Having a Good Time [Import]

Product Description
First album for the American Ace label. Remastered. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Having a Good Time,Huey Smith,Westside UK,Oldies,Pop,R&B/Soul,Rock

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Average customer rating: Essential bluegrass from Knopfler and pals Notting Hill Billies review Notting Hillbillies A rare contrarian view.......... Missed...a real good time.

Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time The Notting Hillbillies Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Neck and Neck All the Roadrunning The Ragpicker's Dream Golden Heart One Take Radio Sessions ASIN: B000002LKU Release Date: 1990-02-22

Tracks:

1. Railroad Worksong
2. Bewildered
3. Your Own Sweet Way
4. Run Me Down
5. One Way Gal
6. Blues Stay Away From Me
7. Will You Miss Me
8. Please Baby
9. Weapon Of Prayer
10. That's Where I Belong
11. Feel Like Going Home

Customer Reviews:

Essential bluegrass from Knopfler and pals.......2007-05-31

The Notting Hillbillies (four pals from England: Mark Knopfler, Guy Fletcher, Steve Phillips and Brendan Croker) was a bluegrass band formed in the late 1980s. In 1990 they released Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time, their first and last album. That fact alone is a shame because Missing is just so good.

The track list is a mixture of old, old bluegrass/blues numbers and original compositions written by the band members - Knopfler's signature guitar work is heard clearly on several of the tracks, especially the mournful "Feel Like Going Home" finale. What makes this CD so special is the unpretentious mood and feel that you get from the songs - it's the perfect album for just relaxing and having a good, easy time.

The liner booklet includes lyrics for each song, and a photo of each band member, and if my memory serves me, I think the lyrics are written down pretty correctly for each song.

It is difficult to pick a favourite song, but the real stand-outs are the atmospheric "Railroad Worksong," bluesy "Your Own Sweet Way" (Knopfler's original), "Will You Miss Me," calypso pastiche "One Way Gal," the wonderful "Weapon of Prayer" and of course the weepy "Feel Like Going Home."

You won't find banjos or fiddles, but you will find plenty of heart and just simply good music. The word for this album is "laid back." It's one of those few CDs that rank on my essentials list, and I would recommend it to anyone.

Notting Hill Billies review.......2007-03-26

This is an outstanding piece of work for Mark Knopfler as just a member of a band. It is well out of the MTV era, which to me was pathetic attempt at creating music. The supporting cast on the disc
"Missing...Presumed having a good time" is excellent. If you are looking for some MTV [....] then this disc is not for you, if you want an eclectic mix of, rock-a-billy, country, folk, and swing, then purchase this disc you will not be disappointed.

Notting Hillbillies.......2007-01-12

Great old album. One of my favorites for long trips in a car. It reminds me of old country radio when I was young. Any fan of Mark Knopfler should enjoy it.

A rare contrarian view.................2006-08-11

I had a bit more trouble enjoying this than did the other reviewers, I guess. Being contemporaneous with the Chet Atkins "Neck and Neck" recordings, the country influence is very clear in this work. Of course, the name of the band tips us off to this. NOTHING wrong with that at all, in itself, my problem lies in the pace. On too many songs, the tempo is slow, along the lines of dreamy country a la Eddy Arnold/Floyd Cramer/Pete Drake etc. Even the opening track "Railroad Worksong" is performed much more slowly than the thumping treatment the song usually receives. I kept waiting for the trademark Knopfler soaring guitar licks to waft me away, but they seldom came. And Brendan Croker is no slouch either - I love his own works with his bands - but here again I was seldom transported. The album was a good idea, a sort of "country Traveling Wilburys," but needed to pick up the pace more often.

Missed...a real good time........2006-06-07

Sixteen years after its release, on the recommendation of a friend, I ordered "Missing...presumed having a good time." As promised by other reviewers, it is a total delight, akin to discovering J.J. Cale's "Naturally" decades ago. Understated tight guitar, the presence of pedal steel, dobro, the occasional accordion or marimba and swelling of strings in the background, the traded-off vocals and resurrection of traditional gems keep this one delivering cut after cut. A 1951 Louvin Brothers-penned "Weapon of Prayer" renders Neil Young's, Natalie Maine's, Bruce Springsteen's and Billie Joe Armstrong's war protests histrionic by comparison. This CD is richly rewarding. A totally safe gamble for you to make.

Average customer rating: Everybody sing "Goobah Goobah Goobah Goobah" You will have a good time!

Having a Good Time Huey "Piano" Smith Manufacturer: Demon Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Classic R&B | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Let the Good Times Roll: 20 of New Orleans' Finest R&B Classics 1949-1966 Ain't Got No Home: The Best of Clarence "Frogman" Henry Finger Poppin' & Stompin' Feet: 20 Classic Allen Toussaint Productions For Minit Records 1960-1962 The Best of Smiley Lewis: I Hear You Knocking Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology ASIN: B00000JWSF Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

1. Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
2. Little Chickee Wah Wah
3. Li'l Liza Jane
4. Just a Lonely Clown
5. Hush Your Mouth
6. Don't You Know Yockomo
7. Havin' a Good Time
8. Don't You Just Know It
9. Well I'll Be John Brown
10. Everybody's Whalin'
11. High Blood Pressure
12. We Like Birdland

Album Description

First album for the American Ace label. Remastered.

Customer Reviews:

Everybody sing "Goobah Goobah Goobah Goobah".......2000-04-17

I'm completely blissed out by Huey Piano Smith's primally infectious nonsense. At this rate, I'm likely to be humming "Don't You Just Know It" on my deathbed...

You will have a good time!.......1999-03-20

Although the later cuts seem to go into a more basic blues vein, the cream of the crop are the first dozen or so cuts. I have never as an adult felt more of a sense of giddy fun than when listening to "We Like Birdland," "Well I'll Be John Brown," "Don't You Just Know It,"etc. There is a dense heavy sound to the cuts, but don't let that fool you. Huey and his Clowns are there to have fun, and don't you forget it! The lyrics are basically nonsense, but that rhythm section is awesome, really tight. It's hard to explain what makes this band so great, but maybe it is their ability to have so much fun while playing some really funky, but silly, New Orleans style piano based rock'n'roll. If you are ever in the mood to just let go, act about ten years old, and yet feel funky at the same time, this is the album for you. Don't think any deep thoughts, just party!

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Mommy, I Can't Sleep Manufacturer: Allegro Corporation ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Nursery Furniture Sets | Nursery Furniture | Furniture | Furniture & Décor | Categories | Home & Garden Furniture & Décor Style (style_browse-bin) | Furniture & Décor (1057794) | Refinements | Home & Garden | Casual | Contemporary | International | Traditional Furniture | Categories | Baby Products | Armoires, Chests & Dressers | Changing Tables | Cribs | Gliders & Ottomans | Hampers, Organizers & Storage | Mattresses | Playards | Sets | Step Stools & Chairs | Toddler Beds | Toy Chests CDs | Music & Video | Products | ASIN: B000CA2JJI Release Date: 2004-07-01

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Swampadelica Manufacturer: Sidewards Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAE6YO Release Date: 2005-08-23

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Time To Go Jo Alexis , and Richard Alexander Manufacturer: Wild Garden Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00008X5IM Release Date: 2001-03-01

Tracks:

1. I Don't Want Your Kisses
2. You Are Not My Home
3. This Parked Car
4. Big Apology
5. Time To Go
6. Let's Put The Past Away

Album Description

Alternative country song cycle all having to do with the perennial country theme of "leaving that no good man".

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Having a Good Time The Torres Brothers & Veronica Manufacturer: Street Beat Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000HY63 Release Date: 1999-01-26

Tracks:

1. Having A Good Time (Trip Hop Radio Edit)
2. Having A Good Time (Speed Garage Radio Edit)
3. Having A Good Time (Alfresh's Speed Garage Vocal Mix)
4. Having A Good Time (Alfresh's 'Worldwide DJ' Dub)
5. Having A Good Time (Lou's Hard 'Progressive' Dub)
6. Having A Good Time (Lou's 'Deeper And Deeper' House Mix)
7. Having A Good Time (Dynamism's 'Blown Bass' Tribal Track)
8. Having A Good Time (Trip Hop Fix Mix)

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation Mary Callanan & Brian Patton Manufacturer: Mary Callanan & Brian Patton ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAK24C Release Date: 2003-09-16

Tracks:

1. Lot of Livin' to Do
2. Old Cape Cod
3. How Do I Live Without You?
4. Betcha by Golly Wow
5. Why Don't You Do Right?/Big Spender
6. Up on the Roof
7. Under the Boardwalk
8. Secret Love
9. Angie Baby
10. Rainbow Medley -The Rainbow Connection, I'm Always Chasing R
11. Wishin' and Hopin'
12. Where the Boys Are
13. Won't Last a Day Without You
14. Sunday Will Never Be the Same
15. Time After Time

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Christmas Time - Harp And Marimba Manufacturer: Layne Brothers Studio ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Holiday | Miscellaneous | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00005RURL Release Date: 2001-10-20

Tracks:

1. Joy to the World
2. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
3. Let It Snow
4. Rudolph the Red Nosed-Reindeer
5. What Child Is This?
6. O Little Town of Bethlehem
7. Medley of the Bells
8. Angels We Have Heard On HIgh
9. O Come, All Ye Faithful
10. Drumming Medley
11. O Holy Night
12. Jingle Bells
13. Sleigh Ride
14. Here Comes Santa Claus
15. O Tannenbaum
16. I Wonder As I Wander
17. Silent Night
18. We Wish You A Merry Christma

Album Description

As the title suggests, this CD features the unusual combination of harp and marimba. Together, the two instruments create a gorgeous sound, very evocative of the Christmas season. A mix of favourites - from Silent Night to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - A unique way to celebrate the "Christmas Spirit."

About the Instruments:

The harp - The pedal harp stands a little over six feet tall. It has 47 strings, and seven pedals at its base. The pedals are used to control the pitch of the strings; by changing the setting of a pedal you can cause a whole set of strings to become sharp, natural, or flat.

The marimba - The marimba of modern times ranges between 4 1/3 octaves to a full 5 octaves. Robin plays a 4 1/3 octave marimba. It is 6' 5" in length and stands 3' 2" high. The marimba is played by striking its bars with mallets. Depending on the piece, a performer will use either one mallet in each hand or two (some modern pieces even call for the use of three mallets per hand).

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I'm Having a Good Time! Vicki Victoria Manufacturer: Delight Makers Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000B9G7XO

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Having a Good Time Huey "Piano" Smith Manufacturer: Westside Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000E9ZB Release Date: 1998-04-21

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