Quick & Dead [Import]

Product Description
This 2000 Trip-hop Release Meshes Scanner's Noisy, Ambient Ramblings with Spooky's Grooving Hip-hop Beats. The Result Fits Nicely Into What Sulphur Records USA / UK Defines as the 'meld Series': 'to Explore the Union of One Artist with Another, Breaking the Mould, Dissolving Expectations, in the Hope of Opening a Fresh Wound in the Sound.' Includes Thirteen Tracks in All.

Quick & Dead,DJ Spooky Vs Scanner,Sulphur,Dance

Average customer rating: Great Middling Who Quick One The Who Worth getting for The mini-Opera A Botched One

Quick One (Happy Jack) The Who Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music British Invasion | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Supergroups | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music International | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Who Sell Out The Who Sings My Generation The Who by Numbers Odds & Sods Who Are You ASIN: B000002OX3 Release Date: 1995-06-20

Tracks:

1. Run Run Run
2. Boris The Spider
3. I Need You
4. Whiskey Man
5. Heatwave
6. Cobwebs And Strange
7. Don't Look Away
8. See My Way
9. So Sad About Us
10. A Quick One, While He's Away
11. Batman
12. Buckett
13. Barbara Ann
14. Disguises
15. Doctor, Doctor
16. I've Been Away
17. In The City
18. Happy Jack (Acoustic Version)
19. Man With The Money
20. My Generation/Land Of Hope And Glory

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The Who's second album is a mite inconsistent, not least because all four members were encouraged by a business deal to churn out songs. A Quick One nonetheless manages several Who classics, notably "A Quick One While He's Away," Pete Townshend's first longform (10 minutes) piece, and John Entwistle's licensed-to-ill "Whiskey Man" and "Boris the Spider." The band's sense of humor, however, gives way on rote pop tunes like Roger Daltrey's "See My Way." But CD bonus tracks like the great "Disguises" (included in a murkier mix than that on the 30 Years of Maximum R&B boxed set) and the Beach Boys tributes "Bucket T" and "Barbara Ann" are a distinct help. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Great.......2007-06-03

Not the Who's best sessions, but overall a great repackage of some tracks worth listening to a few more times.

Middling Who.......2007-05-06

This is probably the worst Who album of their first decade, simply because the whole band was encouraged to write songs. Now, with Pete and John, that's fine: Boris the Spider, Whiskey Man, Run Run Run, So Sad About Us and the mini-opera title track all rule. But it's in the other two's songs where this falls apart: I Need You and See My Way are two of the wimpiest, most sterile Who songs ever, Cobwebs and Strange is stupid, but not in the "stupidly fun" sense, and their cover of Heat Wave is as bad as the two James Brown covers from the first. And Pete's Don't Look Away falls in the same category as the Keith and Roger songs. So if Townshend and Entwistle had written this whole album together, it would've been great. Now it's only lousy. And Happy Jack should've been made a part of the UK LP as well as the US one...

Quick One The Who.......2007-02-19

I love the Who, and this CD is just one of the best. Although, I really don't believe they made a bad album.

Worth getting for The mini-Opera .......2007-01-29

Pete only writes 3 songs Run Run Run,
So Sad About Us & A Quick One, While He's Away
for this record, but they are all classics and John writes 2 of his best ever, Whiskey Man and Boris the Spider. This album is very good and Roger's Don't Look Away is very good for someone who's not considered a songwriter.

A Botched One.......2006-12-07

The Who's second album falls a bit short of their fine debut, and is redeemed by a handful of slightly above average tracks rather than by great ones. Some have argued too many songwriters spoiled the record, as all members of the group made contributions. Not surprisingly, Townshend dominates the record. "Run Run Run" and "So Sad About Us" are probably the best of his batch, and enjoyable but somewhat slight "Happy Jack" was the single and most famous track. (Strangely, it is included only among the bonus tracks on the CD re-issue.) "A Quick One, While He's Away" was his first compostion of epic proportions, and a sign of things to come in the forms of Tommy and Quadraphenia. Daltrey, Townshend, and Entwistle take turns at the mike with equally good results. This is a great song, but it plays much better on the Live at Leeds CD. It is fleshed out more completely, delivered with deserving passion, and is preceded by some humorous on-stage banter. (Wes Anderson was wise to use the live version for the Rushmore soundtrack.) Entwistle began to develop his trademark of writing songs with dark humor and unsettling self-deprecation. On this album, he offers the story of the ill-fated "Boris the Spider" and "The Whiskey Man", at tale of alcohol-induced paranoid schizophrenia: "Seemingly I must be mad, insanity is fun." Moon throws in the instrumental "Cobwebs and Strange", a showcase for his feral drumming style, and the surpringly affecting "I Need You". Finally, Daltrey - a very infrequent songwriter - has only one song on the record, the middling "See My Way". (Oh yeah, there is also a superfluous cover of "Heat Wave".)

The CD re-issue adds several bonus tracks of fitful quality. "Disguises", "In the City", "Man With the Money", and the characteristically amusing "Doctor, Doctor" by Entwistle - who may well be the star of the record - help make the disc worth listening to in it's entirety. But the real problem with A Quick One is that it simply never catches fire. At this point, The Who had shown that they were able to crank out decent singles, and that they had the ability and the inspiration to achieve greater things. However, they had yet to deliver a solid album of all original material. That would change in a big way the following year (1967) with The Who Sell Out. But in the wake of A Quick One, the band still had some work to do before its legendary status would be secured.

Average customer rating: Not My Style Rockin' Western Collection Hard to Find Great Western Themes Western Music A great follow-up

Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Newman | Newman, Alfred | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection Songs Of The West, Vol. 4: Movie & Television Themes From Alamo to El Dorado, Vol. 2 The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection The Greatest Western Movie Themes ASIN: B000060PBU Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

1. The Hallejuah Trail-Overture
2. The Alamo-The Green Leaves Of Summer
3. The Alamo-Davy Crocket
4. The Big Country-The Welcoming/Finale
5. The Big Valley-Main Theme
6. Blazing Saddles-Blazing Saddles
7. Bonaza-Main Theme
8. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid-raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
9. The Comancheros-McBain/Main Title
10. Duel In The Sun-Main Title/The Legend/Orizaba
11. A Fistfull Of Dynamite-Duck You Sucker
12. For A Few Dollars More-Main Theme
13. Friendly Persuasion-Thee I Love
14. Giant-Main Theme
15. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-Main Theme
16. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-The Ecstasy Of Gold
17. Gunfight At The O.K. Corral-Suite
18. Hang 'Em High-Main Theme
19. The Hanging Tree-Main Title

Tracks:

1. High Caparral-Main Theme
2. How The West Was Won-Prelude/The Land
3. High Noon-Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin'
4. The Jayhawkers-The Lynching/Two Brothers/The Hayhawkers
5. The Lone Ranger-William Tell Overture: Finale
6. Nevada Smith-Main Title
7. Old Gringo-Main Themes
8. Once Upon A Time In The West-Man With The Harmonica
9. One Eyed Jacks-Main Title
10. The Proud Rebel-Main Titles
11. The Quick And The Dead-End Titles
12. Quigley Down Under-End Titles
13. Rio Bravo-Rio Bravo/De Guella
14. The Scalphunters-Main Title
15. Shane-Main Theme: The Call Of The Farwaway Hills
16. The Shootist-Main Title
17. The Unforgiven-The Need For Love
18. Viva Zapata-Gathering Forces
19. The Virginian-Main Theme

Customer Reviews:

Not My Style.......2007-05-11

This CD has a lot of good songs on it, but it just too bland for our taste. We prefer Western music to sound as though genuine cowboys are singing it - not a fancy chorus!

Rockin' Western Collection.......2006-08-28

For anyone who likes movie/tv music from westerns should purchase this CD. What a wonderful collection of both film and tv with great renditions of each piece. I'm about to purchase Vol. 1 to complete my collection.

Hard to Find Great Western Themes .......2006-03-16

This CD has a number of great western themes that are not in some of the standard lists. For example it includes "The Hallejuah Trail", "Blazing Saddles", and "Giant". This CD also has what I consider the true theme of "The Comancheros". I have been disappointed with some other CDs I have purchased listing "The Comancheros" which had a song rather than this theme. Many of the tracks on this two disk CD go beyond the main theme music and are actually suites. The "Big Country" and "How the West Was Won" are just a couple of examples. It may be a little more expense than some CDs, but not bad for a two disk set. I am really happy with my purchase.

Western Music.......2005-07-29

I enjoy this CD. It has many familiar melodies. Good background for reading, nice to listen while driving. It is also the only CD I've ever found that has the great theme from the movie "Giant."

A great follow-up.......2003-08-29

This is the second collection by SilvaScreen, who are also responsible for "The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection" (see my review). And it's just as good as the first. There are themes in here that everyone will recognize ("Bonanza," "A Fistful of Dollars"), themes that may not be so familiar ("Duel in the Sun," "The Hanging Tree," the lively "Blazing Saddles"), and even themes you may not associate with Westerns at all ("The Friendly Persuasion"). And no duplication either: when this disc includes a piece from one of the same sources covered in its predecessor, it's a different piece. One great treat: the full lyrics to "Gunfight at OK Corral," which I've never heard outside the soundtrack of the movie itself. The arrangement from "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" includes not only the familiar song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" but an overview of the music--seguing almost seamlessly into Bernstein's magnificent "The Comancheros," a rare find indeed. An expensive item, but if you love Western film music, well worth it.

Average customer rating: Good Hungarian Music, Even Though It Falls Slightly Short can you say cacophony? Mixed bag Csardas Hungarian Gyspy Music Gypsy fire!

Csardas Hungarian Gypsy Music Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Hungary | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Gypsy | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Music from Hungary Gypsy Music from Hungary & Romania Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-21 Maramaros: The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania May I Kiss Your Hand: Hungarian & Gypsy Fiddle Music & Songs ASIN: B000001413 Release Date: 1995-03-21

Tracks:

1. Csardas Music
2. Csardas (Monti)
3. Hungarian Songs
4. Romanian Folk Dances
5. Whistle Hora
6. Hungarian Songs
7. Kuruc Songs
8. Hungarian Songs
9. Doina and Hora
10. Skylark (Dinicu)
11. Hungarian Songs
12. Quick Csardas
13. Hungarian Songs
14. Hungarian Songs
15. Lightning Csardas

Customer Reviews:

Good Hungarian Music, Even Though It Falls Slightly Short.......2007-04-01

Being Hungarian myself, the son of a musician (my father plays the cimbalom) and a musician myself, I'd be lying if I said this CD by Santa Ferenc is great. Good? Yes. And well worth the price, but I've heard better Hungarian gypsy violinist in my time. If you really want to hear great Hungarian music try to find LPs by the lengendary Babai Bela, Lakatos Sandor, Berki Laszlo, and Banyak Kalman. Santa Ferenc has some good arrangements but lacks the feeling and depth of these other musicians. Although it probably isn't fair to him to compare him to others and is best if we judge his music purely on its own merits.

If you are familiar with Hungarian music you'll probably recognize many of the songs on the CD. They consist mainly of standard Hungarian and some Romanian gypsy songs. Track three which is titled on here merely as "Hungarian Songs" starts off with a song called "Gloomy Sunday" a song once deemed a suicide theme. We then have "Whistling Hora" a Romanian tune which has a nice arrangement and allows for some good solos. One of my favorite tracks on the album is "Doina and Hora" which is Romania but I believe the piece is really titled "Giabaralele" at least it sounds awfully close to it. It is a cimbalom solo, which unfortunately the album doesn't give credit to the other members in Santa's band. Whomever is on the cimbalom is quite good. He also has a good solo on another Romanian piece "The Lark" or as it is known in Romanian "Ciocirlia".

I've read some people have complained about the "sound" of the album, claiming it is not authentic Hungarian music. I honestly have no clue what they are talking about. I can honestly say, without exaggeration, I have listen to this music every day of my life since as far back as I can remember and this CD sounds pretty much like what you'd expect a Hungarian gypsy album to sound like.

Again, while it's not fair to compare Santa Ferenc (whom for the sake of complete honesty I should admit knows my father) to other Hungarian musicians, I still feel Santa merely plays the songs and doesn't add much emotion to them, the CD is still one most fans of Hungarian music should enjoy. *** 1\2 out of *****

Bottom-line: While not a great CD and not a great musician Santa Ferenc does have some good arrangements and good musicians backing him up plus a nice collection of famous Hungarian and Romanian songs. While he doesn't compare to other great musicians, for the price it is well worth it and doesn't need to compare.

can you say cacophony?.......2007-03-20

Let me preface this review with the disclaimer that I *almost* know nothing about hungarian gypsy music - BUT I purchased this cd based upon the positive customer reviews found here. Don't believe any of it - this cd completely lacks ANY depth or richness expected of traditional gypsy music - most songs are fully overwhelmed by a single instrument of extremely annoying high-pitched screeching clearly produced by some solo egomaniacal musician not interested in texture but inducing suicidal tendencies in the listener, not unlike being subjected to a full hour of screaming cats in heat in the alley. Luckily you can just throw the cd in your garbage instead of having to hurl garbage at stray cats to shut the gawdawful noise up.

Mixed bag.......2007-01-17

My grandfather listen to alot of this music as I was growing up and I was hoping this cd would be like revisiting a stay at his house. On some levels it was, the basic sound was there, and some of the songs sounded right but there was not that fevered pitch that I was used to in Hungarian Gypsy Music. Some of the songs sounded totatly different from what I expected, there was one that broke down into this atonal, disjuncted fiddle and horns combo that I had never incountered before.

Not what I was expecting and wanting but still brings back fond memories.

Csardas Hungarian Gyspy Music.......2006-03-10

The music is what I expected and the delivery and price were very acceptable. All was in excellent condition when it arrived.

Gypsy fire!.......2006-03-06

This music is amazing. Authentically captures the spirit of traditional gypsy folk music wonderfully. I guess the best way to describe this music is to tell you what the liner notes say: "Popular Hungarian gypsy music owes much of its form to earlier aristocratic encouragement. In particular the csardas, which makes use of folk elements, provided entertainment for the nobility, among whom it was supposed that the csardas, which derives its name from the word csarda, a country inn, was danced on Sunday afternoonns by the peasantry. The dance was introduced to polite society in the late 1830s, notably, it is said, by Count Bela Wenckheim, who coined the name. The csardas is similar in form to the verbunkos or recruiting-dance, with its slow opening section and rapid second section, and has come to epitomize Hunagarian gypsy music. It was Franz Liszt who, in the heyday of musical nationalism, seized on the csardas as a source for his Hungarian Rhapsodies, wrongly supposing this to be an example of real Hungarian folk music, rather than the hybrid form that it was. It was left to Bela Bartok and Kodaly in a later generation to collect and classify the true folk music of Hungary and neighboring regions, distinguishing this from the form of popular music provided by the gypsy bands. The bands themselves have long history, whether providing music for the Esterhazy family at their great palace of Esteraza in the time of Franz Josef Hadyn or for later generations in less distinguished surroundings. Basic instrumentation continues very largely the traditions of the 18th Century, with a solo violin carrying the improvisatory melodic burden, accompanied by a second violin or viola, double bass and cimbalom, with the additional use of the the tarogato, an instrument similar in timbre to the clarinet, which sometimes replaces it. The tarogato has a long association with Hungarian nationalism and was at one time banned by the Austrian authorities for that very reason. The music of Ferenc Santa and his gypsy band includes examples of the csardas, with the famous use of the form by the Italian violinist Vittorio Monti (1868-1922), who made his later career in Paris. Also included is Skylark by the Romanian violinist and Carl Flesch pupil Grigoras Dinicu (1889-1949), who arranged a number of popular Romanian melodies and is well remembered for his famous Hora Staccato, using the traditional dance-form, also coupled here with a traditional doina, a popular improvisatory form. In addition to the prominent sol violin, the gypsy band also provides variety in solos for the cimbalom, with reminiscences of material used by Kodaly in his Hary Janos, and for the characteristic tarogato." So there you have a bit of history behind these folk tunes. It is strangely evocative, fiery, nationalistic music that has influenced Western music in several ways. I even sensed some jazz-type rhythms in track 3. Check out Ligeti's Old Hungarian Parlor Dances - seems like he draws much of this piece from these gypsy rhythms, especially track 8. Wonder if this Ferenc Santa ever tours as I would love to hear him and his band perform live - just you dare try to keep your feet still when listening to this! Pick this Naxos gem up today, especially if you have some Hungarian roots like me - this music will come alive for you, it's in your blood. Enjoy!

Average customer rating: Everything they do is phenomenal!! Improvisation at its Best Amazing Talented Musicians Here People response to 'a music fan' in regards to Live At the Quick Better than the studio "outbound", which has same songs

Live at the Quick Béla Fleck & the Flecktones Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Bluegrass Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music Jam Bands | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Bluegrass | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Bluegrass | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Live Art Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Live at the Quick Flight of the Cosmic Hippo Hidden Land Outbound ASIN: B00005YVQ9 Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

1. Earth Jam
2. That Old Thing (Intro)
3. That Old Thing (Intro)/Earth Jam
4. Zona Mona
5. Ovombo Summit
6. Hall Of Mirrors
7. Scratch & Sniff
8. Amazing Grace
9. Improv
10. Improv/Amazing Grace
11. Big Country
12. Interlude
13. Lover's Leap
14. Alash Khem (Alash River Song)
15. A Moment So Close
16. Improv
17. Improv/Prelude from Bach violin partita #3
18. Prelude from Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin (BWV 1006)
19. Intro
20. Hoedown

Amazon.com

Béla Fleck's music is a three-ring circus of stylistic outreach, rooted in folk musics from around the globe, yet tethered to an American improviser's sensibility. Here, the composer and banjo virtuoso is captured in full flight at a concert venue with his core band of collaborators, the Flecktones, featuring multi-reedman Jeff Coffin and the charismatic Wooten Brothers, bassist Victor and percussionist Roy (better known as Futureman). The emotional and technical range the Flecktones routinely explore is showcased in a series of adventurous solo spots: Futureman's sampled percussion and evocations of African vocal traditions on "Ovombo Summit"; Victor's rapid-fire percussive techniques and masterful use of harmonics in a moving improv based on "Amazing Grace"; and Béla's crystalline adaptation of the prelude from Bach's Violin Partita No. 3. Better yet, Fleck augments his presentation with a Justice League of America-styled cabal of master musicians, who, like himself, push the envelope on instruments all too infrequently represented in jazz. Thus, we experience Andy Narell's lithe, sparkling steel drum harmonies on the Americana-inflected pathways of Béla's "Big Country" and on his gorgeous solo turn, "Interlude"; Paul McCandless's airborne, lyric oboe on the reggae changes of "Lover's Leap"; the funky facility of Paul Hanson on "Scratch and Sniff" (as he transforms his bassoon with wah-wah effects until it suggests a synthesizer); and the uncanny emotional impact of Tuvan throat singer Kongar-ol Ondar, who trumps any synth player you've ever heard through his use of multiphonics in the Mongolian vocal tradition. --Chip Stern

Customer Reviews:

Everything they do is phenomenal!! .......2004-10-12

The Flecktones are unique. There is no other way to describe them. Just look through all the reviews of their albums. Live Art. Live at the Quick. Left of Cool. UFO TOFU. Outbound. Little Worlds. Just look at any of these albums and reviews and you'll realize they're always 5 stars. There is a reason. These guys are not only technically fantastic. They are original, inventive, beautiful, fascinating...and you'll find yourself humming the tunes over and over again and playing them constantly in your car. Big Country, Blu-Bop, Sherpa, Puffy...all of us Flecktone-heads can tell you all the tunes but this isn't slickly produced fluff for the mass market. It's difficult,complicated, engaging, interesting stuff. It attracts followers who stick like glue. I've gone to a couple of concerts since discovering him and they are just like the albums. Incredible. Fun. Worth every penny. His music is sort of like classical music for the jazz set. Fleck can improvise and make music with the best of them and attracts Chick Corea, Branford, Hornsby, Derek Trucks, Edgar Meyer, Even Josh Bell and John Williams (the guitarist, not the conductor although he probably has a gig with the Boston Pops in his future if he wants it. He goes way out with Indian, African, Chinese, it must be a hoot to tour with them because they are always trying new stuff and making music from the most unlikely sources.

One final note. Get the DVD Live at the Quick watch it and after you are blown away, loan it to all your friends. I gave it to my brother as a Christmas present last year and found it that it has been passed around his kids school, even the choir director at the school has picked up on it and is doing numbers with Tuvan throat singing!! you have to get the DVD to see what I mean. Every bass player has probably worn it out trying to figure out how Victor does all that weird stuff.

Get this CD and DVD and become a Flecktone fan if you want to see and hear great music by an original. Now read the rest of those 5 star reviews.

Improvisation at its Best.......2004-08-26

`Live at the Quick' is a snapshot taken of a band with all pistons firing. While most people wouldn't necessarily think of a banjo as an explosive instrument, Bela Fleck makes it so. Of course, he can also make it sound so delicate that you think it might just collapse in his hands. The same can be said for the virtuoso bass playing of Victor Wooten, quite possibly the most gifted musician I have ever heard play live (Fleck is another contender). This is a terrific addition to any music collection, particularly if you are interested in improvisation and modern variations on traditional music.

Amazing Talented Musicians Here People.......2004-02-27

You absolutely must get this CD. It is incredible, the musicians are so talented and the music flows greatly with a very weird sound that is cool if you are into Bela, check it out fans, 5 STARS!

response to 'a music fan' in regards to Live At the Quick.......2003-12-15

OK, 'a music fan', what would you suggest would make this album better? This is the first time in over 20 years I've ever publicly ranted about music, but I'm compelled to do so now. I see that you have some good taste in music, so what is it about this album that you find unpleasing? The musicians on this album are some of the best on their instruments in the world, if not the best, and boy, if you could do better, let's hear it. You're welcome to reply, but let's remember to keep it polite.

Better than the studio "outbound", which has same songs.......2003-10-25

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have a "big band" concert which rehashes many of the songs on the "Outbound" studio CD. The live disc, I feel, works better because it has more spirit. Even though there are a lot of guests with different styles, it all works together fine because the guests, frankly, aren't prominent in the mix. You have to listen closely. One notable exception is Ondar's exceptional Tuvan throat singing on "Alash Khem", which he does solo. If you're deciding between "Outbound" and this one, pick this one. If you already have "Outbound", your decision will hang on just how much you like the Flecktones!

Average customer rating: A Cambridge Singers high point How sweet it is Something about British Choral Music... Unbelievably gorgeous

There Is Sweet Music: English Choral Songs, 1890 - 1950 Cambridge Singers , and Rutter Manufacturer: Collegium ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers Cambridge Singers a Capella Sing Ye Heavens - Hymns for All Time John Rutter Collection Cambridge Singers Christmas Album ASIN: B00006O0OB Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

1. Stanford: Partsongs Op. 119 No 3, Bluebird
2. Delius: To be sung of a summer night on the water, 2 songs for chorus
3. Elgar: Partsongs for chorus, Op.53 No 1, There Is Sweet Music
4. Elgar: My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land for Chorus, Op.18, No. 3
5. Vaughan-Williams: Shakespeare Songs for chorus
6. Moeran: The Sailor and Young Nancy, for chorus
7. Traditional: Brigg Fair
8. Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
9. Anon.: The Three Ravens
10. Anon.: My Sweetheart's Like Venus
11. Anon.: The Oak and the Ash
12. Stanford: Quick! We Have But A Second for chorus
13. Britten: Flower Songs for SATB chorus, Op. 47

Album Description

`I have rarely been so stunned by the opening track of a disc before. The performance of Stanford's The Blue Bird here attains the sublime.' Hi-Fi News & Record Review

Customer Reviews:

A Cambridge Singers high point.......2005-10-17

One of the very best recordings this choir has produced, and a definitely top choice for anyone who loves this choir or English choral music in general. Absolutely first-rate singing...and the literature is just too gorgeous to be on a one disc and pass up. The Delius pieces will make you melt, and the Vaughan Williams 3 Shakespeare Songs are nothing short of phenomenal.

How sweet it is.......2005-09-26

This disc is a bit different from many of the Cambridge Singers' discs in that it is exclusively secular songs. This was recorded at the Great Hall of University College School, London, in 1986, and originally released on vinyl. I cannot find an analog/digital code (many vinyl originals were first recorded in analog and then transferred to digital, sometimes clumsily) - despite this, the recording quality is crisp, clear, and vibrant.

--Music--
The music here is simply gorgeous. English musical tradition is long in the area of folk songs, but there was a waning of folk songs during Georgian and Victorian times. Also, despite the tradition of choral music which has been strong in England continuously, there was a definite resurgence of interest with the advent of the Oxford Movement in the nineteenth century.

The music here represents the work of many prominent English composers - Vaughan Williams, Holst, Britten, Delius, Stanford, and Elgar; others whose names are less well known generally are also represented, such as Moeran, Grainger, Chapman, and Bairstow. Vaughan Williams is represented in his setting of three Shakespeare texts to music ('Full Fathom Five', 'The cloud-capp'd towers', and 'Over Hill, Over Dale'). Britten is represented with Five Flower Songs. The title piece comes from a text chosen by Elgar - 'There is sweet music', according to Rutter, demonstrates a wonderful ability to match words to music in a way he describes as uncanny.

There is poetry in the texts and in the music here.

--Liner Notes--
The notes for this recording include the titles and words of each song together with source citations. There is also a brief essay on this musical period in English history. One thing conspicuously missing is much biographical information about John Rutter, or any descriptive information about the Cambridge Singers. This disc does not even have a list of the singers.

--John Rutter--
Rutter was born in London and educated at Clare College, Cambridge. This was where his career as a composer, arranger and conductor began. His early work was with groups at King's College Chapel at Cambridge as well as the Bath Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra. He has worked for the BBC providing music for educational series such as 'The Archaeology of the Bible Lands', until in 1979 he began forming the Cambridge Singers, and has continued a remarkable career of performance and recording as their director ever since.

--The Cambridge Singers--
The Cambridge Singers are a mixed choir of voices, many of whom were members of choir of Rutter's college, Clare College, Cambridge. While they specialise in English and Latin liturgical pieces, they have a wide range of recordings that span from modern compositions (including a remarkable requiem by Rutter) to English folk songs of the Middle Ages. Many are former members of the choir of Clare College and other Cambridge collegiate choirs (hence the name, Cambridge Singers). In the quarter-century since the founding, the Cambridge Singers have produced an impressive body of recordings.

This is a gorgeous recording.

Something about British Choral Music..........2005-07-19

It is such pleasure to see this re-release of 1986 recording by John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers from the Great Hall of University College School, London. The original recording has long been a favorite of legions of devotees of the British Choral tradition and this collection remains one of the finest samplings of significant a capella songs available.

Opening with the hauntingly simple and beautiful 'The blue bird' by CV Stanford (to whom this album was dedicated), the tone of the CD is set as a stroll through the mists and bogs of the English countryside. Songs by Frederick Delius (one featuring the then unappreciated tenor soloist Mark Padmore!), Edward Elgar, various folk songs beautifully arranged for four-part chorus, the 'Five Flower Songs' by Benjamin Britten, and finally the extraordinary 'Three Shakespeare Songs' set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams are all included in this generous recital.

Vaughan Williams songs are brief but immaculately written choral works. 'Full fathom five' and 'The cloud-capped towers' find all the mystery in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' while 'Over hill, over dale' is the quintessential musical rendering of the fairies frolics from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Rutter and the Cambridge Singers are splendid and the acoustic of the recording hall adds just the right amount of resonance to complete the magic of these songs. Highly recommended! Grady Harp, July 05

Unbelievably gorgeous.......2005-04-09

This is one of my all-time favorite choral CDs -- from start to finish, the harmonies are gorgeous, the mood contemplative, and the singing (as usual with the Cambridge Singers) is inspired. The title track is stunning, and the Londonderry Air is one of the most beautiful wordless arrangements you'll ever hear. I also love "The Oak and the Ash," although it's hard to pick favorites on such a uniformly wonderful CD. I myself am a serious singer, and this is the kind of music that keeps me coming back to rehearsals. Buy it, you will definitely never regret it!

Average customer rating: Too Overlooked Much weaker than the debut, punkier and less focused. Worth having in your collection Awesome One listen and you're hooked!

Reloaded Green Apple Quick Step Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Grunge | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Wonderful Virus ASIN: B000002L2T Release Date: 1995-05-23

Tracks:

1. Hotel Wisconsin
2. Ed #5
3. No Favors
4. T.V. Girl
5. Under Water
6. Dizzy
7. Alligator
8. Vargos
9. Tangled
10. Lazy
11. Space C*cksucker
12. Halloween

Customer Reviews:

Too Overlooked.......2006-03-30

Get past the first 3 tracks and this is a GOLDMINE. Yes, it is a turn from their first release but the maturation and the hamonies are wonderful. This is Seattle Sound, if you are a fan of the "era" then Green Apple Quick Step ownership is a must.

In other words, if you have Nirvana albums, AIC, Tad, Soundgarden - this is just one of the many bands you'll wanna hear to know who was playing with the big boys and should have been making big money. (Sweet Water, Tad, Melvins)

Much weaker than the debut, punkier and less focused........2004-01-24

Green Apple Quick Step had an unusually strong batch of songs on its debut, Wonderful Virus, injecting a Hawkwind-like love of science fiction and progressive-rock melodicism into its punk spirit. The result was one of the unsung beauties of '90s alternative rock.

Losing its record deal seems to have hurt the band, because Reloaded is a far weaker record, despite the involvement of Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) as co-producer. The spritely "Dizzy", which appeared on the soundtrack to The Basketball Diaries, was a deserved radio hit, but "Los Vargos" seems very close to it melodically and only works because of the Ty Willman/Mari Ann Braeden vocal tag team. Braeden does a long-overdue lead vocal on "No Favors", but the song is basic punk nonsense: "I'm burned out on politics/Slimeball you make me sick/Deadhead get over it/I'm already gone"? This time around, there are fewer downright great rock anthems, and the band is most successful on poppier moments like "Dizzy", with its car-cruising chorus, and hidden track "Halloween", which sounds like an intimate acoustic-guitar jam with Braeden and Willman harmonizing quite beautifully.

The first album was better, hands down, thanks to a catchier batch of songs and heightened energy. If by some miracle you discover this band (and it deserves to be heard), Wonderful Virus is the place to start.

Worth having in your collection.......2000-07-18

This is a really great album with the exception of 2 or 3 "okay" songs. Even on these songs the lyrics are deep and well thought out, rated "okay" only because the singer sounds as if he's reading his poetry notebook into the song with lack of a good melody. "Las Vargos" is by far the best song on the album as well as one of the best songs I have ever heard with it's rock-out quality, catchy words and melody. "Underwater" and "TV Girl" are deeply moving slower songs, the latter begining with the perfect guitar riff only to build up into a stronger and more beautiful rock ballad. Buy it.

Awesome.......1999-12-21

This is a fantastic album. I love all kinds of music but these guys are the best. From rockers like Los Vargos to acoustic rockers like Halloween. This is an album you can listen to over and over and still enjoy like you heard it for the first time. BUY THIS! You will love it.

One listen and you're hooked!.......1998-06-25

This catchy and poppy album only requires that you listen to one song, then you're hooked and you won't be able to get that song out of your head, believe me, I know! Live, they play with so much energy and have fun on stage, causing you to want to jump on stage with them. Buy the CD(s) (this one is the best one they've put out, in my humble opinion) and see them live if at all possible!

Average customer rating: Pure Metal Rips and Snorts heavy metal Classic metal A Good Debut But Their Last

Metal of Honor T.T. Quick Manufacturer: Megaforce ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: License to Kill Rough Cutt/Rough Cutt Wants You! In the Beginning... Red, Hot and Heavy Knockin' on Heaven's Door ASIN: B000003T9C Release Date: 1996-08-06

Tracks:

1. metal of honor
2. front burner
3. hard as a rock
4. child of sin
5. asleep at the wheel
6. come beat the band
7. hell to pay
8. queen of the scene
9. glad all over
10. siren song

Customer Reviews:

Pure Metal.......2006-10-03

There were a lot of so-called metal bands focusing on style over substance in 1986. Taking the lipstick and spandex route may have been the quickest way to MTV airplay and Metal Edge pinups, but New Jersey band T.T. Quick was having none of that. They instead came out of the gate with a hard-hitting metal sound similar to bands like WASP, Metal Church, and Lizzy Borden, with an obvious love for Motorhead and AC/DC. Metal of Honor (great title) was the band's first full-length album, and featured 8 blazing rock tracks, one ill-advised attempt at a power ballad, and a cover of the 60's pop classic Glad All Over, which was originally recorded by the Dave Clark Five of all bands! That one is going in my iPod's "Oddball Cover Songs" playlist for sure!

Oddly enough, considering the album was released by Megaforce, Metal of Honor is still readily available. If you're in the mood for some ballsy, kick in the teeth heavy metal, then Metal of Honor has your name all over it!

Rips and Snorts.......2003-12-26

If you like catchy metal guitar and gut wrenching vocals then don't pass this up if you see it in the cut-out bin.
Dave DiPietro plays some nice hooky solos. In the dime a dozen
late 80's metal scene, he was one guitarist that caught my attention.
The only "filler" is the tune "Glad all Over" which seems out of place. It must have been a record execs idea because I can't understand why the band would redo this tune.
I recall a Metal of Honor review on Metal-Sludge that stated:

"This is the kind of CD you put on at a party if you want all the chicks to leave."

I couldn't agree more.

heavy metal.......2003-09-08

TT QUICK IS A CLASSIC EIGHTIES ROCK BAND WITH GREAT LICKS AND VOCALS

THEY WHERE AROUND WITH OVERKILL AND RAVEN PLAYING AT LAMOURS

Classic metal.......2002-02-26

Oh yeah, these guys could rock! Saw them in a small club in Brooklyn back in the day, and I was blown away. Straight ahead heavy metal; Metal Of Honor, Front Burner, Hard As A Rock, Asleep At The Wheel, Come Beat the Band, classics all. Great guitar, the drummer had this little 7 piece kit, but could do alot with it. Not a bad song on it.

A Good Debut But Their Last.......1999-10-23

This album showed TT Quick had great talent and potential. After hearing their EP back in the early 80's, this was a must have and a good debut album. I would have liked to have seen the EP on here as well with the legendary "Metal Man" and their cover of "Fortunate Son". It was a classic!

Average customer rating: Best Hearthrob collection... A Freestyle Maniac

Thump'n Freestyle Quick Mixx Various Artists Manufacturer: Thump Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Freestyle | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Freestyle | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Thump'n Freestyle Quick Mixx, Vol. 2 Thump'n Disco Quick Mixx, Vol. 1 Circus Disco: 25th Anniversary Thump'n Freestyle Quick Mixx, Vol. 3 Thump'n Freestyle Quick Mixx 4 ASIN: B00000380D Release Date: 1996-08-20

Tracks:

1. Point On No Return - Expose
2. Fascinated - Company B
3. Because Of You - Cover Girls
4. Notice Me - Sandee
5. Change On Me - Cynthia
6. Please Don't Go - Nayobe
7. Summertime, Summertime - Nocera
8. Take Me In Your Arms - Lil Suzy
9. If You Leave Me Now - Jaya
10. Get Away - Stephanie
11. There's A Party Going On - Yvonne
12. I Want You - Shana
13. No Reason To Cry - Judy Torres
14. You Were The One - Deniz
15. Let's Go - Nocera
16. Spring Love - Stevie B.
17. Funky Little Beat - Connie
18. Hungry For Yor Love - Hanson & Davis
19. Leave It All Behind - Tolga
20. Fantasy Girl - Johnny O

Customer Reviews:

Best Hearthrob collection..........2003-10-31

Well I have to say this is by far the best Freestyle mix cd out there. Being from the L.A. Urban party scene, all the songs were hits at the parties and clubs. Back then we called this kinda music "Hearthrob" but somewhere along the line it changed to Freestyle. Volume 2 is good too but the third one not so good. If you are thinking of buying a Freestyle CD this is the one. Well mixed and the selection of songs will always be hits and never go out of style...

A Freestyle Maniac.......1999-02-22

If you like old school, non-stop mixes, then this is the cd for you. These are all classics from the late '80's club scene. Some great songs to look out for is "Take me in your arms", "No reason to cry", and "Get Away". Johnny O's "Fantasy Girl" and Stevie B's "Spring Love" are probably in the top 5 dance songs of the decade!!

Average customer rating:

The Strauss Family: Waltzes, Polkas & Overtures - Willi Boskovsky/Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna (6 CD's) Johann Strauss , Johann Strauss II , Josef Strauss , Eduard Strauss , Willi Boskovsky , Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna , and Vienna Symphony Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Johann Strauss Sr. | Strauss Sr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Josef Strauss | Strauss, Josef | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lehár: Waltzes Strauss: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches Waldteufel: Famous Waltzes Strauss: The Best of Vienna Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe, Der Graf von Luxembourg, Paganini, Der Zarewitsch, Friederike, Das Land des Lachelns, Giuditta (13 CD's) ASIN: B0002RUAFG Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

1. Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228
2. Sigh Galop, Op. 9
3. Blue Danube, Op. 314
4. Artist's Life, Op. 316
5. Tales From The Vienna Woods, Op. 325
6. Wine, Woman And Song, Op. 333
7. Vienna Blood, Op. 354
8. Roses From The South, Op. 388
9. Voices Of Spring, Op. 410
10. Emperor Waltz, Op. 437

Tracks:

1. Features Section Waltz, Op. 293
2. Flight Of Fancy, Op. 215
3. Accelerations, Op. 234
4. Ever More Cheerful, Op. 235
5. Carnival's Ambassador, Op. 270
6. Leading Article, Op. 273
7. Morning Papers, Op. 279
8. Pamphlets, Op. 300
9. New Vienna, Op. 342

Tracks:

1. Carnival Pictures, Op. 357
2. Where The Lemon Trees Blossom, Op. 364
3. Du Und Du, Op. 367
4. Kiss Waltz, Op. 400
5. Lagoon Waltz, Op. 411
6. Treasure Waltz, Op. 418
7. Viennese Women, Op. 427
8. Danube Maidens, Op. 427
9. Explosions-Polka, Op. 43
10. Champagner-Polka, Op. 211
11. Fancy-Dress Parade, Op. 240
12. Episode, Op. 296

Tracks:

1. Pleased As Punch, Op. 301
2. Express, Op. 311
3. Light As A Feather, Op. 319
4. Thunder And Lightning, Op. 324
5. Long Live Hungary, Op. 332
6. Im Krapfenwald'l, Op. 336
7. At The Double, Op. 348
8. From The Banks Of The Danube, Op. 356
9. Greetings From Austria, Op. 359
10. At The Hunt, Op. 373
11. I-Tipferl, Op. 377
12. Bandits' Galop, Op. 378
13. New Pizzicato Polka, Op. 449
14. The Carnival In Rome
15. The Bat
16. Cagliostro In Vienna
17. Blindman's Bluff

Tracks:

1. The Queen's Lace Handkerchief
2. A Night In Venice
3. The Gypsy Baron
4. Pearls Of Love, Op. 39
5. Village Swallows From Austria, Op. 164
6. Secret Powers Of Attraction, Op. 173
7. Delirious, Op. 212
8. Watercolours, Op. 258
9. My Life's Course Is Love And Joy, Op. 263

Tracks:

1. Masks, Op. 33
2. Forward!, Op. 127
3. Off On Holiday, Op. 133
4. The Gossip, Op. 144
5. Woman's Heart, Op. 166
6. Sport, Op. 170
7. All Sorts, Op. 219
8. In Flight, Op. 230
9. Chatterboxes, Op. 245
10. Typographical Letters, Op. 252
11. Fireproof!, Op. 269
12. Without A Care!, Op. 271
13. Artists Greeting, Op. 274
14. Jockey, Op. 278
15. Line Clear!, Op. 45
16. Where One Laughs And Lives, Op. 108
17. Non-Stop, Op. 112
18. Below The Enns, Op. 121
19. Alpine Rose, Op. 127
20. Delight In Travel, Op. 166
21. Out Of Hand, Op. 168
22. Carnival Letter, Op. 203
23. With Pleasure, Op. 228
24. With The Breakes Off, Op. 238

Average customer rating: I haven't heard this yet, but... Get this....QUICK!

Untold Rock Stories Quick Manufacturer: Rev-Ola ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hollywood Brats (Recorded 1973) Milk 'n' Cookies Time on Earth Everything You Always Wanted to Know About The Rubinoos Libertad ASIN: B000093CZM Release Date: 2007-05-14

Tracks:

1. No No Girl
2. Teacher's Pet
3. Hi-Lo
4. Hillary
5. Rag Doll
6. My Purgatory Years
7. It Won't Be Long
8. Heaven on Earth
9. Born Free
10. Don't You Want It
11. Pretty Please
12. Over the Rainbow
13. You Yeah You
14. Take My Life
15. Touch Control
16. You Give Me Heat
17. Jimmy Too Bad
18. Big Chance
19. Poison Polly
20. Angel [*]
21. Blackout [Live][*]
22. Master Race [Live][*]

Album Description

The Quick were one of the pre-eminent bands of the early LA punk scene, featuring ex-& future members of The Three O'clock, Weirdos, Cruzados, & The Rembrandts, they were discovered & produced by the legendary hustler Kim Fowley, who got them a deal with Mercury Records. Beck, Norman Blake, Redd Kross, Alan McGee, Michael Stipe, & Pat Smear were & are among their many fans. This first-ever CD collection consists of the demos produced by Kim Fowley which landed them their deal, & post album recordings produced by Beck's father David Campbell, the real sound of LA punk-pop mutating into the Paisley Underground. Includes songs covered By The Dickies & Redd Kross. Produced by Kim Fowley & David Campbell. Rev-Ola. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

I haven't heard this yet, but..........2006-03-21

...I'm giving it 5 Stars because of my love for the Quick's one released album, MONDO DECO, which I bought back in college in 1977/78! As the other reviewer here points out, they are quite reminiscent of early Sparks, circa their L.A. band...and, in fact, Sparks' original guitar player Earle Mankey produced their Mercury album. I've heard short snippets of the versions recorded on this cd, and I couldn't figure out their origin, as they were definitely NOT the versions on their official album. These, being demos, have a more natural, "present in the room" feel, like a live recording. The Mankey-produced album is much more "produced," and there is no sign of a Cheap Trick similarity on that record: it's Sparks-influenced all the way. What saved it from being a mere copy, a second-rate imitation, were the fine musicianship and TERRIFIC songs the Quick wrote, (I think they were all the product of their guitar-player, whose name I forget at the moment).

I wonder how many fans of the Rembrandts' theme song for FRIENDS would go running from the room if they heard the Quick..."ooh, too weird! ooh, his voice is so high!" I have rarely met a Sparks fan in my time, and I've never met anyone else who had ever heard of the Quick, much less heard them. (I was in Florida when I got their record.)

Anyway, I am delighted this item of forgotten pop history has been released, and I regret that MONDO DECO itself has not itself been rereleased. I'll have to dig out my vinyl copy sometime.

Get this....QUICK!.......2004-03-26

Thankyou Rev-Ola! Thankyou for making available, at long last, these 22 tracks of pure powerpop perfection by one of rock and roll's most criminally neglected groups.

Being from the LA area, and as a longtime fan of punk rock, I've always loved the early LA groups like The Plugz, Germs, Dils, Zeros, et al. One thing that many of these bands had in common was the Quick as a musical influence. Along with influencing such bands, The Quick would share the bill with some of them at clubs like the Starwood once the punk thing was in full swing. The Dickies were good friends with, and apparently, roadies for the Quick and eventually recorded an excellent cover of "Pretty Please". I'd read about the group in old Slash and Flipside articles and even heard a few of their tunes on my local 3-Watt college radio station (KUCI) as a kid. Yet, the Quick remained something of an enigma to me until I thankfully stumbled onto this CD.

For years, I tried to obtain a copy of the Quick's extremely obscure Mercury LP "Mondo Deco". For years, I waited patiently for a compilation of demo's, live tracks; anything! Unfortunately, nothing surfaced. Nothing, that is, until now.

Musically, The Quick bear more than a passing resemblance to early Sparks, whom they cite as an initial influence. I'd say, however, that the group sounds most like vintage Cheap Trick. Both bands specialized in quirky, Move-influenced powerpop. Both bands were blessed with humorous, intellegent and inventive songwriter/guitarists. Even Quick vocalist Danny Wilde (now a Rembrandt) could pass for Robin Zander's ever-so-slightly less gifted (vocally, that is) little brother. And, as big of a Cheap Trick fan that I am, I'd say that songs like "No No Girl", "My Purgatory Years", "Hillary" and "Pretty Please" are as good as, if not better than, anything C.T. ever recorded. HERESY! you say. Well, just listen to this CD and decide for yourself.

These Demo recordings faithfully capture what The Quick must have sounded like live. No digital multitracking, Pro Tools plastic surgery here. Just "set up a few mikes and let the tape roll". I've always felt that this is the best way of capturing the raw excitement and immediacy of rock and roll. This collection's two live tracks do, in fact, sound as if they could have come from the demo sessions.

If you love powerpop, punk, glam, 60's groups like The Move, Who, and Small Faces- Hell, if you like great music, period- pick up this CD and do it (ahem) Quick. You will not be dissapointed! Now, if only Rev-Ola would reissue "Mondo Deco" and any other goodies that might still be floating around out there.

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8. Sound Design, Vol. 1
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