title: Yea! A CD that's leagal to download! Woot

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I love this album! Why didn't they release this to the general public? It rocks!! Anyway, I would have to say do not settle for the "russian re-release" It is in fact a bootleg. Not official at all. If you really want the album as a collectors item, try ebay. They pass through there often (look for the sealed ones, that way you know youre getting the real album).

If you don't wanna get it off ebay, download the music free. Yes, even Amy Lee endorses this so you don't get ripped off buying bootlegs. They aren't getting the money for the actual album anymore anyway (they only released 2500 of these). There are many sites where you can get all these great songs for free (and its legal!!) Google em. You wont regret it. These songs are fantastic. I wish they would really re-release all their Origin and "unreleased" songs on like a two disc set but alas, doesnt look like thats ever gonna happen.

Other songs by Evanescence not included on Origin but released on VERY limited albums (or not officially released at all) in their home town, I suggest you search for these great songs while youre at it:

Before the Dawn

Surrender

Missing (Demo version)

October

Goodnight

So Close

Solitude

Understanding

Exodus

Forgive Me

Forever You

Anywhere

Listen to the Rain

There are others but those are all I can think of... so yea..


title: Classic hits in one collection

text: Bunch of classic hits in one collection


title: Great voice

text: Great voice and romantic lyrics


title: Five Stars

text: Great quality


title: Expanding my music repetoire

text: Pictures and Words By Aaron and Andrew has a few of the most truthful and beautiful songs that I've ever heard.


title: Wonderful

text: Wonderful


title: Awesome 👍👍👍

text: Thank you received and loved it


title: very disappointed in the sound quality

text: very disappointed in the sound quality...not good at all,and this is supposed to be remastered ?<br />Don't waste your money...can't believe Amazon would sell this !


title: Like brand new!

text: Received in excellent condition, like new! Very pleased with this purchase.


title: Five Stars

text: Love this song.


title: Five Stars

text: It's Koool !!!


title: Four Stars

text: Good and nice


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent and very good


title: Estan bien

text: Puras rolas perronas


title: CD

text: I just love this CD! The music on this takes me back to the good old days! Thank You so much for making me happy!


title: I wish it came in a thumb drive

text: I wish I could have bought it in a thumb drive


title: Definitive Performance

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Here we have two recordings of the last two Beethoven Piano Concertos, numbers 4 & 5, opus 58 in G Major and opus 73 in E-flat Major.

First of all, if you're buying this for the no. 5 (the "Emperor Concerto") you can skip it; it's done better elsewhere.  (My personal favorite is Rudolf Serkin piano with Bruno Walter and the New York Philharmonic originally recorded for Columbia on December 22, 1941.)

Now that I've dismissed no. 5 let's get to the real meat of this CD, which is concerto no. 4.

This number four is GREAT; GREAT do you hear!!?? GREAT!!!  The BEST!!!

These performances were recorded two days apart in July in of 1942 with the Fifth being recorded first.  It's better recorded but in some ways this is not so; the Fifth was recorded first and the microphone placement (they only used ONE in "those days") is more accurate; it's placement was more ideal.

For the Fourth, the microphone placement is further away however in this most ruminative of pieces of Beethoven's Middle Period this actually works beautifully to the advantage; the more ethereal sound made this way suits the mood of this piece with the precise justice it deserves.

Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto is unlike most of the works of his Middle Period in that it isn't the least bombastic or thundering; here Beethoven took some time out to be thoughtful and reflective and within this context this all works out as, of course, another one of his genius works.

Schnabel, of of course, understood this, both within the context of his own time and place and that of Beethoven's (and even that of today) with perfect justice; the man knew exactly what he was doing by doing what had to be done.

Schnabel's playing is gorgeous, even for him; even in trills and runs every note is still struck precisely and distinctly as it should be; it's stuff like this that so sets Schnabel apart from almost all of his contemporaries and even from most pianists since.

Schnabel is also known for his endless "clams" which, in the days of disc recording could not be edited out.  (The first time I ever heard Schnabel [Beethoven Sonata No. 18 in E flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3, "The Hunt"] while I was utterly astounded by his artistic genius he really does hit a lot of boo-boos.  There are many that deride this but I find them merely a sign of Schnabel's mortality.)  In this recording he makes strikingly few.

While the whole recording is just so great, the parts that just absolutely kill me are the cadenza and slow movement; they just sum up precisely what is the essence of the greatness of Western Civilization; Schnabel (and Stock & The CSO, too) just make me stop dead in my tracks each time I hear this.  Indeed, if we had to put something in a space capsule to show something of ourselves to other beings way out there in space I would unhesitatingly chose this to represent us.

Yes, there are some who will nitpick about the over 70 year old sonics but for those of us who aren't stuck on things like this, this really is the Beethoven Fourth to have.


title: I'm only Reviewing No. 3

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This performance of Brahms' Third Symphony as performed by Rafael Kubelik and The Vienna Philharmonic is considered to be by many record collectors the best recording of this work and while it may or may not be "the best" it's certainly incredibly merit-worthy.

(Bernard Haitink and the Royal Concert Hall Orchestra of Amsterdam did two Brahms cycles; the earlier set has a Brahms 3rd that in many ways is up there with this recording by Kubelik.  [[ASIN:B00000E58C Brahms: The Symphonies ~ Haitink]])

I used to have this four Lp set on a London/Decca budget series that unfortunately got lost over several moves.

Oddly enough, I was able to acquire all four symphonies cheaply enough on old-fashioned open reel-to-reel which I have since digitized.

However, as was so when I had the vinyl, the only one I play is Symphony No. 3.

For those of you that can still "do vinyl" you can try shopping for this on eBay and again, many sellers do demand a premium for this.

(Not to be patting myself on the back, it's amazing how stuff I enjoy is always highly priced but that's what happens when you have a taste such as mine.)

I think it was Oscar Wilde who once, in effect said, "Only the auctioneer ever needs to put a price on art."


title: Where are 3 And 4?

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These performances are pretty darn good, however the one that the collectors really go for is Symphony No. 3.

Where is it?


title: Not Complete

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What the heck is it with this junk of not releasing the complete concert the way we all remember it?

Fortunately, Amazon carries an import version that is the COMPLETE concert and the transfer from the original master tapes is utterly superb.

As an aside, Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra recorded two Lp's worth of Johann Strauss waltzes and associated pieces also for RCA, yet they REFUSE to put it out properly complete on a TWO CD set; the transfers are also an abomination.


title: Brian Gari's Names Vol. 1 & 2

text: Brian is no stranger to creating well-crafted melodies that are enjoyable to hear and fun to visualize as the stories are laid out for the listener. Both volumes of Brian's latest ventures, 'Names Volume 1' and 'Names, Vol. 2' are pleasant journeys through a virtual directory of names, acquaintances or just musical tributes to those graced with the titles of these little gems.<br />Brian has once again spun his magical, musical web of smiles in these two separate volumes.  Both are recommended  for those that thrive on sweet songs and memorable tunes.  Three thumbs up (Here's hoping for another volume).


title: Cabaret of Love - A Theater of Pop perfection

text: Dana Countryman's wellspring of masterful melodies has brought forth yet another new collection of original, perfectly crafted works of musical wonder.  Dana's music romances the listeners' hearts, with gripping ballads, and celebrates the excitement of being in love.<br />There are many musical guests which perfectly compliment and enrich an already beautiful set of songs.  This one will be on 'auto-repeat' for a long time to come :)


title: The next musical master

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Wyatt's album 'Novel and Profane' could arguably be a reincarnation of some of the most talented artists of our time... with the exception that most of them are still living and you can hear their influences coursing through the veins of this brilliant work of power pop.  Wyatt has assembled some of the finest hook-laden songs, polished them to perfection and bathed them in a pristine coating of sugar-coated sonic sweetness.  There is a vast array of musical stylings, each standing on their own, but interwoven with a golden thread of Sunshine pop on steroids.  Also recommended are Wyatt's previous projects with his former bands, The Pendletones & Second Saturday, both digitally re-released and expanded.

Happy Listening!


title: Remastered Really Better

text: Remastered version so much better sonically than original CD.  Amazing mix.


title: The Perfect 30th Anniversary Set!!!

text:
Alot of people have bashed this wonderful box set that, to any true Ozzy fan, is priceless. Sure, it was $140.00 with free shipping, and you can get the CD's and vinyl outside of the box. But what you CAN'T get is the versions of the vinyl. "Blizzard of Ozz" is a Gatefold 180gram vinyl that holds 2 of the discs, while the back cover is of the UK pressing! "Diary of A Madman" is also unique as a gatefold, with the back cover having no lettering or printing - just the picture! The booklet does contain alot of previously seen photos, but there are some unique ones to this photo album that make it a perfect collection for any Ozzy / Randy Rhoads fan.
It also has the "Ozzy" cross, which cannot be found anywhere else and is a nice keepsake - kind of a piece of the Ozz himself.

Onto the DVD: While it does contain some previously released material, I have a master copy of the "After Hours" show that is superior to any of the VHS copies we bought back in the 80's. Some of those Videos we paid up to 30 bucks a copy for, just trying for that perfect one. Some were so grainy with poor audio quality. I got a master DVD copy back in 2004, and the version of "After Hours" on this boxset DVD is FAR SUPERIOR in quality! It also contains the Palladium show in the best quality and continuity (within the constraints of the medium used to record it at the time) than has ever been available before.
The promo poster is a nice reminder to those of us who bought those posters back when they first released.
Finally, the box itself. The chrome-look with an alternate cover from the "Blizzard" photo shoot is very nice, while the polka dots on the sides of the box are a very nice touch & homage to the man who helped Ozzy successfully launch his solo career, abnd created the musical departure from the 'Sabbath Sound' everyone expected Ozzy to do.

For those who said there were tons of these, it looks as though Amazon is sold out. For those who haven't bought this set yet, but are true Ozzy & Randy fans. It is a must! Get it through one of the sellers if you can. (However, I wouldn't pay 500 bucks for a used set. there are limits - unless money isn't an option & you are a fanatic collector.)


title: As advertised

text: On time delivery.  Arrived intact -- no damage.  Recording quality excellent.


title: One for the rockopologists

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Forseps aka Pepe Fors is one of the pioneers of Guadalajara's Rock scene.  He had a reputation for really Hard Rock with emblematic groups such as Duda Mata & Cuca.  For this album he bares himself & goes somewhat acoustic.  Its a pretty good album but I mostly recommend it to Mexican Rock groupies who have a hard time finding material.

Forseps o Pepe Fors es uno de los pioneros del Rock en Guadalajara.  Tenia una reputacion por Metal muy pesado con grupos emblematicos como Duda Mata y Cuca.  Pare esta album se desnuda un poco y nos toca mas o menos acustico.  Es un album mas o menos bueno, pero lo recomiendo mas que nada, a los fanaticos del rock Mexicano.


title: Puro Fun!

text:
La Tremenda Korte, named after the clasic & influential Cuban radio show that starred the Cantinflas like character Tres Patines, is one of the solid & enduring bands that emerged from Mexico City's Ska movement in the early '90s.  Over the years they have matured into very good musicians so much so that they achieved this recording with the discerning "Opcion" and have participated in many important cultural festivals such as the 2001 Afrocaribbean festival in Veracruz.  Yet, they still try to maintain the mystique of an "underground" band...playing in the oddest venues....I saw them at the Ho Chi Min auditorium at the School of Economics at UNAM.  This album is a fun & creative mix of rock & roll, ska & high flying brass (saxophone & trombone) with that spicy sarcasm exhibited by Mexican bands such as Cafe Tacuba & Maldita Vecindad.

La Tremenda Korte, homologo del popular programa de la radio Cubana con su clasico personaje Tres Patines, es uno de los grupos mas solidos y duraderos que salieron del movimiento Ska chilango de los anos 90.  Con el tiempo han madurado como musicos...a tal grado que la exclusiva disquera "Opcion" les produjo este album y tambien han participado en importantes festivales culturales come el Afrocaribeno Veracruz 2001.  Aun pretenden mantener la enigma de ser banda del "bajo mundo"...tocando en los foros mas inesperados...yo los vi en el auditiorio Ho Chi Min de la facultad de Economia de la UNAM.  Este album es muy divertido y creativo con mezcla de Rock and Roll, Ska, descargas de Saxofon y Trombon y con esa picardia sarcastica ya conocida en grupos como Cafe Tacuba y Maldita Vecindad.


title: Beele Cruu ~ Susana Harp

text: An essential CD of Oaxacan influenced music - the music is exotic, the melodies are beautiful, her vocals are incredible!


title: Strange but compelling music

text: Some people (well, not too many I suppose) have put this album down because of its lack of memorable songs. I can understand that, the songs here don't hold up on their own as classics. But this album isn't about creating a bunch of sing-along tunes. It has to be regarded as a whole to be fully appreciated. FOREVER CHANGES is about creating something (at least back then) unheard of. The songs are often mystical and a bit weird, both in terms of music and lyrics. And the arrangements are sometimes peculiar but in an interesting way.<br />If you want some easy-listening, then forget this. But if you want something really original that works on other levels than great hooks, then chances are you're going to enjoy this. At least I do.


title: Swedish progressive metal

text: Treasure Land made 2 albums in the 1990's, this one being their first. Their music is guitar dominated progressive metal not too far from Arena or Dream Theater. The only real downside is the singer. He's not bad at all while singing in his normal range. But like often with this genre, he tries to hit notes only dogs can hear... Sometimes it works just fine, sometimes it's dreadful. The most prominent member in the band is the guitarist Jonas Hornqwist. Very technically accomplished, although his vibrato is a bit mechanical (ever heard of variation?). But nevermind, if you like this kind of heavy guitar riffing music this is pretty good stuff.


title: I love this album

text: Belgian group Machiavel released 3 progressive rock albums between 1976-78. Most people seem to prefer their second and third; "Jester" and "Mechanical moonbeams". But I've always liked this one best. It's a bit less complex than those other 2, but still progressive enough. And very classically influenced. One of my favorite albums.


title: Interesting early progressive rock

text: This album came out at about the same time as "In the court of the crimson king" (King Crimson). Side A contained only one long piece about a shipwreck with narrating voice and a lot of interesting musical ideas. Very good. Side B is however more mainstream and less good. But I gave it 4 stars just because I like the A side so much. Like a more melodic King Crimson or a more progressive Moody Blues.


title: The most honest man in showbiz?

text: Those who have never listened to Martyn or seen him live have missed out. His directness and honesty will touch your heart. Only songs this real can make such a connection with you. This is not his best CD, but that doesn't  mean it's not 5 star stuff. If DO Not Disturb doesn't touch you, you're  probably not alive! He can be wry, humourous, observant, catchy but one  thing is for sure and that's that he'll speak to your soul.


title: He Was The Best!

text: I still miss Roy O! Just listen!  He was the best!


title: Five Stars

text: Excelent!


title: One of the greats

text:
'Forever Changes' is one those albums I couldn't bear to be without. Perhaps the most brilliant psychadelic album of all time, its a seamless set of songs that burns its self into your consciousness. Authur Lee's voice compels you to listen to everything he has to say from the political to the personal he keeps you gripped no matter what. More bitter and cynical than so many other albums of the time it doesn't get bogged down in tiresome hippy sloganeering, and in some ways its nearest musical kin would be Frank Zappa & the Mothers Of Invention's 'We're Only In It For The Money' in that it mocks rather than embraces hippy idealism (though Zappa's is a far more viscious and ruthless attack).

However in many ways 'Forever Changes' is a unique album for its time. Embracing horns and orchestral flourishes to back the pschadelic rock nothing else sounds the some. Guitars vary from delicately plucked folkish numbers as on 'The Red Telephone' to scorching fretwork (see 'A House Is Not A Motel'), and encompasses everything inbetween. It occassionaly embraces South American flavours such as on 'Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale' (surely one of the most clumsy names to be placed on a rock song) or veers towards sounding slightly like a Burt Bacarach number 'The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This' (another awkward title, oh well not big deal). This is part of magic of 'Forever Changes' it takes in some many different styles and influences and yet retains such a strong sense of identity that its never forced in baring that title of compromise in being described as "eclectic". Every second of the eleven tracks sounds like it belongs there, only a handful of albums ever made can boast such a claim, and even Love only ever managed it this one time. I'm loathe to say it because there are so many albums from that decade that are so so aboslutely brilliant and its such a contensious claim, but this is probably the best album of the 60's, and definately in the top 10 of all time.

As for the bonus tracks. Well they're enjoyable but hardly add anything to the album, most valuable is the outtake 'Wonder People (I Do Wonder)', but the other additions apart from the slightly annoying tracking sessions highlights of 'Your Mind And We Belong Together' are certaintly worthy of repeated listens. And as they're simply placed on the end of the orginal album flow don't ruin anything and give you nice extra if you wish to indulge more after listening the first 11 tracks, which if you're tastes are anything like mine you certaintly will.


title: Quality rock pop provided by British rockchicks

text: "I Quit" is one of those rare songs these days that is actually decent and credible. The all-girl group Hepburn outshine their squeaky manufactured pop rivals with this song, in fact, Hepburn play their own instruments in all of their songs. Lead singer, Jamie, provides listening pleasure with her superb vocals, and the quartets'  musicianship is top notch. If you are looking to purchase an example of "real music", this is the single for you. Buy it now and you won't regret it.


title: Kiwi music- full exposure!

text: Fellow Kiwis are all too aware that New Zealand musicians, incredible as they are, rarely achieve international recognition. However, Zed have, and we are all very proud of them. Stand out tracks on this album include "Come On Down", "Renegade Fighter", "Glorifillia" and "Oh! Daisy". This album is fantastic, from a fantastic band from a fantastic country. It's about time New Zealand got some musical recognition and the Zed quartet are certainly going the right way in acheiving this feat. Congratulations, boys...buy this album readers!


title: All six concertos in a lovely package

text:
Three CDs: one for the two great Piano Concertos, the second features the 1st and 2nd violin concertos, the third features Shostakovich's late career cello concertos.

The piano concertos date to the early to late 1930's; the 1st features a strong jazz influence and could dually be classified as a trumpet concerto.  The more famous Piano Concerto No. 2 was issued between Shostakovich's monumental 5th and 7th Symphonies and, like those two works, features strong, emotional melodies, particularly in the haunting second movement.

The Violin Symphonies feature the able David Oistrakh, Russia's premier Shosty violin interpreter.

The third disc features cello music composed during the 1950's and 1960's, and is of a much more Modernist (nearly Minimalist) bent.  The stark setting demands a more emotional interpretation; Ivashkin is passable but I would have loved to have heard these in the hands of a Casals.

If you are a huge fan of Shostakovich, as I am, the Concertos are a must-have work.  These are well performed; and the glossy Abstractionist box packaging and liner notes are good looking, too.


title: Five Stars

text: The remastering kicks arse !!!


title: Must Have Vinyl LP

text: This is essential listening to any Rock music fan. Along with early Chuck Berry,Carl Perkins,Buddy Holly. Foundational.... the music that moved the young Beatles. Thanks Little Richard. The red vinyl is delicious eye candy....great RSD reissue.


Filthy sludge from the singer of Kilslug and the guitarist and drummer of AxCx. If you like either of those bands check this out.


title: it's a great album, not a crappy bootleg made by someone ...

text: Unofficial release. Disc 1 is mostly rough mixes of '69/'70 recordings.  Izabella and Stepping Stone are the original Band of Gypsies single versions,  not the versions on First Rays.../War Heroes. All of it is now available on official releases except Blue Suede Shoes, which hasn't been seen since the long out-of-print Loose Ends compilation.<br />Disc 2 is the reason to buy this. Live at the San Diego Sports Arena May 24th, 1969. This was released as disc 3 of the Stages box but it was inexplicably missing Foxy Lady and Stages has been out of print for over 20 years. This is THE definitive live version of Red House. This concert was professionally recorded for a potential live album by Eddie Kramer. So,  even though the release itself is unofficial, it's a great album,  not a crappy bootleg made by someone who snuck in a tape recorder. I'm sure Experience Hendrix will release this,  someday. There's a finite amount of Hendrix material out there. They can only release a couple albums per year or they'll flood the market and run out of stuff to release. But, other than better liner notes,  there's nothing they could do to improve on this.


title: ... but there's finally a Jimi Hendrix album I don't like. This is almost unlistenable

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I didn't think it was possible but there's finally a Jimi Hendrix album I don't like. This is almost unlistenable. Taped to two track by Jimi himself the sound quality is excellent, however what is being played is not. This isn't Jimi jamming in the studio, playing amazing guitar solos. This is just a few guys on acid (I assume) noodling around at home. There's no "lost classics" here.
The cd lists the players in addition to Jimi as:
Juma Sultan flute/percussion
Jerry Velez percussion
Mike Ephron keyboards
Billy Cox bass
Mitch Mitchell drums

First of all, there's no bass or drums anywhere on here. Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell DO NOT play on this.
Disc 1 is literally just Jimi strumming what appear to be random chords while Juma and Jerry play with some bongos. 70 minutes of that. Occasionally an out of tune keyboard can be heard. Only the last track is even remotely interesting, a very very loose version of Stepping Stone. But again, no bass, no drums, and Jimi's amp is set to the clean setting.
Disc two is slightly better. At least there's some recognizable riffs. The early home demo of Isabella is mildly interesting, I guess.
I got so bored listening to this I lost track of the song titles, but I'm pretty sure the track list on the back of the CD doesn't quite match up with what's on the disc itself.
If you're a Hendrix nerd like me you're probably going to buy this anyways no matter how horrible it is. I did. I don't regret it (other sites have it for sale much cheaper than here. Check auction sites) but I'll never listen to it again.
Two stars just for Jimi's presence but he'd be totally embarrassed if he knew people were listening to this.


title: Fortunately, I am a Hendrix freak

text:
2xCD compilation of outtakes. For Hendrix freaks only. Fortunately, I am a Hendrix freak. I'm not going to review the music. Its Jimi in the studio trying out stuff. If you like listening to Jimi just wail away without much song structure, this is great. These were never meant to be released but since Jimi failed to read the recommended dosage on that bottle of sleeping pills, us Hendrix freaks will take what we can get. These are demos, not polished recordings but the sound quality is excellent. Purple Haze did a good mastering job. My only complaint is the sparse liner notes. No exact recording dates or who played what so here's a technical rundown of the tracks as best as I can figure it:

1. Lord I Sing the Blues for You and Me
  Great blues track. Has a 2nd guitar player I assume is Larry Lee. Must be from the '69 Hit Factory sessions with Gypsy Sun & Rainbows. Brief vocal from Jimi at the end.

2. Country Blues
  This is an extended version of Country Blues from the Jimi Hendrix Experience boxset. Where the box set version ends this one keeps going a few more minutes while Jimi plays the riffs that would become Astro Man. Jan '70 Record Plant with Band of Gypsies.

3. Villanova Junction Blues
  This is the centerpiece of the album. 30 minute jam with Band of Gypsies. Jimi is just amazing on this one. Its on the Dagger Records Burning Desire disc but split into 3 parts. Here we get it unintterupted.

4. Stray Blues
  Another jam. I don't know much about this one. There's a second guitar but he's playing too good to be Larry Lee (no offence). Maybe Jimi double tracking??

5. Voodoo Chile
  Same outtake from the Electric Ladyland sessions that is on Blues.

6. Three Little Bears/South Saturn Delta
  Same as on the Axis Outtakes disc.

7. Once I Had a Woman
  Same as on Blues

8. Cherokee Mist/In From the Storm/Valleys of Neptune
  Same Cherokee Mist as on the JHE box set but like Country Blues, this version lets the tape keep playing and we get an early demo of In From the Storm and then he goes into Valleys of Neptune. With Billy and Mitch 6/70 at Electric Lady

9. Hear My Train A Comin'
  This is live from Berkeley 1970. Same as on Blues and the Jimi Plays Berkeley film. The definitive live performance of this song. The Experience is just on frigging fire here.

The Hendrix Estate sued and got this taken off the market but its a quality release and more interesting than the official versions. There're still copies floating around though and another label reissued it in a cardboard foldout sleeve instead of a jewel box. Worth tracking down.


title: not 4 like listed above

text:
I have this on CD. The CD has 7 tracks, not 4 like listed above. I don't know if there's really 4 or 7 on the vinyl.
Anyways, this live album sounds exactly like what it is. Jimi late night jamming with friends at a tiny club in front of a small audience that had no idea Jimi was going to show up that night.
Taped directly to two track by Jimi himself, the sound quality is excellent. The only sound issue is the barely audibls vocals but there's barely any vocals anyway.
Tracks 1 through 6 were recorded at Cafe Au Go Go on March 17, 1968. Playing along with Jimi is Elvin Bishop and Philip Wilson from the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Buddy Miles and two other guys from Electric Flag.
 The final track is a 20 minute segment from a jam on April 15, 1968 at Generation club (which Jimi would soon buy and turn into Electric Lady Studio). Its the best track on here.
BB King was playing there and after the show was over and the audience went home there was an all night jam. Again, taped by Jimi himself (I dunno who leaked the masters but I'm glad they did).
All jamming together is Jimi, BB, Elvin Bishop, Philip Wilson and Al Kooper. Supposedly Ted Nugent came on stage at some point but he is not on this track.
  If Jimi just improv jamming with friends and having a good time sounds interesting to you, you need this album. Far more interesting than the Scene Club album that's been reissued a zillion times.
I knocked off a star for the cheap packaging, but whatta ya expect with an, ahem, "unofficial" album. At least the liner notes are thorough. There's a guy on a certain auction site who has this at a decent price.

CD track listing
1. Everything's Gonna be Alright
2. Stormy Monday Blues
3. Three Little Bears (a 15 minute jam, not the little ditty on War Heroes)
4. Instrumental Jam in D
5. Instrumental Jam in A
6. Little Wing
7. Blues Jam 1 (San Ho Zay)


title: ... in Japan back in '98 and they were a pretty kickass hardcore band

text: I saw these guys in Japan back in '98 and they were a pretty kickass hardcore band.  I even bought their 7". I don't know what happened to them since then but this stuff is gay.


title: Surprisingly good early collection

text: I bought this CD from Phar-Mor in Deerfield Beach, FL in 1990.  The first time I played it, all I could think was Wow, this is good.  Every performance by Cash is top-notch and the songs are all classic Sun sides from his early days 1956 to 1959.  As the title states, these are the original sides.  I had always been familiar with Cash's recordings on Columbia having grown up during the seventies, but, outside of Folsom Prison Blue's and I Walk the Line, I wasn't that familar with his Sun output.  This CD showed me what I was missing.  It is just great stuff.  The only complaint is that some of the sources could have been better, but generally, the sound is decent.  If you don't have his Sun recordings on CD already, it wouldn't hurt to search this one out.


title: This is a masterpiece???

text: This is a 5 star "masterpiece"????I just cannot believe all the accolades and sky high rhetoric written about this hunk of junk!!  This album sounds like the soundtrack of some C grade wannabe hippie movie made in the late 60s that fails miserably and is already outdated when it comes out (you know the type). For you folks out there that never heard this album before, save yourself the acid indigestion and the waste of $10 and DO NOT BUY THIS CD!! I'd rather listen to a buzz saw cut through 10 miles of rusty nails than to hear this again.


title: Awesome!

text: Vulfpeck are my flavor of the past month. Awesome band, fun music full of cleverness and humor, both musically and lyrically. I only wish there was more material available on Vinyl. The pressing is also immaculate - heavy, well pressed record, sounds like a dream, very transparent and full-bodied. All thumbs up!


title: Expectations can be a terrible burden

text: The other review was rather harsh on this CD. You will not find any of these 25 recordings on one CD as represented --you would have to buy several individual CDs at high prices or maybe in an Ellington box set . You have Rex Stewart and his 52nd St Stompers, Cootie Williams and his Rug Cutters , Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra and his Big 7 , and the Barney Bigard aggregation . Yes the sound is not great but the music is the subject here.


title: Piano Jazz Sublime

text: This 2 CD package has some great jazz artists .....the highlight of the set is the rare Jutta Hipp set from Blue Note. Plus Herbie Hancock's first solo BN album and Mc Coy Tyner's Impulse LP  which was recorded just before the classic Coltrane Love Supreme Album .


Alice Darr is another forgotten voice in the world of Jazz. Along with a host of others of forgotten yet talented vocalists of the era of the 50' and early 60s (Jerri Winters, Helen Carr and Jeri Southern come to mind)  , she was a low key but thoroughly professional singer that reminds one of Julie London by the way of Carmen McCrae. As far as I know this was her only recording she ever made and what a good one it is. The album was recorded in one day which is somewhat of a minor miracle in itself (.Miss Darr was probably thinking I may not get a second chance at this)  on May 18th, 1962 at the famed A & R studios with an unknown ,at the time,  Phil Ramone at the helm.. She sings 12 songs that even I ,who knows the Great American Songbook well, have never heard of. Not a standard in the bunch which by no means is a bad thing , just that one song tend to meld into another with out any great distinction. 4 of the songs were written by the guitarist on the date , the great Mundell Lowe ...... but Darr's singing is so apropos of the time she transcends the so-so songs into sweet poetry . George Duvivier 's bass is a nice support for her . As far as I know , the album is out of print , originally recorded on the Charlie Parker Record label. But it may be had on digital here .


title: WONDERFUL COMPILATION

text: Sometimes less is more ......usually with compilations you get a bounty of music in box sets that sometimes can be hit and miss .<br />SONY does it right with it's ABSOLUTE BEST series .Just 12 tracks which could have been easily 20 if they wanted to but they do get the creme de le creme of the R & B movememt of a 20 year period 1971-1991. The real standouts are the opening track with Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" , Bill Wither's  "Just the Two of Us" which is the extended version of the hit song with Grover Washington , Jr just playing one of his best tenor solos ever....and then there is Bobby Caldwell's "What You Won't Do for Love" which is getting a rennaisance due to the Mitsubishi commercial ... The album is basically out of print but you can download it with Amazon.


title: REAL GONE IS REAL RIGHT

text:
The previous reviewer has a beef with the company that I feel is doing a great service to the novice jazz fan and plugging the holes of the seasoned jazz fan by releasing ,for the most part, out of print LPs that in some cases have not seen the light of day since their initial releases 50-60 years ago.

These CDs  are not bootlegs like some reviewers are making them out to be but bona fide pressings of public domain albums that became such because the EMIs and Universal's of the world either forgot or purposely did not renew their European copyrights of the albums. If one notices all of the CDs are from a period 1953-1961. Which is fortuitous for the jazz fan because that was a golden period of excellent straight ahead jazz albums from some of the greatest jazz artists of all time. Herbie Mann being one of them.

Ok the sound is a tital crap shoot with these sets, some are better than others,  and certainly not what you would get if you bought something similar, lets say ,from the greatest of all the jazz reissue companies MOSAIC RECORDS...... but for a fraction of the price you get eight complete albums in more than agreeable sound resolution and for the most part it doesn't it always back to the music anyway?......and what music this company is issuing. We should be hailing this company not stomping it to the ground for they are bringing the unadularated sound of jazz to a new generation of listeners from an era we shall never see again but we can certainly hear again.


title: Refreshingly Folk - Pop

text: This is authentic American folk music written and performed by this refreshing trio of Californian musicians. The songs, written by Virginia born Frank E. Lee are sung with passion by himself and his hauntingly beautiful wife, Lora. The sound is a modern blend of Peter, Paul & Mary backed by the "Rubber Soul" Beatles. This "band" however is provided by the "Everything in the Book Band" Leeders member Tim Banks...Who apparently wears many hats...but not on the cover photo...But I digress. Buy the dang album..... Please... They're folk artists...chances are they are hungry.


title: The Guilloteens!

text: Well, as far as I'm concern, nothing beats the original Album, DUDE!!! And in Stereo!! Sorry People, their was a bad comment on this site!! Here are My favorite Songs on THIS ALBUM ON CBS RECORDS! and that's, "Hey You", "I Don't Believe", "Wild Child" (NOT Mitch Ryder!), "For My Own" and "I Sit And Cry"! If You get the CD, You get 2 CD's of Singles and "Demo's", ( and sometimes I just don't know why they overdue it!). The Album is all You need, I mean IT! Hay, gotta throw in a Garage group called "The Arkay IV" on Marion Records! The Songs I Dig are, "Set Me Free", "Didn't Have To Love Her Anymore", "Loving You Sometimes", Down From No.9", You'ed Be Surprise", "I'll Keep On Trying", "Surprise Love", "Girl--You've Got A Lot Of Things To Learn" and "Don't Press Your Luck"! One More Idea on Garage Sound, and that's, "The Liberty Bell" from Texas on Back Beat Records! Songs I Dig are, "Recognition", "Reality Is The Only Answer", "I Can See" and "Thoughts and Visions"! What the Hell, One more, and that's "The Del-Vetts" on Dunwich Records! Songs, "Last Time Around", "That's The Way It Is" and "I Call My Baby STP"! Check it out for Idea's on Your Garage Collection!


title: KMET and KLOS!

text: OK Folks, change of pace here but sorry about the Cover. I have the original Brown Blanket One! Another one that was played well in the South Land that is just strictly rock and roll in that main stream of the turning point of the 70's! My songs on the Album that's named "Find the Sun", are "Travel in Time", "Got to Fly", "No--don't leave Me", "California Rock n' Roll" and "Summer's Gone". Good Good Rock! You know, it really blows My mind when I hear these songs and that Group Called "Cat", and a little of "The Churls", when I hear My Buddy from Hollywood named "Robert Johnson" ( 1978 ), on Infinity Records! Songs I Dig are "I'll Be Waiting", "Wish Upon a Star", "Wreck My Mind" and "Tell Me About It, Slim". Check them Out!!!


title: Junior's Eyes

text: You see People? What I'm talking about the group "London Phogg" with their Album from A & M Records? Same goes for this one here. Great Psych Rock Group out of Germany with songs like "Battersea Power Station", "Playtime", "I'm Drowning", "Circus Days", "White Light" and "By the Tree". Get this for Your Library on Colectability of Soul, Psych and Rock! Might as well say something about another Group out of Germany, and that's "Les Goths" with their songs "Turn Over" and "Out of the Sun"! O K , one more! "Strawberry Window" on World Of Sound Records! Songs, "Steve's Thing", "Strawberry Jam", "Mercury",( Man, that song reminds Me of the Live "Move" EP Album, with "Stephanie Knows Who" ( Arther Lee ) and "So You Want To Be A Rock'n & Roll Star" ( Gene Clark ), "Her Eyes" and "Tobacco Road"( different Arrangement!). One More? OK! "Salvation" on Ediesta Records! The Songs, "She Said Yeah", "What Does An Indian Look Like", "Cinderella" and "Think Twice"! Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!!! Lots of Time Machine!!!


title: Every Where A Sign!

text: Of Posting The Blue Image, I have to post "The Five Man Electric Band" also. Turn of the decade stuff, what can I say but bang bang bang on the radio, one after the other. Because of My last 5 reviews on category music, I'll go ahead on this one too Folks for Your Private Collection. And here goes, "Signs", "Juliana", "I'm A Stranger Here", "Black Sheep Of The Family", "Werewolf", "Country Girl", "Coming Of Age", "Sweet Paradise" and "Butterfly"! Great group on Capital Records that's been played well in California. For this type of song in style People, I have to mention about a group called "The W. C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band's", "Hippy Elevator Operator", and the other song called "Loose Lip Sync Ships" by "The Chocolate Watch Band ( The Hogs)", both by "Hanna Barbera" Records! Because why? Heck, IIIIIIIII ddddddon't knowwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!


title: Eden's Children!

text: People, if Your going to pick up Skip Bafferty, then You might as well get this Group also. "Eden's Children" on Stateside Records was famous in the South Land of California, and yes, I know that they were two years before Skip, but I just think that both styles fit in nicely! Heard this group from KMET, KLOS and KWST ( K-West). Well, here are MY favorite Songs, "Knocked Out", "Bad Habit", "If She's Right", "Spirit Call", "Sure Looks Real", "Toasted", "Wings", "Out Where The Light", "Things Gone Wrong", "Awakening", "Call it Design" and "Come When I Call". Both Groups Are Awesome! OK!, another One? OK! "The Plastic Cloud" on Allied Records, and the songs are, "Face Behind The Sun", "Shadows Of Your Mind", "Dainty General Rides", "Civilization Machine" and "You Don't Care"! One More? OK!, "Cosmic Dealer" on Negram Records! The Killer Songs are, "Head In The Clouds", "Daybreak", "Find Your Way", "Child Of The Golden Sun", "I Had A Friend" and "The Scene"! Might as well throw in the "SINGLE ONLY" of "Cosmic Michael" on Radioactive  ( Bliss ) Records with "Cosmic Michael Theme" b/w "Now That I Found It"! Thanks!!!


title: 1977 and Real Young

text: The Whiskey a Go Go, The Roxy, Santa Monica Civic ( when three's company was going strong), and on and on, in 1977, from Hollywood, was a fun place to be.( and working with Suncoast West, I sure didn't get paid much, but anyway), with these young guys and with Randy, this was a great Album. A lot better then there second Album, which did sounded like they had personal problems just by listening to it. Listening to this CD, they sounded real lose and free with their performance. Good CD.  P.S. Boy, here goes, Hi Delores ( #2 ), remember Randy going to Lakewood Center in California to buy some Earnie Ball Stings at Al Kalley's Music Store, well, to make the story short, I was hanging around with Him at that time. Maybe he told you about that, (someone's Dad with the Acoustic Guitar after Dinner! I'll leave it at that, just hints!), still feel uneasy about saying it for what happen. And for my friends at that time taking His personal pictures of His pet dog and His brother Kelly out of His Wallet and Bow Ties, ( Hay, Kelly, when are You going to have Your name credited with Your Brother on these SONGS!!! ), that sucked, and yep, it was me who told them to returned those Pics!, BOY! What a Time! Thanks! Buy the way, I wonder how Joan is doing, the backseat Car Window Girl behind the Pep Boys Store when it was a big field at one time? MAN! Don't know if Sandy still living in Lakewood? ( Yahhh, I know, but I'll just leave it like that!) Oh well, that's another STORY! (Electronic Corral, You Know? Elton John's Times?, just hints!!! )


title: Review of the actual discs themselves

text:
Unlike the other reviewer, I actually own this set and can tell you, because I have done a side by side comparison with earlier releases of the discs in here, that the tracks are in fact remastered. The versions I have heard include the earlier essential classics edition of the 4th and 10th ([[ASIN:B0000029QE Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 10 (Essential Classics)]]  and the Great Performances edition of the 1st and cello concerto ([[ASIN:B000G7PNL8 Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello in E flat / Symphony No. 1 in F Major]]). Compared to the earlier versions, the symphonies sound fantastic, especially the 4 & 10. (The 1st and cello concerto sound like the Great Performances set to me, but those were also updated in the mid-2000s using more recent remastering technology, so this should not be a surprise.) Although I have not compared the 5th, I suspect it too sounds better, since the 5th previously was also remastered last back in the 1990s, like the 4th and 10th.

More generally, the audio quality of the entire release is up to the level of other of the Japanese reissues in this same series, like the Conducts Prokofiev and Conducts Sibelius editions. These are much better sounding than the Conducts Rachmaninoff that someone mentions in the comments section of the other review, but that is because the version of the Rachmaninoff that commentor appears to be describing is *NOT* the one in from the Japanese remaster set. It is from a series more closely aligned with the earlier Essential Classics than this new series.

As the other review points out--Sony's lack of clarity on the packaging about the remaster status of this new series is frustrating.  It'd be nice if Sony would give an indication of remaster status on all their recent reissues, Japanese or German or American. But this is a general problem with their recent reissues by a variety of conductors, and in several of the new series they have been doing, so I think it's unfair to downgrade this one in particular for it. One other thing to note-- the Shostakovitch set discussed here can be found cheaper elsewhere, so I would shop around, in particular, Japanese CD seller web sites.


title: A classic that shaped pop music.

text: A must have for any collection.


title: Five Stars

text: Intersting early music.


title: Horrible Track Listing..

text:
This was supposed to be a best of...it was not...not even close. I have never seen such a horrible track listing for a Best of, for any artist. Avoid at all costs. Nice booklet though. The music is great..but there was sooooooooo many other tunes that surely would be considered classics. THis ain't it.

So 5 stars for music, 2 stars for tracklisting.
And Michael's stuff seems so out of place here.


title: Five Stars

text: CD arrived in a timely manner. Outstanding Group


title: Five Stars

text: Our family loves this band and their heart for worship!  This cd touched my heart and soul!


Not what I thought the ad said it was. I was looking for a specific song and it was not on this CD. I gave it to my daughter and she liked it,


The narration and the sound effects transport me into the story and both are magnificently done. I highly recommend any Heirloom Audio Productions!


title: Incredible

text: Framed this for a friend this is her favorite song!!


title: Leonard Cohen covered

text: Great album, not one of the covers will dip below a 3.75 out of 5, a very well put together album, I have suggested this album to fellow Leonard Cohen fans and some that were new to him, they all loved this album.


title: St John of the Cross set to music.

text: Prayerful interpretations of St John of the Cross and Thomas Merton poetry.  It lifts the heart and soul in expressing the love between God and the soul.


title: Five Stars

text:
Best product and service.

BUB OSTEN
EUFAULA. OKLA.


title: Oughta be a star!

text: New Jersey isn't exactly known as a hotbed of country music but there are some fine country artists from the garden state. One of them is Terry Rivel. His skill and grace are in full view on his debut album, Broken People. Beautifully produced by ace Nashville sessionman, Jimmy Heffernan(who also produced Jerseyite Russ Edwards' terrific recent album), Rivel offers 15 top notch tunes about life, love and Johnny Cash. Not to be missed!


title: guess again

text: This cd had a limited release which came many years after the release of the film.  And when I say limited I mean extremely limited.  It wasn't long before it was sold out.  I'm not an economist but clearly the price reflects the demand and these are probably previously owned copies for sale.  I am a huge fan of this soundtrack and have been since I first heard it all those years ago.  There is a really good review of this over at Soundtrack-express.com


title: VERY GOOD TEJANO MUSIC

text: It's the best Tejano CD I have bought in a long time, I recommend this CD to all. I hope I see the live.


title: Winter on the Moors

text: I purchased this in 1997 when I was still married and enjoyed it year round. After divorcing six years ago, it "disappeared." My daughter just found it, 6/1/13, and my heart rejoices once again!! 'Snow and Roses' is one of the most beautiful instrumentals I have ever listened to!


title: cool

text: really good, but you can get it on weverse for 28 USD :) came with everything


title: Five Stars

text: Collector's MUST!


title: Came as advertised

text: This pack came with the second cd album adhered to the first. Came as advertised and works great.


title: 60.59 are you nuts?

text: I like the album but not for $60.59 that's robbery.<br />Is this biden?


title: Grab Your Stilts And Sing Along

text: I ordered the two-disc version (with a CD and DVD) from an incredible seller in Japan called Samurai Media. It arrived in new, perfect condition. The CD has three tracks; the original song plus an instrumental version with backup vocals so you can climb a pair of stilts and go nuts on karaoke night (that's my plan for after lockdown). The third track is just one man singing, and it speeds up halfway through. The DVD has the music video and a cool tutorial that shows you the choreography to rock your stilts. These guys are great. I just need to find 4 more guys in the USA that love them as much as I do. I'mma start a tribute band.

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title: Awesome album!

text: Awesome album!!  Recommend it highly.  I would love to see this Artist on the Tonight Show!!!  Her voice is so smooth and yet all the songs are catchy, I find myself humming them all the time.  Cannot wait to see what the next album is like!


title: Super duper!!!

text: Packaged so nicely!! Love this!!! Thank you so much, I will definitely order from you again!!!


title: Tunes

text: Great tunes missed from  years past


title: Spectacular!

text: I bought Deodato 2 in the mid seventies and enjoyed it, but it was something of an oddity to me and quickly gave way to my main interests of classical, jazz, and MOR standards. Not sure what got me to thinking again about his music, but I got to looking at Amazon for some of his stuff to see what was available. I came upon this double album and picked it up not really taking notice that this was originally a “quadraphonic” recording. I have a SACD system setup now and these old “quad” recordings really shine. My 5.1 system shows the individual instruments coming from different speakers and it is awesome!  So nearly 50 years later I finally get what the all the fuss was about. Spectacular!


title: Five Stars

text: Great albums


Amy's Piano Poetry has been a blessing for my life. I keep a CD in my car to play after a stressful day at work. Piano Poetry is also on my phone for 'me time' relaxing at home with a cup of tea. What is different about Amy's music is the quality of joy that not only relaxes but uplifts the spirits. I even play it while doing chores to make tasks seem lighter. I recommend inviting Amy and her joyful Piano Poetry into your life. You will breathe deeper, sleep better and have more joyful moments.


title: This is a very good copy of john coltrane's classic work and amongst his ...

text: This is a very good copy of john coltrane's classic work and amongst his very best other lp's include ole coltrane,my favorite things,kind of blue with miles and work with duke and thelonius. miles davis kind of blue is an allstar cast miles,bill evans wynton kelly,cannonball adderley etc.


title: Five Stars

text: Beautiful singing.


title: the cutting edge for the three piece.

text: I was one of those "baby boomers" that idolized the group Cream in the sixties and seventies.  What I enjoyed most was their long  improvisations in the midst of their songs. John Petrucci and his group recapture that passion and musical interaction, but they take it to a level of virtuosity and intensity that is beyond remarkable and very satisfying.


title: GO GIRL KOI NO VICTORY(regular edition)

text: I really liked the layout of the paper insert of the album because it features all the members up close. But of course the songs are my favorite part of this single. ;u;


title: CAMPUS LIFE -UMARETEKITE YOKATTA-(CD+DVD)(ltd.ed.)(TYPE A)

text: A favorite C-ute single of mine. This version includes the b-side "Faraway" and a dance shot from the PV, taking place in the field. It's a very cute danceshot, and easy to learn from, so if you're a fan who likes learning the dances I would reccomend this version.


title: Happy Summer Wedding - Morning Musume

text: This version of Morning Musume's Happy Summer Wedding comes with one disc, featuring "Happy Summer Wedding", "Tsuugaku Ressa" and the instrumental version for "Happy Summer Wedding." In terms of favorite singles, this is not one of my favorites, but still a good song. I'm just a Hello!Project fan who wants to collect everything, so this item was important to purchase.


title: Girl's Generation - Genie (Japanese Version)

text: The CD + DVD edition of this product includes The Japanese version of "Genie" as well as the original Korean version with an instrumental. On the DVD, only the regular Japanese version of the MV is included. Not any of the dance shot, or close up shot of the members.


title: Highly Reccomended

text: Great release from Berryz Koubou, including the close up version of Watashi No Mirai no Danna Sama on the DVD disk. Great quality and purchase


title: Was what I expected

text: Arrived perfectly!!


Very good quality sound recording and detailed speeches make this worthwhile. This set gives an overview of the war years through Winston Churchill's concerns.


title: Wonderfully sacred.

text: Beautiful settings for morning / evening devotions & meditations.


title: You will never be the same after listening to this!

text: What a powerful series in walking out your identity as a son/daughter of God. Putty is an incredibly good communicator. MIND BLOWN!!


title: Life Changing !!

text: This series is the best I have ever listened to on relationships. The principles and practical application of them is a must for everyone who desires healthy relationships!


title: Old but great

text: I was in school when this local artist made this album.  It was great then and it's great now. If you like country music and want some that will bless God and make you think..this is for you. I wish Ronny had made more like this. Perhaps he will again.


title: Five Stars

text: Came in, no scratches or pings, played fine


title: Bonus tracks?

text: Love the Christmas album but question the bonus tracks.  Christmas 1915 is on all the the CDs and Christmas Donegal is added at the sacrifice of not having Going Home for Christmas.  (This is the combo offered by QVC earlier this fall.) So it's what was an exclusive track with QVC, no real bonus.


title: Christmas countdown. Heard it very well. Could not ...

text: Christmas countdown. Heard it very well. Could not hear the rest of the album? What do you want me to do?


title: Great music there Bob

text: Great music there Bob!  If you love great country music, you will love this CD from my friend Bob Fortner!  Known this guy for almost 30 years and still love hearing his voice!!  See you sometime!!


title: Five Stars

text: great cd


title: DELIVERED A WEEK EARLY

text: SOUNDS GREAT, LOOKS GREAT, A WEEK EARLY. WHATS NOT TO LOVE ?


title: The Heck With Watergate!

text:
1972 was a perennial year for popular music. As a teenager I was grooving to classics like Three Dog Night’s “Black And White,” the late Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now,” and the first  big hit by Jim Croce (“You Don’t Mess Around With Jim”).
Throw in beautiful ballads like “Summer Breeze,” Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues,” and the immortal “Nights In White Satin,” and you can bring back beautiful memories of the 70’s! No Covid, no social distancing, and these classic tunes gave us young music lovers a great opportunity to say “who cares?” to Nixon and Watergate!
Listen to these beautifully constructed songs and see how artists actually WROTE songs and performed them miraculously back in the long-lost 70’s!


title: Five Stars

text: great music!


title: Five Stars

text: new item as described


title: Five Stars

text: Very good


Yes, here we have a fine selection of Lyttleton,s music.


title: rocking good tunes

text: The songs from missionary bleu are especially good to groove to (Hot Trip is an excellent tune).


title: Beautiful music

text: The man playing the music has great talent


title: A True Classic

text: The quality of the effort and talent of these gentlemen is timeless. My family enjoys every song....especially after watching  the movie.


title: Excellent songs by a great singer/songwriter

text: A wonderful collection of songs by an excellent singer/songwriter.


title: Still available

text: Memories


title: For the Diehard Humble Pie Fan

text: There doesn't appear to be a whole lot of live Humble Pie material available from the Peter Frampton era of the band. Having said that, I had to purchase this CD. Great song selection, but the sound quality isn't the greatest. I will say the sound is much, much better than Jerry Shirley's Humble Pie bootleg series.


title: CD Remaster sounds great as ever.

text: Replacement for CD from my colleciton that went missing.


title: Known as the "English Drifters" to beach music fans

text: Johnny Moore, who sang lead on many of the Drifters' classic hits in the 50s and 60s, restarted the group in England in the 1970s. No need to recount the history here - Google it. This group isn't trying to sound the same as the prior American iterations but Johnny Moore is up front with his amazing voice and this makes them legit. Folks in the Carolinas who enjoy shagging and beach music will love this CD.


title: great cd

text: good cd to have for a nice drive


title: Would use again.

text: Just as advertised, and at a great price.


title: Great album

text: Fantastic CD and loved seeing them live back in Indy


title: Mexican psych 1969 album by German artist

text: This album is a unique and beautiful record of hard psychedelia.  It was recorded in 68 and 69 by Bodo Molitor while he was living in Mexico.  Highly sought after for many years, the cover art by Bodo, who incidentally designed the classic cover for the Mexican Kaleidscope also, is striking as well.  A must have for those into exploring heavy sounds with fuzz and Hammond B3.


title: Excellent on vinyl

text: Excellent LP.  Carpenters concert from around June 1974.  They were so good live.  I remember being a child and hearing Carpenter's music playing on my parent's radio.  Have been a fan ever since.  Karen's had such a beautiful voice.  Gone way to soon.  One of the greatest singers ever in my humble opinion.  A must have for all Carpenters fans.  LP arrived in near mint condition despite being over 40 years old.


title: Perfect.

text: This is the best rendition of Antonio Vivaldi's timeless classic Four Seasons that I've had the pleasure of treating my ears to.


title: I would like my money back and I will send them back their one cd

text: I was really disappointed because it was supposed to be 8 CDs but it wasn't. It was only one CD and I never would have paid that much for just one.


title: Great music, great price.

text: Everything was great, the case looked new, and it played like it was new.


title: Played great

text: I love music, and it was worth every penny.


title: Great music

text: Collectable


title: Go for it

text: Simply rare and nice music


title: For Collectors

text: You must have if you are collecting the James Last Music


title: I wish there will be more of Caravelli

text: I wish there will be more of a remastered works of Caravelli and this is only the start.


title: Very good

text: Great remastering and a new content.


title: Prefered album

text: Wow at last this album was remastered by Vocalion and only a rare Japanese cd was remasteted long time ago, the original cover design deserve to be re printed alone the recording is very nice.


title: Beautiful remastering

text: Michele is a great original album I waited for a long time to be remastered, Paul Mauriat En España is a compilation but it contains an important remastered tracks.


title: Love Geoff Love

text: Great music


title: Rare and astonishing

text: Rare and something new for me I could never imagine having a live recording for Werner Muller so I consider this a great experience and of course more music of the far east is so astonishing


title: Five Stars

text: GREAT TUNES


title: Multiple purchases

text: We purchased the entire set, CD pack, Chroma DVDs and book a few months ago and have thoroughly enjoyed them. Our youngest daughter sleeps with the television on. While visiting us she had the pleasure of listening to Charmagne play through the night and commented on how peaceful she felt the next day so the DVD/book order is her Christmas present. The CD/book order was sent to a friend of ours in prison so eventually we will hear his opinion. I am sure he will like them.


title: DON'T MISS THIS ONE

text: Each song is uplifting beautiful and anointed  Have bought more than one of these from different sources to share with others


title: Well worth a listen!

text: I saw Linda Stoll in concert many years ago performing these songs.  The album is, honestly, one of my favorites.  Songs of testimony, brilliantly arranged and performed.  It has the best version of "How Great Thou Art" I've ever heard.


title: I am satisfied with the product

text: The 6 ft cables are really handy; I have not tried the 10 ft cable.  I thought the fit into the phone port was NOT as tight as the original cable, but it does fit and it does provide the charge to the phone without any problem.  The cables do appear to be well constructed.  I am satisfied with the product, I would purchase it again and recommend it to anyone looking to purchase a set of cables at lower than store prices.


title: One Star

text: did not survive


title: One Star

text: the plant is too small,did not survive.


title: Delivery was great!

text: CD meets all my expectations. Love his voice!


title: great

text: Lo mejor


title: Great Halloween Treat For The Kiddies!

text: This album was a family favorite from way back in the early 60's. My sisters and brother and I would stay up late listening to "Tales" to get "Frightened" to death! I even contacted Mr. Karloff's daughter a few years ago to see if she knew if it would ever become available again. At the time she wasn't really sure if or, when it might be. I was delighted to find it here on Amazon and immediately ordered a copy. The memories came flooding back. I can't wait to share it with them again soon, after all these years..."The Man in the Raincoat" Sweeeet!!!


title: Awesome collecion of 1980s dance mixes

text:
This set was a pleasant surprise, and all of the music is out-of-sight, if you lived through the 1980s and remember this era of awesome music, and the 12" versions.  For me, I am in my late 50s now, but the 1980s were my favorite decade for classic rock.  And the '60s come in a close 2nd. followed by the 70's and the 50s.  Note: a couple selections are from the late 70s.
  I was really surprised the selections don't show up so here they are:
Disc 1:  Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Relax) -New York Mix ; Soft Cell (Tainted love/Where does our love go) -Extended version ;  Tears for Fears (Shout) - U.S. Remix ; Visage (Fade to glory) -Extended ; ABC (Tears are not enough) -12" mix ; Animotion (Obsession) -no note on remix ed. ; Swing out sister (Breakout) -N.A.D. mix ; Wang Chung (Dance Hall Days) - remix ; Souxsie & the Banshees (Spellbound) -12" mix ; The Cure (Lullaby) -Extended mix ; The Style Council (My ever changing moods -longer/extended 12" version.
Disc 2: Lionel Richie (All night long/all night) -12" version ; Steve Winwood (Higher love) -remix ; Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Two tribes) -annihilation ; Robert Palmer (Addicted to love) -12" version ; Level 42 (Something about you) -Shep Pettibone remix ; Junior (Mama used to say) -12" version ; Kid Creole and the Coconuts (I'm a wonderful thing, baby) -original 12" ; Kool & the Gang (Fresh) -Mark Barry remix '85 ; Diana Ross (I'm coming out) 12" version ; The Gap Band (Oops up side your head/I don't believe you want to get up and dance  -no mix information ; Jermaine Jackson (Let's get serious) -no mix information.
Disc 3: Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel (White lines/don't do it)-no mix info ; Donna Summer (I feel love) -mega edit ; Grace Jones (Pull up to the bumper - 12" version ; Cameo (Word up! -extended version ; Eric B. & Rakim (Paid in full/seven minutes of madness -the coldcut remix ; Owen Guthrie (Ain't nothin' goin' but the rent) -12" club mix ; Dennis Edwards Featuring Siedah Garrett (Don't look any further -original 12" mix ; Rockwell (Somebody's watching me) -12" version ; Yaz & the Plastic Population (The only way is up) - 12" version ; Womack & Womack (Teardrops) -extended remix ; Bobby Brown (My prerogative) -12" version.


title: Great collection of songs

text: Great collection of songs


title: Lovely music.  I think everyone that knows really good music will enjoy it.

text: It was very relaxing and lovely to listen to.


title: Great collection

text: Great collection! And with Time-Life, I know that they are the original recordings!


title: Great!

text: Awesome


title: Best Music from West Africa

text: This is by far the best LP from West Africa within the past 6 years. Even as a non-french speakers. The tracks are moving in a way, i cannot explain.


title: deeply moving

text: I am much more of a thinker than a feeler, yet MPJ's lyrics and music pull me into the realm of the heart. His songs connect with that place of distress, then lift your spirit with true perspective and inspiring hope. This CD is an all-time favorite and I can't wait for it to be available so I can buy it again! (first one was lost in a fire)


title: I already liked Willie.

text: I found a movie several years ago called Songwriter. You can't find the soundtrack for it because it's out of print. I was able to gather almost all the songs, This CD provides the rest.


title: no comment

text: What can you say about tempos that are neither too fast or too slow, dynamics neither too wide or too narrow, phrasing that supports but never distorts? I'm posting only because in reading reviews of various sets of Beethoven sonatas I so often find Brendel referred to as dry, pedantic, or intellectual. His writings and interviews leave no doubt that he is an intellectual, but on these recordings the intellect is entirely at the service of musical expression. Every note is carefully weighed and measured but the result is anything but dry. These late sonatas are the pinnacle of Beethoven's art and any exaggeration only robs them of power. This set is taken from the second of Brendel's three Beethoven cycles. The recording quality is excellent and there are almost 2 1/2 hours of music on the two cds.


title: reissue?

text: While the cover says previously unissued, it looks like it may be the same session that was on an LP called "Inner City Blues," and a LoneHill cd called "New York Sessions." The latter has three additional tracks from other sessions.


title: Five Stars

text: Great symphonic rock / metal album.


title: but its all great.

text: Lots of varied tracks, from symphonic rock / metal to swing, but its all great.


title: Five Stars

text: Great symphonic rock / metal album, but not a lot of tracks.  Still, the title track is awesome.


title: Five Stars

text: She is the best!!


title: "Hoyt" Slim Bryant and His Wildcats Vol 2

text: This is a great collection of tunes that the Wildcats often played on their many radio and TV shows, including the theme-song they used on the radio for nearly 20 years. This collection, as well as the other two vaolumes, clearly domonstrates the talents of all 5 of these great musicians, and that the band was not just Slim Bryant and 4 other guys. In fact only a small number of songs features Slim as the main performer. I have all three volumes of the music and the quality of the re-mastering is just excellent; as if just recorded. If you like traditional western music, you will like this collection.


title: Plays well, strange disc

text: This CD is interesting. After researching on Discogs, the version I received is actually from 1985, not 1990. This is fine as the whole reason I purchased it was to have the original unremastered sound. The case came in perfect condition; however the CD had nothing written on it. It plays fine, but the front is completely blank, which is strange.  Either way, if you're looking for the pure, original U2 sound, this is the CD to get.


title: Solomon Burk sits at the head of the class

text: I've rarely seen as impressive a collection of  "R&B" slowly evolving into "Soul". Solomon Burke was as outstanding a progenitor of said evolvement as can be found. I already had a double-CD of this material  but being  an admitted completist I felt no compunction about this purchase.


title: Available for free on the official Cannibal The Musical page

text: This musical is quite funny, but really only has 1-2 good songs.  Fortunately, although the CD is out of print, the creators have made mp3 versions (and lyrics) available for free on the official page.


title: HLN rock

text: Well done good buy


title: Great...for an EP.

text: I love David Gray. Didn't realize this was only an EP not a full album.


title: It is a good record.

text: Goes perfect on a lazy relaxing day. Perfect music for a perfect day type thing.


title: Rare Content, Poor Quality

text: Yes, after years of searching... finally purchased Climax on CD. The songs are great, but the poor quality of the transfers leaves me muff-eared. Life & Breath and Picnic in the Rain's sound goes in and out like an old eight-track tape. Unless you are a fanatic fan of the group, I would seriously consider NOT purchasing this CD.


title: Do not ruin the disc

text: I really liked it


title: BOTH OF YALL ARE SO STUPID....

text: This is not even an official CD. Someone made it themselves, douchebags. And we know this "A music fan" user is the same person posting over and over. Get a life.


title: A Brilliant Moment in (90s House) Time

text: As much as Twenty 4 Seven was a bit of a flash in the pan (despite Captain Hollywood going on to front his Project, which was another flash in the pan a couple of years later), this album it an utterly excellent slice of early 90s house.  "I Can't Stand It" remains a club classic over two decades later and the production is utterly brilliant.  An excellent step back in time that is as exciting now as it was back then.


title: Good songs

text: Kept my foot tapping through the whole disc. Great music


title: What a beautiful voice

text: All of his songs goes with his voice


title: Five Stars

text: great


text: Came just on time. Unfortunately, when I opened it up the photobook pages were detached from the cover/outside. I'm going to have to get some superglue or something to put it back in place.<br />Other than that, everything else is amazing, I love the photos, and I got an adorable Namjoon photocard. I'm still happy I got the album, just gotta fix it up I guess.


title: Extraordinary Acoustic Masterpiece from Virtuoso Guitarist

text: 2004 Release of a 1996 classic, Dave Kilminster and Fraser Thornycroft Smith create a timeless masterpiece that stands the test of time. Most listeners are familiar with Kilminster's work as a prog rock legend. He has played with John Wetton, Carl Palmer, Keith Emerson and is currently touring with Roger Waters.  He is a talented writer and his talents go far beyond the familiar prog rock. Give it a listen.


title: I want MORE!

text:
I never leave reviews but since I found these guys, I have been devouring everything I can get my hands on of theirs.
Every song(except maybe the last) is great. I have been looping this thing in my car for a week now and expect to remain doing so until "After the War" finally shows up in my mailbox.
They are a bit hard to pin down genre wise. I guess I would call it pirate goth rock that has amazing vocal talents.
I wish Amazon had more MP3's to buy from these guys cause the import prices get up there for an album.


title: Wrong cd

text: Wrong item. I let it go to avoid hastle....but still unacceptable.


title: Off the hook!!!!!!

text: This cd is crazy hot. Probably the best all around chrsitian reggaeton cd out there. Awesome guest artists (Alex Campos,Tony Vega, Domingo Quinones). All in all phat cd make sure you get this one.


title: Maranatha! Music Praise: Hymns and Choruses, the "Green Book", Cd Reference Set

text: This is a great way to quickly listen to many songs and review what you can use in your service.  Because it is older, it may help you remember some great songs to use for worship.


title: Addicting syber-groove industrial deathmetal of the utmost highest quality.(UHQ).....

text: The new album by Switzerland based industrial-groove cyber-metal artists 'SYBREED' gets better and better with each listen I'm noticing on about album spin #7 or 8 and at this point I must admit that among the great songs contained on 'God Is an Automaton', the vocal choruses on most of the songs on this album are so g*ddamn mammoth sounding (ie, huge, arena-sized) vocal choruses iin many of the tracks are sticking in my mind for days and days, in a looped-like state that my mind wants to keep playing back over and over....straight-out addicting in content in an often mesmerizing, if not hypnotic state! Quality is oh so prevalent and realized after multiple spins of the new cd that I have to rate the new album a 5 star for overall quality, production, musicianship, arrangement, album artwork, etc...everything good is happening here, so most quality-minded fans of cyber-groove metal / industrial groove metal such as artists alike Fear Factory, Mnemic, etc will love this material I'm thinking, and it only gets better and better and almost addictive with each and every listen! ~Buy or cry!!~


title: These Texas boys ROCK

text: I'd never heard of this band, but they were in town last night and the stars aligned for hubby and me to have the rare and cherished date night, so we went to Eddie's Attic in Decatur (you know, where the Indigo Girls got their start) and saw the best live performance I've ever seen. Anywhere. EVER. With the first song my jaw dropped and stayed that way, and it was all I could do to keep my ass in my chair. They played every song from this album and from their new one, and one or two that are slated for the next. Every song was a surprise. These 5 (last night) guys are virtuosos at their instruments, including the open-throated vocals. Some critic described them as 'rip-roaring' and that nails it. Buy the album -- and see them live if you get the chance!


title: good

text: gracias


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent shipping and arrived as posted!


title: Great CD!

text: Glad I found this - the best arrangements of Bacharach's work - by the man himself. The ending of Close to You remains one of my favorites ever. CD arrived on time and in good condition.


title: Love this album!

text: This album brought back many memories from my teen years.  I enjoyed this because the music was well written and played and done with some humor!  The best BB album ever!


title: wow.  it really WAS 'like new'

text: wow.  it really WAS 'like new', not so much as a scuff mark on the jewel case.  most impressed, and thanks.  wish I could find the rest of the  bespoke music written for this series in this kind of condition.


Maybe one of the best punk rock albums ever released...

The white is beautiful .... Im lucky to have one of this... You should get your hands on this...... Pure punk... A piece of Art.


title: Five Stars

text: LOVE IT


title: Muy bueno!!

text: Este disco lo busque por mucho tiempo y al fin lo encontre, muchas gracias...  el servicio fue excelente.


title: la diva lucia

text: Very  happy , ontime,good price, and what else you need... I will recomend this !!!!!


title: Early! ....but a little boo-boo

text: CD arrived early, but damaged. A crack in the case, along with a broken interior allowed the CD itself to rattle around inside. However, the CD was undamaged and plays fine, so it's all good! Totally forgivable for distance it had to travel.


title: Repetitions!

text: I liked it very much but it turns out that the songs are repeated: they are sung and then one gets the instrumental. The Flight of the Bumblebee surprised me a bit, too, I was expecting only Korean music!


title: This band rocks

text: This is really good! :)


title: A Biological Quantum Leap!

text: I wrote The Sacred Female, a novel of sexual love's power and transcendent sex.  [[ASIN:1425130488 The Sacred Female]]  Mostly based on experience with some cursory research, after publishing it, I continued my research into this field.  Dr. Lipton's work validates my own conclusions that sexual love positively impacts the human body at the sub-cellular level!  Of course, his work goes far beond my level of expertise, yet it lends credibility to my theories.  So, of course I loved the book!


title: Excellent!

text: Excellent and as described.


title: Five Stars

text: Needs to be released on CD  , it's just fun


title: Ocean Sounds at their best

text: If you love hearing the ocean, this has to be the best recording ever! Just the lovely music that the ocean itself makes.  We have enjoyed it so much that we have worn out our CD! But the price of a new copy is beyond our budget.<br />Robert and Virginia Stearns


title: Good idea but did not work for me.

text: I liked the idea of a drug-less sleeping aide and this helped a bit but not enough to continue using it. I tried hard until I found the music more annoying than sleep enhancing.


title: Five Stars

text: the product is a tape that will always feel like listening to something new.


title: Five Stars

text: this cd is the bomb....it never will get old to me.


title: Gift

text: Being as this was a gift, I personally have not had the opportunity to judge the quality of the product.


title: It's ok

text: It was only missing the photo card but everything else is there.


title: Shaman are tear-holders

text: When my mom died about 15 years ago, a friend gave me a cassette tape (!) of these words of wisdom from Martin Prechtel. It helped me see how our culture sweeps the emotion of grief under the rug. It helped me realize how much I missed my mom was equal to how much I honored and loved my mom.  Everyone experiences loss. Everyone grieves in their own way, in their own time. Grief is social. Grief requires a lot of energy to process.  I would be really happy to see this talk available again. I would purchase a copy for all the people I know that experience loss.


title: Sing like you mean it!

text: I absolutely love this CD.  I am not sure that I have stopped playing once.  I find myself riding through town with windows down and radio up just so I can sing at the top of my lungs.


title: Five Stars

text: This is an amazing album, and the three LP 180 g vinyl is definitely worth the extra price.


title: Five Stars

text: Perfect, thank you.


title: Evaluation

text: Prestation de très bon niveau. Emballage soigné, envoi rapide. Service très régulier, je le recommande sans hésitation. Les prix sont très compétitifs.


title: Love kpop

text: Jessica Jung was my fav but solo even better


title: How pertinent some of these songs are to the moment.

text: Two songs, "When the Mountain Falls" and "Brand New Day" are like bookends to this moment in history.


title: a great performance

text: This is a great performance.  The leads are all in great voice.  However something should be said about the sound.  The source of this cd comes from very noisy discs.  It is really pretty bad and difficult to enjoy this performance.  Of all the live performances of this time that I own,  this has the worst sound. It is a shame they could not find a better source.


title: it was awesome: )

text: Yes , it was awesome :)


title: Five Stars

text: Love the oldies.


title: Five Stars

text: Easy listening (oldies) is my favorite genre.


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent disk in the Hit Parade series


title: Elektra

text:
It's interesting to hear Strauss' music in an opera. While Elektra wails, Ein Alpensinfonie plays along side. Sometimes they merge into interesting passages.
The singers here are not as pleasing to the ear as in Gergiev's ring cycle, but maybe Strauss composed it this way.
The LSO plays masterfully. The sound is vivid. This is a challenging work, somewhat ear opening.


title: Brahms 1

text:
The LPO made some very good recordings with Maestro Tennstedt. They are preferable to his work with the Berlin Philharmonic.
This is a reading more in line with Karajan or Solti than the slower, monumental versions of Brahms 1.
The interplay of the orchestra is highlighted by Tennstedt. It's exhilerating at times. Themes that are sometimes suppressed emerge here.
During the time Tennstedt worked with the LPO, they also made many fine Shostakovich recordings with Haitink. This is an under rated orchestra.


title: Great Mahler!

text:
Great version of first symphony. Maestro Giulini made many great recordings with the Chicagoans.
I often view this piece as an homage to the power, beauty and mystery of nature. From the gentle, opening strains of the first movement to the tremendous crescendos of the fourth movement, Mahler has created a pastorale musical landscape not unlike Beethoven's sixth symphony.
Giulini also excels in Beethoven's sixth, so his success in understanding Mahler's ambitions with this symphony makes sense.
The recording from 1971 sounds better than ever. The maestro coaxes a variety of string tones - majestic, nasally to ensure the musical journey never bogs down. Thrilling climaxes make you wait for the next one. The percussion section delivers a booming, massive sound in which you can see the drum heads vibrate.
Giulini is very comfortable with all of Mahler's soundscapes and orchestral effects. This same team also recorded a phenomenal version of Mahler's ninth symphony.


title: Interesting and very human emotional short piano pieces from Leonard Bernstein…

text:
For those people that really like and appreciate Leonard Bernstein, this recording provides an interesting look at some of the people that he knew and admired as viewed through the lens of the composer’s piano.  Each short work, many less than 2 minutes, features music that clearly attempts to capture the character and mannerisms of the person, it would be even more enjoyable to explore each work if the liner notes provided more information about the subjects.
The music itself is not just “pretty music”.  There are atonal elements and stocatto rhythms that are definitely suggestive of the various quirks and unique manifestations of human behavior.  You get the impression that if you also personally knew the subject of the piece, that you would be amazed by the musical depiction.  There are elements of drive, sadness, joy, calmness, etc., at various points in the compositions – the very stuff of daily existence.  These are very human pieces, and should definitely be listened to with this in mind.
Also featured on this recording is Bernstein’s Sonata for the Piano, Music for the Dance No. II, and Non Troppo Presto, all written in 1937 and 1938 when Bernstein was 19 to 20 years old.  It is interesting here to see the harmonic underpinnings of the things that we typically associate with Bernstein, his rhythmic pacing and tonal choices being quite evident to this listener.
Alexandre Dossin does a fine job on the Piano, giving each work (especially the short ones) a clear chance to stand up and be noticed.  Overall, I am pleased to have this recording in my collection – I just wish the liner notes had more information in them.  Recommended for the Leonard Bernstein fan.


title: Fascinating "historical" look at works of Benjamin Britten

text:
Britten is most certainly one of the most amazing contemporary composers from the early part of the 20th century.  This disc focuses on music that he wrote for Radio and Theatre - which needless to say is rather a different medium than one encounters in a traditional symphonic setting.  However, this medium and its requirements gives unique insights into the snippets of sounds and concepts that form a composer's toolbox of go-to musical building blocks, and the disc is fascinating in that respect.

The first piece, "The Ascent of F6", is the most atonal of the three and definitely provides insight into Britten's musical language when certain melodic constraints are not of paramount importance.  Stark contrast is provided by "An American in England", written for a six part series broadcast in 1942 to inform the American public about conditions and the wartime effort in England - this features much patriotic and charming sounding music reminiscent of that period of time, and shows the versatility of Britten's ability in the medium.  A short piece called "Roman Wall Blues" follows, featuring gorgeous vocal lines from Mary Carewe (mezzo-soprano) that for this listener was worth the price of the disc all by itself.  "On the Frontier", which follows next, is music for a play that also keeps the wartime theme.  The musical selections are generally in the 1 to 2 minute time range, and Britten definitely grabs the listener's attention even given that short period of time.  The last piece, called "Where do we go from here?" again features Mary Carewe's lovely voice.

The liner notes are predominately historical in nature, and are a fascinating read.  In fact, this single CD with liner notes is one of the most informative that I possess in my collection.  If you are interested at all in the works and melodic evolution of Britten, I would definitely recommend this recording.


title: Truly memorable tunes and artistry - highly recommend

text: Excellent condition, came timely. Great buying experience.  The set itself is probably the first Oscar recording I heard 30 years ago and loved it. Now I have my own pristine copy that I can digitize, since it does not appear to have been offered on CD.


title: iDeOLA

text: This was the biggest price tag I've paid for a Mark Heard project, but well worth the $$ if you're a fan of his writing/music! This recording was very unique - similar to his 'Faces in Cabs' era!


title: Big Beats & Happy Feet

text: Great seller! CD shipped very fast! Plays perfect - looks like new! Great mix of artists and tunes; finally found something with both Steve Taylor and Mark Heard :-)


title: Phenomenal Sound Quality

text: I was pleasantly surprised at the great sound quality of these concert recordings.  Very clear individual sounds of the various instruments and vocals.  This has to be the best Grateful Dead anthology I have ever stumbled across.  I highly recommend it.


title: I really liked the bonus tracks

text: I really liked the bonus tracks.  I didn't like the packaging, though.  The part made with cardboard can get messed up easily, and then the CD won't be protected.


title: Four Stars

text: enjoying the music


title: Excellent - Item delivered on time

text: Excellent -  Item delivered on time, was as described, really good album!


title: Five Stars

text: good job


title: The CD arrived as promptly

text: It’s exactly what I wanted


title: Quick response to my order

text: A gift


title: This was a gift

text: This was a gift


title: Timeless recording

text: Traffic at its best.  Steve’s voice, great arrangements and musicians.  Love the flute!


title: Best contemporary piano trio CD in decades !

text:
I had never heard of this Lebanese pianist until a local public radio dj played aired this CD. I pulled off the highway  to really listen to Tarek Yamani was doing.  Now, on a standard grand piano he would join the ranks of the best 15 or so best living jazz pianists (Jarrett, Meldau, Werner, etc.), but that's not what I heard that night.  He was wailing on a Fender Rhodes electric piano in quarter-tone tuning, effortlessly melding Arabic meters and phrasing with his original jazz compositions and virtuosic soloing.  5 of the 9 tracks feature this colorful tuning commonly heard in much traditional Middle Eastern music (I wish the entire CD used it) and one tune uses both stand grand piano with his quarter-tone keyboard.  His trio is augmented with two excellent percussionists on much of the recording and an wonderful Arabic vocalist joins him on two songs, to great effect.  Of course, the recording mix is perfect.

Mr. Yamani creates a huge variety of compositional and improvisational colors, executed with utter abandon and complete control simultaneously.  He has immense musical resources and has the taste to make them move the listener.  This is without a doubt, the freshest piano trio recording I've heard in decades.  Whatever it costs, buy it !


title: Great album

text: Thanks!


title: stellar performance

text: I'd describe it as a Native American Rock Opera with the added bonus of the tribal dancers. I found the last song to be particularly moving, a great finale to a show I wish so much to have seen in person. The four star rating is only due to the fact that this wonderful spectacle is not on blue-ray.


title: none of the songs matched the Tracking List on your web site !!

text: My headline is my written review.


title: Cliburn in Moscow, 1958 - part live, part studio recording - all very good

text:
This Melodiya release captures the subtle essence of 23-year-old Van Cliburn's performances, as a contestant in the First International Tchaikovsky Competition held in Moscow.  The Beethoven "Appasionato" Sonata and Liszt's "Liebestraume" are live recordings from April 18, 1958 in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire.  Cliburn conveys an impossible-to-describe command of the tricky-to-navigate chords and phrasing throughout the Beethoven, and I've never really heard the Liebestraume rendered with such exquisite tenderness and intimacy.

The Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 presented here is NOT identical to the live recording released on Testament with the identical orchestra and conductor.  This reading with the Moscow Philharmonic conducted by Kiril Kondrashin was taped without an audience but it retains a magical subtlety that is truly unique. I would guess the concerto was recorded a day or two after Cliburn was awarded First Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition, and just before he and Mr. Kondrashin departed for performances at New York City's Carnegie Hall.

The extremely-well known RCA Victor recording of the Concerto, taped in Carnegie Hall a few weeks later, remains a first-class performance on its own merits.  However, in my opinion the orchestral performance here with the Moscow Philharmonic is superior.  The Moscow group had played this piece under Mr. Kondrashin's baton several times during the Tchaikovsky Competition, and it's likely that the New York musicians (Symphony of the Air) had much less rehearsal time with Mr. Kondrashin than the Moscow Philharmonic.

As for the audio quality on this particular Melodiya CD release:  It's decent.  It is true mono - no "electronic stereo" gimmickry - and from an audiophile perspective would rate 5 points on a 10-point scale.  Dynamic range is satisfactory but not unlimited, the balance between piano and orchestra is (in my opinion) quite natural and the piano itself is not too closely-miked, and there's surprisingly little difference in audio characteristics between the "live" and "studio" sections of this release.  In short, the audio reproduction is satisfactory and does not get in the way of enjoying these superb performances.

Van Cliburn left an amazing legacy as an artist, but it is sobering to acknowledge that his most convincing and impactive recorded performances date from his very earliest years in the public spotlight.  Over the years, he retained an impeccable sense of taste and phrasing, but the magic of the early years was rather unique.

If you can find yourself a copy of this particular Melodiya release, it's highly recommended.


title: DISAPPOINTING!

text: Maybe it's just me but, when I see the words, 'GREATEST HITS', that's what I expect to hear. EVERY track should have me singing along, or tapping my foot, or the steering wheel as I drive. Instead, I found myself hitting the SKIP TRACK button on my steering wheel, on several occasions. I don't know who chose the tracks for this CD set, but they need to go back and review music from the seventies, AGAIN. There are tracks on these CDs that should never have been chosen. I did read the list of tracks before purchasing, and admittedly, I didn't recognize some of them. I thought that perhaps I missed some good music growing up and that the tracks I didn't know, would be something special. As it turned out, I didn't miss anything.  Now, I have neither the time or inclination to do a deep dive into the tracks on this CD set. Suffice it to say, they could have chosen MUCH BETTER music. And while some of it was good, I don't know that ANY of it was necessarily GREAT.  Highly disappointing. ☹


title: product review

text: Excellent!... as described.


title: product description

text: exellent...as described


title: Five Stars

text: excellent!...great price


title: Four Stars

text: good!...but a few scratches.


title: Four Stars

text: good price...but a few scratches!


title: Five Stars

text: excellent...nice job!


title: Five Stars

text: excellent...no problems


title: Four Stars

text: good...no problems


title: Three Stars

text: ok


title: There aren't enough stars allowed!

text: Needs about ten stars. John, Bucky and Martin Pizzarelli with vocals by Becky Kilgore at her best. Great selection of tunes, fantastically arranged and executed. Pure professionalism through and through.


title: Five Stars

text: Good


title: Craddock Sings His Greatest Hits

text: My favorite Craddock song Broken Down in Tiny Pieces is a real keeper.  Finding the old vynal record album for $17 beat the fire out of a used CD for a hundred or more.  It was is great shape and sounded even better than expected. Fast shipping also and was less than a hundred miles away. USPS delivered to the door for it didn't fit the mail box......


title: Wonderful hidden jem

text: This album is remarkable in it's realism and raw vocals.


title: Awesome!

text: Fabulous


title: Nice variety of languages and music

text:
I couldn't find any reviews of this CD, so I took a chance and ordered it anyway. I am glad that I did. While it will not teach you or your baby to speak any of the languages, it is nice to let her be exposed to sounds other than English. The alphabet, numbers and nursery rhymes are spoken in french, spanish, japanese, russian and hebrew. There is also a small, but nice selection of classical music on the first half of the CD.

The voices on the CD are very animated and fun during the stories and make my daughter smile and look around for the speaker. It would have been nice to have some liner notes with the stories and translations written down, but I suppose that would have been more for my benefit than hers. I'm still taking a star away, for the missed educational opportunity, though.

I believe that this was also released as a DVD, but I prefer not to set my baby down to stare at a screen at such an early age, so I am quite content with just listening to the selections, as is she. I highly recommend this CD, if you can find it.


title: Awesome!

text: I love the picture book and the CD was AWESOME, I also received it in perfect condition and very quickly.


title: Photocards not as expected-

text: I really expected the "polaroids" to be original but they were basically printed out from their showcase photos. As for the autographs, I have to say that I was very dissapointed since the "autographs" were printed from an old album! The background of the photo is from their Action album promotions and not for the Canvas album. Even though I contacted the seller in order to verify the "autographs" I was aware that they were going to be printed yet not notified they were going to be from their old promotions.The "special" photocards were not as I expected. I could have printed them by myself... On the other hand, the album was well packed and it was new Amazing condition.


title: Show-stopping!

text: When this album was released on vinyl, I was able to get a dbx disc version, and the result was--and is--nothing short of spectacular, every bit the dynamic range and power of the CD! In this era, the late 70s-early 80s, LSO was noted for having one of the best brass choirs on the planet, as evidenced not only by this album but by prominent movie soundtracks of the time (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc.). A must-have!


title: The CD-4 version beats the two-channel version any day

text: As an early adopter of 4-channel hardware and recordings in the 1970s, I was astounded by the beauty and clarity of this disc. CD-4 had a reputation of being finicky and noisy, but well-recorded and well-pressed discs such as this one played on properly aligned equipment provided a major leap forward in sound quality. Unlike matrix technology, these JVC carrier discs represented mature technology that was similar in ways to the long-established FM-multiplex radio broadcast standard (CD-4 being essentially a closed-circuit FM multiplex broadcast). A major impediment was the oil crisis of that year, which led to inferior polyvinyl chloride being used, degrading the complex structure of the groove and causing premature wear and shortened lifespan of the carrier modulations etched on the baseband grooves. These problems notwithstanding, these discs were the harbinger of the near future when Dolby Stereo (both discrete and matrix) would more-widely popularize multi-channel movie soundtracks and lead to the home theater multi-channel audio revolution. Quad's market failure in the 70s shouldn't be blamed on these multiplex discs, and if you have the right equipment operating at spec, I feel sure that you, too, will be captivated as I was.