Spoken In Love

Spoken In Love

Spoken In Love

Track Listings
 
1. Intro
2. Living Planet
3. Intro
4. Wade in the Water
5. Intro
6. You Were Right
7. Intro
8. Changes
9. Spoken in Love
10. Harriet Tubman's Ballad
11. Those Three Are on My Mind
12. Intro
13. How Long?
14. Intro
15. Luchin
16. White Wings
17. St. Paul's Song
18. Callin' Folks Names
19. Intro
20. When I'm Gone
See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
The Washington Post
Magpie is the husband-and-wife team of Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino of Takoma Park, a vocal duo whose conception of folk music includes jazz, blues and populist politics.

Product Description
Recorded in concert at the Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse in Katonah, New York, this CD is a performance of Magpie sing with good friends Kim & Reggie Harris. It includes their trademark eclecticism, songs of love and struggle, songs of freedom, and some great fun moments.

Spoken In Love

Spoken In Love,Kim & Reggie Harris and MAGPIE
You Don't Have to Be Jewish/When You're in Love the Whole World Is Jewish
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Finally able to replace our worn-out LP passed down by Baba (my bubbe)
  • 1960s -1970's Yiddish Humor
  • Absolute Classic!!
  • Jewish
  • Funny and wonderful
 You Don't Have to Be Jewish/When You're in Love the Whole World Is Jewish
Bob Booker , and George Foster
Manufacturer: Jmg / Jewish Music
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000LXHGKS
Release Date: 2007-02-06

Tracks:

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

Album Description

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hal Lifson

Customer Reviews:

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enjoy
Prokofiev: Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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  • An excellent primer on the iconclastic Russian composer
 Prokofiev: Greatest Hits

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ASIN: B000002C5X
Release Date: 1995-11-14

Tracks:

  1. The Love For Three Oranges: III. March. Tempo di marcia
  2. Lieutenant Kijymphonic Suite: I. The Birth of Kij
  3. Lieutenant Kijymphonic Suite: II. Romance
  4. Lieutenant Kijymphonic Suite: III. Kij Wedding
  5. Lieutenant Kijymphonic Suite: IV. Troika
  6. Lieutenant Kijymphonic Suite: V. Kij Funeral
  7. Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64b: The Montagues and Capulets
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  15. Peter And The Wolf, Op. 67: 'And now...'
  16. Peter And The Wolf, Op. 67: 'So there's the story...'
  17. Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100: IV. Allegro giocoso

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Almost really good........2006-06-30

I love Prokofiev. But I hate Yank crap. It has spoiled a great compilation. It was beautiful, up until 'Peter and the Wolf', one of my favourite adventures. But then along came an American narrator explaining the story. Why is there this 'Disney' crap amidst some beautiful music? (All respects to Walt).
'Lieutenant Kije' is one of the best stories produced by humanity of a man who did not exist throughout his birth, marriage and death. Don't let this piece of brilliance be swamped by crap.
A good compilation, but I strongly suggest you go for untainted versions of Prokofiev.
P.S. The Daleks will eventually conquer staircases. Be warned. Three oranges are not enough.

5 out of 5 stars An excellent primer on the iconclastic Russian composer.......2001-08-12

I have to admit I was a bit disappointed there was nothing from Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3, which is what the Amy Irving character played in the film, "The Competition." I also think it is one of the iconoclastic composer's finest works. What you will find on this collection are a lot of excerpts from his score for the film "Lieutenant Kije" and symphonic fairy tale "Peter and the Wolf." Again, I am surprised there is nothing here from his film scores for "Alexander Nevsky" or "Ivan the Terrible." My favorite "new" piece that I discovered on this CD would be the March from "The Love for Three Oranges," although I also like the excerpt from Prokofiev's Classical Symphony in D Major. Despite my personal preferences, I have to admit this collection is a very nice introduction to the music of Sergei Sergeivich Prokofiev.
Love Is Spoken Here
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • LOVE IN ANY LANGUAGE
  • A serene peaceful album of children's songs and lullabies
 Love Is Spoken Here

Manufacturer: Mormon Tabernacle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AE8G5M
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

  1. Love is Spoken Here
  2. For the Beauty of the Earth
  3. I Feel My Savior's Love
  4. Our Savior's Love
  5. All through the Night
  6. Homeward Bound
  7. Home Is a Special Kind of Feeling
  8. I Am a Child of God
  9. A Child's Prayer
  10. Suo-gan
  11. Oh, What Songs of the Heart
  12. I Often Go Walking
  13. Simple Gifts
  14. I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus
  15. My Heavenly Father Loves Me
  16. Turn Around
  17. Where Love Is
  18. Love at Home
  19. May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You

Product Description

Songs of heart and home set the tone for the newest album by the world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The album features beloved Primary songs such as "I Feel My Savior's Love," "I Am a Child of God," "Where Love Is," and "My Heavenly Father Loves Me." Favorite hymns such as "Love at Home," "Our Savior's Love," and "O What Songs of the Heart" are also included, along with familiar classics such as "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You" and "Turn Around (Where Are You Going, My Little One?)" With many new arrangements by associate director Mack Wilberg, Love Is Spoken Here is destined to become another bestseller.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars LOVE IN ANY LANGUAGE.......2006-12-26

I bought this CD for the song "Love Is Spoken Here" which was sung at my father's funeral, to celebrate his life and love of music, especially Church music. Our soloist was a friend whose voice warmed our breaking hearts. But when I saw that I could also get the Mormon Tabernacle Choir version along with many other beautiful American songs, I ordered this. I highly recommend MTC if you are seeking choir music to lift your spirit.

5 out of 5 stars A serene peaceful album of children's songs and lullabies.......2005-09-13

"Love is Spoken Here" is the newest released by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. Featuring children's primary songs, well-known lullabies, and popular favorites, this is a unique entry in the Choir's repetoire, and the albums breathes serenity and peace. The track listing is as follows:

1 Love is Spoken Here
Music: Janice Kapp Perry, 1938-
Text: Janice Kapp Perry, 1938-
Arrangement: Sam Cardon 3:25

2 For the Beauty of the Earth
Music: Conrad Kocher, 1786-1872
Text: Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1835-1917
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg 3:03

3 I Feel My Savior's Love
Music: K. Newell Dayley, 1939-
Text: Ralph Rodgers Jr, K. Newell Dayley, Laurie Huffman
Arrangement: Sam Cardon 3:30

4 Our Savior's Love
Music: Crawford Gates, 1921-
Text: Edward L. Hart, 1916-
Pacific Publications 4:37

5 All through the Night
Music: Welsh Folk Song
Text: Welsh Traditional
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg 4:57

6 Homeward Bound
Music: Marta Keen Thompson
Text: Marta Keen Thompson
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg 5:46

7 Home Is a Special Kind of Feeling
Music: John Rutter
Text: David Grant
Arrangement: From "The Wind in the Willows"
Hinshaw Music (ASCAP) 3:11

8 I Am a Child of God
Music: Mildred Tanner Pettit, 1895-1977
Text: Naomi Ward Randall, 1908-
Arrangement: Nathan Hofheins 3:36

9 A Child's Prayer
Music: Janice Kapp Perry, 1938-
Text: Janice Kapp Perry, 1938-
Arrangement: Barlow Bradford 3:46

10 Suo-Gân
Music: Welsh lullaby
Text: David Warner
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg 5:07

11 Oh, What Songs of the Heart
Music: William Clayson, 1840-1887
Text: Joseph L. Townsend, 1849-1942
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg
Jackman Music Corporation 4:45

12 I Often Go Walking
Music: Jeanne P. Lawler, 1924-
Text: Phyllis Luch, 1937-
Arrangement: Nathan Hofheins 2:58

13 Simple Gifts
Music: Shaker song
Text: Traditional Shaker, additional text: David Warne
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg
Oxford University Press (ASCAP) 3:04

14 I'm Trying to be Like Jesus
Music: Janice Kapp Perry, 1938-
Text: Janice Kapp Perry, 1938-
Arrangement: Barlow Bradford
Nature Sings Publishing 4:38

15 My Heavenly Father Loves Me
Music: Clara W. McMaster, 1904-
Text: Clara W. McMaster, 1904-
Arrangement: Nathan Hofheins 2:48

16 Turn Around
Music: Harry Belafonte, Malvina Reynolds, Alan Greene
Text: Harry Belafonte, Malvina Reynolds, Alan Greene
Arrangement: Michael Davis 3:24

17 Where Love Is
Music: Joanne Bushman Doxey and Marjorie Castleton Kjar
Text: Joanne Bushman Doxey and Norma B. Smith
Arrangement: Sam Cardon 4:23

18 Love at Home
Music: John Hugh McNaughton, 1829-1891
Text: John Hugh McNaughton, 1829-1891
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg 3:36

19 May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You
Music: Meredith Willson, 1902-1984
Text: Meredith Willson, 1902-1984
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg 5:59

This album follows on the heels of the #1 charting album "Choose Something Like A Star" and shows the choir hewing closely to their signature sound and style, while adding a new dimension to their repetoire. This album is perfect for families and is especially suited for young children.
(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great set of wartime rarities
  • Cure for the Blues
  • Standard Transcription Collection
 (Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection
Spike Jones
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
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ASIN: B00007JR3K
Release Date: 2003-04-08

Album Description

Holiday blues comin' on? Well, put a spike in `em! Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet—79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great set of wartime rarities.......2003-05-14

Spike Jones was the king of the novelty song performers, with hits like "Der Fuehrer's Face" and the parody version of "Sheik of Araby" becoming huge hits during World War II. This is a swell 3-CD set, gathering a full eighty-one of Jones' best tracks from his 1940s heyday, drawn from an extensive archive of radio broadcasts made for the Standard Transcription service. The tightness of his City Slickers band is amply demonstrated in these manic, kookily orchestrated performances. Toots, squonks, blatts and bleats whiz by at lightning speed, as one daffy song after another will delight devoted fans. Amazingly, Jones had the unusual, almost unique ability to perform a repertoire almost entirely made up of comedic material, and yet still be quite listenable and engaging. His jazz chops were hardly in question, and from time to time Jones would dash off a non-novelty ballad or two, just to give the rubes something to think about. Of course, just as often he would perform a song that *sounded* like a straight ballad, but would turn out to be another goof. (One great example of this is the sultry "Serenade To A Jerk," sung in slinky, burlesque tones by Myrtle Horwin.) This collection may seem a little overwhelming, but like his studio recordings, these radio performances have a certain brilliance and joie de vivre about them that will leave you enchanted. Definitely worth checking out!

5 out of 5 stars Cure for the Blues.......2003-04-25

Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet-79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

4 out of 5 stars Standard Transcription Collection.......2003-04-12

This collection has remastered material from the large stack of Standard Transcription discs from the early 1940's. There are many songs not recorded on RCA, many on the theme of wartime ("48 Reasons Why"), and the quality is excellent. The packaging is threadbare but this is an essential CD package for true music lovers.
Theatre Organ: Wurlitzer & Compton Organs
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    		Theatre Organ: Wurlitzer & Compton Organs

    Manufacturer: Saydisc
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    ASIN: B000004537
    Release Date: 1995-04-16

    Tracks:

    1. Whispering - Ronald Curtis
    2. Lullaby of the Leaves - Ronald Curtis
    3. Alone - Ronald Curtis
    4. Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue - Ronald Curtis
    5. Autumn Concerto - Ronald Curtis
    6. Lover - Ronald Curtis
    7. Only Make Believe/Why Do I love You - Ronald Curtis
    8. Caribbean Honeymoon - Ronald Curtis
    9. Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Ronald Curtis
    10. Only a Rose - Ronald Curtis
    11. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails - Ronald Curtis
    12. FuniculFunicul Ronald Curtis
    13. What a Perfect Combination - Ronald Curtis
    14. Over the Rainbow - Ronald Curtis
    15. Falling in Love With Love - Laurence James
    16. Bye Bye Blues - Laurence James
    17. I Know That You Know - Laurence James
    18. It's the Talk of the Town - Laurence James
    19. Goody Goody - Laurence James
    20. Kiss in the Dark - Laurence James
    21. Lazy River - Laurence James
    22. Glen Miller Selection: I Know Why/Tuxedo Junction - Laurence James
    23. I Won't Dance - Laurence James
    24. All the Things You Are - Laurence James
    25. Alley Cat - Laurence James
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    28. After You've Gone - Laurence James
    John Gay: The Beggar's Opera; Edward German: Tom Jones (Highlights)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Enjoyably 'Inauthentic,' Authentically 1950s Version
    		 John Gay: The Beggar's Opera; Edward German: Tom Jones (Highlights)

    Manufacturer: Class. for Pleas. Us
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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    EnglishEnglish | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    OperettasOperettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000089HAZ
    Release Date: 2003-08-05

    Tracks:

    1. Overture - John Wills
    2. Thro' All The Employments Of Life - Owen Brannigan
    3. 'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind - Alexander Young
    4. If Love The Virgin's Heart Invade - Constance Shacklock
    5. A Maid Is Like The Golden Ore - Constance Shacklock
    6. Virgins Are Like The Fair Flower - Elsie Morison
    7. Our Polly Is A Sad Slut - Constance Shacklock
    8. Can Love Be Controlled By Advice? - Elsie Morison
    9. O Polly, You Might Have Toy'd And Kiss'd - Elsie Morison
    10. I Like A Ship In Storms Was Tossed - Elsie Morison
    11. A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir - Owen Brannigan
    12. O Ponder Well - Elsie Morison
    13. Pretty Polly, Say - Elsie Morison
    14. My Heart Was So Free - John Cameron
    15. Were I Laid On Greenland's Coast - Elsie Morison
    16. O What Pain It Is To Part - Elsie Morison
    17. Fill Every Glass - Alexander Young
    18. Let Us Take The Road - Alexander Young
    19. If The Heart Of A Man - John Cameron
    20. Youth's The Season - Dance - John Cameron
    21. Before The Barn-Door Crowing - Dance - Anna Pollak
    22. At The Tree I Shall Suffer - John Cameron
    23. Man May Escape From Rope And Gun - John Cameron
    24. App. 1. How Cruel Are The Traitors - Monica Sinclair
    25. App. 3. When You Censure The Age - Owen Brannigan
    26. How Happy Could I Be With Either - John Cameron
    27. I'm Bubbled, I'm Bubbled - Monica Sinclair
    28. Cease Your Funning - Elsie Morison
    29. Melodrama: The Escape Of Macheath - John Wills

    Tracks:

    1. The Modes Of The Court So Common Are Grown - Alexander Young
    2. In The Days Of My Youth - Owen Brannigan
    3. Entrance Of Lucy - John Wills
    4. I'm Like A Skiff On The Ocean Tost - Monica Sinclair
    5. Come, Sweet Lass - Monica Sinclair
    6. Hither, Dear Husband - Monica Sinclair
    7. Which Way Shall I Turn Me? - John Cameron
    8. The Charge Is Prepared - John Cameron
    9. Macheath's Soliloquy - John Wills
    10. Would I Might Be Hang'd - Monica Sinclair
    11. Thus I Stand Like The Turk - John Cameron
    12. Introduction - Don't You Find The Weather Charming? - Gilbert Vinter & His Orchestra
    13. On A Januairy Morning In Zummerzetsheer - Nigel Brooks Chorus
    14. West County Lad, What Is't Ye Lack? - Nigel Brooks Chorus
    15. To-Day My Spinet, Closed And Idly Still - Cynthia Glover
    16. Wisdom Says 'Festina Lente' - Shirley Minty
    17. Madrigal: Here's A Paradox For Lovers - Shirley Minty
    18. Dream O' Day Jill - Cynthia Glover
    19. As All The Maids And I One Day - Shirley Minty
    20. A Soldier's Scarlet Coat - Nigel Brooks Chorus
    21. Love Maketh The Heart A Garden Fair - Cynthia Glover
    22. Morris Dance - Gilbert Vinter & His Orchestra
    23. Gavotte: Glass Of Fashion, Mould Of Form - Gilbert Vinter & His Orchestra
    24. The Green Ribbon - Shirley Minty
    25. If Love's Content Lie In The Spoken Word - Frederick Harvey
    26. Recitative And Waltz Song: Which Is My Own True Self... - Cynthia Glover
    27. Recitative And Waltz Song: For To-night Let Me Dream Out My Dream Of Delight - Cynthia Glover
    28. Hark! The Merry Marriage Bells - Shirley Minty

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Enjoyably 'Inauthentic,' Authentically 1950s Version.......2005-05-14

    By rights, this 1955 version of John Gay's much-adapted 1728 'ballad opera' should sound antiquated beyond redemption: the musical version used is Frederick Austin's well-worn, prettified (& verbally expurgated) 1920 arrangement, subjected to the indignity of being blown up from chamber ensemble to full orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargeant's tempi are impossibly 'inauthentic' (ie. slow); there are numerous cuts even beyond Austin's omissions; & the 2 separate casts, of opera singers & actors, recorded in different months, are not always convincingly 'matched up.' Yet it's one of the most enjoyable recordings I know of.
    A quick scan of the cast list(s) will tell you why: the singers include Elsie Morison, John Cameron, Monica Sinclair, Ian Wallace, Owen Brannigan & Alexander Young & the actors Zena Walker, John Neville, Rachel Roberts, Eric Porter & Paul Rogers. In other words, these are top pros & strong audio personalities who grab their every opportunity. The musical performance is sumptuous & sheer pleasure to listen to, the actors & dialogue 'production' brisk, funny & sharper than you might expect. And the sound for both music & dialogue is of demonstration quality, one of the best of the period.
    Those who find this version too musically ponderous or dramatically reactionary can find antidotes in the Bare Baroque Basics one by Jeremy Barlow & The Broadside Band (Hyperion), word & note complete, & the radical & often inspired 1948 Benjamin Britten arrangement (complete on Argo, abridged with the original cast on Pearl). They'll be missing some good 50s fun, though.
    They'll also be missing the only available excerpts (15 numbers) from Edward German's tuneful 1907 operetta 'Tom Jones.' This really IS 'cleaned up' 18th century, genteel beyond the call of duty, but for those who respond to musical theater of the period, highly recommended. The 1966 recording is lively & accomplished. As Miss Jean Brodie would say, For those who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like. And a good thing too.
    An Introduction to Schubert's Piano Quintet "Trout"
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		An Introduction to Schubert's Piano Quintet "Trout"

      Manufacturer: Naxos
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      ASIN: B000076FX6
      Release Date: 2003-01-21
      Jones Laughing Record
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        Spike Jones
        Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00006FX1Y
        Release Date: 2002-09-24
        At The Hollywood Bowl + Encore
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • The essence of a great entertainer catpured.
        		 At The Hollywood Bowl + Encore

        Manufacturer: Collectables
        ProductGroup: Music
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        ASIN: B00005Y8VW
        Release Date: 2001-01-30

        Tracks:

        1. I'll Be Right Back
        2. Alouette - Liberace, George Liberace, Los Angeles Philharmonic
        3. Theme and Welcome Back
        4. Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody in Blue/Embraceable You/Love Walked ...
        5. Hillbilly Music
        6. Hey Liberace
        7. Intro
        8. Liberace Boogie
        9. Intro
        10. Rosary
        11. George and His Hot Fiddle
        12. Sweet Sue, Just You
        13. How About Another One?
        14. Tea for Two
        15. Sometimes I'm Ashamed to Take the Money
        16. Alexander's Ragtime Band/Old Folks at Home
        17. Taking Requests
        18. Hollywood Bowl Concerto: Jalousie (Jealousy)/Star Dust/Walkin' My Baby
        19. Closing Theme and Good Night

        Album Description

        2 CD set includes-At The Hollywood Bowl & Hollywood Bowl Encore. These two albums comprise a memorable 1954 performance including, for the first time, the entire concert, complete with Liberace's colorful monologues. Highlights include 'Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)', 'Bumble Boogie' and 'Twelfth Street Rag'. 2002.

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars The essence of a great entertainer catpured........2004-05-03

        Liberace was a great showman and entertainer. This double CD is the best record of his classic act and demonstrates what Liberace was all about. Although recorded in 1954 the sound quality is fine and many of the elements from that period remained part of Liberace's act over more than 30 years. Interestingly - he was not yet using "I'll Be Seeing You" as his exit music. If there is anything you like about Liberace - get this CD.
        NB Amazon (on 2/5/04) was only listing the tracks on the second CD.
        English Song
        Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
        • A century of British art songs to delight those who love them
        		 English Song

        Manufacturer: Naxos
        ProductGroup: Music
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        ASIN: B0002JEG6I
        Release Date: 2005-03-22

        Tracks:

        1. A Soft Day - Bernadette Greevy
        2. Irish Skies - Bernadette Greevy
        3. Cherry Ripe - Janice Watson
        4. Mustard And Cress - Neal Davies
        5. The Lily Of A Day - Janice Watson
        6. Henry King - Neal Davies
        7. Fain Would I Change That Note - Graham Johnson
        8. In Summer-Time On Bredon - Christopher Maltman
        9. The Lads In Their Hundreds - Christopher Maltman
        10. Among The Rocks - Graham Johnson
        11. It Was A Lover And His Lass - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
        12. The Water Mill - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
        13. On Wenlock Edge - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
        14. The Call - Graham Johnson
        15. Silent Noon - Graham Johnson
        16. Now In These Fairylands - Philip Langridge
        17. The Dream-City - Philip Langridge
        18. Margrete's Cradle Song - Susan Gritton
        19. The Heart Worships - Christopher Maltman
        20. Take, O Those Lips Away - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
        21. Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal - Graham Johnson
        22. Love Calls Through The Summer Night - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
        23. I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing - Graham Johnson
        24. The Rio Grande (Capstan Shanty) - Ian Partridge
        25. Theodore, Or The Pirate King - Ian Partridge
        26. A Long Time Ago (Hilliard's Shanty) - Ian Partridge
        27. Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be? - Bernadette Greevy

        Tracks:

        1. The Grenadier - Richard Edgar-Wilson
        2. The Young Lover - Richard Edgar-Wilson
        3. Betty And Johnny - Richard Edgar-Wilson
        4. Rise Up And Reach The Stars - Richard Edgar-Wilson
        5. The Bells - Nik Hancock-Child
        6. Ann's Cradle Song - Nik Hancock-Child
        7. As I Lay In The Early Sun - Nik Hancock-Child
        8. The Cherry Tree - Nik Hancock-Child
        9. Dusk - Nik Hancock-Child
        10. Peter Warlock's Fancy - John Constable
        11. The Frostbound Wood - John Constable
        12. Chopcherry - John Constable
        13. A Sad Song - John Constable
        14. Rutterkin - John Constable
        15. Bethlehem Down - John Constable
        16. Wapping Old Stairs - Felicity Lott
        17. Long Steel Grass - Martyn Hill
        18. Tango-Pasodoble - Martyn Hill
        19. Popular Song - Martyn Hill
        20. Beatriz's Song - Felicity Lott
        21. Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love - Philip Langridge
        22. Early One Morning - Felicity Lott
        23. The Foggy, Foggy View - Philip Langridge
        24. Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast - Philip Langridge
        25. Tell Me The Truth About Love - Della Jones
        26. The Choirmaster's Burial - Philip Langridge

        Customer Reviews:

        3 out of 5 stars A century of British art songs to delight those who love them.......2006-06-26

        These 53 songs have been collected by Naxos from their extensive acquisitions from Collins Classics, and perhaps other British sources now out of business. There's a steady cottage industry, year after year, producing the typical English art song, which is usually based on folk songs, but even in more modern idioms is profuondly conservative and nostaligic. Half these songs, not to mention half the composers, are totally unknown to American audiences, but the familiar names of Vaughan Williams and Britten represent high quality, and the lesser lights, such as Warlock and Quilter, are mainstays in this repertoire.

        I'd challenge all but the most addicted listener to make it through more than ten songs at a sitting, and many of these pieces are tepid, offering comfort rather than inspiration. The singers are among the best, but Graham Johnson and Steuart Beford, who do most of the accompaniments, are lackluster. I know that won't be a popular comment, yet if you compare any of these songs with rendiitons done by Janet Baker, John Shirley-quirk, and most recently Bryn Terfel and Ian Bostridge, you immediately notice how much more intensity and drama is pesent than htis colleciton reveals.

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