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City Limits,Karaoke,Sound Choice,Album Rock,Blues-Rock,Dance-Pop,Hard Rock,Pop/Rock,Singer/Songwriter
Average customer rating:
- Should have been better
- Excellent cd...But there's not anyone hotter
- A great compilation!
- This is a Texas blues mirror!!
- Vintage Guitar magazine review:
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Big Blues Extravaganza : The Best Of Austin City Limits
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ASIN: B000006O7A
Release Date: 1998-05-05 |
Tracks:
- Travellin' South - Albert Collins
- Rock Me Baby - Lightnin' Sam Hopkins
- Love Struck Baby - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Six Strings Down - Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl Band
- I've Never Found A Man - Miss Lavelle White
- Tell Everybody I Know - Keb' Mo'
- Born In Louisiana - Gatemouth Brown
- Since I Fell For You - Dr. John
- Mary Had A Little Lamb - Buddy Guy
- Queen Bee - Taj Mahal
- Yellow Moon - The Neville Brothers
- Big Road Blues - Rory Block
- Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away - W.C. Clark And Friends
- Night Life - B.B. King
- Leap Of Faith - Delbert McClinton
Amazon.com
Here's a bountiful blues buffet from deep in the heart of Texas, courtesy of the long-running Austin City Limits television series. Texas talents--including Lightnin' Hopkins, represented by a suitably idiosyncratic "Rock Me Baby"; the razor-sharp Albert Collins, ripping through "Travellin' South" in front of a horn-powered band; and W.C. Clark, the godfather of the Austin blues scene, who sparkles on a song by hometown hero Willie Nelson--make the most of their spotlight time. And, naturally, there's Stevie Ray Vaughan, who leads Double Trouble through a tight and tasty "Love Struck Baby." Jimmie Vaughan's tribute to his blues brother, "Six Strings Down," follows in an example of the collection's creative sequencing. In like manner Gatemouth Brown's "Born in Louisiana" leads into Dr. John's New Orleans version of "Since I Fell for You," and Clark's rendition of "Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away" segues into B.B. King's personalized cover of Nelson's classic "Night Life." The honorary Austinites, including a rambunctious Buddy Guy and a solo Rory Block, also make considerable contributions, the best probably being Taj Mahal bouncing through "Queen Bee" with Ben Harper on slide guitar, although Keb' Mo's straightahead "Tell Everybody I Know" isn't far behind. --Michael Point
Customer Reviews:
Should have been better.......2007-07-03
I get the feeling all of the artists record labels held back releasing any really good stuff. You get some tasty work here though. Worth adding to the collection.
Excellent cd...But there's not anyone hotter.......2006-01-12
Than Buddy Guy, doing "Mary Had A Little Lamb" This cd was a pleasant surprise, too bad Austin City Limits does not offer more of these blues tributes on cd and dvd..Would be sweet to hear the full hour performance of Buddy Guy and others listed on here. Buy it..You won't be disappointed, if you are, then you just don't get the blues.
A great compilation!.......2000-11-17
This is a great sampling of the blues. B.B. King does an excellent "Night Life", his guitar is fabulous! One of my favorites is W.C. Clark, who I had never heard before. "Queen Bee" is the best Taj Mahal I have heard. Miss Lavelle White, Stevie Ray, Lightnin' Sam, Collins....I could go on and on. The recording quality varies very little from track to track, which is expected from Austin City Limits, as they are one of the few TV program which delivers excellent sound. Don't pass this one up!
Enjoy!
This is a Texas blues mirror!!.......2000-11-05
Texas is a State,full of hot deserts,but this cd shows that not only hot deserts...Texas always have hot blues with great icons of this musical style. We must reverence this contribution,specially the legendary SRV,and the great melodic voice of Delbert Mc Clinton! If you don't know what is the Texas Blues Twister,just buy this cd and.........
Vintage Guitar magazine review:.......1999-02-09
This greatest hits collection assembles fifteen performances from the famous television series "Austin City Limits." As a tribute to the televised music venue, it's a fine CD. And as a live blues disc it doesn't get much better than this. The recordings range from Lightnin' Sam Hopkins' "Rock Me Baby" from 1978 to Delbert McClinton's "Leap of Faith" from 1997. In between, are hot numbers from Albert Collins, Jimmie Vaughan, Keb' Mo', Gatemouth Brown, Dr. John, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Miss Lavelle White, the Neville brothers, Rory Block, and W.C. Clark. That's quite a lineup. Among the best tracks here, however, is Stevie Ray Vaughan's blistering performance of "Love Struck Baby" from 1983, when he was near the peak of his powers. B.B. King also turns in a fine "Night Life" from 1982 packed with his trademark vibrato and phrasing. Hot stuff.
Average customer rating:
- Homesick by JJW over GPN...I don't think so!
- Quintessential Gary P.
- Gary P. Nunn - TEXAN
- It doesn't get any better
- Not the real thing
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Home with the Armadillo: Live at Austin City Limits
Gary P. Nunn
Manufacturer: Campfire Records
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Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000001KQX
Release Date: 2000-07-05 |
Tracks:
- The Nights Never Get Lonely
- The Last Thing I Needed, The First Thing This Morning
- Tennessee Road
- Born Yesterday
- Give Me Some Money
- Austin Pickers
- Kara Lee
- Public Domain
- What I Like About Texas
- Come And Get It (While It's Hot)
- When The Night Comes
- Since You've Been Gone
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Customer Reviews:
Homesick by JJW over GPN...I don't think so!.......2004-10-03
The California reviewer who rates Jerry Jeff's London Homesick Blues over GPN's version should take the wad of wax out of his ear. Jerry Jeff is great, but for musicality and truly great listening, you either go with GPN or you GET THE HELL OUT OF THE ROOM!!!!
Quintessential Gary P........2003-08-11
This recording defines the broad spectrum of Gary P. Nunn's ability as a front man (chalk up much of JJW's early success to Gary P. and the Lost Gonzos), not to mention his ability to craft songs that put you right smack dab in an inner tube on the Guadalupe River. The Lone Star anthem "London Homesick Blues" notwithstanding, these live renditions of some GPN classics such as "The Nights Never Get Lonely," "What I like about Texas," and "Austin Pickers" are probably the best live versions out there. In addition, the recording contains a HOT rendition of the JJW/LGB standard, "Public Domain." All in all, a classic and timeless recording and a rare release from the vaults of Austin City Limits and KLRU. A vinyl collectible, but a CD treasure.
Gary P. Nunn - TEXAN.......2003-06-01
How could someone from California review a Texas Country album? That person has probably never been to Texas and wouldn't know what great music is if it hit them in their bean sprout eating head. Gary P. Nunn is known for great music. All you California people should stick to Toby keith, he's more your speed. Get this CD, you will not be sorry, that is unless you're a Rascal Flatts or N'Sync fan.
It doesn't get any better.......2001-10-11
I grew up with this album in college in the eighties. Gary P. played a lot around San Angelo, Tx and he is the real thing, or was at that time. I find it to be the best true to itself album around. It is a folk/country/eclectic/hillbilly rock album that may not work for the California reviewer, but it's just right for me. My favorite is Tennessee road which is about Elvis. Then there is "the Last thing I needed the first thing this morning". Really great stuff! I am only mad at myself for not listening to it in a couple of years. I am going to end this review right now so I can go put on the scratchy ol' cassette that's been played until the you can't read the title.
Not the real thing.......2000-08-21
Unfortunately, GPN without Jerry Jeff Walker is kind of like Paul McCartney without John Lennon - he needs Walker's raw and powerful counterpoint to balance out his own maudlin tendencies. Nunn's London Homesick Blues is of course an incredible classic. If you don't already have it, get the original on JJW's Viva Terlingua, one of the best progressive country productions of all time.
Average customer rating:
- "Assorted cliches coined by the state..."
- Worthy attempt at something new, but ultimately very dry.
- A strange beast; interesting but a bit boring
- 5 Star review. Better than anything else you will hear in the next few years.
- what a shame....
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Potemkin City Limits
Propagandhi
Manufacturer: Fat Wreck Chords
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000AP2ZMQ
Release Date: 2005-10-18 |
Tracks:
- Speculative Fiction
- Fixed Frequencies
- Fedallah's Hearse
- Cut into the Earth
- Bringer of Greater Things
- Die Jugend Marschiert
- Rock for Sustainable Capitalism
- Impending Halfhead
- Life at Disconnect
- Name and Address Withheld
- Superbowl Patriot XXXVI
- Iteration
Customer Reviews:
"Assorted cliches coined by the state...".......2006-11-04
Propagandhi is "progressive" in both a literal and figurative sense. Literal in that from album to album, their music progresses and evolves, and figurative in the way that the word is used in the musical lexicon, meaning technical or complex. What strikes me as I read these other reviews is that people seem to be turned off by the literal progression of Propagandhi's music. They wanted another TETA, apparently. TETA is a great album, but I thought that Propagandhi fans would recognize and embrace the fact that this is not a band that puts out the same album twice.
Really, any fan of TETA should find plenty to love and more on Potemkin City Limits. Both albums retain the speed and intensity of their earlier "punk" influenced albums, but largely exchange the catchy "pop" hooks for metal crunch and muscle, with a big dose of hardcore supplied by The Rod. They are a pop-punk band no longer, and in a case of what I can only assume is amazing foresight, their music now finally lives up to their self-imposed tag of "pogressive thrash" (used by Chris and Jord prior to recording their first album). How did they know in the early 90's that they would become progressive thrash in the early 00's??
For me, this is by far the greatest Propagandhi album, and one of my all-time favorite albums period. I love the longer songs. They now give themselves time to not only finish a lyrical thought, but a musical one as well. They have never flexed their musical or political muscles as hard as they do here. Whereas before they gave us anthems to shout along with, now they delve deeper and will make you want to grab the booklet to read the lyrics (while you thrash away). Once you've read the lyrics and the lightbulb has gone on, you'll realize that Propagandhi is still delivering anthems, only now you'll feel like a smarter, more productive member of society as you shout along.
Worthy attempt at something new, but ultimately very dry........2006-08-18
The album has a handful of good - decent songs on it. The band has really upped the experimental factor on this album, which I always welcome. Punk revival bands tend to suffer from monotony, ex: Pennywise, so its good that they are at least trying something different. What makes their experiment flawed is that they made the mistake of dragging a couple of the songs out too long. The end result: dry material.
This album lacks the tenacity and energy of their previous albums, such as "Less Talk, More Rock" and "Todays Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes".
A strange beast; interesting but a bit boring.......2006-06-04
This is a really tough album to review. On one hand, it stands on its own as a sort of punk-alternative hybrid. On the other hand, it's completely different from earlier Propagandhi, and therefore abandons the appeal those albums held.
In some ways it is very similar to 2001's YETA, which was also very different from HTCE and LTMR. Both albums have more layers, and those layers all feature heavy digital compression, whereas HTCE and LTMR were arranged with minimal instrumentation and retained greater natural dynamics. Also, the lead singer's voice (is his name Jord?) has lost its nasally whine from the first two albums.
What this new album has lost from YETA is the stylistic elements of the music. No longer do we have punky tracks like "Back To The Motor League" or "Today's Empires." Instead, we have longer and softer droning like "Cut Into The Earth" or "A Speculative Fiction."
Now, none of these forms are necessarily better or worse than the others. Indeed, the first two tracks, "A Speculative Fiction" and "Fixed Frequencies" are two of the greatest tracks Propagandhi has yet released. However, there is a great divide between this album and the other three--especially so for HTCA and LTMR. Considering that, it is difficult to expect most Propagandhi fans to appreciate this album fully, if at all.
All of that said, the album probably is not quite as worthy as its predecessors, even taking the stylistic differences into account. After those first two songs, the album slips into monotonous waters. Yes, it's still a pleasant listen, but it's just not as clever or catchy as it ought to be.
EDIT: This album still rocks, and is well worth the buy. Nice job, Propagandhi!
5 Star review. Better than anything else you will hear in the next few years........2006-05-12
Alright, let's get a few things straight. First, this is not a punk record. If you're looking for a punk record, look up Fear, The Saints, or The Circle Jerks. Second, if your idea of metal or punk contains any of the following bands, kill yourself: Limp Bizkit, Korn, System of a Down, Tool, Fall Out Boy. Now, onto the review. Very probably the best album of the year. These guys have more talent and intelligence than every single SoCal pop-punk band put together (minus Bad Religion.) The lyrics are biting political commentary, with incredible depth and knowledge. While Anti-Flag and NOFX are content with sloganeering and general "I hate the Government" diatribes, these guys go straight for the jugular, and force you to actually put some thought into what they are saying. Track by track, there are not any really weak tracks , just outstanding tracks and even more outstanding tracks. Which are which generally are up to you. So, if you wish for intelligent thrash, look into this album. If your looking for a nice pop-punk album to hate your parents to because they grounded you, look elsewhere. Amen.
what a shame...........2006-03-18
Did anyone actually listen to the music on this record? Coming from the perspective that Today's Empire's Tomorrows Ashes was one of the best albums of it's generation, this in a musical context falls to pieces. The Rods bass is just out right poor (it was great on TETA), and 'Glen Lambert!'s (Chris Hannah's) guitar lines are dull, one dimensional and a shadow of the riffs produced on TETA. Quite frankly, this record is lazy. Did anyone notice that almost every song is far to long, slows down and eventually fizzles out towards the end? The singing was disjointed, incoherant and unenlightened (e.g. compare 'Rock For Sustainable Capitalism' to 'Back To The Motor League'. It's very telling). From a political perspective, the obvious knowlege, research, sensible perspective and anger was on display (as always, I mean...its Propagandhi), but again linking it back to music there seemed to be very little passion. TETA was a passionate expression of some of the wrongs done to the world/people by certain people/administration's, and the feeling was infectious, because the music was so passionate, rocking but also interesting and delicatly complex, and the singing and lyrics all came together with it to express some of the frustration about modern world, but mixed with the disire to inject some creativity and inspiration into the dull mix that is western society. Potemkin... was politically "we're all going down in a haze of gasoline and nuclear fall out" with music to match: it's like they've lost hope. Stoped bothering. The politically charged (and I mean charged full of life, not knowledge) Propagandhi of the TETA wouldn't have produced this trash. Its a shame; other than Jord the whole thing was a step back, rather than forward, and the notes and lyrics in the record really show how little these guys SEEM to care anymore............However I must give some facts: Todays Empires Tommorrows Ashes is a work of genius, one of the best records ever, go out and buy it right now you fool. And on this album the songs Iteration and Die Jugend Marschiert are very good, and Name And Address Withheld isn't too bad. Though all could do with having the last minute cut off.....
Average customer rating:
- Makes you want to go!
- Some of the best names in the indie scene are here
- Too much heat in Austin...
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Austin City Limits Music Festival: 2004
Various Artists
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ASIN: B000A3DG08
Release Date: 2005-08-30 |
Tracks:
- Debaser -- Pixies
- Hands Down -- Dashboard Confessional
- Darts of Pleasure -- Franz Ferdinand
- Be Be Your Love -- Rachael Yamagata
- Crazy Dream -- Los Lonely Boys
- Walk in Jerusalem -- Blind Boys of Alabama
- It's the Nighttime -- Josh Rouse
- Anthems for a 17 Year Old Girl -- Broken Social Scene
- Streets Are Callin' -- Neville Brothers
- Your Lies -- Shelby Lynne
- Day John Henry Died -- Drive By Truckers
- Wheels -- Cake
- Way That He Sings -- My Morning Jacket
- Alone Again Or -- Calexico
- Brown Eyed Blues -- Ben Harper
- First Tube -- Trey Anastasio
Album Description
Austin City Limits has, for more than 30 years, honored both artists and music fans, creating an intimate connection between the two. Aiming beyond style boundaries, trends, or geography, ACL promises an authentic music experience while delivering the highest standard of discovery and production. This musical mission has expanded and bloomed at the ACL Music Festival in a convergence of performance, culture, people, and the beloved green expanse of Zilker Park in Austin, Texas.
Customer Reviews:
Makes you want to go!.......2006-04-18
Austin City Limits. For over 30 years, ACL has transcended style, age, and anything else that divides musicians (and their fans) to bring some of the best music around. I tend to be a bit musically schizophrenic, so I love the diversity that ACL brings. I looked forward to the CD, figuring I would be able to enjoy some old favorites and find some new 'must haves.' I wasn't disappointed.
The CD opens up with "Debaser" by the Pixies. I've never been much of a Pixies fan for whatever reason, but this was a pretty good selection (though I'm not sure I'd have started the CD off with it). Dashboard Confessional and Franz Ferdinand were both excellent. And the Blind Boys of Alabama doing "Walk In Jerusalem" (one of my alltime favorite spirituals) made the album for me.
A few bands I hadn't heard before were Los Lonely Boys, Calexico, and Drive-by Truckers. These bands reminded me why I love compilation CDs so much - you always find something new to listen to.
Every CD has its weak points, though, and this CD had a few. I wasn't impressed with Broken Social Scene - I found the vocals to be a little weak, but I chalk that up to my own musical taste. I'm also not a big Shelby Lynne fan. But the weak parts of the CD are more than made up for by the new discoveries I made.
They say that diversity is the spice of life. If that's the case, the Austin City Limits festival is a spicy dish indeed. And I like spicy.
Some of the best names in the indie scene are here.......2005-11-15
This compilation live album captures snippets of the performance of some of today's best independent artists around. Opening with a comeback performance by Pixies, the album dashes by great deliveries from the likes of Josh Rouse, Montreal-based Broken Social Scene, My Morning Jacket and Ben Harper to name a few. Granted that the full price is a bit too much, you can always get one of the used copies offered here for less.
Overall, an excellent selection of music. My only issue with it (and most of these live compilations) is that they can only capture a tiny piece of the real thing, which is why I give it four stars.
Too much heat in Austin..........2005-09-16
I'm glad that I can get to hear this music from the comfort of my air-conditioned living room, because I don't think I'd be as pleased as most attendees seem to be here, considering the size of the crowd and the high temperatures. Despite conditions that would send me reeling in search of the nearest air-conditioned tavern, the oversized crowd is apparently enjoying themselves, which makes sense as you listen to (or watch) these excerpts.
Diversity is the key here, with acts from virtually every corner of contemporary music contributing a song. Perhaps the best thing about this release is its diversity, because it allows the viewer to familiarize themselves with acts that otherwise might have been overlooked. Fans of the Pixies get a chance to hear My Morning Jacket (and vice-versa), while fans of Sheryl Crow get a gander at The Soundtrack of Our Lives (both on the DVD only).
The DVD is the better deal here, since it contains two disks, and contains eight performances not included on the CD release. Oddly, some of the best performances are edited from the CD, particularly the stellar performance of Soundtrack of Our Lives (perhaps the best of all included here) and Howie Day's odd `solo' performance with multiple tape-looped versions of himself as accompaniment.
Consistency is in short supply, though, and both the disk and the CD drag at times. Broken Social Scene's "Anthem for a 17 year-old Girl" is about as tedious as the title suggests. Los Lonely Boys make an attempt to channel the spirit of Stevie Ray Vaughan on a track called "Crazy Dream", but they end up falling far short of their mark. Better is the Old 97's, who get by just fine by sounding exactly like their smart-ass selves on "The New Kid", and Roseanne Cash, whose understated presence lends some grace to the disk with "Seven Year Ache." Unfortunately, though, 100-degree temperatures can suck the energy out of a person, and the languid, mid-tempo pace of many performances included here seems to reflect the heat in ways that might not translate, especially in the comfort of my regulated, 68-degree environment. All in all, the Austin City Limits Music Festival is impressive for attracting a wide variety of musicians, but its occasional lack of energy and continuity render it ultimately less than satisfying. B Tom Ryan
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The Road Headin' Home
Grasstowne
Manufacturer: Pinecastle Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000RYPP9K
Release Date: 2007-08-07 |
Tracks:
- Dixie Flyer
- Here Comes That Feeling Again
- Devil's Road
- Home
- Grasstowne City Limits
- Black Lung Blues
- Lizzie Lou
- You're Right, I'm Wrong
- If I Knew Then
- Love You Don't Know
- That's Not What Ships Are For
- Bluest case Of the Blues
- Patchin' It Up
Product Description
13-track CD on Pinecastle, 2007.
Average customer rating:
- Independent Hip Hop taken to the next level
- dope and original live hip-hop...are yall ready?
- Check this out
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City Limits
Dujeous?
Manufacturer: Third Earth Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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| Rap & Hip-Hop
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| Rap & Hip-Hop
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ASIN: B0001MDPXQ
Release Date: 2004-04-06 |
Tracks:
- Just Once
- Rules
- All M.C.'s
- Interlude: The Cop
- Good Green
- We Just
- Sometimes
- Drowsy
- Interlude: Radio Daze
- Waxp
- City Limits
- Interlude: Payment Plan
- Cake
- Spilt Milk
- It's_
- First/Last
Customer Reviews:
Independent Hip Hop taken to the next level.......2004-06-27
Dujeous just rocked Poland, and I'm still recovering. This is one of the best Independent crews out there, and with live instrumentation the concerts are sooooo dope! This is one of the only CDs I've ever bought that you listen to from start to finish, there isn't a weak track on here. The best track is probably "First/Last", but as I said all the tracks are fantastic. Oh yeah, and "Drowsy" is simply the best hangover song in history. If you're looking for something fresh, this is it. By the way, why the hell are you still reading this?!? JUST BUY IT!!!!
dope and original live hip-hop...are yall ready?.......2004-06-17
I already knew about these cats from their work with Rob Swift and their last few 12-inch singles, so I was hyped for City Limits, their first national full-length release. I wasnt disappointed. This CD has it all: ill rhymes, dope production, skilled live instrumentation (without losing that boom bap). You joints for the club ("The Rules"), political joints ("Its," "Sometimes"---one of the illest songs of the year), a girl joint ("Spilt milk") and more. City Limits is one of the best and most slept-on albums of 2004 so far. Get down with Dujeous before they blow up!
Check this out.......2004-04-29
I heard these guys at a small club in NYC before this album came out. They definitely had the crowd hyped. I decided to buy this CD and DAMN! This is one of the best independantly produced CDs I have ever heard. The intro song builds up from a slow chant of "Once....in a life time..." and builds into a jam that makes you want to jump into everybody next to you. The Rules has a sort of Busta Rhymes feel, perfect for the club. The album really hits the pinnacle with Sometimes. This is the ultimate hip-hop jam that I heard was big on the underground charts when I was at their show. All MCs, Spilt Milk, Good Green, and It's are definitely solid. No real filler on this CD. I would definitely recommend this if you like hip hop but want something outside of the ultra-ghetto scene.
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- Ike & Tina make you Feel Good!
- Driving Rock Ridden Funk. A must for any Soul diehard.
- Please more like this
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Nutbush City Limits/Feel Good
Ike & Tina Turner
Manufacturer: Raven [Australia]
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000GY73DM
Release Date: 2006-09-15 |
Tracks:
- Nutbush City Limits [Single Version]
- Make Me Over
- Drift Away
- That's My Purpose
- Fancy Annie
- River Deep, Mountain High
- Get It Out of Your Mind
- Daily Bread
- You Are My Sunshine
- Club Manhattan
- Chopper
- Kay Got Laid (Joe Got Paid)
- Feel Good
- I Like It
- If You Can Hully Gully (I Can Hully Gully Too)
- Black Coffee
- She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
- If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)
- You Better Think of Something
- Bolic
- Help Him [*]
- I Love Baby [*]
- Way You Love Me [*]
- I Can See for Miles [Tina Turner Solo][*]
- Nutbush City Limits [Extended Disco Version with Johnnie's Rap][*]
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Ike & Tina make you Feel Good!.......2007-01-04
Finally two hot early 70's Ike & Tina albums on CD! Nutbush was of course the final big hit before the split -- but these two albums bring funky, hot and sexy soul (i.e. "Kay Got Laid, Joe Got Paid" and "Fancy Annie") sounds, and many of the songs written by Tina. The band, the Kings of Rhythm -- later Family Vibes -- is in top form, Ike plays the piano and the Ikettes add fabulous soulful harmonies. The outstanding track is "Feel Good" --- one of my favorite Ike & Tina cuts. The rhythm, energy, the piano, Tina giving it all with superb backing by the Ikettes --- yes, makes me Feel Good!!! The Ike & Tina Turner Revue was hot, and there is nothing that even comes close today. A must for all fans! Go on, get it!!!!
Driving Rock Ridden Funk. A must for any Soul diehard........2006-12-27
This album is great. Two of Ike and Tina's latter albums that have not been available or some time. The First album is Nutbush City Limits, it opens with the rock infused funk that is one of the Turners most enduring, and original tracks they would ever release. The title track(NBCL) would be Ike and Tina's last top 40 (Pop #22 R&B #11) and would be covered by many artists in the decades to come (Bob Seger covered the tune with similar sucess, less potentcy.)Track 2, on the NBCL album is a unique tune that fuses so many different styles and genres in music. A gospel infused piano is very dominant throughout, along with Tina's funky (Lady James Brown)church girl-gone bad vocal style, a funk bass line and thrashing R&B horns. The lyrics are almost like a prayer, (If one had read "I, Tina" many of the requests made in the song were wishes Tina had growing up as a skinny teenager in Nutbush Tennesee. Track three is an ok cover of the Dobie Gray hit "Drift Away" which was essentially a disappointment. Ike & Tina were famous for their interpretive gifts and they could have done so much more with this track. The High pitched synth sound on the song is border line irritating, almost like nails to a chock board. I think an organ, piano, and traditional R&B instruments could have been more useful. The song already has a gospel feel, and I think Ike and Tina could have churchified it a little more.Track four is one of Poingant beauty and is written by Tina Turner herself."Thats my purpose" is a song of dedication to a persons loved one (significant other, family, or even GOD) Tina (like all the soul greats, Aretha,Gladys, Mavis, and Candi etc)was a gospel singer, before all else.The gospel training is all too clear in this track. The lyrics are so tender and passionate, one can almost feel they are indeed about God. Tina sings "when I close my eyes, let your face be the last I see"so worshipfully dedicated. Tina sings the the fury, passion, and conviction of a gospel singer. She is aggressive but so tender in the same breath. The qualities she shows here are possessed only by the most gifted of soul singers (Ray Charles, Aretha,Lorraine Ellison and Soloman Burke to name a few)Track five is essentially a song of her youth, Ike and Tina wrote and recorded 10 songs here that are odes to their southern youth, one can view them as memoires, or just stories, much in the same fashion that country singers/composers write about their life (Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn and Johnny Cash to name a few)So picture this as country, with a soul funk twist."Fancie Annie" could very well be a song about herself, (Tina Turners birth name was Anna Mae Bullock)it bears striking resemblance to NBCL, but us slower and more driving, kind of reminds me of a heavy metal riff. Ike and Tina also cover one of their own tunes "River Deep Mountain High" credited by many to being one of the best recorded, and passionate vocal performances ever committed to tape is changed from it's orchestral pop setting and given a funk makeover. "Get it out of your mind" is a selfish tune, but a sexy one as Tina gives a believable performance as a love obsessed girlfriend who demands the best of her man. The track is R&B all the way,sexy and thrilling all the way through.Perhaps one of my favorite tracks on the album is the driving track written by Tina about her bout with Tuberculosis (TB) she sings about her struggles with illness and the inefficiency of the American Medical system. She is not whining in the tune but venting. One knows she is changing, she is singing that she will need more than faith, and a priest to make her better. A sassy and interesting track. Ike made the perfect selections and arrangment for this song.Ike and Tina were good friends of Brother Ray, they toured with him even recorded with him. Although Ike and Tina liked country I am almost certain they got the idea to record "You are my sunshine" from Ray Charles (as I am sure Aretha did too in 1967)Ike and Tina Turner pulled away from the jazz influenced soul of Ray and the Gospel stylings of Aretha, and the old country stylings of the original recording, andmade it a slow driving funk opus.The Club Manhatten is another ode to the Turners youth as they sing about a club they used to frequent and ever perform at. The Influence of NBCL is ever present.
The second half of the cd is equally brilliant.
It opens with a furious funk tune written by Ike and Tina. It has an almost Native American feel, as was the effect the duo were going for, and this song is one mean dance track. Track #12 is perhaps my favorite off all on these two cd's. It is the rock laden "Kay got Laid(Joe got paid)"(KGLJGP) to put it plainly the song is just COOL. Tina starts out singing in a cool, understated way, and then little by little more instruments are introduced, until the song is finally in full throttle, with Tina singing in a rock and roll fury. the Lyrics are oh so right. Tina sings "you're the cream in my coffee, the liquid sugar in my tea" a lyric so cool, sexy, and works just right.No synthisizers in the track make it so refreshing in a time when Ike loved Synthisizers. "KGLJGP" conjurs up immages of Tina working a crowd and performing in her usual brilliant frenzy.The next track, "Feel good" (the title track) has some nice piano work by Ike, with Tina belting out the lyrics as only she can sing'em. A cool groovey soul anthem if there ever was one. "KGLJGP" and Feel Good, could very well have made the charts I am almost certain of it, they are/were cool, unique and had so much potential. "I like it had a James Brown feel, funky, conjures up immages of Tina shimmying and shaking in one of her trademark tassel dresses.Track #15 shows Ike and Tina reviving an old dance standard the Hully Gully, which again is a straight forward R&B/rock track.
Track seventeen is a remake of the Beatles hit "She came in through the bathroom window" Ike and Tina give it a pure soul makeover. Tina belting the lyrics out in the rasping soul style, that would make the Beatles jealous.
The rest of the album is purley original and churchified gospel stylings.
There are a couple of bonus tracks whic are worth a gander as they are amazing recording in them selves. If there had a been a rap grammy in 1973 Tina would have had a a nomination. "Help him" is an ode to woman hood, and is spoken all the way through. Tina is so confident, and cool throughout. Missy, Lil Kim, and Foxy owe Tina big. Ike and Tina re-recorded the b side of their debut hit single "a Fool in the love" on their hit LP "workin together". The track "the way you love me is redone a southern soul opus, and is one Ike and Tinas finest songs. And here it is all for you, if you like soul, then this is the double album on one cd just for you.
Please more like this.......2006-11-11
This is a great release. Two original Ike and Tina albums for the price of one. Hope Raven releases all other Ike and Tina original albums from the seventies on CD too !
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- ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES
- Enjoiyable, but lacking, too.
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Handel: Belshazzar
Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
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ASIN: B0001ZWGHY
Release Date: 2004-06-15 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Vain, Fluctuating State Of Human Empire!
- Thou, God Most High, And Thou Alone
- The Fate Of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh
- Lament Not Thus, Oh Queen, In Vain!
- Behold, By Persia's Hero Made
- Well May They Laugh/Oh Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul
- Opprest With Never-Ceasing Grief
- Dry Thoes Unavailing Tears
- Be Comforted: Safe Though The Tyrant Seem/Methought, As On The Bank Of Deep Euphrates
- Now, Tell Me, Gobrias
- Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
- Can You Then Think It Strange
- Great God! Who, Yet But Darkly Known
- My Friends, Be Confident
- All Empires Upon God Depend
- Oh Sacred Oracles Of Truth!
- Rejoyce, My Countrymen
- Sing, Oh Ye Heav'ns!
Tracks:
- Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign!
- For You, My Friends
- The Leafy Honours Of The Field
- It Is The Custom, I May Say, The Law
- Recall, Oh King! Thy Rash Command
- They Tell You True
- Oh Dearer Than My Life, Forebear!
- By Slow Degrees The Wrath Of God
- See, From His Post Euphrates Flies!
- You See, My Friends, A Path
- Amaz'd To Find The Foe So Near
- To Arms, To Arms! No More Delay!
- Ye Tutelar Gods Of Our Empire
- Let The Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess
- Where Is The God Of Judah's Boasted Pow'r?
- Call All My Wise Men
Tracks:
- A Singony (Allegro Postillions)
- Ye Sages! Welcome Always To Your King/Alas! Too Hard A Task The King Imposes
- Oh Misery! - Oh Terror! - Hopeless Grief!
- Oh King, Live For Ever!
- No! To Thyself Thy Trifles Be
- Yet, To Obey His Dread Command
- Oh Sentence To Severe!
- Oh God Of Truth! Oh Faithful Guide!
- You, Gobrias, Lead Directly To The Palace
- Oh Glorious Prince!
- Alternate Hopes And Fears
- Fain Would I Hope
- Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin?
- My Hopes Revive
- Bel Boweth Down!
- I Thank, Thee, Sesach
- A Martial Symphony
- To Pow'e Immortal My First Thanks
- Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias
- Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow
- Say, Venerable Prophet
- Tell It Out Among The Heathen
- Yes, I Will Build Thy City
- I Will Magnify Thee
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ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES.......2005-06-19
One question I might find among the more difficult in my life would be - which is my favourite Handel oratorio? I suspect that my answer would generally be 'the one I heard most recently', and that, as I write this, is Belshazzar. It is a magnificent thing, a heavenly thing. It has taken me longer than it should have to come to an appreciation of what makes Handel the phenomenon - as a genius, as an artist, as a craftsman - that he is, but I am comforted to reflect that no less a genius than Haydn, at the age of nearly 70 gaining a more thorough knowledge of Handel in performance, was driven to say that he felt a mere apprentice. In his sense of how to pace a dramatic narrative, in his instinct for how to use the human voice in song and above all in chorus, in the matchless flexibility and adroitness he displays at word-setting and in the audacity of his melodic and harmonic effects I can think of nobody who can approach Handel on his own terms.
Belshazzar was not a great success at the box-office, although this may have had more to do with difficulties in the casting than because it was deemed insufficiently biblical for oratorio, which seems to have been the fate of Hercules. It seems to me to be perfectly well described as oratorio in other ways too, with (for one thing) the extensive use of the chorus that we find in, say, Samson but not in Hercules. The one passage that cries out for visual effects is of course the apparition of the moving finger itself. Even here the composer can go a long way with sheer power of suggestion, by the strange unaccompanied violin figure creeping upwards and the frightened brevity of the vocal numbers. Otherwise for me Belshazzar is as much an oratorio as Samson is. It has the same librettist too, the crusty and formidable Jennens, who had also collaborated with Handel on Saul and on Messiah itself. Jennens' full text is not provided, but I think if you read the synopsis first and then follow the work from the headlines to each number you will have no difficulty in catching the words, so clear is the enunciation by soloists and chorus alike. As usual, Handel was driven to make alterations to the score for practical reasons. He had been a little concerned about its length, roughly 2 hours and 50 minutes in this performance, but where he wishes to be expansive he gives us full measure - two arias in Act I scene 4 take well over 7 minutes each. The liner-essay (a good one, by Anthony Hicks) goes into the issue of the version of the score used here, and I personally have no problem with it.
I have no faults to find with the performance in any way. Pinnock is an established specialist, the instruments are period instruments and vocal cadenzas at the end of the arias are kept minimal. Anthony Rolfe Johnson, James Bowman and David Wilson-Johnson are tried and trusted Handel singers and at their best here, and Nicolas Robertson and Richard Wistreich in the smaller parts are every bit as good. The part of Cyrus is a soprano part, taken by Catherine Robbin, and when I thought I heard just one touch of strain in `Destructive War' in the final scene she makes up for it instantly in her superb duet with Arleen Auger in the following number. Auger as Nitocris the mother of Belshazzar has the biggest part, and she covers herself with glory all the way through.
The recording is perfect, and when I saw an aria entitled `Destructive War, thy limits know' near the end I felt a sharp sense of irony in the year 2005. Cyrus, Handel, Jennens, you should all have been living at this hour.
Enjoiyable, but lacking, too........2004-08-16
This 3CD set of George Frederic Handel's (1685-1759) "Belshazzar", from Archiv Production, a division of Universal Music, is proof again that transfer from vinyl to tape to disc brings with it improvements in listening that make the purchase a worthwhile addition to anyone's listening library. Written in 1744, "Belshazzar" is an oratorio in the operatic style that is wonderful oratorio, but lacking the true depth one expects to hear in an opera. London opera audiences of Handel's day agreed, as both "Belshazzar" and Handel's other offering of the period in the same style, "Hercules", were not terribly successful. Instead of the scheduled 24 performances only 16 were given and Handel never offered a full season of oratorio again. The Libretto by Charles Jennens (1700-1773) is, as the production notes say, meant "not only to show the fall of Babylon but to show it as a fulfillment of divine prediction and to confirm the biblical testimony by reference to classical history." There's only one problem, as good a quality as the CDs are, it is not possible to follow the full libretto and the accompanying booklet includes no text, which is a shame. I think the listening experience would have been increased immeasurably if one was able to follow the text of what is being sung. Nonetheless the dramatic narrative is fluid and even, and the English Concert and Choir provide nice balance to the less full vocal passages, as in Disc 3s "Oh Glorious prince", cut 10. There is enough of this throughout to keep one's interest, but disappointing if what one expects is another ""Messiah".
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- Best Country Album Compilation Available!
- Great Compilation
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The Best Of Austin City Limits: Country Music's Finest Hour
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- The Captain
ASIN: B000002AF4
Release Date: 1996-09-17 |
Tracks:
- Intro - N/A
- Silver Wings - Merle Haggard
- I Feel Lucky - Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Guitars, Cadillacs - Dwight Yoakam
- Baby, Now That I've Found You - Alison Krauss And Union Station
- What A Crying Shame - The Mavericks
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- He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
- Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
- Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Willie Nelson
- Mama He's Crazy - The Judds
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- Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray - K.D. Lang
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Best Country Album Compilation Available!.......2002-09-03
This was the first album to be released under "The Best of Austin City Limits" from their vast library of classic country music. It delivers the best country album compilation I've ever heard. With the likes of Mary Chapin Carpenter's "I Feel Lucky" (and you will if you own this great album) to Waylon Jennings "I've Always Been Crazy" and Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man", all the great country music venues are explored here. From slow, tender love songs to foot-stompin' tunes, the minutes race by like an old iron horse headed west into the sunset as you listen to your favorite hits. It all ends too soon, but lively, with "Boogie Back to Texas" by Asleep At The Wheel. If you don't own this album, get it. Then do someone else a favor--share it!
Great Compilation.......2002-01-16
From the familiar first words, "Its Austin City Limits" followed by the unmistakeable voice of Merle doing "Silver Wings", this CD captures what the show is all about. I listen to this CD at least once a week! Just buy it.
Who had to choose the best ofý?.......2000-05-09
"Austin City Limits" has been on the air since 1976. How does somebody arrive at the 16 best performances from those 24+ years!
Anybody who watches ACL regularly is aware that it certainly isn't just country music; some of the best acts I've seen have been Stevie Ray Vaughan, Danny Gatton, John Mayall, The Neville Brothers. This collection, however, definitely leans toward "country" acts. (I believe there's a "blues best of" compilation as well.) With so much material available, something would definitely be wrong if there were a dud performance in a 16-cut collection, and there's not. (The disc is a mere 51 ½ minutes - why not 20 or 25 minutes more?) Some of my favorites: a rockin' "Blue Side of Town" by Patty Loveless, "Baby Now That I've Found You" by Alison Krauss, "He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones.
I'd really like to be able to purchase my favorite ACL programs from over the years, either video or audio, but alas, they blame licensing / royalty complications. So I guess these "Best of" compilations will have to do. And this one does nicely.
Fantastic.......1998-08-04
This has to be one of the finest collection albums ever put together. The sound is crisp, clear and the song selection is superb. Every country fan will know the songs on this one. I highly recommend this album.
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