  I find these recordings refreshing, inovating, and enjoyable.  In more than one case, much better than original - like seeing the artist at a contemporary concert.  The voices and arrangements are not lacking.  This is a surprise find.


title: Great 70's music collection.

text: Great collection of songs.  Sound quality is very good, and are original recordings.  Glad to have in my collection.  Worth the purchase.


title: Fabulous. Of course it's a bootleg, but worth ...

text: Fabulous.  Of course it's a bootleg, but worth every minute of listening pleasure!


title: Sweet / Radar Love

text: Here's the track listing: The Joker: Steve Miller Band / More Than A Feeling: Boston / (Don't Fear) The Reaper: Blue Oyster Cult / Fox On The Run: Sweet / Radar Love: Golden Earing / Go All The Way: Raspberries / Shambala: Three Dog Night / Hot Child In The City: Nick Gilder / Some Kind Of Wonderful: Grand Funk / Heartbreaker: Pat Benatar / Venus: Shocking Blue / Green-Eyed Lady: Surgarloaf.  A very good representation of 1970's "pop music (top 40)."


title: No

text: Get real.


title: Great synthesized Bach from a recognized keyboardist

text:
This is a multi-media CD - more about that later. First, the matter of the synthesized Offering. Five stars because classical music played on synthesizer is the best kind of music ever, and eventually will replace all other forms of music. Even Baby Einstein knows we should play this to our kids from before birth.

Okonsar is a very competent, accomplished, and recognized keyboard player, but here he explores a Bach piece with synthesizer.

This seems like a normal presentation of The Musical Offering, but with Ricarcar a 3, of about 5' 30" to begin, and no Ricarcar a 6 that ought to be about 9'.
This opening track is performed in harpsicord. This sure seems like a genuine harpsicord, and not synthesized. The liner notes are not clear; track listing says, "1. Ricarcar (Harpsichord) [5:27], but elsewhere the liner notes say all-Yamaha.

Then, the ten canons follow, all performed on synthesizer. The liner notes say "performed, edited, and mastered on Yamaha and Soundcraft equipment."
So, most likely, Okonsar played the pieces on a Yamaha synthesizer, and this was recorded from the air in the studio, then mixed. So, this recording is possibly not straight-to-digital.
The recording atmosphere for the synthesized parts sounds great - possibly at least partly because it was recorded from air, not straight-to-digital. Also, these guys know how to record music - some synthesized classical music is terribly recorded.

A range of synthesizer voices are used, including flute and pipe organ. All sound great, but it clearly is not an actual pipe organ in a proper organ recital hall.

The penultimate portion, the Trio Sonata, says, "Sonata (Trio) Historical Instruments."
This sounds like regular flute, regular oboe, and regular harpsichord, plus something suspiciously synthesized-sounding carrying the basso continuo in the Largo, a synthesized sound in the Allegro that sounds like a harmonica or bagpipe sound plus a reed-y violin line, same for the Andante and the Allegro. This could be a genuine oboe being played into its higher register, but I doubt it. I cannot hear a normal violin anywhere.

So, as with the original Musical Offering, there is some mystery in this trio, which is a quartet.

Overall, the synthesized parts are well-played and well-recorded. They use pleasant voices, and nothing bizarre is attempted - no thunder, no bird chirps, no robot voice, no flange or sweep.

The CD ends with a nice Canon Perpetuus, on synthesizer. For the final couple of minutes, this quiets down to a breathy whistle sound that is almost undetectable for the final minute or so.
With most CD players, the player will move to repeat the entire CD, so you do get a perpetuus effect, although the quiet for one minute prevents this from seeming continuous.

Multimedia CD: If you use the file explorer, you will see an internet browser icon/html file saying "index." click on that, and you get a local webpage with links to CD files with Okonsar's bio, info on some albums, and mp3 song samples.
Maybe this was great in 2002, but now with the internet, we all know we can find artist info easily on the net, so this enhanced CD does not add much.

-I see no special, hidden tracks or anything.


One of the best synthesizer versions of a classical music piece. Synclavier II performance by recognized musician.
Played on the Synclavier II, a complex but incredible synthesizer.
The recording and mastering are very good. does not sound MIDI or canned at all.
Does have a small amount of atmospheric background nature sounds in addition to the regular score.

Gleeson has released a few of his own albums, but has been keyboardist for a lot of recognized musicians including Herbie Hancock.

Wikipedia has an entry for him.

This is a thrilling, energetic performance of The Seasons. Often, the electronic medium leads to performances that are notably flat compared to the regular acoustic instruments as intended. This is not like that at all.

It looks like this has been released on CD, too - search by artist name.

Five stars because it is so good, and because it is classical music played on a synthesizer. Eventually, all music will be composed and performed by computers, and eternal happiness will reign.


title: Same as Herbert Waltl CD-on-demand and mp3 "Water Music"

text:
This CD was released a long time ago by Herbert Waltl. And released on the "Metropolitan" label, as release number CD 590037. I believe this is a modest West German label. There are other "Metropolitan" labels, incl. out of London, and out of NYC.

The CD has been coverted to mp3, and is available here on Amazon in either the CD-on-demand style, one for each of the 3 suites that make up the entire water music suite, or as 3 mp3 download sets, one for each of the 3 suites that make up the entire water music suite: "Handel: Water Music Suite No" 1/2/3... HWV "348"/"349"/"350," by Waltl, on "keyboard."

If you order the CD-on-demand, Amazon or someone takes the mp3 files for each of the 3 suites and burns a CD-R for you, then mails you that just-burned CD. So, the Haltl synth version of Water Music can be had by on-demand mp3 format to CD for about $45. Not a great deal. If you really want this on CD-R, burn it yourself or ask a friend, after buy/downloading the mp3s.

If you want the orig CD, happy hunting - it is difficult -really difficult- to locate, and there were probably not that many printed. Mine has an abstract swoosh design, in red-on-black, on the cover. The back side simply lists the tracks, in German. Mine is a 'cut-out' (actually 'drill-out'), and has this barcode number at the barcode: 4006443060430 . The sound quality on the CD is great, and mp3 will probably be lower quality/lower sampling rate.

As you can tell from the samples, it is performed on some kind of synthesizer. I can't tell which. It sounds like midi, and probably is, so it will not have the hand-crafted analog character of Wendy Carlos or Tomita. It is pleasant enough. It is basically true to the orig score, and does not have any rhythm track or drums to mess things up.

Waltl seems to be a decent piano player, and also has some high-level music production cred. Sure enough, the playing and production on the CD are fine.


title: no one else has reviewed this? Y'all are missing out.

text:
I can't believe no one else has put a review of this album - so I have edited my review from Cymballenium cuz it applies:

Somewhere around 1990, I was wandering around some San Francisco neighborhood wasting a couple hours. Wafting down the street came this unbelievable music. I mostly like classic rock, but I like some spacey New Agey stuff too, and had been listening to a little Vollenweider. Most of that New Agey stuff is lousy, though.

But there that day in SF was a street musician who was playing music that was unbelievably different, wonderful, and musical.

Now, I had seen a lot of live music - at that point I had seen a lot of classical music, seen Ravi Shankar, lots of rock shows (Clapton, Page, Fripp, SRV, and others recognized as music masters), seen Vollenweider, etc., but this guy was just making music like I had never heard just there on the sidewalk with the funky Koto-looking instrument and these claw-bows on his hands.

So I bought a cassette - Bells and Shadows - from him there on the street. Mike - thanks for taking a break to let me hand you the $10. I was hoping I would get a cassette that had just what I was hearing live, and I was not disappointed.

I played it while driving along the foggy Cal Hiway 1 - cool.

A few years later, Al Gore invented the Internet. I looked up M Masley and sent him a note, asking could I order a cd. I got Mystery Repeats Itself. Wonderful.

THen I got Cymballenium. It is more of the same, thankfully.

Don't you hate it when you love an album, so you go get another album from the person or band, and it just is not the same?

Anyway, listen to the samples. If it appeals at all, spend a few dollars and give it a try. The closest thing might be the lyrical, engaging, meandering dulcimer of Maggie Sansone, but more improv-holographic-trippy.

If you want to play something that will make people notice something they really like AND have never heard before, go for this.

Be careful if you are playing it while driving down a treacherous foggy coastline cuz your mind will wander to wherever M Masley's mind goes when he writes these hilarous song titles.


title: I love Celine

text: I was expecting this to be a "live" album, since it is called 2018 Tour Edition, but it's not.  Which I prefer, actually.  I'm not a fan of live recordings with all the audience screaming and clapping that is usually involved.  This album is just Celine singing those songs I love, just the way I love them.  A good collection of most of her best songs.


title: Good price. Good product.

text: Just what I expected.