title: Track List

text:
I have not heard all these songs yet, so my rating is a neutral three.  Here is the track list.  Each section is prefaced by the album title from which the songs are taken.  Also, the order of the tracks is different from the original album.

Christmas Eve & Other Stories:
01. A Mad Russian's Christmas
02. Promises to Keep
03. This Christmas Day
04. First Snow
The Christmas Attic:
05. Midnight Christmas Eve
06. Dream Child (A Christmas Dream)
07. Music Box Blues
08. The Snow Came Down
The Lost Christmas Eve:
09. Faith Noel
10. Remember
11. What Child Is This?
12. Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness)


title: Rock Box

text:
I have not listened to all the discs yet, so my rating is a neutral three stars.

 1. Asia - Live in Moscow 1990
 2. Atomic Rooster - Headline News
 3. Little River Band - Where We Started From
 4. Mekong Delta - Best of
 5. Sham 69 - Direct Action: Day 21
 6. Barclay James Harvest - For No One
 7. Ian Gillan Band - Nothing to Lose
 8. Uriah Heep - The Golden Palace
 9. Ultravox - Revelation
10. Wishbone Ash - Tales for the Wise

Discs 4,6,7,10 may be unique to this set.  I have not found them available separately.  If you happen to know otherwise, please post here.


title: Not what I wanted, but not bad either.

text:
For what it is, it's pretty good.  But it's not what I wanted it to be.  It's not a guitar album.  As another reviewer said, it's a pop album.  But it's done well.  And the guitar fills are very tasty -- just not enough of them.  But my main purpose for this review is to provide a track list, which at this point Amazon has not done.

1. Fool to Myself  (Rico Conning)
2. The Hurt Stays Home  (Pete Haycock)
3. I Love You  (remake of the Climax Blues Band hit)
4. Just a Touch  (Steve Hunter)
5. Tempted  (cover of the Squeeze tune)
6. Politics of Dancing  (cover of Reflex tune)
7. Doxey Strut  (instrumental by Pete Haycock)
8. Mexican Radio  (cover of Wall of Voodoo tune)
9. La Bamba  (a bit different take on the traditional tune)
10. Stop  (Derek Holt)

AllMusic.com has a different track order, so either they got it wrong or there's a different release out there too.

For me, tracks 4,7,8,9 are the best tracks.  4 out of 10 indicates my rating should be 2 stars (out of 5).  But the great singing and the tasty guitar fills bump it up to 3 stars.


title: New Studio Recordings

text: I just noticed on the cover that it says "New Studio Recordings by the Original Artists."  So apparently, these are not the original recordings that many of us would be familiar with.  Just something to be aware of.  It's your call.  I gave it three stars as a neutral rating; I have not heard it.


title: CD Side, Vol.19 - Track List

text:
01. Willy Porter - Angry Words
02. Brooklyn Funk Essentials - The Creator Has a Master Plan
03. Holly Cole - Jersey Girl
04. John Hiatt - Cry Love
05. Marcus Hummon - Bless the Broken Road
06. Sal's Birdland - Love Is Groovy
07. Francis Dunnery - In My Dreams
08. Sugar Blue - Gucci Gucci Man
09. Nicholas Lens - Flamma Flamma
10. Emmylou Harris - Where Will I Be
11. Randy Roos - Black Elk
12. Son Volt - Drown
13. Vince Converse/Innes Sibun - Rattlesnake Shake
14. Patty Larkin - Johnny Was a Pyro
15. Angel Romero - Remembering the Future
16. Fabulous Thunderbirds - Roll of the Dice
17. Carolyn Wonderland & the Imperial Monkeys - Quintana
18. Dead City Radio - EAP
19. Stacy Dean Campbell - Hurt City


title: Track List

text:
I have not heard this album.  But here is the track list:

1. Wishbone Ash - Mountainside  6:02
2. Caravan - If I Could Do it All Over Again  3:30
3. Amazing Blondel - Celestial Light (Live)  4:01
4. Wild Turkey - Anthen of the Universe  4:15
5. Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love  2:58
6. Tempest Ride - Another Time Another Place  5:14
7. The Groundhogs - Mistreated (Live)  7:14
8. Michael Dunford's Renaissance - Ocean Gypsy  6:45
9. Amazing Blondel - Highwayman  3:03
10. Peter Banks - Code Blue  4:59
11. Lyadrive - Lazerwind  7:03
12. Wishbone Ash - Wait Out the Storm  3:43
13. The Groundhogs - Baby, How Long  2:33
14. Caravan - Headloss (Live)  4:48


title: Two More Great Ohio Express Albums plus Non Lp Sides

text: With this CD and the first volume the complete Ohio Express catalog on Buddah is here with Single tracks most Non-Lp sides.


title: Two incredible Albums!

text: Two Ohio Express albums,one on the Cameo label,the other on Buddah! The first was during a name change,thanks to Neil Bogart,then CEO of Cameo/Parkway,later after moving to Buddah,taking the group with Him! Excellent Pairing! (Their Original name,BTW,was "The New Breed".) One flip that's here,"Zig Zag" is the backing track to "Poor Old Mr. Jensen",a 1910 Fruitgum Company track,reversed.


title: Great,Rare Interview Lp on CD!

text: The Rarest Vee-Jay Lp,on a Booted CD! Still a great album,Faded inbetween so not intended for those expecting the spaceless version! Also,no Original Beatles music,just Interviews,made during the First 1964 US Visit!


title: Five Stars

text: Yet Another Booted Beatles CD,this time of the UK Version of "Rarities"! This one however,gets it Right!


title: The Quality is Good, not Perfect

text: Despite the Reversed Picture Blunders on the Front CD (Which tips one,this is a BOOT,Not the Original!),The Quality is Good,not Perfect,on this! One complaint I have is "I Saw Her Standing There" is in Mono,not Stereo,while most of the Beatles' Stuff is Stereo!


One of many Booted Beatles CD's here,so If you are sensitive to Legal  issues,Do NOT Buy! However,If You Don't care much,this will satisfy Your Craving for the Group's Single Output!


title: This Cheats The Buyer by One Trach-WTF?

text: The CD cheats,as one track "The Long and Winding Road" is Non-Existent on this,which supposed to have 20,NOT 19 Tracks! Not worth the $30 to Me,but if it works for You,then,by all means,buy it.


title: great music

text: personal


title: This is fake

text: This CD is NOT a Kiss album. Is made by Kiss Cover band or Tribute band.


title: Lenny

text: This is no Kingdom Come project. Pretty good though, even if it is German language. WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY?


title: Five Stars

text: Love this album!!


title: This is a great vintage collection of songs for kids to enjoy.

text:
I have been looking for this two-disc LP record for more than three decades. I’m just glad to finally obtain a copy of this album at last. I remember watching the commercial for it around the late ‘80s.

Most of the songs are put together in medleys, but each side of each record/tape contains one Sesame Street cover song. Also, each side contains a medley of songs from a Rosemary Rice album from the late ‘60s. The rest of the songs heard on the album are sung by Bob Hastings.

All in all, a good collection of tunes for kids to enjoy listening to if you know were to find it or the songs from the original sources. Another great vintage album of songs for kids to enjoy is All-Time Favorite Children’s Songs. Look for my review on that album.


title: Love it

text: We love this CD. So glad we found it.


I travel a lot and wanted an audio version of the book.  I was expecting this to be the book in verbal/auditory format.  I  The material given was good and met the expectations I had.  I am disappointed that it was very short, so I doubt it has the all the same information that is contained in the book.  Now, if there is additional information, I'll need to read the book. That is disappointing because I seldom have time for book/written reading.


title: BEST ALBUM

text: The album was overall amazing! It wasn’t damaged and the freebies were really cool!


title: Very Effective!

text: So after using this product, my wife really loves the effects, actually me too, I couldn't see wrinkles on her face anymore! She then asked me to buy this 5 pairs of collagen masks so she will have more stocks for future use. She (and me) really love this product!


title: Beautiful

text: Beautiful music!


title: Fulano....Sonidos estructurados bajo criterios inteligentes.

text:
Fulano....agrupación Chilena con gran calidad.  Sonidos experimentales estructurados bajo criterios inteligentes.

Mucha energía con una profunda carga de emotividad.  Sonido un tanto ácido en donde las vocalizaciones y el saxofón sobresalen dándole un sonido muy característico, rico en contrastes y texturas.  El uso del bajo refuerza sus estructuras imprimiendo gran ritmo a unas poderosas percuciones.

Reflexiones en torno a su realidad... y de muchas maneras a la realidad de otros muchos pueblos, logrando llegar más allá de simples narraciones descriptivas, trastocando ciertos límites... los límites de lo establecido y aceptado.

Con este material, Fulano eleva la expresión local a un tema universal, un tema que atañe a aquellos que buscan composiciones inteligentes que aportan un nuevo horizonte y diferentes salidas a una realidad cada vez más enagenada y resuelta a quedarse con esa cultura de dieta, cultura "light", proveniente de mentalidades muy medianas, que tanto daño nos hace y que los grandes consorcios explotan en su propio beneficio, impuesta por intereses mercantilistas que buscan desesperadamente preservar el orden en el sistema y de esta manera conservar su posición en el mismo.

Fulano está resuelto a romper esa inercia y arriesga todo... a pesar y contra lo que sea.

Un valiente ejemplo, una propuesta sólida de mucho corage y calidad.


title: la calidad del Boa

text:
Poderosa propuesta, muy contemporánea.
A veces falto de cierto valor ya que sus letras son en ingles...
A pesar de que el alemán es un idioma sumamente fuerte y expresivo se deja llevar por la meleidosidad del ingles... quien sabe...tal vez por la perspectiva de vender mas.
Estructuras de mucho poder con una interpretación muy cuidada y letras con contenido, que definitivamente dejan un rastro en quien las escucha.  Personalmente me hubiera gustado mas que estas hubieran sido escritas en alemán pero... bueno.


title: Four Stars

text: I ENJOY THE MUSIC.  THE PACKAGE WAS DAMAGED, PLASTIC HOLDER SMASHED. PACKING INADEQUATE PROTECTION.


title: Five Stars

text: Nice cd!


title: Great Product!

text: Album was as listed, if not in better shape. There was some discoloration on the cover, but that was all covered in the description. No scratches on the vinyl; excellent condition. So glad to have this added to our collection!!


title: Gift

text: Gift for a friend. She loves the book.


title: Old Favorites

text: A great album.  I remember hearing many of these songs on the radio when growing up in Memphis


title: Mother Nature Series, Relaxation Training at a Mountain Lodge

text: Many people in your life may have told you that you need to calm down, but no one actually taught you how to relax. In Relaxation Training at a Mountain Lodge, Dr. Rozantine teaches you a very effective stress management technique while taking you on a relaxing journey to a mountain lodge, where you will sit by the large river-rock fireplace, watching the sunset and enjoying the warmth of the fire while you learn how to achieve a mental and physical state of tranquility and peace. Giving yourself the opportunity to unwind improves your mental, emotional, and physical health and increases your sense of well-being. Learning this technique will help you manage stress and function more effectively in your everyday life. Learning the skill of relaxation is essential to living a healthy life.


title: Only the best album ever made

text: It came from Ireland with a lovely Irish postage stamp. I think from Van himself.  What I didn't know when I ordered it is that it includes four extra original takes of songs from the album, which are wonderful, and a lovely "Glory Be" at the very end. I couldn't be happier.


title: this record will bring back beautiful memories, thank you

text: the record was packaged for safety, not a scratch or mar on the record. love it!


title: Truly Easy Listening!

text: This is a great CD.  I'd never heard of this guy before and would like to hear more of his work.  Nolan's Farm is a very relaxing, yet upbeat album.  The guitar work is great.  The music is light and original.  It's one of those albums that is always pleasing and fun to listen to, even when nothing else sounds good to me. I'd enthusiastically recommend this CD to anyone!


title: Attack nun!

text: Very detailed little figure, but lends itself well to painting.  Small size (<28mm scale).  Sword came slightly bent, but since it's metal, was easily put back in place.

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title: Five Stars

text: It is one of the st amazing cds for the psalms


title: Beautiful

text: Great music by a great person!


title: Would be at ease doing buisness with the seller again!

text: The Item was just as described,in good condition.Was very happy with all aspects!


Great product, lovely songs! I love it!Thanks!


Thank you!*****


title: Awesome. Perfect condition

text: Awesome.  Perfect condition.  I love it.


title: I am the Lucky One

text: This was everything I ever dreamed of and more. It came in WAY earlier than expected and was so well packaged. THEY PUT CANDY THERE FOR ME (THANK YOU BTW) The photo cards are so beautiful. As expected. Because they themselves are beautiful. I had such a great experience with this and I also can't stop playing it. 10/10 would buy here AGAIN


title: love the hits!

text: Of course Dave is excellent in these old but definately not forgotten jams! Gave to a friend, now I have to buy another for me!


title: ... the record on started listening and it was actually pretty cool and then I pulled out the lyric sheet ...

text: So I found this album today not understanding the content of their message I ended up purchasing it just had a curiosity put the record on started listening and it was actually pretty cool and then I pulled out the lyric sheet and most of the songs are Pro Christianity religious  Worship songs, and then it became my favorite album because I found it humorous to be fooled by great music and such a s***ty message, Imo of course


title: a

text: A


title: Five Stars

text: MUST HAVE.


title: Bad buy

text: Broken and used with wear on disc


title: CD/DVD COMBO SPECTACULAR. VERY PLEASED W/ TAY SWIFTY'S DECISION TO INCLUDE HOME VIDEOS.

text: The songs as always very lovely. My favorite is Beautiful Eyes. This was an in-between album for fans. Wow, nice marketing idea. A TREAT FOR ALL OF US FANS.


title: Love it

text: Love it… came fast. Album looks awesome


title: Five Stars

text: "I bought this after watching an episode of "Unsung."  Now, I can't stop listening to it!!!!


title: Wonderful!

text: Amazing! Everything included in the unopened album!!


title: Delivered well to a super thankful buyer!

text: I absolutely love this album! Thank you so so much!


title: GREAT Beginning Tap CD

text: This CD was used in a Beginning Tap Class I took at the local community college. I loved the music and the fact that the warm-up tracks repeated so everything can also be done on the opposite side.


title: calming

text: This is beautiful piano music.  Very calming because of it's pace and melodies.  I love this.


title: Very good

text: Classic album. Very good condition


title: I bought it because I like the band and wanted to hear what else they ...

text: Nektar got airplay in St. Louis, where I grew up, for their albums 'Remember The Future' and 'Down To Earth' but I don't remember ever hearing this.  I bought it because I like the band and wanted to hear what else they have.  It is now my favorite Nektar album, and one of my top-10 records by anybody.  Really beautiful, start to finish.  If your a prog fan, this album is a must.


title: Very fast and allready

text: Ok


title: Buy it.

text: Great dance hit. Liza is number one.


title: This Album Is Excellent!!

text: Celine Dion is an exceptional talent. This album is excellent!!


title: A great collection taking you on a cultural journey which is ...

text: A great collection taking you on a cultural journey which is still relevant today as we face the same human interactions and romantic notions.Brilliant collection.


title: The Best CD I Have Ever Listened To

text:
I could wait no longer for this CD to go on sale in the US, and took advantage of this offer to import it.
I have been listening to the three songs Kelly made available for download on her web site - exceptional music, and was ready for a little let down with the balance of the CD,
That thinking was way off the mark - once again EVERY track is fantastic.  If pressed to pick "Glass Made Man" and "Pictures and Numbers" are top notch, but then you can't leave out "Why" this is a sad song, about loss of a loved one.  Two suggestions:  1. Plan on reading the lyrics with the little book that comes with the CD - you won't catch them all by just listening.  2. Try and listen to this with a big sound system and a big sub-woofer.  Yes there is a change in style from Kelly's first CD, but WOW what music, congratulations to the team who pull this work of art together.  No problems with the purchase - it took a few days to arrive from Korea - well worth a few extra dollars to have it, and play it, while Kelly's record company issues are resolved.
Can't wait until she schedules a concert in my area.


title: SIMPLY BRILLIANT

text: I love everything about this incredibly talented group. Michael League is an impressive leader and the collaboration with the Jefferson cultural centre gives young talented artists the opportunity to get the best musical education by playing with professional musicians. The DVD with bonus tracks featuring some incredibly talented young artists is a real treat.


title: Great Opera Singing!

text: Great opera by Handel with the incomparable Joan Sutherland in top form!


title: WYWH

text: This is a review on just the stand alone CD that was sold. WOW. What a great mastering job. I listened to this on a regular stereo system and then i tried it on the Bose speakers. DANG. This is probably the BEST sounding version of this album I've heard to date. The instruments are so up front and crystal clear and loud. But not bad loud. Just THERE. Vocals are super near close to perfection. IN fact there were times where i thought maybe the vocals were too low? I don't know. Great sounding version. I also recently found the master sound version of this album, which has sort of become a collectors item. It goes for some high arse prices on-line and even in store where I got it. BUt word on the street is, it actually kind of sounds like as. Well, guess, we'll found out. LATE.


title: hey hey

text:
this is the vinyl single from the foo. the b-side is a track called,
"bangin." might i add very good song. cool b-side. it defintely doesn't
fit on the album unless there were 10 other songs like, bangin'.
anyways, the song. very catchy. i'd say its worth it.


title: Random Harvest Soundtrack

text:
This is a beautiful CD which contains the soundtracks of both Random Harvest and The Yearling.  I purchased it for Random Harvest only, but The Yearling is an added bonus.  The titles for Random Harvest are as follows:
1. Opening Title & Asylum;  2. Addenda To Her Decision; 3. Little Marriage;  4. Kitty Continued;  5. Kitty Grows Up;  5. At The Savoy/Dreams At The Savoy;  6. Voice That Breathed O'er Eden/Wedding Remembrance (O Perfect Love)/Someone You Once Knew;  7. Prime Minister's Reception;  8. Try To Remember/Finale.
There are also some Additional Tracks, as follows:  9. Opening Title & Asylum (alternate recording - sans chorus) of Track 1;  10. Tobacco Shop Meeting/Medley/Leaving Biffers;  11. She's Ma Daisy sung by Greer Garson.

I highly recommend this recording for any fans of Random Harvest - the booklet which comes with the disc also contains interesting information about the making of the film including Greer Garson's remarks about 'Random Harvest':  'My most romantic scene?  That was with Ronald Colman in 'Random Harvest', the story of a shell shocked veteran of World War 1 and the love he had forgotten.  It was just after he recovers from his amnesia.  We were meeting at our once beloved little cottage in the country.  All the lost years of our love, and all the hopes of the future are crowded into that one scene.  It hit the deepest emotional point I've ever experienced in a picture, and it remains a thrilling memory."

Most highly recommended.


A really nice Linda Ronstadt concert from 1982, Her version of Elvis Costello's Party Girl is as good if not better than the originals ( both Linda and Elvis's versions) Quite sublime. How sad that Linda is now in very poor health.


title: This soundtrack is great! I have been looking for one for years ...

text: This soundtrack is great! I have been looking for one for years and was very happy to have found it. I love the score! It is one of my all time favorite scores ever. So poignant and perfect for a perfect movie.


title: Some love it, some don't. I was one of the latter.

text: I found this very unlike any of the many Jerry Goldsmith soundtracks I've bought over the year. Frankly, I was lucky to find someone who was looking for it and happily sold it to him for what I paid for it, although I paid the shipping. I've never been so disappointed with a Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack in my life, so I strongly recommend that anyone considering buying it try to sample the music BEFORE they place their order!


title: Henry Mancini Rules!

text: What a remarkable TV score this was! Frankly, because it kinda shows its age, this is more of a 3 star album than 4, but I just don't have the heart to give it only 3. Many of us who were schoolchildren when "Peter Gunn" was first on television have a special place for this pulsating music that set the tone for TV court and cop shows for the next 50 or more years. Henry Mancini was groundbreaking!


title: Jim Rohn is the master

text: This CD is a must for anyone in network marketing/direct sales. Jim Rohn was a master at motivating and teaching people how to be successful.  He is funny, informative & motivating.  I have listened to this CD a dozen times already and referred it to my entire team and anyone else that I meet in this business.


title: Do not buy!

text: Broke after one week.  Started spraying in the middle of the hose. No visual damage to the hose. Just broke from inside. Really bad product,.,.,..


title: Enjoy the Amplified Bible on MP3

text: At last I can listen on my MP3.  Love the Amplified to compliment the KJV for cross reference.


title: Fantastic music. great lyrics

text: Exceeded expectations! Fantastic music. great lyrics. It's the perfect music to relax and have quiet time with. I highly recommend it.


Just as expected. Over-joyed that I could replace this lost treasure in such good condition. Outstanding experience all around.


title: Five Stars

text: On time delivery and the person I bought for loved it. Thumbs up.


title: Five Stars

text: Love every song.  Jimmy Scott version of "For All  We Know" is beautiful.


title: Gummy makes great music

text: I have been a fan of her music for a couple of years, I find it soulful and relaxing.


title: Beautiful Things

text: I like most of Mario's music and have downloaded many of his songs. They are all good I believe. ok?


title: available on CD in 1991

text: I first came across the entire Decca Sessions in December of 1991. The quality of the CD I stumbled upon in a small CD store was far better then I had hoped it would be. The release also had a few tracks from the Cavern Club rehearsals (c. 1962).


title: beautiful

text: This girl has a beautiful voice. Makes me feel calm on a rough day.


title: Face melting German prog

text:
This record is frequently, deservedly listed on various "best of krautrock" lists around the Internet. That misused terms is made to stand in for just about all German progressive and electronic/experimentalist music from roughly 1969-76. So, it's a krautrock record in every loose sense of that word, but you should understand that it is not an electronic record.

Auf Der Bahn... is one of the hookier prog guitar records I've heard and lies in a continuum of German guitar bands of the early 70s, such as Out Of Focus and Amon Duul II. However, of those three, only Gaa sing in German (sparingly in German as there are extended vamps and outright jams on the longer tracks).

Like a lot of German records of this era, the aesthetic choices made here by Gaa are compelling now. As a sort reveal on prog rock (as compared to more familiar UK and US prog rock of the time), as a time machine, as one of the tightest hard rock records I've heard in a while.


title: lady day redux

text: Though I haven't heard any of lainie Robertson's renditions of Billie's tunes and more so any rendition by lady day herself of I wonder where our love has gone, when a woman loves a man, babydoll, gimme a pig foot, somebody's on my mind, t'aint nobody's business, hush now, don't explain and deep song...I do look forward to hearing these numbers done in Billie's unique style and now Here's Audra!


title: Four Stars

text: Great TV series and Music---but what tracks on this version?-$80 and no info ?


title: Dr G and the Allstars Sing Gospel

text: I received my CD in 3 days which was a good thing cuz I could hardly wait to listen to it. Dr G is awesome!! His music is truly a gift from God.....powerful in faith yet soothing to the soul....intensely passionate and gently simplistic.....may God be glorified.


title: Five Stars

text: love it


title: Unfortunate Vintage, Great Wine

text:
Imagine a Violin Concerto that has everything it takes to become an overplayed favorite--yet is virtually unknown? Imagine no more, listen: To Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's such concerto, written in 1943. The concerto is a melodic feast for listeners, a rhythmic joyride for violinists, fiendishly difficult, exciting, and rewarding as hell...

The four orchestral excerpts included are not the main ingredient by any stretch, but they're great fun, too. Wolf-Ferrari has a gift for masterly turns of phrases, has you in suspense with just two notes. You'll find touches of Beethoven's Ninth, Sibelius, and playful hints of Italian opera (Boito, Verdi) in them, and bop along. The Farao release comes with exemplary liner notes, in lavish packaging, and with a bonus DVD. (The documentary can be watched on YouTube - subtitles in English et al. available.)
My "Best Recordings of 2012 # 2 - New Release" (ionarts.org)


title: Polish Romantic Delight

text:
Gra'yna Bacewicz is the most important female Polish composer of the 20th century. Granted, that triple-qualification of "most important" makes it sound like she isn't important at all, but once you've taken to her music, you know that's not true. She was born 100 years ago last February, and in the year since, she's gotten considerable love on record, mostly from Chandos and DUX. She was a prodigious violinist and it is especially her output for that instrument--seven concertos and five sonatas--that receives special attention. Joanna Kurkowicz' excellent recording of three concertos (nos. 1, 3, 7--reviewed for WETA) has probably been the most important Bacewicz release so far.

Dux has also now treated the Third Concerto to an outing, coupled with Mieczys'aw Kar'owicz' Tone Poem Odwieczne pie'ni ("Eternal Songs") op.10 who also had a 100th anniversary last year, albeit that of his death. If you want Kar'owicz' Eternal Songs--delectable stuff and very well performed--there are plenty good choices available including a DUX two-CD set (reviewed here) of 1981/83 radio recordings. Bacewicz's Violin Concerto is the main ingredient here.

Soloist Krzysztof Jakowicz, conductor Marcin Na''cz-Niesio'owski, and The Orchestra of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Bia'ystok make the concerto sound like obvious fun. I heard `weltering lyricism and Bartók' in Kurkowicz' recording, but I think Robert Maxham's suggestion (in his Fanfare Magazine review) of trace-elements of Korngold really does a better job of pointing out the liveliness and playfulness of the work. Jakowicz enjoys the work, including spooky figures in the Andante and Vivo (Finale) that seem to howl at the audience like kids in ghost costumes. The first and third movements end on a bang, the finale especially being a headbanging, life-affirming joyous romp designed to show off the soloist in a way that would surely capture and enthrall any live audience.

I'm not sure if a recording (I assume this was a live recording, but there are no noises that give it away as such) should go much further than Jakowicz does, but I know that in performance a much more theatrical way, especially in the first and second movements, would draw in listeners even more; would make an even better point about why we should listen. The writing for violin seems to be an invitation to go over the top--to make it as entertaining as could be. I am reminded of Arabella Steinbacher's Dvo'ák Violin Concerto: superbly tasteful and attractively understated on disc (Pentatone) and riveting-schmaltzy with Colin Davis in concert. I want the latter version for the Bacewicz!

My first reaction to Jakowicz was that he lets his hair down just a little more than Joanna Kurkowicz, and that consequently I enjoyed his performance a little more than the (on the surface of it superior) one on Chandos. But direct comparison suggests it might be the coupling or the headphone listening that was responsible for that impression; the two performances sound eerily similar, with the DUX recording just a few percent slower. The soloists are impeccable, both, and the provincial Bia'ystok orchestra is at no discernable disadvantage to its bigger Polish Radio brethren. One of the few, and minor, differences I detect is a greater amount of control and deliberateness on Kurkowicz' part in the exposed moments of the slow movement... possibly suggestive of why Jakowicz intuitively pushed the `authenticity' button in me.

As an introduction to Kar'owicz and especially Bacewicz this disc is a near-ideal starting point. What I particularly like about it: It made me not just admire the violin concerto, it made me fall in love with it. The only problem--assuming you consider that a problem--is: Once you've quite naturally fallen in love with both pieces, you will end up getting recordings that will double up the repertoire included here.


title: Outstanding

text: Outstanding faith based way to talk about sex and the extras.


title: Awesome!

text: This is a Great CD, I highly<br />recommend it.  Peter Furler continues to produce more songs that should on the top ten list.


title: Five Stars

text: Great


title: Only Paige CD, for fans only

text: bad cover if you have lp change it ASAP, nice to hear the lady


title: Five Stars

text: Glad I found this disk


title: The delivery of UPS in P.R is a mess.

text: The product is exelent but the delivery of UPS in P.R is a mess.


title: Like me, she was as impressed with the wonderful ...

text: I have bought this CD for myself, and knew i wanted one for a dear friend of mine's Dec 1st birthday. Like me, she was as impressed with the wonderful booklet as the music of the CD itself.


title: Not a music CD.

text:
Those unfamiliar with the Weiss Kreuz CDs should be warned - the "Dramatic Precious" albums are not music soundtracks for the anime Weiss Kreuz. Instead, they make up a four-CD series of drama albums, and feature only two music tracks ("Sweet Nothing," performed on the Final Stage disc by Koyasu Takehito, and "Epitaph," performed on this disc by Seki Tomokazu). The rest of the CDs' content consists of an audio performance of another installment of the Weiss Kreuz series, performed by the original cast and therefore entirely in Japanese.

While fans of Weiss Kreuz will probably like the story performed in the Dramatic Precious collection, those who do not speak Japanese will not benefit much from this CD. Recommended only if you understand spoken Japanese or like the sound of the language and Weiss' voice-actors enough to pay for a CD with only two music tracks.


title: Great, Classic Album Arrived Damaged.

text: Great, classic album that was poorly packaged and damaged. Thin envelope was inappropriate for a CD.


title: Great to listen to with proper accents

text: Classic poems read by some of the best readers (Alec Guinness, Derek Jacobi, etc.).  English/Irish/Welsh/Scottish poems read with proper accents the way they were meant to be read.  These are not my tapes, I have my tapes from the nineties and they still work (it's possible to burn to computer with proper translation devices).


title: Wow Brand new. what a Christms present.

text: Wow brand new.  I had the cassette but they self destroyed because of age.<br />Thanks for such a great buy and a wonderful  present


title: Calming! :)

text: Wonderful music to listen to when needing that closeness with our Heavenly Father. I recommend this for that spiritual connection.


title: Great collection of his songs

text: Has a few songs that I haven't heard him sing before


title: A great score

text: This is a great score with a different sound by the BPO.<br />When will we have an official realese?


title: a great score!

text: Carl Davis is one of the most underrated composer. But if you want to hear what this man can do, play this score. It is magnificent and uplifting. The sound is not so great but a real version will (hopefully)be in the market soon.


title: Three Stars

text: It's okay but not as nice as her earlier Christmas CD.


It was a gift.  It's fine but not the one I was looking for.  Found the one I wanted (J.S. Bach:  Ten Chorale Preludes) later.


title: Sad it was his swan song

text: Top-notch album! Sad it was his swan song. A legend!


title: great!

text: the best of the three "Cuts" albums.  more melodic yet wild and unfettered. they're style of  glam and punk sort've reminds me of a more sloppy sounding "Cars".  its an album you have to pay more attention to truly appreciate as the lyrics and hooks are all there for the radio but the glamish and garagey  feel may scare off your average listerner.  blasting this album at  high volumes is a no  brainer. what brings me back is the surprising underlying melodic substance that is always present but is sometimes buried in the mix. Sure  the slight bowie/cars/mott/ stooges music comparisons are there but not really? i mean this music is all "Cuts" and is Truly  there own sound.


title: best one of tje bunch

text: Fantastic disc! to give you an idea..... they're kind've a cross between rolling stones, Tom Petty and cajun music. easily the best and most rockin Bluerunners disc hands down! They've made nuthin like this one either before or after this release.


title: quality stuff!

text: the band "Shades of Grey" featuring Kenny Floyd and Spencer Rush was a fantastic southern rock/jam band that opened for countles major label bands back in the day. this solo sort've picks up where SOG left off only a bit with more pop influences. really enjoyable stuff! It's perfect to get you movin and feelin good in the morning or spinning at a party!


title: Pop Lamb

text: i like Lamb ok? this one is better then most in my opinion. i'm partial to 80's pop and this one's drastic departure from their previous stuff. actually this one was so good that i had to revisit some of Lamb's early stuff that i had on original vinyl. Stuff that i had previously dismissed as  ancient  boring christian folk.  i get a little more out of it now but this one's still my fave by a longshot.


title: rare jam band

text: brilliant pop jam band featuring two terrific vocalists  and full orchestra.  Not sure exactly how these guys never quite made it but this ones a real gem!


title: good but not what i was expecting

text: darn decent album but a bit of a departure from thier excellent 1st release. that one was epic almost prog-like rock and very thought provoking. this one is more mainstream radio friendly hard rock. still good but a bit of a let down. Songs are all upbeat and rock out just not what i was expecting at all. i like most of it thou. 3 1/2 stars


title: nice departure from his laughing Colors days

text: rare solo disc by david tief of the Laughing colors.  if you dig bands like Sister Hazel you'll like this one. a little more poppier then his albums with the colors but it works.  Tief already has the pipes and i was hoping he's move into a more pop/Less serious style  (maybe a little too far?) which is what a solo disc is supposed to be.  regardless, as a Tief fan, this one fills the bill.  grab it before it's gone as ya might not see again.


title: Wish for Eden vocalist

text: "Wish forEden" may not have been all it was cracked up to be (was a couple decent songs on it thou) but Rob Walker's solo album really hit the mark! great up rockin riffs, gungy slowed down tunes.  this really is an under the radar release that was forgotten about before it was even released.  it's a shame because it's a great example of what good grunge should sound like.


title: whoaaaaaaaa....... this one caught be by surprise

text: i bought Jason Hatfield 1st album because of the cool queen News to the world  artwork  i got this one several months later. WOW! who knew julianna's brother was this good? great pop/americana disc! sadly, it's absolutely  criminal that  not many are gonna actually get the  opportunity  to listen to this one.


title: Power Pop at its best

text: Similiar to "Bayside....This  has to be Westons best album! Chok full power pop rock anthems! lead track "Retarded" is awesome! this album never lets up. Great song after great song. subsequent albums would  go on to have better production andmore instrumentation but they lost some of their charm.


title: NICE SOUND

text: the self produced 1st album is a low key but brilliant alternate rock affair. it's a sneaky and unassuming album that just exudes alternate rock melodies but in a slightly atypical original manor. subsequent releases were more produced and way more bombastic.  they are good if you like that type of sound,  thou this is the one to get


title: good rare music

text: 1 of three albums  by the Breathing Machine with a very young Cory Chisel on guitar and vocals. lots of  tough melodic rock


title: Brilliant

text: similiar to Mac Mcanally, Alan Rhody is one of those  unsung (for the most part) but brilliant song writers.  sounding like a cross between mac and don mclean.... this is a beautiful collection of slightly poppy mostly  intimate country tunes.


title: amazing album

text: usually i'm not  a huge fan of this type of music  (i.e. faceless 90's hard metal with thumping bass) but this one is quite a bit better. some of the songs actually have a bit of a melody hidden somewhere beneath the crunching guitars. lyrics are better aswell. reminds me a bit of "Doubledrive", really an interesting release. too bad it wasn't released a few years earlier back when this type of music was all the rage. by 2001, this sound was getting a tad dated and falling by the wayside. still,  this could've easily been a hit album back in the day. it's still a very fine album worth owning. Go ahead and get it... the price is right. They're practically giving it away here on amazon (.01 cent) :-)


title: Good rock band~

text: darn solid  non overtly christian rock band! this is their 2nd album with vocals that sort've remind me of richard Page from Mr Mister.  Kind've rare disc but well worth seeking out!


title: WOW! Get if you like survivor or even if ya don't

text: Great classic melodic hard rock!!!!!! soaring vocals Great Hooks! if your a fan of the genre then this is a must have!  simiar to bands like Survivor!  Arrival released a 2nd album like 10 years later featuring vocals of Mark /Marcia  Free on lead on several tunes.  get it if you find it!


title: featuring Dave Walker of Savoy Brown Blues Band

text:
very intriguing  band from... of all places, Bozeman, Montana. ok, i lived in that area for years and traveled to Bozeman on a near weekly basis and i so wish i would've looked up this band.  This is one of thier early and more experimental records. it also  features the great brit vocalist "Dave Walker"! the legendary voice behind the Savoy Brown blues band Hellbound Train. he sings lead on several of these tunes but is nearly unrecognizable from his early stuff.

  this early albums style is sort've a trippy fuzzed pysch similiar to Pink Floyd but very different. Subsequent albums would be a bit more pop sounding and would feature the awesome lead vocals of Bobby Sutliff of the 80's pop band the Windbreakers!  Tiny Crustaceans is sort've a bridge between the old Donovans Brain and what they would later become.

  this is one great trippy album with some interesting guitar jams and neat guitar special effects. It's a crazy underated band


title: real decent jam band

text: real interesting long running j and hard working amband from cincinatti. they incorporate a bit of jazz and world music in to the mix to keep things interesting. not a bad little album! 3 1/2  stars


title: so so

text: not bad. "Same height Relation" is loads better thou. No Comparison! get that one first!


title: nice little unkown  band

text: for an eclectic little known band they put out one heck of a sophisticated rock album with some hooks and a big sound. took a few listens to fully appreciate but once it sunk in...... Their are a few fillers but overall a pretty consistently solid rock album! I can only  imagine what they could do with with a larger budget and better production?


title: original masterpiece

text: a very dark yet dreamy,  ambient, prog-ish nearly  pop sounding  record with a small  hint of  industial instrumentation.  having released several albums over the last decade and  half, they are very obscure yet are an extremely interesting band!  the insrumentation alone is just putely amazing! this album is what i would call a masterpiece! i may even go so far as to call it a contemporary  pink floyd the wall.  it's blasphemous i know right? :-)  it's not as easily accesible as "the Wall", still.... i continue to be stunned with this album.... the vision they had?  still trying to figure out where the inspiration came when they wrote this? anyway, i highly recommend picking it up if you can find it. thats the kicker. it's somewhat rare.


title: Must have christian melodic rockers!

text: the only thing better then "Legend" is "Legend Seven"! too bad they only released 2 albums.  "L7" Lead singer Andy Denton would later record  an album under the name "Intimate Strangers". it's very good aswell.


title: whoaaa.... 25+ years later and still no reviews?!?!

text: Real decent early hardcore  featuring the legendary Waco Brother Dean schlabowski and  produced by the equally legendary steve albini.  This album was just way to  ahead of it's time for 1992 to be appreciated.  the average music listener  didn't know what to make of it.  Even now,  It may be too futuristic  for some. but there are some no non sense songs that'll just plain rock your socks off albeit in a very very  primal way!  check out "rust belt" and "Song X". One word of advice, this album needs to be listened to loudly and on a good system to get the full effect!


title: BAD!

text: found this in a bargain bin. not worth the .99 cents i paid for it!  I don't mind early "Japan" releases but is just some awful bland dragged out mess of an avantgard easy listening meets new age piece of schlock


title: Fantastic Finale

text: Fourth and final album from the Hoboken,NJ band. I've had all their releases for years but have not listened to them in years.  I've a huge music collection and i don't get around to some of these discs often but for some reason i was thinkin of this eclectic band. i first listened to "Chimpfactor" (Their 1st album) and it put back in the "Croaker" mood, Next i grabbed "tranquil waters".  this is their 4th and final disc. it's way more mature an album. I heard it described as almost "the Cars" like. and thats a fair statement. It's got a slight experimental Ric Ocasek flare and production. with a few jangly tunes aswell. this is a real solid disc. with all the time and  love that obviously went it this music it's a real shame that most of the population will never get a chance to hear it.  Ditch Croaker went out with a good one!


title: it's good

text: i got this power pop CD


title: WOW Luv It!

text:
This album is the absolute BOMB!!!!!  at first listen, i found it to be an almost pedestrian sounding run of the mill midlevel lo-fi / Garagey 60's style rock band. but no,  thats not what this album is all about. it's actually a very deceptively solid rock album with plenty of memorable enjoyable tunes. It really snuck up on me! this is the 3rd and final album by the Blackouts before the style and unexpected name  change, now calling themselves "The Living Blue".  Living Blue released 1 album (as far as i know?) and  is more of a mainstream rock/pop band.  not bad at all.

  One final note John Hoeffleur  played guitar with the Blackouts for the first couple albums before forming his own americana band "Beauty Shop".  Beauty Shop is a really cool sounding band aswell. they've been described as a Americana  crash test dummys meet johnny cash type of band.  and i would somewhat agree with that statement.


title: nice album no record company support

text: another great rock/pop band that had the misfortune to be released in the grunge era. if they had only come along a few years earlier it may have been a different story. but alas, it wasn't meant to be.  this album is a very solid and original upbeat pop album. it's a very feel good rock album. if you like bands like "Big Country" or "Frozen Ghost" then this is for you!


title: great album!

text: released on the heels of the disappointing "Tummysickle" album, this turned out to be very solid disc. too bad it would be their swan song.  lead singer would later show up in another band "C'mon".


title: great hard edge rock with powerful vocals!

text:
allright! i'm the first reviewer on this criminally under rated album.  first off, ALL his albums are fantastic. very edgy yet melodic hard rock. Maybe the style is just too european for your typical american? who knows. if you like scorpions, john sloman (Uriah Heep), Lucifers Friend then you'll love this release.  this is a particularly cool record mainly because all the tunes rock, but the multiple tempo's and style's on this one make it a bit more interesting.

Ian Cussick is currently playing and touring with his original 70's band Lake. hope they make it over her one day. i'd love to catch them in concert.


title: Classic prog record

text: stunning genesis like prog! This is the debut of TCP "Temporal Chaos" and it's absolutely jaw dropping!!!  this album is a must own for any classic prog fan!


title: Incredible christain soft rock!

text: not to be confused with the old timey gospel bill williams from the 50's, this is insanely talented and criminally overlooked christian singer songwriter from ohio and Kentucky who has previously self released a couple of solid  Loyd Boldman (of Prodigal) written and produced  albums on vinyl in the late 70's early 80's . this  is a CD that i never even knew existed until a few months ago. i'd say it's pretty rare.  being from Kentucky i was lucky enough to come across not 1 but 2 copies of this.  the music is sort've a chuck girard / james taylor  soft rock.  the one seller here is selling it for like over a hundred dollars. the CD is quite good and well worth tracking down  but i don't think any CD is worth that. but then again. their are no downloads available so it just may be a steal at that price? you very well may night see it listed again?


title: rare early ben lacy

text: Neat local Lexington,KY slightly jazz influenced metal band featuring guitar virtuoso Ben Lacy. if your a fan then this is a must own disc!


title: surprisingly good album

text: I literally know nothing about this band. i got this in a discount bin  at half priced books.  good modern hard rock with a smattering of pop influences sprinkled in. it's a really is good album. I did a quick search on the internet and i can't find a thing about these guys.  the one disc available here on amazon is going for $18.  not sure if it's $18 good but you could do alot worse!


title: Crack the sky?

text: This is a rather obscure one and done rock band from the early 80's. they released their 1 and only album on the Atco label. i've had this album for a number of years and i've rather enjoyed it  and praised it for it's originality. it's Hard rock but has lots of prog leanings. If i had to compare them to 1 band i would say "Crack the Sky". Voices is a bit harder edged but the random time changes and studio trickery are very similiar. even the lead  singer's voice "Bob Barbour" sounds dead on John Palumbo.  Despite  this album being released on a major label, information on these guy's is impossible to find. I Don't believe it's ever been released on disc or as a download yet, so if your interest is peaked......? it's yet another reason to get yourself a turntable!


title: nice greatest hits package featuring acoustic version's of his big ...

text: nice greatest hits package  featuring acoustic version's of his big songs with the "Silo's" aswell as alternate acoustic solo tracks.


Rare debut release of future "Circleslide" vocalist Gabe Martinez.  this one is a real good mostly acoustic christian rock album. Lyrics are inspired and beautiful but still rock!  don't think it was ever released as a download? glad i was able to score a copy!


title: they are all very good. sort've a monster mash -up of many different ...

text: i'm from lexington but i moved when i was quite young and missed seeing these guys live. i'm now back in town and i  stumble across there CD's in the used music stores and local Half price books from time to time. they are all very good. sort've a monster mash -up of many different style's (mainly groove oriented rock-ish jam music) but it works quite will.  Unfortuantly, amazon charges an arm and leg for their music  catalog. to be fair they are kind've hard to come by but if your patient  there disc's turn up every once in awhile on ebay for a decent price.


title: Great old school hard rock!

text: legendary  california  hard rock bands first album. this is a real neat collectable. Sure glad i found it here on amazon. Great old school hard rock!


the milwaukees have released 6 disc's so far and this 6 song mini CD  and "Vol.1" are by far their best. just so much more organic sounding. the other album's are decent with plenty of energy but just sound very clinical and well....just doesn't have  the  soul,  and passion like these two do.  this album seems to get forgotten  in there catalog partly cause it's a short 6 song affair.  it's a shame cause it rocks


title: great debut from little known artist

text: well written  somewhat quirky pop from columbus ohio. literally not a bad song on the album. sowashes would go onto release a few more good albums but this debut is just such a perfect little album.  it's low key lightly produced infectious smart lyrics. his ability to remain cool and innocent and still turn a nostalgic phrase makes this album  clearly standout from the rest. i luv it!


title: obscure interesting hard rock/punk

text: these guys recorded two full length CD's a couple of ep's and a split (as far as i can tell). they play a tremendous punk hard rock with driving guitars. thou very much steeped in the hard punk rock genre the tunes have  interesting lyrics with almost a prog-like chord and time changes throuout the disc. it's a disc that's not for everyone but for those of us that are tired of the cookie cutter radio fodder that seems to inundate the radio waves these days, this is welcome diversion! they have that had edgy, sometimes off the wall sound that makes it impossible to get bored with.  "From Hillyard" is there 2nd full length album. but i also recommend tryin to locate their 1st release titled "buck toothed dream".  if you happen to  see it i suggest you buy it cause it's nearly impossible to find and  totally rocks!!!


title: FAAAAAANTAAAAAASTIC!

text: Evan Voytas is a pure master of power/synth pop. seriously wonderful stuff here! with a number of outstanding releases. I'm  really not sure why he's not world famous by now! just pure shimmering pop with evan's unique spin. I just can't stop listening. pick up a hard copy on disc (if you can find it?). his other stuff is available on vinyl and is highly recommended!


title: great little known rock band

text: great slightly indie rock band from w.virginia. these guy's are great! I picked up two discs of thier's at a local thrift store. this one is probably easiest to find and  has twenty upbeat college rock/ rock type song's. all are quite good and get better after multiple listens. not sure what happened to them.  with a little luck could've easily made it. pick it up if you find it. you probably won't see it again.


title: unknown gem

text: picked up a cool autographed copy of this disc at HPB for a buck. This is a fantastic CD similar in style to sister hazel, the clarks, train, etc etc... can't find any info at all about these guy's which is a crying shame cause it's one heck of a CD. Most of these songs are upbeat jam band like tunes with the occasional ballad and rocker thrown in for good measure. currently there is  one copy available for only 2.99 here on amazon. that's the only other one I've ever seen so grab it while you can


title: it's genius

text: okay, here goes. falstaff is wild band that formed from the ashes of the rock band "Shrimp Boat". half of shrimp boat went on and formed "Sea and Cake" while the other half formed "falstaff".  falstaff actually reminds me of Peter Hamill and his band Van der graaf Generator. it's wild and crazy sometimes. it's comes oh so very close to bombastic at times yet the instrumentation and pure musicality of the piece is so intricate and dare i say melodic it never quit gets bombastic. still other songs are mellow and yet the singers croaking yet beautiful falsetto wales  of lead singer ian scheneller doesn't quite get to that sugary sweet place i was expecting. but takes you to some new mesmerizing previously unknown region. this disc is almost assuredly not for everyone but it's a very very intriguingly rare album. i just love it!


title: great rare first album

text: this is "Impulse Ride" little known first album from 1992. This is pure Cheap trick like pop rock! there is also some strong 'the alarm" similarities aswell. it's  a bonafide  forgotten gem. they would go on to release a couple more albums a number of years later. they would even open for all the big name bands of the time like the goo goo dolls and third eye blind. but this first album is still the best of the lot. it's just so upbeat and melodic. i think they got just a little too serious on those later releases. anyway, i think you should pick this rare first long out of print release up before it's gone forever.


title: WOW!

text: Breathtaking CD fronted by former "Lynch Mob" vocalist Kirk Harper! Harper's Clear and powerful vocals coupled with hard edged crunching guitars  and thumping drum work take this disc to another level. this is a must own CD! i strongly suggest anyone interested in hard edged modern guitar rock and metal purchase this disc at all costs. it's pretty rare so grab it while you can!


title: great old school prog

text: i'm a little surprised that no one's reviewed this by now. anyway, "Summer Indoor's is a fantastic swedish prog band. this is their second album and final album. the musicianship is very "Yes" linfluenced. song's are all intricate yet tastefully melodic. the opening tune "Placebo" is probably my favorite. not sure what ever became of these talented musicians bu i'd be interested in any other projects that they are associated with.


title: Don't know much about these guy's but they're great. they rock out with varying degree's of glam ...

text: Don't know much about these guy's but they're great. they rock out with varying degree's of glam and prog thrown in. interesting well played and produced album. too bad they we're never more popular with the mass's. with the right backing they could've been huge!


title: if you like neal young or ass pony's you should seek this ...

text: really diggin this little known psych/americana disc. if you like neal young or ass pony's you should seek this one out. it's long out of print and rare so get it now while it's relatively cheap.


title: fantastic old school hard prog band

text: don't know much at all about these guy only that this is their 2nd album and that they play some killer old school prog rock. sort've a cross between Magellan and  early Uriah Heep and maybe early Gentle Giant.  the hard guitar's and organ/key's really smoke!  great album from an obscure band!


title: fantastic unsung 80's hard rock band

text: i found this album on vinyl in a bargain bin 20+ years ago for the rock bottom price of .05 cents (no kidding). information on these guys is a bit sketchy. they released at least two full length album's. this one is a rocker from start to finish, nary a clunker on the entire album! not sure why these guy's went unnoticed by the general population because it's one superb  example  of 80's hard rock! everything about this album screams quality. from it's musician's, vocalist, production, etc, etc... it's surely an album that need's to be dusted off and rediscovered! pick it up if you get the chance!


title: great album that seamlessly runs the gamut of styles from ...

text: great album  that seamlessly runs the gamut of styles  from blue's to pop to funk. i own a dozen or so clarence carter LP's and he's just  one of those rare artist's where every album is a masterpiece but for one reason or another always seems to fly below the radar.  if you come across a vinyl release,  pick it up. you really can't go wrong.


i bought this album on vinyl many years ago and it still sounds fresh even today. they play pop with punk and blues influences in an almost garage rock style. It's a great album that should've gotten more attention then it did. they released a compilation album a on CD a few years back aswell as a "Live" album.  the CD is mastered well enough. i just think it loses a bit in the translation. for me, if it was  originally recorded in the 70 or 80's.... you really need to get the vinyl!  of coarse there are always exceptions.even thou it's going on 35+ years ago, all thou obscure, the vinyl for this one is still readily available so what are you waiting for?


Awesome fourth album by  the austrailian  groovy funk rock band. this guy's really can jam! Yet another fantastic unsung aussie band,


solo album from "Paper Arrows" lead singer joe goodkin. this record is too good to have no reviews. this is a beautiful and highly intropective  album with song's dealing with family,love,birth and death.  these lyric's are pure poetry that rivals anything from lord byron or john keats delivered in such a genuinely heartfelt yet melancholy way. you can tell this was a very  personal and passionately performed release for the artist.  my only complaint is that it was much too short. excellant release from start to finish!


along with the gin blossoms, the pistolero's  and the Refreshments (Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers) another band  from Tempe Arizona was making waves at about the same time. Dead Hot Workshop perhaps did'nt get quite as big as the aforementioned bands but they were certainly worthy of it! This one is my favorite release of theirs. it's the most melodic and Roger clyne like. the others were a bit more gritty but still good. their guitarist would later join Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. if your interested at all in Roger Clyne's music, this CD  is a no brainer.  It's long out of print so pick it up while you can


title: This albums is fantastic!!

text: OMG! This albums is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shadowland  centers around  clive nolan of the bands Pendragon and arena. Nolan is a  genius multi talented keyboardist, vocalist,playwright, etc etc  etc....  this guy is the real deal. this CD's bridges the gap between  pop and  prog. it's really an undiscovered gem. Karl groom of the band Threshold (another one of my faves) plays guitar. this disc is goin pretty high on here at the moment but  their is/was a box set available that includes all 3 releases plus and ep and a live disc. it may be more economical? i recommend getting that one if you can.


title: Just a great rockin album featuring clear powerful vocals pulsing drums and ...

text: Just a great rockin album featuring clear powerful vocals pulsing drums and jamin guitars. Previously know as "Fletcher". they recorded two pop ep's before changing name's to "Oddity" and swithcing direction to a more  harder edge'd rock sound. This one was produced by the master "Steve Albini". i'm not sure why this one hasn't yet taken off?  it's an instant classic in my book!


title: real decent AOR pop rock similiar to what "prism", ...

text: real decent AOR pop rock similiar to what "prism","starz","Roadmaster", etc were doin at the time. this one sort've flew under the radar. surely worth a listen especially if you dig the aforementioned style. i don't believe that this was ever released on CD but is readily available on vinyl so if you don't already have a TT here's one more excuse to pick one up


i picked up Swell Daze's first EP at a second hand store for .50 cents and have been a fan ever since. these guys just play hi-quality good old fashioned melodic rock and roll. reminds me a bit of matchbox twenty. it's a pretty obscure rare disc but won't break the bank (yet) so give it a shot if ya can find it.


title: Highly recommended disc! Not to be confused with the chris ...

text: Highly recommended disc! Not to be confused with the chris tesluk fronted band..... these guys play some great eagles/poco inspired country rock, filled with big melodic hooks. I wish i can find more out more about  this band but information is a bit hard to come by. if anyone reading this has any info.... any help would be appreciated.


this is a relatively obscure release from a country rock outfit from memphis,TN.  they're sound compares to likes of the eagles, poco to bluegrass and then change things up and switch to a more pop sound comparable to bands like sister hazel, cravin melon, the nada's. these guys are very talented with a very tight polished sound. worth checking out!


WOW! I find it hard to believe that their are no reviews yet?  This is one fantastic bluesy/funky/ blue eye'd soul pop album. if you dig bands like steely dan, Hall @ Oates then this one's for you. To Me.... This album really reminds me of one of my very favorite  80's bands "Breathe". Breathe's - All that Jazz  was panned  by some critics but looking back, many people have re-discovered it, besides... it did spawn 4 top 40 songs so it can't be all that bad?  anyway, this review is for "Michelangelo".  It's a total cash box and criminally under appreciated, overlooked  Gem of an album. buy this, YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!


title: and like the other reviewer mentioned Dillon Fence and bare naked ...

text: Bloo is an obscure but talented  melodic jam type band. i recently discovered these guys after reading a review. i'm always on the lookout for new interesting music so i gave them a try. while listening....i hear shades of sister hazel, soup, and like the other reviewer mentioned Dillon Fence and  bare naked ladies. they have sort've a melodic, multi instrumental approach. these songs are amazing! just listening to the singer and band meander and soar throu-out the entire disc is an experience with lots of unexpected orchestration i've not heard before from other rock bands in this genre. i enjoyed it after the first listen but i did'nt fully appreciate it until the 2nd or third. i grabbed thier second release "Land Mime" on amazon and it's a winner aswell.  the third and final release "Live at the swing set" is on order from ebay and lookin forward to hear'n it.


title: boy i'm glad i bought it up

text: these guys really rock out! picked this one up at my local thrift store. the generic looking black and white sleeve did'nt peek my interest much. for  buck i thought i'd buy it for a laugh and then toss it.  boy i'm glad i bought  it up. it's no holds barred straight ahead  rocknroll with some shades of the stones and scorpions, some slight grunge and even a bit of queen thrown in for good measure. the lead singer has got some serious pipes! i don't know whatever happened to these guys. a quick google search came up with very little info.


title: best album!

text: great obscure christian band from the 80's! this is their 3rd and best album. previous albums were a bit more 80's synth pop in a "the Police" sort've way.  This one is still unmistakably 80's but the band had matured and taken things up a notch or two. Plenty of great songs and hooks. The music is not overtly christian and can be enjoyed by christians and secular alike. If you dig quality 80's pop/rock you can't really go wrong here.


title: great CD!

text: great harmonies! glistening christian pop rock with lots of hooks and harmonies! real sleeper! don't get the "2 on 1" disc. the production is not very good.


title: give it a few listens to sink in

text: i first heard steve on two "Peter Gee's" (pendragon) solo albums and i liked his voice and sound so i googled other progects that Mr. Thorne may have been involved with. i ended up pickin up steve's first two solo albums (Emotional Creatures 1 @ 2). they were pretty decent but this one is fantastic. But Like all good complex prog, it takes a few listens to fully appreciate it, but it's so worth it!


title: Five Stars

text: Love Sneaky Pete


title: I listened to this entire CD on repeat for the ...

text: I listened to this entire CD on repeat for the entire holiday season, and have no plans to put it away.


title: Three Stars

text: Good cd


title: Five Stars

text: Was a birthday gift for my husband and absolutely loves it!!


title: Memories!

text: I got this cbd at Blockbuster video like 20 years ago.  A few songs stuck with me over the years and I’m so glad I found this gem on amazon!


title: Five Stars

text: Just what we needed!


title: Great entertainment

text: We own all of The Brinkman Adventures!  Our family enjoys these exciting stories again and again.  Grateful for the wholesome content, so no need to worry about content.


title: Great family friendly entertainment!


title: ... and that they were on the spot improv is amazing.

text: I llove the songs and that they were on the spot improv is amazing.


title: Great old rock'n roll music!

text: They are both excellent. Thanks.


title: Our Endless Numbered Days

text: This is not an album for heavy metal fans but if you like soft acoustic melodies you just might love this set. I like it a lot.


title: Paz y Esperanza

text: Me agradó todo el contenido… hace honor en todo el sentido… Musitualidad… amor, espiritualidad y Fé.<br />Tengo mucho que agradecer. Gracias María


title: Five Stars

text: Just one of the best albums released in 1959!


title: Four Stars

text: Blast from the past, freestyle shreds.


title: beautiful sounds

text: I caught these guys live twice last year and was blown away both times. The kind of dreamy nostalgia for the unknown they've managed to evoke in their music still gets me. "Turn Around" is an all time favorite of mine now. Thanks guys.


title: Morning Songbirds

text: The Birds on this CD are real birds... they sound just like your outdoors walking in the park or wherever you have birds singing... it's so peaceful to have the CD playing in the background... my wife plays it all day long when she wants a nice background music... it's truly music to hear these birds singing. Enjoy


title: Nice, relaxing music.

text: I love Pablo Casals ever since I went to see him in concert with my parents when I was very young. I heard the story of the cello on Public Radio, and I just had to get the CD.


title: Four Stars

text: Kids love it, drives me nuts though :)


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent.  Simply, excellent!

user_id: AHXVVZSVVMEBKUTRTPIOCXQCGXRA


title: Perfect

text: Came with everything and nothing was damaged, anyways stan nine.i


title: I love this album.

text: I like electronic music and this was a beautiful album.


title: This is talent!  She's got skills.  You must at least listen to hear what I'm talking about.

text:
I accidentally came across this singer online, and from the very first song on, I was INSTANTLY hooked by her musical style, and talent.  To me, every song is good, even from the first listens.  It didn't need to grow on me.  I now have her CD (autographed too, woot!) and it's staying on repeat. ;)  I met her at Anaheim Farmer's Market, and she is personable and friendly, talkative and open to conversation.

From what I gather, her songs have been played on TV shows such as The Hills (with her songs "Say What You Want" and "Empty Bottles" [my "favorite"? - kind of hard to say, as I like all her songs.. oh wait, "Peppermint Patties" great too.  Of course all this doesn't really mean anything, as each listener relates in their own way.]), and CW's Beautiful Girls (with her song "Unusual").  I almost forgot, I guess a makeup brand/store named Sephora, has 3 of her songs on rotation: Matter of Time, Peppermint Patties, Won't Let You.

I truthfully think this artist is going places.  The two new songs I've heard, which are not part of this CD, are a taste of more talent.  I look forward to the new CD.  Go Stacy!  lol.

Seriously, at least have a listen one time through:
[...]


title: An excellent way to calm your child at bedtime

text: I've been playing these for my kids since the first volume came out. They are excellent, every one of them! Lyrics are taken straight from God's word and the music is well-composed and soothing. And you know, people of all ages can enjoy these, and not just at bedtime either! Any time you want a calming experience in this hectic, crazy life, put these on and relax to the truth of scripture. Highly recommend for yourself or as baby shower gifts!


title: Great album

text: This is such a gorgeous record. It came in perfect condition and it's purple and pretty. One of my favorite albums right now. I'm glad I bought the vinyl. Sounds great.


title: Five Stars

text: replaced stolen item just what I wanted.


title: Wrong Product Shipped, Unfortunately

text: Very Upset received the print version instead of the Audio.I have a disappointed Grandson that needed the audio version for upcoming trip..i hope this can be corrected overnight !!!!!!


title: Great pop album

text: Saw these guys when I went to school in Champaign-Urbana at Mabel's sometime in 1987. Adrian Belew signed my Lone Rhino and Twang Bar King LP's before show.  Great pop album.  Better than their higher-selling second effort in my opinion.  They put on a helluva show that night.


title: Five Stars

text: I love all things 2PM but this album was great!


title: I love it

text: Nice


title: Five Stars

text: The Good Old Days Music...


title: Cd in excellent condition and arrived on time

text: Loved listening to the oldies..many memories


title: Love this album

text: Love this album! Amazing!


title: HE LOVE

text: MY HUSBAND WANTED THIS CD. HE LOVE IT


title: Hreat

text: Came about a month early and was worth every penny. On the back it has Yuno looking toward you and Asta against Yunos back.


title: Fantastic music.

text: The last CD of the Mike Jordan era for Jackdaw. This gang of 6 South Buffalo boys made some of the finest brick-throwing Celtic rock in the history of forever.


title: Patricia Coelho

text: Patricia Coelho is a is a big hit on the Rio de janeiro scene.  Patricia's self titled album offers an awesome mix of Samba, Funk and Pop music as  only "brasileiras" can.  The album has 12 tracks on it and  includes a wonderful version of that old favorite "hoje eu quero sair  so".


title: Five Stars

text: Seminal release from Americas Lo Fi Orchestra.  Put this on the headphones and sit back.


title: well pleased!

text: Wow, I was not expecting to receive this as soon as I did, but it arrived a few days before the expected arrival date.  I have enjoyed listening to this CD very much.  This is a very hard to find item. I was lucky enough to find it and immediately ordered it before it was gone.  The CD is in perfect condition. I've not had a single problem with it.  I have been a fan of Jason Meadows since he was on Nashville Star and can't wait to hear more of his music.  Love his style.


title: Sound's good, but song list is mixed up.

text: CD sounds good, no skips or defects noted, although I haven't listened to a couple sides yet. As others have noted the song listing is hopelessly confused. If you don't know the song, you won't find out what it is from the printed list.


title: Nice collection...really has 32 songs on it!

text:
This is a very eclectic collection of Tokens hits and lesser known singles.  Many rare singles are represented like their remake of 'The Three Bells' i from 1965.  It's a good listen if you are any sort of Tokens fan.  The songs missing from above are:

29 - While I Dream
30 - I Love My Baby
31 - Come Back Jo
32 - Don't Go


title: Great seller

text: Product showed on time and the seller sells great products.  Highly recommend the seller.


title: Wow!! Great concert

text: Very cool concert, sounds great. Thanks BIGBANG  for existing!!! Muy buen concierto, suena excelente. Gracias BIGBANG por existir!!!


title: M.A.D.E. D

text: It's BIGBANG!!!  What else can I say, they're the best kpop has to offer


title: Thanks Big Bang for existing.

text: Love the way they sound in English,  great pronounciation from all of them. Love the the songs this way too, it's like new songs. Thaks Big Bang for existing.  LOVE you guys


title: Swinging praise album

text: The album is a nice collection of hymns and gospel songs, set to some swinging arrangements, topped off with excellent vocals.


title: The Garden

text: I have this and framed with a original RUSH sticker and it has never been open or played. It will stay that way.


title: All are great.

text: Can't miss with studio c cds. All are great.


title: Five Stars

text: Great


title: Not what I expected.

text: I wanted the voice of Miki Sahashi and I thought, by the item description, it would provide that.  There is no vocal on this CD at all.  I will try to find her voice on something else.  I hope other descriptions are true.


title: I'm glad I found this version again

text: I had an original version years ago and used it as part of my exercise routine.  I'm glad I found this version again.  It  gets me going in the morning.


title: Five Stars

text: Mint thank-you


title: As much information as i could get~

text: all i can get out of any information about this cd is that is has 2 songs that are listed as singles 1994 "You Got Away with Love" (Pat Robinson & Rocky Burnette) / "Why Did You Stop?" (Carla Olson) (Sky Ranch / Virgin, France) produced by Saul Davis & Barry Goldberg. Please correct me if i am wrong~


title: Little information about this artist Willie Foster and the title says it all~ My Inspiration

text:
My Inspiration, Released Tue, 2010-04-06 I55 Music, LLC

This CD is about legendary bluesman Willie James Foster and his music. From the handwritten name on the door of his old van to being physically confined to a wheelchair due to the loss of his legs, he continued to play his beloved Blues, even on the very night he died.

He never made much money nor did the killer big money gigs. He was truly the quintessential blue-collar or working manâ€™s Bluesman.

-Brad Webb

Tracklist

01. Let Em Talk
02. Why Babe
03. Found Me a Lover
04. Born in the Delta
05. Cut You Loose
06. Leland Shuffle
07. Lonely Man
08. Wonder Why
09. Thought You Was My Gal
10. My Inspiration
11. Sho Look Good to Me

Personnel:

Willie Foster (Harmonica,Vocals)
Mickey Rogers, Skeeter Provis, Brad Webb (Guitar)
Donnie Brown (Bass)
Mike Dill (Drums)
Robert 'Nighthawk' Tooms (Piano)
Russel Wheeler (Organ)


title: This message comes from the man himself - Mr. Willie J. Foster

text:
This is a story told by Willie himself... "The blues is about life."

Well now I was born in 1921 about 4 miles east of Leland, Mississippi. My mother was pickin' cotton when I was born. I kept on a goin' 'til I was 6 or 7 years old. I went to work when I was eight years old. I was makin' 30 cents a day from sunup 'til sundown. My dad used to tell me, "Pick 50 pounds of cotton and I'll let you go play", and I learned how to pick and I picked it about 3 o'clock and he say, "I believe I want you to pick about 75 pounds", and so I went to pickin' that about 3 o'clock and he'd say, "Well you goin' to play too early so you pick me 100 pounds." I never had nobody to help me and all the other children was goin' to play, so I says "Momma? Can't you get me a sister or brother?" I didn't realize then, cause I was born in a cotton field, that it hurt my mother and she couldn't have no more kids.

Now, Jimmy Reed was born 500 yards from where I was born in one of the houses there and he and I used to play together as kids and blow harmonica. I kept blowin' then went into service over in Europe during the war. When I got back, I was workin' in St. Louis and Jimmy would come over to St. Louis from Chicago and I would go to Dallas with him to help him drive.

I met Muddy in 1953 - went to listen to him and he said, "Does anybody want to come up here and sit in?" I said yeah. I blow about two of his songs - "Trouble No More" and "Still A Fool" - and he say, "I never heard a man blow that on harmonica.", and I said, "Well I do it." And Muddy Waters say "You're alright but learn somethin' of your own," he said, "I'm gonna call you, will you go to Canada?" I said yeah, so I went to Canada with him about twice, three times. I went to Detroit with him a couple of times, then the next time he said, "I'm fixin' to take you to Carnegie Hall." I thought he was jokin' - we did three songs. When I went there he said, "We goin' in the mornin', be ready to leave." I went there that evenin'. I was there about 10 o'clock at night, knocked on the door, he say, "Who is it?" I says "Foster." "What you doin'? You here?" "Yeah, I'm here." "We're not goin' 'til 12 o'clock tomorrow." "I'm here, I'm ready, I'm ready now." "You ready?" He was shavin', he said, "Willie Foster, you ready?" "Yeah, I'm ready, ready as anybody can be." He looked back at Willie Dixon and said, "Willie, let's make a song. You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'? Yeah, that's a song." "Yeah," I said, "I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me." He said, "That's it! We got it!" We stayed up 'til 3 o'clock the mornin' trying to figure out what to put with it.

Well now, I've been playin' the blues all my life. Been married 5 times and had 13 kids. People ask me if I'm sad cause I play the blues. I tell them the blues ain't just sad, ain't just about sorrow. The blues is about life. Happy love, sad love, joy and hurt. Not some kinda made up feeling. Well now, thank you Bobby Mack and thank you Palindrome Records.

-- Willie


title: Album Track Listing for a Swamp Pop Legend - Alton James Hulin - Better Known as T.K.Hulin!

text:
Hit Memories By T. K. Hulin, Volume One -  This album has the number 1 smash hit - Graduation Night

A1: (As You Pass Me By) Graduation Night
A2: If Just One Dream Came True
A3: Lonely Street
A4: (So Darling) I'll Dream Again
A5: Your Eyes Are The Windows
A6: You're His Alone
A7: Told You Once, Told You Twice
B1: Time
B2: Looking At My Treasure
B3: Teardrops For Christmas
B4: Baby! Be My Steady
B5: Crying In Sorrow
B6: Who Could It Be


title: Information and track listing of Here Comes Some Soul recording!

text:
Otis Redding - Here Comes Some Soul
and Little Joe Curtis

CD 10 tracks

Otis Redding began writing his own material in 1960, a good few years before he found his mark at Stax Records. Most likely recorded for the Confederate label, these recordings gathered dust for a good seven years until being pulled from the shelf in the wake of Otis' death in a plane crash.

Since there was insufficient material for a whole album, Otis' songs were mixed with several by Little Joe Curtis, with the resulting collection being issued as Here Comes Some Soul.

1. Gettin' Hip
2. Your Mini Skirt
3. Gamma Lama
4. Let Me Make It Up To You
5. Don't Bother Me Baby
6. She's All Right
7. Have Mercy On Me
8. Tuff Enuff
9. Bring Back My Love
10. Guilty Of Being Poor


title: Tracks and summary of this great album!

text:
Tracklist
A1  Grand Texas
A2  The Last Waltz
A3  Mamou Two-Step
A4  Chere Petite
A5  Kfly Waltz
A6  Wafus Two-Step
B1  Mulberry Waltz
B2  Tee Maurice
B3  Madam Sostan
B4  Perrodin Two-Step
B5  Port Arthur Waltz
B6  Creole Stomp
Credits
Accordion - Aldus Roger
Bass - Gerald Touchet
Drums - Vernon Bergeron
Fiddle - Doc Guidry, Louis Foreman, Tony Thibodeaux
Guitar - Clarence Alleman
Producer - Carol J. Rachou*
Recorded By - Carol J. Rachou*
Steel Guitar - Phillip Alleman
Vocals - Clarence Alleman, Phillip Alleman


title: tracks for this great cd!

text:
According to those as I who speak creole and cajun french, the title of this cd means a farewell or goodbye, as it fits for Andrus Espre, Beau Jocque as others know him, i saw him perform many times and the last time i did see him, he was dressed up like Santa Claus, it was Christmas time and party time as always when he played, he was one of the greatest musicians to bring the zydeco music around and when he played, he was having a blast, sweating and getting it on, he will surely be missed as he is already!!!!

1.  Grand Marais Two Step

2.  Beau Jocque Makes You Jump

3.  Im a Girl Watcher

4.  Ma Brunette (Pine Grove Blues)

5.  Morning Train

6.  Im So Tired of You Doing Me Wrong

7.  Hot Tamale Baby

8.  Zydeco Boogaloo

9.  When You Think About Me

10. Pine Point Trail Ride (la point aux pins)

11. Pop That Coochie

12. Lay Down

13. Beau Jocque Two Step


title: track listing for this great cd!

text:
1.  Like Never B 4 4:28
2.  Rockin' Chair 4:54
3.  Creole Way 3:51
4.  Come On Over 3:23
5.  Take Your Time 4:16
6.  Let's Talk About Old Times 3:30
7.  Don't Stop Zydeco Music 4:33
8.  I See What U Like 4:57
9.  If U Don't Mind 4:48
10.  Wish It Was Me U Love 4:10
11.  Pull It til It Pops 5:03
12.  Please Take Me 7:06
13.  Zydeco Swing Out 3:39
14.  U Can't Keep A Good Man Down 4:33


title: track listing !

text:
Artist: Jimmy Reed
Title: More of the Best
Songs:
roll and rhumba
baby whats wrong
mary mary
shame shame shame
ouskirts of town
oh john
too much
down in mississippi
st louis blues
my first plea
odds and ends
caress me baby


title: tracks for this rare album!

text: WB 2003 - Teegarden & Van Winkle - Teegarden & Van Winkle [1970] God, Love And Rock And Roll (We Believe)/Mona Sweet Mona/Ruth Colleen/Everything Is Going To Be Alright/Going Back Home//Eleanor Rigby/You Do/Homegrown/Okie From Muskogee


title: bad recording but really happened according to Big Boss Man: The Life and Music of Bluesman Jimmy Reed Book!

text: The only reason i can see that this cd was released was that its the only actually live performance by Jimmy Reed. I cant tell if Johnny Winter is playing as the distortion is terrible. It has to be a cd that is desired to have by the extreme Jimmy Reed fan to put on the shelf and add to the collection, as far as quality, it is BAD! And I am a great fan of Jimmy Reed. The only reason i give it a 2 rating is because its a rarity in its own, but quality of recording deserves a 1! As i read the book titled - Big Boss Man - The Life and Music of Bluesman Jimmy Reed,it assured me that this event really happened and had a lot of distortion, but actually the only "LIVE" recording that is available by Jimmy Reed, no matter how bad the sound is! If you doubt this is true, then read on the back of Johnny Winter CD, Liberty Hall Sessions and here it reads about the 4 songs that on that cd and the same 4 songs on this cd, which really makes me happy to know that it truly is his only real live recording. The back of the CD reads as follows about the 4 songs - Recorded on stage and backstage at Liberty Hall, Houston between 1966 and 1969!


title: Information about this cd!

text: A native of Houston, Texas, Nooney does not cease in his progression. Bounce Back is his fourth release, and each one just seems to get better & better. This is funky music (think James Brown, Isley Brothers, et al) with a Zydeco twist! Released in 2005.


title: Tracks for this cd!

text:
Lee Benoit "Live At Vermillionville" song titles include:
The Lacassine Special
Just A Dream
Madeline
The Back Door
Another Lonely Night
Madame Sosthene
Johnnie Can't Dance
Mom, I'm Still Your Little Boy
Chere Mom
Think Of Me
Lover's Waltz
Step It Fast
The Dance Of The Ducks
The Bosco Stomp
The Visit


title: All Music Guide Review!

text: For reasons never entirely explained, Bob Seger suffered a bit of a breakdown shortly after Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, so he decided to bring Tom Neme, a guitarist/pianist, into the Bob Seger System to help lighten the load and share the burden. Thing is, Neme wound up taking over the band. It's hard to tell whether Seger endorsed his mutiny or if he was just so disinterested that he didn't put up a fight, but all the same, the second Seger album, Noah, is one strange affair. The band makes no secret of the change, stating on the back cover that "Seger will always be Bob Seger, (but) any change must come from the System and Tom Neme." So, the liner notes seem like a way to gloss over a real lack of leadership or a coup, depending on your point of view. This release holds together better than it would seem, but it's still an awkward album that's never sure where it wants to go. Ironically, Neme tries to replicate Seger's hard-driving rock songs several times throughout the album while Seger sounds more comfortable with the folky shuffle of the title track. Of course, he can still tear it up with "Innervenus Eyes," and he delves deeper into darkness than he ever has with the weirdly intense, claustrophobic closer, "Death Row." No matter how good these individual cuts may be -- and they're certainly worth the time of any devoted fan -- they still are isolated moments on the only album where he sounds tentative, confused, and disinterested. In other words, the only album where Seger doesn't seem like he'll always be Seger. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide


title: Excellent music for zydeco fans!

text: "Do your speakers boogie?" Find out with this zydeco CD featuring Leon Sam on accordion and vocals. Calvin, Ronnie, Carl, Glen, and Rodney Sam back him up, along with Curtis Andrus and Andre Deshotel. Hey, I'm a huge zydeco fan, and this is one of the hottest zydeco records ever recorded. Leon Sam is a fine blues singer, too. Listen as he belts out, "Two O'Clock in the Morning." Everybody needs to boogie sometime. Make it this one. The recording quality is excellent! One of the finest zydeco musicians and does not get enough credit for his music! This man can rock the house and i don't know who can even come close to him when it comes down to it!


title: Information about this great album!

text:
Produced by Don Brewer, Mel Schacher & Craig Frost.

Don Brewer drums, vocals.
Billy Elworthy guitar, vocals.
Mel Schacher bass, guitar, vocals.
+
Craig Frost keyboards,
Frank Zappa guitar on "Better You Than Me" and "You'll Never Be The Same"
Todd Rundgren,
Mark Chatfield,
Ron Trombly,
John Escosa II,
Curt Johnson


title: Information about the Mongrel Album!

text: Most artists that deliver a second record as shaky as Noah fold on their third album. Not Bob Seger. He reasserted control of the System, consigning Tom Neme to a fanboy's footnote, and returning the group to the piledriving rock that was his trademark. All of this was evident with his third album, the superb Mongrel. Never before, and never since, has Seger rocked as recklessly and viciously as he did here -- after a spell in the wilderness, he's found his voice. He's so assured, he elevates his Ramblin' Gamblin' Man characters Lucy Blue and Chicago Green to mythic status in the pulverizing "Lucifer," perhaps the greatest song on this lean, muscular record. That assurance carries over not just through the ferocious rockers that dominate the album -- "Evil Edna," "Highway Child," "Leanin on My Dream," and "Song to Rufus" all hit harder than latter-day MC5 -- but to quieter moments like "Big River," where he first hits upon the wistful, passionate ballad style later popularized with "Night Moves." The fact that the System connects on both illustrates that Seger is not just fronting an excellent band, but that he's developing into a first-class songwriter. Put it this way -- the only time the System sounds ill at ease is when they tackle "River Deep - Mountain High," and that's not because they're ill-suited to the epic -- it's because they find the lie in the song's artificial pretensions and deliver a performance that eclipses the song itself. That two-fisted punch of terrific performances and songs is unexpected, especially after an album as conflicted as Noah, but the truly remarkable thing is that Mongrel showcases a band so powerful and a songwriter so distinctive, that it still sounds white-hot decades after its release.


title: All Music Guide Review!

text: Bob Seger's Mongrel may have been a terrific album, but nobody heard it, just like its predecessor. So Capitol was ready to drop him and wanted a contract-fulfilling album as soon as possible. Seger delivered the low-key, introspective Brand New Morning to get out of the deal. Later he claimed that the album was a collection of demos released somewhat against his will, but listening to the record it's hard to believe that these intimate yet fully realized songs were bare-bone work versions. Furthermore, it's hard to see these as just a collection of tossed-off tunes, since they're well-rounded and uniformly engaging, not throwaways. In light of Seger's past prior to Brand New Morning and the records that followed it, it's easy to see why he's disowned it, since it's no rock & roll album -- it's a singer/songwriter album. It's the first and only time that his ambitions as a songwriter are laid bare, which may make it uncomfortable for him in retrospect. He needn't be worried, since Brand New Morning is a fine album on its own terms. Yes, none of the songs resonate as deeply as the best ballads on his other records, and there are times where it feels like he's very conscious of proving himself as a writer, but in light of his later work, that's quite charming. That's what makes the album something more than a curiosity and into something quietly pivotal in Seger's catalog. There are no classics here (though the title track, "Maybe Today," "Sometimes," and "Railroad Days" are all very good), but the charm of the record is hearing Seger consciously working on his craft. He's occasionally too earnest, or a little precious, yet it's an endearing transitional album. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide


title: Great Dvd

text: I have been a fan of JMT for a while now I bought The Early Years cd years ago, and loved it. I love his smooth, soothing voice. But, I most admire his dedication to the Lord. Anyway, on with the review of this dvd. I havent JMT live yet, so I wanted to see him perform, so I bought this dvd. Im so glad I did. Its just great. Its filmed in a Catholic Church in Florida. The setting is low light, and the mood is set for praise. I love his guitar style also, being a guitar player myself, thats what drew me check him out years ago. He performs many of his popular songs on this dvd. Psalms 95, I am The Bread Of Life, are two of my favorites from this performance. I guess the thing I most admire about JMT is the fact, that he performs, but is not a performer. He is not in it for his glory, or self satisfaction, or to glorify himself from the praise of other people. He does it for the glory of God, and to spread the gospel. Heck he talks to the crowd, but he is ministering also. The crowd claps after every song, but he really doesnt acknowledge it. Its all for God's glory, not his. He is just a tool, a vesal used by God, and you can really see how he responds in this dvd. Its not all about JMT. After the last song, he gets up, nods o the crowd, and walks off stage. How fitting. I admire that. Great dvd, get this one, and be blessed.


title: TRACKS:

text:
1. One Of Those Songs/Baby Face/Swanee/Toot Toot Tootsie/O ne Of Those Songs
2. Somebody Stole My Gal/Margie/I'm Just Wild About Harry/ Ma He's Making Eyes At Me
3. Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellenbogen By The Sea
4. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie/I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
5. Danny Boy/Green Green Grass Of Home/You'll Never Walk A lone
6. What'll I Do/Eidleweiss/True Love
7. She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain/Long Way To Tipper ary/John Brown's Body/Happy Wanderer/Roll Ou
8. Don't Dilly Dally/Sheik Of Araby/Yes We Have No Bananas
9. Underneath The Arches/Shanty In Old Shanty Town/Hometow n/Heart Of My Heart
10. You're A Pink Toothbrush
11. I Can't Give You Anything But Love/Have You Ever Been L onely/Together
12. Who's Sorry Now/I Love You Because/Me And My Shadow/Moo nlight And Roses/You Were Meant For Me/You A
13. Happy Days Are Here Again/I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover/When You're Smiling/Powder Your Face W
14. Side By Side/Charmaine/Singing The Blues/Show Me The Wa y To Go Home


title: TRACKS:

text:
Disc 1

1.Some Enchanted Evening
2.Bewitched/Hey There
3.Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
4.With a Song in My Heart
5.Autumn Leaves/Easy to Love
6.The Song From Moulin Rouge
7.Stardust
8.I'll Get By As Long As I Have You
9.Night and Day
10.Laura
11.How Deep Is the Ocean
12.Til The End of Time
13Tonight We Love
14.Intermezzo A Love Story
15.No Other Love
16.Rhapsody In Blue

Disc 2
1.I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
2.My Reverie
3.Dream of Love
4.And This is my Beloved
5.Full Moon and Empty Arms
6.Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago)
7.The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
8.This Nearly Was Mine
9.On The Boardwalk and Singing
10.Baubles, Bangles and Beads
11. Hello Young Lovers
12. It's A Grand Night for Singing
13. Someday My Prince Will Come
14. Out of My Dreams
15. A Wonderful Guy
16. Goodnight My Someone
17. Oh What a Beautiful Morning
18. Moon Love

Disc 3
1.Theme from Apartment
2.My twilight Dream
3.Moonlight Sonata
4.Romance
5.Clair De Lune
6.Barcarolle From the Tales of Hoffmann
7.Our Love
8.The Story of a Starry night
9.The Dream of Olwen.1
0.Anniversary Song
11.Let Me Call you Sweetheart
12.Always
13.The Girl that I married
14.Wonderful one
15.I love you truly
16.The Missouri Waltz
17.After the Ball
18.Tennessee Waltz
19.Charmaine
20.Beautiful Dreamer
21.Carolina Moon

Disc 4
1.Humoresque
2.Song on India (middle theme)
3.Swedish Rhapsody
4.Plaisir D'Amour
5.Un Bel Di
6.Ave Maria (Schubert)
7. Habanera from Carmen
8.The Merry Window Waltz
9.Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
10.The Sea in Sinbad's Ship1
11. Can Can From Orpheus in The Under World
12. Love Them from Elvira Madigan (Mozart's Piano Concerto #21)
13. Emperor Waltz
14.Ciribiribin
15.O Marie
16.Love Makes the World Go Round
17.The Moon of Manakoora
18. The Last Waltz
19. Around The World
20.Medley Under paris Skies - The Petite Waltz
21.Edelweiss
22.La Ronde
23.Now Is the Hour


title: Four Stars

text: lush oldies


title: really fine performance, good recording, forgettable composition

text:
Well-composed music finds a balance between repetition/familiarity vs. evolution/surprise (for one of the best explanations, read Marvin Minsky, Music, Mind, and Meaning, Computer Music Journal, Fall 1981, Vol. 5, Number 3).

Furtwangler's first two symphonies lack the repetition side.  There are no memorable melodies, and thus no identifiable "themes" or "development" or "recapitulation" that carry through to tie the work together.  These two symphonies have lots of interesting individual measures, lots of melodies pop in and out, but no one of the melodies sticks around long enough to provide any coherency or coalescence.  The movements have a shape -- the first and last movements culminate in lovely orchestral climaxes, but the climaxes don't have anything to do with anything that came before, so there's no sense of "arrival."

(To my ear, this is the opposite of Bruckner and Tchaikovsky -- those two are too much repetition, not enough variation.  I think Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, Rachmaninov's best compositions hit the balance just right.)

Furtwangler's harmonic language and use of the orchestra is very similar to Mahler.  If you like this late Romantic style, you might like one or two hearings.  The recordings capture the lush orchestral playing.

This same Albrecht/Weimar recording from 2003 is available as a [[ASIN:B0007PLKWK 2007 release]], as a [[ASIN:B000666QSI 2013 release in Japan]], and as a [[ASIN:B01K8LWEYK 2017 release]].  [[B000067DO3 Barenboim and Chicago also recorded Symphony Nr. 2]].  Albrecht and the Staatskapelle Weimar recorded all three of Furtwangler's symphonies, [[ASIN:B00004VX6T Symphony No. 1]] (which I also reviewed), and [[ASIN:B00003W7YJ Symphony Nr. 3]] (also [[ASIN:B000BO0KYQ here]] (which I haven't listened to).


title: Good (not spectacular) 1951 recording

text:
The list of reviews on this page mixes up several different recordings.  This [[ASIN:B00104C13O B00104C13O Tosca with the Castille Gondolfo on the front]] is on "The 50s" label, recorded in 1951 and remastered 2003 by Vandisc Belvideo SA.  This is Tebaldi's first recording of Tosca, the same 1951 recording as on [[ASIN:B0072JKMQE Decca]] or on [[ASIN:B005MUD5H8 Palladio]] or [[ASIN:B000QFAH5M highlights]].

This is--
  -- NOT the [[ASIN:B0000041PG 1959 recording with Mario Del Monaco, George London and Molinari-Pradelli]] (same [[ASIN:B00004USUT 1959 recording on Decca]]).
  -- NOT the 1953 Callas recording
  -- NOT the 1955 [[ASIN:B0173V9GOE Covent Garden recording with Tebaldi and Gobbi]].

The 1951 cast includes Renata Tebaldi (sop. Tosca); Giuseppe Campora (ten. Cavarodossi);  Enzo Mascherini (bar. Scarpia); Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Santa Cecilia, Roma; Alberto Erede (cond.), which "Teh 50s" doesn't put anywhere on the outside; the cast is only listed on the booklet.

The singing is first rate.  The recording (or maybe 2003 remastering) is very very good for a 1951 recording—there’s real life to the sound.  This is a studio recording, no audience noise—clearly not a pirate low-fidelity recording.  The orchestral playing is kind of ragged—the individuals are good (good intonation, etc.) but the ensemble is ragged.