title: Five Stars

text: Hauntingly beautiful soundtrack.


title: Play daily

text: Love Abba


title: Suzie is wonderful!

text: Her CD is fantastic and she loves the Lord and it shows through her sharing of her talent of singing.


title: Skipping

text: I was thrilled when I opened the cd in my car.....but it doesn't play more than 10 seconds and then it skips to the next song...😢


title: I love it

text: I missed hearing their music


title: Great

text: Husband loved it


title: Deon Estus track is incomplete

text: I specifically purchased this item for the Deon Estus "Heaven Help Me" track. Unfortunately the track cuts off without the ending that solidifies that George Michael did not sing all of the vocals of the song.


title: NOT THE HIT VERSION

text: Not good


title: Ok

text: Not as good as the first


title: BETTER than original!

text: Elvis tunes never sounded so good, especially the band!


title: Good, but...

text: Record looks brand new, plays near mint, music has great separation between instruments, but, music is not as good as SUPERSONIC GUITARS. Would not buy again.


Don't remember what this is?


title: BEST!

text: THEE best Hawaiian music, bar none


title: OK

text: OK


title: KEEP YOUR 45

text: Will keep the 45, send this to my buddy in Michigan.


title: OK

text: The album is OK too.


title: Great.

text: Love it.


title: Rock and Roll, YEAH!

text: Ugh. Sided.


title: BAD.

text: NOT HIT VERSION.


title: Ok

text: Love GEorge, but, like the original better.OK.


title: Fun album

text: Fun album with some great arrangements


title: Recommended Amazon seller

text: great album - fast shipment.


title: Five Stars

text: Great album by one of the Folk Era's finest duos.


title: Five Stars

text: Fantastic Bob Gibson album!!!


title: steve miller fly like a eagle

text: good price came quick and sounds great


title: early croby and nash live show 50 years ago

text: good price and came fast sounds great


title: kenny loggins live

text: wish was blu ray but was great show anyway good picture and sound


title: Five Stars

text: got it real fast and sounds better than the record


Looking for this one a long time. Great music and a fine collection of their work.


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent condition.


title: If you are a jazz lover this is a must to have

text: I love jazz music and I can’t wait for his next album to come out


title: Shining star

text: It’s a great cd cause I love Earth Wind and Fire


title: Buy it!

text: Great cd. Glad we purchased it.


title: Five Stars

text: some Great music from a new artist to me!


title: Great

text: Good playing


title: Five Stars

text: Great!


title: Five Stars

text: love it


title: There are a lot of liner notes on the making ...

text: There are a lot of liner notes on the making of the songs and Movie.  Some of the extra tracks have a less Soundtrack style to them and are more refined.  Very similar in style to Tyger Tyger by them.


title: Groovy Toonz

text: Love this Album!  Play it All the Time!  Prompt delivry!!


title: Five Stars

text: great


title: Frampton !  What can I say !

text: Bought this album for my daughter ..........she loves it , of course when she was young that's all she listen to .....Frampton !  Heck !  I heard it so much when she lived at home , I've go so I like also !


title: AWESOME CSN CD!!!

text: AWESOME CSN CD!!!


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent.


title: Five Stars

text: Received in good condition. Very nice


title: Great voice!

text: Any Skillet fan knows Jen Ledger. She's their drummer and secondary vocalist. She has not left Skillet. She is doing her own thing on the side.<br />She's awesome! Her voice is amazing. This cd does not disappoint. Well, it does disappoint, but just because it's so short. I do wish there were more than 6 tracks. Because it's that good.


title: Christian Metal

text: This is collection of various 80's Heavy Metal Christian. The recordings were done in analog originally so the quality of sound is not as crisp as todays music. All in all it is a pretty good cd.


title: Music cd

text: Very nice have enjoyed it


title: cd

text: Its just a great cd to listen too


title: The Racer

text: I was disappointed with this CD.  I bought Ronnie Foster- Delight 1st and loved it.  The Racer sounds very dated and didn't really have any memorable songs.  Buy Delight instead, you'll be delighted!!!


title: Most relaxing version...ever

text: The most amazing version of Hanuman Chalisa ever made.  Relaxing beyond any words.  Either get digital version or audio cd but if you like hanuman chalisa, this is a MUST.


title: Wurlitzer artist plays keyboards, too.

text: This CD from the U.K. is collection of keyboard Gems performed by Phil Kelsall who is immensely popular as the premier Wurlitzer artist at The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool.


title: Hard to Get Tracks That Capture the 'Easy' Side of The 60's

text: There were some tracks on this CD that I enjoyed as youth despite being 'easy listening' and not really like the other  music Iwas into at the time. One of them 'Play It Again' was a single B side here and I have not been able to get it on CD until now. I Brought this second hand and it arrived on time and in as new condition. Yes it was a bit expensive as things from Japan sometimes are but I knew what the price was up frnt and there were no hidden charges or excessive freight charges like some third party sellers. The CD itself gives a great  'fans' selection of Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch numbers and Hatch alone instrumentals. They had a sound of there own and if youlike their music or like 60's easy listening that really catches the feeling of the era with a bit more class and individuality than the average offering then this is the CD for you


title: Reunited With Pig Iron at Last!

text: This is an excellent rock album from the early 70's. I had the original single of People Gonna Talk/Neighbor Neighbor and loved it. Lost the single and could never find a replacement or anything else by Pig Iron down here in New Zealand even during 12 years of operating my own Record shop. Until know! Though the packaging is basic this has great audio quality and has not dissapointed in any way. A must have for lovers of late 60's early 70's rock with an R&B tinge. Great guitar a bit of fuzz and driving brass in places. This is class. Why weren't they more well known?


title: One Star

text: This was given as a gift, they opened it and tried to play it and it was broken


title: Fast shipping

text: As advertised, super fast shipping. Would definitely buy from this seller again


title: Five Stars

text: Great recording of a Very under rated band


title: One of our favorite Worship CDs

text: My wife and I attended the Cleansing Stream Seminar at Church on the Way, and we enjoyed the Worship times so much that we brought this CD home with us.  It became one of our most played albums here at home.  Unfortunately, I've misplaced it, so I'm am very happy I found a used copy on Amazon.<br />It is a very good recording - the instruments and the voices are very clear and easy for me to understand, and that's saying something - most music I buy needs to be a DVD with captions in order for me to understand the lyrics.


title: Arrived damaged.

text: The order, delivered by the USPS, was delivered with a damaged case.  The disc would not play on any of my devices and it looked as if it was blank.  The lines denoted tracks laid on the disc were not there as well so I assume it was a blank disc.  The company I ordered it from responded to my complaint immediately, apologized for the condition of the shipment, and offered me a partial discount so I gave two stars as a rating.

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title: Excellent quality.

text: Love all the music from GOT7 and I will purchase more in the future.


title: Excellent quality.

text: I love all music from GOT7 and I will purchase it often.


title: Excellent quality

text: I love all music from GOT7 and will purchase it often.


title: Love Baekhyun's voice

text: I will buy any music from EXO as they don't produce anything less than the best quality music.


title: Love EXO


title: Excellent

text: Hank Williams SR was the king of country music


title: Worth the Money

text: Excellent Music of the Beatles


title: Five Stars

text: I love those performances.

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title: Nice Collection

text: I was anxious to get this collection and was happy with the content.Overall it was average due to the song collection on it.


title: Great music for a woman's heart when she's down.

text: I love this and wish I could get another one. It has beautiful music for me as a woman especially when I'm down.


title: Ahh My Childhood

text: Phoenix in the 60s was so great and Wallace and Ladmo made it even better.


Received German version not playable in United States. Asking for refund.


title: Would highly recommend this product and seller.

text: Having served as a Duplication Specialist for over 30 years here is my review...<br />My first CD was defective from the factory. The last 3 songs would not play. The seller immediately sent another without question. I would highly recommend them. They really went over and above my expectations for service and both CD's arrived fast. The second CD replacement was perfect. I am Very impressed with the quality and fast service. The records were recorded with a Professional High Grade cartridge and the sound is excellent! Thanks so Much !!! We Love The Rambos !!!  I'VE NEVER BEEN THIS HOMESICK BEFORE on "Naturally" is OVER THE TOP EXCELLENT RAMBO STYLE ! I have listened to this CD over and over. I REALLY LOVE IT !!!


title: Excellent CD of an older album Stellar 5 STARS

text: This is an awesome CD. I previously had the record album several years ago and was fortunate that it had been released on CD.<br />This is factory fresh from the original master. If you like The Original Hinsons this is one to get. Very good songs, Writing, and performances by some of the best musicians.


title: Five Stars

text: love it


title: Five Stars

text: just great


title: Jom Kipur (Sung in Hebrew)

text: "Jom Kipur: Gebetsgesänge zum Versöhnungstag," (Yom Kipur - Prayer Songs for Atonement) is a beautiful recording.  Most of the music is by Louis Lewandowski (1821-1894), a German composer of Synagogue music.  Cantor Estrongo Nachama provides exquisite, prayerful renditions of each piece of music.  The only negative (for me) is that all of the album notes are in German!


title: Wonderful

text: I didn't like this CD the first time I played it but now I listen to it all the time . It stays in my car CD player everyday, it's about all I listen to. Can't get any better than that !!


title: AWSOME

text: This package Is excellent.  Love this concert. The packaging is great. My recommendation is to buy this. I didn't know who they were until a friend told me about them. I bought all their CDs and this is a great compilation of songs.


title: Five Stars

text: PRODUCT WAS AS LISTED - WOULD PURCHASE FROM THIS SELLER AGAIN !


title: Great to have hymns on hand!

text: I have other volumes so was glad to add to my collection.  Always enjoy this group's singing and this was no exception.


title: Great compilation

text: I was never into this band, but over the years, I'd heard a few of their songs I really enjoyed (especially "She Will Be Loved" in "The Sopranos.")  I figured I would probably find some songs I liked if I bought a compilation, but, amazingly, they actually haven't put one out yet.  I was dissapointed, but then I stumbled upon this, and it looked like just what I had wanted.  I was a bit nervous, as it was an import/unofficial release, but the disc quelled all those fears.  It sounds great, and has a great selection encompassing the band's entire career.  If you're like me, and want a compilation of this band's biggest hits, I can't recommend this strongly enough!  As an advisory - because it's an import, there's no "parental advisory" tag, and it has some big time swearing.  Not recommended as a gift for children (lots of other reviewers seem to have bought it for that purpose).


title: Pretty average.

text: Not bad, but I haven't been all that taken by it.  Expensive CD and underwhelming music.


title: Great

text: Excellent retrospective.  two CDs jam packed with great songs.


title: One of my favorite compilations ever.

text: Beyond great.  Two discs and every song is stellar.


title: One Star

text: Discs are damaged and don't play properly.


title: Is this CD out of print?

text:
This is an excellent 2 cd anthology though it is missing a few hits but if you've got 10 from 6 or like me all the studio albums then you won't mind the missing songs.  The real appeal of this set are the four very good 'new' songs recorded for this set and only available here.  Also, singles and b-sides also not available on any other CD as far as I know.

I don't know if there is anything left in the archives but it would be great to see the above mentioned songs packaged with additional demos and alternate versions and an official release of Live in Albuequerque 1976.  A box like Free's Songs of Yesterday would be very welcome and I would immediately pre-order.


title: great cd

text: loved this music glad I found this cd


title: Not so hot

text: They did better before.  It's choppy I felt incongruency


The Moody Blues were a special band, opening our minds to what I call "etheric rock." Justin Hayward, front man didn't slow down with his solo albums. This is a thoughtful & beautiful set! Highly recommended!


title: psalty cd

text: Awesome cd takes me back to the old days of when I was younger. .


title: Amazing information!

text: This DVD is so outstanding that we bought a number of copies to share with family and friends.  I recommend it highly.


title: Hank

text: Ordered for a friend. She loves it


title: Five Stars

text: Smooth transaction. Product as described.


title: Stellar live blues performance

text: PROBABLY AS CLOSE TO A NEW JANIS JOPLIN RELEASE AS WE'LL EVER HAVE,THIS LIVE CD JUST SUMS IT UP! THE GREAT THROATY VOCALS,TEMPERED WITH OVERTONES OF TENDERNESS THAT STILL AMAZE TO THIS DAY. THIS AMAZING COLLECTION OF LIVE TRACKS,CAPTURE HER AT THE PEAK OF HER VOCAL CREATIVITY ,PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT JANIS WROTE THE BOOK FOR THE MANY THAT WERE TO FOLLOW HER! THE PUZZLER HERE IS WHY IT HAS ONLY BEEN RELEASED OVERSEAS..POSSIBLY IT IS BEING TEST MARKETED OVER THERE BEFORE THE USA RELEASE?! WE'LL SEE. I STILL MAINTAIN THAT JIMMY PAGE , WAS LOOKING FOR A MALE COUNTERPART TO JANIS JOPLIN ,WHEN HE FOUNDED LED ZEPPELIN AND BROUGHT ROBERT PLANT INTO THE FOLD. Towit : Janis Joplin Live at the Fillmore Auditorium June 16,1968 and Amsterdam 1969 1. Catch Me Daddy 6:00 2. Combination Of The Two 6:50 3. I Need A Man To Love 6:29 4. Summertime 4:31 5. Road Block 6:26 6. Mr. Natural 7:34 7. Farewell Song 6:21 8. Piece Of My Heart .BONUS Trks Live From Amsterdam April 1,1969 - 9. Instrumental Jam 10. Maybe 11. Summertime 12. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) 13. Ball and Chain 14. Piece of My Heart


title: Beatles Shea Remaster !

text:
THE BEATLES LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM 2CD "LineFeed" RECORDING, RECENTLY DISCOVERED NEW SOURCE; AS GOOD AS IT GETS!
SET LIST
1. Introduction
2. Twist And Shout
3. She's A Woman
4. I Feel Fine
5. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
6. Ticket To Ride
7. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
8. Can't Buy Me Love
9. Baby's In Black
10. Act Naturally
11. A Hard Day's Night
12. Help!
13. I'm Down
KING CURTIS
14. National Anthem
15. Intermezzo
DISCOTECH DANCERS
16. Medley
KING CURTIS
17. What'd I Say
18. The Branch
19. Soul Twist
20. Intermezzo
CANNIBAL AND THE HEADHUNTERS
21. Out Of Sight
22. Now Lady Now
23. The Way You Do The Things You Do
24. Land Of 1000 Dances
BRENDA HOLLOWAY
25. Shake/Satisfaction
26. I Can't Help Myself
27. You Can Cry On My Shoulder
28. When I'm Down
LINE RECORDING (part 2)
1. Intermezzo
SOUNDS INC.
2. America / Fingertips
3. William Tell Overture
4. Instrumental
5. In The Hall Of The Mountain Kings
ORIGINAL 1966 BBC SOUNDTRACK
6. Introduction
7. Twist And Shout
8. I Feel Fine
9. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
10. Ticket To Ride
11. Act Naturally
12. Can't Buy Me Love
13. Baby's In Black
14. A Hard Day's Night
15. Help!
16. I'm Down
THE BEATLES LIVE AT SHEA
DESCRIBED BY FANS
17. Part 1
18. Part 2 REMASTER,SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER SHEA OUT THERE I'D RATE THE SOUND ON A SCALE FROM 1-10 ,A "9" WHICH IS VERY GOOD GIVEN THE ERA OF THE RECORDING. IF YOU WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE THERE, YOU CAN NOW HEAR WHAT YOU MISSED! THE OTHER VERSIONS OF THIS,WHETHER THEY WERE ARE FROM DVD OR CD DEPENDED ON THE LOWGRADE P.A. SYSTEM AND OF COURSE THE SCREAMING FANS NOT DROWNING IT OUT. THIS LINEFEED SOURCE ELIMINATES THE DYSFUNCTIONAL  PROBLEMS ,ASSOCIATED WITH THE BEATLES LIVE AT SHEA ON PREVIOUS RECORDINGS..AND YOU GET THE ENTIRE SHOW!

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title: still more hot rocks , rolling stones

text: A great compilation of obscure 1961-1964 recordings.What will pique the hardcore Stones aficionado's interest the most are the first eight tracks, which have rarely if ever before surfaced. The first four songs are labeled as dating from a tape of Little Boys Blue, a just-pre-Rolling Stones lineup of the group, recorded (probably at a private rehearsal) in late 1961. Dick Taylor (later of the Pretty Things), guitarist Bob Beckwith, and Allen Etherington (on maracas) were also part of Little Boys Blue on this recording. While the track listings are vague as to what actual future members of the Stones also participated, it's certain that Mick Jagger's on lead vocals, and virtually certain that Keith Richards along with Stones founder Brian Jones are on the guitars. These are the very earliest Rolling Stones recordings to have appeared. Included are unreleased versions of the Jagger-Richards compositions "It Should Be You" and "That Girl Belongs to Yesterday,".  There's also "Leave Me Alone," a Jagger-Richards original not released by anyone!  And, completing the rarest material here, there's also the unreleased studio effort "Goodbye Girl," a routine blues-rocker dated as having been recorded in November 1964 and written by Bill Wyman. Quite fascinating for the Stones fan, then, though actually the subsequent 24 BBC session tracks are better music. Those BBC performances include many songs that didn't show up on the group's early releases. Surprise covers like "Roll Over Beethoven" (a different version than a more commonly circulated one also recorded around this time for another BBC session), "Meet Me in the Bottom," Jimmy Reed's "Ain't That Loving You Baby," "High Heeled Sneakers," and Bo Diddley's "Crackin' Up." The fidelity on these is generally very good, with the performances different enough from the studio versions to make them pretty interesting!


title: The Beatles Import CDS

text: GREAT ! FEATURES THE SAME TRACKS AS THE RARE VJ - INTRODUCING THE BEATLES AND THE CAPITOL ISSUE CALLED THE EARLY BEATLES(PLUS THIS ONE HAS THE 2 SEMI-RARE TRACKS THERE'S A PLACE AND MISREY,THAT FOR SOME REASON WERE NEVER RELEASED BY CAPITOL) THE TRAKCS - 1.I Saw Her Standing There. 2.Misery. 3.Anna (Go to Him). 4.Chains . 5.Boys . 6.Ask Me Why . 7.Please Please Me . 8.Love Me Do . 9.P.S. I Love You . 10.Baby It's You . 11.Do You Want to Know a Secret . 12.Taste of Honey . 13.There's a Place . 14.Twist and Shout


title: EVERYONE'S FAVORITE ROLLING STONES RARITIES !

text: THIS IS A TRUELY AWESOME COMPILATION OF THE RAREST ROLLING STONES TUNES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. EXCELLENT SOUND QUALITY ON ALL,NOTHING MUFFLED OR HALF-A..er BAKED!INFORMATION IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE FRONT COVER. TRACK LISTING  CD ONE  1. Dance, Little Sister (live) 2. Claudine 3. Linda Lou 4. Fiji Jim 5. Summertime Blues 6. Hound Dog 7. Let's Go Steady 8. We Had It All 9. Let Me Go (alternate version) 10. You're Too Much 11. Winning Ugly (early mix) 12. Going To Memphis 13. The Salt Of The Earth (live) 14. Almost Hear You Sigh (live) 15. Honest Man 16. Got It Made 17. The Storm (Alternate Mix) 18. Zip Mouth Angel 19. Honest I Do 20. Anyway You Look At It (b-side) DISC TWO: 1. Brown Sugar (first version) 2. Wild Horses (different mix) 3. Good Time Woman (early version of tumbling dice) 4. Potted Shrimp 5. Coke Sucker Blues (group version) 6. Loving Cup (1971 rough mix) 7. Tumbling Dice (rehearsal-take) 8. Jumping Jack Flash (live) 9. Criss-Cross Man 10. Seperately 11. Star Star (live) 12. Fingerprint File (alternate mix) 13. Drift Away 14. Through The Lonely Nights (b-side) 15. Too Many Cooks 16. Slave (rehearsal) 17. Cellophane Trousers. I HAVE YET TO SEE A BAD REVIEW OF THIS SET. WE CAN ONLY HOPE FOR A SEQUEL OF MORE!


title: ONE OF THE BEST BLUES !

text: JUST SUPERB BLUES LICKS , FROM THE MASTER ! - 2CD Eric Clapton Live from the Fillmore San Francisco ,CA AUG 9 1994  Setlist - CD 1: 1. Blues Leave Me Alone 2. Standin' Round Crying 3. "44" 4. It Hurts Me Too 5. Five Long Years 6. Crossroads 7. Malted Milk 8. Motherless Child 9. How Long Blues 10. Reconsider Baby 11. Sinner's Prayer 12. Everyday I Have The Blues CD 2: 1. Someday After A While 2. Crosscut Saw 3. Have You Ever Loved A Woman 4. I'm Tore Down 5. Groaning The Blues 6. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do 7. Early In The Morning 8. Driftin' Bonus Tracks- 9. Hoochie Coochie Man (New York, 28th September 1994) 10. Born Under A Bad Sign (New York, 28th September 1994


title: rolling stones rarities , rare tracks

text: THE ROLLING STONES - 20 TRACK MORE STRIPPED LIVE AND RARE STUDIO PERFORMANCES! EXCELLENT SOUND QUALITY on this highly collectible CD. Now out of print,this features 4 previously unreleased songs & of course the Blues Rock that the Stones are famous for. tracklisting as follows -  ISSUED BY KissTheStone or KTS ITALY KTS 585 1. Wild Horses 2. Like A Rolling Stone (Dylan) 3. Angie 4. Dead Flowers 5. Live With Me 6. The Spider And The Fly 7. Shine A Light 8. Sweet Virginia 9. Rip This Joint 10. Gimme Shelter 11. Love In Vain 12. Street Fighting Man 13. Let It Bleed 14. Cook Cook Blues 15. Memphis 16. Da Doo Ron Ron 17. Natural Magic 18. Fancy Man Blues 19. Highland Flying 20. We're Wasting Time


title: RARE BEATLES !

text: The Dr. Ebbett's Centered Stereo Remixes of this album (The Vocals) just blows any other remaster/remix out of the water! It's just as simple as that.I would give this a 10 out of 10" rating.It is so enjoyable to listen to Ebbett has really done a great job here. Very natural sounding. In fact, it sounds like it was recorded yesterday, not 40 years ago.<br />These recordings are spectacular in stereo, here is the proof.


title: Live Beatles and Great Studio Leftovers !

text: Great compilation of various Live and Studio demos and outakes. Soundboard Recordngs. TRACK LISTING: 1. One after 909 (1969 Studio Rehearsal) 2. Catswalk (Instrumental - Embyonic Version of "Catcall") 3. Bad To Me (Original Demo) 4. How Do You Do It (Rejected First Single) 5. Do You Want to know a secret (Remixed - No Echo) 6. Leave My Kitten Alone ("For Sale" Outtake) 7. If You've Got Trouble ("Help" Outtake) 8. SHOUT (Studio Recording For "Around The Beatles" T.V. Special) 9. Medley Of Hits (Love Me Do / Please, Please Me / From Me To You / She Loves You / I Want To Hold Your Hand / For "Around The Beatles" T,V, Special) 10. Yes It is (Take 1) 11. Paperback Writer (Short Instrumental Version) 12. Paperback Writer (Remixed - No Echo) 13. Your Mother Should Know (Original Demo) 14. Birthday (Vocal Track - Refference Demo) 15. Goodbye (Origianl Demo) 16. I've Got A Feeling (Alternate Take) 17. I me mine (Pre-Specter Basic Track) 18. A day in the life (Clean Intro With Count Down - Remixed) 19. Tomorrow never knows (Early Mix) 20. Strawberry Fields Forevere (Arranging Demo) 21. Revolution (Early Mix) 22. Yer Blues (From "Rock & RollCircus") 23. A case of the blues (Late 68 Lennon Demo) 24. Across The Universe (Get Back Remix) A few have been released on other albums ,still many have not! The remastering on this has been done quite well ,however I do not know if it was sourced from the original master tapes or the Vinyl .Just very glad I own it !!


title: NICE COLLECTION OF EARLY BEATLES CLASSICS

text: VERY NICE COLLECTION OF EARLY BEATLES SONGS ,WITH A FEW RARE TO ALBUM TRACKS SUCH AS SHE LOVES YOU SUNG IN GERMAN .THE JAPANESE MINI LP STULE CD IS A TIDY LITTLE PACKAGE ,THAT I BELIEVE HAS NOW GONE OUT OF PRINT


title: the beatles rare cd s

text: EXCELLENT EUROPEAN IMPORT ,WITH 2 CLASSIC ALBUMS ON 1 FACTORY SILVER PRESSED CD (MEANING LIKE YOU WOULD BUY IN A MUSIC SHOP , NOT A CDR )INCLUDES RARE PHOTOS ,PLUS "ANTIQUE LOOK" FRONT AND BACK INSERTS ,ISSUED AS YELLOWED ,WITH A FAKE SMALL TEAR IN THE BOTTOM (THE INSERTS ARE FULL , COMPLETE ,THE TEAR IS PART OF THE PICTURE ,MERELY ADDED FOR ANTIQUATED EFFECT). THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE REMASTERED ,ALTHOUGH WITH MY OLD STEREO , I CANNOT PERSONALLY VOUCH FOR THAT. IT HAS GREAT SOUND QUALITY AND 27 AMAZING SONGS . OUT OF PRINT 8 YEARS IT IS A FINE ADDITION TO ANYONE'S FAN OR COLLECTOR LIBRARY!


title: the beatles rarities !

text: OKAY , UPFRONT I AM SELLING THIS SET.IF I WERE RICH I'D GIVE IT TO EVERY BEATLES FAN WHO WANTED IT.missed 3 million by 1 number in the lotto.ANYWAY THIS IS AN EXCELLENT 3 CD SET ,IN SOME WAYS THE CLOSEST WE WILL GET TO A NEW BEATLES ALBUM.AN EXCELLENT COMPILATION OF STUDIO MIX BOARD(IE : MEANING SUPERB SOUND QUALITY)OUT TAKES OF VERY RARE SONGS,ALTERNATE TAKES,EXPERIMENTS AND DEMOS THAT SPAN THE BEATLES ENITRE CAREER AS A GROUP! YOU MAY NEED ANOTHER STEREO PLAYER ,SINCE THE BEATLES FAN(S) IN YOUR FAMILY WILL MONOPOLISE THE CD PLAYER FOR MONTHS ENJOYING THIS COLLECTION FROM THE GUYS WHO RE-WROTE THE BOOK ON ROCK MUSIC!


title: Great Collection of the Beatles rare songs !

text: OKAY , I SELL THIS SO PLEASE EXCUSE THE BIAS PERCEPTION! THIS IS JUST A FUN ADD ON TO THE CD AND DVD OF THE MOVIE , WITH SOME RARE TRACKS , EXPERIMENTS THE BEATLES MADE IN THE STUDIO PLUS SOME NON-ANTHOLOGY ALTERNATE VERSIONS . I DON'T KNOW WHO INVENTED THE SYNTHISISER , THAT IS COMMON PLACE IN MUSIC TODAY . I DO SUSPECT IT WAS INVENTED FOR THE BEATLES ,WHO IN THE PRE-SYNTH DAYS USED TAPE LOOPS,VARYING SPEEDS IE: JOHN LENNON ACTUALLY JUST DRAGGING HIS FINGER ON A REEL TO REEL TAPE TO ACHEIVE A CERTAIN SOUND . WHAT IS COOL ABOUT THIS I SUPPOSE IS THAT THE BEATLES DID THE SYNTH ; NOT SOME MACHINE/COMPUTER ,YEILDING MORE BAND INPUT WITH SOME AMAZING RESULTS..."WE INVENTED JIMI HENDRIX!" - PAUL JOKED ON ANTHOLOGY.GOING BACK TO THE SONG "I FEEL FINE" ,WHICH STARTS WITH A FEEDBACK.THEY WERE TAKING A BREAK AND JOHN SET HIS GUITAR TOO CLOSE TO THE AMPLIFIER ,ACCIDENTALLY HITTING THE A CHORD.SOUNDS GOOD , LET'S USE IT! ONCE AGAIN THE GUYS BROKE NEW TERRITORY AND SOME FINE EXAMPLES ARE FOUND ON THIS DISC.


title: u2 live Boston 1983 !

text: EXCELLENT EARLY LIVE U2 PERFORMANCE SHOWCASING THEIR THEN NEW ALBUM WAR . THE BEST SONGS FROM THEIR PREVIOUS 2 ALBUMS, BOY AND OCTOBER RECEIVE A SUPERB WORKOUT HERE AS WELL . THE COMPLETE BOSTON CONCERT HAS EXCELLENT SOUND QUALITY ,SOURCED FROM THE SOUNDBOARD AND THE 4 BONUS TRACKS FROM HILVERSUM 1980(THE NETHERLANDS ) ARE OF VERY GOOD QUALITY TAKEN FROM A LIVE BROADCAST . VERY WORTHWHILE PURCHASE FOR THE U2 FAN AND/OR COLLECTOR !


title: ONE OF THE BEST LIVE TRACKS EVER !

text: [[ASIN:B000CEAQEE When Love Comes to Town / Dancing Barefoot / God Part II . LIVE WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN W/BB KING & HIS BAND,LITTLE RICHARD ,U2 ,BONO AT HIS BELTING BEST VOCALLY ! U2 AND BB KING'S BAND MESH EXCEPTIONALLY WELL ON THIS CLASSIC LIVE TRACK,SUPERB SAX SOLO INTERLUDE DURING LITTLE RICHARD'S VERY COOL SERMON IS JUST ICING ON THIS 7 LAYER CAKE...HANDS DOWN THE VERY BEST VERSION OF THIS SONG LEGAL OR B00T IS ON THIS 4 TRK EP CD ! THE STUDIO VERSION IS VERY GOOD AS WELL(IF YOU VISIT SUN STUDIOS THEY PLAY IT DURING THE TOUR,SINCE IT WAS RECORDED THERE) A VERSION OF GOD II IS ON HERE AS WELL AND IT WILL ROCK YOU SATISFIED! INCLUDES DANCING BAREFOOT A TRANCE TYPE ROCKER THAT HAS YOU VISITING THE OUTSKIRTS OF A DREAM WORLD. A GREAT COVER OF THE PATTI SMITH SONG


title: U2 ZOOROPA VIDEOS.GOOD LUCK ON FINDING ANY SO CALLED "MUSIC" TV STATION PLAYING THEM OR EVEN MUSIC FOR THAT MATTER!

text: SUPERB STUDIO VIDEO OF LOVE IS BLINDNESS. IT IS NOT A LIVE VIDEO,TAKEN FROM THE TOUR ,GREAT IMAGERY ,SPECIAL EFFECTS AND APPEARANCES OF THE BAND IN FULL ZOO GARB FROM THEIR 2ND STELLAR PERIOD! THIS ALONE IS WORTH THE PRICE. THE NUMB VIDEO FEATURING THE BAND IS VERY GOOD ,WITH SOME FUNNY MOMENTS ,THE NUMB VIDEO OF THE INDUSTRIAL VERSION IS OKAY ,IT WAS USED WHILE THE EDGE SANG ON THE ZOO TOUR - JUST NOT AS GOOD SINCE THE BAND IS NEVER SHOWN IN THIS RELEASE! OVERALL WORTH IT ,GREAT SOUND QUALITY


title: Excellent recording  !

text: Always fun to hear different live concerts from the same group !


title: LOUDNESS ROCKS!

text: Loudness....STILL ROCKEN!!!


title: Five Stars

text: GREAT FOR A FAN OF SHRIEKBACK.


title: GOOD SONGS

text: GREAT BAND AT THEIR BEST


title: I'm in love with my purchase

text: No Skips Plays Perfect Great Sound Quality


title: BUY THIS

text: Great product, perfect condition, fast shipping, awesome package! It came with everything mentioned in the description/title!


title: Rozsa rarity well produced and presented

text: The film itself is not the stuff dreams are made of but the score is. Many fine scores have drifted into obscurity like the films they were written for, but a few surface like this one. If you love the Rozsa sound (and most people with good taste in music do), you'll enjoy this minor gem with an informative, colorful booklet...all-in-all, a classy presentation. Intrada label has devoted many CDs to Rozsa  to the extent of making new recordings (Julius Caesar, Ivanhoe, El Cid) as well as issuing original soundtracks. I've never been disappointed with Intrada and I'm glad they issued Desert Fury. It's a red-blooded, full-bodied work unknown to most of us until now.


title: The end of Cramer's Class Of series goes out in style

text: The Class of series began in '65, and '74-'75 was the last of it. Great sound, enjoyable hits done in really polished Cramer style. Kodachrome (Class of '73) is a highlight, done with such enthusiasm and drive you'll play it over and over. Very sensitive playing where needed; Floyd was a real American Treasure and a loss to the music industry and to those who love his inimitable style, grace and virtuosity.  For some reason, Class of '72 is the one album that hasn't turned up on CD yet. I will pounce when it does.


title: Finally a few later 60's tunes mixed in the champagne

text: Even though this 3-CD compilation was released in 1991, it still is the only CD besides a 12-track Champagne & Romance issue and the ever-available Best of Welk CD that includes ANY of Welk's recordings after 1963. This compilation has excellent sound throughout, but again, touches the years I speak of with Born Free, Those Were the Days, Georgy Girl, Love is Blue, Gentle on My Mind, Phoenix. Welk had many excellent recordings from the mid-60's through the 70's but there seems to be a blockade preventing those full albums from making their way to CD.<br />I don't blame Reader's Digest for this....I bought this set because it finally did include those missing years. Nice cross-section of music without killing me with bubbles. Many of the other tracks appeared on his Big Band compilations. My only negative on this one is there was loads of room left on each CD, since the majority of tunes run well under 3 minutes each.


title: Taras Bulba hits the bargain basement

text: I've acquired the key elements of this excellent Waxman score on several compilation albums recorded within the past 20 years, the longest of which is a 10+ minute suite; all of these little suites are performed beautifully and in magnificent sound.<br />THIS recording may be the original but it is in mono (they DID have Stereo in 1962) and if Hallmark (a/k/a Pickwick) didn't bother to get the stereo masters and lifted it off a mono LP or tape, either way, it's hardly acceptable. There was nothing done to remaster or improve the flat, mono sound. It has no resonance. The artwork is redundant (front, back, inlay) and it's a no frills affair redeemed only by the magnificent music of Waxman. Based on this release and some lackluster vintage pop releases from Hallmark with similar sound issues, I will avoid the label. I can't believe the other reviewers of Taras had no bone to pick about the sound, unless they're listening to it on an alarm clock CD player. This is a sound-stage orchestra, not a trio. Let someone re-issue classic soundtracks who cares and knows how. FYI...there was a newly recorded complete score of Taras issued recently, but I was the fool who saved a couple of bucks because I preferred to have the original. There's a lot of good things to be said about score re-recordings.


title: 2 Thumbs Way Down

text: Don't waste your money. Not the original versions and not very good ones at that.


title: Oh yeah!!!

text: Had is converted into a cd and added it to my digital library and sounds real good. I see this a comedy listening.


title: Plant these Seeds....if you are lucky enough to find em!!

text: There are other venues to snag this baby, so if ya can't find it here, find it. The Cd flat out kicks but!  From start to finish, every song is top notch. One of the many wonders of the political/music world that this band wasn't given that silver spoon to glide on off to the Grammy's in style because this is the album that gives you that kind of feeling. You won't be disappointed if you are lucky enough to get your hands on one!


title: nice add for the anal one that wants a taste ...

text: Not a fan, but that said, nice add for the anal one that wants a taste of it all in their collection!


title: Not typical rock

text: Great music good memories


title: Indescribable is Awesome!

text: Louie Giglio uses stunning NASA photos to illustrate God's handiwork in our known universe.  Even in the O.T. in the book of Job, God was already boasting about his handiwork in the heavens. Louie is obviously passionate about this subject as he describes each photo with accurate and riveting details. I was blown away by many of the photos as they either were stunningly spectacular or put our tiny earth in its proper perspective in the grand scheme of life.


title: Five Stars

text: Great record....great ship and quality


title: great quality

text: quick ship...great quality


title: Thoroughly Enjoyable

text: The quality of the recording is very good and the conducting by Howard Hanson is equally good, the strength of this particular recording is the consistently high quality of of the compositions selected. No losers on the list of compositions performed, making this an enjoyable listen from beginning to end.


title: Five Stars

text: Extremely peaceful


title: Amazing

text: Very Good Service My Grade A+


title: Five Stars

text: Elvis Is The King Of Rock And Roll


title: One Star

text: I'm sure this Cd is great by that is not the Cd I received


title: Five Stars

text: Great!


title: The Enchanting Music of William Mathias

text: William Mathias's enchanting music is unlike any other music you will hear. Much of it has an etheral, otherworldly quality, and while it is a bit edgy at times, it is lyrical and not atonal. His 3 fine symphonies just scratch the surface as he was quote prolific, and this particular CD is certainly top-shelf. And if you are a a devotee of the choral genre, there is an amazing abundance of excellent choral works by Mathias. He is on my list of top 10 composers.


title: As advertised. No complaints.

text: As advertised. No complaints.


title: Five Stars

text: Very satisfied with this quality and selections...


title: Four Stars

text: Very satisfied with this CD quality and selections...


title: DJ4ADAY

text: Enjoyed the works of Mr. Gabor


title: Read the review for Solar Dream 2

text: Really a good series of albums. My only wish is to see the Iroha series of releases on CD. They would certainly complement Solar Dream 1, 2 and 3.


title: welcome return to releases

text:
While this album is not a return to the music provided in the Go series of releases, it is welcome to see the artist provide thought provoking and challenging music. Years ago Stomy Yamash'ta releases a series of albums under the banner of Iroha. This, the next series of albums continues the progression from Iroha. At times the music is minimalist with percussion to the forefront. There are keyboards in the mix, also. It is not atonal but not very melodic, either. It is, though, very engaging.

If you have heard the Iroha series and enjoyed it, this will certainly be something you will also enjoy, with added patience and concentration.


title: Buy all 3 recordings!

text:
Back in the early 1980's I was told of this record. Along with Far from Asia and Asian Wind, Nippon Columbia packaged these three recordings as a set. I have to publically thank Archie Patterson for the wonderful recommendation. I have never tired of these recordings. Everyone has a favorite or favorites that would be your Desert Island Discs. Having these recording for over 30 years and still be enthralled everytime I play this and the other two recordings, you know what I would be packing.

If you appreciate electonic music and are ready for a different take on the genre, look for this and the other two recordings. They are still available. As for how long, I cannot say. If they are not available through Amazon, try CDJapan.


title: Total Screwup with customer comments!

text: The product listed is totally different than what the customers are writing bout.


title: Five Stars

text: Great set! Includes recordings of the very rare, mint condition North American cylinders from 1893.


title: Great Swing recordings

text: Great disco order of Teddy Powell band's Decca records of '39-40. And Associated Transcription recordings from this period. Powell had a great sounding band at this time. I recommend this CD highly!


title: JD & So Rare are tops!!

text: You don't need Elvis if you have JD and So Rare!!!


title: Great Value

text: as posted.


title: Great music

text: While I grew up in that era and saw them live a few times,they always put on a greatest shows and their music was real popular head banger music.they were one of the premo bands in their day. Back then the concerts were always general admission


title: Texas Blues

text: As a Z Z Top fan from the 70's, this is their vintage sound, including the First Album, Tres Hombres, and Fandango. This is Texas Blues with the lead guitar of Billy Gibbons, as well as lead vocals. They cover some old songs with the own twist, and lay down their own music blend. For me the later stuff became too commercial as they sought to expand their appeal. Never cared too much the tube snake boogie, cheap sunglasses, etc.


title: This music was not that great…

text: I found that this CD was over rated. I didn’t find the music to be that great as stated…..


"Golden Voices Sing Golden Favorites" is my least favorite of so many enjoyable Reader's Digest CD compilations.  The singers will sound strident and unattractive to those who have not grown up listening to classically trained voices singing "semi-classical" music.  Mario Lanza sounds lovely, But most of the "great voices", for one reason or another, sound out of their element: Pavarotti, Leontyne Price, Migenes, Milnes, Eileen Farrell, Domingo, Sills, Te Kanawa, Battle, Moffo, et al. Perhaps, this "digitally remastered" CD needs more current remastering??


title: One of the very best  popular pianists of the past century

text: Just pure piano, nothing else, Kunz plays the old favorites with so much style and charm  The album is a joy, and rolls along with no other instruments helping him.  A clear and joyous sound.  He's a master, and possibly unknown to most Americans.  He's right up there with Frankie Carle and Carmen Cavallero.


title: A Classical Bargain

text: This 4 CD set is a bargain at 2 to 3 times the price.  The Absolute Sound years ago suggested this for the LPs, and it is true for the Analog CD transfers.  Excellent selection of music by performers such as Rene Liebowitz, Boult, and other renown Europeans.


title: Early Beatles Sound

text: Great album by the Beatles.  Very happy to have found it in CD format.


title: Doesn't quite measure up to its predecessors!

text: Much better songs from the master list of 700 all-time club disco songs should have been used. In 18 volumes in this series some in the all-time TOP 10 still haven't been used! Excellent sound, as usual.<br />More space could have been utilized with an extra song or two.


title: Not Up To PAR With Previous Volumes!

text: Good but not as good as previous volumes.  Much wasted space which was usually filled to the max.  Many important all-time extended disco mixes which could have been used, still have not been used such as "If There's Love" by Amant and many others from the All-Time Club Disco International TOP 700.


title: A New Interesting Take On The Familar

text: This was a very interesting CD. While I'm used to the very modern techno productions done to Elvis' recordings this is different. Additional instrumentation here was used to enhance the recordings. For the most part, to my taste, some were slightly improved especially where strings were added, but I sometimes found the additional saxophone to be obtrusive. There were actually times where I could have done with less, not more enhancement. I realize that this is a very subjective and personal feeling since these are recordings I am very used to and very comfortable with as I have heard them in a certain way most of my life. The choice of songs was interesting as, for the most part, hits were avoided. Only 10 charted songs are here out of a total of 26 tracks and half of those are charted 'B' sides. The songs are from the 1956-62 era [in the public domain in Europe] and cover much ground musically.  Only one song was turned into a duet: "Love Me Tender" with Cassie West. In some cases the power of the Jordanaires' vocal support was diminished, and in addition to the aforementioned saxophone and strings, guitar, accordion, flute and other instruments have been added. Overall it's a mixed bag with much more positive than negative and is certainly worth the cost to listen to these recordings as you have never heard them before. The picture of an early sixties Elvis is very appropriate as only 2 songs are from the fifties.  I would like to see this production team take on another 26 of Elvis' songs and issue a Volume 2.


title: Great original releases from a unique piano player

text: No one else really sounds like Herbie Nicholas, and this is an inexpensive compilation of some of his best original albums.


title: So good, it brought a grown man to tears!!!

text:
So good, it brought a grown man to tears!
This cd is a radio broadcast of the last night of a 20 show run @ the Fillmore West in 1997.
Now to the music. Sound quality 41/2 stars...excellent for a broadcast recording. Lot's of separation, great bass and drum sound, vocals prominent. Performance and song selection give this recording the five stars. The band is on FIRE and Tom is in great spirits. There is a 3 song set featuring guest John Lee Hooker and the set list is full of over 20 excellent cover songs. This Cd is a party in a box! The atmosphere is so joyful! What brought me to tears? Near the end of the set they are playing Louie Louie, the band brings it down and Tom is repeating the We Gotta' Go part, the crowd is screaming No! They don't want this party to end. During this section I was driving home from work and started openly crying, from both joy and the sadness realizing Tom is gone, and the party is truly over. I can't recommend this recording enough! Every Tom Petty fan, and anyone that loves the joy great Rock and Roll brings, should own this recording.


title: Five Stars

text: love this product. great message.


title: A classic!!

text: Very happy with new cd, thanks!


title: The Doctor Is -In

text: Of course, horse ... The doctor is -in! Tito fans may want to consider adding this CD to their collection. Contiene una variacion de ritmos del Cha cha cha que alegran hasta el mas sombio ambiente. Ademas, aqui encontrara versiones de melodias clasicas, al estilo del Maestro Desaparecido, Tito!


title: Classic Martin Denny !

text: Classic Martin Denny style ..excellent music ! !


title: Early, DYNAMIC Solti recording

text:
Georg Solti, post-war (WWII) pianist, was being recorded by Decca Records (London, England). However, he kept after the producers at Decca, stating that he wanted to "conduct". Previously unrecorded as a conductor, Decca was understandably reluctant to invest their pianist as a "new" conductor. He was, however, eventually recorded conducting (with a few releases), this being one of them. I have never (to this day) heard this music so dramatically portrayed in a musical idiom as Solti manages to draw forth from the London Symphony Orchestra. Based upon this recording [alone] I can full well understand why Decca went on and enlisted Solti to conduct their monumental, historical, Ring cycle.

I have treasured this album, and fortunately "digitized" it into my collection before having worn out the vinyl. I wish that Decca would re-release this digitally (CD or otherwise), and I have looked for years but never saw one. If you DO come across a copy of this, AND make it yours, you definitely will NOT be disappointed!


title: Nice Change of Pace

text: Over the years, Christmas music has gotten to be somewhat monotonous.  Then I realized it's because I'm listening to every artist contribute his/her voices to the lyrics we probably all know by heart, sometimes creditably and sometimes poorly. So I thought I'd give this instrumental version of Christmas favorites a try.  Good decision!  Nicely done instrumentals by some well-respected bands and orchestras.  Every once in a while, letting just the instruments take a stab at these chestnuts is a refreshing change.  It works very well here.<br />For a "modern" take on this approach, I'd recommend any Christmas CD by Mannheim Steamroller.


title: Three Stars

text: not great but ok.


title: Four Stars

text: it was only ok


title: My husband loves it

text: Very good


title: Wonderful customerservice.

text: Woderful.


title: what's not to like?

text: This is a flat-out wonderful piece of music. In writing about it, people tend to say it's been eclipsed by Tchaikovsky's or Rachmaninoff's concerti. That's just silly. Unless you are Commander Data, you can only listen to one piece of music at a time. This one is completely satisfying. And Paremski is a star. I don't think it's a spoiler to disclose that any pianist who approaches this piece has to be monstrously gifted. Paremski has the chops to do it with serenity; she makes it sound like a walk in the park. And in this recording she gets expert backing from Yablonsky and the Moscow Phil. Old-timers will be glad to recall that the Moscow Phil was Kondrashin's band. The 2002 recording makes it all sound as rich as a shower of freshly minted gold coins. So what's not to like? Nothing. The concerto is a rarity, and is given a rare performance. You have nothing to do but love it.


title: this is a great cd but it needs a sound-edit

text: The other reviewer is correct on all counts. It's a brilliant presentation of the music, unaccountably hobbled by a low transfer level. In my mind that would cause a deduction of one star, not two, so I'm rating this a five to balance out the lesser rating to make four. Only one thing to add: it really helps in a case like this one to have a basic sound-editing program and a file-ripping program. If you're an obsessive collector as I am, you will encounter the issue more than once, and it pays to have these programs around. You rip the files to your computer and then make new files with the volume boosted. With this cd I doubled the volume on all the files to get a normal sound. The slow movements could use even more --  that's how dire the issue is. But the new files sound great.


title: artful, beautiful, classy

text: Piveteau's Mozart cycle is obviously a production for the French market; hence the nicely-produced discs and booklets have information in French only. She plays a period instrument with an appealing sound. A friend gifted me the whole five-CD set. While I've only started listening -- my personal touchstone in these sonatas is the A-minor, K 310 -- I have a high degree of regard for the playing. These, emphatically, are performances to live with and return to with pleasure. Thoughtful and beautiful playing that has no use for extraneous affect. If you admire attractive women -- a taste that is now rather unmentionable in the US -- you will admire the photo of the artist, which perfectly reflects the sound-world of these recordings. The only problem with these records is that they might be hard to find. Even my French-language guides to classical CD's fail to mention them. Piveteau's Mozart deserves greater attention. I would gladly take her over any number of much better-known pianists (like Perahia, for example). My benefactor obviously found these recordings in France, where he spends a lot of time. If you're traveling there, check the record stores.


title: strongly recommended, with caveats

text: I agree, the sound on this recording is at a very low level. As it happens, I was able to correct it with a simple editing program, which I used to boost the volume on the files I had ripped from the cd's. A simple increase in volume brought the sound neatly into the listenable range. It will never be a great recording -- even at a decent volume, the sound tends to be boxy and generalized -- but on the other hand the performance has extraordinary beauty in it, and after a volume-boost this can be clearly heard. The Fenice orchestra, soloists and chorus, under Karabtchevsky's direction, bring the extraordinary score alive as only the most gifted of ensembles can do. The loveliness of the sound is intoxicating, and more. I would not have wanted to miss this. The obvious barrier is the absolute necessity of editing the sound-files. But if you can manage that -- and if you are able to find an after-market copy that's reasonably priced -- I bought mine in San Francisco for something like $20, a pretty good deal -- then this set is recommendable. Otherwise, the Gergiev will serve very well. The opera itself is not to be missed.


title: back to the good old days

text: This is a breath of fresh air. Leoncavallo has a lot of life in him beyond "Pagliacci" but it's not easy to find it. His opera "La Boheme" is a masterpiece, very different from Puccini's, and in some ways very much more moving.[[ASIN:B00000596T La Boheme]] These songs bring us to another view of Leoncalvallo than we usually get. The singer, Fausto Tenzi, is on the old-fashioned side, and I mean that in a good sense. He goes more toward Mario Del Monaco than toward Domingo, and for me that's another plus. You probably won't want to hear all 19 of these songs at a sitting--and why "Mattinata" is called an unpublished song beats me. But if you long for the good old days of Italian lyricism, then this one is for you.


title: all the senses are pleased

text: I agree completely with Mr. Higgins and I would give the collection a fifth star. Even if you don't go for anthologies, as I mostly don't, the wonderful photos put the icing on the cake. Finland is blessed in a lot of ways, and this album--an apt term, for once, in the digital age--shows the country's natural richness to marvelous effect. All of your senses will be pleased--not least the sense of imagination.


title: cover your ears

text:
Musically, this disc is a boon. As recorded sound, it's an assault on the ears. Unfortunately typical of Italian digital transfers from the 1990's, this CD is based on sound from the late 1930's that should be warm and agreeable--EXCEPT that many listeners have no appetite for the surface noise in the original recordings.This surface noise, as it happens, is the very air in which the antique sound swims. If you let the surface noise remain, you hear the full spectrum of sound. To eliminate the noise, you must cut out a great part of the atmosphere. In sonic terms, it's like looking at a ninety-year-old with multiple face-lifts--a parody of the original sound, just as the face-lifted human is a parody of the former self.

The net result is a disagreeably high-pitched sound that attacks the ears. Volume and treble have to be strictly controlled in order for the sound to become palatable. The music's original beauty is lost. The Pro Arte recordings of Haydn quartets, it seems, have never had fully successful transfers to compact disc. The listener would be well advised to look out for the LP's, or to find other digital transfers that are less offensive than the ones produced by this company. The ones by Allegro aren't bad: http://www.amazon.com/Haydn-String-Quartets-Vol-1/dp/B00005YHZA/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1440204628&sr=1-5&keywords=pro+arte+quartet+haydn


title: the best darned Fifth you'll ever hear

text:
This is a sine qua non of the Shostakovich discography, mainly for Mitropoulos's white-hot performance of the Fifth. He and the New York Phil turn the work into a testament to the expressive power of orchestral strings. I don't know how they do it, but darned if they don't leave all the other great orchestras in the dust in this regard. And they convey all the power of the musical discourse by means of a mono recording. Nostalgists for Bernstein, beware: what Mitropoulos and the orchestra heaved into a single channel, the great showman who followed could not dream of expressing in stereo.

In the matter of the 10th and 9th, this recording is a decided improvement over the previous CD issue, but somehow not a conclusive one. The 10th comes through more forcefully--the older release was a bit dull--so the improvement makes a difference. I have the impression that the original sound was pretty intractable. If you're a real fanatic of Mitropoulos's 10th, as I am, it might be worth springing for the Haydn House release, whose sound picture is more diffuse but more comfortable. You won't regret having both. I haven't yet delved into the 9th, except to ascertain that the first note of the Presto movement is still missing--an error that bedeviled the earlier release. But the exemplary release of the Fifth kills the question. If you care for this work, you'll hear this CD and realize it was worth more, a lot more, than you paid to get it.


title: superb

text: The after-market price here isn't likely to make anyone jump to purchase the CD. But I can say this is a superb set, and I aim to start collecting Waldteufel, especially in this series. Alfred Walter's conducting comes scintillatingly alive in this music; and the music is as drop-dead gorgeous as the elegant Parisian crowds that must have danced to it. Waldteufel is very much more than the writer who penned the "Skaters" waltz. He has a world of melodies dancing in his head. And those melodies, once you hear them, will be quick to dance in yours.


title: the way it should be

text: Here we are on territory that should be familiar, and carries an implicit musical guarantee: Karl Boehm playing symphonies by Schubert and Mozart. The main question in any prospective buyer's mind would probably be, how is the sound? I'm pleased to report that the sound, on this Living Stage CD anyway, is very good indeed. Taken live in 1956, it's not quite stereo but rather a type of sound I like to call almost stereo--fine German radio broadcast sound, clean and clear and in beautiful perspective; live, with a live feeling, but without audience noise or other aural distractions. In the big work, Schubert's 9th, Boehm's approach is handsomely proportioned, interpretively down the middle, without the urgency that this conductor reportedly gave to the work in the live performance with Dresden in his mid-80's, but missing no quality of forward motion; the classic Germanic tradition at its graceful and gallant best. The Mozart is in the same line, and I must say I really love this disc; it's a wonderful companion for life.


title: delivers the goods

text: Foerster could be considered the Bohemian (or Czech) Elgar. That's the immediate impression on meeting his suite "From Shakespeare", which has very definite pre-echoes of Elgar's "Falstaff" (and was written a couple of years prior). I suspect that, on repeated hearings, I'm going to like it better than "Falstaff". The second piece on the disc, "Springtime and Desire", presents itself as a symphonic poem but, according to the excellent program-note, "is in fact rather a small symphony". This piece is a bit more difficult of access than its more extrovert companion. Indeed, Foerster has a reputation for "meandering" music, and on first hearing that's the way "Springtime and Desire" sounds. Fortunately, I listened again and found it a remarkably moving piece of work. The playing of the Prague Symphony under Smetacek in both pieces is typically superb and the early-digital sonics completely agreeable. At under $10 (as four of the available copies are priced as of this date), it's a bargain; another window, with a distinctive and most attractive view, on late romanticism.


title: a message from the Almighty

text: Amazon has given two listings to this same disc, so I get to comment again. The French would call these recordings "une aubaine"--a godsend or, if you were trading stocks, a windfall. I don't know where else you will be able to hear the Czech Philharmonic playing Dvorak's 8th symphony while under Nazi occupation--and pretty darn well recorded, too --thanks to those good Nazi microphones, I'll wager. The Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia was a nasty piece of work, but at least the Germans thought of the Czechs as something like "their own", and their six-year sojourn in Czechoslovakia was like a festival compared to the four hideous decades of Soviet rule that followed. The concerto is brilliantly played by a youthful Rudolf Firkusny, returning to his country during the brief and happy interregnum between the occupations. The sound is really not bad at all, especially if you are used to music-recordings that do not have the prerogatives of studio conditions. As long as the price remains reasonable--a relative term--this CD really will be a message from the Almighty.


title: stunning piece of work

text: A friend of mine sent me this disc from Japan. At first I was skeptical because the composer is a self-identified follower of Mahler, whom I do not always like. The good news is that, while composed in the Mahlerian vein, this symphony beats most of Mahler's for the beauty and sincerity of its ideas. My main difficulty with Mahler, the apparent lack of a firm structure as episodes are heaped on top of each other, is rather mitigated by a lightness that does not exclude profundity. The skill of the performance and the translucency of the recording don't hurt, either. This is one big gorgeous piece of music that I intend to revisit often. If you can find a way to procure this with some economy, don't hesitate.


title: buy it for the frescoes

text: Both of these reviewers, Peter Fuchs and G.C., have this right, I think. The Brahms performance is kind of so-what. The Frescoes are another matter, and you feel the exalted level of involvement by the musicians in the first measure. The curious thing is that, from the BBC audience, it's the Brahms that gets the big ovation. Anyway, five stars for the Frescoes alone, for as long as you can have the disc at less than the shipping charge. This is stupendous music, beautifully played and recorded, and versions of the Frescoes are not so thick on the ground.


title: the good old days really did exist

text: This performance is closer to Rossini's time than it is to the present time (and will always be). How often do we need to say it? They did these things much better in olden times. But if you chance to listen to the present set --as I am doing, this instant-- you will feel the performance living around you. (I just had the "side-break" and it's not optimal. But don't worry; the inconvenience quickly passes.) Rendered with extraordinary care and craft, in a style that will come nevermore, this recording is worth the attention of any serious listener. Let the tyros flock to the flavors-of-the-month at La Scala or the Met. Keep this most rare and extraordinary vintage for yourself.


title: Schwanengesang, the real deal

text: This CD is actually composed of the 14 Schwanengesang songs plus four others that are appropriate to present alongside them. I can't really say enough for either Schopper or Immerseel. Schopper is a bass-baritone with a fine, measured expressiveness, a handsome instrument and a thrilling range. Immerseel, on a Conrad Graf fortepiano, plays the living daylights out of these songs, an exquisite foil for Schopper's powerful musical declamations. I happened to find this CD on the used market for a price more advantageous than the ones offered here; but in any event the quality easily warrants purchasing in the 25-dollar range. You'll get a lifetime of pleasure out of these performances.


title: a great performance and recording

text: This is the recording I reviewed on Amazon's page for Orfeo's release of the same performance. In that rather detailed review, I called Legato's release --this one-- "very considerable--full stereo, with warm and immediate sound, really one of the best live recordings one can imagine." The performance is absolutely outstanding. This recording I know to be excellent; the Orfeo is bound to be as good or better; and the various Opera d'Oro releases might are likely be very good as well. We're fortunate in the fact that whoever recorded the live performance did an excellent job. If I were buying a CD version today, and I were able to find an advantageous price for Orfeo's version, I would incline to that one simply because, where the Vienna Philharmonic is concerned, Orfeo has best access to source material and it prepares its releases with great care. But the bottom line is, take this performance any way you can get it.


title: a golden disc

text:
From San Francisco:

When I came across this disc for $2.99 in San Francisco's Amoeba Music, I couldn't believe my eyes. Here you have possibly Mozart's two best piano concertos--his breakthrough concerto, the youthful E-flat, and the most profound of the mature works, the A major--presented by two ideal artists: a piano virtuoso of modern-day convictions and classical refinements, plus a conductor as skilled at presenting opera as any in the world; and let's not forget that Mozart's concerti are highly operatic in feeling. The digital sound is beautifully judged. Put all of it together, and at $2.99 you have a bargain beyond compare. But wait! Amazon Marketplace has multiple copies of this disc for under two dollars! Okay, you have to add postage, but in this case the postage is more than the disc itself; and even for most of us in San Francisco, it costs two bucks to get to Amoeba. Here's a better deal: travel all the way back to the 1780's and hear these concertos as they have only rarely been played--for much less than a serving of fine wine or a good cigar. Wines and cigars come and go; in their place, you can have this ravishing disc for life.


title: An important recording

text: This might be the most revelatory Beethoven recording I've heard in decades. It's the first of three CD's dedicated to Beethoven's music for keyboard and cello. The performers are Finns whose names deserve to be household words: Anssi Karttunen (cello) and Tuija Hakkila (fortepiano). One of the virtues of their playing is that it decisively restores the balance which Beethoven intended in these pieces (as in the violin and keyboard sonatas): the keyboard is allowed to register as fully the equal of the stringed instrument. And these performances do not take a quaint view of period instruments. The players wear the instruments as Beethoven and his friends must have, pushing and straining the music toward modernity--as distinct from those many original-instrument players who push the music back to the past. The sound is excellent, and the musicianship dramatically good. On hearing the first of these discs, I immediately ordered the other two.


title: IRISH COUNTRY

text: Big Tom is still the King?  Country the way it used to be.


title: Can't go wrong with Paddy O'Brien

text: Paddy O'Brien is a smooth Irish C&W singer... almost like an Irish Jim Reeves.  Daniel O'Donnell & Paddy O'Brien are two of my favorite (Irish) Country singers.


title: Good CD, but very expensive

text: Even though I only gave 3 Stars, I was not disappointed.  I luv the Hager's and wish their old vinyl albums were converted to CD by some overseas record company (since the United States lost interest in Classic C&W)..... The quality of the recordings was excellent and the CD was enjoyable... but the price (near $50) was ridiculous.... wish I would've bought this CD years ago when it was selling for $10.


title: BILL PHILLIPS - One of C&W's Greats

text: Search the web, and you cannot find high quality CD's of Bill Phillips... so the next best thing is to buy his vinyl (33's and 45's) and convert them to CD.  Bill Phillips' songs shouldn't get lost or forgotten with time.  He was one of the BEST!  Just a brilliant artist who many C&W fans have never heard.


title: Not bad ...price was right

text: Lotta good tunes


title: Top of His Game

text: Great collection, beautifully packaged. Available at Amazon.co.uk for about $30, shipped.


title: Perfect

text: Wonderful music


title: Fun to watch

text: Great movie


title: Five Stars

text: It is beautiful!


title: Five Stars

text: Thank You!


title: This awesome cd was well worth the money!!

text: Tommy Alverson is really a great singer, this cd proves it!!!


title: Great music

text: This cd was everything I was hoping it would be and more. Bobby Flores is a great singer and musician.


title: Songs from the Southern side of the War Between the States

text: The Sons of Dixie are no longer performing, but the music they left us is great to listen to, it's also a part of history.  It's very unfortunate they are no longer performing, as they had a great vocal sound, which came from 25 years of performing as a Gospel quartet.


title: Really nice collection

text: Part of the "Time life" series and a really nice collection of older love songs.  Original recordings remastered with care.  Your mileage may vary but I thoroughly enjoyed both discs, but the 60s and 70s were the years I grew up in. Very nice CD, highly recommended if you like this type of music.


title: Solid A plus effort by Harry James, let down only by some sub par remastering

text:
The music on these albums is beyond reproach if you love the music of Harry James, and the band is incredible with tight Basie type arrangements and the soaring and incredible trumpet of James that is freed from the constraints of playing solely "Best of" big band numbers. The package consists of two CDs which contain four whole LP releases and part of a fifth album-

1. CD #1
  A. Harry James and His New Swingin' Band released 1/1959
  B. Harry James Today, released 3/1961
2. CD #2
  A. Harry James plays Neal Hefti released 3/1961
  B. The Spectacular Sound of Harry James recorded 1/1961
  C. Requests on the Road-  released 1962, contains only A side of the original album. Since both discs check in with playing times of over 78 minutes there is no space to include the B side on the two disc set, pity.

  The music here is beyond reproach and represents a mature Harry James free from the tyranny of playing "Best of" album efforts to play the solid jazz that was in his heart all the time.  And what jazz, with arrangements that soar and should tax your sound system to test the ability to reproduce crisp and clear music.  And in therein we find the fly in the ointment, the one caveat to prevent wholehearted recommendation without reservations. The sound is somewhat uneven and seldom has the solid presence and clarity that would allow these gems to shine to their highest potential.
  Make no mistake, by most standards these are great recording efforts, yet I've got some examples from this time period by James that are much more crisp and clear in their remastering.  Did the company use the original masters or tired secondary masters?  I don't know for sure, but have heard many recordings from the fifties and sixties remastered without losing the or
original presence. For many this is NOT an issue, but I listen to powerful music like this loudly and love to be enveloped in a solid wall of sound that is somewhat dulled here.
  Case in point is "Rockin' in Rhythm,"  from Harry James "Today."  I have this same recording on another disc and the sound is MUCH more vibrant with much greater crispness and presence and vitality- the curtain is literally drawn back on this powerhouse performance.
  I suspect that noise reduction techniques were applied a little too liberally to eliminate tape hiss on the original recordings as there is no tape hiss present.  Much detail is lost as a result.  The person listed on the album back responsible for "Noise processing and final masters" is one Martin Haskell. To be fair I don't know the condition of the original masters and what Martin had to work with.  As one who dabbles in audio remastering I do have to say that I prefer to err on the side of preserving presence over too zealous application of noise reduction.
  That said, anyone who values a treasure trove of Big Band music that is still vital and fresh will find much to like here.  This album has become one that I have loaded on my phone and plays often.


title: Lombardo, now I understand his approach.

text: This is NOT a re release of the original Capitol album from 1960 (S)T-1306, but it contains many of the tracks from the original album. The CD is CEMA S21-18915 and contains 20 tracks. What was a bit of a revelation to my ears was the fidelity and soundstage evident on most of the tracks.<br />  I have always respected Lombardo, but never really loved their music, feeling it was too "Sweet" for my ears. Most of my exposure came from 8 tracks, cassettes and the occasional LP I would bring home from the thrift store. This album was a bit of a revelation to me  Lombardo still uses the simple arrangements that many called "Elevator music" but the clarity and depth of soundstage in most of these tracks took my breath away and was like removing layers of old paint to find lovely wood underneath.  Suddenly a whole new side of Lombardo's approach made sense to me. He was moving towards music that spoke through a rather minimalist approach. The instruments which had played over half a century ago for these recordings sounded crisp and clear and their definition revealed grain and harmonies that I had never heard before. Simple yes, but also quite beautiful and understated in a way that we seldom see today.


title: Good deal !!!!!!

text: Easy transaction, good price and delivery.  Product as described.


title: Good deal!


title: Gerry Timlin, great songs, great voice

text: I have no idea how I just heard of Gerry Timlin after being  attuned to Celtic music for so many years.  But hear of him I have and I have a great appreciation of his flawless delivery, and his warm, beautiful voice.  Fan for life, me.  This cd is an earlier release for Gerry, a live concert from  Godfrey Daniels folks club, a venerable folk music venue.  For a live album, the sound quality is especially good.  Extremely enjoyable all the way through.  If you see any Gerry Timlin release on Amazon, pick it up!  Also good, go to his website for some of his newer releases!


title: The wonderful Charlie Zahm

text:
This was the first Charlie Zahm cd I bought.  Anne Williams was playing it on her folk show on WYSO.  I literally had to pull the car off the road to listen to Charlie's deep, emotive baritone voice.  And with this album, I also had to hear the songs themselves.  Charlie Zahm is well-known in the Scottish festival circuit, and had recorded many Scottish-themed albums -  but this was the first recording where he recorded songs of his own writing.  Tracks are:

Under the Great Northern Stars
This Old Fishing Boat and Me
Ship without port
Song of the Cowboy
A Thousand Sunsets
Prison Walls
Wild Pacific Shore
The Marielle
Coast of St. Croix
Lighthouse on the Shore

Favorite tracks for me are the title track, Under the Great Northern Stars, This Old  Fishing Bot and Me, Ship Without Port and Lighthouse on the Shore.  Each one skillfully written and performed.  Song of the Cowboy and A Thousand Sunsets bring in a bit of country to the mix.  I love every track on this album, and these songs have become old friends, since I have played the album hundreds of times over the years.

If you're looking to hook up with a great singer, and feel like you've discovered a great talent.....buy this.  You have.
Also check out Charlie's many other albums of Scottish, Irish, American/Historical, country music and self-penned works at his website:  charliezahm.com


title: Yasuha Kominami later grew into an exciting artist.

text: This was Yasuha Kominami’s first release, a maxi-CD, but I’m afraid her writing wasn’t strong enough yet to complete this task as richly as one might have hoped. There is variety here, but most of this release seems to be missing the creative exuberance that I find in some of her later work.


This is a really strong CD, apparently by a bunch of young, very talented, kids. There's a bonus recording of ‘Hey Kid’, which is possibly a single version. It sounds slightly cleaner. I ran across this band on Youtube, and was impressed with what I heard and saw. This CD easily holds up to my expectations. Every song on it is strong and enjoyable. I look forward to hearing more from this fine band. I hope that will be possible. They don't say who's writing the material. I get the idea that the band is. The musicianship and songwriting is not only strong, but almost magical. There's a nice variety from pop to rock, and I look forward to watching this band grow as people and musicians.


title: The Muffs rock!

text: The Muffs are a great band, and the fact that these days not every record is great is beside the point. There’s still bound to be a couple of good songs on any Muffs record, even if they are no longer making records like Blonder And Blonder where every song was good. It’s a top-notch band, with a strong songwriter, and a good band supporting her. This particular record may not be that great, but this is still a band that is well worth seeing. The Muffs rock!


Bimboo Wizard is amazingly smart and well put-together, while all the time maintaining a raw punk edge, and surprisingly sticking in some impressive pop tricks. I didn’t believe this CD would be any where near as good as it was. It showed the maturity of this group of four women. Bimboo Wizard is their fourth full-length release, and after listening to it, I had to find the previous three. I haven’t heard those yet, but I look forward to listening to them. The Ultra Bimboos is an all-gal band from Finland, and I was impressed by the videos I saw on YouTube, so I decided to see what was available from their catalog. Bimboo Wizard is the one that’s easiest to purchase, and I was really impressed by what this band, now broken up, had to offer. It is an exciting record that will happily kick your ass, laugh, and have you laughing along with them.


title: cd

text: nice music


title: cd

text: good


title: cd

text: very nice


title: cd

text: i liked it


title: cd

text: like it


title: cd

text: good oldies


title: cd

text: good music


title: Sounds great!

text: Now release I Robot in 5.1!


title: Richard Orange solo cd

text:
I loved the proggier moments

I used to play this album on our U of Iowa college station in the mid 70s. Zebra was the main song. Though the lp was superb all through out. I loved the proggier moments. On Richard Oranges cd...he gives me a thank you right above John, Paul, George and Ringo. It's a great cd. He has a song called Beatlesque.


title: Rivers of Believe - Enigma single CD

text:
Received in perfect condition and was exactly what I wanted. Thank you!!!

Luis


title: Song list

text:
[...]
Disc 1
Rock & Roll - The Velvet Underground
All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
Love is the Drug - Roxy Music
Shake Some Action - Flamin' Groovies
Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello
So It Goes - Nick Lowe
I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock and Roll) - Dave Edmunds
Hiroshima Mon Amour - Ultravox
Take Me, I'm Yours - Squeeze
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie & Banshees
One Way Or Another - Blondie
Planet Claire - B-52's
Disc 2
Local Girls - Graham Parker
Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson
Dancing Barefoot - Patti Smith Group
Let's Go - Cars
Life Begins At The Hop - XTC
Hey, St. Peter - Flash And The Pan
Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
Good Girls Don't - The Knack
After The Last Night - A's
Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
Kid - The Pretenders
Do You Remember Rock N' Roll Radio? - The Ramones


title: Overpriced

text: Another great CD in the series but really...$44?  Go online to I-Tunes, Napster, RDIO.  Download each song separately for 99 cents each and go make your own CD.


title: One of the Best Worship CD's Ever!!

text: Was liking the CD and then found "Pass through My Will" and was slain in the spirit!!  Me and my 3 year old listen to it right before bed, especially on nights he's having trouble settling down.  The song was given to Mr. Talbot by a monk.  What a gift!!


title: Five Stars

text: love it!


title: One Star

text: didn't play well...


title: What a great collaboration!

text: I was very pleasantly surprised by this album. I bought it because the samples sounded intriguing, and when I received it I enjoyed the first listen, noting a wide variety of pop, jazz, R&B, blues, and funk spiciness with touches of Detroit, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Memphis and Oakland sprinkled skillfully into a stew that sometimes was Gumbo, sometimes Cioppino, sometimes Bouillabaise -but always very tasty - an orchestral waltz, dance, party to enjoy over and over. I really recommend this for your pleasure - one of the nicest albums I have given myself in a long time.<br />Don't be worried if it's your 'type' of music. It's just wonderful - you do like wonderful, don't you?


title: The birth of the steel guitar

text: Surprisingly contemporaneous music from the man who "made" the steel guitar.


title: Superb

text: Works on many levels and on many moods.


title: A tribute to Astor Piazzolla

text: A gathering here of some of some of Astor Piazzolla's short works - worth having alone for the beautiful 'Milonga' Finally found this one thanks to Amazon!


title: Good

text: I love cri-cri since I was a little girl, now I hope my will like it too.


title: Five Stars

text: very good completion,can't afford them all.this fit the bill.


title: Students love it!

text: I bought the CD used and words good.  I have attend several inservices with Step Lively. My students love it!


title: Worth getting

text: Another revealing CD of oldies, remastered in stereo from the original multitrack tapes. The sound is excellent


title: AWESOME CD !!

text: Very beautiful music from a master musician , Howard Keel


title: Five Stars

text: LOVED IT.


title: Madonna:Queen of the World

text: I love this tour,i don't think she's tries to hard, like the one review said.If u like Madgr you'll luv this


title: Five Stars

text: awesome cd set


title: Five Stars

text: ok


title: Oh anna

text: This is one great product I'm glad I purchased it thanks


title: Fast delivery great quality

text: Love the CD and I would buy again from this seller.


title: Good Solid Hymn Music

text: These are solid based hymns.  Appropriate speed for normal listening, but I use it for church accompaniment and it is a little slow for that.  Also, there are NOT 50 Hymns as the title implies- there are only 17 hymns.  Good for general use and a backup for emergencies at a church setting.


title: Very Helpful

text: This is a very good resource that will soon be gone.  But the music is varied and they have various background music, including some stronger organ than piano.  So the piano is not prominent at all.  But if you like various music, this is most effective.


title: Good, but Lots of Accompanying Music Background

text: The really good news is that there are a lot of instruments and organ and etc.  There is variety of background as well.  The bad news is, the piano is not strong.  The organ is stronger than the piano and that may be an issue with those who you are accompanying.  This is a disappearing resource and will soon be gone- just saying.


title: Five Stars

text: Great artist, great album.  Would do again. Thank you!


title: It's A Crying Shame This Album Is Not Available In The United States

text: This is the first I'd heard of this album.  I've been a Brand X fan for over 40 years now.  The quality of this music is so much better than TIMELINE.  "Miserable Virgin" is a treat to listen to.  Available on Amazon UK


title: Excellent CD

text: The CD is a perfect companion to the Heart of Gold DVD.  In my opinion, the best Neil Young album since Harvest.  Dedicated to his father, you can hear and feel the commitment.  My favorite songs are Prairie Wind; Falling off the face of the Earth; The Old Guitar; and It's a Dream, but the whole CD is dynamite.


title: Natural Environmental tracks blended with Gregorian and International Chants...

text: This new Music CD has been released Internationally to the Public and on Social Media and represents a unique departure from his last Trance Electronica Album to a Devotional Inspirational Music collection featuring Natural Environmental tracks blended with Gregorian and International Chants from around the world. This latest Album release features the Tropical Sounds of native Hawaiian Surf as a background to Orchestral Strings, Solo Piano, Viola, Shakuhachi Flutes, Gregorian Chants, and Soprano Vocals blended seamlessly with a Harpsichord rendition of “Pachelbel’s Canon in D,” “The Gloria,” “Ave Maria,” and closes with an uplifting rendition of the Song, “Legendary.” Many have already said that this Music has created a Sacred Space for Healing in our world, especially at this time. You can listen to our new Music Album Free of charge now via CD downloads and CD/DVD Album formats via Amazon Music, iTunes, and Spotify Music.


title: Too little known and a fully satisfying and supremely thoughtful performance.

text:
It's difficult to find a version of these worthy chestnuts that is so well done that it merits praise as being definitive. After decades of exposure to dozens of recordings of these sonatas, this is the one I find most solidly convincing. The work of Claudio Arrau was not always this superlative, but at its best it's always genuinely stunning. This album is one of a number of his best and should be more commonly praised.

Arrau was criticized, like Alfred Brendel, for being at times too cerebral, and even for being too 'well prepared' in the fastidiousness of his playing. Here every measure seems perfectly weighed and executed. It's hard IMHO to fault that!


title: Hardly a concidence that this is wonderfully enjoyable.

text:
Every performance of these pieces is different, but one expects- and finds- an interpretation here that is dignified, precise, stylistically definitive, uniquely personal, and passionate. I only regret that I was never able to hear Brendel in person, as he deserves the reputation he has acquired for being one of the undeniably great performers of our time.

Unfortunately arthritis has increasingly interfered with new performances from this long time giant, especially noted for setting the standard for performances of the Germanic repertoire.


title: A must and a bargain for any Sarah Chang fan.

text: The conception and execution of this collection are truly fabulous. One need not get into a discussion about Sarah Chang in general- though it would be difficult not to place her in the current handful of world's best fiddlers- but getting five delightful albums well priced and conveniently packaged is a treasure. It just whets the appetite, though, for much more!


title: As good as it gets

text:
Having heard both quite a variety of recordings of Joseph Kalichstein, and having heard him live recently, I confess to finding the complete commitment and superlative artistry he, and the colleagues he finds, to be worth recommending for any material.

Here Laredo and Robinson, as in their other recordings, turn in magnificent performances, and the recording itself is unusually natural, lively, and well defined.

In addition, among piano trios, the Mendelssohn pieces are absolutely magnificent if sometimes underrated.

This is serious desert island music, if you want to experience the magic that happens when extraordinarily talented musicians successfully strive to come up with results that take their performances from competent to deeply felt artistry.


title: Five Stars

text: This is a Hot CD. It's really Funking, Rocking, and Rolling.


title: Excellent music

text:
I love Southern Gospel Music.
This was pre-Elvira days.
As for me the Oaks have always been at their best singing Gospel


title: Five Stars

text: wish the original crew would of stayed together after listening him live


title: Great chance to get several releases at once!

text:
This package comes with five CDs housed in mini replicas of the original album releases.  The releases include:  Images at Twilight (1979),
Heads or Tales (1983), Behavior (1985), Wildest Dreams (1987), & How Do I Look (1997).

There is another similar release that has their early releases... which didn't include IMAGES AT TWILIGHT.  This package seems to rectify that omission by including it.  IMAGES is more progressive that the other three studio releases.  (HOW DO I LOOK is a collection/compilation.). The others are more 80s pop influenced releases.  There are glimpses of great technique here and there.  HEADS OR TALES was an interesting one... I felt it didn't live up to WORLDS APART, but has some strong songs.  BEHAVIOUR and WILDEST DREAMS are very very pop.  The HOW DO I LOOK compilation leans to pop, but does include the studio version of ON THE LOOSE and a live version of WIND HIM UP... which casual fans will love.

The band is really good... really talented.  One of the CDs is produced by Keith Olsen.  It was a great sounding disc, but I was surprised to find it DIDNT sound like a typical Olsen release... SAGA must have exerted pressure to keep it sounding like themselves.  Another release was produced by the talented Rupert Hine.

If you're new to SAGA... this is a more poppy glimpse into the band.  If you dig their proggy music... get the package that houses their earlier releases.

Either way... highly recommended!


This is a CD that Mutt Lange produced in the mid 90s.  I don't think it ever got a wide release because I never saw it in the stores.  Mutt wrote the lion's share of the songs on it.  The artist is his ex-spouse.  Her maiden name is Stevie Van Kerken... but her real name is Stevie Vann Lange.  She was in a band with Mutt called HOCUS in the early 70s.  Since then, she has achieved a quite extensive resume by working with many notable bands and/or musicians as a guest collaborator or background singer.  She is also a vocal teacher and/or coach.

This CD is great!  It is full of bluesy rock songs, and some ballads.  The CD I have has 10 tracks on it.  Bryan Adams guest stars on a track, and it's a fantastic rock duet.  Session extraordinaire and producer Dan Huff plays guitar on some tracks.  The production by Mutt is notably stripped down.  Similar to his work on Adam's 18 TILL I DIE.  There are maybe two or three tracks that have more production work on them... but overall it's not the production heavy work he is known for. I heard his trademark background vocals on one track in particular, but I didn't hear him on the others.  The final track IF WALLS COULD TALK has been covered by Celine Dion.  Stevie's version was stellar... not as production heavy as Celine's version... but Stevie really showcases her high vocal range on that one.  Mostly, Stevie exhibits a raspy, bluesy vocal style.  Not unlike Brysn Adams, but decidedly female sounding.  She has great command and sings with bombast and authority.  But she can also sound really sensitive when she wants too.  Clearly a singer with great chops and ability.

I think this album would have been better if more time had been spent on the production.  The songs are great, but this review is being written with about 4 listens.  I do plan to spend more time listening... and maybe I'll update this review then.

Either way, I do recommend this for Mutt fans, or for fans of female bluesy rock.  I know Stevie Vann has a SOUNDCLOUD page... check that out for examples off of this CD.


title: Great release!

text:
YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD is a document of a show the band did at BB KINGS BLUES CLUB in NYC in 2003.  The band is:  vocalist/keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist NEAL MORSE, vocalist/drummer MIKE PORTNOY, vocalist/guitarist PAUL GILBERT, and bassist MATT BISSONETTE.  They are a BEATLES tribute band.  The package includes a DVD of the concert, and 2 audio CD's of the music on the DVD.

What can I say?  The concert is outstanding.  They play lots of obscure BEATLES songs, as well as many well known ones.  The talent on display is amazing.  Paul Gilbert shines when he lets loose on several solos (notably WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS and TICKET TO RIDE).  Portnoy plays the hell out of a small drumkit (his regular drumkit would probably scare Neal Peart)... and he is outstanding.  He even adjusts his hat during one of the songs without missing a beat!  Neal Morse does a great John Lennon/British accent.  Matt Bissonette sings awesomely, and plays the intricate McCartney bass lines on what appears to be a vintage Beatles-type of bass. These guys are having a blast, and it shows.  The quality of the DVD is spotty... lots of scenes were splotchy, and of low quality.  The direction is very basic, as well... no Hollywood style directing here.  But that doesn't detract from your enjoyment of what appears to be an awesome, laid-back, and fun concert.  Lots of laughs throughout... the guys have a sense of humor that is addicting.

This release can be purchased from the manufacturer (Radiant Records)for about $20, and as of this writing, is listed for $100, or $300.  Don't buy it for that much... wait until the price comes down, or somebody decides to sell it for what is a reasonable price.  I got it for about $40 on Amazon, and you should be able to, as well.  Just keep checking.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED if you are a fan of the musicians, and of course, if you are a Beatles fan and want to hear some great interpretations.


title: Good CD, but the tracks listine is out of ...

text: Good CD, but the tracks listine is out of sink. #4 is realty #3 and so on through the list.


title: Great sounds

text: A fan


title: Great CD

text: Great music


title: Good electronic music.

text: Great electronic music. Find annoying that words are intelligible but lyrics are included so can follow in spite of my limited German. Certainly different than other similar albums.


title: Recorded when Peter Maffay becoming a star.

text: A wonderful album , not a bad song in it. For German learners this one helps as his diction was still perfect. (Later he started singing faster and not as clear). As usual with his albums each one gets better than the one before.<br />Highly recommended for fans,


title: Best Udo ever.

text: this album to me is his best EVER period.  If you like his 80's albums onward you will not be decieved, a wonderful CD.<br />Too bad CD has "copy protect" that some players don't play well.


title: awesome songs

text: awesome cd, the jewel case would not stay closed but a great buy...


title: Excellent

text: Received in excellent condition.


title: awesome

text: Great CD, lots of variety, i really enjoyed. All of the songs. Youre not listening to the same thing over and over


title: Refreshing and Encouraging

text: Wonderful CD to listen to and know that Jesus IS present and an everlasting help in time of trouble.  Jimmy does a great job and relaying the wonderful love of Jesus on this CD.  I bought it for the song, "Come Holy Spirit".


title: what a great CD!

text: Man, what a great CD!!  Trip Lee has done it again!!


title: Ormandy + Philadelphia = truly wonderful.

text:
About a million years ago I was lucky enough to hear Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra in London. Can’t remember what he played, maybe Mahler 10???

Anyway , a million years later, I came to this CD and ( as they used to say) it blew my mind. How did he get those strings to found so smooth? And the whole orchestra plays so brilliantly. They used to call it the Philadelphia Sound. Listen to this CD and marvel: there is really nothing quite like it.

There is never a hint of condescension, that this music may not be of the highest calibre. Instead you get French romantic music one might not be familiar with played superbly. I’m sure I had not heard the cello concerto before and Rose plays it as if he was a part of the Philadelphia sound.

The piano concertos are equally brilliant.

Superb value CD for those 3 of you out there who, like me, still listen to CDs.


title: Brilliant.

text:
OK, so these are old recordings off (I think) Telefunken LPs.

But they are wonderful pieces of music, on anyone's desert (or even dessert)  island list and just beautifully played. Do not ignore these performances because they may not be 100,000 % historically correct !


title: The up side of Johnny Ray

text: Ray is an enigma. Some classify him as R&B, others as pop. Both are on this 45. He does them both justice. While I really like the Prisonaires version of Walking in the Rain, I like Ray's better.<br />He played black clubs early on helping cement his standing as an early rock and roll influence.


title: Covers by Johnny Rivers generally are worthwile

text: This is not the quintessential version of either side, but of those readily available Midnight Special versions on a 45, this is at the top. A very good Cupid as well but Sam Cooke's is not hard to find.


title: Well not me

text: Somewhat typical late 50s/early 60s songs that reference recent hits of others. I heard it say 60 years ago for the first time and to this day when Dion's Teenager in Love comes on I still sing "why must I be a teenager in jail".<br />Definitely for the Boomers.


title: early 60s charting sides

text: I've bought a few of  the Time/Life collections, most on vinyl as I did this one. This offered the most  infrequent inclusions. Mind you, even though a lot of these may not be on any other collection, they all charted. Some were fairly high up the charts but no top 10s nor the bottom 20s. for example: the Chiffons-J Have a Boyfriend; Conway Twitty--Is a Blue Bird Blue; the Exciters--He's Got the Power; Clyde McPhatter--Ta Ta and Eddie Holland--Jamie. I can't say that any are overexposed.<br />It's sinful that Amazon has stopped listing tracks for all LPs. I've complained often but to no avail. You can Google this and get them though. It is a very good collection especially since while many songs are familiar and desirable, there are those that my ears have missed for 50 years.


title: Oh well

text: Not my favorite rendition of this song but I wanted it on 45 for my jukebox and it was the only one I could find. It's certainly not a bad version.<br />it's post Green & Spencer and pre Buckingham/Nicks.


title: Hey ranchero

text: Bought this for the B side. I was watching a Warren Zevon concert video and he did this song. I thought his version sounded like the Dirt Band and not the Boss. Glad to see it was on a 45rpm.<br />Either the Dirt Band or Springsteen do the song justice. I like the more countryish Dirt Band version better. Would have liked to have found Zevon's


title: Shear delight

text: I had this song on cassette and cassettes are not in my rotation anymore. So, I picked it up for the jukebox. Shear is from my hometown and I bought the cassette originally simply to support a local artist. This is the best song on the album.<br />The tune is upbeat and catchy. Never charted but that's not a condemnation.


title: Good Hank cover

text: Although I was heavy into listening to AM radio when this came out, I don't recall ever hearing it. After I heard Hank William's version, I bought a Dion CD with this on it. It is a good cover but what puts me off a little is that there is too much spoken words. Otherwise it's pretty much Dion in his Columbia years.


title: birthday revelation

text:
It was a gift for my sister born that year. She enjoyed the retrospective info that came with te songs but like anyone else she doesn't recall ever hearing the songs.

It's an entertaining idea that covers many years.


title: a rebel yell

text:
This set has 10 of their 12 charting singles and the missing ones are minor hits. It could have included the other 2 and a somewhat more recently popular flip side--The Train from Kansas City.
Overall it's a nice summary of their career.
That said, there are slightly better collections at just a little more cost.


title: good jukebox food

text:
I wanted this for my jukebox and couldn't believe the scarcity of a million selling single. Went to record stores in 3 major cities in addition to my home town and couldn't find it. For the longest time Amazon didn't have it either. Finally showed up at a ridiculous price, but then there is the unexplainable scarcity.
Who doesn't know the song and the great Don Felder solo.
45's are dinosaurs for most and if it weren't for feeding the jukebox, I'd have passed on the cost.


title: For Steeler fans

text: Years ago I bought Super Bowls IX and XIII. Glad to find this one and will look occasionally for X. Always a joy listening to Myron Cope.<br />The play-by-plays in this collection is pretty good.


title: The way back

text:
I would think that all who read the Toms' reviews are already fans. We're all within the small circle of "friends" [a nod to Phil Ochs]. So we have our thoughts on his audio output and would differ on our favorites.
For me this disc is a return the better moments. His voice actually seems bluesier. A slight nod to the vocal style of Howlin' Wolf.
His last, Deep in the Shadows was probably his worst for me. Interesting, for the one before that--Memphis--was probably his best. West End Kid and My Own Eyes are also near the top.
This is my 10th Toms disc and I think that's the full catalogue though I'm not positive. It does include the very limited release, 200 copies, One Lonesome Moment (which is available to download).
About 1/2 of them get played occasionally which is a better percentage than most artists in my collection.