Country Roads [Import]

Product Description
UK edition of the easy listening legend's tribute to country & country rock features 16 tracks including 3 tracks not found on the German edition, 'Dance The Night Away', 'How Do I Live', & 'You're Still The One'. Spectrum. 2004.

Country Roads,James Last,Spectrum Music,Big Band,Composer,Conductor,Easy Listening,Easy Listening/Vocal,Easy Pop,Orchestral

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Average customer rating: Serious Fans Will Enjoy John Denver Collection (Country Roads) Left Us Way To Soon Less than perfect selections Remarkable!

Country Roads Collection John Denver Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Box Sets at 30% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The John Denver Collection [Laserlight] A Song's Best Friend - John Denver Remembered The Unplugged Collection Spirit The Rocky Mountain Collection ASIN: B000002X27 Release Date: 1997-08-26

Tracks:

1. Leaving On A Jet Plane
2. Circus
3. Rhymes & Reasons
4. Catch Another Butterfly
5. Daydream
6. Follow Me
7. Aspenglow
8. Molly
9. Sticky Summer Weather
10. Isabel
11. Sunshine On My Shoulders
12. My Sweet Lady
13. Take Me Home Country Roads
14. I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado
15. Poems, Prayers, And Promises
16. Starwood In Aspen
17. City Of New Orleans
18. All Of My Memories
19. Casey's Last Ride
20. The Eagle And The Hawk
21. Friends With You

Tracks:

1. Rocky Mountain High
2. For Baby (For Bobbie)
3. Goodbye Again
4. We Don't Live Here No More
5. I'd Rather Be A Cowboy (Lady's Chains)
6. Farewell Andromeda (Welcome To My Morning)
7. Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights In Canada)
8. Annie's Song
9. Back Home Again
10. Grandma's Feather Bed
11. Sweet Surrender
12. Eclipse
13. Thank God I'm a Country Boy
14. This Old Guitar
15. Spirit
16. Song Of Wyoming
17. I'm Sorry
18. Windsong
19. Looking For Space
20. Fly Away

Tracks:

1. Calypso
2. Come And Let Me Look In Your Eyes
3. Like A Sad Song
4. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
5. In The Grand Way
6. How Can I Leave You Again
7. Ripplin' Waters
8. It Amazes Me
9. Singing Skies And Dancing Waters
10. Dearest Esmerelda
11. Thirsty Boots
12. I Want To Live
13. Southwind
14. Garden Song
15. What's On Your Mind
16. You're So Beautiful
17. In My Heart
18. The Mountain Song
19. Song For The Life
20. Autograph

Tracks:

1. Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)
2. Country Love
3. Dreams
4. Heart To Heart
5. Shanghai Breezes
6. Seasons Of The Heart
7. Perhaps Love
8. Falling Out Of Love
9. It's About Time
10. Wild Montana Skies
11. Dreamland Express
12. If Ever
13. I'm In The Mood To Be Desired Tonight
14. Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight
15. Love Is The Master
16. I Can't Escape
17. Love Again
18. Flying For Me

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Massive and impressively comprehensive, the Country Roads Box Collection is classic John Denver. Spanning four discs, the collection not only draws upon the obvious highlights of Denver's career, but also includes fan favorites that might not have received the same airplay as their more popular counterparts. Listening to Country Roads, the finesse with which Denver balanced his folk rock tendencies with his country leanings emerges as testament to his talent. As a box set, the collection would be remiss if it didn't include "Leaving on a Jet Plane," "Annie's Song," "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," or "Rocky Mountain High"--and, of course, the box set's namesake is here. Later hits like "Calypso," with its sea-shanty yodeling, portray Denver's ability to ease himself into the role of balladeer, regardless of the genre. Novelty duets with Placido Domingo and Emmylou Harris were intended to rekindle what seemed to be lagging popularity, but Country Roads establishes John Denver's contributions as timeless, nonetheless. --Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews:

Serious Fans Will Enjoy.......2007-02-23

I chose this 4-CD set because it included one of my favorite Denver songs, "Eclipse". Disc four had some familiar material, but there were a lot of songs that only an avid fan would be interested. For the casual listener, or someone who wants only the popular songs I strongly recommend the 2-CD set, "The Rocky Mountain Collection".

John Denver Collection (Country Roads).......2007-02-14

AWESOME!!!! There were so many songs that I haven't heard of so it was great to hear the new and especially the old... If you like John Denver music you definately need this one

Left Us Way To Soon.......2006-07-24

Hi, Love John Denver & His Beautiful Music,And listening to these,ALWAYS MAKES ME CRY,Good Job,Thank's John,I had to buy these because I almost have wore out my 8-Track.Thank's Stormy

Less than perfect selections.......2006-06-23

The first problem for any John Denver 'best of' collection is to determine which version of certain great songs should be featured. For example, should the album have the original studio version of 'Thank God I'm a Country Boy' or have the live version that was the super hit? Should it have the live or studio versions of 'My Sweet Lady' and 'Sweet Surrender'? Similarly, should it have the original spare version of 'Sunshine On My Shoulders' or the string laden version that appeared on Greatest Hits?

Such choices are forever debatable. I have come to believe that for John Denver both versions of such songs should be includued on a box set. The greater weakness of the collection is that almost 50% of it comes after the Windsong album, which was Denver's final truly first-rate album. While the songs recorded after Windsong that are here are all fine to very good, with a couple that are pure gems, thus I would advocate cutting none, to make roon for those songs, great songs from earlier in Denver's career were omitted.

From the Rocky Mountain High album, I would also include the Season Suite, which has 5 short parts: 'Summer,' 'Fall,' Winter,' 'Late Winter, Early Spring,' and 'Spring.' From Farewll Andromeda I would add 'Berkeley Woman.' From Back Home Again I would add 'Matthew' and 'The Music is You.' From Windsong I would add 'Cowboy's Delight' and 'Two Shots.' Though I see I Want to Live as the album that marks Denver's beginning descent into cliched repetition and do-gooding sloganeering, I would add from that album 'To the Wild Country.' If only because of Denver's love of nature, a box set should include him singing Michael Martin Murphy's 'Boy from the Country.'

So, basically what I am saying is that this should be a 5 disc set. While there is much about it that is very good, I can't help but think about its many omissions.

Remarkable!.......2006-06-22

I was hesitant at first about purchasing such a large volume of Denver's works, several of which I had never heard, but after I started playing the CDs, I became hooked! My CD player holds only three CDs at a time, so my biggest problem was which CD of the four would be left out!

Some of the songs that I'd never heard before became my favorites. I was delighted to learn that John had a very spiritual side that showed up often in his musical compositions. I especially love 'Singing Skies and Dancing Waters', 'How Can I Leave You Again, and 'It Amazes Me'. Songs like 'Come and Let Me Look In Your Eyes', 'Sweet Surrender', 'Looking for Space' and 'Wild Montana Skies' soon found their way to my 'must be played every day' list.

John's songwriting covered most of the happiness and complexities of the human condition as evidenced in 'For Baby','Follow Me','Seasons of the Heart','Shaghai Breezes', and 'I Can't Escape', just a few of his sensitive and lovely, although lesser known works that are included in this stellar collection. Two of the most beautiful songs he ever wrote, 'My Sweet Lady' and 'Perhaps Love', are also featured.

For the platinum hit fans, all the standards are included as well: 'Take Me Home Country Roads', 'Leaving on a Jet Plane', and 'Rocky Mountain High' among many, many others.

So many of us were impressed by the multitude of Denver megahits that we heard played daily on the radio but we never were introduced to the even more remarkable songs that he wrote and recorded during his career, many of which are included in this 4-CD set. I think that's what makes this collection so very special and a bargain at any price! I play it all the time and never get tired of it!

Average customer rating: Soviet Army Band & Chorus aren't taking any prisoners! Good music. Magnificent! I loved it! The ultimate collection

Best of the Red Army Choir Red Army Choir Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Soviet Army Chorus & Band Russian Favourites The Hunt For Red October: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Best of Communism: Revolutionary Songs Echoes of a Red Empire ASIN: B000066RMJ Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

1. Kalinka
2. Partisan's Song
3. Souliko
4. Korobelniki
5. On The Road (A Soldier's Song)
6. My Country
7. The Red Army Is The Strongest
8. Moscow Nights
9. Along Peterskaia Street
10. Smuglianka
11. Troika Gallop
12. Ah Nastassia
13. Echelon's Song
14. My Army
15. Civil War Songs
16. Bella Ciao

Tracks:

1. National Anthem Of The USSR
2. Oh Fields, My Fields
3. The Cliff
4. The Cossacks
5. In The Central Steppes
6. Gandzia
7. Cossack's Song
8. The Roads
9. Song Of The Volga Boatman
10. Dark Eyes
11. Let's Go
12. The Birch Tree
13. The Road Song
14. The Samovars
15. Varchavianka
16. Slavery And Suffering

Customer Reviews:

Soviet Army Band & Chorus aren't taking any prisoners!.......2007-05-12

If you enjoy a good stiring martial male chorus then spend some time with these guys. They're all graduates of Soviet musical acadamies and any one of them could have graced the top opera houses of the world. You don't have to know any Russian to appreciate this CD. The songs are glorious (just don't translate them -- machine guns, death to foes, etc.), and will make you want to march on Berlin all over again.

Good music........2007-03-09

I had heard a few songs by the Red Army Choir in the past and happened upon this CD set a while back, I found it to be far better than I had hoped and would reccoment it to anyone who enjoys Russian folk music, choir in general, and cultural items from when Russia was still the Soviet Union.

Magnificent!.......2007-02-27

I'm so glad I stumbled onto this.

Spirited, committed, manly singing. Soul-shaking stuff! The ensemble is incisive; soloists are marvelous. The folk melodies are enchanting. The songs--and the singers--are bound up in the cultural fabric of the Cossacks, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky...on and on.., Chekhov, Trotsky, Nabakov... This music conveys the great romantic, dignified, boistrous soul of the Russian People. (Loosely speaking. Some members of the chorus were presumably of other nationalities once part of the Soviet Union. And some of the songs are not Russian).

I don't speak Russian, but listening to this makes me wish I did. What a beautiful-sounding language it is.

I loved it!.......2007-02-22

Even though I cannot speak Russian, the quality of this choral group is beyond excellent. Many of these pieces are extremely moving and stirring. The rendering of the Soviet anthem and the song "Let's Go" (V'put) come to my mind. "Let's Go" became a huge hit in Russia when it was featured in a movie about the Great Patriotic War, and indeed, hearing it - you can well imagine ranks upon ranks of hard-eyed, grim-faced Soviet soldiers striding into battle against the Wehrmacht.

The ultimate collection.......2004-06-15

Excellent performance by the choir and the orchestra. The grandeur, the charm, and the romance! Great collection of songs, sure to bring back memories!

Average customer rating:

Story Of Johann Strauss In Words And Music Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Waltzes | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Waltzes | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Story Of Brahms The Story of Tchaikovsky Story Of Chopin In Words And Music Story Of Verdi In Words And Music The Story of Schubert ASIN: B000001KDD Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Blue Danube Waltz
2. Die Fledermaus (The Bat): Overture
3. Pizzicato Polka
4. Singer's Joy Polka
5. Emperor Waltz
6. Vegnugungzug (Pleasure Trip)
7. Voices Of Spring
8. Vienna Blood
9. Accelerations Waltz
10. Stadt Und Land (City And Country)
11. Blue Danube Waltz
12. Roses From The South
13. Blue Danube Waltz
14. Tales From The Vienna Woods
15. Die Fledermaus: Overature
16. Die Fledermaus: Laughing Song
17. Gypsy Baron: Overature & 'Open Roads, Open Skies'
18. A Thousand And One Nights: Overature
19. Emperor Waltz
20. Blue Daube Waltz
21. Tales From The Vienna Woods (Complete)
22. Blue Danube Waltz (Complete)
23. Vienna Blood Waltz (Complete)

Average customer rating: Pooibly his best??!! Awesome as Always Collin Raye is Fearless

Fearless Collin Raye Manufacturer: Country Roads Ger ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Twenty Years and Change Right About Now Merry Christmas Angel Different Things Counting Sheep ASIN: B000GFKU90 Release Date: 2006-12-05

Tracks:

1. Just Because
2. You've Heard That One Before
3. Fearless
4. As Young as We're Ever Going to Be
5. Lady
6. Makin' Up Time
7. Too Hot to Sleep
8. Falling in Love Again
9. Something to Say
10. Forever Starts Right Now
11. My Way
12. House of the Rising Sun

Customer Reviews:

Pooibly his best??!!.......2007-05-17

I think it is a great cd! It could possibly his best work yet! he only song i did not care for was the last one,

Awesome as Always.......2007-03-10

After listening to Collin Raye's Fearless CD I can certainly understand why his career has endured so long. Whether he's doing an original song or a remake he does it with style and sincerity. Every original song on this CD is standout Collin. The remakes, My Way (which was definitely done his way - and very well!!!) and The House of the Rising Sun (not one of my most favorite songs when it was originally released) are both creditable versions of the originals. I am anxiously looking forward to his next release.

Collin Raye is Fearless.......2007-02-04

At first review, I heard a "new" Collin Raye - a new style, more of the serious musician. There's almost a flavor of days gone by with a new twist. The more I listen, the more it grows on me. It's still Collin Raye on the leading edge, not following in anyone's shadow. "Too Hot to Sleep" is a more traditional Collin sound and his rendition of "House of the Rising Sun" portrays his vocal versatility well. I haven't been able to pick a favorite yet on this CD!

Average customer rating: As innovative and indispensable today as it was back in the 1970s Fantastic grass

Different Roads The Seldom Scene Manufacturer: Rebel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Bluegrass | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Bluegrass | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Slidin' Home A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection 15th Anniversary Celebration Old Train Fork in the Road ASIN: B000NIIUR4 Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

1. Different Roads
2. Old Train
3. Walk Through This World With Me
4. Gardens And Memories
5. Wait A Minute
6. Rebels 'Ye Rest
7. Last Train From Poor Valley
8. I've Lost You
9. Keep Me From Blowin' Away
10. Reason For Being
11. If That's The Way You Feel
12. Easy Ride From Good Times To The Blues
13. Pictures From Life's Other Side
14. Pan American

Album Description

The Seldom Scene were the trailblazing originators of "urban bluegrass," taking a music that was largely rural and Southern in scope, and making it accessible to a much wider and diverse audience. Their first seven albums are considered masterpieces and influenced a generation of roots-based musicians, including Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Ricky Skaggs. This new collection culls fourteen of their classic recordings, pulled from those landmark albums.

In a way this new compilation could be considered another "Best Of" collection, with three of their most requested songs--"Wait A Minute," "Old Train," and "Easy Ride From Good Times To The Blues" --featured here along with their fine treatment of the Norman Blake classic "Last Train From Poor Valley." This disc also gives us a new look at a few lesser known yet equally powerful performances including Starling originals, "Gardens And Memories" and "Different Roads," both featuring his distinctive, rich and soulful voice. In contrast, John Duffey's superb tenor is heard leading "I've Lost You," "Rebels `Ye Rest," and "Reason For Being."

Customer Reviews:

As innovative and indispensable today as it was back in the 1970s.......2007-05-02

Playing Time - 41:29 -- When the Seldom Scene first formed in the Washington, D.C. area in 1971, they chose their name because they planned to stay close to home and only play once or twice a week. Their first gig, The Rabbit's Foot bar, was a short-lived engagement because the bartender refused to turn down the television. Then, the band built a solid reputation by playing weekly at venues like Red Fox Inn (Bethesda, Md.) and Birchmere (Alexandria, Va.) All the while they were recording and releasing albums on the Rebel label. "Different Roads" is a compilation of 14 songs from three of their early albums (Act Two, Old Train, The New Seldom Scene Album) that were put out in 1973-1976. The core band included John Starling (guitar, vocal), John Duffey (mandolin, vocal), Ben Eldridge (banjo), Mike Auldridge (Dobro, vocal) and Tom Gray (bass). On this CD, Eldridge also plays Dobro-banjo on two numbers. Paul Craft's guitar is also in the mix on "Different Roads" and "Wait A Minute." Craft composed the piece entitled "Keep Me From Blowin' Away." Ricky Skaggs plays viola on "Different Roads" and fiddle on "Old Train." Mike Cuff's drums are heard on "Easy Ride From Good Times to the Blues" that also features Mike Auldridge's pedal steel. From a historical perspective, that cut, while not my favorite, still illustrates their ability to be a country band if they wanted to.

John Duffey once said, "I don't see anything wrong with trying to put new things into the music and upgrade and update it, which has been one of my ambitions. Something for years that I've tried to do is to bring new things into the music-- keep the music moving with the times rather than just lying stagnant." John's father had sung with the Metropolitan Opera, and Duffey's greatest mark was undoubtedly his soaring tenor vocals and distinctive stamp on the band's vocal arrangements. This collection offers about an equal amount of Starling's and Duffey's lead vocalizing. Besides some of their own original material (Different Roads, Gardens and Memories, Reason for Being), there are songs from the pens of Hank Williams, Ralph Stanley, Earl Scruggs, Norman Blake and others.
Canadian songwriter Pauline Beauchamp's tale of a band on the road, "Rebels `Ye Rest," mentions burning eyes, lonely hours, and stormy weather. By 1976, the band was probably experiencing more of these undesirable things during their travels further afield. Herb Pedersen wrote Old Train, Wait A Minute, and Easy Ride From Good Times to the Blues. The band's smart execution is what really set them apart.

The Seldom Scene's formula was to find strong contemporary material, as well as put their own personalized stamp on older songs.
I always liked what they did with the Blue Sky Boys' "Sweetest Gift" (unfortunately not sampled here). Their material always exhibited considerable creativity, and their recordings had high sound quality. One could always argue about which 14 cuts to select from the three albums sampled, but these are Rebel Records President Dave Freeman's choices. I might've lobbied also for Paradise, Hello Mary Lou, Big Rig and their driving bluegrass rendition of "I Haven't Got the Right to Love You." There was also probably some business or financial reason that one of two cuts from the "Old Train" LP with Linda Ronstadt didn't make it into this set. Between "Old Crossroads" and "Bottom of the Glass," I would've suggested the former be included. Finally, it might not have hurt to include an instrumental like "Smokin' Hickory" or "Laura" too. My point is that I prefer to see compilation albums run about an hour, but then a fan might not feel compelled to go out and purchase the three albums sampled, right? There are plenty of great songs on all three of them that didn't make it onto this "Different Roads" project.

If you don't already own the three seminal albums that these songs are drawn from, "Different Roads" serves as a good introduction to the early and dynamic Seldom Scene. You'll quickly realize that the band sounds as innovative and indispensable today as they did back in the 1970s. Their creative approach has certainly contributed a great deal to the entire bluegrass "scene." (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

Fantastic grass.......2007-04-13

If you enjoy sophisticated and dead-on harmony singing in the bluegrass tradition, Seldom Scene is a group you will no doubt love. The group recorded 7 albums for Rebel Records in the 1970s and this CD re-releases 14 tracks from 3 of those albums: ACT 2, OLD TRAIN, and THE NEW SELDOM SCENE ALBUM. These early sides are superb examples of the "new" sound of harmony singing brought into bluegrass back then and the advanced, even jazz influenced (to my ears) solo and obbligato playing of the instrumentalists; the use of dobro is a tremendous advancement. The tunes DIFFERENT ROADS, REBELS YE REST, AND KEEP ME FROM BLOWIN AWAY are instant attention-getters, but just about every song here is a real gem. (Only EASY RIDE FROM GOOD TIMES TO THE BLUES is a misstep, mainly because of the employment of drums.) This CD contains a tremendous amount of great, great stuff; definitely grab it when you can.

Average customer rating: All arounf good album Compelling as ever! Gorgeous, deep, and lasting Don't say it unless you've something to say... War and Peace

War and Peace Butch Hancock Manufacturer: Two Roads Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Happy Songs From Rattlesnake Gulch West Workbench Songs West Texas Waltzes & Dust-Blown Tractor Tunes Silver City ASIN: B000JFY0ZC Release Date: 2006-10-17

Tracks:

1. Give Them Water
2. Damage Done
3. When The Good and The Bad Get Ugly
4. Toast
5. Old Man, Old Man
6. The Devil in Us All
7. The Master Game
8. Road Map for the Blues
9. Between Wars
10. Cast the Devils Out
11. Brother Won't You Shake My Hand
12. Pot of Glue
13. that Great Election Day

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The title comes courtesy of Leo Tolstoy. The vocals are Lone Star Bob Dylan, made grittier by an East Texas wind. And the style is Woody Guthrie by way of Robert "Masters of War" Zimmerman. That said, ex-Flatlander Hancock brings unassailable conviction to this collection of original protest songs, which draw on Biblical references, activist literature, and Phil Ochs-like humanity to drive a stake through the heart of Hancock's fellow Texan in the White House. "They never found a single weapon of mass destruction," he needles in "The Devil in Us All," "but they all smell oil/got to get it into production." Hancock plays nine instruments here, and calls on old bandmates Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore for his chorus of witnesses. Still, at times, as on "Old Man, Old Man," a monologue to his maker, Hancock-as-producer needs a bit of help--his keyboards are too cheesy to rattle God's stained-glass windows, and much of this has a DIY, on-the-cheap tone. Can you really plug an electric guitar into your truck's cigarette lighter? --Alanna Nash

Album Description

Butch Hancock is a founding member of The Flatlanders, with appearances on Letterman and Imus In The Morning. He's a member of the Buddy Holly Walk of Fame and the Texas Music Hall of Fame.

Butch Hancock's self-produced "War and Peace", his first solo CD in almost 9 years, meets face to face with the mountains of lies that appear to be rising higher and higher all around us and all inside us, and reminds us: the times they are STILL a'changin'.

From the riveting acapella opener, a call-for-peace/prayer/warning/urge-to-compassion, to the final cut, a 7-minute plus get-out-the-vote anthem which would set Woody Guthrie, Willie Dixon and Mississippi John Hurt dancing proudly in their graves, Hancock, the impeccable lyricist, pulls no metaphorical punches as he questions all kinds of authority: overt, covert, exterior, interior, imagined, and unimagined.

His voice, still warm and scratchy after all these years, blends with his own harmonies and those of his long time running buddies, Fellow Flatlanders Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, who join Butch with harmonies on "The Master Game" and "Cast the Devils Out". Butch's new melodies are as memorable as the Guthrie-ish "borrowings" of melodies on "Cast the Devils Out" and "Great Election Day", and on "Toast" he echoes the dreamlike would-be spiritual perceptions we could all lay claim to on any given late-night drinking occasion. What's more, it's done to the accompaniment of old timey banjo and cathedral organ! Of the relentlessly rocking "Old Man, Old Man," Austin guitarist Charlie Sexton was heard to exclaim, "Man, that's so 60's ...it's like ...The Doors! I love it!" Billy Joe Shaver's favorite is "When the Good and the Bad Get Ugly," and Butch dedicates "Road Map for the Blues" to the late Clifford Antone who made him play it repeatedly in the backstage of Antone's blues club in Austin.

Butch plays over a dozen instruments on this finely mixed cd (mixed by the amazing Chet Himes). And though he claims that the only other picker (Flatlander guitarist Rob Gjersoe) "adds the real touch of class" to the arrangements, a single listening to these songs reveals surprises and a continuity that...calls for many repeats!!!

Customer Reviews:

All arounf good album.......2007-03-11

The music is pleasing and the lyrics are right on (or at least make you think). What more can you ask?
OK. It was unfair to just drop the above review, as it is not in the least bit helpful to someone looking for an album they can enjoy on both a musical and a social level, or for those who would prefer to keep their heads in the sand. So, here goes:
War and Peace is a rousing celebration of the progressive world view. If you think George Bush is doing a good job and we should be sacrificing our children and the Iraqi children so that he Dubya can feel like a man, and that 9/11 justified turning America into Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany; You will not like this album. But, if you believe in the core American values of freedom, fairness, justice and mercy; you will love the lyrics. If you think that good music is categorized by insane screaming and music played too loud to understand the words, or alternately by a singer that sounds like they have a severe sinus infection, or is trying to get you in bed ala Larry the Lounge Lizard, then this isn't your type of music. But if you like highly skilled musicians and clear singing, in a wide range of styles then you will enjoy this album.
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Compelling as ever!.......2007-02-18

I have been listening to Butch Hancock's music for many many years now and it is never short of superb. The new album is no exception! This time he turns his exceptional ability with words on to the state of the world & to the politics of conflict. His songs tell it like it is & leave you in no doubt of his opinions but they do so with humor and without the bitterness and threat that can often leave an artist appearing no better than those they would criticize, If you like Bob Dylan or Dan Bern's way with words and tune then do explore Butch Hancock's extensive back catalog. Butch is also a talented painter & photographer (amongst many other things!) & has very intentionally remained outside the corporate music industry for all his days - had he chosen to join it then believe me everybody would know his name & work. Explore a unique storytelling talent - you will not be disappointed!

Gorgeous, deep, and lasting.......2007-02-09

This is one of the best albums I've heard in a long time, and it gets better with every listen. The opening track, "Give Them Water," is an a capella anthem I could live by. Other standout tracks are "When the Good and the Bad Get Ugly" and "Road Map for the Blues." Hancock's expressive voice shines a few rays of light into the depressing reality of life in post-2001 America.

Don't say it unless you've something to say..........2007-01-21

Butch is a fine original Texas songwriter from the Great High Plains but this collection is an example of when songwriters think they have something to say about politics but truly don't. Typical clever lyrics as with all Hancock recordings but the message is more worn out and tired than war itself. Artists would do well to have depth of knowledge on their subjects, maybe that's why the rule: write about that which you know. In this CD Butch shows his political and social thoughts are about deep as the rivers flowing around Lubbock.

War and Peace.......2007-01-10

As a fan of Buth and his song contributions to the Flatlanders, I was disappointed to find many of the songs to be unsubtle, strident polemics against war or the obstacles to peace. The melodies were not memorable. It is in sharp contrast to Neil Youngs most recent release dealing with the same topic.

Average customer rating: His discards were better than most singer's polished releases... Intriguing Travel this road Best left overs come from the best cooks ROAD LESS TRAVELED

Roads Less Travelled: Sun Recordings Johnny Cash Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Now Here's Johnny Cash Greatest! All Aboard the Blue Train With His Hot & Blue Guitar Now, There Was a Song! ASIN: B00005A8MF Release Date: 2001-03-13

Tracks:

1. New Mexico (Hills Of Mexico)
2. Good Night Irene
3. I Couldn't Keep From Crying
4. Belshazar
5. Don't Make Me Go
6. Blue Train
7. The Ways Of A Woman In Love
8. Doin' My Time
9. Leave That Junk Alone
10. My Treasure
11. My Two Timin' Woman
12. I Love You Because
13. I Was There When It Happened
14. Born To Lose
15. If The Good Lord's Willing
16. Always Alone
17. Wreck Of The Old 97
18. Wide Open Road

Customer Reviews:

His discards were better than most singer's polished releases..........2006-01-20

This collection might be subtitled "The dregs of the Sun Archives" and be accurate, but my God, how good these 18 short, unadorned renditions are! They come from throughout his Sun career (very early in 1955 to early in '58) so they are not "audition" songs by an untrained singer. But how Johnny Cash-like they are...the Johnny of the 1990's, who finally was allowed to release performances with little or no accompaniment and no studio enhancements. His voice, his emotions, in many cases his writing, his guitar and the guitar of Luther Perkins and the bass of Marshall Grant is all anyone ever needed by Johnny Cash. On this CD, you get some "country" and you get some "folk" songs as well. I like his versions of Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene" and the traditional "Wreck of the Old '97" and can't help but compare them to versions by my favorite folksinger, the late great Cisco Houston. (Check out www.ciscohouston.com). Johnny and Cisco never met, as far as I know (Cisco died in 1961) but I think they would have had a lot to talk and sing about if they had. This CD will likely become one of the most-played in my Cash collection, because simplicity is never really out-of-date when the singer's voice makes you believe in the words, and the words are interesting in themselves. The stuff on here actually is better than the final singles released by Sam Phillips, which were all gussied up for the '50's commercial sensibility. If you are a fan of Johnny, don't neglect this collection.

Intriguing.......2003-05-16

An intriguing musical footnote for Cash devotees, these 18 clean-sounding demos, undubbed originals, and alternate takes (with false starts) date from around 1954 to `58 at Sam Phillips's Sun Records. It's classic Cash stripped to the bare essentials -which is how he has always sounded best. Uncluttered with backup singers, "Ways Of A Woman In Love" has slightly different words than the hit version. "Wide Open Road" is a rare Tennessee Three tape from Red Kernodle's brief stint on steel guitar. "My Two Timin' Woman," a 1947 Hank Snow song released only in Snow's native Canada, shows how far young Cash (or Phillips) searched for songs.

"New Mexico" (a dusty cousin to Ramblin' Jack Elliott's standard "Diamond Joe"), "Wreck Of The Old 97," and Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene" mark Cash's folk roots, while Jimmie Skinner's composition "Doin' My Time"-like some of Cash's writings - is so plain spoken, it could pass for a trad ballad. Gospel didn't interest Sam Phillips (a factor in Cash's leaving Sun), but Cash did manage to record his own inspirational effort "Belshazar" during this period, written in the spirit of his future in-laws The Carter Family's "Little Moses." Even at the start of his career - though it's unlikely that many realized it - Cash was among America's elite folk singers.

Travel this road.......2003-02-17

Apart from buying a more comprehensive collection, such as The Sun Years, a three-disc set released by Charly Records, this is a fine way to survey Cash's Sun recordings. What I would ask from this collection are a few more tracks--alternate versions of Folsom Prison Blues (though available on other releases) and I Walk the Line. However, the tracks on this collection shine a little more brightly by the absence of the more popular tracks, which makes it a very good collection that you should put in your CD collection.

Best left overs come from the best cooks.......2002-02-19

This collection of previously unpublished works from the Sun Recordings years show the stylings that made Mr Cash the legend that he is. Here is an artist that produced a sound so genuine that even his "leftovers" could have been best sellers.
From the first track "New Mexico" with its original western traditional sound, to the oft recorded "Born to Lose", nobody makes a song sound like Johnny Cash.
One should never forget that Cash is a writer with a sense of humor, check out his "Leave That Junk Alone". This collection may not have been previously released. They should have been!
If you like good recipes for enjoyable listening, Johnny Cash is your master chef.

ROAD LESS TRAVELED.......2001-05-09

I HAVE HEARD JOHNNYS MUSIC SINCE I WAS A CHILD HES STILL AS GOOD AS HE HAS EVER BEEN GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY .KEEP ON SINGING.

Average customer rating: Love this band,but..... Live they kick it up a notch! You're kidding.... 4 reasons to buy this cd CLASSIC SCORCHERS W/ SPECIAL STUFF!

Midnight Roads & Stages Seen Jason & the Scorchers Manufacturer: Mammoth / Pgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Blazing Grace Reckless Country Soul Clear Impetuous Morning Wildfires & Misfires: Two Decades Of Outtakes & Rarities Still Standing ASIN: B000006PD1 Release Date: 1998-05-05

Tracks:

1. Self Sabotage
2. My Heart Still Stands With You
3. Last Time Around
4. 200 Proof Lovin'
5. This Town Isn't Keeping You Down
6. Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
7. Blanket Of Sorrow
8. Broken Whiskey Glass
9. Absolutely Sweet Marie
10. Ocean Of Doubt
11. Prey For Me Mama (I'm a Gypsy Now)
12. Somewhere Within

Tracks:

1. Help! There's A Fire
2. Harvest Moon
3. If Money Talks
4. Walkin' The Dog
5. Both Sides Of The Line
6. White Lies
7. Jimmie Rodger's Last Blue Yodel
8. Ezekiel's Wheels/Golden Ball & Chain
9. Going Nowhere
10. If You've Got The Love (I've Got The Time)
11. Still Tied

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As Rudyard Kipling says, "He who rides the tiger finds it difficult to dismount," screams Jason Ringenberg as the band rips into "Self Sabotage," the first cut on a two-disc that captures this seminal band live in concert. Over the next 23 tracks, the Scorcher prove they're still on the beast's back, digging their spurs in its sides. Too country for punk, too punk for country, Jason & the Scorchers were stomping their dusty cowboy boots at a breakneck pace long before Uncle Tupelo discovered the Carter Family. With their brand of Rolling Stones meet Johnny Cash hard rock, the Scorchers kicked out the jams for most of the 80's to a largely indifferent audience. But anyone who happened to catch a live show was a fan for life. For this concert, Jason and band dig deep into the songbook, playing tunes they've never played live ("Somewhere Within"), tunes they haven't played in years ("Ocean of Doubt"--featuring BR5-49's Donnie Herron) and classic Scorcher cuts ("Gypsy," "Broken Whiskey Glass"). And best of all, a sizzling cover of Dylan's "Absolutely Sweet Marie." An essential document of a overlooked band. --Tod Nelson

Customer Reviews:

Love this band,but............2006-12-06

Having followed this band since the early days I have "straped in" for several shows.. From a small uptairs club in Bloomington, Il..the night Jasin broke a tooth on stage..to Chicago Park West with opening by the Georgia Satillites.
For years these genra-busting blasts have left me thirsty for a live album! Unfortunatly this show was recorded with both audience and band knowing that it would become the long awaited live album. Fans and band alike are overdoing it on this record and it comes off as slightly phoney. The performances of some of the older songs represent the final evolution rather than the prime of life of these wonderful creations.
I still hope to someday hear a live disc representing these tunes from a collection of live tapes more representative of their true form. in the interval the most avid Scorchers fas are left to search bootleg sources for recordings of the band in it's hayday. My favotite is a 7-Up "unconcert" broadcast live on Chicago's WXRT inthe mid 80's from The Metro. I attended that show as well.

Live they kick it up a notch!.......2001-01-31

I have been an "Jason and the Scorchers" fan since the mid 80's. While I think that their studio albums are great, they are several times better LIVE. This album captures the energy and essence of their live show perfectly. Not an easy task given the intensity of their music. For those unfamiliar with them, imagine Hank William's Sr. Meets the CLASH!

You're kidding...........2000-10-21

I would have expected to see a lot more Scorchers fans feeding opinions into the review section. Living overseas it probably took me more time to get this CD in my hands than most...not much interest out there. I own all of the band's studio albums and like the previous reviewer...I am proud to own a quality live CD. I can't figure it out...wait, let me take my N' Sync CD out of the player. Yeah, that's it...they stink. Jason and the Scorchers have established themselves over the the last 15 (or so...) years as one of the quality bands to grace music. If you listen to this CD and don't like it...somebody needs to give you your money back.

4 reasons to buy this cd.......2000-07-14

The reasons I am recommending this cd is:

1. SOUND QUALITY and PERFORMANCE. It is one of the best Live albums ever recorded and performed. In a league with the Allman Brothers - Live at the Fillmore, Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous, Kiss - Alive, Duke Ellington - Live at Newport, Yes - Yessongs - to name a few.

2. PRICE. At the price of what a single cd costs, you get a double cd that I. a fan who already owns their studio recordings will be pleased with the live performance of the songs and II. an inexpensive way for a potential new fan to become acquainted the band.

3. THESE GUYS ARE THE MODERN EQUIVILANT OF ELVIS What Elvis did with great rockers like "Jail House Rock" to great ballads like "Love me tender"; these guys are doing with great hard rockers like "White lies" to great country songs like "Broken whiskey glass".

4.ORIGINALITY and INTEGRITY. No other band has ever been able to play such extremes in music with such quality, integrity, conviction and in a constant manner, as well as often combining these extremes that amazingly sound so great combined, and consequently, this band sounds like no one else.

They are one of the few original acts today, who despite receiving indifferent treatment from the narrow minded modern radio stations and the majority of the music buying public who can't accept such extremes in music today - have never sold out and tried to become just another country group or just another hard rock group.

For music recordings, all Jason and the Scorchers cds should get 10/10.

For Jason and the Scorchers recordings it gets a 8/10 due to the superiority of their studio recordings being "Lost and Found", "Still standing", "Fire and Lightning" and "Clear impetuous morming"

CLASSIC SCORCHERS W/ SPECIAL STUFF!.......1999-01-15

A MIX OF OLD AND NEW. SOUNDS PRETTY DAMN GOOD.THESE GUYS ARE A TRUE BAND. VERY VERSATILE YET STANDARD.ROCK N' ROLL AND COUNTRY ALL IN ONE BALL OF WAX. DEFINATELY WORTH IT.

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The Road Headin' Home Grasstowne Manufacturer: Pinecastle Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sounds Like Home Cherryholmes II: Black and White More Behind the Picture Than the Wall Fork in the Road ASIN: B000RYPP9K Release Date: 2007-08-07

Tracks:

1. Dixie Flyer
2. Here Comes That Feeling Again
3. Devil's Road
4. Home
5. Grasstowne City Limits
6. Black Lung Blues
7. Lizzie Lou
8. You're Right, I'm Wrong
9. If I Knew Then
10. Love You Don't Know
11. That's Not What Ships Are For
12. Bluest case Of the Blues
13. Patchin' It Up

Product Description

13-track CD on Pinecastle, 2007.

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The Very Best Of John Denver Manufacturer: RCA/BMG ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: John Denver - Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits A Song's Best Friend - John Denver Remembered ASIN: B000EOX2AM

Product Description

Disc one tracks are: 1. Annie's Song, 2. Leaving On A jet Plane, 3. Goodbye Again, 4. I'm Sorry, 5. Follow Me, 6. My Sweet Lady, 7. Seasons Of The Heart, 8. How Can I Leave You Again, 9. Fly Away, 10. Shanghai Breezes, 11. Dreamland Express, 12. Back Home Again, 13. Poems, Prayers, and Promises, 14. Thank God, I'm A Country Boy, 15. Grandma's Feather Bed, 16. Mathew. Disc two tracks are: 1. Rocky Mountain High, 2. Take Me Home Country Roads, 3. Wild Montana Skies, 4. Eclipse, 5. Like A Sad Song, 6. Some Days Are Diamonds, 7. Heart To Heart, 8. Sweet Surrender, 9. Looking For Space, 10. Calypso, 11. On The Wing Of A Dream, 12. What One Man Can Do, 13. Perhaps Love, 14 Sunshine On MY Shoulder.

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