| 1. Wrought Iron |
| 2. Time Out |
| 3. Feeling |
| 4. If She's Still Mine |
| 5. Sad Story |
| 6. Persian Carpet |
| 7. Policeman |
| 8. Women Under Water |
Crystals,Various Artists,Nukarma,New Age / Meditation,Pop,V/A Compilations
Average customer rating:
|
The Best of the Crystals
The Crystals Manufacturer: Abkco ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003BDS Release Date: 1992-09-22 |
Tracks:
- There's No Other Like My Baby
- Oh, Yeah, Maybe, Baby
- Uptown
- What A Nice Way To Turn 17
- He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss)
- No One Ever Tells You
- He's A Rebel
- I Love You Eddie
- Another Country - Another World
- Please Hurt Me
- He's Sure The Boy I Love
- Look In My Eyes
- Da Doo Ron Ron
- Heartbreaker
- Then He Kissed Me
- I Wonder
- Little Boy
- Girls Can Tell
- All Grown Up
Customer Reviews:
The Ronneted.......2007-06-28
The Crystals are sweet and clear.......2007-06-16
If You Love Girl Groups.......2007-05-02
The Crystals were, in fact, one of Spector's groups, signed to him at his celebrated Hollywood Gold Star Studios, where a lot of awesome music got made. His studio musicians included Leon Russell on piano/keyboard, Sonny Bono on percussion, and Glen Campbell and Billy Strange on guitar. The Crystals, however, were Spector's secondary girl group, of less interest to him than were the Ronettes: well, he was going to marry Ronnie. (And if you read your newspaper, and you've read Ronnie's book, "Be My Baby," or any of the numerous interviews she's given over the years, you'll know that marriage wasn't too successful.)
Anyway, the Crystals had their big hits. Unfortunately, it's not so easy to know who the Crystals are, or maybe were. If the actual original Crystals, lead singer Barbara Alston were on the road, and Spector was anxious to record something, he just did, with whoever was on hand, and just attributed the record to the group. In her book, "My Name is Love: The Darlene Love Story," Love, possessor of a big, rich, dynamic voice says she sang lead on "He's A Rebel," "He's Sure the Boy I Love," and "Da Doo Ron Ron." She adds that, among others, Sonny and Cher, then also under contract to Spector, sang back-up on these songs, and that, way back at the outset of her career, Cher's voice was so big, Spector had to keep her in the back of the room, away from the microphones. A few years ago, before I'd looked into all of this confusion, I saw "the Crystals" in person, and didn't understand why some of my favorite songs sounded nothing like the records. So now we know.
Personnel problems aside, these are intense, emotionally satisfying, pulsing songs as Love did them, and these are the versions you get on this album. The actual Crystals also did good work on the socially-conscious "Uptown," "There's No Other Like My Baby," and "Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby:" those girls could rock. These songs and their other smaller hits are collected here. This album's sound isn't the best: Phil Spector famously preferred mono. But it's hard to find the Crystals now --whoever they were-- and this album is available. If you love girl groups, it belongs on the shelf.
The Best of the Girls.......2006-03-11
I wish it were re-mastered better, but still, this is a perfect trip into the past.
Best available Crystals collection.......2005-10-01
Instead we have the next best thing, The Best Of The Crystals, compiled by Phil Spector in 1992, which collects the A-sides and B-sides they recorded for Philles Records, beginning with the dreamy There's No Other Like My Baby and the socially conscious second single Uptown, and adds 3 album tracks and 2 tracks unreleased at the time. It includes the original version of I Wonder (later recorded by the Ronettes), which was a single only in the UK, coupled with Little Boy, but unfortunately excludes the withdrawn two-part single (Let's Dance) The Screw.
It was through the Crystals, initially led by Barbara Alston, that Spector made his mark and created the famous Wall Of Sound, when He's A Rebel hit number 1 in America. Ironically, none of the Crystals sang on their first big hit, as the Gene Pitney song was recorded in haste in Hollywood to beat a rival version by Vikki Carr, and none of the Crystals was able to fly from New York for the sessions. Instead a session group led by the unknown Darlene Love (then Darlene Wright) and called the Blossoms were hired to be the Crystals for a day, and they soon became Spector regulars. Indeed Darlene Love also sang lead on the Crystals' follow-up, He's Sure The Boy I Love, and at the same time was enlisted into Bob B Soxx and the Blue Jeans. She also led on the next single, Da Doo Ron Ron, although on that one Spector had La La Brooks from the Crystals overdub the lead vocal before it came out, and watched it became a Top Three hit.
La La sang lead instead of Barbara or Darlene from then on, including the next released singles Then He Kissed Me and Little Boy, but by this time Phil Spector was already losing interest in the Crystals and was developing his unique sound further with the Ronettes featuring Veronica, who was even drafted in to sing lead on some of the third Crystals album.
These recordings show not only their own and Phil Spector's development, but also that of the Brill Building writers that Spector drew from: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and not forgetting Gerry Goffin and Carole King whose He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss) and Please Hurt Me might suggest some turbulence in their personal lives at the time. He Hit Me was a controversial song, allegedly inspired by the experiences of their baby-sitter, Little Eva, for whom they wrote The Loco-Motion. It was revived more recently by Hole.
Their last single for Philles was All Grown Up, basically a Spectorized rewrite of Chuck Berry's Almost Grown. It was one of their best but barely scraped the Top 100 in America. The Crystals left the label shortly thereafter for United Artists and all but disappeared from history, leaving behind these wonderful and essential classic recordings from a key period in pop history
Average customer rating:
|
Crystals (Special Packaging)
Sam Rivers Manufacturer: Verve ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006FR6C Release Date: 2002-08-20 |
Tracks:
- Exultation
- Tranquility
- Postlude
- Bursts
- Orb
- Earth Song
Customer Reviews:
Avant intensity and groove.......2004-07-18
This may sound odd but I don't know the names of any of these tunes. I put the disc in and that's it. Track 1 has some absolutely ruthless bass playing and more of those moments that make me believe Rivers was a major inspiration for Evan Parker's soprano saxophone experiments. The context around Rivers here is much more "free jazz"-styled than the utterly weird and gorgeous free-improvisation contexts that Evan so often is in, but still.... Sam's own playing on track one is a fireball of soprano intensity that seems to point the way towards some of the places Evan's playing would later evolve. Fantastic stuff.
I won't comment on every track, as that must be annoying to readers, but I have to talk about track two. Every time I listen to this one I picture Pam Grier ala 1974 putting her shirt back on, then surprising the guy she is with by kicking his teeth in. The bassline here is just pure acoustic Blaxploitation funk at its best. Rivers is not content with staying there, though. As the song progresses, the rhythmically shifting horns tug my attention away from the bassline and a whole other mood seems to overtake the song, and then somehow you morph back into the Blaxploitation funk. I love the way my mood changes throughout the various points in this track.
If you're looking to enter the world of Sam Rivers, this and the masterpiece, Fuchsia Swing Song, are great places to start. Both completely unlike each other, but both very rewarding.
Seminal big band recording from an unsung master........2004-05-16
Recorded in the halcyon days of the loft-jazz scene, Crystals is a somewhat more accessible affair than one would expect. In the experimental big band tradition of Muhal Richard Abrams, Anthony Braxton and Sun Ra, Sam Rivers' first big band album makes a fine contribution to this often under-sung genre.
The opening cut, "Exultation" lives up to its title. Horn lines weave around each other as River's soprano snakes through them, never flagging in intensity. "Tranquility" follows, with a funky acoustic bass and tuba ostinato leading the ensemble into a mid-tempo groove. "Postlude" is a short interlude that leads into the albums second side, starting with "Bursts," a scorching free-bop feature for River's furious tenor. The march-like collective improvisation "Orb" takes the energy level down just a notch to prepare for the climactic closer, "Earth Song".
Embracing the discordant linear quality of Muhal Abrams writing, albeit less rigid, more swinging and occasionally even funky, Rivers big band compositions are more accessible than Braxton's but further out than anything Mingus had attempted at the time. While Crystals may be the blueprint for his more recent big band albums, it is more than just a historical curiosity. Not for the faint of heart, Crystals is creative orchestral music at it's most challenging and rewarding.
review.......2003-11-18
review.......2003-11-18
Average customer rating:
|
The Crystals: Ultimate Collection; Greatest Hits
Manufacturer: Marginal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000ALN61E |
Product Description
All Original Recordings, Excellent Sound Quality !!! 1. He's A Rebel 2. Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby 3. Uptown 4. Then He Kissed Me 5. He's Sure The Boy I Love 6. Da Doo Ron Ron 7. Heartbreaker 8. Girls Can Tell 9. All Grown Up 10. There's No Other Like My Baby 11. Little Boy 12. He Hit Me 13. What A Nice Way To Turn 17 14. No One Ever Tells You 15. I Love You Eddie 16. Mashed Potato Time 17. Frankenstein Twist 18. I Wonder 19. Another Country, Another World 20. Please Hurt Me 21. Look In My Eyes 22. On Broadway 23. In The Morning 24. When The Right Boy Comes Along 25. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 26. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers 27. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 28. The ScrewCustomer Reviews:
Greatest hits and rarities.......2006-07-27
In a perfect world the three albums the Crystals made for Phil Spector and the four extra A-sides would all be available on CD. They would all fit onto one disc as the second album, He's A Rebel, was a disguised re-issue of Uptown Twist, the first, but with three new tracks replacing two from the first; while the third, The Crystals Sing Their Greatest Hits (Vol. 1), recycled yet again some of their older hits, as you would expect, but added five previously unreleased covers of recent dance hits, including an excellent version of the Chantels' Look In My Eyes.
The Best Of The Crystals, compiled by Phil Spector in 1992, is still the best generally available Crystals anthology, but this 29-track compilation on the hard to find Belgian Marginal label from five years later has every track that was on The Best Of The Crystals and a further ten tracks. The monaural sound is generally crisper and clearer than on the Best Of, though there are still some shortcomings, and some of the tracks have been slightly shortened, notably I Wonder, which loses nearly ten seconds.
Lead vocal duties are shared between Barbara Alston, La La Brooks, Pat Wright (on Oh Yeah Maybe Baby) and guest singers Darlene Love and the incomparable Ronnie Spector (on Mashed Potato Time).
The ten additional tracks include their three contrbutions to A Christmas Gift For You. Frankenstein Twist and On Broadway appeared on both Uptown Twist and He's A Rebel. On Broadway is especially interesting as it was the first recorded version of the song and had some lyric revisions before it was recorded by the Cookies and, most famously, the Drifters. The infamous (Let's Dance) The Screw has never been on CD before. It appeared only on DJ copies of the single before being withdrawn, and shortly afterwards Da Doo Ron Ron was released. The single consisted of Parts 1 and 2 and the version here clocks in at 4.32.
The other three tracks appear to date from after their tenure at Philles and were not produced by Phil Spector. Are You Trying To Get Rid Of Me Baby? was their second single for United Artists in 1966, and was an early Nickolas Ashford/Valerie Simpson song that had been recorded the year before by Candy and the Kisses. In The Morning and a cover of the Shirelles' When The Right Boy Comes Along sound more recent and have previously appeared on the EMI America label but I have no more information about them. All three clearly feature the wonderful vocals of La La Brooks.
Unfortunately this leaves just one track from Twist Uptown unavailable, their version of Carla Thomas's Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes), though the second album, He's A Rebel, can be re-created by programming tracks 1, 3, 19, 17, 2, 5, 10, 22, 13, 14, 12 and 15.
The Crystals Sing Their Greatest Hits (Vol. 1) is missing Hot Pastrami, The Wah Watusi, The Twist and Gee Whiz. It is a pity room could not have been found for these four tracks, perhaps instead of the Christmas Gift tracks (as that album is readily available in its own right) or the non-Spector recordings, thus making all releases from their contemporary Philles catalogue available on CD.
Also, a few unreleased Crystals recordings surfaced on vinyl in the seventies. Of these only Heartbreaker, which was also on The Best Of The Crystals, is included. It would have been nice to also have the alternative version of All Grown Up, and the version of Girls Can Tell with Ronnie Spector (Veronica) singing lead.
However, Marginal Records have shown that is possible to license Spector productions from ABKCO, giving hope that other overdue re-releases may one day appear.
This is a super sounding cd that contains all their hits and some lessor known tracks in super stereo sound.......2006-04-05
Average customer rating:
|
The Crystals - Greatest Hits [Classic World]
The Crystals Manufacturer: Classic World ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004SCGX Release Date: 2000-06-06 |
Tracks:
- Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)
- He's A Rebel
- Then He Kissed Me
- Uptown
- He's Sure The Spy I Love
- There's No Other (Like My Baby)
- Look In My Eyes
- I Love You Eddie
- (Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry
- Please Hurt Me
Customer Reviews:
Deserves ZERO Stars.......2006-08-14
AVOID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Avoid Like The Plague.......2005-03-24
Inferior re-recorded classics.......2000-08-19
Great!.......2000-07-04
Average customer rating:
|
Elements: Winter Crystals
Various Artists Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009MAOF0 Release Date: 2005-05-31 |
Tracks:
- Water, Snowflakes and Winter Crystals
- Ice Crystals
- Cool Desire
- First Snow
- Arctic Sea
- Snowcovered Bamboo
Tracks:
- Water, Snowflakes and Winter Crystals [DVD]
- Ice Crystals [DVD]
- Cool Desire [DVD]
- First Snow [DVD]
- Arctic Sea [DVD]
- Snowcovered Bamboo [DVD]
Product Description
CD:
1. Water, Snowflakes, and Winter Crystals
2. Ice Crystals
3. Cool Desire
4. First Snow
5. Arctic Sea
6. Snowcovered Bamboo
DVD:
1. Water, Snowflakes, and Winter Crystals
2. Ice Crystals
3. Cool Desire
4. First Snow
5. Arctic Sea
6. Snowcovered Bamboo
Format: CD
Customer Reviews:
Winter Crystals fits the niche.......2006-10-26
Average customer rating:
|
Ticket Crystals
Bardo Pond Manufacturer: Atp Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000FJH536 Release Date: 2006-07-11 |
Tracks:
- Destroying Angel
- Isle
- Lost Word
- Cry Baby Cry
- FC II
- Moonshine
- Endurance
- Montana Sacra II
Album Description
Philadelphia's Bardo Pond return in June 2006 with Ticket Crystals -- their sixth studio album and second for ATP Recordings. Completing a trilogy of work -- first embarked on with 2001's Dilate and centred with 2003's On the Ellipse -- Ticket Crystals resumes the quintet's signature doom tempo, multi-layered drones; while introducing a lighter pastoral, even Tudor-like feel, which rallies throughout against the band's youthful riff petulance. Guitarist and founder member, Michael Gibbons, elaborates: 'On The Ellipse was really influenced by the post 9/11 vibe, this one is the coming out of that... On this album we really investigated the dynamics between acoustic sound and heavy electrics.' Recorded over two years at the band's home studio, a handful of the tracks first came to light on Bardo Pond's 2003 live UK dates alongside kindred spirits and former label mates, Mogwai. 'Yeah, most of the time we go out on the road before we record to get comfortable with the tracks,' remarks Gibbons. Fans of the space rock pioneers may already be familiar with much of the new material owing to the band's well-publicised endorsement of bootleg recordings. Tracking down the elusive balance between extensive improvisation and acutely structured arrangements, Bardo Pond's latest long-player, Ticket Crystals, includes the spellbinding 'Moonshine' (a ten-minute plus ethereal expedition that immediately recalls the acoustic intricacy of Led Zeppelin III coupled with the contemporary quirkiness of Coco Rosie) and live favourite and album opener, 'Destroying Angel,' which only just manages to contain the sheer force of the brothers Gibbons amplification and vocalist and flautist Isobel Sollenberger's haunting and occasionally terrifying tones. Also featured on the album is the band's unique reworking of The Beatles' White Album classic, 'Cry Baby Cry,' which was originally recorded for and broadcast by the BBC as part of their commemorations of the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death.Customer Reviews:
Un clásico.......2006-12-20
A revelation.......2006-09-01
Average customer rating:
|
Best of the Crystals
Crystals Manufacturer: Pegasus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001PIZL0 Release Date: 2004-03-08 |
Tracks:
- Misty Blue / As The Days Go By
- He's A Rebel
- Uptown
- I Wonder
- Going To The Chapel
- Rescue Me
- There's No Other Like My Baby
- Then He Kissed Me
- Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry
- Da Doo Ron Ron
- He's Sure The Boy I Love
- He's A Rebel
- One Fine Day
Album Details
13 Tracks Including "he's a Rebel", "Going to the Chapel", "Rescue Me", "Then He Kissed Me" and "da Doo Ron Ron".Customer Reviews:
Definitely not the best of the Crystals.......2007-06-19
Placebo.......2007-02-01
Not the original hits.......2004-05-11
Average customer rating:
|
Crystals (Mind, Body, Soul Series)
Llewellyn , and Ann Clinton Manufacturer: New World Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000JJOR Release Date: 2000-10-03 |
Tracks:
- Ruby in Zoisite
- Carnelian
- Calcite
- Aventurine
- Blue Lace Agate
- Lapis Lazuli
- Amethyst
- Rose Quartz
- Clear Quartz
Customer Reviews:
Beautiful music.......2006-02-01
Wonderful, relaxing, celestial, ethereal music.......2003-08-22
Great for Reiki.......2003-07-19
relax.......2002-05-23
Crystals.......2000-11-13
Average customer rating: |
On Plastic
Manufacturer: On Plastic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CAGAYS Release Date: 2005-08-09 |
Average customer rating:
|
Classical Princess: music for dress-up
Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000070Y Release Date: 1996-10-24 |
Tracks:
- From Sleeping Beauty: Sleeping Beauty Waltz
- From Sleeping Beauty: Dance Of The Young Girls
- From Sleeping Beauty: Lovely Scene
- Praeludium From Holberg Suite: Entrance Of The Princess
- From Heigh Ho! Mozart: Beauty and the Beast
- From My Keyboard Friends: Sadie's Waltz
- The Nutcracker Suite: Nutcracker Dance
- The Nutcracker Suite: Chinese Dance
- The Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Reed Pipes
- The Nutcracker Suite: Waltz of the Flowers
- Serenade For Strings: Serenade
- Serenade For Strings: Waltz Time
- From World Of The Harp: The Stream
- From The Red Poppy: Red Poppy Waltz
- From Prince Ivan And The Frog Princess: Waltz of the Prince and Princess
- From Prince Ivan And The Frog Princess: Happily Ever After
- From The Snow Queen: Dance of the ICe Crystals
- From The Snow Queen: Reunion with the Gypsy Girl
- From Romeo And Juliet: The Child Juliet
- Scherzo From Trio No. 1: Joking
Amazon.com
You know the classical compilation business is getting serious when you have artists like conductor Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony on a record of music for little kids to play dress-ups by. On this disc, packaged explicitly for that purpose, participants include the Seattle Symphony, the English Chamber Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Nothing but the best for my kid! The selections were apparently chosen by a girl, pictured on the cover, who looks to be about five or six. She's done a great job. There's lots of Tchaikovsky here, as well as Grieg, Gliere, and Prokofiev. It's great music and the disc, with its cheerful cover, will likely bring a smile to the lips of many adults as well as children. --Gwendolyn FreedCustomer Reviews:
Classical Princess- Music for Dress-Up.......2000-03-07
Meditation Music:
- Dali's Car
- Dance of the Hummingbird [Enhanced]
- Deep Spirits
- Downwind [Import]
- Dream with Me
- Dreamings: Aboriginal Healing Didjeridu
- Faure By the Sea
- Fields
- From the Goddess
- Gift of Love: Music Inspired by Rumi Love Poem
Meditation Music
Thea Musgrave: Clarinet Concerto/The Seasons/Autumn Sonata
Music: Close Ups - Music for Clarinet and Percussion
Utena: Angel Creation [Soundtrack]