title: A bit less "Jazz" than I prefer.

text: Not bad for a casual listen but there appears to be too much in the way of orchestration and repetition and little in the way of variation and improvisation, which to me is the essence of Jazz. Of course, like abstract art, Jazz appeals to the senses in somewhat mysterious ways. There are two more Indigo CDs on the way but I doubt that there will be little difference in their style.


title: Fun for kids

text: My three year old loves this soundtrack. It is perfect for little kids. We watched the movie too & he loves to sing & dance in the rain now!


title: Awesome

text: Love it!!


title: A great compilation of Jonis

text: Plays beautifully thanks ! A great collection of Joni Mitchell


title: Classic Vinyl mornings

text:
So happy to get a vintage vinyl in
Great Shape! All sounds great
& perfect thank you so much.


title: Five Stars

text: Love this soundtrack!


title: Five Stars

text: awesome gift


title: Pedro Almodovar, you can't beat this guy!

text: Esta es una de sus menos conocidas películas, pero en mi opinión una de las mejores.  No se realmente como este talentoso director convierte escenas fuertes de violencia de toda clase y encuentra humor en ello. Realmente nos recuerda a no tomarnos tan en serio. Definitivamente un gran profesor y artista.  Los actores todos fabulosos(menos el Peter Coyote, que no sé para que diablos lo inyectaron en tal producción, blah!)Todo lo demás perfecto.  Bravo!


title: Great Album!

text: Richard Cheese takes popular songs and awesomizes them. You can listen to them anytime, anywhere. If you have heard even one of his songs and like his style you will love this album. If you don't like his style, don't buy his albums. They are all great.

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title: Not great

text: I hate to say it, but I was not satisfied with this CD. Perhaps, if you're a tourist with only half a day to drive the Road to Hana, you'd be happy with this as the information is very basic and the CD is rather short. However, I was hoping for some more in-depth information that would give me tips to find the things that the average tourist misses. Suffice it to say that I listened to the CD while still at home and didn't even bother to pack it in my Hawaii-bound suitcase.


title: Have been playing this for my daughter

text: very cute


title: Enjoy this workout

text: Enjoy this workout.  It would be better if it came with an instructional sheet showing proper position for various exercises; however, it provides a variety a good workout. I use the Diver waterproof mp3 player to follow along in the water and the time goes by very quickly.  It's a good value for the price.


title: Great album

text: Shipping for this album was quick considering it came from South Korea. It was packaged very carefully also. Very good album! Thank you!


title: Not what I envision as action songs

text: This CD is ok. Not exactly what I was expecting. Some songs are movement songs, but the instructions are typically before the song starts, not really integrated into the music. It is a decent CD to ahve in the rotation for my toddler, but wouldn't be a top pick.


title: What a surprise!!!

text: This disc just kicks serious booty!!! With a number of the songs performed in their native language, nothing is lost in translation. It is like listening to an opera, you can tell by the singer’s emotions what the song is about.


title: This CD made me love Mozart

text:
This is an awesome little CD that will introduce anyone to many moments of the great works of Mozart.
I bought this album originally in a cassette in about 1990, and then got the CD 10 or so years later. This one is a backup of my original CD, if it ever goes bad. Which speaks to its quality, since these are out of print.

This CD is a refuge of sanity in the car, lovely at night when you are trying to quiet down and get ready for bed, or taking a long bath - also good background dinner music, even for those who think they don't like classical music.

*One note - I almost gave it 4 stars, because these are excerpts of the Mozart movements, not the complete movements. I think when the London Symphony Orchestra did this project with Victoria Secret (when VS was CLASSY, not trashy), maybe they decided to make shorter, simpler versions for brand new classical music listeners, as an intro. I recognize that, now that I'm more familiar with the works. Little disappointment.  But these are lovely, nonetheless - and for me, the album that pulled me in so that now I adore Mozart.

Another suggestion for a Mozart intro CD I love is the Classical Composers album with the little book. I love it.


title: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Mozart! (Track 9)

text:
Found this one at a thrift store too. It is so fantastic, that i have bought more to share with family and friends!

 This has been my favorite CD for 3+ years. I adore Mozart,  It’s great driving music. The Marriage of Figaro overture  (first track) never fails to put me in a good mood, and help me catch up if I’m running late.  It’s a great gift for people just learning about Mozart,  and for those of us who have left him for years.


title: Great writing

text: As a first release that is self-produced, this is well done...catchy, good lyrics, varied.


title: ... wires are flimsy and thin soldering on connection not great or insulation

text: Does what it is supposed to but could use some heavier gauge wires so you wont need to worry about running 5 Amps across item wires are flimsy and thin soldering on connection not great or insulation. Motorcycles are outside so it should be done with that in mind.


title: great childhood memories for me

text: baby loves this! great childhood memories for me. first cd had songs from cartoons and the second cd has songs from kid movies. LOVE IT!


title: Music for a broken heart

text: Heard a piece from this on PBS and was captivated. I don't know how this soul became one with a violin to produce music for the heart broken but he has done it.  If you have ever had a lost dream, a broken spirit, a forgotten promise or the deepest sorrow that your heart could stand then you will love this as I do.  I have never heard the violin played to emote such pathos, deep regret and sadness as this.  Beautiful in its sorrow.


title: Nice gift

text: What's not to like about a signed c.d.  This was a holiday gift for my mom and she appreciated it.  There is a second cover that is signed - so you do have to open the wrapping or just tell whom you give it to to be careful.


title: Not very engaging or inspiring, more like bland and repetitious

text:
I have quite a few of Tom Kenyon's CDs, and have, for the most part, come to expect an enjoyable, out of ordinary and out-of-the-box work and sounds from Tom...
However I find this particular CD quite disappointing.  I was imagining some unusual, celestial, soothing sounds, but this just feels like he is practicing "sounding" (making sounds to express himself).
The results are 8 tracks offering very little variations so they all sound pretty much the same - not very intriguing or interesting in the first place, repetitious, quite monotonous, somewhat annoyingly high pitched.
I got bored listening to this CD in a hurry, and it will be a while before I go back to it again.
Sorry Tom, maybe I just did not `get it'?


title: Extraordinary talented and profound.

text: Alexander Rybak won the 2009 Eurovision contest, one of the most prestigious European musical manifestations. All his songs, on both CDs, are sensitive, profound and romantic. He is my 16 years old daughter's favorite. We bought all his CDs and are delighted to listen to them incessantly.


title: Wonderful recording

text: Schippers was a musical genius.  His death at 47 a tragedy.


title: Goode playing Bach... heavenly.

text: In my opinion this is one of the finest recordings ever made.


title: Superb!

text: Re Pires: The best played, best recorded CD in my entire collection.


title: Adele CD

text: The cd and the case arrived in perfect condition and the bonus tracks were worth paying a bit more than the original cd that other had without the bonus track.


title: Five Stars

text: Great flashback album from childhood (in Spanish)


title: Wow what a great CD

text: Just started playing autoharp and just started listening to her music. Where have I been! Makes me want to be a better musician.


title: They are great for kids.

text: I love the Janet and Judy album. I hope they come back on lp. Please bring them back on lp.


title: Lenny leblanc prisoner of love

text: Was a gift for a friend remai s one of my favoritw albums


So soothing. If you like Mozart and music to calm the nerves, this is the CD for you.


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title: but CD was fine.

text: Case was cracked upon arrival, but CD was fine.


title: Great Sound--Great Find

text: This band is wonderful, fresh and exciting.  The sound is like Afro-Caribbean, soul, folk and dub, blended together and pored out creamy and smooth.


title: 48 Year Fuse

text: Clive Cussler's Dragon is the best of his books I've read in awhile.  Dirk Pitt and friends are back to defend the US from being taken over, not by combat, but by economics, by Japan!  Well, actually by a group of Japanese mafia-like group.  This a very original plot line that is completely fascinating!  I lost a lot of sleep over many weeks listening to this exciting recording.


title: ... this to my new HemiSync collection and while I like other CDs more--Gaia

text: I have added this to my new HemiSync collection and while I like other CDs more--Gaia, Chakra Journey--I like and will use this one.


title: FABULOUS

text: Takes us back to the early years,with their early hits,and  their versions during rehearsals,recording sessions to the master recordings


title: Excellent

text: A very special CD, with the "BEATLES"  VARIOUS VERSIONS  of many of their hits  during recording sessions, before they recorded the "MASTERS"  which were released onto records,and the story behind  the recording sessions of these "masters"


title: All in all a great

text: Double sided of the same picture. All in all a great buy


title: Don Rickles is the man!

text: This cd is hilarious!  Don Rickles is a genius and I'm happy I bought this.  It shipped quickly and I love it!


title: Very nice

text: A nice CD to play at harvest time.


title: As advertised!

text: Joni sang with her magical voice while I did some spring cleaning. It was a lovely afternoon.


title: The wonderful music

text: All of it


I had lost my album and am so happy to have the music back in my life.  This an uplifting production.


title: Five Stars

text: my wife so glad to get this CD, she just loved the movie.


title: The screwdriver piece falls out constantly

text: The screwdriver that fits into the plastic body does not latch in at all on mine. It has a little rubber gasket that looks like it is supposed keep it held in by friction, but it doesn't. The screwdriver will fall out if I just turn the tool upside down.


title: success in ordering

text: My wife liked what she received.


title: Great shape for as old as it is and lots of memories

text: My dad loves it.  It brings back memories for him.


title: Be aware that this is not a pure thunderstorm; it includes music.

text: Unfortunately, this did not have any sample soundtracks.  I was looking for a good CD of just thunderstorms and the description for this gave me the impression this was what I was looking for.  Its not.  The thunderstorms are wonderful, but their is also music with the storms which I found distracting.


title: great value, great music

text: I live about 60 miles from where the horses live, I feel so good to see the horses along the Carson River feeding and with their colts this music reminds me of the wild animals in the area near my home.


title: EXACTLY what we need to know!

text: This is an excellent seminar!  Entertaining and informative, not a  minute is wasted, this series should be mandatory for all of us.  I have now listened to both the Development of Men and Understanding Women and found both to be right on, I wish I would have had this information years ago when I was first married... and, especially, as I raised my kids. So many questions would have been answered and so many conflicts would have been avoided. Highly recommend!!!


title: Wonderful representation

text: This album is a great representation of the type of music that she has sung so well over the years.  It also includes a booklet with pictures and a biography of this wonderful singer/actress.


title: The very very best Live Stones Recording Available

text:
Please read this review carefully!

I have to confess, I didn't shell out $179.00 for this 2-CD set. Instead, I downloaded "The Brussels Affair" from Google Music for $4.99. That download contains 15 songs: Brown Sugar, Gimme Shelter, Happy, Tumblin' Dice, Star Star, Dancin' with Mr. D, Heartbreaker (Do Do Do Do Do), Angie, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Midnight Rambler, Honky Tonk Women, All Down the Line, Rip This Joint, JJ Flash and Street Fighting Man.

This review is about that MP3 download.

The download is a cleaned up, re-mixed and re-ordered (not sure why???) version of something originally broadcast years ago on the King Biscuit Flour Hour. It is (as near as I can tell) culled from several of the performances recorded on the $179.00 CD. But the 15 cuts I downloaded are of excellent, very high quality and mixed perfectly. Every note of Keith and Mick's guitars, Wyman's bass, Ian Stewart's (I assume) piano and Jagger's vocals come through crisp and clean. The performance is extraordinary. Better even that Get Your Ya Yas Out. Both Mick Taylor and Keith Richards are so "on" that it's scary. This is the best live playing by either of them separately or together that I have ever heard. Compared to this, the latter day Rolling Stones live recordings with Ron Wood'a wimpy"lead" playing make me cringe. There is simply no comparison. Taylor's leads on almost everything are near-perfect, and Keith's ferocious rhythm guitar, most notably on Midnight Rambler, is nothing short of awe-inspiring. This was the "real" Rolling Stones. So what are you waiting for? Go find the $4.99 download and I bet you never listen to another live recording with Ron Wood playing "lead" again.

Very Highly Recommended.

JMT


title: Four Stars

text: Plays well..exactly as advertised


title: Content

text: Love the Lord of The Rings. Nice to listen when there is no time to read. Well narrated.


title: Ennoy

text: Wonderful group. Great vocalists


title: Arkenstone is a great musician.

text: Great take on Middle Earth. Lends itself nicely to the atmosphere of The Lord of The Rings.


title: Give it a listen

text: This is a very eclectic music style. I really love this music. Too bad they split up!


title: Happy!

text: Exactly what I wanted and love getting CD's of my old beat up records.


title: On time and perfect condition

text: On time and in perfect condition


title: Great Soundtrack to a sadly short lived series.

text: Only 3000 copies of this soundtrack was issued. A very nice soundtrack to a sadly treated SciFi series by Fox.


title: A great historical document

text: First off if you want to shake the house with Wanamaker peddle notes this is not the recording for you. What this is, is  historical performances by world class organists circa 1940.  This type of recording is important in your collection because you are listening to how a particular organist is playing, his style, meter, etc you are not really listening to the organ its self.  If you are an organist yourself these recording would be an important thing to use with a musical score to make notes as to how to play something in, as an example, the style of Virgil Fox who said he added 6 notes to what ever J.S.Bach  wrote.  If you love the music of these gigantic pipe organs, and especially are fans of those who played them in the first half of the last century you must have this CD in your collection.


title: Great music

text: Love Brenda


Disappointing. Played once and donated to the library.


title: It's about the song.

text: I received this CD several days before the actual due date, good job guys! The CD is an import and the sound quality is very good which to be honest, I was a little worried about.<br />I collect music (CD's mostly, Vinyl when I have to)for almost 50 years...yikes! Anyway I bought this CD for one song, the Bobby Russell, "1432 Franklin Park Circl Hero" which I first picked up in a 45's sale bin when dinosaurs ruled the earth and Bobby Sherman was popular. I'm so glad to finally hear this song without scratches.


title: Calm, peaceful

text: Listening puts you in a better mood


title: so so beautiful

text:
I never can quite find the words for music when its this beautiful.  And that's saying a lot, because I tend to think
that there are words for everything.  This is the kind of music that will shift the furniture in your mind around, let in
a lot of fresh air and light, and leave you wanting more.  At times, it's like something in a dream, while at others, it
is clarity itself.


title: A great intro for ... opera fans

text:
I adore Italian opera -- particularly Puccini. That makes this CD a real gem. All my favorite arias and duets are here, sung by well-known and talented artists.
If you're new to opera, you can't go wrong with this album. Puccini was the Spielberg of his time, and his work still has a lot of popular appeal. (It's much easier to like "La Boheme" than Wagner's Ring cycle -- that's for sure!)
If you have a lot of opera already, you probably have most of these songs. Still, if you want them all in one place, this is a worthy buy.


title: I'm a Perfume fan, so read review at your own risk... Your mileage may vary....

text: Oh yeah... good music.  Kind of keep looping in your mind even when not listening to it...


title: Good CD.

text:
Excellent CD.  A-side is a really good song.
B-side is even better.
Limited version comes with a DVD


title: The DVD that comes with the CD in this Limited Edition - is excellent PV...

text: Excellent CD Single


title: SEVENTH HEAVEN

text: Well, I'm a PERFUME fan, so of course it's FIVE STARS.


title: Great seller and product

text: This is the second time I have purchased from this seller. Fast shipping and item as described.


title: EXCELLENT MUSIC, not sure about this specific seller

text: My children and their friends LOVE this CD. Not sure about this seller since I purchased mine for download.


title: Bought it at Betty Buckley's Performance of Sunset Boulevard in NYC

text: Sick as a dog I trudged through the snow at night in New York City to see Betty Buckley perform in Sunset Boulevard, and it was well worth it.  This is great memento of the show that I bought at the theatre after the performance, and I treasure it, but please note that the exact same songs are on other CDs of hers such as [[ASIN:B00000K2CQ Betty Buckley's Broadway]].  Only a completist should consider buying this at this point since the price is so high.


title: Great straight-ahead jazz

text: Over all I really liked it.  Great interpretation of some pop standards like 'Summerwind' , 'Thanks for the Memories"  Even decent vocals by Monty Alexander, particularly on 'Hard Times'  But I did not like what happened at the mixing board.  Somebody did not like Ray Brown.  When there was a Bass solo, the volume dropped way down.  On the first track, 'Blues for Groundhog' that Brown was credited for composing, it opened with a long bass solo and I had to crank it way up to hear it at all.  Yet with others playing, the bass came through clearly.  Wish the liner notes had more information, but it was in German which I could not read.


title: So-so live recording. The documentary is fun to watch and see how the band grew up since. Its on YT

text:
I bought this when it came out and ended up giving it to a friend who never returned it. If you're a die-hard Lucero friend, it's a fun watch. Filmed during the time leading up and including the recording of Bikeriders (which is my opinion their best album and a real turning point for the band). I've loved this band since I first saw them touring That Much Further West and I'm impressed and amazed at the growth and maturity of the band. They deserve all the success and recognition. This is a fun time time capsule of a young, drunk, ready-to-break Lucero.

Watch it for free on YouTube in it's entirety - don't pay $200+ for it here - use that money to prop up artists that have had a tough year due to cancelling shows/tours.


title: Bought for "Jealous of the Angels"  Love all the songs!

text: My brother passed away from a very aggressive brain tumor in November.  No warning, few symptoms.  Went into hospital on a Sat and died the following sat from a seizure. Luckily he was not in pain & really didn't realize how bad things were.  He wasn't his normal self, but he still joked around.  it was a blessing that he died like he did.  I have talked to too many people that know people that have died from Glioblastoma, it is awful and painful.  That being said, he was my big brother and the song on this cd was beyond perfect for the memorial service for him.  "Jealous of the Angels" is an amazingly beautiful song on this CD.  I listen to it all the time in my car.  I have come to love the entire CD.  After reading Donna Taggarts biography the songs meant even more to me.  Amazing woman!


title: One of my Favorties

text: This CD is part of a series that have been my favorite for years. I am thankful to have it (and the others) on CD again!


title: One of my Favorite!


title: I Wish There Was More

text:
I discovered Anna Hutto at least 10-years ago. She came to our church in Lubbock for a concert. I'm not sure how that came to be, but was I amazed at her talent with words and loved to listen to her voice. At the time the only CD she had was Journey, which I bought at the concert.

I tried to find other recording by her over the years, but without success. A few years ago I heard she was producing a new recording, but I missed it. Fortunately, I discovered the recording, Welcome Here, a couple of weeks ago. I managed to capture a used copy from the Amazon Marketplace. It arrived this afternoon. It's already ripped and stored in my iTunes library and on my iPod. I listened this afternoon and was amazed that her voice sound more mature... a little richer.

Her talent with words is unabated as well. It will take me a few more listens to really get the work, but I already know this will be one of my favorite recordings, just like Journey before it.

All I can say is that I wish there was more of her work. It's good work.

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title: Five Stars

text: Great song, arrived in great condition!


title: Very sweet album.

text: Very sweet album.


title: brings back pleasant memories of a bygone era

text:
Loved this album years and years ago, although his voice is not the nicest vocal. Haha. But the lyrics and the rhythm suited me just fine. Listening to it now brings back pleasant memories of lifetimes past. Too bad he squandered his career as an artist (I think). But very few people can really withstand so much sudden notoriety, I guess. Anyway, the package was nice, came way ahead of schedule, and I think this is a collectible now.

There is another Edward Furlong album (one with poems and such). Anybody selling it?


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent music, received as described.


title: Fun book for kids

text: Fun book for kids. I like the positive slant book takes on things that could potentially be frightening for children.


title: Wait! Do Not Buy this Book!

text: Horrible book.  If you are a Prince fan do you want pictures of an empty airport, empty hotel rooms, and spreads of his background dancers?  No.  There are way too many 'filler' pictures of people and things who are not Prince.  Extremely disappointed.


title: Five Stars

text: Wish I could have heard him play in person! This is a real treat.


title: Great Music that will Last

text: The 90s ruled music and this is a reminder of that fact. It's a great album that should be in any lover of rock's collection.


title: You cant go wrong with Bobby Womack

text: The CD arrived in excellent condition. The seller took great care to package the CD so it wouldn't get damaged. It was brand new and sounded great. Brings back old times listening to Bobby Womack.


title: My cassette has two holes in it.

text: Happy to finally find this. Sadly my phone won't play cassettes.


title: Five Stars

text: My grandson loves this CD.


title: beautiful songs

text: Pentatonic is a fantastic singing group and I bought this for Christmas … perfect for the holiday season!


title: Great Song, Great Vinyl

text: Received 3 days early and was well packaged and is exactly as described by the seller. The record is as flat as my turntable platter and tracks and plays beautiful. It is hard to find an original 45 in such good shape. This is the original recording of "YOU" on Fargo Records 1958 and is done so beautifully by Lynne Nixon (original vocalist). After her passing, and in later years, it was recorded by Collette DeLaney with the original Aquatones as backup. Collette's rendition is also totally awesome as both artists sounded so close in vocals. The seller went the extra mile and put it in a nice sleeve with plastic liner covering the holes. I am very satisfied with my purchase and highly recommend this seller, and would not hesitate to order again... Customer satisfaction is a strong point...............5TARS


title: Excellent Vinyl

text: Received 3 days early and was well packaged with no damage. Overall excellent record that plays beautiful with no faults. I am very satisfied with my purchase as well as the sellers description being accurate. Would not hesitate to order again. Went the extra mile to put jacket in vinyl sleeve for added protection. 5 STARS............


title: The customer comes first.

text: I received this album 3 days early which was a nice surprise. The packaging was excellent, as the record was out of it's jacket in the inner sleeve and sandwiched between the jacket and an empty jacket. It was super cushioned to avoid any damage. The sellers concerns that you get a good product that is undamaged is MUCH appreciated. The record was as described by the seller and plays with no pops, ticks, hiss, and no skipping. The original inner sleeve has album advertising from Coral records depicting some early artists which has that nostalgic touch and the original jacket is in excellent condition which is a plus. I received a good product from the seller at a good price and I am totally satisfied. You cannot go wrong here and I plan to order again. Fast service, fast shipping, great product. 5 STARS.......


title: Beautiful music! The Living Strings was RCA's in house ...

text: Beautiful music!  The Living Strings was RCA's in house go to orchestra used on various music backgrounds. This spin off became RCA Camden and was considered an economy label for lesser known titles. This is a very International recording due to the fact that RCA's orchestra was from NY playing music from Hawaii and the album was recorded in England in 1970. Now all that being said, let's get to the music. This is the most beautiful Hawaiian album that I have ever heard. It is easy listening, relaxing and romantic. The stereo separation is fantastic and makes the Hawaiian steel guitars really showcase the album. Just put it on, sit back, close your eyes and enjoy a nice trip to the islands. Just key on the sellers and read the info that they provide and then you can decide. There are several who sell good used albums. My copy was pristine in all respects and can't tell it from a new one. Well worth every penny. 5 STARS


title: If you love South Pacific musical, you will love this album..

text: The vocals on this cd are the best. The audience clapping frequently during the performance is a distraction. However it was a recorded live performance. It was like being in Carnegie Hall.


title: Excellent Christian lyrics

text: There are so many contemporary Christian musicians who write music with two or three lines of lame lyrics and repeat them throughout the song and count that as talent. This album combines meaningful lyrics with great Irish music. All the lyrics are included as well so you can sing along when no one else is home :-) .


title: Great music, case came destroyed

text: Amazon put cd in with a radio ordered.  CD case was totally destroyed during shipping, cd plays just fine.  Love George Strait.  I put the CD's in a couple of empty cases I had on hand.  I am keeping the CD since it luckily was OK.


title: Great listen!

text: Love this cd!  Takes me back to my youth.


title: Great alternative music for boring music during walking workouts

text: This is an audio CD, NOT a DVD.  But, it can come in really handy.  I play this CD behind me on my boombox (you remember those!) while I do Leslie Sansone workouts.  It gives me such a boost and I don't experience the boredom I usually do with her music.  I'm 52 and many of these songs are from my college years or early adulthood, so I really enjoy them.


title: Average

text: Average


title: Great music.

text: Love the quality and music!!!


title: Exactly as ordered and functions perfectly !!!

text: Careless child destroyed the original which was part of a set. This item makes the set whole again !!!! Yeah !!!


title: NICE LITTLE BRIDGE

text: NICE LITTLE BRIDGE ..It is not a roller bridge it is old school gibson style style, but pretty well made! The only inexpensive bridge that comes with bushing springs. Problem for me is my hagstrom uses a 52.4mm and this one is between 47 & 48mm and i think that would cause intonation problems,, so since this is a very good bridge i will hold on to it for use another day.. Sorry i could not comment on the sound, But the the workmanship is good well made piece of machinery.


title: Love Their Harmony!

text: This is a great CD and I have waited on it ever since they were on The Voice. They have an amazing harmony and I love their playing and singing together. Hope to hear a lot more from these two and hear them often on the radio as people hear and learn more about them. They are a really great brother duo!


title: Great but why not Streaming?

text: I've been a fan of Windham Hill artists since the mid-90's.  This is my favorite compilation by these fine musicians.  So why is this not available on Amazon Music?


title: a grand for a cassette?

text: This guy wants a grand...lmao


title: great

text: A friend told me about this cd so I finally ordered it. I absolutely love it .


title: Great messages for kids

text: LOCED this 20-years ago when my son was little. Still love it to give as a gift for the next generation.


title: Love This Anointed Group!

text: Such a blessing!


title: Beegie Adair

text: Anything Beegie Adair is quality light jazz piano.  I have several of her CD's & wake up & go to sleep to her music.  Highly recommend any of her CD's.


title: Bought for a relative.

text: Not necessarily my type of music, but my sister loves it!


title: few scratches

text: scratches


title: Good Old Tunes!!

text: I’ve Loved Moody Blues for 40+ Years Finally Bought an album


title: Awesome CD

text: Love The CD Awesome Music


title: Great CD

text: Exactly What I Wanted


title: Good morning Viet Nam

text: The product was in good shape just as they said it would be. The music took me back to a good / sad time in my life


title: Touching The Throne of God

text: Incredible worship music cd. Touches God's Throne.


title: Lively Sound

text: Kidjo is a favorite. Upbeat, stimulating, enjoyable.


title: Super---  Love the Whole Series

text: BEST Series ever!!!  Five Stars*****


title: Five Stars *****

text: This is the best series ever!  Love everyone of the CD's.  Kink only put these out every other year.  Started in the late 80's till mid 2000's.  Don't miss a single one.


title: Everyone of these a gem!

text: Love all the CD's in this series.


title: OK

text: Didn't know other VI tunes other than "ICE ICE BABY".  Others are ok, not great.


title: <3

text: the stories and songs were an important part of my childhood, love it


title: im back to mu childhood!

text: these stories and songs were an important part of my life


title: Five Stars

text: Love it


title: My kind of music

text: I love is cd


title: Cd

text: Well there's only 3 songs I really like .on this CD


title: Thumbs up

text: Tremendous music, that glorifies God and edifies the soul. Very moving and worshipful.


title: Beautiful music

text:
Soundtrack from the series.  Beautiful, soft, unique music.

Very soothing and calming.


title: Awsome performance, its only on DVD right now, but it's unbelievable in its quality.

text: If you like the Moody Blues, you will treasure this performance.The actor,and watching and waiting,<br />I could go on,they are all top notch.


title: Meets Expectations

text: I like that all of the songs are sung by the people who first made these melodies popular in the first place.


title: Loved it!

text: Another great album from Taylor.  Her music is fun, clean, and offers many opportunities to sing loud while dance driving.


title: not as described-format

text: stated cd received cassette tape


title: Cd and that it works properly

text: I bought a relative a new CD and cassette player and this CD I put in the box with the gift and she absolutely adores it of course Andrea Bocelli is one of the greatest vocalist I have ever heard. He is so good so if you haven’t tried a CD from Andrea Bocelli what are you waiting for beautiful music.


title: If you like piano music!!!

text: I gave this cd to a relative and they love love it!


title: Five Stars

text: I got it but didn,t open it becuse it is for chirstmas


title: funny silly songs.

text: Funny,silly songs : ) I grew up listening to this album and it still makes me smile every time I hear it!


title: For a serious Muse fan.

text: Really adds to my collection.


title: Amazing mix of Inuit & traditional US melodies

text:
The haunting beauty of these songs really hits home. The artist does a great job of expressing how Inuit people are as mistreated in Canada as US Native Americans are. Mixing of the languages provides a neatly done effect. Even those who don’t speak her native language can understand the basics.

The beauty of her songs and voice makes me hit replay over and over.

There’s also a really wonderful mix of painful and joyous emotions in the songs that if you cannot grok to it, well...your loss I guess


title: Five Stars

text: Listen while you work :)


title: I wish it had more of Dunn's songs!

text: I love Ronnie Dunn's voice but this cd had too many of other people's songs on it. I would love to have some of his songs from the past, even some with Brooks. They were a great duo. But I am enjoying the cd.


title: Over produced

text: The only song on the gold cd that I want is the shoop shoop  song.  Over produced on both.


title: Not as good

text: Blessed are and farewell Angelina are much better.  This one not really worth it


title: Five Stars

text: Beautiful music


title: Music and Words to sing along the familiar songs.

text: Vacations are more enjoyable by playing music as you go and<br />this CD is full of familiar tunes with the words included on a fold-out page.  So keep the gang's spirits up by singing.


title: Real Johnny Mathis CD

text: Great CD. Perfect. Has most of his greatest hits. Great sound. His voice is clear and perfect. Original recordings!<br />Outstanding!


title: Wonderful in my collection

text: Excellent performance, excellent sound quality.


title: Tremendous value!!!!!

text: Two CD's in one package, for an excellent price. Buddy's stuff always the BEST! Cannot go wrong when buying anything with his name on it!


title: Five Stars

text: this gave Mia bragging rights!


title: Four Stars

text: i like this kind of music -owens


title: well i hear the songs so it works on blue ...

text: well i hear the  songs so it works on blue ray player


title: For true Allman Brothers, Duane Allman fans

text: Great CD, for all true Allman Bros fans. Made me feel that I was back at the Fillmore East listening to Duane and the band playing live. Not a studio album or professionally recorded but a kid with an old fashioned tape recorder so don't expect, "Eat a Peach" etc. Important historical recording for your Allman Bros collection, especially if you never had a chance to hear the great Duane Allman sing/play live. Heartily recommend.


title: Some Older Inspirations!!

text: If you like The Inspirations you will love this CD!!


title: SO PERFECT! Mine came with a gift and two pieces ...

text:
SO PERFECT! Mine came with a gift and two pieces of candy. <3
It came VERY fast. Like five days earlier than expected.
THANK YOU <3


title: Five Stars

text: Wonderful music!


title: Love Love Love this cd

text: I had this on cassette tape many years ago and it has always been my favorite. I was very happy when we found it on cd. Kenny sings very trational and his voice is amazing. It just isn't Christmas in our house unless I can hear Kenny Roger's Carol of the bells. This is a must to add to your Christmas music, it's right up there with Bing and Perry.


title: Fantastical

text: An amazing album an amazing band hugely recommended stop.


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent!


title: The music from this movie is fabulous. However, ...

text: The music from this movie is fabulous. However, the piece "Mountain Dance'  also by Dave G., is not part of this CD. Mountain Dance is played right at the beginning of the movie and played again when she is 'changing clothes'. A bit disappointing; however, the music is lovely.


title: Great album...

text: Zbigniew Presiner is a favorite composer of mine. This is a Christmas album, but, for me, since it is in Polish, I do play is all year. Well, I play a lot of Christmas all year, but this is 1 I like. He is a very talented composer & his music is melodic & soothing on this cd.


title: A GREAT EDITION TO YOUR ENGELBERT COLLECTION OF CDS!

text: IF YOU LOVE ENGELBERT, YOU WILL ENJOY THIS CD.<br />A WELCOME ADDITION TO THE OTHER CDS YOU MAY HAVE OF HIS.


title: Arrive at work Relaxed!

text: The first note of Iz's singing took my breath away.  I listen to this tape over and over while commuting.  I arrive at my destination relaxed in spite of the traffic.


title: You will love this album!

text: I purchased two of these, one for my sister and one for me. My sister had an injury and this was purchased to comfort her. She played the flute in school and was first chair. It's a fantastic album!


title: Fantastic saw playing at its best

text: Gerald was not only a superior representation of Abraham Lincoln but he insisted on only playing Patriotic music and Hymns that honored God. This is probably his best CD. I knew Gerald personally. It was I who helped him launch his career as an Abraham Lincoln Presenter. He gave me enough newspaper articles to fill a scrapbook. He also gave me all the music he recorded. This one is a must to add to your collection of Patriotic and Christian music. Gerald went to be with our Lord and Savior this past spring. I am proud to own his recordings. photos, and news articles.


title: Five Stars

text: My three year old grandson loves this


title: Love it! Everything was packed very well and arrived ...

text: Love it! Everything was packed very well and arrived without any bumps or bends. I am super pleased considering I luckily got my favorite, Jackson! The poster is on nice thick paper and I got the little Mark photocard. Long live Markson:)  only downside is I can't read hangul in the lyric sections :(


title: Love This CD

text: Received a special edition which was still sealed.  I am very please with quality and packaging.


title: DVD only; wish it supplied a CD too for practice convenience

text: DVD ONLY; no CD


title: Excellent Condition from seller

text: Album came as described - and we are very pleased to have this vintage album that brings back such great childhood memories!


title: Department 56 "A Christmas Story Village" Farkus House

text: I bought this for a gift for my daughter. She has been collecting the Christmas Story Village pieces. I was quite disappointed in the price though. I ordered it and by the time the shipping was added, it ended up costing me $72.00. That was much more than anticipated. Quality good. Looks very nice with the rest of her village.


title: Luminous

text:
Another beautiful collection of meditations from Rupert Spira! Listening to these "yoga meditations" really does help you lose the feeling of being a separate person located in a body. He uses interesting visualizations, like imagining the breath coming not just through your nose but through the entire surface of the body -- and you understand in a physical way that there's really no boundary between yourself and the space around you. I highly recommend this set to anyone who (like me) loves the teaching of nonduality but needs help with experiencing it as a reality.

Unlike the other reviewer, I had no trouble loading the mp3s onto my phone, so the CDs obviously aren't copyright protected.


title: Wonderful piece of history for music lovers

text: A great work of music.  It won't suit the tastes of everyone, but it's a bit of history and you can feel it.  If you are a true music lover, you will want to own this CD set.  And while I don't get anything for saying this, you can find this album at amchitka-concert, and not pay $150.00. All proceeds to Greenpeace.


title: relaxing

text: nice, relaxing music


title: Classic beautiful trombone sounds

text: Wonderful trombone sounds!


title: Great CD!

text: Loved this program series and especially liked the music associated with it.  The CD has all the cuts from the program sung by original artist.  The insert has photos of the actors/actresses and lyrics (in Hangeul-Korean language -only) in the insert.  If you liked the music from the series, you will want to have this CD


title: brilliant

text: Concertino de Camera is so mesmerizing . I play it when I just want to relax and chill out, and that is Daily!  I find myself playing this piece everday in the car on my way to work. It's like medication.


title: ... music and I have to say he did his best work on "Second Nature"

text: I probably own all of Michael Lington's music and I have to say he did his best work on "Second Nature".


title: Never again

text: DO NOT BUY. You're paying for a fake item. It's a fake vinyl.


title: The Dolphins broke it.

text:
Damn bottlenosed molesters!

No seriously. I found this CD the first time I heard it in a bargin bin for $.88 and it was the best not dollar I ever spent. After the CD broke I had to rebuy it.

Just... amazing.

You need to have a specific sense of humor, but if it's what you're into you'll be belly laughing for hours.


title: Best pillow I've used yet

text: This pillow has the perfect support for me.  I sleep mostly ony back and sometimes on my side.  In either sleeping position the pillow works great.  I love how your head sinks in the middle and has support on each side.  I used to have to use my hands or lay the edge on top of another pillow to try to get this support, now it's just in the pillow.  I couldn't be happier with my purchase!


title: Good music

text: Always enjoy these songs, likable by most


title: Everything as Listed

text: The album came, B version, with the photobook, photocards, poster, CD etc. Everything came as listed in product description. High quality. My sister and I are pleased.


title: Good

text: Enjoyed my purchase


title: Five Stars

text: LOVE MY GIRLS !!!!


title: Five Stars

text: Love westlife, hard to find cd's,so this is appreciated. Thank you


title: Speedy delivery, good music.  Thanks!

text: Good album!


title: Great collection!

text: I love the collection of songs and glad I bought it.  It has a wide variety of different songs that are all great.


title: Great CD with all the old favorites!

text: I had sort of forgotten (HOW COULD I??) these great songs, but what a great gift to myself this is! I was dancing and singing along from the first to the last song!!!


title: Perfect condition and well-packaged!

text: A great collection for my Taeyeon's album!


title: How can you not love Donald Fagen?

text: This CD is a great collection of Donald Fagen at work. Such a talent.


title: Excellent book.

text: This is an excellent audio book--I recommend it highly to anyone who wants to understand more about how the food industry really works.


title: Like the beat

text: We ordered this for a cardio drumming great beat


title: Tom Petty Forever

text: Another live performance that is worth a listen but not well done.


title: Limited hits

text: Wide variety but limited hits


title: The King sings Gospel

text: Elvis sings a wonderful medley of great gospel song.  What is not to like.


title: Hosehead's Review

text:
Okay, the main reason I bought this 5-disc live set (Kansas has a bunch of live recordings) was for the 1982 recording with John Elefante on lead vocals.  There are no other recordings with him on vocals, and he has a fantastic voice.

First the negative:  The 1977 and 1980 discs have poor (but not overly poor) recording quality.  "Two for the Show" is a much better recording of the "Point of no Return" tour.  The 1980 recording has many songs from "Audio Visions" that have not been heard live before.

The 1976 recording is good, and it has much of the old stuff that you would want to hear live.  That leaves the 1982 "Vinyl Confessions" tour. (I got to see the "Drastic Measures" tour, and I still want to have a live recording of that one!).  The 1982 disc sounds the best of all.  "Yes, but it's not Steve Walsh," you may say.  And I will tell you, when Elefante sings the Walsh songs, he sounds fantastic! I have heard about 7 live versions of Carry on Wayward Son, and they just don't sound good.  Elefante kills it on this one!  It sounds great!  He also does a great job with No One Together, Hold On, and Portrait (He Knew).

Buy this collection for the 1982 recording.


title: Hosehead's Review

text: This is an extremely raw recording.  It's not bad, but it's not great either.  The background vocals are off key at times.  I've seen Journey 3 times--twice with Perry and once with Arnel.  Arnel sounds much better live.  There are some highlights here though:  Solid recordings of Rubicon, Edge of the Blade, and an okay version of No More Lies from Schon's solo album.  One last note.  This is the "Frontiers" tour.  Where is Separate Ways, the biggest hit from that album?


title: Love this magazine and this particular issue has the cutest ...

text: Love this magazine and this particular issue has the cutest embossing folder, dies and paper. These will make great Christmas cards for next year.


title: Five Stars

text: great live album, spirit filled


title: Walt Mills

text: Cd worked great


title: Good CD

text: Plastic was not on the case when I received the CD but it works fine.


title: Great Group

text: Great group.  I have been following them for many years.


title: Great Group

text: This is a great group.  I really enjoy their music.  Twenty years ago I visited Halifax.  I heard this group singing.  I contacted their managed, trying to get a CD.  He did send me several from other groups but unfortunately, this group did not have one.  As the years past I still remembered how much I had enjoyed them.  A few months ago I thought I would google them.  I was surprised to find that they now had become more well known.  I ordered all I could by them and am enjoying all of their music very much.


title: Product as described

text: Delivered intact and plays well thank you


title: Great Product

text: Excellent condition and delivered on time


title: Never available on CD until now!

text: I’v Been waiting for decades for IN A ROMAN MOOD to be available on CD. A few years ago I burned my 35 year old LP to CD but couldn’t get rid of the snaps, crackles and pops. The sound of the CD is excellent and I can’t tell you how happy I am to finally have a good copy of this album! Keep up the good work.


title: Not bad

text: Nice mix


title: Excellent collection of Polish 80's pop.

text: Excellent collection of Polish 80's pop by Urszula.  Considering the setting & time--a country behind the Iron Curtain, under a military dictatorship since '81, US sanctions imposed--this is top notch music.  Easily comparable to Kim Wilde or Pat Benetar with more synths thrown in.


title: DMB rocks!

text: Great concert, all DMB live trax are with the money if you are a fan. Next best thing to being there


title: Five Stars

text: Fast shipping, Girlfriend loves it!


title: Surprise for my husband

text: Can’t believe I found this!!! My husband loved this band back in the day. He was in shock that I found this CD for him since he can’t find streaming music for them anywhere.


title: Will buy again

text: Love it !


title: My experience

text: Every major Piano rendition for the 4 the Artists represented. It's worth the purchase.


title: Four Stars

text: He's a fair/good singer.


title: Excellent sound and quality.

text: Just only two songs but with excellent sound and quality.


title: Beautiful Voice

text: So glad Roy made his 4th album.  He puts his heart and soul into every song.


title: Great collection of live music.

text: Great collection of live music.  Nicely recorded.


title: I read somewhere that there were only 500 copies printed ...

text: I read somewhere that there were only 500 copies printed.  It took me years to find the album and it's one of my all-time favorites.


title: Great service too

text: Just delightful... Great service too


title: Nostalgia and joys...

text: I have seen all four in person.  It was a joy to have PJ give her Dad's entry, I was not prepared for it and old mourning surfaced but recovery was very quick.  It is a treasure to have available many songs that I have missed hearing and re-listening to favorites as I drive on the long distances treks I enjoy doing.  The open highway through these lovely lands in the US with the Bee Gees along for the ride.  Thank you for featuring this in your collection for sale.


title: Five Stars

text: the best


title: Amazing talent

text: Beautiful music,  beautiful voice.


title: Excellent music

text: Beautiful music


title: Not Celtic music

text: Not what I expected.


title: Not Celtic music

text: Not what l expected.


title: Good quality playback.

text: Nice CD.


title: I loved this album

text: I remember buying this album when I was in my early 20s, back in the 70s. I was broke so the price alone was an incentive to buy it (I'm thinking around $2-3). Of course, there were a few musicians I was familiar with, as well. Much to my surprise I think I enjoyed every cut. I believe there was a second album put out that I purchased and it was also very good. I've always wished I could find both albums recorded as a CD.


title: So glad I found this

text: So glad I found this.  I love the music from this movie and it's not what I could find on the soundtrack itself.


title: Motivating

text: Very motivating terrific music.


title: Fantastic

text: Great music for workouts.  Used this when it first came out am planning on getting back into shape


title: Some of Roy Clark's best work, string instrumentals with country flavor

text: Great instrumental classics (mostly country) from the master of stringed instruments. Roy also explains the difference between an instrumental and a vocal.


title: How Great is Our God

text: Get it. Just...get it! Those who say that Christianity and science don't go together may find this to be interesting.


title: Truly magical and majestic without sacrificing the sublime lyricism.  Sound is superb

text:
Symphony No. 2 is Johannes Brahms's most lyrical symphony, and it has received a host of superb recordings.  The present 1981 DG disc presents the account by Carlo Maria Giulini and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

Giulini immediately conveys that his will be an intense, emotional interpretation but not at the expenses of the lyrical element.  The 1st movement is typical of Giulini's approach.  Forte tutti's are forceful but the softer passages are sublime.  The 2nd movement is beautifully played and sweet as can be.  Yet, Giulini always supports the interpretation with an intense undercurrent of emotion.  The sublime is never far from the tension, and the final two minutes reveal the inner substance to be the juxtaposition of lyricism and strength.  The 3rd movement is a walk, simple and innocent, then a serious, intense dance, but one of joy.  The 4th movement begins softly with the glorious explosion of full orchestra confirming the intensity that joy can contain.  I have heard some beautiful accounts of this symphony, such as the surprisingly robust recording of Celibidache, but I can't think of one that tops this in any meaningful way.  The final minute of the movement is the greatest I have ever heard.  It is truly astonishing!

When you listen to Giulini's masterful account of this wonderful symphony, you get the feeling that this must be what the master intended.  It feel that right.  I would not complain if this was the only account I could ever listen to again.  The sound is fully supportive of the majesty of the reading.  Despite the 1981 recording date, this early digital recording bears few if any of the faults so common in recordings from that period.  The brass may be the slightest bit grainy, but there is no early digital over-brightness.  Soundstage and center fill are superb.  This one is capable of evoking tears and that's what makes it magical.  It easily gets my ABSOLUTE HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!!!!!


title: Superb Gottschalk performances and sound by a supreme interpreter

text:
Eugene List was a pupil of Olga Samaroff at Juilliard who also taught Roslyn Tureck.  He had an illustrious concert career but his recordings are hard to find, now.  This Vanguard disc presents him in performances of the piano music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk.  The first disc is devoted to two-hand piano music, while the second features one-piano four-hands and two-piano works.

Disc 1 begins with one of Gottschalk’s most well-known works, The Banjo.  While I have heard faster accounts, I have heard none with such rounded tone. Nor has the piano been recorded so well.  If you have never heard The Banjo, you are in for a real treat.  This is the finest performance of the virtuoso piece ever!  I will mention a few other pieces of note beginning with Souvenir de Porto Rico which receives a caring performance and perfect idiomatic playing.  This is a rather sultry piece, and List gives it plenty of sway.  You won’t fail to be impressed.  Bamboula is another of popular pieces.  It is the forerunner to the cakewalk.  The reading is luscious.  The Last Hope is a mournful piece of great beauty.  Tournament is a gallop that is just plain fun to hear.

Disc 2 is comprised mostly of arrangements by List and Cary Lewis.  They are, of course, performed with distinction, but I have little interest in arrangements as they are not the intent of the composer.  Only Tremolo is the original Gottschalk version and it receives a superb performance by List and assistant.  This is a very lively work with a wonderful theme.  The four hands almost play as one.

This is a superb album of Gottschalk piano music.  The second disc is equally enjoyable but largely consisting of arrangements.  The piano sound is excellent but sounded like a different instrument on Disc 2.  Curious.  VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for Disc 1!!!


title: Superb sampling of Famous Overture with somewhat inconsistent sound.

text:
From the high quality of the sonics, it is difficult to believe that Sir George Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and London Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras recorded these 19 Famous Overtures for Decca between 1959 and 1994.  These are classic works most of which are known to serious and casual classical music lovers alike.  What is even more surprising, however, is that the two from 1959, Suppe's Light Calvary and Pique Dame Overtures are two of the best sounding of the group.  Both were performed by the VPO.

Every overture on these two discs receives a committed, convincing, and exciting performance.  I found none whose tempo was excessively fast or slow.  The inconsistency of sound was in keeping with the range of recording dates, but earlier recording dates did not predict the quality of sound.  This 2-disc album affords the listener a generous sampling of well-known overtures interpreted by a world-class conductor leading world-class orchestras with generally excellent sound.  If the sound had been more consistent, I would have awarded 5-Stars.  As it stands, the album is a safe recommendation!


title: Definitive "modern" recording of the Chopin Preludes.

text:
Frederic Chopin modeled his 24 Preludes after Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier.  Before a concert, Chopin would seclude himself with a piano and play through the WTC for memory.  Like Bach, Chopin wrote a Prelude in each major and minor key.  Each one is a masterpiece with each its own prevailing mood.  In the present album, Ivan Moravec performs the set of Preludes and the Ballade No. 4 on the Supraphon label, recorded in 1963.

In Moravec's hands, the Preludes take on new lives.  He plays them with a fresh approach.  When you listen to them, you can hear him feeling his way through each of them.  Take No. 6 in B minor, for example.  If No. 15 is the "Raindrop Prelude," then No. 6 should be the Teardrop Prelude.  Its sublime melancholic melody is unparalleled in the piano literature.  In contrast, No. 7 in A major is a sweet but brief smile played.  No. 9 in E major is performed with serious majesty, but I wish it was less disjointed and more flowing.  Moravec demonstrates his superb technique and light touch with No. 10.  Unlike the interruptions of No. 9, the Prelude in G-sharp minor which can sound disjointed is flowing.  Odd.  No. 15 in D-flat major receives the finest performance I have heard.  The emotion flows throughout but it never becomes thick and overly dramatic.  I have always loved this Prelude, and Moravec more than any pianist conveys perfectly its exquisite and anguished feeling state.  No. 20 in C minor was played at Chopin's funeral.  It can sound ponderous in some hands but not in Moravec's.  The F minor Ballade concludes the disc.  It is given a heavenly performance by Moravec who conveys perfectly the intense moods of the work.

This is the finest set of Preludes I have been privileged to hear.  The treble of Moravec's piano can sound hard in loud passages but not so much that it diminishes the pure joy of his magnificent interpretations and overall performance.  For me, this represents the definitive "modern" recording of the Preludes.  I give it my ABSOLUTE HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!!!!

ADDENDUM:  The 2009 reissue of this recording has tamed the aforementioned treble hardness.  The reissue is now the top account of these Preludes.  I reviewed it at http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-24-Preludes-Ballade-No4/dp/B000003521/ref=cm_cr-mr-title


title: Excellent performance and sound but no award winner

text:
When it comes to recordings of the complete Brahms symphonies, we really have an embarrassment of riches - superb accounts by Karajan, Klemperer, Dohnanyi, and Levine, to name those whom I consider the top-shelf Brahms conductors in the last 50 years.  You can't go wrong if you chose a cycle by any of them.  The question here is if Lorin Maazel should be added to those esteemed few?  Maybe.  Maazel conducts the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra in 1975 and 1976 recordings of the four symphonies plus the Academic Festival and Tragic Overtures, and the Haydn Variations.

Maazel has never been considered a member of the elite circle of conductors, but he also seems never to turn in less than average performances, either.  His Brahms cycle here begins with a superb reading of Symphony 1 that plays to both the profound and lyrical elements equally well.  If it lacks the absolute nth degree of excitement, the emotional warmth of his account, as demonstrated in the dolce and animato theme in the 4th movement, may completely atone for the slight sin of omission.  The Academic Festival Overture and Haydn Variations demonstrate a superb performance less hampered by slight sonic deficiencies.

The Symphony 2 greatly benefits by Mazeel's great ability to convey the lyricism of a work.  Symphony 2 has often been compared to Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony a linkage that Brahms would have been very touched by, since it was Beethoven's preeminence that intimidated Brahms and prevented him from bringing his first symphony out.  The 3rd movement is sculpted superbly from the contrasting slow and agitated sections.  The 4th movement with its long, winding primary and secondary themes and extensive development demonstrates Maazel's long view that maintains interest as Maazel carefully brings the movement to its smiling close.

The Third Symphony is given a finely etched performance.  In the 1st movement, Maazel once again Maazel seems to take the contrasts in such easy stride.  The 2nd movement is shaped perfectly, and the 3rd movement's melancholic theme is treated with sublime tenderness.  The final movement seems to lack that previously nth degree of excitement again.  Brahms' Symphony No. 4 calls for passion, and Maazel responds passionately and intensely.  The 2nd movement's opening horn sets the stage for successive increases in the number of horns participating in a musical meditation performed beautifully by the Cleveland brass.  For me, the 4th movement has always seemed Brahms's least successful symphonic movement.  And Maazel is unable to change that.  The Tragic Overture that follows would have made a better 4th movement.

The discs have superb sound for an analogue recording, but I wish the woodwinds would have been given a bit more brilliance by the engineers.  As a whole, Maazel's Brahms symphony cycle is a winner but just not an award winner.  Only a few issues keep him off the top rung of the ladder, but he is only a step away.  Recommended with a few reservations regarding excitement/intensity and dynamics.


title: If these marches don't get your blood moving, I don't know what will!

text:
There are in essence two types of wind music.  The first type is comprised of Baroque brass music and transcriptions, especially by Gabrieli, and the purpose is for worship.  The second type is comprised of military marches the purpose of which includes celebratory but principally for the purpose of keeping cadence for marching troops.  This 2-disc album is of the second type and features Herbert von Karajan leading the Brass of the Berlin Philharmonic (plus some other wind instruments).  Now, for the purpose of this review, please join me in suspending any political overtones there might be in some of these pieces and their possible use in the past by the German Army of WW II.  I am speaking only to the music itself.

If you love band, wind ensemble, or brass music, then you will love this album.  Each march is superbly played.  I am a veteran myself, and I frequently became aware of an irresistible urge to get up and start marching!  A few were composed by Beethoven, Johann Strauss and Johann Strauss the Elder.  One of my favorites is the Florentine March by Julius Fucik.  I first heard it on a Frederick Fennell disc.  The march that concludes the album is the well-known Radetzky March.

The marches were recorded in 1966 and 1973, but the sonics are pristine.  The recording venue for all was Berlin's Jesus-Christus-Kirche, so the recording has wonderful ambience.  There are no real criticisms that can be levied against the music with the minor exception that Karajan was obviously never a marching soldier, because he strays occasionally from the strict tempo that military marches have at their very foundation.  He is actually trying to make music!  The nerve!

These marches are performed superbly and the sound is stellar.  It is absolutely enjoyable from beginning to end.  This one gets my highest recommendation.  Forward March!


title: There are much better recordings and value out there.

text:
Discs like these really irritate me.  These are wonderful accounts of the three tone poems on this disc which is a poorly-performed digital remaster of an earlier Supraphon disc.  The Supraphon disc also included an excellent account of The Noonday Witch.

The digital remastering has the tympani so poorly defined that you hear only a rumble.  Also, it sounds as though the engineer decided to add some reverberation - TOO much.

So what you get for your money is an over-reverberant edition of THREE tone poems ONLY.  For better accounts, try Chalabala's original version.  Even better, get  the superb Kertesz account on Decca Eloquence that in addition includes the Carnival Overture, Scherzo capriccioso, Symphonic Variations, Hussite Overture, My Home Overture, Othello Overture, and In Nature's Realm Overture.


title: Boring for the most part and similarly recorded

text:
This is an SACD compilation of 12 short works for organ, brass and timpani and arrangements of works for such ensembles.  It is unique in two ways.  First, the selections are not just blockbusters but also serious music.  Second, you might assume that an SACD of Organ, Brass, and Timpani would be an astonishing disc.  It is not.

The Strauss work with which the album begins is not widely known but is nonetheless a work of art.  Some of the selections are well-known but primarily among classical music lovers such as the Baroque period Overture from Handel's Royal Fireworks Music.  Gabrieli, another Baroque composer, is well represented by several of his sensational Canzons.  Bach selections include music from three of his Cantatas.  Even an arrangement of Mussorgsky's The Great Gate of Kiev from his Pictures at an Exhibition is included to bring the final curtain down on the disc and the two people who bought it.  In fact, I may be the only one!

This disc suffers from selections that are not the most popular and sound that is good at best.  I have heard few organs more poorly recorded.  The organ is as unexciting as is most of the disc.  If you are looking for spectacular sonics or selections fairly well-known outside serious classical music circles, look elsewhere.  Two stars may be generous - and I'm a classical music lover.


title: The most successfully original Pictures ever recorded... except for Gate of Kiev

text:
4 1/2 Stars.  This is a Japanese edition and most of what's written is in Japanese and German.  It is rather interesting that Igor Markevitch should conduct Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition as it concludes with the Great Gate of Kiev, the city in which he was born.  Kiev is only the conclusion of a unique and thrilling account of Pictures - thrilling at least until the end.

Markevitch is definitely his own man.  To begin with, he is not afraid to take a retard in the concluding measures of an individual picture more than you usually hear with other conductors - and it makes you ask, "Why don't all conductors do it?"  I found myself asking that question quite often.  Markevitch's sense of contrasts and dynamics is extraordinary.  It is as though you are hearing the work for the first time.  This is a truly fresh and remarkably successful approach to an old warhorse.

The Great Gate of Kiev, actually, was the least impressive of the pictures (I don't think Markevitch lived there long!). Frankly, I think that Ravel should have beefed up The Great Gate of Kiev more.  (I want TWO orchestras AND a concert band to bring the piece to a close!  Too much???) Seriously, I expected more from the final tutti section than is heard.  The recording was made in 1973, and we have had many great recordings from the 1970's.  I just don't have an explanation.  The Great Gate of Kiev begins well, and you expect even better at the conclusion.  Interpretively, Markevitch keeps a strict tempo just before the conclusion when you desperately want a retard.  Downer.  But at least the tempo isn't as schizophrenic as in Serebrier's Naxos disc of Stokowski's orchestration.  Fantastic Great Gate of Kiev's are heard in Neeme Jarvi/CSO, Kuchar/Ukraine, Reiner/CSO, and my pick for the absolute best Picture - Ormandy/Philadelphia (the Japanese-produced disc).

Sonics are stunning on this 24-bit processed disc.  Each instrument is clearly heard and very natural-sounding whether it is a trumpet, violin, bassoon, flute, or bass.  Yet you hear the ensemble.  As mentioned above, only the Great Gate of Kiev proved to be less than I expected.

So what you have here is a superb sonics with the most original interpretation of Pictures that I have ever heard. And does it ever work!  Highly recommended (but get somebody else for The Great Gate of Kiev).


title: Marginally better treble than the domestic release of a superb reference recording, but...

text:
This is not the cover art of the album I purchased, but the disc does appear to have originated in Japan as the majority of the print is in Japanese.  I have purchased some splendid Japanese remasterings.  This one isn't improved enough to justify the bother.

The original EMI recording was remastered in 1992 as part of a several-volume set.  I think that Japanese engineers successfully cleaned up the treble but were able to do less for the bass.  The result is a distorted balance that favors the upper 2/3 of the frequency range with deep bass definition better defined but lacking in weight.  The tympani are recessed but better defined than in the 1992 reissued set. The organ is well heard but poorly defined. The upper registers are really quite good.

But let's face it:  what makes this a classic is Kempe, who had amazing interpretive powers in Strauss.  This is one I really wish I could have heard in person.  Kempe took a perfect tempo for the work - not so slow that you feel lost and not so quick that you have little time to savor the scenery.  Kempe's account with the Staatskapelle Dresden is very moving with a clear vision of what lies ahead.  As such, the performance is highly recommended, but I would keep thing simple and stay with the domestic EMI release that I reviewed separately.  Come on, EMI.  Let's give this a state of the art remastering that it deserves!


title: Ormandy's classic account is stellar!

text:
Ormandy and the Philadephia Orchestra made two recordings of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, one for Columbia (now, Sony) and a later one for RCA.  I recently reviewed the RCA disc on Amazon.  This is the earlier, prized account and it is easy to see why.  It is phenomenal!  Unfortunately, Sony released it on CD only in Japan.  The good news is that you can still pick it up from sellers in Japan.  Oh, and don't expect to read much of the trifold "booklet" that it comes with -- it's in Japanese except for the front.

It is hard to believe that the pictures by artist, Hartmann, that served as the inspiration for this classic composition were simple little sketches!  Ravel's orchestration of the original piano pieces remains magnificent, and this is the recording that gives you all of the excitement and color you could wish for.  Ormandy gives us a well thought-out interpretation with great sound.  Pacing is perfect for each picture.  Dynamics are remarkable.  Bass is prolific and well-defined.  Instrument timbres are natural-sounding.  Brass couldn't be more thrilling. Belying its age, background noise is nonexistent.  Ormandy chose tempi that never dragged the music which flows like a meandering stream, sometimes a river.  The soundstage is full but not very deep.  Middle fill is fine.  The perspective is rather forward. The trumpets blare with a raspy quality that is, frankly, is over the top and to the point of being uncomfortable to listen to at times.  This is a problem that I have encountered before on Japanese discs.  I can't help but wonder if there was some remastering to highlight the upper end.  I have experienced this problems with Japanese remasterings, as well.  Otherwise, the disc is fantastic and confirms why this performance is so highly touted.

I have compared this disc to the French and Great Performances discs.  I do think that the top end on the Japanese disc may have undergone additional remastering.  I discuss this further in my review of the French disc, if you would like further comments on the issue.

This is just an exceptional performance, and aside from the high recorded level of the trumpets, is the leader in the field in most every way.  There are some that may approach it in some way or another, but none can top it!


title: Massive in scale, but traveling at the minimum speed limit

text:
The 5th Symphony by Beethoven may be the most well-known of all symphonies ever composed.  The first four notes have been envisioned as fate knocking at the door, the symbol for victory (dit-dit-dit dah is the Morse code for the letter "V"), or as Leonard Bernstein once said "three quarter notes and a half."  Whichever your interpretation, it is the most famous motif in the history of music.

The current performance is powerful, majestic, and for some, plodding.  Hey, it's Klemperer.  While the tempo is slower than most in each movement and the 1960 recording is a bit harsh during loud passages, the interpretation is played with great conviction.  But there are few who can match the absolute power and majesty of the 4th Movement.  While I imagine that LVB would raise an eyebrow to the tempi, he would have been less likely to have found fault with Klemperer's handling of the final movement.  It is simply glorious even at the slightly slower tempo chosen by the conductor.  The final few measures are up to speed, celebratory, and place an exclamation mark on the effort.

The Symphony No. 8 fares better with tempi but don't expect a light-footed reading.  Hello.  It's Klemperer.  The Eighth was written while Beethoven was composing its numeric predecessor.  It represents the pause that refreshes.  No so here.  The symphony receives a fine reading nonetheless, and it is less gargantuan in concept than Klemperer's Fifth.

Klemperer's 5th is certainly stands in contrast to the white-hot reading of Carlos Klieber who commands 1st place in almost every reviewer's list.  But is there room for another recording at the top?  For as important a symphony as Beethoven's 5th, the answer must be yes.  But Klemperer, as unique as his account is, won't be there for me.  I would look elsewhere for a companion to Kleiber, maybe Szell.


title: Superb composer, score, orchestra, and recorded sound; marred performance

text:
This is a very well-recorded Mahler First that is conducted by a man with three Mahler cycles under his belt.  It is clear that Lorin Maazel has a special relationship with Mahler, as who else has conducted three complete cycles.  So we should expect an exciting First.  Right?  Well, there are moments where that is true.  With all of the Mahler Firsts out there, however, moments are not enough, for almost every recording has those moments.  The bar must be higher or else we would include the majority of recordings.  For a recording of this symphony to pass muster, most of each movement should be worth listening to in repeat hearings.  Unfortunately, this recording is not one of the chosen few.

The 4th Movement is the most successful of this recording and perhaps one of the finest of all recordings of the First Symphony.  The other movements, however, are less successful and are marred by tempi that drag or many moments that drag.  The orchestra is of course great and they have as much experience with Mahler as any around.  So, don't think that the sound has any problems.  It doesn't.  The interpretation, however, does not vie for top honors.  As great as the 4th Movement is, even it drags at times.

In honor of the moments of joyful listening -- especially in the 4th Movement, I can only say "Thanks for the memories" as I file this one back in the drawer.  There are other recordings that are contenders on all counts.


title: This has stayed with me for 40 years!

text: Love the songs! Not quite as good of a Nebuchadnezzar as the original but still OK.


title: Effective! Try it!

text: This was used by two relatives of my during and after cancer treatment was was, by their description, very helpful, when they were initially quite skeptical of how useful it might be. There are many, many acute and chronic pain conditions that this could be so helpful with.


title: My go-to tool for writing

text: I have used these CDs for several years now to shorten the amount of time it takes for me to get into the zone for writing creatively. They work. I put the track for creativity on endless repeat. In fact I have it loaded an old iPod whose sole purpose  is to play this for me to write to. I can tune out the sounds of the household and focus on writing. Without it or with other meditative style tracks, I'm just not nearly as productive and don't get into the writing process nearly as quickly. I will not go without this CD in my writing toolbox.


title: Many, Many Issues and Possibly a Fake Reproduction.

text:
3 of the 14 discs in this collection did not play in multiple CD players and would either not play at all or skip entirely.
CD cover art and programs full of misspelling and/or incorrect information on mulitple albums  Box set was torn and I ordered as new. One CD had copied meta data so even though I was playing "Please Please Me" Album all the songs titles and album art displayed were from the "Rubber Sole" Album.

I truly believe the is a fake reproduction of the box set because there are just so many errors throughout this Beatles Box Set.


title: Well Worth Your Time and Money

text: Well made. Good singing. Inspiring. Useful. Helpful. I hope you try it and enjoy this album. You can find the songs on YouTube to try before purchasing. It was well worth what I paid for this.


title: I like listening to Belleruth Naparstek CD's any time.

text: Feels conforting to listen to these CD''s  I bought 3 and this one for STRESS is for my mother who is 82 years.<br />I enjoy it too!


title: Great songs!

text: I was thrilled to find a cd of "Promises, Promises"!


title: Five Stars

text: excellent!


Great CD!


title: Not my cup of tea

text: I'm not thrilled with the CD.  The first two tracks seemed more about promoting the therapist and not about why I purchased the cd, which was fear. Mr Bowden suggested that the dentist was my friend.  That was not my issue.  My fear came from having my teeth drilled without novicane and now the drill sound is torture.  I thought this cd would do something to calm that down. It did not. I have several great cd's on hypnotherapy. My favorite is by Melissa Rose. To each his own. I gave the CD to my dentist, maybe it will help someone.


title: Effective

text: Loved this shamanic guided tour into my heart and into my wounds. Cd is  not really long, but just long enough for me to get one issue and then journal and reflect on it.


title: Stands the Test of Time

text:
If you are reading this, you should know that the music is now available as a package set:  this CD and a DVD for a better price than is currently being offered for the CD alone!  Check out Amazon's separate listing.  Now for why you might want to make this your own.

"Cover" is the term for an artist performing a song either originally performed by or made a hit by another artist. This CD is all "covers" including Dion re-doing his own song, "The Wanderer." The liner notes explain why Dion has such veneration for the artists and these songs.  There is a big element of respect in this....as there was when other artists such as The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, and The Beatles did "covers" as well.  Some people actually prefer their versions of Walkin' the Dog, Hound Dog, and Twist and Shout....some actually think that these "covers" are the originals....but I digress.

This is what comes through on each song:  Dion respects the material; he doesn't go to great lengths to fake the vocal of the original artist; he absolutely respects the instrumentation; the sound quality and production values are superb; the notes are helpful; and, you may find yourself liking some of these better than the originals.

Dion has been engaged as a creative artist for decades --- he isn't getting along by doing the "oldies circuit."  He is a wide-ranging vocal talent and he has made this album both with love and with some of the best studio musicians available.  If you like the Telecaster sound, you will really appreciate what he has put into each cut.  Both the songs selected and the performances have now stood the test of time. I listen to this CD frequently and often find a phrase or a riff that strikes (all over again) as super pleasing.  I hope you do, too.


title: DVD is PAL and won't play on most U.S. players!

text:
Great disc - Reflection Club sounds like lost recordings by Jethro Tull from the 70's.  This is a superb production that has all the style and nuances of classic Jethro Tull. As noted the high resolution files on the DVD are PAL encoded and will NOT play in most U.S. players so buyer beware! Highly recommended for fans of Jethro Tull and if you can play the DVD, high resolution and surround sound enthusiasts.

Message from seller Madvedge:

Dear Customer,
Unfortunately we have only now noticed that there are problems in America with the playback of our DVD from the Mediabook "REFLECTION CLUB - Still Thick as a Brick". This is due to the fact that the DVD uses the PAL method for color reproduction. American players often only use the NTSC method and cannot play PAL DVDs. We were not aware of this problem, since European players can usually play both methods without any problems nowadays. Therefore we assumed that this is also the case in the USA. Now we have been proven wrong.
Therefore, we will have the DVD converted to NTSC. When this process is complete, we will send you a download link through this channel, where you can download the NTSC image of the DVD. You should be able to play this image with a software media player, such as the free VLC player, or burn it directly to a blank DVD.
We hope this won't cause you too much trouble.


title: Harmony is her mainstay!

text: I went to a concert at a Unity Church and heard The Harringtons and Cindy Lou Harrington and bought her CDs! Their harmony is so beautiful! I love how she sings! Her music includes many songs she and her daughters wrote. They are meaningful songs and are danceable songs with a strong beat, harmony (mentioned before) and uplifting. No dirges. I went to a women's college and we had harmony and beautiful sounds in our step singing with 350+ women on the steps singing without instruments. So I get into this sound of harmony and beauty.


title: It's a good CD

text: I like the cd ,it's good old bluegrass music<br />I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS CD


title: good for the

text: It's ok, good for the price3


title: Love the many styles of the song

text: Love the many styles of the song, however, I still have yet, to find hers with the hip hop phrase.  I was hoping this had it but it doesn't.


title: Stellar...

text: This takes me back to my youth in the lakes region of New Hampshire and helps enhance memories of my grandparents.  #2 is set to better known tunes.  It is clearly superior to the first, and it is getting more and more difficult to find this, despite the fact that it is quite blissfully relaxing.


title: Classic CSN

text: Takes me back to the 60’s - 70’s ... music of today doesn’t come close to this.


title: Four Stars

text: Album is great, very few scratches, took a while to arrive from Korea but was packaged very well.


title: Came Damaged

text: I love Got7. Their albums are always beautiful and pretty. It just so happened that this seller sold me a damaged product so I had to return it.


title: Five Stars

text: good music


title: Great music

text: The CD worked fine and we enjoyed it.


title: Had a bad spot in my range from coughing due to the ...

text: Fabulous!  Had a bad spot in my range from coughing due to the flu, and this CD put it back together.  Very well thought out!


title: Finally, Finally!

text: I looked for a couple years for Stephen King's The Stand in an audiobook format. FINALLY!!  The Stand was my introduction to Stephen King and I loved it!  Still my favorite after all of those I have read by Stephen King (The Shining, a close 2nd!) My husband liked the movie version....me not so much. He had never read the book, so I faithfully kept checking with Amazon for several years and it paid off. My husband finally got to "read" The Stand, audio version, as he drove his big truck cross country.


title: Spectacular CD

text: Amazing cd. Quality of cd and case is too notch. No scratches or marks to complain about. Came brand spanking new.


title: ... with the RATTPACK or your a BOBBYSOXER get this amazing mixtape that marks the end of the Young Sinatra ...

text: If you role with the RATTPACK or your a BOBBYSOXER get this amazing mixtape that marks the end of the Young Sinatra series.


title: Remembering the past

text: These guys were a great Genesis tribute band. When they played Genesis, it sounded just like them. I wish I could get a CD of them playing Genesis music.


title: Four Stars

text: RELIABLE


title: Wow!

text: This video is perfect for all ages especially teens or young adults.  Another excellent video from Louie Giglio.  Worth watching several times!


title: Excellent!!!

text: Every Christian should watch this video.  It will encourage and bless you.  Every one, at some point, will go through difficult times and this video is perfect for someone who is discouraged or needs to hear from the Lord.  I ordered 4.  I've sent them to family and loaned the rest.  It's a video worth watching more than one time.


The live CD is excellent but has annoying gaps between songs. Not sure why they did this. I edited mp3s with Audacity and that helps a lot. Otherwise, love everything by the Cranberries.


title: Fabulous music. Entracing exotic sweet.

text: Fabulous music. Entracing exotic sweet. Idan is a talent.


title: Life Changing

text: Get this series, it will change your life.


title: Hawkwind Rocks......

text: Everything HW.  this compilation has a unique mix.....


title: Amazing....

text: Excellent.....  Great Services.....Blast  furnace....


title: We loved it!

text: My husband and I both enjoyed this album. It's mellow music and it's great for easy relaxed listening and dinner music.


title: This has good musicians and proficient bluegrass but I found it while ...

text: This has good musicians and proficient bluegrass but I found it while looking for Russell Smith (of Amazing Rhythm Aces fame) and the description of this cd indicated that he was the singer.  There is a Russell Smith singing bass on a couple of songs but it sure doesn't sound like the Russell I was looking for.  Bad research on my part. Still worth having if you're a bluegrass fan.


title: Love It.

text: Great record.  Parents loved it!


title: Good Live Recording of the Late Robert Palmer

text: Although I'm a huge Robert Palmer fan, his official live CDs leave me kind of cold.  One of my favorite live Robert Palmer CDs is actually a bootleg called "Feel the Heat." "At The BBC" is a close second. No booklet and the liner notes consist of a track list.


title: no problems

text: very nice record


title: Pink Floyd.....ahhh

text: We have the old sound track of Dark Side of the Moon.  My husband know music and is in fact a composer in his own right.  He listened to this trice so far and put his stamp of approval on it.  It always was an excellent recording but this new one is wonderful, you can hear things you do not hear on the original.


title: Two Stars

text: Good falling asleep or Dinner music.


title: accept it for what it is and realize possible explanations

text:
I really liked the movie in general but some of dialogue was unnatural or too formal. So as my title says, I try to accept it, even though I believe it needs improvement.  A possible reason for Anakin and Padme having too much formal dialogue (as I would put it) is that they both grew up very fast.
We see Anakin in Ep.1 beyond his years as a boy and taken away from his mom to start his Jedi training because he's the *Chosen One*.  Big load on anyone's shoulders.  Padme was queen and now senator.  Can you say, no personal life?  I say this because I like giving people the benefit of the doubt and I understand that movies should be watched with an open mind instead of often exagerated expectations.
Someone else critized Natalie Portman's acting when she didn't react strongly to Anakin's slaughter of the sandpeople because it was horrible and over-exaggerated justice, which took him one big step towards the dark side. It would be believeable to say that Padme would think, in light of his mom's death and Anakin's anguish, they all deserved to die because they're a menace and a threat to peaceful people. On top of that, it wouldn't be appropriate to start scolding Anakin at that moment for killing all of them. She is a skilled negotiator and knows when to hold her tongue and when to speak.
I get frustrated when people become harsh critics of decent movies because most of the time they fail to understand characters' motives, the movement of the plot, etc..  In this case, Ep.2, we have dialogue that was stiff at times and given to young actors who did the best they could with it.  I'm sure Sir Alec Guiness would've done a better job with the same lines but he's got decades of life and job experience over Hayden. Cut the kid some slack and try to enjoy the movies people. Just assume that Anakin spends too much time with fixing machines to know how be smooth with the ladies. HAHA!
Lastly, yeah Jar Jar was annoying but that doesn't mean he shouldn't exist! The Star Wars movies aren't a perfect universe where no annoying people ever exist.  People should realize that you need to watch a movie not as a person in a theatre but as if you were a bystander in the story. Immersing yourself in the movie and not being critical allows you to enjoy the movie a lot more. Accept Jar Jar for what he is, an annoying character, but don't go wishing how the movie *should've* been. If everyone would do that you'd have a million different Star Wars movies.  Accept them for what George wanted to portray and stop whining.  :)


title: Happiness from the Past

text: Really good hits from the past.  Fun SING ALONG tunes from few years ago.  Love it!💖


title: Joni Mitchell, just the best

text: I have been huge fan of Joni Mitchell forever.  Her words, her voice her sound, jus wonderful.  Hits you right in your soul.


title: Great!

text: Came in almost perfect condition.


title: You will be astounded at this music.

text: Originally on a record in 1989.  Recaptured on a disk now.  These are classical music tracks that were "perked up" by Louis Clark with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.  The end result is fantastic.  Great original music with great enhancements.


title: Five Stars

text: She is amazing!


title: Should Have Been an Album!!

text: This album turned me on to Joe Budden.  He is the most underrated rapper in the game.  His lyrics are on par with anyone.  He is so thought provoking and honestly, I listen to a song from this album everyday for like the past 5 months.  Best songs are practically every one.  Dumb out and Future are pretty extrodinary.


title: Awesome

text: Dad loved it n item as described.


title: Amazing read.

text:
Amazing read...confirmed my personal beliefs that we are already living on paradise here on earth, and it will be up to man kind to figure how to love one another in order to maintain this precious ecosystem and continue to flourish and develop as a people.  I was a bit disappointed that Bruce did not share a bit more about his personal transformation, but overall an easy read for the non-scientific minded like me!

Also I just picked up Suggestible You  by Erik Vance which was mentioned in Bruce Lipton's book and this is starting out as an amazing read as well.  If anyone has other suggested reading  please pass them along


title: Defective DVD

text: Video not working


title: Memories from home

text: My wife is from China.  She always liked this artist's music but is becoming more westernized and became bored with it very quickly.


title: Music for your heart,soul and ears

text: I'm not an avid "religious" music appreciator, and this is fairly religious-based music. That being said, this CD is one of the most beautiful albums I own. It's a great selection of songs, but far more importantly, these sisters have some of the greatest voices I have ever heard. All this, and the greatest 3 part harmony my ears have ever feasted upon. Did I mention the amazing recording quality? Buy this and you'll be a happy music lover.<br /> ...........(2015) 10 years later, I still second the motion. The recording quality is reason enough to buy this - if it's still available. Many of the songs are without peer.


title: Five Stars

text: Love me some SG!


title: great album.

text: 2012 SG, Suzuka's last year, great album.


title: One of the best SG sub-units

text: Twinklestars are bomb!  One of the best SG sub-units, and Please! Please! Please! is their best song.


I'm afraid all of my Sakura Gakuin reviews are the same or similar, but it's just that all of their songs are so great and I love each and every one of them!  If you like/love SG, then get this!


title: Five Stars

text: 2010 SG FTW!


BABYMETAL Rules, and IDZ is one of their best songs.  Excellent addition to my BM collection!


title: and IDZ is one of their best songs. Excellent addition to my BM collection


title: It is not the music I remember from my youth!

text: In the early 70’s my sisters and I loved it when Tubular Bells was played on the radio. It was different from the other music played. We all distinctly remember deep bong like bells as part of the piece…it was magnificent. I have some  expensive wind chimes that have that same sound although not exactly the right notes. Believe me three hundred dollar wind chimes are not something my budget usually allows but the sound we all loved was so similar that I indulged. When I found I could buy the CD from Amazon my sisters and I were all thrilled. We are all close to 70 years old and after fifty years we were so excited to hear one of our favorite tunes again. OMG…..the disappointment. I am sorry I spent the money. We agree Mike Olfield is a very talented man. If you grew up in a different generation then you will probably be satisfied. We were not!


title: Wonderful music.

text: I'm a geezer, so my grandchildren tell me, but I like Alan Parson's Project.  I also like The Wall and other music from 30+ years ago, but they released this album on Blu-ray and they did a great job.  I have a 7.2.4 surround system and you wouldn't believe how great this album sounds.  WOW!!


title: Good value on good tunes

text: It's still one real good album and one so so, but it replaces 2 old favorite cassettes on a budget.


title: NICE

text: GOOD DISC


title: Soothing

text: Awesome


title: Five Stars

text: Great CD, great price.


title: Five Stars

text: great.


title: Very enjoyable

text: Peaceful rendentions of these songs! Very enjoyable!


title: One Star

text: Did not work at all.


title: don't bother

text: sound quality not good at all.


title: As expected

text: As expected


title: relax and enjoy

text: Good mix of artist with songs


title: I love this. The material that the cover is made ...

text: I love this. The material that the cover is made of gets dirty with fingerprints quite easily, but it is a good album


Poor recording, home made copy of the recordings, as the ending of each song does not give proper time for the next one to begin.  Poorly recorded.  Songs are wonderful.


title: I wish her music was easier to find

text: I have been a fan of Cynthia Clawson since the 80's.  Back then, her cassette tapes(!) were easy to find and she was easy to find performing in various venues around Texas; where I was in college.  I think this is the best recording she's made.  The music is beautifully arranged, and the choice of hymns is great.


title: Very good. But.

text: He is very entertaining and systematic. I lowered to 3 stars because of his essentialistic Eurocentric argument that Western music has essentially universal appeal simply because of its qualities and not at all because of political and military domination. Seriously, man. Read a book. Or stick to the topic. I don't listen to lectures to hear your 'gut' feelings.


title: Five Stars

text: LOVE THIS RECORD. Such a cute story.


title: I love these!

text:
We homeschooled our children and these cd's were one of the ways we incorporated scripture memory into our day.
We now have grandchildren who are beginning their homeschool journey, so I bought this for my daughter and the moment she opened the box, she shouted, "I remember these, I wanted to get them for the kids!" She then proceeded to sing some of the songs/scriptures she had memorized 20+ years ago.

Songs are a great way to memorize scripture and Steve Green's Hide 'Em in Your Heart is perfect for the job!


title: Great

text: I like chuck Berry music,great


title: jerry lee lewis cd

text: great product.great music.


title: Five Stars

text: Like it very much.


title: An album with many "tones"

text:
This album is very musically dynamic. I enjoyed the changes in "tone" as I moved from each track. There are also quite a few mid tempo ballads on this one, different from what I've heard on their other albums. Duet is my favorite mid tempo track. Some other favorites off of this album are Maximum, I Don't Know, and シアワセ色の花 (one of my all time favorite Toho songs).

I really like the photos included in the album booklet too. Inside, I found a small yellow piece of film. I'm assuming the other versions include one as well. Just wondering what I'm supposed to do with it.

This was definitely a worthwhile purchase. I recommend this album 100% to jpop lovers/Tohoshinki fans. We are T!
-Chi


title: Love

text: LOVE....Thank you Evanescence!