A Pocket of Tunes

About the Artist
Dr. Mac has previously produced and sung on a popular cassette co-produced with Christopher Cross. Chris sings background vocals and plays guitar, and seven of the songs were arranged and played by Brian Mann, a former member of Michael McDonald's, and Kenny Loggins' bands. Dr. Mac is the music director and one of three songwriters with the hit cartoon, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, featured daily on PBS.

Product Description
A Pocket of Tunes is a kids' CD packaged with a companion 48-page parent and teacher's guide. It includes a coloring book, pages of lyrics, and activities for helping kids, ages 4-9, learn social and emotional skills in a fun and entertaining way. Songs teach responsibility, cooperation, communication, positive thiking, self-discipline, compassion, and more!

A Pocket of Tunes,Dr. Mac and Friends,Dr. Mac and Friends,Multiple award-winning CD of 14, fun-filled, full-production children's songs, with free 48- page coloring book with lyrics and activity guide for parents or teachers.

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Average customer rating: Food for Thought - Great for Productions Oliver is a classic and meant to be heard and seen. PLEASE SIR! I WANT SOME MORE! Oliver-The Broadway Cast spectacular Broadway album

Oliver! (Deluxe Edition) (1963 Original Broadway Cast) [CAST RECORDING] Various Artists Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classical | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Original Broadway Cast) Oliver! My Fair Lady (1956 Original Broadway Cast) Camelot (1960 Original Broadway Cast) Annie (1977 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B0000996JO Release Date: 2003-06-03

Tracks:

1. Overture/Food Glorious Food - The Boys
2. Oliver! - The Boys, Wiloughby Goddard, Hope Jackman, Bruce Prochnik
3. I Shall Scream - Wiloughby Goddard, Hope Jackman
4. Boy for Sale; Where Is Love? - Wiloughby Goddard, Bruce Prochnik
5. Consider Yourself - Crowd, Michael Goodman, Bruce Prochnik
6. You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two - Bruce Prochnik, Clive Revill
7. It's a Fine Life - Georgia Brown, Alice Playten
8. I'd Do Anything - Georgia Brown, Michael Goodman, Alice Playten, Bruce Prochnik, Clive Revill
9. Be Back Soon - The Boys, Michael Goodman, Bruce Prochnik, Clive Revill
10. Oom-Pah-Pah - Georgia Brown
11. My Name - Danny Sewell
12. As Long as He Needs Me - Georgia Brown
13. Who Will Buy? - Bruce Prochnik, Chorus
14. Reviewing the Situation - Clive Revill
15. As Long as He Needs Me (Reprise) - Georgia Brown
16. Reviewing the Situation (Reprise) - Clive Revill
17. Finale

Amazon.com

Lionel Bart's wonderful musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic was the first London stage musical to be transplanted to Broadway with the same kind of sensation it received in Britain-- something that is now common in these post-Cats/Les Miserables times. Although no one from this British cast ever became enormously famous (future Monkee Davy Jones was in the second Broadway cast)--and Sir Carol Reed's film version receives all the critical accolades--this remains the better recording, featuring all the songs cut from the film, while excluding the film's musical interludes that simply seem annoying without the visuals. Just compare Bruce Brochnik to the film's Mark Lester in the title role. Or Clive Revill to Ron Moody's Fagin. Or any of the principals, for that matter--and the differences are remarkable. --Bill Holdship

Customer Reviews:

Food for Thought - Great for Productions.......2007-07-03

If you are considering a production of Oliver this is a great recording that has good background information. It does skip some of the overture music but the rest of that tracks are well done.

Oliver is a classic and meant to be heard and seen........2007-05-25

Many of these numbers are well known. And the dark tone of the story being told is well represented by the choices made by the actors and their directors. But it IS rough and dark and mournful. Not a road-trip CD, rather a show to see in the theater.

PLEASE SIR! I WANT SOME MORE!.......2007-02-27

I starred in my local summer stock company's production of "Oliver," in the summer of 2005. I used this CD to practice learning the musical numbers, by listening to it on my iPod. It has some very memorable numbers such as "Oom-Pah-Pah," "Food, Glorious Food," "Who Will Buy?" "That's Your Funeral," and "Consider Yourself." The one Oliver song that gets on my nerves. But I just can't get enough of most of this music, after the great time I had in the show. I even listen to the soundtrack on airplane trips and car rides sometimes.

Oliver-The Broadway Cast.......2006-03-17

As an original cast member with Florence Henderson's "Sound of Music" tour 45 years ago, I have a unique perspective about this recording. Even the musical director comments at the end that this version of "Oliver" was not particularly well sung but that the cast had a lot of energy.

Unfortunately,(in my opinion) this energy doesn't translate suficiently to the recording and I agree - it's not particularly well sung. Again, from the perspective of a former child performer singing with other kids, it actually is possible for a group of children to sing together and make pleasant-sounding music. The adults in this "Oliver" aren't up to musical snuff either.

Although I haven't heard it, I'd be willing to take my chances on the original London version before settling for this one (which, by the way, was recorded in an LA studio before it even got to Broadway.)

spectacular Broadway album.......2006-02-15

The cast album to the 1963 Broadway premiere production of OLIVER! was actually recorded during the show's pre-Broadway run in Los Angeles. OLIVER! played to subsequent audiences in San Francisco, Detroit and Toronto before opening at the Imperial Theatre in New York on January 6, 1963. The show played 774 performances before prematurely ending the season to play a 9-month national tour, later returning to New York for a `farewell' run of 64 performances.

As she had done to rapturous acclaim in London three years previously, Georgia Brown played the role of Nancy, and earned similar praise for her performance in New York. Her rich, velvet-tinged voice is especially haunting with the chill inducing ballad "As Long As He Needs Me". Composer Lionel Bart wrote "It's a Fine Life" especially for Brown after learning she had been cast in the role in the London production.

Ron Moody had also scored heavily in London with his tour-de-force turn as Fagin, but with producers fearing his portrayal `too ethnic', the role was taken by Clive Revill for the Broadway premiere. Revill had just come from his celebrated role in IRMA LA DOUCE, and his interpretation of Fagin is every bit as valid as Ron Moody's. Bruce Prochnik is a winsome and wistful Oliver, and Michael Goodman is a delight as the Artful Dodger. Wisely-retained from the original London company were a handful of the first-rate supporting players: Hope Jackman's shrill Mrs Corney; and the up-and-coming Barry Humphries as Mr Sowerberry (Humphries would later graduate to playing Fagin before his beloved alter-ego Dame Edna unleashed herself on the world). The promising young belter Alice Playten was smartly-showcased as Nancy's offsider Bet.

But, the sound mix on the Broadway album has always been rather flat and dull, despite being recorded in the stereo format of the day. Voices and orchestra have no vibrancy or depth, and this was due to the studio in which they recorded it, where the ceiling was very low and the sound did not have the necessary acoustic projection. Nevertheless, the recording has a charm and energy which overrides the technical shortcomings.

This new CD reissue from RCA offers some interesting bonus materials including musical director Don Pippin sharing his memories of the show; Barry Humphries performing "That's Your Funeral" (from the London cast album but left off the Broadway album); and a live recording of Patti LuPone singing "As Long As He Needs Me" (LuPone played Nancy in a short-lived Broadway revival in 1986).

Good value.

Average customer rating: delightful studio "Oliver!"

Oliver! Manufacturer: Angel 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 ASIN: B000008J3W Release Date: 1993-07-20

Tracks:

1. Food, Glorious Food - The Williams Singers
2. Oliver! - Violet Carson/Leslie Fyson
3. I Shall Scream - Violet Carson/Leslie Fyson
4. Boy For Sale - Leslie Fyson
5. Where Is Love? - Denis Waterman
6. Consider Yourself - Tony Tanner/Denis Waterman/The Williams Singers
7. You've Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two - Stanley Holloway
8. It's A Fine Life - Alma Cogan
9. Be Back Soon - Stanley Holloway
10. I'd Do Anything - Tony Tanner/Alma Cogan/Denis Waterman/Stanley Holloway/The Williams Singers
11. Oom-Pah-Pah - Alma Cogan/Denis Waterman/Violet Carson/Leslie Fyson/Horace Phelps/Rita Williams/Tony Tanner...
12. My Name - Charles Granville
13. As Long As He Needs Me - Alma Cogan
14. Who Will Buy? - Denis Waterman/Violet Carson/Leslie Fyson/Horace Phelps/Rita Williams/Tony Tanner/Stanley Holloway..
15. Reviewing The Situation - Stanley Holloway
16. Finale - Denis Waterman/Violet Carson/Leslie Fyson/Horace Phelps/Rita Williams/Tony Tanner/Stanley Holloway..

Customer Reviews:

delightful studio "Oliver!".......2007-04-28

This is the 1962 London studio cast recording of Lionel Bart's OLIVER! The recording--featuring several famous British celebs--is a fantastic rendition of the score.

Alma Cogan, a famed British songstress, plays the role of Nancy; and the part fits her voice like a glove. Dynamic with "It's a Fine Life" and "I'd Do Anything", she also tugs at the heartstrings with a chill-inducing "As Long As He Needs Me". Ms Cogan could--and should--have been one of the leading singers on the world stage, had she not died of ovarian cancer at the age of 36.

Stanley Holloway, star of the Broadway, London and film incarnations of "My Fair Lady", plays the villainous rogue Fagin. He delivers a comic and sly performance with such numbers as "Be Back Soon", and "Reviewing the Situation".

Playing the title role, Denis Waterman sings a tender "Where is Love?". Tony Tanner ably-delivers as The Artful Dodger with a lusty "Consider Yourself". This recording also features the fondly-remembered character actress Violet Carson (who played Ena Sharples on long-running British soap "Coronation Street"), in the role of vile Widow Corney.

On the whole, this rendition of OLIVER! features enough top-drawer talents to help ensure it becomes an often-played title in your collection. Snap it up today!

[Broadway Angel/EMI ZDM 0777 7 64890 2 5]

Average customer rating: Be Good to Yourself... Ideal for the classroom or the home Great music and activities for kids and adults, too fabulous-loved it! What every parent needs!

A Pocket of Tunes Manufacturer: Dr. Mac and Friends ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue The Way I Feel Words Are Not for Hurting ASIN: B00007GCXD Release Date: 2002-11-12

Tracks:

1. Welcome to the Big Parade
2. Give It Back
3. Let Me Play Too
4. The Magic Word
5. At the Same Time
6. Diplodocus
7. Be Good to Yourself
8. Everybody Wants to Find a Friend
9. Go Away Bad Thoughts
10. Talking about Talking
11. Dont Say Maybe
12. Practice
13. Happy as Happy Can Be
14. Together

Album Description

A Pocket of Tunes is a kids' CD packaged with a companion 48-page parent and teacher's guide. It includes a coloring book, pages of lyrics, and activities for helping kids, ages 4-9, learn social and emotional skills in a fun and entertaining way. Songs teach responsibility, cooperation, communication, positive thiking, self-discipline, compassion, and more!

Customer Reviews:

Be Good to Yourself..........2003-07-09

....is more than a song track, it's what you'll be teaching your kids with the help of Dr. Mac and his friends. There are many "self esteem" products out there that force feed the issue with contrived lyrics and forced melodies. Listen to one song from A Pocket of Tunes and you'll know this is different! Dr. Mac's material is as energizing and entertaining as it is supportive of children's needs. With engaging lyrics that never trivialize the message at hand and melodies that will even have grownups humming in the shower, it should be part of every family's CD collection! In addition to the 14 song CD, a 48-page teacher/parent guide includes reproducible lyrics and activity pages as well as valuable tips and teaching ideas. The suggestions are easily used with an individual child, or a classroom of kids, making this product a worthwhile purchase for parents, day care providers,and teachers alike.

Ideal for the classroom or the home.......2003-02-08

A Pocket Of Tunes: Songs And Activities For Social And Emotional Learning by Dr. Mac (child and developmental psychologist Don R. MacMannis) is an unusual and highly recommended educational resource specifically designed to help children ages 4 through 9 in learning emotional and social skills. A music CD (filled with fourteen fun-filled songs) combines with coloring pages and activities ideal for the classroom or the home enhance the valuable lessons in cooperation, celebrating diversity, self-confidence, patience, communication, and more. A Pocket Of Tunes is an upbeat, entertaining, and welcome supplement to home-schooling or school classroom curriculums.

Great music and activities for kids and adults, too.......2003-02-04

Dr. Mac has done it again! Not only will your kids love this music, but my foot has been stomping all day! Finally some kids music that I can enjoy as an adult.

The activities that go with the CD are great educational tools. Perfect for evenings at home with the family. The lessons and values taught are excellent.

Happy listening and learning!

fabulous-loved it!.......2003-01-14

I was recommended this CD by a friend and it has been playing in our house ever since. I love the mix of styles-a lot of fun to listen to. Dr. mac's voice is melodic and sweet. We are waiting for a second cd from this very talented singer!

What every parent needs!.......2002-12-23

This CD and parent guide/song lyric/activity book is the best on the market! As a mother of two, I am thrilled to have discovered a fun and exciting way to engage my kids in character building education through song. Each song on the top-rate CD explores a valuable lesson in social and emotional learning without FEELING like it is teaching a lesson. "Let Me Play Too", "Everybody Wants to Find a Friend", and "Practice" are just three of my family's favorites. Concepts such as cooperation, responsibility, celebrating diversity, self-respect, communication, and honesty are explored. Many conversations in our car have directly developed as an extension of listening to the CD on the car stereo. The best part, as the parent who has listened to each song approximately 20 times...I still enjoy it too!

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Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh Martin Koch Manufacturer: Polygram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Live Albums | R&B | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hey Mr Producer ASIN: B000023ZUQ Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

1. We Said We Wouldn't Look Back [Salad Days] - Martin Koch
2. Cats Overture [From Cats] - Martin Koch
3. Food Glorious Food [From Oliver!] - Workhouse Children
4. Wouldn't It Be Loverly [From My Fair Lady] - Gillian Lynne, Liz Robertson, Company
5. Quit Professor Higgins [From My Fair Lady] - Company
6. Rain in Spain [From My Fair Lady] - Jonathan Pryce, Liz Robertson,
7. Get Me to the Church on Time [From My Fair Lady] - Peter Bayliss, , Company
8. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face [From My Fair Lady] - Jonathan Pryce, Liz Robertson
9. Introduction (Show Medeley) - Julie Andrews
10. One Two Three [The Fix] - John Barrowman
11. Little Shop of Horrors - Wendy Mae Brown, Dawn Hope, Femi Taylor
12. Somewhere That's Green [Little Shop of Horrors] - Ellen Greene
13. Suddenly Seymour [Little Shop of Horrors] - Ellen Greene, Teddy Kempner
14. Day by Day [Godspell] - Company
15. I Get a Kick Out of You [From Anything Goes] - Laurie Holloway, Marian Montgomery,
16. Variations [Song and Dance] - Julian Lloyd Webber, , Company
17. Unexpected Song [Song and Dance] - Bernadette Peters
18. Nicer in Nice [The Boyfriend] - Jasna Ivir, Company
19. I Love a Lassie [Lauder] - Scottish Power Pipe Band
20. Five Guys Named Moe/Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? [Five Guys ...] - Trent Armand Kendall, , , ,
21. Pick a Pocket or Two - Russ Abbot, , ,
22. As Long as He Needs Me [From Oliver!] - Sonia Swaby
23. Introduction - Julie Andrews
24. I'm Martin Guerre - David Campbell
25. How Many Tears? [Martin Guerre] - Maria Friedman
26. Heat Is on in Saigon [From Miss Saigon] - David Campbell, , Lea Salonga, Company
27. Wedding [From Miss Saigon]
28. Last Night of the World [From Miss Saigon] - David Campbell, Lea Salonga
29. This Is the Hour [From Miss Saigon] - Company
30. American Dream [From Miss Saigon] - Jonathan Pryce, Company

Tracks:

1. Phantom of the Opera [From The Phantom of the Opera] - Lisa Vroman, Colm Wilkinson
2. Music of the Night [From Phantom of the Opera] - Colm Wilkinson
3. Broadway Baby [Follies] - Maria Friedman, Julia McKenzie
4. Oh, What a Beautiful Morning [From Oklahoma!] - Hugh Jackman
5. Carousel Waltz/Ballet [From Carousel] - Dana Stackpole, Company
6. Porch Scene [From Carousel] - Hal Fowler, Barbara King, Joanna Riding, Dana Stackpole
7. You'll Never Walk Alone [From Carousel] - Joanna Riding, Company
8. Introduction - Ned Sherrin
9. Side by Side [Company] - David Kernan, Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, Ned Sherrin, Stephen Sondheim
10. You Could Drive a Person Crazy [Company] - Maria Friedman, Ruthie Henshall, Millicent Martin, Lea Salonga
11. Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music) - Judi Dench
12. Losing My Mind [Follies] - Michael Ball
13. Being Alive [Company] - Bernadette Peters
14. You've Gotta Have a Gimmick [From Gypsy] - Michael Ball, Judi Dench, Maria Friedman, Ruthie Henshall, David Kernan, , Dean Martin, Julia McKenzie, Bernadette Peters
15. Introduction - Stephen Sondheim
16. Duelling Pianos - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim,
17. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park [Tom Foolery] - Tom Lehrer
18. Jellicle Songs [From Cats] - Brian Blessed, , Paul Nicholas, Company
19. Memory [From Cats] - Elaine Paige
20. At the End of the Day [From Les Miserables] - Company
21. Stars [From Les Miserables] - Philip Quast
22. Do You Hear the People Sing? [From Les Miserables] - Hal Fowler, Company
23. On My Own [From Les Miserables] - Lea Salonga
24. Bring Him Home [From Les Miserables] - Colm Wilkinson
25. One Day More [From Les Miserables] - Michael Ball, Hal Fowler, Ruthie Henshall, Tammi Jacobs, Teddy Kempner, Philip Quast, Lea Salonga, Colm Wilkinson, Za
26. We Said We Wouldn't Look Back [From Les Miserables] - Cameron Mackintosh

Album Description

Subtitled the Musical Word of Cameron Mackintosh. Import only 56-track collection. A live recording at the Lyceum Theatre in London, in the presence of her majesty the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. In aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the combined theatrical charities. Universal.

Average customer rating:

While Shepherds Watched - Christmas Music from English Parish Churches 1740-1830 /Psalmody * Parley of Instruments * Holman Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Handel: Trio Sonatas, Op. 2 ASIN: B000002ZYY Release Date: 1996-11-08

Tracks:

1. While Sheperds Watched Their Flocks By Night
2. Let An Anthem Of Praise
3. While Sheperds Watched Their Flocks By Night
4. Pastorale (Concerto In E Flat, Op. 3/4)
5. Hark! How All The Welkin Rings
6. Hush! My Dear, Lie Still And Slumber
7. As Sheperds Watched Their Fleecy Care
8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
9. While Sheperds Watched Their Flocks By Night
10. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Georgia)
11. There Were Sheperds Abibing In The Field
12. Rondo On 'God rest you merry gentlemen'
13. Angel From The Realm Of Glory
14. Hymning Seraphs Wake The Morning
15. While Sheperds Watched Their Flocks By Night

Average customer rating: Sad, sad, sad Not bad, but not the best!

Oliver! (1991 Studio Cast) Manufacturer: Jay Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Oliver! (Deluxe Edition) (1963 Original Broadway Cast) [CAST RECORDING] Oliver!: The 1994 London Palladium Cast Recording Oliver! (1960 Original London Cast) Oliver! ASIN: B000005BHU Release Date: 1996-07-09

Tracks:

1. Overture/Food Glorious Food - National SO/Boys Of King's College Chor
2. Oliver! - Stuart Kale/Sheila Hancock/Boys Of King's College Chor
3. I Shall Scream - Stuart Kale/Sheila Hancock
4. Boy For Sale - Stuart Kale
5. That's Your Funeral - Nickolas Grace/Rosemary Ashe/Stuart Kale
6. Where Is Love? - Richard South
7. Consider Yourself - Richard South/Irfan Ahmed/Boys Of King's College Chor/Sue Aldred/Yvonne Bachem/John Boulter...
8. Pick A Pocket Or Two - Julian Forsyth/Boys Of King's College Chor
9. It's A Fine Life - Josephine Barstow/Megan Kelly/Boys Of King's College Chor
10. I'd Do Anything - Josephine Barstow/Megan Kelly/Boys Of King's College Chor/Irfan Ahmed/Julian Forsyth/Richard South
11. Be Back Soon - Irfan Ahmed/Julian Forsyth/Boys Of King's College Chor
12. Oom-Pah-Pah - Josephine Barstow/Sue Aldred/Yvonne Bachem/John Boulter/Olivia Breeze/Nicolas Colicos...
13. My Name - Richard Van Allen
14. As Long As He Needs Me - Josephine Barstow
15. Where Is Love? (Reprise) - Joan Davis
16. Who Will Buy? - Jean Rigby/Janis Kelly/Claire Moore/John Connell/Donald Maxwell/Richard South/Sue Aldred...
17. It's A Fine Life (Reprise) - Josephine Barstow/Richard Van Allen/Julian Forsyth/Irfan Ahmed
18. I'm Reviewing The Situation - Julian Forsyth
19. As Long As He Needs Me (Reprise) - Josephine Barstow
20. I'm Reviewing The Situation (Reprise) - Julian Forsyth
21. Finale - Richard South/Boys Of King's College Chor//Sue Aldred/Yvonne Bachem/John Boulter/Olivia Breeze...
22. Bonus Track 1 - LIONEL BART

Customer Reviews:

Sad, sad, sad.......2003-05-11

Ok. I haven't bought this CD, but I've listened to samples and, well, as my title says..........

I would suggest buying the actual movie soundtrack instead. I've seen that movie so many times, it unbelievable. And it sounds good.

Not bad, but not the best!.......2001-01-13

My high school is performing Oliver this year. To familiarize myself with the score I purchased all of the Oliver CDs I could find. I came across this one on Amazon.com. The score is brilliantly recorded by the National Symphony Orchestra of England. I wish I could say the same about the vocals. Julian Forsyth does a fine job in the role of Fagin, but Josephine Barstow, who is about 25 years too old for the part, does an amiable job as Nancy. She sounds OK, but she is just not believable, her voice is weak at some points. Richard Van Allan, who plays the villain Bill Sykes, is also just OK. He is trained as an opera singer, and it shows. You don't really hear him being mean or scary on this CD. Both Oliver and Dodger, on this CD, are what takes the ratings down. Both of them cannot carry a tune in a bucket. Also, Dodger sounds like he is twenty years old. It is scary. On top of all this, the numbering of the tracks on the back of the CD are one off for each track, so beware! But don't let me discourage you. This CD is still a pretty complete recording. If you enjoy Oliver go for it!

Average customer rating:

Everythings Whatever Manufacturer: Groove Pocket ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAJELE Release Date: 2004-09-14

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A Pocket Full of Tunes Jim Ouska , and Jane Aleckson Manufacturer: JJ Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000AM3TDI Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

1. Too Much Love
2. Easy to See
3. Senor' Blues
4. By Heart
5. Just West of Town
6. He Was
7. Times We Used to Know
8. Time or Money
9. As I Wait
10. Later On
11. So We Learn
12. Side Steppin'

Product Description

Tracks: 1)Too Much Love 2)Easy to See 3)Senor Blues 4)By Heart 5)Just West of Town 6)He Was 7)The Times We Used to Know 8)Time or Money 9)As I Wait 10)Later On 11)So We Learn 12)Side Steppin'

Average customer rating: Martial Music from the Age of Reason Great CD! A Delight to Listen!

Military Music From the Age of Reason Anonymous , Charles Stewart Ashworth , Giles Jr. Gibbs , American Traditional , Turlough O'Carolan , French Traditional , Carousel Tune Traditional , Johann Paul Aegidius Martini , Scottish Traditional , Franz Liszt , John Stafford Smith , English Traditional , and Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes and Drums Manufacturer: Bandleader ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Smith, John Stafford | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004UDF8 Release Date: 2000-08-15

Tracks:

1. German No.69: Nightpiece No.18/Tattoo No.21/March No.30
2. Village Dance
3. Majors Maggot: Majors Maggot/Basket Of Oysters/Polonese Dance
4. Yankee Doodle
5. Reveille: The Austrian
6. Assembly: Spumoni: The Red Joke/The White Joke March/Green Joke
7. Inspection: Fairy Queen
8. Troop: March Royale De France
9. Pass In Review: German No.68: March No.8/Nightpiece No.35/March No.25
10. March Off: Guardian Angels: Guardian Angels/York Fusiliers
11. Funeral Duty: Dead March
12. Retreat: Fair Sally: Fair Sally/Lovely Nancy/Bonnie Kate Of Winsor
13. Tattoo: Guilderoy/Trip To Ranelagh/The Honey Moon/A Quickstep
14. Vive Le Regiment Saintonge!: March Du Regiment Saintonge/La Pousette Cotillion/Les Vignobles A...
15. Martini's Minuet
16. Fygar Rub Her O'er The Straw
17. God Save The Queen
18. Star Spangled Banner
19. Lochaber
20. General Wolfe
21. Yankee Doodle/Hull's Victory

Customer Reviews:

Martial Music from the Age of Reason.......2006-07-16

This is a fine collection of less well known fife and drum music. The playing is superb. The Middlesex County Volunteers represent the collective genius and enthusiam of all the Colonial period re-enactors in this area of music. Although we have the standard "Yankee Doodle" here and there, its interspaced with many fine and certainly not very well known pieces from German and French sources of the period. The fifes have a stronger, fuller quality as noted by one of the reviewers above which gives them a better quality from the standard we normally hear in this regard. MCV has developed what is normally just limited Field Music into a wide ranging tonal sound. These guys also have smart uniforms and no doubt put on a great marching display. Look for them at the Edinburgh Tattoo very soon. With US military bands limited now because of service requirements groups like this will have a greater role to play for local and International Military Tattoos. They can certainly represent the USA every bit as well as the Old Guard Fife and Drum in DC. I look forward to seeing more from the MCV.

Great CD!.......2002-05-17

This is another great CD from Middlesesx County Volunteers Fifes and Drums. It has a good varity of songs with some great harmonies. This corps uses 10 hole fifes, so the sound is a lot nicer than with the 6 hole fife.

A Delight to Listen!.......2001-07-31

This ensemble's playing is very graceful and elegant. It certainly does give a flavor of the kind of music that was played during 18th century battles, military marches, and training exercises. Perhaps this was the music George Washington's troops heard playing when they were marching into battle.

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2. A World of Music
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4. All or Nothing [Import]
5. Allure
6. An Evening With Jimmie Spheeris [Live]
7. Anthology: The Denver Nightingale
8. Around the World Pt.2 [CD-single] [Import]
9. Best of Beach Party [Original recording remastered] [Import]
10. Breathe Your Name [CD-single]

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Giant Step Records Sessions, Vol. 1

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I Get Wet

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I Need to Know [CD-single]

El Swing del Reggaeton

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