title: RASA EXOTICA [2001] [DigiPak CD Album

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RASA EXOTICA [2001] [DigiPak CD Album] Produced by Donna D’Cruz. Whosever Knoweth The Dance, Dwelleth In God!

A sublime celebration of Rare and Hard to find dance grooves from around the globe in an uplifting, continuous blend that will make your heart beat faster! Produced by Donna D’Cruz, ‘RASA EXOTICA’ features international DJ’s and musicians from around the globe including, Claude Challe (Budda Bar/Nirvana Lounge), Africanisam, De Phazz, Stereo MCs, River Ocean (featuring Little Louis Vega of “MAW” & India), Nomad, Harry Morse Project, D-Genre and many others. Where the Buddha Bar and Café Del Mar series left off, ‘RASA EXOTICA’ takes us to new heights with rare tracks that have never been available before!

This definitive collection takes us on a journey from the funkiest rhythms of Paris’s “Africanism” (with Bob Sinclair and the Africanism All Stars onto the scene at the fantastic exotic “Buddha Bar”) to the Barrios of Rio, onto the sexy Souls of the East, through mystical Bali and Australia’s “Outback” and beyond the soulful dance floors of Ibiza! A sublime celebration of world dance from around the globe in an uplifting, continuous blend that will make your heart beat faster! Label: Rasa Music

Andrew’s Compact Disc Review: Taking various kinds of dance music from around the globe and pairing them all together in a nice little CD Album package, ‘RASA EXOTICA’ is a sublime ultimate decent dance CD Album. The Harry Morse Project kicks off the entire thing with their "Brazilou (Ze Edit)" which is a slightly disappointing start to this amazing CD Album. The next few tracks have occasional interesting moments to get your vibes going. The CD Album finally gets a shot in the arm with River Ocean featuring India. Their energetic, passionate "Love and Happiness" offsets the first five tracks in bringing it to the ultimate mix. The next few songs keep the moments going, updating everything from Latin pop, disco, and classic jazz and transforming them into techno tracks. The Stereo MCs, De-Phazz, and Radar have three excellent tracks in a row, making the end of the CD album much more preferable to the beginning of the CD Album. But despite some of the tracks at the start of this CD Album, everything else is a perfectly acceptable groove if you like club music, which you would think would not translate well on your home stereo system. But if  you feel a light-hearted dance CD Album representing the international scene appeals to you, then this CD Album is a good place to start, "because it “Elevates” the heart rate with rousing dance beats" All in all, this is a most brilliant Compact Disc Album I have listened to and most of the tracks are a total goldmine and overall there is not really a duff track between them and if you either want to dance on your own, have the CD Album played at a party, or at your Pilate and Yoga classes, then this will go with a total swing and I know for a fact that you will want to put this brilliant CD Album on time after time, after time and you must inform everyone else about this brilliant soundscape CD Album, and especially in the whole Wide World should hear about this Compact Disc Album, as you will hear something that is simply out of this world. Highly Recommended!

Track Listing:
01. Harry Morse Project: Brazilou [zee sit] [5:10]
02. Africanism: Tourment D'Amour [4:29]
03. Dahmane El Harrachi: Ya Rayah [Bi Polar Remix] [3:34]
04. D’Genre: Latino Love [4:24]
05. Kulisch & Vana: Jivan Mein Jana Jana [4:33]
06. River Ocean feat. India: Love And Happiness [Sao Benitez Sunset Miz [6:30]
07. Claude Challe & Carlos Campos: Flying Carpet [Club Mix]
08. DJ Chus & David Penn feat. Daren J. Bell: Sunshine [Montejano’s Spanish Guitar Mix] [5:37]
09. De-Phazz: The Mambo Craze [UR Craze Mix] [5:37]
10. Stereo MC's: Fever [Steve Hillage Remix] [5:50]
11. Radar: Nothing Is Real [5:01]
12. Candan Ercetin: Kaybettik Biz [4:26]
13. Lotus: Within Or Without You [Album Version] [4:07]
14. Nomad: Kava [Album Version] [3:33]

Rasa Music Fact: Rasa Music, also now known as Rasa Living, is a record label based in New York City. It is the sister record label of AMI (Australian Music International) which was formed in 1991 with the intention of nurturing cultural musicians from Australia and marketing their music internationally. Today, Rasa Music's artists include Deepak Chopra, Prince Fatty, Indialucia, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Suphala, Benet, and many others. The label is run by Donna D'Cruz. Rasa is Sanskrit for "the sap or essence of things" and expanded into Rasa Living, a lifestyle company.

Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Fan
Le Cinema Paradiso
WARE, United Kingdom


title: A delightful collection of pieces masterfully played.

text: This CD showcases handbells' possible range of techniques, types of music, and tempos.  "Sabre Dance" on bells is stunning; the contrast with the next track, "Shenandoah," displays the extremes of tempo achievable.  Trite as this sounds, familiar pieces take on new meaning shen played on bells.  Sonos' rendition of "Rondo Alla Turca" has become a favorite worm that I enjoy hearing in my mind.  This is a delightful collection masterfully played.


title: Great

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You know, i enjoyed this film. i thought it was quite creative and the universe that Lucas has created is quite believable. One thing you have to do is just simply accept that Lucas' dialogues are gonna be cheesy. me and my friends made fun of the cheesy romantic dialogue after we saw the film opening night. but making fun of the dialogue made the film more enjoyable.
I was very pleased that R2D2 and C3PO were brought back for their comedic roles, which were absolutely hillarious!
and i agree with many who have said that the last 45 minutes or so finally brought back some of the magic missing in the Phantom Menace, but sparkled throughout the first three films.
And who can say anything bad about Yoda showing up at the end and proving why he is Master Jedi.
keep up this feel Lucas with the last one, and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!! get someone else to help you with the dialogue.


title: Probably the Best ALbum of Henry Mancini to GET!

text: It's very late, and my butt hurts from this mod chair I bought for a zillion bucks, so this will be just too short to be a real review.  I have everything Mancini has done, or have had it. The Peter Gunn albums, both together on a CD now that has excellent quality still stand the test of time and are superior music.  The opening of the DVD of Charade , after the train goes by, the guy falls out and the titles begin, is without a doubt the most exciting Mancini moment ever created....those spiraling titles and his drumming at the beginning of the theme is simply put..better than sex. Get a front screen projector.  His music for Arabesque is very seductive and experimental, his theme for Experiment in Terror is incredible, his Combo! CD is a must have record...with great versions of music not his own, with the incredible dynamics of his Peter Gunn band...and I do mean dynamics...Touch of Evil is still a riot of sound and rock and roll fun, although they should have probably used real rock and roll for the radio music....Hatari has massive african scoring, plus the elephant  walk, (I had the sheet music as a kid)  Breakfast at Tiffanies has steller attractive music...the best being around three cuts on that album...so you get the idea...but Mr. Lucky Goes Latin is simply better than all of these.  Rich, heavily rhythmic, bright, sparkling music that surpasses all the rest. It's just say, four levels up from Breakfast At Tiffanies, but more consistantly satisfying.  Great fun, and an instant classic...So what else do I listen to?  Mickey One, the soundtrack with Stan Getz by Eddie Sauter, which is probably the best record I own, Bitches Brew by Miles Davis was played by me for years....along with Live Evil, an album that simply has no peers, the Original Thomas Crown Affair soundtrack by Michel Legrand....everthing from Small Change on from the master, Tom Waits, who belongs up there on Mount Rushmore, some Paul Bowles, (the best is by the Enos orchestra), a little Tony, a little Madeleine, Frank, Louie Prima, Bill Evans, Joey Defrancesco, Spade Cooley, Toots Theilsman, and then more Tom Waits...the bootleggs, the conversations, the lies, the unbelievable melodies that have changed my life...later..Andre in S.F.


title: One of the best self-produced albums I've ever heard.

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Often overlooked, or even unknown, "Here At The Home" was Tribe's first full-length release, self-produced by the band. Most of the songs on this album would be re-recorded with a different producer on the next album released a year later called "Abort", which is often referred to as their first album.

I'm sure there will be disagreement with me here, but I much prefer the production on this album, "Here At The Home". It captures the dark atmosphere of the subject matter much more appropriately, while the production on "Abort" has a commercial sheen which removes a lot of that atmosphere.

Thus, I would recommend this recording as a good starting point for anyone getting into this band, if you can find a copy. It is quite rare, and I had to pay a good amount to get my used copy from a collector overseas. Failing that, there is a very helpful fan site still online as I write this where this album can be heard. Do a search for Steve Latham Tribe.

This is an excellent album, and the production is of professional grade. The lyrics and music are somewhat dark and moody, and both of the female lead vocalists do a fantastic job in conveying the mood of each song. All instruments are played expertly, and also help convey meaning to the lyrics while also supporting the vocals without ever overpowering them.

I'm thinking hard, but I have nothing negative to say about this album. It's nearly perfect.

Highly recommended. I wish this band could have broken through, as their songs were meaningful and told stories in a way I hadn't really heard before. When my girlfriend heard me playing this for the first time, she said, "They sound like a female-fronted Nirvana", and that's pretty accurate, and high praise from her.


title: A nice collection of classics.

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First off, you'll need to take this review with a grain of salt, as my primary musical interest is in European Melodic Metal music. I am an older guy in my 50's, but hard rock has appealed to me since my teenage years, with Bachman-Turner Overdrive being my first favorite band. I went on to enjoy Progressive Rock, and now, Melodic Metal.

With my musical background out of the way, you might notice one quality that runs through all of my favorite genres; Melody. I don't know exactly how it happened, but many years ago, I happened across Conlee's "She Can't Say That Anymore" on a radio station I did not normally listen to. The melody got me first, and after listening to the very thoughtful yet succinct lyrics, I thought, "This is very strange. It's kind of like Country-Noir". Yes, I made up that term specifically for that song. Loving that song, I went out and purchased my very first Country Music album, John Conlee's "Friday Night Blues". Over the following months, I played that album to death. It went totally against my hard-rock musical instincts, and yet I sincerely loved it. I still do. I really wish it could be released on CD someday, as I need to have it in my collection.

However, I did find and purchase this particular "Greatest Hits" compilation on CD a long time ago. It was not the same as having the "Friday Night Blues" album on CD, but it does contain a couple of great tunes from that album, and it also introduced me to more of Conlee's awesome songs, which proved to me that "Friday Night Blues" was not just a one-time lucky shot in the dark for Conlee. Up until I bought this Greatest Hits, I had thought for sure that "Friday Night Blues" was just by accident a great Country Concept Album (if there is such a thing). Turns out that Conlee has been turning out awesome albums for years. Between the haunting melodies, and his unique and soothing voice, are lyrics that are short and to the point, yet convey so very much depth. I've become a huge fan over the years.

I have no idea why this particular  "Best Of" CD costs so much now. If I were you, I'd grab "Classics" instead, because it has all of the songs on this CD, plus 12 more. I have that one too, and the sound quality is just as good.

So, if you dare to take advice from this old Metalhead, get this CD if you can find it cheap. But failing that, you really can't go wrong with John Conlee's "Classics", which is a better overall value.


title: A lot of solo harpsichord

text: I prefer the ensemble works, but the set contains a lot of solo harpsichord pieces.  If you love solo harpsichord, this is the set for you.  14 disks, 6 are solo harpsichord, 3 are orchestral, 1 small ensemble / chamber, 2 solo organ, 2 of cantatas.


These are by far, the best recorded and performed series of Mozart's piano concertos. Barenboim is the finest I have come across performing  the Mozart piano concertos of all the major pianists.


title: Five Stars

text: Exactly as described.


title: Great CD!

text: This is an awesome San Francisco band that had a great run for almost 10 years. I've seen these guys several times live, WOW!<br />I'm not sure why this CD is so much as these songs are all featured for the most part on their full album.


title: Best Manhattan Piano Trio CD ever!

text: Just what I wanted. So happy to own this CD again after so many years!


title: Brilliant and Beautiful!

text:
First of all this is a two disc set. 'Land' which is more pop oriented, and 'Sea' which is more like poetry with a background of the most gorgeous lush symphony you have ever heard.
So beautiful it is heartbreaking.
Truly a masterpiece!


title: Böhm, Mozart and an all-star Cast

text: The best sung of all versions. A true pleasure.


title: nice tunes

text: this album is really nice, it has a very original and distinct sound. I personally liked it alot, from the steel drums to the dramatic synths. I would say buy.


title: Buy me,buy me.....

text: If you have never listened to this cd or group,as I had not.If you like great music and not just good music, then read the reviews and treat yourself to this cd.You wont be disappointed.....support your favorite artists.


title: cdr alert

text: Buyer should be aware that both volumes 40th anniversary 1&2 are cdr copies. They are not remastered.With that said,I'm a Larry fan,and enjoy both cdrs.Each cdr has 10 songs that cover the best of Larry and People.So buy them, but at the right price...support your favorite artists.


title: cdr alert

text: Buyer beware that both volumes 40th anniversary 1&2 are cdr copies.The transfers are not remastered.With that said,I'm a Larry fan, so both cds are worth getting at the right price.Both volumes have 10 songs that cover the early bests of Norman & People....support your favorite artists.


title: its the BEATLES

text: We will take whatever the lads have to offer and these songs on this 2 cd set are great.Its fun to listen to the growth of an actual song as it is being turned into a masterpiece.My thanks to the Beatles......support your favorite artists.


title: excellent

text: Its like recieving new music from the mop tops. Kinda. This is where it all started and these cds dont disappoint. Hope to see more of these types of releases from the lads.........support your favorite artists.


title: Really shows off SACD

text: This is a great mix that really shows the potential of the Super Audio Compact Disc format. The 5.1 mix is done so well that I actually had to double-check that I wasn't having the receiver extrapolate the signal to 7.1... there are several points on the album where the mix makes the sound appear to come from behind. The packaging is also a step up from your typical CD. I recommend this if you have a player capable of playing an SACD connected to a surround sound system.


title: Guys! Don't be put-off by the cover art!

text:
I commend the compilers for creating such a wonderful CD.  The music is quite mellow, especially the pieces that are preformed by Zamfir, the famous panpipist.  That whimsical woodwind gives a rustic, almost mythical feel the piece of music.  You almost feel like you are in Arcadia awaiting a lecture by Chiron!
There is a good cross sampling of various Baroque pieces and Baroque artists.  The variety is the spice that makes this CD worth buying and listening to over and over again.  This CD also works well on shuffle, which remakes it into a brand new album.
There are a lot of oboes and string on this disc, and being a former oboist, I am electrified as I hear that instruments mellow honk!
Guys! Don't be put off by the cover-this is a good disc.  Good for the mind, heart, and soul!


title: evanesence greatest!

text: nice collection. love her voice


title: Live White Stripes

text: ok. was decent performance. Crowd was into it.


title: Yes! Claude is back!

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After the relative disappointment of the last one in the "series"- Buddha Bar IV - I wondered if this genre had really burnt out...... but no!...... to my delight this is a wonderfully original and flowing compilation.
Getting bored with all too many thoughtless chillout compilations on offer nowadays?.......worry not - BUY THIS!!
Claude "The Master" is back - hurrah!


title: still good.

text: different than the vinyl version of the release... still good.


title: Two Stars

text: Quality of the recordings is very poor.


title: Four Stars

text: No Problems


title: One of the best KPOP groups TWICE!

text: Im a fan of TWICE and this CD is pretty awesome and a great listen. I recommend this cd to any KPOP fan.


title: Exactly as Discribed

text: This Album was sent in beautiful condition and everything was well taken care off. I love it so much!


title: so ... there is a box set coming

text:
I am very happy with this release 2011 studio master.
the 1974 Wembley performance is one of the best I have ever heard.
at just over 55 minutes it has everything awesome about the studio album plus the freedom to improve and jam. perfect audio makes it like being there.
still wondering what is going on with the box set ...


title: powerful and passionate real music

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10 tracks
34:46 runtime
strong and powerful vocal performance from Meg Myers with great music make this worth buying despite the short runtime.


title: Short beautiful and necessary.

text: It is really Kristy Thirsk's vocals that draw me to Rose Chronicles. Also great mesmerizing music for chilling out.<br />So this short but satisfying release completes my collection. Happily ever after. Shiver. I'm almost happy that they only have three releases and it never became diluted excellent music all around.


title: the DJ versions

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still awesome. Very Danceable. Vintage / Винтаж / Vintazh
13 tracks
54:24 runtime
excellent production.

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title: angel on earth

text: I feel God's power in all these songs. beautiful !


title: Винтаж - "Vintazh" is brilliant

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more power preformance from Винтаж - "Vintazh"
13 tracks
52:20 runtime

Anna Pletnyova shines with powerful music from the band. if you like the others albums  you will like this. always surprisingly fresh sound while still sounding like " themselves "


title: Винтаж - "Vintazh" one of their strongest

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I have really been enjoying Винтаж - "Vintazh" this album is another fine example of electronic pop. sometimes heavy sometimes lite. Anna Pletnyova delivering beautiful and powerful vocals.
14 tracks
55:56 runtime


title: awesome artist great value "best of"

text: МакSим  - MakSim "best of" covers over 10 years of music on 2 disc, with a runtime of 159 minutes. I have been listening to MakSim for 3 years and I am very happy with this very comprehensive collection. a little Pop rock, electropop, soft rock, blues, folk pop. very fun causal listening music.


title: Happy to own Serebro on cd

text: 18 tracks covering their first two albums mama lover and opiumroz and a couple that ended up on the power of three. perfect collection.


title: I love everything Serebro

text: fun pop music with dance grove and surreal pieces. powerful female leads make this an unforgettable album by talented preformers


title: Винтаж - "Vintazh" another great album

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I love Russian pop music and Винтаж - "Vintazh" continues to deliver with Микки, transliterated as "Mikki".
always great lead vocal from Anna Pletnyova, solid music from the band.
the album runs 48:03
with13 tracks
fans of the Russian act Tatu and /or Serebro may find this as enjoyable as I do. although mostly in Russian with a few English references.
gatefold case in picture.


title: if you like Tatu and /or Serebro you will probably like Винтаж (Vintazh)

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I really enjoy Russian pop music. I love Russian vocals even though I understand very little Russian.
"Криминальная любовь" (Criminal Love) is the first alum from - Винтаж (Vintazh)
it is 44:34 long
and has 13 tracks
very enjoyable from beginning to end. beautiful vocals from Anna Pletnyova. upbeat well played music from the band. if you like Tatu and /or Serebro you probably will enjoy this material as well.


title: Five Stars

text: wow really delivers full 2 hour  show


title: Five Stars

text: stong album driven with dvd of videos


title: buy this one

text: sets ani apart  buy this  one


title: CLASSIC ODYSSEY

text: This is a classic, a must have for every audiophile, the sound is amazinG and a very rare piece, will even be more rare with time!


title: golden age hip hop

text: Awesome hip hop from England. Sounds like its half its age. A perfect example of golden age hip hop.


title: Five Stars

text: Item received as described


title: Five Stars

text: Item performed as described


title: ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER, ATTACK OF THE CLONES IS AMAZING

text:
The familiarity of seeing a Star Wars film in the cinema is a unique experience. The lights dim, the famous logo appears accompanied by that blasting theme tune by the great John Williams, and then the audience knows that they're in for a treat. After the somewhat disappointing Phantom Menace, Episode 2 takes a step towards the dark side and subsequently is much more exciting and enjoyable. George Lucas knows what audiences want, and this one succeeds admirably.
Set about 10 years after the events in TPM, Attack of the Clones is a more action-orientated entry, with incredible battle set pieces. Hayden Christensen is Anakin Skywalker, the troubled Padawan to Ewan McGregor's Obi Wan Kenobi. McGregor's performance as the great Jedi is much improved, and Christensen's journey from envious apprentice to the echoes of the future Darth Vader is impressive, creating more believable characters. And thankfully, Jar Jar is a much more subdued character than in Menace (phew!).
Boasting a strong supporting cast including Christopher Lee (Count Dooku), Ian McDiarmid as Supreme Chancellor Cos and Temuera Morrison as Jango Fett, the action, this time around is bolstered by strong presences. And even if Lee is simply reprising his role as the dark Saruman the White from Lord of the Rings, he's a great character, helped with a surprisingly good quality script. In addition, Morrison makes a good impact as the father of Boba Fett.
Moving away from the plodding politics of the first film, events in this one are all about action, with lightsaber fights aplenty. And yes, Yoda DOES have a really awesome lightsaber duel (hear the audience cheer!) Stunning combinations of CGI and live action at once make for some incredible action scenes. The romantic sub-plot involving Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman is sometimes stilted, but the main plot line makes for a truly incredible action-fest.
John William's score is brilliant, echoing his works for Superman, Hook and Jurassic Park. The CG in this film is even better, and the astonishing cities and vistas are fully realised with some incredible FX creations.
Lucas' vision of the many planets and cities are explored extensively, in particular in one scene, where we are greeted with a neon light- drenched metropolis not unlike the Rouge City in Spielberg's A.I Artificial Intelligence. Indeed, many influences have found their way into the film, including an amazing battle arena sequence reminiscent of Gladiator, albeit with lightsabers, echoes of Lord of the Rings and The Matrix-fuelled battle scenes. The action, characters, creatures and FX all combine to create an involving experience that will leave you breathless. Star Wars fans will not be disappointed.
Building up the action quota to a blistering last half hour (I was cheering at the screen at this point accompanied by many friends), the lightsaber battle near the finale is quite simply, the best lightsaber battle EVER. Amazing. Simply amazing. Forget what you thought about Phantom Menace. This one is absolutely astounding.


title: Not Sure

text:
I bought this book because it was recommended by Wayne Dyer.

It was very informative but seemed to be a little too scientific for long stretches for me.  It's written for "laymen" but I think some parts could have been simplified.  I DID enjoy the "Butter/olive/pimento sandwich" example and now understand a lot about cell membranes.  I agree it's environment.

I did NOT enjoy references to "psych-k".  It's like one book leading into and selling another book.  I've checked out the website and it's all marketing.  ENOUGH ALREADY


title: Five Stars

text: Better performance than my other versions of these symphonies


title: A good four-song EP by an excellent band

text: There are four songs on this EP by Said the Whale, one of the most inventive Canadian bands to emerge in the last decade or so. None of them hit the heights the group reaches on its albums, although the video for Lines (an affectionate tribute to a classic scene in the first Back to the Future movie) is certainly worth watching on YouTube. I would focus on the full length albums before exploring New Brighton.


title: A huge disappointment

text: You might think it would be hard for a former manager of the England soccer team (and a good one at that), a former England player as well as one of the best club managers of his generation to produce a boring book about his exploits, but Bobby Robson has done just that. This has all the hallmarks of a work which was slapped down onto paper with no planning at all. We jerk around from his playing career (we never learn how he became a player) to management of Ipswich, then a backwater club in England. He wins a major European soccer title (something little short of astonishing) but gives us no idea how he did it, how he managed to inspire a collection of largely obscure players to great heights. Instead we have a boring list of "We beat this side, and then that side, and then another side" and before we know it he's in Holland, then Spain and then a chapter later he's back in England, always whining on about money. The man must be a millionaire many times over but we're treated to endless paragraphs about how he fought for the money he felt he was entitled to. In short, this is an awful book.


title: Four Stars

text: Just like I remember from growing up.


title: Life is

text: One of my favorite artists.  Great cd.


title: ...AND THIS IS HOW THE LEGEND AND LEGACY OF O'LANDA DRAPER AND THE ASSOCIATES GOT STARTED!!!

text: WOOOOO BOY!!!! This album is awesome from the opening number "He Touched Me", which is one of my fav. O'landa Draper songs (on this album and the remake on "Reflections") to the soul-stirring, soul-wrenching finale "Lord, I Thank You [Thank Ya!]"... the ending of that song was just breathtaking!!! ...And this was their first album... they ONLY got better from here!!! Praise The Lord for blessing us with this man and his extraordinary choir, even if it was just for a while "Anyway you bless me LORD, I'll be satisfied!!!"


title: Great!

text: Awesome for little spaces that stink bad.


title: This is perhaps the greatest example of the real type of Country and Honky ...

text:
This is perhaps the greatest example of the real type of Country and Honky Tonk music that the major labels are shaking in their boots over.  This is the real thing.  Most if not all of the "Country" music you hear today is what the record labels want the public to hear and buy.

When you hear this recording it is live and pretty gritty.  Then again the artist known as Hick'ry Hawkins also spent 14 years in the U.S. Navy (1986 through 2000) as an Intelligence Analyst, Nuclear Weapons Technician, Strike Warfare Operations Analyst and the Mustering Petty Officer aboard the USS Coral Sea.  The man has sailed the seven seas and lived a hell of a life.

If you want to hear REAL Country and Honky Tonk music then this CD is for you.


title: The company stands behind their product.

text: The CD arrived damaged, however, it was taken care immediately to my satisfaction.


title: Good music saves the mix

text:
Since there is no track listing at the time of this review I'll put one in:

1 - Heaven (I want you) [Club Mix] (6:58)
2 - Heaven (I want you) [Album Version] (5:15)
3 -  Heaven (I want you) [Club Too Mix] (5:06)
4 - Who the hell is David Butler? (4:12)

This song came from Canouflage's third album, Meanwhile. It's probably their most controversial album in that the band took a detour from their normal electronic dance influences and experimented with more acoustic sounds. It turned out to be a great album creatively, if not one with lots of songs with dance-able electronic beats. This single has a couple of remixes for the song as well as B-side track from the Meanwhile album.

The Club Mix is essentially taking out the acoustic drums and guitar, then adding an understated breakbeat, created/programmed by Ron Aslan (from the EDM group Raw Stylus), and some additional synths to fill in the blanks. What you get is something a little more dancey and tailored to the club scene. The song is still light and peppy with no harsh beats or tones. To be honest the remix elements do little to make this track stand out. If it weren't for the core songwriting I would call it a dud. Personally I still prefer the original, but thanks to the source material it works.

The album version is a song that personifies the whole feel of Meanwhile. A bit laid back. A bit poppy. Acoustic drums and some guitars are peppered in with synthesizers in a light tune that has lyrics that belie a bit of bad blood in a lost love. It's actually a really good contemporary track. It's the kind of song that will get your head bobbing, even if it's not suited for the dance floor.

The Club Too Mix is very close to the Club Mix. It has the seam break beats done by Aslan and the same baseline, but the synth arrangements are a bit different. A bit more involved in the tune, if you ask me. I feel this version is a bit closer musically to the original album version, and deviates less from that structure. The Club Mix seems to want to move further away from the original while the Club Too Mix wants to keep closer ties. Of the two remixes I prefer this one more because of that.

Who the Hell is David Butler? is a very down tempo song with no singing or proper lyrics other than some radio broadcast type sound bites. It's a lusciously dark and moody track with a deep bass and low-fi style drums. This song is the last track on the Meanwhile album, and appears to be meant as a coda for the album. It's a wild departure from the happier sounding Heaven tracks, but I think the change in mood is a good showing of the contrast of textures you can find in the Meanwhile album.

The Heaven remixes aren't fantastic revisions of the original song, but then again it was the early 90's. Electronic music was changing back then and the club scene was still working out all of those different styles they wanted to identify with. If you ask me the Meanwhile album is a great buy for those who like a bit of creativity in their electronic artists, but if you are a tried and true club habitue then this single is a decent introduction.


title: Lots of energy. Pretty creative take on the theme music

text:
Terminator and Terminator 2 had some theme music that was actually pretty nice. The original movie them had muted rhythms that kind of went off track while on Terminator 2 the theme music was grander and very much in sync with a strong industrial rhythm. Paffendorf took it upon themselves to put this melody into the dance floor with this single. Here is the track list:

Terminator II (Radio Edit)

Terminator II (Club Mix)

Terminator II (Old Skool Mix)

Airborn

Considering this was made in 1999 it's very trancey, or maybe progressive house for some of you. Very tight kick drum with the melody coming from a synth lead reminiscent of many songs from this genre. However add the counter-hooks, organ style bases and other outworld effect and you have a pretty addictive song on your hands.

The Club Mix starts a bit understated with said organs and whatnot and then about a minute in it builds into the anthem style theme that Terminator fans will recognize and rave fans drool over. I'm not much long mixes, but this Club Mix has enough variations in the song to keep it from getting boring. The Old Skool Mix is a tiny bit less in your face at the Club Mix, but it's no slouch. I would say it's a little more lower end with a deeper kick drum and the base line is a bit understated. Same anthem hook, but the tempo is slower so it feels groovier. Airborn is different song similar to the Club Mix with a strong trancey vibe to it.

Think of it as a peanut butter cup. If you like this style of music and like the Terminator music, then this is two great themes that sound great together.


title: Same as U.S. 12"

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This being an import I am assuming it's either going to be the German or the French 12". Either way the tracks are all identical to the U.S. release. There is nothing worth getting on this 12" vinyl you can't get on the original album unless you are a remix freak. Trust me. The remix (or dance version) isn't worth it. You get three tracks:

- Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Special "Red & Blue" Remix Dance Version)

This is considered a very rare track, but it's a mess. It's has a strong vibe on it similar to Dazz Band's Let it Whip along with various pacing breaks, sample clips (including a popular Art of Noise voice sample), and other distractions put in between normal spots of the song. It's an irritating club mix that runs a little over seven minutes.

- Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Edited Version)

Just a single mix of the album version. It's about a minute shorter than the album version and feels a bit stunted because of it. Although I admit it does hit all the important marks, but you miss some cool instrumentation.

- Our Song

This is the exact same version as what's found on the 90125 album.

If you are a major Yes fan and need all the mixes (including the bad ones) then I suppose you will find value in this 12". Everybody else just pass it up.


title: Not worth getting even for the rare remix

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There is nothing worth getting on this 12" vinyl you can't get on the original album. You get three tracks:

- Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Special "Red & Blue" Remix Dance Version)

This is considered a very rare track, but it's a mess. It's has a strong vibe on it similar to Dazz Band's Let it Whip along with various pacing breaks, sample clips (including a popular Art of Noise voice sample), and other distractions put in between normal spots of the song. It's an irritating club mix that runs a little over seven minutes.

- Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Edited Version)

Just a single mix of the album version. It's about a minute shorter than the album version and feels a bit stunted because of it. Although I admit it does hit all the important marks, but you miss some cool instrumentation.

- Our Song

This is the exact same version as what's found on the 90125 album.

If you are a major Yes fan and need all the mixes (including the bad ones) then I suppose you will find value in this 12". Everybody else just pass it up.


title: Meh

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I'll be honest. There isn't anything too terribly special in this 12". What you get is three versions of Yes' 90125 hit Leave It. There is the Remix version, the Hello, Goodbye Mix and an Acapella mix. The remix is really just a single version of the song that's just a little shorter than the album version. Nothing is really remixed. The Acapella is just as it's described. No instruments. Just the cool swirling singing that is evident on the original.

Now the Hello, Goodbye Mix is considered the rarest, but it's rare because it's pretty lame. It is an extremely long version that pushes on the old school hip hop beat the song has and throws in tons of other things. This is an instrumental piece with only vocal snippets popping in maybe twice in the entire song. At first I didn't think it was bad what with classic synthesizers playing new wave style riffs and some Art of Noise samples thrown in, but with the length of the track it got old fast. The song never actually goes anywhere.

Probably the only reason to go for this 12" is for the Acapella Mix, which I can see being useful for some creative DJs out there. The other two songs are either been-there-done-that or don't-want-to-go-there type songs.


title: Most complete edition available

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The Dark Crystal is an amazing movie set in a wonderfully realized alien world, and the soundtrack is a perfect fit for the movie. The movie is a fantasy tale of the highest order so the music demands grand themes and dynamic textures that compliment the scenery and emotion of the film. Again, this soundtrack delivers with a full orchestra giving the music vibrant life.

You want grandness? The main theme is as distinct and as enveloping as the best scores in film. I would put it up against the big name movie themes like Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, 2001's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and more. When I hear the main theme I instantly recognize it as the sweeping and dynamic score to The Dark Crystal. Other pieces like The Landstrider Journey bring that theme up to a level of excitement and momentum befitting of the scene it was made for. When our hero Jen sets off on his journey the music is sweeping and emotional just as the backdrop in the movie is breathtaking. There are about a half dozen pieces to the soundtrack right now that stick in my head in a very good way when I let it. The music is that memorable.

Some other pieces of the film work with what I can best describe as old European instrumentation and themes, and again they work wonderfully. It gives an ethnic flavor to the scenes they are made for. More so the music, on its own, makes for some great songs to listen to. The Pod Dance is a high energy celebration type song with the flutes and guitar and other instruments giving a wonderful texture of sounds. Jen Plays His Pipes (exclusive to this CD) is a mellow and melodic dual wood flute piece and Gelfling Song adds a female tonal voice set in a more reflective tone.

The original soundtrack CD is great and comes with most of the most memorable music of the movie. However this limited edition set holds almost twice the music. Now that is not to say the single disk CD is not worth it. On the contrary the best music is on that CD, and if it weren't for the one song that I really wanted that the CD lacked (Jen Plays His Pipes) I would be putting my vote for that one. However not only does this edition have that one song I wanted it also have essentially the entire score to the film including incidental scoring and environmental sound bites.

If you like the music to The Dark Crystal this is the CD to shoot for. However if the price tag is too high for you to want to pay and just want the best of the movie's music then [[ASIN:B000QEILB0 The Dark Crystal: 25th Anniversary]] will do you fine.


title: Awsome B-Side as well as a cool dance mix

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Here's the track list since I didn't see one as this posting:

Side 1 - Blind Hearts (Club Mix) (6:00)
Side 2 - Shame (4:08), Blind Hearts (LP Version) (3:47)

This is a really cool album and is a must for any dance era Xymox fan. First off you get the Blind Hearts Club Mix, which seems like a very different animal from the original. I am saying this in a good way because the end result is a song that's both minimalist and very rhythmic at the same time. The synth bass is even tighter than the original and seems to come at you from all sides. It's very minimal in the vocals, but you can't call this an instrumental either. Unlike other songs that get this "club" or dub treatment you still have the elements of the original song that make it worth listening.

The B side gives you the original album version so you can compare the glaring differences between the original mix and the club mix. Now the club mix is great and all, but the REAL reason to get this record is the extremely aggressive and industrial track Shame. In my opinion this song is the epitome of darkwave/industrial dance. The drums are powerful and in your face. The instruments are practically unworldly. The vocals are full of angst and passion. The song structure is top notch.

I want to say that Shame should have been on the Twist of Shadows album along with Blind Hearts, but I can see why they didn't do it. As powerful and precise and beautiful as the song is it doesn't really fit the musical flow of the rest of the album. It's too bad this single has not been released on CD because I would absolutely love an unscratchable copy of Shame and the Blind Hearts remix. If you are into industrial dance this is a single to get.


title: Cool CD

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It's basically Puppy era Fluke minus one guy. Mike Bryant and Jon Fugler are still at the helm along with a number of other contributors. The music is a lot more accessible vocally with some real catchy hooks in the chorus and such. Sorry... I love Fluke but making the singing a major element in the music was never their strong points. Now they feel a bit more complete on that arena. If you like Fluke you will love 2 Bit Pie. Here is a track listing since there isn't one of this writing. The second CD is all instrumental versions of the songs:

Disc 1

1 - Fly
2 - Here I Come
3 - Colours
4 - Nobody Never
5 - Soto Mundo
6 - Pil
7 - Little Things
8 - Mote
9 - Slipaway
10 - After Hours

Disc 2

1 - Soto Mundo
2 - Fly
3 - Here I Come
4 - Colours
5 - Nobody Never
6 - Pil
7 - Little Things
8 - Mote
9 - Slipaway
10 - After Hours
11 - Somebody
12 - Slipaway
13 - I Spy '


title: Pure latin flavor for any club

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This song reminds me a lot of Samba De Jenero. Of course the two songs sound totally different, but they both use a Brazillian flair that puts in a much needed latin style to your contemporary dance clubs. Think of it as a classic Brazillian tune updated with a club beat and some synths in the background. It really sounds nice. This CD has three tracks:

1 - Mas Que Nada [Radio Mix]
2 - Mas Que Nada [12" Mix]
3 - Mas Que Nada [Espiritu Beatz Mix]

Tracks one and two are the most similar to each other with the 12" clocking in at over seven minutes while the radio edit a little over four minutes. The Espiritu Beatz Mix is mostly a different animal with more electronic dance music influence on it. It's hard to figure out which is my favorite of the three tracks. They all contribute something nice to their respective versions of the song. If you like latin club music Mas Que Nada is definitely worth adding to your collection. If you just like club music this is worth checking out for you as well.


title: Not the original tracks, but still good.

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Since there is no track list as of this writing I'm including one for you to check out what's on this CD:

1) The World Part I
2) American Soviets
3) Liquid Sky
4) Radioactivity Normal
5) Don't Kill the Rainforets
6) United States of Europe
7) Conquestadores
8) Orient Express
9) Made in Russia
10) Heaven Closed
11) The World Part II

If you're a fan of CCCP and their hits like American-Soviets and United States of Europe then this MIGHT be worth checking out. I don't know the whole story on this CD, but it appears that the boys decided to re-record some of their most popular songs and put them on this CD. Are they remixes? Well... not really. Most of the songs do sound very different on some fashion, but not like they were tricked out or anything.

Take for instance American-Soviets. It seems all the notes are in the right place, but the sounds are a little different and maybe some notes and instruments were added here and there. The singing style is also very different. What you end up with is still a good track. Just not the one you grew up with on the dance floor.

I am not completely familar with all of their music so I can only say this for about maybe half the tracks on the CD. Some songs, like American-Soviets, sound completely revamped. Others, like United States of Europe, sound very close to the original with just a few changes. In the end it's still a good album. My favorite CCCP songs (American-Soviets and Orient Express) still sound great. Here is a breakdown of some of the notable tracks:

THE WORLD PART 1 and 2: Basically filler. Some ambient and industrial noise to introduce and close out the CD. Nothing to go nuts over, but at the same time nothing to throw away either.

AMERICAN-SOVIETS: When I first heard this track (not when I got the CD) I thought it was a really good live set because it sounded too different from the source material to be a remix. Ultimately I don't think it beats the original recording, but it sure does have enough going for it to be a favored alternative mix.

DON'T KILL THE RAINFORETS: The music is great and expansive, but the lyrics are stilted. There is no structure to the singing... as if he is just singing a statement he read. A bit on the preachy side as well. Still like the song though.

UNITED STATES OF EUROPE: I can't tell the difference musically other than the fact this version gets right to the point better than the original. As a matter of fact I like this one better than the original.

ORIENT EXPRESS: The singing is more in the forefront on this version and he sings the song very differently than the original. Still this one is very true to the original, which is good considering this is my favorite CCCP song. The Special Mix is still my preferred cut of this song, but this one is a definite winner.

HEAVEN CLOSED: Is kind of like a ballad and it does have that 80's underground feel to it. Nice song.

Getting ANY recording of CCCP on CD is a challenge for most people. If you find this CD in good condition and at a fair price don't hesitate to get it. It might not be the original recordings, but it's the same old band simply making their songs all over again.


title: I just like the "Gun" song

text: the gun song should be the new AMERICAN ANTHEM!!!


title: Most the songs all sound the same

text: Most the songs all sound the same


title: 5 stars!...If this is the same cd that we're talking about

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I compared the Album Title "Praise & Worship Acapella Praise,"  Hosanna!Music here in Amazon.com with the one that I have in my hand and I'm assuming this is the same one we're looking at. Read on and maybe this might be the same that you've been searching...Please contact the Sellers first before buying to make sure that they are selling the exact same one.  Do not rely on my review alone.

I've heard these songs a very long time ago on a church retreat back in 1994 or 1995 and it was angelic!  Oh how they sing well!  The women's voices along with the men's voices bring such a harmony!  But anyway, I couldn't forget their voices and when I finally decided to buy the cd, it was impossible to find it anywhere because it was no longer on the market.  I found the exact cd with the exact same "Acapella Praise" title on Ebay.  There were no such descriptions (pictures) and no list of songs (as I'm about to write) but I took a chance and bought it anyway and voila!!  To my pleasant surprise, it arrived in better condition than I expected and  I still remember jumping up & down and screaming with joy because after 7 or 8 years of searching, this cd happened to be the exact one I heard on that church retreat.

As I've mentioned before, the cover says "Acapella Praise."
List of songs:

1. All Creatures of Our God and King
2. God Will Make a Way
3. Mourning Into Dancing
4. Amazing Love/And Can It Be Medley
5. Think About His Love
6. Pure In Heart
7. Joy of My Desire/More Precious Than Silver Medley
8. We Lift Up Your Name
9. Crown Him/Crown Him With Many Crowns Medley
10. Great is the Lord

Executive Producers are:  Michael Coleman & Don Moen
Producer:  Jeff Hamlin
Year produced:  1993 Integrity Music, Inc.

I hope this review has been helpful for someone searching for the same music & voices.  Again, I encourage you to contact the sellers (if allowed) and double check with them before making a purchase.

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title: Great Atmospheric Work

text: There is not really much more to add to what was said by the previous reviewer. But what was not mentioned is how much more bonus material is on this disc. The original record (Which I Have) clocks in at 33 minutes. There is 77 minutes of total music on the CD. And I would say less then 5 minutes of the bonus material is filler. All the music is from the same time period also. 1972-1974. I know it's not about quantity, it's about quality. And this CD was worth every bit of the nearly $30 it cost.<br />I found it interesting that Mr. Cacciapaglia Remastered this in 2000 at of all places Abbey Road Studios. The sound quality is superb, and it definitely sounds better then the original record. I wish the album label of the gnomes spinning a wheel was included with the CD Artwork. Highly recommend this. Seems like the CD is hard to get. Hang in there and seek it out!


title: One Star

text: AVOID ONLY 3 SIMILAR SOUNDING TO ORGINAL THEMES NOT ORIGINAL THEMES THE CUZ


title: IF YOU LIKE THE MOVIE YOU WILL LIKE THE SOUNDTRACK CD CLEAR ...

text: IF YOU LIKE THE MOVIE YOU WILL LIKE THE SOUNDTRACK CD CLEAR AUDIO GREAT STEREO MASTERING TOP NOTCH THE CUZ


title: I'll just cut to the chase...

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I'll just keep it simple...
Great things about the movie:
- The effects! Lots of eye candy. I really liked the seismic charges (although in real life asteroids don't really come that close together, but hey it makes for a great flight scene).
- The army of Jedis fighting at the end. That rocked.
- Ewan McGregor. Still a great choice for young Obi Wan Kenobi.
- Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu. Very, very cool.
- The fact that it ties Episode I with the upcoming episodes, especially the origins of Boba Fett and the clones.
- Natalie Portman presented herself as Padme Amidala with beauty and grace.
- Saruman... err... Count Dooku. That guy makes an excellent villain no matter what movie he's in.
Things that weren't so great (or at least funny):
- I'm sorry, but Hayden Christensen just didn't cut it as Anakin. He was in desperate need for Obi Wan to make him write 50 times on the Padawan chalkboard "I will behave like a real Jedi." He took the teen-angst thing WAY too far. A little less jaw-clenching and a little more decent acting would have made Anakin a little more believable.
- The fact that Natalie Portman's clothes conveniently ripped and disappeared throughout the movie, ala Galaxy Quest. That was funny.
- Yoda the Hedgehog. Now in any other scene Yoda IS the Jedi Grandmaster, but I had to keep my 4-year-old (and husband) from laughing too loud during this oh-so-serious scene. I would have liked to have seen Windu take Dooku down with a little of the saber smack.
This movie is worth seeing at the theatre if just for the awesome effects on the big screen. Yes it had its downfalls but if you're at all into the Star Wars chronicles it's a must-see.


title: Great But Not That Great

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Many reviewers seem somewhat overenthusiastic in awarding the musicians here 5 stars for their talented performance of the Violin Sonatas 6-8 also on DG. I am not as enthusiastic however as this performance has various defects similar to the previous one and so is not the absolute best nor a candidate to be in that group compared to other performances.

In terms of giving five stars, I consider performances such as Emanuel Bay's and Jascha Heifetz' as a model 5-star performance and Argerich and Kremer just don't meet that bar by a long shot. I found the perfomance of Kremer and Argerich to be very good but each had similar problems. Kremer follows the piano well but his performance is very conservative and there is very little vibration to the strings which he could and should have allowed to emphasize the romanticism of the piece. Argerich had similar problems in that she tended to mute the keys too soon and so made her performance a rather dry one at various points. Their interpretation of the meter is impeccable and both follow the piece very well with fine, perhaps too fine, precision. It is this over-technical precision on their part that tends to muffle the resonance of the instruments and somewhat remove the romantic aspects of Beethoven's works. In poetic fashion, they don't give the instruments time to breathe and sing; they are quickly muted before they can barely sing a note. This is certainly one of many great performances to own but it is not anywhere near the greatest of them. The sound quality however is state-of-the-art and brings out the music very well compared to some older performances of great virtuosos that are sometimes only in mono.

The performance here is kind of dry and technical more than the pieces require and it does limit their romantic effect. Kremer and Argerich are extremely talented but their perfomance is still beneath those of greats such as Emanuel Bay and Jascha Heifetz for example. It's still a good buy to add to one's collection and pleasing to the ears. I own it and I don't regret its purchase at all: it is simply a more conservative interpretation with less emotion than others on the market.


title: Passable But Not Brendel At His Best

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Although it is nice to have all of Schubert's impromptus, dances, and his Moments Musicaux on one album at an affordable price, I was somewhat disappointed in Brendel's performance and I want my Perrhia back.

Brendel is primarily a virtuoso with Beethoven but Schubert is definitely not out of his expertise as both composers had a lot in common.  I simply was not impressed with this performance at all.  Brendel is conervative in his interpretation and just sloppy with a lot of the pieces.  Murray Perrhia and Radu Lupu are always better choices for Schubert in my opinion and I will probably get theirs while I put this one in the dungeons of my collection.  In addition to the lacklustre performance, the sound quality is not particularly great for this recording.  There are simply better choices to look into first before this one.

Although I am an avid fan of Brendel particularly for his Beethoven piano sonatas, I was rather disappointed with his performance here.  It is rather reserved in its interpretation of the meter and he gets sloppy with some of the pieces whereas the other performers I have mentioned perform these pieces flawlessly.  I wouldn't recommend it as a first choice and find the performance to be a 3.5 more than a flat 3.  It's passable but pretty close to average and nothing more.


title: Pina Carmirelli's Is The Best By I Musici If Not The Best Period

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Although I Musici is certainly one of the best chamber groups in the world for Baroque music if not the best as claimed by Toscanini, there is also a standard of excellence for the violin soloists in I Musici itself over the past 50 years and Michelucci, as with Felix Ayo, is simply not a top contender.  This performance itself is probably one of I Musici's worst ones for this piece.

I must completely agree with the reviewer below, I have not heard one rendition anywhere whether chamber or symphonic that even compares to the absolutely brilliant 1982 performance by I Musici and Pina Carmirelli. It is truly the clearest and most passionate performance available to date. Don't be deceived into buying other performances even if they have skilled violinists such as Perlman or Zuckerman. The latter are specialized in the German Romantic and klezmer traditions of violin and so tend to perform better with Northern European composers from the Romantic period such as Brahms or Wienawski but not with Italian ones generally and Italian Baroque violin pieces least of all! As for performances by great conductors and symphonies such as Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic or Solti and the Chicago/London Symphonies, the orchestral ensembles they use are generally too large for chamber pieces and most of the instruments used are modern. They are also recorded in too large of spaces so the performances sound like Beethoven's 9th instead of a chamber lyrical piece. There are other groups and recordings that are more faithful to Baroque techniques and traditional interpretations but their performances tend to suffer in their lyrical aspects and recording quality. The artists in such chamber groups generally come from academic backgrounds in traditional techniques and instruments instead of professional circles and so are more focused on applying the techniques instead of evoking from them the lyrical mood required by the piece. This results in clumsy and lifeless performances where each musician is so painfully struggling to apply the correct technique to their individual instrument that the entire piece comes out sounding as a cacophony instead of a symphony. Vivaldi was an innovative and demanding composer and this piece is one of the most difficult pieces to perform in the repertoire of music for the solo violin. I Musici have been world acclaimed leaders in performing Italian Baroque for over 50 years and have performed with many of the best musicians in this field. They emphasize more on a passionate Italian Romantic interpretation in its performances instead of a rigid Baroque one but reach a good balance with tradition by performing in the Italian style almost exclusively on Stradivarius instruments and within the size of a small Baroque chamber orchestra. The Stradivarius is the gem of traditional string instruments and really an instrument in and of itself that no other period instrument can even compare to. There are also really no chamber groups in existence that perform on so many Stradivari at once as they are simply too rare and even many professionals simply lack sufficient talent to play one proficiently.

Michellucci's performance is not really impressive in terms of I Musici or even compared to other groups and it is probably the worst rendition of this piece by I Musici.  The best for I Musici if not across the board is its 1982 performance with Pina Carmirelli.  Carmirelli's performance is extremely hard to find these days and sometimes ridiculously expensive.  A close match with Carmirelli's performance and a comparable Italian chamber group is Salvatore Acardo's Stradivarius performance with I Solisti delle Settimane Musicali di Napoli which is available in abundance here on Amazon. Accardo himself had already played several times with I Musici before making his legendary performance with Il Solisti and had cultivated his talent to mastery. That peformance is the only close contender I can think of that comes even close to Carmirelli's passionate and legendary performance. Unless you are interested purely in symphonic interpretations, I would stick to either Carmirelli's performance or Accardo's as an alternative because the quality of their performances is exponentially superior to everyone elses' without question.


title: Best scripture memory

text: My daughter was reciting scripture (and explaining what an amphibian is) before she was even 3 years old because of this record album, and now that she's expecting her first child, I came online today looking for it on cd.  Apparently it isn't available.  Good thing I kept our vinyl copy all these years.  (And it's a good thing I LIKE the music, because some of these songs have been stuck in my head for 25 years.)


title: Wonderful

text: Beautiful music.


title: Looks Awesome!

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I am so excited about the upcoming movie 'Star Wars- Episode II, Attack of the Clones'.  The trailers are brilliant!  The movie seems like a very mature movie compared to 'The Phantom Menace' and defintely a lot darker, I love it already!  'The Phantom Menace' was fantastic, it brought us deeper into the Star Wars world and helped us to feel more involved and knowledgable about the series.  The only problem is, there's only one more left after this (I hope I'm wrong!).  Star Wars is just such an amazing thing, it means so much to so many people around the world.
The name is a little strange, but that doesn't mean that the movie won't be good!  Have a little faith in George Lucas people!  By the way, I am so glad that he chose to direct this series instead of letting someone else take over after the first movie, which is what he did with the original Star Wars series.
Hayden Christensen is a major attraction to the movie.  He is the sexy young actor who is set to play Anakin Skywalker!!!  I just cannot wait to see him in this movie.  He is a very gifted actor and brings a lot of emotion and intensity to the screen.  It was very smart of George Lucas to chose him (a practically unknown actor) over the other stars trying for the role (Leo DiCaprio, etc).  You guys will not be disappointed with him!!!!


title: Crystal Visions: The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks (Deluxe Edition)

text: grate  buy , love  the  dvd that came with  the  cd  ty  play all the way  ty.


title: Bubble Bath Baroque

text: Light some candles, run a bubble bath, put in bath beads, pop this CD into your stereo and indulge in a bath that would mean you've pampered yourself in extremis. This particular recording from the popular Set Your Life To Classical series is a real treat for Bathtime, or in my opinion, anytime. It is indeed, as the title suggests, a relaxing serenade to wash your cares away. It is therapy, a perfect companion to a massage, reading a book, drinking tea, anything you can do alone to pamper yourself and to relax. Iona Brown, a female conductor, takes Sir Neville Marriner's place and conducts the Academy of St Martin In The Fields performing such works as the opening track - the Lute Concerto by Vivaldi as well as Track 4's Largo from the Winter movement in The Four Seasons, track 12's Concerto For Two Guitars by Corelli and the Oboe Concerto in D by Telemann. Also featured on here Oboe Concerti by Handel and Water Music Suite, and other conductors featured on here are Raymond Leppard and his English Chamber Orchestra. The Canon in D has never sounded more radiant than on here as it is conducted by Sir Neville Marriner and closes the CD nicely. A more relaxing way to take a bath you'll be hard-pressed to find. This music is gorgeous, it's affordable (on the Used Item section and the regular price) and is as always, a great intro to classical music and a fun, innovative way to enjoy it.


title: Baroque Music: A Prelude To Sleep

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This album is from the popular series "Set Your Life To Music"
series. The theme for this one is "Baroque For Beauty Sleep" which seems to be a companion to "Baroque For Bathtime". Baroque music, especially the slower movements in many concertos, are exquisite nocturnal pieces that ease the transition from being awake to falling asleep. The beautiful, elegant, slow, graceful music of many of these pieces will definately relax you and even help you fall asleep. It's therapeutic. There are so many reasons one can buy this album. It can help you relax and soothe you, as already mentioned, and it can be played in the background of a message therapy session. It can serve as music for a romantic evening or dinner. And lastly, it hits the spot after a long day and you're ready to visit the world of dreams.
Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances, scored for lute and other Baroque period instruments, is the newest piece on the album. Respighi, a modern composer, was delving into neoclassic music and deliberately evoking the Baroque Era. It works wonderfully.
Naturally, no Baroque album is complete without Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Here is the Largo from "Winter" only it is played on panpipes by the New Age artist Zamfir. The sound is hauntingly beautiful. There is a sonata for flute and harp by Bach, the biggest name in the period and Vivaldi's "L'Estro Armonico" as well as Telemann's Suite in A for Recorder. One particular piece I enjoy and think you will too is the melodic and elegant Concerto Grosso No. 12 by Handel, the slow movement Larghetto E Piano. It is sheer tonal beauty. There is more concertos by Vivaldi, whose use of the flute is always very reflective and dreamy and even a solo aria from a motet of his, the soprano Elly Ameling sings "Nulla In Mundo Pax", a lyrical-coloratura showcase which crowns and concludes this gorgeous album.


title: Great film with a wonderful soundtrack.

text: So glad to have this companion to my Blu-ray release of the the movie. Great soundtrack. Lots of energy!


title: A great remaster and the bonus extras are awesome!

text: A must have for Mike Oldfield fans, if you can find it at a reasonable price.


title: Greatest ensemble of musicians ever!

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Since randomly finding their Stairway to Heaven version on youtube in 2003 I have become a huge fan of the band.  This set me off on a mission to collect all of their albums and dvd's including Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Leningrad Cowboys meet Moses, and their concert dvd's.

Adding this cd set has been a 19 year long quest.  I dont care the jewl case was damaged (more than likely during transit), I can now enjoy their renditions on the road since you cannot purchase the album digitally.

For anyone that loves music, this is the greatest group of musicians to ever come together.

To the seller, thank you for putting this on the market, like I said, I have searched for this set for 19 years and was ecstatic when it poped up on my wishlist, again thank you!


title: Camouflage is the best!

text: I have always love the group Camouflage and as a DJ have a lot of 12" singles on vinyl it is nice to finally have a CD version.  Not mention a bunch of mixes that had not had before!


title: Very Enjoyable

text: A couple of years ago, I saw a video of Shvanie.  So I got the CD for that one.  While I was searching for that, I found this one.  This one is very enjoyable as well.  The songs are very catchy.


title: Good CD from Russia

text: A couple of years ago, I saw the video for the swine song and enjoyed it.  even though I don't understand the language, it is a catchy little tune and roots in my brain.  I forgot about the song until I heard it again in GTA.  AFter finding out what the song was, I decided to get this CD.  I'll have to say that I wasn't disappointed.


title: Five Stars

text: Great


title: Three Stars

text: Good


title: Interesting, but ...

text: Unusual music - interesting, although I had higher expectations. Rather fresh look at this type of instrument, concept and music.


title: Convention 72

text: I had this when I was younger and I lost it so I had to get it again l love it as much as I did then


title: Oldies

text: The songs are great but two songs are not the best but you'll like the CD


title: Imagine that

text: I had this 45 so I had to get it again it's a great song if you like patsy clone get this


title: B.t.I. best of

text: I had this on cassette tape in the 70's it was great then the CD is even better it has songs the cassette did not have


title: Album

text: This is a great album it has the original love will keep us together


title: ... find it so I bought this album it's in great shape just as I remembered

text: My parents owned the album and I couldn't find it so I bought this album it's in great shape just as I remembered it


title: Stars

text: if you like Grandpa Jones and Minnie Pearl you should get this album


title: On Tour

text: if you like Sam The Sham you'll love love this album if your expecting live performances you might be disappointed as this is a studio album  but as an album it is a great album


title: ... of the south not the song by Alabama you'll love this album it has all the songs from the ...

text: Hi if you ever saw song of the south not the song by Alabama you'll love this album it has all the songs from the movie


title: Fonzie

text: I wanted to say that I've had this album since 76 and am listening to it now so if your a fan of Happy Days buy this album


title: Elvis

text: As A Elvis Fan I'd say Today is a Great Album People don't like the concert from 75 but it show's that  Elvis was in a great mood during the concert on today my favorite songs are Trouble, and Susan when she Tried among others


title: See you tonight

text: this is Scotty's 3rd album and what I heard it's better then Clear as Day


title: Five Stars

text: this is and was a great album yes it shows it's age but it's still a great album


title: Entertaining Zappa Production

text:
This is a two stereo LP record set based on but probably not directly taken from the soundtrack of the film “200 Motels”.  The title refers to the many stops Frank Zappa and his group made while on tour.  The album I have is on the United Artists label which states “Produced by Bizarre Productions for United Artists”.

And it is a rather bizarre production including Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel as narrator, the Top Score Singers conducted by David Asch and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Elgar Howarth.  I believe that Frank Zappa composed and orchestrated the score for the Royal Philharmonic.  Some of the song lyrics are a bit on the edgy side.  I always found this album enjoyable but I have greater admiration for other Zappa albums such as “The Grand Wazoo”.


title: Yet another great CD!

text: One more for my Phantom Collection, does not disappoint!


title: Another great rendition!

text: I love collecting all the languages The Phantom comes in.  This one is no different, it's wonderful!


title: Espectacular!!!!!


title: One of the best star Wars films yet.

text:
Episode 1 [wasn't bad]. Jar Jar Binks [was really bad]. The kid who played anakin [was really bad]. But the rest of the movie was still pretty enjoyable. It wasn't the best in the series, but it had to set up five movies, so it's difficult to do that and make it good. Attack of the Clones, the next chapter in the Star Wars saga, tells the tale of Anakin as he's older, now learning to be a jedi. He falls in love with Padme Amidala, now a senator for the plante Naboo. Now, the love story isn't great, but it's not terrible. The romance between Leia and Han was much more interesting in Empire Strikes Back, which is the best of the series. Still, Hayden Christenson, who portrays Anakin in this film, really pulls it off. He's fantastic. There is a scene where you can look into his eyes, see all the hatred, and you know this man will become Darth Vader. That scene gave me chills.
This film also has Jedi's coming out the wazzoo. We get to see them in full swing, using force powers and swinging those lightsabers around. The best scene in the whole movie, as you've probably heard, is when yoda gets his game face on. Him and Count Dooku go at it with the force and later with lightsabers. Thsi scene made the entire audience erupt with cheers.
that's all I'm gonna say aobut the story, but I can guarantee if you disliked Episode 1, you will love this one alot. It feels alot more like the other films in the series, with better writing and better action scenes, this movie just all out kicks... Go see it now.


title: Good music

text: Good music


title: Five Stars

text: My kids love it!!!


title: Great way to start and end your day

text: These prayers are so heartfelt and deep.  It offers a broader prayer than we often can put into words on our own.  I think you would enjoy it as well.


title: Five Stars

text: Classic Marty Robbins.  Need I say more?


title: May Well Be Worth It

text:
As a collector's item, this pricey copy MAY well be worth it.  I never really understand the pricing of these things anyways.  As a classic recording and overall work of art, it's well worth getting, I'd day.  It's a folk-rock classic, albeit a relatively unheralded one.

Now you may find it ironic (if I'm using the word at all correctly) that a record you could buy as a 99 cent cut-out back in the late 60s should suddenly be a collector's item, but there you are. And Judy Henske--whom superstardom has always mysteriously eluded--deserves that much (collector's item status, that is).

Now if ever an old vinyl release deserved to be revived WITH bonus tracks, this is it. I've always heard from folks closer to the artist than I that such tracks exist, and since the "live" set documented here is pretty abbreviated and since Judy Henske was known to be a DYN-O-MITE live performer, more would almost certainly have been better. Purchasers of the vinyl, then, are not getting any less content than those picking it up on CD, although you will be missing Richie Unterberger's informative inside liner notes (on the other hand, Jack Nitzsche's original OUTSIDE liner notes will be in a font large enough to actually read).

It IS nice to have--and something of a testament to Judy Henske's enduring legacy--that this set is also available on CD. It's on the Collector's Choice label, whose very name should suggest to would-be vinyl buyers that they really are dealing in a collectable here.

Seriously, Collector's Choice is known for its re-issues of great, if obscure stuff, in as close to the original packaging as you can get. They don't tend to go the bonus track route, as far as I know. Too bad, in this case. There are only eight songs in toto--and some trademark off-the-wall comic bits (similar to the first Elektra album's routines). As a vinyl album it's just about the right length, but as a CD--even a reasonably priced CD--you feel a little cheated. Which is another reason to go with the vinyl, I suppose.

Whatever the format, the material included here is great--and certainly varied. Judy was probably way too eclectic for the stodgy folk scene of the early 60s. Or maybe she just wasn't marketed right. This record, from '65, could have conceivably caught on had Judy been sold as more of a folk-rock phenomenon, but then the soul covers like "I've Been Loving You Too Long" or the more barrelhouse numbers like "Ace In the Hole" or "Saved" might have put the kibosh on any such effort. Her sensibility was just too roving, her talent too outsized for commercial success. But a cursory listen to a track like "Betty And Dupree" serves as proof positive that Janis Joplin was scarcely the first white woman to rage and burn and tear up the stage. In fact, nearly every late 60s folk or rock queen seems to have taken a page of two from Henske's book, from Grace Slick to Melanie and from Mama Cass to Tracy Nelson.

That this record must like pretty close to Henske's own heart is evident in the fact that in recent years--after her renowned post-Millennial comeback--she re-recorded at least two of DEATH DEFYING'S tracks for a new generation. The more recent versions of "Betty And Dupree" and "Ace In the Hole" are a bit more subdued, but just as authentically "Judy" as the origninals.

And she was and is a true original...


title: When Dorothy Sings...

text:
I met Dorothy Scott through some friends and even hosted a show where she performed.  I knew right away she was doing something unique and perhaps kinda wonderful, but as happens so often when I run a show, I was distracted with the organizational stuff.  I do remember that she pretty much brought her own crowd, all the way from NYC (well, I'm only 70 miles north of there, but still, I didn't expect to have a roomful of urbanites in my little venue).  I promised myself that I'd have to sit down and listen to her CD with the full attention it obviously deserved.

It took me a looong time to actually sit down and do just that, I'm embarrassed to say.  My list of musical must-get-to's is way too long.  But I should have made a point to get into this much, much earlier.  Dorothy Scott's music is indeed unique.  She's been compared to Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Jeff Buckley, lots of greats.  But two artists (and personal faves of mine) I'd compare her to--in less than obvious ways--are Grace Slick and Laura Nyro.  She writes abstract songs, though often with the simplest and most sweetly naive lyrics. You sorta know what she's singing about, sorta not.  Very Nyro-esque in that way.

And vocally, she often seems to edge into a piercing Grace Slick-like vocal (as on the exotic "Ritual"), but here's the twist.  Instead of being primarily kinda edgy (a la Slick), she starts of sweet and, yeah, kind of innocent, so that the sudden sharp edges in the vocal are all the more surprising and delicious.  The volume and the vibrato aren't there, but the intensity is there. And something in the phrasing. It's just the most uncanny thing.

When Dorothy performs live, it IS a true solo, so the relatively elaborate instrumentation on this record are not what you usually get live.  But the arrangements are all really spot on (not ADDED on).  The musicians and production team, from the joyously folksy zydeco of the opening track "Julie" (aka "When Julie Sings") to the controlled dissonance of the title track and the avant-gardery of the snippet "backwards ebow guitar."  Nothing seems false or out of place here.  It's all of a piece.  All just right.

Dorothy Scott is a true American original.  And this record is full of wonder.


title: Nostalgia & Surrealism

text:
I always thought that Burl Ives had the classic "grandfatherly" manner and, by extension, the classic old man's voice.  Of course, if you listen to his earliest tracks, the folksy, general store quality was always there--and the guy couldn't always have been old.  But if you grew up watching and listening to Burl Ives on TV in the 50s and 60s, you just had that image of him, the gentle old duffer with a corncob pipe and a sparkle in his eye.  Who knew he was really a middle aged guy (only in 40s and 50s at that time), singing in a normal sweet, tenor?

By the time this relatively late recording came out, towards the end of Ives' life, he really was singing in an "old man's voice," a bit more worn and weary. By contrast, you could see how supple an instrument his more youthful voice actually was.  Like many aging singers, he selects tunes with themes addressing aging and the passing of time.  Songs like "Time" and "Another Day, Another Year" show a voice that's a bit rougher around the edges, but it serves the texts fairly well, although his timing on the later track seems a bit off.  And on the former track, he doesn't even try to sing pretty: "Time" is just garrulous bark-singing.  Oddly enough, given its theme of an older man trying to figure out all these changes out, it's actually pretty effective.

But on other tracks--and I assume they are all from around the same time period--he has much of his youthful purity.  The title track "Galisteo" is a prime example.  It's a much poppier tune than the folk of his early days, but it's sung in his patented Burl Ives tenor, creating an appealing picture of small town life, New Mexico style.  Really, a charming evocative piece.

Also on this album is one of the weirdest Ives tracks I've ever heard.  "Roll Up Some Inspiration" has that aforementioned garrulous quality present on one or two other tracks.  It's lively enough, but it's as rambling a ramble as you'd ever want to hear.  Actually, it sounds made up on the spot (and just what the heck is "divation" anyway).  If someone told me ol' Burl had been tipplin' a tad just prior to the recording session, I wouldn't be surprised.  But when closes this bizarro number by saying, "Yes, friends, we hope you've enjoyed this little song/ and if you've learned something from it, HOORAY."  Learn something?  Uh, Burl, you didn't SAY anything.  He then slips into a recitation of the poem "Upon Julia's Clothes..."  Pretty surreal stuff for a Burl Ives record.


title: Every Track's a Winner

text:
You know you're getting old when 30 year old pop music still sounds pretty current to you.  Back in '79, I'd chuckle at relatives who'd reminisce about the great tunes of the Big Band Era, and now I find myself doing the equivalent, getting all nostalgic for the likes on "One Way or Another," say, or even "Y.M.C.A."  It's hard to say that the material on this collection hearkens back to a more "innocent" era, but in a way it does.  You can snicker over the various "double entendres" in the latter song, but you also recall it as a pre-AIDS era artifact--and that's going to color your reaction to the tune these days.

It really was another era.  Musically, in fact, it was several competing eras: disco, new wave, arena rock, urban soul.  Music writer John Morthland gives a reasonably comprehensive overview of it all in his necessarily brief liner notes.  Interesting that he begins his mini-essay with Rickie Lee Jones, and winds up devoting more ink to her than almost anyone else.  She was something of an anomaly on the Top 40, if not the music scene in general, yet there was something emblematic of the era in her latter day bohemianism.  The inclusion of her "Chuck E.'s in Love" in this anthology tells us something about the still potent influence of singer-songwriters in general (being compared as she was to Joni Mitchell and her beloved Laura Nyro)and to hipster singer-songwriters in particular (since she was something of a protegee to Tom Waits).

Coolness was the thing in by 1979, and it manifested itself in a lot of ways.  Hippiedom was, if anything, a mildly embarrassing phase that the jaded hipsters of the late '70s may have gone through, but preferred not to talk about.  Morthland reminds us that the ultra-cool sheen of the Cars' Ric Ocaszek and Ben Orr was something none of their friends from their folkie days in a group called Milkwood would likely have predicted.  And we all know that Deborah Harry NEVER wanted to talk about her stint in the hippie band The Wind In The Willows.

Hip credentials were very important back in those days.  I was amused to read Morthland's commentary on the Knack and the groundswell negative reaction to them on the part of the cogniscenti of the day.  Yeah, I'd forgotten all about the "Knuke the Knack" campaign.  It all seems kind of silly now.  But people really were almost obsessed about the issue of that particular group's validity.  Just as they were about Disco.  Looking back with 20-20 hindhearing, we can acknowledge that diverse music scene of the era was basically a GOOD thing.  And whether or not the Knack were mere poseurs, "My Sharona" was a really good song, and "Good Girls Don't" (included here) wasn't so bad either.

In fact, it seems like the punk diehards were much harder on groups like the Knack, who they viewed as co-opting and commercializing their own aesthetic, I guess, than they ever were about arena rockers like Foreigner (the only artists on this collection to represented by two songs--"Dirty White Boy" and "Head Games").  I don't think I've ever owned a Foreigner album, and their kind of formulaic music really did seem obvious to me,  but as arena rockers went, they did have a grittier vocalis (Lou Gramm) than most, and I liked them better.

The African American artists of the era are reasonably well represented on this collection.  Any CD that includes Smokey's elegant "Cruisin'" gets a few extra stars from this corner.  SMOOOOTH.  Disco friendly "come backs" for Ashford and Simpson as well as Peaches and Herb are welcome additions as well.  People forget that when disco numbers were tackled by soul artists, the results were,well, soulful.  I was never quite as enamored of Ray Parker and Raydio's "You Can't Change That" (which I recall a friend mis-hearing as "you can't change sex" ha ha), but it's earned its place in pop history.

When it came to Top 40 awareness in the 1970s, I recall being kind of hit or miss.  I was officially "not into" commercial radio, but then again, you couldn't avoid it either.  However it's clear that, for whatever reason, some years' hits are more familiar to me than others.  I was surprised that I remebmered almost all the songs from this anthology, pretty much regardless of genre.  For whatever reason (and maybe they just weren't regional hits),  I don't recall Peter Frampton's "I Can't Stand It No More," The Babys' "Every Time I Think of You," or "Livin' It Up (Friday Night)" by Bell and James.  I was aware of the acts, of course, but not these particular hits.

And if you go by chart positions, all the tunes included here were indeed "hits."  Not necessarily HUGE hits, however, and that's a good thing.  The most representative songs of a given era were not necessarily to absolute chart toppers.  Of the twenty tracks included here, only the aforementiond tracks by Rickie Lee Jones, Smokey Robinson, Raydio, Peaches and Herb and the Village People, along with Earth, Wind and Fire's "After The Love Has Gone," Hot Chocolate's "Every 1's a Winner," and Nicolette Larson's hit version of Neil Young's "Lotta Love" actually cracked the Top Ten.  But nearly all are memorable in their unique ways, and reflective of a cultural and musical diversity that I kind of miss.  At least, I don't sense it when I turn on the radio nowadays.


title: An "Early" Christmas

text: I happened to "inherit" a slew of Christmas CDs last winter--which is, when you think about it, the ideal time to come into such a haul. Only a very few stayed in the CD player much beyond the actual holiday season, however. The ones that did, though, helped keep me (psychically)warm the whole winter long. They were, also for the most part, recordings in a more or less "classical vein." This effort by the Early Light Consort, turned out to be a real find. This is music of substance, beautifully and intricately arranged. The emphasis here is on "early music" instruments--lutes, flutes, recorders, harpsichords, etc.--hence the group's name. I am hardly an expert, but I believe that very few of the compositions recorded here actually stem from the "early music" era. These are mostly pieces very familiar to contemporary listeners, given "early music" arrangements, and if that's well done, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. In fact, it's very right indeed. There is a kind of warmth and intimacy--a lack of ostentation--associated with this genre, and the members of this ensemble (John Werner, Robert Anders, Jud Barry, Beth Younglood-Petersen, Julie Mascarella and Judith Glaxon Kutt) manifest those qualities beautifully. They keep it subtle and "light" throughout. They are even able to pull off blending "Pachelbel's Kanon" with "Jolly Old St. Nicholas"--which may sound hokey on paper, but comes off beautifully here. A keeper


title: Beauty and Protest

text:
I don't know about you, but what makes political art compelling--when it succeeds at being that--is the passion behind it.  Well, that and the fact that I have to be at least somewhat in synch with the sentiments behind it.  I used to have this debate back in college all the time with self-styled "l'art pour l'art" types.  Yes, some political art and music can be pretty didactic and kind of dreary, but when it works, it can work in strange and powerful ways.  And as far as music goes, hey, if you can sing about about your lover keeping you down, why the heck can't you sing about the system doing the same thing?

I picked up on this CD because I'm a fairly recent fan of the folk duo Magpie (Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino),  who are, in my book, true heirs to the socially conscious folk tradition of the 50s and 60s.  On this live album they join forces with a number of other indie artists, many of whom date back to that very era.  Emory Harris, Marshall and Matthew Jones and Bill Perlman are all veteran SNCC Freedom Singers, and Wazir Peacock who is credited as being a "song leader" for the movement.  There are some great, great voices featured on this record.  When the Freedom Singers, as a group, tackle a classic like "Lucky Old Sun," they captivate.  It's soulful and  soul STIRRING stuff.

Much of the material dates back to the Civil Rights movement--you could say that's the touchstone event for all of these artists, and for Progressive politics in general.  But as the concert progresses, you see connections being made, to Northern Ireland, to Central America, to Gandhi's struggling Colonial India and the Nigeria of the 1990s.  These songs of dissent range from well-known Dylan and Ochs classics to the self-penned numbers by the Freedom Singers and by Magpie's Artzner and Leonino.  Most of it displays the passion I spoke of above, but there's a restraint and dignity to these numbers as well.  And there's a bit of self-deprecating humor here and there as well, especially on the opening cut, "Prophecy of a SNCC Field Secretary"), which mocks the very human tendency to take unwarranted credit for a movement's successes. (This was actually a fairly prophetic skit dating back to '63 and written by Field Sec'y Matthew Jones, in which we're flash forwarded some 30 years into the "future"--I guess that'd be those REMOTE 1990's--and overhear a grandfather trying to convince his young grandson of his vital role in the movement back in the day.

I admit, I could use a little more of that kind of wit on this record, but the politics here, while earnest, are not overly arch.  They are deeply felt, well articulated and, for the most part, beautifully performed.

As Phil Ochs himself wrote, "Ah, but in such ugly times, true protest is beauty."


title: Great music!

text: Bought this album while living in Seoul.  Truly captures the many faces of Korea.  A cultural landscape in music - highly recommend.


title: fortunate find

text: Exactly what I wanted.


title: Bought for a gift.

text: This is my third-time buying this CD cause my CNA's that work for me just love this CD cause I'm playing it all the time and they just wanted their own, so I said I CAN GET YOU ONE, JUST PAY ME.  Course they just end-up getting it as a gift, at least one CNA did.<br />8-)


title: Delivered what was promised

text:
I have been looking for this for along
Time
 I have enjoyed listening to this cd
I’m looking for Chet Atkins goes to the movies


title: Two greats

text: Stevie and his idol. Great blues guitar and a mutual respect. Get the DVD too. It's well worth it.


title: Great album

text: Love the variety of hits on this album.  Love Trace!!


I love these CD's and so does my grandson.  My children listened to the same tunes when they were little.


This is exactly the same album I loved as a young teenager, and much longer into my life.  It was hard to find this album online at a decent price.  The price for this is good. Wrapped very well, and shipped and arrived sooner than predicted.  Thank You!  There is some Japanese language on the names of the tunes.  I sure don't mind, even though I can't find out the names of the tunes.


title: These are not the Gayne Ballet I remember

text: The performance is sterling, but I don't recognize the Gayne Ballet Suite I always used to listen to.  These suites are very different from the ones I thought I was getting.


title: Five Stars

text: Love all these songs.


title: Great, another knockout from JYP

text: Love, love, love


title: i think this is my favorite

text: VIXX does it again, i think this is my favorite album


title: Arthur Fiedler,the Boston Pops and Sam Adams summer ale. How can it get any better ???

text: Wonderful CD,inspiring,made for the 4th of July. My sentiments were not hampered in the least by "sequestration."<br />  Seller was faster than a speeding bullet. Great experience all the way round.


title: like really tiny

text: tiny, like really tiny, and don't know what it's for or does. It is the dark magician girl though.


title: Nice collection

text: Used if for personal enjoyment


title: TERRIBLE CD!!!!!

text: I was hoping for a nice traditional Christmas CD....IT WAS NOT. If I could have listened to a sample of it first...I would have been better off...and would not have bought it.  NOT RECOMMENDED AT ALL....


title: Some Nice Gems

text: Some nice Sinatra gems not readily available elsewhere.


title: Five Stars

text: Good stuff


title: Great CD and In Perfect Condition

text: This is one of Melvin Taylors best albums.  I am very grateful to have it in perfect condition.


title: #4 is great

text: #4 is a stand-alone work....a must! Immediately approachable<br /> I do not have much else from this composer.


title: Not fond of this cd

text: Didn’t like most the songs on this cd


title: Great Performances of Chopin's Nocturnes

text: Artur Rubinstein's performance is unique and just beautiful!


title: CAUTION: Same as Stardust / Vol 2

text:
I haven't heard a CD recording of the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra that I didn't like and this CD labeled "The Best of Merry Makers RSJO" is no exception; great music. My only reservation is that I discovered the tracks are exactly the same as the "STARDUST" CD, Also marketed as "Vol 2":
The Mooch
Crazy Words/Crazy Tune
Stardust
Varsity Drag
Brother Can You Spare A Dime?
Alabama Stomp
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes
Stampede
Lazy Weather
Black Bottom Stomp
Whispering
Miss Annabelle Lee
East St. Louis Toodle-oo
Shake That Thing
Happy Days Are Here Again
Mississippi Mud
Rockin' In Rhythm
Yes Sir That's My Baby
Home
Happy Feet
Too Bad


title: Good quality

text: The albums arrived in good shape. Despite being well packaged there’s a small tear inside the box once opened. Other than than everything is fine. Also it took faster to be shipped than expected.


title: Received wrong product

text: Ordered "Down to the River to Pray" by Allison Krauss, but  received an "accompaniment" CD .  Thought it too much trouble to return and afraid to re-order since I would probably get the same wrong item.


title: Great Roy Orbison show..

text: This is a great product. A DVD as well as a CD.


title: When is Neil Black coming back home to the U ...

text: When is Neil Black coming back home to the U.S.? This album shows what a talented blues master he is and his fellow musicians on this album are equally talented.


title: irish band music

text: alot of piano  accordion playing  toobad they dont play very well  makes you want to hear  paddy noonan or jimmy shand...a waste of money...


title: Three Stars

text: Item was returned.


title: Five Stars

text: grateful I found it!


title: Love, Love, Love!

text: This album is so beautiful...the vocals are simply amazing! The music is so relaxing and I find myself listening to the album over and over. Don't hesitate to purchase!


title: Enjoyable album

text: I have really enjoyed this album...every song is perfect and there is a good mixture of ballads and dance tracks. The groups vocals come together nicely. Would highly recommend.


title: Highly Recommend

text: I bought this album only hearing a couple of the tracks beforehand (Loser, Bang Bang Bang). Rarely do I do this, but what a great choice I made. Every track is a hit in my opinion.  I honestly have not found a song that I do not like on it. Highly recommend!


title: Fun album

text: Fun album...really enjoy listening to it. The album does not stick to just one genre...there's rock, trot, pop, ballad. Kim Heechul doesn't get the credit he deserves for his vocals. He sounds amazing on Moon Crystal.


title: Five Stars

text: Great listening


title: Perfect.

text: Used for a large Hanukkah party. Perfect.


title: Worked well but not perfect.

text:
[[VIDEOID:2f664d7f148abbb7155c0a1ca623024b]] So far I've used this fuel in a few different situations.  I've used them as a fire starter and as fuel to heat food in a makeshift camp stove.  To use them in the camp stove I quartered the puck, and added 2 quarters to a can with holes punched in it.  I found that breaking them up a bit created a hotter fire, but this also decreased the burn time to about half (10-15 minutes of a very hot fire).  This worked fine for my purpose of heating my food.  As a fire starter, they work well.  Even 1/4 brick has enough burn time and heat to get everything going.  I found the burn time and temperature to be accurate to the advertised 20 mins at 700+ degrees.  At the core of the fire, my IR thermometer maxed out at 1000 degrees.

I have 2 minor gripes with the pucks that prevented it from being a 5 star product.  The first is lighting the puck.  I really thought it would be easier, it takes a lighter being held on an edge for 5-10 seconds to get the fire starter going steadily.  I was able to light the puck in cold blowing conditions but it took about 30 seconds.  I would need 5-10 seconds of constant contact from the lighter and it was a bit difficult when the wind gusted.  However, once the puck was lit, it did extremely well in the wind and would not blow out.  When I tested the product, it was 28 degrees with 10-20 mph wind.  While these are difficult conditions for any fuel, I feel it's the perfect test because these are the conditions when it's most important for items like this to work well.
My other gripe is the sooty smoke that is emitted.  It's cleaner than wood but obviously not as clean at liquid fuel.  This is kind of a given, but worth mentioning.  It doesn't have a terribly foul smell but like any smoke, it's undesirable.

I received these fuel pucks at a discount in exchange for testing and reviewing the product. I stand by my review and do not give discounted products great reviews if they do not deserve them. I count on honest reviews when making purchases as much as you do!


title: Five Stars

text: Wonderful music I enjoy very much


title: great

text: good music as i thought it would be


title: WARNING - This IS an ABRIDGEMENT

text: I have no idea how Amazon gets away with calling this unabridged, because it most certainly is an abridgement.  If you are looking for the WHOLE story, like me, you will be sorely disappointed.


title: Authentic product

text: Authentic product


title: Authentic product

text: Authentic product and was packaged well


title: Great oldies

text: I like the oldies it’s what I got


title: At Last!

text: My mom purchased this on cassette in the 90s and I listened to it for many years in her vehicle when we went shopping on the weekends. I've been wanting to get this on CD for the last 3 years, so I am very happy to have this in my collection, at last. If my mom was still alive, I would have gotten her a copy as well. My favorite collection is on Disc 2 (Tracks 3, 9, 17, and 21 are some examples), but growing up, cassette 2 was the only one my mom had in the cassette player in the car. It will be nice to hear the rest of the pieces and develop more favorites. Thanks!