The View From Here

The View From Here

Track Listings

1. Bring Him Home (from Les Miserables)
2. Someone Like You (from Jekyll & Hyde)
3. Beauty & The Beast
4. Mitch & Abby
5. Cristofori’s Dream
6. The Prayer
7. Moonlight Sonata-Night & Day
8. Karen’s Theme
9. Wonderful Tonight
10. Easy Winners
11. Clair De Lune
12. Piano Concerto in C Minor - Rachmaninoff
13. The View From Here
14. Born To be Wild
15. Illumination
16. Somewhere
17. Thanksgiving
18. Time To Say Goodbye

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Jim Fischer - Solo Piano

The View From Here,Jim Fischer


The View From Here - Premiere Cast Recording
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Perfect additon to my CD Collection...
  • just amazing: a new musical with heart
The View From Here - Premiere Cast Recording
Timothy Huang , Shonn Wiley , David Epstein , Tim Byrnes , Tim Connell , and Cole Huang
Manufacturer: Relentless Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GDIALC
Release Date: 2006-06-12

Tracks:

  1. Prelude
  2. Six Flights / First Letter to Kelly: The View From Here
  3. Message One: Verizon Girl
  4. Five Days / Unstoppable
  5. Message Two: Debt Free Man
  6. Second Letter to Kelly: Only Words
  7. Message Three: Danish Heidi
  8. How Do People Do This Every Day?
  9. Message Four: Fable Land Girl
  10. Third Letter to Kelly: Don't Ask Why
  11. Conversation with Sam
  12. The Wanderer
  13. A Little Part of Every Day (Instrumental)
  14. A Little Part of Every Day
  15. Message Five: Father and Son
  16. Promise / Last Letter to Kelly: Love Always
  17. Promise (Demo Version- As sung by composer)

Product Description

A new one-act musical featuring the award winning performance of Shonn Wiley, David Epstein and Tim Byrnes. A nameless novelist arrives in New York intent on getting his first book published. As he recounts his daily misadventures in a series of letters to his girl back home, we see through his eyes the colorful eccentric, vibrant and wildly bizarre characters that make up his new life, and the tragic events that make up his old one. With music and lyrics by Timothy Huang, The View From Here "...plays like a fresh variation on 'Wonderful Town' propelled by stunning music and a tremendously appealing solo performance by Shonn Wiley. Timothy Huang's score boasts masterful plot- and character-driven songs and comedic set pieces... Some have a contemporary throb, but others have a haunting melodic quality that seems torn from the annals of the Great American Songbook, populated by such folks as George Gershwin and Harold Arlen..." - Ron Cohen, Backstage

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Perfect additon to my CD Collection..........2006-08-31

I saw this show in New York and fell in love, how excited was I to find it on CD! If you love Musical Theatre but are not familar with this show or the Composer Timothy Huang, trust me you won't be dissapointed. (Track 4 Five Days / Unstoppable is my favorite)

5 out of 5 stars just amazing: a new musical with heart.......2006-07-12

"A view from here" is a must recording for anyone interested in the future of musical theatre. Not only does this CD introduce us a hot new composer (Timothy Huang) but also sets a new future for musical theatre, heavily rooted in those times when the "theatre" part was much more combined to "musical theatre" than nowadays. You've got all the elements here: a good and simple story, a full-dimensional character and a perfectly integrated score. A great CD!!
Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • It's wonderful to have Bernstein back, but the performances fall short
  • Come back Lennie, we need you
  • For Bernstein enthusiasts, it's like owning a gold mine
  • Bernstein's Early American Recordings
Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00067GKF6
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars It's wonderful to have Bernstein back, but the performances fall short.......2006-11-26

These 1953 mono recordings catch Bernstein a decade after his famous debut with the NY Phil. and five years before he became their youngest-ever condcutor. It's great to hear that warm, comforting voice again, although his analyses--especially the longest one devoted to the Brahms Fourth--aren't as polished as they would become. He gets pedagogical at times and runs us through a rote example-and-explanation formula. Even then, howeer, colorful Bernstein touches peek out, and we are reminded of the man who taught an entire generation to venerate classical music.

For me, the performances themselves fall short. They were often recorded in a rush, sometimes late at night after a summer concert. I know that the Stadium Sym. is actually the NY Phil., but they don't sound particularly fine, and Bernstein's interpreatations, though vigorous, often border on the slapdash. Plowing through Beethoven's 3rd, Dvorak's 9th, Schumann's 2nd, Brahms' 4th and Tchaikovsky's 6th, I found few sparks of originaity, much less genius. This is a tough admission from one of LB's geat admirers, but there you are. The original recorded sound is also a bit thin and harsh.

5 out of 5 stars Come back Lennie, we need you.......2006-02-22

This box is worth its price just for the five talks. Bernstein at this stage had a teaching style rather more stilted than the chatty sage of later years, but the combination of authority, insight and infectious enthusiasm is unique. Entertainingly offhand about the New World, he's at his best on the music he reveres most, i.e. Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms, the first movement of whose Fourth Symphony gets a particularly in-depth analysis that left me yearning for more. Practically anyone could enjoy and learn from these talks - they're fascinating fun without a whiff of down-dumbing. When the classical and the popular cross over nowadays, the results are usually compromised and crass, but with Bernstein there doesn't even seem to be a gap to be crossed over - just a passion to share these wonders with as many people as possible. We need his all-embracing talent and vision today more than ever.

Then there are the performances. I'm not the biggest fan of mono symphonic recordings, but these positively leap down your ears, unmannered, committed and electric. It's hard to believe what was achieved under the hasty recording conditions described in the booklet. The sound is a little fierce, but good enough to make this set a wonderful gift for any open-minded but symphonically ignorant acquaintance. I can easily imagine it turning someone on to classical music.

4 out of 5 stars For Bernstein enthusiasts, it's like owning a gold mine.......2005-06-19

This new album set is something that I had heard of, but never dared to hope would be released on CD. It consists of Leonard Bernstein's very first recordings of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (the "Eroica"), Dvorak's "New World Symphony", Schumann's Symphony No. 2, Brahms' Fourth Symphony, and Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony. They are all conducted by Bernstein and played beautifully by an orchestra which bills itself as the New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra, but which is really the great New York Philharmonic, using the name that they gave themselves during summer concerts.

The performances are a revelation, because they demonstrate conclusively that Bernstein did not always "exaggerate" or "overinterpret" great music, as critics frequently claim. His performances here are very, very direct and straightforward, more like Fritz Reiner or Toscanini than like Bernstein.

If this album contained only Bernstein's early performances of these symphonies, it would be interesting, but it might not really attract that much attention, since he re-recorded all of these pieces in stereo in later years, and with the same orchestra.

What makes this set so valuable is that it contains his long out-of-print lectures on these symphonies, and far from what the previous reviewer claims, they never become boring and monotonous. No musician in our time, or maybe even in the history of music, was a better or more articulate and sensitive lecturer on music than Leonard Bernstein. His legendary appearances on the "Young People's Concerts" did more for the appreciation of classical music than all the "Beethoven's Wig" albums combined. (If you don't know what "Beethoven's Wig" is, check it out and shudder at how far music appreciation has fallen since Bernstein's death.)

Bernstein had a unique ability to make classical music accessible to everybody, without ever condescending to the listener or cheapening the music. His lectures on this album, previously only available to 1950's Book of the Month Subscribers (except for part of the Beethoven lecture, which is the only one that Bernstein did re-record in stereo), are invaluable both to music students and to those who are willing to listen. All of the lectures included cover all four movements of the symphonies discussed, except for the Brahms; that one is just as extensive as the others, but it covers only the first movement of the symphony.

However--be warned, the lectures do have a flaw that the symphonies themselves do not, and that is why I have subtracted one star.

The symphony recordings are obviously remastered from magnetic tape, but the lectures have been transferred from LP's. Thus, you will be able to hear an occasional click or pop from time to time, and there is a clearly audible "skip" on the Brahms lecture. It is NOT the CD being defective, or the laser beam on your player skipping; it is clearly the lecture recordings themselves. Deutsche Grammophon, which released this CD set, is very honest about the source of the transfers to compact disc, and is to be commended for this. (They mention it in the last page of the accompanying booklet.) But this shouldn't deter anybody from buying this enormously important Bernstein set.

4 out of 5 stars Bernstein's Early American Recordings.......2005-04-02

The most recent batch of DG's "Original Masters" box sets boasts several titles that will leave classical collectors rejoicing, "Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings" foremost among them. This 5CD set features Lenny in his earliest recorded performances of some of his trademark works -- Beethoven's 3rd, Dvorak's 9th, Schumann's 2nd, Brahms' 4th and Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphonies. Bernstein would later re-record all of five these symphonies with the NYPO (btw, the Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York IS the NYPO) to greater acclaim for Columbia, but these early accounts capture a brilliant young conductor at the threshold of greatness. Also after each performance, Bernstein offers a musical analysis, simplifying what the listener just heard as only he could, which is again something the conductor would become famous for in years to come. Well then, if this is such a great set, why the four-star rating? First, while the performances sound very good, these are 1953 mono recordings and the casual fan needs to be aware that analog and digital stereo recordings of these works by the conductor do exist, and are generally preferable. Second, the musical analysis is a nice touch, but certainly does not warrant repeated listenings, as does the music. In fact, nearly half of the contents of these five discs is LB talking, and it could have been filled with music instead, or simply sold as a less expensive 3CD set. However, these shortcomings aside, "Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings" is another outstanding release in a fine series.
The View from Here
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Cold Quarters to fire up your spirit
  • Outstanding! Every tune is great!
  • Really orignal sounding stuff!
  • Wonderful tunes - terrific playing!
  • Hot Dawg!, this kid can play
The View from Here
Matt Flinner
Manufacturer: Compass Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000202O
Release Date: 1998-02-17

Tracks:

  1. Red Shift
  2. Black's Fork
  3. Nowthen
  4. City Chickens
  5. Cold Quarters
  6. Wilson Bridge
  7. The Village
  8. DNA
  9. Another Alley
  10. The View From Here
  11. Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Cold Quarters to fire up your spirit.......2002-10-31

While the majority of the "acoustic string music" world seems to be jumping through hoops for the pop-grass of Nickel Creek, one of the best mandolinist/composers around, Matt Flinner, doesn't get nearly as much recognition. In terms of compositional ability and gift for melody, Matt is right up there with Mike Marshall and David Grisman.

More than anything else, this cd makes the new Phillips, Grier & Flinner album (Looking Back) even more disappointing. I will never understand why a group with 2 composers on the level of Matt Flinner and David Grier decided to waste an album on lackluster Beatles, Hendrix, etc.. covers. There are a couple noteworthy tracks on that album, but it pales in comparison to their greats.... The View From Here, Latitude, and the original PG&F album.

Matt Flinner's biggest gift, to my ears, is his ability to write such memorable, sometimes haunting melodies. His tunes aren't derivative, yet sometimes they feel like they could be 150 years old. On this cd, the tune Cold Quarters puts visions of the Civil War into my head every time I hear it. Red Shift is just a flat-out masterpiece. One of my favorite tunes in the entire spacegrass, newgrass, jazzgrass (whatever you want to call it) world. This songs just never gets old. Another Valley could be a lost tune from the brilliant Tony Rice Unit album, Backwaters.

The core band here is Matt Flinner (mandolin), David Grier (guitar), and Todd Phillips (bass), plus we get some fantastic guest appearances by Stuart Duncan, Darol Anger, Tim O'Brien, Jerry Douglas, and Mike Marshall. Darol still has some of the best fiddle tone in history, and I swear Stuart makes his fiddle cry in a couple spots on this cd. The way Todd and Jerry lead into Jerry's Red Shift solo will certainly grab your ears and soul.

Simply put, at their best, I love this band. Matt's mandolin style is wonderful, David is THE acoustic guitarist right now, and Todd is as strong as ever.

I won't say that this cd is great from start to finish, there are a couple tunes I usually skip over, but the majority of this cd places it (and Matt) at the forefront of acoustic American string music.

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding! Every tune is great!.......1999-09-21

Matt Flinner is a world class musician. If you are looking for a CD that you can try to wear out, this is the one. I have listened to it at least a hundred times, and I will listen to it at least a hundred times more. Highly recommended!

5 out of 5 stars Really orignal sounding stuff!.......1999-02-22

Matt Flinner plays with real fire, gets a great tone, and has an ear for the kind of melodies that make you feel better for having heard them. Buy it, especially if you love mandolin.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful tunes - terrific playing!.......1998-12-08

I caught Matt playing with Judith Edelman (who's new album "Only Sun" is terrific, too) in London a couple of years ago and was bowled over by their sheer musicianship. This album shows that Matt is not just a great player, he can also write beautiful melodies. I must have listened to this album a hundred times - it stays fresh and interesting and always puts me in a good mood. A real life-enhancing piece of work. I can't imagine anyone regretting buying this wonderful album.

5 out of 5 stars Hot Dawg!, this kid can play.......1998-08-14

Great songs, great playing, and plenty of space make this first release from Matt Flinner a real keeper. I haven't enjoyed an instrumental album this much since I discovered Dave Grisman's Hot Dawg, and if you're a fan of that record you better buy this one as soon as you find it. In addition to what you'd expect - - great playing, a jazz influence, an excellent recording - - Flinner offers some truly terrific songs, all of which are originals. I can't recommend it highly enough.
The View from Here
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • every woman over 30 needs EXPERIENCE in her collection
The View from Here
Suzanne Buirgy
Manufacturer: Attune
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008WT3V
Release Date: 2003-03-25

Tracks:

  1. Except for Me
  2. Undertow
  3. Good Shepard
  4. Marie
  5. Map of the World
  6. Lullaby
  7. Simple Things
  8. Experience
  9. Song in My Head
  10. Got It Made
  11. View from Here

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars every woman over 30 needs EXPERIENCE in her collection.......2004-06-14

Suzanne added some great pieces to her repetoire with this CD. Map of the World was rightly picked up for a television series in pilot. The pilot didn't make it to prime time, though the music was the best part of that show. The song Experience, makes me laugh and sing out loud every time I play it. And The View from Here is another perennial favorite. Good thing you can't wear out CDs or I'd have replaced both my Suzanne Buirgy CDs several times by now.
The View from Here
Average customer rating: Not rated
    The View from Here
    Tom Grant
    Manufacturer: Polygram Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000046P2
    Release Date: 1993-02-23

    Tracks:

    1. Night Falls on the Casbah
    2. Dance Walker
    3. Hang Time
    4. Next Life
    5. Your Tender Touch
    6. Your Look Says It All
    7. Lucky Dog
    8. Journey Within
    9. Clear Thoughts
    10. Everytime You Go Away
    11. Water Spirits
    12. Some of the Old
    The View From Here
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Bobs Back
    The View From Here

    Manufacturer: N.A.
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    ASIN: B0000V6K12
    Release Date: 2002-06-04

    Album Description

    At long last, Bob Bennett returns with The View from Here, a collection of new songs, though he also does a couple of his hits. Utilizing light production to augment his astounding voice and intricate guitar, Bob has recorded this as though it were an intimate concert in someone's living room.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Bobs Back.......2005-02-03

    Another masterpiece by a man who deserves more recognition then he probably will ever have. His dedication to his faith shows in the soothing sound of his music.
    The View from Here
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Not Random At All!
    • I'll add my 2 cents.
    • An excellent overall compilation
    • I've been waiting for this
    • Dark Arty New Wave
    The View from Here
    Random Hold
    Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK
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    ASIN: B00005RHK0
    Release Date: 2005-03-17

    Tracks:

    1. Meat
    2. Second Nature
    3. The Ballad
    4. Precarious Timbers
    5. Central Reservation
    6. Avalanche
    7. Cause And Effect
    8. Dolphin Logic
    9. Silver Spoons
    10. Feat Eats The Soul
    11. Etceteraville
    12. With People Out Of Love
    13. Film Music
    14. Montgomery Clift

    Tracks:

    1. Tunnel Vision
    2. What Happened
    3. The View From Here
    4. Peter Gabriel Intro
    5. What Happened
    6. Avalanche
    7. Etceteraville
    8. Silver Spoons
    9. Where Do All The People Live?
    10. Today Is As Good As Any Other
    11. Passive Camera
    12. Montgomery Clift
    13. Second Nature

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    2001 reissue for UK act described by Peter Gabriel as one of the best band's he's seen in a long time. Gabriel guests on one of the 27 tracks.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Not Random At All!.......2005-05-06

    RH was a group that was before their time, and never got the success and appreciation they so richly deserved. Doomed to failure by perhaps too much too quickly, followed by not enough support, they nevertheless produced two albums' worth of wonderful, dark, savage, pre-New Wave tunes. When people talk about the "new" Emo music, I laugh and suggest they get their ears on some Random Hold.

    In addition to playing with Peter Gabriel for the past 25 years, David Rhodes has done a great deal. [...].

    5 out of 5 stars I'll add my 2 cents........2005-03-04

    Freaking out of this world when I played it for the first time in 1980. Bliss. Every single composition. I was turned on to the album Etceteraville (the abridged version of this) by a reference to Random Hold on the liner notes on Peter Gabriel 3 (one of my most played albums ever); that along with Hammill's listing as producer. My thinking was "I like the dark, edgy, violent rhythm guitar, Rhodes plays on PG3, so I buy this RH album here in the bin," having appeared within a few months of the PG3 release.

    Gabriel couldn't have done this group justice. Hammill really put together a sawtooth-waved, menacing, formalist masterpiece in Avalanche (which this album is, with live stuff of uneven merit tacked onto the unused part of Disk 2).

    If you can find Avalanche on vinyl, so much the better.

    If you like songs like P. Gabriel's "Not One of Us," I believe you'll like this CD.

    5 out of 5 stars An excellent overall compilation.......2004-08-28

    This is a must have for collectors of 80's music. These tracks are a joy to listen to and the sound is not dated. I turned my 19 year old son on to Random Hold and he likes them better than the crap the recording industry is slopping out now! Granted the original analog recording over to digital lacks in fidelity, but adds to the rare historic charm. My favorite tracks were Central Reservation, Precarious Timbers, Etceteraville, What Happened, and the title track. After 20 years I still don't tire of them. Buy this now...you won't have regrets!

    4 out of 5 stars I've been waiting for this.......2004-02-29

    Having enjoyed David Rhodes' contribution to the Plus from Us compilation and waiting in continual disappointment for his long-promised solo album I figured at least there was some slim hope of the Random Hold stuff being released on CD and here it is.

    The music is a mix of new wave and progressive with the opening tracks being amazingly proggy sounding (almost King Crimson-like in their rhythms and harmonic structure). The more New Wave-ish stuff sounds an awful lot like Kid Creole to my ears.

    If you're wondering if it's worth the money, I would say sure. You get well over two hours of music between the two discs.

    4 out of 5 stars Dark Arty New Wave.......2003-10-01

    Anyone who is seeking this out because they are a fan of David Rhodes' wonderful minimalist guitar stylings will not be disappointed. The sound is a bit dated, sounding like a soundtrack for the urban landscape of the very early eighties. I always think of the film 'Return to New York' for some reason when I listen to it. Being a reformed new wave kid I don't find this detracting at all, however. Also features Pete Phipps (Glitter Band, XTC) on drums (boffo!). The live tracks are a bonus, but not essential. The production is relatively simple, owing more to producer Pete Hammill (Van der Graf Generator) than the first choice for producer (Peter Gabriel). Stand out tracks are "The Ballad", ""Avalanche" "Etceteraville" and "Montgomery Clift".
    The View from Here
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      The View from Here
      Yearling
      Manufacturer: Tragic Hero Records
      ProductGroup: Music
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      ASIN: B000P46MLC
      Release Date: 2007-05-08

      Tracks:

      1. Kaleidoscope
      2. The View From Here
      3. Holiday
      4. I, Flight Machine
      5. Slowdance
      6. Picture Prose
      7. Low Earth Orbit
      8. Arrow And Archer
      9. Picturesque
      10. Luna
      11. Atlantis
      12. Bells
      13. All Of You And All Of Me

      Album Description

      Through the craggy mountains of sound that North Carolina metal acts have pushed up through the years lies the lulls and valleys populated by pop bands that once dominated the local music scenes, and their younger brethren eager to return to the melodies that first put the state on the map. Climbing down from the monoliths towering above to forge something new and unique is Yearling, featuring Sid Menon, bassist for the uncompromisingly brutal Glass Casket. Cutting his teeth touring the nation with the metal outfit, Menon realized that as much as he enjoyed the shredding and destruction Glass Casket provided him with, his heart still lie in the golden sounds of 70's AM pop. A sound he was eager to breathe new life into and bring back to the forefront in the scene at home. On their debut full-length, The View From Here, Yearling takes the arena-rock appeal of artists like Todd Rundgren and T. Rex and updates it with an ambience and soul all their own. The result is an album bursting with lush harmonies and fluid, textured guitar-work. There are hints of synth and sound loops that flesh things out and make each song it's own animal, an impressive feat in a sea of pop that pays tribute to yesterday and yet all sounds the same. The most impressive thing about the album is that you'll barely notice as the instantly catchy choruses bury themselves inside your head, unable to be shaken for weeks. But that's certainly not a bad thing as you'll find that the mood of the record is such that every time you hum it to yourself you'll be smiling.
      The View from Here
      Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
      • Not bad, but not remarkably good either...
      The View from Here
      Artie Traum
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      Release Date: 1996-02-20

      Tracks:

      1. Mysterious Stranger
      2. Superwoman
      3. Passenger
      4. Abracadabra
      5. Ferry to Panarea
      6. Bermuda Triangle
      7. Amazon, River of Dreams
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      10. Dark Passage
      11. Horses
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      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not remarkably good either..........2003-09-11

      This is a difficult review to write. Why? There isn't much to say about this album except that it's, well, dull. If you're a jazz guitar fan, there's nothing here you haven't heard done more interestingly or innovatively on numerous other albums. (See Acoustic Alchemy, Norman Brown, David Arkenstone, Nando Lauria, others...)

      THE VIEW FROM HERE makes for half-way decent "chill" music, largely because there's not much musically that'll draw your attention. Not that it's unpleasant, but it'll ultimately act as filler in your jukebox or on your CD rack.
      Pushing 33 the View From Here
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        Pushing 33 the View From Here
        Pushing 33
        Manufacturer: Last Chance Entertainment
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B000JHZXYM

        Christian Music:

        1. The Way She Is
        2. There She Goes [CD-single]
        3. There She Goes [CD-single]
        4. Three Gals Three Guitars
        5. Top Tunes M Series Karaoke Multiplex CDG Sheryl Crow TTM-056
        6. Torn [Import]
        7. Touching Your Heart
        8. Vertical Man [Box set] [Import]
        9. Vicious & Fresh
        10. Viva Forever [Posh Spice Limited Edition Australian CD] [CD-single] [Import]

        Christian Music

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        Christian Music

        My Favorite Song Writers

        Warm Caress

        What's the Word

        Something More

        You, My Baby & I [Import]

        Whisper Me

        Wass Reggae

        Youngest in Charge

        White Line Offsides [Explicit Lyrics]

        Under Pressure Remix, Pt. 2 [CD-single] [Import]

        Vitalogy

        Viva Palmieri [Import]

        What's Going On [CD-single]

        Les Chemins de L'Amour

        Absolutely the Best