title: Indescribable is absolutely incredible, amazing, and unfathomable...

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In this 2-part DVD Series Louie Giglio takes all of us on a glorious and beautiful ride through the universe.  He delivers the message in such a down-to-Earth (pardon the pun) manner about how even though we cannot truly comprehend the size of God's universe even so we are an important part and the creator of the heavens and Earth still knows us by name.  Images of the Whirlpool Galaxy and other Hubble Telescope shots are used to glorify God.

Numerous classes and groups I have been a part of have tremendously enjoyed this video.  It is especially powerful for youth but is highly recommended for adults as well.  All in all THE most powerful video I have seen in the last 5 years. Indescribable, uncontainable, HE placed the stars in the sky and HE knows them by name.

Highly recommended!


title: Five Stars

text: Everything was just great, i would for sure buy again from this seller.


title: Four Stars

text: GOOD PRODUCT, FAST SHIPPING


title: Five Stars

text: good product, fast shipping


title: One Star

text: Is not a DVD-Audio Disk.  Just a DVD...  Not what I wanted.


title: Biggest fan

text: I enjoy listening to George Strait and I believe I have maybe most of his CDs by now . Love his songs !


title: Girls' School is a collectors' item

text: Girls' School is very hard to find, I don't think it's on any Macca CD.


title: Five Stars

text: pretty good!


title: Five Stars

text: Love it.


title: ~heaven is our home~

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Kathryn Scott truly has the voice of an angel!!!  Her voice is extremely soothing, calming, and yet uplifting...it is simply incredible.  I haven't heard any female singer that i like better in any musical genre.  Take a listen to "When I Survey The Wondrous Cross" to find out for yourself!  I can't describe in words how awesome she is...and how peaceful her music is.  This album is my favorite by her, all the songs are amazing.

Soooo many great songs on here that it is hard to pick a favorite...but some of the highlights are definitly "Hungry", "Search me, Know Me", "Heaven Is Our Home", "Breathe On Me Now", "At The Foot of The Cross", and "Creator King".  The songs range from pure acoustic, to uplifting energetic worship music...but it really is not over-produced at all.  Sit back and relax to this soothing CD full of Christian Praise music at its best!!!  Overall ~10/10~


title: Four Stars

text: Think You


title: Excellent

text: All of Elton John's best.  Cannot go wrong


title: Perfect

text: Didn't realize when I bought this CD it was signed by Ronnie Dunn. Made it even better !! Have always loved his voice.


title: Fantastic C D

text: These folks had so many hits the entire C D is covered with their hits.<br />Enjoy the early rock.


title: Genesis music

text: I only like a few songs on this C D but wouldn't trade it as I still listen to it a few times a week


title: One of the greatest songwriters and singer in history

text: I love the original recordings from long ago and listen to them many times a week.


title: I love older music and man I got some great old music that I love.

text: I reveived the CD"s with a crack in the disc cover but the cd was fine.<br />The music played beautifully.Thanks for making this angel of a singer come to life in my computer


title: Everyone needs this CD

text: If you like Dolly Pardon to need this CD.<br />I listen to it almost every day


title: Rockin' soul and love - that's where it's at

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Any fan of early 1970's soul will enjoy what  Vocalion Ltd has done with these TWO albums.  That's right, you get two for the very reasonable price of one SACD.  That in itself would not be such a big deal if the music itself wasn't top notch but that is not the case here.  Each of these two albums has songs that ooze of what really matters most and that's LOVE.  Uplifting, inspirational, and energetic would be a good way of describing the sound of The Hues Corporation.  If you only know their hit, Rock the Boat, then you are in for a real treat because the rest of these albums have that same signature sound.  I'm actually surprised they didn't pull a few more singles from these back then because I think with more radio play they could have had at least one or maybe more hit singles.

Vocalion Ltd did a fantastic job engineering these recordings for high resolution sound on SACD.  They are truly audiophile quality and you will be very pleased with the results.  The Hues Corporation has never sounded so good!


title: Well worth it!

text: The latest CD from Lakecia Benjamin, our favorite Saxophonist, is inspiring and swinging!


title: Two Stars

text: It wasn't what I was expecting at all.


title: Jewish music

text: Very moving music.  You can dance to your housework and praise God at the same time.  Yet there is a serious side to this music.  For a new challenging experience to a typical American I suggest you take the challenge for something new and different.  It might change your life.


title: Five Stars

text: ok


title: Very good!

text: Really enjoyable music and arrangements.


title: Five Stars

text: Love the music, especially the Pink Panther Theme.


title: Five Stars

text: Beautiful multichannel SACD.


title: RIP

text: Bought after the fact.  Was one of just a few songs dad and I liked together.


title: good service and product

text: easy to order, good CD and service, very happy


title: Five Stars

text: Marvelous collection of classical favorites


title: perfect

text: everything is here


title: Great piece to own

text: Great piece, great value, quick delivery. Would buy from again!


title: Track List for the 2-CD release

text:
For those who are wondering how this 2-CD version compares to the 3-CD release which has the same name, here's a track list of the version I have:

First CD:

_1) 2:48 - How Great Thou Art
_2)  2:44 - Blessed Assurance
_3)  2:32 - Beyond the Sunset
_4)  2:46 - Rock of Ages
_5)  2:26 - Sweet By and By
_6)  3:12 - I'd Rather Have Jesus
_7)  2:54 - Tell Me the Old, Old Story
_8)  2:50 - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
_9)  3:12 - Day by Day
10) 3:28 - Amazing Grace
11) 3:27 - Precious Memories
12) 2:40 - Faith of Our Fathers
13) 2:44 - In the Garden
14) 3:14 - Oh How He Loves You and Me
15) 3:04 - The Old Rugged Cross
16) 3:07 - Just a Closer Walk With Thee
17) 2:41 - What a Friend We Have in Jesus
18) 3:02 - The Lord's My Shepherd
19) 2:45 - Almost Persuaded
20) 2:16 - Battle Hymn of the Republic

Second CD:

_1)  3:06 - Early in the Morning
_2)  3:18 - Bring Back the Springtime
_3)  3:16 - When They Ring the Golden Bells
_4)  2:11 - Bringing in the Sheaves
_5)  2:46 - Sweet Hour of Prayer
_6)  2:37 - Deep River
_7)  3:26 - It Is No Secret
_8)  3:51 - Oh Happy Day
_9)  1:58 - America the Beautiful
10) 2:35 - Bless This House
11) 2:59 - Shall We Gather at the River
12) 3:26 - Whispering Hope
13) 2:58 - Peace in the Valley
14) 2:54 - Holy, Holy, Holy
15) 3:27 - Have Thine Own Way, Lord
16) 2:50 - The Wayfaring Stranger
17) 2:50 - Did You Think to Pray?
18) 2:45 - He's Got the Whole Wide World in His Hands
19) 2:15 - The Ninety and Nine
20) 2:55 - The Lord's Prayer

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title: Live set of Marillion's late-1990's songs

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Note that I'm reviewing a 2-CD version which has this title, even though this page at Amazon claims to be for a 1-CD version.  I have no idea if a 1-CD version was ever released.  I think you have to go to marillion's web site to get this.

I think this is an excellent collection of excellent songs.  I'm not quite sure it deserves a full five-stars, but I like several of these songs so much that I just couldn't quite bring myself to mark it as four stars.  What you think of the album will probably depend on how much you like the Hogarth-era Marillion.  Here's the list of songs on the 2-CD version that I have here:

1)  4:52 - Beautiful
2)  5:59 - Beyond You
3)  4:13 - Afraid of Sunrise
4)  6:37 - Runaway
5)  5:18 - Now She'll Never Know
6)  3:52 - Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury
7)  4:10 - The Space
8)  5:09 - Fake Plastic Trees
9)  4:13 - Holloway Girl
10) 6:33 - King

1) 4:29 - The Answering Machine
2) 5:38 - Gazpacho
3) 7:11 - Cannibal Surf Babe
4) 2:55 - Blackbird
5) 8:09 - Abraham, Martin and John
6) 3:48 - Hooks in You
7) 4:18 - Eighty Days

Note that it includes several non-Marillion songs, which is a nice thing to do with a live album.


title: Very good album

text: Very good album with some songs hard to find, like "Ridin' free, living lonely" by Harris Chalkitis, Greek composer, for whta I bought the CD.<br />Some other songs are well known like "Philosopher", "Don't say you odn't remember", "Never merry a railroad man" and "Fly Robin, fly" so easy to find in other compilations. Recommended for people who love the olddies (70'-80's).


title: A mistake !

text: The music is good but this is not the original Rondó Veneciano group.<br />All the tracks are performed by Anonimo veneciano, a very different musical group.


title: VERY GOOD ALBUM

text: Very good album with classic themes directed and performed by this French musician.<br />I highly recommend it for someone who likes soft listening while driving, eating, reading or talking in a conversation.


title: Excellent box set, don't miss it !!!

text:
Excellent album (5 CD coffret) for real Nana Mouskouri's fans. All her songs in Spanish. Congratulations and thanks to Mercury France Records for this release. This is our good fortune to have now on CD songs like "El pequeño tamborilero" (Spanish version for L'enfant au tambour), "Rosa de Paris", "Las mañanitas, live in a Paris concert" (Mexican folk song for celebrating a happy birthday to someone)and more.
Really, this is a very good treasure in a beautiful and magical voice !!!!
Nevertheless, two more songs were not included in this compilation.
1) "Coucourrucoucou paloma", Mexican and so Latinamerican song,version live in a concert about 1972 in Holland, sung half in Spanish, half in English and
2) "El amor es (Liebe ist)", Mexican author: Juan Gabriel. From 1995, sung half in Spanish and half in German.
Anyway, the 5 CD box set is wonderful. Don't miss it !!!


title: Rare and Excellent soft listening, New age music.

text: This album is rare because it was released many years ago. I have the cassette from 1989 and now I'm so glad because I have de CD. This is new age and soft listening style and the music is as beautiful as the title. LEGEND is a radiant masterpiece that inspires a journey of magical effects, it is calm and has a great sensitivity. Let's imagine: castles, fountains, gardens, dreams, light.


title: Fun

text: I bought it for my wife's birthday as a gag gift. She's a big fan of the show and likes barbershop quartets. The CD is fun. The secretly taped conversations of the actors interjected throughout the CD gets old fast. The songs are good. My favorites are "Underdog," "Charles in Charge," "A Little Polish" and the "Ballad of Jimmy Durante." This CD does have not great music or great artists, but it is quite a bit fun all the same.


title: Five Stars

text: Favorite singer of mine since I was sixteen in the 60's.


title: Awesome!

text: Good quality cd.


title: More Duel than Duet

text: Beethoven's cello sonatas are really duets, for cello and piano.  In the hands of cellist Mischa Maisky and pianist Martha Argerich, the sonatas strike me as more like duels, with each musician competing to dominate the other.  While Maisky tends to emphasis the score's melody, it's the fiery Argerich, with her brilliant piano runs, who dominates the music.  Of the eight pieces, it's the opening track on disc two, that is the most famous and appealing. The Cello Sonata in A, Opus 69 was composed in 1807-8, the same period that saw the completion of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto, as well as his Fifth and Sixth  Symphonies.  While some pieces are more obscure than others, everything here is brilliant--and brilliantly performed.


title: Two contrasting sides of the early Beatles

text:
This CD package features two sides of the Beatles in their formative years.  Disc 1 is comprised of various cuts and demos recorded before they were acclaimed pop stars, plus some early demos for EMI.  Disc 2 contains demos, live cuts, and masters upon which their reputation as songwriters and pop stars established their early career.  The contrast between the two discs couldn't be greater.  On Disc 1 they sound mediocre and uninspired; it's little wonder most London recording studios rejected them.  On Disc 2 they sound markedly better, indeed more like the Beatles who would cross the Atlantic and change pop music forever.

Having said that there are few a jewels on Disc 1 worth hearing: "Ain't She Sweet", "How Do You Do It", and "Love Me Do" (the latter two produced by George Martin for EMI).  Disc 1 also features "Free As a Bird" which was one of the last songs John wrote, and recorded at home on Cassette tape.  At some point, Paul, George and Ringo got hold of the tape and, with the help of producer Jeff Lynne, completed the track, which, along with "Real Love" was released as the last single by the Beatles.

If you are a hard-core Beatles fan wishing to hear everything they ever recorded, warts and all, this is for you.


title: Plastic Soul

text:
"This is a marvelous album, full of geneses and revelations, by brilliant young men."  Thus writes Beatles' publicist Derek Taylor, in the liner notes.  Comprised of demos and outtakes, backing tracks, live cuts and songs that just didn't click, plus "Real Love," an unfinished John Lennon song, finished by a reconstituted Beatles in the form of John's voice on magnetic tape, and in the studio, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Star.  Beatles Anthology 2 is indeed a marvelous album, not to be missed.

Many of the songs include studio chatter, particularly by Paul, where in one instance he concludes a song with the remark, "Plastic Soul", which John would take and  rework as "Rubber Soul" for the title of their sixth album.

Disc 2 is notable for several outtakes of "Strawberry Fields Forever" that testifies to the Beatles' incessant search for perfection.  Included, too, are three separate takes of "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite."  I also found it interesting to hear the instrumental backing track for "Within You, Without You" (Disk 2), and "Eleanor Rigby", composed for double string quartet, by Producer George Martin (Disc 1).

If you are a Beatles' fan, Anthology 2 is for you.


title: Not to be missed

text:
For all intents and purposes, "St. Louis Blues" is the last Nat Cole/Nelson Riddle album, and, by most accounts, their greatest achievement.  To couple it with "To Whom It May Concern" would seem to make sense, as both were arranged by Nelson Riddle and recorded around the same time.  However, make no mistake, the reason to purchase this CD, is for "St. Louis Blues".  Period.

The album was originally conceived as the soundtrack for a movie of the same name, which starred Nat Cole, as W.C. Handley (1873-1958), the self-styled "Father of the Blues" (the movie tanked, but the album lives on, and rightly so).  What Handy did was take the rootsie Delta blues and retool into what jazz critic Will Friedwald calls "a modern, mid-century blues, a highly refined jazz kind of blues."  Cole and Riddle accentuate the transformation with a jazzy, big band accompaniment, resulting in a peerless collection of Handy's blues classics sung with heart and intelligence by Nat Cole, one of the giants of 20th century popular music.  "St. Louis Blues" as conceived by Cole/Riddle, reminds me of what Ray Charles did in 1962 with "Modern Sounds of Country and Western Music", make it more palatable for a broader, pop-minded audience.

The album opens with an Aaron Copland-sounding overture entitled "Love Theme", composed not by Handy but Riddle.  This flows seamlessly into the first vocal track "Hesitating  Blues".  Standout cuts include "Harlem Blues", "Friendless Blues", "Stay", "Beale Street Blues", "Memphis Blues",
"Morning Star", and, my favorite, the exuberant "Joe Turner's Blues." Trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison is heard throughout, adding tasteful flourishes that adorn Riddle's engaging arrangements.

Bottom line: "St. Louis Blues" is a wonderful pop album, not to be missed.


title: Cream II

text: For all intents and purposes this is Cream without Jack Bruce—Cream II.  In fact, it’s what Cream might have been had Steve Winwood been added on keys, an idea of Eric Clapton’s that didn’t come to pass.  By the Fall of 1968, Cream was finished, and by February Clapton and Winwood were jamming in Clapton’s London digs.  Ginger Baker invited himself in (literally), Ric Grech was added as bassist, and Blind Faith was born.  As Clapton explained it, Blind Faith was going to be an evolving band, with musicians coming and going, playing what they loved—blues, jazz, funk, rock 'n' roll, and  pop.  As it turned out, the first album was decidedly pop.  It reminds me of Cream’s “Goodbye” LP, only recorded entirely in the studio.  It opens with a mostly instrumental long cut and on Side 2 features yet another Baker drum solo.  It even has the same number of songs as “Goodbye”: six; four on Side 1, and two on Side 2.  And as with “Goodbye” there’s the feeling the band lacked new material and was stretching what they did have. Having said that, it’s a brilliant LP.  “Can’t Find My Way Home” and “Presence of the Lord” are absolutely first-rate, the latter being Clapton’s first song where he composed both words and music.  Sadly, Clapton walked out during the band’s first tour, preferring the company of Delaney and Bonnie than playing with the band he and Winwood had formed. However, the concept behind Blind Faith—a band of ever-changing musicians—continued without Clapton for another year under a new name: “Air Force.”


title: Wand makes a powerful symphonic whole of Bruckner's troublesome Third

text:
Was ever there a symphony revised as often as Bruckner's Third?  The composition and it various cuts and revisions spanned a period of nearly 18 years.  Originally dedicated to Richard Wagner, Bruckner even went so far as to cut the various quotations and harmonies he had incorporated from Wagner's operas (which had earned Wagner's admiration in the first place).  Why all the revisions?  To get the symphony performed, of course.  Conductors of the day found Bruckner's Third as either too long or as "unplayable."  The first time the symphony was performed, the audience walked out--resulting in more cuts by Bruckner.  However, once the symphony was accepted (and performed to thundering approval), the revisions stopped.  Today, there remains the question of which version to perform.  There is the original version of 1873 that runs 2056 bars (Bruckner's longest symphony), a second version, from 1877 (300 bars shorter) and the final (and shortest) version from 1889.

Most conductors opt for the 1889 version, which was the choice of Gunter Wand when he made this recording with the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1981.  "Truncated, shored up, and thickened out" (as Gramophone critic Richard Osborne described it), the 1889 version seems to falter in lesser hands, and therefore requires conductors of considerable experience to pull together Bruckner's symphonic vision.  Among those receiving the most praise are Eugene Jochum, Bernard Haitink, Herbert von Karajan, and Wand.  Indeed, Wand gets the most votes.  Says Osborne: "Wand is the real master here.  He shapes the blocked off, sometimes truncated text from within, as though he had rewritten it himself."  In others words, Wand does the best patch job, drawing the various disparate pieces into one powerful symphonic statement, with steady tempos, crisp playing from the Cologne players, and a decided lack of romantic affectation.  I have all of the above versions, and Wand is my favorite.  The sound is atmospheric yet wonderfully transparent and clean.  It was recordings such as this that garnered Gunter Wand so much praise in the early 1980s, and elevated his status to that of the top one or two conductors in the world.  Five stars.


title: Festive and Joyous

text: Bach's setting of the song of the Virgin Mary is one of his most popular and revered vocal scores.  But is it Christmas music, as some would have us believe?  Well, yes and no.  The song had been a part of the Roman Catholic service of Vespers since the liturgy was formalized.  Bach composed a new setting for his first Christmas in Leipzig, in 1723, so, in that sense, it is Christmas music.  Indeed, the festive character of the music is evident at the beginning, with a joyous first movement, half of which is purely orchestral.  In fact, Bach utilized the largest orchestra available to him at the time, to emphasize the grandness of the occasion -- three trumpets, drums, flutes, oboes, bassoons, strings, and organ.  The chorus is in five parts, rather than the usual four, with divided sopranos.  John Elliot Gardiner's account, with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, as always, was meticulously prepared, and is nothing less than outstanding in performance.  The celebratory "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen" cantata makes the perfect companion piece.  Play it loud and play it proud this Holiday Season, or any season.


title: Five-star performance by a Broadway legend

text:
A wonderful album by Julie Andrews, singing the music of Richard Rodgers and the lyrics of Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein II, Stephen Sondheim (one song) and Mr. Rodgers himself (one song).  This is high octane Broadway music, performed with panache by an orchestra of London musicians under the able baton of Ian Fraser.

Be advised: Julie Andrews' voice has changed; it's deepened a few shades, so if you're expecting the Julie Andrews of "Sound of Music" fame, you may be slightly disappointed.  Like the rest of us, Ms Andrews has aged.  Having said that, she's in fine voice, obviously well-rehearsed and in complete command, singing as only she can sing--sincerely, clearly, and affectionately, and still able to hit the high notes.  No doubt, she worked very hard to make this record special, and it shows.

We always knew Ms Andrews could sing Hammerstein's lyrics; the surprise is her interpretation of Hart's urbane and often sly lyrics.  New Yorker Frank Sinatra put his personal stamp on Rodgers and Hart songs, but he has nothing on Ms. Andrews.  She sings Hart's words knowingly, as if she too were a sophisticated Manhattaner.  I particularly like her take on "My Funny Valentine," "Where or When" and "Bewitched" which at the moment are my favorite versions of these songs.  I also like her interpretation of "Nobody Told Me" (Rodgers` lyrics) and "Do I Hear A Waltz?" (Sondheim).  I'm not quite as crazy about her latest take on "The Sound of Music" and "Edelweiss" preferring the soundtrack originals.  No matter.  This is a clear five-star performance by a Broadway legend.


title: Stylish performances that fit on one disc

text:
About the music.  The term "suite," which first appeared in 1557, referred to a set of dances.  The dances found in a typical suite, however, soon went out style.  Late-baroque suites therefore consist of stylized dance movements meant for listening entertainment. Bach composed several suites for orchestra, of which only four survive.

Each of Bach's Orchestral Suites is divided into two parts.  The first part is a long overture and the second is a set of dance movements and other short pieces.  In these works, Bach extends the overture into large-scale constructions in which the German fondness for detailed counterpoint is combined with both concerto-style writing typical of Vivaldi and the French influence of the fugue.  The dance movements that follow the overture feature several popular French forms of the day: bourree, gavotte, minuet, and gigue.  In addition to the dances, Bach made good use of various other forms, including the badinerie (trifle), rejouissance (gaiety) and the `air' -- a slow movement with a singing melody.  The most famous example is the Air from Suite No 3 in D, better known as "Air on the G string."

About this recording.  Hans Martin Linde and the Linde Consort's performance of Bach's four Orchestral Suites are stylish, brisk and well recorded, and come on one disc.  Highly recommended. I also own John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists` reading performed on period instruments.  These are foot-tapping performances that emphasize the inherent dance rhythms, as courtly as they are earthy.  Gardiner's account is the top choice of most critics. The drawback with Gardiner is that his performances are longer and require two CDs.  Personally, I prefer the Linde Consort's account that comes on a single CD.  The performances are equally well-played.  Bargain basement price makes the Linde Consort's account an unbeatable deal.  Five stars.


title: Superb remasterings transform these performances

text: I used to prefer the Berlin Philharmonic performances of these works- the 1937 Fifth (HMV) and the live 1943 Seventh. Now, after hearing these new transfers, I'm not so sure. The enhanced clarity of sound allows more detail to emerge and  makes Furtwangler's conceptions sound absolutely right. The 7th in particular has never sounded so fresh and immediate (I first heard it on an Electrola LP and it was dreadful.) and the 5th no longer sounds sluggish, but rather broad and searching. Searching....perhaps that is the adjective that best describes these performances by the Unreachable Beethoven conductor. (Der unerreichbare Beethoven-Dirigent).


title: Misleading Information

text: This set is advertised as the RCA set issued in the Fifties. Looking at the photo, it is clearly the Angel Great Recordings of the Century reissue from 1963. The recordings were made at a time when RCA and HMV/EMI were affiliated. The RCA discs were reasonably faithful to the original 78's, save for some pitch fluctuations. But the Angels were overly filtered and bass-shy, far inferior to the Pearl CD issues, which unfortunately are currently unavailable. I do not recommend getting this badly transferred set, nor do I recommend any of the EMI CD issues. If you can find the Pearl sets, those are the way to go. As performances, these remain the classic ones, but Paul Lewis on Harmonia Mundi offers alternative views that are most compelling. You can't go wrong with either.


title: Great music

text: This group gets better with age!!  Thoroughly am enjoying it.


title: Five Stars

text: Very pleased


title: Five Stars

text: very pleased


Songs that are in tune with God and the Human Condition.
Listen anytime I need to be reminded God is always with me no matter what the circumstances.
Perfect songs for giving God the Glory, Thanks and Praise.
Thank you Steven Green for your heartfelt prayers in song.


title: Great music

text: I bought this as a gift to my sister & she loves the old songs.


title: Oh, my!

text: Watching this concert was/IS SO-O-O refreshing. And, while Eric is my age...he still has the Gift, if not quite the vocal range. And his band works with him.


title: Beatles

text: Got this for my husband. He loves anything Beatles and it has all his favorite songs and then some - great


title: best lullaby CD ever

text: I am glad to see I am not the only adult who loves listening to this incredibly relaxing music when drifting off to sleep!


title: Price

text: Great selections of psychedelic groups.


title: How it sounds before u buy it🤣

text: Definitely not as strong as their other albums.  Highly recommend love songs for the retarded.


title: Great covrt

text: Cannady's review! Great cover


title: A fabulous performance by Nicolaï Gedda

text:
This set features the one and only performance of Lohengrin that was given by Nicolaï Gedda onstage. The performance took place at the Stockholm Opera in 1966, when the tenor was 40 years old. Although there are a few notable names associated with this performance (conductor Silvio Varviso, baritone Ingvar Wixell et al), Gedda is the raison d'être for this recording being issued, and for your owning it.

It may seem fatuous to say it based on the strength of a single performance, but Gedda pretty much puts in the shade every other tenor who has essayed Lohengrin over the decades. The typical challenges presented by the role - lots of moderately loud singing on either side of the passaggio, coupled with the need for tender singing throughout the range - pose no challenge at all for Gedda. He sings the role with ultimate ease, color and distinction. Every "i" is dotted and every "t" is crossed in meeting the technical and expressive demands of the role. And he does it with so much held in reserve! Indeed, one feels that he could comfortably sing the entire role through again as soon as the last notes of the opera died away.

Recorded sound is spectacular for a live recording, with the voices well forward. Audience noise is practically nonexistent.

If you love this opera, or if you're just in the mood for some fabulous old school singing, you will love this recording.

Very highly recommended.


title: An Excellent LP Set From The 1960s

text:
Having recently purchased an LP turntable, I've set about scouring the used LP market to reacquire recordings that were seminal in my youth, and/or that have never been reissued on CD.

This set was a very important part of my youthful record collection. I purchased this from Readers Digest around 1970, and it stayed in my collection until 2003, when  major relo from NJ to NV forced me to sell off and give away most of my LP collection, simply to cut down on the expense that shipping all that weight cross country would have cost me. I also had a very large CD collection at the time, and it made sense to ship most of that, rather than the LPs.

Here we are 13 years later, and I've been able to locate some of these old favorites and add them back to my collection, often at a price that is incredibly low, especially when adjusted for inflation.

This "Treasury of Great Music" has held up remarkably well over the decades, as a concept, and as recordings. The basic concept: assemble the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the famed Walthamstow Assembly Hall (one of the great spaces for recording classical music), retain Charles Gerhardt as producer and hire a dozen of the world's great/up-and-coming conductors to each lead a single LP of a diverse repertoire selection. Then, sell it to the masses. All that happened, of course, with the mass marketing for once done in the service of a great product to a public that maybe didn't realize the gold they were holding in their hands and hearing through their stereos.

From the old guard, we have none other than Fritz Reiner conducting Brahms 4th Symphony in a recording that to this day ranks in the Top Ten. There's Charles Munch leading Bizet's infectious Symphony, coupled with Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini, recorded in a single take. Malcolm Sargent and Anatole Fistoulari lead the orchestra in some famed piano concerti with the incomparable Earl Wild as soloist. Rudolf Kempe - who was Music Director of the RPO at the time - conducts excellent versions of Strauss' Don Juan and Respighi's Pines. There's also Antal Dorati in Strauss and Berlioz, Barbirolli in Sibelius 2, Josef Krips in Haydn & Mozart, Oscar Danon in Petroushka and the Love for Three Oranges Suite, Horenstein in Wagner and Georges Prêtre in Debussy, Franck and Ravel.

The recorded sound is vivid, warm and deep. The only real concern is locating a copy in the best condition possible, not an easy task with LPs that have been for the most part sitting in a garage or basement for the better part of 40 years. Most third-party sellers of this set know what they have on their hands, and most are very fair about pricing the set with condition in mind.

Try this set if you're new to the retro craze about LPs. It will give you a good idea of what all the noise was about back in the day. If you're a seasoned collector, you may already own this set, or own some of the CD reissues that were done by Chesky. In any case, every recording in this set is worth owning one way or the other.

Highly recommended.


title: The Complete EMI Poulenc, Now On Erato

text:
Warner Music having acquired the EMI catalog has opted to issue these EMI recordings on their French Erato label, which makes perfect sense.

I've performed quite a few of Poulenc's choral works over the years, including Sécheresses and Figure humaine (though I've never had the opportunity to perform his Gloria). I became a Poulenc fan back in my college days, and I remain a fan, even though I never really explored his music much outside of his vocal works. This set provided the opportunity to do just that, and at only $35, it was an easy choice to jump on the bargain.

After listening to a number of the discs, I'm more convinced than ever that Poulenc's real forte was in the vocal realm. His solo piano works, for instance, are but confections compared to his vocal works, which plumb the depths of emotion and expression. His chamber music while enjoyable isn't the equal of his vocal utterances either. That said, EMI/Erato could have made better choices when it came to works like the Mass in G, which receives a weak performance by a men and boys choir.

I'll take the occasion of this review to recommend that you become familiar with his early work Sécherreses, which combines Poulenc's original voice in a Stravinskyesque work for chorus and orchestra. It's pretty unusual and has received only three commercial recordings - the here-included 1984 EMI-sourced recording led by George Prêtre; a 2007 recording on the Swedish Nosag label conducted by Sonny Jansson; and the very first recording which was recorded at a gala anniversary concert of Les Six given on November 4, 1953, by the Societé du Concerts at the Théâtre du Champs-Élysées, hosted by Jean Cocteau.

The only complaint I have is that there are no texts or translations enclosed. Disappointing when texts and translations were included in many of the EMI issues. Why not scan those booklets and include the texts on a CD-R?

Recommended - as a collection filler, as a great intro to Poulenc, as a comprehensive edition and for the performances and recordings, which are for the most part top notch.


title: There's nothing wrong with this MHS issue. Nothing.

text:
Daniel Madigan doesn't know what he's talking about.

As the person who released this EMI Tristan through MHS, I can assure you that there is nothing inferior in the MHS release. It was produced directly from EMI master tapes supplied directly from EMI UK. The mastering is the 1994 mastering, which was not available in the USA at the time this issue was released through MHS.

The sound quality is EXACTLY the same as the EMI CDs. The side breaks are EXACTLY THE SAME at the EMI version. It could not be otherwise, as EMI's licensing contract with MHS stipulated that all MHS issues of EMI product had to be manufactured using parts supplied by EMI. Finished MHS CDs were provided to EMI for their approval before being released thru MHS.

Anyone wishing to purchase this MHS version of this recording can rest assured that it is exactly the same recording in every respect that one would get were they to purchase the EMI version.

As far as the barcode, the MHS version has a specific barcode on it that identifies it as MHS product. This was done to keep MHS issues from being returned for credit to retail stores, as the MHS barcode wouldn't be in their system.

As far as changes to liner notes and libretti, the only changes made to MHS product from the retail issue would be to discard foreign languages that were not needed for a release specific to the US market. That meant that MHS would eliminate the French translation of the German text in an opera like Tristan, producing a German-English libretto. This practice cut down on the number of pages in a libretto, allowing MHS to charge a lower price for their issue than a retail product.

Anyone wishing to own this recording would do well to consider purchasing the MHS version through various Amazon Marketplace sellers who are offering used copies of this version for as little as $5.


title: Look elsewhere for an exciting Fantastique

text:
Sadly, this recording is another unexciting miss in a whole series of unexciting misses issued by DG in their Boulez series.

The playing of the orchestra is impeccable, but the interpretation itself just sort of sits there. There's no forward momentum, nothing eerie, spooky or - well - fanatastic about the proceedings.

Textual notes: Boulez omits the cornet part in the second movement and observes the unwritten DC al segno repeat at the double bar in the 4th movement.

Skip this and pick up the Maazel/Cleveland/Sony version instead. A absolute overlooked gem of a recording that is everything this Boulez recording is not, and in much better recorded sound.

Kudos for coupling the rarity to fill up the CD, but nobody is buying this CD for that rarity.

BTW - these extremely cheap CDs are the MHS Club version of the disc. Nothing wrong there - the masters used are the same ones used by DG in the USA for their versions. Why pay full price when you can get the identical quality of recording for next to nothing?


title: “Paleontologists have called them the crown of creation.”

text:
Maston Thrust (Richard Boone) owns a multimillion dollar company.  For fun he is a big game hunter.  His company Thrust Inc. drills for oil under the polar caps using a manned laser drill, called the "Polar Borer".  After the last expedition only one man, geologist Chuck Wade (Steven Keats), returns.  Wade says during a routine check in the icecaps they surfaced into a valley super-heated by a volcano.  He then says everyone was eaten by a T-Rex except him.

Thrust decides to go there himself to find the creature.  With him on his expedition are Chuck Wade, Bunta (Luther Rackley) a Maasai tracker, Dr. Kawamoto (Tetsu Nakamura), and Frankie Banks (Joan Van Ark) a photographer.  At first Thrust doesn’t want Frankie along, but she convinces him to take her along by sleeping with him.

They take the Polar Borer to get to the valley and come up into a lake.  Avoiding prehistoric creatures they set up camp and head out to look for the T-Rex.  They leave behind Kawamoto at the camp.  While they are away the T-Rex attacks the camp and kills Kawamoto.  It then attacks the Polar Borer and throws it into a canyon.  When the rest of the team returns to the camp they find it destroyed and Kawamoto gone.  The Polar Borer is also gone.  Assuming that the borer was sunk the group must now reassess their situation.  They are now stuck in a violent land full of dinosaurs.  Among the dangers are a prehistoric people who continue to plague the group.  With no known way to get back to civilization they need to make a stand in order to survive.

“The Last Dinosaur” was released in 1977 and was directed by Alexander Grasshoff and Shusei Kotani.  This bazaar little movie was a Japanese and US venture.  It was produced by Rankin/Bass (you know, the guys that made “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” and “The Year Without a Santa Claus”) and Tsuburaya Productions and was distributed by TOHO.  The English version was 92 minutes long and the Japanese version 106 minutes long.  The T-Rex special effect for the movie was primarily a guy in a rubber suit.  The "ceratopsian", which is actually a Uintatherium, as well as the Triceratops, were done through the "two guys in a horse-suit" technique.  The T-Rex is supposed to be 20 feet high and 40 feet long.  The scale of it changes from scene to scene, the forced perspective being inconsistent.  Godzilla’s roar is sometimes used for the roar of the T-Rex.

The song “The Last Dinosaur” in the opening and closing credits was sung by Nancy Wilson.  Although the movie was made primarily for older children the attitude of Richard Boone’s character is your basic sexist pig.  A lot of people liked his gruff, boisterous almost bully behavior.  I found it more than a little annoying but I suppose it was necessary.  The title referencing the last dinosaur is also referring to his character as well as the T-Rex.  I was rooting for the dinosaur.

The movie is not great by any means but it is fun.  It’s meant for kids.  I mean young kids and old kids that remember the movie from when they were young kids.  Or for anyone who likes dinosaur movies and, like me, don’t care how crappy they look as long as there are lots of them.


title: I speak for the great coordinator of the Moon.  Return to Earth at once.

text:
The International Space Order has organized the first manned trip to the Moon.  The goal of the trip is to claim the Moon as “International” territory.  The space ship is the Lunar Eagle 1.  There are 12 people on board, 10 men and 2 women.  All have specialties that make them vital for the trip.  Along with them are some test animals.  Two cats, a dog, a monkey.  The commander of the ship is an American named John Anderson (Ken Clark).  Personality issues abound right from the start.

Of course the first thing they run into is the obligatory meteor storm.  They manage to avoid being hit.  Just before they get to the Moon they run into is meteor storm cloud.  They destroy that with a rocket.  There is more bickering among the crew members.

The team finally lands on the moon.  More meteors.  More bickering.  They plant the international flag and begin to explore the surface.  A couple more meteors hit near by.  Two of the explorers find a cave and enter.  They find there is air in the cave.  They take off their helmets and kiss.  It appears they have been lovers for awhile.  A wall of ice instantly forms behind them and they are trapped.  The others set an explosion to mine for more samples.  The explosion exposes a liquid.  One of them touches it and is burned.  He is taken back to the ship.  Another team member steps in quicksand.  The others try to get him out but he sinks to his death.

The remaining team members are low on air and the lunar night is coming.  The temperature is dropping.  They return to the ship.  Once there the lights dim and a message in a strange language crawls across the console.  The message is in a language similar to Japanese.  It is from the inhabitants of the Moon.  They live underground.  They want the Earth people to leave or else.  But they are going to keep the two lovers.  And they want the cats?  Not knowing if all this is real or not the astronauts do as they are told just in case.

They leave the Moon but find out that the Moon people have done something that has caused the northern half of the United States to freeze over.  The only plan they have to stop this will result in a suicide mission.

I found all of this to be a little confusing.  First, I realize that meteors are a part of most space movies but this was a little over kill.  Then there are a bunch of things just thrown in.  Rocks that burst into flames.  Little patches of quicksand.  Liquids that burn.  And why do they want the cats?  It seems to me that all this extra stuff was to try to make the movie interesting because the main theme of the movie is so boring.

The Moon people think that Earthlings are violent and that human emotion is bad.  Through love and sacrifice the Moon people learn the Earthlings are not all bad and that there may be some hope for them yet.  They tell the Earthlings that the next time they come to the Moon they will be treated as friends.  But they’re still gonna keep the lovers and the cats.  It’s a theme that has been in many a science fiction movie and TV show.  You’ve seen it in everything from “The Day the Earth Stood Still” to several Stark Trek episodes.  But none of them had meteors.  Or cats.


title: Calm down Jack, he’s gone.  The rabbit’s gone.

text:
“The Night of the Lepus” Staring Janet Leigh, Stuart Whitman, Rory Calhoun and Deforest Kelley.  Four veteran actors that apparently really needed something to do.

The movie starts out with a mini documentary on rabbit round-ups and about how much of a menace normal size rabbits are.

A Rancher, Cole Hillman is being troubled with a plague of rabbits.  It seems a population explosion has resulted in thousands of rabbits eating his crops.  The president of the local college Elgin Clark is called in to see if he can help.  Clark asks for help from Roy and Gerry Bennett so that Hillman doesn’t have to use poison.

Roy and Gerry are scientists.  They suggest using hormones to interrupt the rabbits breeding cycle.  They set up experiments on some rabbits that the rancher caught.  They inject one rabbit with a serum that they think will cause birth defects.  Their daughter Amanda loves that particular rabbit and doesn’t want any more experiments done on it so she switches the injected rabbit with one in the control group.  Thinking that the injected rabbit is a control specimen they give it to Amanda as a pet.  The rabbit escapes into the wild.

Cole and the Bennetts start finding unusual animal tracks.  Cole’s son Jackie and Amanda venture into a mine that is the home of Jackie’s friend Billy but they can’t find him.  Amanda goes deeper into the cave and finds a giant rabbit with blood on it’s face.  She runs in terror.

Dead bodies start popping up all over.  They figure out that it is the rabbits that are doing the mutilations and that they are living in the mine.  The plan is to blow up the mine and with it the rabbits.  Except it doesn’t work.  It just pisses off the bunnies.  And they are out for blood.

Just about everything has been super sized for the sake of horror.  Everything from spiders to tomatoes.  I have a list.  So it just seems natural that bunnies should be on the list…  Or should they?  Anyway, I suppose if Monty Python can have a killer rabbit, then they could be anywhere.  I’m just not sure how you explain to the National Guard that there are killer bunnies on the loose and you need some big bad guys with guns to stop them.  Special effects included regular size rabbits running around miniature sets as well as a guy in a rabbit suit.  The producers spent $900,000 on this schmaltz.  There can’t be any way that they would know it grossed over $3,700,000.  Oh well, there’s no accounting for taste.  Just chalk this one up to a guilty pleasure.


title: “What is it Dolly?  What frightened you?”

text:
Cesar Romero is John Duquesne, a magician who with his wife Melinda (Connie Stevens) has an act that involves tricks of a macabre nature.  Reportedly Melinda has abandoned the family when their daughter Cassie was an infant.  Her whereabouts are unknown.  Distraught over his wife’s disappearance John sends his young daughter to her aunt’s to live.  Cassie (also played by Connie Stevens) is the spiting image of her mother.

Twenty years later when John Duquesne dies Cassie returns to Los Angeles for his funeral.  The service has as much flare and drama as John’s act did during his life.  With theatrical flourish John has vowed to come back from the dead.  At the reading of the will Cassie learns that she will inherit her father’s estate provided she stays in her father’s mansion for seven nights.

There are two other people that were in Duquesne’s life.  Dolly Bast (Virginia Gregg) Cassie’s nanny when she was a baby and Buzz Sheridan (Parley Baer) Duquesne’s press agent and manager.  Should Cassie not make it through the week the entire estate will be split between Dolly and Buzz.

Dean Jones is reporter Val Henderson.  Upon hearing of Duquesne’s vow to return from the dead he becomes intrigued and tries to make himself indispensable.  He thinks that maybe there is a story in all this.  Once Cassie moves into the house strange things start to happen.  The question is why.  Is someone trying to drive her out to get at the inheritance?  Or is John Duquesne really coming back from the dead?

The cast is small but talented.  Plus it was directed by William Conrad with music by Max Steiner.  William Conrad actually does a cameo ala Hitchcock.  When Val and Cassie are at the carnival in the house of mirrors, Conrad is one of the people looking at himself in a mirror.

This is another one of those movies I remember from when I was a kid.  The skeleton on the wire was my favorite part.  It made enough of an impression that I thought it was a color movie.  It’s a great mystery with touches of horror.  The title may sound hokey but the movie is well done and a great old dark house story.


title: Science fact and science fiction are not the same.  Not in the least.

text:
There is an earthquake at the bottom of the Salton Sea in California.  Something is released from it’s underwater confinement.  A Navy pilot testing parachutes dies as well as the two men who were sent to pick him up.  A strange radioactive goop is found on the boat and a sample is taken to be examined.  Next two swimmers go missing.  The same goop is found.  Navy divers go into the water to check it out.  They find underwater caves that were not there before.  They also find a sac of some kind.  They bring it up.  It’s an egg.  Suddenly A giant mollusk-like creature that was released from underground appears.  It kills one of the divers.  Then it breaches the water drooling all over the place.  They poke it in the eye and it goes under again.  Now the Navy needs to pull out all the stops to kill this menace to society.  And don’t forget the civilian defense.

Alas some of the monsters escape into the All-American canal system near a naval base.  The Navy’s next challenge is to find any remaining monsters and kill them. And any eggs that may have been laid.

This is another giant monster movie popular in the 50’s.  For some reason I have a great fondness for it.  The actors are good.  Many of them you’ve seen before in many other movies and TV shows.  Even if you don’t know their names you’ve seen their faces.  The monster looks like a saucer eyed caterpillar and kinda stupid.  But that’s OK.  The face in the egg is hilarious.  We also get to watch a movie of slimy mollusks and slugs.

It’s actually a good low budget movie.  It’s not as well known as some but it’s right up there with them as a classic “B” movie.  This is the little movie with the big name.  It just needs a better PR department.


title: It's Tull's Aqualung. That's all you need to know.

text: One of the greatest albums of the 70's. Essential for any collection.


title: Intrada is reliable

text: Sadly, too brief at only 28 minutes... but I have wanted this soundtrack for decades.  The score is really more than the movie itself deserved.  Intrada's re-issue is what others have been: wonderful.  Thankfully, Intrada has not "re-engineered" the recordings to "improve" them: there are several noticeable "flaws" in the recordings, namely, distinct "creaking" sounds (perhaps a chair) that remain nice signals that this muscular score is being pounded out by real people.


title: BEWARE: Not the band Creme Soda!  The CD is titled Creme Soda, but it's by some band called Men of Leisure.

text:
BEWARE: This CD is NOT by the band Creme Soda.

The title of the CD is Creme Soda, and the name of the artist is some unknown band called Men of Leisure.

If you are wanting to buy music by the psychedelic/garage band Creme Soda, be sure the listing contains the title of their album, Tricky Zingers.

The band on the CD in this listing has nothing to do with the band Creme Soda.  They are not affiliated in any way.


title: An Inspiring Rendition

text: First off this is not Amy Grant's recording but the sing along background tracks. The tracks are very good and include one blank version, one version with background singers, and there is one version with a reference vocal. The liner contains the lyrics so it's easy to follow and the singing key is comfortable. Good to make your own version.


title: Verdi Has My Profound Sympathies

text: If Verdi could hear this CD he would not only turn over in his grave, he would do triple pirouettes. Verdi was a great master of his Art and it takes a Singer who is a Master of his Art to  interpret such greatness. That Singer is not Bocelli. He does not rise nor is he capable of rising to the occasion.Maybe in  another 10 years if he studies he might make another attempt. In the meantime he should stick to his fluffy off-key duets.


title: Theodore Roosevelt sr. is the man behind the man.  Teddy Roosevelt's

text: father was to  impact the 25th  man to be president every day of his life. He died, when Teedie, as he was known at home, while TR was in college. He idolized his father, & forever would measure himself based on what would father have done. Yet, his life  &  indeed his personality would turn out  so different. Whereas his father was a kind, patient, generous man TR considerably less so. His daughter from his first wife, Alice was barely acknowledged by him. Many times as a  child, TR's father literally saved his life as he struggled through severe asthma & other life threatening ailments. TR's childhood was pampered & privileged. The Roosevelts were members of the New York gentry & Senior lived the part even to the extent of taking the entire family to Europe for over a year touring, & in part seeking a cure for TR's asthma. The only thing his father ever did which bothered TR was draft dodging during the Civil War. It was legal as he hired someone to go in his place. Had Theodore Roosevelt sr. gone & died, history might have been very different for the younger Theodore.  It was his father who  urged him to get active, rebuild his body & get tough. As we know, he succeeded. This biography, an earlier work by David McCullough, captures a  whole era after the Civil War & the Roosevelt family's part in it. We get to know better, Mittie, TR's mother. She was  a southern beauty trapped in the north with her New York family while her brothers fought for the Confederacy. TR's gifted & tragic brother, Eliot is covered extensively. He was the father of Eleanor, & died a penniless alcoholic. Apparently by that time TR had given up on him. Double tragedy struck with the death of his mother & first wife on the same day. Alice was never to be spoken of again. His infant daughter was  raised by his older sister, Anna, known as Bama.  For an early years, the first 27, account of  Theodore Roosevelt's life, this is probably the best.


title: McCarthy is  a  stain & an embarassment to  the U.S.

text:
The movie is shot in black & white, verite style which may scare off some. It is 1953, & the little demagogue, Sen. Joe McCarthy is terrorizing the nation with his hearings. There is a communist under every bed & it doesn't matter how many lives & careers he ruins. David Strathan plays Edward Murrow to perfection. He has his look, his speech patterns & mannerism down pat. George Clooney produced & directed this movie & plays Fred Friendly, chief of CBS news. They decide to take on McCarthy & his lies via television news. The McCarthy hearings were also on t.v. Frank Langella plays the part of William Paley, CEO of CBS, superbly. He feels the pressure of Murrow's broadcasts & the fear of sponsors deserting CBS. He wavers but ultimately does the right thing & supports Murrow. In Senator McCarthy's mind either you were with him or a communist. He accuses Murrow of being a red which was a lie. But by that time "tail gunner Joe" was finished. Murrow's broadcasts were merely the final push. This movie is not your typical entertainment per se but it is gripping, serious. drama. If I say the word history, many will scurry away. McCarthy was one of the biggest threats our republic has had in its history. McCarthy was an egotisical, ignorant Senator with a drinking problem. We were all so lucky that he was as self destructive as he was.

  The theater, at the metro-plex, last weekend, was over half full. Interestingly, I saw not one face of a person under 30. I guess they were all down the hall watching Harry Potter or Chicken Little. This is a great movie for history teachers & their classes once it becomes a dvd. An important subject covered well. Definitely five stars.


title: This is THE one to have.

text: The power and passion of this recording make it one of my favs.  It is around in CD format but you have to look for it. He takes the Tallis in a bit over 12 minutes and gives it a passion and drive that few others can approach.  Most conductors play the Tallis like a dirge.  The Schoenberg is also moving and full of passion.  It is easy to forget that Metropolis, was one of the greats and his recordings should be treasured. If you have not heard this recording...you should.  I note that some of the English conductors, like Bolt in the 1940 recording, take the Tallis almost as fast.  Far too many (like Lenny and Stokie), slow it down to something funereal.  This is a Fantasia not an Adagio.  Nor does it have the "Disney" pronunciation that I occasionally hear on the radio.  It is a Fantasy on the music and should be approached as such.  For my money, this is the one to have and I wish it would re-appear in a CD format.  It was recorded in  stereo and it is well worth having.  The strings of the NY Phil. will lift you out of your seat.


title: Worship deeply

text: Tremendous worship!!!!!!! I know it has some years on it but this can never become old! The Lord come through Lord and clear!!


title: Five Stars

text: Great CD!


title: The King of Cool Does It Again!

text:
Haven't heard any sample cuts from this album but, then again, HE'S DEAN MARTIN!  Need anybody say more?  I agree, let's get this puppy on CD AND lower the price!  Get this one out to all of his fans who remember what great entertainment was and who the greatest voice of 'em all was!

Regards,
A true Dino Fan! (literally weaned on Dean)


title: Barber at its best.

text: Very beautiful. Silverstein is the best. The CD came very quickly too.


title: We Love it !

text: OK. It comes in a cardboard case. BUT the music is wonderful. It's just the dulcimer and is beautiful. I will look for more of this kind. Perfect for relaxing and reading.


title: Great Music!

text: The CD and DVD arrived quickly and in excellent condition.  I'm glad I gave in to a late night temptation and made the purchase.  The music is great and the DVD adds to the experience.  Ry Cooder has made some unique recordings with international artists and this one does not disappoint.  His approach to traditional music brings it alive to a wider audience.  In short, I love it!


title: supet

text: Super group that didn't make it outside of NY.


title: Music Review

text: Great music


title: Thank you!

text: Love this music.  St. Paddy's Day year round!


title: Tom Baker, Lost soul.  Bent on revenge.

text: This whimsical character actor(who Stars) in Doctor Who tell's his life's story in morbidly dark humor making(as he adeptly does) the nonsensical sound believable.  The seriousness of his voice is in contrast to the silliness of his tellng.  These events did happen and they were bad, but he tells it as if laughing at these people(in the face) who wronged him those many years ago.  Lalla Ward, another play-phsyco was the perfect match and now I know why.  This making the obsurd sound like normal occurance is always present in the tone of these two's voice of "reason".  It is a game to them.  I was on medication for ten years for making the obsurd sound belevalbe(even though) I was kidding, apparently my(moronic) doctor thought I was serious.("I didn't give him a signal, GD." he said after the lawsuit.). Ha!  The reason Americans like Baker so much as Doctor Who is this obsurdity that he portrays in contrast to what we lack so severely in American conservative(PC) culture.  Bill Cosby or Tom Baker, you decide, herbert.  This is the audio drama of his tale the he himself reads.  Amazon has him listed as "editor" he is also the author and narrator.  The tale starts in the cerca early-mid nineteen fourties relating to a catastrophic fire and then to his life and times with abusive family and friends in his childhood and early adulthood to his career path as actor and as DW and later to the present(I assume 1993 or something).  Bazaar, full of bathroom humor and the like of brit comedy even his aunt-in-law is not saved from disgrace as "Letting the most tremendous fart."


title: CD did not work, but got some help…

text:
I was frustrated. I ordered this awhile ago to plan a special weekend with my pre-teen to have this important talk. Finally put the CD in to listen to instructions and it errors out. I’ve tried 2 CD players and it fails in both.
Called customer service and they explained the cd is an mp3 cd, and will only play in an MP3 player (?)
I explained I was about to go on the “weekend trip” and they were able to send me a code I could use on the website to download the audio files. I clicked the audio links from my phone, and was able to play them in the car and during our trip.

It was “longer” than I expected overall. But provided the perfect guide for me to have a memorable, important, and necessary special weekend w/ my daughter.

Def recommend the program.


title: MUST LOVE VAN HALEN

text:
The live version of music is my personal favorite

You can hear the changes in rhythm the changes in lyrics and the changes in tone.


title: The perfect bridge between volumes 1 and 3.

text: This volume takes off from where the first one ended, and chronicles the Beatles of the middle period when they were starting to hit their stride as musicians and songwriters. The interviews and alternate takes gives a great insight into the band and it's members in a way that their studio albums only suggest.


title: A must have for any Beatles fan.

text: Beatles Anthology, I mean you gotta love it, right. And this first volume gives a great insight to Beatles' early work, and shows the beginning of their evolution as songwriters, including interviews, alternate takes, etc.


title: Thrilled with purchase!

text: gift for friend!  he loved it!


title: THINK YOU I LOVE THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH I WANT MORE I ...

text: THINK YOU I LOVE THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH I WANT MORE I AM A BIG FAN OF JOHNNY CASH


title: Five Stars

text: terrific for your babies


title: NEIL DIAMOND 1/2 SPEED MASTERED Vinyl LP.

text: This was a perfect vinyl record LP. the audio quality does not get any better and the songs on this album are so much more Powerful, you can't help but Crank it up;


title: Funny music.

text: A very quirky fellow with lots of talkent.


title: Poor original master

text:
I have two criticisms of this CD. The first is, the Japanese remasterers did not solve the disparity between Side 1 and Side 2 of the original LP. Side 1 is crisp and clear, Side 2 is blurry, you have to turn up the treble to make the piano sound acceptable. I owned the original LP, recorded it onto CD myself, and saw this anomaly in the recording. In buying this CD I hoped the Japanese had solved the problem. They didn't. The original master must be the culprit.

Secondly, they didn't mix Charlie Hayden loud enough. His presence on this date was crucial, especially since Zeitlin played "Lonely Woman" by Ornette Coleman. Charlie Hayden is exiled to one channel, not loud enough.

On the whole, good music, but if you're an audiophile with good equipment the sudden change of image on Side 2 is going to bother you.


title: Loved it

text: This entire series from part 1 to 4 is awesome. A must have for anyone taking Karate like my son did. It's a classic.


title: Great music as always!

text: Great music as always. I haven't lived in Minnesota for about 13 years, but when I was there I picked up the first 8 editions as each was released. Yet another thing I miss about the Cities.


title: Great gospel music!

text: The best gospel music ever, love this man's  voice and the music terrific!


title: Five Stars

text: Great christian music, inspiring!


title: Good collection of Eagles hits in live recordings!

text: Have been a long time fan of the Eagles since they formed the band in the early 1970's.  This CD set has a good collection of their hits and its always fun to hear a live recording!  Happy to add this to my record collection!


title: Five Stars

text: SMOOTH!!!


title: very good

text: Love IT


title: Great CD

text: Great CD


title: One Star

text: Only two songs on disk. Rip off.


title: Package arrived no fault of seller

text: Item as described and seller was 100% accommodating on refund.  Now I have to figure out how to pay him again.


title: Superman finally sounds “super” (la-la-land)

text: After 40+ years, I finally can hear the Superman score as vividly and powerfully as I did in the movie theater—thanks to the La La Land release. For many years I had put up with the original WB release. The Rhino release had improved the sound by 2-3 times. The La La Land release makes the Rhino release sound like a badly recorded cassette tape. In fact, this version can go head to head with recently recorded orchestral music in sound quality.  The quality of the music, needless to say, is superb. The Superman score is Williams’ most engaging, most complete achievement. Only The Star Wars Trilogy (1990) and the The Last Crusade (1989) can compete with this music in breadth and depth. It is more than the “title track,” folks. Much more !!


title: Mystery comes alive!!

text: Mr. Webber interpretation of the book makes all the characters pop.  I am not a cat person but loved the play and have the DVD and now that I am rebuilding my CD collection this is one of the first I there.  So whimsical!


title: sounds great

text: A+


title: Great songs from the past!

text: The songs on this album are from a generation ago so you Baby Boomers will appreciate it for the simplicity in the songs, and lyrics you can understand.


title: Inspirational

text: The track Rain Down takes you straight to the throne.


title: Christian Music

text: This CD has all of the songs being sung.  It is a delight to listen to and very relaxing to you.  I would tell every one to purchase this CD.


title: Five Stars

text: thanks


title: BIZET LP BETTIE PAGE COVER

text: IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T LIKE THIS LP, OR LP COVER, I DIDN'T LIKE THE CONDITIONS THE ITEM WAS! SIMPLY! NOT AS DESCRIBE!


title: I hate cracked cases!!!

text: Sick of cases being received with crack cases. This is unacceptable. Package your CDs better! A nice platinum cd and it’s broken front and back!!!! This was a gift. Now it’s not worthy of giving. I’m pissed.


title: Five Stars

text: Great show !!!


title: Five Stars

text: Great product !!!!


title: Five Stars

text: Nice CD, well produced.


title: Five Stars

text: Good product.


title: Bought back in "83" or so

text: My one and only UHQR. After reading so much about these albums I had to have at least one. The sound is incredible. I compared it to a cd when I first got it. The sound is crisp and warm and very quiet in the background. I played mine twice. Once to listen to and once to record to tape. So I've had mine for 30+ years now. Whoa didn't need to realize that, ouch.<br />If you like Cat Stevens and you're an audiophile you will love the album.


title: Jimi's post mortem work, first album after his death.

text: I don't own this particular special promo cd but I do own the LP from Japan complete with obi (in Japanese). Its considered to be virgin vinyl. The work Jimi does here is some of my favorite from the amusing to OMG. I enjoy "Belly Button Window" as it makes me laugh but wow what an imagination. "Ezy Rider" is also a favorite. It's a trip to what his future music was doing and it is great!


title: Lewd and crude lyrics...

text: (yes, I should have anticipated such from the title).  Not inspiring in the least... the songs are insulting to both sexes


title: Great value!!

text: Perfect 2 disk cds, at a great price.


title: I especially like the instrumental guitar pieces like Carolan's Draught and Mickey ...

text: Genuine Irish music from one who has lived it. I especially like the instrumental guitar pieces like Carolan's Draught and Mickey Finn's Air. We picked up the CD in Santa Fe after a local gig, and we love it.  As a native Clevelander with Irish roots, I have missed that kind of music since we moved to New Mexico. Thanks to Gerry for spreading that tradition all over America.


title: Five Stars

text: Good music


title: It's not a "comeback", it's an ARRIVAL!

text:
Holly has always earned my respect for doing things HER WAY. Even when I haven't quite enjoyed her work ("the oblivious" material), I still respect it. There's no need for me to "review" the content, you can decide for yourself what you like. I'll just say that this is 100% Holly Beth Vincent. She's at the top of her form, and I highly recommend this CD!

Intricate, interesting, melodic, and better than ever! WOW!

Buy it! Listen to it. Enjoy It :)

JM


title: Five Stars

text: Awesome! would highly recommend


title: This is spectacular singing!

text: The Dutch soprano, Christina Deutekom, was active in the 60's and 70's singing such diverse repertoire as the Verdi heroines(?) in Nabucco, Atilla, Ballo in Maschera, Il Trovatore and I Vespri Siciliani, Bellini's Puritani and Norma, Mozart's Magic Flute (Queen of the Night) and Cosi fan Tutte (Fiordiligli) and Donizetti's Lucia among others.  Her coloratura, while accurate, could sound a bit like a Swingle Singer's "doo be doo be doo".  I was startled by it at first (and second and third...) hearing, but have decided to think of it as an endearing quirk.  I might as well, since there is so much else to admire.  This lady never just goes through the motions; she inhabits the character and sings as if her life depended on it. How many sopranos, in Ballo, can make those excursions into the lower range heard as the orchestra whips up an emotional storm, cope with Abagaile's tortured lines so accurately and powerfully and yet float the tracery of Elvira's and Lucia's deranged music?  Not very many.<br />I had these recordings on LP and only discovered them on a double CD when the price on Amazon was $225.  I waited until someone offed them for under $30 and snapped the up.  They are worth it.  Universal should re-release them; we have the less interesting operetta album and this is much better singing and music-making than most of the new releases we are offered.


title: Maybe not ALL of Mozart's greatest operas...

text: I was most interested in the Idomeneo conducted by Davis and the Cosi conducted by Cantelli.  The casts for each are exceptionally strong and Gedda sings Idomeneo better here than on the studio recording with Schmidt-Isserstedt.  Norman and Harper are a joy to hear. The Cantelli cast shares Schwarzkopf, Merriman and Panerai with the Karajan studio recording.  Alva and Sciutti here are almost as wonderful as Simoneau and Otto, but Calabrese is neither as ingratiating of voice nor character as Bruscantini.  The women all seem more engaged for Cantelli than for Karajan.  I didn't find the Don Giovanni or Figaro as interesting in spite of some fine individual performances (Krauss, Janowitz, Freni, Jurinac, Von Stade...).The real surprise for me is the Flute conducted by Furtwängler from 1949.  I have a 1951 recording with almost the same cast, but the earlier one is in remarkably good sound for the time and all play and sing as well or better than two years later.  The earlier dialog and vocal acting are more dramatic - in a good way.  Tamino and Papagano are Anton Dermota and Eric Kunz in 1951, replacing Walter Ludwig and Karl Schmidt-Walther from two years earlier.  I prefer the earlier singers and Schmidt-Walter is to be much preferred, vocally.<br />I got my copy of this box inexpensively - but Amazon pricing is astoundingly variable.  Look for the "Documents" box of four Mozart operas on 10 CDs.  Unlike this set those are studio recordings in very good sound (mid to late 50s) and the recordings of Figaro and Don Giovanni are among the best in the catalogue (Krips and Keilberth are the conductors). I see you can get that set right now for less than $3 / opera.  Grab it - and wait until you can find a more reasonably priced set of the staged performances under review.


title: Fricsay conducting is the reason to listen to this performance.

text: While I find that "wrong" language performances are often not only enjoyable, but throw a different light on a work:  familiar, yet unfamiliar enough to make you see/ hear it differently.  Sort like seeing your mechanic in a tuxedo or your priest dressed for fishing.  So - being sung in German is not a problem.  The problem is the suitability of some of these voices for the musical language.  Fischer-Dieskau is a bit blustery as Enrico, but sings the part with verbal alacrity and beautiful sound.  Stader has a lovely voice that is too short on top and lacks the ability to move through the coloratura easily.  Haefliger, another of Fricsay's "go to" singers sounds vocally wrong to me: his voice just doesn't have that bel canto ease and flow that  Donizetti requires.  I've enjoyed his Mozart, Mahler, Beethoven, Bach, Kodaly, Dvorak and Schubert, but not this. Theodor Schlott is just adequate as Raimondo; I kept wanting to hear Gottlob Frick in the part.<br />The reason to listen to this recording is the conducting of Ferenc Fricsay: nuanced, nicely shaped phrases abound.  The drama, as well as the music, is moved along and the singers are well supported.  The sound is very good for 1953.


title: Gorgeous!

text: Absolutely gorgeous sound, playing and interpretation.<br />Cost me about a dollar a minute - and worth every penny.


title: Forever Changes has some great music

text: I got this CD for my wife, but I came to appreciate it as well.


title: Thank You

text: Love this music.


title: Nostalgia for sure!

text: Talk about going in the 'way back' machine! How fun is this collection, schmaltzy, big band to back up a great singer doing great show and standard tunes.


title: another great CD from Time-Life

text: I know I probably don't have a right to review this cd because I don't have it but I have a great number of other Time-Life CD's already in my collection and I can read song titles. First: Time-Life does not release bad recordings. Their releases are recorded with full frequency, good dynamics and low noise. Second: I am very familiar with the song titles on this CD. Their all great! A couple of disclaimers; not everyone has exactly the same taste in music but I was in my teenage years (15) when these songs were released and since then I've grown up with them. Also, if you have a problem accepting my evaluation of the recording quality go to "audioasylum.com" click on "inmate's systems" (found in "Other Stuff") Hit "U" then go to "Unclewatts-Hi-Fi - Unclewatts system". I'll let that do my talking for me. I won't say any more except I have been working on it for 45 years.


title: Please give us a break!

text: I spend a lot of time and money with Amazon nowadays and it seems like about 20% of the time I find an album I'm very interested in (Like this one) and NO TRACK LIST! Not only no track list, but no sample music either. Once again, I'm not buying an album without knowing what's on it! Time-Life is the worst offender on this. I would be less dissapointed not seeing the album at all than this situation.


title: Once Again Time-Life Does It Right.

text: Every song on this CD is a well-known hit. What more can one say. If you're not interested in this then either you aready have all these songs in your collection or you don't like the music of sixties. If either one's the case- Go away! If it's not, then you're in for a treat!. As always, the recording quality is as good as TL can get it. Thanks!


title: Another Great Job From  Time-Life.

text: Yet another addition to the original "Rock and Roll Era" 1954/5 - 1969 series. If you grew up in this era or just like music of the early sixtes, you're going to like this collection. Besides, who couldn't like "Little Egypt" by the Coasters. Actually it's every bit as good as the 1961 CD that it supports. As always the recording quality is as good as it could possibly be considering the age of the masters that it was derived from. Happy listening and thanks!


title: Ten out of five for this item

text: I am absolutely elated with this item. Why? Listen up .My order stated that estimated delivery would be between 9-1-2014 > 10-2-2014.....it actually arrived on 23-12-13. Well done. On top of that, the item was VERY well packaged.Perfectly done. Add to that, because of its packaging, the contents arrived in perfect condition, for which I sincerely thank the person who packaged it. Add to that, I am VERY happy with the cd / dvd of THALIA in HABITAME SIEMPRE.. It is a wonderful combination. I first "met" Thalia on my eighth visit to Mexico. As a result, I now have a number of her cd's / dvd's. I am 100% happy with the entire purchase of this item.....that's why it has five stars. A job well done to THALIA, AMAZON AND EPOCA DE ORO MEDIA.


title: Don't miss this one

text: The Swons are great.


title: Quad mix too discrete

text:
Nice recording and sound quality but the quad mix is too discrete and gimmicky for my taste. Others will probably love it.

It works too hard putting musical elements distinctly in the four channels but doesn’t sound very musical.


title: Five Stars

text: AAA


title: Two Stars

text: F


title: Supersize is a great album!

text: This album is good... It has lots of upbeat songs and really makes you dance and sing....Try it and you'll know...


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent, Thanks


title: So i havent been able to enjoy this beautiful music except from an email from a ...

text: I ordered a standard cd but received a blu-ray which I couldn't play & i had to send it back. So i havent been able to enjoy this beautiful music except from an email from a friend.


title: my sister loved it anyway

text: A word of advice for anyone CD hunting: make sure you specify the language.  I didn't, and this specific disc is in French.  That wasn't a problem, my sister loved it anyway, but it could have easily been a disaster.


title: Well...

text: Some of the songs sound a little weird, but overall it's good.  Especially "Magical Mister Mistoffelees," of course!  Music Videos!


title: It is in Japanese ( I assumed it will be ...

text: It is in Japanese ( I assumed it will be singing in some latin based language). Obviously this is my mistake.<br />However, their voice are wonderfull.


title: Really love wetern swing

text: I really love western swing, and have seen the current Sons of The Pioneers several times. Our Best To You is a great collection, especially for someone who doesn't have much of this type of music.  I also recommend the Sons Of The Pioneers (featuring Roy Rogers) called "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", and if you really like Roy Rogers, then you would enjoy "Roy Rogers Tribute" which is also outstanding.  All in all if you like Western Swing, "Our Best To You" is something I have no trouble recommending. It is a very well preformed and recorded piece of work. Enjoy


title: Music from the heart!

text:
I first was introduced to Karen and her music at a "Radical Forgiveness" workshop. This was held in Cincinnati, Ohio and was based on the book "Radical Forgiveness" by Colin C. Tipping. Colin facilitated the workshop and Karen provided the music. This was a great experience! If you like music that has a great message this may be the CD for you. Her other collections are excellent as well. Her message is especially good for many of the changes women experience. Highly recommended. (D. Steven Ledingham)

Don't know why the tunes are not listed on Amazon, so here they are: (The "Still Small Voice" CD)
The Mountains, Not That Different, Who Do You Think You Are, Eleventh Commandment, Once You've Love A Woman, Still Small Voice, Supper For One, In The Name Of The Father, The One Who Loves Me, I Need A Witness, Be Strong


title: Great and meaningful music!

text:
I first was introduced to Karen and her music at a "Radical Forgiveness" workshop. This was held in Cincinnati, Ohio and was based on the book "Radical Forgiveness" by Colin C. Tipping. Colin facilitated the workshop and Karen provided the music. This was a great experience! If you like music that has a great message this may be the CD for you. Her other collections are excellent as well. Her message is especially good for many of the changes women experience. Highly recommended. (D. Steven Ledingham)

Don't know why the tunes are not listed on Amazon, so here they are: (The "One Mile Apart" CD)
Mama's Song, That's What Love's About, I'll Be There For You, Not, I Am A Woman, If They'd Been There, Hoping To Be Loved By You, Try To Remember, Say No More, One Mile Apart, How Can I Help You Say Goodbye


title: Great and meaningful music!

text:
I first was introduced to Karen and her music at a "Radical Forgiveness" workshop. This was held in Cincinnati, Ohio and was based on the book "Radical Forgiveness" by Colin C. Tipping. Colin facilitated the workshop and Karen provided the music. This was a great experience! If you like music that has a great message this may be the CD for you. Her other collections are excellent as well. Her message is especially good for many of the changes women experience. Highly recommended. (D. Steven Ledingham)

Don't know why the tunes are not listed on Amazon, so here they are:
Kinder, He Wants To Be You, The Power To Forgive, Friend, All My Roads, Go For It, Wash You Mind Out With Hope, Real Men Cry, When You Say You're Prayers, Life Goes On, The Man Upstairs, Use Me Up.


title: Good to fall asleep to.

text: I have several CD's in the "Interludes" series.  They all consist of background sounds such as rain, thunder, waves, and wind sounds intermixed with mellow cello and keyboard/synthesizer sounds.  I used these to help me fall asleep in the evening.  I recommend keeping the volume level low, so the music/sounds are not distracting or engaging.  I find these are useful for helping me sleep.  Not recommended for driving or listening to in the workplace!


title: Nice to fall asleep to


Excellent customer service.  Good quality.  Enjoyable.


title: Five Stars

text: Great CD fast shipping


title: Five Stars

text: Thanks.


title: Givin as a present to the kids

text: enjoyed the old record in the past and was glad they made this on a CD. This was purchased for one of their Xmas presents as we had enjoyed them on the old LP's


title: Five Stars

text: Fast shipping and good price!


title: Letter P (as Pixies) / as Perceive

text: from CD1 (with Teenage Angst) to Meds. More songs than Pixies (3 great CD, Doolittle,Bossanova,Trompe Le Monde).


title: Just absolutely beautiful!

text: If you love St. Theresa of Lisieux, this would be an excellent CD for you.  It is in French, however, it is very beautifully done and extremely pleasing and peaceful to the soul.  Excellent background music for prayer!


title: Five Stars

text: Ok


title: BUY NOW!

text: ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2015. ANNIE IS MAGNIFICENT.


title: Love Forever

text: Great voice, great personality, great songs. If you are a John Barrowman fan, then this is a must have. WOW!


title: miracle 10Th. annivercy

text: I like these women they are very good with their instruments and make really good music


title: Five Stars

text: nice


title: Five Stars

text: good


title: Good for easy listening

text:
Listen to the daily news & get stressed.  Or listen to Richard Clayderman for spirited, relaxing music.

This disc plays fifteen instrumental tracks of classical music for 56 minutes.  The quality of the music & Richard's talent are excellent.  I recommend it for background listening while relaxing or working.

The 15 tracks are: Mamma Mia, Waterloo, Dancing Queen, Winner Takes It All, Knowing Me Knowing You, Gimme Gimme, Fernando, I Have a Dream, Name of the Game, Money Money, Super Trouper, Lay All Your Love on Me, SOS, Chiquitita, One of Us.  (Notice that Knowing Me & Gimme Gimme are in reverse order from the list on its sleeve.)

The faster tempo tracks have a lively, pronounced beat.  The slower tempo tracks have a mellow, weaker beat which at times are difficult to follow.

I do not recommend it as an instrumental for a hootenanny.
* Many of its singing leads are weak.
* Some of the tracks (I Have a Dream, Super Trouper, Lay All Your Love on Me, Chiquitita, One of Us) do not follow Abba Gold.  You will be singing the wrong lines at the wrong time.
* Mamma Mia is the Broadway musical, not the Abba version.
* Name of the Game is very jazzy, a completely different tune from Abba Gold.

But this cd is great for easy listening, classical music.  It serves its purpose for background listening.


title: GREAT!

text: I don't understand - I already reviewed this CD. GREAT!


title: Great!

text: I already reviewed this album.  Great!


title: Great cd of music.

text: Some of the best songs.


title: Be Aware

text: This copy of the CD came from Russia and the recording us so choppy, we just threw it away.


title: Great buy! Very happy with product!

text: Great buy! Very happy with product!


title: Shocked it was available

text: Usually, a single like this is only available via ipod; however, I was able to purchase a CD version of it. The company I purchased it from was the only one offering it in this format.


title: pure talent amazing debut

text:
Julie Jean White's resume includes several TV and movie credits.  First and foremost though; the Minnesota native is a singer/songwriter.  She has released a debut independent album (Silver Heart), the quality of which has not been heard in a very long time. The album is thematically heavy, dealing with love and loss, domestic violence and women's empowerment. What makes the record so appealing is its simplicity. The instrumentation is sparse but rich, the sound mix is so clear; you will feel like you're in the session. The jazzy electric piano on "Daises" and the subtle pedal steel on "Pillow Talk Talkin'" are just enough to enhance but not overpower the vocals. White's mezzo is silky and authoritative. As a result of singing in a lower register, White has an uncanny ability to sonically convince the listener that a woman is still strong and in control even if the lyrics say she is vulnerable and beaten.  From the heartbreaking opener "Undone" to the domestic turmoil of ""Bridge I Burn," the characters may be down, but are never feel like they are out. On the latter, a woman gets shot but the listener still has hope thanks to White's reassuring voice.
She lightens up a bit with "A Real Man." It speaks to the value of the traditional male and is reminiscent of vintage Bonnie Raitt. She has won a bevy of awards, including American Songwriter Magazine's Lyric contest and was a Kerrville New Folk Finalist this year.

Listening to this album is like sitting in The Bluebird Café on a Thursday night. This is pure talent.
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title: Five Stars

text: Love this cd!


title: Five Stars

text: Great music!


title: Five Stars

text: Love this music!


title: Awesome sounds,lots of bass and the midrange and highs are excellent as well.

text: I found out about Psyph Morrison through the SMD forums so I figured I try it out and I wasn't disappointed at all.. There's a nice range of bass fq and the mids/high fq's are great sounding.I chose to buy the disc for the SQ then I ripped it to my laptop & PC to have backup.. Buy it you won't be disappointed...


title: Five Stars

text: What can I say, Jason Aldean ROCKS on this CD!!!


title: Whitney Houston

text: If you want to have a definitive collection of Whitney's songs and enjoy her fantastic voice, you want this album.


title: Wildflowers

text: This is such an iconic album by Tom Petty that it rates as a must have. I am certainly enjoying it.


title: John Lennon

text: Since I wanted something by John Lennon solo I purchased this because it reflects his body of solo material well and has the songs that he made hits of.


title: Crosby, Stills and Nash

text: Classic music from Crosby, Stills and Nash


title: Crosby, Stills and Nash

text: Simply one of the best albums by Crosby, stills and Nash. It is a very strong album of excellent music


title: Wishbone Ash - Essential Collection

text: This is an essential collection for your music collection


title: Four Stars

text: Great addition to your music collection


title: Disappointed

text: I’m always in search of new music and I caught a few notes which intrigued me, but I was disappointed by the fact that it’s all instrumental. I get bored with instrumentals, unless it’s Stevie Ray Vaughan.


title: Layne Staley’s side job

text: I was very happy to find more music that Layne Staley sang, he is one of many voices that I miss.


title: Four Stars

text: Great cd but quality was poor some songs cut off before they start and 1 starts over


title: Four Stars

text: Good condition.Good cd.


title: Three Stars

text: This is a great cd, buy it.


title: Five Stars

text: Great cd and very romantic


title: Hootie CD

text: Good mix of great music


title: It is better than her albums

text: this EP is absolutely amazing. The songs are really amazing, and the "picture to burn"'s video is incredible. The best songs are "Should've said no", "picture to burn" and "i heart?". This CD must be bought


title: Sounds great

text: Love this classic cd


title: I love Heart

text: Love their music. Vocals are amazing!


title: Love it ❤

text: I love Sewoon's music of course, so I was worried about not being able to find his earlier albums. So happy I was able to snag this one. It came well packaged and in good condition.


title: Love Sewoon ❤

text:
Came pretty quickly and was packaged nicely. Not in perfect condition but this album is a bit older say may just be from sitting in a box for a while, just a few corner knicks to the album cover.

Aside from that Sewoon never disappoints


title: One Star

text: The sound is not consistent and it often skips. Would not buy


It's just as amazing as all the other NCT albums. I will admit that I didn't expect to be showered in stickers. I'm not complaining.


title: Good Album

text: Great album, although not my favorite, it’s still a great album with a little more pop.


title: A must have album!

text: Great album, glad they put his work on a cd! Very hard to find digital copies of his work without restoring to YouTube!


r.i.p vanity, this is still one of my favorite cd. I wish they would have done more. its fun, crazy, there will never be anything like this ever. If you have a copy of this cd, you know. if you dont, you dont know what your missing. I LUV VANITY 6. may they live on in music history. xoxo.


title: Loved phase one, love phase two....can we get a 3????

text: this just shows you how great price is, this cd has r&b, soul, jazz, pop. It is different than phase one which i love, but i love this cd just as much. There will never be another prince, He can do it all. I love what he has been doing. sorry old fan cant get into or like what this artist can do. MJ is gone, but prince is a King of music....He is a STAR.


title: bootleg....

text: they are asking alot of money for a cheep boot leg of this album. asking 99 dollars, it not worth 10 dollars if that, Hey, bring down the price. and for a boot leg someone might buy it. Motown put it out yourself. you could make some $$$$$ off it.


title: bootleg....

text: not the real deal, a bootleg. Its a fake. and it is not worth the asking price. rip off. A cheep bootleg. dont waste your money.


title: if god cant save us.......NINA CAN.

text: i have been a big nina fan for as long as she has been recording music, i got her first single when i was 15 years old. I have bought all her cd, on records( dose anyone know what that is? lol) ok. She has given me so much music that i love and with the release of  Personal Jesus, its no different. At first, i was wondering, and hoping i would love it, and i must say i do. I will say i had to hear it a few times, but dont you always have to hear anything a few times before you make up your mind? The only thing is, i wish her music was released in the U.S. , but i will always pay big $$$ for her music. Its kinda blue grass, church, pop, blues, but its always good. Some of the best songs, yes, Personal Jesus, Gods Radar, Sometimes i ring up god, On the battlefield, Mean old world, I have to say i love them all. I am alway hoping that see will do a covers cd. When i saw her 18 years ago in detroit, she did cover songs from the Rolling Stones, Sweet, and other old groups now years later. I would love to hear her do a cover of Queens Bohemian Rhapsody, or Nick Gilders Hot child in the city, would that not be interested? or the sex pistols God save the Queen. I love what this cd dose and stands for, I just hope she dose not forget what the fans love and will buy. We need a return of the Mother, the goddess of punk. Hey nina if you read this, WE LOve you in the U.S, please tour the U.S one more time. Nina is and will alway be a true artist. there will never be anyone like her ever. GOD BLESS YOU NINA. WITH LOVE FROM DETROIT, and ABOVE.


title: With the noise that brought you--Paladin and dare!

text: As with all things Smashing Pumpkins, this album will challenge you, whether a long time fan or a recent convert. I read somewhere recently (2020) that Billy Corgan and the band took up the tools that modern life had afforded them, much like Joy Division or the Sisters of Mercy and created and an album that delivers a worldly zeitgeist as much as the album Zeitgeist did in 2007. This music reflects our times, our tools, and our spiritual attitudes. The songs have a dark tone to them and are beautifully produced. The spirit of The Smashing Pumpkins is here in abundance even if the fan-favorite forms have been altered somewhat. This is the heart of The Pumpkins: stay true to oneself and expand and explore new territory, new visions, and set up new musical colonies on places like Mars and Venus.<br />If you're on the fence about the purchase, I would invite you down from the fence and buy it. It rewards multiple listens and has enough depth that you can keep coming back to explore the themes of spiritual decay, dysfunction, alienation, devotion, rebellion, and yes of course love. There is hope scattered throughout this album as well but I wonder about redemption. It's too early to tell for me.  The standouts to my ears thus far are Dulcet in E, Anno Satana, Save Your Tears, Hidden Sun, and Black Forest, Black Hills. But even today as I listen and relisten, new sounds bubble up and different songs take hold. As I wrote earlier, this album might challenge you and what you thought you knew about The Smashing Pumpkins but that's what makes an album and a band worth listening to again and again.  Happy transformation Paladin!


title: Good Variety of Songs on Vol. 18 to Add to Our Collection

text: My husband collects the WTTS 92.3 FM Collectors Edition CDs each year (we live in Central Indiana and listen to this station all the time). The only Collectors Edition he is missing is Vol. 1. We can't find that one anywhere. This volume has a large variety of songs. He will continue to buy the WTTS Collectors CDs no matter what songs are on it to add to his collection. We didn't personally like many of the songs on this edition but still a great CD to have. The CD cover/case is cool how it looks like a record album jacket and the CD label makes the CD look like a record. I personally LOVE the live version of Jon McLaughlin's "Indiana" (Jon is from Anderson, IN) on this CD! Great piano introduction that I've never heard on his album or on the radio.


title: Took a second... but very good.

text: This is an ambient vibe of 40-some tracks featuring DoseOne and small pieces of poetry & dialogue. The mood stays hollow and relatively dark.  The sounds are subtle but the colors of this audible art book are saturated from start to finish. In a way I was relieved to go way back and find a very chill Dose CD after the psychedelic soundscapes of the Subtle albums and the glitchy, beautiful hiphop he has co-created as Themselves.


title: checklist before listening

text: make sure you've blown your nose and gone to the bathroom, if not, you could end up with a nose bubble or a tear of laughter running down your leg.


title: If it ain't broke...

text:
I had heard about this recording for ages and thought of it as, if you will, the Holy Grail of "Night Music" recordings.  The show is not only my favorite Sondheim, but my favorite musical period.  The idea of Dench at the helm of this masterpiece, not to mention Siân Phillips as Madame Armfeldt and Laurence Guittard (the original Broadway Carl-Magnus) as Fredrik, was pure catnip for me.  I paid a fortune for the CD, listened to it once...then promptly sold it.  Needless to say, I didn't care for it much.  Dench is indeed a superb Desiree, everything you could possibly want her to be.  Her rendition of "Send in the Clowns" is a 5 minute lesson in how to sing, not only that song, but any Sondheim ever written.  It's exquisite.  Opinion is subjective, of course, but the rest of the cast leaves a lot to be desired, IMHO.  Joanna Riding's Anne and Brendan O'Hea's Henrik are pitchy at best, the latter screaming much of his solo; Guittard's voice and manner proves wrong for the role, more dark ale than dry champagne; and Phillips, as marvelous as she is, loses a lot of ground by singing "Liaisons" as opposed to performing it.  (Let's face it, Sondheim wrote it for a non-singer.)

My major objection to the album is the tinkering that director Sean Mathias has done to the score.  If it ain't broken, Sean.  Sondheim, bless him, is a team player, always open to rethinking his original ideas* (see the London "Follies" of 1987), but the additions to the score do nothing to enhance what is already perfect.  Mashing the stage and film versions of "The Glamorous Life" together only lengthens the number to an unnecessary degree, and the addition of "My Husband the Pig" only blunts the power of "In Praise of Women."  Neither works, which is probably why subsequent productions have dropped both.

For those who, like me, adore the show and need to hear every one of its recordings, I can't reasonably dissuade you from paying as much as I did to possess it.  I just felt the necessity to include an alternative, dissenting opinion as to its ultimate value.

*When at NYU I produced a production of the show and wrote Sondheim to see if we could replace the original opening with "Love Takes Time," used in the film.  While questioning the choice, he promptly send the music!  A gentleman through and through.