The Opening of Doors

1. Opening of Doors

2. 1000 Mile Stare

3. Bahia, Nebraska

4. Happy Home in Kathmandu

5. Murray's Song

6. Movie of a Placid Lake on a Moonless Night in September

7. Last Dance

8. Santos and the Well-Traveled Bear

9. Silver Gate

10. Inexorable Drift of Tectonic Plates

11. Movie of a Placid Lake on a Moonless Night in September (Reprise)

The Opening of Doors,Will Ackerman,Windham Hill Records,Adult Alternative,Chamber Jazz,Contemporary Instrumental,Jazz Music,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Solo Instrumental

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Average customer rating: A great cd.

Opening Doors Doug LaBrecque Manufacturer: Jay Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Defying Gravity Company (2006 Broadway Revival Cast) From This Moment On ASIN: B0007XBLZI Release Date: 2005-04-12

Tracks:

1. Something's Coming (West Side Story)
2. Begin the Beguine (Jublilee)
3. Why Do I Love You? (Show Boat) with Christiane Noll
4. Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera)
5. I Talk to the Trees (Paint Your Wagon)
6. Too Many Tomorrows (Sweet Charity)
7. Almost Like Being in Love (Brigadoon) with Jan Horvath
8. Her Face (Carnival)
9. Mr. Cellophane (Chicago)
10. Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
11. Luck Be a Lady (Guys and Dolls) with men
12. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Les Miserables)
13. The Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom of the Opera) with Christiane Noll
14. The Prayer (Quest for Camelot)

Album Description

A Broadway star sings hits songs from Broadway shows! Doug LaBrecque is a tenor with a clarity of voice that's easy on the ear. LaBrecque is a favorite with audiences of symphonic concerts across the country. He has thrilled theatre audiences as The Phantom and Raoul in the Harold Prince production of The Phantom of the Opera. In addition, LaBrecque has starred on Broadway in Showboat, Oscar Hammerstein's 100th Birthday Celebration and Les Miserables. Regionally, he has performed leading roles in Candide, A Chorus Line, Man of La Mancha and many more.

Backed by a full symphonic orchestra he is joined by special guests Christiane Noll and Jan Hovarth.

Customer Reviews:

A great cd........2005-04-18

I discovered Doug when I bought the Bravo Broadway series and was delighted with his rendition of Music of the Night. So when his first solo cd came out the other day I bought it and it was very good. He makes each song his and adds realiasm to all of the tracks. Before the cd came out I was not sure about songs like Mr. Cellophane, but he pulled them off well. The only problem I had with the cd was Christiane Noll. Don't get me wrong I love her voice and was excited to hear her sing the title song of Phantom of the Opera, but she fell a little short. Her voice is just not suited for that song. But this cd still deserves 5 stars for LaBrecque's stellar performance.

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

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

Tracks:

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

Customer Reviews:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. OPENING DOORS

16. OUR TIME

These two remain essentially the same.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Average customer rating: This is my favorite Will Ackerman Falls a bit short... Inferior Ackerman A bloody masterpiece! The cracks begin to show

The Opening of Doors Will Ackerman Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hearing Voices Sound of Wind Driven Rain In Search of the Turtle's Navel Conferring with the Moon: Pieces for Guitar Past Light ASIN: B000000NJ5 Release Date: 1992-05-12

Tracks:

1. The Opening Of Doors
2. The 1000 Mile Stare
3. Bahia, Nebraska
4. A Happy Home In Kathmandu
5. Murray's Song
6. A Movie Of A Placid Lake On A Moonless Night In...
7. Last Dance
8. Santos And The Well-Traveled Bear
9. Silver Gate
10. The Inexorable Drift Of Tectonic Plates
11. A Movie Of A Placid Lake On A Moonless...(Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

This is my favorite Will Ackerman.......2006-11-20

I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder. This was my first Will Ackerman album and it remains my favorite. I like the electric guitar and all of the other instruments that accompany his playing on this one.

Falls a bit short..........2005-09-18

I've been hesitant to review this album because it is probably Ackerman's weakest. It came at time when there were a lot of things wrong in Ackerman's business and personal life, and it's only natural that some of this filtered into his music. Even so this is hardly a bad album, and some of the work is superb. Listen to the title track, for instance, which is a beautiful concoction for guitar, Paul McCandless on oboe, and friends.

The casting for this album is outstanding. In addition to McCandless, Michael Manring plays bass, Buckethead is on electric guitar, Phillip Aaberg and Tim Story on keyboards. The 1000 Mile Stare and Bahia, Nebraska are examples of Manring's skill as well as Michael Spiro's percussion work.

Another Ackerman/McCandless cut is A Happy Home in Katmandu. Over the whole album, Ackerman only seems to come close to his best in concert with McCandless. I'm not sure if this is chemistry or just an excellent recording session, but this is the work that makes the album worth buying. That and a nicely done solo piece like Murray's song.

With this album out of the way, Ackerman stopped recording for some seven years, at the end of which he issued The Sound of Driven Rain, a much stronger album. Since there is work on The Opening of Dorrs that foreshadow the future of Ackerman's work, you will very likely want to own this. But if you are starting out, almost any other Ackerman album will give you a better sense of what this musician is about.

Inferior Ackerman.......2003-05-03

The music fan from Ithaca's got it right. I've got all but the first and most recent of Ackerman's cds, and this is the weakest of the lot (8 cds). Somewhat surprising, perhaps, since it comes on the heels of Imaginary Roads and Conferring with the Moon, and followed by The Sound of Wind Driven Rain- all outstanding. On this cd, it seems that Ackerman tried to experiment with adding electric guitars on some tracks- which I found unlistenable (a word which rarely applies to his entire output). Also, even some of the quiet, solo guitar tracks seem uninspired when compared to those on, say, The Sound of Wind Driven Rain. Consider often overlooked releases such as 'Passage' (1981)(his last of the early works based in folk guitar, though I like 'Childhood and Memory' even more), or 'Past Light' ('83)(his first of the 'new age' sound- Imaginary Roads and Conferring w/the Moon are his two major releases during this phase, and sound very similar). Finally, I consider 'The Sound of Wind Driven Rain' to be a sort of return to his early solo acoustic guitar recordings. All of this to say that this is, in my opinion, 'for completists only.'

A bloody masterpiece!.......2002-05-07

I got this CD for one simple reason, Buckethead. I am a completionist and this CD was going to probably lay on my shelf as another strange side product, thankfully I decided to give it a thorough listen... the guitar is amazing (especially the acoustic, alot like Bucket's stuff on Colma) which is provided mainly by Ackerman himself, with Buckethead occasionaly sliding casually sliding into the background with ambient electric funk guitar. This CD is a new-age masterpiece, the soothing melodies covered with hauntingly fading acoustic guitar ebbing in and out like the tides of a mental wave... If you liked Colma buy this CD, if you like Octave of The Holy Innocents BUY this CD NOW! A wonderful experiece from one moment to the next this CD will leave you with a profound feeling of simple complete contedness! BUCKETHEAD FOREVER!!

The cracks begin to show.......2001-11-14

The formula begins to get a bit weak here. One can almost hear why, after making this recording, Ackerman sold his brainchild Windham Hill Records and disappeared for seven years. In that time he started his own small label again, Imaginary Road, set up a home studio and eventually returned with 1998's "Sound of Wind Driven Rain" (which is excellent).
Ackerman sounds like he's going through the motions here. He collaborates with the synthesizers of Tim Story on many of the tracks, and Story's sounds are a bit too light and "new-agey" for Ackerman's realistic music. The collaboration with an electric guitarist on "Movie of a Placid Night" is also a little off-putting. That said, there are some songs that work on this record. "Silver Gate" and especially "The Opening of Doors" are really beautiful. There is also an interesting re-recording of "Murray's Song," which originally appeared on 1979's "Childhood and Memory."
This is not the best place to start in order to discover William Ackerman; for that, pick up "Conferring with the Moon," "Childhood and Memory," or "Sound of Wind Driven Rain." But the album is worth hearing for Ackerman fanatics and completists.

Average customer rating: Opening Doors and Opening Ears

Opening Doors: A Jazz Tribute To The Doors Lou Lanza Manufacturer: Citysounds ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Opening the Doors: The Blues Tribute to the Doors Electronic Tribute to the Doors Mood Piano Tribute to the Doors Riders on the Storm: The Doors Concerto String Quartet Tribute to the Doors ASIN: B00061V8I6 Release Date: 2004-09-10

Tracks:

1. Riders On The Storm
2. Break On Through (Organ Mix)
3. Hello, I Love You
4. Touch Me
5. Love Me Two Times
6. Wintertime Love
7. Light My Fire
8. Roadhouse Blues
9. Spanish Caravan
10. People Are Strange
11. Break On Through (Rhodes Mix)

Album Description

If you love The Doors music while at the same time love jazz vocals, this cd is the one for you. To quote jazz vocalist, Jd Walter: "With the cd opening Doors, Lou Lanza, Philly's ultimate crooner, has proven he belongs with the crème de la crème of the Phill jazz scene, or any jazz scene for that matter"

Customer Reviews:

Opening Doors and Opening Ears.......2007-01-10

I got this album for two simple reasons. I am a big fan of the doors, and secondly I am a fan of all kinds of jazz. The arrangements are very interesting as well as unique. I've heard a lot of tribute albums that just seem to mimic the original band. On this album, this is not the case. I had never heard of this album, or Lou Lanza at all for that matter. The way i stumbled upon this album was searching for jazzed up tributes to bob marley (after hearing charlie hunters and several of Monty alexanders). Anyways, i found quite a few so i decided to look and see if there were any tributes to any other bands i like. and wam. I would definately reccomend this if you are a fan of jazz and the doors. The singer (lou lanza i believe) vocals are haunting at times (in a good way). will probably consider looking into some of his other projects as well.

Average customer rating: Into their blues

Opening the Doors: The Blues Tribute to the Doors Various Artists Manufacturer: Cmh Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Opening Doors: A Jazz Tribute To The Doors Electronic Tribute to the Doors Riders on the Storm: The Doors Concerto Night Divides the Day: The Music of the Doors Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors ASIN: B000059RWS Release Date: 2001-03-27

Tracks:

1. Moonlight Drive - Richard Hardy
2. Roadhouse Blues
3. Love Her Madly
4. Love Me Two Times - Richard Hardy
5. When The Music's Over
6. L.A. Woman
7. Hello, I Love You
8. Twentieth Century Fox
9. Break On Through
10. Soul Kitchen
11. Light My Fire
12. Alabama Song

Product Description

1. Moonlight Drive
2. Roadhouse Blues
3. Love Her Madly
4. Love Me Two Times
5. When The Music s Over
6. L.A. Woman
7. Hello, I Love You
8. Twentieth Century Fox
9. Break On Through
10. Soul Kitchen
11. Light My Fire
12. Alabama Song

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Into their blues.......2002-07-20

Notwithstanding all those eerie organ sounds and high-pitched guitar twangs, the Doors were most of all a blues-based group. Indeed, their unique sound is often labeled "psychedelic blues." In this blues tribute, covering an appropriate selection of the group's classic songs, there are no vocals, just a multi-instrument workout, with a separate bass player and much more. As on the original, a harmonica pumps prominently in "Roadhouse Blues," one of the best cuts, but it also dishes out the motif on "Break on Through." On "Alabama Song," it is a mandolin that communicates the Brechtian decadence. The songs in which sax or trumpet ("Love Me Two Times" has both) are employed have a jazzy as well as bluesy feel. The trumpet is often slow with a sexy texture, as on "L.A. Woman." However, the slowest cover of all, and the best, is "Love Her Madly," with its jazzy, soulful sax. By contrast, the sax work is livelier on "Moonlight Drive," which also contains a fine guitar solo. There are not that many outstanding moments on this CD, but each song is easy listening, fitting of covers of one of rock's most listenable groups.

Average customer rating: Telling it like it was great interview Just Listen

Opening the Doors of Perception The Doors Manufacturer: Raven [Australia] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Supergroups | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Ceremony Continues (Interview) ASIN: B00000APMI Release Date: 1998-10-13

Tracks:

1. Jim Morrison - Interviewed At 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival
2. Ray Manzarek - Interviewed In London 1979
3. Robby Krieger - Interviewed In London 1979
4. John Densmore - Interviewed In London 1979
5. 1968 Press Conference Extracts
6. Random Utterances - Jim, John, Ray, Robby

Album Description

Elektra records release out of Austrailia.

Album Details

Australian Only Release.

Customer Reviews:

Telling it like it was.......2002-08-06

All four Doors are interviewed by British rock journalist John Tobler, who has authored two books on The Doors and many other books on rock music. Ray Manzarek's interview is the most extensive, and he is the most articulate. His comments serve as a narrative on The Doors' history as well as offering insights into the group. He, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore were interviewed in 1979, around the time of the start of The Doors' revival. Jim Morrison, however, was interviewed at Britain's Woodstock of sorts, The 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, where The Doors performed. Jim's interview includes some of his thoughts on Woodstock, where The Doors were a noteworthy omission, as well as on The Isle of Wight Festival and The Doors' legendary performance at The Roundhouse in London in 1968. I am a big Doors fan, extremely well versed on them, and while some of the stuff discussed in the interviews and random snippets is old hat, other things are new to me, giving me more insight into this great group. Yes, The Doors were about life and love, not just darkness, says Ray. I really enjoyed this CD.

great interview.......2002-06-07

all 4 Doors talk! mix interviews from 1968, til 1978

Just Listen.......2000-01-06

All of the interviews were interesting to any fan of The Doors. Jim Morrison is a very intriguing person who was misunderstood by many. Ray is very intelligent along with the other members; and as for Robby and John, well I this interview adds to the very little knowledge that I have about them. I recommend this disk to any and every fan of The Doors. They are all GREAT musicians and I applaud the surviving Doors for continuing with their music. Music is a DOORway to another realm.(I think so anyway) KG:o}

Average customer rating:

Opening Doors Remote Manufacturer: Tundra UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001FYR58 Release Date: 2004-05-31

Tracks:

1. Prism
2. Casting Shadows
3. Shift
4. Postcard
5. Sun Going Down
6. Astrolabe
7. Hello Dreamer
8. Second Sight
9. Her Mild Eyes
10. Reach Out
11. Opening Doors
12. Evolution

Average customer rating:

Opening Doors Campbell and Hare ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000TKEWEG

Product Description

1 Sunday Talkin' 2 October On My Mind 3 Pictures 4 There'll Come a Time 5 I'm Walking Away 6 It's Gonna Last 7 'til Now 8 Just a Rain 9 Always There 10 The Way She Feels About You 11 Hit of the Season 12 Don't Look Back

Average customer rating:

Angelo Musolino: Opening Doors Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0006SSOUY Release Date: 2004-12-28

Tracks:

1. Opening Doors
2. 2. Concertino for Clarinet
3. 3. Fugal Fantasy
4. Prelude, Passacaglia with Canon
5. And All That Jazz
6. Introduction and Jazz Fugue

Album Description

In the program notes Tristan Willems writes: "It is impossible to classify the life and work of Angelo Musolino. Like you, I grew up hearing his arrangements, orchestrations and commercials on the radio and television, on records and on Broadway on a weekly basis without ever knowing his name or who he was. He was one of those nameless, faceless craftsmen who made the "stars" look good. Simultaneously, his works were being heard in concert halls around the United States and elsewhere. Angelo Musolino was born in New York City and began his musical studies under his father, who taught him mandolin, guitar and violin. For ten years he studied harmony, counterpoint, composition, arranging and orchestration. He would study during the day and in the evening, would earn a living as an arranger and sideman in the many bands and theaters that made up the "New York Nightlife." He played guitar with Dizzy Gillespie, and contributed arrangements to the bands of Guy Lombardo and Art Mooney. He was an arranger and bassist of the Henry Jerome Big Band at the Edison Hotel in New York City for many years (during which time Alan Greenspan - the director of the Federal Reserve - played saxophone). He also conducted a private performance of Edgar Varese's Ionization under the composer's direction. Concurrently, he was writing music for the Ed Sullivan Show, theme music for half a dozen nationally syndicated game shows, and Children's Television Workshop (Sesame Street and Electric Company). His concert music is no less impressive - more than 500 works in every genre from art songs to instrumental sonatas and ensembles to choral and symphonic works. Just as he had infused formal musical composition in his popular works, he pulled elements of jazz, swing, be-bop and popular styles into his concert works long before the term "third stream" was ever applied. He has been an educator for more than 40 years, both as private instructor and as a college professor at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Empire State College and Adelphi University where he directs the Pop Ensemble for which he still writes music.

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Opening Doors Manufacturer: Maya ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAAQ1G Release Date: 2003-11-04

Meditation Music:

1. Tranquil Journey
2. Tribute to Enya
3. Un earthed
4. Well Being: Creating Time [Import]
5. Well Being: Peace of Mind [Import]
6. A Winter's Solstice, Vol. 6
7. Ambience Minimum
8. Angelic Harp Music
9. Angels of the Sea
10. Aromaterapia [Import]

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

I Hear You Knocking [CD-single] [Import]

Misbehavin'

Smile

Music: Grandes Conciertos Para Piano y Violin/Various [Box s

Soundtrack for an Imaginary Life [Soundtrack]

Nickel Sack [Explicit Lyrics]

Notorious Byrd Brothers [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Safety in Numbers

Para Toda Ocasion Vol.2

Omaggio a Ezio Pinza

Rarities IV

Ohne Ein Bestimmtes Ziel [Import]

Rush Hour [Soundtrack] [Clean]

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