title: Track Listing

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BACK IN THE DAYS/Boz Scaggs.

Late '60s studio work produced by Paul Curcio of San Francisco's Mojo Men and preceding Scaggs' 1970 Atlantic Records debut.  Five of the songs here ended up on that record and BACK IN THE DAYS is a bit of a run through for it.  While this lacks anything to compare to the full-length, Duane Allman-driven "Loan Me a Dime," it does have the fairly titanic "Desolation Avenue."

Songs by Scaggs except as noted.

1.  Another Day (Another Letter) 5:13

2.  Finding Her 3:46

3.  Now You're Gone 4:56

4.  Desolation Avenue 8:34

5.  Loan Me a Dime, Version 1 (Fenton Robinson) 5:13

6.  Loan Me a Dime, Version 2 (Fenton Robinson) 3:39

7.  I'll Be Long Gone 4:38


title: Corrected Track List

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Sounds of the Seventies:  1971:  Take Two.

1.  Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology)/Marvin Gaye
2.  Respect Yourself/the Staple Singers
3.  Blue Money/Van Morrison
4.  Mr. Big Stuff/Jean Knight
5.  Theme from Shaft/Isaac Hayes
6.  Smiling Faces Sometimes/the Undisputed Truth
7.  Whatcha See is Whatcha Get/the Dramatics
8.  I Just Want to Celebrate/Rare Earth
9.  High Time We Went/Joe Cocker
10.  The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down/Joan Baez
11.  Never Ending Song of Love/Delaney and Bonnie and Friends
12.  Sooner or Later/the Grass Roots
13.  Treat Her Like a Lady/Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
14.  Indian Reservation/the Raiders
15.  Draggin' the Line/Tommy James
16.  Liar/Three Dog Night
17.  We Gotta Get You a Woman/Runt
18.  Have You Seen Her/the Chi-Lites
19.  Here Comes the Sun/Richie Havens
20.  Woodstock/Matthews' Southern Comfort
21.  Lucky Man/Emerson, Lake, and Palmer


title: Track Listing

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Soul Seduction Supreme, Essential Records/Castle Communications, 1991, Made in England.  Live in Europe, 1991.

Disk 1:

1.  Intro:  Womack's Groove
2.  Baby I'm Back
3.  Ain't Nothing LIke the Loving We've Got
4.  Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
5.  Woman's Got to Have It
6.  That's the Way I Feel About Cha
7.  Inherit the Wind
8.  Stop on By
9.  Looking for A Love
10.  It's All Over Now

Disk 2:

1.  The World Where No One Cries
2.  I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much
3.  Harry Hippie
4.  When the Weekend Comes
5.  No Matter How High I Get
6.  How Can It Be
7.  Love Has Finally Come At Last
8.  I Can Understand It


title: Happy

text: I needed to replace this album lost in a fire. Very happy with the results.


title: THANK U VERY MUCH

text: I love it Thank u!!!! I died over the poster XD

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title: Simple yet Sophisticated

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Ivan Moravec has always had a following, but he has never been one of the top headliners. Perhaps this is because Maestro Moravec never shouts or whispers when a conversational tone will suffice. His interpretations, while full blooded and vigorous, inhabit the music quietly and calmly. He never plays in a hysterical or frigid manner. To illustrate my point, I will have to make a sacrifice here. Michelangeli, whom I admire very much, is well known for recording most of the works on this album. When I listen to his performances of Debussy, however, I constantly hear expressive devices that finally just seem calculated. What I don't hear is the simplicity of heartfelt utterance.

In the last segment of the cd, Moravec has recorded the Estampes, a set of three pieces, each of which is inspired by an image. The third piece, Jardins sous la Plouie, is quite difficult, especially if one wants to play musically. Most players settle for rattling off the sixteenth notes in an attempt to be brilliant. Moravec is quite capable of handling the difficulties of the piece, but he refuses to settle for just being brilliant. To look deeper, the piece utilizes thematic material based on several children's songs, and seems to depict the impact of a summer thunderstorm which suddenly interrupts children playing in the garden. If this seems to be reading too much into the music, Debussy's affection for his daughter is well known, and much of his music reflects his feelings for her. One can sense his affection for her in his use of themes with which she would be familiar. Other works from his pen demonstrate this as well. The Children' Corner suite is a series of musical portraits of his daughter Chou-Chou's toys. The second book of preludes contains several works inspired by the illustrations for the original edition of Peter Pan, a work which Debussy owned, and would have read to his daughter.
The affection that is at the heart of Gardens in the Rain is what comes through in Moravec's playing, not the rapidity of his sixteenth notes.

In another piece from the first set of the Images, the great Hommage A Rameau, Michelangeli achieves stupendous tonal control in his performance of this piece. His ability to control the musical elements of the piece is staggering. His interpretation is like a monument. But when Moravec plays it, I feel as though he is remembering a good friend who has passed away. For me, Moravec has found the emotional core of the piece, in a way that no other interpreter has done.

To sum it up, this is Moravec's achievement: He knows with his whole being what each piece is about and he communicates it with a minimum of fuss. That is something that can be said of very few performers. I highly recommend the Debussy performances on this cd by this remarkable performer.


title: Seriously, $40 for a bootleg CD of an indie band? I bet you're not even giving them any of the money!

text: I think the title says it all... what a ripoff, making money off of these guys (who are really nice guys, by the way).


title: Weak album compared to older releases.

text: I purchased two cd's from Indestructible Noise Command. Black Hearse Seranade and Terrible Things. B.H.S. is a fantastic album. Layers of guitar work that never ceases to surprise. Terrible Things not so much. It's simplistic and weak in the writing. The guitar rhythms can almost be guessed before you here them. BIG difference from Black Hearse. BIG difference.


title: the price

text: you should be ashamed of yourself for asking so much all because there had to find, i bet you only paid no more then 50. for this. There isn't any album in the world worth that mush. i hope you never sell it.


title: Brand new

text: This is my absolute favorite band so I had to have this, it was brand new when I took it out of the package. I'm very happy with it.


title: lifescapes summer thunder

text: very relaxing.  I have always slept well through the rain.  A great way to beat insomnia


title: skz world domination

text: stan stray kids


title: stray kids world domination

text: stan stray kids


title: No problems

text: It was good


title: There weren't extra "goods"

text: Got here quick but the CDs were out when I opened it and there were NO extras as advertised


title: The music is as beautiful as the Artist herself!

text: Love this Album!  Such and amazing voice.


title: Great Songs from Artists of Zac Brown's Label

text: Not to overlook Zac Brown Band's songs here nor Sonia Leigh's but Nic Cowan's "Reno" is this complilation album's shining star.  Give it listen and like another reviewer said, "Every Zac Brown Band fan should have this cd in their collection!".  Thanks for supporting good music y'all....


title: Five Stars

text: Great cd....I listen to it every day....multiple times!


title: Absolutely wonderful

text: I'm so glad to have this CD.  I had it in cassette form before purchase, but it was an old cassette.  I love every song on this CD.  It arrived quickly and in good condition.


title: Great for all ages

text: All of the Rockabye Baby albums are great. We especially love this Tom Petty album


title: Five Stars

text: so good


title: YES

text: nct is the best


title: More jazzy than previous but still amazing

text: Just an amazing CD.  More of a jazzy sound because of new bassist Ed.  Totally still has a celtic sound and just really great to listen to!  Just buy it!  Not sure why it says import.  I think it was made in Canada, but the band Prodigals are based out of New York!


title: Great collection of hits

text: Great collection of hits


title: Interesting First Time Listening

text: An eclectic group of singers make this disc fun to hear as they make the songs their own. The disc has an "Intro" by Angela Bassett giving interesting Info on Billie Holiday and her life. However, the Cd fails to mention that this info continues after every 2 songs. This disrupts the listening experience for me and is not something I want to hear each time I play it. If you don't mind skipping the talk every time,the songs are good.


title: Here's A Hot One You Shouldn't Miss!!!

text: It's not too often that an impressive male vocal comes along that motivates me to go out and track it down. That being said, I have to give Storm Lee a major recommendation for his "Soulfillapopkilla" disc!!! I first heard him sing on the NewNowNext Awards show this month and was hooked on his sound. Now most folks will try to liken him to other male vocalists, which would be a crime. Mr.Lee delivers something sadly missing in most of today's artists, heart and soul. You can tell this disc was a labor of love from beginning to end. The song that he performed on the awards show "I Came Here to Dance" should get even the most jaded dance music enthusiast up and moving. Likewise, you can't help but dance to "Nineteenrightyfive" as he namechecks the hits of that time. He also reinvents "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Heart of Glass" in a most unexpected way that works.Check out "Beautiful Blue", "Delicate Leo" and "U Saved Me" for more idea of his range. There is no "filler" as you get to hear Mr.Lee go from dance to soul on this amazing release. I've had this disc with me in my travels over the last 2 weeks and haven't tired of it; a rare thing with most new artists. All I can say is give this gentleman a spin and prepare to be pleasantly surprised!! Here's to you, Mr.Lee!!!


title: Rogue Taders this Isn't....

text: After the reviews comparing "Someday Soon" to Kylie at the top of her game, I was expecting to be dancing to this tune; NOT!!! The remix here is tepid at best and not typical Nat B. at all. The "Alive" remixes by Kaskade are far superior to the "Someday Soon" one. Ms.Bassingthwaighte was so much more commanding in Rogue Trader than she is here and on her new solo debut. We already have Kylie so I'd suggest that Nat do that which she does best, which is electro rock/pop. Better luck on the next set of remixes!!


title: This was a great find. I was looking for a particular song ...

text: This was a great find. I was looking for a particular song that I heard her do on a tv show many years ago. I found it on this album. "A message from Jesus". The entire album is great!


title: Love,love,love this cd

text: This is the first cd I listen to when the Christmas season begins.  It is so relaxing and makes me really feel the season.


I am very disappointed with this purchase. This was supposed to be 36 great motion picture themes Volume 3. Instead it was 36 great motion picture themes volume 2, and the record cover was very damaged. I later found volume 3 on ebay, and I bought that copy as well. Ebay sent volume 3 to me in  excellent shape. Jeffrey O Barrett.


title: All came as expected

text:
I bought the Baekhyun and Kai and Sehun versions. All came as expected!

The Japanese albums have more minimal photobooks in them FYI. The photos are great but they are not as big as the Korean albums.


title: Korean, Monster Version of EX'ACT

text: It came as expected. The Korean version, and Monster version fo EX'ACT. It comes with the advertisement inside and a random photo card - I got a Sehun photocard.


title: ALBUM OF THE DECADE

text: Crushing grooves! Sly, sexy Lyrics. Shredding galore! A record for the ages  - that you will listen to again and again!


title: THIS ALBUM SAVED OUR MARRIAGE!

text: We were going through a rough season in our marriage. We listen to it at night while falling asleep and talking after putting our 3 boys to bed.


title: Most Beautiful Romantic Spanish Music

text: I just really, really love this romantic spanish music !!<br />Recommend this and all the Los Brios music to everyone.


title: Kiss cd

text: I hardly knew any of the songs so I gave it away


Love

Love Love Love this for my babies--little boys--, but my little girls too.Just LOVE it!!!!  You will be lucky to  get your hands on this one.

!


title: GORGEOUS RARE SCORE A+++++++++

text: This score was my holy grail.  So glad Intrada released it.  On various message boards throughout the internet there has been one constant and that is this.  Everyone who has bought this and has chimed in has been HAPPY that they bought this as for many this is a blind buy.  We don't normally buy scores to films we haven't seen or if we don't know the composer at all.  Buy this, trust me you won't be disappointed.


title: He's done it yet again!

text: One thing I can add to the earlier well-said 5-Star reviews for Names Vol 2 is that it’s been a long time since I sat & listened to a new CD straight through. This was a relaxing hour well spent. The title of each very personal & candid song is (or contains) a name from Brian Gari’s life (or I’d like to think they’re all real people), including the bonus of a particularly cool one recorded in 1969 when Mr. Gari was just starting out. It’s all here, those exacting & clever Brian Gari lyrics, the craftsmanship of someone who knows rock & roll deep in his core, & the way he can take what starts out sweet & simple, but ends up bringing a tear to the eye. Like others who wrote here, I look forward to Vol. 3.


title: Great piece of American spacey psychedelia

text: A great psychedelic album. Well produced and very spacey. Like a American Pink Floyd. A rare gem. Song titles are goofy, but music is first rate psychedelia.


title: Best album

text: Great album and in great condition


title: Really like it

text: Like it really good 👍


title: I LOVE it.

text: I bought this in person on the Riverwalk in San Antonio......  I LOVE it.... the music drew me day after day while I was there.


title: Discovering Life In The 60s

text:
It has become very apparent over the last 25 years that no matter how old you are, listening to music is a lifetime journey of discovery. Since the 1960s when popular music was ‘born’ into ‘the modern age’ there has been so much that came out on 45 that no matter that you lived through the decade there is lots of great music you missed. We’ll Rare Rockin’ records do a good job of making discovering this fun and the Second Volume of Bubbling Under ‘near misses’ is a joy. Featuring songs that appeared in the bottom corner of each weeks Billboard Chart it shows what was well sung and produced but which just didn’t catch enough airplay or the record buyers.
Mike Edward’s selection once again picks girls, boys and groups in an entertaining playlist of songs most of us never heard. There is value in every song and hard to find fault as none are unworthy of inclusion(well maybe one!!). But perhaps the highlights feature the known artists with songs that are just a little better and really should have charted.’The Closest Thing To Heaven’ is another example of Neil Sedaka’s superb songwriting/performing along with Connie Francis on ‘We Have Something More’(a classic ‘B’ side) and Gladys Knight’s simply majestic ‘Anyway I Lose’ a Van McCoy masterpiece.
But I am happiest because one of my fave Northern Soul songs is included……Barbara Lewis – ‘Pushin’ A Good Thing’….one of Bob Crewe best non-Four Seasons songs when not writing with Bob Gaudio.
And that one ‘dummy’ track…well it has to be ‘Big Girls don’t Cry – Limbo’ by David Carroll.
That was a novelty inclusion by Mike I am sure – but still a collectors item. I loved the barking dogs on Fugitive by Jan Davis…but I could go on all day….and other reviews demonstrate there is something here for everyone. It can’t be easy to please everyone with music of such diverse styles and although a slightly weaker mix than the first volume that may be because many of the tracks are so rare and new to my  ears. A superb booklet of photos, comment and label scans, completes a very professional package. If you love lost gems from the 60s try it you’ll not regret buying it.
Congrats Guys….till Volume 3
Ken Charmer


title: It almost seems like listening to it on vinyl.

text: I enjoy listening to this CD!<br />I highly recommend it.


title: The tracks weren't listed.

text: Disc 2 is the best, a few classics on it. The other 3 discs are garbage. No wonder the tracks weren't listed.


title: Everything was good.

text: Excellent quality and exactly as described. Played with no issues.


title: I have been waiting for this album to come out ...

text: I have been waiting for this album to come out as soon as I saw Siobhan Magnus live in concert... and on American Idol. Every song on this album speaks to me in a way that no other album or songs have been able to do. This album is worth the purchase!!!!!


title: Great music!

text: Great music from a by gone era.


title: Quick delivery

text: I received my cd fairly quick. I plays very well!😉


title: Superb condition

text: Billy Mize is a sadly overlooked and under-appreciated artist whose mellow baritone voice deserved comparison and inclusion with other famous artists of the sixties and seventies. His music is hard to find, and this set is rare indeed. The condition of the two records is excellent, with no tics or scratches. The songs are the cream of the Bob Wills catalogue, and Billy pays due deference to them with his interpretation. I am very satisfied with this purchase and with the seller, who displayed the utmost courtesy and concern when I contacted him/her.


title: It's too bad this tune (Urge for going) wasn't originally on any ...

text: It's too bad this tune (Urge for going) wasn't originally on any of her studio albums.  Pretty reflective ( as is most of Mitchell's songs). It would've fit in just fine  on either  "For  the Roses"  or "Court & Spark".


title: One of the most prized CD's of yesterday and today by many in the know.

text: Firstly, the sound quality of the recording sessions really creates a unique soundstage. A relaxed but yet vibrant presentation of some of the most difficult-to-find rarities in existence. XTC "blue beret" is quite good. James, Frazier Chorus, and Frank Black's tunes have to be heard to be believed. I've not heard another compilation that can even come close to this one. Sincerely, a real treasure and a "must have" for any fan of James, Frank Black (The Pixies), or any other artist contained in this fantastic CD. These are much better then the Tales from the EDGE series of CD's, which I also have and treasure. This is a keeper!


title: Great performance and interpretation

text: If you have even heard of Anton Rubinstein and the Piano Concerto No. 5, you probably are looking to hear as many performances as possible.  That's my case.  This one was very enjoyable.  Here, Rubinstein sounds in places like Chopin, Mendelssohn, and Brahms.  I love his music and this one was great in both performance and interpretation.


title: great del.time

text: very good quility cds


title: Five Stars

text: Very nice transaction and good product


title: Superb

text: A fine and sensitive performance of works that deserve to be heard more frequently.


title: Great ambassadors of Cajun music!

text:
Surprised to see this on Amazon and learn that it has not been reviewed! Anyone who loves Cajun music will certainly want to add this essential set to their collection. Aside from their Swallow recording The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music (a single cd compiling their first two lps), THIS is my favorite of their live recordings, and for different reasons. THIS one has Will Bolfa, the second fiddler, playing the low baritone part on most songs but also breaking away and playing the lead and singing their signature song La Valse de Balfa! Some of the best representatives of this use of two fiddles in Cajun music! Wonderful accordion work by Mr. Allie Young. You get a good sense of how this music was delivered to a new audience outside Louisiana (Washington Square, NYC in 1974 no less!), and the song selection cannot be beat!

1. Les Flammes d'Enfer
2. Grand Prairie Waltz
3. Indian on a Stump
4. Jolie Blonde
5. La Porte en Arrière
6. La Valse de Grand Bois
7. J'ai Ité au Bal
8. Kaplan Waltz
9. T'en a eu, T'en auras plus
10. Les Barres de la Prison
11. Jeunes Gens de la Campagne
12. 'Tits Yeux Noir
13. Choupique Two Step
14. La Valse de Samedi au Soir
15. La Valse de Balfa
16. Bosco Stomp
17. T'en a eu, T'en auras plus (repeat)

Louisiana French music scholar Barry Ancelet pointed out how the groups who were playing for concert audiences and festival crowds far beyond Louisiana for the first time had to adjust their dance hall approach (two waltzes and then a fast one) and pace their performances with some excitement. You will be excited when you hear some of the fast numbers here, especially J'ai Ité au Bal and Bosco Stomp! And Will's moving, old-timey vocal on Valse de Balfa will leave you understanding why he was a favorite among fans of the musical brothers.

All in all a very satisfying set that I bought at the Crackerbarrel in 2002.


title: A must have!

text: One of the best pop-punk EPs I've ever had the pleasure of hearing, absolute ear-candy of early 2000s angst, only downside is that it's just 5 songs. Definitely pick this one up if you can, especially since Spotify removed it.


title: Five Stars

text: One of the finest guitarist and singer out there. Every song is a classic.


title: Five Stars

text: great


title: THe soundtrack for my daydreams!

text:
I'll keep it short and simple. If you like industrial music or instrumentals. This is for you. This album uses piano and a wide vareity of other instruments and technology. This album is perfect for relaxing to, or if your like me, I often listen to it while writing poetry to get the juices flowing. Really well done. I reccomend it.

 My only negative isnt that big, but some of the tracks feel bland and too industrial and loud, like you cant even make it out. But, thats just me. I really enjoyed this adventure the album took me on!


title: Can anyone say..........overdone!?

text: This album is free. Which is awesome. But it sounds free too. The lyrics to discipline" are very fitting for trents life, which I can relate to as well, but most of the album sounds just waaay too comercialized and overdone. He uses simple lyrics and its just not that impressive. The four of us are dying impressed me a bit. But i would NOT buy this album. If you must, download it for free


title: Never Gets Old

text: I love this, never get tired of listening to it.


title: You got today, you got today, you got today!

text:
Been a fan of Danko’s since Sleep is the Enemy came out. I remember when I discovered him I was so upset It took me so long to find him. Own all his records, and although I haven’t received my vinyl copy of this album yet, I can assure everyone this album is full of kick ass rock n roll.

Are you ready for the greatest feelin’? Are you ready for the time of your life? Well Danko things about it daily, he thinks about it all the time! Buy this album if you wanna rock!


Besides the arrival date being late I was very happy with what I purchased. The vinyl record came exactly how described.  It works great and sounds great too!


title: Real good honky tonk music.

text: This is real good honky tonk music.Dale Watson sings amazingly good.<br />If you have listen to this record then you will know why they did not want Dale in Nshville.Buy it you will not regret it,make sure you got cold beer when it arrives.


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent box set!!you can’t just stop listening to it!!


title: One of the best sets from  Mosaic! !

text: This is  one of the best  sets from Mosaic records.  The sound is sooooo perfect.  I believe this package  contains  Coleman  Hawkins  best ever  songs. I can't  take it off my cd player . You never go wrong  with  this lavish  set at all.


title: 5 Piano Concertos - Brendel pianist  Beethoven

text: I love Beethoven.  His Concerto #3 in C Sharp Minor was one I heard as a teenager and have not been able to find anywhere.<br />I have in on one of my old HI Fi 33 1/3 records.  That's the main reason I bought this.  I'm very happy to have it and all the others too.


title: Celestial New Age Music

text: This was the first new age album I had ever heard many years ago in a yoga class.  I searched many years for this album.  It was well worth the search.  Most excellent for yoga, meditatioon, or soothing background music.  This is a definate getter.


title: ... played by my granddaughters school band and fell in love with it and found this and ordered love his ...

text: hear Inchon played by my granddaughters school band and fell in love with it and found this and ordered love his music such great music.


title: Disappointed. The pictured product contains “DVDs” which doesn’t match the delivered product of CDs.

text: I wanted DVDs. I got old fashioned CDs instead. This mistake would probably be normal for a third world country. Now, I will have to do a do-over and try buying the DVDs again.


title: Good quality, good album

text: It arrived on time and in good shape. I enjoyed listening to this album. Very happy with my purchase


title: I liked very much

text: Thank you i received the cd. I liked very much. Good condition thank you and have a nice day.Yamil.


title: Five Stars

text: Arrived as described and on time


title: Five Stars

text: Very well performed by a fantastically talented Tenors!


title: Five Stars

text: one of my favorite singers.


title: Five Stars

text: great album


I love the Weavers and especially Pete Seeger. It isn't easy to find CD except here. We sing along and that's when we are sober!!


title: Madonna & Missy do it for the GAP

text: Into the Groove updated for the GAP. Missy and Madonna sounding surprisingly good together. The cd also contains a thumping remix of Hollywood. A fun, collectable cd!!


title: The reason I'm so pissed off by this is that ...

text: The reason I'm so pissed off by this is that I got the Ozzfest 2007 Sampler, not the 2001 Sampler. Don't take my decision.


title: Laswell Scores

text: If you shell out the money, and actually support our entertainers rather than stealing these tracks off some sketchy internet site and robbing musicians from their less-than-glamorous livelihood, you'll uncover a seamless, excellent interpretation that delves into a rediscovery of Cuban music and rhythm.  Emphasis on rhythm.  If you can't get lost in this collection, then get lost.  Amidst the Buena Vista Social Club and recent Cuban musical adventures, this CD is somewhat of a lost gem.  Never really seeking award recognition, Bill Laswell inserts his famous and reliant "manipulations" without getting in the way of the happening taking place.  It sounds much like a remote/location mic was inconspicuously set up where the musicians were doing what they do best.  Not to say that the sound quality suffers, far from that.  I would say that Laswell keeps the integrity intact, while making it interesting enough for a club-seeking adolescent to pay attention.  Great buy if you can find it.


title: Five Stars

text: We are pleased. Thanks


title: Happy EXOL

text: Yay!!! Brought joy to my ears thank you!!!


title: Best Purchase!!!

text: This is the best purchase I have made . Love the kit!! This is my first kit and will defy be purchasing more. Arrived very secure and before expected. Thank you!!! 💖


title: Five Stars

text: very good deal


title: On time delivery.

text: Personal use.


title: THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!

text: SUCH A WONDERFUL CD FROM A WONDERFUL MAN OF GOD! MY FAVOURITE IS<br />"WHAT WOULD I SAY"...... TRULY HEART WARMING AND SO VERY MUCH MY TYPE OF MUSIC! ❤ STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN IS ONE OF MY MOST FAVOURITE ARTISTS!! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED... ENJOY AS I HAVE!


title: Lies lies lies

text: It came opened wasn’t new and didn’t have any photo cards , circle card or poster never buying from this person again


title: Twice JEAN brazil jihyo

text: I LOVE IT. #STANTWICE. (no but fr came with everything it said it would, great condition and quality.) 😍😍😍😍🫶🫶🫶🫶 ONCE TWICE UWU STAN YASSSSS ‼‼‼‼‼‼🥰🥰🥰🫶🫶🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌


title: Good gift

text: It was a great gift for my grandparents.


title: Misinformed

text: This is a 2 disc set but only 1 disc was shipped to me. I checked several times but there was no mention of 1 disc.


title: innovative and enjoyable

text: Great stuff. Not your average JPop album - much better! The music is original and well thought out. The production quality is excellent.


title: Five Stars

text: Love it


title: Excellent purchase

text: All of his greatest songs on one CD.


title: Five Stars

text: Love listening to these hymns!  Thank you!


title: This Album Is A Preview Of Later Video Game Soundtracks

text:
Most people who recognize Spencer Nilsen's name remember his work with Sega Genesis in the 1990s, specifically the video game music from the "Sonic The Hedgehog" CD, "Ecco The Dolphin", and "Ecco 2: The Tides Of Time".  (The first of the latter two titles reflects an ambient direction, continued to some extent in the second "Ecco" game, however, blended with a good dose of World and Tribal music.)

With "Architects Of Change", listeners are treated to a preview of what would evolve into the sound of the "Sonic The Hedgehog" soundtrack (available on the U.S. version of the game).  The same textures and electronic sounds are all present.  In fact, the same overall tone and feel were laid down in this earlier work.  For the most part, the music is bright, cheerful, and cleverly showing the way to the future, as does really good Tangerine Dream music.  Clearly, this album was paving the way for Spencer's best remembered music.

Whereas the "Sonic The Hedgehog" music was constructed and designed for video game looping, "Architects Of Change" retains more soul in that, the music is constructed like a song, and reflects much more than music played repeatedly in a video game.  This album has more to offer in feeling and sonic quality (no pun intended).

If you happen to like Spencer Nilsen's work, be sure to track down this album to see his artistry unfolding a few years prior to his best remembered body of work.  The architect was already laying his foundations.


title: Electronic Artist ROB ASTOR Weaves A Neo-Classical Fantasy On His New Double CD XENOPHOBIA

text:
ROB ASTOR's Newest Collection Is Light-Years Beyond His Previous Music

Drawing on his love of mythology and natural history, Rob Astor turned his musical direction backward into the past to create his newest musical masterpiece XENOPHOBIA.  He wasn't content to simply rest after the success of 2005's MARSTROPOLIS.  Shortly after recording the futuristic double disc collection, another musical story began germinating.

Expanding his horizons to the limits of creativity, Rob Astor took on the daunting task of composing Classical Orchestration.  "I wanted to construct a Semi-Symphonic album very much in the spirit of David Arkenstone's ATLANTIS.  After visiting dreams on QUADRANGULAR OSCILLATIONS and taking a trip to the future with MARSTROPOLIS, this time I wanted to focus on mythology.  I had a story idea I wanted to put to music.  I set out to compose a movie soundtrack."

XENOPHOBIA is a soundtrack, in every sense of the word.  Ten months went into the album's creation.  "I heard a lot of music in my head I needed to bring into this world.  Classical arrangements are much trickier to compose.  This project became more than just a labor of love.  XENOPHOBIA was an experience of intimacy with music I have never felt before."

Growth as an artist is very important to Rob Astor.  The differences between the music heard on XENOPHOBIA and MARSTROPOLIS underscores his willingness to continue exploring and developing musical ideas.  "The majority of big label musicians don't get a chance to develop as artists.  There's no opportunity for improvement."

Although Rob Astor's development is vastly improved, there's a feel of familiarity to his newest music.  XENOPHOBIA opens with the beautifully dreamy "Tropic Of Antarctica".  Gorgeous 12-String Guitar lends the feel of floating over a pristine glacier as a deep backbeat reminds listeners of Rob's video game-like style captured on MARSTROPOLIS.  In the next instant, Rob Astor places himself up against the likes of John Williams with dazzling Neo-Classical arrangements.  His orchestrations often weave complimentary atmospheric keyboard layers through their tapestries, breathing fresh life into a genre most musicians fail to appreciate.

However, branching out into orchestra music isn't the only new territory Rob Astor indulges in and perfects with a signature sound of his own.  Fusing Electronica, Neo-Classical, and Progressive Rock has yielded one of the finest tracks Rob has ever recorded in "Forest Of The Black Moon".  Rob says the incredibly poetic Stevie Nicks inspired the title.  Fans are treated to two alternate versions of this track included as bonus material.

XENOPHOBIA also harkens back to Rob Astor's previous albums where Techno Electronica and New Age dominated his work.  The evidence for up-beat dance music is best showcased in "Biohazard" and "Kutulu".  They retain Rob's semblance as an electronic identity.  "If there was a nightclub scene in the story of XENOPHOBIA, `Kutulu' would be playing in the background."

Much like Rob Astor's electronic efforts, up-beat music can also be found in his Classical compositions.  The track "Zero Hour" really moves, lending a sense of hurry and urgency.  New Age takes center stage on several tracks, adding a degree of darkness to XENOPHOBIA's story.  From the chilling "The Poison In The Apple" to the spacey "Neptune Rising", Rob Astor remains true to his roots.

A modern day Renaissance man, Rob Astor crafted a medieval sounding track in "Atana Potnia", using instruments such as wind dulcimers, concert harps, flutes, and tribal percussion to synthesize the feeling of a young maiden strolling through a green forest.  XENOPHOBIA's haunting title track opens on a very low note, blending Far Eastern vocal lines and cellos, giving the word xenophobia what Rob calls "a musical definition".

XENOPHOBIA is packed with historical and mythological titles, cementing Rob Astor's musical fairy tale to things sometimes easily recognized and those far less familiar.  A slew names and phrases breathes new life.  Musical meanings transpose from obscure to familiar.  The Latin phrase "Quod Erat Demonstrandum", meaning "as was shown", closes the album's story with a feeling of watching the credits scroll across a movie screen.  "Omphalos" to the ancient Greeks was the "center of the world".  On XENOPHOBIA, it is the center of an ancient and mythical civilization.  "In La'kesh" in Mayan means, "I am your other self".  How this track fits into the framework of XENOPHOBIA is where Rob takes liberties as a master story teller.

Mythical figures play prominent roles in XENOPHOBIA.  "Kronos" and "Ouranos" were ancient Greek Gods, often violent, while "Enyo" was the Goddess of Destruction.  "Yucatan Cataclysm" is historically connected to this title.  Enyo was the name of the asteroid that struck the Yucatan Peninsula sixty-five million years ago, bringing an end to the age of the dinosaurs.

Using alternate spellings or older names for some of the characters in his play, Rob Astor defines them as his own.  Mentioned in a set of ancient linear tablets found at Knossos, "Atana Potnia" later evolved into the Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Athena.  "Kutulu" is a nod to the many fictional influences Rob Astor attributes his creativity to.  This title is an alternate spelling of an H. P. Lovecraft character based in part on the Biblical Leviathan, the Babylonian Pazuzu, and the Sumerian Tiamat.

Packed with a myriad of styles and influences, Rob Astor's XENOPHOBIA melds the sounds of artists like Tangerine Dream, Spencer Nilsen, Cusco, James Horner, David Arkenstone, Ken Davis, John Williams, Biosphere, Liquid Mind, Wendy Carlos, Zach Davids, Vangelis, Norm Orenstein, and Spyro Gyra.  The end result is a sound that defines Rob Astor as a musician.  Quality and sophistication is what you come to expect.  Rob Astor's music is something you can listen to over and over again, and continue to find something new to explore.  Just like in any good movie.

[...]Tropic Of Antarctica
Omphalos
Nexus Maximus
Ouranos
Forest Of The Black Moon
The Poison In The Apple
Biohazard
Kronos
Xenophobia
Jester
Lord Riven
In La'kesh (I Am Your Other Self)
Atana Potnia

-- CD 2 --

Tyrant Lizard
Enyo
Yucatan Cataclysm
Zero Hour
Neptune Rising
Velvet Void/Ocean Of Stars
Alberio Binary
Quod Erat Demonstrandum
- Bonus Tracks -
Kutulu
Through The Eyes Of The Dragon/Breath Of Fire
Forest Of The Black Moon (Extended Version)
Forest Of The Black Moon (Alternate Version)


title: Love this album. Need mg3 downloads though.

text: Trying to find this for mp3 download. Such a great album.


title: Five Stars

text: love the songs and the music


title: Great tunes on this cd.

text: I enjoyed this cd thoroughly.


title: Great CD

text: I was looking to buy this cd again because it was stolen from my car, and I looked on amazon.  At this momment there are 3 cds for sale, and none of them under 90 dollars, that is insane.  This cd is a great cd though, if you can find it used for a good deal, pick it up.  There later cd, Headtrip to nowhere is good as well, but it is too produced, this is the bread and butter right here!


title: Five Stars

text: Such a fun memory from my childhood! CD was in great shape.


title: Shangri-La of this CD 13 track has not been recorded. Watch out!

text: It was found to purchase this CD, but the 13 tracks of the Shangri-La was not able to listen to because it is unreleased.The same song and 14 song of Somebody Loves Me was Yes and also recorded to 13 track.13 can not I listen to the music of the Shangri-La does not become a very sorry.


title: Good product and good seller

text: Even though the cd was different than the advertising picture; there was a warning of such, thanks.  I love it, and was shipped very quickly.


title: Birthday

text: Used this as a card for my brother. Not really big enough to be a gift but he still thought it was neat.


title: T.I. cd

text: The cd is well worth ordering...great southern hiphop


title: Boooo

text: Don't get scammed


title: Five Stars

text: thank you


title: Power & Passion

text:
If you like rock, and if you are a Larry Norman fan, then I would say this C.D. is essential to any Larry Norman collection.
As essential as the Trilogy.
There is a raw passionate energy in the music and the vocals.
The instrumental track, "Near", has some incredible guitar work and raucous joy vibrating thru.
The variety of instrumentation and complexity of the compositions is truly impressive.
It is a shame that Larry wasn't able to continue in this world,  to surprise, entertain, and uplift.
He was a truly gifted individual.


Everything was fine. No dents and everything was perfect! Except I didn't get the right poster. I imagine you were supposed to get the just right poster but I got a different type but I already opened the package and can't return it, but oh well. :/


title: Good vibes

text: What's not to like... Kick back,mellow out and enjoy the good vibes.


title: Groovy

text: What's not to like.... A must have.


title: great purchase!

text: What a wonderful album! Great use of God's Word to praise him through song. Thank you Judy and Craig.  :)


title: A "Mystery Singer"

text: One of my friends mentioned this artist, who was fairly active in Christian music in the early 20-teens, as a very good listen. I was really glad to find this CD, which was offered by a business a couple of hours away from where I live, and it's the only one I've found. Her music is fresh and lively and full of passion. There's really only one tune on the CD for which I don't care too much, but the rest are fun and spirit-filled.


title: Five Stars

text: Very good album


title: Sound

text: The sound on this CD I feel with todays technology could have been way better than it is, especially for the price.


title: last NG La Banda album with Yeni Valdes

text: I recommend this CD highly.  This NG La Banda fans who love the singing of Yeni Valdes will especially appreciate this one (all the more so, since you can't get Veneno through Amazon.com any longer).


title: Great virtuoso jazz!

text: Excellent!


I love it! Everything came as said and undamaged. The album is huge and so is the poster which by the way looks amazing. I got my two bias for the photocard and I was overjoyed.


title: Arrived on time in perfect condition, my CD looks fine and I got ...

text: Arrived on time in perfect condition, my CD looks fine and I got Onew's photocard. No extra poster or cards with it, which is fine as I long as I have the CD, can't wait to listen to it!


title: Great!

text:
Wow! The poster was folded, but that's alright, it was in good condition. I ordered this along with a bts album and I got some candy! Anyways, the book and CD are in good condition, and though people are saying that the case is flimsy or something, the case is actually pretty useful for keeping things organised, though this is SM, I expected better packaging...

The music is all great, not disappointed at all!


title: Awesome album! It came in great condition and the ...

text: Awesome album!<br />It came in great condition and the seller also put some candy in the package which I thought was really nice(:


Came early. Good condition. The album itself is pretty small, but the music is great. If your a Shawl like me, this is a must buy album because its such a good album(:


title: I LOVE IT!!!!!

text: I LOVE IT!!!<br />It came in good condition, the album is huge including the photo book. I was a bit disappointed when I couldn't find the infinite sticker but That's alright. The only problem I have with this album is there isn't a lot of songs. I wish it was full length album instead of a mini album.


title: I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND!!

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CD was brand new and wasn't opened or tampered with. Seller shipped it right away so it was delivered in a reasonable amount of time. I had no problems with the product or the seller.

*The folded poster shouldn't be an issue because it can be made flat again if laid out with books/flat heavy objects placed over the creases.*


text: The album came broken from the top left hand corner so everytime I open it, it comes off. :( I'm not that mad about it because it can easily be fixed .


title: Five Stars

text: Super thankful to buy this album with additional goods. A great buy from a great seller.


title: Shinee, Married to the Music CD, is awesome!!

text: Enjoyed this CD very much! Great dance music! Thank you for getting it here when promised!


title: slightly used

text: It is slightly used but is almost brand new.  The photo book is well-bond; pages are not easily detached. Plus the audio quality is excellent.


title: Perfect!

text: So happy to finally own a copy of this album! It came on time with no issues and nothing was damaged. I even pulled a Jonghyun photocard 🥰


title: CD Case

text: The cd case was broken, but everything else was fine.


title: ... it 4 stars because I didn't receive a poster like it said

text: Giving it 4 stars because I didn't receive a poster like it said, but I got everything else and a Jonghyun photocard:') so I'm satisfied


Didn't come with the photocard :/


title: Five Stars

text: Amazing content as always. Keep shining, SHINee <3


title: Beautiful content as always

text: The corners were a bit dented and torn which I'm a bit upset about.<br />Beautiful content as always. The ending ment always gets me ; u ;


title: Five Stars

text: One of my favorite albums. perfect condition, 10/10


title: SHINee releases yet another beautiful album. The plastic case was a bit cracked ...

text: To no one's surprise, SHINee releases yet another beautiful album.<br />The plastic case was a bit cracked but it's something I can deal with.


title: amazing!! :)

text: i never write reviews for products; but this was really amazing!!! the package came in just 2 days (free shipping) which was awesome :) photobook was amazing, and i got a cute photocard!! only one downside is that the Married To the Music sticker on the cover was difficult to remove; but im sure that was just how it was made


title: Front of the plastic case was broken and didn't come with poster :(

text: I got mine and its beautiful. but on the top left corner of the case it was broken so everytime I would open it the front lid (not sure what its called) would fall off and it would sometimes even fall of when it was closed. I was able to fix it with a bit of super glue now it doesn't come apart. Sadly I also didn't get the poster which I was really hoping to get with the CD.


title: Perfect! But didn't come with official poster...

text: Came on time and in perfect condition! CD was brand new and never opened. Came with stickers, a photocard, postcard and a poster not the official Married to the Music poster which I'm kind of bummed about🙁 but other than that it was perfect!


title: Five Stars

text: Excelente musica.


title: Great Service, Great Products.

text: Excellent


title: it's like drinking from a fire hose

text: His teachings are so rich, it's like drinking from a fire hose. If you're a student of scripture or seldom pick it up, this man puts it together from genesis to Revealation, with such clarity you'll have lots of ah ha moments. Highly recommend his newest release Book of Mysteries. Each page a treasure also.


title: Five Stars

text: love good gospel music


title: EXCELLENT SELLER!!!

text: Great 45 rpm record in excellent condition as advertised - Very Happy Buyer


title: Christmas gift

text: it was a Christmas gift and my friend loved them


title: Great set!

text: Classic! Love Alan Jackson!


title: Blank CD

text: CD was blank...Nothing on it.


title: Beautiful music!

text: Relaxing music and good delivery time as well but for some reason the cd cases always arrived cracked.


title: Five Stars

text: No one does it better than the amazing Chris Pierce.  I mean that with all my heart and soul.


title: Getting in touch with a great talent

text: It was a pleasure getting in touch with a talent (from old times and already immortal) brought to mi by Xavier Dolan's wonderful film Tom at the Farm.


title: Three Stars

text: Okay.


title: Four Stars

text: Good Tracks.


title: Five Stars

text: Thank You! My expectations of this album were above and beyond what I anticipated.


title: Terrific Music for a Children's Choir!

text: Excellent CD which contains music for a children's choir. My children loved the choral arrangements which are so suitable for changing voices.  The songs are in unison, 2 and 3 part harmony.  The lyrics are biblically based, have varied tempi, and each song carries a message that children should experience.


title: Five Stars

text: Very beautiful music!


title: Five Stars

text: the album is fire!!!


title: ... have not quite lessened to all so far I like

text: I have not quite lessened to all so far I like


title: Five Stars

text: great!


title: Item in top shape and quality

text: Great condition and fast shipping! Thanks! Love it!


title: From one Runeworker to another:

text: This CD is valuable to anyone who is learning the Galdr technique of intoning the Runes. If you desire to work with the Runes as more than just a divinatory medium, the method Freya demonstrates here will manifest their powers in your sacred space.


title: Love this!

text: Someone gave me this CD 14 years ago when my son was born.  Now I give it to every new baby I know. Beautiful soft music with meaningful lyrics.


title: Four Stars

text: My daughter loves it.


title: Buffeted coastlines and sideways rain

text:
It was the summer of '97 and I'd just shaken Lenny's hand when the first batch of his newly-pressed CD 'Salty Fingers' arrived. Having decided to hitchhike to Yukon in large part thanks to having gotten to know Lenny's young daughter at an environmental gathering type event down in Vancouver a few weeks previous, upon walking into their home in Whitehorse I felt immediately a part of the family and was given a free CD to boot. From there it was off to the Dawson City Music Festival, another 500 kilometres north, where Lenny and his band The Lapstrakes cranked it out like headliners. They played the songs on this disc so pumpingly full of life, I swear the main tent nearly lifted from its pegs. Certainly my alleged post as volunteer security fell empty and blisters covered my feet come morning.
It must be said that the recorded version of these same songs are rather more mellow, yet they hold a poignant beauty that somehow manages to capture the sense of hard weather and jagged coastlines so indicative of the west coast, the place where I grew up. I remember Lenny saying his only regret was that he didn't use the band's name on the album. But it seems to me he was and remains the heart and soul behind these songs, long after that summer of '97 has passed. It is his truly unique voice on display here, both figuratively and literally. And one can feel how much he gave of himself in the process of writing this album.
It's a beautiful passage of musical time.


title: Beautiful New Music

text:
A suitable segue from the soundscapes of Pharoah Sanders and the LSO would be the new release, Mercenary Blues, from Svobodi- Phil Hunger, Davi Priest, Brian Seyler, and Bennington, just out on the latter’s ThatSwan! imprint. It is an enveloping sonic experience drawing from the imagined birth of civilizations.
Darker and moodier than ‘Floating Worlds’ with Pharoah Sanders, the titles for the sonic suite are suggestive: “The Whore from Larsa” (an epic 17 minute excursion) and “Blues in the Key of Ur.”  The opener “Cicada Song Forum” (highly topical) like much of the album, is pervaded by an ominous sonic throb, Bennington’s simmering cymbals, Priest’s arco bass - a giant murmuring in sleep - Seyler’s tenor, emerging as if from cocoon. Phil Hunger adroitly controls synth swathes with intense intent, bordering on evil. The gingerly awakening rumble encircles and then parts for chaste solo Seyler, who subsequently forages around the lunchtable legs of the aforementioned sleeping giant, scouring for scraps. The title piece embarks with Bennington’s tolling martial low-jungle-drum beats around (sampled) hyena yelps and Hunger’s phantom-of-the-opera organ heralds. The jungle is periodically visited by extra terrestrials.
It’s unsettling but absorbing music, enveloping even; perfectly paced; it’ll surprise those unfamiliar with Svobodni's 1st release, “Out in the Taiga at Night.” My suggestion to Jimmy lovers today: Rather than send him an emojii, why not download or, preferably, order a CD?Svobodni are intriguing and they’ll take you to ancient places, some even as ancient as the birthday boy himself!
- Michael Jackson (of DownBeat Magazine), May 22, 2021


title: Perfect transaction

text: This item was in perfect condition and the music is amazing!


title: Five Stars

text: Everything was perfect! Highly recommended!


title: Fantastic Music

text:
Tutu Revisited is a wonderful showcase for the exceptional bass skills of Marcus Miller and represents his homage to the timeless music of Miles Davis.  Before an appreciative audience in Lyon (France), Marcus and his band settle into a comfortable groove of funk & rhythm and interact with each other very effectively.  Christian Scott's trumpet recalls much of the timbre and subtlety of Miles, but with his own unique "whispering" style of playing.  Quite a virtuoso and extraordinary talent in his own rite.

  The concert DVD will not play on U.S. DVD players, as it is in PAL format and not NTSC.  However, it may be played on a computer.

  I had to order this from a company in the U.K.  It's a pity that it's not more readily available in the United States.  I highly recommend this album for fans of Marcus and those who appreciate Miles Davis.  I absolutely love it!


title: LEARN TO ERADICATE YOUR PERSONAL PITY PARTY

text: Joyce Meyer gets to the point without candy-coating this most important message...a teaching that could eradicate most of the misery of the human race if each person applied this God-given widsom.  If you truly want to learn the definition of addiction...be ready to take accountability for your own thoughts, words, deeds...and accept this paradigm shift...then listen to this message over and over and over again.  Seven "touches" is the handmaiden of memory.  This message saved my husband from death by alcohol poisoning and perpetual depression.  Thank you Heavenly Father for using Joyce Meyer as a vessel of your love...continue to bless her, her loved ones, and her/your ministry.


title: Five Stars

text: Great insight on how to break any addiction. I felt like I knew it all along.


title: Good Music.

text: Very good music CD


title: A great srtist

text: No regrets in buying this CD. I love her singing it's gives me a pleasure to listen to her sing. Thanks


title: Good choice

text: The CD of Vicky Leandros is a very good choice one can make. I will buy more CD's of her any time. The seller is great also to do business with.


title: Talent

text: I saw him live on the beach in Waikiki and this brings back good memories. I lost my original copy and liked it so much I bought this one.  He is blind and plays with the guitar sitting on his lap, and boy that kid can play. I think he is going by his full name now, and now 20 years later is a very talented man.


title: Wonderful music, excellent service

text: Wonderful music,excellent service.


title: Five Stars

text: The customer I purchased this for was very happy with it.


title: Ricky Nelson CD

text: Grew up loving him.  Died too soon.  His songs and sweet, melodious voice lives on in this quality CD.


title: by SINKADOTENTREE - PROG REVIEWER

text: When the band's name is INDISCIPLINE,you know there has to be a KING CRIMSON flavour to their music.It's just not as obvious as i thought it would be(except for the last song).The music has a heavy,alternative rock sound.It is also quite melancholic,as the cover art suggests.A non-colour picture of a creepy looking doll, on a chair in front of an old barn in the country.This band is from Quebec,and the vocals are in english. "Weakness" opens with violin for 30 seconds,and then a heavy sound of drums and guitars come in.The vocals are processed,and the extended instrumental break is fantastic!As is the bass to end the song."Last Ground" is dominated by these amazingly fat bass lines.This is another heavy song,with some great drumming as the guitar grinds away."D-Wise's World" is the only track with a different vocalist(the piano guy).Piano to open with vocals.It becomes heavy, as sax comes into this melancholic tune."Generator" is a powerful song with more great bass.The drummer is very active as the guitar grinds away."The Ripper" is my favourite song on this record.It's an instrumental that not surprisingly is quite dark,given the title of this song.A couple of things i need to tell you about this song.First, the bass again dominates.If your into bass playing, get this record now!He is unbelieveable!The second thing is the violin melodies to end the song.I have never heard a better violin solo in my life!Amazing song!"A Concrete Demand(More)" is the longest song,and it is very powerful.It speeds up after 6 minutes.Great tune."The Valley" gets better as it plays out.Some more wonderful violin on this one."Sans Fin(Impro)" opens with violin melodies, as drums and bass follow.The song speeds up as guitar comes in.Nice.The guitar is great!"Over Years" has piano throughout,there is also violin, as the song has both sad and uplifting passages."Deep Dawn" is a good song that is dominated by the vocals, except for the ending where we get some wonderful guitar."Black and Tans" is my second favourite tune,and it's also an instrumental.The is very KING CRIMSON like, with the experimental intro, to the sax, to the Fripp like guitar solos. If your into heavy, guitar driven music,that has some killer bass in it,you need to hear this awesome album.  Not commented by myself - Punch


title: Important Document on Webern's Attitude toward Performance

text: This is the most direct evidence we have of Webern being involved in performing something of great significance.  Other testimony comes from second-hand descriptions of students who've heard him demonstrate passages or have heard him lecture.


title: A good addition to any CD library of military music

text: A good addition to any CD library of British military music. The musicians are top-rate.


title: A great figure!

text: [[VIDEOID:53fb508f7c366c32a44626b3cc7667fb]] A little bigger but looks great together with the original SW Rebels figures.


title: Four Stars

text: sound quality fair for an older recording, condition could be better


title: NICELY DONE BEYONCE...NEEDED A LITTLE MORE FINE-TUNING

text: While I would agree that Whitney's version of The Star Spangled Banner was one of the (not THE) best versions out there, I don't think that Beyonce's version was horrible: definitely unworthy of only 1 star. Beyonce has a totally different style than Whitney, et al., in my opinion. Anyway, I think that there have been some other fantastic (Star-Spangled Banner) performances that have been glossed over which need to be reviewed. I thought the following performances where magnificent: Pavarotti, Cher, Gladys, Aretha, LeAnn Rhymes, military man (forget name of performer--opera version)etc....Does anyone know if the following artists had sung the Star-Spangled Banner?: Luther Vandross, Patti LaBelle, Clay Aiken and any AI winners.


title: Fun Fun Fun!

text: Great album!  All the songs are fun!  I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 because they did not include 'Kangaroo Court' on this EP.  C'mon guys, add one more song to the EP!


title: Great Album!  A collectors item.

text: Great album from a defunt band.  I prefer the new version of "Out on a Limb", but this version is good as well.  "Fish" is a classic, and you should definitely check out the video on you-tube as well.  Janet Panic has a wonderful voice, and is a treat to listen to.


title: Feels like Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline are alive and singing today

text: This is a remarkable CD!!!  It takes the smooth as velvet voice of Reeves and back it with modern 21st century arrangements, making you really feel like Jim is still singing today, or at least imagining what he would sound like if he did.  And the Jim and Patsy duets blew me away!  I thought the old Owen Bradley mix from 30 years ago would be the last "duet" we'd ever hear again...but these two songs are even better than Owen's version of "Have You Ever Been Lonely," and again backing them with modern, super crisp instrumental backings.  It also takes some of Jim's old songs ("Dark Moon," for example) and takes these almost sad sounding older versions, and makes them feel cheerier with the new instrumentals.  I highly recommend this CD for anyone who likes Jim Reeves or Patsy Cline OR anyone who wants to give them a second listen...or a first.  Congratulations on this masterpiece!


title: Great CD/love the music

text: The CD arrived on time and in perfect condition.  I love the Peace Choir's rendition of "Give Peace A Chance" and play it over and over.  Wish people the world over would take the message to heart.


The second disk  could not be played<br />Not happy


title: Music brought back child hood memories.

text: Auto traveling music.


title: Fantastic concert

text: Foreigner put on a great concert with a symphonic orcastra and choir. One of the best concerts to watch and enjoy.


title: Please re-release this!!!

text:
Let's see: Wonderfully memorable lyrics and tunes, great vocals, great sense of humor, and, oh yeah, possibly the song that Johnny Cash got the inspiration for  Folsom Prison Blues from.
Seven voyages to different dream landscapes, including being back in school, flying, cocktail parties, house boats, nightmares and true love.  For a start.

I have the LP, and will have to convert it to CD myself, unless they re-issue the CD.  It should be a cultural treasure.


title: Four Stars

text: Enjoying the music.


title: Amazing!

text: thank you!!!! came perfectly!


title: love!

text: Perfect just what i needed.


title: Rhinestone Soundtrack Cd

text:
I loved this soundtrack because I love Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone.Dolly Parton has some fine songs on here like What A Heartache,One Emotion after Another,and Butterflies,those were ones that stuck out in my mind.
Dolly and Stallone share a few duets on a couple of songs Sweet Lovin Friends,and Wake up in Love,and if you would like to here Stallone sing all buy himself it is called Drinkenstein.
There are more fine tracks on here,these are the ones that have stuck with me.Awesome soundtrack!!!!


title: Splash Soundtrack CD

text: I purchased this soundtrack because I have a lot of fond memories of this film that I adored so I just wanted to have the soundtrack with the complete score by Lee Holdridge.The soundtrack music is fully classical like you would have heard during the course of the movie,and it has such a 80's charm to it.


title: Track Listing (not an official review)

text:
Track Listing
1. San Antonio Stroll
2. Delta Dawn
3. Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You
4. The Jamestown Ferry
5. Here's Some Love
6. Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)
7. Blood Red and Going Down
8. Pecos Promenade
9. What's Your Mama's Name Child
10. Texas (When I Die)
11. Just Another Love
12. I Won't Take Less Than Your Love
13. Daddy and Home
14. If It Don't Come Easy
15. Strong Enough To Bend
16. It Won't Be Me
17. I'll Come Back As Another Woman
18. Love Me Like You Used To
19. Down To My Last Teardrop
20. My Arms Stay Open All Night
21. Walking Shoes
22. Don't Go Out


title: Great purchase

text: Enjoying this! Love Dolly Parton!


title: Great soundtrack

text: Not so much of the main theme but lots of the older tracks from the film such as dance sequences etc.


title: Disc fault, manufacture process poor.

text: The disc was faulty.  My cd player was unable to read the disc.  When I looked closely at the disc I observed what appeared to be a flaw in the manufacturing process.  There appeared to be a circular defect running midway between the end and middle of the disc.


title: James Horner's "Cocoon" finally in all its wondrous glory!

text: Absolutely delighted to get this cd and see the "Cocoon" soundtrack finally released in all its glory. Unlike the original vinyl soundtrack which just included the main tracks, the full score is included here along with the song "Gravity", some unused music etc. and all remastered and sounding amazing... plus there's a cool souvenir booklet too. This is James Horner coming into his prime as a film composer with varying superb themes and tracks joining to make one of his finest scores - touching, sweet, thrilling, wondrous and fun... just like the movie. A great buy and well done to the remastering and compiling team on a great job done in bringing this to us.


title: Five Stars

text: love, love . wanna be happy was the best<br /> the music was awesome.


This is an excellent recording of sea music in every respect, recorded live at the annual Mystic Seaport Museum Sea Music Festival in 2004, a compilation from the three evening concerts and two full days of music from a number of stages, both indoors and outdoors, on the grounds of the seaport. The festival brings together some of the finest performers in the genre, and each year's compilation recording gives listeners a taste of performers of various nationalities, and types of sea songs (chanteys, forebitters, contemporary songs).

On this compilation, we hear the great English singer Lou Killen and the well-known Irish singer who performed with the famed Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem (R.I.P.). The legendary Georgia Sea Island Singers bring their compelling performances from their traditions, on two tracks. One track features the exciting Quebec band Le Vent du Nord. You'll hear current groups such as New York'sThe Johnson Girls, with their powerful voices and intricate harmonies, Mystic's own chantey men such as Geoff Kaufman and David Littlefield. from the East Coast, singer and concertina player Celeste Bernardo, John Roberts, the West Coast's Holdstock & Macleod, and Pint & Dale.The late Bob Webb ends the CD with the chantey One More Day. Each performer brings with them years of experience and knowledge of sea music and its historical impact.

In short, this compilation, expertly recorded and captured live, is a snapshot of a world of sea music, of great performers both alive and well today, and of those who have "crossed the bar." All the seaport's festival compilations are highly recommended for anyone interested in sea music, and folk music in general.


title: I enjoy it. It was a bit different than what ...

text: I enjoy it. It was a bit different than what I expected, there is no music to accompany the chanting of AUM, however, it is meditative and helps me to enter and focus on the mOMent during my meditation. It is worth the investment.


title: perfect!!

text: It came two weeks early with everything mentioned in the description!! the photocards I got had pictures of the members on both sides and I couldn't be happier with this purchase


title: again, this was a gift

text: My son was well pleased.Since these were not for my personal use I am unable to give you what you need.<br />Adeline hindley@.hindley31@gmail.com


title: Ian McShane: From Both Sides Now

text: Quite a nice CD, this was. I hadn't known until recently that Ian McShane was also a singer. He has a pleasant style of singing, definitely worth looking into.


title: Cd case was cracked

text: The cd was cracked on the cover I need to return or a refund 😕


title: perfect ❤

text: the ship was so fast, and the cd is so beautiful, the song are so good, i am big fan of kenshi yonezu, i am happy with my order very much, thank you


title: Five Stars

text: Very surprised by the clarity of the recordings. Stand outs are Windows and Right Away from Disc 2.


title: It is a great CD for KHJ fans

text: This came on time. It is a great CD for KHJ fans.


title: Five Stars

text: LOve this cd


title: Wasn't what I had expected............

text: I paid extra to get the CD that I ordered sooner than other things I had ordered.  I received the CD LONG after I received everything else that I paid for to have shipped "normally."  In addition, the CD case was cracked and the CD was scratched (not what the description of the CD was).  I "put off" posting this comment because I was very happy to have finally received it--and the CD does play--but I will probably never order from this seller again.


title: Five Stars

text: I have enjoyed listening to this CD for many years.  Some of the most anointed music ever.


Some on the most anointed music I have ever heard.  So many people have been blessed by this music, as I have been.  Wonderful to listen to over and over again.


title: The last of a hard ride

text: This CD is the last studio album of long time NJ indy-punk veterans FUNCH with artwork by Violet Void ([...] It is a full-length record, containing about as many bonus tracks as regular tracks. The band decided to call it quits after this CD, only to reemerge as Nerve Tonic a year after disbanding. The mother load of bonus tracks was put on the record as homage to the many punk and metal covers that the band jerked around with from 1994 onward (Misfits, Black flag, Motorhead, Venom, early Maiden, Black Sabbath, and more). On this CD, the vocal tracks are somewhat different from their previous efforts, marking a transition between Funch and Nerve Tonic. As the Jersey Beat put it, "Funch sounds like a more pissed off Agnostic Front." You will like this CD if you like bands like Agnostic, Bad Brains, Misfits, Flipper, Cro-Mags, D.R.I., and other bands of that general ilk.


title: If you don't crack a smile you're already gone

text:
Amazing mashups!
You should see reactions to this CD when others are exposed to it....ALL have a favorable response.
Crank it up!


title: Great quality

text: Love the music


title: It Was OK

text: Rotogravure was better than Ringo the 4th. Both of these are out of print and expensive. I bought this (Russian Pirate) because the price was better that the 2 original CDs.


title: Buy it!!!! Ur life deserves this heartland pop punk at its finest!!!

text: Been an 8th Wave fan for years!! I was @ the CD release party for this album solo many great childhood memories surrounding 8th Wave.


title: Pinback, predictably groovy and good

text: Being a San Diego native and supporter of the music scene I'm happy to support a creative and groovy base lead band like Pinback. Their other two versions are good too, but I prefer Pinback. They have a great style that stays pretty consistent from recording to recording through their albums.


text:
Tracks:

CD 1 ("Nite Romantics" & "Carnival"):

1. Planet Earth (night version)
2. Khanada
3. Fame
4. Girls On Film (night version)
5. Rio (part 2)
6. Hold Back The Rain (alternate remix)
7. My Own Way (night version)
8. Hungry Like The Wolf (night version)
9. New Religion

CD 2 ("Tiger! Tiger!" & "Strange Behaviour"):

1. The Reflex (Dance mix)
2. Union Of The Snake (Monkey mix)
3. New Moon On Monday
4. Is There Something I Should Know? (Monster mix)
5. Tiger Tiger
6. Notorious (Extended mix)
7. Skin Trade (Stretch mix)
8. We Need You
9. Notorious (Latin Rascals mix)
10. Skin Trade (Album version)
11. A View To A Kill


title: A real literary gem

text: I gave a copy of this little gem to my seven-year-old granddaughter and she was delighted. Although I've tried to compensate for endemic digital illiteracy by giving her lots of old-fashioned print books, I feel this CD and the stories it contains have a high literary and artistic value. The stories are well-crafted and charming; the artwork is superb and complements the stories. I actually enjoy listening myself! A great gift for the holidays.


title: Great Acoustic EP

text: If you liked the Lamps album from Esterlyn (I sure did), you will enjoy this acoustic EP. I wish they had done a few more tracks, but it is something that is sure to move you closer to Jesus. I hope that Esterlyn has more plans for this style.


title: Dull

text: Huge Dead Head with so many cd's many road trips many Dave's Picks, every dicks picks but this I listened to once and may never listen to it again.  I may have too many releases and this just gets lost in the  mass collection. Nothing special really.


title: Not that great not that bad.

text: Some good parts some uninspired parts. The biggest disappointment is this version of Not Fade Away which will lull the listener to sleep as it falls as flat as a pancake. Usually a barn burner of a tune in the 70's this version is down right boring. Average overall at best which is pretty good but no more than 3 stars.


I wouldn't quite say, as the other review said it is smooth jazz.  Case in point the severely distorted vibraphone from David Samuels, singing like Hendrix.  I transcribed "Soft Focus" (tk. 2) with the solo.  He really opened my ears.  The lp includes the stereo mix layout from said song showing the instruments and how they are panned - pretty cool.


title: Five Stars

text: cd as advertised.


title: Great singer!

text: Had the opportunity to attend one of his concerts - together with 12,000 dedicated fans! Listening to his CD brings back memories, and his songs are just great, also on CD. He is definitely one of the best contemporary singers in the Arab world.

user_id: AFOUWHUXFANERESMYEAELDIYVTTA


title: Truly an expert on Vietnam

text: It's been decades since I read this as an unpublished manuscript but Dolf Drodge was a true expert on Vietnam and especially on the early years of Ho Chi Minh. This will be of interest now only to serious historians, but I do wish his advice had been heeded.


title: Five Stars

text: great album and in mint condition


title: Five Stars

text: Arrived on time, as described. Thank you!


title: little feat

text: a great CD its what I expected bloody amazing for a " Boot Leg "


title: Brand New and packaged well

text: The Cd arrived in the estimated time period and it was packaged well to avoid damage to jewel case.<br />Great to listed to all the Van Morrison classics.


title: One Star

text: Horrible cd .


title: Five Stars

text: Awesome


title: Missing freebies

text: Super excited about the album, but it's missing some of the freebies it was supposed to come with, like the poster. I got the Jinyoung version.


title: excllant

text: tring to find this album for years. my mom had it and loaned it to some one<br />and never got it back. went to his concerts years ago.


title: excellant.

text: I grew up going ing to there concerts. The chance of finding the album was very slim.<br />My mom had the album years ago until she loaned it to someone.


title: Its autographed by all members

text: I found a vinyl copy signed by all members


title: Enjoyed the whole CD

text: We love the music. Very soothing.


title: seller did an exellent job getting the cd to me quickly, they even gigt wrapped it!

text: This one of mindi's best cds. good easy listing music


title: I love it!

text: I love it!!


title: Abridged

text: First I have to agree with all the 5-star reviews regarding to performance - and sound! Brendel has recorded the piano sonatas several times, and this, the first is the best. What I do find inexcusable is how much is left out. Brendel recorded the complete piano works of Beethoven at the time which was available in a 21 LP box set. This set reduces that to 10 CDs, and some of them have barely 50 minutes on a disc. And the cuts were outrageous. It seems like all the early variations, which are really lightweight works, are present, but his greatest work in the genre, the Diabellis, are not. No bagatelles, no character pieces; the first two concertos are gone, as are sonatas 2-4 (the op. 7 "Grand Sonata", an early masterpiece is sorely missed).  Taking two stars off for all the great music that was excluded.


title: Copy but at least I found it

text: I had been looking for this cd for years and I was lucky to find it at amazon. The cd is a copy , not the original cd but Im pleased anyway.


title: Greatness neutered by robotic drumming

text:
I purchased this on vinyl back when it first dropped back in '88. Each time that I would put it on I would start out being totally into it. I mean, the production is great, the guitar tones are huge, the bass growls nicely, the drum tones punch right through the mix and sound monster. Additionally, fine lead vox, big ol' '80s background vox and a perfect mix made the listening experience a great one for any metalhead. This is all no wonder considering that it was produced by the Elephante brothers, who typically turned everything that they touched into gold.

 Nonetheless, upon each listen I started to notice a pattern. At about the halfway point in the album I was getting...well....bored. I was ready to put something else on. For years I couldn't figure this out, I mean, all of the above attributes should have ensured a thoroughly entertaining 45 minutes.

  It wasn't until years later, as I was ripping the vinyl to digitize it, that I realized the problem. As another reviewer has pointed out, there is basically one drum pattern throughout the entire running time of the record.  Even in songs with differing tempos, it's still the same kick pattern played either faster or slower, but still that basic Boom-Boom-Tap / Boom Boom Tap on each track.  A lot more groove and feel in that right foot could have made this album epic.

  This is really quite unfortunate in that it drags down what is otherwise a stellar metal release. I'm still going to give it four stars because there is greatness here in these tracks, but they'll never rise above the mediocrity of the drumming unless, as someone suggested, this gets a re-release with newly recorded drum tracks. However this is highly unlikely due to the age and almost total obscurity of this record.

Still, I appreciate this release for it's place in the pantheon of Christian heavy metal, and if you are a historian of that era, it belongs in your collection.


title: Great vocal harmony and song selections!

text: Love there music-Great vocal harmonies. Recommend CD and Seller!


title: Fantastic CD - you don't have to understand the language - just enjoy the music and sentiment each song conveys

text: This CD met my expectations.  Every song is a gem - the music is fantastic as is the singer.  Enjoyed it immensely.


title: Great Service

text: Great CD.  Pandora is better than ever.


title: Good

text: Berry good music!


title: Right article, perfect condition

text: Love their music


title: Highly Sensitive Performances of Romantic Piano Music

text: I highly recommend this album with piano compositions by Schumann and Brahms played by Imogen Cooper. Her performances are really outstanding and deserve attention and respect from everyone who loves German Romantic piano music.


title: Just the Music.  All vocals are FAINT background noise. REALLY FAINT.

text: Rehearsal music only. Vocalization is extremely faint background noise. Extremely faint. Laughably faint.


title: Inaccurate description

text: Shame on me for not reading the reviews as I ordered the set and like many others ONLY received the one Rock N Roll DVDs and no CDs.  Is this a scam?  Why hasn't this problem been resolved?  Very dissatisfied!


title: No music! Just one DVD

text: Did not receive any music! Called Amazon and they gave me some BS chore to do to fix their mistake.


title: several of the cd's were missing

text: several CDs were missing and the entire British invasion cd was empty. I WANT A REFUND!


title: Incomplete set

text: I am not receiving the correct merchandise. The first time was missing a cd. Second time only received the bonus dvd and no cd’s at all.


title: What you see is not what you get

text: We received only 1 of the 2 DVD's  shown in the photo.


title: Quality and Sound

text: I like the music; however, the quality is not good. The sound is muffled or low in many instances. I was looking forward to this set for a long time and I wish it would of been better.


title: Five Stars

text: was exactly as I thought it would be  great


title: Three Stars

text: Not all original hits


title: Just received my CDs and the only bag they came ...

text: Just received my CDs and the only bag they came in was a Wal Mart bag they were tied up in. The product is ok but it was falsely advertised.


title: Warped Record

text: Record came warped leaving Side 1 completely unlistenable. So sad because this was a Christmas gift and their favorite song is on Side 1.


title: Easy listening songs.

text: I enjoyed the recordings/songs. It is what I wanted.


title: One Star

text: i like dvd not cd


title: makes us weep with joy..

text: as close to Holy as can be…. david, makes us weep with joy..


title: nice !

text: neglected conductor in Haydn core repertoire


title: Nice !

text: neglected romantic italian composer known for his dblebass works...


title: Four Stars

text: Nice !


title: this is a great song!

text: this totally does justice to the klaus nomi version! they couldn't have gotten two better people than marc almond & nina hagen to do this song together! the nina hagen version is good also,but the both of them together is outstanding!!!


title: Love this CD!

text: What a great singer Carly Simon is.  Still one of the best ever.


title: Buena calidad

text: Deberian de traerlo nuevamente


title: Great product but far too expensive

text:
I am loathed to complain about this product but it the way they conduct their business goes against my values.

They have a great product, one that I felt I benefit from greatly. I just don't see how they can justify an extra £200 for each extra level. All they do is change the carrier frequency slightly and send you some more cd's and a you pay more money.

Surely if it was cheaper many more people would use it.

I have had emails back and fourth with them and just don't like the marketing style. It is cheaper than a cup of coffee per day.

I feel the design of the levels is to maximise the sales ability of the product. Saying that, at least they have a good product.

On the recommendation of one of the other reviewers here I bought the Neuro Programmer, which seems much better value.


title: Be careful with this. I only did the 15 ...

text: Be careful with this. I only did the 15 minute demo and for over an hour afterward felt very unfocused and foggy. Proceed with caution.


title: Wildly Overpriced

text:
Holosync is 1) Outdated 2) Overpriced 3) Cannot live up to its claims (no one could)

Holosync uses binaural beats, which is fine, but rather "old school" at this point.  Isochronic tones are widely considered to be more effective, but binaural beats are quieter and can therefore be more hypnotic, so there is room for argument.

Holosync wants to stress your brain until it breaks down and can take more stress as a result.  huh?  There is no other product on the market that states that you may experience "upheaval" on a regular basis as part of a process.  That is ridiculous.  You should enjoy your meditation sessions.

ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL!!!  Look around.  If Holosync is right for you, great.  But it may not be...don't buy the hype, check it out for yourself.


title: Five Stars

text: yabba dabba dooo!


title: Damone - Roll The Dice

text: Have seen DAMONE three times in concert. Met the band and got all their autographs! Great group of musicians!!! First saw them open for Bullets And Octane and fell in love with them. Traveled over 200 miles to see them the second time!!! This CD is awesome! As good as their others and the others ROCK!!!!! Check them out then get other CDs also!! You will be very satisfied.


title: Cyril Huve Plays Liszt, Debussy, Scriabin On A 102 Key Piano

text:
I just wrote a long review for this which promptly got eaten by the computer, so, here's the short one!

The piano is the main star here, a 102 key invented by S. Paulello. I honestly don't know, but I do think I hear the added clarity it is supposed to afford.

I didn't want the Liszt, and have no compares- it just sounds like a warhorse to me, and I was curiously disengaged here after not hearing the music for decades.

The Scriabin Nocturne was crisp, and this seems like a really classy performance. Vers la Flamme was at the "usual" tempo, not the quick 4 minutes that Leikin reconstrcsts from Scriabin's own performance (I just can't hear this music any slower... what is wrong with people? play his late music FAST!!! aye aye aye).

Not much to say about the Debussy Preludes, except for, fairly decent selection.

Overall, I am just mystified by this release.

The sound is very very good, reminding me of Livia Rev's Chopin Nocturnes for Hyperion, with the mic catching the burblings out of the magic cauldron in just so manner.

I don't know how well I can recommend this. Get it cheap, otherwise it just has so much competition. I got it for the very rare Scriabin Op62, and, for that, it fulfills its purpose for me. For you, the odds might be different.

edit: You really have to spend time with the recording to get the sound being imparted. I'm not there yet.

AN INTRIGUING RELEASE, FOOD FOR THOUGHT


title: Scriabin Preludes 11 13 15 16 17: EIDI, NEGRIN, ARODAKY

text:
Billy Eidi plays "The Traveling Preludes" with seriousness, clarity, and a distinct lack of anything over-or-under done. His are very specific, and, when comparing with, say, Pletnev, one almost feels as if one is hearing different musics. Sometimes Eidi takes this-or-that slower or faster, and sometimes Pletnev (or anyone else) does. So, the thing one gets is that more than one interpretation may be necessary. In this case I find it so.

The recital is from a 1991 ADDA release, and is a distinctly nice and clear recording, just about right. In contrast, Negrin is given full, lush, and close up modern sound. Arodaky is given a perspective closer to Eidi, but with just a hint more space.

I found more to be intrigued by with Eidi and Arodaky, th the latter giving a few twists in a couple of pieces that really pricked up my ears. Eidi seems to have a supreme reign on his intentions and executions; he is the best overall technician. Pletnev also has the goods, it's just the temperaments are different.

The music itself is astonishingly varied and wondrous, dramatic and beautiful by turns. Only in Op.17 did I hear anything resembling later Scriabin. Things like 16/1 sound like Satie pre born. 11/15... 11/21-23...

So many "Complete Prelude" sets end the first volume with Op.16, leaving Op.17 on the volume with the later works. The three mentioned all include 11 13 15 16 and 17, but Arodaky goes on to include 22, 27, and a few other things as well, making her volume quite enticing. Between Eidi and Negrin I chose Eidi, and I think that was the right decision.

Now I wring my hands looking for other complimentary interpretations. I REPEAT, none of these is Definitive: this music demands you to dig in and compare and contrast.

VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR GENERAL BEAUTIFUL PIANO


title: Mikhail Rudy: Scriabin Sonatas 6-7, Unequalled In Sound+Vision, Mussourgsky

text:
See my other reissue review.

Rudy's pianism is unmatched in the late Scriabin. In both Sonatas, he just destroys them- No.7's opening violence is so underplayed by most world class players, that hearing Rudy's balls to the wall intro is a shock. Only Neuhaus I think rocks this intro more.

No.6 is as "dangerous" sounding as it can be. Stephen Beus, on Harmonia Mundi, opens with the image not as ferocious, even though that playing is also unafraid. Rudy's close image, with overtones bristling, has no peer in terms of wedded sound+vision. Just look at Rudy's earnest face on the othe Calliope CD.

Again, PICTURES is not what I was looing for, but, yes, wow, if I'd never heard it before, it certainly is a mammoth gothic tale of horror, and Rudy is fresh and brilliantly articulate and characterful, and the recording is delicious in the giant chord promenades.

I stand on the rooftops for Rudy's Scriabin! ESSENTIAL!!


title: Mikhail Rudy's Late Scriabin Is Benchmark Pianism, In Pristine 1981 Sound

text:
I am quite bowled over by Rudy's Scriabin! He plays these late small pieces better than anyone I've heard, and the pristine 1981 sound is up front and unbelievably good- Rudy takes the opening of Sonata No.7 as a cataclysm, and yet the recording swallows all, and gives us all the delicious and glorious overtones. Sonata No.6, likewise, is molten, which is maybe the best way to describe Rudy's Scriabin- and yet delicate like no one else. The effect is of pure musical thought expressed in cascading white globules of perfect piano sound. No. 8, also, sounds like the cosmic genesis that it's supposed to- notes just plucked out into existence. I might even put 10 in with The Best. Ponti, and Neuhaus, are the only two right now I would put ahead of Rudy, in spite of their sound, but that's another story.

In No.9 I find no one even comes close to matching Horowitz 53, so, other than "sounds as good as any of the other @8-9 versions", what can I say? Same goes for VERS, never my favorite piece. But, barring H53, Rudy can't be beat!

Amato, Woodward, Crossley, Ashkenazy (mostly), Armengaud, and others have traversals of "Skryabin's Mystikal Musicke", but, no one SOUNDS as good as Rudy, and, frankly, going head-to-head, Rudy beats out most all of the competition with his pulverizingly delicate and deadly attack. My go to comparison is Op.71/1, "Fantastique": Ashkenazy, and most others, are just too fast, or matter of fact, (Armengaud sound good in the fast way), whereas Rudy's interpretation goes straight to the hallucinatory and fantastical.

PICTURES is a work I haven't listened to in decades. Taken as a cold, blind listen, Rudy brings all his terrible beauty to this music too. Again, the recording makes the big "Gate" chords sound sumptuously rich, and Rudy's impression of plucking notes right out of the air is maintained in some very tightly characterized miniatures. I am more apt now to relisten to what I may have covertly dismissed. I have no compares, and I would be interested to know what an expert thinks.

In all, I have to call this ESSENTIAL SCRIABIN, AND VIRTUOSO PIANISM, AND RECORDED PIANO SOUND- a total marriage of luxury in a totally overlooked package.

I have the original discs, which sound great. I can only assume that the reissue is at least as great, if not more (how could that be?).

THE BEST LATE SCRIABIN I KNOW. ESSENTIAL LISTENING.

Rudy really does dig into those monster Sonatas, I gotta tell ya


title: Craft. American Stravinsky. Musicmasters Volume 4.

text:
My favorite DUMBARON OAKS and SCENES DE BALLET highlight this direct competition to MTT's "Stravinsky in Hollywood". The main difference is the more clinical sound here, a museum quality I find charming. Others may find it bald.

The SOLDAT-RENARD-AMERICAN volumes of the Musicmasters series I think are mandatory. Together, they give a very good overview of the "American" Stravinsky phase.

HIGHEST STRAVINSKY RECOMMENDATION


title: Hakan Hagegard's voice and interpretation are excellent. He and Emanuel Ax do justice to Schubert's ...

text: Superb recording in every way. Hakan Hagegard's voice and interpretation are excellent. He and Emanuel Ax do justice to Schubert's genius. This is  a favorite, and I feel it's one of the best purchases I've made. ARS


title: True bel canto singer

text: True bel canto singer, wonderful music (2 LPs merged), tastefully sung. This music brings me peace, serenity, and joy.


title: Great lyric soprano with fabulous breath control

text: Wonderful lyric soprano voice, excellent program, merged from 2 LPs


title: They are very good goods.

text:
They are very good goods.

They are very good goods thank you.
I have you correspond also to overseas dispatch -- thank you, it is.


title: A much underrated pianist

text:
Lazar Berman's career was a curious one. Like his compatriot Sviatoslav Richter before him, he too was a mysterious figure, rumoured to be another Russian giant of the piano hidden behind the iron curtain. His few recordings that somehow reached the West fuelled this reputation, until he finally sky-rocketed to stardom in the early 70's. Then he was everywhere: bookings in the most prestigious halls in Europe and America (north and south), appearances and recordings with great orchestras and conductors (with a famous Tchaikovsky First under Karajan) and the envy of his colleagues, who naturally responded to his supreme craft. And craft was precisely Berman's most defining characteristic, for he could match fingers with the likes of Josef Lhevinne, Simon Barere and Gyorgy Cziffra: he was one of the greatest technicians ever to touch a keyboard. However, this very quality proved to be, as it often does in things pianistic, a mixed blessing, since Berman was soon accused of interpretative shallowness, of being just a technical wizard without style or substance. It was expected that a pianist with such an all-embracing technique would be criticized for uncontrolled banging and lack of depth - Vladimir Horowitz, for one, had suffered the same charges -, but matters weren't helped by some of Berman's recitals from the 80's on, in which he seemed to be shockingly off form, and erratically so.  I heard him in concert on many occasions. On one of these, in 1986, after having dazzled the audience with a pulverizing rendition of the Tarantella from Liszt's Venezia e Napoli, he followed with a B Minor Sonata riddled with wrong notes and even some which were simply dropped, Cortot-style. From then on, it was all downhill in his career, and he ended up as a teacher in Italy, where he had been living for quite some time when he died last year, aged 74; I wonder if his students knew that their low-profile professor was one of history's undisputed supervirtuosos (who also had his idiosyncrasies: for one, he refused to play Balakirev's Islamey and Schumann's Toccata, pieces he viewed as empty technical stunts). Sadly, most of his recordings are now out of print, some of them - e.g., his Rachmaninov Third and his 1963 recording of the Transcendental Etudes - among the best ever committed to disc. And for all his stupendous technique, Berman was also capable of lyrical playing, delivered with a singing line and a powerful yet non-percussive tone, as befits the Russian piano school.

It deserves to be celebrated, therefore, that Berman's first recorded foray into the fantastic Liszt studies, made for Melodyia in 1959, has been issued on CD. Though in lacklustre mono sound as opposed to the 1963 stereo remake, this version is every bit as brilliant as the later one, perhaps even more so. Berman's speed in n. 2, his colossal octaves in Eroica and his sheer power and accuracy in Wilde Jagd beggar description. Berman makes all these 12 extremely taxing pieces sound musical and easy. As a bonus, you also get a Hungarian Rhapsody n. 9, recorded in 1961, that leaves most competing versions in the dust.

Lazar Berman was, at his best, one of the world's greatest keyboard masters. His career plummeted pitiably for a mixture of known and unknown reasons, but his recorded legacy provides ample enough evidence to secure him a place amongst the elite of his instrument (he should have been included in Phillips' Great Pianists of the 20th Century series). He has been unjustly neglected.


title: Dmitri was the best

text: Dmitri was one of the few baritones that enunciated clearly with no muffling of sound. He will be sorely missed


title: From the review in "American Record Guide"

text: This set was recorded in 1966-67, when the participants were at their technical prime--a desirable asset when approaching this demanding music.  These are thoughtful, carefully nuanced readings, and they benefit greatly from Suk's unassuming gemutlichkeit. The pair compare favorably to the musical insight of Perlman and Ashkenazy. They are intelligent, tasteful, and earnest; Suk nearly matches Henryk Szeryng in beauty of tone and refinement of articulation in the Kreutzer sonata.


title: Wiener Philharmoniker is the noblest orchestra all the world over.

text:
I believe that Wiener Philharmoniker is much nobler than any other orchestras of all the world over.
Especially,when they will play works of Strauss family,they will make most splendid sounds surely.
Conducters of this item are also greatest maestros.
Bruno Walter,Wilhelm Furtwaengler,Hans Knappertsbush,Erich Kleiber,Clemens Krauss,Karl Boehm,Josef Krips,
George Szell,Herbert von Karajan,Willi Boskovsky,Lorin Maazel,Claudio Abbado and Zubin Mehta are the most important conducters of Wiener Philharmoniker.
Particularly,Clemens Krauss had begun New Year's Concert of Wiener Philharmoniker.
Accordingly, his performance with Wiener Philharmoniker is most magnificent.


title: uneven cast but a fine recoring

text: Filial piety may be thanked for the re-pressing of this 1958 recording; Sofya Preobrazhenskaya retired from the Kirov a year after it was made. The 2005 reissue is copyright by one Kontantin Preobrazhenskii. The document of his kinswoman's performance as Clytemnestra does full justice to her formidable powers. For this listener, the second act rescues from obscurity even more amazing work by the Orestes, tenor Mikhail Dovenman.<br />Alas, the Elektra, Nina Serval, is wickedly overparted in this music.  Taneyev's Oresteia is Grand Opera in the Russian manner, well worth a listen. This recording opens severe cuts in the score, but is augmented by Clytemnestra's big number from Act II, as a bonus track, recorded by the great mezzo in 1951.


title: With such technique the hands probably seem to take a life of thier own.

text: He is one of those masters among masters. What impresses me most besides playing motivated by feelings or inspiration, is his interplay of impulse and repose, so spontaneous and wonderfully felt. One of the great performers of the century.


title: and 1/2  Vintage Szell, especially the Rosamunde

text: Trenchant might be the best term to use in describing Szell's performances here. Of course, this characterization occupies a fairly frequent place in many of his readings in general. But there can sometimes be a downside or at least the feeling that one is missing from him a sense of ease, delicacy and beauty. Regardless, like many others, I feel there's a good deal to appreciate in this brilliant conductor's accomplishments, and in the style to which one is most accustomed, Szell generally fits the bill in these works. My one criticism is with his portrayal of the nocturne sequence of Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream, where I feel his somewhat rapid pacing compromises the sense of atmosphere. To me, Rudolf Kempe's approach in his Royal Philharmonic performance strikes an ideal chord. Both his easier flowing tempo and greater sensitivity convey more honestly what the composer seemed to have had in mind---an image of tranquility. Though all of Szell's other selected excerpts from the Midsummer are finely presented, I experience more fulfillment with Kempe's identically recorded sequences. Monteux and the Vienna Philharmonic (also with the same excerpts) give a fine overall presentation as well, though their recording lacks the degree of clarity found in Kempe's. For the complete version of the composer's work including its vocal elements, I would recommend Haitink's excellent reading with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra on Philips....Otherwise, there's virtually nothing to criticize in Szell's Schubert Rosamunde. Its songful aspects are attractively presented and its propulsive segments are conveyed most impressively. Along with the mono Mengelberg/Amsterdam Concertgebouw, this is my favorite Rosamunde. Incidentally, Szell also recorded an earlier and identical coupling of these Mendessohn and Schubert pieces in stereo with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on the Epic label. They do not quite match the detailed presence and drive found in this Cleveland reviewed lp.