| 1. Aurora |
| 2. Only Yesterday |
| 3. Desperado |
| 4. Please Mr. Postman |
| 5. I Can Dream, Can't I? |
| 6. Solitaire |
| 7. Happy |
| 8. (I'm Caught Between) Goodbye and I Love You |
| 9. Love Me for What I Am |
| 10. Eventide |
Editorial Reviews
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Japanese Release featuring Digital Remastering and LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing Only.
Someone asked in the reviews about pronouncing her name. It's "Bosh-uh," as in rhyming with "Sasha" or "Tasha."
If you enjoy this "best of" album, I guarantee you'll find a lot more great stuff to sing out really loud to on all of her other albums. She's worth it.
It's not that this album is particularly stunning, amazing, original... because it's not. It's the best for what was out at the time, playing on the radio way too much and an album that 90% of people I know own.
What I love about this album is the fact that it represents that time in music (mid-90s) wonderfully, where alternative music really became popular and started branching off into more creative venues.
I agree with the other reviews, that it's terribly formulaic. But so was most of the music at that time (like I stated, it represents that time in music). There is an amazing gem on this album, however, which is "Grey Sky Morning/Best I Ever Had." Meloncholy, sad, and relenting. I know there were even a few covers made of it, it's a wonderful song that I do hope becomes a classic of sorts.
Though this review is most likely not very helpful, I do hope that this strikes a chord with those that 'grew up' in the mid 90's and that this album is remembered as a small treasure of that time. It's terribly familiar and wonderful to listen to.
Everything You Want is a case in point.
The album begins with derivative music: it's all choruses and guitar hooks on the first two tracks. The lyrics here are mostly about overly dramatic scenarios and the kind of high school hyperboles that many a teenager has lied on their beds listening to.
The hit single, though, demonstrates what I had mentioned earlier: the guitar is forced to surrender some of its spotlight to post-recording effects, as on the album's hit single, "Everything You Want." Muted electric keyboards lace over and through acoustic guitar while Scannell sings about the nostalgia-angst in pursuing new relationships. Try finding that in an early 90s pop opus. The sound on this track has a compelling mix of instrumentation and good flow, but there has to be a more graceful way to express the tribulations of young love.
The highlight of the album, though, is clearly "The Best I Ever Had": this is R.E.M. on Dramamine. Steel percussion instrumentation bears resemblance to orca whales bouncing music off one another. Again, Scannell sings of love, but this times he reminisces of past love. Grey Sky Morning is a perfect alternate title here: the message is one of lost passion and emptiness after times of great fulfillment. The reality of experiences like the one Matthew cites here is pressing.
Unfortunately, the rest of Everything You Want is unremarkable and formulaic. The theme of unrequited love and spiteful relationships features on these other songs. As other critics have commented, the songs stick to a single formula, both sonically and lyrically that easily tires. Many of the tracks even lose the kind of deliberate and careful articulation so basic to beautiful pop music. What exactly does it mean to say "Here in the light / It burns you out sometimes /Here in the shell of a sun / We echo on"? Regardless of how Vertical Horizon has tinged there music here with the sounds of "a new musical order", this definitely isn't everything you want.
The other evening I heard another cover of a couple of the songs covered by Verticle Horizon on this album. So, I pulled theirs out again and listened again. It is still (after 6 or so years) an excellent album. I put it back into my car and now some of my friends are asking .... "hey, who is that? I really like it!"
It does still sound new.
No nevermind all that. Your gifted Metamorpho made his way down to the dungeon (with de-humidifier) to check the archives for a worthy selection. I came up with a wonderful album to review. I am sure you will all agree.
Ahhhh..... we have James Taylor here (Yes! With lots of hair!), which goes to show you that there was a time when he wasn't the "constant" icon that we all know and love today. However, this album is testimony to his wonderful talent and ability which has been there from the start. And the songs? Lovely, lilting, uplifting, pensive, hopeful vignettes that convey a peace and serenity rarely found so early in one's career.
What matters so most here is the ensemble playing. So comfortable-so warm. James' acoustic guitar along with walking bass, electric guitar fills, tasty piano bits and understated but effective drums. We even have a banjo chiming in and horns on some selections. This "just right" combination really is a pleasure to hear now and a much needed mellow escape from current a go-go, hammering dischordant chordal offerings that frenzy all our fine nervous systems. No- in this proffering you have to imagine yourself on a sunny day by a lake. Hummingbirds flying around and the sky so blue and filled with cotton candy clouds. This album is easy-going. A fine example of soft acoustic composition. It has a little bit of country soul sprinkled with homegrown natural personality. Nothing pretentious here people. Meet you down at the swimming brook.
There really are no big statements here- which - in a way makes it more refreshing. From the start- James gives us an uplift with "Love Has Brought Me Around". Then, the deserved Carole King classic "You've Got a Friend". And you know, as well as I, that the friend here is not a human as we know it. We get some melancholy ("Places In My Past", "Hey Mister, That's Me Up On the Jukebox", "Long Ago and Far Away"), some breaking free groove ("Let Me Ride"), survival and moving on ("Highway Song"). Did I mention the saga of "Machine Gun Kelly"? A home grown boy gone astray. How could James forget that legend? This album also has lovely acoustic only tunes "You Can Close Your Eyes" and "Isn't It Nice to be Home Again". With these, James proves what a vital force he is by himself.
In closing, let me say that I am struck by how good and reinvigorating most of these tunes are. There are bleak moments yes- but there is always the sunshine and hope to move you past the negative. This album is a warm sweater on a cold winter's day and a glass of ice tea during a heatwave. Investigate what a true artist can do.
Now I must go. The guides have sounded the alarm that T is now taking his lectures into the Bible Belt and I have to stop him before the picketts and the protestors begin to swarm. Must protect my reputation you know!
Must go. More archival finds will be on their way soon!
Thru the eye of a needle-your own.........Metamorpho
"Riding On The Railroad" still haunts these many years later. "MudSlide Slim and the Blue Horizon" and "You Can Close Your Eyes" are amazing in their playfulness and hopefulness. This was James Taylor at the pinnacle of his creative muse...
The tracks are ordered into three parts: Enchantments (1-5), Origins (6-9) and New Beginnings. First track is strangely familiar (like it was used in some film, but there is no mention of this). In third track this theme gets Chinese interpretation. The style from one track to the other changes, so you can't get bored or overexcited. Second is simply very nice, the fourth great intro of Armenian wind instrument duduk (played by famous Gevorg Dabaghyan), accompanied by percussion mostly, albeit the piece is short. 5 is gentle with cello and xun (Chinese ocarina), 6 orchestral from slow to cool, 7 again gentle with cello and vocal, 8 starts with yearning duduk and turns into orchestral battle, 9 cello and percussion. Track 10 is the only one with prominent vocal (love song) and introduces us to the last part of CD, which are more like jam sessions of all instruments. 11 and 13 are very lively. The last one, track 15, brings us a new interpretation of very ancient Chinese melody played on pipa.
Some would probably say this CD is commercialized. Personally I don't see any wrongdoings in this as long the music stays a high quality one. For the more authentic Silk Road one can always buy The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan.
The songs are all 'catchy tunes' with enough of a rock element thrown in to remind you that you are not listening to a Top 40 station.
Too bad the band has broken up, from what I hear.
It's a true shame that VH doesn't get the promoting and airplay that they deserve. This is an amazingly talented band that, I hope, will be around for a very long time.
Please buy this album! You will not regret it. If you ever get the chance to see them live, take it. They are awesome!
But many people came to see it..lines of people, and, when they heard it had been cut, they gave up, and in two weeks everyone said farewell to this film.
I have many treasures from that opening nite, and now I have the CD of the sound track. Anyone who loves movie magic or madness has to see and hear this film; it is unique.
Enjoy this soundtrack and get your hands on a DVD ..they are out there!
The first 1/2 hour is terrific and THEN...the movie turns into a gooey musical.
Some of the songs are quite tuneful with very complex melodies and rhythms...but those LYRICS ???? Not exactly Hal David's best work, apparently he and Burt Bacharach didn't quite mesh on this one.
The singers should have been dubbed although Sally Kellerman isn't half bad on "Things I Will Not Miss" but blows it on "Reflections." (Not her fault.)
Then, the last 1/2 hour seems rushed and while the ending works...it lacks the emotional punch needed to put it over.
Anyway, a lot to like, but a lot of "what WERE they thinking?"
3-Stars may seem high, but looking back as a curio item, it is warranted...but you were warned (John Gielgud as an Asian???)
The main reason why the film never worked was the contemporary `70s music, which seemed out-of-place within the period setting of the story. On the soundtrack, you can just sit back and appreciate the soaring melodies, which Bacharach obviously had a ball composing. The liner notes of the CD reveal the number of stars who had their singing dubbed (obviously Peter Finch and Olivia Hussey). Liv Ullmann's voice was dubbed by Diana Lee (who also dubbed Samantha Eggar in "Doctor Dolittle", and Charlie's mother in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"). Interestingly, despite being dubbed here, Liv Ullmann later starred in a Broadway musical version of "I Remember Mama", so her own warbling must have been of some merit...
Sally Kellerman, a non-singer, nevertheless decided to record her own vocals, and as a result "The Things I Will Not Miss" is one of the best songs; other standouts include "The World is a Circle" and "I Come to You". The sound quality of the CD is acceptable; taken from the best-surviving analogue master tapes. There is often some harsh analogue distortion throughout, but nothing too obtrusive.
A must for admirers of Bacharach, or fans of the musicals.
[Razor & Tie RE 21-52-2]
wish that "special" is available on dvd, it is as memorable---probably even more---than the movie.
the fifth dimension also performed songs not in the movie, such as the spiritual "nobody knows the trouble i've seen."
many outside the u.s. enjoyed the movie, as can be seen in the many customer's reviews.
at that time, at a young age, i couldn't understand why it was a flop in the u.s., when it created a lot of buzz in this part of the world.
Fleetwood Mac had many incarnations, the most famous being the one with Buckingham and Nicks, but this is my favorite Mac by far. Peter Green was a blues junkie, and his writing and guitar playing earned him the respect of even the old masters of the genre, and two of the included discs are performed with just those men. What a dream team: the old guard playing with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac! Music for the ages.
Peter Green is fantastic here, sound is pretty fine on this remasters - I was confused only with track order on each discs: order is same on CD's and on general booklet inside box, but not the same on each CD booklets because label try to keep original artwork of CD's.
This Fleetwood Mac was certainly a band of true believers. They wanted to play blues and be blues down to the last detail. Such was their love for the blues they deliberately imitated the primitive recording sound on their records to duplicate the feel of those old Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters discs. While young English blues lovers treasured this approach in the late 1960's, this comes across as nothing more than an annoying affectation to us today. As Eric Clapton's recent forays into the raw blues of Robert Johnson proves, you don't have to employ crude recording techniques to present authentic blues. But given their own premise, Fleetwood Mac did it well. Their first three albums worked the blues mines of Chicago blues for young English ears. Over the years, these three albums have been packaged and repackaged with particular interest for American buyers for the original version of "Black Magic Woman". Truth be told, no matter how these albums were presented, they never sold well in America.
Far more interesting are the two discs recorded live at the Chess studios with many of the heroes Fleetwood Mac had celebrated over the years-particularly Otis Spann and Buddy Guy. While I personally value these two discs above all the others in this box set, it is only fair to say that when sold as an album these sessions comprised the lowest selling Fleetwood Mac album of all time.
The sixth disc is THE ORIGINAL FLEETWOOD MAC album many other reviewers feel is the bright spot of the set. It is really a collection of leftovers from the first three albums that didn't fit just thrown together. In spite of the fact this was never intended as a working whole, THE ORIGINAL FLEETWOOD MAC has a playful and almost joyful air that the first three studio albums do not. While I personally prefer the live sessions recorded at Chess, it is easy to see why many love THE ORIGINAL FLEETWOOD MAC above the over discs in this set.
As far as British blues goes, Ten Years After had it all over Fleetwood Mac. If you want a particularly powerful Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer record, there is no excuse not to have THEN PLAY ON. THEN PLAY ON is the last Fleetwood Mac record in this band's incarnation. It is a work of genius and the sound of two men before they went completely insane.
If your record collection is fairly small (less than 500 albums), I would advise you to seek out more the more classic rock albums everyone should have to enjoy. If, however, your record library is fairly expansive (1000-2000) and you have an interest in small sub-currents in rock history, then this chapter in British rock history may well be for you. Was Fleetwood Mac at this time important? Yes, but it was well below the surface as far as us Yanks were concerned.
If you are ready, by all means get this box set. Just be forewarned that not all your friends will be ready to enjoy the beauty that is there.
Rebecca Luker's super voice is wonderful as she weaves a mystical mood with Monteverdi's Lament of Arianna; Catalani's "Ebben ne Andro Lontano" from La Wally; "Addio" from Verdi's La Traviata; "Barcarolle" from Offenbach's Contes De Hoffman and "Ave Maria" by Caccini. I looked Luker up on the web and found that she has starred in various Broadway productions. Her voice is incredible and Schwartz integrates her angelic sound into the electronic instrumentation. The "Ave Maria" is somewhat odd, with the strong precussions, but the choir and Rebecca Luker keep it within bounds.
This CD differs from the first ARIA in that we are treated to several instrumental works arranged by Schwartz. "Horizon" is a moody composition anchored by viola and cello. "Cantilena" is a piano solo played by Schwartz, a charming piece that echoes back to Verdi's "Addio" as well as the Croatina Lullabye sung by Clair Marlo.
A second outstanding singer, Clair Marlo, delivers "Sviraj, a Croatian Lullabye" which Schwartz offers in two distinct arrangements, once in Croatian and then again in English.
Faure's "Pavane" is very well done with Marc Antoine playing the guitar solo. The work is improvised so that a contemporary jazz interpretation is offered.
Steve Barton's voice, accompanied by the oboe, offers us "Leiermann" from Die Wintereise by Schubert. This is a dreamy sad odd spacey work with lyrics about a freezing ancient shoeless hurdy-gurdy man. The work is full of mystery and retains Schubert's complexity.
Paul Schwartz makes the outstanding compositions of previous generations come alive for contemporary audiences.
I especially love the vocals here. Some of the intros are a tad cliche, but I can live with that. The voice is convincing and energetic, masterful even. This is one of the best CDs I have bought in years.
The Cd was in great condition. I love it!
In retrospect, the sad end of the Carpenters is lived out on this album. Much of this is anachronistic, reading back into 1975 what later happened, but there is an element of truth there. The opening and closing songs, "Aurora" and "Eventide," have a somber timbre and use the same music but with different lyrics. "Only Yesterday," the first solid musical track on the album, turned out to be their last top five single, peaking at #4. "Desperado," a remake of the Eagles ballad, followed and was above average. "Postman," their final number one, was a remake of the same song by the Marvellettes, and showed a tried and true Carpenter signature: remake something somebody else did and get rich doing it. But in the other cases - at least with singles - they did songs that were relatively obscure. "It's Going To Take Some Time This Time" was written by Carole King but hardly anyone had heard of it prior to the Carpenters. "Hurting Each Other" was a small hit for Ruby and the Romantics, and for Pete's sake, "We've Only Just Begun" was a commercial for Crocker Bank. "Superstar" was done by a number of singers before Karen took it to #2. But in "Postman," they picked a sixties tune and brought into the 1970s. The last song on side one is "I Can Dream, Can't I," a foray into the big band sounds that became synoymous with their TV specials in the late 1970s.
Side two opens with a song virtually everybody now knows, "Solitaire." Clay Aiken redid it, but he couldn't tie Karen's shoes. "Happy" is an upbeat follow-up and the last 'happy' song on the album. "Caught Between Good-bye and I Love You" by John Bettis and Richard and "Love Me For What I Am" are sad love songs. "Eventide" rounds out the collection.
The problem is that this work, while ambitious and in full stereo, does not show the pep or excitement of "A Song for You" or "Now And Then." It marks the beginning of a slump from which the Carpenters never recovered. In terms of sales, it actually did rather well, going gold (their sixth straight record to do so upon initial release). The album marks time and fatigue as exemplified by both Richard and Karen. The songs are good and they deserve applause for a noble effort. But perhaps it isn't their fault. It is ours because they did so well when they sounded so fresh that the change - albeit a slight one - is welcome but not the most welcoming TO the listener.
The Carpenters made their name on optimistic love songs like "We've Only Just Begun," "Top of the World," and "Close To You." Sure, they had a few sad hits - "Superstar" and "Rainy Days" and for that matter, "Hurting Each Other" - but their genre focused on the happy. Even "For All We Know" showed optimism. But starting with this album, Richard and Karen turned almost exclusively to pessimism and sadness for their hit songs. Even the non-hits that were commercial sounding like "Two Sides" on the "Passage" album were sad.
This is for Carpenters fans, but if you've never heard them, this is NOT the CD to get. Start with "A Song for You" or "Now And Then."
This one I missed though. Recorded in 1971, I recently learned that it's considered by many to be one of his best. The sticker label on the front of the CD proclaims it as "the legendary musician's most brilliant guitar recording. A breathtakingly burning finger-bursting jazz guitar classic!" and after just one listen I have to say I totally agree. There are no vocals at all on this one, not even Benson's trademark background scatting, which alone marks it out. The guitar playing is mesmerisingly interesting.
There were five tracks on the original album, produced by Creed Taylor and it features other legends like Ron Carter on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums, with Clarence Palmer on organ, and Michael Cameron & Albert Nicholson on percussion. This (probably remastered) reissue has three extra tracks; alternate takes of "All Clear", "Ode To A Kudu" and "Somewhere In The East". These alternate takes are not quite as tight are the original versions and lean towards the smoother jazz Benson was to later become renowned for. No surprise there, I suppose.
I've always loved Benson's guitar improvisations but some of the stuff he does here - on the Bonfa/Duble tune "The Gentle Rain" and the exotic, worldly "Somewhere In The East" especially - is just crazy. The percussion on the tune is almost worth the price of the CD all on its own. "All Clear" has been one of my favourite tracks by Benson for the longest time ever since a friend put it in a compilation tape for me back in the old days. It's only recently I decided to find the album the song came from. I may have left it rather late but better late than never, no?
If you ever wanted to have an idea of how George Benson might have turned out if he hadn't tried to be a jazz guitarist AND a pop singer at the same time, this CD is definitely worth checking out. Personally, I love every minute of it.
Japanese Release featuring Digital Remastering and LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing Only.
Horizon,The Carpenters,Polygram Int'l,Pop,Pop Vocals,Soft Rock,United States of America
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Clear Horizon: The Best of Basia
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ASIN: B00000FC6V Release Date: 1998-11-17 |
Tracks:
- Clear Horizon
- Cruising For Bruising
- Drunk On Love
- Time And Tide
- Waters Of March
- Third Time Lucky
- Promises
- Baby You're Mine
- Yearning
- Astrud
- An Olive Tree
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- New Day For You
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Customer Reviews:
Basia .......2007-06-07
Sparkling and Sassy!.......2007-01-27
Someone asked in the reviews about pronouncing her name. It's "Bosh-uh," as in rhyming with "Sasha" or "Tasha."
If you enjoy this "best of" album, I guarantee you'll find a lot more great stuff to sing out really loud to on all of her other albums. She's worth it.
Clear Horizon: Best of Basia!!.......2007-01-22
I love this cd.......2007-01-09
Clear Horizon: The Best of Basia.......2007-01-05
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Everything You Want
Vertical Horizon Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00000J6BR Release Date: 1999-06-15 |
Tracks:
- We Are
- You're A God
- Everything You Want
- Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)
- You Say
- Finding Me
- Miracle
- Send It Up
- Give You Back
- All Of You
- Shackled
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If R.E.M. hadn't already blazed the trail years ago, Vertical Horizon's Everything You Want would be a seminal album, with its earnest harmonies, fluid melodies, and jangly guitars. And while Vertical Horizon may not have taken many forks off the road to Athens, they have whipped up an excellent pop-rock meld out of the purloined elements. Beginning with the ardent and anthemic "We Are," the pop band who began life on Georgetown's central campus nearly a decade before this major-label debut was released unleashes a personal diary of loss, love, and angst. The band, led by school chums Matthew Scannell and Keith Kane, find they just can't leave their pedagogical leanings behind. Only this time their investigations are into the mysteries of the human heart rather than Zeno's famous paradoxes. But the real paradox here is how a band so derivative can have made such a credible album. This time familiarity doesn't breed contempt. "You're a God," an edgy lament about putting someone on a pedestal, could have been lifted right out of the Alanis songbook, but it still manages to shimmer on its own merit, as do most of the 11 songs. --Jaan UhelszkiCustomer Reviews:
Brink of stardom.......2006-12-03
Like many other things at the time..........2006-09-09
It's not that this album is particularly stunning, amazing, original... because it's not. It's the best for what was out at the time, playing on the radio way too much and an album that 90% of people I know own.
What I love about this album is the fact that it represents that time in music (mid-90s) wonderfully, where alternative music really became popular and started branching off into more creative venues.
I agree with the other reviews, that it's terribly formulaic. But so was most of the music at that time (like I stated, it represents that time in music). There is an amazing gem on this album, however, which is "Grey Sky Morning/Best I Ever Had." Meloncholy, sad, and relenting. I know there were even a few covers made of it, it's a wonderful song that I do hope becomes a classic of sorts.
Though this review is most likely not very helpful, I do hope that this strikes a chord with those that 'grew up' in the mid 90's and that this album is remembered as a small treasure of that time. It's terribly familiar and wonderful to listen to.
5.6/10.0.......2006-08-30
Everything You Want is a case in point.
The album begins with derivative music: it's all choruses and guitar hooks on the first two tracks. The lyrics here are mostly about overly dramatic scenarios and the kind of high school hyperboles that many a teenager has lied on their beds listening to.
The hit single, though, demonstrates what I had mentioned earlier: the guitar is forced to surrender some of its spotlight to post-recording effects, as on the album's hit single, "Everything You Want." Muted electric keyboards lace over and through acoustic guitar while Scannell sings about the nostalgia-angst in pursuing new relationships. Try finding that in an early 90s pop opus. The sound on this track has a compelling mix of instrumentation and good flow, but there has to be a more graceful way to express the tribulations of young love.
The highlight of the album, though, is clearly "The Best I Ever Had": this is R.E.M. on Dramamine. Steel percussion instrumentation bears resemblance to orca whales bouncing music off one another. Again, Scannell sings of love, but this times he reminisces of past love. Grey Sky Morning is a perfect alternate title here: the message is one of lost passion and emptiness after times of great fulfillment. The reality of experiences like the one Matthew cites here is pressing.
Unfortunately, the rest of Everything You Want is unremarkable and formulaic. The theme of unrequited love and spiteful relationships features on these other songs. As other critics have commented, the songs stick to a single formula, both sonically and lyrically that easily tires. Many of the tracks even lose the kind of deliberate and careful articulation so basic to beautiful pop music. What exactly does it mean to say "Here in the light / It burns you out sometimes /Here in the shell of a sun / We echo on"? Regardless of how Vertical Horizon has tinged there music here with the sounds of "a new musical order", this definitely isn't everything you want.
After a few years .... it still is a great album!.......2006-05-25
The other evening I heard another cover of a couple of the songs covered by Verticle Horizon on this album. So, I pulled theirs out again and listened again. It is still (after 6 or so years) an excellent album. I put it back into my car and now some of my friends are asking .... "hey, who is that? I really like it!"
It does still sound new.
Some songs are gems, others are quite mediocre.......2006-04-16
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Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon
James Taylor Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000002KDM Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Love Has Brought Me Around
- You've Got A Friend
- Places In My Past
- Riding On A Railroad
- Soldiers
- Mud Slide Slim
- Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox
- You Can Close Your Eyes
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Long Ago And Far Away
- Let Me Ride
- Highway Song
- Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again
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Mud Slide Metamorpho and the Seer Horizon..........2007-02-01
No nevermind all that. Your gifted Metamorpho made his way down to the dungeon (with de-humidifier) to check the archives for a worthy selection. I came up with a wonderful album to review. I am sure you will all agree.
Ahhhh..... we have James Taylor here (Yes! With lots of hair!), which goes to show you that there was a time when he wasn't the "constant" icon that we all know and love today. However, this album is testimony to his wonderful talent and ability which has been there from the start. And the songs? Lovely, lilting, uplifting, pensive, hopeful vignettes that convey a peace and serenity rarely found so early in one's career.
What matters so most here is the ensemble playing. So comfortable-so warm. James' acoustic guitar along with walking bass, electric guitar fills, tasty piano bits and understated but effective drums. We even have a banjo chiming in and horns on some selections. This "just right" combination really is a pleasure to hear now and a much needed mellow escape from current a go-go, hammering dischordant chordal offerings that frenzy all our fine nervous systems. No- in this proffering you have to imagine yourself on a sunny day by a lake. Hummingbirds flying around and the sky so blue and filled with cotton candy clouds. This album is easy-going. A fine example of soft acoustic composition. It has a little bit of country soul sprinkled with homegrown natural personality. Nothing pretentious here people. Meet you down at the swimming brook.
There really are no big statements here- which - in a way makes it more refreshing. From the start- James gives us an uplift with "Love Has Brought Me Around". Then, the deserved Carole King classic "You've Got a Friend". And you know, as well as I, that the friend here is not a human as we know it. We get some melancholy ("Places In My Past", "Hey Mister, That's Me Up On the Jukebox", "Long Ago and Far Away"), some breaking free groove ("Let Me Ride"), survival and moving on ("Highway Song"). Did I mention the saga of "Machine Gun Kelly"? A home grown boy gone astray. How could James forget that legend? This album also has lovely acoustic only tunes "You Can Close Your Eyes" and "Isn't It Nice to be Home Again". With these, James proves what a vital force he is by himself.
In closing, let me say that I am struck by how good and reinvigorating most of these tunes are. There are bleak moments yes- but there is always the sunshine and hope to move you past the negative. This album is a warm sweater on a cold winter's day and a glass of ice tea during a heatwave. Investigate what a true artist can do.
Now I must go. The guides have sounded the alarm that T is now taking his lectures into the Bible Belt and I have to stop him before the picketts and the protestors begin to swarm. Must protect my reputation you know!
Must go. More archival finds will be on their way soon!
Thru the eye of a needle-your own.........Metamorpho
Southern Memories.......2006-12-30
Exceptional Album!.......2006-05-01
"Riding On The Railroad" still haunts these many years later. "MudSlide Slim and the Blue Horizon" and "You Can Close Your Eyes" are amazing in their playfulness and hopefulness. This was James Taylor at the pinnacle of his creative muse...
JAMES TAYLOR THE MAN!.......2006-03-10
mudslide slim and the blue horizon.......2006-02-25
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Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon
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ASIN: B0007TFHEI Release Date: 2005-04-05 |
Tracks:
- Mohini (Enchantment)
- Oasis
- Distant Green Valley
- Akhalqalaqi Dance
- Echoes Of A Lost City
- Mountains Are Far Away
- Yanzi (Swallow Song)
- Battle Remembered
- Summer In The High Grassland
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- Night At The Caravanserai
- Gallop Of A Thousand Horses
- Tarang (Currents)
- Sacred Cloud Music
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It is a perilous proposition when genres clash--and no such collaboration is more potentially fraught than when improvisation-trained folk musicians sit in with Western classical instrumentalists, who are taught to interpret a printed score. The renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has devoted much of his professional life to such intercultural experiments. But the traditions of nations situated along the ancient Silk Road, which began in the Far East, meandered through Asia and terminated in Europe, are especially dear to him. These lushly arranged pieces range from moody scenic vistas to percussive Turkish hip-shakers and they make very pleasant listening. If they owe more to the European canon than the ethnic sources that inspired them, they are also the result of respectful give-and-take between a team of acknowledged masters. And nobody is more of a team player than Maestro Ma, an impassioned, fearless musical seeker and a gracious, deferential colleague. --Christina Roden
Interview with Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma speaks about his latest adventures involved in this new installment of the ongoing Silk Road Project--an epoch-making collaboration among musical colleagues. Read our special interview to learn more about Ma's musical philosophy.
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It is a perilous proposition when genres clash--and no such collaboration is more potentially fraught than when improvisation-trained folk musicians sit in with Western classical instrumentalists, who are taught to interpret a printed score. The renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has devoted much of his professional life to such intercultural experiments. But the traditions of nations situated along the ancient Silk Road, which began in the Far East, meandered through Asia and terminated in Europe, are especially dear to him. These lushly arranged pieces range from moody scenic vistas to percussive Turkish hip-shakers and they make very pleasant listening. If they owe more to the European canon than the ethnic sources that inspired them, they are also the result of respectful give-and-take between a team of acknowledged masters. And nobody is more of a team player than Maestro Ma, an impassioned, fearless musical seeker and a gracious, deferential colleague. --Christina Roden
Interview with Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma speaks about his latest adventures involved in this new installment of the ongoing Silk Road Project--an epoch-making collaboration among musical colleagues. Read our special interview to learn more about Ma's musical philosophy.
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delightful experience.......2007-07-04
Excellent Compilation with Marvelous Tracks.......2007-01-20
Beyond the first Silk Road CD.......2006-11-23
The tracks are ordered into three parts: Enchantments (1-5), Origins (6-9) and New Beginnings. First track is strangely familiar (like it was used in some film, but there is no mention of this). In third track this theme gets Chinese interpretation. The style from one track to the other changes, so you can't get bored or overexcited. Second is simply very nice, the fourth great intro of Armenian wind instrument duduk (played by famous Gevorg Dabaghyan), accompanied by percussion mostly, albeit the piece is short. 5 is gentle with cello and xun (Chinese ocarina), 6 orchestral from slow to cool, 7 again gentle with cello and vocal, 8 starts with yearning duduk and turns into orchestral battle, 9 cello and percussion. Track 10 is the only one with prominent vocal (love song) and introduces us to the last part of CD, which are more like jam sessions of all instruments. 11 and 13 are very lively. The last one, track 15, brings us a new interpretation of very ancient Chinese melody played on pipa.
Some would probably say this CD is commercialized. Personally I don't see any wrongdoings in this as long the music stays a high quality one. For the more authentic Silk Road one can always buy The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan.
Excelent!!!.......2006-01-15
One of the Best !.......2005-12-06
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Go [With Bonus Track]
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ASIN: B0009RQSXC Release Date: 2005-06-28 |
Tracks:
- When You Cry
- I'm Still Here
- Forever
- Better When You're Not Here
- Goodbye Again
- Echo
- Sunshine
- It's Over
- One Of You
- Won't Go Away
- Inside
- Underwater
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Coming off a multi-platinum album, a #1 single, and two straight years of global crossing, it's understandable Vertical Horizon would name their new album "Go." After all, this is a band that never puts the brakes on the creative process. In fact, "Go" proves Vertical Horizon has emerged from the whirlwind of success more inspired and artistically keyed up than ever." With our last album [1999's "Everything You Want"], we still had some unanswered questions about what kind of band we wanted to be," says lead singer, guitarist and songwriter Matt Scannell. "We knew we were on a journey and wanted to keep developing. With this album, we're more certain than ever of our direction and identity."
Produced by John Shanks, "Go" is about leaving your mark in a world where every day brings on another attack of the clones. "Most of these songs have to do with taking steps," notes Matt. "Do the things you want to do, experience what you need to, both positive and negative. It's about living your life."
Given the course of events over the last year or so, the band could have called the album "Go, Already!" The members of Vertical Horizon were ready to rock months a"Go", but circumstances beyond their control delayed the release of "Go". Turned out to be a good thing, as the band went back into the studio to record a new song, "I'm Still Here." The track came out so well, it's now the album's premiere single.
Says Matt, "It just goes to show that even when you think you're done with something, you should keep on working. The song is a statement about remaining strong, and the record is more balanced with the addition of that one song."
Like their earlier work, "Go" offers a sublime unity of thought and melody. "I'm fascinated by the ways people communicate and miscommunicate," says Matt. "The words we say aren't always the words we mean. As a writer, I like to explore the gray areas between the black and white." That's the sentiment behind songs like the harmony-rich "Won't Go Away" and "Echo," a bittersweet plea for individuality. Hammerhead guitar parts in tracks like "One of You" and "Sunshine" underscore a certain cynicism about love and resistance. Says Matt, "I don't much care for the sweet and bubbly. Music should reflect the world as we really see it, not necessarily the world we idealize."
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Very good CD.......2007-01-03
The songs are all 'catchy tunes' with enough of a rock element thrown in to remind you that you are not listening to a Top 40 station.
Too bad the band has broken up, from what I hear.
It Will Take You There!.......2006-11-05
Good but repetitive.......2006-08-30
What a PLOTZ!.......2006-08-30
Please support this band - Buy this album.......2006-06-15
It's a true shame that VH doesn't get the promoting and airplay that they deserve. This is an amazingly talented band that, I hope, will be around for a very long time.
Please buy this album! You will not regret it. If you ever get the chance to see them live, take it. They are awesome!
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Lost Horizon: Original Soundtrack (1973 Film)
Burt Bacharach Manufacturer: Razor & Tie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000002ZBR Release Date: 1997-08-19 |
Tracks:
- Introduction/ Lost Horizon
- Share The Joy
- The World Is A Circle
- Living Together, Growing Together
- I Might Frighten Her Away
- The Nice Things I Will Not Miss
- If I Could Go Back
- Where Knowledge Ends (Faith Begins)
- Question Me An Answer
- I Come To You
- Reflections
- Lost Horizon (Single Version)
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NOT a Bacharach/David masterpiece!.......2007-04-01
Hilarious version of Lost Horizon!.......2007-03-27
But many people came to see it..lines of people, and, when they heard it had been cut, they gave up, and in two weeks everyone said farewell to this film.
I have many treasures from that opening nite, and now I have the CD of the sound track. Anyone who loves movie magic or madness has to see and hear this film; it is unique.
Enjoy this soundtrack and get your hands on a DVD ..they are out there!
Starts Great...then falls apart.......2007-01-08
The first 1/2 hour is terrific and THEN...the movie turns into a gooey musical.
Some of the songs are quite tuneful with very complex melodies and rhythms...but those LYRICS ???? Not exactly Hal David's best work, apparently he and Burt Bacharach didn't quite mesh on this one.
The singers should have been dubbed although Sally Kellerman isn't half bad on "Things I Will Not Miss" but blows it on "Reflections." (Not her fault.)
Then, the last 1/2 hour seems rushed and while the ending works...it lacks the emotional punch needed to put it over.
Anyway, a lot to like, but a lot of "what WERE they thinking?"
3-Stars may seem high, but looking back as a curio item, it is warranted...but you were warned (John Gielgud as an Asian???)
journey back to Shangri-La..........2007-01-04
The main reason why the film never worked was the contemporary `70s music, which seemed out-of-place within the period setting of the story. On the soundtrack, you can just sit back and appreciate the soaring melodies, which Bacharach obviously had a ball composing. The liner notes of the CD reveal the number of stars who had their singing dubbed (obviously Peter Finch and Olivia Hussey). Liv Ullmann's voice was dubbed by Diana Lee (who also dubbed Samantha Eggar in "Doctor Dolittle", and Charlie's mother in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"). Interestingly, despite being dubbed here, Liv Ullmann later starred in a Broadway musical version of "I Remember Mama", so her own warbling must have been of some merit...
Sally Kellerman, a non-singer, nevertheless decided to record her own vocals, and as a result "The Things I Will Not Miss" is one of the best songs; other standouts include "The World is a Circle" and "I Come to You". The sound quality of the CD is acceptable; taken from the best-surviving analogue master tapes. There is often some harsh analogue distortion throughout, but nothing too obtrusive.
A must for admirers of Bacharach, or fans of the musicals.
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many outside the u.s. enjoyed the movie.......2006-08-24
wish that "special" is available on dvd, it is as memorable---probably even more---than the movie.
the fifth dimension also performed songs not in the movie, such as the spiritual "nobody knows the trouble i've seen."
many outside the u.s. enjoyed the movie, as can be seen in the many customer's reviews.
at that time, at a young age, i couldn't understand why it was a flop in the u.s., when it created a lot of buzz in this part of the world.
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The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions
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ASIN: B000021XPU Release Date: 1999-11-23 |
Tracks:
- My Heart Beat Like A Hammer (Take 2-Master Version With Studio Talk)
- Merry Go Round (Take 2-Master Version With Studio Talk/Remix)
- Long Grey Mare
- Hellhound On My Trail (Take 1-Complete Master Version/Remix)
- Shake Your Moneymaker (Master Version With Studio Talk)
- Looking For Somebody
- No Place To Go
- My Baby's Good To Me
- I Loved Another Woman
- Cold Black Night
- The Wolrd Keep On Turning
- Got To Move
- My Heart Beat Like A Hammer (Take 1-Previously Unissued)
- Merry Go Round (Take 1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
- I Loved Another Woman (Take 1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete, Take 2-Previously Unissued...
- I Loved Another Woman (Take 5-Complete Master Version/Remix, Take 6-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
- Cold Black Night (Take 1-Previously Unissued/False Start, Take 2-Previously Unissued/False Start...
- You're So Evil (Previously Unissued)
- I'm Coming Home To Stay (Previously Unissued)
Tracks:
- Stop Messin' Round (Take 4-Master Album Version With Studio Talk/Rexmix)
- I've Lost My Baby
- Rollin' Man
- Dust My Broom
- Love That Burns
- Doctor Brown
- Need Your Love Tonight
- If You Be My Baby
- Evenin' Boogie
- Lazy Poker Blues
- Coming Home
- Trying So Hard To Forget
- Stop Messin' Round (Take 1-Previously Unissued/False Start...
- Stop Messin' Round (Take 5-Master Single Version/Remix)
- I Held My Baby Last Night (Previously Unissued)
- Mystery Boogie (Previously Unissued)
Tracks:
- Need Your Love So Bad (Version #2 (Remake), Take 2-Complete Version/Remix)
- Rambling Pony (Complete Master Version/Remix)
- I Believe My Time Ain't Long (Master Version With Studio Talk/Remix)
- The Sun Is Shining
- Albatross
- Black Magic Woman
- Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
- Like Crying (Previously Unissued)
- Need Your Love So Bad (Version #1: Take 1-Previously Unissued/False Start...
- Need Your Love So Bad (Version #2: Take 1-Previously Unissued, Take 2-Previously Unissued)
- Need Your Love So Bad (Take 3-Previously Unissued)
- Need Your Love So Bad (USA Version: Previously Unissued)
Tracks:
- Watch Out
- Ooh Baby
- South Indiana-Take 1
- South Indiana-Take 2
- Last Night
- Red Hot Jam (Take 1-Previously Unissued With Studio Talk)
- Red Hot Jam
- I'm Worried
- I Held My Baby Last Night
- Madison Blues
- I Can't Hold Out
- Bobby's Rock (Previously Unissued)
- I Need Your Love (Take 2-Master Version With Previously Unissued Studio Talk)
- Horton's Boogie Woogie (Take 1-Previously Unissued)
- I Got The Blues (Master Version With Previously Unissued False Start)
Tracks:
- World's In A Tangle
- Talk WIth You
- Like It This Way
- Someday Soon Baby
- Hungry Country Girl
- Black Jack Blues
- Everyday I Have The Blues
- Rockin' Boogie
- My Baby's Gone
- Sugar Mama (Take 1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
- Sugar Mama
- Homework
- Honey Boy Blues (Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
- I Need Your Love (Take 1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
- Horton's Boogie Woogie (Take 2-Previously Unissued)
- Have A Good Time (Previously Unissued)
- That's Wrong (Previously Unissued)
- Rock Me Baby (Previously Unissued)
Tracks:
- Drifting
- Leaving Town Blues (Take 5-Master Version/Remix With Previously Unissued False Start)
- Watch Out (Take 2-Complete Master Version/Remix)
- A Fool No More (Take 1-Previously Unissued/False Start, Take 2-Previously Unissued/False Start...
- Mean Old Fireman (Take 1-Previously Unissued/False Start/Take 2- Master Version/Alternative Original
- Can't Afford To Do It
- Fleetwood Mac (Mono)
- Worried Dream (Take 1-Master Version/Remix With Previously Unissued Incomplete Take)
- Love That Woman (Alternative Original Mix)
- Allow Me One More Show (Alternative Original Mix)
- First Train Home (Mono)
- Rambling Pony No.2 (Alternative Original Mix)
- Watch Out (Take 1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
- Something Inside Of Me
- Something Inside Of Me (Take 2-Previously Unissued)
- Something Inside Of Me (Take 3-Previously Unissued)
- One Sunny Day (Master Version/Remix)
- Without You
- Coming Your Way (Take 6-Previously Unissued)
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This is a Solid 5 Star Package.......2006-12-06
Fleetwood Mac had many incarnations, the most famous being the one with Buckingham and Nicks, but this is my favorite Mac by far. Peter Green was a blues junkie, and his writing and guitar playing earned him the respect of even the old masters of the genre, and two of the included discs are performed with just those men. What a dream team: the old guard playing with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac! Music for the ages.
como puede entrar tanto BLUES en una caja???????.......2006-09-28
Fantastic 6 disc collection .......2006-08-14
Peter Green is fantastic here, sound is pretty fine on this remasters - I was confused only with track order on each discs: order is same on CD's and on general booklet inside box, but not the same on each CD booklets because label try to keep original artwork of CD's.
Early Mac sessions, not a substitute for the early albums........2005-05-05
THE MAGIC BENEATH THE SURFACE.......2005-05-02
This Fleetwood Mac was certainly a band of true believers. They wanted to play blues and be blues down to the last detail. Such was their love for the blues they deliberately imitated the primitive recording sound on their records to duplicate the feel of those old Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters discs. While young English blues lovers treasured this approach in the late 1960's, this comes across as nothing more than an annoying affectation to us today. As Eric Clapton's recent forays into the raw blues of Robert Johnson proves, you don't have to employ crude recording techniques to present authentic blues. But given their own premise, Fleetwood Mac did it well. Their first three albums worked the blues mines of Chicago blues for young English ears. Over the years, these three albums have been packaged and repackaged with particular interest for American buyers for the original version of "Black Magic Woman". Truth be told, no matter how these albums were presented, they never sold well in America.
Far more interesting are the two discs recorded live at the Chess studios with many of the heroes Fleetwood Mac had celebrated over the years-particularly Otis Spann and Buddy Guy. While I personally value these two discs above all the others in this box set, it is only fair to say that when sold as an album these sessions comprised the lowest selling Fleetwood Mac album of all time.
The sixth disc is THE ORIGINAL FLEETWOOD MAC album many other reviewers feel is the bright spot of the set. It is really a collection of leftovers from the first three albums that didn't fit just thrown together. In spite of the fact this was never intended as a working whole, THE ORIGINAL FLEETWOOD MAC has a playful and almost joyful air that the first three studio albums do not. While I personally prefer the live sessions recorded at Chess, it is easy to see why many love THE ORIGINAL FLEETWOOD MAC above the over discs in this set.
As far as British blues goes, Ten Years After had it all over Fleetwood Mac. If you want a particularly powerful Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer record, there is no excuse not to have THEN PLAY ON. THEN PLAY ON is the last Fleetwood Mac record in this band's incarnation. It is a work of genius and the sound of two men before they went completely insane.
If your record collection is fairly small (less than 500 albums), I would advise you to seek out more the more classic rock albums everyone should have to enjoy. If, however, your record library is fairly expansive (1000-2000) and you have an interest in small sub-currents in rock history, then this chapter in British rock history may well be for you. Was Fleetwood Mac at this time important? Yes, but it was well below the surface as far as us Yanks were concerned.
If you are ready, by all means get this box set. Just be forewarned that not all your friends will be ready to enjoy the beauty that is there.
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Aria, Vol. 2: New Horizon
Paul Schwartz , Rebecca Luker , and Steve Barton Manufacturer: Koch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Goth
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ASIN: B0002IQGFI Release Date: 2004-08-10 |
Tracks:
- Arianna
- Ebben
- Addio
- Horizon
- Barcarolle
- Cantilena
- Sviraj (Lullabye)
- Interlude
- Pavane
- Ave Maria
- Leiermann
- Lullabye (Sviraj)
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4 stars and stuff, man.......2007-05-06
Nice segue to opera.......2007-01-10
Exquisite! My favorite of the Arias and favorite CD by far........2006-11-06
A great follow-up to an outstanding musical experience.......2006-03-15
Rebecca Luker's super voice is wonderful as she weaves a mystical mood with Monteverdi's Lament of Arianna; Catalani's "Ebben ne Andro Lontano" from La Wally; "Addio" from Verdi's La Traviata; "Barcarolle" from Offenbach's Contes De Hoffman and "Ave Maria" by Caccini. I looked Luker up on the web and found that she has starred in various Broadway productions. Her voice is incredible and Schwartz integrates her angelic sound into the electronic instrumentation. The "Ave Maria" is somewhat odd, with the strong precussions, but the choir and Rebecca Luker keep it within bounds.
This CD differs from the first ARIA in that we are treated to several instrumental works arranged by Schwartz. "Horizon" is a moody composition anchored by viola and cello. "Cantilena" is a piano solo played by Schwartz, a charming piece that echoes back to Verdi's "Addio" as well as the Croatina Lullabye sung by Clair Marlo.
A second outstanding singer, Clair Marlo, delivers "Sviraj, a Croatian Lullabye" which Schwartz offers in two distinct arrangements, once in Croatian and then again in English.
Faure's "Pavane" is very well done with Marc Antoine playing the guitar solo. The work is improvised so that a contemporary jazz interpretation is offered.
Steve Barton's voice, accompanied by the oboe, offers us "Leiermann" from Die Wintereise by Schubert. This is a dreamy sad odd spacey work with lyrics about a freezing ancient shoeless hurdy-gurdy man. The work is full of mystery and retains Schubert's complexity.
Paul Schwartz makes the outstanding compositions of previous generations come alive for contemporary audiences.
Grandiose and inspiring.......2005-01-31
I especially love the vocals here. Some of the intros are a tad cliche, but I can live with that. The voice is convincing and energetic, masterful even. This is one of the best CDs I have bought in years.
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Horizon
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ASIN: B00000G3WY Release Date: 1998-12-08 |
Tracks:
- Aurora
- Only Yesterday
- Desperado
- Please Mr. Postman
- I Can Dream Can't I
- Solitaire
- Happy
- (I'm Caught Between) Goodbye And I Love You
- Love Me For What I Am
- Eventide
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Wonderfull CD .......2007-06-13
The Cd was in great condition. I love it!
Introspective and Retrospective.......2007-01-26
In retrospect, the sad end of the Carpenters is lived out on this album. Much of this is anachronistic, reading back into 1975 what later happened, but there is an element of truth there. The opening and closing songs, "Aurora" and "Eventide," have a somber timbre and use the same music but with different lyrics. "Only Yesterday," the first solid musical track on the album, turned out to be their last top five single, peaking at #4. "Desperado," a remake of the Eagles ballad, followed and was above average. "Postman," their final number one, was a remake of the same song by the Marvellettes, and showed a tried and true Carpenter signature: remake something somebody else did and get rich doing it. But in the other cases - at least with singles - they did songs that were relatively obscure. "It's Going To Take Some Time This Time" was written by Carole King but hardly anyone had heard of it prior to the Carpenters. "Hurting Each Other" was a small hit for Ruby and the Romantics, and for Pete's sake, "We've Only Just Begun" was a commercial for Crocker Bank. "Superstar" was done by a number of singers before Karen took it to #2. But in "Postman," they picked a sixties tune and brought into the 1970s. The last song on side one is "I Can Dream, Can't I," a foray into the big band sounds that became synoymous with their TV specials in the late 1970s.
Side two opens with a song virtually everybody now knows, "Solitaire." Clay Aiken redid it, but he couldn't tie Karen's shoes. "Happy" is an upbeat follow-up and the last 'happy' song on the album. "Caught Between Good-bye and I Love You" by John Bettis and Richard and "Love Me For What I Am" are sad love songs. "Eventide" rounds out the collection.
The problem is that this work, while ambitious and in full stereo, does not show the pep or excitement of "A Song for You" or "Now And Then." It marks the beginning of a slump from which the Carpenters never recovered. In terms of sales, it actually did rather well, going gold (their sixth straight record to do so upon initial release). The album marks time and fatigue as exemplified by both Richard and Karen. The songs are good and they deserve applause for a noble effort. But perhaps it isn't their fault. It is ours because they did so well when they sounded so fresh that the change - albeit a slight one - is welcome but not the most welcoming TO the listener.
The Carpenters made their name on optimistic love songs like "We've Only Just Begun," "Top of the World," and "Close To You." Sure, they had a few sad hits - "Superstar" and "Rainy Days" and for that matter, "Hurting Each Other" - but their genre focused on the happy. Even "For All We Know" showed optimism. But starting with this album, Richard and Karen turned almost exclusively to pessimism and sadness for their hit songs. Even the non-hits that were commercial sounding like "Two Sides" on the "Passage" album were sad.
This is for Carpenters fans, but if you've never heard them, this is NOT the CD to get. Start with "A Song for You" or "Now And Then."
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ASIN: B000OONPJU Release Date: 2007-05-22 |
Tracks:
- So What
- Gentle Rain [From the Gentle Rain]
- All Clear
- Ode to a Kudu
- Somewhere in the East
- All Clear [Alternate Take][*]
- Ode to a Kudu [Alternate Take][*]
- Somewhere in the East [Alternate Take][*]
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The Real George Benson!.......2007-06-14
This one I missed though. Recorded in 1971, I recently learned that it's considered by many to be one of his best. The sticker label on the front of the CD proclaims it as "the legendary musician's most brilliant guitar recording. A breathtakingly burning finger-bursting jazz guitar classic!" and after just one listen I have to say I totally agree. There are no vocals at all on this one, not even Benson's trademark background scatting, which alone marks it out. The guitar playing is mesmerisingly interesting.
There were five tracks on the original album, produced by Creed Taylor and it features other legends like Ron Carter on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums, with Clarence Palmer on organ, and Michael Cameron & Albert Nicholson on percussion. This (probably remastered) reissue has three extra tracks; alternate takes of "All Clear", "Ode To A Kudu" and "Somewhere In The East". These alternate takes are not quite as tight are the original versions and lean towards the smoother jazz Benson was to later become renowned for. No surprise there, I suppose.
I've always loved Benson's guitar improvisations but some of the stuff he does here - on the Bonfa/Duble tune "The Gentle Rain" and the exotic, worldly "Somewhere In The East" especially - is just crazy. The percussion on the tune is almost worth the price of the CD all on its own. "All Clear" has been one of my favourite tracks by Benson for the longest time ever since a friend put it in a compilation tape for me back in the old days. It's only recently I decided to find the album the song came from. I may have left it rather late but better late than never, no?
If you ever wanted to have an idea of how George Benson might have turned out if he hadn't tried to be a jazz guitarist AND a pop singer at the same time, this CD is definitely worth checking out. Personally, I love every minute of it.
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