Beauty and the Beat

1. Polite Meeting Intro

2. Funky Voltron F/Insight - Edan,

3. I See Colours

4. Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme

5. Murder Mystery

6. Torture Chamber F/Percee P - Edan,

7. Making Planets F/Mr. Lif - Edan, Mr. Lif

8. Time Out (Segue)

9. Rock and Roll F/Dagha

10. Beauty

11. Science of the Two F/Insight - Edan,

12. Smile

13. Promised Land

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Average customer rating: go-gos got the beat Back To The Beat remaster? Gen X College Balladeers BEST OF THE BEST!!!

Beauty and the Beat The Go-Go's Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music New Wave | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | 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 $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Vacation Belinda Carlisle - Her Greatest Hits The Bangles - Greatest Hits Parallel Lines Return to the Valley of the Go-Go's ASIN: B000001I0O Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Our Lips Are Sealed
2. How Much More
3. Tonite
4. Lust To Love
5. This Town
6. We Got The Beat
7. Fading Fast
8. Automatic
9. You Can't Walk In Your Sleep(If You Can't Sleep)
10. Skidmarks On My Heart
11. Can't Stop The World

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When the 1970s punk scene was washed away by the undertow of '80s new wave, few bands surfed the transition as well as the Go-Go's. These Valley grrrls dressed up their punk heritage with a sense of glamour so that their music was at once ballsy and fanciful. The peppery singles "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed" were their debut's chart climbers and glossiest tracks. The rest of the album has a tougher crust. For example, the jittery "Can't Stop the World" would make the Ramones proud. And take a look at the lyrical content of "This Town": "Change the lines that were said before / We're all dreamers--we're all whores / Discarded stars / Like worn out cars / Litter the streets of this town." Hole's single "Celebrity Skin" is a '90s rendition of the same theme: "When I wake up with my makeup / Have you ever felt so used up as this? / It's all so sugarless / Hooker / Waitress / Model / Actress / Oh, just go nameless." Just as Courtney Love has made a career out of publicly displaying her glam-trash lifestyle, the Go-Go's song about the self-eroding lifestyles of Hollywood revealed that they, too, were more hard living than hard candy. --Beth Bessmer

Customer Reviews:

go-gos got the beat.......2007-07-06

i am listening to beauty and the beat by the go-gos as i review it. i like the songs our lips are sealed, we got the beat,tonight,how much more,lust in love,fading fast,skidmarks on my heart,this town,and can't stop the world. go-go get this album,you will enjoy hearing it again. ed wilson

Back To The Beat.......2007-04-12

Okay, Beauty & The Beat, the debut and quissessential disc by the Go-Go's does have this release on CD by IRS Records but while their next two albums 1982's Vacation and 1984's Talk Show got a huge remastering treatment on their releases, this album lacks the sound quality of those discs. Why I ask you Why??? Most definitely the best of the Go-Go's albums, this launched their career and took us all by storm in 1981, "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got The Beat" were the big singles but that's only the surface of this gem packed full of high energy poppy new wave. "Skidmarks On My Heart" is a hilarious walk through the mind of a girl whose boyfriend spends more time working on his cars than on her, "Lust To Love" could be the story of my life, "This Town" is one of the all time best songs about Hollywood ever performed, "Can't Stop The World" is highly kinetic energy in all of its glorious 3 minutes and even when they turn the beat down a bit on "Automatic" it's still highly energetic. All in all, a very very excellant CD and one that should get IRS off their butts and do it right. Let's see the Stiff singles and the Fast Times songs... but most importantly a full on remastering.

remaster?.......2006-11-13

When is this album going to be remastered? The other two are. What are they waiting for?

Gen X College Balladeers.......2006-08-17

It was That Moment. I'd come up to our agricultural state university from the sticks; and he'd come from the glamourous suburbs; and here we first met in the Temple of the Student Subculture: the Used Recordstore (that's record, as in vinyl). It was love at first sight, and after we circled each other to confirm we were each picking up discs by U2, the Clash, and Lene Lovich, he told me in a sexy voice, "You should listen to this one." The 45 was "Our Lips Our Sealed" by the Go-Go's b/w the instrumental "Surfing and Spying". The sparks of love didn't last long, but the association of Belinda Carlisle and the girls with anything reminding me of my college years goes on and on.

And for this I am proud. Because the Go-Gos weren't just a silly add-pop-lyrics and stir band. They wrote and played their own songs....quite clever ones, at that; the songs were clever (think of the poor girl who loses her love to a car her boyfriend spends more time & attention on....who hasn't dealt with that problem...in "Skidmarks on my Heart.") And the rythm and driving hard melodies evoke the bands who've led the charge in the New Wave: The Ramones, the Jam, XTC, Nena in Germany, Siouxsie Sioux, and even a new Beatle-tribute band in LA called the Bangles...but of them all, the Go-Gos are the brightest and most positive, perhaps the most suited to wear the laurel "Girl Group" in the tradition of the Shirelles, Ronettes, and Supremes. And bring their own flair to that genre.

BEST OF THE BEST!!!.......2006-06-25

These five fabulous brilliant female musicians deserve more credit and recognition than what they are getting. They deserve awards, a STAR in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, their own autobiographical book and movie, and so on. These girls are GROUNDBREAKERS, and out of their 4 wonderful albums, THIS is their masterpiece. Someone out there PLEASE! what are you waiting for? Lets give Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin, Gina Schock and Kathy Valentine ALL the merit they rightfully deserve.

Average customer rating: Great easy listening jazz album... Wonderful recording Ah Memories! Another favorite from yesteryear... First live album for both Lee and Shearing, and only one done together.

Beauty and the Beat! Peggy Lee , and George Shearing Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mink Jazz Basin Street East I'm a Woman/Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota Man I Love/If You Go Pretty Eyes/Guitars alà Lee ASIN: B000093U3Y Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

1. Do I Love You?
2. I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City
3. If Dreams Come True
4. All Too Soon
5. Mambo In Miami
6. Isn't It Romantic?
7. Blue Prelude
8. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
9. Always True To You In My Fashion
10. There'll Be Another Spring
11. Get Out Of Town
12. Satin Doll
13. Nobody's Heart
14. Don't Ever Leave Me

Customer Reviews:

Great easy listening jazz album..........2007-07-07

I originally bought the LP as a kid of 13 and played it to death (1957). It was an early intro to jazz and I was a fan of big band music also. I recently have started to collect "older" albums that I had as LPs and was glad to see this one available. My other 1st album was Errol Garner "Concert By The Sea" that still is so soothing in traffic now that I have the CD.
I can highly recommend this album as well as Errol Garner. Ms Lee was in her prime and a joy to hear. Mr Shearing was one of the finest jazz pianists and pairs up with Ms Lee beautifully.

Wonderful recording.......2007-04-10

I remember hearing this album as a kid. I found it wonderful then and find it wonderful now. I have to confess that I do prefere the album with the additions of the talk and the clapping - yes, I know that this was added later but it does give the album an added excitement.

Still ....... with or without the clapping and the chat, it is a great album with some masterpieces (in my opinion) - but then, I am a fan!!!

Ah Memories!.......2007-01-11

As a kid in the fifties I grew up listening to my Dad's 'long playing records'. The original of this was one of my favorites. It was sad to read that the version I found so exciting, with the sounds of the audience, was faked in a studio. I used to get goose bumps when Peggy would say, " Shall we swing a little?" and the audience of DJ's exploded into rapturous applause. It may have been fake but it made exciting entertainment and isn't that what it's all about?

There is something lost in this version, a little flatness that wasn't present in the one I grew up with. Never the less, it's one of the all time great performances and if I had never heard the original I would be more than satisfied
Linda Carmichael

Another favorite from yesteryear..........2006-01-30

I was delighted to find this in CD - it's one of my favorites from many years ago!

First live album for both Lee and Shearing, and only one done together........2005-11-14

Originally recorded in 1959 and re-released in 1992, this landmark CD features all new arrangements developed during in an intense three days of rehearsal before this live performance. Shearing was relatively new to the US and its audiences, but Lee became a fan the minute she heard him and was thrilled to make an album with him. A saloon-singer/composer/jazz artist, and always a professional, she was known for her attention to the smallest detail, not a trait that lends itself naturally to albums recorded "live," but with Shearing at the keyboard and his quintet in the background, Lee sounds relaxed, swingy, and light-hearted here.

Featuring songs from the Great American Songbook--by Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Duke Ellington, and Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern--with some Afro-Cuban, blues, and the debut recording of her own romantic ballad, "There'll Be Another Spring," the CD offers variety, at the same time that it maintains its mellow approach and overall lightness.

Shearing is the consummate accompanist on the songs the two do together. Her voice is always out front, with his chords, runs, key changes, and playfulness on piano remaining in the background to enhance her voice and songs. The bluesy "I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City" and "Blue Prelude," a blues song given an upbeat treatment here, are among the most exciting and interesting on the CD. "There'll Be Another Spring," a beautiful, romantic ballad written by Lee, is recorded for the first time on this album, taking advantage of her restrained passion and dramatic, whispery voice.

Shearing, whose quintet was famous for his early adoption of Afro-Cuban rhythms and the fine blending of piano and vibes, solos with Armando Peraza's "Mambo in Miami," in which Peraza himself supplies the unusual percussion and syncopated beat. In his second solo, "Isn't It Romantic," he matches his arrangement with the lyrics, creating one of the most romantic songs on the album.

Two bonus tracks, including "Don't Ever Leave Me," a dramatic and passionate plea by Lee, and "Nobody's Heart," both recorded earlier and not part of the live performance, are added to this CD. Fine music by two fine musicians make this an album for romance-if one can ignore the fact that the intros to all the songs were added after the fact when the album was edited. n Mary Whipple

Average customer rating: I See Colors The underground is made of velvet! This is probably a classic. Classic PSYC.ACIDDDDELIC and going...

Beauty & The Beat Edan Manufacturer: Lewis Ent ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Mouse and the Mask The Further Adventures of Lord Quas Black Dialogue Take Me to Your Leader Madvillainy ASIN: B0007KLLC4 Release Date: 2005-03-29

Tracks:

1. Polite Meeting
2. Funky Voltron
3. I See Colours
4. Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme
5. Murder Mystery
6. Torture Chamber
7. Making Planets
8. Time Out
9. Rock And Roll
10. Beauty
11. The Science Of The Two
12. Smile
13. Promised Land

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Boston's Edan may come off as an obsessed fan-boy of late '80s hip-hop, an acolyte schooled in the furious braggadocio of Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap. Stylistically, with his own furiously fast rhymes and tommy gun beats, it's obvious this is where he draws his inspiration from. However, Beauty and the Beat does far more than shout out Edan's personal pantheon or clone their microphone mannerisms. Beauty is a tightly bound effort clocking in at an efficient 34 minutes, with 13 briskly paced tracks that flow with impressive coherency. Edan mines the surreal swirls and moody loops of '60s psychedelic rock. His heavy density of fuzzed-out guitar screeches, dreamy horn wails, and sci-fi sound effects create a unique sonic bed that complements Edan's imaginative (and often non-sequitur) lyricism. Whatever Edan's rhymes may lack in topicality, they brim with style, offering more than clever punchlines and catchy hooks. This is an MC who still appreciates the basic pleasure of word play. --Oliver Wang

Product Description

While Edan’s critically acclaimed debut, ‘Primitive Plus’, was a celebration of Hip-hop’s golden age and a true throwback, his sophomore album, ‘Beauty And The Beat’, is a vast musical collage that contains many different influences; Hip-hop, rock, pop, dusty breaks, hazy loops, luxurious off-kilter samples and curveball tempo changes that are all crafted into one cohesive piece of art. Edan’s vast lyrical imagination and technical wizardry (he also self-produced every track) alone make ‘Beauty And The Beat’ a standout. The album’s lead-single ‘Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme’, a track which true Hip-hop enthusiasts and historians will not only appreciate, but ultimately debate is a perfect sample of what ‘Beauty And The Beat’ has to offer. ‘Smile’ is a gripping behind the scenes look at a successful yet internally tormented star. ‘Promised Land’ - the symbolism of imagination and its power to overcome all that is perilous with positivity, patience and understanding show how Edan has progressed both artistically and as an individual. Check out ‘Rock And Roll’ for a heavy hitting beat and ‘Torture Chamber’ for amazing mic skills. Features Mr Lif (Def Jux) , Percee P (Stones Throw), Dagah and Insight. The double vinyl version a US pressed, thick vinyl, in a shrink wrapped ‘old style’ ‘60’s heavy card jacket. Edan will be deejaying at Fabric on February 4th and touring the UK in March.

Customer Reviews:

I See Colors .......2007-01-18

Not since Redman's funkadelic sophmore release Dare iz a Darkside has a hip hop artist successfully bended the rules of and pushed hip hop to the limits. A short album at 37 minutes, with 13 tracks Edan steps aside from his throwback rap-pioneer style to produce a mind bending psychadelic hip hop trip. Lots of reverb, 60s and 70s rock samples, blacksploitation film dubs, punch ins and a suit made of electricity. Great guest spots by Mr. Lif, Insight and Percee P. Edan colorfully journeys the cosmos by combining hip hop and psychadelic rock in a way that no one could imagine.

The underground is made of velvet!.......2006-12-31

Let's face it, what do you think of when you think of hip-hop? Tough neighborhoods? Grafitti on broken down trains? Now, what do you think of when you think of psychedelia? Haullecgenic drugs? Long haired hippies with flowers in their hair?

Now, what do you think of the two combined?

Hard, isn't it? Well, not anymore. Edan manages to combine the head-nodding grooves of hip hop along with the craziness and strange effects of the best psychedelia, and comes up with Beauty and the Beat, one of the most original albums I have ever heard. Songs like "I See Colours," and "Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme" (which is a timeline to the forgotten masters of hip hop) sounds like a lo-fi hip hop relic combined with 60's hooks and sounds. Other tracks like "Rock and Roll" show Edan's artistic side, and "Science Of The Two" bring a Run-DMC duo feel to the album.

Also, tracks such as "Beauty", "Smile," and "Promised Land" have so much depth to them, it's easy to get lost in this dreamland. The samples, echo effects, reversed loops, and other sonic craziness make this a perfect album to sit back and smoke a huge bowl of weed to.

I reccomend this to anyone who wants to hear something thought-provoking and new. Buy this album now!

This is probably a classic........2006-08-04

Go ahead & get this record. Don't let somebody else's opinion scare you off a good thing. It's worth your time even if it's a little too short. Edan has good word crafting skills & delivery. He gets downright psychedelic in a hip-hop flow, & with his fuzzy, rockn'roll samples & distorted mixing, a really unique musical work has been created here. Is it a classic? Probably. I'm from KRS1 & Chuck D's generation, so I have to say this record is a work of old school-style genius & demands repeated play. I got to get more of Edan's records.

Classic.......2006-07-18

This is amazing.. really is. Rarely does hip hop (by which i mean beats AND emceeing, not DJ Shadow instrumental type stuff) take you on a 'journey' like this. I'm quite stunned by the quality of the production, and to hear a classic old-school flow style like Edan's over such innovative and imaginative beats is a brilliant combination. I like innovation in hip hop but sometimes think it becomes so far removed from the essence of the genre it becomes a bit sterile. Not here. Give it up for Edan.

PSYC.ACIDDDDELIC and going..........2006-04-19

it will soon be a year since i have been listening to this CD and it still tops the list. MF DOOM's DangerDoom has already lost its place in my ipod but i just can't let go of this one. I think the last time i listened to the same CD so much was when BLACKSTAR hit the streets. This album never got the attention it deserves.

Average customer rating: Excellent album of Disney musical tracks! Almost as Good as Being at Disney World We love this CD No Harry Belafonte I love, love, love this CD!!!

Beauty and the Beat: Favorite Disney Tunes in Steelband Style Various Artists Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Calypso | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Children's Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Heigh-Ho! Mozart Ragtime at the Magical Kingdoms Bibbidi Bobbidi Bach: More Favorite Disney Tunes Disney Bossa Nova Heigh Ho Banjo Bluegrass Salutes Favorite Disney Songs ASIN: B00000072L Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

1. A Spoonful Of Sugar
2. Heigh-Ho! - The Trinidad & Tobago Showboat Orch
3. Some Day My Prince Will Come - Bourne Company
4. Under The Sea
5. Kiss The Girl
6. Part Of Your World
7. Tour Of The Kingdom/Wedding Announcement
8. I Just Can't Wait To Be King
9. Hakuna Matata
10. Can You Feel The Love Tonight
11. No Matter What - Wonderland Music Company/Trunksong/Menken Music
12. Beauty And The Beast - Walt Disney Music Company/Wonderland Music Company
13. Home - Wonderland Music Company/Trunksong/Menken Music
14. Be Our Guest - Walt Disney Music Company/Wonderland Music Company

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In the tradition of Heigh-Ho! Mozart, the Trinidad and Tobago Showboat Orchestra perform Beauty and the Beat!, 14 Disney songs in steel-band style. What may seem a novelty is in actuality an innovative and intriguing way to hear such classics as Snow White's "Someday My Prince Will Come" and Mary Poppins's "A Spoonful of Sugar," as well as relative newcomers "Be Our Guest" and "Hakuna Matata" from Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, respectively. And the sunny syncopated tones of the steel band are perfect for the Calypso-flavored "Kiss the Girl" (reminiscent of "Sloop John B" and "Jamaican Farewell") and the vastly improved "Under the Sea," both from The Little Mermaid. In fact, parents who've grown weary of Ariel and Simba on repeat play will find the Trinidad and Tobago Showboat Orchestra's renditions thankfully exotic and festive. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews:

Excellent album of Disney musical tracks!.......2006-10-11

I thought this album must be a very ordinary album when I first saw its cover. I thought it must be like other Disney song collection, confused and ordinary. However, I was still very curious that how this album could be and I listened to all the tracks with Amazon Listening Sample. Then, I felt it was a wonderful album had glorious musical tracks in it. It makes me recognize Jim Brickman's album "Disney Song Book".
I viewed the track list on the back of the CD box when I began to listen to this album. All the tracks were so familiar to me. The original version of "A Spoonful Of Sugar" from "Mary Poppins" is good, though I don't love it so much. Then, this musical track gives me different feeling. It feels as lively as the original version in the movie but gives me purer feeling to my ears. "Someday My Prince Will Come" is a romantic love song, and in this musical track, it feels still so good. The initial romantic feeling hasn't lost at all! There are 3 tracks of songs from "The Little Mermaid" which I love best. I think "Under the Sea" is the best in these 3. The sound of the instruments that played the melody is wonderful, it feels still vivid but not noisy. "Part of Your World" is my favorite song in the movie, but this musical track of it is not as good as the one of "Under the Sea". And 3 classic songs from "The Lion King" are in this album. My favorite musical tracks in these 3 is "I Just Can't Wait to Be King". It feels pretty good. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" is wonderful too, it gives us romantic and tender feeling just like "Someday My Prince Will Come" does. At first, I mede a mistake that I thought this is a album of "Beauty and the Beast" because I see the word "Beat" on the cover as "Beast"! However, there are tracks of "Beauty and the Beast" in this album indeed, and they're really glorious. 2 of them were from the Broadway Musical, "No Matter What" and "Home". Their original versions are good and so are their musical ones. Tracks of "Beauty and the Beast" are my favorites in this album.
Generally speaking, the only shortcoming of this album is that all the tracks have the same style, I feel hard to tell the particular of each track though their melodies are different and they're so classic. However, this is a wonderful album, the tracks are tender and beautiful even there are no words to sing. This is my recently must-listen before my bedtime, the tracks often make me calm and I can have a nice dream. I think this album is fit for children very much, and also fit for many Disney fans who love light music.

Almost as Good as Being at Disney World.......2005-09-17

One of my favorite resorts at Disney World is the Caribbean Beach. I can't say for certain that this is the ambient music of the resort, but it sure comes close.

It's just the thing if it's too long until your next trip to Orlando, or if your having a tropical themed party at home.

We love this CD.......2005-01-02

If you love Disney Music, and are looking for a good way to countdown your time for your Disney Cruise, this is the perfect CD. My son and I like to listen to this on the weekends and plan our Disney Cruise!

No Harry Belafonte.......2004-06-09

My 4 month old daughter loves her grandparents Harry Belafonte cd. I saw this and thought that it would be fun Disney music similar in style to Harry Belafonte. I was very disappointed. To me, it was not danceable and the couple songs I heard lacked vocals. I would not recommend it if Harry Belafonte is what you are looking for. Unfortunately, I do not have audio on my computer, so I could not listen to it ahead of time.

I love, love, love this CD!!!.......2001-10-24

I would be lost without it. Even if you hate Disney, I can't recommend it enough. I can put it on while working and it just brightens up my day!! No vocals, all instrumental, wonderful for anyone who wants to relaz or liven up.

Average customer rating: What do I need with This?

Broadway Today Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ultimate Broadway II: The Very Best of Broadway Now The Best Of Broadway (Cast Recording Anthology) Aida (2000 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B000096FUC Release Date: 2003-06-03

Tracks:

1. Good Morning Baltimore (Hairspray)
2. The King of Broadway (The Producers)
3. Circle of Life (Lion King)
4. Movin' Out (Movin' Out)
5. Goodnight Saigon (Movin' Out)
6. Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
7. Mamma Mia (Mamma Mia)
8. O Soave Fanciulla (Baz Luhrman's La Boheme)
9. What Do I Need With Love? (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
10. I Wanna Be a Producer (The Producers)
11. Elaborate Lives (Aida)
12. You Can't Stop the Beat (Hairspray)
13. Overture/ All That Jazz (from the motion picture soundtrack Chicago)

Amazon.com

This compilation gives a pretty good idea of what you'll hear if you buy a ticket for a Broadway show in 2003. Leaving revivals aside (there's no Man of La Mancha or Gypsy, for instance), the tracks tend to encompass contemporary songwriters on the Great White Way. Fittingly, the CD begins and concludes with numbers from Hairspray, arguably the most vibrant new pop musical to come down the pike in ages. Sandwiched between are songs by authors making a belated stage debut (Mel Brooks and The Producers, Billy Joel and Movin' Out), arty newcomers (Janine Tesori and ) and seasoned pros (Alan Menken and Howard Ashman with Beauty and the Beast). Of course, the most seasoned pro of them all may well be Giacomo Puccini, making a belated Broadway debut thanks to Baz Lurhrmann's production of La Boheme. The addition of Chicago's "All That Jazz" (from the movie, not the show!) reeks of opportunism, but overall it doesn't spoil a varied collection that should appeal to broad-minded pop lovers everywhere. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

What do I need with This?.......2003-07-06

If you are a broadway passer-by, someone who looks to getting to know just what's on broadway and not what's it like, someone who says he's seen all of the broadway shows after reading the "what's on listings" in the papers this is a CD for you. I don't own the CD but own all of the Cds from which songs were taken to make this CD. every musical has it's own style and kind of music, and this CD doesn't even take all the highlights. If you are into really experiencing something when listening to a cd, if you are a real broadway-lover and you are interested in modern musical-writing, every one of the original cast recordings (from which songs were taken to this CD-hairpsray, producers, millie, aida, b&b, boheme, moving out) will be a much bigger enjoyment for you than this one. and most preferabely- all of them! :)

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Calabash Blues Markus James Manufacturer: Firenze ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Timbuktoubab Nightbird Where You Wanna Be Where You Wanna Be Dimanche a Bamako ASIN: B000BHN7F2 Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

1. Come Around
2. Need A Believer
3. Other Side Of The World
4. Jump Up And Fly / Mone
5. Wakin Up At Midnight / Ebina
6. One Drop
7. Dream After Dream (For Skip James)
8. Wabissimila
9. Nightbird
10. Far As I Can Run / Majirica Samba
11. In The Shadows
12. Sun Is Rising
13. Way To Go

Product Description

Markus James has been traveling and recording in Mali, West Africa since 1994, when he first made his way to the village of Niafounke to meet the legendary West African Bluesman and Grammy-winning recording artist, Ali Farka Toure. Since then Markus has developed ongoing collaborations with several masters of traditional Malian Music, living together in an adobe-walled house while composing, recording and performing together in the desert region of Timbuktu - the near-mythological crossroads at the southern edge of the Sahara. Markus' albums Nightbird and Timbuktoubab have received excellent critical acclaim, as have his performances in the US with Malian artists based here.

CALABASH BLUES features 7 new songs alongside selections from the Nightbird and Timbuktoubab albums, each of which is deeply rooted in Blues, and driven by the calabash, the traditional gourd percussion instrument, which is at the heart of the sound of Ali Farka Toure and of several of the musical traditions which represent the ancient roots of Blues music. A great example of this is "Wakin' Up At Midnight", which begins with the rhythmic sound of two women pounding millet - an everyday sound of village life; the calabash then kicks in with a traditional Songhai spirit rhythm and the guitar translates this into the shuffle feel that is at the core of so much Blues music. The musical arrangements vary from starkly minimal - guitar, calabash, and vocal, ("One Drop", "Dream After Dream") to straight-ahead Roots Rock ("Way To Go"), touching on what could be described as a dreamlike, roots/hip-hop atmosphere on "Need A Believer".

Markus pays tribute to two of his Blues heroes - to Howlin' Wolf on "Come Around", which is based on Wolf's "Smokestack Lightnin'" (and also on "Diraw", traditional Songhai song of exile), and to Skip James "Dream After Dream (For Skip James)", with its falsetto vocal and minor-Blues turnaround.

The primary calabash player on CALABASH BLUES is Hamma Sankare, who played on Ali Farka Toure's albums and tours, and is widely regarded to be the greatest living Songhai calabash player in Mali. Hamma and Markus have been composing, recording and performing together in Timbuktu for years, and Hamma appears in the documentary film Timbuktoubab, seen on many PBS stations (and available now on DVD), in which he talks about the traditional role of the calabash in the musical and cultural life of the Songhai people.

Average customer rating: First live album for both Lee and Shearing, and only one done together.

Beauty & the Beat! Manufacturer: Toshiba Emi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000641PZ Release Date: 2002-05-27

Tracks:

1. Do I Love You
2. I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City
3. If Dreams Come True
4. All Too Soon
5. Mambo In Miami
6. Isnt It Romantic
7. Blue Prelude
8. You Came A Long Way From St Louis
9. Always True To You In My Fashion
10. Therell Be Another Spring
11. Get Out Of Town
12. Satin Doll
13. Dont Ever Leave Me
14. Nobodys Heart

Album Description

Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue of 1959 album. Packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve. Includes the bonus tracks 'Don't Ever Leave Me' & 'Nobody's Heart'.

Album Details

24bit Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

First live album for both Lee and Shearing, and only one done together........2005-12-18

Originally recorded in 1959 and re-released in 1992, this landmark CD features all new arrangements developed during in an intense three days of rehearsal before this live performance. Shearing was relatively new to the US and its audiences, but Lee became a fan the minute she heard him and was thrilled to make an album with him. A saloon-singer/composer/jazz artist, and always a professional, she was known for her attention to the smallest detail, not a trait that lends itself naturally to albums recorded "live," but with Shearing at the keyboard and his quintet in the background, Lee sounds relaxed, swingy, and light-hearted here.

Featuring songs from the Great American Songbook--by Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Duke Ellington, and Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern--with some Afro-Cuban, blues, and the debut recording of her own romantic ballad, "There'll Be Another Spring," the CD offers variety, at the same time that it maintains its mellow approach and overall lightness.

Shearing is the consummate accompanist on the songs the two do together. Her voice is always out front, with his chords, runs, key changes, and playfulness on piano remaining in the background to enhance her voice and songs. The bluesy "I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City" and "Blue Prelude," a blues song given an upbeat treatment here, are among the most exciting and interesting on the CD. "There'll Be Another Spring," a beautiful, romantic ballad written by Lee, is recorded for the first time on this album, taking advantage of her restrained passion and dramatic, whispery voice.

Shearing, whose quintet was famous for his early adoption of Afro-Cuban rhythms and the fine blending of piano and vibes, solos with Armando Peraza's "Mambo in Miami," in which Peraza himself supplies the unusual percussion and syncopated beat. In his second solo, "Isn't It Romantic," he matches his arrangement with the lyrics, creating one of the most romantic songs on the album.

Two bonus tracks, including "Don't Ever Leave Me," a dramatic and passionate plea by Lee, and "Nobody's Heart," both recorded earlier and not part of the live performance, are added to this CD. Fine music by two fine musicians make this an album for romance-if one can ignore the fact that the intros to all the songs were added after the fact when the album was edited. Mary Whipple

Average customer rating: Brilliant Beauty and the Beat First live album for both Lee and Shearing, and only one done together. If you are a fan of either, you should own this one... The blind leading the bland. Elegant whispering but cool and removed.

Beauty and the Beat! Peggy Lee , and George Shearing Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé From This Moment On ASIN: B000002V0P Release Date: 1992-06-02

Tracks:

1. Do I Love You?
2. I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City
3. If Dreams Come True
4. All Too Soon
5. Mambo In Miami
6. Isn't It Romantic?
7. Blue Prelude
8. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
9. Always True To You In My Fashion
10. There'll Be Another Spring
11. Get Out Of Town
12. Satin Doll
13. Don't Ever Leave Me
14. Nobody's Heart

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant Beauty and the Beat.......2006-10-18

I used to work in a record shop when I was a kid. I enjoyed working there as I could check stuff that I had not heard on the radio or at friends' homes. In 1959, I discovered this album. I had seen Peggy Lee in movies and heard of George Shearing before but when I heard the likes of 'Blue Prelude', 'You came a long way from St. Louis', 'Mambo in Miami', and 'I lost my sugar in Salt Lake City', I became a complete fan. I was very young at the time and it must have amused those that knew me who were alot older to hear me singing some of the lyrics to these pieces. I still really like the lyrics to these songs, especially 'Blue Prelude' and 'what is love but a prelude to sorrow' - how often have you felt that in your life, dear reader? I first stole this album in 1959 as it was too costly for me to buy then and no one would give it to me as a present at Christmas, had it stolen from me in 1964, bought two replacement albums in 1969, made a cassette tape of it in 1975, and then got my CD copy. Vinyl, cassette or CD - it is still a great album. Yes, it is not long enough - that is why there are repeat buttons - but it has not dulled over the years. To me, the piano, the bass, the bonjos and the singing are magical. With regards to some of the complaints written before my review here, I can honestly say that these reviewers are most likely correct in their complaints - but - listening to it quietly while sitting in one's favourite chair with or without a drink, or singing along while working in the house, or driving down the road, this album is still a sensation and a wonder to me. Oh how I wish I had been present at that Disc Jockey Convention in loathesome Miami back in the late 1950's.

First live album for both Lee and Shearing, and only one done together........2006-01-07

Originally recorded in 1959 and re-released in 1992, this landmark CD features all new arrangements developed during in an intense three days of rehearsal before this live performance. Shearing was relatively new to the US and its audiences, but Lee became a fan the minute she heard him and was thrilled to make an album with him. A saloon-singer/composer/jazz artist, and always a professional, she was known for her attention to the smallest detail, not a trait that lends itself naturally to albums recorded "live," but with Shearing at the keyboard and his quintet in the background, Lee sounds relaxed, swingy, and light-hearted here.

Featuring songs from the Great American Songbook--by Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Duke Ellington, and Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern--with some Afro-Cuban, blues, and the debut recording of her own romantic ballad, "There'll Be Another Spring," the CD offers variety, at the same time that it maintains its mellow approach and overall lightness.

Shearing is the consummate accompanist on the songs the two do together. Her voice is always out front, with his chords, runs, key changes, and playfulness on piano remaining in the background to enhance her voice and songs. The bluesy "I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City" and "Blue Prelude," a blues song given an upbeat treatment here, are among the most exciting and interesting on the CD. "There'll Be Another Spring," a beautiful, romantic ballad written by Lee, is recorded for the first time on this album, taking advantage of her restrained passion and dramatic, whispery voice.

Shearing, whose quintet was famous for his early adoption of Afro-Cuban rhythms and the fine blending of piano and vibes, solos with Armando Peraza's "Mambo in Miami," in which Peraza himself supplies the unusual percussion and syncopated beat. In his second solo, "Isn't It Romantic," he matches his arrangement with the lyrics, creating one of the most romantic songs on the album.

Two bonus tracks, including "Don't Ever Leave Me," a dramatic and passionate plea by Lee, and "Nobody's Heart," both recorded earlier and not part of the live performance, are added to this CD. Fine music by two fine musicians make this an album for romance. Mary Whipple

If you are a fan of either, you should own this one..........2004-12-14

I like Peggy. I like George. In 1959, they were label-mates for Capitol, and were teamed for a short concert at a DJ convention. Both were also at their peak as performers. This result, only 39 minutes worth, was sweetened in the studio with re-recorded introductions and altered audience response, but that does not matter. Her singing, his playing, his group, and their good taste in material win out. I liked this one even when I was in high school, first exploring pop and jazz, trying to learn how to be sophisticated. (I failed, I'm afraid.) There are a few instrumentals among the 14 tracks, and they are typical of George's quintet/quartet work at the time, but Peggy's singing on "Do I Love You?" and "Always True to You, in my Fashion" and her own "There'll Be Another Spring" is wonderful. I just found out there is a newer issue which deletes the "live" aspects, both real and recreated. I'll bet that's great, but this version is not to be sneezed at. Buy whichever one is cheaper or still-in-print.

The blind leading the bland........2002-05-14

When I hear Peggy Lee sing almost anything I get a lump in my throat and a tightness is my chest. I'm so in love with her that she can bring me to the verge of tears with even novelty stuff like Apples, Peaches etc. But the collection of songs on this disk is so second rate that even this wonderful artist can't bring them to life. I know Peggy really enjoyed working with George Shearing but sometimes what an artist enjoys is not necessarily his/her best work. I have the feeling that, in this hastily put-together project, the generous Miss Lee deferred to the taste of her collaborator.

Is that so bad?

Bad enough.

During my youth, George Shearing was considered something of a giant but, frankly, he couldn't carry Peggy Lee's music. A recently purchased CD of his "hits" turned out to be little more than the jazz equivalent of elevator music. Unfortunately, this "easy listening" collection falls into the same category.

Do yourself a favor and buy Black Coffee.

Goodbye, Peggy.

I'll always love you.

Willie Nilly

Elegant whispering but cool and removed........2002-04-06

I wish I still had the analog vinyl LP version of this recording, because on this remastered edition there's a dryness, a distance, a thinness to Peggy's singing that reminds me of some of the disappointing digitalizations of Billie Holiday (the Ken Burns collection, for example). The presence is lacking, the ambience is cold and contrived, the warmth I normally associate with her singing must belong to frequencies that have been filtered out.

Granted, both Shearing and Lee are perfectionists, approaching their craft with formality and precision. But in Lee's case, the careful preparation often led to a perception of intimacy and warmth. Not here. In fact, the Shearing piano is clearly favored over Lee's voice in the final audio mix. Rather than this artifact, I would refer listeners to the slightly earlier Decca studio session, "Black Coffee," on which she's accompanied by Jimmy Rowles' piano. There her voice insinuates itself right into the listener's consciousness, where it's likely to remain nestled.

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Untitled Brainz Beat Beauty ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005623A

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Wet Dog Jackson Slade Manufacturer: Cold Beauty Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002DKEH4 Release Date: 2004-06-08

Tracks:

1. Wet Dog
2. Hometown
3. Rosey
4. Comin' Back
5. Real Love
6. Temporary Insanity
7. Higher
8. Eagleheart
9. Pusher of Blues
10. Mighty Wind

Album Description

It's a mixture of soulful Country Blues/R&B/Jazzrock Original songs by Jackson Slade in his quest to create music that lives on and constantly reminds you.

Dance Music:

1. Better Way [Explicit Lyrics]
2. Big Boi and Dre Present...Outkast [Explicit Lyrics]
3. Bohemian Pimp Project [Explicit Lyrics]
4. Bulletproof Wallets [Explicit Lyrics]
5. Cappadonna Hits [Explicit Lyrics]
6. Child of the Ghetto [Explicit Lyrics]
7. Child of the Ghetto [Explicit Lyrics]
8. Circumstance Dictates
9. Classic Eric B. & Rakim [Import]
10. Double Jeopardy [Explicit Lyrics]

Dance Music

dance music

Dance Music

Canticle

Heyday in Weimar

Hang Time

Buddy Rich Collection

The Koobas

Just Keep Thinking About You [CD-single] [Import]

Julie Covington...Plus [Extra tracks] [Import]

Great Voices of the Twentieth Century: Enrico Caruso [Import]

Guitar Legend: The RCA Years

Look The Other Way [Import]

Hearst Castle: Building the Dream (large format film soundtrack)

Heaven Sent

Heavy Manners: Anthology 1977-83 [Import]

Chopin: Nocturnes

Art of the Improviser