Teddy Thompson
Teddy Thompson
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Given the lullaby that Richard Thompson wrote to commemorate his son's birth ("There's nothing at the end of the rainbow / There's nothing to grow up for anymore"), Teddy Thompson turned out reasonably cheerful. True, when the British folk-rock legend's son sings "It's not so much that you left / It's that you didn't come back" on "A Step Behind," you can hear echoes of dad's droll delivery, melancholy modes, and waltz-time signatures. But Teddy's voice is sweeter than his pop's, whether crooning on the Crowded House-like "Wake Up," harmonizing with Rufus Wainwright on "So Easy," or even dropping allusions to letter bombs on the wry "Thanks a Lot." With tasteful musical assistance from producer Joe Henry's band (as well as Papa Richard), this eponymous debut is a low-key introduction to a rock offspring worth hearing. --Bill Forman
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- Teddy Thompson's Torch & Twang
- Fresh and innovative
- From a non-country fan...
- No longer "just" the son of......................
- He's too cool for the room (so join the cult)
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Up Front and Down Low
Teddy Thompson
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ASIN: B000QXDCI8
Release Date: 2007-07-17 |
Tracks:
- Don't Ask Me To Be Friends
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Yes, Teddy Thompson's parents are renowned folkies Richard and Linda Thompson. And, sure, he's spent the past few years touring the world with his good friend Rufus Wainwright, who recently wrote a song about their inimitable relationship called "Nobody's off the Hook." But it's Thompson's rich, twangy voice that deserves the spotlight. After turning out two thoroughly underappreciated albums of original material--it would be pushing it to even call them cult favorites--the lovelorn singer-songwriter takes on a dozen classic country tunes on Up Front and Down Low. It's a good fit, the bitter sentiments the inform his own work paired with the sterling melodies of Ernest Tubb's "Walking the Floor Over You" and Elvis Presley's "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone." Thompson gives each of the tunes a masterful makeover, polishing them up with an all-star cast of players that includes Iris DeMent, Tift Merritt, and Marc Ribot. Wainwright offers string his own "Down Low" into the mix without breaking the mood. It's the kind of stuff that could represent a breakthrough moment, as long as nobody gets distracted by the fact that he was born and raised in a Sufi commune. --Aidin Vaziri
Album Description
Teddy Thompson's self-produced Upfront & Down Low features his angelic voice in distinctive and heartfelt readings of beloved country classics: George Jones' "She Thinks I Still Care" Ernest Tubb's "Walking the Floor over You" and Merle Haggard's "My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers." It also includes Dolly Parton's bittersweet "My Blue Tears" and the Elvis Presley chesnut "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone."
Customer Reviews:
Teddy Thompson's Torch & Twang.......2007-07-24
One usually doesn't think of men as being classic torch singers, but with UP FRONT AND DOWN LOW, New York-based young Brit singer/songwritier Teddy Thompson makes a stunning claim to that style of heart-achey pop music. Backed with tasteful arrangements on classic country tunes and his one original, Thompson unleashes his clear, plaintive and often soaring tenor to astonishing effect - particularly on "Walking the Floor Over You", "My Heart Echoes", "She Thinks I Still Care", Dolly Partron's "My Blue Tears" and his own "Down Low". Thompson delivers terrific phrasing on all tracks, especially putting over the wonderfully sarcastic edge of "You Finally Said Something Good (When You Said Goodbye)", which opens with a jaunty string quartet cakewalk. That number and the witty "Let's Think About Living" are the most upbeat among the album's 12 listed and one hidden track, a sweet and mournful "Don't Ask Me to Be Friends". Listeners who enjoyed Thompson's contributions to the BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN soundtrack will be delighted to find that UP FRONT AND DOWN LOW continues his forary into classic country & western music and delivers one of 2007's best sung albums in the process. No doubt about it - Teddy Thompson is absolute torch and twang. Look out, k.d....
Fresh and innovative.......2007-07-22
This is the best (new) album I've heard in years. The arrangements are
great. It sure beats 99% of what's being released as country music-
even though this CD is in the "pop" section at the stores.
Teddy Thompson is my kind of singer-not trying to sound like anybody
else (even though there is a little, but less twangy, Dwight Yoakam
in a couple of the tracks). I hope he does some more of the older
country classics with a couple of his own songs thrown in.
I could only rate this album 5 stars, but would have rated it higher.
From a non-country fan... .......2007-07-19
I guess this is technically a country album, but he brings a very folk/alt vibe to these songs. The result is just beautiful. Really, from start to finish. The emotion carried in his voice is so very moving. Just so soulful and touching.
If country isn't your "thing" I still say there is a place in any alt-rock collection for this CD. Perfect for a night of missing that certain someone. Perfect for a night of drowning your sorrows. Perfect for that long trip you didn't want to make in the first place. Ah, it's just perfect.
No longer "just" the son of.............................2007-07-19
Richard and Linda Thompson. I first heard of Teddy Thompson on the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack and have purchased all of his CD's. This one is no disappointment. As a country music fan, I love this CD so far, after just 2 listens. Teddy hits all the right notes, metaphorically speaking, and uses just the right amount of great backup vocals and musicians. I am taking a road trip this weekend and can't wait to crank up the speakers and listen to this CD several times in about 6 hours.
Great work, Teddy!
He's too cool for the room (so join the cult).......2007-07-18
When last I considered Teddy Thomp'son, he was building his cult. A very elite cult, because 'Separate Ways seemed to be so special that you could say, well, a lot of people just didn't have ears good enough for it.
Except it wasn't "special." And it wasn't "too good." It was great writing and great music and a remarkable voice, start to finish, without a single dud. I don't know why only a few of my nearest and dearest flipped for it. Maybe because it was depressing, in a wonderfully funny way.
Like this line: "I wish when the phone rang/it wasn't always you."
Not exactly a universal sentiment, is it?
So let's call Teddy Thompson an acquired taste --- until the day one of his songs becomes an unlikely hit and tens of thousands rush back to fall in love with all the great music they so breezily rejected.
And what of the follow-up to "Separate Ways"?
It's no follow-up at all. "Upfront & Down Low" is country. Classic country, if you will: songs by George Jones, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, the Everly Brothers, Elvis. Thompson uses a standard backup band, but he adds a string section, courtesy of the arranger responsible for the strings on Nick Drake's CDs.
Sounds like a vanity project? Not in the least. Teddy Thompson --- who didn't hear music that wasn't country until he was 16 --- understands this music completely. And delivers it authentically. But that understates. What happens in "Upfront & Down low" is captured magic, the alchemy of great taste and a compelling voice.
I went to see Teddy Thompson preview this CD in a downtown club. It was one of those rare nights: a small room, no more than a hundred people in the audience, all of them very much on the singer's side. Two violinists, a cellist and a string bass player came onstage first, then a drummer and a slide guitarist, then Thompson. Hard to miss him --- he was wearing a white suit. "I'm from the corporate office of Willie Wonka," he explained.
Naturally he apologized for the tone of the songs: "These songs are depressing. That's what country music is about."
But the songs needed no apology. They were flawless, if not exactly fun, and the title song, which he wrote, just might be the best. That song was, of course, the most depressing. Funny. I can't get it out of my head.
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- Good singer
- Teddy Thompson - Separate Ways
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ASIN: B000BMPQVK
Release Date: 2006-02-21 |
Tracks:
- Shine So Bright
- I Should Get Up
- Everybody Move It
- I Wish It Was Over
- Separate Ways
- Sorry To See Me Go
- Altered State
- Think Again
- That's Enough Out Of You
- No Way To Be
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Biological determinists who find a poster boy in this 30-year-old singer/songwriter will miss just what's exceptional about the talent emerging on his second album. Certainly if your father were Richard Thompson, you'd have him play guitar on your record too. The son, however, has made an album as crafty in pop, lush in roots, and unguarded in emotion as any of his peers--and his sound, while clearly indebted to the acoustic foundations of British folk-rock, is his own fusion of L.A. singer/songwriter sweetness and Wallflowers-esque AOR rock. He's also finding his own way into songwriting, turning quotidian phrases into deadpan wit--"Being happy is easy if you're dumb," he sings on "That's Enough Out of You"--or letting everyday speech reveal a troubled honesty. "I can change my mind but not my blood," he admits on the title track, as strings and scuffling snare build tension. His arrangements leave ample space for his voice, a bell-bright instrument with a deceptive range, to open up his melodies. By layering harmonies from longtime pals Rufus and Martha Wainwright, as well as his mother, Linda Thompson, Teddy gives those melodies the shine, even ambition, of pop outreach--even if, as he sings on the opening track, he wants to "shine so bright it hurts." --Roy Kasten
Album Details
2005 Studio Album from the Young Progeny of Richard and Linda Thompson, who Both Makes Appearances as Well as Rufus and Martha Wainwright, the Band's Garth Hudson, Jenni Muldaur (Daughter of Maria Muldaur) and Many Others. As the Times of London Exclaimed, "not Since Jackson Browne Issued from 1970s California a Succession of Mournful Masterpieces Has a Songwriter So Completely Nailed the Sense That, in Every Celebration, the Sense of Imminent Regret Hovers... Brilliant...". Or If that Isn't Enough, Q Magazine States, "Finely Crafted Songs...effortless Grace"
Customer Reviews:
Good singer .......2007-07-10
Mr Thompson latest release has some awesome songs that stand out with his voice sound awesome & awesome arrangements & awesome musicianship & they are songs 2&4 & 6-8. The rest of the songs feel out of place that just not the right material for his voice & there just fair to so so. So id pass this CD up & wait til the next cd he puts out is different with more songs that would suite his voice that would be awesome.
Teddy Thompson - Separate Ways.......2007-06-15
Teddy Thompson is a singer songwriter with an entrancing voice who sets his unique yet everyday lyrics to haunting melodies that go straight to your heart. These are songs you want to hear over and over again. I have not heard a voice this good since Elvis. This album is fabulous.
Breathtaking young talent.......2007-02-06
Teddy Thompson's voice is stunning, not just it's natural beauty but the subtle delivery I associate with much more seasoned performers. It makes me think of George Jones and Johnny Cash and the way they could turn a song inside out. The arrangements on Separate Ways are similarly nuanced. I'm of his dad's generation, but if I were in my 20s, I'm sure I'd be playing this album non-stop. As it is, I've got it mixed into my playlists.
Diamonds.......2007-02-05
Six years after his self-titled debut, Teddy Thompson, son of rock royalty Richard & Linda Thompson, follows with his sophomore set. Thompson's vocals make him an expressive singer with excellent power to touch our emotions. My favorite track is "Altered State" with its pretty melody, driving beat, sizzling lead guitar and darker lyrics, "I like to live in an altered state, it makes me love all the things I hate." "Think Again" is an exceptional track combining a unique melody and Teddy's resonate vocals mining the emotion from his lyric, "Don't give in, this isn't what you want; Feelings change, morning brings rain." "I Should Get Up" has a chugging beat that gets your toe tapping with Teddy's vocals caressing each note, making one think about those times when events sap your feelings and exhaust the spirit, "I feel so warm in my room; I'm safe & sound inside my tomb." Other tracks are also strong like the lovely but dark "Everybody Move It" with Rufus & Martha Wainwright on background vocals, and his amazing vocals on the title track. Thompson has one of the best voices in pop and writes with emotional depth. There are enough diamonds here that making a path to "Separate Ways" satisfies soundly. Enjoy!
This is a great album.......2006-12-08
If you like singer-songwriters, he is one of the best recording today. Try him if you like Rufus Wainwright, David Gray, or Damien Rice.
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- Fun--but not great
- aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhh!
- Disappointment would be an understatement
- Zzz...
- another set of hopes are smashed
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Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys
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ASIN: B000GGSMD0
Release Date: 2006-08-22 |
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- Cape Cod Girls - Baby Gramps
- Mingulay Boat Song - Richard Thompson
- My Son John - John C. Reilly
- Fire Down Below - Nick Cave
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- Bully In The Alley - The Old Prunes
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- High Barbary - Joseph Arthur
- Haul Away Joe - Mark Anthony Thompson
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- Good Ship Venus - Loudon Wainwright III
- Long Time Ago -White Magic
- Pinery Boy - Nick Cave
- Lowlands Low - Bryan Ferry w/Antony
- One Spring Morning - Akron/Family
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- The Fiddler/A Drop Of Nelson's Blood - Ricky Jay & Richard Greene
- Caroline and Her Young Sailor Bold - Andrea Corr
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- Drunken Sailor - Dave Thomas
- Farewell Nancy - Ed Harcourt
- Hanging Johnny - Stan Ridgway
- Old Man of The Sea - Baby Gramps
- Greenland Whale Fisheries - Van Dyke Parks
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Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski hatched the idea for Rogue's Gallery while filming "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"--that idea being to cast genteel rock superstars like Bono, Lou Reed, Bryan Ferry, Andre Corr, and Sting to reinterpret gritty seafaring standards for an exhaustive 43-track double-disc set produced by Hal Wilner. Throw in a bunch of credible folk stars (Loudon Wainwright III, Richard Thompson), their offspring (Rufus, Teddy) and a string of other curious characters (Jarvis Cocker, Antony) and what results is one of the strangest compilations in recent memory, if not exactly the most historically authentic or, well, digestible. Nick Cave embraces the role just a little too hard on "Fire Down Below," while Ferry can't help but sound like he's singing for the cast of "The Love Boat," but cut through the chaff and there is some real bootie here: Bono's "Dying Sailor to His Shipmates," Jolie Holland's "The Grey Funnel Line" and "Boney" by a mysterious tramp called Jack Sh**, which must be some kind of anagram for Johnny Depp. --Aidin Vaziri
Album Description
While working on the two "Pirates Of The Carribean" films, Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski became fascinated with the lore and fable of the pirates and sailors who ran the high seas. Enter legendary producer Hal Wilner, who brings his knack for matching maverick musicians with extraordinary material. Artists on this double disc set include Bono, Sting, Nick Cave, Bryan Ferry, Lou Reed, Richard Thompson, Lucinda Williams, Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, and many more. "Rogue's Gallery" offers a look at the hardships, the horrors, the lusts and lurid depths, and the crystal beauty that led men to the sea in ships for hundreds of years.
Customer Reviews:
Fun--but not great.......2007-07-03
What a concept--a pirate song co-produced by Verbinski and Depp inspired by the "Pirates of the Carribean" series. It should be great and in places, it is. The big question I came away with is--who is Jack Sh**? That one definitely has me guessing.
I won't belabor the song content or the production value. I think the most notable reviews have got that down pat, although I'm not marking down as far as they have because I'm giving points for originality being a fan of Spike Jones and some other truly demented people.
One thing to note: this is not a CD you'd buy if you were looking for something to amuse your kids. Some of the content is very bawdy and Mom and Dad would have some serious 'splaining to do to the little pirates. There's both some language and some situations that are more twisted than a Hangman's knot.
aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhh!.......2007-06-09
Some of the songs are quite good(mellow)others a little odd. Its what I expected, but not what you would expect.
Disappointment would be an understatement.......2007-06-04
It is not unusual to find sea shanties performed by not the greatest musicians or singers in the world. It is not unusual to find shanties sung by people who have difficulty keeping perfect pitch, or tempo. But at least they understand what the music is about, and sing it with heart and enthusiasm and a love for the genre.
Hal Wilner should stick to whatever genre it is that made him know enough to be approached by labels, because he clearly has no understanding, and less enthusiasm for *this* genre.
If you love lively music from the maritime era, you can only be bitterly disappointed by this collection. Out of 43 tracks, I found 15 that were salvageable. Sort of.
I've already tossed this onto the pile to go to the resale shop. It wasn't worthy the cost of shipping.
Zzz..........2007-04-04
I have to admit that I have no idea what kinds of music the pirates sang aboard their ships. I know it probably wasn't "yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me," but I expected something different than this. I think my expectations have been colored by groups like The Pogues, Flogging Molly, The Tossers, and the Real McKenzies. I have an annual Pirate Party and I was hoping to find some good music here to get people in the mood for a treasure hunt or pirate liar's dice, but instead, the music on this CD is something I'd put on if the party went on too long and I wanted to encourage people to leave. Some of it is actually awful and the rest is too slow and plodding to inject much energy into any situation.
I appreciate what was attempted here (contemporary artists paying homage to sea chanteys in the spirit of our romanticized version of the pirate era) but it just doesn't really work. The effect is similar to what would be achieved if the London Philharmonic Orchestra attempted to play rap "music" with Luciano Pavarotti rhymin' while flashing gang signs.
another set of hopes are smashed.......2007-03-29
the selection of titles attracted me. The quality of the arrangements, the voices, and the music---are all quite bad.
It is VERY sad that these same titles, could not have been produced for quality. They sound like a nightmare.
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- A few exceptional songs
- New to Teddy Thompson
- Wake Up! This is a great CD!
- Strong effort
- A very fine unassuming debut
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Teddy Thompson
Teddy Thompson
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ASIN: B00004WJXD
Release Date: 2000-08-29 |
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- Wake Up
- Love Her For That
- Brink Of Love
- So Easy
- All I See
- All We Said
- A Step Behind
- Missing Children
- Thanks A Lot
- Days In The Park
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Given the lullaby that Richard Thompson wrote to commemorate his son's birth ("There's nothing at the end of the rainbow / There's nothing to grow up for anymore"), Teddy Thompson turned out reasonably cheerful. True, when the British folk-rock legend's son sings "It's not so much that you left / It's that you didn't come back" on "A Step Behind," you can hear echoes of dad's droll delivery, melancholy modes, and waltz-time signatures. But Teddy's voice is sweeter than his pop's, whether crooning on the Crowded House-like "Wake Up," harmonizing with Rufus Wainwright on "So Easy," or even dropping allusions to letter bombs on the wry "Thanks a Lot." With tasteful musical assistance from producer Joe Henry's band (as well as Papa Richard), this eponymous debut is a low-key introduction to a rock offspring worth hearing. --Bill Forman
Customer Reviews:
A few exceptional songs.......2007-02-15
I bought this CD on the strength of "Wake Up" which I thought was just a fantastic piece of song writing. The rest of the disk was a little underwhelming in the knock my socks off sense. But as with many albums repeated listening brings forth a few gems that I really, really like. "All we Said" and "So Easy" are very nice songs and have made it to my iTunes/iPod rotation. It's also a thrill to hear Richard Thompson's guitar work on several tracks. 3 stars is not a knock against this CD - I rarely ever give 5 stars to anything unless it is absolutely stellar.
New to Teddy Thompson.......2006-07-05
Bought this to compliment the newer, second CD Separate Ways - which I find I cannot stop listerning to.
This is quite good too
Wake Up! This is a great CD!.......2005-11-10
The first song, "Wake Up", is a moving masterpiece and in an ideal world would have been a huge hit. "So Easy" is a silky, clever duet with Rufus Wainwright (who, by the way, co-wrote "Missing Children" with Thompson on this album and does another duet with him on the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack--these two are a great musical partnership!). Other highlights are the sadly ruminative "A Step Behind", the countryesque "Missing Children" and the pugnacious "Thanks A Lot." There's also a surprise, a stunning beautiful cover, with Emmylou Harris, of one of the great Everly Brothers songs, "I Wonder if I Care As Much." The other songs are good too, if not as melodically memorable. On some, Teddy does indeed have a remarkable aural resemblance to James Taylor. I understand he has a new record coming finally, with Verve Records, and am greatly looking forward to it. Also check out his two songs on the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack. Could "I Don't Want to Say Goodbye" be Oscar-bound? A very promising artist.
Strong effort.......2005-08-24
I bought this after hearing Persuasion on the Richard Thompson Greatest Hits cd. It's very good. Teddy is a strong songwriter and has a much better voice than his father. A strong addition to the Gramercy Park brat pack.
A very fine unassuming debut.......2003-08-26
I wonder why the official reviewer and most of the other reviewers on here fail to mention Linda Thompson? One of the virtues of Teddy Thompson is that he inherited more of his voice from his mom than from his dad.
This album is a youthful debut. As such, it will occasionally have a bit of a callow feel on tracks such as "Missing Children" and "Love Her for That." Most of the material is at least solid and "All I See," later cut by his mom, is a quite wonderful melancholic ballad. I see no reason to criticize Teddy for being at the start of his creative career; he'll get better. What I find especially pleasing about this album (besides the lovely guitar work from dad and company) is the understated quality of it. This is where Linda's pedigree comes through again. It is not usual for a young artist to be so restrained. Indeed, comparison with Rufus Wainwright's "Poses" is instructive: Rufus' album is a testament to the artist's infatuation with his own extroverted cleverness while Teddy's album is honest and simple. I suppose it's obvious which album I listen to more.
I, for one, look forward to another Teddy Thompson album, however long that takes.
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Everybody Move It
Teddy Thompson
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ASIN: B000E7GA76
Release Date: 2006-02-27 |
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- Everybody Move It
- Things I Do (Previously Unreleased)
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Cool Rock
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes , Thompson Twins , Christopher Cross , Ashford & Simpson , REO Speedwagon , Marty Balin , Vangelis , Little River Band , Cutting Crew , and Mr. Mister
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Mystic Music presents COOL ROCK. 2 CD set released in 1995 with some of the best hits from the 80's. AS SEEN ON T.V.
Disc 1
1. UP HERE YOU BELONG JOE CROCKER&JENNIFER WAMES
2. ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME NAKED EYES
3. LEAN ON ME CLUB NOUVEAU
4. HOLD ME NOW THOMPSON TWINS
5. DON'T FORGET ME (WHEN I'M GONE) GLASS TIGER
6. LOVE T.K.O. TEDDY PENDERGRASS
7. JOANNA KOOL&THE GANG
8. THINK OF LAURA CHRISTOPHER CROSS
9. I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW TIFFANY
10. BELIEVE IT OR NOT JOEY SCARBURY
11. IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE ROXETTE
12. TIME(CLOCK OF THE HEART) CULTURE CLUB
13. SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER THE MOTELS
14. SHE'S A BEAUTY THE TUBES
15. SOLID ASHFORD & SIMPSON
16. NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO SERGIO MENDES
17. HOLD ON WILSON PHILIPS
18. BIGGEST PART OF ME AMBROSIA
DISC 2
1. AFRICA TOTO
2. CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING REO SPEEDWAGON
3. LADY IN RED CHRIS DEBURGH
4. PRIVATE DANCER TINA TURNER
5. (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS CUTTING CREW
6. MISSING YOU JOHN WAITE
7. COOL CHANGE LITTLE RIVER BAND
8. NEVER SURRENDER COREY HART
9. CALL ME BLONDIE
10. TRUE SPANDAU BALLET
11. ATLANTA LADY (SOMETHING ABOUT YOU) MARTY BALIN
12. BROKEN WINGS MR. MISTER
13. CHARIOTS OF FIRE VANGELIS
14. I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU DAN HARTMAN
15. LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK TAYLOR DAYNE
16. BABY, COME TO ME JAMES INGRAM&PATTI AUSTIN
17. LET'S STAY TOGETHER AL GREEN
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Live at Memory Lane
Manufacturer: Fresh Sound Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0006IQNIY |
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Slim Gaillard: Trio, Quartet, Orchestra; Los Angeles 1945
Slim Gaillard , Karl George , Howard McGhee , Lucky Thompson , Teddy Edwards , Bill Moore , Fletcher Smith , Bam Brown , and Leo Watson
Manufacturer: Musidisc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Bebop General
| Bebop
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B000NB83MI |
Product Description
Carne; Sighing Boogie; Ya-Ha-Ha; Ding Dong Oreeney; Buck Dance Rhythm; The Hop; Baby, Won't You Please Come Home; Harlem Hunch; Slim Gaillard's Boogie; Voot Greene; Central Avenue Boogie; Travelin' Blues.
Product Description
2000 Cities Sampler of Radio Playlist selections. Very Rare listener promotional item. Contains 14 Songs that are the album versions. (1) Teddy Thompson: Wake Up (2) Daniel Cage: Sleepwalking (3) Shemekia Copeland: It's 2 A.M. (4) Five For Fighting: Easy Tonight (5) Paul Simon: Old (6) Shelby Lynne: Gotta Get Back (7) 8 Stopes 7: Question Everything (8) Pat McGee Band: Rebecca (9) Wille Nelson featuring Susan Tedeschi: Kansas City (10) Mark Selby: She's Like Mercury (11) Joan Osborne: Safety In Numbes (12) Sawn Mullins: Everywhere I Go (13) Bruce Hornsby: Sunflower Cat (14) Tom Hambridge with Susan Tedeschi: Opposites Attract
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Q Covered The Eighties
Orson , The Futureheads , Boy Kill boy , Neal Casal , Lorraine , Coro , The Boy Least Likely To , Teddy Thompson , Catherine Feeny , and Kelly Stoltz
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000RHF85I |
Product Description
1. i can't go for that - orson 2. let's dance - the futureheads 3. it's different for girls - boy kill boy 4. wishing well - neal casal 5. heaven - lorraine 6. spirits in the material world - coro 7. faith - the boy least likely to 8. don't dream it's over - teddy thompson 9. i'm on fire - catherine feeny 10. heaven up here - kelley stoltz 11. modern girl - camera obscura 12. please please please let me get what i want - clayhill 13. just like heaven - katie melua 14. running up that hill - placebo 15. upside down - elf power
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