title: a high energy yet haunting musical entry from poet Derrick Brown

text: The John Wilkes Kissing Booth broke up in the early aughts, and released only one CD, "Goodnight Machines," the legacy of the band lives on with the band's lead singer, Derrick Brown. Brown was already a well-known performance poet when the band formed, and ultimately chose to pursue poetry as his main focus. This lead to the creation of Write Bloody Publishing, his acclaimed and extremely popular publishing for spoken word. And fans of his poetry -- perhaps especially his live performances -- will find a lot of like on this CD. As the main lyricist, Brown's poetics are all over this city, as is his effective use of his falsetto. It has a wonderful quality of making one feel grounded and amped -- sort of an energizing thoughtfulness. It's the type of CD which begs to be attached to a time period of your life, so that when you hear a song you go, "Oh my gosh -- that road trip!" or "That winter I didn't have heat!" or "That bastard who broke my heart!" not that I associate the CD with any or all of those examples. If you are fan of Derrick Brown, I would highly suggest buying this CD to complete your collection. You won't be disappointed.


title: McCarthy Absolutely Charms (Despite Less Than Perfect Audio)

text: Let's just lay out some facts here: Fact #1: Live poetry recordings are hard to get right. Too much audience and the poet gets swallowed. Too much microphone and it sounds like the audience is on the other side of the cave. Untrained sound guys can accidentally lead to fuzz or pops or tracks with varying volumes. It's tricky business to put together a really technically solid live spoken word CD. Fact #2: Jack McCarthy's thoroughly engaging charm and undeniable talent will trump most any errors to be found. In "Breaking Down Outside a Gas Station," we get a wonderful slice of Jack McCarthy's poetry. I dare you to listen to this CD without smiling -- it's impossible. McCarthy is having such a fun on stage telling his stories and making his quiet and important points. The audio isn't terrible by any stretch (in fact some tracks sound GREAT), but it isn't perfect, which is what I'd want for McCarthy's work -- to not be distracted even for a second. But with some many wining pieces on this CD, including the transcendent "Neponset Circle," it's easily forgiven. And if there was a big flaw on this CD is that's it's not a "Volume One" -- I wish there was at least a half dozen more of these CDs. Here's hoping there are more coming down the pike. I'll be the first in line to buy it.


title: Eclectic! Absurd! 100% Shappy!

text: Back in Chicago, future National Poetry Slam champion Shappy Seasholtz used to attend any open mic he could. At the comedy open mikes, he was known as "the poet"; At the poetry open mikes, he was known as "the comedian." This CD proves how brilliantly Shappy can straddle both worlds, using humor as a spotlight to showcase everything wrong and sometimes right in his pop culural saturated words. This mix of live performances, staged reading and musical verse is a "basement mixtape" of sorts. The crowd reactions, sound quality and drunkeness of the poet varies from track to track, but Shappy's unstoppable manic talent and vast nerd knowledge shine through. This CD includes crowd favorites, such as "Butterfly," "Sensitive Little Poetry Boy" and "The Infinite Darkness" along side cult b-sides like "Crunchberries," "The Aesthetics of Pimping" and the Lollapalooza staple, "NRRRRRDZ!"


title: Too Bad it's their only album

text: Too bad no producer or manager took these guys under their wings.  If you've heard the Introducing the Beatles album (with Taste of Honey), this album compares for young talent and potential, given the differences in genre and time period.  Good songwriting ability.  Good production.  Good harmonization.  Not the expected chord changes: inventive.  Very worth having.  4 stars, yes, but I wouldn't say it's their fault for missing 5 stars, really.  Their lyrics are smart and well-crafted, but they reflect a theology that's a bit superficial and their persuasiveness doesn't follow the Biblical pattern (say, the book of Acts sermons).  Again, what group DOES adhere to this standard, I wonder?


title: Don't Judge a Show by It's Recording

text: This is a sweet and fun show with a sweet and fun score -- it plays beautifully. Unfortunately, this recording is so bad that it actually does a disservice to the author and the material. Instead of recording the Cabrini College (?) cast, the producers would have been wiser to get professional performers in a studio for an afternoon. The vocals are under rehearsed and off-key much of the time. This effort is amateurish at best. If you are considering doing a production of this musical, please don't let this recording dissuade you.


title: Great! But you need to change the RPM

text: My husband introduced me to this band, and I rly enjoy this album! It is exactly what is advertised, artwork and record color are accurate. My only dislike is that you have to adjust the RPM to listen to it; which means I can’t enjoy the first song fully until that is situated. Overall tho, great buy!

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title: Track List 4 U

text:
1. Intro
 2. We Like to Party
 3. Cheddar Cheddar
 4. When We Gonna Stop
 5. Groove on
 6. Can I Get My Flow on
 7. It's 2 Late
 8. L. A. Love
 9. Warm Tonight
 10. Skit
 11. Mo Funk
 12. Get Yo Party on
 13. Flow on part II
 14. O F S
 15. I Still Love You
 16. Hey Baby Hey


title: Five Stars

text: Boy that drummer is good...


title: all the songs we love

text: all the songs i like and good price


title: Five Stars

text: brand new in package fast shipping great price


title: Do the Velvet Teen fans know about this?

text:
This album, which features a very young Judah Nagler (now of Velvet Teen) is one of the best ska albums you are likely to run across. Great playing from the whole band, and some very fun and memorable tunes from songwriters Judah and Joshua.  Judah's great vocals are especially noteworthy, and he sings (and writes) in a completely different style here than on the Velvet Teen albums.

Too bad that, like most teenage garage bands, this one self-destructed before they were able to make a second recording.


title: It's good

text: I originally bought this thinking it was the soundtrack. My choir will perform this song. They really like it. Repeat...read carefully, it's a listening CD. The entire compilation is a country western type musical to help kids learn about God.


title: Divine or sublime?

text: German musician Guenther Paust produces yet another aural masterpiece. Like all of the CDs that 'The Music Ensemble of Benares' has offered up to the table of music, this is no different; Indian Classical Music at its absolute best, it really doesn't get much better than this. One notable reason for the mastery is undoubtedly the array of established musicians that contributed to this divine offering: Prakash Maharaj - Tabla, Shivanath Mishra - Sitar, Krishna-Ram Chaudhary - Shahnai, Vikash Maharaj - Sarod and Paust on Tanpura together combined to offer three sublime compositions: RAGA HANDSADHWANI: Alap; Jor; Jhala [18:08], RAGA HANDSADHWANI: Gat (Slow) Rupak (7 Beats); Gat (Fast) Rupak (12 Beats) [28:48] and SAPNA (DREAM) [12:55] this music will surely be appreciated by all whose ears are ready to hear the divine. Sadly, however the demand has exceeded the production and these CDs are getting rarer - clearly those who managed to get one are not letting go of theirs! If you want to learn more about The Music Ensemble of Benares and their other released please visit their website. Thank you.


title: ::: Beautiful composition :::

text:
I got familiar with this CD after getting a recommendation from Enya's fan.
The only similar thing I found between Secret Garden and Enya is the Celtic roots.
Secret Garden music is more an instrumental pieces than songs. In their web site, they describes their creation as "music to a film not yet seen". I think it a perfect definition to the experience you have when you listen to this CD.
This album is a special compilation album that was released in the US. The album is a selection of tracks from Secret Garden's former three CDs, including one new bonus track called "The Present" from the Korean film with the same name.
I found it very emotional, enchanting and relaxing. Gentle, moody rhythms and colorful sound that combined together into a musical kaleidoscope. Beautiful spiritual journey.


title: Moscow, late 1980's

text: Good music often defines a time and place better than words.


title: Some of Cher's absolute best!

text:
When Cher left MCA records (and Sonny) to branch out more on her own, the results were some of the best singing and music of her entire career.  Stars is a wonderful, piano-based, L.A. pop rock '70s classic.  Her reading of the title track is wonderful.  I wish that it had contained "A Woman's Story" (produced by Phil Spector) but that's the only complaint I'd give it.  Next up was "I'd Rather Believe In You", with the one-two punch of "Long Distance Love Affair" and the title track; I think, the best two songs in her career (well...  there is "All I Really Want to Do" and "Believe"...)  Finally, I was apprehensive when she returned to Snuff Garrett for Cherished, but even then she adds to her "swarthy trilogy" with "Pirate" and "War Paint and Soft Feathers"!

I have no idea why Cher and/or Warner Brothers has never released these discs, but thanks to the good folks at Lost Diamonds Records, we have this trio of top-notched albums, plus their earlier release of Allman and Woman (with, of course, Greg Allman).  Thank you, Lost Diamonds.  Cher fans: here's your big chance!


title: Florida Guitar Army indeed !!!!

text: I was at this one for my birthday and the boys never let me down. These live Outlaws releases are the real thing and a big plus is the customer service is first rate.


title: No dark side here

text: What can you about one of greatest recordings of all time . The disc was in excellent condition .


title: Steely Dan Played by Woody Herman Holds Up

text: Woody's band is always crisp, tight, top notch. This  1978 cd of mainly Steely Dan pieces arranged for big band, holds up remarkably well in 2020, with a minimum of corniness. Great solos by Frank Tiberi (tenor sax), Bruce Johnstone (baritone sax), etc.<br />  Recommended.


title: STREAMS THE WRONG ALBUM

text: The streaming is not the Freedonia album w/ Christopher Cross.


title: Awesome

text: It's NCT Dream, so you know it's going to be good!


title: Not worth the money

text: Nothing new here that hasn't already been released before, except for a few foreign language tracks. Don't waste your time. Only 2 stars because the MOTU music is great but no She-Ra episode tracks. Stick with the La-La Land release.


title: good old heavy metal

text: smassing as always.


title: Cool country

text: My favorite Wilco album since Sky Blue Sky. Bravo.


title: Great Compilation!

text: Excellent collection of rare tracks (I’ve Collected for decades and only found 2 duplicates out of 30 really fine tracks!).


title: No tracking available but it made it!!!!

text: No tracking available but cd arrived a day ahead of estimated delivery window. Very pleased cd is new and official product. Worth the wait.


title: Faith Healer

text: I never understood the need for him to do a cover of "Delilah", but I love the guy none the less. In any event, "Faith Healer" makes up for any other bad choices.


title: Great CD: Fans should get this recording!

text: Not sure what the other review was about, with 1 star.  This CD is great & has some fantastic & different compositions of songs that fans already enjoy.  I listen all the time.


title: needed DIRECT signature

text:
Product was sent DHL; they wanted a DIRECT signature (usually only booze needs it) which usually is (and this time WAS) a royal pain in the ass. They only make TWO tries (FedEx makes 3). I ended up driving 20 miles to grab it.

Recording is excellent.


title: ELEVATED ATYPICAL RESONANCE

text: My first indepth exposure to this kind of performance, and its intentional necessary passions beneath, behind, and on the scenes. Such energy to pull off these masterful compositions of music and voice! thanks, all!


title: Brillant Storytelling should be required for middle school through university

text: This is one of the best books I have read on the great Black Migration. The writing is user friendly and engaging, the story is thoughfully told and written in such a way, that you can read short chapters and not feel overwhelmed. The information and reflections are priceless and the research is thorough. She is such a talented writer, I can see why she has won the Pulitzer Prize. I think this book should be recommended for upper division history, and literature courses. It is a project-sized book or there are any number of ways to introduce this history to middle school to university students. Brilliant and appreciated work.


title: One of Leehom's Best

text: I think this is easily Leehom's best album. The second track, "Mistake in the Flower Field," alone, makes the whole album worthwhile. It has quickly become my favorite song of all time. Everything about it is perfect, and not a single note can be made better. This album is also unique because it probably has the strongest "chinked-out" flavor.


title: Supremely intelligent, indomitable

text: Supremely intelligent, indomitable, feisty, highly energetic, but brutally honest woman with herself and others.  A pleasure to read as she overcomes numerous obstacles, anyone of which would have stymied dozens of other people.


title: Early Psalm Settings

text: These are beautifully sung polyphonic settings of various psalms in French.  The disc could use a little more variety - the overall effect is quite sober.  Recommended mostly for early music enthusiasts.  The current price at Amazon is silly - the disc can be had for around $10.


title: Great Set Of Impromptus

text: This 2-disc set includes Schubert's complete Impromptus, the 6 Moments musicaux, the 3 Klavierstucke from D. 946, and two sets of German dances.  The performances by Alfred Brendel were made in the early 1970's, with clear and rich analog sound.  For me, Brendel is a great interpreter of these works, providing both excitement and poetry in this repertoire.  Buyers should also consider Perahia and Lupu in the Impromptus, but if they choose this set they will not be disappointed.  Highly recommended!


title: Three Stars

text: I enjoyed it


title: Peaceful

text: This is a wonderful collection that really builds a mood- they aren't kidding around when they say it's for bedtime- You feel so peaceful.  If you want my advice, go up and listen to the first sample "Concerto for  Guitar in D major: Largo."  It'll sort of remind you of the music from  the Princess Bride.  If you like that- you'll really appreciate the entire  album (although there are other instruments).  Just wonderful!


title: total chill

text: relaxing beyond compare


title: IT'S GORGEOUS!!

text: I had heard a rendition of Scheherazade on TV, recognized it, and thought "I haven't got a CD of this piece! I went to my computer, tried to find the same one I had heard from the Chamber Music Orchestra of Lincoln Center, which was lovely. Couldn't find a copy, so went to the reviews by Amazon buyers, and ALL recommended this version most strongly. I still went ahead and purchased other versions (not as good), and played the heck out of it. It's gorgeous, that's all I can say! Sorry, I can't sound like a professional musicologist, but like most of us simple-minded people, I KNOW WHAT I LIKE! A prospective buyer will not go wrong with this recording! AND, the seller was super-speedy!


title: Lively, cheerful music

text: I thought I wouldn't like Okinawan music, but these CDs have lively, cheerful music for the most part.  It's my favorite Okinawan music that I have heard (which isn't too much!).  My elderly Okinawan friend loves it.


title: Has NO ONE at all Listened to this Music?

text: The album Hombre by Los Latigos is so close to being perfect rhythmically and harmonically as in the early Brian Eno rock that for me and never redundant, that yes  it is perfect; with tonality and the vocalist's voice like a bright water colour nothing muddy or even slightly blurred, all precise but not computerized not inhuman,  and with the felicity of notes logically unfolding refolding within their music, Los Latigos, you notice is making fun of themselves not making fun of themselves it is all glorious fun.... pure in key and chord while always just maybe "bending" all the rules.  Hombre is as addictive as happiness and far more accessible;  you can hear the silence between notes and it bounces around.  maybe you notice I cannot describe this because there is nothing else like Hombre and I have been in their thrall for 15 years.  its late i am tired but more so i am fed up that there is not one review here, good bad or indifferent;  at least listen to the first track.  you will know right away if this music is for you or not.  very very unique.  exquisite and intelligent and humorous and no i do NOT know spanish. Humorous in musical ways.  Hombre means man,  so oh man why arn't there more reviews? "taxi taxi" "Qual es tu rock?"  See? i do know some of the lyrics


title: About the band

text:
Pito Pérez is a Mexican rock band originaly from Guadalajara, Mexico.

The band took its name from the novel La vida inútil de Pito Pérez from Mexican author José Rúben Romero. They started out playing in Puebla and bars around Guadalajara. In 2001 they won the Hard Rock Stage contest and won a record deal and US$10,000.


title: forever overlooked and under rated and forever ahead of the the time

text: and where i got my amazon name andmooreagain ;arthur please forgive me stole it from you! and i always wanted to tell you how i was dancing to the song where you say "i believe in ma.a.a. gic why because it is so quick" and i pointed dramatically at my poor rubble of a room and my friend Elizabeth and i watched because at that very moment all my dusty dead ancient Xmas lights come right back on then while i still was pointing and you were just finishing the verse with that word QUICK  This is not a LIE NOr is it  EXXAGERATION  Glad someone was there who also had a stunning moment  because You are a magic man my number one 60s singer with gypsy violins and ironic lyrics of an intelligence no one could understand in those drugged haze days  but i knew!!!!!  Lyrics such as  i thought i was invisible you said i was out of sight those lights then  stayed on for 3 years after that  till my dog ate them AND!! Thanks for telling Jimmi how to dress!  Well the snot has caked against my pants it has turned into crystal  that is explained away quite well in the liner notes still we live to  spawn right?  Nor will Stephanie forget i am sure. love you arthur lee!!!


title: Ms. West at her PEAK!

text: As a fan of Ms. West, this record has everything that I love about her... Humor, delusion, and singing!  Great stuff.


title: NOBEL PRIZE

text: With Bob Dylan's recent Nobel Prize, decided to replace some of my beloved but beat-up recordings. Item as described, timely delivery.


title: Incredibly Haunting, yet it need not be.

text: To speak of images conjured, speaks of what elicited for oneself, though there must be a thread that most of the Occident and dominions shall find touching in many different ways.  Best listen now; best listen when one's mind in need a trajectory of memory and Other Memory has the veil pulled back in this vale of memory and memory restored, memory broken.


title: Beatsongs and Swagger are also great!

text: It's hard to believe a record with as much beauty and power, such as this one, has gone totally off the radar. It's marvellous and poetic rock. Download  Open or Broken & Mended  for a taste. Beatsongs and Swagger are also great!


title: Best Album of 2018!

text:
I have been in love with this album since I first filmed the band recording it last year for our upcoming Sarah Shook & the Disarmers documentary What It Takes: film en douze tableaux. As they meticulously laid down the tracks, as Shook turned in sneering, sizzling vocals, as Eric Peterson bent his guitar neck to points from which I thought it night not return, as John Howie Jr redefined the art of drums in alt-country, as Aaron Oliva brought almost a jazz feel to the proceedings with his upright bass, and as Phil Sullivan traded steel licks with Peterson answering every one of Shook's sneers with one of his own, my crew and I knew we were witnessing a miracle.

There isn't a song on Years that won't grab you by the throat and slap you with a line of two that'll make you realize what a great songwriter Shook is.  Instead of going through song by song, buy the record and experience it from start to finish (as all great albums should be experienced -- really sit with headphones, press play and for 37 minutes immerse yourself in a work of art).  And every time you think it can't get any better, there's another track that comes on...and by the time you're at the half-way point with What It Takes, and the thrilling duel between the strings of Peterson and Sullivan you'll be crying from the sheer emotional excitement.  And then Shook ends it all with the title track, slapping you in the face one more time.  "Baby it's been years since I knew how to move you," she sings on the coda,  But sorry, no, you're wrong there, Shook.  Every note on this emotional roller coaster of a record moves us, kills us just a little with its brilliance, then brings us back to life again with the promise of another song. It's life support in a time of posers and gutless rock and roll.  And yes, to me it's rock and roll as much as it is country, alt-country, whatever you want to call it.  It's just freakin' great.  And it rocks me to the core of my very soul.


title: "Hair" is Top Notch

text: As I kid, my dad played James Last's 'Hair' album endlessly - - - and all these years later, it is every bit as amazing as I remember it.  WONDERFUL.


Real disappointment and the sound quality was awful. I thought I was going be hearing some good remastering and instead I tossed the thing.


title: Excellent recording and performance, Chet at his best

text:
I've had this CD for a long time, hopefully its not out of print as it is one of his best. Chet was a lifelong junkie and his recordings vary in quality because he often recorded things just to get some money, most are still great regardless but this one is special as Japan had very strict drug laws and Chet had to go on Methadone for the whole trip and did some of his best playing ever on this album. The whole band was top notch and Chet played some of the most lyrical pretty solos I've ever heard by any trumpet player bar none. He was not a power player who went for high notes or tried to blow you out of a room, he went for melody. Chet was only a rudimentary reader hence he always played by ear and never played the same song the same way twice so his recordings are always fresh even if he does tunes from when he was young. He does do a few on this album but also brings new material to it. He even did an Elvis Costello composed tune called Almost Blue which he owns right from the start. Another one he does is called Arborway which was written by a 24 year old Brazilian by the name of Rique Pantoja in which chet plays a beautiful long solo which builds perfectly and waxes and wanes over about a three minute period, it reminds me of a butterfly getting buffeted about by a gentle breeze. This double album, 11 song CD is Chet at his best live with one of his best bands which included Harold Danko on piano, Hein Van Der Geyn on double bass and John Engels on drums.

Reviews: John Vinocur of The New York Times praised the album, saying "The performances are remarkable because they take in, at the highest level, everything that people said Chet could do - play ballads with almost painful, poetic eloquence - and what many said he could not: blow hard and tough enough so as to make the trumpet sound its essence."

Rick Anderson of AllMusic said the album "shows him to have still been in complete control of his musical faculties, playing not just beautifully and well, but with energy and even speed despite his deteriorating health."

This album was recorded 11 months before his death from a fall from an Amsterdam hotel window which appears to have been accidental.
Highly recommended for any jazz fan or Chet Baker fan, also a good first album for anyone wanting to get acquainted with Chet's music.


title: Timeless music.

text: Disappointed in one three tracks... but love AP.


title: Five Stars

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title: Used

text: It is okay but it is used


title: The only song I know is Lawdy Miss Clawdy

text:
Since Amazon doesn't provide song lists, I went by the first and largest review.  It said the C
the CD also had Stagger Lee, Where Were You on our Wedding Day, and other hits that are
are not on this album.  It is just a bunch of songs I have never heard of.


title: received album quickly

text: The cover was in fairly good condition.  The vinyl itself was not as good as I expected.  Side one had more scratches and static than I would expect for  good rated. Side two was in much better shape.  Over all I was satisfied with item.


title: Beautiful singer

text: Amy Lee is a beautiful singer. Great.


title: Great

text: I love Amy Lee. This is great


title: Part 2 of the "Essential" series.

text: An excellent slice of Larry's more relevant work. This collection from the "essentials" series also contains some previously unreleased songs....Sweet Silve Angels, God, part 2( my personal favorite) and "people in my past" as well as old standbys like Readers Digest and Why should the devil have all the good music. We'll worth picking up for the collector and the new fan!


title: GREAT acoustic album!

text: This is one of the BEST live solo LArry Norman albums I have heard. This was obviously recorded straight off the soundboard and contains a few slightly different takes on LArry's classic songs. HIGHLY recommended for the new LArry Norman listener. It is also great for the long-time collector!


title: george strait is always great

text: dosen't matter if it's 2 song's or 32 song's george strait is the best! it's worth it for the two great song's!


title: great

text: good rap


title: Won't burn your ears

text: This is a great little album. I knew it was a hit when my two year old sat still for a half hour straining to hear the lyrics -- astonishing. Even more surprising, my husband and I really enjoy it too. Sweet when it's trying to be sweet, funny when it's trying to be funny, toe-tapping all the way through, I highly recommend it.


title: Cool product! Came damaged so would reccomend safer shipping

text: I love Taylor Swift. So happy they came out with a special addition cassette for her 6th album. Mine came with a crack on the case so I would say to pad it a bit more when shipping. I should replace it but I don't think I'll ever get rid of it or try to sell it. So it's ok.


title: Fun Popera

text: Tragic, fun and well told. You can picture the tears, the despair and the terrifying stunts as the plot thickens. You may connect to one of the characters.


title: Breathtaking

text: This is a well-filled disc of lesser-known Schumann in superlative performances by Dominique Merlet, one of the great French piano teachers who is highly regarded for his immaculate technique.  Full, rich recording.  Well worth seeking out for pianophiles and music lovers in general.


title: Five Stars

text: Great CD!


title: Fine CD recordings of old favorite hymns.

text: The seller was very careful and precise and helpful in placing this order. The CD arrived in excellent condition and in a timely manner. I am enjoying this CD. It is uplifting and inspirational. Thank you.


title: Five Stars

text: Came as wanted. Thanks


title: Amazing prog metal with drum machines

text:
This band has been a mainstay on the central NJ Halloween party scene for literally DECADES and it's great to see their material finally released commercially.

Highly recommended.


title: one of my favorite groups. . .

text: . . . in one of their most excellent albums.  Highly recommended.


title: A great pianist does well by Beethoven

text: Glenn Gould has had a complicated relationship with Beethoven -- amply borne out here by some of the strange choices of tempo for some of the movements.  Nonetheless, this is a wonderful piece of work, and people like me who believe<br />Glenn Gould is one of the most remarkable artists of the last century will -- overall -- love his work on these Beethoven (acknowledged) masterpieces.


title: Great songs by a wonderful singer who believed what he sung.

text: Enjoy all the songs, by a wonderful singer.


title: 3.5 Stars, Great Psyche Synth Cerebral music

text: I just listened to this, I got it on vinyl based on the cool back cover that shows Holland with a modular Moog synth. The album is good the first side is good but the lyrics don't seem to be very positive. The 2nd side gets really orchestral and it is what is the best part of the album, because the synth and oboe and other reed instruments interact and there is some great feel that happens that can only happen with some good modular synth music. Sounds more like 70s than 80s but it is very very good. I would rate side one 2.5 stars and side 2 3.5 stars. If you're into cult classics that have lots of synth stuff in them, not synth pop but synth music, this may be a rare find for ya.


title: Some of the best music ever produced

text: This is a Grammy worthy cd


title: Classy thoughtful blend of free jazz and mainstream

text: Locksmith Isidore if bass clarinetist Jason Stein's trio with Jason Roebke on bass and Mike Pride on drums, playing a classy thoughtful blend of free jazz and more mainstream improvisation, music that would fit in well at a jazz club or art-house performance space. Stein has a strong woody tone that permeates the recording, while Roebke and Pride create a shifting and continually moving foundation that simultaneously supports and challenges the leader. They play with a light touch that keeps the music agile throughout. The faster tracks move in a quicksilver fashion with the musicians performing as a unified organism, while the slower and spacier improvisations allow more opportunity for individual expression. "Arch and Shipp" seemingly dedicated to Archie Shepp and Matthew Shipp is a highlight, acknowledging Shepp's earthy growl and Shipp's icy spaciousness and combining them into a lengthy and fascinating exploration of modern jazz, past and present. Wrapping up with the live track "Miss Izzy" the group goes full out with a tasty collective improvisation that draws on inner strength, and projects it outward in a strong and aggressive manner. Stein plays a demanding instrument in a unique and individual way. Eric Dolphy and David Murray have made definitive statements on this instrument and Stein seems well on his way to making truly memorable music as well.


title: always looking for new great music

text: a person i just meet turned me on to this band....so i had to have the cd.....i love it....real.rauchy, upbeat and catchy.....music like i like it......loud....fast ...rules.....can't wait to buy their other cd's.


title: A legendary live band in the NYC area in the ...

text: A legendary live band in the NYC area in the 1970s, they made several albums of a unique blend of Celtic rock, mixing an occasional traditional Irish song in with their own originals. Saw them live opening for Jefferson Airplane at an outdoor festival one summer. Think it was 1971 or no later than 1972. Am not familiar with their other albums, but this one would be hard to surpass.


title: Just plain amazing

text: There's no voice like this angel of God has.  And her lyrics are amazing and touching, reaching straight into the heart.  What an absolute blessing.  This is my 7th purchase of this CD (I give them as gifts now), and I previously had to NAVIGATE through all sorts of stuff to finally get to a place where I could actually purchase her recordings.  Even then, I had to go through the trouble of converting American dollars to the currency they would accept.  Thanks to Amazon, I can now order her beautiful gifts of music with one click.  Amen.


title: Touching and inspirational

text: There's no voice like this angel of God has.  And her lyrics are amazing and touching, reaching straight into the heart.  What an absolute blessing.  This is my 7th purchase of this CD (I give them as gifts now), and I previously had to NAVIGATE through all sorts of stuff to finally get to a place where I could actually purchase her recordings.  Even then, I had to go through the trouble of converting American dollars to the currency they would accept.  Thanks to Amazon, I can now order her beautiful gifts of music with one click.


title: Beautiful

text: There's no voice like this angel of God has.  And her lyrics are amazing and touching, reaching straight into the heart.  What an absolute blessing.  This is my 7th purchase of this CD (I give them as gifts now), and I previously had to NAVIGATE through all sorts of stuff to finally get to a place where I could actually purchase her recordings.  Even then, I had to go through the trouble of converting American dollars to the currency they would accept.  Thanks to Amazon, I can now order her beautiful gifts of music with one click.  Amen, amen.


title: Forgotten jewel

text: This is a most remarkable and enjoyable CD. The singer is great (Aurea) and the songs are varied and always surprisingly interesting. With great elaborate lyrics, without disregard for rhythm and variety, the composer (Rui A Ribeiro) runs the whole gamut. Busy (For Me): the suffering of rejected love; Don't you Dare To Touch Her: a tale of personal frivolity and selfishness; The Star: a beautiful woman trapped as a trophy in a unhappy relationship;  Scratch My Back: about  someone who is irresponsible with his time and obligations; Goodbye Song: a beautiful ode to the end of a love in a clear and mature way, looking forward; Nothing Left To Say: a departure song after a love was spent and finished; If You're Good To Me: a happy rock-style song about love and reciprocity; Look At Me Now: a tale of resilience and survival after a damaging relationship; Do What's Best For You: an invitation to get over problems and personal affirmation; Twice Upon A Time: a wise and alive song about the real facts of a relationship over time; Watch And Learn: watching a partner go for success; Just Like You: a celebration of a mature and supporting relationship; Start Over: an exhortation to try again, to persist in life; Okay Alright: delicious reggae beat about joy in love and life.  Endless fun (and wisdom...) In Brazil I got a CD/DVD pair with six other pieces by Rui Ribeiro in the DVD (great show at the Lisbon Coliseum). If in doubt listen to some songs at YouTube.


title: IT'S BETTER TO FALL THAN NEVER TO DANCE AT ALL Pam ...

text:
IT'S BETTER TO FALL THAN NEVER TO DANCE AT ALL
Pam Mark Hall is back. The multi-talented gospel artist from decades ago has returned to us with a seasoned and original collection of poignant and pointed tunes, sure to cause an urge - to those willing to take a deep listen - to stop, look around, and ponder what has become of their lives. Pam takes us on her own personal journey of where she has come from, where she is now, and where she continues to "dance" to. Dance, you ask? The title of the album, "Mangle the Tango," is a bold and beautiful statement of dealing with life that Pam challenges and encourages us to take. At a recent house concert she made the simple but honest assessment, "My life didn't turn out the way I thought it would." She then turned the tables and asked the audience if their lives had. This album is in a way the document of her life.....so far. Be warned. This is not your daddy's "Jesus music." With a mature voice that speaks from layers of experience, Pam invites the listener to her 'middle-age conference' with an exquisitely crafted blend of 1970's folksiness with 2017's technology. She is a wordsmith extraordinaire and shares lyrics of layered depth that pose questions that cannot be answered with a Christian bumper-sticker. There are no condescending "I have come down from the mountain" answers here. She has gone through the fire, knows that we have as well, and brings us along to not only not yield to life's poundings, but to dance on top of them. Pam has picked herself up, looked around, and delivered these 11 statements of her place in life as she deals with the age of social security and all that it brings. Here are those 11 tunes. And, yes, I will speak to each one. Why each song and not just the album as a whole? Because this album is that refreshing.
MANGLE THE TANGO
She wastes no time. With a little saucy "mmm-hmm" Pam immediately draws us in to her pages. What a delightful song! Light, dancy percussion interweaves with a lovely Spanish guitar and mildly sultry maracas. This is a very sophisticated tune and by the end I wanted to jump up, grab Pam's hand, and do a turn around the floor. The chorus is sung like a dance and all I could picture was a woman swaying around in one of those big swishy dresses while working those little hand-clickers. The message: better to try and fail rather than not try at all. And, if you do fail.....
FALL FORWARD
Inspired by a commencement address she heard, Pam encourages us to not be afraid of falling. All of us will. The key is to "fall forward." And the sparkling beauty added to this idea is to fall forward "toward the mercy." I love this picture. We get the first fond example of Pam's devastating break in her voice, the one we fell in love with lo those many years ago. We also get the first sonorous rumblings from the incredible bass playing of Tony Maryatt. By the time I had heard him twice on this album I was scurrying to the liner notes wondering, "Who is that guy?" As we fall forward to the mercy, the question could be asked.....
HOW DO YOU KNOW (COBALT BLUE)
Although this is the third track on the album, it was the first that I heard. I was hooked at first listen. This is the most old-school song on the album, reminding me of what drew me to Pam's music in the 70's. With a mildly breathy (but not overwhelmingly so) voice - Pam challenges us to lighten up a bit on those beliefs we hold onto much too tightly. We are not talking faith here, but rather those tangent doctrines and life choices that we mold around our faith, but mistakenly hold with as much passion and fortitude. (Can you say politics?) She opines, "Thoughts are swallowing my life, strangling existence." The vocals are lovingly layered and there is a nice cameo on the guitar from Jerry Chamberlain of Daniel Amos fame. Hey, and how can you not like a song that uses the word "gloaming?" It is alright to re-think some of our secondary beliefs, because life is.....
PERFECTLY IMPERFECT
The most auto-biographical tune on the album. After hearing this song once you will feel as though you have been sharing a coffee with Pam as you both catch up with your lives after several years. With a crackling snare drum this song starts with a fabulous 8-second intro. The words are bare-boned and point on. Old-fashioned lyrics with a new-fashioned sound. The last four lines say it all: "There's beauty all around us, enough for everyone. Start with a little gratitude and sadness comes undone." How do you find that beauty? Well, you have to start by.....
CHOP WOOD, CARRY WATER
The journey is not quick and easy. It requires stick-to-it-iveness. Back to the basics, learning from the repetitiousness of life. This song is really, really bluesy. It comes out of the gate with some gritty and soulish harmonica from TJ Klay and wonderful bluesy guitar by Roy Salmond. Pam's phrasing on the chorus is sheer brilliance and Tony Maryatt's bass is at its most thunderous. Seriously, if you need dust knocked off your speakers, turn this puppy up. The words speak of dreams lost. When those dreams are completely shattering, the cry must be.....
HELP ME PAPA
With a plaintive and stretched voice, Pam cries to her heavenly Father, begging for comfort. She based this song around her reading of the hugely famous book, "The Shack." Okay, stop right there. I know that this book has caused huge controversy back and forth among the Christian community. Shove all that aside, no matter which side you may fall on, because the song is BASED on - not about - the book. Grasp the truth that is delivered here with the utmost skill and emotion. This is a wrenching tune with sparse instrumentation. Think of the Johnny Cash "American Recordings" he made at the end of his life. Simply dive into this song of beauty and glean for your heart's worth. For it is not until we begin to accept and deal with our pain and grief that we realize.....
JOY RUNS DEEP
Here we hear Pam play the guitar for the first time on this recording. Oh, but there is much, much more. She is joined on guitar and vocals by her long time friend, Noel Paul Stookey. This tune is the glue that holds these 11 narratives together. In the very best sense of the word, this is an unpolished little tune sung by two ol' pals. By unpolished, I of course do not mean not made well. I mean the antithesis of "slick." As I listened to this the first time I closed my eyes and easily pictured Pam and Paul sitting across the table from one another, sharing life stories and noodling around on their guitars over this message. And perhaps their chat let to.....
HARRIET TUBMAN
Three of the last four songs on the album were not written by Pam. She first heard this tune nearly 40 years ago and took it as her own. As she states in the extended liner notes (a glorious book of Pam's paintings and stories and lyrics of the songs [a separate purchase]), " I'll be singing this song when I'm 90..." This is a mournful story mournfully told and performed. A glimpse through the dark past, darkly. Ancient peoples and those in our own age and time must ultimately face.....
THE VERY LAST DAY
Written by Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, the male 2/3 of the legendary trio Peter, Paul, and Mary. Here Mr. Yarrow joins Pam on the vocals. A cry for peace as we dip our toes in the memories of the 1960's. You cannot help but hear the circle of a relationship of two friends. My, but I would have loved to have been in the room when this was arranged and pieced together. Heartfelt, and I would surmise crafted from both of them delving into.....
SOLITUDE
Do you remember Pam's plaintive song "Not My Will" from her astonishing 'This is Not a Dream" album? If you incline your ear to this gorgeous tune you may catch a wispy shadow of that song. This is the "oldest" song on this offering. Pam wrote it in 1998 and it is stunning. Such a must-needed message to the Church society of the 21st century. A revealing song from HER about the necessity and refreshment WE can get from being inwardly revealing. The lyrics are a fragrant perfume of depth and insight. She appears to be singing to herself.....and then graciously allows us a peek into her "deepest darkest secret." She speaks with boundless gratitude of "solitude, oh what a simple pleasure, a poor girl's luxury." She is "seeking jewels in solitude." It seems clear she has found some, but is still on the look out for.....
ALL THE DIAMONDS
This is a tune written by Bruce Cockburn, one of Pam's early musical heroes. Later in life the two of them became friends. This is not the first tune of his that she has recorded. But on this one Pam had the delight of also having Mr. Cockburn play and sing with her. They are obviously having a hoot making music together and it shows on this end track.
Pam has woven a brilliant set of statements on how she sees life and why. We have heard the ideas and encouragements before. But Pam Mark Hall has now dared us to truly take count of our lives and do something with them, no matter what the damages may have been to this point. We all need to find our "dance" and, well, DANCE! As she pushes at us she is pleading, don't be afraid to "mangle the tango." For "it's better to fall than never to dance at all." Amen and amen. DANCE!!!
I cannot recall a concept album flowing so shiningly from one tune to the next. Each of these songs are of the finest quality and each can most definitely stand alone. But together they form a stunning set of tales that transform into the most originally creative, truthful, and refreshing album I have heard in a very long time. I cannot recommend this album high enough.


title: The Original Music is Better

text: Not all that good. Sort of a self-indulgent record for the Continental Drifters. Better to get the original music by Richard Thompson and Linda Thompson.


title: Simply Amazing!!!!

text: It's a shame they broke up but what they left behind is like nothing else out there.This is THE cd to own as they are at the top of their game.


title: Better than I expected

text: Better than I expected.  I wanted to give it only four stars because it is too short at one hour and seven minutes.  Coque has a sweet velvety voice and sure does know how to entertain and have the audience engaged.  There is a large number of covers and I was a little disapointed at that, but this is his 30th anniversary celebration so I guess he's forgiven for that reason.  All in all is a good show.  I don't know why they cut it so short, I would imagine this celebration was way lenghtier than this.


title: Honor a quien honor merece.

text: Doble partida, doble talento.  La musica del maestro Ruben Fuentes interpretada en su forma mas pura.  El Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan se luce como siempre y se deja adornar a la vez con la voz de uno de los pocos tenores Mexicanos que todavia nos quedan en la actualidad.  El talento interpretativo de Fernando complementa muy bien el legendario talento del maestro Ruben y nos demuestran un trabajo de gala con este disco.  El trabajo del maestro fuentes es presentado aqui en una muy variada acuarela Mexicana.  Se prodran apreciar algunos temas ya clasicos, algunos ya muy populares y por primera vez en mucho tiempo algunas otras piezas solo conocidas por un publico mas Elite.  Pero todas gozan en cambio el toque magico de el maestro Ruben.  Esto es lo que se le llama una buena produccion.  Aunque nuestra musica Mexicana es degradada en la actualidad por cantantes con talento para copiar, el maestro fuentes se ha encargado de demostrar con trabajos como este que las cosas que valen la pena no cualquiera las hace y que requieren de su bendicion e intervencion propia para asegurarse que la meta original es alcanzada y propagada con honor.  Gracias a personas como Ruben, Pepe Martinez, Fernando de la Mora y el trabajo arduo de todo el Mariachi Vargas, nos podemos medir y colocar en los niveles mas altos en el mundo de la musica.  Esta obra es un tesoro y una prueba mas para el catalago de nuestra muy sentida musica Mexicana.  Y otro tesoro y adicion para el coleccionista de musica de calidad.


title: Un gran tributo bien merecido a todos los pioneros Norteños

text: Muy raramente los artistas copean o hacen honor a los que ya son exitos establecidos.  En esta ocacion me quito el sombrero para Beto Zapata y compania.  Excelentes musicos, y excelentes ejecuciones en todos los temas resaltando la habilidad en acordeon, bajo sexto y el bajo convencional que por cierto este musico es muy bueno.  Me hubiese gustado ver mas accion en el standup bass, (contrabajo, octabajo, o tololoche), en verdad el sonido unico de este instrumento enriquece mas la musica Norteña de antaño.  Pero en general esto no fue una copia sino un muy bien ejecutado y muy merecido honorable y respetuoso homenaje a todos esos pioneros que ayudaron a definir la musica Norteña y en el cual muchos de los musicos originales participaron y gozaron de tan magnifico y unico evento.  Las canciones fueron ejecutadas usando la tecnologia actual, pero siguiendo muy de cerca cada una de las notas originales, y sin perder mucho de la escencia original. La calidad de Video y audio es buenisima.  Nadie habia logrado hacer esto mas que el grupo Pesado.  Asi es que honor a quien honor merece. Gracias y bravo por esta joya musical.  Ojala que hicieran otro homenaje igual para los que todavia faltaron ya que el catalogo de la musica Norteña es muy basta.


title: Music art in its purest form.

text: Yes the quality is not that great as these jewels were recorded before the year 1930, yes that was 1930 (in the last century), during the baby years of experimenting with recording equipment.  And despite it's age you can still appreciate the quality of Guty's velvet voice, his guitar playing, but mostly his unique songwriting.  One should not criticize the quality of the sound here as we are so lucky that these songs are still available, captured forever in digital format.  This CD is a page from the music bible.  Something every musician should have in his/her collection.  Guty's most commercial tunes are compiled in this collection too.  You will not regret it.


title: Five Stars

text: great product, fast service, A+


title: Another masterpiece

text: Roy went through some heavy personal anguish around the time of this album's making, but it only adds fuel to the passion of it.  The album is consistent throughout, and it's hard to identify a standout track.  Roy  remixed a couple of tunes and redid the cover for this one, and the revised  version is actually a tad stronger, though you can't really go wrong with  the first version.  The re-release has a color cover of insects on a  flower.


title: Pure Blues Power Trio

text: Mick Taylor shredding blues with Hendrix's bass player....??!!....What more could you ask for.....no interminable "Goin' South" or other lame jazz excursions to skip....no gloss with synthesizers or inferior 2nd guitars....pure blues power trio....excellent....worth every penny.....


title: Fantastic Hendrix funk jam

text: Hadn't heard this in years.....Hendrix...along with Cox and Miles playing superb funk.....the Hendrix family doesn't seem interested...surely they could have put this  on Both Sides of the Sky instead of that Stephen Stills crap.....


title: FALSE ADVERTISING

text: BE WARNED,,,!!!!! THIS IS A COMPILATION OF PREVIOUSLY RELEASED STUDIO TRACKS,,,,,,FALSE ADVERTISING,,,,,,THIS IS NOT A STUDIO JAM COLLECTION,,,,,,A GREATEST HITS IF YOU WILL FROM ZEBRA,,,,JAMES GANG BOLIN SOLO DEEP PURPLE MIND TRANSPLANT SPECTRUM MOXY 2,,,,,,,,ETC,,,,,,,


title: This is kickin'

text:
I had never heard Imelda May, she is authentic.  You can't get much more authentic that Brian Setzer dueling with Jeff Beck on "Twenty Flight Rock!"

I think that those of you who are not familiar with Les Paul and Mary Ford's pioneering effors in the '50s will be surprised at how close those efforts came to Rock'n'roll as we know it now.

Get this sucker and buy some beer and kick back, this is real American music.


title: Princess of Motown

text:
Let me start by saying that I am huge fan of Tammi Terrell. I only realized this months ago when I came across the "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" video with Tammi and Marvin. After seeing how cute, sexy, charismatic, and coy she was, I became a fan forever. I became really interested in her solo work and luckily I came across this wonderful compilation. The Essential Collection has become one of my favorite albums and it is constant rotation in my IPod. The CD is the classic Motown sound and Tammi's voice is smooth, shy, clear, and perfect. She doesn't belt like Gladys Knight or have range like Aretha, but her voice is the absolute perfect mix of calm, sexy confidence. If she hadn't died, she would have been next up to be one of Motown's biggest female stars.

  I can personally listen to the CD all the way through, but there are some standout tunes. One of my personal favorites is "What a Good Man he is", in which Tammi raves about her strong, yet sensitive lover. I love this song. Its pretty funky, but has that gritty soul that Motown is known for. Tammi is sassy and sexy on this track. Another favorite of mine is "Two Can Have a Party". This is a song that was also recorded later with Marvin Gaye's vocals dubbed, but the solo version shines with Tammi's vivaciousness. The song is simply sweet and cute. I also like "Come on and See me" and "Hold me Oh My Darling". These tracks also had Marvin added later, but her solo version are just as entertaining as her timeless duets. "Can't Believe You Love Me" and "This Old Heart of Mine" are also really great tracks.

  I could rave forever about these songs, but honestly all the songs are worth a listen. I do have a few critiques though: 1)I wish they would have included "All I Do" which was written for Tammi by Stevie Wonder and probably her best track ever. Look it up on youtube or purchase A Cellarful of Motown 2)They really should have included Tammi's solo version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", but you can't really complain about the duet with Marvin; its perfect. You can find her solo version on The Complete Duets 3)They should have included some of Tammi's earlier songs from her days with James Brown. Her song, "I Cried", is classic and you can find it on Itunes. Its amazing.

  She was taken away from us too early and to think of the things she could have accomplished saddens me. I love Tammi. RIP Thomasina Winifred Montgomery.


title: Great collection from oft overlooked band

text: When people talk about Australian punk, The Saints usually get namechecked first, as they should be but you have to give props to this band who were contemporaries but never got the level of acclaim the Saints did. This rare box holds all thei legit recorded work. For those wanting more than the single disc Essential Radio Birdman, grab this while you can as not a lot of copies around.


title: hidden gem

text: happened on to this because of a brief snippet of the title track, "Pili Pili" that was used in the film "Something Wild".  very dark and rhythmic, and also 15 min long.  i bought the album for that track but the rest is very good too.  jazz with a world music slant to it, Angelique Kidjo does guest vocals on a few tracks.  worth buying for "Pili Pili" alone.


title: One problem

text: This release is good, but there is another album containing the exact same material, in a much more audio-friendly form, and that would be the 9/11/67 sessions. Psychedelic Soul is a slightly higher quality, but much more downtuned, version of this original recording.


title: More emotion than other Manson releases

text:
The second best recent Manson album, along with "Commemoration" this is a must have for those interested in Charlie's music.

Some of the material on this album is more religiously inspired than the usual jailhouse bluesy-acoustic feel of other albums Manson has authored. Included in this work is an indian chant, after which Manson includes some sarcastic humor.


title: Miraculous!

text:
Format: Japanese SHM-CD

Back in 1977 Capitol in the U.S. and Parlophone in the U.K. released an LP entitled "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl". Capitol recorded the August 1964 concert, the two performances in 1965 and supplied George Martin with some masters. Try as he might, and even though the album charted at #1 in the UK and #2 in the U.S., he was not able to release a recording that did any justice whatsoever to how The Beatles sounded in their touring prime. Capitol did a great job recording hysterically screaming girls, it's just too bad one can't hear the group in any cohesive fashion.

Capitol Records to the rescue. Capitol Records? The very same record company which refused to release any Beatle singles until Ed Sullivan forced Capitol's International A & R man Dave Dexter Jr. to release "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" We'll save the discussion as to how Dave "Dexterized" The Beatles' American LP's for another review. Yes Beatle aficionados. Capitol called Producer Giles Martin, son of the late Sir George Martin CBE, and stated they had discovered additional three-track masters of the concerts. When Giles and his team listened to the tapes they realized that finally they had something to work with.

In '65 The Beatles spent a week in a rented home in Benedict Canyon. Besides getting some needed rest and soaking in the Southern California vibe, Col. Parker invited the boys to meet their boyhood hero Elvis Presley at his pad in Bel Air. From everything this reviewer has read, the historic meeting of Rock & Roll Gods left a bit to be desired although the boys politely invited Elvis over for a visit of which he never took advantage.

The purpose of this background info is to inform that The Beatles decided amongst themselves that they would give their all during the two successive night gigs at The Bowl. They were determined to show Hollywood just how good of a group they were.

The disc itself combines three different shows, the '64 as well as the two in '65. It must be said that Giles and his crew have put together the definitive live Beatle concert that fans have wanted for 50 years. The vocals are clear, the harmonies delightful, both guitars work together in tandem as Ringo provides the back-beat and Paul the bottom end. In other words, the fidelity is a revelation. The girls are screaming but even with no stage monitors, using mid-sixties recording technology and of course no Beatle is wearing headphones, the group delivers the goods in spades. Nine of the 17 tracks are from the '65 shows one of them being "A Hard Day's Night". Many of us grew up with the single or LP version. Just wait till you hear John's vocal and the band rock their way through this number. It's almost as if the official version is actually an outtake. Oh yes, The Beatles showed all the Hollywood hep cats and chicks who the real best Rock and Roll Band in the world was.


title: Great album!

text: Great collection of hit songs.


title: Amazing album

text: Just a masterpiece.


title: Great album!

text: Great songs.


title: Great debut album.

text: Lots of hit songs.


title: Great album!

text: Great Thrash album by Megadeth.


title: Great album!

text: Solid release from Megadeth. Is it Thrash? No. But it is still a heavy album.


title: One of the greatest albums ever.

text: Love this album. Every song is great.


title: Great clarinetist brings important repertoire to light

text: I am a professional classical musician and truly appreciate it when hidden gems are brought out and recorded. Kay and Klibonoff render Reger's music with wonderful nuance and expansive expression. This is a first rate recording by two musicians - well respected in the industry -  who are at the peak of their artistic powers. What a delight. Everyone - have a listen.


title: ... and the Dominoes rock album is one of the best ever recorded

text: This Derek and the Dominoes rock album is one of the best ever recorded, especially the "Layla" cut.  It's hard to find too.  I'm glad Amazon knew some outfit that had a copy to sell me, my cassette is nearly worn out!


One of the finest movie soundtracks ever made including Chopin and Beethoven. A remake with modern digital sound technology would be awesome.


You can't ask for better performers and a conductor of these masterpieces.  But the acoustics of Orchestra Hall, Chicago, are rather dry for my ears.  I prefer the sound of Carnegie Hall NYC, Symphony Hall Boston, or Music Hall in Cincinnati.


title: Awesome

text: I absolutely love this band! I saw them 2 times while I was in Vegas and can't wait to see them again.


title: Love these! Helps students relate the letter to the ...

text: Love these!  Helps students relate the letter to the letter  person as well as with the sounds.


title: Five Stars

text: Just what I was looking for!


title: Five Stars

text: good


title: Wonderful cast recording of Golden Age musical

text: This is a golden oldie but still great fun. It is the original Broadway cast, not the movie cast, so it is Robert Alda (Alan’s father) rather than Marlon Brando in the romantic lead.  I love the score with classics such as Adelaide’s Lament and Luck Be a Lady Tonight. The great Stubby Kaye on the rollicking Sit Down Your Rocking the Boat and the introduction to author Damon Runyon’s world: Fugue for Tinhorns (I got the horse right here).  Great singalong classic.<br />:


title: Sinatra

text: I love this CD.  I think he was in his best voice on this CD.  This CD is very appropriate for me because I too am in the September of my years.


title: Musical and emotional perfection.

text: Ms. Melua's works always exceed my expectations! If you are anywhere close to being a fan of Katie Melua this CD is for you.


title: Great assortment of artists

text: Great assortment of artists!  I had this set and played it so much, it was ruined.  I had to have another one, since I play it ALL THE TIME!


title: Five Stars

text: Very relaxing music. With children singing you have a tendency to sing along.


title: Extremely enjoyable interpretation.

text: I love the WTC, both books, and have played them myself and have many recorded performances in my collection. Barenboim's is probably at the head of the class for me, or pretty much close to it. Nobody plays these pieces with more clarity of line, bringing out the fugal themes with remarkable framing. The rather romantic interpretations and great use of pianistic color are a positive for me, and made Mr. Barenboim's performances something quite special.<br />  Wonderfully recorded also.


title: Great deal!

text: Everything just fine! A superb CD by a superb ensemble!


title: looks good

text: good tunes


title: Great Music!

text: I love the Rolling Stones and especially this CD.  It is great!


title: Superb Scriabin!

text: This is a superb CD that flies under the radar! Garrick Ohlsson is a superb pianist, backed up by the excellent Czech Philharmonic, led by Libor Pesek. You get a great performance of the Piano Concerto, an excellent Poem of Ecstasy and a lovely Reverie. If you want to explore some Scriabin orchestral (as opposed to solo piano) music, this is an excellent choice.


title: Five Stars

text: Beautiful melody


title: Enjoyable for Tiki finatics.

text: LOL, its great.


title: Thank you for making music!

text: Ike Ndolo has a powerfully sonorous voice accompanied by great instrumentation. Listen, sing, pray (twice!), repeat. The depth, heart, and honesty of the lyrics are amazing. Thanks Ike for making great music!


title: The Magic of Mantras

text:
If you are a fan of mantras, then this is an excellent CD to add to your collection. Mantras from Ratna Ling contains a selection of Tibetan Buddhist chants done in an engaging and accessible way, perfect for chanting along. Easy to learn, fun, and inspiring. If you lead groups in chanting, or just enjoy chanting on your own, this CD is an excellent choice.

There is also a second CD, [[ASIN:B003NGXOPQ Mantras from Ratna Ling, Volume 2]], which has richer harmonies and new interpretations of some of the mantras on the first CD.


title: Not Worth Buyinf for the Price Shown; its a Good collection.

text: I've owned this before but I can't remember how much I paid it was certainly not the amount shown. I think the price is to excessive.


title: Five Stars

text: love this album


title: Poor audio quality CD

text: This CD does a disservice to a great artist. Dionne Warwick and her music deserve better.  At least give them a quality digital remastering of the original recordings. The 15 page album liner is great, however, so not a total loss.


title: Five Stars

text: beautiful!


title: Great transaction

text: Other than the price, which I understand, everything about the transaction was very easy to do.  It came quickly and the sound is terrific.  I would recommend  this, even with the price.  For me, it is worth it. Thanks


title: wrong CD insclosed in case

text: Bought it for my sister.  Wrong CD in case.  The case on the back listed the songs she wanted.  The CD was entirely different.  I wanted to send it back, but she said she'd keep it.


title: Very mellow

text: I was very fortunante to find this CD on a visit to New Mexico.  It is a shame that Hector Pimentel is not more popular.  It is difficult to find his other two CD's.  The other instruments on this CD blend in well.  I hope to listen to him in person on my next visit to New Mexico.


title: Five Stars

text: Parents love this as much as kids. Cried at "other women" and smiled at "Charlie Chortle"


title: Music Theater Fans Should Grab This While You Can

text: This is a 1989 studio recording (originally on cassette), done on both coasts, featuring performances of early Jerome Kern songs by the likes of Andrea Marcovicci, Rebecca Luker, George Dvorsky, Jason Graae, Gregg Edelman, the late David Carroll, Alix Korey, Craig Bierko and many others when they were young(er) ... their talent shows through.  "Early Kern" is part of a series of recordings made by the "Shadowland Musical Theatre Co.," focusing on Broadway and Hollywood oddities.  Accompaniment here is pianist Glenn Mehrbach, who for years was Marcovicci's piano player, who displays a heavy hand.  These recordings all have a tinny sound and are a little pushy, but there are delights.  Others performers of less appeal and talent are Kim Criswell (irritating), Paige O'Hara, Brian Lane Green, Kevin McMahon, Jeffrey Rockwell, Patricia Wilson, Jenean Chandler, Mark D. Kaufmann, Kelly Lester, Geri Petchel and album producer Greg  MacKellan.  I'm a fan of about 9 of the 27 tracks, but the 9 are good and David Carroll's "Weeping Willow Tree" is really wonderful.  I don't know what's happened to Shadowland or the master tracks, but if you're a fan of any of the above people -- or want to hear some very early Jerome Kern -- this is worth getting.  Just determine if you want to spend this money for 9 good tracks.


title: Our peasant girl still in pursuit of a feathered hat

text:
Recorded an almost incredible 11 years earlier, this CD sits right alongside Viktoria Mullova and the Matthew Barley Ensemble's latest offering, [[ASIN:B004YWRUJ4 The Peasant Girl]], extending and complementing the listening pleasure derived from that recording.

Two tunes, Joe Zawinul's The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat and Youssou N'dour's Life, are common to both CDs, but in different versions. Much of the rest of this CD is composed of tunes made popular by the likes of Alanis Morissette, the Hollies and Duke Ellington. One was both written and originally performed by the Bee Gees, another written by George Harrison and performed by the Beatles. [If that information is liable to make you wary, you can safely overlook it.] Interspersed throughout the 15 tracks are five versions of Miles Davis' Robot 415; original, duo, waltz, psycho and solo. All is most imaginatively arranged by Matthew Barley, not only making the absolute most of Mullova's phenomenal violin skills, but also making room for important contributions from Julian Joseph on piano, Sam Walton, Paul Clarvis and Colin Currie on various percussion instruments, Steve Smith on guitar, and of course Barley himself on cello. Joseph, Walton, Clarvis and Barley, now known as the Matthew Barley Ensemble, accompany Mullova on the latest recording too.

This recording is particularly notable for its cohesion; many tracks progressing almost seamlessly from the preceding one, and yet we have in total an enormous spectrum of music, from jazz through jazz fusion to the hauntingly beautiful The Air That I Breathe that concludes the album. Notwithstanding the provenance of many of the tunes, not one comes across as in any way a lightweight ditty.

As with The Peasant Girl, finding a genre label that fairly represents the finished product is a problem. But does that matter? So long as it is understood that on this occasion Mullova is not playing the classics, few who buy this CD are at all likely to be disappointed.


title: Great cd!!

text: Although there will NEVER be another Luther Vandross, Ruben did Luther proud!!! I'm listening and reminiscing!!! Great tribute Ruben!!


title: Two Stars

text: Toke to long to get it love the CD just didn't like wait for it


title: The item arrived as indicated with a reasonable price !

text: The item was exactly as represented.Arrived timely with excellent packaging,It was alittle difficult to find but the price was fair.I would definitely use this vendor in the future for similar products.<br />RAK1


title: Five Stars

text: It's so cool , vinyl


title: One Star

text: Excellent, Vinyl


title: Superb show!

text: The Scarlet Pimpernel was fantastic! The actors, the music and the performance was equal to any Broadway show I have ever seen in New York. I would see it over again and again.


title: Flawed discs

text: I bought these for my dad. He had some that wouldn't play and some that stopped after a few minutes playing. He tried 2 different players and got the same results. These were suppose to be new. VERY DISAPPOINTED. You can't trust anyone for good product any more.


title: Hoagy at Bear's Place.

text: While his personal life is a disaster, this live recording of Carmichael classics done at Bear's Place in Blooming is a delight.


title: Billy

text: I've seen Billy live in a few of the venues of Seattle. Great voice and style.


title: Ok, so second-tier TK, but the title track is for the ages

text: Yes, the "pt 2" is just a remixed instrumental, not the 6 minute go-rilla any fan wanted, but it nicely features an up-mixed Little Beaver, and the original track is so super-prime no disco party should ever deny it. Other good TK party-stylee stuff on here, so if yr a junkie, get yr fix here. His later stuff is less classic, but so is yours.


title: As a serious City to City fan from the day...

text: ...and even I admit it fades a bit on last 2 tracks. Night Owl more consistent but doesn't peak as high. So. Snakes marks a real decline, but Sleepwalking is actually reinvigorated by new prouction tech, moving off his layered multitracking that smothered the Thompsons' record. Worthy addition for fans--remake of "Didn't I?"--yes.


title: D'ya like organized noize? Come in; the water's fine.

text: If you're the kind of person who grooves on King Crimson (Mach IV, late '72-'74), you will find succor here. Like most normal people, Lou's MMM is sonic-noise wallpaper to me (bet Lou secretly loved My Bloody Valentine), but this is real and right free, often mellow- transcendent, AND would be a great (as Lester Bangs put it for MMM) lease-breaker. Sic transit gloria mundi, Lou.


title: Hard to find, Great to own !

text: I bought this album back in the early 70's - It's as close to RAW Neil as you'll ever get.  No high-end equipment, just the man and his guitar and the crowd going nuts!  I've seen it selling on Amazon every now and again, so if it's the only Neil piece missing from your collection, I suggest (strongly) that you jump on the offer!


A good collection with great duet partners.  Not a bad place to start your Eugenia collection or not an bad addition if you're already a fan.


title: A must for "Invasion' fans.

text: Was interested for years about the music from this movie. I searched Carmen Dragon and found this.  Very surprised when I found this. Very pleased even with the high price.


title: Bravo!

text: This is the best performance of this concerto that I've ever heard, period. Not the sexiest or most glamorous release, but Silverstein gets to the core of this work in all three movements as both soloist in the concerto and conductor in the orchestral pieces. These 3 fillers are valuable examples of early Barber orchestral works.


title: Used but not like new

text: I chose this because the box has a problem requiring repair. The spine is torn. The LPS do look good.


title: An amazing collection of work for this young artist.

text: Hollie Smith has a remarkable voice that is filled with depth, passion and power.  Previously, I'd never heard of this artist, but I purchased the CD  anyway.  I'm certainly not disappointed.  The music is great and the vocals  are even better.  May you enjoy it as much as I have.


title: Queen’s Best

text: All of their memorable songs on one CD. We’ll done..


title: 35 ANOS EN EL BAILE : SUPER COMBO LOS TROPICALES

text:
SUPER COMBO LOS TROPICALES WAS FORMED IN MARACAIBO IN 1963, SINCE THEN IT HAS BECOME
OF THE MAIN VENEZUELAN ORCHESTRAS WITH THE PREDOMINANCE OF THE CLARINET; THIS CD WAS
RECORDED IN 1998, 35 YEARS LATER AND IT HAS TWELVE TRACKS MAINLY COLOMBIAN CUMBIAS.
BY LISTENING TO THIS CD I EVOKE MY HAPPY ADOLESCENCE IN THE SEVENTIES IN CARACAS, WHEN
I USED TO LISTEN TO THEM AT THE RADIO, LONG BEFORE THE CASTRO-CHAVISTA DISEASE.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF COLOMBIAN CUMBIA.


title: SUCU SUCU : ISLA DE PINOS

text:
SUCU SUCU IS THE FOLK MUSIC OF ISLA DE PINOS ( I WOULD NEVER CALL IT ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD),
WHICH IS A DERIVATIVE OF THE CUBAN SON, THIS CD CONTAINS 15 TRACKS BY TRIO LOS PINERITOS
AND CAMARACO WITH THE PREDOMINANCE OF THE CUBAN TRES, I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED MARIA ELENA (T.5).
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF CUBAN RURAL MUSIC.


title: EL SON Y SU SABOR : FAMILIA VALERA MIRANDA

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS!  THIS IS ANOTHER JEWEL OF THE FAMILIA VALERA MIRANDA
THE QUINTESSENTIAL TRADITIONAL CUBAN SON SEPTET, THIS CD CONTAINS 13 TRACKS
OF SONES, BOLERO-SONES AND TROVAS INCLUDING CUBAN CLASSICS LIKE EL SON DE LA LOMA,
EL QUE SIEMBRA SU MAIZ, LAGRIMAS NEGRAS , EL MANICERO, LA MUJER DE ANTONIO AND QUE
BUENO BAILA USTED.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF CUBAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC.
OTHER CDS CANA QUEMA AND MUSIC FROM ORIENTE.
LONG LIVE OUR ETERNAL CUBAN SON!.
VIVA NUESTRO ETERNO SON CUBANO!.


title: LAS TONADAS DE SIMON DIAZ

text:
SIMON DIAZ IS THE MAIN EXPONENT OF THE VENEZUELAN FOLK MUSIC
IN THE TONADA GENRE, THIS CD CONTAINS 19 TRACKS THAT EVOQUES
THE VENEZUELAN COUNTRYSIDE; SABANA (T.1 ), TONADA DEL CABESTRERO (T.2)
AND TONADA DE LUNA LLENA (T.7) SIMON DIAZ IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE GREAT
HARPIST HUGO BLANCO, THIS CD BRINGS ME BACK TO MY ADOLESCENCE
IN THE SEVENTIES WHEN I USED TO LISTEN TO THE THESE SONGS IN THE RADIO.
THE CD ENDED WITH TRICOLOR (T.19) AN ODE TO THE THREE COLOURS OF THE
VENEZUELAN FLAG YELLOW, BLUE AND RED AND OF COURSE THE SEVEN STARS
WHICH IS THE LEGITIMATE FLAG AS OPPOSED TO THE BASTARDIZED AN DEBASED
VERSION OF THE EIGHT STARS CREATED BY THE CASTRO-CHAVISTA CRAP THAT
HAS BROUGHT MISERY, TERROR, CHAOS, ANARCHY AND SADNESS TO MY FORMERLY
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS COUNTRY.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF VENEZUELAN AND LATIN FOLK MUSIC.


title: PURO SABOR CUBANO : SIERRA MAESTRA

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS! THIS CD CONTAINS TWELVE TRACKS OF CUBAN SONES
LIKE AUNQUE TU MAMI NO QUIERA, ELENA LA CUMBANCHERA, TROMPETA QUERIDA,
SONERITO, EL RELOJ DE PASTORA, DON RAMON, MI GUAJIRA SON AND EL CASTIGADOR.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF TRADITIONAL CUBAN SON.
LONG LIVE OUR ETERNAL CUBAN SON!.
VIVA NUESTRO ETERNO SON CUBANO!.


title: MARCO ANTONIO MUNIZ " SERIE DEL RECUERDO"

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS ! THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC JEWEL BY MARCO ANTONIO MUNIZ
ONE OF THE BEST BOLERISTAS OF MEXICO, THIS CD CONTAINS 24 TRACKS DEDICATED
TO THE TWO BEST COMPOSERS OF PUERTO RICO, RAFAEL HERNANDEZ "EL JIBARITO" (T1-T12)
AND PEDRO FLORES (T13-T24) ACCOMPANIED BY THE ORCHESTRAS OF CHUCHO ZARZOSA AND
RAFAEL DE PAZ RECORDED IN THE EARLY SIXTIES.


title: ECHALE SALSITA: SONERO CLASICO DEL CARIBE

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS ! SONERO CLASICO DEL CARIBE IS A VENEZUELAN ORCHESTRA
FROM LA GUAIRA ( 30 MINUTES FROM CARACAS) FOUNDED IN 1976 BY THE BONGO PLAYER
CARLOS EMILIO LANDAETA KNOWN AS " PAN CON QUESO" , THIS GREAT ORCHESTA PLAYS
TRADITIONAL CUBAN SON LIKE THE LEGENDARIES CUBAN SONEROS LIKE TRIO MATAMOROS,
SEPTETO NACIONAL AND MIGUELITO CUNI, ACTUALLY THEY RESCUED THE CUBAN SON.
THIS CD CONTAINS TEN TRACKS STARTING WITH A POTPOURRI OF THE MOST KNOWN SONES,
IT HAS A DESERVED HOMAGE TO PAN CON QUESO (T.4) AND IGNACIO PINEIRO WITH HIS MOST
FAMOUS SONG ECHALE SALSITA (T.3).
IF YOU LIKE CUBAN SON THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE HIS CD.
I HAVE TO SAID THAT MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE CUBAN SON IN MY TEENS WAS THANKS
TO THE SONERO CLASICO DEL CARIBE.


title: CUANDO SUENA MI TROMBON ; ULISES

text:
ULISES IS A CUBAN TROMBONIST WHO PARTICIPATED  IN THE ORQUESTA REVE , THIS TIME
HE RECORDED THIS CD WITH THE ENVIDIA LABEL, IT HAS ELEVEN TRACKS OF CUBAN SALSA
AND HAS CUBAN CLASSICS LIKE GUANTANAMERA OF JOSEITO FERNANDEZ, DILE A CATALINA
OF ARSENIO RODRIGUEZ AND LA ENGANADORA A CHA CHA CHA  OF ENRIQUE JORRIN.


title: PENA INCURABLE : CONJUNTO CANEY

text:
THIS CD CONTAINS TWELVE TRACKS OF BOLEROS, MAMBOS AND GUARACHAS BY
CONJUNTO CANEY, IT WAS RECORDED IN NEW YORK IN THE MIDDLE LATE SIXTIES
IN THE PRE-SALSA ERA WHEN TRADITIONAL CUBAN MUSIC WAS STILL THE KING.


title: GRANDES EXITOS : CONJUNTO CANEY DE CUBA

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS! FOR MANY MUSIC OF THE SIXTIES IS THE DECADENT POP-ROCK MUSIC
IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH BUT FOR ME IS THE LIKES OF CONJUNTO CANEY, THIS CD CONTAINS
13 TRACKS OF BOLEROS, GUARACHAS AND SONES RECORDED IN THE MID-SIXTIES WITH THE
VOICES OF THE GREAT SONERAS CARIDAD HIERREZUELO, CARIDAD CUERVO (WHO HAD A VOICE
SIMILAR TO CELIA CRUZ) AND BENITO LLANES, IT STARTS WITH GUAJIRA GUANTANAMERA WITH
A DESERVED HOMAGE TO ITS CREATOR JOSEITO FERNANADEZ, ALSO THE POPULAR GUAJIRA-SON
EL AMOR DE MI BOHIO AND THE CUBAN SON SABOR A CANEY.
THE STYLE OF CONJUNTO CANEY IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SONORA MATANCERA.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF OLD CUBAN MUSIC.


title: SEXTETO JUVENTUD 40 ANOS 40 EXITOS

text:
SEXTETO JUVENTUD WAS THE PIONEER OF THE VENEZUELAN HARD SALSA FOUNDED IN 1962,
THIS IS A DOUBLE CD SET OF 20 TRACKS EACH ONE  RECORDED IN THE SIXTIES WITH THE MAIN VOCALIST
CARLOS QUINTANA  KNOWN AS TABACO, THE RHYTHMS ARE SALSA, BOOGALOO AND SON MONTUNO ,AFTER ALL
THE TERM SALSA WAS COINED IN VENEZUELA  BY PHIDIAS DANILO ESCALONA IN 1966.
THAT WAS A VERY GOOD TIME WHEN OUR LATIN MUSIC WAS OF AN EXCELLENT QUALITY,
VERY DIFFERENT THAN NOW WITH THE CRETINOUS REGGUETON AND THE BORING AND INSIPID
BALADAS AND THE SO CALLED ROMANTIC SALSA (WHICH IS NOT SALSA AT ALL).
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF HARD SALSA AND SON MONTUNO.


title: RAY PEREZ Y LOS DEMENTES  40 EXITOS

text:
THIS IS A TWO CD SET THAT CONTAINS TWENTY TRACKS EACH ONE BY RAY PEREZ Y
LOS DEMENTES AN ORCHESTRA FORMED IN THE 9 DE DICIEMBRE AVENUE ( I WOULD NEVER CALL
IT 23 DE ENERO) IN THE WESTERN PART OF CARACAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE VENEZUELAN HARD
SALSA, THESE TRACKS WERE RECORDED IN THE LATE SIXTIES AND EARLY SEVENTIES AND
THEY HAVE A RHYTHM VERY SIMILAR TO LA PERFECTA OF EDDIE PALMIERI BASICALLY HARD SALSA,
SON MONTUNO AND BOOGALOO.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF HARD SALSA.


title: VIOLIN CHARANGUERO : RONNY CABARROCAS

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS ! RONNY CABARROCAS IS A CUBAN VIOLINIST WHO USED
TO PERFORM WITH ORQUESTA AMERICA AND ORQUESTA REVE, THIS CD WHICH IS
ANOTHER JEWL OF ENVIDIA RECORDS CONTAINS TEN TRACKS OF PURE CUBAN RHYTHMS
LIKE CHA-CHA- CHA, DANZON AND SON LIKE YO SABIA  AND EL NICHE.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF CUBAN CHARANGA.
THIS IS HIS FIRST CD, THE SECOND CON OTRO AIRE HAS A MORE MODERN SOUND, I BOUGHT IT
TWO YEARS AGO IN AMAZON AND I ALSO RECOMMEND IT.


title: CAFE CON LECHE

text:
THIS CD CONTAINS 12 TRACKS, IT HAS CUBAN SONES WITH A MODERN SOUND BY
JUAN PABLO TORRES, MARIA ELENA LAZO, ALDO DEL RIO, PIO LEYVA, GUILLERMO RUBALCABA
AND RAUL PLANAS, IT STARTS WITH THE OLD SON EL QUE SIEMBRA SU MAIZ (SUNG AND COMPOSED
BY MIGUEL MATAMOROS IN THE EARLY THIRTIES) AND IT CONTAINS CUBAN CLASSICS SUCH AS
NO HAY TIERRA COMO LA MIA, EL SUCU SUCU DE FELIPE BLANCO, SUN SUN BABAE AND ENDS
WITH SON DE LA LOMA .


title: FRENTE A FRENTE : MANOLO MONTERREY Y VICTOR PINERO

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS! THIS CD CONTAIN 18 TRACKS BY MANOLO MONTERREY (ODD NUMBERS)
AND VICTOR PINERO (EVEN NUMBERS), THEY PERFORMED WITH LA BILLO AND LOS MELODICOS
THE TWO BEST ORCHESTRAS FROM VENEZUELA, THE SONGS ARE FROM THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES,
GUARACHAS , CUMBIAS AND PLENAS LIKE LA CACHIMBA DE SAN JUAN, CAMINITO DE GUARENAS, ARIEL,
MAMA YO QUIERO UN CADETE, ROMANCE DEL CAMPESINO , SILVEIRO, FACUNDO Y LA LUNA, APAGAME LA VELA,
VENERACION, QUE ME LA DEN ENTERA , MERECUMBE, AND MAQUINOLANDERA.
THIS CD WILL TRANSPORT YOU TO THE HAPPY DAYS OF OLD VENEZUELA WHEN HURRICANE
HUGO WAS STILL VERY FAR AWAY.


title: GRANDES VOCES DEL SON CUBANO

text:
EXCELLENT 10 STARS! THIS CD IS THE MAXIMUM EXPRESSION OF OUR CUBAN
SON, IT HAS 15 MARVELLOUS TRACKS BY THE BEST REPRESENTATIVES OF CUBAN
SON, MIGUEL MATAMOROS, CARLOS EMBALE WITH THE SEPTETO NACIONAL,
ORQUESTA ARAGON, JOSEITO FERNANDEZ, FRANCISCO FELLOVE, BENY MORE,
ABELARDO BARROSO, FAUSTINO ORAMAS "EL GUAYABERO", PUNTILLITA, IBRAHIM FERRER,
ELIADES OCHOA, COMPAY SEGUNDO, NICO SAQUITO, MIGUELITO CUNI AND LAITO SUREDA.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF CUBAN SON.
LONG LIVE OUR CUBAN SON!.
VIVA NUESTRO  SON CUBANO!.


title: SERIE 32-LA MUSICA CUBANA

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS ! THIS IS A TWO CD SET OF 16 TRACKS EACH ONE OF CUBAN MUSIC
OF A VARIETY OF  STYLES AND RHYTHMS ; IT HAS THE RURAL GUAJIRO MUSIC OF CELINA GONZALEZ
AND ALBITA RODRIGUEZ, THE TRADITIONAL SONES OF LOS COMPADRES, LOS NARANJOS,SEXTETO RAISON
AND  CONJUNTO  CANEY, THE MODERN SON OF SON 14, THE FIFTIES BOLERO AND MAMBO OF BENY MORE
AND LA ORQUESTA RIVERSIDE, THE SPICY CHARANGAS OF LA ORQUESTA ARAGON AND LA
ORIGINAL DE MANZANILLO AND THE CONTAGIOUS SALSA, TIMBA AND LATIN JAZZ OF ADALBERTO  ALVAREZ,
ISAAC DELGADO,LOS DAN DEN AND IRAKERE.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF CUBAN MUSIC FROM THE FIFTIES  TO THE NINETIES.


title: RIGHT ON AHI NAMA : PETE RODRIGUEZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA

text:
PETE RODRIGUEZ WAS ONE OF THE MAIN EXPONENTS OF BOOGALOO IN THE MID SIXTIES,
WHO DID NOT REMEMBER MICAELA?, BUT THIS CD IS DIFFERENT , THIS IS HARD SALSA RECORDED
IN 1971, IT CONTAINS EIGHT TRACKS , I ESPECIALLY LIKED TRACK TWO ALGUN DIA , WHICH IS A
SING OF HOPE THAT ONE DAY CUBA WILL BE FREE IN THE BEST STYLE OF SON MONTUNO.
IT ENDS WITH A VERY SPICY GUAJIRA AQUI ESTOY YO.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF CUBAN SON MONTUNO AND HARD SALSA.


title: TITO RODRIGUEZ & CHUCHO SANOJA EN EL AVILA ES LA COSA

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS! THIS CD CONTAINS 12 TRACKS 6 BY TITO RODRIGUEZ THE
KING OF BOLERO AND CHARANGA AND 6 BY THE VENEZUELAN ORCHESTRA OF
CHUCHO SANOJA, IT WAS RECORDED IN THE AVILA HOTEL LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PART
OF CARACAS .
THIS CD IS FROM THE EARLY SIXTIES IN THE PRE-SALSA ERA, IT STARS WITH THE FAMOUS
COLOMBIAN CUMBIA LA POLLERA COLORA INTERPRETED BY TITO RODRIGUEZ AND ENDS
WITH A MIX OF OLD MERENGUES BY CHUCHO SANOJA, THE REST ARE ESENTIALLY CUBAN
MUSIC, BOLERO, MAMBO, CHA-CHA-CHA, PACHANGA AND DANZON.


title: BEATRIZ ADRIANA

text:
THIS CD CONTAINS 24 MEXICAN CORRIDOS AND BOLERO-RANCHERAS BY
BEATRIZ ADRIANA FROM SONORA (NW OF MEXICO).
SOME OF THE TRACKS ARE AUTHENTIC MEXICAN CLASSICS LIKE CRUZ DE OLVIDO,
GOLONDRINA PRESUMIDA, NO SOY MONEDITA DE ORO, ANILLO DE COMPROMISO,
SONORA SONORA, TROTA CABALLO, LAS MARGARITAS AND ROSITA ALVIREZ.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF MEXICAN CORRIDOS AND RANCHERAS.


title: TITO RODRIGUEZ 40 ANOS 40 EXITOS

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS! THIS IS A TWO CD SET OF TWENTY TRACKS EACH ONE BY
THE GREAT TITO RODRIGUEZ THE KING OF BOLERO AND CHARANGA, HE WAS ONE
OF THE STARS OF THE PALLADIUM OF NEW YORK , THE MECCA OF TROPICAL GENRES
FROM THE MID-FORTIES TO THE MID-SIXTIES.
THESE TWO CDS CONTAIN A MIXTURE OF BOLEROS, CHARANGAS AND CHA-CHA-CHAS
FROM THE LATE FIFTIES TO THE MID-SIXTIES.
IF YOU ARE NOSTALGIC FOR THE GOLDEN ERA OF CUBAN AND LATIN MUSIC THIS TWO
CD SET SHOULD BE IN YOUR COLLECTION.
TITO IS NOT LONGER WITH US BUT ALONGSIDE WITH BENY MORE AND CELIA CRUZ HIS
MUSIC IS INOLVIDABLE (UNFORGETTABLE), IT WILL LIVE FOR EVER.


title: 40 ANOS 40 EXITOS : LA SONORA MATANCERA

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS! THIS IS A TWO CD SET WITH TWENTY TRACKS EACH ONE
BY THE KING OF THE CUBAN ORCHESTRAS LA SONORA MATANCERA, ACCOMPANIED
BY SINGERS LIKE CELIA CRUZ, DANIEL SANTOS, BIENVENIDO GRANDA, CELIO GONZALEZ,
LEO MARINI, BOBBY CAPO, VICENTICO VALDEZ, NELSON PINEDO, ELLIOT ROMERO,
OLGA CHORENS ,CARMEN DELIA DEPHINI AND ALBERTO BELTRAN.
THIS CD HAS A RICH TAPESTRY OF OLD LATIN RHYTHMS LIKE BOLEROS,GUARACHAS,
MERENGUES, CUMBIAS, SONES AND CHA-CHA-CHAS MAINLY FROM THE LATE FIFTIES
AND EARLY SIXTIES.


title: LAS CLASICAS DE LA CUMBIA 2

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS! THIS CD CONTAINS 22 COLOMBIAN CUMBIAS FROM THE SEVENTIES
AND EIGHTIES BY SUPERB ORCHESTRAS FROM VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA LIKE BILLOS
CARACAS BOYS, LOS MELODICOS, EMIR BOSCAN , SONORA DINAMITA, LOS WAWANCO AND SO ON.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF COLOMBIAN CUMBIA AND SALSA.


title: LAS VOCES DEL SIGLO : MERCEDITAS VALDES

text:
MERCEDITAS VALDES IS ONE OF THE BEST EXPONENT OF THE AFRO- CUBAN MUSIC,
THIS CD CONTAINS TWELVE TRACKS RECORDED BETWEEN 1959 AND 1964, MAINLY
GUAGUANCOS.GUARACHAS AND CANTOS DE CUNA , I ESPECIALLY LIKED DRUME NEGRITA
ORIGINALLY COMPOSED  BY ELISEO GRENET.


title: TE QUEMAS : TATA RAMOS

text:
TATA RAMOS IS ONE OF THE GREAT BOLERISTAS OF OLD CUBA, THIS CD
CONTAINS TEN TRACKS WITH THE ORCHESTRA OF ERNESTO DUARTE
RECORDED IN HAVANA IN RADIO PROGRESO IN 1958(THE LAST YEAR OF
REPUBLICAN FREE CUBA).


title: CONOZCA CUBA PRIMERO

text:
THIS IS A BOOKLET AND CD. THE BOOKLET HAS PICTURES OF THE ISLAND FROM THE
VUELTABAJO VALLEY IN PINAR DEL RIO IN THE WEST TO BARACOA IN THE EAST, IT
SADDENS ME TO SEE THE RUIN AND THE DECAY OF THE ISLAND BECAUSE OF FIFTY SIX
YEARS OF NEGLECT BY THE MAD BROTHERS AND THEIR EVIL IDEOLOGY.
THE CD IS EXCELLENT, IT IS A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE LENGHT OF THE ISLAND
BY CUBAN TROBADOURS, BOLERISTS  AND SONEROS LIKE, ESTHER BORJA, HERMANAS MARTI,
MALENA BURKE WITH NG LA BANDA, RAMON VELOZ, GUILLERMO PORTABALES, BOBBY CARCASSES,
PERUCHIN, LUIS CARBONELL AND LOS TAINOS.
FOR MORE OF CONOZCA CUBA PRIMERO I RECOMMEND THE CD CUBA : UN VIAJE MUSICAL (A MUSICAL
JOURNEY) PRODUCED IN MIAMI BY ALBITA RODRIGUEZ, REY RUIZ AND DONATO POVEDA.


title: CUBA ES EL SON: TATA GUERRA Y LOS MATANCEROS

text:
LUIS "TATA " GUERRA IS A CUBAN SONERO AND BASS PLAYER THAT HAS LIVED IN
VENEZUELA SINCE 1960, HE HAS PLAYED WITH THE BEST ORCHESTRAS OF BOTH
CUBA AND VENEZUELA LIKE CONJUNTO CASINO, ARSENIO RODRIGUEZ, AND LOS
MELODICOS.
THIS CD RECORDED IN CARACAS IN THE LATE NINETIES CONTAINS TWELVE CUBAN
SONES INTERPRETED IN THE TRADITION OF TRIO MATAMOROS AND SEPTETO NACIONAL
OF IGNACIO PINEIRO.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVER OF CUBAN SON AND HARD SALSA.


title: THE BEST : CONJUNTO UNIVERSAL

text:
EXCELLENT TEN STARS! THIS CD CONTAINS 22 TRACKS BY THE CONJUNTO UNIVERSAL
FROM MIAMI, IT IS A MIXTURE OF THE CUBAN SON MONTUNO OF THE FIFTIES WITH THE
HARD SALSA OF THE SEVENTIES; THIS CD WAS RECORDED IN THE SEVENTIES WHEN
MIAMI WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE HISTORIC CUBAN EXILE BEFORE THE INVASION OF
THE BORING AND HOLLOW POP CULTURE AND THE HORRISONOUS ELECTRONIC MUSIC.
IF YOU HAVE DEPRESSION FORGET ABOUT DOCTORS AND PILLS, JUST LISTEN FOR
MORE THAN AN HOUR THIS CD, IT WILL CURE YOU I AM SURE OF THAT.


title: 40 ANOS 40 EXITOS : SERENATA GUAYANESA

text:
SERENATA GUAYANESA IS A QUARTET VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL VENEZUELAN FOLK
GROUP FROM GUAYANA SE OF VENEZUELA.
IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1971 AND WAS VERY POPULAR IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES.
THIS IS A TWO CD SET CONTAINING A RICH TAPESTRY OF THE VENEZUELAN FOLCLOR
THROUGH ITS WIDE GEOGRAPHY. THIS  IS AN AUTHENTIC JEWEL NOT ONLY OF VENEZUELA
BUT OF ALL LATIN AMERICA VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE VULGARITY, HOLLOWNESS,AND
VACUITY OF THE CONTEMPORARY MORTIFYING LATIN POP PROMOTED BY THE MASS  CONSUMERIST
SOCIETY.


title: CHELIQUE EN BLANCO Y NEGRO : CHELIQUE SARABIA

text:
CHELIQUE SARABIA WAS ONE OF THE BEST VENEZUELAN COMPOSERS, IN FACT HE
COMPOSED THE VERY FAMOUS BOLERO ANSIEDAD.
THIS CD IS AN HOMAGE TO CHELIQUE SARABIA, IT CONTAINS 21 TRACKS FROM THE
SIXTIES; MOST OF THEM ARE BY ROSA VIRGINIA CHACIN  A VENEZUELAN FOLK SINGER
AND SISTER OF MARIA TERESA CHACIN, ALSO CHERRY NAVARRO, WHOM I REMEMBERED
WHEN I WAS A CHILD AND WHO UNFORTUNATELLY HAD A SHORT LIVE.


title: DECIMAS GUAJIRAS : NEIDA REVUELTA

text:
I ENJOYED A LOT THIS CD BY THE THREE BEST EXPONENTS OF THE DECIMA  GUAJIRA
AND THE CUBAN COUNTRY MUSIC IN THE EXILE: NEIDA REVUELTA, ISIDRO CARDENAS AND
EL CACIQUE JARUQUENO; THIS CD CONTAINS  EIGHT TRACKS, CONTROVERSIAS AND GUAJIRAS
REFLECTING THE PURE SOUL OF THE CUBAN COUNTRYSIDE.
I ESPECIALLY LIKED SOY GUAJIRA BY NEIDA REVUELTA, BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE SORROW
AND THE TRAGEDY OF OUR HOMELAND BECAUSE OF THE RED TYRANNY.
I REMEMBERED LISTENED TO THE THEM YEARS AGO IN LA PODEROSA 670 AM SUNDAYS
AT 11 AM, I MISSED THEM AT ALL, WE NEED MORE RADIO AND TV PROGRAMS OF THIS SORT
TO RESCUE OUR TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM OBLIVION; WE HAVE CLAVE GUAJIRA SATURDAYS
AT 7PM IN CHANNEL 17.


title: CHARANGA ALL STAR : MACHADO Y SUS ESTRELLAS

text:
THIS CD BY MACHADO Y SUS ESTRELLAS CONTAINS 10 TRACKS , MOST OF THEM ARE
VERY KNOWN LIKE THE CHA CHA CHAS YO NO CAMINO MAS,LOS MARCIANOS, RICO VACILON,
AND EL TUNEL, ORIGINALLY INTERPRETED BY ORQUESTA AMERICA IN THE FIFTIES; IT HAS
THE SON MONTUNO PARE COCHERO OF MARCELINO GUERRA AND EL BAILE SUAVITO, POPULARIZED
FIRST BY ORQUESTA ARAGON AND LATER ON BY OSCAR DE LEON; IT ALSO HAS CABALLO VIEJO A
VERY POPULAR VENEZUELAN TONADA LLANERA COMPOSED BY SIMON DIAZ AND LATER POPULARIZED
IN CHARANGA VALLENATA VERSION BY THE CUBAN SONERO ROBERT TORRES.
THIS TRACKS ARE INTERPRETED IN CHARANGA FORMAT, WITH THE FLUTE OF J. J. OLIVEROS
AND THE VIOLIN OF RONNY CABARROCAS.


title: TE INVITO A BAILAR : MACHADO Y SUS ESTRELLAS

text:
JORGE MACHADO DURAN, A GRANDNEPHEW OF GENERAL GERADO MACHADO WHO WAS PRESIDENT
OF CUBA 1925-1933 AND THE BEST PRESIDENT CUBA HAS EVER HAD, STARTED WITH ORQUESTA REVE
AND SON 14 WITH ADALBERTO ALVAREZ IN THE SEVENTIES; LATER ON HE BECAME DRECTOR OF THE
LEGENDARY ORQUESTA AMERICA IN THE EARLY NINETIES, HE WENT TO CARACAS AT THAT TIME TO THE
TAMANACO HOTEL (THE BEST IN THE CITY); AFTER THAT HE CREATED HIS OWN ORCHESTRA , MACHADO Y
SUS ESTRELLAS, FOLLOWING THE CHARANGA FORMAT VERY SIMILAR TO FAJARDO Y SUS ESTRELLAS.
THIS CD RECORDED IN 2002 CONTAINS 11 TRACKS MOSTLY CUBAN SON, THE FIRST TWO TRACKS LA CARTERA,
AND EL PASO DE ENCARNACION I LISTENED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1975 IN CARACAS BY LARRY HARLOW
WITH FANIA ALL STARS; CANTO A LA HABANA VIEJA IS AN ODE TO AN AUTHENTIC NATIONAL AND WORLD
JEWEL, THAT UNFORTUNATELLY ( AS WITH EVERITHING IN CUBA) HAS BEEN NEGLECTED BY THE RED
TYRANNY; EL PLATANAL DE BARTOLO A VERY POPULAR SON MONTUNO COMPOSED BY ELECTO ROSELL
IN 1956; AND IT FINISH WITH ALARDE NA MA, A VERY SPICY SON ORIGINALLY RECORDED WITH ORQUESTA
AMERICA.


title: 40 ANOS 40 EXITOS : LOS NAIPES

text:
THIS TWO CD SET CONTAINS 20 TRACKS EACH ONE BY THE VENEZUELAN TRIO LOS NAIPES,
THE SONGS ARE FROM THE SIXTIES AND EARLY SEVENTIES WITH THE FEMALE VOCAL OF
MIRTHA PEREZ, A BOLERIST AND FOLK MUSIC INTERPRETER.
MOST OF THE SONGS ARE BOLEROS, INTERPRETED IN A TRIO FORMAT PROPER OF THE ERA
IN LATIN AMERICA, ALSO IT HAS THE SPICY CUMBIA CARTAGENERA MORENA (2ND CD,TRACK 1),
AND NI SE COMPRA NI SE VENDE A VERY KNOWN SPANISH PASODOBLE.
CUATRICENTENARIO IS AN HOMAGE OF THE 400TH ANIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF CARACAS
IN 1967, A VERY PLACID A HAPPY CITY  AT THAT TIME, IN CONTRAST WITH THE SQUALOR, SADNESS ,
AND DESTRUCTION  OF TODAY, BECAUSE OF THE CASTRO-CHAVISTA DISEASE.


title: CUMBIAS CON ARPA: HUGO BLANCO

text:
THIS CD CONTAINS 18 TRACKS BY HUGO BLANCO,ONE OF THE BEST OF THE
VENEZUELAN COMPOSERS; EXCEPT FOR TRACK TWO, THE REST ARE INSTRUMENTALLY
PERFORMED  WITH THE HARP WITH A VERY SPICY CUMBIAN RHYTHM, THE TRACK THREE
MOLIENDO CAFE, IS HIS BEST COMPOSITION AND IS VERY KNOWN WORLDWIDE; IN FACT
IT HAS BEEN INTERPRETED IN DIFFERENT CUBAN RHYTHMS SUCH AS GUARACHA BY CONJUNTO
CASINO, SON BY VIEJA TROVA SANTIAGUERA, AND CHARANGA BY BELISARIO LOPEZ.


title: RECUERDOS DE CUBA : FERNANADO ALBUERNE

text:
FERNANDO ALBUERNE IS ONE OF THE BEST BOLERISTAS OF OUR OLD CUBA,IN THE FIFTIES.
THIS ALBUM CONTAINS 12 BOLEROS, SOME OF THEM ARE CUBAN CLASSICS: OLVIDO, PENSAMIENTO,
VEINTE ANOS, AMOROSA GUAJIRA, AUSENCIA, LA MUJER CUBANA, AND ALMA DE ROCA.
ALL OF THE TRACKS WERE COMPOSED AND SANG  BY THE GLORIES OF OUR CUBAN MUSIC,
LIKE MARIA TERESA VERA, EUSEBIO DELFIN , MIGUEL MATAMOROS, AND TEOFILO NUNEZ.
THE FIRST TRACK EL SON DE LA MONTANA, IS A NOSTALGIC SONG, IT TELLS THAT THE SON,
DID NOT LEAVE CUBA, RATHER IS HIDING IN THE MOUNTAINS, WAITING TO MAKE A COME BACK.
I STRONGLY LIKED THE FRONT OF THE CD, WHICH IS THE CUBAN COAT OF ARMS, VERY PATRIOTIC.


title: ACERINA Y SU DANZONERA

text:
EXCELLENT TEN POINTS!. THIS CD CONTAINS 24 DANZONES BY ACERINA Y SU DANZONERA.
ACERINA WAS BORN IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA, HOWEVER HE MADE HIS MUSICAL CAREER IN
MEXICO, HE WAS THE MAIN EXPONENT OF DANZON THERE IN THE FIFTIES, THESE DANZONES
HAS A VERACRUZAN STYLE, UNLIKE THE CUBAN ONES THEY DO NOT HAVE THE FLUTES AND VIOLIN.
TYPICAL OF CUBAN DANZON, HOWEVER THE RHYTHM IS VERY SIMILAR.
DANZON IS THE NATIONAL DANCE OF CUBA, WAS CREATED IN THE CITY OF MATANZAS IN 1879 BY
MIGUEL FAILDE WITH LAS ALTURAS DEL SIMPSON,UNFORTUNATELLY TODAY  IS NO LONGER PLAYED, AND IS
UNKNOWN TO THE NEW GENERATIONS.BUT IN MEXICO , ESPECIALLY IN VERACUZ IS ALIVE, AND WELL KNOWN
BY ALL THE GENERATIONS.


title: COLOMBIANISIMO 40 ANOS 40 EXITOS: VARIOS ARTISTAS

text:
THIS IS A TWO CD SET OF TWENTY TRACKS EACH ONE BY SOME OF THE BEST EXPONENTS
OF THE COLOMBIAN MUSIC, MAINLY CUMBIAS AND VALLENATOS, FROM THE 70s AND 80s.
IT HAS; BILLO CARACAS BOYS,LOS MAYORALES DEL VALLENATO, ANIBAL VELAZQUEZ,
PASTOR LOPEZ, PORFI JIMENEZ, LOS BLANCO, AND NELSON HENRIQUEZ.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF CUMBIA, VALLENATO, AND SALSA.


title: THE RETURN : HECTOR RIVERA

text:
THIS CD WAS RECORDED IN NEW YORK IN NOVEMBER 1971, BY HECTOR RIVERA,
FROM PUERTO RICO.
IT CONTAINS TEN TRACKS OF HARD SALSA, AND LIKE THE SALSA IN THE EARLY
70s, IT HAS STRONG INFLUENCE OF THE CUBAN SON MONTUNO.
THIS CD CONTAINS ALSO TWO CUBAN BOLEROS;IMAGENES AND ENCANTADO DE LA VIDA.


title: MAMBO, CHA CHA CHA Y DANZON

text:
THIS IS A THREE CD PACKAGE THAT CONTAINS 15 TRACKS EACH ONE OF THREE CUBAN RHYHMS,
DANZON , CHA CHA CHA AND MAMBO,THEY WERE  RECORDING IN MEXICO, BUT THE MUSIC IS CUBAN.
THESE TRACKS ARE FROM THE FIFTIES, AND THE DANZONES ARE PERFORMED BY ACERINA Y SU
DANZONERA, ACERINA WAS ORIGINALLY FROM SANTIAGO DE CUBA, BUT HE LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE
IN MEXICO, HIS DANZONES HAVE A VERACRUZANO FLAVOUR.


title: LLANO Y GALERON  : RAFAEL MONTANO

text:
EXCELLENT TEN POINTS!, RAFAEL MONTANO WAS BORN IN 1926 IN SUCRE STATE,
LOCATED IN THE NE OF VENEZUELA.HE WAS A FOLCLORIST AND EDUCATOR, A GLORY OF OLD VENEZUELA.
THIS CD CONTAINS 19 TRACKS, AND IS A COMPILATON OF THE VENEZUELAN FOLCLOR,
THROUGH THE GEOGRAPHY, DEMOSTRATING THE VARIETY AND RICHNESS OF THE
VENEZUELA N FOLCLOR , IT ENDED WITH ALMA LLANERA,WHICH IS THE SECOND VENEZUELAN HYMN.
LONG LIVE VENEZUELAN FOLCLOR!.
VIVA EL FOLKLORE VENEZOLANO!.


title: LOS HERMANOS ZAIZAR

text:
EXCELLENT 10 POINTS!, THIS CD CONTAINS 24 MEXICAN CORRIDOS,BY THE HERMANOS ZAIZAR,
JUAN AND DAVID ZAIZAR.
MOST OF THIS CORRIDOS ARE FRON THE NORTHERN PART OF MEXICO,LIKE THE CORRIDO DE
CHIHUAHUA,CORRIDO DE MONTERREY AND LA CARCEL DE CANANEA.
LONG LIFE MEXICAN CORRIDO!.
VIVA EL CORRIDO MEXICANO!.


title: 60 EXITOS DE ENRIQUE JORRIN Y SU CHA CHA CHA: ENRIQUE JORRIN

text:
EXCELLENT 10 POINTS!; ENRIQUE JORRIN WAS THE CREATOR OF CHA CHA CHA,
THIS IS A BOX SET OF THREE CD, EACH ONE CONTAINS TWENTY SONGS, IT
HAS CLASSICS SUCH AS; TACONEA COMO QUIERA, KIKIRIKI,LAS TROMPETAS EN CHA CHA CHA,
PRINCIPE NINO,ESCRIBI TU NOMBRE,SUENA EL PIANO RUBEN,ESTILO BASTIDORES,TIBURON EN EL
MALECON, COMO SIENTO YO AND SO ON; THIS CD IS AN HISTORICAL CD, BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS
AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR MUSICAL HERITAGE, WHICH IS CHA CHA CHA


title: LO MEJOR DE PAPAITO

text:
EXCELLENT TEN POINTS!, THIS CD IS CUBAN SON IN ITS HIGHEST EXPRESSION, BY PAPAITO( A.K.A MARIO MUNOZ).
PAPAITO USED TO PERFORM IN CUBA WITH SONORA MATANCERA AND ORQUESTA AMERICA, NOW WITH THE SAR
LABEL RECORDED TEN CUBAN SONES, ORIGINALLY INTERPRETED IN THE 40s AND 5Os, BY IGNACIO PINEIRO AND
CHEO MARQUETTI , NOW WITH THE FLAVOUR OF THE 70s.
I ESPECIALLY LIKED,QUE NO MUERA EL SON,SABINA GOMEZ,PORQUE ME SIENTO CUBANO,APRIETALA EN EL RINCON,
AND SIN CANA Y SIN PLATANAL.


title: 20 CUMBIAS DE ORO VARIOS ARTISTAS

text:
EXCELLENT 10 POINTS !, THIS CD CONTAINS 20 COLOMBIAN CUMBIAS FROM
THE 60s, 70s AND 80s, BY THE BEST EXPONENTS OF THIS GENRE SUCH AS;
SONORA DINAMITA , PASTOR LOPEZ,LISANDRO MEZA, GABRIEL ROMERO,
LOS NEMUS DEL PACIFICO AND LOS CORRALEROS DE MAJAGUAL.
I ESPECIALLY LIKED: LA POLLERA COLORA, CUMBIAMBERITA,TABACO Y RON,
AMANECIENDO,SE ME PERDIO LA CADENITA,EL PESCADOR DE BARU AND LA ZENAIDA.


title: TONA LA NEGRA  24 INOLVIDABLES

text:
THIS CD CONTAINS 24 BOLEROS, BY TONA LA NEGRA FROM MEXICO,RECORDED IN THE FIFTIES.
MOST OF THE SONGS WERE WRITTEN BY THE GREAT MEXICAN COMPOSER AUGUSTIN LARA.
I ESPECIALLY LIKED:LAMENTO JAROCHO,LA CUMBANCHA,VERACRUZ,SE MUY BIEN QUE VENDRAS,
PALABRAS DE MUJER,ORACION CARIBE,BABALU,NOCHE DE RONDA,LA GLORIA ERES TU AND
NOCHE CRIOLLA.


title: MARIA LUISA LANDIN  LA HORA AZUL

text:
MARIA LUISA LANDIN IS ONE OF THE BEST EXPONENT OF THE BOLERO IN MEXICO.
THIS CD CONTAINS 20 BOLEROS RECORDED IN 1958 AND 1963.
I ESPECIALLY LIKED:AMOR PERDIDO,SOMOS DIFERENTES,POR QUE LLORAR,
LA MANO DE DIOS,SE MUY BIEN QUE VENDRAS,DOS ALMAS,HAY QUE SABER PERDER,
AND A DONDE IRAN.


title: 60 EXITOS DE TRIO CALAVERAS

text:
THIS IS A THREE CD PACKAGE OF 20 SONGS EACH ONE BY THE MEXICAN TRIO CALAVERAS.
THIS WAS RECORDED BETWEEN THE FORTIES AND THE SIXTIES.
IN THIS SET TRIO CALAVERAS PERFORMS BOLEROS AND RANCHERAS,SOME OF THEM VERY
KNOWN : LA MEDIA VUELTA,AMANECI EN TUS BRAZOS,TE SOLTE LA RIENDA,LA NOCHE Y TU,
EL CABALLO BLANCO,ELLA,LAS MANANITAS,FLOR SILVESTRE,PEREGRINA,SI NOS DEJAN,
EL CRUCIFIJO DE PIEDRA,ALLA EN EL RANCHO GRANDE,EL SINALOENSE,FINA ESTAMPA,
LA MALAGUENA,CIELITO LINDO AND MARTHA.


title: 60 EXITOS ORIGINALES DE VIRGINIA LOPEZ

text: VIRGINIA LOPEZ IS A PUERTO RICAN BOLERO SINGER,FROM THE 50s AND 60s.<br />THIS IS A THREE CD PACKAGE, EACH ONE OF THEM CONTAINS 20 BOLEROS.


title: LOS DOS REALES 40 TEMAS 100 ANOS DE MUSICA

text:
THIS IS A TWO CD PACKAGE, EACH ONE CONTAINS 20 RANCHERAS AND CORRIDOS,
WITH A NORTENO FLAVOUR, BY LOS DOS REALES WITH THE MARIACHI VARGAS OF TECALITLAN.
THIS SONGS ARE MOSTLY FROM THE 60s.


title: ORQUESTA REVE & NENO GONZALEZ MANO A MANO

text:
EXCELLENT 10 STARS TO THIS CD; NENO GONZALEZ WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CUBAN CHARANGA
ORCHESTRA OF THE FIFTIES, THAT MAINLY PLAYS CHA CHA CHAS AND SONES SUCH  AS; EL LATIGO,REPARTO
DE HORNO,ARRIMATE PA CA,AMARREN AL LOCO,ESPIRITU BURLON,EL DULCERITO,LA MORA AND A MI QUE.
ELIO REVE WAS THE KING OF CHANGUI,WHICH IS A RHYTHM THAT CAME FROM GUANTANAMO IN EASTERN CUBA,
THAT USES TRES AND MARIMBULA,IN THIS CD HOWEVER REVE PLAYS CHANGUI IN A FIERY CHARANGA STYLE.
THIS CD MAKES ME FEEL THAT I AM IN THE TEMPLE OF GODS,IN THE REAL GLORY.
.