In a Word [Live]

In a Word [Live]

In a Word [Live]

Track Listings
 
1. Sex Mammoth
2. Bed Crumbs
3. Boston Baby
4. Sweet Meat
5. Grey [Live]
6. Spanish Fly [Live]
7. Ten Percent
8. Good Kicking
9. Stuck
10. Tipper Gore
11. Gut Rot [Live]
12. SRT [Live]
13. Kitchen Belt [Live]
14. For Madmen Only
15. Changes

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Glory Revealed: The Word Of God in Worship
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Glory Revealed;God Revealed!
  • Worship-filled
  • Wonderful worship CD
  • Glory Revealed
  • Scriptual songs
 Glory Revealed: The Word Of God in Worship
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Reunion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000MV8D42
Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

  1. He Will Rejoice Trevor Morgan
  2. By His Wounds Mac Powell, Steven Curtis Chapman, Brian Littrell & Mark Harris
  3. Waters Gone By Shawn Lewis
  4. To The Only God David Crowder and Shane & Shane
  5. Glory Revealed Candi Pearson-Shelton
  6. Altar of God Josh Bates
  7. Come, Worship The King Michael W. Smith and Shane & Shane
  8. Who Is Like You Tim Neufield
  9. Restore To Me Mac Powell and Candi Pearson-Shelton
  10. You Alone Brian Littrell

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Glory Revealed;God Revealed!.......2007-07-05

Wonderful music that brings peace to the mind. The artists on this cd do a great job and bring a blend that is worth listening to!

5 out of 5 stars Worship-filled.......2007-06-09

The CD was all I had hoped for. The music styles are varied and interesting, the harmonies are beautiful, and the scripture choices for lyrics are easily committed to memory. I intend to make it a gift for many people.

4 out of 5 stars Wonderful worship CD.......2007-05-29

My only complaint is that it's too short! I could listen to songs like this for hours, and so I end up playing the CD over and over. Good thing it's such a great one that I'm not tired of it yet.

5 out of 5 stars Glory Revealed.......2007-05-15

Wonderful music set to the Word of God. Uplifting and thought provoking. Perfect for bringing one closer in their relationship with God.

5 out of 5 stars Scriptual songs.......2007-05-12

The songs are oldies but with a new twist sung by current Christian artists. It has a bluegrass/folk style.
2001: A Space Odyssey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996 Reissue)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • great music, great reissue
  • fantastic
  • whoa.
  • Great Music for Halloween, very creepy
  • Bleakest of Futures...
 2001: A Space Odyssey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996 Reissue)

Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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ASIN: B0000033WB
Release Date: 1996-10-29

Tracks:

  1. Overture: Atmospheres - The Sudwesfunk Orchestra, Ernest Bour
  2. Main Title: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra) - The Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert Von Karajan
  3. Requiem For Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs & Orchestra - The Bavarian Radio Orchetra, Francis Travis
  4. The Blue Danube (Excerpt) - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan
  5. Lux Aeterna - The Stuttgart Schola Cantorum, Clytus Gottwold
  6. Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) - The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennadi Rezhdestvensky
  7. Jupiter And Beyond - The Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Francis Travis, The Sudwesfunk Orchestra, Ernest Bour, Internationale.
  8. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  9. The Blue Danube (Reprise) - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan
  10. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) - Sudwesfunk Orchestra
  11. Lux Aeterna - The Stuttgart Schola Cantorum, Clytus Gottwold
  12. Adventures (Unaltered) - Internationale Musikinstitut, Gyorgy Ligeti
  13. HAL 9000 - Dialog Montage

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This commemorative reissue of music from 2001: A Space Odyssey combines the Also sprach Zarathustra theme, various Johann and Richard Strauss segments, and a ballet suite by Aram Khachaturian--all of which prove how much Stanley Kubrick's film attempts to avoid the soundtrack clichés of most science-fiction movies. Instead of the expected sci-fi effects, there is a more ironic application of music that would be otherwise incongruous to the celestial settings. Here, "The Blue Danube" complements scenes involving weightlessness and descending spacecraft, while Gyorgy Ligeti's creepy "monolith" music connotes Armageddon more than interplanetary exploration. The tracks play as they had appeared on the original soundtrack release back in the '60s, but there is also previously unreleased supplemental material and a dialogue montage entitled "HAL 9000." --Joseph Lanza

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars great music, great reissue.......2007-04-16

This is a great collection of music and I love the great mastering job that was done with this. The inclusion of the tracks from the original MGM soundtrack release are a great bonus. The liner notes include interpretations of the film and the music that are insightful.

I noticed that the music in the movie is mixed in surround sound, it would be great if they could release this on DVD-Audio or SACD surround. I'd buy it again!

5 out of 5 stars fantastic.......2007-03-11

I have the old lp release of this music, what an incredible array of classical music, topped off by my personal favorite piece of music in the world, the blue danube waltz. Let yourself be carried away in deep space by this incredible score.

5 out of 5 stars whoa........2006-09-04

"Atmospheres" was enough to make me buy this album. just try to imagine what eternity might sound like. okay, now you know exactly what Atmospheres is. wow. who else could having captured the feelings that are in this score? this is above talented. this is above genius. this is above avand garde. this is too good to be labeled as anything at all.

5 out of 5 stars Great Music for Halloween, very creepy.......2006-03-17

I bought this CD to use for a haunted house program, the music will creep you out.

5 out of 5 stars Bleakest of Futures..........2005-10-08

The atonal, unsettling atmosphere of much of the music of Ligeti is fitting to the bleak vision of a human future reigned by nothing but cold technology and of humans drained of emotions except for the deepest animalist fear originating from our inner reptilian brainparts which have not changed for over millions of years. The incongruity of Johann Strauss' lovely 'An der schönen blauen Donau' with the cold technicality of spacefaring as depicted here could not be more complete, but what a perfect find on Stanley Kubrick's part! It makes the uneasiness and confusion even greater. And then, to top it of, the complete and flabbergasting irony of using Richard Strauss' Fanfare for the 'rise of Man' in his 'Also Sprach Zarathustra': what a great destiny for 'Man' indeed, this bleakest of bleak visions of the future!
As a soundtrack for '2001: A Space Odyssey' this music together on one album is just great.
And besides, this soundtrack has indeed, like so many others I guess, made me aware of the genius of Ligeti, which otherwise might have gone unnoticed for me.
Drunk in Public
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • "Diamonds, that'll shut her up. For a minute."
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  • The Best!
 Drunk in Public
Ron White
Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000TAZHY
Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

  1. Sunglasses
  2. Truth In Advertising
  3. Plane Crash
  4. Cincinnati Chili
  5. Hurricane George
  6. I Drink Too Much...
  7. Ten Days In Los Angeles
  8. Outlaw Video Games
  9. Cousin Ray
  10. Married A Wealthy Woman
  11. Cheating In Columbus
  12. Osama Bin Laden
  13. Lug Nut Day
  14. Car Salesmen
  15. They Call Me 'Tater Salad'

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "Diamonds, that'll shut her up. For a minute.".......2007-07-19

Ron White's breakthrough CD "Drunk in Public" is absolutely hilarious. Whether it's discussing what jewelry slogans should be, his opinions on car salesmen, or his classic "Tater Salad" story (which if I hear 500 times, I'll laugh 500 times), you'll find yourself laughing hysterically. The only track I didn't like was Osama Bin Laden as it was too gross for me. That said, it still doesn't deter me from highly recommending this CD.

5 out of 5 stars Tacky and Hilarious.......2007-05-12

Though not as good as the cd, Mr. White leaves out some prime lines, you'll still laugh out loud. His great talent is not just timing, but the cadence of his voice that makes ordinary language hysterical.
A former comic,
Loretta Collins

5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2007-05-07

What can you say about one of the best comics of today. an awsome cd, extremely funny.

5 out of 5 stars I can listen and listen.......2006-12-28

Ron White is so good, I can listen to this over and over and it doesn't get old.

5 out of 5 stars The Best!.......2006-07-27

Ron White does it again. This is absolutely funny. If you have never heard of him before, you're missing out. Get this CD. You'll laugh every time you hear his crazy stories.
How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All?
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The commercial went on and on and on!
  • another classic firesign theatre
  • Masters of Their Universal Whatchamacallit !
  • I like this record as much as my dad did.
  • Clever and intellegent.
 How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All?
Firesign Theatre
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005T7K4
Release Date: 2001-12-04

Tracks:

  1. The Ralph Spoilsport Mantrum
  2. Zeno's Evil
  3. The Land Of The Pharoahs
  4. Vacancy - No Vacancy
  5. The Lonesome American Choo-Choo Don' Wan' Stop Here Any Mo'
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  8. The Further Adventures Of Nick Danger

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The commercial went on and on and on!.......2007-07-25

I first encountered the Firesign Theatre by accident late, very, very late, one winter's evening on the the legendary but sadly lamented KPPC-FM. Recently returned from an all-expenses-paid tour of South VietNam, courtesy of my favorite Uncle, I was well-acquainted with absurdity-in-reality, but I wasn't yet accustomed to the then-burgeoning FMradio scene. I had found KPPC quite by accident, spinning the dial to get away from the stations that were trying to treat FM as an adjunct to their powerful AM broadcast base. I loved the unprofessional approach by the DJ's and the programming fit my all-encompassing tastes, and the ads were definitely off the wall, at times bordering on not really achieving the goal of convincing the listener to actually purchase the products of the advertiser. It was all very loopy and spacey, with an appropriate sense of the absurd and irreverence, particularly since the station was broadcasting from the basement of a church! Just the antidote to a season in the insane asylum that was VIetNam in 1968, if not for the country itself, after a year in which Bobby and Martin Luther were murdered and a sinister character nicknamed Tricky had just been elevated from dog-to-be-kicked-around to president of the good old US of A!
One of the loonier ads on KPPC was for a local car dealer, well known in the LA area for his hard-sell approach (he was succeeded by an equally TV-zany type, still selling cars today). The commercials bordered on turning off buyers, with a nasally monotone voice delivering the "facts'" about various cars, along with glib references to financing and silly puns that made the whole presentation just wacky enough to keep the listener's attention. At times they ran on and on, and I was used to hearing them, then tuning them out. One night the commercial just ran on and on and on.....and on! I realized, finally, (I HAD been in VietNam for a year, after all!) that it wasn't a commercial. but was a recording by the very group of zanies who had done the commercials, now "recording artists" for Columbia Records. I was howling as the jokes, puns and pratfalls fell about my ears! I finally found out who was responsible for this madness, and ran out to buy their SECOND album (the one I was listening to, as it turned out), and the 1st a few days later. From that time on I followed their recording careers faithfully, devouring whole Don't Crush That Dwarf, the 3rd LP, and Dear Friends, a compilation of their early stuff, including the afore-described commercial and other zaniness. When they released Everything You Know Is Wrong, I terrorized my friends with lengthy recitations of parts of what I felt was their masterpiece (and still do!). If you haven't treated yourself to the wide dimensions the English language can be stretched to, you have done yourself an immense disservice! The Firesign Theatre's works require multiple listenings, and are not for the mentally challenged, nor for those whose vocabulary can be measured in 3-letter words or word-counts less than 4 digits! This is rich stuff, as fully challenging as Shakespeare, or Dylan, for that matter, and as rewarding, on repeated listenings. Run, do NOT walk, to your keyboard to order these CD's and dive in head-first. The word soup is invigorating!

4 out of 5 stars another classic firesign theatre.......2007-07-09

If you are not familiar with these guys, they are a irrational comedy group that played on the radio in the late sixties(?) Therefore they lend themselves well to audio cd. You got to imagine these guys were smoking the good stuff when they wrote these albums. It takes a little concentration to catch all that is going on, but it absolutley hilarious and well written and performed. If you like this one,order the others...have an adult beverage or two or whatever and temporarily enter the world of firesign theatre. You'll want to share with your friends.

5 out of 5 stars Masters of Their Universal Whatchamacallit !.......2007-04-25

Dear Friends, in the long time ago a quad of superior beings from the Dogstar left their humor, in the form of
insight, funny names, scatological jokes and drug references on vinyl in an abandoned auto in East LA. This is
not that collection.

This is a magical journey through American history, F Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Poetland and Raymond Chandler-
on acid. It is addictive, it is tobacco, it is powerful comedy that will infest your dreams, your speech patterns
and make your common-law family members consider you "weird!".

Beware but taste the rapture. This is Book 2, Sides 3 & 4 of the Book of Firesign-CONSUME !

4 out of 5 stars I like this record as much as my dad did........2007-02-03

When I was a child, my father and his brother used to listen to this record all the time. I thought it was sort of amusing then, but he insisted that it would be much funnier when I got older, and that it got funnier to him every time he heard it.

I didn't understand that logic then. I get it now.

On the surface, "How Can You Be Two Places At Once" is genuinely funny comedy, but with every additional listen, it actually gets funnier. Their are subtle jokes laced within jokes throughout the record, my favorite of which is a pizza order attempt in one skit that is tied into the Nick Danger piece later on.

Also, "The Further Adventures of Nick Danger," the longest installment of this character on record, is over 12 minutes of absolute rediculousness, in the best possible way.

Although some bits are less funny for those such as myself, who weren't alive when it was recorded, it is an excellent buy. I recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars Clever and intellegent........2006-07-17

This is one of the group's best efforts. The Nick Danger Skit IMHO is a classic. Also is Ralph's Spoiled Sport Motors.
Rant in E-Minor
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Mindblowing, to say the least
  • Hype not lived up to
  • Original Comedy 10+ years old that still hit the topics of today
  • Sad That He's Had No Worthy Successors
  • stand up, yes...comedy, uh...
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Bill Hicks
Manufacturer: Rykodisc
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ASIN: B0000009QI
Release Date: 1997-02-25

Tracks:

  1. Part One, Chapter One: Fevered Egos
  2. Part One, Chapter One: Easter
  3. Part One, Chapter One: Gideons
  4. Part One, Chapter Two: People Suck
  5. Part One, Chapter Two: Pro Life
  6. Part One, Chapter Two: People Who Hate People
  7. Part One, Chapter Two: Non-smokers
  8. Part One, Chapter Two: Gifts Of Forgivness
  9. Part One, Chapter Two: Purple Vein Dick Joke
  10. Part One, Chapter Three: Confession Time (Cops)
  11. Part One, Chapter Three: Wax Dart
  12. Part One, Chapter Three: I'm Talking To The Women Here
  13. Part Two, Chapter Four: You're Wrong Night
  14. Part Two, Chapter Five: A New Flag (Patriotism)
  15. Part Two, Chapter Five: Gays In The Military
  16. Part Two, Chapter Five: I.R.S. Bust
  17. Part Two, Chapter Five: Politics In America
  18. Part Two, Chapter Five: Quiet Loner
  19. Part Two, Chapter Six: Artistic Roll Call
  20. Part Two, Chapter Six: Orange Drink
  21. Part Two, Chapter Six: Save Willie
  22. Part Two, Chapter Seven: Deficit (Jesse Helms)
  23. Part Two, Chapter Seven: Rush Limbaugh
  24. Part Three, Chapter Eight: Time To Evolve
  25. Part Three, Chapter Nine: Waco (Koresh)
  26. Part Three, Chapter Nine: The Pope
  27. Part Three, Chapter Nine: Christianity
  28. Part Three, Chapter Nine: Seven Seals
  29. Part Three, Chapter Ten: One Of The Boys (Clinton)
  30. Part Three, Chapter Ten: Car Bomb Derby
  31. Part Three, Chapter Ten: The Elite
  32. Part Three, Chapter Eleven: Love List (No Future)
  33. Part Three, Chapter Eleven: Back To The Garden
  34. Part Three, Chapter Eleven: Your Children Aren't Special
  35. Part Three, Chapter Eleven: Wizard Have Landed
  36. Part Three, Chapter Eleven: Left Me Lord

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Bill Hicks was crass, obstreperous, and undeniably offensive. He was also one of the funniest comedians ever, in the malicious tradition of George Carlin and Lenny Bruce, hiding social commentary in the bluster of standup. Rant in E-Minor is probably the best introduction to his work, containing his opinions on such tame subjects as abortion, gays in the military, and Rush Limbaugh. Agree with him or not--and you'd be hard put to find anyone who agrees with everything Hicks had to say--it's devilishly clever stuff; even the dated material is still funny and fresh. Hicks was a twisted genius of the highest order, and he's sorely missed. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Mindblowing, to say the least.......2007-06-10

It's hard to hate Bill's material, unless, of course, you're a conservative religious freak from the southern States. But for everyone else, this album is a delightful little piece of dementia and philosophy. Over the course of 75 unrelenting minutes, Bill attacks the following things (in chronological order):

- Billy Ray Cyrus
- Human beings
- Pro life organizations
- Non smokers
- The women in his audience
- Patriotism
- Politics
- Jay Leno
- Rush Limbaugh
- Catholicism
- Christianity's "believe or burn" philosophy
- The concept of believing in the sanctity of life for children only, instead of people in general
- People who believe their children are special

Bill also calls for the legalization of marijuana as a solution to ending the American deficit, jokes about starring in commercials to make money, reveals his obsession with COPS, plays a few songs for his mama, and yes, in case you're getting impatient, he makes a few d*ck jokes.

While I doubt there is anyone who agrees with everything Bill ever said, many of the material on here is hard to argue with, if you're a liberal thinker like most great comedians are. Conservatives will likely be disgusted and turn off the album before writing a bad review of it. And Ann Coulter blames liberals for only reading the most offensive parts of her column...

But I digress.

It's a shame that Bill's dead, but his albums and concert films are still around. If you were to only listen to one of Bill's albums, make it this one. Your eyes will be opened.

3 out of 5 stars Hype not lived up to.......2007-01-10

This guy gets a lot of hype on the comedy circuts. Some of his stuff is very very funny and on the mark. Other stuff is just way out there weird. This album kind of feels like it was pasted together out of spare parts and is not one performance which I prefer.

5 out of 5 stars Original Comedy 10+ years old that still hit the topics of today.......2006-07-01

This is the true Bill Hicks expierence. His comedy is not jokes, but facts and opinions stated in hilarious ways. He is a revolutionist and this album is his top work.

5 out of 5 stars Sad That He's Had No Worthy Successors.......2006-03-17

Where are his successors? Now it's all sex and race and how many obscenities you can fit into a set. Standup is in a decadent phase it seems to me. It's all about the comic's personal life, his/her neuroses and observations about those neuroses, but no politics, no social commentary. Oh well, let's hope Hicks gets listened to by a new wave of young comedians.

Where is he when we need him? Bill? Bill? Bill?

5 out of 5 stars stand up, yes...comedy, uh..........2006-02-26

Bill Hicks wasn't a stand up comedian because he never told any jokes. None of his material had punchlines, or even moments where you suddenly realise he's been spinning a yarn or making a convoluted observation just so he can get to the point where he'll give it an unexpected twist to jerk a reaction out of the audience. All he does is just stands there and tells the truth. And the truth is so wrong, and disgusting, that you just feel inwardly grateful that someone, somewhere realised it as well, and managed to make it funnier than it probably deserved to be.
Bagdad Cafe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A Great CD!!
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  • I Love Jevetta Steele!!!
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 Bagdad Cafe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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ASIN: B000000G3D
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Calling You - Jevetta Steele
  2. Blues Harp - William Galison
  3. Zweifach - Deininger Blasmusik
  4. Brenda, Brenda - Jearlyn Steele-Battle/Marianne Sagebrecht/Tommy Joe White
  5. C-Major Prelude From The Well Tempered Clavier - Darron Flagg
  6. Calliope - Bob Telson
  7. Calling You - Bob Telson
  8. Zweifach/Calling You/Blues Harp/Calling You(instrumental)/C-Major Prelude From The Well Tempered... - Deininger Blasmusik/Jevetta Steele/William Galison/Darron Flagg/Bob Telson

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Great CD!!.......2007-01-04

I love it and play it over and over. I received it quickly and the product, though used, was in excellent condition.

And then, because I loved the music , I sent for the movie! The CD is habit forming.

5 out of 5 stars Bagdad Cafe.......2006-11-10

This is one of my favorite movies! The music is haunting and I love the desert atmosphere. Jack Palance was a joy to watch. To me it meant that sometimes all you need is someone to believe in you to rise above and beyond. I find it in small businesses all the time. The spouse or partner just isn't into the dream as much as you are.

4 out of 5 stars Bagdad Cafe Review.......2006-09-02

The music in the cd is very nice. I have had several people walk by at work and comment on the special music.

5 out of 5 stars I Love Jevetta Steele!!!.......2006-07-23

I love her song "Calling You" it sounds so good, she's a great singer, she sounds like Tamia.

5 out of 5 stars It's All About Jevetta!!!.......2006-07-08

I too, bought this for one song and one song only, Calling You...and it was worth it! If Jevetta Steele had her own CD with that song on it, I would have bought that instead. Her voice is beyond spine tingling as others have said. It goes all the way to the marrow! Her voice is smooth and rich.
Once you hear it, you've got to have it...and that means you have to buy Bagdad Cafe.
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • my opinion
  • Wonderful, but not my first choice
  • THE BEST recording of the BEST oratorio ever...
  • Too bad there are so few recordings of Elijah
 Mendelssohn: Elijah

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  5. Elijah: An Oratorio for Piano & Vocal Score

ASIN: B0002XV31A
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

  1. Introduction: As God The Lord Of Israel Liveth
  2. Overture
  3. No.1 Help, Lord! Wilt Thou Quite Destroy Us?
  4. No.2: Lord! Bow Thine Ear To Our Prayer!
  5. No.3: Ye People, Rend Your Hearts
  6. No.4: If With All Your Hearts
  7. No.5: Yet Doth The Lord See It Not
  8. No.6: Elijah! Get Thee Hence
  9. No.7: For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee
  10. Recitative: Now Cherith's Brook Is Dried Up
  11. No.8: What Have I Do To Do With Thee?
  12. No.9: Blessed Are The Men Who Fear Him
  13. No.10: As God The Lord Of Sabaoth Liveth
  14. No.11: Baal, We Cry To Thee: Hear And Answer Us!
  15. No.12: Call Him Louder, For He Is A God!
  16. No.13: Call Him Louder! He Heareth Not!
  17. No.14: Lord God Of Abraham, Isaac And Israel!
  18. No.15: Cast Thy Burden Upon The Lord
  19. No.16: O Thou, Who Makest Thine Angels Spirits
  20. No.17: Is Not His Word Like A Fire?
  21. No.18: Woe Unto Them Who Forsake Him!
  22. No.19: O Man Of God, Help Thy People!
  23. No.20: Thanks Be To God!

Tracks:

  1. No.21: Hear Ye, Israel; Hear What The Lord Speaketh
  2. No.22: Be Not Afraid, Saith God The Lord
  3. No.23: The Lord Hath Exalted Thee
  4. No.24: Woe To Him, He Shall Perish
  5. No.25: Man Of God, Now Let My Words Be Precious
  6. No.26: It Is Enough; O Lord Now Take My Life
  7. No.27: See, Now He Sleepeth
  8. No.28: Lift Thine Eyes To The Mountains
  9. No.29: He, Watching Over Israel, Slumbers Not
  10. No.30: Arise, Elijah, For Thou Hast A Long Journey
  11. No.31: O Rest In The Lord
  12. No.32: He That Shall Endure To The End, Shall Be Saved
  13. No.33: Night Falleth Round Me, O Lord!
  14. No.34: Behold! God The Lord Passed By!
  15. No.35: Above Him Stood The Seraphim
  16. No.36: Go, Return Upon Thy Way
  17. No.37: For The Mountains Shall Depart
  18. No.38: Then Did Elijah The Prophet Break Forth
  19. No.39: Then Shall The Righteous Shine Forth
  20. No.40: Behold, God Hath Sent Elijah
  21. No.41: But The Lord, From The North Hath Raised One
  22. No.41a: O Come Everyone That Thirsteth
  23. No.42: And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars my opinion.......2007-08-01

This recording was reccomended somewhere as being even better than the newer version with Bryn Terfel and Renee Fleming - it really is tops, I think. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is as lyrical as ever. And the other soloists are also breathtaking.

4 out of 5 stars Wonderful, but not my first choice.......2007-04-07

I believe this was the first recording of Elijah in English that used an "international" conductor and some international singers. Fruhbeck gives a good, dramatic sweep to the piece, with some wonderful dramatic moments. This is an old fashioned performance, with only a solo quartet, and if there is a semi-chorus, I can't tell the difference. This means that the soprano is the Widow, and an Angel, the mezzo the Angel and Queen Jezabel, etc. You really should have a libretto, but you don't get one at this price.
Fischer-Dieskau roughens up his voice for the role, and therein lies a problem. The voice spreads and his diction suffers because of it; that and his unidiomatic pronounciation, with far too many rolled "r"s. He does the drama well, but what works well in lieder works here less well on the large scale. Odd, given his success as on opera singer (check out his Iago), that here he frequently comes off blustery.
Dame Gwyneth Jones belies her reputation and gives a contolled, dramatic performance, using her "edge" to advantage in "Hear Ye, Israel". Gedda's diction is amazing, with exactly the right color for this literature, and projecting a little more blood than an English tenor.
Dame Janet Baker is my star in this performance. Dramatic, heart-rending when need be, and in wonderful voice. She'll chill your blood when she tells the people of Baal to "slaughter him, do what he hath done!".
And as for the people of Baal, the Philharmonia Chorus is wonderful. Incisive and dramatic, with beautiful tone. I could do without the trick of the boy choir for "Lift Thine Eyes", and I miss the small ensembles, but all in all a fine performance, and good recording, circa 1968.
First choice in English, Daniels/Terfel: better Elijah in Terfel, better recording, more authentic orchestra, small vocal ensembles (as per the score) but inferior women (including Fleming: beautiful tone, but where's her head?). In German, it's Sawallisch/Adam all the way.
But if you're singing Elijah, and have a score, this is a good choice.

5 out of 5 stars THE BEST recording of the BEST oratorio ever..........2006-08-15

Okay, I'm gonna admit I'm biased- I first sung in the chorus of Elijah when I was 14 and it made a BIG impression on me!
This recording is in every way wonderful. Starting with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. He IS Elijah to me. His singing is perfection. He has amazing phrasing and his diction makes it possible to understand the lovely, inspired libretto to this heavenly music. There are so many pieces that are ephemeral, but a couple of my favorites are: #14, Lord God of Abraham and #37, For the Mountains shall Depart. Dieskau does a great job of what I think of as compassionate, heartfelt singing. His interpretation sounds like the voice of God himself. It has a quality of kindness and yet he sounds just as convincing reprimanding the people of Baal. He is the true highlight of this recording.

That said, the rest of the cast is wonderful as well. Gwyneth Jones has a lovely, silvery voice that has a clarion bell-like tone that rings over the large orchestra with ease. She has occasional "misfire" but is a consistent performer. Dame Janet Baker and Nicolai Gedda both perform at a consistently lovely level. The orchestra and chorus are both wonderful. #15, Cast thy Burden upon the Lord, #32 He that Shall Endure to the End, and #38 Then Did Elijah are all highlights.

All said, for me the main reason to get this recording is Dieskau's Elijah- after all, he's the main character. But don't forget the lovely music. This story is exciting and passionate and sacred all at the same time. For me, it's the best oratorio that has a moving story and great music too.

4 out of 5 stars Too bad there are so few recordings of Elijah.......2006-07-03

This is a good recording of an oratorio that deserves more attention. The chorus and soloists are very good--I just wish Fischer-Diskau wouldn't slide around so much in singing the title part!
The Story Of Handel
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars Discounting Recording Problems
  • Perfect for homeschooling.
  • In Words & Music
  • Don't blink
 The Story Of Handel

Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

  1. Water Music
  2. Israel In Egupt: 'He Gave Them Hailstones'
  3. Organ Concerto No. 16 In F Major: Larghetto affetuoso
  4. Messiah: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
  5. The Faithful Shepherd: Overture
  6. Terpsichore: Overture
  7. Julius Caesar: Aria Of Ptolemy
  8. Sonata No. 1 In B Flat Major For Recorder And Harpsichord: Finale
  9. Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op. 6 No. 6: Fugue
  10. Messiah: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
  11. Rodelinda: Overure
  12. Ezio: Overture
  13. Organ Concerto No. 13 In Major: Larghetto
  14. Water Music: Hornpipe
  15. Fantasia In C Major
  16. Harmonious Blacksmith
  17. Water Music: Andante
  18. Julius Caesar: Finale
  19. Organ Concerto No. 5 In F Major: Allegro
  20. Alexander's Feast: Oveture
  21. Serse: Largo
  22. Isreal In Egypt: He Spake The Word
  23. Larghetto e staccato
  24. Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
  25. Israel In Egypt: The Horse And His Rider
  26. Messiah: Why Do The Nations
  27. Judas Maccabeus: Hallelujah Amen
  28. Israel In Egypt: And The Children If Israel Sighed
  29. Messiah: Hallelujah
  30. Water Music: Ouverture
  31. Water Music: III. Allegro
  32. Water Music: IV. Allegro
  33. Water Music: VII. Bourree Hornpipe
  34. Water Music: X.
  35. Water Music: XI
  36. Water Music: XVI
  37. Water Music: XVII
  38. Water Music: XVIII
  39. Water Music: XIX

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars 5 Stars Discounting Recording Problems.......2007-05-14

The content is terrific. This CD is one of a series of classical music masters. The only problem is that tracks 38 and later have a lot of distortion/static. I returned thinking it was a problem with the disc, but the replacement disc had the same problem. If not for that, I would have rated 5 stars.

4 out of 5 stars Perfect for homeschooling........2007-01-29

The narratives are short enough to keep your children's attention, the music may be short in some instances but if you're playing it in the background for exposure- it doesn't matter. The price is great and the cheapest you'll find in addition to the 4 for 3 deal. We have all 18 of these cds and don't regret it!

4 out of 5 stars In Words & Music.......2000-07-24

I have found this recording series to be a very helpful introductory teaching device for my young children. It gives a brief history of the composer and samples of the musical style.

1 out of 5 stars Don't blink.......2000-05-03

The music on this CD is all wonderful, and it's a perfect CD toget - if you have the attention span of a soap bubble! Thisis a "sampler" with narrative and very few of thepieces listed are actually played in their entirety. Even pieces which are short to begin with are excerpted. We are given a whole minute of the Hallelujah Chorus and a rousing 45 seconds from the overture from "Ezio". This is a teaching CD which gives some fine examples to support the narration - but they are very short examples. A few bars here and there is all you get.
You Don't Have to Be Jewish/When You're in Love the Whole World Is Jewish
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Finally able to replace our worn-out LP passed down by Baba (my bubbe)
  • 1960s -1970's Yiddish Humor
  • Absolute Classic!!
  • Jewish
  • Funny and wonderful
 You Don't Have to Be Jewish/When You're in Love the Whole World Is Jewish
Bob Booker , and George Foster
Manufacturer: Jmg / Jewish Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000LXHGKS
Release Date: 2007-02-06

Tracks:

  1. A Call From Long Island - Arlene Golonka
  2. Home From The Office - Lou Jacobi
  3. The Reading Of The Will - Jack Gilford
  4. The Diamond - Arlene Golonka
  5. Quickies: A) The Astronaut B) The School - Jack Gilford
  6. The Jury - Frank Gallop
  7. The Presidents - Jack Gilford
  8. The Cocktail Party - Frank Gallop
  9. Final Discussion - Lou Jacobi
  10. More Quickies: A) Cry For Help B:) Panic - Frank Gallop
  11. The Convicts - Jack Gilford
  12. The Housewarming - Jack Gilford
  13. The Luncheon - Arlene Golonka
  14. Still More Quickies A) The Storm B) The Newspaper Reporter C) The Home Remedy - Jack Gilford
  15. Conversation In The Hotel Lobby - Lou Jacobi
  16. The Agony And The Ecstacy - Arlene Golonka
  17. My Son, The Captain - Lou Jacobi
  18. Secret Agent, James Bondstein - Jack Gilford
  19. Enough Already With The Quickies: A) Dinner B) The Elevator C) Classified Ad, Israeli Style - Jackie Kannon
  20. Goldstein - Jack Gilford
  21. Would You Believe It? - Phil Leeds
  22. The Hobby - Phil Leeds
  23. My Husband, The Monster - Bob McFadden
  24. The Ballad Of Irving - Frank Gallop
  25. The Shoe Repair Shop - Frank Gallop
  26. Divorce, Kosher Style - Frank Gallop
  27. Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Lou Jacobi
  28. Things Might Have Been Different - Frank Gallop
  29. A Call Form Greenwich Village - Betty Walker
  30. The Great Bank Robbery - Phil Leeds
  31. Discussion In The Airplane - Phil Leeds
  32. Miami Beach - Phil Leeds
  33. Schtick: A) The Traveler B) The Panhandler C) The Cemetary - Frank Gallop
  34. The Kidnapping - Lou Jacobi
  35. The Bar Mitzvah - Phil Leeds
  36. When You're In Love With World Is Jewish - Lou Jacobi

Album Description

One of my fondest family memories of my wonderful childhood in the 1960's was listening to record albums on the hi-fi set in the den. Real records, that you had to flip over after side one, and be careful not to leave on top of the toaster oven. This was a time where my Little Golden Books and little transistor radio were my essential bedtime companions. Not to mention the hot mug of Ovaltine that Mom would make us before hitting the sack.

"You Don't Have To Be Jewish" and it's follow up, "When You're In Love, The Whole World Is Jewish" were both staples in the Lifson home. Jewish comedy was not available to me as a kid through visits to the Catskills, so these albums, along with "Chanukah Carols" (also available on JMG) were my first exposure to a genre which would help prepare me for the Woody Allen and Albert Brooks movies I would love watching in the next decade, the '70s, and have enjoyed ever since. These very funny records were the brainchild of producer Bob Booker, who had produced a hugely successful pair of albums called "The First Family" which lampooned the Kennedy clan, with actor Vaughn Meader doing a brilliant JFK. These were essential listening for the early '60s, but after JFK's assassination, were quickly antiquated.

For "You Don't Have To Be Jewish," Producer Booker, pairing with writer George Foster, assembled a first class ensemble of comedic actors to play the jokes and blackout type sketches on this LP. Lou Jacobi was seen on countless sitcoms as the "Jewish Dad" type, and Valerie Harper, who would later star as "Rhoda" on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Also featured were Arlene Golonka, who played Ken Berry's girlfriend on "Mayberry R.F.D." and Bob Mc Fadden, who were the voices behind many cartoon characters including one version of "Popeye" and one of my '60s faves, "Milton The Monster." And who could forget actor Jack Gilford from the many "Crackerjack" commercials he did, where he is caught eating the kid's Crakerjack late at night?

The sketches on these two wonderfully nostalgic albums played like a prequel, maybe more Jewish version, of TV's "Laugh In" which would appear just a couple years later, in the Fall of 1968. The cast of "You Don't Have To Be Jewish" were invited to appear on the Ed Sullivan show, because of the broad appeal of the album's humor. It was clean and quaint, not biting and unsettling, like several of the "hipper" '60s comics, like Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl. These Jewish jokes were ones that could be repeated at any office gathering or weeknight Pan and Poker games, like the ones I recall my parents having in the mid '60s. They still have the black card table with the white leather top that was used at their gatherings back then, when albums like "You Don't Have To Jewish" were such a unifying force.

Classic bits on these two albums, released for the first time as a double disc CD here, include "Secret Agent James Bondtstein" and "The Cocktail Party" which is reminiscent of "Laugh In's" party scenes with the one liners floating in and out of martini glasses. "The Plotnick Diamond" bit is funny too, where Mrs. Plotnick complains that her large diamond comes enshrouded with a curse..."What's the curse her friend asks, in a Yenta-like way, "Mr. Plotnick!" is the reply. You see, these albums showcase the qualities of Jewish life we have all come to know as "trademarks," like: guilt, marrying a nice young doctor, eating as a remedy for anxiety, worrying too much, and of course, more guilt!

Jewish people throughout the ages have relied on humor as a survival technique, and have always been noted for their sardonic and revelatory abilities to translate "agony" into "ecstasy" in the form of humorous dialogue. One can see where comics like Woody Allen got a lot of his early material from gleaning the cultural mores predominant in both these albums, that show Booker and partner Foster's true genius for defining a genre through humor. The live audience present here makes the material play even more like television, helping to create a real "visual" presence for these playets, which are both timeless and charming in their appeal.

May these hilarious records provide you and your family the same "sitting around the hi-fi" happiness that I experienced when I first listened to them, wearing my pajamas that had all the gas station signs on them (my favorite was "Gulf") and eating my strawberry "Whip 'N Chill" light meringue pudding that Mom would make in those little glass dessert cups that were so evocative of the era for me. Food and humor always go well together in Jewish culture...Enjoy!

Hal Lifson

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Finally able to replace our worn-out LP passed down by Baba (my bubbe).......2007-06-17

The title, as everyone will tell you is true: My gentile mom was just as big a fan of the 1965 album as my dad and his Ukrainian Jewish mother. "The Reading of the Will" is one favorite family classic, as is the hide-and-seek playing wife who, drawn out by her husband's offer of expensive jewelry, coyly proclaims, "I'm hiiii-ding ... IN THE FRONT CLOSET!" More than 40 years later, the jokes still hold up, though Mom did observe when we listened to the CD that more of the jokes than she remembered are slightly mean-spirited. Don't misunderstand: They are never mean-spirited toward Jewish people, only toward whichever person is the butt of the joke. The second album in this double CD was a 1966 follow-up to the Grammy-nominated original, and contains one version of "The Ballad of Irving," a song that will be familiar to any Dr. Demento fan. (Sorry to say, this version does NOT have the line, "He came from the old Bar Mitzvah spread / With a 10-gallon yarmulke on his head"!)



You don't have to be Jewish, indeed, but familiarity with the turf does help you understand some of the humor, particularly on the follow-up "When You're in Love...." On that album, there's a whole bit about a woman who can't remember her son's surname; even as an adult, I didn't get it until Mom explained that it's a reference to the tendency to choose a less "ethnic" name to get along. But the majority of the material was funny even to my little grade-school self in the 1970s, and it still holds up well today in its universal themes as well as in its culture-specific jabs.

4 out of 5 stars 1960s -1970's Yiddish Humor.......2007-05-14

If you grew up in a Jewish household, or in a Jewish neighborhood during the 1950s - 1970's You will appreciate the humor. It's a classic return to the Good Old Days.
Enjoy it,
Lenny

5 out of 5 stars Absolute Classic!!.......2007-05-13

Grew up listening to this and it just keeps getting better as I pass it on from "generation to generation"!! Lou Jacob's is a genius and his comedy is clean and timeless!! Well worth the buy!!

5 out of 5 stars Jewish.......2007-03-11

This is as good as I remember it as a kid! I sent one to my brother and sister, and they love it too.

5 out of 5 stars Funny and wonderful.......2007-02-07

My review can't possibly sound as intelligent and probing as the previous reviews... so I will just have to say. I agree... this is a classic and a must own.

Enjoy
In Other Words
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Madigan is Insane
  • Call [...]
  • In Other Words ; Kathleen Madigan
  • not her best but entertaining
  • As good as expected, but more adult
 In Other Words
Kathleen Madigan
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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ASIN: B000EBGEN2
Release Date: 2006-03-21

Tracks:

  1. Intro
  2. Tattoo
  3. 68 States
  4. Weather
  5. Politics
  6. Oprah
  7. Larry King
  8. Family
  9. Sports
  10. Math
  11. Catholocism
  12. Nessy/Aliens

Album Description

Who did Jay Leno call one of America's funniest female comics on The Howard Stern Show? Who did Gary Shandling ask to be a contributing writer for the 2003/2004 Emmy Awards? Who did Bob Costas say was one of his favorite comedians? Who was the only comic on NBC's Last Comic Standing to go unchallenged by her peers? Who was the only 5'2", Mid-Missouri Hoop Shoot Champion-St.Louis native comedienne Kathleen Madigan.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Madigan is Insane.......2007-05-25

If you aren't afraid to laugh, you have to buy this CD. You will go from screaming in laughter to deep sadness when the last track ends. Kathleen keeps it real.

3 out of 5 stars Call [...].......2007-03-13

Very little laughter from me. It's not that Madigan's humor is distinctly unfunny or in bad taste, which is why my rating isn't any lower, it's simply average humor. I gave this album away. Pity! She's funny on the Bob & Tom show because she has a cast of four to bounce off of.

5 out of 5 stars In Other Words ; Kathleen Madigan.......2007-01-11

She is hilarious. The day I recievedit I played it 3 times.

3 out of 5 stars not her best but entertaining.......2007-01-04

if you enjoy Kathleen, you'll enjoy this - but she's done better

5 out of 5 stars As good as expected, but more adult.......2006-08-28

I loved her "Shallow Happy Thoughts for the Soul" and added "In Other Words" to my collection. It's every bit as funny as the first, but with more explicit language. I voted for George Bush, am Catholic, and am a WV resident and still found all those jokes related to those areas funny. Her delivery, impersonations, speed, and cracking her ownself up make me laugh.

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  10. Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious [Enhanced]

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