White Gold

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Barry White's second Love Unlimited Orchestra album drives more carefully down the middle of the road than did its predecessor, Rhapsody in White. Save for the extremely polite "Satin Soul," most of White Gold is disco background instrumental with barely a pulse; the big man also refrains from butting in with the purring pronouncements of love (or horniness) that helped make Rhapsody such a kick. Still, you have to kind of admire an album whose cover carries a credit for the jewelers who loaned most of the photo props. --Rickey Wright

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Gold: The Very Best of Barry White Love Unlimited Orchestra Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Ultimate Collection Can't Get Enough Put Me in Your Mix Just Another Way to Say I Love You Barry White Sings for Someone You Love ASIN: B000E9X2WK Release Date: 2006-02-09

Tracks:

1. Love's Theme - The Love Unlimited Orchestra
2. I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby
3. I've Got So Much To Give
4. Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up
5. Honey Please, Can't Ya See
6. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
7. You're The First, The Last, My Everything
8. Satin Soul - The Love Unlimited Orchestra
9. What Am I Gonna Do With You
10. I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To
11. Let The Music Play
12. You See The Trouble With Me
13. Baby We Better Try To Get It Together
14. Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love - Love Unlimited
15. It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring) - Love Unlimited

Tracks:

1. My Sweet Summer Suite - The Love Unlimited Orchestra
2. Don't Make Me Wait Too Long
3. I'm Qualified To Satisfy You
4. It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me
5. Oh What A Night For Dancing
6. Playing Your Game, Baby
7. Just The Way You Are
8. It's Only Love Doing Its Thing
9. Sha La La Means I Love You
10. Sho' You Right
11. Practice What You Preach
12. I Only Want To Be With You

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Import only 29-track double disc collection! Highlights include 'Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up', 'Cant Get Enough Of Your Love Babe', 'Playing Your Game, Baby' and many more. Universal. 2006.

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White Gold Alchemy : Tools for Transformation Manufacturer: Tom Kenyon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Soma: Experience in Psychoacoustic Healing The Ghandarva Experience Mary Magdalen Energy Meditations: Alchemical Practices To Elevate And Balance The Serpent Power Within Sound Transformation Hathor Material ASIN: B0009NXS70

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"In ancient Egypt, the attainment of white gold was considered to be one of the hallmarks of advanced initations. In India, secret yogas often utilized the balancing of the internal sun (sureya) and the internal moon (chandra) in order to generate a subtle type of white gold. This internal synthesis of subtle substance was associated with highly elevated states of being.-------Presented in a modern manner without dogna, this easy-to-use practice offers a wealth of benefits. For one, it purifies the nadis (subtle energy pathways) and increases the strength of one's illumination. For another it activates subtle energies connected with the pituitary and pineal grand. The meditation tends to have a deeply balancing and restorative effect on those who practice it. The cumulative effects of this practice are extraordinary, bringing the practitioner enhanced spiritual awareness.----The recording combines detailed guided instruction with an ancient indian chant to the sun and moon. Within this chant are audible Hathor sounds making the meditation more catalytic and powerful".Tom Kenyon

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Sublime.......2005-11-19

This is a superlative album for attaining a deep meditave state, enabling access to another realm. The chant is very beautiful and hypnotic.I Love Tom Kenyon's work.

Average customer rating: Another gem from 1972! Another comment from Bend Great, but 2nd still to the live album Edgar with the white trash were really a favourite Forceful, trashy blues/rock deserves a listen

Edgar Winter's White Trash Edgar Winter's White Trash Manufacturer: Mobile Fidelity ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: They Only Come Out at Night Eat a Peach Quadrophenia In Search of the Lost Chord Born Under a Bad Sign ASIN: B000000IWC Release Date: 1997-12-09

Tracks:

1. Give It Everything You Got
2. Fly Away
3. Where Would I Be
4. Let's Get It On
5. I've Got News For You
6. Save The Planet
7. Dying To Live
8. Keep Playin' That Rock 'N' Roll
9. You Were My Light
10. Good Morning Music

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Another gem from 1972!.......2004-10-02

This album and 'Roadwork' were probably the best that Edgar Winter has ever released, although when it came to commercial success "They Only Come Out At Night" scores the highest since alot of chart singles were released from that album.
Thanks to Emperor Rosko this album got alot of airplay on British radio in 1972. Very funky throughout especially on the gospel groove "Save The Planet" (almost could've been written by Laura Nyro) "Give It Everything You've Got" has that Allen Toussaint sound. "Keep Playin' That Rock 'n'Roll" is a short auto-biographical account of Johnny & Edgars careers.
The main reason why I rate this one and Edgars live 'Roadwork' is on account of the SUPERB vocals of Jerry LaCroix, probably one of the most underrated singers that ever lived. The closest thing to a white version of Ray Charles!! Just listen to him sing Rays blues ballad "I've Got News for You" (which also features Johnny Winter on rhythm guitar)
LaCroixs voice can make your hair stand on end. Every track on this one is superb and full of raw, in-your-face earthiness. No slick commercial hype on this album.
A wonderful album fully reminiscent of the talent filled early '70s when the Blues still had a strong influence on the rock idiom and people really knew how to play their instruments.

Another comment from Bend.......1999-01-30

The album that Norway and I were looking for is Roadwork and is available from Amazon! I've already got a copy in my shopping cart . . .

Great, but 2nd still to the live album.......1999-01-30

I agree with the previous review from the person in Norway. The live album cut by Edgar Winter and the White Trash was classic. If anyone can figure how to get copies of this please post the info here.

Edgar with the white trash were really a favourite.......1999-01-19

Dear Edgar Winther fan like I am. I really looking for the Cassett, LP or CD from the White Trash live consert where Edgar's brother Johnny came on stage and played among other Tobacco road. Can anyone help me to get that cassett, LP or CD. I only bought cassett many years ago, but the tape broke and it is lost. I do not know the name for that LP, but if anyone can help me I will be glad.

Forceful, trashy blues/rock deserves a listen.......1998-08-15

Forget "Frankenstein", this is the best of Edgar Winter. Edgar,lead singer Leo Lacroix and the rest of the "White Trash" ensemble are on fire on this classic album. I saw this act in the 70's and they blew away every stop with a high-energy blues/rock/soul revue. The horn section (featuring Edgar's sax)and lead guitarist (a relatively big name player whom I can't recall)is terrific. Why this band was never more popular is a mystery.

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1972 Am Gold Manufacturer: Time-Life Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: AM Gold 1973 (Time Life Music) Am Gold 1970 AM Gold: 1968 1967 Am Gold AM Gold: 1969 ASIN: B000A350ZC

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Full tracks.......2006-03-23

1. Black & White - 3 Dog Night~~2. You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce~~3. I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash~~4. I'm Still In Love With You - Al Green~~5. Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan~~6. (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All - The 5th Dimension~~7. Nice To Be With You - Gallery~~8. Garden Party - Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band~~9. Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts~~10. I'd Love You To Want Me - Lobo~~11. Precious & Few - Climax~~12. A Horse With No Name - America~~13. Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass~~14. Everybody Plays The Fool - The Main Ingredient~~15. Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show~~16. Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites~~17. Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues - Danny O'Keefe~~18. Me & Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul~~19. Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis~~20. Without You - Nilsson~~21. Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues

Average customer rating: How does the revised MERRILY compare with the original? The most comprehensive recording This is the recording of MERRILY to purchase! The Definitive "Merrily" Best interpretation of the show and score

Merrily We Roll Along (1993 Leicester Cast) Manufacturer: Jay Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Company (2006 Broadway Revival Cast) Merrily We Roll Along (1981 Original Broadway Cast) Grey Gardens - A New Musical (2006 Original Broadway Cast) Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast) Curtains (2007 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B000005BGV Release Date: 1997-03-11

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. The Hills of Tomorrow Merrily
3. Merrily (1979-75) Old Friends Like It Was
4. Merrily (1974-73) Franklin Shepard, Inc.
5. Old Friends
6. Not A Day Goes By
7. Now You Know
8. It's A Hit!
9. Merrily (1964-62) Good Thing Going
10. Merrily (1961-60); Bobby and Jackie and Jack
11. Not A Day Goes By
12. Opening Doors
13. Our Time
14. The Hills

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How does the revised MERRILY compare with the original?.......2005-04-10

The original 1981 production played 6 weeks of previews before opening to crushingly bad reviews. Two weeks later it closed. The day after the final performance the cast assembled at RCA's New York studios to record the cast album. In 1985 a revised production directed by James Lapine opened at the LaJolla playhouse and received encouraging reviews. More revisions lead to other productions and 1992 it was given a production at the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester and that production was given a lavish 2 CD recording by John Yap and issued on TER in England and later on JAY in the U.S. This was followed in May 1994 -just a few weeks after PASSION opened on Broadway - by an off-off-Broadway York Theatre Company revival that received generally better reviews than the original received. It was recorded by Varese-Sarabande. Both the Leicester cast and York casts use the revised version with an altered tune stack.

1. OVERTURE - In 1981 the Overture was a complete piece. In the revised version it cuts off midpoint and segues into the title song.

2. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - The original production began with Frank coming back to his former high school to mark 25 years since his graduation. His speech - a caution to the students to be prepared for compromise and frustration was challenged by the students who launched into the title song. As noted above, the revised version begins with the cast singing the song but without any context.

3. THAT FRANK/RICH AND HAPPY - The party scene. In the original Frank's new movie was terrible though none of the guests would tell him to his face. In the revised version the movie is a success. In THAT FRANK the party guests, Mary excepted, sing of Frank's seemingly endless talents. RICH AND HAPPY drew the conclusion that since Frank was rich and successful he must therefore be happy as well. Both songs use the same accompaniment.

4. OLD FRIENDS/LIKE IT WAS - originally in a separate scene in 1975 at a restaurant where Mary hopes to encourage reconciliation between Charley and Frank. In the revised version this number was placed as a lead in to the 3rd scene, tightening the narrative.

5. FRANKLIN SHEPARD, INC. - this song remains virtually unchanged. In the original Frank walked off the stage of the TV talk show at the end of the song ending his and Charley's partnership. In the revised version, borrowing some dialogue from the deleted restaurant scene, Frank makes it very clear that he is furious with Charley and that their friendship is finished.

6. OLD FRIENDS - though the dialogue scene leading into this song was changed for the revised version, the song remains the same.

7. GROWING UP - added to the revised version. The OLD FRIENDS scene continues after everyone leaves Frank alone in his new apartment and he muses on his friendship with Mary and Charley. Later Gussie arrives having left her husband - Frank and Charley's producer - and intent on moving in with Frank.

8. NOT A DAY GOES BY - this song changed hands a lot. Originally - in previews - Frank's soon-to-be ex-wife Beth sang it on the steps outside the courthouse. The actress playing Beth could not sing it so they re-assigned the song to Frank with a modified lyric. In the revised version it was restored to Beth and the original lyric is used.

9. NOW YOU KNOW - some lyric changes but essentially the same song. The original Broadway production incorporated a dance section that recapped the first act score (in forward sequence) using NOW YOU KNOW, OLD FRIENDS, FRANKLIN SHEPARD INC and RICH AND HAPPY. The dance segment was not recorded and was dropped from the revised version.

10. ENTR'ACTE/ACT TWO OPENING - in the revised version Act Two opens with Gussie onstage performing GOOD THING GOING. The original began Act Two with the scene outside the theatre as the friends listened to the audience reaction.

11. IT'S A HIT! - Essentially the same but loses a clever short section about selling out (Charley: Even if (the show) is a smash, doesn't that mean we sell out? Producer: Well, I hope we sell out! Charley: What I mean is sell out. Well you know...")

12. THE BLOB/GOOD THING GOING - THE BLOB was cut in previews and not included on the OCR. It was restored for the revised version. Note the main melody is the same tune used for GROWING UP. GOOD THING GOING is essentially the same.

13. BOBBY AND JACKIE AND JACK - the revised version slightly trims the number.

14. NOT A DAY GOES BY - Originally a trio for Mary, Frank and Beth at the wedding of the latter two. When Beth lost the song in Act One she was cut out of the Act Two version as well. Frank sang it to Beth as his wedding vow while Mary quietly, sadly duetted from the sidelines. The trio version is restored to the revised version.

15. OPENING DOORS

16. OUR TIME

These two remain essentially the same.

17. THE HILLS OF TOMORROW - The revised version ends with OUR TIME. The original version had a short final scene in 1955 as Frank finishes his valedictory speech to the class. They then sing a song he and his friend Charley have written. The classmates smile, there is a flash as their class picture is taken and the curtain slowly falls on these smiling faces. It was a fine ending to the show and I wish this (and the opening graduation scene) would be restored. Otherwise the revised script is in every way superior.

Sound-wise the newer recordings have a crisp, clean sound though the orchestra is roughly half the size of the original. The first cast is pretty hard to beat. If you are doing the show only the revised script is available, so you will want one of the new recordings. Jay's 2 CD set is most complete and includes some of the dialogue. V/S has the wonderful Malcolm Gets as Franklin.

The most comprehensive recording.......2002-09-19

I've never seen the show, which has had a mixed history (initially a flop, recently much more successful), so I can only rate the music, which is just fabulous. The score features everything from sophiticated ballads -- Not A Day Goes By -- to lovely pop tunes such as Our Time. Sondheim's trademark lyrical cleverness is ever present. At one point he has the characters perform a political comedy song in 1960, so Sondheim had to write a piece using sophisticated 1960 political humor. I doubt anyone at the time did it half as well.

Note that this is a double CD, and I think it is the only one available. In many cases this means that the recording has two versions of certain songs if they are sung twice in the show. I thought this a big plus because the songs are sung at different times in the show and given different interpretations. Indeed, because the show it told chronologically backwards, you see how Sondheim gives you what is really a reprise before the song is initially sung. On the other recordings of this show they have only one version and you miss this whole layer of Sondheim.

The cast is great. The orchestra is great. All in all, just great Sondheim.

This is the recording of MERRILY to purchase!.......2002-06-08

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG was one of Sondheim's biggest flops when it first opened on Broadway in 1981. It suffered from a variety of problems, probably the biggest being that the fascinating concept of the show - relating a story in reverse chronological order - led to a host of difficulties that required more time to solve than the tryout period allowed. Over the next dozen years, Sondheim and book-writer George Furth (along with assistance from a new director, James Lapine), modified the show. The show is drastically improved by the revisions.

While Sondheim and Furth have made a few minor revisions since the Leicester Haymarket production (mostly in shortening a few rhythms in the transitions, changing some introductory dialogue, and axing some dialogue in "It's a Hit!"), the Leicester recording is far superior to the recording of the final version of the show produced by Varese Sarabande.

CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION:
Some neat concepts from the original production have been left by the wayside to improve the overall structure. Gone is the opening scene at the 1980 Lake Forest Academy graduation ceremony and the accompanying "The Hills of Tomorrow." The title song is now presented as a prologue so that the audience can concentrate on the lyrics' message. The music of the 1979 (now 1976) scene has been heavily revised (including a new melody called "That Frank") to integrate more plot into the lyrics. The 1975 scene has been eliminated, although Mary's music survives intact as the first part of an expanded 1973 scene. A great new song, "Growing Up," Frank's rationalizations for changing his goals and values, has been added to the 1968 scene. Beth now sings "Not a Day Goes By" in the 1966 (now 1967) scene instead of Frank. Lyrics have been revised in "Now You Know" to be about encouraging Frank to take a vacation, not to go back to work.

Act II has required less modifications. Gussie opens the act by singing a brassy rendition of the beginning of "Good Thing Going" as her eleven-o'clock number in Frank and Charley's 1964 show. "It's a Hit!" has been shortened a bit, but Beth is now included in the backstage celebration. The 1962 scene includes a song about the New York elite, "The Blob," which had been cut from the original production, plus a reprise of "Growing Up." The scenes from 1960-1957 remain relatively unchanged, although Beth sings lead in the reprise of "Not a Day Goes By." The show now ends with "Our Time," since the 1955 graduation scene has been eliminated.

THE RECORDING:
Of the three recordings I know of this show, this is by far the best. Michael Cantwell (who I truly thought I would hate after hearing him in STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW) is a great Frank, both as a successful Hollywood executive and as an idealistic music student. Maria Friedman is almost perfect as Mary, with gravelly singing as an alcoholic in Act I and a youthful exuberance in the "Our Time" dialogue. Evan Pappas has the dramatic range to play Charley, and his enunciation in the difficult "Franklin Shepard, Inc." is admirable. Louise Gold brings the proper degrees of brassiness and insincerity to Gussie, one of musical theater's greatest "dragon lady" roles. (Jason Alexander in the original 1981 cast recording is the best Joe, and Anne Bobby in the 1994 Varese Sarabande recording is the best Beth.) The actors are young enough to convey the youthful ideals of the second act (and hit the high notes) but old enough to convincingly portray 30- and 40-somethings in the first act. The inclusion of key dialogue helps the listener put the songs into their proper context.

The Definitive "Merrily".......2001-11-20

Having listened extensively to all recordings of "Merrily We Roll Along," I say with confidence that this is by far the best, most complete recording.

The performances are all wonderful. I enjoy Maria Friedman's work on here most of all. I can clearly hear her transformation from a depressed drunkard back to a hopeful youth through the recording. Her expressive voice and striking acting choices always make her a joy to even listen to.

This CD has the best orchestrations I have heard. The underscore to "Franklin Shepherd Inc" has finally been cleaned up to the point where it sounds like an actual song, and the overall feel of the show has a real edge.

The tempos are up and the performers sound like they don't have guns being held to their heads in the recording studio. The performances a lucid and dynamic. The overall feel of the show, for the first time, has a smooth and consistent feel just from listening to the recording.

This may not be my favorite piece of Sondheim, but it is his brassiest score. This quality, lost in the off-broadway recording, is really restored here.

This CD is personal treasure and a must for Sondheim fanatics. However, this recording is by far the most accesible recording of this most difficult show.

Best interpretation of the show and score.......2000-07-21

This recording only helps to prove that Maria Friedman is the no. 1 British interpreter (if not the no. 1 international interpreter of all-time) of the music of Stephen Sondheim. Her comic timing is immpeccible, and she is larger than life in her singing (especially in "Now You Know"). Louise Gold has an Ethel Merman-y quality to her voice, and this is a great new reading of the character of Guessie (she is, after all, a Broadway head-liner), as opposed to the purring sex-kitten of all of the other Guessies out there. And her rage in the dialgoue excerpt on the first disc is clear. This woman is one heavy-duty actress. We see that Guessie isn't really the only one out of the main characters to become bitter and disilliusioned, as many people make the mistake of believing. Jacqueline Dankworth does not just sing the heart-wrenching "Not a Day Goes By," she acts it. And she acts and sings the hell out of it. She has definately inherited her mother's talent (but is decidedly different in her performance style). As you can see, all of the women on this recording are effervescent, and the men rise up to the challenge (particularly the Joe Josephson of Gareth Snook and the Charlie of Evan Pappas). And there is Frank, menacing as always. This CD is the best out there, with a large amount of dialogue, and all of the score. Here is the definitive, no-questions-asked, no-holds-barred version of MERILLY WE ROLL ALONG on CD. Buy it today!

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Tracks:

1. What Child Is This? - Vanessa Williams
2. Winter Wonderland - Ella Fitzgerald
3. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
4. The Christmas Song - Mel Torme
5. Silver And Gold - Burl Ives
6. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Perry Como
7. Silver Bells - The Ames Brothers
8. Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
9. The White Snows Of Christmas - The Kingston Trio
10. Koppangen - Anne Sophie Von Otter
11. Mary Did You Know - Hayley Westenra
12. We Three Kings Of Orient Are - Anadian Brass
13. The Homecoming - John Tesh
14. Shepherd's Pipe Carol Choir - Shoir Of St John's College
15. Carol Of The Drum - John Williams
16. Once In Royal David - Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields
17. Les Anges Dans Nos Campagne - Gheorghe Zamfir
18. Carol Of The Bells - Musica Sacra
19. I Saw Three Ships - Mantovani & His Orchestra
20. Sleigh Ride - Arthur Fiedler
21. The Christmas Waltz - THE LIVING STRINGS
22. Christmas Bells - Mantovani & His Orchestra
23. Patapan - London Symphony Orchestra
24. We Wish You A Merry Christmas - The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
25. Jingle Bell Rock - Bond

Tracks:

1. Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) - Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields
2. O Holy Night - Luciano Pavarotti
3. O Tannebaum - Vienna Boys' Choir
4. Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti
5. Joy To The World - Joan Sutherland
6. Ding Dong! Merrily On High - John Rutter
7. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Anthony Way
8. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - The Choir Of King's College
9. Coventry Carol - London Symphony Orchestra
10. Away In The Manger - The Choir Of King's College
11. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Leontyne Price
12. Hark! The Hearld Angels Sing - Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields
13. Deck The Halls - London Symphony
14. Gesu Bambino - Luciano Pavarotti
15. The First Nowell - The Choir Of King's College
16. Still, Still, Still - Vienna Boys' Choir
17. King Jesus Hath A Garden - John Rutter
18. Child In The Manger - John Rutter
19. The Holly And The Ivy - The Choir Of King's College
20. In Dulci Jubilo - The Choir Of Kings College
21. God Rest Ye Merr yGentlemen - The Choir Of King's College
22. Jesu, Joy Of Mans Desiring - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
23. Good King Wencelas - John Tesh
24. Twelve Days Of Christmas - Anthony Way
25. Silent Night - David Willcocks

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ASIN: B0009VNBR4 Release Date: 2005-07-05

Tracks:

1. Blue Danube
2. Waltz of Flowers
3. Waltz No. 1
4. Waltz of the Snowflakes
5. Naila Waltz
6. Spanish Dance
7. I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
8. Sugar Plum Fairy
9. Dance of the Comedians
10. Camptown Races
11. Carnival of the Animals Finale
12. Dance of the Clown [From "A Midsummer Night's" Dream]
13. Dance of the Hours
14. Dance of the Swans [From "Swan Lake"]
15. Faust Ballet
16. Tritsch Tratsch Polka
17. Hungarian Dance
18. Dance of the Priestesses
19. Overture from "William Tell"
20. Toreador Song [From "Carmen"]
21. Overture from "Carmen"
22. Samson & Delilah
23. Ride of the Valkyries
24. Baracole from "The Tales of Hoffmann"
25. Scheherazade
26. Water Music - The Hornpipe
27. Nocturne
28. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
29. Hungarian Rhapsody
30. Prde L& Arlenne
31. Preer Gynt Suite No. 1 Anitra's Dance
32. Liebestraum
33. Adagio from "The New World Symphony"
34. Flight of the Bumblebee
35. Ave Maria
36. Air on a G String
37. Neapolitan Song
38. Violin Concerto
39. Serenade No. 4

Tracks:

1. When You Wish Upon a Star
2. Chances Are
3. Calcutta
4. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
5. Gigi
6. They Call the Wind Maria
7. Memories Are Made of This
8. Catch a Falling Star
9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
10. So in Love
11. Begin the Beguine
12. Misty
13. Little Things Mean a Lot
14. Embraceable You
15. It Might as Well Be Spring
16. On the Street Where You Live
17. Moment to Remember
18. Anniversary Song
19. Golden Days
20. Theme from a Summer Place
21. Tonight
22. Lullaby of Broadway
23. Easter Parade
24. Tenderly
25. Young at Heart

Tracks:

1. Claire de Lune
2. Piano Concerto No. 1
3. Minute Waltz
4. Piano Concerto
5. Fantasy Impromptu
6. Piano Sonata No. 20 - Finale
7. Swan
8. Polonaise No. 6
9. Waltz in C Minor
10. 1812 Overture
11. Light Cavalry Overture
12. Nutcracker Overture
13. Marche Militaire
14. Tannhauser Overture
15. Radetsky March
16. Tragic Overture
17. Triumphal March
18. Tales of Vienna Woods
19. Emperor's Waltz
20. Waltz. Wine, Women and Song
21. Voice of Spring
22. Fledermaus Overture
23. Skater's Waltz
24. Roses from the South
25. Romance
26. Symphony No. 5
27. Mer
28. Moonlight Sonata
29. Capriccio Espagnol
30. Lohengrin
31. Symphonie Fantastique
32. Greensleeves
33. Souvenir
34. Lonely Heart
35. Die Meistersinger
36. Polovtsian Dance

Customer Reviews:

Peculiar Amazon indexing.......2007-06-08

A search for Deep Purple's "Smoke on [in] the water," brought up this title. I rate it only #1 because I could not locate the "Smoke on the Water" listing. Amazon seems to be having an indexing problem.

Average customer rating: Precursor of "Muzak"

Satie for Relaxation Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Debussy for Relaxation Adagio for Relaxation Brahms for Relaxation Guitar for Relaxation Piano for Relaxation ASIN: B00004L8HP Release Date: 2000-04-14

Tracks:

1. 3 Gymnopedies: No.1
2. 3 Gymnopedies: No.2
3. 3 Gymnopedies: No.3
4. The Sting Of The Medusa
5. Caress - John White
6. Gold Dust
7. The Poor Man's Reverie - John White
8. Gymnopdie No.1 - Richard Stoltzman/Nancy Allen
9. 3 Gnossiennes: No.1 - Ikuyo Kamiya
10. 3 Gnossiennes: No.2 - Ikuyo Kamiya
11. 3 Gnossiennes: No.3 - Ikuyo Kamiya
12. Topics Thoroughly Covered: The Carrier Of Big Stones
13. Prld In Tapestry
14. I Want You
15. Gymnopedie No.2 - Michala Petri/Lars Hannibal
16. Cold Pieces (Tunes To Chase Away): II: Modestement
17. Prld Of The Heroic Gate Of Heaven - John White
18. Nocturne No.2 - Ikuyo Kamiya

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Precursor of "Muzak".......2006-03-11

Erik Satie cultivated his fame as an obscure pianist within the smokey cabernet-cafes high on the hill of Montmartre - a trendy, artist haunt in the shadow of Sacre Coere cathdrel overlooking 19th-century Paris. His novel music, isolated lifestyle and unusual fashion (always a dark velvet suit and derby) were eccentric yet endeared him to - not only to the poets, writers and artists of Montmartre - but to the Parisian musical elite. Another oddity of Satie was his contentment - and sometimes insistance - that his music be relegated to the background as to not interfere with patron's festivities. Where Beethoven or Wagner would have cringed to have their compositions played as "musical wallpaper" (or featured on a "Relaxation" recording like this), Erik Satie would likely have been pleased. In this respect, his music was perhaps the precursor of modern "Muzak" heard by many an elevator user.

Over three-forths of Satie's compositions are for solo piano. Often he gave these pieces strange titles and programmic references - such as his most famous work, Gymnopedies, which is related to some ancient festival honoring Apollo. In fact, this gentle, melodic piece so charmed Debussy that he composed an orchestral version of it, emphasising its dreamy qualities. However, on this CD, this famous piece is heard four times in different variations, which presents a great risk of trivialization and weariness. That is one downfall of this collection.

Satie's music indeed does fit well with the "Relaxation" theme with its simple, slower-paced, child-like innocent melodies bathed in rich, yet austere harmonies. In this respect Satie's music is often downgraded by music critics as "lightweight compositions from a French eccentric." They have their point. But, the weary looking for some "nice music" will often find Satie's works a balm - free of pretention, complication and attitude. Yet, it was this simplicity and minimalistic approach that earned Satie the title, "The Precursor" as his textures and forms foreshadowed the minimalist music of John Cage and the Surrealism/Dada movements in art.

Like any, Satie's music is not for everyone. At times the repeated-note simplicity can be downright boring; other pieces can remind one of a player piano at the cabernet. Yet, many pieces have great charm and appeal once you get past their simplicity. So, overall, this CD is a decent sampling of Satie's music for piano - solo or with one or two other instruments - recorded in good sound quality. Also, there are few if any loud outbursts for those wanting to nod off in their relaxation. But, the overplayed Gymnopedies pieces are unfortunate - typical when the public gets hold of a popular piece and plays it to death.

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Roar, The Soundtrack Manufacturer: JB Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000X5G88 Release Date: 1981-01-01

Tracks:

1. N' Chi ya Nani
2. Too Late for Tears
3. Here We Are In Eden
4. Isn't it Time?
5. Wouldn't It Be Great
6. More Than Meets The Eye
7. Me And My Dinosaur
8. The Light of Love
9. The Last Dodo
10. Safari In America
11. White Gold
12. Farewell To Africa
13. Overture From Roar
14. African Dreams
15. Homesick
16. Robbie
17. The Lake
18. Mativo
19. Time For Gary
20. Mativo And The Lions
21. Midnight
22. Henry The Jaguar
23. The Light of Love
24. Timbo's Triumph
25. Gun-Shattered Silence
26. Nobody For Breakfast
27. The Awakening
28. A Clash of Kings

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Pure Gold: The Solo Years Snowy White Manufacturer: Connoisseur ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Restless Melting That Certain Thing Masters Snowy White ASIN: B00000JZTG Release Date: 1999-08-30

Tracks:

1. Good Question
2. Bird of Paradise
3. Open Carefully
4. At the Crossroads
5. Snow Blues
6. Rush Hour
7. Someone Else Is Gonna Love Me
8. Only Woman
9. Birthday Blues
10. Highway to the Sun
11. Love, Pain and Sorrow
12. All My Money
13. In the Name of the Lord
14. Midnight Blues
15. More You Live

Album Description

Collection of solo recordings by the legendary guitarist who has worked with Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, Peter Green, Steve Harley, etc. 15 tracks, including the hit 'Birds Of Paradise' and the previously unreleased cuts 'Someone Else Is Gonna Love Me', 'Only

Album Details

Includes the Hit 'bird of Paradise' and Four Prevously Unreased Unreleased Tracks.

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