Real Deal

Real Deal

Track Listings

1. Songbird

2. Mercy

3. Waters of Spokane

4. My House Tonight

5. Rumi's Song

6. True Story True Blue

7. Little Traveler

8. Footprints

9. Hecho en Mexico

10. Red Red Room

11. Real Deal

Tracks:

Love Struck Baby
Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Your Love
Scuttle Buttin'
Wall Of Denial
Lenny
Superstition - (live)
Empty Arms
Riviera Paradise
Look At Little Sister
Willie The Wimp - (live)
Pipeline (from "Back To The Beach")
Shake For Me - (live)
Leave My Girl Alone - (live)
Telephone Song
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
Life By The Drop

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The real deal is that this is not so much a hits package as a hyped collection of songs that made the charts, album tracks, and rarities like Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Pipeline" duet with surf-rock king Dick Dale. (At least SRV completists no longer have to buy the God-awful Back to the Beach soundtrack.) Blending blues classics, rockers, and instrumentals was a signature of Vaughan's sets, but it doesn't work for these 16 tunes. Lesser numbers like "Empty Arms," "Shake for Me," and "Wall of Denial" seem filler between thrillers like "Telephone Song," "Scuttle Buttin'," and a version of "Leave My Girl Alone" that had been available only on a promotional CD. Remember, Vaughan's recording career lasted seven years--too short a time to merit two hits discs. Yet his guitar acrobatics and gut-deep vocal testimonials are never less than satisfying. --Ted Drozdowski

Customer Reviews:

SRV Review.......2007-02-08

Well, I guess if your a real fan of SRV, then you will love this. I am new to his music, and although he is obviously an accomplished muso, it was not quite what I wanted. It has not sold me on him, but he does have a couple of good tracks. Maybe just not for me.I will not purchase any more SRV if this is representative of his work

The Real Deal: Greatest Hits 2.......2007-01-10

Very fine collection of SRV's work. Highly recommend

An awesome display..........2006-11-11

If you are a fan this is a great compilation! The last two tracks, Voodoo Chile and Life by the Drop, are worth the price of admission.
Warning! There are so many notes and cool sounds flying out of Voodoo Chile that you may be injured. Enjoy!

Best introductory SRV.......2006-10-06

If you are new to SRV and looking for a great sample of his best work, this is the album for you. Selections are among the most intense blues ever to burn from SRV's guitar. The recording quality is top notch - including the live cuts.

Blues Done Right.......2005-12-07

Stevie Ray Vaughan was getting better by the year,never playing the same song quite the same way twice.He was the best of his kind.King of texas blues.Mr.Vaughan came to a tragic ending in a plane crash after fighting a life threatning drug addiction.Such an abrupt end for such an amazing person.

Two greatist hits were then released.This is Vol.2 you'd assume to get lackluster songs not quite as big as the glowing presence of Vol.1.If that is what you're guessing you're off(WAY OFF).Overall i think this is a much better interpratation of Mr.Vaughans true capabilities."Scuttle Buttin'" is a fast and short song resulting in an almost Van Halen "Eruption" solo feeling.Stevies accesability to make a song his own shows in a Jimi Hendrix song"Voodoo Chile"(later shown in 2001's "Black Hawk Down")as he did with The Beatles "Taxman" on the first vol..

Mr.Vaughans vocals are raspy and low and energetic.If you ever seen him live you'd know how much soul he poured into each performance.His beat up guitar is a trade mark.You will be able to hear this aura in the live tracks like "Shake For Me" and "Superstation".A crowd favorite "Lenny" is on the album,but not live.

Sixteen of Mr.Vaughans amazing songs shine hear and is worth more then what is asked for.

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The Isleys Coasting
First Love!

Inside You/Real Deal
The Isley Brothers
Manufacturer: Beat Goes On
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000PUB234
Release Date: 2007-06-25

Tracks:

Inside You (Pts 1 & 2)
Baby Hold On
Don't Hold Back Your Love (Pts 1 & 2)
First Love
Love Merry-Go-Round
Welcome Into My Heart
Love Zone
Real Deal (Pts 1 & 2)
Are You With Me?
Stone Cold Lover
It's Alright With Me
All In My Lover's Eyes
I'll Do It All For You
Under The Influence

Album Description

2007 digitally remastered two-fer from the R&B legends featuring two albums appearing on CD for the first time. Inside You was originally released in 1981 followed a year later by The Real Deal.. BGO.

Album Details

2007 Digitally Remastered Edition of Two Original Albums from the 1980's Combined on to a Single CD. Both Appear on CD for the First Time with this Release and features the R N' B Hits "The Real Deal", "it's Alright with Me" and "Inside Deal".

Customer Reviews:

The Isleys Coasting.......2007-07-02

INSIDE YOU (1981) and THE REAL DEAL (1982) are the featured albums on this third two-on-one Isley release from BGO Records. Both of these albums broke the group's nine gold and/or platinum album streak.

The previous album GRAND SLAM (also 1981) took longer than the previous eight albums to reach "gold" status. So on INSIDE YOU, the Isleys tried to reinvent themselves by incorporating lush string arrangements into their clavinet/guitar solo funk formula. For the most part, it works, especially on the title tune, the Doobie-ish "Baby Hold On", the lush Stylistics-like ballad "Don't Hold Back Your Love", and "Love Zone" in which Ernie's guitar soars above a comfy bed of strings. However, the pop leanings fall flat on "First Love", the soggy "Welcome To My Heart", and "Love Merry Go Round", a good idea that somehow fails to catch fire. INSIDE YOU stalled at #45 on the Billboard pop album chart, the Isleys first non-top 40 album since 1971's GIVIN' IT BACK.

After that pop/funk experiment failed, the Isleys brought the funk back to the forefront in 1982's THE REAL DEAL. The title track and "Are You With Me?" incorporate some Gap Band influences in the mix, while those darn strings rear their ugly head in the poppy "It's Alright With Me". "All In My Lover's Eyes" is well-sung but features lazy lyrics, while Ernie's guitar saves the funky "Stone Cold Lover" and the bluesy closer "Under The Influence". This album crawled to #87 on the Billboard Pop Charts.

After the failure of these albums, the Isleys came back with 1983's platinum BETWEEN THE SHEETS. These albums aren't the best representation of the Isley catalog, but they have their moments.

First Love!.......2007-06-29

I can't believe this! Wow! I have been waiting on both of these albums to be released since 1993! I own both albums on vinyl and they're my 2 favorite Isley albums. Now these two albums never have been on cd domestically! So this is a first time. I've seen a copy of the Real Deal on eBay which looked like an import. But don't no if it was legit. Now I have been jamming these two albums since 1993. 1 song from each album has been released on cd. So this is going to be good. I can't wait because I already pre-ordered it. I own imported cd of Grand Slam, Go all the Way, Masterpiece, Showdown, Harvest for the World and Live it Up! A couple is now sold domestically but I am one of their biggest fans. Now these albums are two of their lowest selling albums but I think it was just the advertisement and the time it was released that didn't allow these albums to soar. But these are two underrated albums. I know all kinds of history on these guys. So place your order and get ready to jam! This is the Real Deal!

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SRV CD for the car.

The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - The Real Deal: Greatest Hits 2
Live in Tokyo
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Gold
The Collection

ASIN: B000KHX7AS
Release Date: 2006-12-26

Tracks:

Pride And Joy
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Texas Flood
Rude Mood
Couldn't Stand The Weather
Cold Shot
The Things (That) I Used To Do
Tin Pan Alley (A.K.A. 'The Roughest Place In Town')
Say What!
Change It
Come On (Part III)
Life Without You
The House Is Rockin'
Crossfire
Tightrope
The Sky Is Crying (Live)

Customer Reviews:

SRV CD for the car........2007-05-17

I own many SRV CDs but needed this one to have in my car at all times. Some of his best music is on this CD and it is great to have it handy on one CD. If you own a collection of SRV music this is not really needed unless you want a travel CD like I do. I find it necessary to have one. I mourn for him every time I play this CD and find it difficult to accept the fact that we will never hear the music we could have had if he had not left us so young. And I am grateful for the the music he did leave for us to enjoy.

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Hula with an R & B spin!
Awesome for KIDS! Puts them to sleep!
My Favorite CD
Feel the Spirit of Aloha
You've got to have this one!

Kawaipunahele
Keali'i Reichel
Manufacturer: Punahele Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003ZVJ
Release Date: 1997-04-22

Tracks:

Kawaipunahele
In My Life
Hanohano Ka Lei Pikake
If We Hold On Together
E Ho'i I Ka Pili
Wanting Memories
Kauanoeanuhea
Ku'u Wehi O Ke Aumoe
'Akaka Falls
Pua Mikinolia
Come Sail Away
He Mele Inoa No Kawaipunahele

Customer Reviews:

Hula with an R & B spin!.......2007-05-13

I enjoyed the mix of traditional hula with some songs taking on an R & B spin.

Awesome for KIDS! Puts them to sleep!.......2006-03-19

I listened to this music (my daughter is half Hawaiian) when my daughter was a baby ten years ago and it would always soothe her and put her to sleep because it's so soothing and beautiful. Now, my son, when he teeths he is inconsolible! He will not stop for a bottle, to be rocked, sang to, put down in his bed, etc. But I play this, and not even 3 seconds later, he is on his way to la la land. It is wonderful. I recommend it to any parent! Or anyone who wants to de-stress.

My Favorite CD.......2006-02-17

Keali'i Reichel has such a nice mellow voice.
His Music is so soothing and Kawaipunahele is my favorite CD of his works!
Keali'i Reichel includes familar songs along with the Hawaiian theme that puts you in a very mellow mood.
Only wish I had this CD when my kids were all small.
I have bought two of this CD one I bought in Hawaii and this one I bought for my girlfriend because she drives a Limo and would use it in the Limo.

Feel the Spirit of Aloha.......2006-02-08

I bought this CD on Maui, listened to it while we were there, brought it home and listened to it and, thanks to the included lyrics, learned the words to all the songs. I don't speak much Hawaiian, but I now can sing some songs in Hawaiian. Keali'i Reichel has a wonderful voice, great talent, a love for Hawaiian traditions and his legacy, and I can feel the Spirit of Aloha as he sings the songs on this CD.

You've got to have this one!.......2005-08-30

As you know, all of Keali'i's CD's are recommended. This one was his debut CD, released in 1994. It features traditional Hawaiian favorites such as "Akaka Falls," as well as original compositions including "E Ho'i I Ka Pili," "Kauanoeanuhea," and the title track, "Kawaipunahele." It also contains cover versions of The Beatles' "In My Life" and Sticks' "Come Sail Away." Keali'i's chanting comes across at the beginning of "In My Life" and in the last track, "He Mele Inoa No Kawaipunahele." Be sure to pick this one up!

The Real Deal - The Best of Today's Swing Music

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A fun mix
thanks

The Real Deal - The Best of Today's Swing Music
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Free Falls Ent.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

I Ain't Getting Any Younger - Blue Harlem
Let's Hang Out Tonight - The Big Six
Ruby Mae - Indigo Swing
Boozin' And Cruzin' - Dem Brooklyn Bums
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Tossin' & Turnin' - Cigar Store Indians
When We Dance - The Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra
Josephine Please No Lean On The Bell - The Ray Gelato Giants
Cuppa Joe - Bellevue Cadillac
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If I Knew Now - Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys
Wheels Start Turning - Blues Jumper
Jumpin' With Red - Red And The Red Hots
Seven Nights To Rock - Asleep At The Wheel

Customer Reviews:

A fun mix.......2007-06-22

Sad to see how the swing craze has died off, it produced some really great stuff.

This album is a nice mix of several more obscure swing bands, and the songs are a good range of styles and material. If you enjoy swing, this CD should be satisfying. I bought it on a whim and have enjoyed it. Some highlights to watch out for: "Ruby Mae" by Indigo Swing, where the talented musicians from that now-defunct band create the musical sound of riding the rails on a cross-country train, and "Tossin' and Turnin'" by the Cigar Store Indians, a rockabilly romp reminiscent of Brian Setzer when he was still with the Stray Cats.

Indigo Swing's stuff is still available too, and is great. Their latter two albums, "All Aboard" and "Red Light!" are well worth a listen--or several. Enjoy :)

thanks.......2007-04-27

the case was broken when I got it but i didn't care at all - just info for your next shipments... :)

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The Real Deal, my review from Barcelona
Stands up well
The essential moment of terror on a rock-solid album
Good. Almost great
buddy Guy takes the SNL band to blues school

Live: The Real Deal
Buddy Guy
Manufacturer: Jive
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ASIN: B00000051S
Release Date: 1996-04-16

Tracks:

I've Got My Eyes On You
Sweet Black Angel (Black Angel Blues)
Talk To Me Baby
My Time After Awhile
I've Got News For You
Damn Right I've Got The Blues
First Time I Met The Blues
Ain't That Lovin' You
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Silvertone Records has done a smart job of resurrecting Buddy Guy's career. When the label signed the Chicago blues guitar master in 1990, the 54-year-old legend hadn't had an American release in nine years. Silvertone introduced him to a new audience by having him play duets with such rock-star admirers as Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, and Jeff Beck on the 1991 album, Damn Right, I've Got the Blues. In 1996 the label unleashed the hardcore Buddy Guy stretching out on vintage blues numbers in a live setting on Live! The Real Deal. The payoff is not only a terrific blues album but also an album built on the kind of financial foundation that will insure many more to come. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

The Real Deal, my review from Barcelona.......2007-04-24

After reading some critical reviews of his record I have listened to it again and I have to agree with some of them willy-nilly. This cd contains some disappointments for all true Buddy Guy fans. For instance in the Bobby Blue Bland's "Ain't that Lovin' you", a song which is really out of place here, or in the irregular tune "Let me love you baby". But the rest of record is really great for me. Guy's voice is still powerful in spite of his age (60 years, at once), and he gives excellent renditions of "I've Got My Eyes On You", the Grammy award winner "Damn Right I've Got The Blues", the classical "Sweet black angel", the magnificent slow version of "My time after awhile", and in the Elmore James' single "Talk To Me Baby". There is also an excellent acoustic piano work of Chuck Berry's formed Johnnie Johnson in "I've got news for you" . The guitar is excellent in general and offers some moments of high tension. Guy is near his top form in this set drawn from gigs at his own Chicago club. If you're a fan of Chicago blues or a fan of Buddy Guy chances are that you'll enjoy this album.

Stands up well.......2006-10-27

I've seen Buddy Guy live several times, and this album captures some of the feel of being there. I think the horns are too much and Buddy Guy's playing is drowned out too often, but overall this album is well worth adding to your Buddy Guy collection.

The essential moment of terror on a rock-solid album.......2005-11-09

First, it's Buddy in fine form, Second, it's G.E. Smith and the SNL band, providing excellent support. A fan of Buddy and / or a fan of the blues can't go wrong with this one, but there's a real, raw, "Hellhound On His Trail" moment that makes this a must-have. Even the fans who are moderately familiar with Buddy's history know of his connection to Muddy Waters. During "My Time After A While" (around the 5 minute mark) he does an extended Muddy "Mannish Boy" type of scat that ends with him howling "lookee here, lookee here, lookee here, lookee here" as the band rallies and stomps and thuds around a brutal, paint-peeling guitar solo. Buy this one. NOW.

Good. Almost great.......2004-08-26

Buddy Guy is accompanied by the Saturday Night Live house orchestra on this album, which may only include nine songs, but still clocks in at well over an hour.

Guy's playing is strong and focused almost all the way through, and he gets superb backing from former Chuck Berry-pianist Johnnie Johnson, whose solo on the T-Bone Walker-like "I've Got News For You" is one of several instrumental highlights. Guy plays rhythm and lead guitar equally well (some blues guitarists, like B.B. King, literally can't play a chord), his voice is still powerful in spite of his advancing years, and he plays excellent renditions of "I've Got My Eyes On You", "Damn Right I've Got The Blues", "Let Me Love You Baby", and the Elmore James-single "Talk To Me Baby" in particular.

"Live - The Real Deal" may not be perfect (Guy's slightly erratic vocals are sometimes too low, something which should have been corrected in the mix), but it does show what an excellent guitar player that Buddy Guy is. It also features some of his best songs in good or even great live renditions, and if you're a fan of Chicago blues, you'll probably enjoy this album. If you're a fan of Buddy Guy you're almost sure to.

buddy Guy takes the SNL band to blues school.......2002-06-16

this is an interesting album. I have been a Buddy Guy fan for a long long time and I've seen him live on a few occasions. While I like the sound of the album and it does have some great moments I just don't get the whole SNL band thing. While great technical musicians they just don't know the blues and it is glaringly obvious when one of them attempts a solo. G.E. Smith's weak excuse for a call and response section with Buddy during, "Damn Right I've Got the Blues" sounds like my cat when she is wining about being hungry. Buddy will throw out some amazing guitar line and smith will answer with something that a ten-year-old would play while learning how to bend the strings. Pathetic! the only other soloist who keeps up with Buddy on this album is the amazing Johnny Johnson on piano. the man is just a legend and he does show it here. This album seems to be another attempt to make Buddy palatable to the casual blues fan, (The ones who think Keb' Mo' is a blues artist), in an attempt to widen his audience and from a financial standpoint I can't blame him or his record company. Ih short, if you are a true Buddy Guy fan you'll find this album to sound pretty waterd down so I wouldn't rush out and buy it. If you are someone who is interested in learning about the blues and have heard about Buddy Guy then I would recommend buying this album simply because Buddy's playing is normally very intense and it may scare off someone who is not familiar with his style so start with this one and then build into the real good stuff.

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It was OK, I guess.
Travesty
good but the ordering was kind of off
Goog Work
The sum of a great soundtrack

The Sum of All Fears

Manufacturer: Elektra / WEA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066NYR
Release Date: 2002-06-04

Tracks:

If We Could Remember - Yolanda Adams
The Mission - Shana Blake Hill
The Bomb - Jerry Goldsmith
That Went Well - Jerry Goldsmith
Clear The Stadium - Jerry Goldsmith
If We Get Through This - Tabitha Fair
The Deal - Jerry Goldsmith
Changes - Jerry Goldsmith
Snap Count - Jerry Goldsmith
His Name Is Olson - Jerry Goldsmith
Nessun Dorma from Turandot - Bruce Sledge
Deserted Lab - Jerry Goldsmith
Real Time - Jerry Goldsmith
How Close? - Jerry Goldsmith
The Same Air - Jerry Goldsmith
If We Could Remember (Reprise) - Jerry Goldsmith

Album Description

Featuring the song 'If We Could Remember' by platinum superstar Yolanda Adams plus original score by Hollywood legend Jerry Goldsmith. The film stars Ben Affleck & Morgan Freeman. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

It was OK, I guess........2007-02-07

The opening track is great, however, I bought the cd in anticipation of hearing the rendition of the fourth verse of the Star Spangled Banner from the football game and it wasn't there at all. I have never heard the that piece of music performed so magnificently! But I guess this is a characteristic of "sound tracks"; some items in the movie soundtrack don't seem to make it to the soundtrack you buy from the store.

Travesty.......2006-03-14

One of Goldsmith's last scores, we get the ruined versions of the main tune. Goldsmith had it right, and in Hebrew. The Yolanda versions are awful.

This is one of those albums completely unfaithful the the true genius of the composer.

good but the ordering was kind of off.......2003-08-25

this cd had great pieces but some of the pieces where out of place such as "If We Can Get Through This" but overall it is a good cd

Goog Work.......2003-04-08

The Sum Of All Fears soundtrack CD is a perfect work. 90% of the songs fits with the film action. On the other hand if the composer could work on it with gathering the songs together in harmony and adding all the instruments of a symphony orchestra, it will be a symphonic poem.

The sum of a great soundtrack.......2002-12-20

With Basil Poledouris and James Horner that did previous Tom Clancy films, Jerry Goldsmith steps in and delivers a great score to the latest film, The Sum of All Fears. The soundtrack starts and ends with a song written by Goldsmith (he wrote the music, which becomes the theme) called "If We Could Remember" which is performed by Yolanda Adams. This song should be nominated for an Academy Award because of its outstanding music and lyrics. The second track "The Mission" includes "If We Could Remember", this time performed by Shana Blake Hill, with a 2 note middle eastern theme thrown in. Goldsmith uses a chorus throughout several of the tracks in a Russian like manner to convey the setting of the film. "The Bomb" is a great track which features chorus, low brass, percussion, and synths. "That Went Well" features the choir and brass playing that haunting Russian theme that I talked about earlier. Really the only 2 action cues are found in "Clear the Stadium" and "Real Time" which represent the suspense styles Goldsmith used in Air Force One and possibly U.S. Marshals with sixteenth note string passages. "The Same Air" concludes the score with the "If We Could Remember" theme and that 2 note middle eastern theme. "If We Could Get Through This" is a decent song thrown in the middle of the score that should have been at the very beginning or very end so it doesn't get in the way of the score. The same thing can be said about "Nessun Dorma" which is a great piece performed by Bruce Sledge in an opera like fashion. Concluding the soundtrack is a reprise of "If We Could Remember". To sum it all up, this is a great soundtrack that shows Goldsmith at his best. I wish the 2 themes were used much more often than they were, which is why a 5 star rating is lacking. But, a great soundtrack and a must have.

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Another starkly gorgeous CD from one of the great ones
beauty and terror

Every Sound Below
Tim Eriksen
Manufacturer: Appleseed Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00020HB4G
Release Date: 2004-05-25

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Every Sound Below

Album Description

The commercial and critical success of the "old-time"/bluegrass-drenched music in the 2000 movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou," its "Down from the Mountain" tour-film spin off, and recent "Cold Mountain" blockbuster proved that millions of Americans were eager to connect to their country's musical roots. This second solo CD by Tim Eriksen, already a burgeoning cult figure as one of the leading U.S. traditional folk balladeers, should be their next focus.

Eriksen, featured vocalist on three "Cold Mountain" songs and arranger of two "shape note" songs on the soundtrack, sees music as a link between the past and present and between individuals and communities, which has led him to the ten traditional American folk ballads he reanimates here and the four haunting original compositions that comprise this view of pre-20th Century life and its 21st Century resonance. Tim brings sounds of the American past into the "now," starting with the first track, an original a cappella salute to sunrise in the strong, brave tenor voice that has won him awe. He follows with chilling accounts of the Civil War, the lament of a traveling preacher (one of two songs utilizing harmonic, "overtone" singing that imitates the buzz of nature), murder ballads, and sprinkles in a pair of instrumentals. Tim's has a scholar's instinct for uncovering obscure, often unrecorded folks songs, and his liner notes give a fascinating insight into their history and his own sensibilities. Tim's two other compositions are "A Tiny Crown," a tale of imagination, reality and sea monkeys, and the eerie, hovering title song.

Using the same minimal, live-in-the-studio technique as on his first CD, Tim performs alone here, cycling between guitar, banjo, and fiddle without overdubs, an approach in keeping with the direct connection between Tim, his music and his listeners.

Customer Reviews:

Another starkly gorgeous CD from one of the great ones.......2004-08-04

What a pleasure to be sitting here listening to a new austerely beautiful and enigmatic CD from one of my favorite musicians in the world. It's amazing to me that Tim can sound so individual and idiosyncratic within the self-imposed confines of his stark, traditional sonic palette. The only analogy I can think of would be Bjork doing a whole album accompanied solely by harpsichord and viola de gamba.

As usual, Tim's voice is arrestingly intense, sometimes even desperate, but always with that deadpan Appalachian affect that conveys a kind of weather-beaten optimism. And as usual, his guitar and banjo playing are intricate, driving, sometimes hypnotically repetitive, sometimes jagged, always lush and transporting. He makes self-deprecating comments about his fiddle playing in the liner notes, but it's becoming more confident, and its dry tone suits his hymnal material well. He's broadened his vocal technique in subtle ways as well, with more whistling, humming and overtone singing than on his previous recordings.

Tim always gets me shaking my head in awe at the little details in his music. The guitar arpeggio and hummed line that open A Tiny Crown manage to be ominously dissonant and delicately graceful at the same time. And that's the first three seconds - I've been listening to it over and over trying to wrap my head around the rest of it. In John Colby's Hymn, listen to the way he extends the word "share" into overtone singing. On Careless Love and other tunes, listen to the way he lets notes a half-step apart ring on adjacent strings of the guitar - it should be dark and conflicting, but like Thelonious Monk's chords, it's so wrong it's right. Listen to the spitting, thumping sound he gets from his fingerpicking. If ever an artist deserved a much bigger audience than they have, Tim is that artist. Anyone with the remotest interest in "folk" or singer-songwriter music owes it to themselves to listen to this CD and its predecessors. I'm certainly looking forward to whatever else this cat has coming down the pike.

beauty and terror.......2004-05-31

There is no finer young singer of traditional American music than Tim Eriksen. His performance is austere, even demanding, and it is more chill wind than warm breeze. He sings inside a 19th Century of sheer existential intensity, conjuring up visions of a Southern church of Sacred Harp singers or a blood-soaked Civil War battlefield or a murderer's icy heart, and confronting life at its most elemental in its friendships, loves, hates, mortality, and fate. His gaze is straight, and it never flinches.

Eriksen's repertoire mostly eschews familiar titles from the American folk canon. Only "Careless Love," "Two Sisters," and "Omie Wise" leap to easy recognition, though his readings of each are distinctive. The first, however, is one of the rare moments that betray Eriksen's linkage to the modern folk revival. The languid arrangement brings to mind the work of the brilliant (though sadly no longer active) British ballad singer/guitarist Nic Jones. The original "A Tiny Crown" is slightly reminiscent of another British folk guitarist, Bert Jansch (or, for that matter, the early, Jansch-besotted Donovan, before he went all wacky). You need not have heard of Jones or Jansch to be moved -- or, more likely, unsettled -- by what Eriksen does with these songs.

In the purely technical or aural sense the sound is crisp as a gorgeous fall day. Yes, the album was recorded in the basement studio of my old friend, the Twin Cities guitarist and producer Dakota Dave Hull, but I would admire it wherever it came from. If 2004 ushers into the world a superior example of hard-core folk at its most brilliantly flinty, I will be very, very surprised.

Club Caravan
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Best Blues CD of 2005.

Club Caravan
Big George Brock & the Houserockers
Manufacturer: Cat Head Presents
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000CA2SLC
Release Date: 2006-05-09

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Best Blues CD of 2005........2006-05-17

If there was a better blues CD in 2005, I certainly didn't hear it . . . and I heard a lot of them. This is what blues records USED to sound like. A rock-solid band performing deep, gritty, real-deal blues. It's the kind of CD that would fit comfortably next to top-shelf releases by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James and Jimmy Reed. Essential listening.

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Cris-better with time
A joy!
30 years, 16+ CD's and still awesome!!!
SAD, SAD ATTEMPT, CRIS!

Real Deal
Cris Williamson
Manufacturer: Wolf Moon Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0007KIGG8
Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

Songbird
Mercy
Waters of Spokane
My House Tonight
Rumi's Song
True Story True Blue
Little Traveler
Footprints
Hecho en Mexico
Red Red Room
Real Deal

Customer Reviews:

Cris-better with time.......2006-11-22

Cris has outdone herself with Real Deal. From her signature easy to follow lyrics to her impressive deeper alto voice. I am so happy she is still recording after 30 years.

She gets better with age, more insight, more fun and sexier than ever. The last cut on this CD "Real Deal" is SO sultry that I nearly ran off the freeway!

Atta woman Cris!

A joy!.......2006-05-25

I LOVE this album! And I have just about all of Cris's music. I confess that when I first got Real Deal, I was not bowled over, and put it aside for awhile. I got it back out a few days ago and played it to find that its simplicity and clarity truly grows on you. Now I'm hooked! It's now getting quite the workout.

There are so many songs that really stick with you--Songbird, Footprints, True Story/True Blue, and My House Tonight, to name a few. And I have been singing "Hecho En Mexico" ALL DAY LONG! It's the ultimate addictive song, perfectly crafted, with its breezy Latin rhythm and delightful lyrics--it transports you South of the Border, and gives you the sense that you're sipping a perfect coin Margarita on a sunny balcony overlooking the ocean, your lover by your side, not a care in the world! If I could only have one song off this album, it would be this one--but I'm glad I don't have to choose!

30 years, 16+ CD's and still awesome!!!.......2005-06-11

This is a must have CD for every Cris Williamson fan or wanna be fan!! Every song is a favorite. Out of the 4200 songs on my ipod, of which over 200 are Cris, this CD is my most played. And Hecho En Mexico is my number one played song. The music on this CD is classic Cris...you won't be disappointed.

SAD, SAD ATTEMPT, CRIS!.......2005-04-15

hAVING ADORED CRIS WILLIAMSON'S ALBUM, NOW FOR OVER 2 DECADES, I HAVE TOREPORT THIS NEW C.D. IS A REAL LET-DOWN!!!hOPING FOR AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE "ASHES" C.D. , HER LAST ALBUM , I FOUND THIS , MOSTLY ACOUSTIC ALBUM A SAD LY WEAK ALBUM OF SONGS!!pLEASE , CRIS,, GIVE US ANOTHER 2wolf MOON" TYPE ALBUM!please!!!!

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