The Plantation [Explicit Lyrics]

1. Homicide

2. Haters Like You

3. What They Do

4. From L.A. To the Bay

5. Ride-4-Ever

6. Hotel Ghetto

7. No Pressure

8. Sucess

9. In My World

10. West Cola

11. Knock, Knock

12. It Don't Stop

The Plantation,Homicide,Crash / Private I,Gangsta Rap,Hardcore Rap,Hip-Hop,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop

Average customer rating: Plantation to the penitentiary Masterful Pretentious Different. one of his best works so far

From The Plantation To The Penitentiary Wynton Marsalis Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sonny Please Braggtown Back East Nightmoves Metheny Mehldau Quartet ASIN: B000MNOXWQ Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

1. From The Plantation To The Penitentiary
2. Find Me
3. Doin' (Y)Our Thing
4. Love And Broken Hearts
5. Supercapitalism
6. These Are Those Soulful Days
7. Where Y'All At?

Amazon.com

"We running all over the world with a blunderbuss/And the Constitution all but forgot in the fuss," Wynton Marsalis declaims on "Where Y'All At?"--the raucous theatrical finale to From the Plantation to the Penitentiary. As unusual as it may be for the celebrated trumpeter to present himself as a kind of soap box rapper, underwhelmingly taking aim at "supercapitalists," liberals, and rappers alike, the most notable departure here is his prominent feature of a vocalist, young Jennifer Sanon. A winner of the Essentially Ellington high school competition, she has real appeal and is smart, silky-toned, and calmly assured beyond her 21 years. The influence of the mighty Abbey Lincoln is felt in both the directness of her delivery and the soulful expansiveness of the music, performed by a quintet. Though Marsalis gets his time in the spotlight, playing with brittle strength as well as his customary warmth, he is generous in shining a spotlight on his bandmates, including a pair of talented up-and-comers in pianist Dan Nimmer and bassist Carlos Henriquez, drummer Ali Jackson, Jr. and saxophonist Walter Blanding, who, 15 years after being introduced on the "Tough Young Tenors" album and in spite of his stellar contributions to Marsalis' Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, doesn't get the attention he should. --Lloyd Sachs

Customer Reviews:

Plantation to the penitentiary.......2007-07-06

i love the harmonies, the way the music dances and the conversaitons of voice and instruments,good drum work.The music talks.
i love it.

milton clarke

Masterful.......2007-06-16

If you want masterful jazz that uses the spoken word to give voice to tough social commentary, then this album is for you. Marsalis is a border-crosser. He is comfortable on the frontiers of jazz, the many flavors of pop, classical, etc. etc. And now he is speaking from a conscience that can be as smooth or incisive, direct or elliptical, passionate or cool, funky or cerebral as his music.

Pretentious.......2007-06-06

Dear Mr. Marsalis,

You badly need a lesson in learning to make sincere and warm music. You are a product of the establishment. You are so obsessed with grandstanding projects that you continue to overlook the fundamentals. It has probably made you finaicially wealthy but musically depraved.

Please please please take lessons from Terence Blanchard, Roy Hargrove, Marcus Printup or even Christian Scott to name a few. Talk less and listen and practise more.

I have not forgotten your scurillous remarks in the 1980s of the late Miles Davis's foray into modern electronic pop jazz. It was naive and ignorant. If it was not for Mr. Miles, you would not have found your opportunity to blow your horn(for want of a better expression). Your recent recording shows that you have not changed.

Different........2007-05-13

The bright New Orleans optimism of Wynton Marsalis has darkened significantly since the Bush administration allowed his flooded hometown to stew in its soggy ruins.
Blending his eloquent trumpet with the alto voice of Jennifer Sanon, Walter Blandings's tenor sax and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's rhythm section, Marsalis takes a harder look at the black man's progress in the Land of the Free.
Paced with swing, Charleston, shuffle, Latin and Motown beats, his new suite paints sardonic pictures of the "tattered ragmen" of America, bypassed by super-capitalism and marginalised into a world of drugs, prostitution and street crime.
Moulded with controlled anger and subtle dissonances, the songs have a bitter beauty.
"Plantation/Penitentiary" is an object lesson in how to expand the range of small-group jazz.
Wynton's knowledge of the jazz tradition is absolute, but the interest here lies in his integration of other Afro-American forms like Motown, and, gulp, rap.
The basic concept is the Afro-American's place in history, and its achievement is to turn rage into majesty.
Generous spirited and open, with impeccable ensemble blowing and superb singing by Jennifer Sanon, the high point is the rap, "Where Y'all At?"
Wynton stands revealed, suprisingly, as an angry radical, measuring the limits of his confinement.

one of his best works so far.......2007-05-12

I've been listening to wynton since i was in 6th grade, and this is by far one of my favorites. Some people have said that he should'nt be making political statements in his music. Why should he not be able to, but mingus and a great number of other jazz musicians be able to? His statements are clear and make sense, and are real issues, whether we want to admit it or not. The music on this album is wonderful, it blends many styles and grooves. the solos are wonderful, and wynton sounds better than ever. i really have no complaints about this one.

Average customer rating: The spark... Real Music Pleasantly Surprised MeShell is the Truth!!! Plantation Lullabies

Plantation Lullabies Me'Shell NdegéOcello Manufacturer: Maverick ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Peace Beyond Passion Bitter Comfort Woman Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape Dance of the Infidel ASIN: B000002ML4 Release Date: 1993-10-19

Tracks:

1. Plantation Lullabies
2. I'm Diggin' You (Like An Old Soul Record)
3. If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)
4. Shootin' Up and Gett'n High
5. Dred Loc
6. Untitled
7. Step Into The Projects
8. Soul On Ice
9. Call Me
10. Outside Your Door
11. Picture Show
12. Sweet Love
13. Two Lonely Hearts (On The Subway)

Customer Reviews:

The spark..........2007-06-28

of the so-called neo soul movement in the early 90s. This record was a breath of fresh air and was an introduction to one of the few free thinking black artists to emerge with some degree of success post-Prince. Her whole style was new fresh, jazzy and funky; poetic & thought provoking, and she plays a mean bass. But this was only the beginning, Meshell has not waivered in being one of the most progressive soul artists out there; she still is today. Best tracks: "Shooting up & getting high", "Soul on Ice", "Step into the projects" & "Two lonely hearts on the subway".
Maxwell would later mimic her style of opening up the CD/LPs with a short instrumental overture and the unexpected breakdowns in the middle of songs. Highly Recommended~!

Real Music.......2007-05-13

Somehow, somewhere there must have been a bad storm that killed all soul from musicians. But thankfully there was Noah who built an Ark and had Me'Shell Ndegeocello and Neo-Soul on board. That saved soulful people to still in the mist of all this crap music produce and bless us with music straight from the heart. Where ever Me'Shell is, I'll rush over.

Pleasantly Surprised.......2007-05-12

I first heard of Me'Shell NdegeOcello after hearing her vocals and bass on John Mellencamp's rendition of Wild Nights. Over the next few years, I occasionally heard of her stellar reputation as a musician, but I hadn't heard any of her work. I must say I was pleasantly surprised after purchasing Plantation Lullabies. I can't begin to accurately describe her work, but experienced it as a soulful fusion of styles that evoked often overlooked or supressed emotions. While listening, it felt like I was accompanying MeShell on a journey with no particular destination, just roadtripping for it's own sake. Probably not very helpful, but you should get this one anyway.

MeShell is the Truth!!!.......2007-03-08

For all Ndgeocello fans this one is a must have as is all of them. I am ashamed to say how long I had it on cassette before I finally bought it on CD. Her deep soul searching, right at ya style wrapped in jazz and based on the classics.. Enough said!!!

Plantation Lullabies.......2007-02-19

Listening to this album again, I had the same thought that I had in 1993 -Me'Shell was so far ahead of her time that although this debut created a buzz, she did not get the accolades that she so richly deserved at the time. She successfully married hip hop, r&b, jazz & funk and definitely busted open the door for her successor, Lauryn Hill whose MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL followed.

Both artists have beautiful singing voices and above average rap flows and both debut albums touch on their individual personal experiences - while Lauryn's detailed her ill-fated romance on more than a few tracks, Me'Shell's touched on social ills like racism, intra-racial strife & yes, love as well.

Although my favorite Me'Shell album is BITTER, this is a terrific debut that will keep listeners interest from the first to last track - I honestly can't pick one or two favorite tracks because they're all so good.

I hate to compare artists but for those who've never experienced Me'Shell, if you loved Lauryn Hill's debut, you will definitely enjoy PLANTATION LULLABIES.

Average customer rating: Stay Out of the Light Due for a remaster... Go Back to the "good ol days" A Thrilling Mid-Period Live Set Tom Petty&The Heartbreakers-'Pack Up The Plantation:Live'(MCA)

Pack up the Plantation: Live! Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Long After Dark Southern Accents Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) You're Gonna Get It! Hard Promises ASIN: B000002O86 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star
2. Needles And Pins
3. The Waiting
4. Breakdown
5. American Girl
6. It Ain't Nothing To Me
7. Insider
8. Rockin' Around (With You)
9. Refugee
10. Southern Accents
11. Rebels
12. Don't Bring Me Down
13. Shout
14. Stories We Could Tell

Customer Reviews:

Stay Out of the Light.......2007-07-29

Got to see Tom Petty in Honolulu, Hawaii way back in 1981. "Torpedoes Tour". About Mid Set, Tom Leaves the Stage during a Mike Cambell, guitar solo, The Light Guys Caught him with their Spots on the Right side of the Stage, with his nose in a Straw snorting some kinda White Powder. He didn't care and continued on with his 'Business'....Well, the Whole place went NUTS....You sorta had to of been there BUT it was a great Rock N' Roll Moment..
"Pack up the Plantation" is easily one of the best live recordings from the 80's. Tom was "Everyman's" Rock Star and a very cool one at that. If you are building a proper Tom Petty Collection, this CD has got to be part of that Collection...Period. This one is Essential.

Due for a remaster..........2007-06-09

I first saw Mr. Petty on his SOUTHERN ACCENTS tour and was blown away. Everything critics had said about the Heartbreakers being among the tightest of tight musical groups was perfectly exemplified by their live show, and while PACK UP THE PLANTATION makes for a good souvenir and is a fine record, it will never quite equal the memory of hearing them in person. That said, I'm disappointed that the CD version of the album is so lacking, having dropped two cuts and (apparently, I haven't checked this myself) truncated some of the remaining tracks. The sound on this old MCA CD also doesn't have much warmth or dynamics, and could use a remastering. (Hey! Rhino! Time to include this one in your catalog!) One reviewer here also mentioned the shoddy art reproduction and the credits which are now so small they're impossible to read. He's absolutely right, but then again, this is MCA; Petty didn't like being signed to them and apparently the feeling was mutual. Remember the whole HARD PROMISES/$8.98 uproar?

Go Back to the "good ol days".......2007-01-16

When I listen to this cd, it takes me back to college. you can feel the energy and forget about the troubles of todays world for an hour or so.

It let's me remember the stories I forgot about and the fun of youth, and that if you don't slow down, you don't have to act old!!!

I play it at work for the youngsters today and let them listen to true MUSIC. It is never tiring .

A must have for any Petty fan.

A Thrilling Mid-Period Live Set .......2006-01-24

I find it a bit curious so many of the reviews here dislike the live covers on this album; as a fan I really enjoy the boys' takes on the Byrds "So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star," or "Needles and Pins," or even "Don't Bring Me Down." I don't look for a "greatest hits live" package from a performer I respect -- I want that artist to dig deep, find some chestnuts from the catalogue, or do some covers that mean something to them -- and that's what Pack Up the Plantation is.

Is it representative? I'd say, after two and half years of effort to create Petty's statement on the South of his raising -- Southern Accents, the live album from the tour of Southern Accents finds Petty in his most meaningful, heartfelt period. My personal view is he feared revealing his most innermost thoughts about the South and himself on Southern Accents, so he felt he needed to gloss up those concepts with Dave Stewart's production tricks and copious horns. Don't forget -- this was 1985. But strip all that away and you have pure Petty, from the heart. The songs skew toward that album, with strong performances of "Rebel" and "It Ain't Nothing to Me," but he throws in some fan favorites as well. It's rounded out with some fun covers, though I agree "Shout" probably didn't need to be included.

I do find this particular cd release to be lacking, however, in that two songs are cut short and the order rearranged from the original release. There's no reason to truncate or reorder the original, and I hope subsequent pressings fix this glitch.

In sum, this is vintage mid-period Petty, rocking out on songs from his heart, even getting Stevie Nicks to join in a few tunes. Is it a comprehensive overview of his career, live? Clearly not. But taken for what it is, Pack Up the Plantation is a very enjoyable live Petty experience and an example of why this artist has been so enduring for so many years.

Tom Petty&The Heartbreakers-'Pack Up The Plantation:Live'(MCA).......2005-07-12

'Pack Up...' is truly a good live album for Tom Petty&The Heartbreakers.I get SO tired of fans saying that Petty is simply a Bob Dylan rip-off.That's where they're wrong,Petty actually CAN sing.Saw Petty on this very tour.It was his first when he employed that 'Alice In Wonderland' routine.'Pack Up...' sounds decent,not perfect.But awfully close I thought.Saw Petty here recently and I can honestly say it was one of the BEST sounding shows I've seen in sometime.Tunes I thought made this CD a true keeper were The Byrd's "So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star",The Searcher's "Needles And Pins","The Waiting","American Girl","Refugee" and "Don't Bring Me Down".Total of fourteen tracks and a duration of 71:12.A should-have.

Average customer rating: Essential! A great listen! Great Compositions The Dance of Death and other Plantation Favorites Seminal Fahey Takoma series continues -

Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites John Fahey Manufacturer: Takoma ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes The Legend of Blind Joe Death The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death Days Have Gone By, Vol. 6 Voice of the Turtle ASIN: B00000JQKU Release Date: 1999-07-20

Tracks:

1. Wine and Roses
2. How Long
3. On the Banks of the Owchita
4. Worried Blues
5. What the Sun Said
6. Revelation on the Banks of the Pawtuxent
7. Poor Boy
8. Variations on the Coocoo
9. The Last Steam Engine Train
10. Give Me Corn Bread When I'm Hungry
11. Dance of Death
12. Tulip (aka When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose) - Bonus Track
13. Daisy (aka A Bicycle Built For Two) - Bonus Track
14. The Seige of Sevastopol - Bonus Track
15. Steel Guitar Rag - Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

Essential! .......2006-03-07

Fahey was a modern Orpheus.
He stands head-to-head with such great intrumental "pickers" as Manitas de Plata and Ravi Shankar.
All guitar players young and old (especially young) should ingest Fahey NOW.
All guitar lovers (and indeed all music lovers) should
sit back,
relax,
and let his music transport them into transcendental states.
I do.

A great listen!.......2003-09-27

Being sans record player and all my LPs in storage I thought it was about time to start replacing some of my favorites with CDs. I bought all of Fahey's albums in the 60's after hearing this one at a friends. I was zapped! I think that's the way it is with Fahey. You have ten or none. In my opinion his early work was his best. John is at his somber best here! I don't have a favorite Fahey album but this one ranks high for sure! You can't go wrong with any of those 60's "color" albums. This one is,"You know, the orange one"! Great!

Great Compositions.......2000-07-12

I am transported by this music, maybe a dusty road in the country, or a dark wood, or a lazy afternoon by the river with a long reed in between my teeth, lightly splashing my feet in the river, watching a turtle or something. Or its Mexico in the late 1800s..Or... Its really an amazing album with a slew of wonderful compositions. My favorite Fahey album, though America and Blind Joe Death are close. The best song is perhaps Wine and Roses. I would describe these records for the uninitiated as fine finger-picking steel string compositions, no singing (thank goodness), similar to some Kottke but less flashy and more contemplative. Folksy and bluesy but more than that. Melodic, rhtyhmic, very accessible but not predictable, not sugary sweet, sophisticated construction. A rambling feel generally. All kinds of different images and colors being suggested. Just a great composer! Anyway if you are only going to buy one Fahey album I recommend this one.

The Dance of Death and other Plantation Favorites.......2000-04-26

Ask yourself, what would it sound like if a civil war veteran rose up out of a battlefield grave so that he could relate to any listeners his ancient story? Imagine skeletal hands pressing against frets, conveying a feeling of long lost, spook, and mystery. Now ask youself once more, what would it sound like to convey a total revelation? A life changing experience that altered the way you comprehend all things. Fahey's album sounds old, but each original song is played in a new and masterful way. An incredible combination that is worth your while.

Seminal Fahey Takoma series continues -.......1999-11-17

The long overdue re-issue of the original Fahey Takoma series from the 60's continues.

In this Volume 3, John continues to play contemplative versions of old blues songs, played with moody modal open tunings. As always, the open tunings carry a drone compulsive hypnotic quality that draws the listener in and captivates his attention. Hot dusty Southern roads, cotton fields, bright sun. Why some clever movie director has never used Fahey's music in a soundtrack I will never know. Songs are some of the best he ever wrote. Listen to "the Last Steam Engine".

Recording quality seems slightly fuzzy and unfocused, as compared with vol 1 and 2, but that quibbling. John had a habit of secretly re-doing his older albums as recording techniques improved, so sometimes you get the original and sometimes you get the new improved version. My guess is the one I have is an original.

Highly recommended, guitarists and Fahey fans will be astounded at what he does with six strings,a few mics and a tape recorder.

There is a lot of Fahey out there, The Takoma stuff is the best of the lot. And of that, Vol 1 through 6 and "America" are preferred.

I would like to change my rating to four stars but I can't figure out how to do that.

Average customer rating: Indispensable Early Work of a Blues Genius Muddy's Delta Blues Muddy's Real Real Folk Blues Muddy Waters' first recordings The birth of a legend of the 20the century

The Complete Plantation Recordings Muddy Waters Manufacturer: Chess ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Slide Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: At Newport Folk Singer Complete Recorded Works (1928-1929) Avalon Blues : Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James ASIN: B000002OC1 Release Date: 1993-06-08

Tracks:

1. Country Blues (Number One)
2. Interview #1 (Previously Unissued)
3. I Be's Troubled
4. Interview #2 (Previously Unissued)
5. Burr Clover Farm Blues (Previously Unissued)
6. Interview #3 (Previously Unissued)
7. Ramblin' Kid Blues (Partial. Previously Unissued)
8. Ramblin' Kid Blues
9. Rosalie
10. Joe Turner (Vocal: Percy Thomas)
11. Pearlie May Blues (Vocal: Percy Thomas)
12. Take A Walk With Me (Second Guitar: Son Simms)
13. Burr Clover Blues (Second Guitar: Son Simms)
14. Interview #4 (Previously Unrelaeased)
15. I Be Bound To Write To You
16. I Be Bound To Write To You (Second Version, Second Guitar: Charles Berry, Previously Unissued)
17. You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Number One)
18. You Got To Take Sick & Die Some Of These Days
19. Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You
20. Country Blues
21. You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
22. 32-20 Blues

Amazon.com essential recording

This is a treasure trove--for the Muddy Waters fan, for the blues historian, for the country-blues enthusiast. Alan Lomax, searching for Robert Johnson (recently deceased), came through and recorded a young McKinley Morganfield. The rest is history. Early versions of future classics can be found on these field recordings from 1941-42, and the guitar and voice that would have unimaginable influence on blues and rock & roll. There's no Chicago yet in these often-scratchy recordings, but if you listen, you can hear where it came from. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Indispensable Early Work of a Blues Genius.......2006-10-01

This is where the legend of the one and only, tremendous Muddy Waters starts. Few people have ever impacted any artform as much as Muddy has American music. Though he is accompanied on some songs, Muddy is also solo on many and performs some future classics w/ just an acoustic and his powerful voice. When Muddy heard the playback after "Country Blues" he knew that he had what it took to be a blues professional... possibly the greatest that there ever was. If you've never heard Muddy play acoustic, you are in for a shock; I believe my jaw dropped to the floor when I heard the amazing, full-bodied, vibrant sound that he got out of just a guitar and his voice on songs such as the first cut and "I Be's Troubled" (later recorded as "I Can't Be Satisfied." This is indispensable and essential listening, not just some study in the roots of American music.

Muddy's Delta Blues.......2005-04-13

Most Blues fans have heard a lot of chicago blues. Most fans have a lot of Muddy Waters chicago blues. But not alot of Muddy Waters fans would have heard Muddy sing the delta blues. This CD is very intersting because it shows Muddy playing the first blues he ever heard, The Delta Blues. Much like the sounds of Son House, Robert Johnson and Skip JAmes this cd is all acoustic blues. It is great to be able to hear a very young Muddy sing delta blues because once he went to Chicago he abandoned the delta sound and went electric. Muddy does several Robert Johnson songs on this cd quite well, and there are some interesting interviews with Muddy explaining what life was like in the delta and why he made songs out of his experiences. For those who like the old delta blues this cd is a must have, on no other cd do we hear Muddy singing blues like these.

Muddy's Real Real Folk Blues.......2004-01-16

When Muddy Waters made the first recordings here, he was 26 or 27 and had not been playing regularly. He didnt own a guitar and had to borrow Alan Lomax's Martin. You see here your basic Delta and Mississippi blues in full blossom, by a man who was a great player if he could sound like this when he wasn't in practice. People look at Mississippi blues with a distorted mind thinking of it only through the stream of Robert Johnson, when the music and the tradition was much broader.

In the interviews on this recording you can see how lame and ignorant at times the folklorists were, both white and black, Lomax and Work. But you also see a testament to Son House who taught Robert Johnson, Muddy, and a whole layer of bluesmen and who was such a great artist even in his revival 1960s that Muddy would make his band members keep quiet and play close attention when House performed with them at Newport and elsewhere.

However, you also see his roots beyond this. We get to hear a good string band performance with Muddy Playing with fiddler Son Sims and a mandolin player in a blues fiddle band that was typical of what was going on at the time. Muddy explains his decision to start playing music was inspired by Sims and the string band with Sims and the mandolin player was the band he performed with when he got work. Neither Waters nor the liner notes let you know that Waters also played mandolin, and that when Muddy was a teenager in the 1930s, his favorite blues group was the fiddle band The Mississippi Sheiks. Years later, Muddy would explain he walked all day just to hear the Sheiks.

Despite all this history, this is some good blues music to listen to,. More relaxed,and less intense, and of course less masterful than the Chess masterpieces Muddy began putting out in Chicago in the 1940s, but this is still a CD I put on my player with it set to keep replaying it because I want to hear it.

Muddy Waters' first recordings.......2003-07-29

If your idea of what a Muddy Waters tune should sound like is the cut-and-shuffle of "Hoochie Coochie Man" or the hard-hitting "I've Got My Mojo Working", the music on this album may come as a surprise to you. This is strictly acoustic stuff, split between solo performances and recordings with the Son Simms Four string band, and the style (if not the voice) recalls Waters' self-professed mentor, the legendary Eddie "Son" House.

Stil, if you're interested in country blues, this is an important and interesting document, showcasing the great Muddy Waters before he truly found a style of his own. The 1941 recording of "I Be's Troubled" (later redubbed "I Can't Be Satisfied") shows signs of things to come, but most of what is on here owes a huge debt to Son House first and William "Big Bill" Broonzy second. Waters' heavy-handed slide guitar attack is strongly reminiscent of House, whom Waters mentions several times during the four interview snippets spread across the record.

According to legend, listening to himself on acetate for the first time made Muddy Waters believe in himself and his abilities as a recording artist ("I didn't know I sang like that!"), and he eventually made it north to Chicago where his re-working of "I Be's Troubled" became a major local hit in 1948).

Among the highlights on this album are the House-esque "Country Blues", "I Be's Troubled", and "Rosalie", which is a virtual blueprint for Waters' later approach. Also listen to "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" and the Charley Patton-like "You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These Days".

Again, this is NOT the kind of hard-rocking blues and deep grooves that made Muddy Waters the king of Chicago blues in the 50s (well, alongside Howlin' Wolf), but if you are interested in the developement of one of the most important post-war blues musicians, it is well worth picking up. And the music is good, too!

The birth of a legend of the 20the century.......2002-05-24

THis is the beginning of a colossal history: the history of McKinley Morganfield, aka Muddy Waters, born April 4,1915,in Rolling Fork (Sharkey Co),MS.Born on Kroger Plantation,he went to Clarksdale,MS,in 1918,after his mother's death,and lived with his grandmother.He taught playing harp at 9, and guitar around 1932.Nine years later,he waxed his first tunes,and the legend could begin.One of the greatest musicians of the century was born.
Of course, this cd is essential.Even if there are some imperfections,even if the violin of Henry Sims on four tracks isn't very good.Muddy Waters' music is already here,with strong influences from Son House,Charley Patton,Willie Brown,Robert Johnson and even Blind Lemon Jefferson."Country blues" and "I be's troubled" are masterful solo pieces,recorded at Stovall's Plantation,August 1941."I be bound to write to you" will later be named "I can't be satisfied",and it features great slide playing."You got to take sick and die..." shows Muddy imitating (with great skill) the outstanding Blind Willie Johnson;you know,the guy who recorded "dark was the night,cold was the ground",one of the most extraordinary pieces in the history of american black music."Why don't you live..." is the same ."mean red spider" features a pianist that sounds like Sunnyland Slim."I'm gonna cut your head" is more in Big Maceo's mood,because of James Clark's piano playing;so are "atomic bomb blues" ,"tomorrow will be too late","Jitterbug blues","hard day blues","burryin' ground blues","come to me baby" and "you can't make the grade".It seems funny and strange to find Muddy playing the role of Tampa Red.However,there are great tunes,with great piano support;Muddy loved this kind of piano players,and some years later he will play with the immense Otis Spann (1930-1970),a "son" of Big Maceo.Finally,the terrific,outstanding,amazing,superb "rollin' and tumblin'",recorded in two parts,with Little Walter,harp,and Babyface Leroy Foster,dms and vcl.This tune became one of Muddy's anthems,and was first recorded by an obscure but very talented guy at the end of the twenties,Hambone Willie Newbern;this man recorded a few tracks,and died killed by cops who stroke him to death.You can find the "complete recorded works" of Willie Newbern on Document Records.Muddy's version of "rollin' and tumblin'" is one of the most ferocious things I ever heard;the very young Little Walter (Marion Jacobs,1930-1968),plays harp like mad here.A little bit more than five minutes of the greatest blues playing.If you're addicted to Muddy Waters' music,you have to discover this little known side of his music.

Average customer rating: Beautiful Performances Another Great Naxos Recording at a Great Price Such a great treat! A wonderful "Florida Suite"

Frederick Delius: Orchestral Works Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Delius, Frederick | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | 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 $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Delius, Frederick | ( D ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Delius: Orchestral Works Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Delius: Orchestral Works Holst: Orchestral Works Delius: Florida Suite RTvi/1; Pieces RTvi/19 ASIN: B0000014E6 Release Date: 1997-03-18

Tracks:

1. Florida Suite: Daybreak - Dance
2. Florida Suite: By The River
3. Florida Suite: Sunset - Near The Plantation
4. Florida Suite: At Night
5. Over The Hills And Far Away
6. Idylle Printemps
7. La Quadroone
8. Scherzo
9. Final Scene From 'Koanga'

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This interesting Delius disc contains one of his first major works, the Florida Suite. It was while working on an orange plantation in Solano Grove, Florida, that Delius first captured that sense of nature's intoxication that permeates all of his best music. It was also there that he caught the syphilis that would eventually blind him, and later cause his death. Aren't you glad you knew that? Anyway, the other major work is the haunting tone poem Over the Hills and Far Away. The other pieces are short, entertaining, and ephemeral, but they're all performed with great skill and expertise. A very good deal at budget price. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Performances.......2005-01-18

If you like music descriptive a landscapes and the bucolic life, the Florida Suite is certainly what you are looking for. The Florida Suite stems from the time the young Delius spent on a plantation (sent by his father as a possible business future for his son) overseeing orange groves. Fortunately for us, Delius studied music and not business. Delius' father recognized his son's true vocation and sent him to the Leipzig Conservatory to study music; the Florida Suite was written during his student years. The first movement of the suite includes music (known as La Calinda) that was later used in Koanga, so it is appropriate to have the final scene of that opera included in this CD. The third movement recalls the plantation workers after the day is done and the dance they do that has Spanish feel to it. The final movement is a very effective evocation of night. The opera Koanga is set on a plantation in Louisiana, revolving around a slave-girl named Palmyra, which worked well with descriptive music about Florida.

Over the Hills and Far Away is a fantasy-overture. It is a joyous work that evokes a landscape of distant hills. The theme is the subject of several variations. The Idylle Printemps nicely expresses the season of the title and the Scherzo and La Quadroone were part of a larger suite for orchestra (subtitled Rhapsodie floridienne). This music is perfect if you have had a difficult day and want to relax.

The CD is nicely recorded and David Lloyd-Jones is a superb interpreter of Delius' music. Highly recommended.

Another Great Naxos Recording at a Great Price.......2004-05-13

I am not all that familiar with the works of Frederick Delius, and I know I am probably not alone. His opera, A VILLAGE ROMEO AND JULIET is sometimes performed in his native England, but other than seeing a few of his works in the DECCA catalog, I knew little about this composer until Boston's local classical music station, WCRB began playing "By the River" from Delius' FLORIDA SUITE as what they like to call a "track to relax." I fell in love with the piece and wanted to add it to my collection, but had a hard time finding it, until I looked where else but the Naxos catalog and discovered this gem of a recording.. In FLORIDA SUITE, Delius is able to create an American feel to the music using the great attributes of the European classical tradition. The other tracks on the recording likewise demonstrate Delius' gifts as a composer. Delius's sound is a full and majestic one. One of the more curious tracks is an excerpt from his little known opera Koanga. The same techniques that made the other tracks beautiful likewise work in this operatic excerpt.

The English Northern Philharmonia under the direction of David Lloyd Jones honors their countryman well in this work. And, as so often is the case, Naxos delivers quality at a great price

Such a great treat!.......2004-04-06

Frederick Delius' "Florida Suite" has got to be among the finest compositions of all time. Every line of it amply speaks for Delius' strong connection with and subtle appreciation for the myriad aspects of nature. Few works can match its elegant beauty, which is rendered so nicely on this performance. And the wonderful sound quality makes for very satisfying listening.

Among the quick results I've obtained from listening to this CD is a real appetite for the works of Mr. Delius. I read that he abandoned England in his youth for the managment of some orange groves of Florida, which he rather neglected in favor of his music. We are very lucky indeed that both the orange crop-and this sumptuous music-remain vital today. Mr. Delius has gone, but perhaps we will see his like once more, in a better world, to remind us of the power of nature.

A wonderful "Florida Suite".......2001-09-18

Delius, to me, is one of the most underappreciated composers. Often dismissed as a composer of light, impressionistic miniatures, he in fact composed several large scale works of which the "Florida Suite" may be the most famous. Made up of four movements the work contains some of the composers most delightful melodies including the famous "La Calinda" which he would use again in his opera "Koanga". This is its original setting and makes for a wonderful opening to the work. The second movement "By the River", a favorite of Sir Thomas Beecham, contains a wonderful flowing melody that just carries the listener along.

This CD is also of importance to the Delius fan as it contains several works which are recorded for the first time on this CD: Idylle Printemps,La Quadroone, and "Scherzo".

The recording has a wonderful full sound and David Lloyd-Jones, who has previously recorded several acclaimed releases for Naxos, gets excellent performances out of the members of the English Northern Philharmonia.

79 minutes of Delius in a recording that can stand up to the majors in every way.

Average customer rating: Still darn good Challenging, but distinct. great Finally, finally. here it is, folks

Frustration Plantation Rasputina Manufacturer: Instinct Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Thanks for the Ether Cabin Fever A Radical Recital The Lost & Found My Fever Broke ASIN: B0001EKGH2 Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

1. Doomsday Averted
2. Secret Message
3. Possum of the Grotto
4. If Your Kisses Can't Hold the Man You Love
5. The Mayor
6. When I Count...
7. High On Life
8. Wicked Dickie
9. My Captivity By Savages
10. Saline the Salt Lake Quenn
11. Oh Injury.
12. When I Was a Young Girl
13. Momma Was an Opium Spoker
14. Nov. 17dee
15. Girls' School

Customer Reviews:

Still darn good.......2007-01-11

This is the CD that originally got me interested in Rasputina and while it is not their best it is still darn good.

Challenging, but distinct........2006-09-09

Two women, two cellos, one man. Corsets and Indian Headdresses.

There is no other band like Rasputina.

Frustration Plantation, the fourth album from Melora Creager and various associates, is slightly tinged with influences from the American South. "Doomsday Averted" is a lovely, swampy track that would have made a better album opener had there been more lyrics. Their uniquely dark takes on folk tunes "When I Was a Young Girl" and "Wicked Dickie" further this conclusion.

The cello is a gigantic, growling instrument in Creager's hands, and there is no better example than the massively fuzzed-out "Possum of the Grotto." Her work is augmented by the percussive work of (now former) member Zoe Keating.

However, two things are conspicuously muted in Plantation - Melora's arresting vibrato, and electronic percussion. "Oh, Injury" finds her exploring the lower points of her vocal range with ... interesting results. Compare anything on "The Lost and Found" to Jonathon TeBeest's organic-sounding drumwork on "Saline The Salt Lake Queen."

The album's highlight is the dementedly danceable "Momma Was An Opium-Smoker," followed directly by "Nov. 17dee," which sounds as as if it was written and sung by a 4 year old (which it was). The track more or less goes to show how joyfully odd and slightly disturbing that the minds of children can be - in this case Melora's daughter Hollis Lane. An extended version of the song is on the bonus CD for the curious.

The album also returns to the Rasputina tradition of covering an old standard - this time it's an aggressive "If Your Kisses Can't Hold The Man You Love" (popularized by Sophie Tucker).

The more you deconstruct some of Creager's lyrics, the less sense they make, but the more they make you laugh. God only knows what the point of "When I Count" really is, but this would not be a Rasputina album without it. The spoken word "My Captivity By Savages" is, well, we hope it's not true, but it's still hilarious. "Girls School" switches viewpoints from schoolmaster to student, building to end the album in a minute and a half of lovely cacophony.

Frustration Plantation is a distinct entry into the Rasputina catalog, but perhaps not the best place to start - I still prefer the distorted, slightly gothic musings of "How We Quit the Forest." Still, it's more than worth a spin.

great.......2006-07-27

I try not to give 5 star ratings often, but I think this release merits one. This album is about as good as a cello-based rock album with quirky female vocals can be.
Some great songs here with some clever lyrics. It is a bit different from some of the earlier releases, but in a good way. Most notably, gone is that horrible vibrato. "Thanks for the Ether" is another great album but a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l- the-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e tre-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-embling vo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-cals are super distracting once you notice them. The songs here tend to be a little more "rocking" and less classical sounding. Whether you like that, or prefer the earlier style better really comes down to personal taste. Both are pretty original, and they pull off both very well. Personally, I like this style a little more.

Pick it up. You shouldn't be dissapointed. Unless you hate cellos. Then you'll probably hate it.

Finally, finally........2006-01-22

I've been a fan of Raputina for a long, long time. As a cellist -and music nerd- I have always held this band in high regard.

So why don't the rest of my fellow "old fans" like this new album?

Rasputina still maintains their quirky, over-the-top style but somehow this album does not seem as trite as their previous efforts. This album, unlike their others, actually has a cohesive sound.
As for the southern theme, it seems to work to Rasputina's advantage by not only lending a haunting setting for their equally haunting music, but also by giving Rasputina a music suited perfectly to cello (meaning their instruments do not seem to be at odds with this music style, as it sometimes may with their patented "cello rock" style).

I adore just about every track on this album. However, "Oh, Injury" keeps me from rating this album a perfect 5 stars. I can't stand Melora's deep falsetto in this track (she also uses the same voice in a couple other tracks, but somehow they seem less... bad... than "Oh, Injury").

Originally I thought newer fans may have a harder time liking this album (the quirk-factor is through the roof on this one). However, after reading the reviews, I am surprised Rasputina is not being applauded by older fans for their efforts at creating a cohesive album; it's Rasputina, the way they always should have been.

here it is, folks.......2005-09-04

if you have enjoyed rasputina's totally unique sound over the years, you have notcied that they have evolved - and quite beautifully i might add. a touch of synth, some electric guitar, hard drums... but they have kept thier vibe and are turning out more complex, more deep, and more substantial work with each album.

look, i like industrial, vintage 4AD stuff, non-commercial goth, whatever - and i always appreciate a band that is truly unique. here you have it. gay or straight, man or woman, goth, rivet-head, nerdy-highschool class orchestra member - Rasputina lets you enjoy being who you are. brava.

Average customer rating: A goal not quite achieved but still very good Not bad -- but not ROLLER COASTER WEEKEND

Plantation Harbor Joe Vitale Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Roller Coaster Weekend You Bought It You Name It Peter Cetera Hydra Snakes & Arrows ASIN: B00006CTEA Release Date: 2002-07-31

Tracks:

1. Plantation Harbor
2. Never Gonna Leave You Alone (Crazy Bout You Baby)
3. Laugh-Laugh
4. Man Gonna Love You
5. Theme From Cabin Weirdos
6. Lady On The Rock
7. Bamboo Jungle
8. Sailor Man
9. Im Flyin

Album Description

Joe Vitale is best known for his session work. He has worked on albums by Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joe Walsh, The Eagles and numerous Eagle members solo projects. He has had only two solo albums in his career, and fans have been screaming for them to be issued on CD. Plantation Harbor features guest performances by Don Felder, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Joe Walsh & Timothy B. Schmit. It was originally issued on LP in 1981 on Asylum Records. Wounded Bird. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

A goal not quite achieved but still very good.......2003-12-08

Plantation Harbor is a fun romp using the new sounds available to the studio mixes of the period. The strings have more clarity and the production was a very ambitious mix of classic Joe Vitale rhythm heavy rock funk like that used in the songs 'Plantation Key' and 'In the Jungle' as well 'Theme from the Cabin Weirdos'.However, 'Lady on the Rock' is a thrilling mix of classic popular arrangement married to basic guitar rhythms creating an inspiring mix that makes a powerful anthem about the Statue of Liberty. The tune 'Sailor Man' is swingin'!All in all, this is a very fine mix of differing styles stating Vitale's love for making music and not just guitar laden Rock& Roll. While the guitar and percussion are still strong the arrangements put them to task and the result is both ambitious, and, for me, very satisfying.The only downside is that this album recieved almost no attention from the music industry at the time and it suffers from being too ecclectic for the many Rock fans who sneer at almost anything this ambitious. Can't wait to buy this CD. I've been waiting a long time for it to make it into my CD collection.

Not bad -- but not ROLLER COASTER WEEKEND.......2003-10-28

Joe Vitale first came to the notice of the record-buying public on the inside photo of the gatefold Joe Walsh LP, 'THE SMOKER YOU DRINK ...'. The album was, and still is, a classic, but it was clear that Joe V wasn't the most photogenic of drummer/flautist/backing vocalists. After that album, the Barnstorm band appeared to disintegrate, with only Joe V hanging on Joe W's coat-tails for the creation of 'SO WHAT' and the live 'YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH A SICK MIND'.

Whether or not Joe V was riding on Joe W's success, there was no disputing that in 1975 Mr Vitale recorded an absolute gem in the form of 'ROLLER COASTER WEEKEND'. Yes, the lyrics were often inane, but the sheer optimistic pop-musicality of it all has made it one of those sought-after cult classics, long after Atlantic deleted it from its catalogue. It didn't matter that much of the content centred on schoolyard romances. The songs were just so ... uhmm ... singable. Besides displaying Joe Vitale's skills as a composer and arranger of Beach Boy-like harmonies, they also demonstrated that he could play a mean bass synth and keyboards. With one album, Joe Vitale cast himself as the deeply underrated equivalent of the UK's Terry Reid.

But that was in 1975. What happened after that? I would just love to know. Well, for one thing, his mentor Joe Walsh joined the Eagles in time for 'HOTEL CALIFORNIA'. For the next six years, Joe V seems to continue helping Joe W with solo albums, e.g. 'BUT SERIOUSLY FOLKS', and possibly developing a relationship with the Eagles.

Until these CD re-issues appeared in 2002, I was unaware that Joe Vitale had recorded a second solo LP in 1981. The marketing problem with such a long gap between LPs is that while tha artist may not have changed much, the market has moved on. I was a high school student when I bought and enjoyed Roller Coaster Weekend so much; but I'd left university and got a career by the time 'PLANTATION HARBOR' came along. I wouldn't claim that my musical taste had become any more sophisticated, but it certainly had moved on. To tell the truth, if I'd been aware of the album in 1981, I probably would have bought it, because Roller Coaster Weekend had made such an impact on me. But I suspect that the Plantation Harbor LP was never released in the UK.

So musically, how does Plantation Harbor rate, 22 years after its initial release, but to a fresh ear? It is very similar to Roller Coaster Weekend. Like the former, Joe Walsh guests on guitars. Other Eagles are brought in -- i.e. Don Felder and Tim B Schmidt -- as are Stephen Stills and Graham Nash (for one track only). There are many Walsh-isms -- from the thumping, metronomic bass-and-drum beat to the whacky telephone call. But where this album is distinctly weaker is, sadly, in Joe Vitale's voice. On Roller Coaster Weekend it had edge and bite, and above all, it was passionate. Here it just seems weak and low in the mix. (Donald Fagen appears to be suffering from the same vocal weakness, but the Steely Dan brand is strong enough to surmount the problem.)

If this was the last Joe Vitale solo LP, I wouldn't be surprised. The West Coast sound had its heyday in the 1970s. By 1981 record companies, looking for the next punk-like bandwagon, wanted artists far less sophisticated than Joe Vitale. (Yes, rap was nearly with us!)

Searching on the Internet for the answer to the question 'Whatever happened to Joe Vitale?' is not fruitful. It appears that the drummer Joe Vitale has been squeezed out by the marketing consultant Joe Vitale. If someone can fill mein, I'd love to know.

Average customer rating: Track List

101 Dalmatians (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Manufacturer: Disney ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Disney Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Aristocats 101 Dalmatians: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (1996 Version) Jungle Book 101 Dalmatians (Limited Issue) Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp: Classic Soundtrack Series ASIN: B00006EXG0 Release Date: 2002-08-13

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Given the two belated live-action sequels and numerous other TV and video spinoffs spawned by Disney's charming 1961 animated original, the Dalmatian count is more like 1,001 by now. This reissued soundtrack (admirably restored in the late '90s by producer Randy Thornton) showcases the original orchestral film cues of George Bruns to good effect. While the composer's bright, lively work was largely fragmentary (originally written as punctuation for the film's turns of action and comedy), its components have been skillfully sequenced and gently edited here for a more cohesive listening experience. The film's most memorable musical moments remain Mel Levin's delightful trio of songs, "Kanine Krunchies," "Dalmatian Plantation," and, of course, the classic villainess romp "Cruella DeVil." Bonus cuts include both a bluesy piano rendition and Levin's decidedly goofy piano/vocal demo of the latter tune. A great primer to Disney's animation underscore philosophy, seasoned with one of the studio's most memorable songs. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Track List.......2007-02-14

Track Listing
1. Overture
2. Beautiful Spring Day, A
3. What's All The Hurry / A Perfect Situation / Stir Things Up
4. Cruella De Vil
5. Don't Worry, Perdy / The Puppies Are Here / Lucky / How Marvelous / Not One / A Bloomin' Hero
6. Ol' Thunder Always Wins
7. Kanine Krunchies
8. Bedtime / An Evening Constitutional / A Job To Do / They're Gone!
9. Dognapped! / Anita Darling / What'll We Do?
10. All Dog Alert
11. Sergeant Tibs' Recon / Cat Casserole
12. Can You Leave Tonight? / Arduous Trek / Any News, Colonel? / I Want The Job Done
13. Pulling A Snitch / Big Hullabaloo / Battling The Baduns
14. My Darlings / 99 / Better Be Off / Fire One / All Clear
15. Through The Snow / Shelter
16. I'm Hungry / Get Some Rest / Back On The Road / Spotted!
17. Dinsford / Cruella / A Roll In The Soot / To The Van / It Can't Be / Crazed / You Fools!
18. Puppies Everywhere
19. Dalmatian Plantation / Finale
20. Cruella De Vil - (Nonsense Version Demo)

Average customer rating: landmark Delius recordings by his greatest conductor A composer for a conductor! A gramophone classic Hard to top Beecham conducting Delius

Beecham Conducts Delius Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Delius, Frederick | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | 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 | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002ROJ Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Over The Hills And Far Away
2. Sleigh Ride
3. Brigg Fair - An English Rapsody
4. Florida Suite: Daybreak, Dance
5. Florida Suite: By The River
6. Florida Suite: Sunset, Near The Plantation
7. Florida Suite: At Night
8. Marche Caprice

Tracks:

1. Dance Rhapsody No. 2
2. Summer Evening
3. Two Peices For Small Orchestra: No. 1: On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring
4. Two Peices For Small Orchestra: No. 2: Summer Night On The River
5. A Song Before Sunrise
6. Fennimore And Gerda - Intermezzo
7. Irmelin Prelude
8. Songs Of Sunset

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Sir Thomas Beecham enjoyed a career-long association with the music of Delius. As Grieg provided the encouragement to Delius to keep composing, Delius in turn helped Beecham choose conducting as his path. In return, Beecham championed the composer's music as no other interpreter has or ever will. There is a delicacy in these sunny accounts, a lightness of touch and of texture that sets them apart. While one encounters occasional out-of-tune notes as well as ensemble problems in the playing by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the spirit of Sir Thomas easily carries the day. The performances were captured in good early EMI stereo, which, while it comes with some tape hiss, is eminently listenable and has a wonderful presence. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

landmark Delius recordings by his greatest conductor.......2006-12-09

Here you've got probably the most essential set of Delius recordings ever made. Thomas Beecham, the composer's ardent champion of many decades, made the most of this opportunity to record (and re-record) many key works in stereo. The playing of his Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is exemplary, with some gorgeous woodwind soloing.

Delius is an elusive but highly original composer with a rhapsodic style; an acquired taste, he can definitely grow on one with repeated listenings. A kind of English impressionist (born the same year as Debussy), he was also a major inspiration to Duke Ellington. Here you'll find some of the finest short tone poems ever composed, such as "Summer Evening," "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring," "Summer Night on the River," and "A Song before Sunset"--all gloriously poetic evocations of the natural world and presented here in definitive interpretations. The early four-movement "Florida Suite" is another favorite, and it's recorded here, as are several other works, in Beecham's own editions.

The highlight, however, is the final and longest piece on this set, "Songs of Sunset," a choral work with baritone and contralto soloists that sets passages by Ernest Dowson (a short-lived and largely forgotten nineteenth-century English poet who contributed several immortal phrases to the language, including "days of wine and roses" and "gone with the wind"). Australian baritone John Cameron is wonderful with his rich, mahogany voice, and Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester is simply transcendent, as she is also in the classic Bruno Walter recording of Mahler's 2nd. The passage "and dream we shall lie,/ Red mouth to mouth, entwined" is ecstatic--pure aural magic.

As an introduction to Delius's music, this can't be topped. And for the true Delian, it's desert island material.

A composer for a conductor!.......2006-12-03

Delius was an eminent landscape painter musician if I may; he might be catalogued as late Impressionist. Temperament and lyric refinement are basically the most relevant features of his artistic profile.

To my mind there just have been three eminent conductors who have been able to capture with all fervor and slender elegance the magic of his compositions: Thomas Beecham, John Barbirolli and Anthony Collins.

The eulogizing devotion of Beecham to play the most of his compositions is worthy to admire, and in this sense he must be considered as the most genuine herald, pioneer and defender of his music, especially when Sir Edward Elgar seemed to cover practically all the spectral universe in the early decades of the XX Century.

Don't miss this album that will always keep for us the minim facets of that illuminated and talented composer.

A gramophone classic.......2000-05-29

This set has the power to bring back a sense of wonder to even the most jaded of today's listeners. Something of the magic of the early stereo era is conveyed. If the LP equivalents sounded half as good as this, they must have been some kind of landmark in the history of recording. I would love to have been there to experience the sense of revelation that these recordings brought to their first listeners.

Beecham was and is the undisputed master of this music. Following along with the score of "Brigg Fair", "A Dance Rhapsody" and "Two Pieces for Small Orchestra" as I listen to Beecham conduct them, I fully appreciate how complete Beecham's seduction of his players was. There is no feeling that an interpreter is imposing his will but rather of complete identification with the spirit of the music, a sense of fantasy and, again, wonder. It's as if Delius is speaking directly to us and surely that is the mark of a great performance!

Hard to top Beecham conducting Delius.......2000-05-26

Want to check out Delius? Start here. Ah, the days when conductors like Sir Thomas Beecham roamed the earth... Highly recommended.

Dance Music:

1. The Wonderful World Of Cease A Leo [Explicit Lyrics]
2. The Zou
3. There's a Poison Goin'On
4. These Wicked Streets [Explicit Lyrics]
5. Tribute to Ludacris
6. Urban Hymns, Vol. 8 [Import]
7. Violator: The Album (Clean)
8. Violator: The Album [Explicit Lyrics]
9. Whiteboys [Explicit Lyrics] [Soundtrack]
10. Wild Wild West [CD-single]

Dance Music

dance music

Dance Music

Weasels Ripped My Flesh

Mozart: Concerto K 365 / Sinfonia K 364

Smooth N Easy [Import]

Lamb

Ruban D'alpha [Import]

Quiet Time Meditation

Our Homeland

Paper Lace - Greatest Hits [Import]

Schizophrenic [Import]

Prokofiev/Bartok: Pf Concertos Nos. 1 & 3/ Pf Concerto No. 3

Magnum Cum Louder [Import]

Peu Importe [Enhanced] [Import]

Maria

Resurrected Gangstaz

Freestyle Greatest Beats: The Complete Collection, Vol. 5