The Message Is Love

1. It Ain't Love, Babe (Until You Give It)

2. Hung up in Your Love

3. You're the One I Need

4. Any Fool Could See (You Were Meant for Me)

5. Love Ain't Easy

6. I'm on Fire

7. I Found Love

The Message Is Love,Barry White,Priority Records,Disco,Pop,R&B,Smooth Soul,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Urban

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Average customer rating: Enchantment Heavenly Equisite and Filled Eternal Bliss All Pain And Sorrow Depart

This Universe Singh Kaur Manufacturer: Sequoia Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Relaxation | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fairy Night Songs Spiritus: Breath of Life REMEMBERING YOUR SOUL PURPOSE: A Part of Ascension - SECOND EDITION Buddha Spirit Fairy Heart Magic ASIN: B000AOEMY6 Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Spark In The Night
2. This Universe
3. The Lord's Prayer

Album Description

Experience the perfect peace within and without. This exquisite music is soothing, uplifting and will illuminate your heart with joy. The final recording from legendary vocalist Singh Kaur (Fairy Nightsongs, The Crimson Series) -- This Universe is an enchanting message of love that radiates grace and serenity. The purity of Singh Kaur's ethereal voice shines through on the extended ancient chant "This Universe," a gorgeous and enchanting original version of "A Spark in the Night," and a breathtaking musical version of "The Lord's Prayer." The deeply touching beauty of Singh Kaur's voice is a rare gift and she recorded this extraordinary music as her final offering to her fans. Produced by Gary Stadler (Fairy NightSongs, Fairy Heart Magic) and featuring artfully sensitive keyboard orchestrations by Raphael (Music to Disappear Into) and special guest Lisa Lynne on Celtic harp, "This Universe" will deepen and enhance your yoga, the healing arts or meditation.

Customer Reviews:

Enchantment.......2007-04-03

This music is so exquisite it brings tears of joy to my eyes. I have never been so moved. Wonderful for meditation or just relaxed enjoyment. A singer with perfect pitch and an enormously talented composer. This beautiful music will take you into presence.

Heavenly.......2007-03-10

Singh Kaur's heavenly music is the perfect antitdote to a busy and stress-filled day. I easily come back home, to my most shining self, when I listen to her other-worldly CD.

Equisite and Filled Eternal Bliss.......2005-10-12

Just exquisite! I love Singh Kaur from her Crimson Series releases and absolutely adored her previous collaboration with Gary Stadler on "Fairy NightSongs". But this new release fills me with such joy and wonder and opens my heart in a way that I have never experienced from music before. Singh Kaur's voice is radiant and pierces my soul with it's devotional passion and tenderness. I feel blessed to have found this magnificent piece of music. Thank you, thank you, thank you Gary Stadler for bringing Singh Kaur's final musical gift to us all. Many Blessings.

All Pain And Sorrow Depart.......2005-09-14

As I've mentioned elsewhere I have a deep, visceral reaction when I hear Singh Kaur's voice. Suddenly I stop for a moment, as the wise say, my mind opens, and I remember that the problem isn't me, the problem is my reaction to the problem. This dates back to my first discovery of her series of chants done on the independent ?Invincible label with Kim Robertson on harp. This Crimson collection, her final recording, is the closest thing to healing music that I have ever heard. Unfortunately, the set has to be sought out or ordered, and many people simply have never heard what is one of the most powerful voices in new age music.

I don't know if I can put my finger on what exactly is it about her singing that does this. The Spark in the Night, the first cut on this album is a reworking of an old melody of hers. The simplicity of her voice, the purity of her tone fits right into the music. As her singing matured, her voice gained coloration, and this song works not simply as and easy melody, but it reaches the listener emotionally as well.

Most of the album (43 minutes) is spent on the title piece, this universe. Combining wit Gary Stadler, Lisa Lynne, and several others, it is meditation music perfection. While anything of this length is going to be repetitious, Singh Kaur manages to vary dynamics, rhythm and color so that even the repetition is soothing. This is no small accomplishment in a world where many people think that meditation music should be electronic choirs droning over electronic strings. Singh Kaur is never hackneyed.

Rather than drone on about Kaur's talents, I suggest that, if you are looking for the narrow path to inner quiet, you stop a moment and listen for yourself.

Average customer rating: A Fan Of Real Music!! One of the Best of its kind. Love is still the message These is instruments!! Great for the 70's, but now very dated!

Love Is the Message: The Best of MFSB MFSB Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Philly Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Disco | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Disco | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Deep Grooves The Best of the Love Unlimited Orchestra All in the Family The Best of Love Unlimited The Hustle & The Best Of Van McCoy ASIN: B000002AVB Release Date: 1995-10-31

Tracks:

1. Interlude
2. Love Is The Message
3. Poinciana
4. Freddie's Dead
5. My One And Only Love
6. Sexy
7. Something For Nothing
8. Zack's Fanfare (I Hear Music)
9. Back Stabbers
10. Bitter Sweet
11. T.S.O.P (The Sound Of Philadelphia)
12. Cheaper To Keep Her
13. My Mood
14. T.L.C. (Tender Lovin' Care)
15. Philadelphia Freedom
16. Smile Happy

Customer Reviews:

A Fan Of Real Music!!.......2006-06-02

Born and raised in Philadelphia, how can you NOT know who MFSB is?! If you listen to the Stylistics, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes & Teddy Pendergrass, The Three Degrees, Jerry Butler, The Spinners, Lou Rawls, Patty LaBelle, Even Archie Bell & The Drells, MFSB back all of them. I miss that sound emensly!! I'm glad to have that CD in my collection just to recap old memeries on what made The Sound Of Philadelphia so Special!!

One of the Best of its kind........2005-09-27

The older I get and listen to todays music, the more I long for the music of the past. MFSB represents to me , one of those lost group of artist whose time has still not surcomb to the lower standards of current time.Artistic, talented and perfect the music brings you back to a time when style was having a piggy back ride with substance.
We expected our music to make sense and sound like it did from beginning to end. This CD provides to the listener that experience.

Love is still the message.......2004-05-18

I have read most of the reviews and they all focus on TSOP (Soul Train Sound Track). Have you all forgotten Love is the Message. This is the ultimate dance record, what else is there to hustle to. No matter when or where I hear this song it invokes memories of happy times when I was about 11-12, 15-16, 20-38. This song unlike so many others has stood the test of time. The break when the song goes from a mellow jazz composition to a "this is my part!!" get up and dance beat that is unforgettable. While I agree that TSOP may have gotten more air play because of soul train, I truly believe more people recognize MFSB for their Love is the Message theme.

These is instruments!!.......2003-12-30

Today's music is like the grammar I displayed in the title, W-R-O-N-G. You could not put this BAND in music today because they don't understand that this is music. That there are real fingers playing pieces of strings and metal. Not a big board with buttons. They are following marks on a paper that are called notes. Not looping a mindless beat. There is a melody and a bridge. Not sound effects in its place. This is by far the album. If you want to remember when you used to sneak in the basement and play your mom and dad's records this is the album. If you want to relive the times when you wake up on Saturday mornings and watch Fat Albert and then Soul Train this is the album. THIS IS THE ALBUM. Go ahead and give your children a real music memory.

Great for the 70's, but now very dated!.......2003-12-22

If you blend disco, jazz and R&B music, you get "The Best of MFSB". While this music was quite hot and unique in the 1970's (from around 1973-1976) most of these tracks sound very dated and just plain boring today. Had their music been more influenced by jazz instead of disco, this CD probably would be a timeless treasure.

No one would argue that these were some of the most talented studio musicians around, providing that unique "Philly Sound" for such giants as the O'Jays, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Billy Paul, Teddy, The Intruders, The Three Degrees and others, however the music they recorded under their own name just doesn't stand the test of time, in my opinion. I bought this CD for just one song - "My Mood", clearly the best track MFSB ever recorded. This is a classic that is mellow, jazzy and still sounds as great now as it did some 27 years ago.

Other notable tracks here include "Cheaper to Keep Her", "TLC" and of course the million-selling theme song from the longest running syndicated TV dance show Soul Train, "TSOP". "Smile Happy" isn't bad, but it is an unnecessary remake of the original version performed by the group War on their "Why Can't We Be Friends" album. MFSB's version of the song just doesn't do it any justice. Also, this CD is missing "Touch Me In The Morning", an instrumental version of Diana Ross's classic.

Except for the songs noted above, this CD is a collection of dated, lackluster disco-jazz music. I strongly recommend Leon Huff's "Here To Create Music" CD instead of this one. It has the MFSB musicians performing, but the songs are much more jazzy and timeless than these.

Average customer rating: Moravian songs, via Janacek, Godar, Bittova and Skampa Skampa Quartet is great - the singer... yikes

Janácek: Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs Leos Janacek , Iva Bittová , ¿kampa Quartet , Vladimír Godár , and Skampa Quartet Manufacturer: Supraphon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Janácek, Leos | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Elida Cikory Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs ASIN: B00061X9YC Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

1. Tuzba (Desire)
2. Stst'/Steadiness
3. Lavecka (Bench)
4. Stesk (Woe) - Skampa Quartet
5. Obrk Mileho (Lover's Likeness)
6. Svatba Kom (Gnats Wedding)
7. Kouzlo (Charm)
8. Slib (Promise)
9. Orisek Lovy (Hazel Nut) - Skampa Quartet
10. La (Love)
11. Jablunka (Apple Tree)
12. Jabucko (Sweet Apple)
13. Co Je to Za Nebe (What Sky)
14. Safva C (Alderman's Daughter)
15. Cervenab(Little Red Apples)
16. Dobr(Good Hunt)
17. He Warden)
18. Kony Mil [My Lover's Horses]
19. Kv MilodejnLove Herbs)
20. Pcko (Posy)
21. LoucenMilou
22. Jindy a NynThen and Now)
23. T (Uneasy)
24. VzknMessage)
25. Belegrade (Belgrade) - Skampa Quartet
26. Milenec Vrah (Lover Killer)
27. Pomluva (Calumny)
28. LoucenParting)
29. Sirota (Lonely Soul)
30. Osamel Alone)
31. Komu Kytka (For Whom the Posy)
32. Z Od Mil (Love Shining)
33. Polajka (Thyme)
34. Kol(KolTown)
35. Psano (Love Letter)
36. Karafi(Carnation)
37. Rozmarsemary)
38. Pamy (Mementos)
39. Zpevulenka (Tender Little Tune)
40. Nejistota (Uncertainty)
41. Kukacka (Cuckoo)
42. Zahrcka (Fence)
43. Muzikanti (Musicians)
44. Vernost' (Faithfulness)
45. Bolavlava (Headache)
46. Osud (Fate)
47. Daleko ProvdanWedded Far Away)
48. Budk (Wakening)
49. Dobrada (Sound Advice)
50. Slzy echou (Tears of Comfort)
51. Koukol (Corncockle)
52. Kalina (Guelder Rose)
53. Pohreb Zbojnv

Customer Reviews:

Moravian songs, via Janacek, Godar, Bittova and Skampa.......2006-05-09

This is a unique recording of Janacek's transcriptions of Moravian folk songs. Originally for piano and voice, they have been transcribed by Slovak composer Vladimir Godar for string quartet and (occasionally) three-voice male chorus. Here they are performed by renowned Czech singer and violinist Iva Bittova, accompanied by the Skampa Quartet and chorus. The effect is not so much of classical liede, but of authentic eastern European "popular" songs - the sonority of the string quartet adds to this in no small part. Janacek would be proud.

Skampa Quartet is great - the singer... yikes.......2005-07-28

I honestly did not know what I was getting myself into when I bought this CD. I love Janacek, I love folk songs... how could I go wrong? Iva Bittova! I was concerned that she would have a 50yr old woobly voice, but instead what exists is a thin VERY nasal tone... perhaps she should be singing traditional Bulgarian music! The voice is expressive, just ugly.
The recording quality is not very good, either. On many of the tracks, Iva seems to be muffled and in the background of the recording.
Really - dont waste your time and money, unless you really would just like to have a recording of over 50 Janacek songs.

Average customer rating: A TRUE BLESSING TO HEAR Powerfully Blessed and Anointed Project

Melody of Love Johnathan Dawson Manufacturer: Pro Spirit ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Similar Items: Surrounded ASIN: B000BGQXT0 Release Date: 2005-09-12

Tracks:

1. Victory
2. Melody Of Love
3. All The Way
4. Storm
5. Tell It
6. Work It Out
7. Password
8. No Prayer
9. Forevermore
10. We're Gonna Win

Product Description

"Melody Of Love" is a New sound with a Traditional message. A mix of Contemporary ballads and up tempo tracks, layered with Traditional lyrics for true believers.

Customer Reviews:

A TRUE BLESSING TO HEAR.......2006-09-22

I truely believe that each and every christian should experience this CD.
It will bless you from the sole of your feet, to the crown of your head.
Every christian should make it their priority to listen to "We Will Win."
This song will renew your perspective on the experience of being a true believer. "No Prayer" is a call to THIS nation to stand up and pray. Do yourself a favor-let this CD bless you. You won't be sorry!!

Powerfully Blessed and Anointed Project.......2006-07-01

This project is so anointed it has really blessed my life. The song "All The Way" is so soulful and has really encouraged me at cruicial times of my life and the song "No Prayer" is a cry to the nation that very one needs to hear it simply says the problem with our nation is "No Prayer". I have had the opportunity to see Johnathan Dawson in concert with JMoss, Isreal, and others; he was outstanding and the audience stayed on their feet praising the Lord. This is a must have project and I can see Johnathan in concert over and over again, his performance really touches the soul.

Average customer rating: Vienna Idol How sad Not their style Perhaps The Greatest Gag Gift Ever! wow - THAT was something!

Vienna Boys Choir Goes Pop Vienna Boys Choir Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Best of the Vienna Boys' Choir (Box Set) Angelic Voices: The Best of the Vienna Boys' Choir Christmas With the Vienna Boys Choir Christmas Angels Declan ASIN: B00006I0BI Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

1. My Heart Will Go On
2. All You Need Is Love
3. Get Down
4. Fantasy
5. The Power Of Goodbye
6. Nothing Else Matters
7. Nothing Compares To You
8. Message In A Bottle
9. Supreme
10. Eternal Flame
11. Burning Down The House
12. Only Time

Customer Reviews:

Vienna Idol.......2007-02-07

Two Questions: Was this the audition tape for "Vienna Idol?" and What would Simon Cowell's say?

How sad.......2006-04-16

A terrible try to match Libera. Someone said it right: how dare those people use such marvellous voices to create such ugly
thing? Let Libera deal with amazing new age music, let Vienna Boys Choir continue being masters of their domains: classical music.

Not their style.......2006-03-31

I was expecting something a lot better. One can't fault the choir for the recording. The fault lies with the director, arranger, and producer. The instrumental accompaniment over shadowed the boys singing. The arrangements of each song was too similar, and the boys sounded too restrained for this style. Pop is not the musical style of the Vienna Boys Choir. They need to stick what they do best - classical and sacred music.

Perhaps The Greatest Gag Gift Ever!.......2005-12-07

The greatest thing about this CD is that it wasn't meant to be funny! Upon listening to "Burning Down The House", I was seized with a fit of hysterical laughter that nearly broke a rib. And the laughs keep coming. Need a smooth tune for that special gal, try "Fantasy", she will be yours! Need a good jogging tune, "Get Down" should serve your purpose. A CD that will offer hours of entertainment. Guaranteed.

wow - THAT was something!.......2005-10-31

I got this as a gift because my friend saw a holiday cd with Vienna Boys Choir at my house. My advice:listen to the music previews before you buy the cd. It's too freaky for me. Good Luck.

Average customer rating:

Songs by Johannes Brahms Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002ZO9 Release Date: 1993-03-23

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Gershwin Performs Gershwin: Rare Recordings 1931-1935 Manufacturer: Music Masters Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Plays George Gershwin The Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls, Vol. 2 Fascinating Rhythm: The Collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin George Gershwin: His Life and Work Levant Plays Gershwin ASIN: B000000FMO Release Date: 1991-08-13

Tracks:

1. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, February.19, 1934: Signature
2. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, February.19, 1934: Of Thee I Sing: Overture
3. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, February.19, 1934: The Man I Love
4. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, February.19, 1934: I Got Rhythm
5. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, February.19, 1934: Commercial
6. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, February.19, 1934: Swanee; Sign-off
7. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, April.30, 1934: Signature
8. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, April.30, 1934: Mine
9. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, April.30, 1934: Variations On 'I Got Rhythm'
10. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, April.30, 1934: Love Is Sweeping The Country
11. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, April.30, 1934: Commercial
12. 'Music by Gershwin' Radio Program, April.30, 1934: Wintergreen For President; Sign-Off
13. Rudy Vallee 'Fleischmann Hour' Radio Program, November 10, 1932: Variations On 'Fascinating Rhythm'.
14. Rudy Vallee 'Fleischmann Hour' Radio Program, November.10, 1932: Second Prelude
15. Rudy Vallee 'Fleischmann Hour' Radio Program, November.10, 1932: Interview
16. Rudy Vallee 'Fleischmann Hour' Radio Program, November.10, 1932: I Got Rhythm
17. Second Rhapsody Rehearsal Performance, June.26, 1931
18. Porgy And Bess Rehearsal Performance, July.19, 1935: Introduction; Summertime
19. Porgy And Bess Rehearsal Performance, July.19, 1935: A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
20. Porgy And Bess Rehearsal Performance, July.19, 1935: Act 1, Scene 1: Finale
21. Porgy And Bess Rehearsal Performance, July.19, 1935: My Man's Gone Now
22. Porgy And Bess Rehearsal Performance, July.19, 1935: Bess, You Is My Woman Now

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More interesting (and--predictably--less mechanical) than his piano rolls, Gershwin Performs Gershwin showcases the Gershwin-conducted rehearsal sessions for Second Rhapsody and Porgy and Bess along with two Gershwin radio specials recorded in the early '30s titled Music by Gershwin. These are period pieces, for sure--the sound is shoddy, and the radio spots' commercials are as entrancing as the music that's being played. But, yes, that is Gershwin conducting and playing piano, and this is as close as we'll get to hearing these familiar tunes being played the way he wanted them. --Jason Verlinde

Average customer rating: Take it from an Al Green fan - stay away from his 80's stuff

And the Message Is Love Al Green Manufacturer: Universal/Polygram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000025CPD Release Date: 1995-06-12

Tracks:

1. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
2. The Message Is Love
3. You Know And I Know
4. As Long As We're Together
5. Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Annie Lennox
6. Going Away
7. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
8. True Love
9. Soul Survivor
10. Tryin' To Do The Best I Can
11. Mighty Clouds Of Joy
12. You've Got A Friend
13. I Feel Like Going On
14. Tryin To Get Over You
15. Nearer My God To Thee

Customer Reviews:

Take it from an Al Green fan - stay away from his 80's stuff.......2004-10-15

Not that you would buy this, but just thought i'd warn you to stay away from it, should you see it second hand for a dollar and think that might a good use of a dollar.

This CD is 90% of the rubbish Green produced in the 80's. It has none of his 70s' classics. It has probably two songs not from the 80's, and they're instantly a relief to the ears.

Your dollar would be better used buying a shoe-horn or a pack of gum.

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Love Is The Message / Sax It Up (Jungle Love) Saxmachine Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DEJM Release Date: 1994-06-14

Average customer rating: Important Historical Recordings: the First Great Trombonist! a great find a fantastic example Arthur Pryor Forever One of the greats

Trombone Soloist of the Sousa Band Manufacturer: Crystal Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Leoncavallo | Leoncavallo, Ruggiero | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Herbert L. Clarke: Original Recordings 1907-21 Trombonastics Cornet Favorites ASIN: B000009M2N Release Date: 1997-09-30

Tracks:

1. Blue Bells Of Scotland
2. Intermezzo-Forever
3. We Won't Go Home Until Morning
4. Stay In Your Own Back Yard
5. Parisian Melodies
6. Prince Of Pilsen: Message Of The Violet
7. Little Nell
8. Stabat Mater: Cujus Animam
9. My Old Kentucky Home
10. The Patriot-Polka
11. Stabat Mater: Inflammatus
12. Love's Enchantment
13. The Holy City
14. One Sweetly Solemn Thought
15. Nancy Brown: Congo Love Song
16. Non E Ver
17. Love Thoughts Waltz
18. The Low Back'd Car
19. Navajo
20. Sergeant Brue: Dearie
21. Aida: Celeste Aida
22. Come Down From The Big Fig Tree
23. Oh, Dry Those Tears
24. Pagliacci Selection
25. Love Me And The World Is Mine
26. Polka Fantastic

Customer Reviews:

Important Historical Recordings: the First Great Trombonist!.......2004-09-17

This CD is a compilation of only a very few of the literally thousands of recordings Arthur Pryor made as a trombonist during a span of about 20 years. Since they date to the earliest days of recording technology--all of the works here are from 1901-1911--the sound quality is terrible compared to our modern recordings. Although all sorts of manipulations were used to improve the sound, including the combining of two different copies of the same recording, there is still a significant amount of hiss, crackle, and pop--it's more like a bowl of Rice Crispies than a newly recorded CD. If you can think of it like listening to an old Victorola it has a certain amount of charm, but surely some listeners will be immediately put off by the distortion, which admittedly lessens in the later works. Add to this the logistical problems of recording at the turn of the last century--only a limited amount of players could gather around the equipment--and it becomes clear that we aren't really hearing what an audience member at the time would have heard during a live performance of Sousa's Band. In fact, the band comes off quite poorly here--in The Blue Bells of Scotland they can barely keep up with Arthur Pryor, and their ensemble playing is poor in many places to an extent that's hardly credible for what was widely believed to be the best band in the world.

But of course one doesn't buy a CD like this to hear the accompaniment, or to listen to the sound quality. The only reason is to hear Arthur Pryor, surely the first great trombone soloist, in what is a wonderful piece of turn-of-the-century Americana. Pryor was the son of a bandmaster and learned to play all sorts of instruments (violin, cornet, alto horn, string bass, and valve trombone!) at an early age and was given his first slide trombone some time after his 11th birthday. He became a trombone virtuoso in the face of overwhelming difficulties--not only did a kick from a mule result in partial paralysis of his face, but also the trombone he'd been given was damaged and could only use the first two positions. In overcoming these seeming adversities through an astonishing work ethic he developed many of the features which made his performance so special: his characteristic constant shimmery vibrato created by "waving" his jaw; and an amazing embouchure (lip muscle strength) which allowed him to play every chromatic pitch using only those two positions (normal trombone technique employs 7!). Pryor revolutionized trombone technique and set a new standard, not only at home in America, but also abroad during his many European tours with the Sousa band and his own ensemble. One of his trombones, covered in engraving and with the characteristic unusually small bore he favored, can still be seen on display at the Interlochen School of the Arts outside of Traverse City, Michigan.

Featured on the CD are 26 Pryor performances, a few with piano, 10 with the Sousa Band, and 12 with Pryor's own ensembles. The music ranges from Italian opera arias (Verdi's Celeste Aida) to American popular songs of the day (Foster's My Old Kentucky Home) and contains a good portion of Pryor's own compositions and arrangements. Among my favorites are Pryor's The Patriot-Polka and Polka Fantastic, both clever pieces with amazing trombone performances. A real oddity is We Won't Go Home Until Morning (known to me as The Bear Went Over the Mountain) "played in four octaves"--it's exactly what it says it is. After a short piano introduction, Pryor plays the melody unaccompanied and unadorned in a high octave, then an octave lower, another octave lower, and finally in pedal tones. The whole thing has a real carny atmosphere, as if P. T. Barnum were hiding just around the corner. Van Alstyne's Navajo also captures this air of a time long gone, when Americans were wide-eyed and innocent and the world was never far from a Saturday afternoon near the bandstand.

Of special note are the unusually thorough notes in the programme booklet. Daniel E. Frizane supplies terrific biographical notes, from which I gleaned much of the information above; articles about the recordings and the Arthur Pryor performances are supplied, as well as an engineer's note describing the equipment and techniques used to restore the recordings. It's clearly a labor of love from all concerned.

a great find.......2002-11-10

If you're a trombonist, you've heard of that crazy song, Blue Bells of Scotland, and you may have noticed the name of the composer, Arthur Pryor. You may not know that he was a trombonist himself(!) and played in the John Philip Sousa band for many years, and then had his own band afterwards. Pryor was a famous name in the trombone world, and he wrote many pieces featuring a solo trombone; most of them are featured here.

If you want to buy this album to hear fantastic trombone playing so fast it'll blow your socks off or so pretty in a ballad you fall right to sleep, this is not the album for you. It is a recording produced from an OLD master (you may recall the Sousa band was at the turn of the 20th century), and with trombone playing that is not the style thought of as 'pretty' by today's ear. If this describes you, look for some of these same songs (blue bells, thoughts of love, fantasic polka), recorded by some of today's trombone virtuosos - Christian Lindberg, Mark Lawrence, Joe Alessi, etc. to find a more modern sound.

If, however, you want authentic period music, this is about as authentic as you can get. The trombone style is choppy when fast, and not as connected for slow tunes also, and the band accompaniment is the same way; that was the popular style of the time. It is nice to hear these pieces and realize how the composer intended them to be played (because he's the one playing them).

So, good for novelty purposes, bad for high quality recording of highest quality trombone playing

a fantastic example.......2002-07-17

Arthur pryor's trombone playing in this exellent assortment of pieces recorded in the late 1800's gives both beginner and expert players fastastic insight on how to improve their playing. Arthur pryor will undoubtedly go down as one of the world's greatest trombonists of all time....and to actually hear him play is an awesome experience.

Arthur Pryor Forever.......1999-12-17

I play trombone, and I have listened to this album, and I think it's wonderful. The sound is not very good, as it is a VERY VERY VERY old original recording, but it is an absolute must have for any trombonist. What can I say, I love it.

One of the greats.......1999-12-17

This is a must buy for any trombonist. I play trombone, and Arthur Pryor is, in my opinion, the all-time best trombone performer, and song writer that I have yet encountered. I have played the Blue Bells of Scotland, and it is wonderful.

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1. The Ultimate Collection [Original recording remastered] [Import]
2. Twisting the Knife
3. Under a Groove [Box set]
4. Undercover Lover
5. What If a Woman [CD-single] [Import]
6. When a Man Loves a Woman: '60s Soul
7. Whoopsie Daisy, Pt. 2 [CD-single] [Import]
8. Win Lose or Draw [Clean]
9. Work It Out [Import]
10. Year 2000//My Favorite Person [Import]

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Luv Me [CD-single] [Import]

Invert

Les Plus Belles Chansons [Import]

It's All About [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Let the Days Go By/Sunny Side of the Street

I Am Sitting in a Room

Inflatable [CD-single]

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Enchantment

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Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (Original Broadway Cast)