Christmas by the Bay

About the Artist
Broadway veteran Clark Sterling is the recipient of three Bay Area Critic’s Circle Awards for his starring roles in musical theater productions. A successful producer of live entertainment for special events and two previous CDs, Sterling assembled an all-star collection of favorite San Francisco singers for this unique holiday compilation album, and wrote the lyrics for the title track "Christmas by the Bay." Danielle Bixby has starred in Bay Area theater productions such as "Phantom" and has appeared at the Plush Room in the critically acclaimed revue "Romantic Notions", as well as her one woman show, "Pure Imagination". Elizabeth Ann Campisi made her New York debut as Nessarose in the final workshop of the new Broadway musical Wicked. Performing in professional productions from age fifteen, she has starred in over twenty Bay Area and national productions. Tim Hockenberry has shared the stage with acts such as Robert Cray, David Sanborn, George Benson, BB King, Ben Harper, Roberta Flack, and Bonnie Raitt and also works for numerous advertising agencies in San Francisco both as a commercial singer and music producer. Michelle Jordan’s theatrical appearances include the Oakland Ensemble Theater Company's production of Ain't Misbehavin , the San Francisco production of Cole, TheatreWorks productions of Hi Hat Hattie, Go Down Garvey and Dreamgirls, for which she won a Critic's Circle Award for her portrayal of the character Effie. Meg Mackay has been a dynamic presence on the San Francisco cabaret and musical theater scene for 20 years and is the winner of 7 Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for her work in Hello Dolly!, Roberta, The Grass Harp, A Karen Carpenter Christmas, And What, Give Up Show Biz?, Torch Song Trilogy, The World Goes Round, She Loves Me and Putting It Together. Stephanie Rhoads is Producing Artistic Director of 42nd Street Moon’s "Lost Musical Series" in San Francisco and is also a well-loved Bay Area performer. She recently completed an acclaimed run as the Baroness Elsa in the The Sound of Music at Broadway By the Bay. Kenny Washington has performed in nightclubs and for local and national recording projects. He is currently the featured vocalist at San Francisco’s world famous "Top of the Mark," at the Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel. With her husband, pianist/arranger Mike Greensill, Wesla Whitfield performs annually at the Hollywood/Roosevelt Cinegrill, The Algonquin Hotel’s Oak Room, Blues Alley in Washington DC, Jazz Alley in Seattle, and for two months each winter in San Francisco at the Plush Room as well as numerous concert venues throughout the States and Europe.

Product Description
An exciting new collection of holiday songs performed by San Francisco's favorite theater and cabaret stars, featuring the debut of the hit title track "Christmas by the Bay," sung by Tim Hockenberry.

Christmas by the Bay,Various Artists,Sterling Performances,Christmas / Chanukkah,Pop,V/a Compilations,Xmas Vocal Collections

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Average customer rating: Every last note...

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Tracks:

1. Handel In The Strand
2. Bridal Lullaby
3. English Waltz
4. Mock Morris
5. To A Nordic Princess
6. In A Nutshell-Ste: I. Arrival Platform Humlet
7. In A Nutshell-Ste: II. Gay But Wistful
8. In A Nutshell-Ste: III. Pastoral
9. In A Nutshell-Ste: IV. 'The Gum-Suckers' March
10. Peace
11. Saxon Twi-Play
12. Andante Con Moto
13. Children's March
14. The Immovable Do
15. Sailor's Song
16. Colonial Song
17. Walking Tune
18. Harvest Hymn
19. In Dahomey

Tracks:

1. b flat Pno Con (Opening)
2. Cradle-Song
3. Love Walked In
4. Second Pno Con (3rd Movt)
5. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
6. Nimrod
7. Ramble On The Last Love-Duet
8. Chinese Melody-Beautiful Fresh Flower
9. Paraphrase On The Flower Waltz
10. Lullaby From 'Tribute To Foster'
11. American Song-The Rag-Time Girl
12. 'Blithe Bells'
13. Fugue In a
14. The Man I Love

Tracks:

1. Country Gardens
2. The Merry King
3. Molly On The Shore
4. Irish Tune From County Derry
5. Knight And Shepard's Daughter
6. The Nightingale And The Two Sisters
7. Jutish Medley
8. Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
9. The Rival Brothers
10. Near Woodstock Town
11. Will Ye Gang To The Hielands, Lizzie Lindsay
12. The Brisk Young Sailor
13. One More Day My John (Easy Version)
14. Rimmer And Goldcastle
15. Spoon River
16. The Widow's Party
17. The Hunter In His Career
18. My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
19. Died For Love
20. Scotch Strathspey
21. One More Day My John (Complex Version)
22. Bristol Town
23. Hard-Hearted Barb'ra Helen
24. Mo Ninghean Dhu
25. Lisbon (Dublin Bay)
26. Stalt Vesselil
27. O Gin I Were Where Gowrie Rins
28. Shepard's Hey

Tracks:

1. Four Irish Dances: I. A March-Jig
2. Four Irish Dances: II. A Slow Dance
3. Four Irish Dances: III. The Leprechaun's Dance
4. Four Irish Dances: IV. A Reel
5. Nell
6. Apres Un Reve
7. Pno Con, First Movt
8. Tiger-Tiger
9. Air And Dance
10. Hornpipe
11. Toccata And Fugue in d
12. Lullaby From 'Tribute To Foster' (Easy Grainger)
13. Angelus Ad Virginem
14. Klavierstuck in E
15. Eastern Intermezzo
16. The Bigelow March
17. Pno Con, First Movt
18. At Twilight
19. Klavierstuck in a
20. Klavierstuck in B Flat
21. Klavierstuck in D

Tracks:

1. Children's March: 'Over The Hills And Far Away'
2. Up-Country Song (Colonial Song)
3. English Dance
4. Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon
5. 'Spoon River'-American Folk Dance
6. Train Music
7. Zanzibar Boat-Song
8. Paganini Varations, No.12
9. Green Bushes-Passacaglia On An English Folksong
10. William Byrd's Air And Variations For The Virginals 'The Carman's Whistle'
11. 'A Dance Rhapsody'
12. Girl Crazy: Embraceable You
13. The Warriors-Music To An Imaginary Ballet

Customer Reviews:

Every last note..........2006-06-14

A super budget 5 CD collection of all of Grainger's Piano music.
Every last note!
The shipping alone would be $17.00+ for the 5 individual Cds.
Englishman Martin Jones plays these as if he wrote them. He is thoroughly inside this music.
I think his best work to date.
He is joined on CD #5 by Richard Mcmahon and Phillip Martin. Where they rollick in various combos and trios on 1, 2 and 3 pianos. This is exhilerating. Especially on an truly uplifting version of Green Bushes.
The entire set is strongly idiomatic and given a clear, crisp, warm and spacious recording. FIRST CLASS sound.
There are too many highlights to single out, but the In A Nutshell Suite and Green Bushes are especially GOOD!
There is not a bad note or "vibe" on any of these CDs.
Highly recommended for Granger fans and fans of English Piano Music.

Average customer rating: Great Theme song!!! Wonderful Adaptions by San Francisco's Finest Performers A New Christmas Classic My heart's back in San Francisco! Hockenberry rocks!

Christmas by the Bay Various Artists Manufacturer: Sterling Performances ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Mostly Dylan The Best of Vic Damone Live An Ancient Muse ASIN: B0000WU3BO Release Date: 2003-11-02

Tracks:

1. We Need a Little Christmas (Michelle Jordan)
2. It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas/Pine Cones and Holly Berries (Clark Sterling/Danielle Bixby)
3. All Those Christmas Cliches (Meg Mackay)
4. Silver Bells (Kenny Washington)
5. You're All I Want For Christmas (Stephanie Rhoads)
6. When Children Rule the World (Clark Sterling & The Piedmont Children's Choir)
7. The Twelve Days After Christmas (Elizabeth Ann Campisi)
8. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Instrumental: Steve Campos, flugelhorn)
9. Christmas By the Bay (Tim Hockenberry)
10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Wesla Whitfield & Mike Greensill)
11. Holiday TV Medley (Clark Sterling, Michelle Jordan & Stephanie Rhoads)
12. Bringing In a Brand NEW YEAR (Michelle Jordan)

Album Description

An exciting new collection of holiday songs performed by San Francisco's favorite theater and cabaret stars, featuring the debut of the hit title track "Christmas by the Bay," sung by Tim Hockenberry.

Customer Reviews:

Great Theme song!!!.......2005-08-03

I loved the song when I heard it for the first time and as a bonus there is a track with my favorite singer, Kenny Washington it's always a treat to listen to. check him out at the Top of the Mark (Mark Hopkins Hotel Sn. Fco.)

Wonderful Adaptions by San Francisco's Finest Performers.......2004-12-14

I bought this CD for the title track, which I heard on KOIT during their Christmas music run. I was pleasantly supposed to find that the other tracks were equally as good. I will definitely start playing it every year at Christastime!

A New Christmas Classic.......2003-12-27

This ranking is solely for the title track Christmas by the Bay. I heard this on both 98.1 KISQ and 103.7 KKSF and it has the makings of Christmas classic. I look forward to adding this CD to my Donnie Hathaway, Vince Guarldi and Nat King Cole Christmas collections

My heart's back in San Francisco!.......2003-12-12

When I popped "Christmas by the Bay" into my CD player, suddenly I was lifted from my home in Maine back to San Francisco! I could imagine sipping a warm Irish coffee in the Redwood Room, being serenaded by wonderful singers and accompaniment. Thank you Clark Sterling! The title song brings tears to your eyes.
To have such talented Bay Area performers all in one CD is a real treat for someone living so far away. This CD will make your holidays just that much merrier!

Hockenberry rocks!.......2003-12-01

You buy the album for the title track Christmas by the Bay, by the hit songwriting duo Sterling and Gasser, sung by Tim Hockenberry, but you cherish the entire CD for the rest of the collection en toto. Bravo, well done!

Average customer rating:

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Average customer rating: A well deserved five stars A Brass & Organ Christmas sans Organ Arrangements, performances, & engineering all excellent A Brass & Organ Christmas - GREAT American Record Guide (Nov/Dec. 2000) says...

A Brass & Organ Christmas / Fenstermaker, Bay Brass, Krehbiel George Frideric Handel , Heinrich Schutz , Gustav Holst , English Traditional , Felix Mendelssohn , Christmas Traditional , Giovanni Gabrieli , Franz Xaver Gruber , Johann Sebastian Bach , Pietro Yon , Claude-Beninge Balbastre , Georges Bizet , John Francis Wade , Leroy Anderson , David Krehbiel , John Fenstermaker , and Robert Ward Manufacturer: Gothic Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gabrieli, Giovanni | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00004Y6PX Release Date: 2000-10-24

Tracks:

1. Carillon
2. Joy To The World
3. Psalm VIII
4. Christmas Day (Choral Fantasy On Old Carols)
5. Greensleeves
6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
7. The Christmas Nightingale
8. Canzon XVI
9. Silent Night
10. Chorale No. 64 (From The Christmas Oratorio)
11. A Manger Pastorale Gesu Bambino
12. Hallelujah (From Messiah)
13. Noel: Votre Bonte, Grand Dieu
14. March Of The Kings
15. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
16. O Come, All Ye Faithful
17. Sleigh Ride

Album Description

Noted organist John Fenstermaker recorded this gorgeous Christmas disc with the Bay Brass at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral. Includes "Joy to the World," "Greensleeves," "The Christmas Nightingale," "Silent Night," and many more.

Customer Reviews:

A well deserved five stars.......2002-12-17

This is a superb brass ensemble. I really enjoy Christmas CDs, and quite a few of the ones I've owned are brass Christmas CDs. I had not heard the Bay Brass before hearing this recording, but I really must say that their precision, timing, power and "attack" truly rivals the legendary Phillip Jones Brass Ensemble. I also think that they surpass the PJBE's own Christmas recordings in many ways. One person mentioned that the organ was not as well-recorded on this disc, and at times it was not easily heard. For me, however, this is not as great a flaw. The real star here is this brass ensemble, which is absolutely first class. Sometimes organ/brass discs have an overpowering organ, and on this disc, the Bay Brass plays with such astonishing skill, that I do not miss hearing the organ accompaniment, which is there, but very much in background. If you are an organ fan, I could understand this may not be the disc for you, but if you love the sound of brass with some organ & percussion accompaniment, this will be exactly your cup-of-tea. There are just enough of the more well-known selections on this disc to satisfy many, along with a few lessor-known pieces. Hark the Herald Angels Sing has all of the excitement and precision one could wish for, in a very imaginative arrangement. Greensleeves is performed in an arrangement originally written by the before-mentioned Phillip Jones Brass Ensemble. Again, I must confess I actually prefer THIS slower version to the version so masterfully done by the Phillip Jones Ensemble, and I mean this as the highest possible compliment. There is an earth-shaking Gabrielli Canzon here, where the organ takes the antiphonal, or echo, parts. And in one of the most creative & unusual arrangements of Silent Night I've yet heard, the brass choir begins playing in a very mysterious way as an echoing melody at first, followed by the organ. The melody moves on to a medley of Away in a Manger, before returning to the Silent Night theme. The Hallelujah Chorus is arranged here for brass, percussion & organ to great effect, and the organ is definately powerful on that piece, as well as on Bach's Christmas Oratorio as well. The clarity of the brass section is nothing sort of amazing. As a real brass ensemble fan, I am eargerly awaiting more recordings by the Bay Brass after hearing this cd. Absolutely first-class.

A Brass & Organ Christmas sans Organ.......2002-12-09

If you purchase this CD with the hope of hearing a top-notch brass choir and magnificent and large pipe organ playing a varied program of Christmas music in a splendid venue, you may be disappointed when you discover that with one notable exception, the great organ of Grace Cathedral is all but inaudible for the most part. In part, I think this is due to the location of microphones during the recording, since the brass sound quite close to the microphones, while the organ, when heard, seems to be quite a distance away from the microphones and/or brass. My guess is that for whatever reason, the arrangements have not been written to showcase the organ or even give it an equal place on the program. Even in the one selection which features the organ in dialogue with the brass, the sound of the organ is so distant that it is easily overpowered by the brass choir. The small portative organ used for three of the selections has, for the most part, a more audible presence than the great cathedral organ could ever hope to have in this recording.

The music on this CD is outstanding, and the performance of The Bay Brass is impeccable. Now, if only we could hear what the organ and organist John Fenstermaker were playing, this CD would be complete.

Arrangements, performances, & engineering all excellent.......2001-12-14

If you enjoy the sound of large symphonic brass ensemble with pipe organ, you'll like what you hear on this album. The venue is San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, a richly reverberant environment that's ideal for music like this. Excellent sonics showcase a superb job by the audio engineers. The recording is clear and distinct, with good presence and stereo imaging.

A. David Krehbiel conducts the Bay Brass, organist John Fenstermaker, and four guest artists in fifteen magnificent arrangements for brass and organ. In addition, the opening track briefly features the Grace Cathedral carillon, and track 13 is an organ solo.

I had not heard the Bay Brass before I listened to this album. In my opinion, they compare favorably with other virtuoso symphonic brass ensembles, like the Philip Jones, Summit, and Millar brass ensembles.

The Bay Brass's standard instrumentation for this album seems to be four trumpets, four horns, three tenor trombones, one bass trombone, and tuba. Flugelhorns, euphoniums, and even alphorns can be heard on some tracks. (The players are all professionals from orchestras in the San Francisco area.) Four guest musicians assist: one trumpeter and 3 percussionists. Two of Grace Cathedral's four organs were used for this recording.

The selections are mostly traditional, from a variety of time periods and styles. Following are a few of my favorites: Heinrich Schutz's "Psalm VIII" is weighty and glorious; try reading the Biblical text as you listen for an added dimension of enjoyment. Douglas Haislip's colorful arrangement of "Christmas Day (Choral Fantasy on Old Carols)" does credit to the original composer, Gustav Holst, himself a master orchestrator. The verve and precision of Bizet's "March of the Kings (Farandole)" is a delight, especially as heard in the trombones. All of the tracks are worth listening to; there are no duds on this CD.

I have loved Christmas music for brass since I first heard "A Festival of Carols in Brass" by the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble on vinyl 24 years ago (now on CD: CBS MK7033). The Bay Brass's "A Brass & Organ Christmas" is a worthy successor, in the tradition of great Christmas brass recordings. I highly recommend it.

A Brass & Organ Christmas - GREAT.......2000-12-07

Recorded in Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, this is a really spectacular CD featuring a ton of great music and many familiar classics. Huge sound, flawless performances by The Bay Brass and organist John Fenstermaker. Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys Christmas/holiday music. The acoustics in Grace Cathedral add a unique and very rich dimension to the sound.

American Record Guide (Nov/Dec. 2000) says..........2000-11-07

Brass and Organ Christmas/Bay Brass

"If you're looking for festive Christmas music by brass and organ, you won't find a better recording than this one. The arrangements are lovely and unusual, the performances loving. While I enjoy the whole disc, I am especially taken by Elgar Howarth's haunting look at Greensleeves, Anthony DiLorenzo's spectacular settings of "Joy to the World" and "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing", Jonathan Ring's touching arrangement of "Silent Night" (which begins and ends with conductor A. David Krehbiel and horn player Robert Ward on alphorns), David Baldwin's setting of the Hallelujah Chorus and Ralph Carmichael's colorful arrangement of "Twelve Days of Christmas."

Staffed by members of the San Francisco Symphony and other important area orchestras, Bay Brass is a truly wonderful brass ensemble with a full-bodied sound and no rough edges. The recording was made in Grace Cathedral with John Fenstermaker, who plays a magnificent Aeolian-Skinner organ with 123 ranks and a smaller 19th-century hand-pumped one. Considering the acoustics of such a large space, the recorded sound is excellent - the group is heard in fine detail, and the lengthy sound delay is never obtrusive and is often magical."

-Kilpatrick

Average customer rating: Tribute to Grainger

Grainger Edition, Vol. 17: Works for Solo Piano 2 Percy Grainger , and Penelope Thwaites Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Grainger | Grainger, Percy Aldridge | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Grainger: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 3 Grainger Edition, Vol.6: Orchestral Works Grainger: Works for Pianos, Volume Ten Grainger: Works For Wind Orchestra,Vol.4 Grainger: Works for Solo Piano 1 ASIN: B00005UC3I Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

1. Tiger-Tiger!
2. The Hunter In His Career
3. The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
4. The Rival Brothers
5. Australian Up-Country Song
6. Harvest Hymn
7. The Merry King
8. Lisbon (Dublin Bay)
9. Pastoral
10. The Widow's Party
11. Died For Love
12. Horkstow Grange
13. The Brisk Young Sailor (who returned to wed his true love)
14. Hard-Hearted Barb'ra (H)Ellen
15. Bristol Town
16. Sea-Song Sketch
17. Molly On The Shore
18. Arrival Platform Humlet
19. Shepherd's Hey
20. Country Gardens
21. Mock Morris
22. "The Gum-Suckers" March
23. Colonial Song
24. The Tents Of The Happy Tribes
25. Gay But Wistful
26. Handel In The Strand
27. My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone

Customer Reviews:

Tribute to Grainger.......2005-07-30

My star rating is in relation to the other Grainger Edition discs. This album has many tracks and all the most famous works of Grainger are on here, focusing mostly on his British work as opposed to Danish or his pieces that are totally original work. Thwaites really has a passion for Grainger as you can tell if you read some interviews with her. As Grainger pointed out it's hard to fit music which is so multifaceted into one instrument, even if there are 10 fingers working but Thwaites really takes advantage of the freedom of solo work and is wonderfully dynamic with volume and tempo and she adds so much character to these pieces, I especially love her Shepherd's Hey! On many pieces she uses some of Grainger's style: very powerful and almost frantic playing, but not too much. Listen to Grainger playing Molly on the Shore on piano and you'll know what I mean! This is one of the cornerstone discs of the Grainger Edition. To the Fore!

Average customer rating: Beautiful choral album

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Tracks:

1. The First Nowell
2. Deck The Hall
3. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
4. Hark The Herald Angels Sing
5. Joy To The World
6. O Come All Ye Faithful
7. Patapan
8. Rejoice, O Virgin
9. Christmas Oratorio: Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heavenly Light
10. Qual Mormorio Soave
11. Ave Maria
12. Psallite
13. Nu Ar Det Jul Igen
14. The Midnight Clear
15. Allon, Gay Bergeres
16. Lullay My Liking
17. Lo How A Rose
18. Wexford Carol
19. Carol Of Beauty
20. Little Tree
21. Ya Viene La Vieja
22. Toast Pour Le Nouvel An
23. A Christmas Carol
24. Winter Wonderland
25. White Christmas
26. We Wish You

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful choral album.......2006-12-09

One of my favorite Christmas albums. Anyone who enjoys seamless choral music under a truly talented conductor will love this CD. Highly recommended.

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U BEST PRO KARAOKE SERIES {CD VIDEO} DUST IN THE WIND / LOVE ME TENDER / TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS / TODAY/ IF / YOU NEEDED ME / THE WAY WE WERE/ UNCHAINED MELODY / STAND BY YOUR MAN / , GREENFIELDS / DONT IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE / FEELINGS/ / ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM/ THE EXODUS SONG ///// RESPECT / (SITTIN ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY / I CANT , MONDAY / FUN, FUN, FUN / WHEN IM 64 / MR. TAMBOURINE MAN / SHE STILL THINKS I CARE / ( NOW & THEN) THERES A FOOL HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIEHONEYBUNCH / MONDAY , PLEASE ME / YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE / BLACK OR WHITE/ LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE / 99 LUFTBALLOONS / SORRY SEEMS SUCH AS I / COME SEE ABOUT ME / PLEASE , TO BE THE HARDEST WORD / FOREVER YOUR GIRL / DONT LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME / WHEN YOURE IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN / HEART OF GOLD / A RAINY NIGHT , and IN GEORGIA / YOU SHOULD HEAR HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT YOU / NIKITA / WERE ALL ALONE / LAST CHRISTMAS ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Karaoke | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000PSRJKG

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U BEST PRO KARAOKE SERIES ASIN: B000PSRJKG Artist: DUST IN THE WIND / LOVE ME TENDER / TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS / TODAY/ IF / YOU NEEDED ME / THE WAY WE WERE/ UNCHAINED MELODY / STAND BY YOUR MAN /, GREENFIELDS / DONT IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE / FEELINGS/ / ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM/ THE EXODUS SONG ///// RESPECT / (SITTIN ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY / I CANT, HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIEHONEYBUNCH / MONDAY, MONDAY / FUN, FUN, FUN / WHEN IM 64 / MR. TAMBOURINE MAN / SHE STILL THINKS I CARE / (NOW & THEN) THERES A FOOL, SUCH AS I / COME SEE ABOUT ME / PLEASE, PLEASE ME / YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE / BLACK OR WHITE/ LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE / 99 LUFTBALLOONS / SORRY SEEMS, TO BE THE HARDEST WORD / FOREVER YOUR GIRL / DONT LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME / WHEN YOURE IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN / HEART OF GOLD / A RAINY NIGHT, IN GEORGIA / YOU SHOULD HEAR HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT YOU / NIKITA / WERE ALL ALONE / LAST CHRISTMAS Format: Audio CD

Meditation Music:

1. Dirrty [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
2. Don't Dream Its Over / Don't Pass Me By (Non-Album Track) [CD-single]
3. Einzelhaft [Import]
4. Electronic Sound [Import]
5. Estelle Reiner Sings Grown Up Songs For Kids
6. Footprints [Enhanced] [Import]
7. Freedom: Songs from the Heart of America
8. GIFT OF LOVE, MUSIC TO THE WORDS AND PRAYERS OF MOTHER TERESA
9. God's Top 10! (Ten Commandments)
10. Green Eyed Soul [Import]

Meditation Music

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Meditation Music

Contribution

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Lorenz Fehenberger

Messiaen: Cinq Rechants; O Sacrum Convivium; Xenakis: Nuits

Music: Dancemania Speed V.5 [Import]

Number One [Import]

Lizard [CD-single] [Import]

Grandes Orquestas Cubanas [Import]

Nantucket Sleighride [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]

Live in New York [Import] [Live]

Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil

Live at the Blue Note: 75th Birthday Celebration [Live]

Homenaje a Beny More

Fuego Gris [Import]

At the End of the Day

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