To the Center

To the Center

Track Listings

1. To the Center

2. Come Down

3. What You're Looking For

4. Clear Light

5. Freedom

6. Antigone

7. I Need Somebody

8. So Low

9. Synthetic Dream

10. Fields of Psilocybin

11. Between Time

12. You Mean Nothing

To the Center,Nebula,Sub Pop,Alternative Metal,Hard Rock,Heavy Metal,Pop,Rock,Stoner Metal

Average customer rating: Guitar Greats Jazz-Up Mr. Beck

Freeway Jam: To Beck and Back Various Artists Manufacturer: Tone Center ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Trio of Doom Live Truth Close as You Get Mondo Trio Viva Carlos: A Supernatural Marathon Celebration ASIN: B000ROALWQ Release Date: 2007-07-17

Tracks:

1. Freeway Jam
2. Over Under Sideways Down
3. Becks Bolero
4. Led Boots
5. El Becko
6. Diamond Dust
7. The Pump
8. Behind The Veil
9. Blue Wind
10. Brush with The Blues

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Customer Reviews:

Guitar Greats Jazz-Up Mr. Beck.......2007-07-19

Average customer rating: loud instrumental/background music A Great CD for Kids with Speech Disorders My son with apraxia loves this CD Please turn it off!

Time to Sing! II Children Manufacturer: Center for Creative Play ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Compilations | Children's Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: Time to Sing! Time to Sing! at Christmas Baby Babble - Speech-Enhancing DVD for Babies and Toddlers Speechercise - A Musical Workout For Your Mouth The Late Talker: What to Do If Your Child Isn't Talking Yet ASIN: B0001KOR4E Release Date: 2004-02-01

Tracks:

1. Louby Lou
2. Hush Little Baby
3. Row, Row Row Your Boat
4. Rubber Duckie
5. Mary Had a Little Lamb
6. I've Been Working on the Railroad
7. This Old Man
8. The Grand Old Duke of York
9. The More We Get Together
10. How Much is That Doggie in the Window
11. Skip to My Lou
12. You Are My Sunshine
13. Take Me Out to the Ballgame
14. Train is a-Comin'
15. This Little Light of Mine
16. Where is Thumbkin
17. She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
18. Six Little Ducks
19. Down By the Station
20. Animal Fair
21. Rock-a-Bye Baby
22. Muffin Man
23. Teddy Bear's Picnic
24. Happy Birthday

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Customer Reviews:

loud instrumental/background music.......2007-02-14

A Great CD for Kids with Speech Disorders.......2005-08-09

My son with apraxia loves this CD.......2004-08-08

Please turn it off!.......2004-04-23

Average customer rating: Most Excellent!! Eclectic Aggregation of Musicians Exceeds Expectations One of the great things about this disc . . .

Mysterious Voyages: A Tribute to Weather Report Various Artists Manufacturer: Tone Center ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fusion for Miles: A Guitar Tribute Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse: A Fusion Guitar Tribute A Guitar Supreme: Giant Steps in Fusion Guitar The Royal Dan: A Tribute Ha! ASIN: B0009HLCMO Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

1. Big Rock
2. Teen Town
3. Memory Of Enchantment
4. Weather Is Changing
5. Pinocchio
6. You May Remember Me
7. Three Views Of A Secret
8. Queen Of Cups
9. Corner Pocket
10. Travels
11. On The Milky Way Express
12. Emancipation

Tracks:

1. Bombay
2. A Remark You Made
3. Havona
4. Fever
5. Birdland
6. Scarlet Woman
7. Palladium
8. White Woods
9. American Tango
10. Overlook Hotel
11. Mysterious Traveller
12. Beat 17

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Customer Reviews:

Most Excellent!!.......2007-05-03

Eclectic Aggregation of Musicians Exceeds Expectations.......2005-09-16

One of the great things about this disc . . . .......2005-08-26

Average customer rating: I didnt think it was possible... Ditto what all the guys said! Missing Out On This CD Is A Crime! Tracy Rocks The Jail House Live From Cell Block D

Live from Cell Block D Tracy Nelson Manufacturer: Memphis Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Blues | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ebony & Irony The Best of Tracy Nelson & Mother Earth In the Here and Now Mother Earth Living with the Animals ASIN: B00009QG8I Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

1. I Need All The Help I Can Get
2. Walkin' After Midnight
3. God Will
4. Got A New Truck
5. Tennessee Blues
6. Send Me To The 'lectric Chair
7. After The Fire Is Gone
8. Mother Earth
9. Strongest Weakness
10. Down So Low
11. Feel So Good

Customer Reviews:

I didnt think it was possible..........2006-02-22

Ditto what all the guys said!.......2003-08-05

Missing Out On This CD Is A Crime!.......2003-07-05

I've always said that if I were a waiter in a club where Tracy Nelson was performing, I'd probably be fired before the night was through. Because I'd doubtless just stand there stock still, tray in hand and jaw dropped to my chest (if not the floor) in a state of complete awe.

So at last, we have the live album that many of us have been awaiting for the last two decades or longer. It's probably a cliche to say that it was "worth the wait," but in fact, it was.
This release is the work of a mature artist, one still very much in control of her instrument, but also whose artistry and vision has only deepened over the years. She wrote her signature song, the classic "Down So Low" when she was in her early twenties--a remarkable feat for someone so young--but the version included on this recording seems to come from an even deeper place. She sings every song on this record with conviction and authority, but nowhere is it more evident than on "Down So Low" and on Memphis Slim's blues classic "Mother Earth"--both of which she recorded for the first time in 1968.

Tracy has assembled a crackerjack band for this recording. She does not always work with a horn section, but when she does, the results are nearly always stellar. The horns give her that extra oomph and send her already soaring vocals into the stratosphere. And she has found a great setting and a more than enthusiastic audience in that Tennessee prison. This is an audience starved for music, and even if they had no idea who Tracy was beforehand, they respond eagerly and gratefully to what they soon realize is a truly first rate performance.

The selection of material could not have been better. Aside from the two early classics mentioned above, there are new versions of songs from throughout Tracy's lengthy career. She opens with a "I Need All the Help I Can Get," originally recorded in the 90s for Rounder. It's a rousing opener and sets the tone nicely. She follows with a song that she has never actually released on record, although she has been known to perform it live before, Patsy Cline's classic "Walkin' After Midnight." Tracy is one of the few singer's who can take on a Patsy Cline number and successfully make it her own. (Eat your heart out, LeAnn and k.d.) So in the space of two songs, she demonstrates her astonishing range and versatility. She follows up with another new track, Lyle Lovett's "God Will," a song which fits her voice perfectly and which demonstrates that she did not leave all sense of irony back with the last record's "ebony."

Her powerful r&b shouters never cease to astound, and stand up to repeated plays. But those repeated plays will also demonstrate the subtlety with which she approaches the ballads included here. Her phrasing on "God Will" and on "Tennessee Blues," first recorded in 1972 or '73, is controlled, disciplined and intelligently executed. She could teach a master class--provided she could find students worthy of her time.

Tracks that will be more or less familiar to fans are given new life in their live versions. Songs like the recent "Got A New Truck" and 1974's "After The Fire Is Gone" were originally recorded as duets (and remarkable ones they were too; the former having been a joint effort with another great lady, Marcia Ball, and the latter a collaboration with the legendary Willie Nelson--who is, by the way, NO RELATION), and as good as the originals were, it's great to hear Tracy tackle them as solo numbers. Nearly all previously recorded tracks have been revamped in ways that fans will find interesting, if not illuminating.

Nearly every review of Tracy Nelson's recorded work or of her live performances includes the observation that it's a downright shame that she is not better known. That's another cliche that's become hard to avoid when talking about this great singer. From everything I know about her, I don't think she particularly cares about reaching superstar status. She is first and foremost, an artist. But like many of her devoted fans, I still am eager to spread the word to as many receptive souls as possible. I figure it's doing them a favor.

Tracy Rocks The Jail House.......2003-06-23

For her first live album, recorded before inmates in the West Tennessee Detention Center, Tracy revisits two of her old standards from her first Mother Earth album - Down So Low (her self-penned theme song) and Mother Earth, an wonderful blues reflection on mortality written by Memphis Slim, from which her old band took their name. Esquire magazine once called Down So Low, "the saddest song ever written". Down So Low has been recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Etta James and Maria Muldaur (among others). It has never received a stronger treatment than it does here. Her legendary vocal prowess has only improved over the years, and her reputation as singing powerhouse is well supported by this release. This version of Down So Low compares quite favorably with the original, which she recorded in 1968, proving that she still has it. How many singers can re-record the same song after 35 years and sound better than ever doing it? I can't easily think of a single one.

The venue has an impressive effect on the selections. For anyone who has ever been to jail, or if you are a family member, or the loved one of a prisoner / ex-prisoner, some of these songs will take on a heartbreaking intimacy that is almost too personal to bear. When Tracy sings her theme song, Down So Low, suddenly, for me, it is no longer a song of unrequited love; instead I hear my own mother wailing in anguish at the first arrest of my older brother ("When you went away, I cried for so long...").

I have been privileged to hear Tracy live many times, the experience of which no record can ever fully convey - her voice is just too powerful. Before I even read the notes, I looked at the track listing and saw Tennessee Blues, and my first thought was, "I've never heard her do that live. That's an old one". Almost reflexively, I started to run the lyrics through my head, and a chill ran down my spine. "If I had my way, I'd leave here today, I'd leave in a hurry..." the song starts. Instantly, images of those inmates flooded my mind, smiles and maybe a few tears on their contented faces. All of a sudden, the identification they must have experienced with that lyric and the stark reality of their situation came pouring out of the words right at me, and the song took on a new, heartbreaking, yet comforting profundity. I can see those inmates in their drab uniforms (no matter what color, prison garb is drab), nodding their heads and agreeing 1000% with the sentiment behind the song. "A place I could use... a place I could lose those Tennessee Blues". Wow. Tennessee Prison. Tennessee Blues.

Tracy doesn't stop there. She has finally committed to record her version of Walkin' After Midnight, made famous by the late Patsy Cline. Tracy's rendition owes nothing to Patsy; as few singers can, she manages to make it her own without dredging up comparison to Patsy, or detracting at all from the memory of the original.

She also revisits some of her best stuff with new verve, including her self-penned (with assistance from Marcia Ball) Got A New Truck (a song I confess I loathed until this reading - but I'm not into autos) and a solo version of the duet for which she and Willie Nelson received a Grammy for Best Country Duo in 1974, After The Fire Is Gone. She has lost none of her incredible voice, and seems to improve with age, like fine marijuana.

Added to this wonderful mix of Blues, R & B and Country (and ALL her albums are a wonderful mix of Blues, R & B and Country, with just a smidge of Country-Blues influenced Rock to round it all out) is a thoroughly original arrangement / cover of Lyle Lovett's lyrically ironic God Will, which may just be the most understated and effective track on the whole album, since it suits her style perfectly and offers her fans choice to add to their list of favorite Tracy Nelson tunes.

Since acquiring my copy last week, I have played this album no less than two dozen times. It gets fresher and more creative with each listen. If you are familiar with Tracy at all, you will not hesitate to acquire this release. If you're not, I can think of few better introductions to her craft - notably her 1969 classic Country album (Mother Earth Presents Tracy Nelson Country - Mercury Records - available on a Reprise CD) or her 1978 masterpiece Homemade Songs (Flying Fish Records - available on a CD also containing her complete second Flying Fish issue, Come See About Me). Try her out soon - you will not be sorry. Submitted June 22, 2003.

Live From Cell Block D.......2003-06-18

I'm sure jokes will be told about singing to a 'captive' audience, but it takes a true talent to be able to get away with singing a song in a jail entitled "Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair".

Other highlights are her own "Down So Low" "Tennessee Blues" and "After the Fire is Gone". Actually, as is true of every Tracy Nelson album, there is not a bad song in the bunch. Listen to "God Will" or "Mother Earth" and try not to be moved.

Bottom line, buy this CD - you won't be sorry. And while you're at it, spread the word. Forget about all the flavors of the month - Tracy Nelson is a force to be reckoned with.

Average customer rating: Superb album from start to end Nebula - 'To The Center' (Sub Pop) very cool stoner rock with an indie feel POWER CHORDS Their Best, Despite Being Very Commercial

To the Center Nebula Manufacturer: Sub Pop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Atomic Ritual In Search Of... Apollo King of the Road Time Travelling Blues ASIN: B00002JV3V Release Date: 1999-11-02

Tracks:

1. To The Center
2. Come Down
3. Whatcha Lookin' For
4. Clearlight
5. Freedom
6. Antigone
7. I Need Somebody
8. So Low
9. Synthetic Dream
10. Fields Of Psilocybin
11. Between Time
12. You Mean Nothing

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Customer Reviews:

Superb album from start to end.......2005-08-24

Nebula - 'To The Center' (Sub Pop).......2005-01-17

very cool stoner rock with an indie feel.......2004-12-03

POWER CHORDS.......2000-07-19

Their Best, Despite Being Very Commercial.......2000-06-20

Average customer rating: Classy, classic sci-fi adventure Journey to the Center of the Earth In the spirit of Jules Verne My Favorite Adventure Movie of All-Time!!! Classic film

Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Bernard Herrmann Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Time Machine 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (Special Edition) Mysterious Island (Widescreen) The Day the Earth Stood Still H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon ASIN: B000001526 Release Date: 1997-08-26

Tracks:

1. Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare
2. Prelude
3. Explosions/The Message
4. The Faithful Heart/My Love Is Like A Reed/Red, Red Rose
5. The Mountain/The Crater
6. Abduction/The Count And Groom
7. Mountain Top/Sunrise/Rope/Torch/March
8. Sign/Sleep/False Arrows/Fall/Grotto
9. Twice As Tall
10. Lost/Bridge/Gas Caves/Vines
11. Salt Slides/The Pool/Dead Groom/The Gun
12. The Canyon/Cave Glow/Mushroom Forest
13. Underworld Ocean/The Dimetroden's Attack
14. The Faithful Heart
15. Magnetic Storm/Whirlpool/The Beach
16. The Duck/The Count's Death
17. The Lost City/Atlantis
18. Giant Chameleon/The Fight
19. Earthquake/The Shaft
20. Finale

Customer Reviews:

Classy, classic sci-fi adventure.......2007-07-20

Journey to the Center of the Earth.......2007-07-04

In the spirit of Jules Verne.......2007-06-29

My Favorite Adventure Movie of All-Time!!!.......2007-06-17

Classic film.......2007-05-18

Average customer rating:

Journey to the Center of the Mind The Amboy Dukes Manufacturer: Sunrise ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Who's Next (Deluxe Edition) ASIN: B000KED9X6 Release Date: 2006-12-05

Tracks:

1. Mississippi Murderer
2. Surrender To Your Kids
3. Flight Of The Byrd
4. Scottish Tea
5. Dr. Slingshot
6. Journey To The Center Of The Mind
7. Ivory Castles
8. Why Is A Carrot More Orange Than An Orange
9. Missionary Mary
10. Death Is Life
11. Saint Phillips Friend
12. I'll Prove I'm Right
13. Conclusion
14. You Talk Sunshine I Breath Fire

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Average customer rating: The Standard

You Are Entitled to Miracles Beverly Hutchinson Manufacturer: Miracle Distribution Center ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sound Medicine: Music for Healing ASIN: B000063437 Release Date: 2002-02-01

Tracks:

1. You Are Entitled to Miracles

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Customer Reviews:

The Standard.......2006-12-05

Average customer rating: . . . and they did Some great LCJO playing here! Professionally, The Big Band Equivalent Of MJQ great ellington stuff! Good

Jazz at Lincoln Center: They Came to Swing Various Artists Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing Jazz & Big Band | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Live in Swing City - Swingin' With Duke Jazz At Lincoln Center Presents: The Fire Of The Fundamentals A Love Supreme Legacy Don't Be Afraid: The Music of Charles Mingus ASIN: B000002ARB Release Date: 1994-07-26

Tracks:

1. Take The 'A' Train
2. Black And Tan Fantasy
3. Express Crossing
4. Light Blue
5. Jelly, Jelly
6. Things To Come
7. Boy Meets Horn
8. Lost In Loveliness
9. Back To Basics
10. Tattooed Bride

Customer Reviews:

. . . and they did.......2005-10-24

Some great LCJO playing here!.......2005-07-07

Professionally, The Big Band Equivalent Of MJQ.......2004-03-01

This is a compilation of performances from 1992-1994 on tour at Poughkeepsie,NY, Cleveland, and the Universities of Princeton, Michigan, and Iowa as well as Lincoln Center,NYC.

I would have bought this cd purely on it containing the rarely recorded Ellington masterpiece "The Tattooed Bride". The performance of the additional material was an unexpected pleasure!

The cd leads off with a version of "Take The 'A' Train" which adheres to the original Ellington band arrangement but allows the soloists a greater lattitude, such as the piano intro by Sir Roland Hanna and a masterful exhibition of trumpet playing by Lew Soloff.

The 1927 Ellington composition "Black and Tan Fantasy" provides some virtuoso mute and plunger work by Wynton Marsalis on trumpet and Wycliffe Gordon on trombone which was enthusiastically received by the audience.

"Express Crossing" written by Wynton Marsalis leaves no doubt in anyone's mind of the imagery of trains! This is part of a critically acclaimed score written for the New York Ballet. This one, for me, was a little far out!

"Light Blue" is a Thelonious Monk composition that comes off well....with some fine examples of trumpet growels from Marsalis.

"Jelly Jelly" is a real down blues with vocalist Milt Grayson sounding quite a bit like the great Billy Eckstine who was responsible for the lyrics. He also does the vocal on the Sigmund Romberg - Leo Robin collaboration on the infrequently recorded "Lost In Loveliness" ......which was previouly recorded by both Ellington and Eckstine.

The Ellington arrangement of "Boy Meets Horn", written as a showcase for trumpeter Rex Stewart, is followed pretty closely except for the trumpet solo by Wynton Marsalis which is more extended and reveals his mastery of the instrument (never a doubt in my mind!).

I found it hard to believe that Dizzy Gillespie's composition, "Things To Come", was first presented back in 1946. Small wonder that it blew away everyone for its sheer velocity alone! The fiery solos on this one go to alto saxist Jesse Davis and the high note trumpet specialist, Jon Faddis.

I really dig Wynton's "Back To Basics", an excerpt from his extended work "Blood On The Fields". The tension and the beat on this just keeps building on solo after excellent solo. This one really cooks and if your fingers don't end up snapping.....you better check your pulse!

Finally as a closer, the extended Ellington work (almost 12 minutes), "The Tattooed Bride". It sounds great in stereo...but....some of the beauty of the orchestration gets lost (possibly because of being recorded live in an auditorium?). For this reason alone, I still prefer the 1950 studio recording which has been re-released on cd ("Masterpieces by Ellington" on Columbia Masterworks).

Bottom line: If you dig really good big band, soloists who are masters, a fine repertoire of jazz, and in particular Duke Ellington, in a responsive live setting, then you will want and enjoy this one!

great ellington stuff!.......2001-05-12

Good.......1999-05-19

Average customer rating: Takes me back to the day What pop could have been. Two stars: Only because of cEvin and Dwayne A reminder of what music can be when Skinny Puppy goes cynic Truly outstanding

Journey to the Center of the Bowl Hilt Manufacturer: Nettwerk Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt Industrial | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Call the Ambulance Before I Hurt Myself Orange Pony Tenebrae Vision Bedside Toxicology ASIN: B000005DBD Release Date: 1991-10-29

Tracks:

1. Birdwatcher
2. 950
3. Superhoney
4. Way Out There
5. 222
6. Diablo
7. Loudmouth Canyon
8. Home
9. 314
10. Sandy Feet
11. Never Gonna Fall Again
12. Walkin' on Thunder
13. Crazy for You
14. Real Cool Rain
15. World's Goin' Down
16. Ride

Customer Reviews:

Takes me back to the day.......2005-09-02

What pop could have been........2004-09-08

Two stars: Only because of cEvin and Dwayne.......2004-04-29

A reminder of what music can be when Skinny Puppy goes cynic.......2002-01-30

Truly outstanding.......1999-08-09

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9. X-Posed [Import]
10. Alive and Kicking [Live]

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