Gambler's Life [Import]

Product Description
First ever CD release for 1974 album by the soul-jazz organist aka Johnny 'Hammond' Smith. The title track was sampled by Erykah Badu on her 2000 album, 'Mama's Gun'. Includes four bonus tracks, 'Rock Steady', 'Who Is Sylvia', 'Higher Ground' & 'Breakout'. 2001 release. Standard jewel case.

Gambler's Life,Johnny Hammond,Soul Brother,Blues,Jazz Music,R&B/Soul

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Average customer rating: Great sound and great song! Along with the Good Vibrations are my favorites My dad loves it Great Album! Beautiful singing; clever arrangements

The Kings Singers - New Day John David , Peter Christie , Cy Coleman , Warren Casey , Bob Barratt , John Lennon , Lionel Richie , Don Schlitz , Hal David , George Harrison , Jim Jacobs , Benny Andersson , Paul McCartney , Michel Legrand , Barry Manilow , Ed Welch , Harry Robinson , Daryl Runswick , The King's Singers , Gordon Langford Quartet , and Cliff Hall Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD King's Singers | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music $8.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classical | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $8.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music King's Singers | ( K ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: The King's Singers Original Debut Recording The Beatles Connection: The King's Singers Good Vibrations Annie Laurie ~ Folksongs of the British Isles / Barrueco · The King's Singers Watching the White Wheat: Folk Songs of the British Isles; King's Singers ASIN: B000002RQO Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. You Are The New Day
2. Nouveau Poor
3. Three Times A Lady
4. What's In A Tune?
5. You'd Have To Be A Rosie
6. Can't Buy Me Love
7. Singapore Girl
8. 'Sweet Charity': The Rhythm Of Life
9. The Gambler
10. It Was Almost Like A Song
11. Here Comes The Sun
12. Hush Little Baby, Don't Say A Word
13. 'Grease': Money, Money, Money-Summer Nights
14. The Summer Knows
15. Could It Be Magic

Customer Reviews:

Great sound and great song!.......2007-05-19

I loved the song "A New Day" after hearing it on the radio. I tracked it down and ordered the CD. All the songs are terrific.

Along with the Good Vibrations are my favorites.......2007-05-15

Own it! It's all worth it!
"You are the new day" is my personal favorite song.

My dad loves it.......2007-02-13

If he likes it then I am happy. Not my cup of tea. I like the idea that there where some Beatles tunes. Dad is 57 I am 36 might be the difference in age. NOt sure. Just not my cup of tea

Great Album!.......2006-04-22

I was very amazed when I first heard this album. Their sound is like no other. They are so unique that you can't compare them to other acapella groups.

I can say that their sound is better than a mixed choir because even though the King's Singers is only composed of 6 members. Their sound volume can beat a 30 member choir due to the quality of their voice.

My favorite is "It Was Almost Like A Song" because of the countertenor's very light voice. The baritone part was also awesome as he dominated the scene when he took the melody.

Overall, great album. This has to be one of the King's Singers best albums released. All songs are great that you can't resist missing a moment on listening it.

Beautiful singing; clever arrangements.......2002-06-14

I have been a fan of The King's Singers since their debut recording thirty years ago. New Day is one of my favourite albums. It has the terrific optimistic song "New Day," but many other wonderful tracks.

"Can't Buy Me Love" is sung as if it had been written by one of the Renaissance madrigal writers when he was in a very good mood. There are other up tempo tracks like this one, including Abba's "Money, Money, Money" and "The Rhythm of Life," but the CD also includes some romantic, lush singing in songs such as "Three Times A Lady," "The Summer Knows" and "It Was Almost Like A Song."

The clever arrangement of Barry Manilow's "Could It Be Magic?" begins with an extract from a sombre Chopin Prelude in C minor.

Highly recommended.

Average customer rating: a mellow sonic classic. Hammond's piano album Gambler's Life

Gambler's Life Johnny "Hammond" Smith Manufacturer: Soul Brother ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Gears ASIN: B00005ATGR Release Date: 2001-03-27

Tracks:

1. Gambler's Life
2. Rhodesian Thoroughfare
3. This Year's Dream
4. Star Borne
5. Back to the Projects
6. Yesterday Was Cool
7. Virgo Lady
8. Call On Me

Album Description

First ever CD release for 1974 album by the soul-jazz organist aka Johnny 'Hammond' Smith. The title track was sampled by Erykah Badu on her 2000 album, 'Mama's Gun'. Includes four bonus tracks, 'Rock Steady', 'Who Is Sylvia', 'Higher Ground' & 'Breakout'. 2001 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

a mellow sonic classic........2006-01-26

this right here is one of the creme de la cremes in the funk catalog of larry and fonce mizell, a 45-minute sonic funkout of fender rhodes, arps and moogs, and other funky thangs to be heard in this classic of an album. a mizell masterwork.

Hammond's piano album.......2003-06-07

The eight original tracks of this album all feature Hammond playing either electric piano or synthesiser, rather than his namesake organ. The sound is very 70's, with an enormous amount of percussion/drums in the mix, in the case of a couple of the tracks possibly mixed too far forward.There are also offerings with large brass sections and even some strings. My favourite tracks are the two Hammond penned tracks, "This Year's dream" and "Virgo lady" where he is allowed to emerge from the swamp of sound for significant amounts of time, and turns in some effective keyboard work.Otherwise the tracks are all Mizell brother compositions (seperately and alone) apart from "Rhodesian thoroughfare" which is a Chuck Davis number.You also ought to know that the fade outs on a couple of these tracks are quite extreme. On "Starborne" which is listed at 7.51 the fadeout starts about 1.30 from the end. Three of the four remaining tracks are from a session recorded in 1971, where Hammond plays the B3 (tracks 9,10 &12). "Rock Steady" and "Breakout" are excellent examples of what Hammond could achieve within a small group session, though "Who is Sylvia?" is, in my opinion, a tune beyond redemption. Track 11 is a version of the Stevie Wonder hit recorded in 1974. Overall it's a very satisfactory package, though with reservations about some of tracks from the main part of the album.Buy "Gears" ahead of this one!

Gambler's Life.......2001-06-12

This is an all around good album worth the import price. The title track "Gambler's Life" has just been sampled by Erykah Badu and her band on her new album "Mama's Gun." Don't worry there are plenty more breaks for those ineterested to enjoy. This is a highly recomended piece.

Average customer rating:

Gambler's Life Johnny "Hammond" Smith Manufacturer: Salvation ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000M5BA70 Release Date: 2007-03-19

Tracks:

1. Gambler's Life
2. Rhodesian Thoroughfare
3. This Year's Dream
4. Star Borne
5. Back to the Projects
6. Yesterday Was Cool
7. Virgo Lady
8. Call On Me

Album Details

24 bit remastering

Average customer rating:

STONE,CLOUD,WATER Manufacturer: INNOVA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000G150 Release Date: 1980-01-01

Tracks:

1. Seagulls Over Niagara Falls
2. Dusk At the Badlands
3. Hunting At Dawn
4. Dream
5. Cooking Fires
6. Full Of Life
7. Gambler

Amazon.com

It's hard to imagine that a work like this could exist. It is part Chinese classical opera, part Aaron Copeland's American landscape, and not just a little bit like the best of Walt Disney's epic soundtracks. Zhang Ying was an acknowledged master flautist and composer in China. He now lives in Minneapolis. This set of seven independent works are his interpretations of the American landscape he has seen in his travels--the Badlands, the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, the Florida Everglades, and even the urban landscape of Las Vegas. The works are performed by an unusual orchestra, a chorus, keyboards, and recorded sounds, with Zhang Ying soloing on various ancient Chinese flutes on most tracks. The pieces run from the ethereal "Cooking Fires," performed on flutes and cooking utensils, to the strangely clichéd yet totally captivating "Seagulls over Niagara." Most graphic is "Gambler," with its cartoonish portrayal of the city of Las Vegas creating a vivid and perfect image of the city of neon through the eyes of a Chinese visitor. Throughout this work, the composer and performers exhibit that most essential gift, an ability to display serious and complex music with passion and not just a little humor. --Louis Gibson

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Life's a 50/50 Gamble Trigger Tha Gambler Manufacturer: Universal Music & VI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000024LK Release Date: 1996-11-05

Tracks:

1. My Crew Can't Go for That
2. Nothing Could Stop Me
3. Can You Feel It
4. Bust
5. Broken Language, Pt. 2
6. Rugged
7. Hit Man
8. Scandalous
9. Welcome to the World
10. 50/50 Gamble
11. Nickel Plated Nine
12. Make a Move
13. Meet Your Maker

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Gambler's Life Manufacturer: Circul8tion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000N0KVDS Release Date: 2005-04-12

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