title: And After Many a Summer Dies the Swan

text: Classic Oscar nominated movie music!  Bernard Herrmann literally worked himself to death, dying a few hours after recording this soundtrack!  This is the perfect synthesis of Herrmann’s styles, creating a musical vortex of sex and horror, even reprising one of the themes from Psycho!  Also on Amazon: original soundtracks from Sisters, Marnie, Cape Fear, Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Obsession, and Herrmann’s Twilight Zone music.


title: Crazy Complicated Patter Songs!

text: Two PERFECT historical recordings!  Sullivan knew how to write singable songs, and Gilbert was GENIUS at spoofing the foibles of  Mankind!  These are memorable performances by the GREAT performers of England’s PREMIER comic opera company. Princess Ida spoofs a troup of gals that reject religion and try to subject their men, Pirates of Penzance and Mikado ridicule corruption in the government.  It could never, well hardly ever happen today!


title: A Source of Innocent Merriment

text: Decades before Harry Potter, there was John Wellington Wells, a dealer of magic and spells!  Imagine being able to buy magic at Walmart, or using fake news to impeach your king, and you get the gags in this trio minus one of hysterical comedies, brilliantly sung and recorded!


title: Welcome to My Nightmares

text: This music has haunted me since I saw Hitchcock Hour as a kid!  Like Herrmann’s Psycho, Cape Fear, or Sisters, his scores for Unlocked Window, The Jar, and Juan Diaz are thrilling! Buy this collection of classic television history!


title: Pretty Scary Stuff

text: This is the stuff dreams are made of! No one could thrill you like Bernard Herrmann!  Sexy and terrifying, just like his classic movie music for Sisters and Taxi Driver.


title: PRE-PSYCHO SONIC SHOCK!

text: Herrmann said that flutes shrieking in their upper registers were HORRIFIC! And this is the technique used here, albeit with piccolos, but YEARS before Janet Leigh stepped into the tub in PSYCHO! Also includes a demented piano concerto, played by the killer as he burns down the concert hall!  Subtlety be banished! The shrieking flutes DID appear in TORN CURTAIN and TWISTED NERVE, but by ENDLESS NIGHT and SISTERS the synthesizers did all the wailing.  A real nerve jangler! Also on Amazon: Herrmann’s Jason and the Argonauts, Battle of Neretva, Cape Fear, Bride Wore Black, Moby Dick, Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Teilight Zone, and televisions first opera A Christmas Carol. BUY THEM!


title: Everything old is new again!

text: Classic rediscovered Herrmann score!  Full of romance and thrills, and played by the full scale 20th Century-Fox orchestra. Herrmann even resurrectes a Medieval horn called a serpent for one of the big suspense cues. Also on Amazon: the soundtracks to Beneath the 12 Mile Reef, Hanover Square, Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Buy them!


title: ... very anointed and inspirational with a message of the love of god with each note and

text: this music is very anointed and inspirational with a message of the love of god with each note and word


title: great gospel group

text: this music is very good and the group has a lot of talent. so uplifting and great to listen to


title: Delightful and well played

text: The playing is delightful, fast paced and compelling.  This is a lovely CD for anyone interested in music from this period.


title: Hans Kann was an amazing pianist

text: I love his work.. I am buying everything I can find that has him as the soloist.  He is so precise.  Unfortunately most of his recorded work has not been reissued on CD.  This recording is fine, if you can find it.  I bought it used.  I can "get lost" in it, the music is so beautiful and the performance excellent


title: Great CD

text: Some excellent songs.  The drunken Scotsman is particularly funny.  The CD has great music.  The lyrics are very understandable.


title: A very enjoyable album of music from the time of Jane Austen with interesting liner notes

text: This is a delightful album of music from the period of Jane Austen's life.  Some of the pieces were from Austen's music collection and so might have been played by her.  The liner notes contain an extended, engaging essay by the soloist on the role of music in Jane Austen's novels.  The selections include: Haydn Sonata in C major, HOB XVI/35; Field Nocturne number 4 in a major; Cramer Sonata in A minor; Mozart Sonata in C major K 330; Clementi Sonata in F major, Op 26; Schobert Andante from Op 9 no 3 and Menuetto from Op 9 no 2; Beethoven Rondo a capriccio Op 129; and Field Nocturne #VIV in G major.  The performance is on a New York Steinway B piano (according to the liner notes) and not on a period instrument.


title: A very nice version of the beautiful story

text: I have now watched 4 DVDs of the White Horse inn -- 1935, 1952, this one from 1960 and the Morbisch production.  The Morbisch production is the most operetta like and is the only one with English subtitles.  The other three are more romantic comedies with an occasional song or production number.  Of the three in German with no English subtitles, I think that this 1960 version has the best production values.  It shows lots of background scenery shots, regional dancing and instrumental work and emphasizes the romantic aspects of the story.  The images are good, the color excellent and the sound quality very good.  The disk is PAL format and will not play on standard United States DVD players.


title: light, lively and lots of fun

text: Poor Richard's Penny is a group of two that between them play whistles, guitar, jaw harp, bones, triangle, fiddle, mandolin, and English Guitar.  They also sing.  This CD has 15 selections.  They are mostly instrumental. The arrangements are lively.  The musicians excellent.  This is a fun recording and a must for those interested in the music of 18th century America


title: Five Stars

text: Love the Dirty Heads and finally having good audio of the dirty demos is worth it!!


title: Beautiful music, a must have for a HK Pop classic!

text: The best album Cecilia ever made. I used to listen to the cassette of this album 15 years ago, and now I finally got a brand new HK copy. So glad to have a good listening experience of it again after so many years!


title: Five Stars

text: Blessed album! :)


title: Good Music

text: If you are a Muay Thai practioner or are a promoter looking for music to play at your Muay Thai fights, this CD is great.  Very traditional and authentic.


my cd player stopped working after I played this.<br />The cd's looked pretty used so I am not listening to them.


title: Just Excellent!

text: Obscure artists and orchestra - Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra conducted by Georgi Robev - present just about the best rendition of The Messiah I have heard.


title: A Most Excellent Work

text: I bought this record when it was issued and played it to death.  I'm thrilled to have an opportunity to purchase it again.  The music is not available in CD or MP3 formats.  It is in "art song" form, and is beautifully rendered with piano background.  The poems of J.R.R. Tolkien are set to music faithfully and exquisitely.  Not at all like the more commercialized music written for the film set, each song is sung in the manner demanded by the type of being singing it.  E.g., "In the Willowmeads of Tasarinan," is sung slowly and forcefully, in a very bass voice, as if by an Ent.  "In Western Lands" is sung with heartbreaking but uplifting beauty in a tenor, as if Sam himself were singing it.  These songs were approved by Tolkien and, I believe, really express the mood of his work.  I would heartily recommend this wonderful and hard-to-find historical work to any true lover of Tolkien's wonderful work.  It will bring you many hours of joy.


title: Quality CD, great price!

text: Quality CD delivered in a timely manner, great music!


title: That's my sister!!!

text: Jo Ann Castle is my sister. I ordered this album as it never went to casette  or cd. there's 2 song she wrote herself: Painter's Rag and The Castle Rag. I'm also a past professional pianist and wanted this album because of the above. It arrived on time, and the condition was as described from the seller. The record looks in great condition, although I haven't played it yet because there's so much stuff to move to get to the turntable.


title: Five Stars

text: Good stuff.


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent quality and arrived weeks earlier than expected


title: Great release of Phil's big band project.

text:
Great release to go along with a Hot Night In Paris.

Contains tracks not on the full album and different versions of the others.


title: Great stuff.

text: Had to listen to it may times love it. Great addition to my collection. LED ZEPPLIN RULES.


title: Delivered in excellent shape

text: What's exactly what I wanted


title: Nothing on CD

text: Put it in my CD player in the car and it came up on the screen "No playable media on this device!". I heard nothing and I sent it back!


title: Five Stars

text: Love, love, love.


title: Kingdom Worship Music...

text: I love it. No doubt this is kingdom worship music. I would recommend this album to any followers of Christ Jesus our Lord.


title: Passionate performance

text: Live renditions better than studio of same cut.  " Whipping Post" is a tour de force.


title: Dual pack

text: Purchased these for my mother in law - she loves them!


title: Perfect for meditating

text: Shipped quickly and packaged well. This cd is amazing. I had this cd as a teenager and I was SO excited that I was able to find it again. I meditate to this and also listen to it when I am going to sleep. Very relaxing.


title: Great Vocals !

text: Beautiful !!!!!!!


title: Powerful

text: I love Joyce Meyer. In times like these we need a "straight shooter" with a sense of humor. That is what you get with her. Should be required reading/listening in high school. Her experiences and insight would help straighten out our youth.


title: Perfect Gift for symphonic music lovers of pops soundtracks

text: Perfect Gift.<br />John Williams score and this recording doesn't disappoint.  A gift well received.


title: Loving It

text: Loving it, play it in the truck while on the way to work.


title: Love it!

text: Each song on this CD is a jewel. I love his big orchestra accompaniment.  I can listen to this album over and over.


title: Five Stars

text: Love it!


title: Absolutely Perfect

text: This is how trance is done. I love all the types ATB has hit. This album definitely is a softer trance and different, but in a good way! It may not attract some who are expecting something to jump all crazy to, but he's definitely made another great album, pairing up with some of the best, like Armin Van Buuren, and newer DJ's, like Dash Berlin. I'm happy he can still produce great beats and I hope it never stops. He also made club versions, so for those who think its too easy, there's more versions in the package. You just have to listen to them lol.


Incredibly great! She is a wonderful violin player......Have been looking for this for quite some time and I finally found it. YAY


title: For all ages!

text: This is an exciting audio drama! My son loves it and I also enjoy listening to it! Very interesting, funny and applies to real life. We have also read the book and the audio drama is better. The book is good too, but Lamplighter theatre does such a good job!


title: ... who is a Monk devotee and he was very pleased with it

text: Bought this for my husband who is a Monk devotee and he was very pleased with it.


title: This is the real Vegas and Damone just nails every song

text: Loved this live album. It never says where but I would guess The Desert Inn. Sound quality is crisp and you are there in the showroom. Really good album. I’ve listened to this 3 x already. Ending of his show is terrific.


title: A must have for Mijares

text: Better than I expected. Loved the symphony!


title: Body & Soul " Quiet Moments "

text: This CD relaxes when listen to and eventually eliminates stress.  I highly recommend it! :)


title: Biblically centered worship!  And all God's people said, "Amen!"

text: Their music is beautiful and Biblically sound.  One of the songs was played at my dad's funeral several years ago, and ever since that introduction, I have had a love for their music.  It's wonderfully encouraging music, and it puts your mind on Christ as you listen to it.  I think between that and the good, Biblical messages behind those songs, you can't go wrong.


title: Ok folks. This is for the over-60 crowd who ...

text: Ok folks.  This is for the over-60 crowd who might remember organ music at the skating rink.  The music brought back a lot of fond memories.

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title: Mystical Music

text: This is a great compilation of ancient music. It sounds so contemporary it frieghtens me!  The music is very nice and worth listening on a regular basis.


title: First class in every possible way!

text: What’s not to like? In my opinion Chicago is the best band on the planet . Name another band that has lasted 54 years, sold over 100 million records , and still sounds great,with great musicians and is still capable of producing quality music.Also has 3 of the founding members who wrote most of their material.<br />Try and match this when you are into your mid-seventies.❤


title: love it

text: excellent cd!  we listen to it a lot and i find myself encouraged as i remember verses and toughts gleaned from it! my daughter loves it too! highly recommended!


title: Fantastic!

text: I bought this CD based on reviews so I want to add that this is one of my favorite CD's and I am NOT latin.  I speak passable Spanish but this music transcends words.  I'm into Latin dancing and there are some great dance cuts here.  But the romantic songs just carry me away.


title: Watoto Children's Choir Classic!

text: I love this CD! I bought it during a Watoto Concert in Arizona back when the music was first released. You cannot buy this CD on the website anymore, so I am overjoyed to have it in my possession again! My family listens to the Watoto children a lot at home and wanted some music for when we take trips. We love the energy and spirit in the  music. Praise Yah!


title: Bonkers Over Buble !

text: Great song selections and terrific interpretations by Buble !


title: Amazing

text: Amazing


title: I like it satisfied.  Thank you

text: Liked it


title: Good Cd

text: Not what i was thinking, but the music is still great. Gave it 4 stars due to not being 100% satisfied in wha g i wanted. But i love the music on the cd.


title: Five Stars

text: Great package deal


title: Dale Thompson from Bride and XL from XL & Death Before Dishonor put out one heavy album!

text: Two veterans got together and put out one killer heavy rock/metal album.  Dale Thompson from Bride wrote all the lyrics and does all the main singing.  XL wrote all the music and plays all the instruments.  It's not Bride nor is it XL & Death Before Dishonor, but who cares?  This album rocks hard and heavy .


title: Awesome Metal Keeps You Coming Back For Repeated Listening

text: This is a great metal album that keeps you coming back for more.  I have both the Retroactive release and the 2019 release.  Both are great.  Classic metal with elements of thrash and speed metal.  You can’t go wrong with this one if you are a metal fan.


title: Daniel Band fans take note: this is Toni Rossi

text: If you are a fan of Daniel Band, then you'll like this.  TRB is Toni Rossi who is the guitar player and one of the vocalists for Daniel Band.  The music on this album is heavy rock like Daniel Band's music and sounds like Daniel Band since Rossi was one of the main contributors to Daniel Band along with Dan McCabe.  Highly recommended.


title: Wonderful Version from Mozart

text: An amazing interpretation from Wolfgang.


title: Healing wounds

text: I love healing and letting go of unwanted memories and healing my wounds. Thank you.


title: if you want untie the history of group idol...

text:
If you have foreigners who have knowledge about Japanese idols to some extents, you will have known about Morning Musume or AKB48 that is representative Japanese girls group idols already. But I want that you have more knowledge about Japanese group idols because you have had opportunity that know about J-idols, that is, I wish that you have more deep knowledge, that you go back the history of Japanese-group idols.

On such process, you never can avoid Onyanko Club(85-87). Off course such group idols like Cnadies had existed on 70's already. But on my view-point, and if we talk about the existence mean on today group idol world like AKB48 or morning, I think that we should reflect spotlights to Onyanco rather than old style group idols like Candies.

Onyanko club have unique sounds so that we generally can listen on 80's music scene, digital sounds. on the other hand, the promoting systems on commerce was charmful, that is to say, Onyanko Club was consisted by high-school team over 20 girls, and specially popular members on them debuted as solo singers, singing as onyanco group. Such revolutionary promoting systems was handed AKB48 or Mornign Musume. If we dont point to Onyanco history, we have never the qualification that talk about AKB or Morning. Why I will be able to say such big-mouth? That will be implied the promoting system as I have said already.

For instance, Tsunku who is Morning's total producer spent a hot onyanco club fan on his high school age. He is admitting about that, too, that considered once onyanco club with the promoting systems. in fact, the "graduation" and "enrolling" system are seen on Morning Musume, and "were" seen on Onyanco Club, too.

We can say same thing on AKB48. The solo debut system or unit-group system is just same with Onyanko. AKB's total producer is Yasushi Akimoto. And Onyanko's total producer "was" Yasushi Akimoto, too. He have got victory on 80's group idol scene by Onyanko, but on 90's-00's, his career was not well, though he was challenging to some project like Checkikko and so on. by passing such process, he have rivived on 10's by AKB.

If you want to untie the history of Japanese group idol, and to know the roots, Onyanko will be best!


title: Surely there is a thing that you get to feel.

text:
Fujiko Hemming.. maybe there will not be many american who know about her. But in Japan, she is getting great populality, besedes, the populality is recent, before a few years there were never Japanese who knew about her. I am not the man who know about classical music genre very much, however this cd is my favorite cd. Maybe she will have things that we can not say by the piano technique only, that is, the unique sound feeling that I can feel from her piano playing. It is difficult that I say about tham concretely, however if I dare to say about them, her face or style etc when she play. The look is never calm or delight face. But some Japanese are tempted by her piano playing. Maybe the cause that she play a piano seriousely will be for her life that she have lived till now.

She have not her nationality or citizenship because she have the complex history that she was born from Japanese mother and Sweden father, and the father missed after she was born. As if that will be like just Chopin' life who was trifled with the sorrow Poland history. For that, when she play Chopin's song, she can tell more Chopin's charms.

Her ear have trouble, too. She can not hear piano sounds very well. That will be fatal for a musician. But she play piano like she overcome the trouble, as if that is like Beethoven who had same trouble.

At any cost, please listen to this cd like you feel the atomosphere, not ordinary listening way.

Thank you for reading poor English.


title: marvelous beautiful voice

text:
Hideaki Tokunaga is one singer that I recommend strongly on the beautiful voice, high tone voice. In Japanese music scene, melodies is very important facter, therefore, the singing skill is very important on developing the melodies.

Tokunaga is a man, neverthless, the voice is very high tone equal to woman. The voice give full play to ballade songs.

The singer may not be known by foreigners, but I recommend the best album of his former carriar on a singer.

Thank you for reading poor writing.


title: a lot of melodias songs

text: Mrs Shizuka Kudoh is a famouse female singer in Japan. She produced many big hit songs in 1985~95.<br />The biggest reason is her songs beauty. Japanese songs have tendensy to be melodias sound. Her songs is more melodias. I want to tell her wonderful songs. Melody is good.


title: Four Stars

text: Very nice


title: If We're Honest Deluxe Edition

text: Love this CD.


title: Five Stars

text: Good mix of music!


title: Hit Mania 2011

text: Living in the USA, this album is nice to have to hear what popular italian songs are playing on Europe's radios.


title: Okay people, LIGHTEN UP!!

text:
...Hayden Christensen was simply GREAT as the teenage Anakin Skywalker. His on-screen charisma was superb and he's the perfect example of a polished young actor with a successful acting career ahead of him. Way to go, Hayden! I can't wait to see him fall over to the Dark Side in Episode III and become Darth Vader. And if you think that all he did was whine and complain, well that's just his character--so blame it on the dialouge if you must, not on him! I can see exactly why George Lucas chose him over the thousands of other young actors wanting to play the role of Anakin Skywalker.
The chemistry between Hayden and Natalie Portman ("Senator Amidala") was excellent, and I thought they had better chemistry than Kirsten Dunst ("Mary-Jane") and Tobey Maguire ("Peter Parker"/"Spider-Man") did in the film SPIDER-MAN. Natalie Portman also did a fine job in her role, but the only thing that really ticked me off was that Natalie Portman changed her clothes like, every single time she appeared on the screen. I was like, "Okay, that's enough already...can't you just pick a...outfit?!" Ewan McGregor ("Obi-Wan Kanobi"), Christopher Lee ("Count Dooku"), Samuel L. Jackson, and the rest of the cast did the best they could with the dialouge they were given.
The special effects were simply stunning and oustanding! The fight scenes and lightsaber battle sequences were especially outstanding. You can see just how much the technology has improved since the very first STAR WARS film was released in 1977. And I really liked the digital Yoda (he lasts longer, lol!). The part at the ending when Yoda [fought] was totally awesome--the rest of the audience in the theater with me started cheering...seriously!
The love story was great, leaving a lot of suspense for the 3rd chapter, and will eventually lead us into the birth of Luke and Princess Leia...so they HAD to have this love story, people! It's not as though Lucas just threw it into the movie just for the heck of it. The love story between Anakin and Amidala actually had a purpose.
The John Williams music score is also truly superb and feels like the original STAR WARS music. I own the soundtrack and I still can't get enough of the score's "Love Theme", which is haunting beautiful, as is the rest of the music.
As for Jar Jar Binks (the supposibly comical character in THE PHANTOM MENACE who everybody seemed to hate), is seen a lot less in this episode. Jar Jar has about four scenes at the most, and very little lines. The teenybopper Pop Boy Band, N Sync--who was supposed to make cameo roles in Episode II for those who didn't know, are not in this film, either. Lucas cut out their cameo when online STAR WARS fans started complaining about N Sync being in Episode II, which I totally agree...N Sync has no right to be in STAR WARS! That cameo, though, will probably show up on the DVD's deleated scenes, so that should make all N Sync fans happy.
My whole point is, go see ATTACK OF THE CLONES! Forget about what the critics say, they really don't matter, because true STAR WARS fans will be thrilled with this second prequel. And make sure you see it on a digital screen, because the picture quality is so much better--believe me, you'll notice the difference. All I can say is, George...bring on Episode III and the DVD for ATTACK OF THE CLONES! Already in my book, Episode II is the best film of the year!


title: Five Stars

text: Very good Album!! I've always liked The Norman Luboff  Choir and this one is very good!!


title: Five Stars

text: the record played very well!! hardly any scratches, I will order another album again soon!


Party type, entertaining CD with country hoe down flavor.  Enjoyable, but definitely not easy listening or romantic.


title: Five Stars

text: Great band


title: this is not a bad album. Bottom line

text:
Tussey Mountain Moonshiners is a local Central Pennsylvania Bluegrass band hailing from State College. Bouncing between bluegrass and old timey the group is competent at what they play, with a strong banjo and fiddle player.

Tracks "Rock The Cradle Joe" & "County Jail Blues" push this project along. The album, overall is basically average with a few strong songs. I believe their strength is their live performance as opposed to recording. That being said, this is not a bad album.

Bottom line: Good for a local album but doesn't hold up to the big boys


title: Things Are Coming Into Place

text:
This was a very good movie for those who like the Star Wars series, and there are many (how many movies warrant 5 in their series?).  It fills in many of the blanks, for instance how Darth Vadar lost his hand.  Where people that you have come to know in the past came from.  How the galaxies got to where they are.
This movie was long on plot (or filler for the confusion of previous movies) and shorter on action, but not very short of action.  The final battle scenes, the 'execution' scenes (very similar to ancient Rome) and the fabulous fight scene between 'Obi-Juan Kanobe', 'Anikan' and the current leader of the "dark side" of the force.
We find in this movie that Yoda is the man!  A great swordsman who I look for more from in the next movie.  Yoda is not only the most knowledgeable of all the Jedi but, almost certainly, the most accomplished warrior among the "light saber" swordsman.
The movie at times, will drag, for those who have not seen the previous Star Wars movies, but for those that have seen them, this movie will help connect the missing pieces.
View this movie - and enjoy!


title: Cattanooga Cats Album review

text: All the songs are cheesy yet enjoyable. The one true song that stands out is "My Birthday Suit" by Kitty Jo. Lula The Sword: "That sounds nasty for some reason". The one that will get you jumping is their theme song: Doing Their Thing". The only bad thing is that it's a vital record,not a cd so you better have a record player or you'll never play it at all. I give this record a 7 out of 10.


title: He is my favorite singer I am a huge fan of his music ...

text: He is my favorite singer I am a huge fan of his music I was since I was a little girl we he start his first cd one voice.


title: Highly Rated By Classics Today For Sound and Interpretation (Irish Bloviation Notwithstanding)

text:
The usual O'Hanlon bloviation only appears on releases that are sparsely reviewed so he can narcissistically see the star rating move in his favor.
 On several REPUTABLE sources like TalkClassical and Classics Today, the sound and performance quality are led by modern box sets produced by Zacharias and Buchbinder. The interpretations are a bit different...Zacharias playing a bit more delicately and expressively than Buchbinder. Of course, if Multichannel is your thing, then Zacharias is the way to go.
I own both versions - including the beautifully smooth - but frustratingly variable sound quality of the 1970's Brendel/Martin in the Fields remaster.


title: Omar's Great...Bad Marketing Move

text:
I know Omar is hot right now after his Grammy Award win (as he should be), but this might be rushing it a little. I have all of his other titles, so I immediately realized that almost half of this CD is previously released work. Maybe he should have waited until he had more pieces ready for a full CD..or maybe sell an EP at a reduced price point.
  If you don't have those previously released songs already, you'll be pleased with this purchase.
  I downloaded these great songs (that I don't already own), but I have to admit that I prefer his 4 previous releases...Secret Journey, Free As A Bird, Echoes of Love and Opal.


title: Wonderful Music

text: Thanks for the customer service. Loved this CD!


title: A great collection

text: Prose is a classic comedian who knows how to look at the realities of life and make fun of it. Great plays on words, innuendoes, and humor. You have to listen to get all the fun, which makes it easy to listen to these over and over again.


title: Solid belly laughs


title: Five Stars Plus!

text:
Guido Cantelli was Arturo Toscanini's wildly popular protege in the middle 1950s, and  his reading of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons (one of the first, as Vivaldi had been considered an inconsequential baroque composer until then) was one of the most inspired, insightful and least mannered performances at that time. It is still, to my ear, the most sensitive and intelligent recording of the piece. Every note is unequivocally clear within the fabric of the composition, lifting the whole without excess or artifice. Cantelli died soon after this recording, in an airplane crash, though music lovers still prize his oeuvre, most of which excepting The Four Seasons, is available and aired on classical stations that deserve the name.

There are still a few LP vinyl pressings of it around, and I am happy to own one and occasionally spin it, but for many years the CD has been out of print. As I recall it was last issued under the Naxos label. The copy here is no longer in print, and you have to search for it. It is a historic performance, it should be a landmark, and it is a pity it is not in some publisher's classic back list. Five Stars Plus!


title: More like a demo CD than a real one....

text: This is undoubtedly U2's worst album.  It feels like a homemade demo CD, or perhaps it's leftovers from the vastly superior Achtung Baby.  Regardless, it's not a particularly good CD, poorly crafted, written, and performed.  The first single, Numb, feels like a backing track without any enhancement.  While this can work sometimes in music, it doesn't here.  It ends up feeling cheap.  Lemon is a little better, but still has that cheap, sinking feeling.  The best songs on the album are Stay, Faraway, So Close (from the Wim Wenders film), The First Time (a lovely ballad), and the great closer, The Wanderer.  The Wanderer is a great U2 song, with stunning lead vocals by Johnny Cash and a great, brooding lyric that reads like Cash wrote it himself.  The CD booklet cover art is stunning as well, like the cover art in Achtung Baby and Pop.  If you're a U2 completist, pick it up.  If not, you can safely ignore it (except for The Wanderer).


title: Sit back and enjoy

text: Nice sounds


title: Great value

text: Love the music, George Straight, clear sound


title: Among the finest sets of the Brahms symphonies

text: Lorin Maazel is not associated with Brahms the way he is with, say, Mahler or Russian composers. But in the mid-1970s he led the Cleveland Orchestra (of which he was then music director) in this series, originally released on LP by Decca. Apparently Decca associated Maazel's then-labelmate Georg Solti with Brahms--and only Solti with Brahms, because aside from a release in Japan, Decca never bothered to "silver" this series, instead licensing it to a small reissue label known as Scribendum. I'm here to tell you this set excels Solti's, fine though that is, and ranks with the best. From Maazel you get clean-lined, unmannered Brahms that emphasizes clarity over lushness; from the Cleveland Orchestra you get the burnished sound these scores demand; and thanks to both the original Decca recording engineers and the Scribendum team who remastered the LPs for CD you get sonics that are difficult to surpass.


title: Believe it!

text: A Mahler symphony performed by high school students? Hard to believe. A Mahler symphony performed with sure technical command and idiomatic fluency by high school students? Unbelievable. But one listen to this live recording by Rudolf Barshai and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, and you'll become a believer. While Barshai is probably best known as a Shostakovich conductor (he premiered the composer's Fourteenth Symphony in 1969), on the evidence of this CD he's a natural Mahlerian as well. Arguably the most difficult of Mahler's symphonies to put over convincingly, the Fifth here is a model of architectural strength and contrapuntal clarity, which flows beautifully and even effortlessly. Barshai refuses to indulge in self-conscious phrasing or sensational effects, yet the climaxes are as shattering as the composer would want, while the sinuous (and sinewy) Adagietto comes off as the love song to future-wife Alma that Mahler intended. This is something very special; the same recording is also available on Brilliant Classics coupled with Barshai's own orchestration of the unfinished Tenth Symphony.


title: A wonderful Fourth; a First with a big letdown

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Paul Kletzki is remembered today, if at all, primarily for his fresh, unaffected way with Mahler's scores. You can find his "Das Lied von der Erde" from the early '60s pretty easily, and it's among the finest--even if it's not as heralded as the (deservedly lionized) Klemperer/Ludwig/Wunderlich or Walter/Ferrier/Patzak classics. The Kletzki "Das Lied" would be my primary recommendation for those who want the less-common alternative of a baritone rather than a mezzo-soprano (in this case, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, more restrained than he was in his over-the-top remake with Leonard Bernstein).

For the moment at least, this 2-CD set is about the only way to get Kletzki's irresistible 1957 Mahler Fourth with the Philharmonia. Despite the dated (but more than adequate) recorded sound, it comes over as fresh as a new coat of paint. Most other recordings of the Fourth sound calculated and manipulated compared to this (in particular, the recent Michael Tilson Thomas set with his San Francisco Symphony). Yet this buoyant performance does not slight the score's darker implications. Disc 2 of the set, which contains this Fourth, is rounded out with a songful account of the Adagietto of the Fifth Symphony (which has a long history of performance as a stand-alone piece--Mahler himself did so).

Disc 1 is Kletzki's Vienna Philharmonic Mahler First, taped in 1961. On first listen, it very nearly became a new "first choice" for me in this work, superseding the DG Kubelik. The element of freshness and naturalness which marks Kletzki's recording of the Fourth carries over into this First, which in Kletzki's hands really sounds like the work of a young man bursting with inventiveness (Mahler was 28 when he composed the First). The character and expressiveness of the VPO's playing are an absolute joy. Sonically I would give this early-stereo production much higher marks than the relatively brittle sound DG gave Kubelik.

BUT... there's an unpleasant surprise in the finale that undermines the whole recording: Kletzki has made some cuts, chopping out a big chunk (about 35-40 seconds) of the closing pages in one of them and thereby truncating much of the buildup to the final bars. In Kletzki's day, cuts were not an uncommon practice on the podium, particularly in longer works that had not yet found mainstream acceptance, but I guess I'm not prepared to accept them in a Mahler symphony. The omission of the first-movement repeat is less of an issue: Kletzki skips the first-movement repeat but does observe the second-movement one, the exact opposite of Kubelik. In sum, this First is a delightful bonus for a cherishable Fourth, but the cuts are a major distraction. BTW, the packaging here is strictly no-frills, with no liner notes and no text for the finale of the Fourth (which is winningly sung by Emmy Loose).


title: ... 4 cds included in this collection have a very good selection of music

text: All 4 cds included in this collection have a very good selection of music. I'm totally in love with this collection. As always Kontor does not disappoint.


title: Great

text: Great


title: One Star

text: The product doesn't work.


title: Marvelous!

text: Absolutely glorious 5.1 mix. Another APP surround home run - now please do the same for I Robot thru Turn of a Friendly Card.


title: Five Stars

text: great item.


title: Four Stars

text: great item.


title: Avoid

text: One might think that the insane asking price for this frisbee might mean that some lovely music is contained within. Sorry, this is a worthless soundtrack album. Consisting of 36 minutes spread across 26 tracks we don't get a single worthwhile melody or a theme to whistle. It's crazy to think that a soundtrack from 1995 can sound worse than something from 1983. There are loads of lovely tunes in the Super Mario series, but the Yoshi's Island album is a total flop and not worth the astronomical sum people are trying to flog it for.

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title: Merry Melodies

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Varese Sarabande used to put out a lot of these compilation CDs back in the day and it's nice to keep discovering them. This one is a selection of themes from 1988 movies re-recorded at CTS Studios by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by John Scott. In the case of Die Hard, the performance of one of the more suspenseful tracks is most welcome as Kamen's score used in the movie always had a rather monophonic sound with limited dynamic range. I'm used to the movie score sounding this way, so it isn't really a complaint, but hearing with beefier fidelity is pure ear candy. Die Hard does have an usual score that's never really had the credit it deserves. I'm surprised a re-recording of the entire thing has never been attempted, or even one of these movie concerts that have become quite popular recently.

Also featured here is a lengthy track from Alan Silvestri's wonderful score to Who Framed Roger Rabbit that perfectly blends film noir melancholy with bouncy, cartoon mayhem. It's the second highlight of the album and worth buying just for this alone.

Beetlejuice gets a fun track, as does Cocoon: The Return (literally the most pointless sequel ever) but I have to moan about the lifeless performance of King's Motorcade from Coming to America. This grandiose, hugely E-P-I-C piece should never be attempted with anything less than a 100-player orchestra to give it the full, thumping, jaw-dropping majesty it deserves. But here it's limp and half-hearted and an enormous missed opportunity.

The rest of the tracks on this album I can leave. I do wish Varese would have made a better cover art though.


title: I want to Blood your Suck

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Chris Boardman is a fully-fledged film composer but has mainly been active behind the scenes for much of his career, working as an orchestrator for Michael Kamen (who produces this album). You can definitely hear a Die Hard riff to some of the sound in his score to Bordello of Blood. Things don't get off to a great start, with a 7-minute opening track that is neither suspenseful or exciting. The rest of the album is made up of shorter tracks but Boardman only truly succeeds when he embraces the morbid, macabre nature of Tales from the Crypt or in those brief moments when he is mimicking Danny Elfman's glorious theme tune (sadly, not on this 30-minute album despite being in the movie).

I won't call the score a failure. It's functional with a few memorable moments amid otherwise forgettable filler, kinda like the movie it was composed for. It all could have been better but with expectations set to low it's worth a spin. Another [[ASIN:B000001EVP soundtrack album]] was released, but, in my opinion, 90s grunge soundtracks have aged badly.


title: Goldsmith's Dark Xmas

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[[VIDEOID:e288d83965e8bf5a4bb29d5d63335e46]] One could argue that the stark minimalism of [[ASIN:B0010OWLI4 Alien]], the horns of [[ASIN:B004H23PCW Patton]] or [[ASIN:B01M0GQQJH Planet Of The Apes]] are more iconic but I say that Gremlins is easily Goldsmith's most identifiable score. Spielberg has Williams. Zemeckis has Silvestri. Dante's man was Goldsmith and this was the first score in an unbreakable partnership that would last until Goldsmith's death in 2004.

Gremlins isn't a perfect score, at least not in comparison to the superior sequel. The film is a classic but the score falls just short of a 5/5 as it is a little too synthy and thus sounds dated in some parts as a result. It works well in the movie for the most part but I feel that just a slightly stronger orchestral backing would have made all the difference. If the meowing cat sounds were removed in favor of tense strings then we'd certainly have a perfect score, and maybe Mrs. Deagle's theme too. In contrast to Spielberg's and Zemeckis' high-key style Dante and cinematographer John Hora shot the movie in a dark, grubby style which really works in its favor. Goldsmith's cold, haunting synth is completely appropriate in this regard, so don't think I am totally dissing his work here.

With over 70 minutes of score this complete album from 2011, 27 years after the movie's release, is what fans have been wanting for decades though casual movie fans will already be familiar with the lovely Gizmo theme, and, most famously, the Gremlins Rag - a demented circus fanfare of anarchy and mayhem, the sound of delightful destruction and cheerful chaos. It's an absolute blast and one of my favorite things ever. I've been humming that tune since I was a little kid and it was one of the first melodies I learned how to play on a piano.

As an Xmas score it's okay. There are quotations from Silent Night and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen but the true nature of the sound is not Yuletide but dark, nasty comedy and in that regard it delivers all it needs to and more. I can't exaggerate just how good the Gremlin Rag is. If you've ever seen an orchestra performing it live you'll notice that everyone is doing so with a huge smile on their faces.

Any Goldsmith or Gremlins fan will probably already own this, if not it is indeed a necessary purchase. A [[ASIN:B01NAENTL2 vinyl edition]] is available for you lucky people with the money for such luxuries.


title: The triangle means "Delta"

text:
Launching 11 years after R-Type first hit the arcades the PS1 exclusive, R-Type Δ, was the first venture into 3D for the series. Gone were the pleasing sprites and, for better or worse, polygons took their place. The music also had a notable upgrade. The hardware of the PS1 meant that composers now had the ability to deliver a more sophisticated and layered soundtrack for video games. Did the FOUR composers behind R-Type Δ make good on their new hardware?

Kinda.

Make no mistake, NOTHING will top Chris Huelsbeck's A-M-A-Z-I-N-G theme for the [[ASIN:B0042ZAHPW C64 version]] or it's various [[ASIN:B01IY9P0US remixes]] though the universe is wide open for new and dangerous sounds. None of it makes it to this album. The composers here do succeed in delivering a late-90s video game score with a futuristic texture but it's completely forgettable. When you consider Nathan McCree's beautiful soundtrack to [[ASIN:B0018Z2IUQ Soul Star]] four years earlier it's especially disappointing to hear that the best that R-Type Δ has to offer is a rehash of Jerry Goldsmith's theme to [[ASIN:B0000525VU Total Recall]]. I'm not kidding, just give superficial listen to the "Ship Select" theme from this album and you'll know what I mean. The album does very occasionally, and briefly, break out of its late 90s synth rut but not enough to make it at all notable. At least it's better than the soundtrack to [[ASIN:B0000AFOPB R-Type Final]], which was pretty much just a blank CD.

If you want to experience the full sonic awesomeness of R-Type then the C64 soundtrack, or possibly some tracks from [[ASIN:B00005N3QX R-Type Special]], are where it is at.


title: Don't Move, Don't Whisper, Don't Even Breathe

text:
Judgment Night is one of those movies that I associate with my mid-teens. I first saw Stephen Hopkins' underrated thriller when I was 14 and just starting to get very sick. One of my classrooms at high school had a huge poster for the movie on the wall (movie posters were common in my high school, for some reason) and the cold, alienating, neo-noir feel to the movie really appealed to me. It was also my introduction to Denis Leary, who is so chilling and convincing as the lead villain that I had a hard time accepting that he is primarily a comedian. To this day I feel a bit scared of him.

One of the film's many strengths is Alan Silvestri's intense score, though when separated from the movie it fails to stand tall on its own. Don't get me wrong, there are some exciting moments here but they are very derivative of his previous work on the Predator movies and the suspense tracks have nothing going for them. The action cues are where you'll find the best stuff on this CD, and the build-up the final confrontation makes for a great 9-minute sonic thrill-ride.

The soundtrack album released alongside the movie proved to be very popular back in 1993, but Silvestri's score never got its own release until 2005, which is odd for such a heavyweight composer. Intrada's presentation does the score justice with extensive liner notes and even some tracks for Silvestri's original electronic score which was rejected for the orchestral one (it wouldn't have worked).

It's an underrated score for an underrated movie with some really amazing moments hidden in there. It deserves more than 3/5 but not quite 4/5, but since Amazon don't allow half-stars I will settle on a 3/5 rating.


title: Finally, the album release we should have got in 1990!

text:
Back when Die Hard 2 hit the theaters in summer 1990 Varese Sarabande dumped a fraction of Michael Kamen's powerhouse score on CD with a tepid 40-minute running time. Their treatment of Gremlins 2 and RoboCop 2 (also out that summer), was just as bad. It's like they actually despised their consumers by chucking out score CDs that missed all the good tracks. I'll be honest, I never thought I'd buy another Varese product again since the last release from them that I bought was over 4 years ago. But since La-La Land Records massively improved on their own Die Hard CD as well as delivering the long-awaited score to Die Hard 3 I guess that Varese expanded Die Hard (which they own in 'perpetuity') to avoid embarrassment.

Now the score runs for 122 minutes and fills in most (but not all) of the blanks left by the 1990 release. For the first few tracks Kamen underscores the entrance of the villains, and William Sadler's nude Thai Chi, until McClane's confrontation with the goons in the baggage department. The action scenes in general are brilliantly scored, though Kamen's single misjudgment lowers the average.

With all of his Die Hard scores Kamen used references to classical music (Ode to Joy and Winter Wonderland in Die Hard, When Johnny Comes Marching Home in Die Hard 3), and in Die Hard 2 he frequently quotes Finlandia by Sibelius (as a nice homage to director Renny Harlin) which is a very oppressive piece and weighs down every track it is featured in with an overly ominous and downbeat feeling.

Besides this single complaint, tracks like Snowmobiles, Skywalk Shootout, Meeting Esperanza, and Fight on the Wing are very exciting. It doesn't have the cold, lonely atmosphere of the original Die Hard, but it's a fine action score and a huge improvement on the old CD. Worth owning if you're a Die Hard fan, but it's already sold out so expect to pay high prices.


title: Restores my faith in Brian Tyler

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If any of have read my previous score CD reviews here on Amazon you will no doubt be familiar with my indifferent attitude to Brian Tyler. The first time I took notice of him was for his exceptionally brilliant score to [[ASIN:B00025HD9E Bubba Ho-Tep (Signature Edition)]]. After this he quickly wound up scoring trash movies such as Fast and Furious and the abysmal AVP: Requiem. His [[ASIN:B00126WY14 Rambo - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]] was adequate but coasted in on the fumes of Jerry Goldsmith's far superior work. In the unfortunate modern Hollywood trend of "action noise" music Brian Tyler seemed to the biggest culprit. That was until I discovered this mesmerizingly beautiful score to a virtually unheard-of movie.

I've never seen The Killing Room, but after listening to a few samples of the score on the Varese Sarabande website I had to hunt it down right away. The music is minimalist but is full of mood and a range of deep emotions. Tyler uses a range of styles from chamber music to orchestra with long solos on strings and piano. It's a hypnotic, unique experience and I strongly suggest you find a copy. Though not a Soundtrack Club release Varese Sarabande only made 1000 copies of The Killing Room and they are now all sold out. If you can get it elsewhere it's a respectable use of $30.


title: great music

text: good price


title: It is great hearing all those songs I grew up with!

text: It is great hearing Bryan Jones on guitar, slide guitar, and sitar. I had forgotten how many great songs they had put out during the British Invasion that you just never hear anymore.


title: Not authentic Bloom County shirt

text: Not authorized Bloom County product--for authorized products, go to [...]


title: Not as loud as I was hoping

text: This product isn’t very loud in my opinion. I sent it to my dad as a surprise for my 6 year old sister and it didn’t really give the results I was hoping for. Is it loud, yeah I guess, is it the loudest rubber chicken ever? No.


If you have not experienced the sounds of Herbie Russ then you are missing out! An amazing sax player with an even more amazing voice!


title: Extrordinary

text: Circus In the Sky is a huge landmark in Australian hip-hop. Bliss n Eso do an amazing job with each well thought of and perfectly crafted verse. The producing of each track is also very notable with instruments ranging from drums to piano to flutes. Notable guest include the legendary Nas, and many other great australian artists such as Drapht, 360, and Ceekay Jones. Everything BnE expirimented with on this album works perfectly.  -For a similar album check out Hilltop Hoods "Walking Under Stars"


title: GREAT and WACKY!

text: I love, love, love these CD's!!! This is how I learned the Spanish alphabet back in high school. Everyone who wants to learn Spanish should listen to these, learn the words, and sing them! OVER AND OVER!!!!


title: .38 Special

text: I love this cd. I am lucky to have a player in my car. I listen to it on my drive to and from work.


title: Was delivered even before expected delivery date.

text: As I had submitted previously on this order last month: I was very pleased, it arrived sooner than promised. Recommend. (This is the second time I submitted my review on this Amazon order.)


title: Piano music only no words LOVE IT

text: First of all, this is the most beautiful piano CD I have ever experienced. It's just piano, no singing, BUT this has something I've never seen done before....the words are PRINTED and they are beautiful words if you want to read them while LISTENING. This CD is WORSHIPFUL AND VERY RELAXING. I am going to use it in my spa for background music and if anyone comments on the beauty of it I am going to share the words. My brother bought this for my 95 year old Mother and she absolutely loves it. It's relaxing but not like"go to sleep" relaxing (though I think you could use it for that).  For me it's kind of energizing in a sweet calming kind of way. This music will speak to you though there are no words being sung on the CD


title: Great!!!

text: This is one of my all-time favorite albums. I had it on vinyl only. The CD is great!


title: A Lovely Mat For A Lovely Holiday!

text: My mom loves to decorate her home (inside and out) each month according to the holidays. For February she does everything in Valentine decor, and since I knew she didn't have a Valentine's Day welcome mat, I bought this one for her. The mat is a great size and the colors were vibrant. It is a thinner mat, but that's what I wanted so that my mom wouldn't accidentally trip on it. I was highly pleased with my purchase, and more importantly, my mom loved it!


title: Five Stars

text: I loved this compilation of music and artists.  Beautiful and inspiring.


title: Wow, this is GREAT!

text: I have studied composition and performance for many years. Of all of the piano CD's I have listened to, this is in the top five. A roller-coaster of emotion, excellent technique, and a broad selection of works. Not to mention that the sound quality is excellent.


title: 40th birthday gift

text: This product was one of many unique 40th birthday gifts that I gave my wife and she loved it.  I would recommend this product.


title: A story of enlightment that hardly ever faults

text:
Chocolat
Score: 83/100
"That day, the towners not only heard a song of church, but an enlightening of the spirit," is a memorable line said late in the magical film that is Chocolat. The quote in the film kind of rings out to the entire movie - the day that you see Chocolat, it won't just be any movie, it'll be an enlightening, refreshing experience that you're sure to like.
1960, small town France. Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) and her pre-teen daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol) move into town and open a chocolate shop just as lent is beginning. The town's small-minded mayor can't accept this and does his best to shut her down, but her warm personality and incredible chocolates manage to win over many townsfolk. Things get shaken up even more when a group of river drifters, led by Roux (Johnny Depp), stop into town (to the even greater distress of the mayor) and Vianne takes up with him. Meanwhile, she's been helping Josephine (Lena Olin) out of her abusive marriage and her equally freethinking landlord, Amande Voisin (Judi Dench) get together with her grandson, Luc (Aurelien Parent-Koeing), whose mother doesn't approve of Amande's ways.
The film is overflowing with it's share of brains and complete maturity throughout the character's hard situations. The actors all play these interesting people to absolute perfection, Juliette Binoche shines brighter than she ever has as the eager Vianne, and Judi Dench is her classical self as Armande. Also, actors that didn't get nominated for Academy Awards (Binoche and Dench did) also put in heaps of effort, Lena Olin is believable and eye-widening as Josephine and Johnny Depp as Roux...well, his coolness just goes without saying. The film has a rich and tasty feel to it, you can almost taste the chocolate Vianne is cooking, oh yes...when the cameramen allow the eye of the camera to go on the silky chocolate swishing through the cooking objects and breaking on the bowl, wow, I tell ya, you better be prepared to drool not only at the film and the chocolate, but it's ingredients and content.
Chocolat is a greatly intriguing piece of work, one that is endlessly delightful, and only contains a pinch of a fault.


title: Music

text: The theme from the Duelist was haunting. I finally was able to get it on disk!


title: Great Song

text:
This song is probably my favourite song ever and I am utterly obsessed with it. Hayley covers Kate Bush well and the piano is amzing. Her vocal range is perfect for the song and she puts her emotion into every word.

Found on the album: Pure.


title: Very good CD

text: One of the best singers...ever.


title: my 14-yr old loves this KPOP group and her closet ...

text: my 14-yr old loves this KPOP group and her closet is now more covered with these pictures of the group.


bought as a birthday gift for my daughter.  i think she will love it.  This group makes great music, we don't understand it (because it's in Japanese), but the beats and great.


title: 3oh!3 self titled

text: This CD is great! I bought the MP3 of it online and I thought it was just great. I really want to the legit physical CD, but I looked on Amazon and I see that it is $59.99-$200+ and I find that really high and extremely over priced, nobody would pay more that $30 for just a CD in a case!


title: RARE RARE EARTH EARTH

text: RARE EARTH IN CONCERT - Amazing live recording. Dynamic concert with intimacy of your home. the music is here and now we can be also. Single CD jam packed with the music wd cherish. Sound quality is excellent throughout. You won't regret this one.


title: Classic PLUS

text: YES - CLOSE TO THE EDGE - EXPANDED & REMASTERED * The classic with more and better. Also purchase FRAGILE offered this same way. Add YES - ORIGINAL ALBUM SERIES (5 CD) for an amazing catalog of this fantastic group. Sound quality of all is excellent. Reasonable price for hours upon hours of listening. Over and over.


title: SWEET BLIND FAITH

text: BLIND FAITH - HYDE PARK 69 is a great live concert recording. This SUPER GROUP was together for a very short time. They produced 1 studio album. Since that time a few live recordings have been offered. HYDE PARK 69 is one of the best! It offers us more core material of this beloved group. Sound quality is not perfect. But very enjoyably great listen throughout the packed single cd offering. More than worth the cost of admission. A good time was had by all.


title: SOAKIN' WET

text: WET WILLIE - DRIPPIN' WET / LIVE is a lively romp with one of SOUTHERN ROCKS best. Every song is a delight. Sound quality is excellent. This is as good as you remember or heard.


title: SIDEWAYS IN TIME

text: Everybody has to be somewhere. BLIND FAITH was there. Listening to this great music you will identify artist and sounds. Some from before. Some belonging to the future. Can't spill the plot. Get this CD and hear it yourself. Amazing great music from such a short time. Excellent sound quality. Excellent sounds.


title: LEST WE FORGET

text: EMERSON LAKE & PALMER - ULTIMATE COLLECTION - 3 DISC SET -  A very good way to have the vast majority of their core material. The selection of included songs is on target, as well as the versions used. The sound is high quality. AMAZING MUSIC. Sure to please. We all know the drill --> SET THE MOOD, LOAD DISCS, CRANK THE VOLUME.  A good time was had by all.


title: C C R ROCKS !

text: CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - CHRONICLE & CHRONICLE VOLUME TWO is timeless Rock & Roll. 2 fantastic albums bundled to give us a great collection of essential CCR. Excellent sound quality. Put these in the player, turn up the volume, let CCR do what they do best.


title: ROCK HARD HEAR !

text: METALLICA ROCKS!  If you feel the same, this may be the set for you. This is NOT a polished production!  IN THE BEGINNING serves up 4 CDs containg great HARD ROCKING MUSIC.  It best serves as a source for excellent alternative versions of the music we know and love. Not a replacement for the standard albums, but rather a suppliment to your collection. I'm lovin' it! Your milage may vary.


title: CLASSIC!

text: EUROPE '72 has been a classic since the initial release. This edition stays true to the original and incltdes BONUS MATERIAL on both discs. The sound quality is excellent. GRATEFUL DEAD deserve a place in your collection.


title: 32 REASONS to select this cd

text: The ALLMAN BROTHERS were an amazing band and highly infuential. Like any living entity the group and the music evolved where no best of collection can adequitly define. This Collection consists of 2 DISCS containing 32 hits. The choices of songs, versions, and all required to give it to us in a digital format is excellent. This lives up to the representation as HITS and deserves a place in our collections.


title: GRATEFUL DEAD ROCKS !

text: 60s might have happened without the GRATEFUL DEAD but it wouldn't have been the same. TERRAPIN STATION is expanded and remastered so there is much to enjoy hear :)  Invite the giraffes over, play these tunes and party down. Those that survived the 60s will respect the effort!


title: PINK FLOYD

text: They can stand on their own still after all these years. The selections and recording quality are excellent. Great addition to any collection.


title: GO ON 'N GOOSE !

text: Shared with friends and cousins. A good time was had by all. Re-experiance goose creek symphony with the great music of this album. Relax and enjoy. Best wishes and happy trails.


title: After the Fall of ECW,

text:
ECW Anarchy Rocks is a oddity there was no real point in releasing this album
Then again there was no point it releasing ECW Extreme Music volume 1

This is a bit better cause you get original music

3. X-Head - Static
4. El Cu Cuy - Coal Chamber
6. One Step Closer - Kinkin Park
7. Neckbone - Powerman 5000
8. Just Got Wicked - Cold
10. Welcome Burden - Disturbed
Are all really enjoyable tracks
But, then you get the last two tracks
12. Highway To Hell - Jesse James Dupree
13. Natural Born Killaz - F.M. Racket
Both of these tracks stink they are poorly done cheap covers
this is just another black eye on the face of ECW when they were going belly up! throwing anything against the wall to get cash flow
Keep in mind this entire time ring crew and wrestler were getting bounced checks for a year
While Paul Heyman had ECW sold to Vince and was on WWF payroll the entire time
Don't forget boys and girls Paul is God!


title: cringe worthy

text:
Whoever thought this was a good idea on any level was either drunk or high on bath salts
This is beyond terrible why i still have the cd i honestly don't know
I guess i don't want to let this black cloud into anyone else's life

the only thing passable for good would be the title track if it was only the instrumental
but, it's not and you get a terrible nonsensical song about Wrestlemania

For anyone who buys into Simon Cowell being this musical genius
Simon Cowell was executive producer
Worthless garbage 1/10


title: A great single buried inside a live album

text:
So Tell Me Why is one of the best true singles by Poison
that never got pushed as a single due to various silly things
One major thing was the time frame (1991) hair metal was being exterminated by the grunge movement
So any 1980's rock group was blacklisted and hung out to dry for the new hip flavor of the week

Anyone who loves 1980's rock/hair metal should check this out
It's a solid chart topping single near perfect in every way this is the last single with C.C. DeVille before he was thrown out of the band
You may have never seen this video on MTV or heard this song on local radio in 1991 but, trust me it's a incredible song that still to this day has a timeless sound 10/10


title: If you love acoustic hits gets this it's amazing compilation  (Anyone who remembers 101.1 The River in STL will love it)

text:
Songs From the River Lounge Volume #2
is a great best of acoustic album put out around 2006
sold exclusively through Local Best Buys, some bank and Schnucks
the money went to Habitat for Humanity International
This was put out when 101.1 the River in the STL broadcast area had a amazing adult radio station
RIP The River it flipped format the station fired all their employees over a weekend and completely changed format!
then again sometime in 2008 they flipped format again to a  all sports  talk format!
I'm not sure if other markets did this type of promotion with cd's?
This is a real gem of a album there's only one major dud within the 13 tracks

Track listing:
1. Lenny Kravitz  (Lady) massive dud imo
2. Sarah McLachlan  (Fallen)  ***** star
3. Keane  (Somewhere Only We Know)  ***** star,
4. Jason Mraz  (Wordplay)  ***** star,
5. Anna Nalick  (Breathe 2am)  ***** star,
6. Michael Tolcher  (Mission Responsible)  ***** star,
7. Train  (Cet to Me)  ***** star,
8. Cavin DeCrew  (I Don't Want to Be)  ***** star,
9. Finger Eleven  (One Thing)  ***** star,
10. Crossfade  (Cold)  ***** star,
11. Lifehouse  (You and Me)  ***** star,
12. Ben Folds  (Brick)  ***** star,
13.  Duran Duran  (Save a Prayer)  ***** star
If you love 1/2 these songs get this cd I'm sure there were so many pressed once they are gone they'll be gone
It's less then $8.00 snatch it up
The cd is also easy to put on to any PC and burn onto a smart phone, or IPod
I played this cd like crazy for a year straight it's awesome  10/10
P.S. There is a Songs from the River Lounge Volume #1 that album is still super cheap and easy to grab (been putting off buying it not sure why though)


title: A Great  Early 90's OOP Soundtrack

text:
This is truly a great soundtrack
If you love the Adventures of Ford Fairlane it a must have
I came across the cd soundtrack around 1996 in a used cd, vhs, video games Store
I know at the time i over payed $9.99 give or take but, it was just very cool to find this cd
Since i loved the film I mostly got it for
Cradle of Love but, this soundtrack is really good top to bottom
It's a strong album to a film that came and went due to various special interest groups, etc,
(See my Love letter to the Adventure of Ford Fairlane Blu Ray)

Track Run down listing is as follows:
1.  Cradle of Love (Performed by Billy Idol) you can know gets this song on Billy Idol's Greatest Hits Album
2.  Sea Cruise (Performed by Dion it's a so/so cover.  now it's sounds a bit dated Not the worst cover though!
3. Funky Attitude (Performed by Shelia E.) Still a very good sounding pop song it makes me wonder where Shelia E really went the chick can sing!
4. Glad to be Alive  (Performed by Teddy Pendergrass & Lisa Fisher)  Awesome SOng!!!!!  this track alone should make any music fan pick up this cd not sure if you can get this on mp3.... Great simple song but, it's so good perfect song! I'd love to know if Electra Records ever tried to push this song as a Radio Single it's really good
5. Can't Get Enough  (Performed by Tone Loc)  this is the track on the cd that dates this entire cd doesn't hold up terrible song
6. Rock 'N Roll Junkie  (Performed by Motley Crue) Great Rock song I'm pretty sure you can find this song on other BO Albums too though
7.  I Ain't Got You (Performed by Andrew Dice Clay) Not terrible but, it's a novelty song
was there smoke and mirrors during the studio time while he did his vocals??? maybe? maybe not??? people forget The Dice man use to be able to Mimic people like Sylvester Stallone,  and John Travolta
8. Last Time In Paris  (Performed by Queensryche)
9. Unbelievable (Theme from "Ford Fairlane"  performed by Yellow
10.  The Wind Cries Mary  (Performed by Richie Sambora)  another cover but, a HQ cover this is another song that makes this cd a must have

You can still snatch this for a pretty cheap price
It's without a doubt worth it
It's one of the most unrated motion picture soundtrack with 8/10 very strong tracks

9.5/10


title: Okay

text: Although I really love this CD, I purchased this exact item because it said it included the CD and a Bluray movie. The description even explained what was on the Bluray movie itself. However, I was very disappointed when I recevied the item because there was no DVD included. I spent an extra $15-$20 for this exact item because it was supposed to include the Bluray movie (I could've purchased the CD alone for a lot less). I contacted Amazon (who was the seller) and the agent that she knew nothing about the Bluray even though she was able to see that it specifically said there was a Bluray included in the description. She did give me the option of returning the CD for a refund, but I still wanted the CD; so she ended up giving me a $10 credit. I was still really disappointed because I really wanted the Bluray movie.


title: Nostalgic soundtrack

text: Nostalgic soundtrack from the late 90s


title: Rare item.

text: One of the first soundtracks to be released in the CD format.


title: Good collection from an artist I hadn't know.

text: I heard an NPR story about Ms. Martin and had been unaware of her or her career. A few rockabilly and pop songs with a fusion of the two on others.  I really enjoy listening to this album.


title: Like chewing a rubber ball.

text: Like chewing a rubber ball with about that much taste.  I was expecting something like gum balls and I got something like a box .<br />I think this is the first time I have been totally  disappointed in a product like this.


title: I'm very happy. they cd and dvd are both in great ...

text: I'm very happy. they cd and dvd are both in great shape. very happy and will buy from this place again :)


title: The voice is still there

text: Didn't think he still had it in him but he does.  Terrific music.


title: They look nice but...

text: These stopped grinding after about a month, thoroughly cleaned them and they still don’t grind oh well


title: Good sound

text: Good, but I was expecting more classic songs from them ...


title: Enhance children with values

text: Extra fun for children


title: Didn't work

text: Ordered 2 of these. First disc did not play. Returned one, too late to return the other one. 😡


title: Great EP!!!

text: Fun mini LP, fine originals and some unique takes on a few classics- highly recommended!


title: Bts

text: A must for a bts fan


title: It is in great condition;

text: It's a set of four cd's.  The author's words are put together with great thought.  I mean, imagine you get to do one lecture before you die.  How good is it going to be?


title: Love The Dukes of Dixieland

text: Excellent record. Love the Dukes of Dixieland. Record was near mint.


title: Hub Kapp and the Wheels was a parody rock band ...

text: Hub Kapp and the Wheels was a parody rock band formed in the 1960s in Phoenix, Arizona, USA as part of the cast of a popular local television show broadcast on station KPHO (Channel 5). The show was on the air from 1954-1989 under different titles: "It's Wallace?," "Wallace & Co." and "The Wallace & Ladmo Show." The band became so popular with Phoenix youth that they were offered a recording contract in Los Angeles - though Capital Records did not understand that the band was actually made up of cast members from a television show. The band appeared on the Steve Allen Show in 1964.


title: Actually for Celtic Armadillo and the band in general...

text:
If you ever have the chance to see these guys in person, GO! I spent hours just to the left (Randy's) side of the Canadian Pavillion stage in Epcot watching them when I was in Florida on Disney's College Program. They're playing at our local Highland Games this year, but I can't go because it's on my brother's birthday, I hope they come next year!

Celtic Armadillo is great, so if you like this, go to their website (which I can't remember...just google: Off Kilter music) and buy that one too!

The guys are nice and will pose for pictures, sign autographs, etc.


title: YOU WILL HATE THIS TOO!!!

text: Oh the humanity!! More songs sung by unknown adults and kids who can't sing like Professionals?! They must be CRAZY!!


title: Five Stars

text: it's amazing'


title: good

text: It's what I expected from a great artist


title: Awesome!!

text: Muse is amazing; this is such a great CD!!!


title: Incredible!!!

text: Wow,  I forgot how incredibly awesome, this CD is; when I heard it,  it took me back to when I heard it, for the first time!! I'm a huge Rusted Root fan!!!


title: A 'sing-along kind of day'....

text: Very pleased with the Sound Track of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.  Enjoyed singing along with all the songs.  Music and lyrics are very memorable, though it had been years since I'd heard them.


title: UK HITS!!

text: Perfect two cds from the UK to the world! Bravo :)


title: Enya rocks!

text: Did not realize some songs I'd listened to many years ago were sung by this artist. Enjoy listening to this CD on long drives.


title: Nice record. It is a floppy vinal record.

text: This record is now available on the internet. It sells from $5 to $10. I recommend the CD of this record. In fact I have a copy of both the record and the CD. The CD is by far and away the best way to hear this album.


recorded ok, but they werent thinking when this great gathering was happening! the woulda used the better recording equipment!


Got this for the parents and they love it!


title: cool

text: It's a little thin, but the detail is good and perfect size. Exact design I was looking for. Thanks


title: Love this album

text: I love this album. Works great on my older CD player


title: Awesome Collection

text: Awesome collection of songs, some that I didn't remember they sang which made it even better.  Who doesn't love Clap for the Wolf Man and Star Baby? Burton Cummings voice is amazing and the book that comes with it is a fun traipse through history.


title: To albums for the price of one

text: Awesome


title: Five Stars

text: Bethal WORSHIP MUSIC BY THE MUSIC DIRECTOR.


title: Great Album

text: Unique, innovative melodic heavy rock


title: This is Star wars? ....

text:
I'm a fan of Star Wars, like so many others I had to see the film with in the first week of opening. I can say one thing. I Enjoyed to movie, yet it lacked soooo much in plot. I figure that Lucas has several things he has to include in the last of the prequals to even remotely tie them to the orginals.
1.the birth of luke and Leia
2.what happens to padmie
3.the falling out with Obie-one
4.the seperation of luke and Leia
5.the turning of Anakin
and I'd like to see the orgins of Han Solo. Granted it's been some months since I seen the film and I know I had one more thing that was a " like to see in the third film" but I can't recall it right now. None the less I'm going to see the third film before I make a call on one triogly verse the other. I still thought this movie moved too slow for my taste. Hell, it was alot weaker than PHM outside of finally seeing Yoda with a light saber.
I give this movie a three cause it was fair, but Not was I was expecting out of a Star Wars film.


title: Three good songs on here, 'coincidentally' all singles

text:
Britpop may have been fine when it came to fast, uptempo cheerful songs, which reflected Britain's modo at the time as well as being great to singalong to. The trouble was, few of it's luminaries were all that smart, and were left to look lame when they tried to do something of a suposedly higher emotional plane. Cast are lumbered alongside Ocean Colour Scene, Menswear and several others too bland to remember in falling flat at their attempts at sophistocation.
Stuff like Live the Dream, On the Run and Never Gonna Tell You What To Do show that John Power has very little at his heart. Rollicking tunes like Guiding Star, an infectious song owing much to his religious beliefs, and the old-fashioned (but what have Cast done which isn't?) lead single Free Me show some spark, and suggested that for second-hand price (it is a staple in second hand shops in England) it may be worth it.
Sadly not. The album's fourth single was I'm So Lonely, which was adequate but not stunning, even compared to Walkaway which veered a little close to bland for my liking. Otherwise it was a mess of outdated ideas and had the image of a band trying too hard to be mature.
And as a final point, David Groves descirbes their debut as 'exciting', which pours scorn on Scott Shea's lousy argument that he is wasting his time writing a review as he doesn't like the band. If no-one reviewed bands they don't like these reviews would just be blind hero-worship similar to his own review, and not useful in providing recommedations at all. But it sums this album up. The only people who said nice things about it were already Cast fans, willing to put up with any old rubbish.


title: I wish America would wake up to this

text: Whatever you define them as- R'n'B, Soul, MOR, SOft Rock, Pop, Jazz- (they're probably a mix of all those) this duo have what it takes to connect. All over Europe this was a massive hit, especially the singles High and Lifted (featured here as abonus track, though not on the UK copies). The variation in styles isn't major, although the faster beat of Rainclouds is nicely augmented by slower string-laden tracks like Lost In Space. Tunde Baiyewu is one of the most gifted singers in the world, and this beats most of the over-masculine self-important US R'n'B of today. If you like classic artists like Stevie Wonder, you'll appreciate this piece of work. This won the 'Best International Group' award at the German Echno awards (easily on of Europe's biggest honous- they beat off REM, Metallica and Aqua for this honour so the award is no joke) and I think their third album due next year may break them in the states.


title: If you have been to one of his concerts I recommend this cd

text: I love all of all sounds with Richard Marx after going to his concerts.


title: Ghosts My review

text: The soundscapes, solos and blends of styles are fluid, smart, amazing and a welcome break from the shrill and braindead drivel thats out there. Trent Reznor, Adrian Belew,Atticus Ross,Alesandro Contrini and Brian Vigilone create a masterpiece. Its great to have an instramental collection of this calliber.


title: WAVE 94.7 is excellent, I miss that FM radio station and thats why bought CD!

text: Hey, I lived in California (L.A.) in 1980s, and missed this type of music!  "94 - 7, the WAAAAVVVVVEEEE"!  I own the other 8 CDs!


title: LEHAR IN SPANISH ?

text: SUPER, SUPER GOOD , ONE OF THIS FEW ZARZUELAS THAT CAN BE PLAYED EQUALLY  AS OPERAS ..... IF UNDERSTANDING SPANISH , SUPERFUN  .... LEHAR KIND OF WORK


title: NOT FOR ME

text: SOMEHOW BORING ... BENATZKY WANNA BE  ...  SOROZABAL DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO STRETCH HIS LIBRETOS INTO ...  BORING PLOT .. DON'T PLAN TO HEAR IT A SECOND TIME ...... ONE GOOD THING ... THE FULL COLECTION OF SPANISH ZARZUELAS ON HISPAVOX ... AMAZING RE EDITING BY EMI ...  IN SPAIN THEY SELL FOR $8.00 PER DISC ..


title: Live recording? one can't tell, magnificent renditions ... worth to hear  ... but more than once..... impressive..

text: I Actually had to look around the set to find out it is a live recording... maybe concerto... no applauses  audience or ambient noise ... just not properly remastered ... but doesn't take out from the rendition to be 1st class  I never heard  Di Stefano ever before since I don't like mono recordings neither live.. I started my opera collection in 1983 .. in the 90's I started it all over again to change to CD"s  .... i'm in shock of how good he is ........, pre-Kubelik  Rigoletto Scotto is amazing ... I have also incomplete  Peter's rendition from the time ...  this one is better just for the fact that Jan Peerce  is a very bad Edgardo... I have a bunch of Lucia studio recordings ...  this one is worth to pay attention to it....  information about the recording .. google it , bcos you won't find any on the set.. ...... Verified Purchaser ? well, I used to buy a lot from amazon... but now vendors are getting out of hand... Amazon doesn't have anymore a good customer service or receive complaints about bad vendors ... there's no guaranty what would you get in what condition & what nasty response you would get from the vendor  if you complain about their product..... .


title: 10 stars....

text: i just love this álbum, is a concept álbum about a girl in the 21st century bored with her automatic lover so she takes a red flight to the galaxy of love where she mets this meteor man she falls in love with & makes her feel like the venus of love, but love is forbiden in that planet & the galaxy pólice arrest her, but in court she claims shes the woman with the cosmic curves, but that does not move the court decisión / shes condemned to fall into space until she reaches a black hole......., in the jewel case versión, teres all the credits / song lyrics an extra track from the original album, fireball, & a 5.45 min version of automatic lover & an non album extra track, I think is wonderful, music & production by gary unwin, drummer for the munich machine orquesta with credits in the first 5 albums by donna summer & also in the credits of lipstique's at the discotec...I just love this album, first side until meteor man goes in suite form,  second side goes in separated songs, but it should have been a suite too, since it follows the whole concept story. a must for disco fans...


title: slow but good

text: everything Caballe did in the 70's & 80's is magnificent,. Cossotto is a perfect Adalgisa with her high mezzo voice tone, im a little disappointed with domingo here, 2 years before in his trovatore with Price & milness he was great, here is too smoky for a belcanto tenor. even Corelli in the Callas chopped version, sounds more leggero than Domingo here. I think Domingo reached his best on his Lucia with Studder... an old man with such a good voice . is more about technique tan screaming, but here I see a totally baritonized Pollione, I have no problem with it, bcos Caballe & Cossotto are great & my favorite Pollione of all times is Pavarotti, plus Cilliaro pace is very slow so you can appreciate how well this cast cops with extending their notes instead of upping them... is my 5th norma, & i'm very happy with it.....


title: really good, Adam Fisher & Christopher Hogwood are my favorite Haydn conductors

text: I have all Haydn symphonies, but mixed the late ones after the 70th. also this ones by Fisher. I love the ambient sound on his set of recording, plus I have some operas directed by him like Pasiello's il barbiere di Siviglia. a delight to hear the other ones I have the incomplete set by Christopher hog wood, but that's another review


title: what a beautiful alternative for bohm version

text: tis recording is very pastoral as hardcore mozart is bohm's version, it has a grace in the music & soft but powerful voices. marcellina's aria is chopped off for the sake of fitting the whole recording in only 2 cd's this is a best recording together with bohm dieskau janovitz auger version


title: i love 19th century ballet

text: when given to choose in btw the naxos version & this one. svetlanov & erlmer are my 2 favorite russian conductors, this piece is delightful. i have all symphonies & ballets by glazunov as a lack of more works by tchaikovsky that doesn't exist. byas & prejudice, prevented us from having at least a good 30 more years of tchaikovsky's music, but with any glazunov work, we can just imagine how he would have taken evolution. i find only glazunov a little less dramatic than tchaickovsky, less intense, more happy with himself. past history explains very well why.


title: 3 stars just bcos i love rossini, but ricciarelli is a disaster

text: this is the only studio recording of this opera i know for more that i look for anothers, the music is great, the cast sings very well with exception of riciarelli, that at this moment sounds more like a short voiced mezzo. her glory days of the 70's in her gardelli recordings of the early verdi operas seem long gone, her last rondo & cabaletta is deseperatingly low voiced, it really makes me mad, when i got it first second hand in the early 2000's i paid $16 for it, & is not worth one more penny. the opera is great like all rossini's (is my favorite composer, before mozart, bellini, donizetti & early verdi, in that order) if youre looking for a studio recording of this opera, this is it, but dont put your faith in ricciarelli, bcos i repeat, is an uggly performance. i actually have to upper the volume to hear her singing, if not, theres no way to hear her. i can compare this with the alberto zedda recording of la gazza ladra, the most boring thing you can hear, but the only studio recording i know about that opera. is desperately badly recorded & mastered, yet, both are collection items, for a rossini fan


title: Five Stars

text: Good and fast!


title: Five Stars

text: good and fast!


title: Wonderful find!

text: Great quality 2-disc CD set! Love Prince music! Sold as advertised. Highly recommend! I look forward to buying again!


title: Wonderful find!

text: Great quality CD. Love Red Hot Chili Peppers! Sold as advertised. Highly recommend! I look forward to buying from this seller again!


title: Great songs. I love Paul Baloche music

text: Great songs. I love Paul Baloche music. You can feel the love of God in his music. Very spiritually uplifting and a blessing and gives me great joy in listening to his music. I loved the whole album. Glorious is our Lord and heavenly father. I would highly recommend his music and album to everyone. Thank you Imagine this Music for a great top quality album with great music and quick delivery. I am totally satisfied with my album. Paul Baloche music is a masterpiece singing the praises and giving all the glory to God.


title: Fast delivery

text: Fast delivery, I love this album.


title: Four Stars

text: An oldie that is worth playing when you feel down and out!


title: a lot of talk, but no action

text: The CD starts out by Mark talking about his CD, and goes on,and on for it seem like 10 minutes, and finally he uses Hypnotherapy , and never really gets to the issue, and will want my money back


title: A actual good album, but strange

text: I finally got a copy of this album even though it's an import. I found it to be good, but rather strange as the songs were disorganized. I guess it was largely due to fact that Tom Nege was taking over the group, but Seger still had some say in the matter. I guess the world will never know as Seger was in the throws of a mental breakdown, and found being the leader of a group to be hard for him, but that wouldn't explain how he would lead the Silver Bullet Band to success in the 70's and 80's. It's still a good sounding album here regardless of who was in charge. It starts off with the title song which is a great piece of psychedelic pop, and then jumps into one of a few Seger tunes a soulful rocker called "Innervenus Eyes", then after a couple more songs it jumps into a rather weird instrumental called "Cat" which is about 6 and a half minutes of noise. The real highlight of the album is a song called "Death Row" where Seger tells about the lament of being on death row. It's moody, and when I first heard this in 1988 I was interested, but thought it was on another album. I will keep this, and probably play it again, but it shows what happens when a group is in the throws of a coup you are liable to get anything except what the anticipated sound was going to be.


title: A true classic, long missing.

text: My first long-playing album. Jean Shepherd would use this music as background when story-telling. I called WOR, his station in NYC, and asked to speak with him. We spoke and he gave me the title of this album. I was 15 when I took the train down to Manhattan to The Record Hunter, now long defunct, and made the purchase.  My copy, somewhat scratched and missing its cover,  had to be replaced, and I found that replacement here. These pieces are classics, true classics.


title: No annoying Circus music

text: Complete score.  No annoying Circus music.  Danny Elfman grew up with this movie.


title: Three Stars

text: not what i expected..


title: Among her best.  Why is this not on CD?

text: What's to dislike about Eydie Gorme?  Lyric soprano, she could sing anything, and in her long career she pretty much did.  Huge success in Mexico, and really everywhere she went.  Mostly partnered with her husband Steve Lawrence, a devoted long-married couple unless their imagery was completely wrong.  A person simply had to listen to her soaring voice and near-perfect pitch.  She's gone now, most likely a lead singer in the angels' choir.  This particular LP absolutely needs to be available on CD!


title: What might one say about Franz Liszt

text:
That hasn't already been said?  That he shamelessly "borrowed" a melody or a theme, or did that folk music live so much in his head, that he couldn't distinguish between originality and such thievery?  Well, Shakespeare did as much with words as Liszt with notes.  Maybe, it's not so much the material as what one does with it.  "Inspired" by that folk music, Liszt composed nineteen Hungarian Rhapsodies.  As for me, I quite like the first two.

I've heard that Liszt composed to his own abilities, and that with his long fingers and agile hands he was great in the concert hall.  Maybe so.  That leaves us, upwards of a century after he died, with Liszt's music.  This splendid recording has besides HR's #1 and #2, the curious "Les Preludes," and the "Mephisto Waltz."  Liszt seemingly wanted his audiences to be mystified, then merely shrug it off and enjoy the music.

These make a terrific program and under the batons of Bernstein and Ormandy, each with his usual orchestra, the whole of it is beyond wonderful.  It's Liszt at his best, at least for us.  Did Liszt record at all?  Sound recording was in its infancy late in the Maestro's life.


title: The piano is more than this.

text: Piano music is almost a stand-alone favorite for me, the instrument being so expressive not only of music but also of music's emotional dimension.  When performed with that included, the best pianoforte fare can be intensely satisfying.  What is heard on this CD, unfortunately, is not.


Darlene Nevins is a good sax-woman, but she's little more than a technician.  Upon this supremeIy expressive instrument, I detected from her no emotional content at all.  Ditto her accompanist on the pan-flute, another device by which to dream.  Feeling must emerge from the sound, or it's not there, as it is not on this CD.


title: Burns well but . . .

text: The block lit quickly and is lightweight and easy to pack.  It is crumbly if you decide to quarter the pieces.  There was a great deal of soot on our pots though and they don't burn completely away.


title: skip it

text: new zealand is an embarassment. there are only a FEW good rappers out there today like Scribe, P-Money, Deceptikonz and King Kapisi. i don't know what possessed nesian mystik to make such a stink song, new zealand music is not even worth listening to.


title: Completes collection

text: Love old school CDs


title: Slave takes you back to the good, old days!

text: Slave was and always will be incredible!!!


title: Brothers Johnson i

text: Love every song! They will always be my favorite of favorites!


title: Mediations for quiet times of gentle quiet reflecting times

text: Quite music for gentle times? Yes. Is ACKERMAN good at the mediation for your bath? Yes. If your like me then you like Ackerman and his quiet guitar loon sounds.In a hective world is can be easy to be to distracted by the internet and the sounds of the internet and the music that is all on spotify and itunes library  but ACKERMAN has the soft playing that can make all those distractions fog away. When I first heard Ackerman my dad played his music for christmas and i thought that Ackerman was really good for winter then my dad plaeyd Ackerman and I thgouht he was really really good for spring then my dad plaeyd Ackermanf and I was really happy because Ackerman is good for all times. I once listened to Ackerman and was so calmed down by it that I fell asleep!!!!!! Please listen to this ACKERMAN is really and because people steal music all the time on the internet you should buy Ackerman so that you can give him the money that he derserves for playing such beautiful loon guitar sounds.


title: Language of The Soul

text:
All (3) of the Musicure CD's shown here offer far and away some of the most calming and relaxing music ever recorded.  I've been sending them to friends who were diagnosed with cancer and are going or have gone through hour after hour of painful chemotherapy or radiation treatments.

Every last one of them made a point of telling me how much these sounds helped them through the toughest moments, and helped them sleep.  Music truly is the "language of the soul," and my recommendation of these particular CD's couldn't be higher.


title: A joke, a real shame...

text: At this point George Lucas is revered as a God essentially. This is the major problem. Nobody can tell him "the truth". He made this film for himself, great, why make us suffer with it? I saw it opening nite in full Digital form at Universal Studios Hollywood. The audience was very, very excited. But tragically, we all laughed at the wrong moments, see what I mean? Sometimes a film is so bad that it's almost good in the campy funny sense (think Zoolander). Anyway... I speak as a MAJOR Star Wars fan, someone wake up Lucas (maybe pal Spielberg?) and let someone else direct episode III lest the whole thing be a major, major waste.


title: Five Stars

text: Great product, great Seller!


title: Sun Ra's Baritone and other instrument player.

text: Pat was one of Sun Ra's original musicians and stayed with his band all his life, at the expense of his own career. Some people contend he was Coltrane's mode/inspiration. Here he shows his own ideas, much of it very subtle. This isn't an album for people who think playing fast is what is important or following european harmonic rules. Its for people who enjoy creativity and essence. As Monk said "Wrong is right."


title: After the Cramps ---- you MUST have Hank

text:
I've been a fan for years. For years I'd go into a record stores: "Got any Hank Burnette?" "You mean Dorsey?" "No" "You mean Johnny?" "No... HANK!" Now you can find him easy, at least a couple of 'em and this one is GOOOOOOD.

Hank makes most guitar players pale. He also plays drums and bass on much of his stuff with aplomb. In fact Hank is the best Rockabilly guitar player I've ever heard. The guy is a hot rod and has an arsenal of sounds too. No one even gets close. He also like to put in found sound, hot rods etc that fit the rockabilly aesthetic. This is not old fashioned Rockabilly nor is it gimmicky. It is authentic in sound and attitude but modern and it's not kids stuff.

For modern rockabilly I hope you saw the Cramps, because there was nothing like them live, and never again will there be. And for instrumental rockabilly there is only Hank to my ears. Only Hank. Six stars.


title: Seek ye the source -

text: For a resonable price. It's not out of print. Freak Freely. Free love. Change the world peacefully. Give freely.


title: Boycott this CD or get infected.

text: It's not moral to sell CDs that infect computers.


title: 3 CD's Packed Full Of Beatles Rarities and Oddities

text: The anthology series by the Beatles has realesed tons of Beatles demos etc, that never saw the light of day, until now. On Anthology 2 you get the song, "Real Love", a song never realesed by the Beatles. You also get a rare live peformance on disc one which contains songs like, "Ticket To Ride", "Yesterday", "Help", and "I Feel Fine". You also get an extremly experimental version of, "Tommorow Never Knows", and did I mention all the demos and outtakes you get just on disc one alone. On disc two you get to hear an early version of, "Strawberry Fields Forever", and some cool Sgt. Pepper demos. All in all the anthology albums by the Beatles cannot be missed by any hardcore Beatles fan.


title: One of my all time favorite .

text: 2002 , Desember 31 , 11 pm ... Russian Christmas 1 hour away... My TV decided to take a breake and refused to show any signs of life . I put this CD on and had a very good conversation with my girlfriend to celebrate the New Year ... Thank you P.K.<br />No wonder why she is so popular in Russia . She reminds me of Sade , just different ... and French is a beatiful language . Well deserved 5 stars


title: Five Stars

text: This is one of my most favorite CD's


title: OSU Marching Band

text: If You love the Ohio Stand Marching Band, this CD is outstanding. Makes you feel that you are right on the field...


title: Five Stars

text: Wonderful lyrics and music.


title: Four Stars

text: Great duets that you just don't hear anymore.


title: Replaced cassette tape.

text: Have been a fan of Bob Dylan since the sixties. Love many of the songs on this album. "Political World" is worth listening to, even if you're not a fan of Dylan, as several of the songs' lines are true of our world today.


title: Love The Bar J's

text: LovThe Bar J Wranglers!<br />Great music, Value & Shipping!


title: The sweet stories are narrated in a soothing voice with nice ...

text: When my girls were young, audiobooks saved us from a lot of discomfort on long car trips, or short ones with traffic.  I only wish Mindy Mousekins was around for my preschoolers--now I'll have share the with my nieces and nephew.  The sweet stories are narrated  in a soothing voice with nice music--the perfect anecdote for stressful car travel or perfect for a quiet time at home.


title: Silly

text:
'Star Wars - Episode II, Attack of the Clones' is a really silly movie.  Since there is no interesting story, Lucas spends so much time on silly car chases and light saber battles.  Its basically like watching a blank screen for two hours.  The dialogue is laughablly bad, and I've seen better acting on soap operas.  I'm not kiddding.  The charactes may be the same from the originals, but they do not bring the passion or excitement they once did.  Yoda is now just a computer-generated graphic.  The mysteriousness of Darth Vader has now been destroyed too, thanks to bad acting by a child and a teenager.  And thanks to some pitiful dialogue and clumsy storytelling.
The "plot" is about assasinations attemps on Queen Amidila, who spends the entire movie looking pretty and saying cornball dialogue.  After some political babble about the Republic, which really doesn't go anywhere, Obi-won-Konobi goes out on a hunt to find who is behind the scheme.  He finds out it was Jango Fett, father of Boba Fett.  Then he finds out a planet is making a army of clones.  On the other side of the story, Annakin and Amidila are falling in love.  Annakin then tries to find his mother.  His mother is killed and he then kills an entire village of people.  He is slowly going into the "dark" side.  I would have cared if the acting wasn't so bad and the screenplay wasn't so wooden.
There is no heart in the story.  It looked like it was put together without any effort or passion.  It is slightly better than 'Episode I', but nowhere near as good as the originals.  I fear these three movie will destroy the legend of one of the most famous villians in screen history...If it hasn't done that already.


title: One Star

text: This is not the entire Brandenburg Concerto.


title: the cd is great

text: All the songs are great on the cd


title: Very big book

text: I was super surprised by how big the book is that the CD comes in. I'm bad about not reading dimensions, but this was a good surprise. Came with a full size poster, postcard, and several photo cards too.


title: Excellent product fast delivery!

text: Excellent product fast delivery!


title: So Good!!

text: Awesome musicians!! I have this on DVD and purchased it on cd and was bummed that they left one song off-one of my favorites so am leaving a 4 star instead of a 5.