title: Hard to find forever

text: Heaven's "Bent" album had been impossible to find for a long time, even on old vinyl LP (and when found, expensive.) Now it has been issued on CD. The music is good, the sound is good, but just a quick note: the bonus tracks all appear to be sped up about 6%. If you have a program to change the length of the songs (which will change the pitch) you will be able to correct this. I assume it was done to avoid a double cd set to be able to fit them all on one disc. Anyway, the bonus demo tracks, while somewhat of lesser quality (no tape-hiss cleanup, etc) sound almost identical to the finished tracks so one can hear that they were already finished songs, simply rerecorded in a better environment for the actual LP. If hard rock from the pre glam '80's is your thing, this may be a winner for you. The lyrics are provided in the cd insert, but some of the lyrics are incorrect, and some, while sounding like what WAS sung seem to be random words thrown together. What IS "a half room sand tub" anyway? The cd publishers do take a minute to thank Allan Fryer, among others, "for all the help in putting" the cd together. But if so, why the mistaken lyrics? One reviewer states that Old Metal Records is somewhat questionable, but don't worry about the actual cd and packaging, as the quality is quite good.


title: Does exactly what it's expected to

text: Been using this rope for a few months of working out and have been happy with its performance. No complaints, super easy to use, strong, and came with a complimentary headband that I ended up using for every workout! Would recommend!


title: Five Stars

text: What a great Christmas present!! Had so much fun listening to this tape! ! A real treat


title: Five Stars

text: Excelente


title: Great Album!

text: Great Album!


title: Praise and worship

text: There's a certain kind of praise and worship  that blesses my spirit. This was not that kind but I'm sure many others found it a blessing.


title: Absolutely horrible recording

text: If I could get this zero stars I would. The quality of sound is horrible it sounds like a bootleg CD and a bad one at that!


title: love it sm

text: took a bit of time to ship but overall a really great product! comes with the lyric book and it plays really nicely :)


title: Wasnt supposed to be used

text: This is a great cd! BUT the cd was used and it never was advertised as used?  And I paid 12.93 for it. Not cool guys


For all you cumbia lovers, this cd/dvd combination by Margarita of Colombia is the
most complete show you will find.  She performs to form as has been her unique style,
and has a fantastic orchestra showcasing all her hits.  The dvd is great, and you can get
a bit of history and view how the cumbia is danced by a great Colombian dance group.
You can play this cd for any party, and will most likely have your guests in a dancing mode.


Francis Goya is one of the best guitarist to excel from Spain.
His delightful special sound gives the music a flamenco and
latin style combined.  One of the less recognized musicians
that stand out from the rest of the world's guitarists.
  His selections in the CD's are just delightful; great background
music for parties or just plain easy listening pleasure.


These two albums/CDs of Ray Conniff have the best music of the
70's.  A switch from Conniff's old style to the modern interpretations
coupled with his great singers.  Great value for such great easy listening
themes.


title: Delightful

text: This is a delightfully entertaining and colorful book explaining the background of the wonderful songs on the CD.  Somehow the spirit of this great music comes through.


title: I can't hear it

text: I thought that if I heard Bocelli away from the  Nightmare Woman, Sarah Brightman, I might hear something I liked. I did. Verdi. But not this performance. Face it: This man cannot sing opera. I'm sorry he's blind. I'm glad he is popularising classical music, but somebody should tall him he has no voice for this. There are hundreds of wonderful, starving tenors who could use a tiny bit of this publicity. I have heard some of them passing the hat for half-pound coins in the Covent Garden marketplace. Charlotte Church is a novelty also, but she can sing. Zubin Mehta should be ashamed of himself for jumping on Mr. Bocelli's gravy train. Mr. Bocelli should limit himself to the "Love Theme from the Godfather," or to singing with Ms. Brightman, next to whom he sounds good.


title: Three Stars

text: Not up to the standard of their other releases but maybe it's just older and less developed?


title: Good soundtrack

text: Like this soundtrack. Arrived in good condition.


Product was advertised as original. Was reproduction in poor condition.  First & last purchase!!!!!!!


title: Not What I Expected

text:
The album jacket , which was the most important reason for purchasing this item was a very poor scan of the original.  Very grainy. The album jacket was also very thin card board.  On the positive side it wasn't too expensive. $65 there about.  And the album itself is okay. I got the clear vinyl.
Don't know if different import or more expensive versions of the cover are any better.
I recommend getting good clear and up close photos of cover before purchasing.
Hope this helps future consumers in purchasing this item.
Tim In Tennessee


title: Was reproduction in poor condition. First & last purchase


title: Five Stars

text: Probably the most rewarding album of well-known covers. His voice is soothing and powerful.


The album came earlier then expected. I bought this for a friend since her ultimate bias is Zelo. This was her very first album and I'm happy that she liked it. The album was safely packaged and had not dents or anything. It was perfect! Thank you!!


title: Five Stars

text: Another great set of music by a TRUE worship leader.


title: A  once in a life time performance by a great conductor and pianist, Wolfgang Sawallisch.

text: The audio is not perfect but the unique nature of this performance makes it worth owning for anyone who is a fan of Wolfgang Sawallisch.


title: Five Stars

text: THe best band from the Pacific Northwest. RIP, Mark Marush!


title: Playlist

text:
The playlist is as follows...
1. The R.N.B. Intro - Fingazz
2. City Of Angel - Frost & Scoop
3. Take Me Away - Lil Cuete
4. Special Lady - Mr. Criminal
5. Thug Bounce - Mr. Shadow
6. Soldier Boy - Dollar Girl & Mister One\
7. Interlude
8. Dedicate To You - Mr. Criminal
9. You Are My Girl - Lil Bandit
10. We Came To Ride - MC Eiht
11. Real Love - Lil Cuete
12. Feeling You - Ghetto Main
13. Sexy Mama Cita - Ese Villain
14. Mi Amour (Skit)
15. Yo Te Qierro - Mr. Sancho
16. These Days - Fingazz
17. Outro


title: Check David's website first...

text:
Just a quick note to suggest that people interested in David Lindley's catalog of excellent recordings since his El Rayo X days should CHECK HIS WEBSITE FIRST before paying the extortionist prices being asked by some sellers here for his CDs.  Some are out of print but many are not and are available for $20 from him directly.  Plus you get the great satisfaction of knowing that your dollars are going to benefit the artist rather than some third party seller!

FWIW, I am in no way affiliated with David Lindley.  I am just a long-time fan.


title: Five Stars

text: LOVE YOU PRINCE


title: 5 stars

text: Arrived just in time for holiday and in perfect condition.


title: Poor product

text: No where did the on line information say you have to use headphones.


title: 'Just' a Wonderful Album'

text: This album is simply one of the best 'covers' ever done, my opinion.  Ms Horne & and Gabor Szabo - Hsmmond B, are a killer pair.  Best cover of 'Rocky Racoon' ever;  'Fool On The Hill'; Everybody's Talking (A+); 'My Mood Is You'; the list goes on, 'Fool On The Hill' -beautiful.  A great album.<br />This album should be re-released.  Just Great,


I heard this record many years ago at a friend's house, and I liked it so much she gave it to me.  Most of the record I'd class as an excellent club band playing a variety of tunes in the reggae style.  But there is one tune, Bangarang, that is exceptional, an incredible tune, like nothing you've every heard stateside or in the Carribean (as far as I know), perfectly performed.  For this tune the disc gets infinite stars.


title: Honeymoon In Cyprus

text: This music is a reminder to my honeymoon in Cyprus. Great for lazy summer afternoon background with a glass of wine. Today is my 25th wedding anniversary and this music is on!


title: Real Music

text:
This CD is a must have for anyone who loves real Music.
It has such a great collection of old Scottish, Irish and English ballads on it.
Also I find everything on here is authentically done. No weird modern add ons or electronic mix ins. Just good old real Music.
Wonderful CD for a peaceful afternoon.


title: Excellent..

text: Excellent...I felt like I was at the concert!  Exceeds expectation.  Seriously a great CD. And arrived weeks before expected


title: Five Stars

text: Awesome


title: Demis

text: I love this CD. Thank you.


title: Five Stars

text: A De La classic!


title: Oh my!

text: We've been buying her coffee locally for over a year! We're spoiled when we go out for breakfast somewhere because their coffee doesn't compare!!


title: As Anticipated

text: Great sound!


title: EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES HORSES AND GOOD MUSIC WILL BE SO GLAD TO OWN THIS FINE RECORDING

text: LIKED EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.  BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN YOUR MIND.<br />VERY RELAXING.  VER WELL ARRANGED.  MAGNIFICENT FOR ANIMAL LOVERS

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title: Belafonte at his best!

text: Recorded "live" at Carnegie Hall in New York in 1959, Harry Belafonte's rendition of classic African-American, Caribbean, Jewish, Irish & Mexican tunes are easy to listen to.


title: Four Stars

text: Excellent !!


title: Five Stars

text: Just what I wanted


title: Five Stars

text: excellent


title: rare find

text: quality is excellent. My dad plays the accordion so i got this for him. He was very happy. Mel brandt was one of the best accordion players next to dick contino. If you love accordion music pick this record up if you can find it. This is a very rare item to find


title: Command Stereo

text: Interesting record to help calibrate your stereo system. i actually enjoy just listening to the music and moderator speak.


title: Music as fresh as a new springs air!

text: We all know that any great musical endeavour includes talented musicians, a producer who feels the songwriters vibe, and of course songs that are penned from the heart. Ellen has brought all three expressions together in 'Peonies'. Although all 11 songs have that smokey folk-jazzy feel, each song is distinct in itself which is both appealing and refreshing. Shakespeare wrote; "If music be the food of love, play on." .....Play on, Ellen!

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title: The BEST

text: One of your reviews criticized this cd for dropping LAZY AFTERNOON. It was on my CD. I have loved this music for years. Now I have it on CD. Wonderful!!!!!


title: Five Stars

text: Love the song!!!


title: it's a beautiful link between the passion settings of the high baroque ...

text: When this was recorded (live) in 1986 a number of Bach scholars believed it was composed by C. P. E. Bach. Today the consensus is that it is by Johann Georg Röllig (1710–1790). Either way, it's a beautiful link between the passion settings of the high baroque and the sacred music of late 18th century classicism. And under the direction of Rilling, the performance is magic.


title: Others play with more polish and better pitch, but nobody is better at showing us ...

text:
Others play with more polish and better pitch, but nobody is better at showing us Beethoven with his claws unsheathed.

I finally have the whole Vegh set and can't recommend it highly enough.


title: ... dollars for it on Amazon had I known how beautiful it is

text: I found this at a thrift store for fifty cents but would have paid twenty dollars for it on Amazon had I known how beautiful it is. Galway nods only a little to the HIP crowd and mainly just plays it his own way with matchless technique, passionate interpretation, and a sound like no other.


title: Great Group

text: This is an Excellent CD. Great, Unique Group. Awesome Female Lead Vocals! Big Fan! A++++


title: This group is amazing!

text: This group is so good and totally unique. Great Allbum/CD!


title: Five Stars

text: BAD A*S!! Love it!


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent


title: Old Skool ...

text: Old Skool beats & breaks at there best if your a Dj who spins old Skool music this is a must have sf bay area Dj Cameron Paul from the past KSOL 107.7 bay area icon !


title: The book with the lyrics had missing pages.

text: I purchased this double CD for the lyrics and the lyrics for CD1 had missing pages.


title: and he is very happy with it

text: I purchased this for my husband, and he is very happy with it.  Jan Garber was one of his favorites years ago.


title: All I expected, good shopping experience

text: Pleased with product


title: An old favorite now available on CD

text: Had this recording on a record from thirty years ago. He wrote lots of bassoon concertos and there are plenty of recordings, Gabor Janota has always been my favorite. My turntable and record collection are long gone, and I couldn't find this recording on CD until recently. Glad to have it again.


title: On a Par with Loreena and Enya

text: I've heard good things about this group but those words didn't do justice to what I heard when I brought the cd home and began to listen.  The music is incredible and the vocals are right up there with Loreena McKennitt and Enya.  A Must Have for the serious collector of New Age Music!


title: This product is in perfect condition.

text: This product is in perfect condition.


title: Ordered Wrong Media

text: Great album but I meant to order the vinyl instead of a CD. Waiting for UPS to ship the item so I can receive my refund.


title: love it and it was delivered on

text: yes this met my expectations. love it and it was delivered on time


title: New Orleans Polyester Punk circa 1997!

text: New Orleans Polyester Punk circa 1997..! This, their only album, was recorded by Quintron the Amazing Spellcaster at Monster Island; capturing the raw, weird, and unpredictable sound of their raucous live performances. Later courted by the legendary Kim Fowley; Bobby Redbeet burned too hard and too fast to live beyond the 90’s. Slam anthem “Daddy’s Juice” was actually about beer; “Johnathan Livingston Robot” was a dystopian sexual nightmare where Bobby fasts for three days and looses 12 ounces in order to save mankind from sexy robotic overlords, and the memorable a capella sing-along “Always Proud to Shake the Hand of a Working Man” is an earnest tribute to the janitor that cleans up after their shows. The album title started out as “Blowin’ off Work to Build a Robot”, but they decided to give in to the double entendre message that exposes their obsession: “Ladies Love”. Buy this album, and “Feel the Beet”!


title: George Strait

text: Great listening!


title: For me the price was great, the radiator fit very well everything connected just ...

text: For me the price was great, the radiator fit very well everything connected just fine, I drove my van all thru last winter which was rough in Illinois,I drove the van 1800 miles to Long Beach shipped it to Hawaii on the big Island, still no problems, not bad for a new radiator under $100.00.


title: It's a great cd!

text: My other cd was lost had to get it to replace


title: Did not work

text: The batteries were corroded and it did not work. I’m sending it back. Very disappointed.


title: & Good Bargain.

text: Fast shipping, No problems, & Good Bargain.


title: Awesome stuff!!!

text:
I heard a few songs they are awesome!!!

I cant wait to buy this cd and cant wait to see his new joint, Devil's Advocate, in stores!!!


title: A must for everyone with illness in their life.

text: Such a gift as you walk along the dark journey of illness either yours or in those you love.  Powerful devotion for moments when your mind can't still enough to pray and certainly not read or study.  Love this CD!


title: Even that limey  *#^%& Simon would like these guys!

text: I became sufficiently interested to purchase this band's CD when I heard one of their songs, Bakbakan Na, on a website for Bakbakan, a Filipino martial arts organization headquartered in my hometown. I didn't expect it be as good as it is, and I thoroughly enjoy it, starting with the first track, Take Control, a very upbeat, positive, and high-energy pop rock tune somewhat reminiscent of bands like Bon Jovi and their contemporaries. There's also Beautiful, an emotional ballad which is included in both studio and acoustic renditions. For any fellow martial artists and workout fiends among you, just TRY listening to the afforementioned Bakbakan Na without feeling the drive and energy to hit the gym (or an adversary). This group has enormous potential for growth, and I think they'll catch on big-time in the US if they're only marketed properly.


title: Do you Like the Jackson 5?

text: Well, if you do Like the Jackson 5, this CD may be of interest to you, previous to buying this CD, I had never heard much of the Jackson 5, except for their various hits, anyway, I decided to get this CD because of the price, I must say, It's really cool, I like it very much, but it's not my favorite, but if you're a Jackson 5 fan, I guess you'll love it, don't know if these songs can be found on their albums tough...


title: A seafood treat delivered inland!

text: Appetizer!


title: Loved it

text: It was a gift. Loved it


title: Fun Disc with a great Christian Message.

text: One of the '80's most important "classic" rock albums.  A must have for any fan of Christian music. The album is fun.


title: Must Have Christian Band

text:
I saw Veridia in concert at Waynestock (St. Mary's, OH in July, 2015) and in my opinion they were the best band there! They were an inspiring and unexpected surprise.

Their message is spot on speaking to the spirit within me while at the same time appealing to my Christian metal-head desires.  This isn't the hardest rock band out there, but they do get down to awesomeness!  How can I praise Veridia more?  This is a must have band if you are into Christian rock.  Add them to your rotation... you' won't be sorry!

Deena Jakoub, front-woman, has a depth of vocals rivaled only by Adelle!  At times I thought it was Adelle but with more rock-chops.  Veridia's musicality and production values are rare perfection in Christian music.  Their lyrics are extremely well crafted and the music is top notch.  With lyrics such as, "You were created for perfection, not created defective..." a fantastic message, you can expect nothing but strength delivered in a crisp package.  These lyrics have become my battle cry as well as given me a more perfected Christian worldview..

Inseprable has become one of my go to discs and my favorite songs are Furious Love and Mechanical Planet.


title: Casting Pearls has quickly become one of my favorite bands. They have a creative and playful twist ...

text: Casting Pearls has quickly become one of my favorite bands.  They have a creative and playful twist in their music. At times the vocals (on this disc) remind me of Queen (compliment).  Thank you for making me smile.


title: thought it would be better

text: not impressed with them as artist, but like their message.  The best song is to be found on the Heavy Righteous Metal II disc.


title: Saw This One Live in concert!

text: Saw Mylon and Broken Heart do this album live at Taylor University back in the Mid-80's... fantastic music by even more credible Christians.  A must have.  Pop sounds with heart-felt conviction... These guys really love Jesus.


title: Jack White produced Loretta Lynn’s masterpiece, her crowning achievement.

text: This album is fantastic. Loretta and Jack White cook up quite a recipe! “High on a Mountaintop” alone is worth the price of admission. They nail it.


title: This is a fantastic collection of To Perry's epic FM broadcasts from FL ...

text:
This is a fantastic collection of Tom Petty's epic FM broadcasts from FL '87, NC '89, and a slew of live songs played at Bridge School Benefit '94, Dylan's 30th Anniversary Show (& w/band jamming with other stars) Farm Aid '86, TV performances, Benefit Show/ more with Dylan.

Disc 1 is worth the cost of the entire package. Same w/ disc 2 & 3! Some of this I had already from recording it from radio. It's so nice to have high quality, high resolution recordings of this stuff again. If you are a Tom Petty fan and you want to double your experience, you must buy this album. The CD's are long and chock full of fantastic material by this killer live band. There are hits and also obscure classics. The '87 "Don't Come Around Here No More" is tremendous, classic, all time great... The whole album shines bright in a very moving audio tribute to this late great singer /songwriter/ bandleader rock and roll star.  They are at the top of their game on this collection. They cover The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I go?" quite well! They also cover Buffalo Springfield's "For What it's Worth" which features Mike Campbell paying homage to Neil Young's guitar riffs, which really provided the hypnotic beauty this song contains. Excellent, a must have for hardcore fans.

The sound quality is pristine & vibrant. The packaging is first rate. 3 CD's I also have the Transmission Impossible Nirvana, a band I love. I must say this one is my favorite of the two. But we can have them both! I need to give the other another listen. They tend to turn into classics! Alan in Seattle


title: Good sound quality

text: If you are a fan, then you must have it. Good sound quality. Since they are no longer touring, you best snap up what you can from this incredible band with the "greatest rock singer of all time" before he succumbed to his life's mental health issues. Suicide is a horrible thing to do to those who love you. But until you've walked a mile in a man's shoes…. Celebrity could not save him, nor the love of his family.


title: Dylan's Blues: The crucial missing link between 1st/2nd album

text: Dylan's Blues: The crucial missing link between his sometimes silly self-titled debut and his masterpiece 2nd album which featured such heavyweights as Blowin' in the Wind, Masters of War, and A Hard Rains A'Gonna Fall. This is a fantastic album of covers and originals, some with two takes. This is what Dylan worked on before his genius was revealed to the world on "Freewheelin' " The album is available overseas, not from Columbia. The booklet is excellent, the sound quality is good. This material made it out of the vault and somehow isn't copyrighted. Buy it while you can. My copy arrived promptly and was worth every penny.  Dylan's first album was all covers except "Song to Woody" and it flopped, selling only 2,500 copies. 18 year old Dylan was snidely referred to as "Hammond's Folly" by Columbia backbiters doubting the wisdom of the guy who signed him (along with Billie Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, SR Vaughan, and who attempted to find Robert Johnson to sign him only to find he had been murdered after laying down his classic delta blues tracks... The acoustic blueprints from which rock and roll was born, by way of electrified guitars in the hands of Chicago blues giants).  But I digress. Dylan, and Hammond, had something to prove. And Dylan had incredible talent for his age, proven here as he plays and sings the blues powerfully and deeply. There are great other-genre tunes like the whimsical and flirty "Baby, I'm in the Mood for You." Dylan's HEAVIEST RACIAL PROTEST SONG EVER is included here, an excellent version, The Death of Emmet Till. This song is so deep and sad, a horrible retelling of a true tale lynching of a 14 year old boy (first heard by most people on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9, Witmark Demos). This is Dylan's equivalent of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit", a protest song about lynching so strong the record companies wouldn't touch it. Billy Crystal's father released the song on his indie label for Holiday. Dylan's song never got released because the PR at Columbia balked at pissing off the wrong people. If you enjoy classic old Dylan, this is a must have. 1.2 hours. Dylan tips the hat to Robert Johnson, among others. One of the few duds on the album is a cover of the Hank Williams classic "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle" which he didn't flesh out enough beyond what we hear in this version. The end vocal falls apart. Otherwise, an absolutely necessary must-have missing link for any serious Dylan Fan. If you are one who buys some of the official Bootleg Series releases and own 20 or more of his albums, this is for you. Nobody knows if Columbia Records will ever release these tracks / versions.  Snap it up and you will be glad you did!


title: A Landmark album in the history of Psychadelic Trance

text:
Astral Projection, Avi Nissim & Lior Perlmutter, Released "Dancing Galaxy" in 97', and that album has jumped them to be the top Psychadelic Trance Group in the world. After their Previous release  which contained "Mahadeva", a landmark title in Goa Trance, the  duo have put Israeli Trance on the international map. Although, I assure  you this album takes the cake.
The Album Consists of eight songs, but the  best one is the debute title, "Dancing Galaxy". It is TRULY the  best release ever to be made in the genre. The Hyped-up Beats, along with  shattering 303 breakz, layered smartly on Progressive Synth Sounds and  Leads are absolutely fantastic. You have never heard such sound before.  That, with little-yet-smart Ambient effects, really blows your mind away.  Remember to crank up the "Bass" knob on your stereo before  hearing this album. That is, if your speakers are strong enough to handle  it.
The only reason this album did not get 4 stars is because most of the  other songs on the album were similar to each other. If there was a  "Dancing Galaxy" Single, I would definately give it 5 stars.


title: Fits right in with the latest Warp releases.

text: Along the same vein as Mouse on Mars, mu-ziq, and Orbital, Vrumjaago was a very pleasant surprise.  The melodies are very well thought out, but not too poppy.  The beats are brilliantly arranged, though simpler than mu-ziq  they still hold a similar quality.  Some of the material successfully  echoes Warp's Artificial Intelligence series, which is a lot to say for an  American white kid.<br />Highly reccommended to people tired of the same old  Fatboy.


title: The BEST!

text: Oonagh is divine.  Make that Divine.  Thank you, Santa-Sofia Delliponti!!!!


title: BLISS

text: I hope this talented oddling keeps at exactly what she is doing -  her singing is flawless and she has that special extra something.  Buy her stuff.  YEAH!!!!


title: Elemental Aguanko

text: Elemental Aguankó, the ensemble led by percussionist and composer Alberto Nacíf, is a talented group of Michigan based musicians who are steeped in the tradition of jazz infused son-salsa. In La Bicileta and Chiquita, for example, you might hear shades of Conjunto Libre or Eddie Palmieri's La Perfecta orchestra. And, like the Fort Apache Band, there are Afro-Cuban folkloric rhythms, as in the percussive rumba Elemental. The overall feel on Elemental is relaxed; the jazz is sophisticated, but accessible in essential ways. It's graced with a driving funk and sabor that comes only from years of developing a musical sensibility that speaks from both the heart and soul.


title: One of Pilita's better recordings.

text:
This will probably be the only entry for Pilita Corrales on Amazon since Pilita's fan base are older Filipinos. I'm a Canadian-born Filipino who is fond of older Filipino music. I like Filipino music prior to 1980 when they stopped using real instruments and went cheap with synthesizer arrangements.

Maalaala Mo Kaya is a 1977 production of well arranged Tagalog standards with one Visayan standard sung in Tagalog (Pobreng Kasintahan which is the Tagalog version of Pobreng Alindahaw). Doming Amarillo (D'Amarillo) and Doming Valdez are the arrangers. They produce funky bass lines, sweeping strings, great drum and woodwind/brass arrangements. The sound quality of this CD is superb. Which is a feat because many of the CDs of recodings of the 1970s from the Philippines sound muffled because of lazy mastering techniques by Filipino recording companies today.

The songs are pleasant Tagalog pop ballads and folk songs of the 70s, 60s and earlier with one Cebuano song sung in Tagalog. Most Filipinos should know most of the songs on this album as they were recorded countless other times by other artists and even by Pilita herself.

I would like to see come available, recordings of Pilita's Cebuano music being that Pilita is a Cebuana. So far I can only find Matud Nila, Visayan Love Songs Vol. 1, Pilita Corales sings Visayan Songs (which is just a bunch of Tagalog ballads sung in Visayan), Sa Tanang Panahon (another album of Tagalog songs sung in Cebuano) and Yukbo Sa Bisayanhong Awit (half of which is sung by Susan Fuentes) These I can only find on used LP or cassette tape. If anybody knows of any other Visayan albums by Pilita please e-mail me at wasaywasay@yahoo.com

I feel that Visayan songs, including the songs of Warays and Ilonggos carry a Spanish passion often lacking in American pop-influenced Tagalog music.


title: Inspirational

text:
This is a lightweight read in terms of pages, but has quality content and is worth the asking price.

Seth Godin gives the reader some key points to think over before starting their own business.

This is not strictly a step-by-step how-to and is not greatly laden with detail, but it covers the main concepts to bear in mind and is something you can go to again and again for inspiration.

Like a few other of Seth Godin's books, this one gives heart to the small business operator that they can be in a position of advantage when pitted against the corporate giants, providing smart thinking and actions are followed.

What also sets this apart from alot of "run your own business books" is that it is enjoyable and fun to read.

That makes it easy and quick to read, which means that if you buy it, you will read it, unlike many other business books three times the size of this one.


title: Outstanding Presentation of a Classic Film Score!

text: Composer Russell Garcia has scored one of the classic science fiction scores with his music for George Pal’s THE TIME MACHINE (1960).  His creative accompaniment for this film ranges from melodic themes and dissonant musical effects to futuristic soundscapes that really bring life to this adaptation of H. G. Wells’ story of an inventor’s journey into the far future. Both romantic and exhilarating in its treatment, the score perfectly fits George Pal’s depiction of Victorian England and the dystopian world of the year 802,701. This powerful edition of Garcia’s soundtrack presents the 1987 re-recording, arranged and conducted by Garcia himself in Munich, Germany, which allows for the intricacies of the music to be heard as the composer originally intended. Prior presentations of the Munich Recording had been altered with such things as timing, tempo, pitch, and editing, while this new CD provides exactly what Garcia intended when he made his re-recording, which includes previously unreleased tracks. As a bonus, it also includes a suite from Garcia’s 1961 score to Pal’s ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT, recorded during that same Munich session. This CD is by far the most complete and accurate representation of Russel Garcia’s original score for THE TIME MACHINE, and makes for an outstanding listen!


title: a meditation of airs

text: The musicians were clearly extremely focused during the recording of this raga.  It's not a raga in the sense of sitars & instrumentation of India; it's very, VERY meditative music that draws on musical tradition of India.  The trombone & didgeridoo complement each other so perfectly.  The first track of 3 is the least melodic, composed of drones & very spare trombone.  As the music progresses over 40 minutes of listening, the trombone does more & more, becoming intensely melodic, but -- because the instruments have in common that their sounds come from breath -- never breaking from the steadiness of the didgeridoo.  & there's something curious about this raga for the rainy season.  Almost every time I listen to it, the rain comes.


title: Great as far as live CD's go

text: The problem with live CD's is that you can't make everyone happy because everyone has their favorite songs and if those aren't on there people get disappointed.  So then the formula for a successful live album is to change up the songs a bit by throwing in new elements and adding in rare stuff.  By this 311 succeeds brilliantly.  They mix up the songs like a whole new verse in Misdirected Hostility, and a whole minute of build-up guitar before Hydroponic.  Also Nix Hex and Light Years sound very different than their studio counterparts.  Also in the mix is the great song Tribute from the Enlarged To Show Detail video EP which only hard-core fans have and a great cover of Who's Got the Herb? which is a great concert song.  So as far as live albums go this one is really good.


title: Outstanding!!

text: Have been wanting to get my hands on this for a while.  This is real Outlaws music!  As for the seller, great sound quality and prompt service.  Well worth the money for a longtime Outlaws fan.


title: Live with Lou

text: Great album bought it when Lou pass away .Remember a friend had it, I didn't pick up on it right away back in the day . But when transformer came out i was hook on his work . So i now own a lot of the velvet under ground on LP .


title: Great Music

text: This won't be a review of the music, since most are already familiar. It's great to get these two discs together for a fantastic price. Being they're the British releases, we get more music than the US editions (I did enjoy a couple of the orchestral pieces on the US album, but there's none of that filler here). The updated mix sounds excellent on both. If you don't own these, take advantage of the deal here.


title: Not The Place To Start

text: Let me begin by saying This is a Magnificent album. I would say, contrary to other reviews, this is Not the starting point to begin your appreciation of Laurie Anderson. If you do you'd expect these melodic songs throughout her catalog. That just isn't so. I'd suggest starting with "Big Science (where Many of us first learned of her, with "O Superman"), then move on to "Mr. Heartbreak". Then, if you appreciate her style, get This Astounding album. She varies between Performance Artist and full on pop-ish singer quite easily. If you can find it at a decent price, get the "United States" box set, too. Laurie is an incredible talent, and she needs to be heard.


title: Unforgetable Oldie

text: Song entitled Send Me Some Lovin.


title: Best release

text:
Songs include:

01. Stop in the name of love
02. Did you ever really love me
03. Is there anybody out there
04. Heaven is a place on earth
05. Tell him
06. Never in a million of years
07. For all we know
08. Total eclipse of the heart
09. Forever and a day
10. I'll be waiting
11. Secrets
12. Something about you
13. Voice of America
Bonus tracks (not included in the U.S. release):
14. Did you ever really love me (remix)
15. Is there anybody out there (remix)
16. For all we know (remix)
17. Total eclipse of the heart (remix)


title: Great Eurodance compilation

text:
List of songs:

01. Somebody Dance With Me (New Version)
02. Everybody (New Version)
03. Take Control (New Version)
04. Keep On Dancing (New Version)
05. Love is All Around
06. Let The Dream Come True - 3:58
07. There is a Party - 5:31
08. It's My Life - 4:12
09. Radio Ga Ga - 3:47
10. Let's Come Together - 3:44
11. Where Is Your Love - 3:52
12. Respect Yourself - 4:24
13. DJ Bobo Megamix '99 (Single Version) - 4:30
  There is a party
  Everybody
  It's my life
  Around the world


title: For your 1990s Eurodance collection

text:
Songs from this CD include:

01. Flying High
02. The Way Love Is
03. One Love
04. I Need a Lover
05. Animals or Human
06. Find Another Way
07. Odyssey of Emotions
08. Relax Your Mind
09. Sea of Dreams
10. Lost in Gravity
11. Got Hypnotized


title: Great For Dale Earnhardt & NASCAR Fans

text: This CD is a great tribute for Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR, and classic country music fans. The songs are truly heartfelt and are written towards Dale Earnhardt and other lost in NASCAR.


title: Great CD For NASCAR Fans

text: This CD is great for the classic country and NASCAR fans especially fans that enjoyed the No Bull and Winston Cup Era of NASCAR Racing.


title: Nice organ and instrumental sound

text: Excellent arrangements and played well. Sacred instrumental music is the menu that consists of organ plus other wind instruments. Not currently in print anywhere.


title: Work great

text: Works as needed.


title: Soothing and relaxing music

text: Michael Hammer is one of those rare New Age composers with depth, substance and radiance.<br />I love all of his CDs and this is just one of them. They all balance and harmonize.


title: To Titiyo Belongs the Glory

text: Titiyo just keeps getting better with age; should you need proof, just put this collection on your CD player and witness for yourself.  Her greatest hits are all here--"Come Along" and "Man in the Moon"--along with some nice surprises, like her duet with Shakka Bo on "We Vie."  I especially like her latest single (a hit in Europe) "Loving Out of Nothing," the video of which I had been playing daily on youtube.com before someone pulled it for copyright infringement.  If she stumbles at all, it is probably on "A Change is Gonna Come," which no one has ever managed to sing better than Sam Cooke.  All that aside, she may be nearing forty, but she's still a strikingly beautiful woman, with a voice that gets under your skin and stays there.  Why she continues to languish in near-obscurity in this country is a mystery, but for those of us who have seen the light and harkened to the music of this consummate artist, to Titiyo belongs the glory.


title: Excellent

text: Excellent


title: Great Cello

text: If you like Cello this CD is for you.


title: Love this album!

text: As always, BLACKPINK delivers. The CD arrived fast and, most importantly, the case did not have any cracks whatsoever. I haven't been so lucky with other CDs. It came with several photographs of Jisoo as well, who is my bias, so that was pretty great.


title: Five Stars

text: I love this set I listen to it every day


title: Cd case damaged

text:
I want to take a moment to say when this CD arrived I was a little disappointed when I found the juel case was pretty badly cracked CD is ok but wondered how that would happen when the package it arrived in was bubble pack

Thank you for asking

Jerry Williams


title: I received it with a cracked case.

text: I received the cd with a cracked case. I am unhappy.


title: This was a gift for my dad and he loved it. It can faster then expected and was ...

text: This was a gift for my dad and he loved it.  It can faster then expected and was perfect.


title: wonderful testimony

text: I have enjoyed Karen Wheatons music for years, & to listen to her testamony  just goes to show that pain & suffering hits all of us at one time or another...But God Will make a way if we Just beleive & have faith...<br />Shes very down to earth, but has a heart for God...praise God for this testamony...


title: beautiful voice

text: I have listened to Karen Wheaton for years, & this is just another one of her beautiful voice. Her music is so annointed...I just love her....


title: Wow, how anointing....

text:
I had  seen the program of Tatianas 'I Thirst' on TBN at Easter, & I was absolutely spellbound by it....
The music is so annointing & heartfelt... I had to get the CD,& I will be getting the DVD  of it as well...
It is just a wonderful worship CD also...it will definatly touch your heart & Im not even Catholic..


title: Five Stars

text: excellent , good listing


title: A good album

text: I liked this cd.  I used it for personal listening.


title: Great performances by a superb artist

text: This recording is exciting and challenging literature played by a superb organist. Having heard him perform live a few times, he is engaging, musical and exciting to which to listen. I only give this a 4 for the quality of the recording. It is a live performance and Ken's playing is terrific, however, the fidelity of the CD was not quite up to par with others I have, as least the copy I received. Still, it's worth having if you are a listener of serious organ music and appreciate a high level of performance. Ken usually performs by memory, so I would assume this selections were most, if not all performed by memory in the concert. That is an amazing feat right there!


Love his tranquil music and enthusiasm such relaxing mood setting.  I use this daily in my business as a massage therapist and my clients love it.


title: Love his tranquil music and enthusiasm such relaxing mood setting


title: Best

text: Great music that arrived quickly


title: Good CD, terrible mucis content. Old Hyuna is better.

text: Her latest work is awful. A stupid video showing losers in a club atmosphere?? Not the Hyuna that used to have good music. Shes just listening to her handlers and playing to the focus groups target market results. Hyuna, please get back to K-Pop not this club junk. That video didn't make any sense.


4Minute is by far better music then any garbage music in America today. In America, you are forced to listen to terrible people and their rap music from an awful culture.


title: CD ALBUM ART

text: Classics, great complilation


title: Wonderful New Orleans-style Christmas Music

text: I've had this cassette for several years and LOVE it. I've searched for it on CD several times, but cannot find it. I'm disappointed every year.


title: TREMENDO ALBUM!!! GRACIAS JUAN LUIS

text:
Este album nos lleva de nuevo a todos esos sentimientos que JL y su 440 nos  han acostumbrado desde que nos enseñaron a oir ,bailar y disfrutar su musica... El trabajo es super completo  y de verdad es un MUST en la collecion de culaquier persona, mas aun de los que admiramos y seguimos a Guerra y su 440 y de los que hemos celebrado con el todos los mejores momentos..

Excelente fusion de ritmos e inmejorable instrumentacion... !! Un album sin desperdicios.... GRACIAS JUAN LUIS!


title: Two Stars

text: Good songs but the cds where poorly made.


title: Great songs

text: Love all songs.  No scratches.


title: This isn't his only CD....

text: I had James Rainwater (PJ) as my pastor for a year, and man, that was one of the best years I've had.  He is a terrific guy, and a fabulous singer.  Besides Free to Go, PJ also has The Gallery, Another Christmas (my personal favorite), and A Gospel Collection.  They're all worth purchasing, and I highly recommend them all.  If you get the chance to see one of PJ's concerts, GO GO GO!!!  You won't be disappointed.


title: An Underappreciated Classic

text: Love's Forever Changes is simply one of the best albums of all time.  Standing up better than most psychedelic masterpieces, this is dizzy trip, incorporating pop and rock, loud guitar and orchestra.  This version offers a remastered sound and extra tracks.


title: One of their best

text: I originally bought this on cassette and have search long and hard for a CD.  This is the Maranatha Chorus at their best.


title: Great Album, Love Every Song

text: I heard one of their songs on Pandora that I enjoyed, I downloaded the album and really really like it.  I'm a fan.


title: Remember those tight little Colombian buds?

text: It's very cool to see that there are still some old rock and rollers out there who can remember that far back!  I first heard "This Was" when I was 13 and, like many of the previous fans, I agree that this  remains one of Tull's best albums.  I saw the boys in Miami during the  Passion Play tour.  As I recall, Mr. Anderson came out dressed as a  flute-playing rabbit.  Man, do I miss those days...


title: Great mix

text: Great mix


title: The Best of Bach

text: This is a very nice collection of Bach music.  I always like Bach.  I ordered this CD because I used to have a Bach LP or tape cassette by this name.  This more recent collection does not quite match the earlier one.


title: The Classic Romance

text: The Classic Romance is a very nice EMI CD.  Many tracks are very nice, e.g. (3) Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini.  Quite a number of tracks are gorgeous, e.g. (7) Cavalleria Rusticana.  Some of the music is a bit loud, e.g. (1) Warsaw Concerto.  Overall it is a great CD.


title: Five Stars

text: thank you


title: The Music

text: I love the music from this era. I have some of this set, and will be getting more. !!!! !!


title: The Music

text: I love the music from that era. I ,have several more in this set. and will be getting more. l l l


title: Five Stars

text: Very nice photos of the members in Paris.


title: Very Pleased

text: Quick delivery. Carefully  packaged. No problems whatsoever!


title: Get this one

text: As a classical music lover this is a perfect CD


title: Here I Am in Buffalo

text: The songs are great. The quality of the recordings are clear and strong. The singing is from the heart. I have really enjoyed this CD.


title: Five Stars

text: Great


title: Great singer!

text: The 4 stars because his best are really not all included in this CD. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed it very much.


title: Got it for my Father!!

text: Awesome service from the seller! The item arrived in good condition and before the time scheduled for delivery.<br />Got this one for my father. There a couple of songs from this artist that I like, sadly they are not included in this collection. But if you ask my father, he will tell you to buy it!


title: Excellent modern jazz from London

text:
pregnant with meaning and "presenting an overarching accessibility which belies the elemental complexity and underlying logic of its construction." At the core of this album is a top notch piano trio formed and honed over the last few years by Ivo Neame, Milan-born double bassist Andrea Di Biase, who studied under such current greats as Scott Colley and Drew Gress, and drummer Dave Hamblett. The pianist and the bassist also share the compositional credits: Neame wrote three tunes (#2, 4, 7), while Di Biase offers six pieces (#1, 3, 5-6, 8-9), these latter of which are more like three compositions given their interconnectedness/-textuality (?). Veteran saxophonist/clarinetist Julian Argüelles brings his expertise and impassioned play to the table, being featured on four tracks (#1-2, 4-5).

Neame navigates effortlessly on the motif- and rhythm-wise challenging opener 'hysterical revisionism' that combines restlessness with modern lyricism, whilst allowing ample space for a tenor sax, abstractionist bass and sweeping piano elaborations. This piece is briefly revisited in a piano trio setting on #6 'history repeating'.
The pulsating title track #3 'roots of unity' exhibits deconstructionist slant giving way to complexity as the tune progresses, showcasing masterful execution by Neame and his triomates, considering both change in dynamics and choice of vocabulary – touch/influence of the late great pianist/composer John Taylor is observable here as elsewhere on the album. On the apropos of which it's worth to note that Argüelles collaborated with Taylor on the following releases of his: "Phaedrus" (1990, Ah Um) and the more recent [[ASIN:B00HVO673C Circularity]] (2014, CamJazz), while the same reedman appears on Taylor's [[ASIN:B005XCZFD2 Requiem for a Dreamer]] (2011, CamJazz).
The aforementioned title track links up nicely with the funk-driven concluding piece, which could have been longer (clocks under 2 minutes), titled #9 'common multiple' – from the sleeve notes: "In mathematics, a root of unity is any complex number that gives 1 when raised to some positive integer power n."

The elegiac track #5 'today, tomorrow, never' is "a poignant commentary on migrants' struggles for a better life," a tune that is having Argüelles on heartfelt soprano sax and dynamic piano solo adding some starkness before the quartet ends on a gentle, dreamy note. #8 'dust and moonlight' reconnects with this piece, creating a truly moving lyrical piano trio rendition.
Neame's three compositions include: #2 'la strega' (read: the witch), which is off to a staccato enhanced agitated start that segues into tenor-led pensiveness, reminiscent of early Keith Jarrett – Jan Garbarek interplay, then moving onto some more straight ahead cadences for the solo segments, and closing with a curt drums embellishment. The exquisite #4 'moonbathing' sports misty tenor and again some more traditional phrasing and tempo for the improvisations, including elegantly nostalgic double bass part from Di Biase. Modal intrigue gradually leading over to a kind of harmonic advancement, agile bass delineation and lush piano take characterize the engaging trio piece #7 'resignation'.
On a personal note, I've been familiar with and appreciative of Ivo Neame's playing based on his contribution to London-based American trumpeter's Andre Canniere's third release "Coalescence" (2013) and having heard snippets from his latest offering [[ASIN:B01N5O42P8 Strata]] (2015) – both discs from the British Whirlwind Recordings.
The present album is dedicated to the memory of Kenny Wheeler. Total time: 55.44 min. – kudos for the impressive audio quality.

(In writing this review I've gleaned some information from the website of Whirlwind Recordings.)


title: New York double-bassist's debut record (3.8 stars)

text:
written for and delivered by a mainstream jazz piano trio, with elements of classical music. With 20 years of experience as a performer, Wade goes well beyond the usual role of bass accompaniment by playing the integral part of the melody line and offering excellent improvisations throughout in a round, commanding tone, while also providing ample space for pianist Tim Harrison and drummer Scott Neumann to showcase their craft.
The best part of the album extends from track #4 to #8, imho: 'singsong' is a kind of "peg-legged tango" (Jazz Weekly), combining angular blocks with bluesy playfulness; 'tossed' starts off w/ some plodding bass that shifts for unison (and tempo) w/ a bright, carefree piano. #6 'valley and stream' is a folkish, lyrical ballad, also featuring a bit of arco bass and a great solo, while 'twist in the wind' proves to be a dynamic jazz blues having a fluid piano elaboration (á la Dave Kikoski). #8 'cold spring' is an Evansian jazz waltz played with warmth – note Neumann's delicate brush work.

In addition, we also have the standardish mid-tempo piece called 'jump for joy' the set opens with, followed by the solemn # 'prisoner' offering extended, sinewy bass work backed up by sensitive yet pronounced contribution on the drum kit. Wide reaching, delicate piano with a little bit of abstractionism characterizes the dreamy/yearning #3 'apogee'. The album closes with a natural and smooth treatment in 5/4 of Harold Arlen's #9 'if only I had a brain' from "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). Total time: 54.18 min.


title: Five Stars

text: Great for any homeschooling family!


title: Five Stars

text: great


title: Surprised?!

text: I know what a lot of you are thinking, "this is a person who loves Hendrix!" and buys Sentimental Love songs on a 5 CD set.  Okay, there is a reason for it.  I use to ride a motorcycle, and if you have ever rode a bike, I don't have to explain that feeling to you of freedom with the wind in your face, the tears in your eyes, the ponytail knotted forever.  It's like you're in a dream when riding a bike (Triumph 750 Bonneville), but, alas, every old person in this world kept hitting me and breaking my legs, shoulders, arms with the explanation "I never even saw you". ..that because's they never looked to their left before lane changing, g-d bless them.  So now I drive a car, okay, so I drive fast like "Speed Racer" but even with the windows down the hair in my face I can't quite grasp the bike-riding feeling again so I've psych myself at the age of 57 to slow down and listen to "I'll be Seeing You" which is very calm, beautiful music and biting my tongue until it bleeds until I get to my destination.  If you knew me, you would know how funny this is.  Lolly driving slow.  That would be the day.  But I'm trying to slow down, it is just not easy.  And the music is beautiful, and my mom actually stops praying while she's in the car with me when I have this CD in.  She no longer looks like she just saw a vampire, of course, not a good looding one like Edward Cullen.  Hmmm doggies!  I may be old, but I'm not dead!  Enjoy these CD's, it will calm any mother down in the back seat.


title: Classic Record - Take Me Along

text: This record was made in 1959 and is long out of print.  What a shame that the R.C.A. folks did not re release this one on CD.  Frankie Carle and his piano and orchestra really put some polsih to this broadway musical.  There are a lot of nice musical numbers throughout this entire record.  If you buy any of Frankie Carle`s albums, this one should be on your list.  It is truly a classic.


title: Five Stars

text: great soundtrack


title: Five Stars

text: superb everything has described


title: Meditation CD

text: This is a great meditation CD. The meditations correspond to the book How Does God Change Your Life. The book is also great.


title: yuck

text: I see where this is going for $57.  This is the ABB album for all of you that REALLY REALLY like Little River Band.  It's well played (I guess), and totally sterile.  If you are an actual ABB fan, you probably don't own this.  Or if you do own this, you threw it away or burned it. This doesn't sound even remotely like the Brothers.


title: Kelly Clarkson Deluxe Album

text:
I received this product very quickly!!
I like the fact that "Don't Rush" was included, but was disappointed in that the video of "Don't Rush" from the CMA awards was not included.

The song "Don't Rush" by Kelly Clarkson and featuring Vince Gill (who is one of the nicest people on this Earth) is excellent and is a favorite of mine.

Highly Recommended!! Kirby


title: Mahalia vol.10

text:
I own some of the previously released records from the Integrale series.
This one is as good as any previously released.
Sonic qualities are suprisingly good.
I think I will complete the whole series of Integrale CDs


title: Five Stars

text: LOVE IT WILL BUY AGAIN IF MY GOES BAD


title: WHO EVER LIKES SALSA MUSIC BE CRAZY NOT TO OWN ...

text: WHO EVER LIKES SALSA MUSIC<br />BE CRAZY NOT TO OWN THIS CD AND DVD


title: CD Order

text: Would have been nice to get the CD that I was advertise. Got a cassette which I already have.<br /> 9511342


title: THE AMAZING DEAD BOYS

text: I'm giving it a 5 star because this band is obviously the best underrated punk band better than Ramones and more hardcore than a lot of people the only thing I have to complain about is the paper back case cuz I HATE PAPERBACK CASES cuz the edged wear out more but everything else is amazing!!! I'm glad I paid my money for this don't regret


title: interesting

text: I don't know if I received a bad cd or what. I had trouble getting it to play in any of my players. It was almost impossible to hear on several tracks. Based on the reviews that I read, I suspect that I got a bad product.


title: When I was a little girl!

text: This was a Christmas tradition in my house growing up.  When Dad brought this out you just KNEW it was Christmas.  Great memories.  Not for everyone but truly a classic.


title: Buyyyy itttt!!!!!!

text: Wvwry thing was nice it was the best the peoster it life and it was in oerfect condition


title: Need to buy for Stargate fans

text: I absolutely loved it.  If you are a Daniel and Vala fan (Michael Shanks and Claudia Black) you really need to get this one for your collection.


title: Another recording of the many fine ones by Lee Konitz, still living at 91!

text: Alto and soprano saxophonist Lee Konitz performs eight selections from the Kander/Ebb musical Chicago-My Own Best Friend, Roxie, Funny Honey, Razzle Dazzle etc. His accomplished colleagues on this 5-6-1975 outing include, among the twelve, guitarist George Davis, Don Palmer and Joe Farrell on tenor saxophone, Lloyd Michels and Richard Hurwitz on trumpet, Michael Longo on keyboard and synthesizer, and Major Holly, who does the honors with the double bass and sings four of the eight tracks.<br />Konitz's gifts of intelligence, musicality and long-lined improvisation  peaked here in an album strikingly different in its  quality from others in his discography of over 200 recordings.


title: Fair to good songs, typically fine singing and top notch arrangements and sound !!!!

text: Since the 2 songs are merely OK to good, I am giving a 4 star rating for Carly's beautiful singing. The song, JESSE, like YOU'RE SO VAIN, is a biting, eloquently delivered indictment of a snarky man who idolizes himself. And the arrangements are quite well done, as is typical with those of her records with which I am familiar. And the 45 is very expensive !


title: An extraordinary album !!!!!

text: At this time, the above HNH 2 lp set of Dorati conducting this 1977 release of Mahler's 5th Symphony and his own orchestrations of Pettersson's 8 Barefoot Songs is not available (I grabbed the last copy this past month) but I see no reason that it won't show up again; I have seen even rarer items do the same. And if it does, I unhesitatingly urge any collector with a turntable who loves Dorati, the Mahler 5th, and/or Pettersson to snap it up immediately. I originally bought it more than 40 years ago and chanced to let it go. Having regretted it in recent years, I jumped at the opportunity when it showed up here.<br />The 5th is given a more reserved approach that, like such recordings as those of Barbirolli, Kubelik/DG, Bernstein/Sony (itself a performance often trashed because of its reserve but generally my favorite of both of his cycles combined), Neumann, both Abbado/Chicago and Berlin, and Rudolf Schwarz, allows the power and beauty to evolve naturally. Dorati's orchestrations of the already very beautiful Pettersson's are exquisitely sung and played !!! One great set !!!!


title: A must, particularly for Faith fans like myself !!

text:
Hollywood Serenade is a Columbia House lp consisting of 10 song hits from mainly sixties films, as recorded by the very musically gifted Percy Faith. However, all selections were culled from other Faith lps to create this anthology which may have been sent to club members in "good standing", as Columbia House releases were used for special promotional reasons.
And it is a very fine record, one in which the material is treated with  simplicity, imagination, expressive depth, meticulous professionalism and respect for every tune's individual character. I have never heard a Faith production that is average in quality and I have heard and own most of them.
The program includes such classics as Born Free, Exodus, Wives and Lovers, Moon River, The Look of Love, etc. It doesn't have the focus of the original lps but it has value as a stopgap for some collectors or as an introduction for people new to  this artist !


title: Only side A's FIRE is first class and worthy of attention !

text: I own this 1978 45 by the Pointer Sisters and love their feisty, fervent cover of Bruce Springsteen's Fire, one that also benefits from Richard Perry's thorough production. The B side, Love is like a Rolling Stone, unfortunately is a throwaway. !


title: This Toscanini Brahms 2nd is so obviously a magnificent labor of love in its searing, disciplined passion and beauty !!!

text: I would consider myself insane to call this any less than a most stirring example of Toscanini's greatness as a Brahms interpreter, particularly of this Symphony. The Brahms 2nd catalog is rich in good to great performances of this work. But I have known this one for over 50 years and swear by its rewards for repeat listenings. My lp copy is an HMV import from the early fifties but I hear few differences between it and the American Victor/Victrola pressings that I have owned. Whether lp or cd, lovers of Brahms need to hear and own this 2nd, if they haven't already.


title: VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO RICHTER FANS, DESPITE ONE QUIBBLE !!!!!

text: The 4 stars are only because of the grainy sound of the mid-50's Iron Curtain broadcast facilities; once the 1st Concerto gets 2 or 3 minutes underway, one's ears adjust to what are 2 of the most exciting Beethoven Concerto performances the late Sviatoslav  Richter ever played- at his limpid, delectable, yet dramatic best, and his almost superhuman virtuosity in overdrive ! The horribly underrated and underrecorded conductor, Bretislav Bakala (1897-1958) provided majestically paced, but pulsatingly detailed support with very responsive playing from the Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra. In short, a wonderful cd of historic and very satisfying performances! From the mid-50's !!


title: Despite a minor quibble, a cd that gave me much pleasure and one I am glad to own !!!

text: This pair of broadcast performances highlights the very consistent, virtuosic and musical approach that was so special about Zino Francescatti (1902-1991). The Paganini 1st Concerto dates September 8, 1951, and is a beautiful collaboration with Sir Malcolm Sargent and the BBC Symphony, while the Brahms Concerto, from April 6, 1957, with Paul Paray and the New York Philharmonic, is a good one but not on the same plane as the 1956 Columbia mono studio one with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia. Still for devotees of both the Brahms and the violinist, this cd is a must !


title: A 45 that is simply superb, superior and stupendous as a piece of musical sound !!!!

text: One would have to be grossly lacking in taste not to consider these 2 songs  at least among the top 20 pop classics since the invention of records. I was 6 years old back in 1957 when my aunt bought this 45, complete with picture sleeve- 40 years later she would pass it and the rest of her 45s on to me as part of some culling of her collection. I also own another copy of this original but it is only in the original plain Columbia sleeve.<br />One can certainly pay less for these songs via other formats but someone who lives in any kind of collector's time warp will grab this. It captures both Mathis, whose records have been consistently of good quality, and the arranger Ray Conniff in a truly defining light!


title: An early lp featuring some of Mantovani's better performances !!

text: This 1949 mono ten inch lp of the great Mantovani is one I own with the same 8 selections but a different cover. It is from when the cascading strings had not yet become the proverbial goose laying millions of golden eggs on the mega selling lps of the fifties and later when the bandleader became a household name  in the British Isles, the U.S., and everywhere else.<br />Secondly, Mantovani featured a host of lesser known tunes from English composers of a semi-classical nature, such as Richard Addinsell's Festival, Sidney Baynes's Destiny Waltz and, my recent favorite, Charles Williams's The Jealous Lover, itself becoming a major hit several years later in 1960 through its connection to Billy Wilder's The Apartment. Another gem is Rota's Legend of the Glass Mountain, a very captivating, colorful composition from a man, some of whose  best work still lay ahead !!


title: I do have reservations about this otherwise good recording.

text: I am quite fond of the Dvorak 7th and own numerous recordings of it, including this Paita lp. Stylistically, the approach is generally hurricanish in nature, with tightly knit and sharply focussed virtuosity in the orchestra's responsive playing under this Maestro, a true individualist who knows exactly what he's doing.<br />My reason for 4 stars is that I am not very moved by Paita's conducting here but I admit to being completely aware that I could change my mind with re-hearings. Still, for now, I will stick with 4 stars.


title: Demus plays so beautifully here !!!

text: Cesar Franck wrote some of the most beautiful solo keyboard pieces ever for piano, in addition to the well-known PRELUDE, CHORALE AND FUGUE, of which I own Joerg Demus's earlier Westminster mono lp. Demus delivers exquisite readings of the OPUS 18 PRELUDE, FUGUE AND VARIATIONS; PRELUDE, ARIA AND FINALE; DANSE LENTE; LES PLAINTES D'UNE POUPEE; and the CANON AND FUGUE IN C MAJOR. For lp collectors who love Franck, this record is a must !


title: One very worthwhile song with one very forgettable one and why only 4, instead of, 5 stars !!

text: I gave this 45 four stars for  the heartfelt song, COMING HOME SOLDIER, which is brief but with a concise message about one good man's point of view on war, patriotism, valor, humility, romance and commitment. Vinton was a very gifted singer during his prime (I have not kept up with him in recent years) and was blessed on many of his best records with the services of the very gifted arranger/conductor, the late Robert Mersey, who ably nurtured other singers, ranging from Andy Williams to Mel Torme .<br />Unfortunately, the reverse side of this 1966 release, DON'T LET MY MARY GO AROUND, is a mediocre piece of tripe and causes one to wonder why Vinton picked it !


title: If you truly love Brahms, do not, under any circumstances, pass on this release !!!!

text:
Guila Bustabo (1916-2002) was an extraordinarily gifted violinist whose life and career were derailed by wide-ranging complications that are touched upon in the liner notes accompanying the above-listed cd, and a quite thorough Wiki bio.
The disc contents are the Paganini/Wilhemj Violin Concerto #1 and Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, a 1-28-1959 broadcast with Robert Heger conducting the Munich Radio Orchestra; and the infinitely rehearable Brahms Violin Concerto from 2-12-1963, featuring Otmar Nussio conducting the Swiss/Italia Radio Orchestra.
Bustabo performed the Paganini and Saint-Saens most impressively in a manner that kept me listening while Robert Heger's very fine conducting of the responsive Munich players was exquisite icing on an exceptional display of musicality bestowed on two showpieces that are only infrequently  heard in my study.
I own well over 40 recordings of the Brahms VC but am going to make room for Bustabo's recording. Her unique virtuosity was allied to a passionate love of every note and semi-quaver and playing of true heavenly lyricism. A most recommendable offering !


title: A 45 record with two very good songs played and recorded superbly !!!!

text: Billy Bland (1932-2017) achieved #7 in 1960 on the hot 100s with Let the Little Girl Dance, which, along with the B side, Sweet Thing, is one of the musically best 45s of the rhythm and blues genre that provided so much fertile soul to fifties and sixties pop music in the U.S. Bland had a superb tenor voice, snappy timing and delivery and captivating arrangements.<br />Unfortunately, he recorded only a tiny handful of more records with  moderate success before he quit performing for good in 1963.


title: First class lp of fine music not often heard !!!

text: Rudolf Firkusny recorded this fine, emotionally varied set of 14 Polkas and Dances for Capitol back in the late fifties. These works are mature, sophisticated, very poetic, difficult to play and much suited for repeated listening. I would suggest one or two pieces at a time for the best sustained listening because each is so packed with form and substance, but this is only a suggestion.


title: One of the better classical anthologies !!

text:
This record was originally released as part of the 1980 WFMT/Chicago Symphony Marathon and features 4 historical recordings of as many former Music Directors conducting the Orchestra, three selections by Bach and one , Mozart. They are as follows:
A. Bach/Stock- St. Anne's E-flat Prelude and Fugue, BWV 552; Frederick Stock, from Victor 78, 12-22-1941.
B. Bach- F minor Clavier Concerto #5, BWV 1056; Andre Tchaikowsky, piano, with Fritz Reiner, previously unreleased, 2-15-1958.
C. Bach- Air for the G String from D major Suite #3, BWV 1068; Sir Georg Solti, previously unreleased, May 14-15, 1974.
D. Mozart- C major Symphony #34, K. 338; Rafael Kubelik, from Mercury lp, 12-6-1952.
These performances are all first class. My favorite is the delightful, spirited Kubelik record of the Mozart 34th, the Symphony itself one of my favorites of the great man. I also really enjoyed the eloquent yet disciplined string sound Solti achieved in Bach, a special surprise because his live 1975 2nd Brandenburg Concerto at Boston's Symphony Hall and much later St. Matthew Passion record set were tepid.


title: Solid Brahms 2nd from Weissenberg and Maag but not much else !

text: This 1960 collaboration between pianist Alexis Weissenberg and Peter Maag conducting the Turin Radio Italian Orchestra, applying themselves to the Brahms Second Piano Concerto, was a sturdy, majestic performance, mainly in the lyrical vein and had sonics that are listenable while not top notch, even for 1960. The companion piece, the same composer's Song of Destiny, with the same orchestra and additional chorus, is a 1952 concert under Bruno Walter's direction and marred by rather average performance quality and barely adequate fidelity. Mainly for Weissenberg fans !


title: A must for Schubert and Schumann connoisseurs !!!

text: I have had mixed feelings about Gelber's playing in the past, being familiar with his long-deleted record of the Brahms First Concerto. Therefore, I am happy to state that his playing was very satisfying on the 2 pieces gathered on this 1975 lp, of which I deeply cherish my own recently acquired copy. The Schubert Wanderer Fantasy, otherwise a tough nut to crack as a listening experience, was a joyous affair; the Schumann 2nd Sonata, already a favorite, proved most moving, particularly the Andantino second movement. Finally, the late David Hall wrote liner notes that should have won a prize for their combination of historical and musical insight and his obvious underlying enthusiasm for both works !!


title: Some very pleasant moments on this record !!

text: This long-deleted 1957 lp, LOOK AT ME, LOVE, features a Cuban-born soprano, Maria Teresa, in a program of Latin-American songs by such composers as Lecuona, Lara, Quiroga, Grever, Arias, etc. She has a pleasant voice and the able support of Terig  Tucci and his Salon Orchestra.


title: This long out of print recording deserves a reappraisal !

text: This 1953 recording by the very talented, but horrifically underrated American violinist, Oliver Colbentson (1927-2013), with pianist, David  Garvey (1923-1995), is one of grace, rythmic pulse and conviction and one worthy of being added to my shelves. This gem has  been difficult to find but is worth the effort for collectors of historic violin records.


title: Recommended with the above-stated reservations !

text: I played my copy of this 78 set this morning. It was a decently performed set of records and reflected well on the hard work, talent and dedication of the Band's founder and director, Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956). The program included 4 Sousas; a long time favorite of mine, The National Emblem March by Bagley; and 3 of Goldman's own Marches, including the enjoyably festive On Parade, the rather bland, but very popular On the Mall, and the predictably pleasant On the Alert.<br />I would recommend the album to those who still collect and play 78s and love marches !


title: Very highly recommended !!!!

text: If this cd of Rimsky's Le Coq D'or Suite and the Moussorgsky Pictures returns to stock, grab it. Whether you own duplicates  or not, you will enjoy Tortelier's riveting and atmospheric performances, true to the spirit of both pieces yet individually compelling. And the BBC players are most responsive while the sound renders this cd a fitting demonstration disc for one's listening system.


title: A good pair of performances from the mono years !!!

text: A  good pairing of Lalo and Rimsky. The Lalo Symphonie Espagnole is performed in an exciting manner by Ricardo Odnoposoff with my great favorite Walter Goehr doing his  best solid conducting.<br /> Rimsky-Korsakov's coloristic marvel, Capriccio Espagnol, is given a suitably colorful performance by another gifted below-the-radar maestro, Victor Desarzens. It is not quite as hair-raising as records I also own that are conducted by Igor Markevitch and Alceo Galliera but, again, has its own merits !!


title: Recommended wholeheartedly !!!!!!!!

text: This lp of Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians doing numerous  favorite songs from before 1920 is an enjoyable one for those who cherish these chestnuts. The arrangements are imaginative, intelligent and, most importantly, very beautiful . They include My Gal Sal, Long long Ago, Sweet Adeline, Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland, etc.


title: Not totally equal to the Busch 78s, but, nevertheless, a GOOD one !!

text: Although I would play my Busch Victor 78s for an exalted listening experience, I do like this straightforward rendition with its own endearing but a tad more earthbound individuality, verve and conviction. I own the mono lp edition, which sounds quite vivid and bright in and of itself !


title: Superb recording but priced exorbitantly !!!!

text: Al Goodman conducted a first class series of operetta sets for RCA Victor during the mid to late 40's. This Rose Marie set is no exception- such Rudolf Friml melodies as Totem Tom Tom, Rose Marie and Indian Love Call are given their splendid due by his soloists, chorus and orchestra. The soloists are Christina Lund, Charles Fredericks and Marion Bell, all top notch.<br />I will, however, quibble about the outrageous prices for the records- thirty bucks for one and two hundred for the other- these are not that rare !


title: Good but not great !!

text: The conducting and playing of Haitink and his orchestra, the Concertgebouw, along with Perlman and Rostropovich was very good but the performance was a bit too reserved and staid. Try the Oistrakhs with Fournier and Knushevitsky instead for a greater nobility and grittier power !


title: A great lp  worth adding to one's record library !!!!!

text: Sometimes on here, I feel as though I have been too enthusiastic but I believe in total honesty with good recordings, the sosos, and the trash. This is a nice record with respect to music, performance and engineering. Jose Serebrier draws alert, expressive playing out of the Adelaide Symphony in this 1982 digital recording featuring perennially favorite pieces of mine with a couple of unfamiliars. Included are the Bizet Carmen Suite, for which I have developed a fondness in recent years and accumulated many recordings; Offenbach's Can-Can and Barcarolle; and Gounod's perpetually sublime and elegant Faust Ballet Suite- along with two beauties I had never  before heard -the Prelude to Massenet's La Vierge  and  Dance of the Priestesses from Saint-Saens's Samson and Delilah.


title: One of several dozen very fine recordings of both Symphonies !!!!

text: I may seem to be giving an all-out recommendation for this lp but I know it will wear super well because of Tennstedt. When I first heard it, I found it rather understated, almost desultory in places. As I have learned from other Tennstedt recordings on my shelves, whether studio or live, I will always like them better with repeat hearings. Whether it's the studio Mahler 4th or Brahms Violin Concerto with Nigel Kennedy; or the live Mahler 3 through 7 on Memories or Shostakovich 5th on Profil, I recommend them whole-heartedly !


title: Good early mono folk lp and rare!

text: This is a good anthology from the early fifties featuring very fine chanteys and songs of the field, evoking different elements of the American experience, both celebratory and unjust. The artists include Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lee Hayes- most famous as bass for the Weavers, etc. The 3 copies available are, however, awfully pricey so I recommend this only if you have deep pockets and are truly interested in it as a must have.


title: A very fine performance from the mono days.

text: Demus gave a lovely lyrical performance with the consistently good Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet on this 1953 mono lp. I was very engaged by the performance and felt it scored on some points over ones by Curzon, Fleisher, Rubinstein and Serkin. For anyone really interested in this collaboration and for whom price is no obstacle, I highly recommend this otherwise hard-to-find record !


title: A sublime example of the great lps from the mono years !

text: Despite the early mono sound (which is actually quite listenable), this performance is the first truly moving one of the Mass that I have ever heard. I do own a later stereo DG lp conducted by Ferencsik with Maria Stader among his soloists but that one just doesn't touch me in the same way. The main attraction of Sternberg is his very eloquent, spiritually grounded conducting and 3 splendid favorite singers of mine- Lisa Della Casa, Elizabeth Hongen and George London.<br />For any interested listener who still enjoys vinyl, grab this record before it disappears again !


title: Very good jam sessions by some of the finest !

text: This lp was produced by George Avakian, with the assistance of John Hammond; at the time of these 12/16/53 and 8/13/54 recordings, both men had been jazz record producers  for about 20 years and contributed immensely to the dissemination of this uniquely American music. They brought Buck Clayton and his chosen players to jam with three selections made famous by Benny Goodman- Christopher Columbus, Don't Be that Way and Undecided.<br />Among those in the studio were Urbie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones, Coleman Hawkins, etc., all performing with enthusiasm, impeccable technique and reverence for the material. According to Avakian's interesting liner notes, they ran overtime but refused to quit. Jazz connoisseurs will enjoy this album.


title: Unless you can pay just the penny without postage, this package is poor value for your money.

text: Musically this is a good anthology of quality stuff, but most of the selections here have been reissued way too many times. Also most of the selections are poorly transferred with very reverberent or hollow sound. Finally no notes are provided .


title: Bechet and Bunk in the highest mode of inspiration !!!!!

text: Side 1 is from the broadcasts of April 3rd and 5th, 1945, at Boston's long gone Savoy Cafe, and features Bunk Johnson, trumpet, and Sidney Bechet, clarinet and sax, with 3 sidemen, swinging up one very exciting storm, while side 2 is more and different material from the 4/3 afternoon rehearsal. The album has very entertaining liner notes by the late Nat Hentoff, who, in the notes for another Bechet album, claimed to own every Bechet record that he could get his hands on- that there was no one in jazz who could surpass Bechet for the consistently exalted level of beauty in every note this musician produced !


title: This is not one of Pat's better 45s !!!

text: Between 6 and 8, I was a hardcore loyalist in the Pat Boone fan club, those years of 1957-59 being very ripe ones for his own musical success- 1957 and '58 witnessed one or two new 45s almost weekly. Fortunately, I had a doting aunt who was persuaded into buying the new one every time we went on shopping trips. Since then, I have sustained varying degrees of respect/admiration for his considerably fine singing and still have a pile of recordings.<br />This 1962 45 has the pleasant hit novelty Speedy Gonzales and a banal side B, hence the 3 stars. But his 50's records will always be worth spinning every once in a while.


title: My first choice in a very fertile catalog of alternative sets.

text: To put it simply, this recording of Freischutz would be my desert island choice if I were backed to the wall at gunpoint. The great Von Matacic conducted a performance in which his whole heart and soul was savoring every note, chord and bar. He had total commitment from his five soloists- Claire Watson, Rudolf Schock, Gottlob Frick, Fritz Ollendorff and Lotte Schaedle; and the Orchestra and Chorus of the Berlin Opera Company. I am basing my review on an lp set but would recommend the cd set also available over the lp one, except of course if you are listeners who only listen to lps.<br />People may ask why the Carlos Kleiber isn't 1st- because, for all its brilliance, it doesn't wear as well as Matacic. I will concede that every Freischutz I own has wonderful qualities that I treasure and are surpassed in my affections for Matacic by only a margin. I will list them for information purposes- Heger, Kempe, Keilberth, Runnicles, Weil, Harnoncourt, Jochum, Janowski, Erich Kleiber, Furtwangler as well as the above ones.


title: A very exciting and worthwhile recording !!!!!!

text: I own a few dozen other recordings of this Concerto that has been maligned by so many snippy critics- each one, no matter its quality, having been an engaging listening experience.<br />Davis and Lewis fostered a true sense of collaboration in this 1970 recording. Davis's riveting virtuosity meshed well with Lewis's own balance of drama and the most winsome lyricism. There was a monumentality very deliberately paced in the opening passage that reminded me a little of the Richter/Karajan. Otherwise, a performance worth investigating, whether by a listener just beginning an lp collection or a collector of duplicates.


title: I will love and always treasure my copy of this 45 !!!!

text: First, Phil Spector did not record the original Crystals in these 2 selections but, for rather devious reasons too detailed to be recounted here, used Darlene Love and the Blossoms. Whatever the lineup, He's Sure the Boy.... is yet another nice one from the Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil team and is given the famous Spector Wall of Sound treatment.<br />Side B, Walkin' Along, is a sparingly arranged instrumental with  subdued humming from the group and a very interesting guitar solo. Could a reader of this provide info on the guitarist ?


title: Unexpected gem from a pseudonymous source - one to add to the shelves !!!!!!!

text: The conductor Walter Jurgens may just possibly be a pseudonym but this fake name recorded one gripping performance here- it had grit, bite, power, eloquence and seeping despair in that closing passage for the lower strings in the Finale. I still highly recommend it, particularly to those  who, like me, collect Pathetiques.


title: A very nice cd !!!!

text: I had to listen several times before realizing this is an accomplished work and I read that Schubert took extra pains with this and the 6th Mass. Valek's recording is extremely good and highly recommended.


title: Very fine assortment to be found here !

text: I own the 10 inch lp edition with the same contents, eight different groups each doing a selection from one musical tradition that exerts a worldwide influence. The leaders- Pete Daily, Armand Hug, Sharkey Bonano, Eddie Miller, Marvin Ash, Ray Baudoc, Nappy Lamare, and Pee Wee Hunt- are among New Orleans finest and the Capitol sides were recorded between 1945 and 1950 and originally released as part of shellac albums representing music from different parts of the US and/or as singles. The program makes for engaging listening !


title: Mildly pleasant !!

text: I own the original 45 EP set of this identical album- it is a pleasant album featuring an a capella men's group singing a batch of folk, pop and continental songs.


title: Skillfully crafted but not particularly captivating !

text: My own 10 inch lp only contains seven of the selections on the above posting. He fashioned a lush sounding orchestral texture combining the tart sentiment of small combo jazz; the sentimental expression of pop and the lush romanticism of Cesana's main influences- Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Debussy. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite jell for me as listening material but there are those who may like it !


title: One of those rare records- a below par Como disk !!

text: I have a copy of the 78 issue of this song and its B side, I Wish I Had a Record (Of the Promises You Made) . Both selections are typically and mildly pleasant romantic ballads that permeated the radio airwaves and jukeboxes of the mid-to-late forties but lacked any real distinction. The great Perry Como, 1911-2000, utilized his wonderful set of pipes with everything he had while his long time arranger and music director, Mitchell Ayres did the most professional, polished instrumental support, all to little avail. If and when this record ever shows up again, it is recommended mainly for Como completists, SUCH AS MYSELF- LOL !!


title: A very good album as a whole !

text:
My listening copy for this review is the original Victor  stereo lp- LSP- 2144.  I have always been charmed by the blended harmonies of Jim Ed Brown and his two sisters, Maxine and Bonnie, "all Arkansas-born and -bred," as Frank Brenner states so aptly in his liner notes. The chosen songs consist of their lovely 1959 hit, "The Three Bells", and others from the Great American Songbook- Indian Love Call, Unchained Melody, Love Me Tender, etc., and lesser known titles.
Chet Atkins's arrangements are, as usual, first class.
However, the four stars rating is because some of the songs went in one ear and out the other while the singing was a tiny bit bland. Otherwise a group worthy of the highest regard.


title: Wilson at his usual best !!!

text: My listening source is the set of three 45 eps of all 12 selections on the lp and with the identical lp cover. Wilson was an artist of the highest caliber in the jazz piano genre, one of a sizable group. Others dear to my heart would include Fats Waller, Basie, Ellington, Joe Bushkin, Jimmy Rowles, Brubeck, Bill Evans, the horribly underrated Cy Coleman, Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, Bill Evans, Bob Dorough, etc..<br />Anyways, Wilson's program includes a feast of Great American Songbook standards- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Bess, You Is My Woman; After You've Gone; I Can't Get Started; etc. and so forth. Whether upbeat or introspective, his every note is golden. The first class backup are Al Hall, J.C. Heard, Al McKibbon, and Kansas Fields.


title: A classic pair of performances !!!

text: Two great performances of first class songs, BLUE and AFTER YOU'VE GONE are featured on this 1947 Decca 78, of which I own a pristine copy. Crosby was suave yet expressive as always in his delivery and timing, qualities that contributed to the astounding success of so many of his over 4000 recordings, exceeding that of Sinatra, Presley and the Beatles, all of whom admired, and were inspired by, the late singer. And Eddie Condon and his sidemen contributed the most swinging, sweetly singing support, Bud Freeman's golden sax among them.<br />But 34 bucks is too much with  a 45 version priced at only 10 dollars ! Not to mention cheaper lps and cds that might have these !


title: Rodger Young is very nicely sung !!

text:
Even though Nelson Eddy's mid-40's recording of Rodger Young is not presently available, whether it's my copy of the Columbia green label 12 inch 78, a later lp reissue or a cd transfer, it does show up often because it was a huge seller, as were so many of Eddy's RCA and later Columbia disks during his heyday of more than 20 years from the early to mid 30's through 1958 for the mega hit RCA lp reunion with Jeannette McDonald.
Rodger Young was one very good patriotic ballad that both Eddy and Burl Ives sang in very stirring recordings. Eddy's orchestral/choral support was provided by his longtime music director, Robert Armbruster, who also collaborated with him on the even more beautiful 1949 Songs of Stephen Foster that was my first record of this singer.
The B side contains the trite Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition.


title: Very compelling 20th century American music by a truly underrated composer !!!

text: This music is well worth the listening effort. The 3 works are in the general neo-romantic mode with bits of atonality and other elements in the composer's  eclectic and very engaging style. Akeo Watanabe and the Japan Philharmonic do exciting renditions of the Lyric Symphony, the Variations for Orchestra and the Ostinato Burlesco.


title: Very pleasant listening !!!

text: My copy of this Columbia red label 6 eyes vinyl lp gave me the greatest pleasure last night. Fox's very opulent, romanticized organ sound hit a bull's eye with this program of old classical favorites- Kalemni Ostrow, the Cradle Song, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Songs My Mother Taught Me- this one being the most beautiful rendition I have ever heard from anybody, etc.<br />I would also recommend Fox's late 40's RCA red seal set of Mozart Sonatas, initially released as 78s but probably to be found in other formats.


title: A first class record !!!!

text: Both of these performances are available, separately, on less priced cds. I have this lp and love both works, each from a much different style. The collaboration of both DBs is a satisfying one. a great way to get to know such 1st class music.


title: A first class cd of inspired music making !

text: Vladimir Ghiaurov gives a powerful performance of this wonderful Symphony- formerly the 3rd before the mid-60's renumbering- and the Hussite Overture. I have played the cd several times in the last week and did an A/B comparison with Valek's Supraphon broadcast, itself very good yet a bit finicky and undernourished compared to Ghiaurov. However I would recommend that interested collectors wait for more reasonably priced copies to show up rather than pay the outrageous sums for the presently posted items. I bought mine at a local shop for 3 bucks a week ago.<br />Finally, it should be mentioned that Ghiaurov is the son of the famous bass Nicolai and therefore the stepson of Mirelle Freni.


title: Heartily recommended!

text: I own a copy of this vinyl set in stereo,  finding the fidelity very good, but I notice cd transfers available for much less and suggest them to cd enthusiasts. Whatever the prospective buyer's preferred medium, I like this performance very much- the spirited incisiveness and consistent musicality of Sir Malcolm Sargent's (1894-1967) conducting, along with great singers, including the likes of Geraint Evans, John Cameron, Richard Lewis, Monica Sinclair, Elsie Morrison, Ian Wallace, and Owen Brannigan, add up to one album worthy to stand beside the various D'Oyly Carte recordings.


title: One great song paired with one dull one!!!

text: The Fleetwoods were a white early rock vocal group consisting of Gretchen Christopher, Gary Troxel and Barbara Ellis and began their recording career with Dolton records in early 1959, one notable hit from July of that year being "Mister Blue". The 2 songs were recorded March, 1962, but not released together until May, 1963.  These singers blended beautifully in the "Goodnight My Love" with Barbara Ellis's very lovely solo turn and the smooth instrumental arrangement. Unfortunately "Jimmy Beware" was a  throwaway. Collectors of the group's 45s will, of course, still treasure side A.


title: A very special performance well worth owning and hearing many times!

text: A great Rachmaninoff 2nd in which Steinberg gives a straightforward reading, letting intensity, sentiment, poetry and coloristic detail emerge naturally instead of being pushed and pulled around!


title: Very finely performed Beethoven !!!!

text: This 2 cd package is most highly recommended for collectors of interesting and beautiful recordings of the Beethoven Symphonies. The 5th is given a rather understated but very musically expressive performance by James Loughran and the London Philharmonic while the 6th, better known as the "Pastoral", receives a most beautiful, powerful and graceful rendition from the same forces. Two Overtures- the Egmont, with Loughran and Fidelio, with the late, sorely missed Sir Alexander Gibson (1926-1995), are played in a rousing, responsive manner by the orchestra. The recordings were originally released on the Collins Classics label and add up to a set that will give much pleasure.


title: Highly recommended.

text: This album is only available in vinyl or cassette formats- I would recommend the lp for real durability- but this limitation should not be a deterrent to anyone who is a fan of these folks. If a turntable is still needed, there are lots of good ones for sale at very reasonable prices just on this website alone.<br /> And this album, featuring Mother Maybelle, Anita, June and Helen at a wonderful peak in their career together, is one very nice record with beautiful harmonies, top notch players,  superb production by the Don Law/Frank Jones team and eleven well chosen songs. There is a nice one by Don Gibson entitled I Couldn't Care Less that I have not heard before; the sixties favorite I'll Never Find Another You in the best rendition I have ever heard; Glen Campbell's fine Less of Me; and two by Mother Maybelle's cousin in the original group of the 30's, A.P. Carter- Homestead on the Farm and It'll Aggravate Your Soul. One great album that is undeservedly out of print.


title: Very spirited performances of both Concertos by one of the greatest!

text:
I am reviewing this coupling from the original Vanguard blue label mono lp issued in the very early 50's that was the basis of the listed Omega cd. I should mention another of the several Omegas that are reissues of Vanguards as worthy of top recommendation here- namely the gripping Mravinsky/Leningrad Philharmonic Shostakovich  7th  or "Leningrad" Symphony.
 According to a note on the back of this lp, Vanguard came into possession of the original master tapes of these Concertos through Leeds Music Corporation in NYC, a very well known outlet especially for Russian recordings that were issued in this country during the 40's on 78s. In addition, the other Amazon review pinpoints the Liszt as a 1949 recording so it is likely the Saint-Saens is from this time frame.
For American collectors, this is one of the earliest records of Gilels, pre-dating the Angel mono lps of the pianist's renditions of several Concertos with conductors Andre Cluytens and Leopold Ludwig from 1953-4 and the highly successful RCAs with Fritz Reiner. For me, just about everything of this pianist has something interesting. His playing had a very taut combination of rhythmic clarity, delicacy of phrasing  and dynamics of volume  that were a bit subdued, when compared to that of his friend Sviatoslav Richter. Compare the recordings of the Liszt,  both made ten years apart, with the same conductor Kiril Kondrashin. The knuckle busting of closing pages finds Gilels being  reserved  but  Richter giving a master class in the flawless and simultaneous acceleration of volume, speed, clarity and power at the most  hair-raising level. Saint-Saens was one of Liszt's greatest admirers and commented that "he has dared more than either Weber, or  Mendelssohn, or Schubert, or Schumann". But Gilels holds his own in overall poetry, musicality and sense of balance so it will be on my  shelves with Richter, 3  Arraus, both Entremonts, Zimmerman, Pennario, 2 Wilds, Von Sauer and several others.

Debussy's mixed feelings about Saint-Saens were expressed amusingly- "I hate sentimentality! But I wish I could forget that his name is Camille Saint-Saens!" Gilels gives one of the most compelling readings of this piece that I have heard, bringing out both its dramatic mockery and its playfulness.
The mono sound is decent on the lp and I suspect even better on the cd.


title: A very prime example of Rawls at his best. Buy before it too vanishes.

text: Evidently this album has not been transferred to cd  as of yet so I am reviewing from my stereo lp. The late Lou Rawls was generally consistent as a commendable but not earth-shaking vocalist on the albums I have heard in the past. But his voice had a grating quality to it that can get on one's nerves even with half decent material and good arrangements.<br />This may be the best album of his that I have heard thus far, even with the voice limitations, especially graced by the imaginative arrangements of H.B. Barnum, a name unfamiliar to me. It has three great songs- Down Here on the Ground that was specially written for the movie Cool Hand Luke; an eloquent nine minute version of Ol' Man River; and the Johnny Mercer/Harold Arlen classic One for My Baby (And One More for the Road). A very superb example of a type of pop vocalism that was popular during the 40's, 50's and 60's.