Between the Wars

About the Artist
Having escaped from corporate America, Bobbi Carrey founded nowandthen Productions with Tomi Hayashi offering cabaret performances combining social history with popular song. Current shows include The Evolution of American Pop Music: from Rag to Rock n’ Roll; Music of the 1930’s: from Swing to Swoon; Irving Berlin: the Voice of Everyman and Between the Wars: Music from 1918-1941.

Bobbi Carrey's musical experiences range from Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, to a women’s vocal trio called The Mood Elevators. She has performed throughout New England, including CabaretFest! in Newburyport and Provincetown MA, Playwright's Platform, The Footlight Club, The Blacksmith House, and Tufts University. In addition to her corporate stint at Fidelity Investments as a Senior Vice President in Retail Marketing, Bobbi has also been a professional photographer and filmmaker, antique dealer, tap dancer and Weight Watcher leader.

Tomi Hayashi comes relatively late to the cabaret scene, though not to music. He started classical piano at age four, studied harpsichord at New England Conservatory, played cocktail piano for ten years in restaurants from New York to Maine, and played for and with Lea Delaria and George Abbott. Unafraid to rock or croon, he can and will perform Rudy Vallee and Rockabilly songs back to back in their original styles.

Product Description
Between the World Wars, America was on a wild roller coaster ride. After peace was declared in 1918, the country soared to giddy heights in the Roaring ’20s, crashed deep into the Depression, climbed the long hill back to prosperity—and then found itself once again at war. The stresses created a new and altered nation, and popular culture reflected every fall back and leap forward.

After World War I, popular music was still heavily influenced by Ragtime, its sound that of the tinny Victrola or the jangly player piano. The "hot" rhythms of the 20s grew directly out of the Ragtime craze, with the Charleston leading the way. This turbulent decade—marked by bathtub gin, flagpole sitting, flappers and Charlie Chaplin—was forever captured in the songs of the day.

After the crash of 1929, the grim national mood inspired millions of Americans to turn on their radios and lose themselves in music. Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, and Hollywood all responded to the demand with an incredible outpouring of song. The ‘30s are generally referred to as the "Golden Age" of American pop music, when the legendary names were at the peaks of their careers.

Pop music continued to evolve, and by 1935, swing was generally recognized as the dominant style of music, and the Big Band era got underway. After 1935, politics took center stage and with the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, America’s history as well as its popular culture were changed. Song after song captured America’s wartime spirit and sense of purpose, uniting the soldiers overseas with the women at home.

American music, like all of society, was dramatically transformed by the tumultuous decades between 1918 and 1941. Through the medium of song, this recording explores American life and culture "between the wars."

Between the Wars,Bobbi Carrey & Tomi Hayashi,Nowandthen Productions,Between the Wars, America was on a wild roller coaster ride. Through songs by Berlin, Kern, Waller and others, this recording reveals American life during the tumultuous decades between 1918 and 1941.

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Average customer rating: Stewart evokes the era Al's Historical Folk High Water Mark

Between the Wars Al Stewart Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Russians & Americans 24 Carrots Zero She Flies Rhymes in Rooms The First Album (Bedsitter Images) ASIN: B000MR9EM6 Release Date: 2007-07-31

Tracks:

1. Night Train To Munich
2. Age Of Rhythm
3. Sampan
4. Lindy Comes To Town
5. Three Mules
6. A League Of Notions
7. Life Between the Wars
8. Betty Boop's Birthday
9. Marion the Chatelaine
10. Joe the Georgian
11. Always the Cause
12. Laughing Into 1939
13. The Black Danube
14. The Bear Farmers Of Birnam
15. Merry Monks

Customer Reviews:

Stewart evokes the era.......2007-07-13

'Between the Wars' is a superb evocation of the time between WWI and WW2, from the world-changing landing of Lindbergh near Paris to the ominous 'Joe the Georgian' Stalin dance. 'Night Train to Munich' is a catchy black and white spy movie in song. This CD has joined my all-time favorites list. Parents should give this CD to their kids who are studying this period in school and tell them to look up how Zelda Fitzgerald, Coco Chanel, Somerset Maugham and others noted in these songs were part of the scene of life between the wars. First-rate musicianship, intelligent writing. Five stars from me!

Al's Historical Folk High Water Mark.......2007-06-30

What a pleasure to find this amazing album reissued. For years, it had been out of circulation and only available at extortionate prices.

Al Stewart is known for creating his own genre - that of historical folk. Whether or not he actually created the genre is debatable, but what's indisputable that he does it very well. Between the Wars is not the best known of the Stewart oeuvre, however it does showcase him at his songwriting best.

To put it simply, Between the Wars marks the artistic high point of Al Stewart's career - so far. And I do mean "so far", as after a comparatively weak 1980's period, Al's last few releases have all been very strong efforts. On Between the Wars, Al found a chemistry with former Wings guitarist Laurence Juber. Acoustic sounds dominate, and the songwriting is consistently phenomenal - it's erudite, steeped in history, and successful in evoking moods that conjure the years between WWI and WWII.

The Django Reinhardt inspired Night Train to Munich kicks off this CD, and - never mind bad - there isn't a sub-standard song in the lot. Age of Rhythym evokes Dorothy Parker, the writers of the Algonquin Rountable, and prohibition era speakeasies. Sampan takes us to colonial SE Asia, and Lindy Comes to Town bursts with the optimism that must have accompanied that first transatlantic flight, undoubtedly the moonshot of its day.

It would be easy to write lots about each selection on this gem of a CD, but don't want this to become a book. Other standouts include Joe the Georgian - about demons in hell awaiting Stalin's arrival so they can torture him for eternity; A League of Notions - on the post WWI treaty of Versailles; Marion the Chatelaine, a sad portrayal of Marion Davies, actress, mistress and possession of William Randolph Hearst; and Always the Cause - on the idealistic foreign volunteers who went off to fight in the Spanish Civil War. The original album ended with the sorrowful yet beautifully melodic Laughing into 1939, about a New Year's eve party as the Second World War approaches, and that same war's somber arrival on the dark instrumental The Black Danube.

This reissue has two previously unreleased tracks, the Bear Farmers of Birnam and Merry Monks. I will refrain from reviewing either as my previous issue doesn't have these. Good songs they may be, but unless they have some connection to that period of time between the two world wars, 1919-1932, they really don't belong here. The original album was a very well conceived and executed theme album, and it's instrumental "Black Danube" closing was a perfect and fitting epitaph. The point is that theme albums, especially, are not like an old chest of drawers where you can just throw anything into it. All of the pieces need to fit.

The added tracks aside, Between the Wars is for those who can appreciate the marriage between acoustic folk and intelligent, lyrical poetry and storytelling centered on a unique period in 20th century history. I'm thrilled that it's now affordable and that others may discover an artist who is perhaps the most underrated songwriter and lyricist of his generation - or any other.

Average customer rating: Kinda dissapointed overall Erlack! Dares to be different Best of 2006 so far... This Album is Fake

An Army Of Shapes Between Wars Action Action Manufacturer: Victory Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Don't Cut Your Fabric to This Year's Fashion If You Speak Any Faster Bayside Controversy Loves Company Louder Now ASIN: B000CPH9HA Release Date: 2006-01-24

Tracks:

1. Smoke And Mirrors
2. Oh, My Dear Its Just Chemical Frustration
3. A Tornado; An Owl
4. Sleep Parlysis
5. The Game
6. Paper Clich
7. 120 Ways To Kill You: An Illustrated Childrens Book
8. What Temperature Does Air Freeze At?
9. The Other 90% Of The Iceberg
10. Analogue Logic
11. Dont Shoot The Messenger (Not My Idea)
12. Attached To THe Fifth Story
13. The Blanket Truth

Customer Reviews:

Kinda dissapointed overall.......2007-01-15

OK, so a lot of people are comparing this to 80s synth pop, etc. etc. I'm going to be upfront and say I've never heard of those things. I like good, catchy rock music, and when I heard some cool Action Action singles I said, what the heck, and bought their last two CDs.

At first, I was like, wow, this stuff is cool and original (and maybe only original because the horror synth melodies are so old they're new). On the faster songs Action Action really succeeds. The music is cool to dance to and fun to listen to. The songs kind of start to sound the same after awhile, but the novelty of the neat "Adams family"-type synth openings combined with decent guitar riffs and a catchy melody was enough to keep me interested...until the slow songs mid-album.

On the slow songs, Action's Action's non-versatality and the annoying, whiny voice of the singer starts to show through. The melodies are tired, cliche, old, and that would be OK if the loud, obnoxious lead voice didn't make you want to tear your eyes out. The whiny, abrasive quality of it is ok in an upbeat song, but dragged out over a "ballad" and wow. Your ears will cry.

I think overall the album was a mixed bag. About half of the songs (the fast ones) were fun to listen to and great dance charts, but then the other half just reveals the album for what it is, which is another alt rock band with a lead singer with an annoying voice and no talent for coming up with an original riff. I thought overall the fist album had more charm than this one, but Action Action is just "okay". It would make a good concert and nice background music at a Halloween party, but overall, not something I'll pull out a year from now and jam to while I do my homework.

Erlack!.......2006-08-04

Once again Victory Records molds another great band into conformity! Their lyrics are EXTREMELY cliche and the sound is way too overproduced. Don't be fooled by this poor attempt at music. Get their first CD which is actually worth listening to. You will notice the difference.

Dares to be different.......2006-07-09

While other bands of their alleged genre play it safe and end up sounding like each other to a depressing degree, Action-Action isn't afraid to strike out into its own musical territory, and you have to admire that. Yes, they have influences and sometimes they wear those influences on their sleeve. But those influences seem to come from a deeper, more real, more important, more heartfelt place than their competition. One thing that's clear from listening to this record is that those influences do NOT include The Killers or Interpol. Depeche Mode? Maybe. But not so much that they copy them. It's just dumb marketing hype that their record company decided to sticker their record with the names of those other bands. Don't let them hype you. What's good about Action-Action is that they are NOT like those bands. There is a definite sense of risk taking on this CD. They can wander, they can go one and on, they can make noise, they can be sensitive, they can be poppy, they can be loud and nasty or they can be cute. But they never play it safe. And in this day of prepackaged sound-alike bands, it's their fearless musicality that stands out. This band deserves an audience, and if it's not the Killer's or Interpol's audience, that's to their credit.

Best of 2006 so far..........2006-05-11

Easily my favorite album of 2006 so far. Possibly too layered & with too much depth for the "scene kids" that want My Chemical Romance and/or Fall Out Boy rehashes. Pretty much perfect from beginning to end and made to be listened to as such...as a complete album. Listen to it all the way through a few times and tell me there isn't amazing talent and originality all over the place. Give Action Action a chance and I'm pretty sure you'll find something worthwhile.

This Album is Fake.......2006-05-02

I don't keep up on a lot of current bands, and someone gave me this album to listen to. Basically, it is a big imitation of their influences in a very bland way, and in the case of the singer's accent, a very obnoxious way. If you are an up & coming scene kid and aren't really familiar with older new-wave bands, then you might think this is cool. Or if you don't mind good ideas from true musical innovators being rehashed into uninspired modern wanna-be-cool retro. Many of the songs remind me of songs done much better, a long time ago. Songs done from the heart. These people are not artists. This album is fake.

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Declarations: Music Between the Wars Manufacturer: Cedille ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Hindemith | Hindemith, Paul | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Janácek, Leos | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets / Pacifica Quartet Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs Ingram Marshall: Savage Altars Kingdom Come; Hymnodic Delays; Fog Tropes II for String Quartet and Tap Misterioso ASIN: B000HOJTM4 Release Date: 2006-09-26

Tracks:

1. I. Andante (6:03)
2. II. Adagio (6:05)
3. III. Moderato (5:48)
4. IV. Allegro (8:27)Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953)String Quartet (1931) (11:53)
5. I. Rubato assai (3:26)
6. II. Leggiero (2:03)
7. III. Andante (4:17)
8. IV. Allegro possibile (2:06)Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22 (1922) (26:24)
9. I. Fugato. Sehr langsame Viertel (6:06)
10. II. Schnelle Achtel. Sehr energisch (5:37)
11. III. Ruhige Viertel. Stets fließend (8:03)
12. IV. Mäßig schnelle Viertel (1:43)
13. V. Rondo. Gemächlich und mit Grazie (4:48) TT: (64:38)

Album Description

On its new CD, Declarations, the Pacifica Quartet mines the artistic ferment of the interwar years with a program of gems from the 1920s and early 30s. Hindemith's stunning String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22 (1922) takes listeners on an amazing musical journey. Janácek's fervent String Quartet No. 2 ("Intimate Letters") from 1928 expresses the mature composer's white-hot passion for a much younger woman. And the Pacifica revives the most significant composition by American Ruth Crawford Seeger: her dramatic 1931 String Quartet, which noted composer and critic Virgil Thomson hailed as "a noble piece of work."

The "magnificently polished" (New York Times) Pacifica Quartet delivers precisely what these inventive and emotionally complex works demand: "playing of the most sublime kind, utterly absorbing in its subtle expressiveness" (London Daily Telegraph). Hear for yourself why so many critics have declared their admiration for the Pacifica Quartet and its musical choices.

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Trials of Creativity 1918-1938 -- Music from between the wars, Vienna-London-Berlin 1918-1938 Manufacturer: Avie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006S1WY Release Date: 2004-03-22

Average customer rating: Somewhat overrated The best album most Al Stewart fans have never heard The "Citizen Kane" of popular music A Finely Crafted, Period-Piece Theme Album from the Rock Historian Himself....... Al Stewart's Between The Wars -Historical Folk Music

Between the Wars Al Stewart Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Beach Full of Shells Down in the Cellar Famous Last Words 24 Carrots To Whom It May Concern, 1966-1970 ASIN: B000002JU1 Release Date: 1995-05-16

Tracks:

1. Night Train To Munich
2. The Age Of Rhythm
3. Sampan
4. Lindy Comes To Town
5. Three Mules
6. A League Of Nations
7. Life Between The Wars
8. Betty Boop's Birthday
9. Marion The Chatelaine
10. Joe The Georgian
11. Always The Cause
12. Laughing Into 1939
13. The Black Danube

Customer Reviews:

Somewhat overrated.......2007-05-07

All the other reviews say that this is the best later Al Stewart album ever. So I'm adding my voice of moderation. It's not a bad album at all, but it sounds very similar to other later Al Stewart albums like Beach Full of Shells or Famous Last Words, or some of the stuff from Last Days of the Century. You could take Fields of France off of Last Days of the Century and it would blend in perfectly with everything else on Between the Wars. (Of course Last Days of the Century has some really weird stuff like Red Toupee which doesn't fit into any Al Stewart movement.)

The lyrics of the opening song, Night Train to Munich are kind of silly. Lindy Comes To Town is also a rather silly song about Charles Lindbergh. It doesn't come close to matching his older song Warren Harding, also about an important historical figure from the same time period. (I'm reminded of Warren Harding because Lindy contains a reference to Harding's successor Calvin Coolidge.)

My favorite Al Stewart song from this time period is Manuscript from his very early album Zero She Flies. All of Al Stewart's later stuff has a more old-fogey corporate sound to it. He has lost the folk sound of his early music. The same thing has happened with Jimmy Buffett.

If you like later era Al Stewart then this is certainly a CD you want to buy, and I sure hope it's re-released so more fans have access to it, but I find it hard to say if it's better or worse than Beach Full of Shells.

The best album most Al Stewart fans have never heard.......2006-01-28

This album is so beyond good - it marks the artistic high point of Al Stewart's career. Why anything this good is today so hard to find is a true mystery. Al found a chemistry here with former Wings guitarist Laurence Juber. Acoustic sounds dominate, and the songwriting is consistently phenomenal - it's erudite, steeped in history, and successful in evoking moods that conjure the years between WWI and WWII.

The Django Reinhardt inspired Night Train to Munich kicks off this CD, and - never mind bad - there isn't even a sub-standard song in the lot. Age of Rhythym evokes Dorothy Parker, the writers of the Algonquin Rountable, and prohibition era speakeasies. Sampan takes us to colonial SE Asia, and Lindy Comes to Town bursts with the optimism that must have accompanied that first transatlantic flight, no doubt, the moonshot of its day.

It would be easy to write lots about each selection on this gem of a CD, but don't want this to become a book. Other standouts include Joe the Georgian - about demons in hell awaiting Stalin's arrival so they can torture him for eternity; A League of Notions - on the post WWI treaty of Versailles; Marion the Chatelaine, a sad, wistful portrayal of Marion Davies, actress, mistress and possession of William Randolph Hearst; and Always the Cause - on the idealistic foreign volunteers who went off to fight in Spanish Civil War. The album ends with the sorrowful yet beautifully melodic Laughing into 1939, about a New Year's eve party as the Second World War approaches, and that same war's somber arrival on the dark instrumental The Black Danube.

The subject matter isn't for everyone, but for those who appreciate brilliant writing, great acoustic folk, and also have an appreciation for history, this is nothing less than a masterpiece. For Al Stewart fans, this one is expensive but well worth the price of admission.

The "Citizen Kane" of popular music.......2005-12-30

I've had this CD for about five years; it IS a shame it's out of print. I was a freshman in college the summer that "Year of the Cat" saturated the airwaves and I've been enamored ever since. I bought this on a whim at a time when I could afford very little music. It was a wise purchase.
An earlier review used the word "insipid" to describe "League of Notions," but I'm of a mind with the other reviewer who said (and I paraphrase): "Who else but Al Stewart could write a song about the Treaty of Versailles and make it work?" If I were a History teacher, I'd definitely play it during the WWI lesson. I love the song--guitar, lyrics, the whole deal. "Marian the Chatelain" is another favorite of mine, and yes, as another reviewer said, Stewart is subtle; he gives you just enough to make you want to go and find out the whole story for yourself. He transcends age gaps, too.
I agree, too, with other reviewers that Lawrence Juber's hand is strong here and it's a good marriage of musicians.
If you can get your hands on this CD, do so.

A Finely Crafted, Period-Piece Theme Album from the Rock Historian Himself..............2005-09-01

I was very happy that Al decided upon this departure from his mainstream works, and it is too bad that it may be lost from an audience not too inclined to listen to pop-music crafted from the sound of the era. But do you know of many musicians who have done this themselves? Laurence Juber's excellent production and Al's songcraft have blended beautifully, and it left me wishing they both would consider crafting a similar work. Between the Wars has my vote for Al Stewart's best lyrics overall on any of his albums, and in the case of "Sampan", which I feel should have been a hit in its own right, I wished that he would have included a third stanza of lyrics. The only song on this album I didn't feel was worthy of the rest of the collection was "Three Mules". It is a lazy song that seems to grate, but that is my opinion. "Sampan" and "Laughing into 1939" are Al at his best, but "Lindy Comes to Town" is a fine example of where lyrics steal the show. Bravo Al ! I also notice Al places a good measure of humor in this offering unlike most of his other albums which even out the seriousness of the times they represent. Al should be given credit for not spoon-feeding history to his listeners and for inclining his audience to be curious enough to find the story behind the story for themselves. It is too bad this album is out of print at this time, but should those newly discovering Al find a copy, they will not be disappointed.

Al Stewart's Between The Wars -Historical Folk Music.......2005-01-30

Al is known for a few hits. Real fans know that "Past, Present & Future", & "Modern Times" present some of his best material. However, I am pleased to say that "Between the Wars" is right up there with them, and is perhaps the best work that he has done since PP&F. The songs all concern events and personalities of the 30's. It is a unique album. "Night Train to Munich" was the most popular tune from the set but "Joe The Georgian" may be the best track. (Concerning Joe Stalin arriving in hell) This is another artistic- pure album and perhaps best explains why Al is called a "Historical Folk Singer" back in England and his mis-label in the USA as a "Pop Rocker". Listening to this work will clear the picture considerably. The tunes are witty, hip, funny and will stimulate your interest to want to know more about the people he is singing about. Al likes to sing tunes from this album in private appearances and I recently witnessed a great performance of "Joe the Georgian" with Al and Dave Nachmanoff, where Dave danced like a Cossack while playing acoustic guitar with Al. This is a great album and I highly recommed it to any fan!

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Trails of Creativity: Music from Between the Wars Manufacturer: Avie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000087J9O Release Date: 2003-02-11

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Death & the Sea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000TZGPZ0 Release Date: 2007-09-04

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Between the Wars Manufacturer: Nowandthen Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000775SM Release Date: 2002-10-14

Tracks:

1. I'll Be Seeing You
2. Ain't Misbehavin
3. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
4. "Falling Gigolo"
5. How Many Times
6. Al Jolson Medley
7. What'll I Do?
8. Am I Blue?
9. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
10. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
11. P.S. I Love You
12. My Old Flame
13. George Gershwin Medley
14. I Go For That
15. Say It Isn't So
16. Tuxedo Junction
17. Lulu's Back in Town
18. After You've Gone
19. It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow

Album Description

Between the World Wars, America was on a wild roller coaster ride. After peace was declared in 1918, the country soared to giddy heights in the Roaring '20s, crashed deep into the Depression, climbed the long hill back to prosperity—and then found itself once again at war. The stresses created a new and altered nation, and popular culture reflected every fall back and leap forward.

After World War I, popular music was still heavily influenced by Ragtime, its sound that of the tinny Victrola or the jangly player piano. The "hot" rhythms of the 20s grew directly out of the Ragtime craze, with the Charleston leading the way. This turbulent decade—marked by bathtub gin, flagpole sitting, flappers and Charlie Chaplin—was forever captured in the songs of the day.

After the crash of 1929, the grim national mood inspired millions of Americans to turn on their radios and lose themselves in music. Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, and Hollywood all responded to the demand with an incredible outpouring of song. The `30s are generally referred to as the "Golden Age" of American pop music, when the legendary names were at the peaks of their careers.

Pop music continued to evolve, and by 1935, swing was generally recognized as the dominant style of music, and the Big Band era got underway. After 1935, politics took center stage and with the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, America's history as well as its popular culture were changed. Song after song captured America's wartime spirit and sense of purpose, uniting the soldiers overseas with the women at home.

American music, like all of society, was dramatically transformed by the tumultuous decades between 1918 and 1941. Through the medium of song, this recording explores American life and culture "between the wars."

Average customer rating: Star Wars tracks are mediocre, the rest are cool

Star Wars: The Music of John Williams and other Great Film Composers Various , Richard Hayman , and Philharmonic Rock Orchestra Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Viola | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Star Wars | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005Y95H Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

1. Main Title Theme
2. Princess Leia's Theme
3. The Battle
4. Cantina Band
5. The Little People
6. The Throne Room
7. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Main Theme) (John Williams)
8. Meteor (Main Theme) (L. Rosenthal)
9. Alien (Main Theme) (Jerry Goldsmith)
10. 2001 - A Space Odyssey (Theme) (Richard Strauss - Arr. R. Hayman)
11. Battlestar Galactica (Main Themes) (G. Larson and S. Phillips)

Customer Reviews:

Star Wars tracks are mediocre, the rest are cool.......2005-07-19

The title of this compilation is "Star Wars", and half the CD consists of the concert suite from the original Star Wars movie. I have to say this is one of the most mediocre orchestral renditions of Star Wars Episode IV that I have heard. That being said, This CD is still worth purchasing if you can find it. The "Cantina Band" track is a cool big band arrangement, which isn't too bad. Richard Hayman's arrangement of 2001 is quite good with a jazzy extension after the end of the fanfare,the Battlestar Galactica track is the best track on the CD mixing the main title and other themes from the show. Meteor is a good track, simply because this is the only compilation I have heard this track up until Silva's Space 3 a couple years ago. The Alien and Close Encounters tracks are so-so.

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Unquiet Peace-The Lied Between the Wars Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Busoni | Busoni, Ferruccio | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Eisler, Hanns | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pfitzner | Pfitzner, Hans | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Zemlinsky | Zemlinsky, Alexander von | ( Z ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001SEG Release Date: 1995-01-25

Tracks:

1. Berlin im Licht- Song
2. Vom Sprengen des Gartens
3. Ich wollt ein Strausslein binden
4. Schlechtes Wetter
5. Herbsthauch
6. Zigeunerlied
7. Das bucklichte Mannlein
8. Muschel von Margate: Petroleum Song
9. Das bescheidene Wunschlein
10. Der Stern
11. Kriegslied eines Kindes
12. Casars Tod
13. Pare Monceau
14. Elend
15. Dammrung senkte sich von oben
16. Im meinem Garten
17. Nichts ist die Welt mir
18. Er sah mir liebend in die Augen
19. Denkst du des kuhnen Flugs der Nacht
20. Nur dir furwahr
21. Andere die Welt, sie braucht es

Meditation Music:

1. Bob Dylan - The Classic Interviews 1965-1966
2. Boom Boom Boom Boom! [CD-single]
3. Calling [UK CD2] [CD-single] [Import]
4. Celebrity [Import]
5. Christmas Blessings
6. Christmas Collection [Original recording remastered] [Import]
7. Christmas Song [CD-single]
8. Come As You Are
9. Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know [EP] [Limited Edition] [Import]
10. Elektrodelica

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

In Spite Of Harry's Toe-Nail/Lady Lake [Import]

Lieder of Strauss, Schoeck, Berg

Orchesographie / 16th Century Dances

Music: Silmarillion

Let's Push It [Import]

Ministry of Sound: Breaks 04 Mixed by Kid Kenobi [Import]

Lovin You [Import]

Magic

New Creation Music, Volume One

Mozart: Requiem / Auger, Ziegler, Hadley, Krause, Shaw

Motif [Import]

Los Esenciales [Import]

La Clandestina

Redeemed Though; Truth ;Beauty; Goodness

John Lee Hooker: The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990