Big Black [Import]

Big Black [Import]

Big Black [Import]

Track Listings
 
1. Scopionica
2. Quinsy The Big Boy
3. Hot Magic Red Planet
4. Cosmo Bozo
5. 298 Kg
6. Turbo Elephant
7. King Of The Hornets
8. You'll Never Get To The Moon In That
9. Alchofuel
10. Big Black
11. Into The Void

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: Into the Void.

Big Black,Orange Goblin,Jvc Victor,Heavy Metal
Big Come Up
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Meet me at the bottom.
  • Bruised Blues
  • Welcome Addition To Your Blues Collection
  • stripped down rock
  • Their best
 Big Come Up
Black Keys
Manufacturer: Alive Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000063WDH
Release Date: 2002-05-14

Tracks:

  1. Busted
  2. Do The Rump
  3. I'll Be Your Man
  4. Countdown
  5. The Breaks
  6. Run Me Down
  7. Leavin' Trunk
  8. Heavy Soul
  9. She Said, She Said
  10. Them Eyes
  11. Yearnin'
  12. Brooklyn Bound
  13. 240 Years Before Your Time

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Meet me at the bottom........2006-10-12

This CD has one of the best versions of Sleepy John Estes classic "Leavin' Trunk". My goodness, the song is almost tailor made for Dan Auerbachs tormented, distorted vocals.
This is one of the most talented young bands around. They've succeeded with a sound that's all their own and with minimal equipment. I wish them every success.

3 out of 5 stars Bruised Blues.......2006-05-07

Pragmatically getting the job done of equal parts rockin and bluesin, yet somehow managing to reinturpret some of the oldest sounds in the book and make it sound hip to indie ears is a hard feat indeed. Few bands play with such lack of pretense and irony that it is utterly refreshing in it's sincerety to here these guys do what they do. There is a definite repetition of sound that can bog the disc down, but that self-less raw-ness always seems to kill the monotony, especially on those few hard hitting songs with insanely delicious riffs in all their tonal simplicity.

5 out of 5 stars Welcome Addition To Your Blues Collection.......2006-03-12

I found these guys listening to Pandora online one day. Had no clue who they were or what they were about. Who knew some awesome blues could come from two skinny fellas from Akron, Ohio recording in a basement!!!??? First song I heard was Brooklyn Bound - great super dirty gritty blues sound that I love. Came to Amazon to listen to more clips and bought on the spot! All three albums carry through this great sound...I honestly can't pick a favorite album. Here are my top three fav songs on their three albums released to date...

Off The Big Come Up
Busted
Do The Rump
Brooklyn Bound

Off Thickfreakness
Title track - Thickfreakness
Have Love Will Travel
Hurt Like Mine

Off Rubber Factory
Just Couldn't Tie Me Down
Grown So Ugly
Keep Me

Really good stuff if you are into thick, gritty, full sounding blues style music.

4 out of 5 stars stripped down rock.......2006-02-23

Butt shaking music. If you like bluesy rock you'll love this. Not as refined as there 3rd Cd, much more primitive. Drums and guitar. Play it loud.

5 out of 5 stars Their best.......2006-01-26

This is a great album by a great band. The best thing to come out of Akron Ohio. This two piece band takes blues-rock to another level, with vocals that will surprise anyone listening that its a white guy. The soul of Dan A.'s voice is one that i havent heard yet. Surprisingly, like the Stripes in less ways than one would think, and in many ways better. A truely powerful debut by an amazing band.
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • WoW
  • exuberant and powerful jazz.
  • Mingus At the Top of His Game
  • Everything
  • Churning, intense
 The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Manufacturer: Grp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003N81
Release Date: 1995-11-07

Tracks:

  1. Solo Dancer
  2. Duet Solo Dancers
  3. Group Dancers
  4. Trio And Group Dancers

Amazon.com essential recording

This 1963 recording occupies a special place in Mingus's work, his most brilliantly realized extended composition. The six-part suite is a broad canvas for the bassist's tumultuous passions, ranging from islands of serenity for solo guitar and piano to waves of contrapuntal conflict and accelerating rhythms that pull the listener into the musical psychodrama. It seems to mingle and transform both the heights and clichés of jazz orchestration, from Mingus's master, Duke Ellington, to film noir soundtracks. The result is a masterpiece of sounds and textures, from the astonishing vocal effects of the plunger-muted trumpets and trombone (seeming to speak messages just beyond the range of understanding) to the soaring romantic alto of Charlie Mariano. Boiling beneath it all are the teeming, congested rhythms of Mingus and drummer Dannie Richmond and the deep morass of tuba and baritone saxophone. This is one of the greatest works in jazz composition, and it's remarkable that Mingus dredged this much emotional power from a group of just 11 musicians. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars WoW.......2007-05-29

One of the greatest recordings I've ever heard. The horns just wail and the music is wonderful. Enjoy.

5 out of 5 stars exuberant and powerful jazz........2007-02-21

you get a lot of sounds for your money on this short album (the whole thing clocks in at just over 38 minutes). an inventive set of mingus composition that may be his best (though i'm not completely committing myself, because he released several classic albums and my mood changes week to week). certainly this is a classic all jazz fans need. there is lots of wonderful wild aggressive playing on this recording, at times the players seem hyper with the joy of it all, and their exuberance is catchy, like a roomful of creative madmen unleashing an ecstatic fury that you want to be a part of. fun and challenging, this is the deep waters of jazz. don't miss the party.

5 out of 5 stars Mingus At the Top of His Game.......2007-01-13

Out of my Mingus Big Four (Mingus at Antibes; Oh Yeah; Mingus Ah Um; and this one), this is probably the weakest, though I love it all the same. Mingus' love of bizarre melodies and key signatures are best expressed on this album-long ballet; if you've got a thing for ensemble soloing (which is often fascinatingly chaotic) and great playing, this one's for you. Bonus points for the hilariously weird song titles, and the liner notes, written by Mingus' psychotherapist: all in all, one of Mingus' better albums.

5 out of 5 stars Everything.......2006-12-27

This music is so emotional. I refuse to listen to this CD any other way than from start to finish. I get the same feeling from this piece as i do when listening to Rite Of Spring or Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony. This is the kind of music that even at 40 minutes long never seems boring looses my attention. I'm so glad that i bought this CD.

4 out of 5 stars Churning, intense.......2006-12-10

"Black Saint" opens with a bluesy sax solo over a distressed two chord pattern. The music slows, and then it's back to the churning. The rest of the CD continues this pattern in different ways. This isn't easy-time stuff, but it's excellent. Some have called this Mingus' best album. I still like Ah Um the best, but this might be next-best. Since this is a larger band, with 10 or 11 players (there's a few moments of flamenco guitar), the individual voices of the soloists get covered up to a certain degree. Everyone plays very well, and in true Mingus fashion many of the notes are slid into, not just played straight. The album is Mingus' long-form composition masterpiece. I recommend this to anyone who likes Mingus, the blues, or jazz big bands. As a bonus, the liner notes were written by Mingus' psychologist.
Under the Big Black Sun
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • X~Under The Big Black Sun
  • Fantastic - and re-release is even better
  • Fierce and Flawless
  • The Finest LA Band ever
  • Exene comes forward as the star
 Under the Big Black Sun
X
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005NTQ7
Release Date: 2001-09-18

Tracks:

  1. The Hungry Wolf
  2. Motel Room In My Bed
  3. Riding With Mary
  4. Come Back To Me
  5. Under The Big Black Sun
  6. Because I Do
  7. Blue Spark
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  9. Real Child Of Hell
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  11. The Have Nots
  12. Riding WIth Mary (Single Version)
  13. X Rewrites 'El Paso' (Rehearsal)/Because I Do (TV Mix/Instrumental)
  14. Universal Corner (Live)
  15. Breathless (Single Mix)
  16. How I (Learned My Lesson) (Live)

Amazon.com

By the time the title track's triumphant riff chime-growls out midway through Under the Big Black Sun, the listener has already been through the most wrenching sequence of X songs yet assembled. After the thumping bike-club anthem "The Hungry Wolf" opens this 1982 major-label debut, its tough-ass romanticism is quickly plowed under by memories of a motel bed "with rubber sheets" and two heartrending songs about Exene Cervenka's sister Mirielle, who'd been killed in a car crash. In fact, even without "Blue Spark," this would easily qualify as the group's most indigo record yet; the second half offers a lovingly surf-music-tinged remake of an old Tin Pan Alley tune, "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" and "The Have Nots," whose alcohol-soaked social comment clings so fiercely to mournfulness that hardly a wisp of punk anger can take hold. Rootsier than X's previous albums, Sun updates noirish dread with guitar wisdom. This remaster includes five bonus tracks, including the original mix of their Jerry Lee Lewis cover "Breathless." --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars X~Under The Big Black Sun.......2007-05-08

I was ever so pleased to not only find this cd, but found that it was offered at a lower price, purchased with X~More Fun In The New World. A fabulous price buying them together!
Its just another reason I love and only buy from [...]!

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic - and re-release is even better.......2007-01-13

An amazing band's finest hour. X delves into a deep range of emotions on this album, and I personally can't get enough. Buying it on CD a few years ago was wonderful enough, but these re-releases are absolutely essential. Only one day after hearing it for the first time, I am unable to imagine "Riding With Mary" without the bonus version's fantastic added piano line. Stunning work. "Blue Spark" and "Hungry Like The Wolf" turn up the heat, and their talent shines more than before on songs like "Motel Room In My Bed," "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" and the addictively melancholy "Come Back To Me." Crystal-clear production and songs that will dig into your brain and refuse to let go.

5 out of 5 stars Fierce and Flawless.......2005-08-25

If Fleetwood Mac swallowed the Sex Pistols, it might sound like X. A unique combination of clever pop-rock song craft and genuine punk bite distinguishes all of X's recordings, and nowhere is this asset more apparent than on their masterpiece, "Under the Big Black Sun." Song for song, this Ray Manzarek-produced set boasts an abundance of infectious, guitar-driven hooks (courtesy of Billy Zoom), Bonebrake's kicking drums, and--perhaps most distinctive of all--beguiling vocal harmonies between rock-and-roll's most tumultuous husband and wife team, Jon Doe and Excene Cervenka. And while the band plied the same market as Black Flag and The Clash, X's "Under the Big Black Sun" pays generous tribute to Jerry Lee Louis, Bo Diddley, and Buddy Holley--with a little Patsy Cline thrown in for good measure. The resulting mix isn't as much eclectic as it is electric.

Rock music would be impoverished without the driving dissonance of "The Hungry Wolf," the tense thrill of "Blue Spark," or the thrashing menace of "Real Child of Hell." In fact, praise could be heaped upon every song here. If the album lacks anything, it is a weakness.

A must-buy-record for any rock-n-roller and a highly-recommended purchase for twentysomething fans of new music. It's astonishing how little this music has aged in the last twenty five years.

4 out of 5 stars The Finest LA Band ever.......2005-07-25

I love X and love most all of their albums. For some reason, this one fell under my radar, having listen to the rest of the catatlog. I put it on and could not stop listening to every track. It's simply a great rock album and showcases the considerable talent of each and every member of the band. The first two albums, which are great, are more raw and greener. This is refined X and all the better for it.

5 out of 5 stars Exene comes forward as the star.......2004-06-07

The first album by this band was awesome raw and defined the LA punk scene -it has it's place. Their second album Wild Gift got all the critics praise and showed that a truly great band can still be edgy and punk one year later. This is their third effort and the times have changed for the band and their fans. Exene's words are powerful and haunting and real. She sends chills down your spine with the thought of God choosing the next one to take this friday"which one will he save for this friday/ you can put him in a fish pond/ and watch him swim around/ then have a catholic dinner."Sheer poetry and grief-she learned to sing on this record too, which changed their sound and probably maked thier downfall as producers couldn't quite seem to capture their talent the way live recordings would after.You should own all of their stuff and I wouldn't recommend this as the first one to get but for this fan it is my most treasured. I grew and cried listening to Exene and Johnie and this took me places at a time other music didn't
Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A good value
  • The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann
  • Good mix of film music
  • A mixed collection of movie music
  • Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens
 Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008WI90
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

  1. The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
  2. The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
  3. Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
  4. Witness (Maurice Jarre)
  5. Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
  6. Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
  7. Halloween (John Carpenter)
  8. A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
  9. The Fly (Howard Shore)
  10. RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
  11. The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
  12. The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
  13. The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
  14. The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
  15. Brainstorm (James Horner)
  16. Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
  17. My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
  18. The Dead (Alex North)
  19. Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
  20. The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
  21. Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

Tracks:

  1. Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
  2. Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
  3. Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
  4. The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
  5. Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
  6. City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
  7. Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
  8. While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
  9. Babe (Nigel Westlake)
  10. The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
  11. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
  12. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
  13. The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
  14. A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
  15. Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
  16. Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
  17. Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
  18. Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
  19. Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
  20. Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

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  2. The Player (Thomas Newman)
  3. Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
  4. Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
  5. 2001 (Alex North)
  6. Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
  7. The Crow (Graeme Revell)
  8. Blade (Mark Isham)
  9. The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
  10. Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
  11. Scream (Marco Beltrami)
  12. The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
  13. Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
  14. Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
  15. Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
  16. The Matrix (Don Davis)
  17. The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
  18. Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
  19. A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
  20. Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

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  1. Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
  2. L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
  3. Rounders (Christopher Young)
  4. The Score (Howard Shore)
  5. The Replacements (John Debney)
  6. Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
  7. The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
  8. Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
  9. XXX (Randy Edelman)
  10. Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
  11. The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
  12. Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
  13. The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
  14. Cleopatra (Alex North)
  15. Life As A House (Mark Isham)
  16. Emma (Rachel Portman)
  17. In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
  18. Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
  19. One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
  20. Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
  21. Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
  22. Ice Age (David Newman)
  23. Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

4 out of 5 stars The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

4 out of 5 stars Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

4 out of 5 stars A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

5 out of 5 stars Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up
Songs About Fucking
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A great ReDiscovery For Me!
  • Macerating metal noise fired by sheer punk genius
  • Gods of Skronk
  • Forget everything anyone ever told you about rock
  • Unique
 Songs About Fucking
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Manufacturer: Touch & Go Records
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ASIN: B0000019GE
Release Date: 1992-10-28

Tracks:

  1. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: The Power Of Independent Trucking
  2. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: The Model
  3. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: Bad Penny
  4. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: L Dopa
  5. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: Precious Thing
  6. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: Colombian Necktie
  7. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: Kitty Empire
  8. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: Ergot
  9. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: Kasimir S. Pulaski Day
  10. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: Fish Fry
  11. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: Pavement Saw
  12. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: Tiny, King Of The Jaws
  13. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: Bombastic Intro
  14. Happy Otter/Sad Otter: He's A Whore

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A great ReDiscovery For Me!.......2007-01-23

I hadn't heard this for years, and I happened upon it through a family member recently. I immediately went out and bought this again. If the cover of Kraftwerks' "The Model" doesn't get you, "Bad Penny" or "Pavement Saw" will. It's all masterfully put together on this disk, that seems timeless after all these years. If you are lookin for some alternative roots, look no further. Be prepared for an aural assault.

5 out of 5 stars Macerating metal noise fired by sheer punk genius.......2007-01-07

I bought this album when I was 17. I'm now 31 and I still haven't recovered! This album, as said before, represents the indie punk ideal only feinted at by Nirvana, Sonic Youth etc. Steve Albini and co assault you here with a white-hot mind-melting onslaught of musical savagery, from the beserk guitar-driven Colombian Necktie through the nosebleed-inducing Pavement Saw to the juddering, sinister colossus of Tiny, King of the Jews. Sheer uncompromising overbuilt punk, this represents Big Black at their zenith. With bands like this in the world there's no excuse for mediocrity.

5 out of 5 stars Gods of Skronk.......2006-10-23

The late 80s/early 90s was a time in music that was at least as fertile as the late 60s/early 70s. Great bands seemed to pop up every other week. Among these was a 3 piece from Chicago with the moniker of Big Black (how perfectly apt). They garnered attention largely due to the first track on the first LP, Atomizer. The song, Jordan Minnesota, was about paedophilia, and how it had spread throughout a sleepy mid-western town until just about everyone in the town was involved in a massive conspiracy to abuse each other's children. The song itself was a huge pounding monstrosity that sounded as if it had been recorded in one of the lesser known basements of hell. The band comprised three skinny geeks in wire-rimmed glasses and a drum machine named Roland. They looked like accountants, but in reality they were hitmen, with guitars instead of sawn-off shotguns, and their intention was to deliver the coup de grace to the dull, overblown, drug-addled corpse of rock and roll. Of all their contemporaries, Big Black were probably closest to Swans in their fascination for the excesses of human behaviour. Sonically, though, they occupied a territory all of their own. With hideous guitar skronk produced by custom-made aluminium guitars, martial beats courtesy of 'Roland' and Albini's muffled lunatic ranting, they crushed all in their path, like blitzkreig circa '39. 'Songs' was arguably their peak. The cover said it all, and the music it contained just went straight for the jugular. Shorter and sharper than Atomizer, it nontheless contained all the key ingredients from that awesome debut. It was a claustrophic nightmare of a record that grabbed you by the nape of the neck and forced you to look at the nasty dead thing under the sink. The crowning glory was Albini's superb liner notes. Coruscating little vignettes that gave some insight into the twisted genius behind it all. I'd read them over and over and laugh like a drain. It was all a sick joke, and if you got it, great. If not, well, there's always MTV... American punk rock would never be this good again.

4 out of 5 stars Forget everything anyone ever told you about rock.......2006-08-05

Then go and buy this cd. 4.5 stars.

5 out of 5 stars Unique.......2006-06-28

This was and is a classic in itself. Steve Albini surpassed himself when this came out. This will allways be a standard for this kind of extreme rock.
Black, Brown and Beige
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Duke Ellington and Mahalia Jackson
  • No Hodges
  • A Superb Production
  • The Queen and the Duke: Three and One Half Stars
  • The Official Portrait.
 Black, Brown and Beige
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Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B00000IMYC
Release Date: 1999-04-27

Tracks:

  1. Black, Brown, & Beige: Part I
  2. Black, Brown, & Beige: Part II
  3. Black, Brown, & Beige: Part III (AKA Light)
  4. Black, Brown, & Beige: Part IV (AKA Come Sunday)
  5. Black, Brown, & Beige: Part V (AKA Come Sunday)
  6. Black, Brown, & Beige: Part VI (23rd Psalm)
  7. Track 360 (AKA Trains) (Alternate Take)
  8. Blues In Orbit (AKA Tender) (Alternate Take)
  9. Black, Brown, & Beige (Alternate Take): Part I
  10. Black, Brown, & Beige (Alternate Take): Part II
  11. Black, Brown, & Beige (Alternate Take): Part III (AKA Light)
  12. Black, Brown, & Beige (Alternate Take): Part IV (AKA Come Sunday)
  13. Black, Brown, & Beige (Alternate Take): Part V (AKA Come Sunday)
  14. Black, Brown, & Beige (Alternate Take): Part VI (23rd Psalm)
  15. Studio Conversation (Mahalia Swears)
  16. Come Sunday (A Cappella)
  17. (Pause Track)

Amazon.com essential recording

As a composer and bandleader associated indelibly with the nightclub scenes of pre-Swing Era jazz, Duke Ellington would have a difficult time getting respect in the button-down world of concert music. And when Ellington premiered his first long-form piece, Black, Brown and Beige, in 1943 (available on the stunning Carnegie Hall Concerts, January 1943), he was considered a dilettante. He laid the work aside until this recording, which came in early 1958--with the added oomph of gospel vocalist Mahalia Jackson on board for all the suite's vocal parts. On this expanded reissue, Columbia has added an alternate take of the entire piece as well as two unrelated tracks recorded during the Black, Brown sessions but never before released. The suite is an expansive look, from Ellington's vantage, of course, at the evolution of African American history and culture. So there are ripples of spirited tone poetry, soaring gospel vocals from Jackson (with spare, aching piano from Ellington in spots), thundering horn-fronted swing from the band, and a consistency and unity on par with any symphonic work of the modern era. Ellington was always sensitive about this piece. After all, it showed a lot of what he held in high esteem: history, musical meditations on culture, and a full, colorful use of a band that Ellington held together for an amazingly long time. If only for Mahalia Jackson's takes on "Come Sunday," by now an acknowledged standard, this set is awesome. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Duke Ellington and Mahalia Jackson.......2007-01-18

Here I found something, I never expected: Mahalia Jackson in combination with Duke Ellington. What a pleasant surprise for an old Jazz addikt. Especially the up to now unreleased selections are a valuable addition to my collection.

4 out of 5 stars No Hodges.......2006-05-27

People, look out. No Johnny Hodges here. No Hodges. In his stead, there's a lady singing. NO Hodges.
You know what kind of singers Duke had. Excepting Ray Nance, of course. I mean girl singers. After, I mean, Adelaide Hall and that razzy girl on the first Mooche and Ivie Anderson and Betty R0-shay and Joya Sherrill (of course he never gave her any good parts, but ..) and Kay Davis (when she wasn't singing English ...)
A femme chirper. Of the spiritualisticizing sort.
But no Johnny Hodges.
Where was he?
Johnny Hodges lives. He never went to the dentist's office.

5 out of 5 stars A Superb Production.......2006-01-04

SACRED SOUNDS BY THE DUKE AND THE GREAT MAHALIA WITH UNPUBLISHED ACAPELLA SONGS AND BOUS TRACKS!THIS MAKES REAL SENS!

3 out of 5 stars The Queen and the Duke: Three and One Half Stars.......2005-11-15

Firstly, I want to address an errror in the songlisting: Mahalia Jackson does not "swear" on this CD. Where did that come from? On the title track # 15 (the track in question) Mahalia says; "Aww Duke, you finna (Fixing to) cut this too!?... Jesus." Who heard a cuss word in that?

Anyway, I have only heard of this project in Mahalia's and Ellington's bios. I had never had an opportunity to hear it until recently. The majesty of the Duke's arrangements are classical in their approach with a feeling of a sacred contata. At times while listening I was reminded of musical arrangements such as "Porgy and Bess". Duke Ellington's jazz flourishes are well represented and present throughout the sections they are more subdued and less prominent on the "Twenty-Third Psalm" and "Come Sunday".

At times the CD is difficult to listen to as a entire project. It lacks fluidity because it's divided in the way the CD is formatted. I would've preferred the project be presented with the sections that comprised the original release with the previously unreleased sections as an addendum. The additions are what sounds like rehearsal outakes or re-takes because of errors; as in once instance Mahalia's need to cough. My disatisfaction with the formatt does not diminish the commanding performances of the Ellington Orchestra or Mahalia Jackson's rich and soaring contralto. On the acappela version of "Come Sunday" she is absolutely magnificent. This was recorded during a period in her career where her voice was matured and at its most lucious. The bottom of her voice is deep and resonant. Her upper register is in the mezzo-sporano range; simply beautiful. Her characteristic mispronunciations and her pronounced New Orleans accent are the only things that keep this song from passing as an operatic solo.

This is jazz and the sacred at its pinnacle. A superb blend. I'm glad I made the decision to track it down and purchse it. You will too.

5 out of 5 stars The Official Portrait........2005-07-28

Ellington's "Black, Brown, & Beige" ranks as probably his most ambitious work and the one in which he made his heaviest emotional investment. When critics mauled its premiere in the early Forties, Ellington more or less withdrew it. Fifteen years later, he brought it back, substantially reworked, and with at least two of the original movements gone. We get here a kind of Official Portrait of, in my opinion, a more interesting original, but it's still an extraordinarily beautiful work. Also, the Ellington band plays the bejeezus out of it. Ellington wanted Mahalia Jackson for the recording. She had doubts, but Ellington soothed her out of them. Good thing, too. Her "Come Sunday" (written especially for her) ranks as one of her most extraordinary, uplifting performances, and that's saying something. I also love the solos from John Sanders on valve trombone and especially Ray Nance on violin. Grappelli, eat your heart out!
Big Dream Boulevard
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • terrific singer songwriter
  • One multi-talented musician!
  • Wonderful Singer and Songs - Spoiled by the bacground musicians.
  • "Something's lost, but something's gained..."
  • A real accomplishment.
 Big Dream Boulevard
Antje Duvekot
Manufacturer: Black Wolf Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FOT9DA
Release Date: 2006-04-28

Tracks:

  1. Dandelion
  2. Go Now
  3. Diamond On Your Hand
  4. Jerusalem
  5. Sex Bandaid
  6. Helpless Kiss
  7. Judas
  8. Pearls
  9. South
  10. Anna
  11. Hold On

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars terrific singer songwriter.......2007-01-19

great CD. I actually like the accoustic version of a couple of songs but it is still a great CD.

5 out of 5 stars One multi-talented musician!.......2007-01-10

Antje's vocals are purely angelic! Her songwriting skills are outstanding. I laughed;I cried;I was happy;I was angry.It's an album that surely will spark us all into more beautiful humans. I saw her live with just her guitar and was equally enchanted.Antje Duvekot is truely a gift to the music world.

4 out of 5 stars Wonderful Singer and Songs - Spoiled by the bacground musicians........2006-09-11

ANTJE!. I have your other CD's - they are great. Simple acoustics, very personal and intimate. Your unique singing style is wonderful, although sometimes the recording quality is not quite as good as I would like. Unfortunately on this new CD You have been homogenised and commercialised - I am tired of electric guitars and percussionists that dominate beautiful songs and wonderful voices.
Antje - if you are going this way - turn down the volume on those background people - I don't buy your music to hear them dominate your wondrous lyrics and special voice.
Please do not get done over!

4 out of 5 stars "Something's lost, but something's gained...".......2006-08-05

This CD contains both studio re-recordings of earlier works ("Judas", "Dandelion", "Anna", etc.) as well as new songs.

I have some sympathy for Ben Fassett's earlier comment. Those who have heard Antje Duvekot's earlier works ("Little Peppermints" and "Boys, Flowers, Miles") may be surprised by her sound in this CD.

I was fortunate enough to hear her live in concert the other night, and was completely impressed by her presence and performance. Her earlier CDs convey the power of her solo performance; think Patty Griffin's "Living with Ghosts" as a comparable example. Paradoxically, less is more.

This CD, on the other hand, adds string arrangements and other instruments to her voice and guitar. I think that some of the raw emotion and poignancy can get lost in the production, and her voice can occasionally be muted. In her concert, she performed some of the new songs from this CD, and they were very much in the style of her earlier CDs.

The earlier CDs also reveal her live demeanor which is quite shy, humorous and self-deprecating. You should really try to see her in person if you have a chance.

On the other hand, this CD represents more Antje Duvekot, and that is never a bad thing. It is still well worth the purchase, but consider also "Boys, Flowers, Miles" to hear the power of her solo voice.

5 out of 5 stars A real accomplishment........2006-07-31

Antje's voice is simply beautiful and her lyrics are astonishing. It's very rare that I go completely ga-ga over a singer/songwriter, but Antje has me. There isn't a single track on this CD that I skip. The songs stand equally in their studio produced versions as they do stripped down live. I'd strongly encourage you to have both experiences. :-)
Themes from Lord of the Rings: Trilogy
Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
  • Really, really, REALLY BAD!
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  • This was a major disappointment
  • Not worth your money
  • LOTR meets New Age
 Themes from Lord of the Rings: Trilogy
Annie Lennox , and Fran Walsh
Manufacturer: Music Club International
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ASIN: B0001GDRH6
Release Date: 2004-03-29

Tracks:

  1. Suite from the Fellowship of the Ring: The Prophecy
  2. Suite from the Fellowship of the Ring: Concerning Hobbits
  3. Suite from the Fellowship of the Ring: Theme for Aragorn and Arwen
  4. Suite from the Fellowship of the Ring: Lothln
  5. Suite from the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf's Lament
  6. Suite from the Fellowship of the Ring: Darture of Boromir
  7. Suite from the Fellowship of the Ring: In Dreams
  8. Suite from the Fellowship of the Ring: May It Be
  9. Suite from the Two Towers: Foundations of Stone
  10. Suite from the Two Towers: Smol's Theme
  11. Suite from the Two Towers: The King of the Golden Hall
  12. Suite from the Two Towers: Evenstar
  13. Suite from the Two Towers: Breath of Life
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  15. Suite from the Two Towers: Gollum's Song
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  17. Suite from the Return of the King: The Steward of Gondor
  18. Suite from the Return of the King: Twilight and Shadow
  19. Suite from the Return of the King: The Black Gate Opens
  20. Suite from the Return of the King: Use Well the Days
  21. Suite from the Return of the King: The End of All Things
  22. Suite from the Return of the King: The Return of the King ...
  23. Suite from the Return of the King: The Grey Havens
  24. Suite from the Return of the King: Into the West

Album Description

Full Title - Themes From The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. 2004 compilation featuring three separate suites of music from the movies, 'The Fellowship Of The Ring', 'The Two Towers', & 'Return Of The King'. Music Club.

Album Details

Features Three Separate Suits of Music from the Movies, "The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King".

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Really, really, REALLY BAD!.......2006-11-22

Bought and returned it with the first few minutes after sliding it into the player. The cover art is nice. As for the, um, muzak, I expected something less...fuzzy. Even the player hated it, spitting it out within seconds after tasting the first track.
If any of the original movie scores rate 5 stars, this rates a solid 10 black holes, IMHO.

1 out of 5 stars Deceptive Title & Trade Dress.......2006-07-27

The title line of this product says Enya (Composer), Roma Enya / Ryan (Composer), Annie / Walsh, Fran / Shore, Howard Lennox (Composer), Howard Shore (Composer), Fran Shore Howard / Walsh (Composer). Had I read the descriptions more closely, I would have seen that the composers were listed in a way that made no sense. Rather, the list merely is composed of the names of the writers, musicians, and composers of the music in Peter Jackson's trilogy, so that someone who is familiar with the music of the trilogy would be deceived into buying this subpar and inadequate product. The trade dress is deceptive enough that it might border on trademark/trade dress infringment of the real stuff.
If you are a fan of the LOTR soundtracks and/or Howard Shore, I would avoid this product and opt for: 1) the official soundtracks of the trilogy; and 2) The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring The Complete Recordings. Let's hope they follow up with the Two Towers and the Return of the King Complete Recordings.

1 out of 5 stars This was a major disappointment.......2006-06-21

Too bad I can't give this one no stars. This disk is really bad. The performance is by a bland synthesizer "orchestra" without any of the depth or emotion you can find on the movie soundtracks. I would sell this CD back to the music store where I bought it, but then somebody else might be tempted to buy it. No; this disk is headed for the trash bin.

1 out of 5 stars Not worth your money.......2006-05-14

Simply put, this album corrupts Howard Shore's music in the same way the ring tried to corrupt Frodo. The more you listen to it, the more you realize you should have bought the original soundtrack.

1 out of 5 stars LOTR meets New Age.......2005-10-01

I wish I had read the other reviews before buying. 78 minutes of meandering through (and maiming) Howard Shore's fantastic work. No focus, no edge to the playing, themes apparently put together at random. The horns are poorly synthesized and sound pretty cheezy. Spend your money on the movie soundtrack. I wish I had.
Big: The Musical (1996 Original Broadway Cast)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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  • It's Awesome, It's Amazing, It's BIG!!!!
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  • Ungodly awful
 Big: The Musical (1996 Original Broadway Cast)
Richard Maltby Jr.
Manufacturer: Decca U.S.
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ASIN: B000005AY0
Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

  1. Overture/Can't Wait
  2. Talk To Her/Carnival/Zoltar Speaks
  3. This Isn't Me
  4. I Want To Go Home
  5. The Time Of Your Life/Fun
  6. Josh's Welcome/Here We Go Again
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  16. When You're Big/Skateboard Ballet
  17. I Want To Go Home/Stars, Stars, Stars (Reprise)/Finale

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars didn't work for rehearsals.......2007-03-22

I used this CD to help me rehearse for the BIG production I was in, but it didn't match the libretto at all. I think there was one song on there that I could use.

3 out of 5 stars Big for folks doing the Musical.......2006-03-20

If you're getting this CD to help prepare for your school or community group doing the musical, there are a lot of changes from the CD to the book. Aside from finding the book in a new key and some chunks added/deleted, Here We Go Again and When You're Big aren't included anymore.

Overall, the music's a little trite, but there are some nice moments -- mostly the stuff sung by the female leads.

5 out of 5 stars It's Awesome, It's Amazing, It's BIG!!!!.......2006-01-22

My high school did "Big" my sophomore year, and oh my god, it was such a fun musical to do. I kind of forgot about it until my senior year, when I suddenly craved some of that music again. So I purchased this CD and I've been loving it since. They got rid of a couple of the songs and replaced them with others as the show progressed on Broadway, so I was suprised to hear new material (to me anyways), and for the most part, I actually enjoyed these original songs over their replacements that my production contained. This cast is phenomenal and the guy who plays Josh Baskin sounds so much like Tom Hanks at points, its crazy. It's a simple, yet a bit fantastic musical about growing up, and it's funny and romantic, and a lot of fun. I love all the songs, and it's a shame it didn't do too well on B-way. At least this recording will keep the music alive.

"This Isn't Me" is one of my favorite tracks, as it's a lot of fun and has a great beat, but suprisingly it was replaced with "Good Morning to Mom", which was only so-so. "I Want To Go Home" is a great ballad that Josh sings, and its simple, a bit funny, and the ending is the best, as its cute and sad. Another song they got rid of, "Here We Go Again", is a song Susan sings, and again, I like it alot. It has a quirky melody that I like. "Stars, Stars, Stars" is another great song, and is quite cute. One of the more popular songs. "Cross The Line" is the finale to Act I and is also very excellent and up beat, and makes you want to dance. "Stop, Time" is my favorite song on the album by far. Sung by Josh's mom, it is one of the more poignant moments of the show. Heartfelt, sad, and truly beautiful, it defiantely makes you appreciate your mom. Barbara Walsh sounds superb on this: she has a great voice. I love this one. "Dancing all the Time" is another good Susan song, and it leads into "I Want To Know" by Young Josh, which is another good ballad. "Coffee, Black" is another showstopper, fun ensemble song, and again, very comedic. "One Special Man" is Susan's ballad to Josh, and it is very beatiful. My only regret is that its only 2:21 so its a short one, and I just want her to start belting at the end, but no, its a quiet ending. Still, I love this one too. The finale is great too, and features an amazing duet between Josh and Susan. I love the harmonies they do.

All in all, this is a great album. Sample the songs and give it a try. This is a must have!!

4 out of 5 stars a lost gem.......2004-10-14

i saw this musical at the local high school in 2001 and was plesently suprised i of course saw the movie and the only thing i knew about this musical was it didnt stay long on broadway, so when i saw it was i shocked this is a delight cross the line still resenates in my head 5 years later.

1 out of 5 stars Ungodly awful.......2004-06-19

BEWARE. This musical is perhaps one of the five worst pieces of music I have ever experienced. I began to wonder if the composer was attempting to make the world's worst musical. Listen for yourself and enjoy the disjunct vocal lines, the desperate attempt at "fun music", and - worst of all - how the highlight of the entire show both dramatically and musically is the insipidly awful "Heart and Soul". Stick to the movie because this baby is horrendous.
The Hammer Party
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B0000019IV
Release Date: 1992-11-27

Tracks:

  1. steelworker
  2. live in a hole
  3. dead billy
  4. i can be killed
  5. crack
  6. rip
  7. cables
  8. pigeon kill
  9. i'm a mess
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  18. the big payback

Amazon.com

Before Steve Albini shaped alt rock's sound in the '90s as producer (or recorder, he says) of Nirvana, PJ Harvey, and countless others, he fronted Chicago's Big Black, one of the most brutal and brilliant punk groups to ever play along with a drum machine. Originally released in 1986, The Hammer Party collects the band's first three EPs, made between 1982 and 1984. Lungs featured Albini's machine-gun guitar and vocals, accompanied only by Roland the drum machine. The following year's Bulldozer added a bassist and second guitarist for an even more punishing sound, while Racer-X further refined the Big Black's sonic assault. Together on one disc, The Hammer Party, they serve as a disturbing, ear-shattering prequel to the rest of this group's fine oeuvre. --Roni Sarig

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars At the Starting Gate.......2006-07-28

Honestly, each ep contained on this cd should be reviewed seperately but taken as a whole, as Big Black's early material, it is pretty impressive and an interesting diversion from the typical "loud, fast and sloppy" punk and hardcore sound a like bands that were the competition. Songs like "Cables", "Pigeon Kill", "Dead Billy" and "Seth" up the ante to the later brilliance that would be Big Black. Since each song was deliberately constructed, Big Black got labelled as "math rock" (a meaningless rock critic term if you ask me). Many bands at the time were dealing with politically incorrect subjects but Big Black is actually good music (though not something you'd sing to yourself). Industrial/metal/noise bands would "borrow" some of the ideas contained here. And yes, Albini is not nearly as scary as he sounds but if you are into Big Black, you've probably guessed that already.

4 out of 5 stars Not a Pretty Picture.......2005-09-09

Whether or not you believed Albini's rants or whether or not you despised him is really secondary to one thing---he and Big Black affected you one way or another. You could not listen to a Big Black record and not come away thinking "what the hell was that?" And to some degree that was the point. Big Black was a machine of distruction with one goal in mind---piss people off. If you liked it then great--if you didn't then who the expletive cares. Albini and co. were probably more punk than 99% of the bands of their time who claimed they were punk and lets face facts--most punks probably did'nt get Big Black anyhow. Sure at times they sounded like an audio parody of a John Waters movie but most of the time Albini's twisted version of middle America sounded very disturbing and to this day no one has equaled it.

4 out of 5 stars You won't feel any better after listening..........2004-04-03

That's not to say that this album is bad at all. I guess if you are buying a Big Black album in the first place, you are not looking to be uplifted by the message of the songs.

You are probably in or were in a band to enjoy this, and probably made your own tape with a Roland, cheap guitar and amp and a 4-track tascam.

I get the biggest kick out of the "Top Gun" and "Flashdance" drum samples being used for nefarious purposes (Racer X ep content.)

"Texas" is by far the most intense and mean spirited, spiteful song I have ever heard. I love it.

5 out of 5 stars The Only Good Policeman is a Dead One.......2003-08-26

Big Black were unquestionably one of the finest independent rock bands of the '80s. They were loud, crushing, intense and best of all, uncompromising, not giving a flying fudge how they came off to anyone else. Hence, this caused extreme, uninhibited, great art. At the same time, lyrically, the band was like a well-oiled machine that took people's false perceptions of America, chewed them up and spit them out, exposing its dark side for all to see. For virgins of the band, "The Hammer Party" is a fine place to start. Many feel that the first EP, "Lungs" is not the band's best by a long shot, but I still love the quirky charms of this ameturish first record. "Steelworker" and "Dead Billy" are Big Black classics worth a listen. The next EP featured might be the best one the band ever churned out, "Bulldozer." There is no denying the brillance of tracks like "Cables" and "Pigeon Kill" which mock white trash mentalities and combine social commentary with crushing pounding riffs. Finally, the CD also includes the "Racer X" EP, which includes the humorous title track based on the evil twin of "Speed Racer" and a lyrically quintessential song, "The Ugly American." Throughout this disc, one may hear hints of industrial music, but this is mainly due to the use of a drum machine, which was an integral part of the band's assault. This music is bleak, depressing, and ugly (also great if you are angry), but hey, that was the point. Big Black knew what they wanted to do and they accomplished it well.

4 out of 5 stars I don't know why she's so scchipu..........2003-05-15

Big Black were like the musical equivalent of tourette's, screaming every ugly thought they had as if theit lives depended upon them spitting it out. This shows them in their early stages (or tics and the occasional swear-word). Lungs, their first EP is so musically slight as to be insignificant, far too skinny-tie bullshìt, but has great psychotic redneck ranting. Bulldozer and Racer X more than compensate. They kick your lard-clad booty mis-shapen.

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  2. Bomber [Import]
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  4. Coming from the Sky [Import]
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