Quick

Quick

Track Listings

1. Quick

2. Let's Get Mesolithic

3. The Best Of Me

4. Hey Little Man

5. Number Six Driver

6. One Thousand Sarahs

7. Monotony

8. Candido & America

9. Abraham

10. Cantering On Fool

11. Tommy The Canexican

12. Tom Burleigh's Dead

13. Great Day

Editorial Reviews
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Virginia-based (go figure!) Eddie from Ohio are not an outfit you can easily tuck into a genre. Folk, pop, Latin, a cappella, jazz, mariachi, Celtic-- this album's a pizza with everything to go. With a strong catalog of independent work already behind them, including 1999's exceptional Looking out the Fishbowl, they have plenty to live up to, but Quick is virtually flawless thanks to its sardonically witty lyrics ("Loving couples, holding hands / Shop and play hoops, making plans / Share a purpose, share a bed / Those loving couples, I wish they were dead"), ace musicianship, and harmonies so smooth they make maple syrup seem like coconut husk by comparison. Every track is a flavor burst, but check out the airplay-worthy title track; the nutty, doo-wop "Let's Get Mesolithic"; and the a cappella gospel gem "Great Day." Eddie from Ohio have already made a small mark, now they deserve to break out. Quick may just do the job. --Adrian Zupp

Tracks:

Run Run Run
Boris The Spider
I Need You
Whiskey Man
Heatwave
Cobwebs And Strange
Don't Look Away
See My Way
So Sad About Us
A Quick One, While He's Away
Batman
Buckett
Barbara Ann
Disguises
Doctor, Doctor
I've Been Away
In The City
Happy Jack (Acoustic Version)
Man With The Money
My Generation/Land Of Hope And Glory

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The Who's second album is a mite inconsistent, not least because all four members were encouraged by a business deal to churn out songs. A Quick One nonetheless manages several Who classics, notably "A Quick One While He's Away," Pete Townshend's first longform (10 minutes) piece, and John Entwistle's licensed-to-ill "Whiskey Man" and "Boris the Spider." The band's sense of humor, however, gives way on rote pop tunes like Roger Daltrey's "See My Way." But CD bonus tracks like the great "Disguises" (included in a murkier mix than that on the 30 Years of Maximum R&B boxed set) and the Beach Boys tributes "Bucket T" and "Barbara Ann" are a distinct help. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Great.......2007-06-03

Not the Who's best sessions, but overall a great repackage of some tracks worth listening to a few more times.

Middling Who.......2007-05-06

This is probably the worst Who album of their first decade, simply because the whole band was encouraged to write songs. Now, with Pete and John, that's fine: Boris the Spider, Whiskey Man, Run Run Run, So Sad About Us and the mini-opera title track all rule. But it's in the other two's songs where this falls apart: I Need You and See My Way are two of the wimpiest, most sterile Who songs ever, Cobwebs and Strange is stupid, but not in the "stupidly fun" sense, and their cover of Heat Wave is as bad as the two James Brown covers from the first. And Pete's Don't Look Away falls in the same category as the Keith and Roger songs. So if Townshend and Entwistle had written this whole album together, it would've been great. Now it's only lousy. And Happy Jack should've been made a part of the UK LP as well as the US one...

Quick One The Who.......2007-02-19

I love the Who, and this CD is just one of the best. Although, I really don't believe they made a bad album.

Worth getting for The mini-Opera .......2007-01-29

Pete only writes 3 songs Run Run Run,
So Sad About Us & A Quick One, While He's Away
for this record, but they are all classics and John writes 2 of his best ever, Whiskey Man and Boris the Spider. This album is very good and Roger's Don't Look Away is very good for someone who's not considered a songwriter.

A Botched One.......2006-12-07

The Who's second album falls a bit short of their fine debut, and is redeemed by a handful of slightly above average tracks rather than by great ones. Some have argued too many songwriters spoiled the record, as all members of the group made contributions. Not surprisingly, Townshend dominates the record. "Run Run Run" and "So Sad About Us" are probably the best of his batch, and enjoyable but somewhat slight "Happy Jack" was the single and most famous track. (Strangely, it is included only among the bonus tracks on the CD re-issue.) "A Quick One, While He's Away" was his first compostion of epic proportions, and a sign of things to come in the forms of Tommy and Quadraphenia. Daltrey, Townshend, and Entwistle take turns at the mike with equally good results. This is a great song, but it plays much better on the Live at Leeds CD. It is fleshed out more completely, delivered with deserving passion, and is preceded by some humorous on-stage banter. (Wes Anderson was wise to use the live version for the Rushmore soundtrack.) Entwistle began to develop his trademark of writing songs with dark humor and unsettling self-deprecation. On this album, he offers the story of the ill-fated "Boris the Spider" and "The Whiskey Man", at tale of alcohol-induced paranoid schizophrenia: "Seemingly I must be mad, insanity is fun." Moon throws in the instrumental "Cobwebs and Strange", a showcase for his feral drumming style, and the surpringly affecting "I Need You". Finally, Daltrey - a very infrequent songwriter - has only one song on the record, the middling "See My Way". (Oh yeah, there is also a superfluous cover of "Heat Wave".)

The CD re-issue adds several bonus tracks of fitful quality. "Disguises", "In the City", "Man With the Money", and the characteristically amusing "Doctor, Doctor" by Entwistle - who may well be the star of the record - help make the disc worth listening to in it's entirety. But the real problem with A Quick One is that it simply never catches fire. At this point, The Who had shown that they were able to crank out decent singles, and that they had the ability and the inspiration to achieve greater things. However, they had yet to deliver a solid album of all original material. That would change in a big way the following year (1967) with The Who Sell Out. But in the wake of A Quick One, the band still had some work to do before its legendary status would be secured.

Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Vol. 2

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Not My Style
Rockin' Western Collection
Hard to Find Great Western Themes
Western Music
A great follow-up

Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Vol. 2

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ASIN: B000060PBU
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Nevada Smith-Main Title
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Shane-Main Theme: The Call Of The Farwaway Hills
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Customer Reviews:

Not My Style.......2007-05-11

This CD has a lot of good songs on it, but it just too bland for our taste. We prefer Western music to sound as though genuine cowboys are singing it - not a fancy chorus!

Rockin' Western Collection.......2006-08-28

For anyone who likes movie/tv music from westerns should purchase this CD. What a wonderful collection of both film and tv with great renditions of each piece. I'm about to purchase Vol. 1 to complete my collection.

Hard to Find Great Western Themes .......2006-03-16

This CD has a number of great western themes that are not in some of the standard lists. For example it includes "The Hallejuah Trail", "Blazing Saddles", and "Giant". This CD also has what I consider the true theme of "The Comancheros". I have been disappointed with some other CDs I have purchased listing "The Comancheros" which had a song rather than this theme. Many of the tracks on this two disk CD go beyond the main theme music and are actually suites. The "Big Country" and "How the West Was Won" are just a couple of examples. It may be a little more expense than some CDs, but not bad for a two disk set. I am really happy with my purchase.

Western Music.......2005-07-29

I enjoy this CD. It has many familiar melodies. Good background for reading, nice to listen while driving. It is also the only CD I've ever found that has the great theme from the movie "Giant."

A great follow-up.......2003-08-29

This is the second collection by SilvaScreen, who are also responsible for "The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection" (see my review). And it's just as good as the first. There are themes in here that everyone will recognize ("Bonanza," "A Fistful of Dollars"), themes that may not be so familiar ("Duel in the Sun," "The Hanging Tree," the lively "Blazing Saddles"), and even themes you may not associate with Westerns at all ("The Friendly Persuasion"). And no duplication either: when this disc includes a piece from one of the same sources covered in its predecessor, it's a different piece. One great treat: the full lyrics to "Gunfight at OK Corral," which I've never heard outside the soundtrack of the movie itself. The arrangement from "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" includes not only the familiar song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" but an overview of the music--seguing almost seamlessly into Bernstein's magnificent "The Comancheros," a rare find indeed. An expensive item, but if you love Western film music, well worth it.

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Good Hungarian Music, Even Though It Falls Slightly Short
can you say cacophony?
Mixed bag
Csardas Hungarian Gyspy Music
Gypsy fire!

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Release Date: 1995-03-21

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Customer Reviews:

Good Hungarian Music, Even Though It Falls Slightly Short.......2007-04-01

Being Hungarian myself, the son of a musician (my father plays the cimbalom) and a musician myself, I'd be lying if I said this CD by Santa Ferenc is great. Good? Yes. And well worth the price, but I've heard better Hungarian gypsy violinist in my time. If you really want to hear great Hungarian music try to find LPs by the lengendary Babai Bela, Lakatos Sandor, Berki Laszlo, and Banyak Kalman. Santa Ferenc has some good arrangements but lacks the feeling and depth of these other musicians. Although it probably isn't fair to him to compare him to others and is best if we judge his music purely on its own merits.

If you are familiar with Hungarian music you'll probably recognize many of the songs on the CD. They consist mainly of standard Hungarian and some Romanian gypsy songs. Track three which is titled on here merely as "Hungarian Songs" starts off with a song called "Gloomy Sunday" a song once deemed a suicide theme. We then have "Whistling Hora" a Romanian tune which has a nice arrangement and allows for some good solos. One of my favorite tracks on the album is "Doina and Hora" which is Romania but I believe the piece is really titled "Giabaralele" at least it sounds awfully close to it. It is a cimbalom solo, which unfortunately the album doesn't give credit to the other members in Santa's band. Whomever is on the cimbalom is quite good. He also has a good solo on another Romanian piece "The Lark" or as it is known in Romanian "Ciocirlia".

I've read some people have complained about the "sound" of the album, claiming it is not authentic Hungarian music. I honestly have no clue what they are talking about. I can honestly say, without exaggeration, I have listen to this music every day of my life since as far back as I can remember and this CD sounds pretty much like what you'd expect a Hungarian gypsy album to sound like.

Again, while it's not fair to compare Santa Ferenc (whom for the sake of complete honesty I should admit knows my father) to other Hungarian musicians, I still feel Santa merely plays the songs and doesn't add much emotion to them, the CD is still one most fans of Hungarian music should enjoy. *** 1\2 out of *****

Bottom-line: While not a great CD and not a great musician Santa Ferenc does have some good arrangements and good musicians backing him up plus a nice collection of famous Hungarian and Romanian songs. While he doesn't compare to other great musicians, for the price it is well worth it and doesn't need to compare.

can you say cacophony?.......2007-03-20

Let me preface this review with the disclaimer that I *almost* know nothing about hungarian gypsy music - BUT I purchased this cd based upon the positive customer reviews found here. Don't believe any of it - this cd completely lacks ANY depth or richness expected of traditional gypsy music - most songs are fully overwhelmed by a single instrument of extremely annoying high-pitched screeching clearly produced by some solo egomaniacal musician not interested in texture but inducing suicidal tendencies in the listener, not unlike being subjected to a full hour of screaming cats in heat in the alley. Luckily you can just throw the cd in your garbage instead of having to hurl garbage at stray cats to shut the gawdawful noise up.

Mixed bag.......2007-01-17

My grandfather listen to alot of this music as I was growing up and I was hoping this cd would be like revisiting a stay at his house. On some levels it was, the basic sound was there, and some of the songs sounded right but there was not that fevered pitch that I was used to in Hungarian Gypsy Music. Some of the songs sounded totatly different from what I expected, there was one that broke down into this atonal, disjuncted fiddle and horns combo that I had never incountered before.

Not what I was expecting and wanting but still brings back fond memories.

Csardas Hungarian Gyspy Music.......2006-03-10

The music is what I expected and the delivery and price were very acceptable. All was in excellent condition when it arrived.

Gypsy fire!.......2006-03-06

This music is amazing. Authentically captures the spirit of traditional gypsy folk music wonderfully. I guess the best way to describe this music is to tell you what the liner notes say: "Popular Hungarian gypsy music owes much of its form to earlier aristocratic encouragement. In particular the csardas, which makes use of folk elements, provided entertainment for the nobility, among whom it was supposed that the csardas, which derives its name from the word csarda, a country inn, was danced on Sunday afternoonns by the peasantry. The dance was introduced to polite society in the late 1830s, notably, it is said, by Count Bela Wenckheim, who coined the name. The csardas is similar in form to the verbunkos or recruiting-dance, with its slow opening section and rapid second section, and has come to epitomize Hunagarian gypsy music. It was Franz Liszt who, in the heyday of musical nationalism, seized on the csardas as a source for his Hungarian Rhapsodies, wrongly supposing this to be an example of real Hungarian folk music, rather than the hybrid form that it was. It was left to Bela Bartok and Kodaly in a later generation to collect and classify the true folk music of Hungary and neighboring regions, distinguishing this from the form of popular music provided by the gypsy bands. The bands themselves have long history, whether providing music for the Esterhazy family at their great palace of Esteraza in the time of Franz Josef Hadyn or for later generations in less distinguished surroundings. Basic instrumentation continues very largely the traditions of the 18th Century, with a solo violin carrying the improvisatory melodic burden, accompanied by a second violin or viola, double bass and cimbalom, with the additional use of the the tarogato, an instrument similar in timbre to the clarinet, which sometimes replaces it. The tarogato has a long association with Hungarian nationalism and was at one time banned by the Austrian authorities for that very reason. The music of Ferenc Santa and his gypsy band includes examples of the csardas, with the famous use of the form by the Italian violinist Vittorio Monti (1868-1922), who made his later career in Paris. Also included is Skylark by the Romanian violinist and Carl Flesch pupil Grigoras Dinicu (1889-1949), who arranged a number of popular Romanian melodies and is well remembered for his famous Hora Staccato, using the traditional dance-form, also coupled here with a traditional doina, a popular improvisatory form. In addition to the prominent sol violin, the gypsy band also provides variety in solos for the cimbalom, with reminiscences of material used by Kodaly in his Hary Janos, and for the characteristic tarogato." So there you have a bit of history behind these folk tunes. It is strangely evocative, fiery, nationalistic music that has influenced Western music in several ways. I even sensed some jazz-type rhythms in track 3. Check out Ligeti's Old Hungarian Parlor Dances - seems like he draws much of this piece from these gypsy rhythms, especially track 8. Wonder if this Ferenc Santa ever tours as I would love to hear him and his band perform live - just you dare try to keep your feet still when listening to this! Pick this Naxos gem up today, especially if you have some Hungarian roots like me - this music will come alive for you, it's in your blood. Enjoy!

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Everything they do is phenomenal!!
Improvisation at its Best
Amazing Talented Musicians Here People
response to 'a music fan' in regards to Live At the Quick
Better than the studio "outbound", which has same songs

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Béla Fleck's music is a three-ring circus of stylistic outreach, rooted in folk musics from around the globe, yet tethered to an American improviser's sensibility. Here, the composer and banjo virtuoso is captured in full flight at a concert venue with his core band of collaborators, the Flecktones, featuring multi-reedman Jeff Coffin and the charismatic Wooten Brothers, bassist Victor and percussionist Roy (better known as Futureman). The emotional and technical range the Flecktones routinely explore is showcased in a series of adventurous solo spots: Futureman's sampled percussion and evocations of African vocal traditions on "Ovombo Summit"; Victor's rapid-fire percussive techniques and masterful use of harmonics in a moving improv based on "Amazing Grace"; and Béla's crystalline adaptation of the prelude from Bach's Violin Partita No. 3. Better yet, Fleck augments his presentation with a Justice League of America-styled cabal of master musicians, who, like himself, push the envelope on instruments all too infrequently represented in jazz. Thus, we experience Andy Narell's lithe, sparkling steel drum harmonies on the Americana-inflected pathways of Béla's "Big Country" and on his gorgeous solo turn, "Interlude"; Paul McCandless's airborne, lyric oboe on the reggae changes of "Lover's Leap"; the funky facility of Paul Hanson on "Scratch and Sniff" (as he transforms his bassoon with wah-wah effects until it suggests a synthesizer); and the uncanny emotional impact of Tuvan throat singer Kongar-ol Ondar, who trumps any synth player you've ever heard through his use of multiphonics in the Mongolian vocal tradition. --Chip Stern

Customer Reviews:

Everything they do is phenomenal!! .......2004-10-12

The Flecktones are unique. There is no other way to describe them. Just look through all the reviews of their albums. Live Art. Live at the Quick. Left of Cool. UFO TOFU. Outbound. Little Worlds. Just look at any of these albums and reviews and you'll realize they're always 5 stars. There is a reason. These guys are not only technically fantastic. They are original, inventive, beautiful, fascinating...and you'll find yourself humming the tunes over and over again and playing them constantly in your car. Big Country, Blu-Bop, Sherpa, Puffy...all of us Flecktone-heads can tell you all the tunes but this isn't slickly produced fluff for the mass market. It's difficult,complicated, engaging, interesting stuff. It attracts followers who stick like glue. I've gone to a couple of concerts since discovering him and they are just like the albums. Incredible. Fun. Worth every penny. His music is sort of like classical music for the jazz set. Fleck can improvise and make music with the best of them and attracts Chick Corea, Branford, Hornsby, Derek Trucks, Edgar Meyer, Even Josh Bell and John Williams (the guitarist, not the conductor although he probably has a gig with the Boston Pops in his future if he wants it. He goes way out with Indian, African, Chinese, it must be a hoot to tour with them because they are always trying new stuff and making music from the most unlikely sources.

One final note. Get the DVD Live at the Quick watch it and after you are blown away, loan it to all your friends. I gave it to my brother as a Christmas present last year and found it that it has been passed around his kids school, even the choir director at the school has picked up on it and is doing numbers with Tuvan throat singing!! you have to get the DVD to see what I mean. Every bass player has probably worn it out trying to figure out how Victor does all that weird stuff.

Get this CD and DVD and become a Flecktone fan if you want to see and hear great music by an original. Now read the rest of those 5 star reviews.

Improvisation at its Best.......2004-08-26

`Live at the Quick' is a snapshot taken of a band with all pistons firing. While most people wouldn't necessarily think of a banjo as an explosive instrument, Bela Fleck makes it so. Of course, he can also make it sound so delicate that you think it might just collapse in his hands. The same can be said for the virtuoso bass playing of Victor Wooten, quite possibly the most gifted musician I have ever heard play live (Fleck is another contender). This is a terrific addition to any music collection, particularly if you are interested in improvisation and modern variations on traditional music.

Amazing Talented Musicians Here People.......2004-02-27

You absolutely must get this CD. It is incredible, the musicians are so talented and the music flows greatly with a very weird sound that is cool if you are into Bela, check it out fans, 5 STARS!

response to 'a music fan' in regards to Live At the Quick.......2003-12-15

OK, 'a music fan', what would you suggest would make this album better? This is the first time in over 20 years I've ever publicly ranted about music, but I'm compelled to do so now. I see that you have some good taste in music, so what is it about this album that you find unpleasing? The musicians on this album are some of the best on their instruments in the world, if not the best, and boy, if you could do better, let's hear it. You're welcome to reply, but let's remember to keep it polite.

Better than the studio "outbound", which has same songs.......2003-10-25

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have a "big band" concert which rehashes many of the songs on the "Outbound" studio CD. The live disc, I feel, works better because it has more spirit. Even though there are a lot of guests with different styles, it all works together fine because the guests, frankly, aren't prominent in the mix. You have to listen closely. One notable exception is Ondar's exceptional Tuvan throat singing on "Alash Khem", which he does solo. If you're deciding between "Outbound" and this one, pick this one. If you already have "Outbound", your decision will hang on just how much you like the Flecktones!

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Great album, but where are the remixes
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Release Date: 2004-10-12

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Love on Your Side
Lies
If You Were Here
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We Are Detective
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Groundbreaking album from this popular trend-setting New Wave trio. This Billboard Top 40 release features the hit singles: "Love On Your Side", "Lies", "Watching" & "We Are Detective", as well as classic album tracks such as "If You Were Here" (from the John Hughes' motion picture, Sixteen Candles). Not only has this long out of print CD been digitally remastered, but 4 bonus tracks are also included, some of which have never before been released on CD. Noted journalist Stephen "Spaz" Schnee compiled new liner notes.

When this album was first released in the United States in 1983, Arista changed the name of the album to Sidekicks and rearranged the track order. For this reissue, Superfecta Recordings has restored the original album title and track order (1-10) as the Thompson Twins intended.

Customer Reviews:

Great album, but where are the remixes.......2006-10-10

Absolutely, the best album from the Twins. Although "Into the Gap" made them stars and it is itself a great album. QS&SK is more quirky, energetic, and enjoyable.

Now on to the missing remixes. As IggyBowieLou pointed out, there were 6 tracks on the B-side of the cassette edition. One of the first CDs I burned when I got my first burner way back when was this album and the 6 tracks. The total running time of the US album release and the bonus tracks clocks in at 73:50. It appears that the CD can contain either the bonus tracks, or the extended versions of the original songs, but probably not both. A rundown of the approximate lengths of the bonus tracks are:

- Love Lies Fierce 6:55 <- Remix of "Love Lies Bleeding"
- (Long) Beach Culture 6:38 <- Remix of "Beach Culture", B-side of "Lies" single
- No Talkin' 6:13 <- Instrumental (almost) of "Lies"
- Rap Boy Rap 7:22 <- Remix of "Love on Your Side"
- Frozen in Time 6:22 <- Remix of "Kamikaze"
- Fallen Out 2:30 <- Instrumental of "All Fall Out"

The cassette version still occasionally pops up on eBay.

for collectors of 12" versions on CD...at last you get some complete.......2006-01-04

As far as I know, this is the FIRST time the full 7 and a half minute version of "Love on Your Side" has been on CD--every compilation I've ever found the supposed extended version on has used the EDIT from their Greatest Remixes CD--and Lies, while not as hard to find complete, is also often just the edited version from the same CD, but here, it is the full 6 minutes and 37 seconds. And We Are Detectives is 5 minutes and 49 seconds. So the bonnus tracks alone make this CD worth the purchase.

Superfecta really does care.......2005-09-10

There have been some reviews about the album which, while factual, I think don't give all the facts in the matter. The Superfecta reissue is indeed worthy of purchase especially for those who find the 36 dollar Japanese reissue out of reach.

Superfecta, given contract obligations that they use the original track listing for the US release of Quick Step and Side Kick (then known as Side Kicks), included the cut used on the ORIGINAL US release of the album. While this may not be the true genuine cut for the UK and elsewhere release, it is what they were required to use to release the album here.

That being said, the album is still worth of purchase as several of the bonus tracks were unavailable prior to this release. It is debatable whether or not they should have used the original instrumental remixes. I am happy to see these albums rereleased and I appreciate Superfecta's efforts.

A little constructive criticism never hurt. You can find their webpage along with a forum here:

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The Twin Trio.......2005-01-07

I really like this CD, the bonus extras, make it even more worth while, at a reasonable price. I have been a fan of TT since Human Leauge was "Being Boiled, and what a great song that is". I have so many 12" vinyl remixes, and of course the 12" collection of remixes, and so many other CD's. There are alot of songs here, that I do not have, sure some are a bit drab, but not EVERY....CD is non stop packed with hits. I suggest this only for the fact I am a true fan drab or not, this group set in motion "The Tail" in the Mid 1980's remember (if not the brightly coloured hair, with a "tail" bleached, or Coloured black in the rear of the scalp) If you do not remember then you may not be interested in MY choice of taste, yet we are all different. I am just hoping with all the GREAT 80's gropus, having there hits remixed to today's 2005 club standards, they will follow, as well turning Lies, or Into The Gap and so many others into a HUGE club Anthem. I also recommend...(if you have not double clicked on another topic) the 12" remix collection. I am sure it is avialable on CD NOW, grey on the cover, the remixes are outstanding. Hope this is of help/Jason Prof DJ

a classic...........but re-released with wrong bonus tracks!.......2004-11-12

THIS IS a) THE BEST THOMPSON TWINS ALBUM AND b) ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS EVER. ITS DEFINITELY MY FAVE ALBUM EVER. HOWEVER.....I, ALONG WITH MANY FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE RE-ISSUES AND DVD'S AND FOR THEM TO RE-ISSUE SUCH A CLASSIC ALBUM, ONE WOULD THINK THEY WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND RELEASE IT WITH ITS ORIGINAL U.S "DOUBLE PLAY" BONUS TRAX. THERE GOES A MISSED OPPORTUNITY!!! I DONT KNOW WHATS WORSE, THIS OR "INTO THE GAP" BEING RE-RELEASED WITH BONUS TRACKS THAT BELONG TO THE "FUTURE DAYS" ALBUM. IF YOUR NOT GONNA DO IT RIGHT, DONT DO IT AT ALL. BUT ITS STILL GETTING FIVE STARS BECAUSE THIS ALBUM CONTAINS SUCH CLASSICS AS "KAMIKAZE" AND "LOVE LIES BLEEDING"

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DJ Maintains The Original Feel Of High Energy Disco
BACK IN THE DAYS
It was okay

Thump'n Disco Quick Mixx, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Thump Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003805
Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

You're My Magician - Lime
Spin It - Sunbelt
Over & Over - Disco Circus
Playing With Love - Chapter One
Love Spy - Mike Mareen
You Spin Me 'Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive
Sweet Fantasy - Lisa Smith
Push, Push In The Bush - Musique
Keep On Jumpin' - Musique
Samba - Johnny Chinqas
Standing In The Shadows Of Love - Fever
#1 Lover - J.D. Hall
I Love Men - Cinema
Crazy Over You - Desire (Featuring Rae Flores)
Midnight Lover - People Like Us
My Forbidden Lover - Tapps
Mandolay - La Flavour
Wake Up - Stop
Love & Devotion - Michael Bow
Have A Cigar - Rosebud

Customer Reviews:

DJ Maintains The Original Feel Of High Energy Disco.......2003-11-22

Almost every Dj that makes an 80's mix for commercial release ends up adding too many sound effects, turntable scratching, or the length of every song is too short. However, this mix is almost perfect: Good song selection, appropriate song length, and smooth crossfades. Still, the way the DJ mixes the last few tracks is uninspiring and the sound quality is good but not excellent, as it was performed using 12" inch vinyl records. Going back to the song selection, I personally like "My Forbidden Lover" by Tapps, and Lime's "Ypu're My Magician." Overall, the mix will keep everyone dancing through through the end, which is why you should get the second volume.

BACK IN THE DAYS.......2000-02-06

THIS CD IS THE BOMB!, I ENJOYED THE MIXTURE OF CIRCUS DISCO THE HI-N-RG. I HAVE VOLUME 1 & 2, LOOKING FORWARD FOR THE NEW STUFF FROM THUMP RECORDS.

It was okay.......1999-03-14

it is alrigh

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Authenric Music with traditional instruments.
Living history

Music of the Civil War
Americus Brass Band , B. Holmes , W.L. Hobbs , Hosea Ripley , Walter Kittridge , D.L. Downing , George Frederick Root , Gioachino Rossini , Anonymous , James P. Carrell , W.K. Batchelder , C.V. Wallace , Henry Russell , Patrick S. Gilmore , Stephen Foster , Daniel Decatur Emmett , and Giacomo Meyerbeer
Manufacturer: Summit(Classical)
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000038IY
Release Date: 1993-02-02

Tracks:

When The Cruel War Is Over - Hoist Up The Flag Quick Step
Americus Quick Step
Fireman's Polka
Tenting On The Old Camp Ground
Dixie's Land Medley Quick Step
Battle Cry Of Freedom - Kingdom Coming Quick Step
Excerpt From William Tell
Sumter Light Guard March
Bonnie Eloise Quick Step
Amazing Grace
Glory Hallelujah Grand March
Scenes That Are Brightest - In Happy Moments Quick Step
Kazoodie Ko Whirl Overture
Woodman, Spare That Tree
Fireman's Quick Step
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Civil War Folk Song Medley: Oh, Suzanna, Garry Owen, Jordan Am A Hard Road, Bonnie Blue Flag, The Girl I Left Behind Me
Coronation March

Customer Reviews:

Authenric Music with traditional instruments........2000-09-17

For those of you who enjoy the music, as it was sung and played during the Civil War, this recording is a "must!" J.A. McA.

Living history.......1999-07-31

So shoot me. I like bagpipe music and I like fife and drum recordings and I like brass bands. Recently cruisin' the Internet brought me to the website of a company called Summit Records out in Arizona; and my eye was caught by the title (DCD 126) with a group calling itself The Americus Brass Band. I obtained a copy post haste and I want to all to know about it with equal rapidity. There is just short of 55 minutes of Civil War tunes played in a style that is "historically accurate, right down to the high military pitch and the clicking of the rotary valves on the original antique instruments employed" (as the notes tell us). The history of the band is available in those notes, so let me just dwell on the "music that still produces feelings of humor, joy, sadness, and patriotic pride." Well, what music does not produce at least one of those?--and I am not entirely sure there was anything about the Civil War of which we on either side should be particularly proud. But Sing a Song of Suffering seems to be an eternal way of making the best of a rotten situation during war time; and this CD is replete with such memories as "Tenting Tonight," "Amazing Grace," "Woodman, Spare That Tree," and even a little bit of the "William Tell Overture" and a Meyerbeer opera! In short, this is not the expected line up of soldier songs but selections that are "typical of that which might have been played by a group such as the Americus Brass band." I love it. Give it a try, please.

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painfully uninspired songwriting from Ocasek, as well as flavorless production
A Great Sequel To Fireball Zone
Worst CD in my collection
Best CD for Ocasek
There's a reason this is out of stock

Quick Change World
Ric Ocasek
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008J2X
Release Date: 1993-09-28

Tracks:

The Big Picture
Don't Let Go
Hard Times
A Little Closer
Riding Shotgun
Feeling's Got To Stay
She's On
I Still Believe
Come Alive
Quick Change World
What's On T.V.
Hopped Up
Help Me Find America

Customer Reviews:

painfully uninspired songwriting from Ocasek, as well as flavorless production.......2006-06-04

Released in 1993, "Quick Change World" finds Ric Ocasek running on empty, and it's hard to tell if he was even aware of it. On the one hand, he sprinkles in a couple of spoken voiceover pieces which could be seen as a way around having to come up with melodies. On the other hand, Ric originally conceived "Quick Change World" as a double CD that was also to contain a book of poetry, a collection of photographs, and more--in other words, a multi-media thing--and that's kind of incredible considering how weak this single disc distillation is.

The first 7 tracks on the CD are labelled the "Right Side", and apart from the opening spoken voiceover piece, these tracks, which were produced by Mike Shipley, find Ric trying to squeeze every last drop out of the Cars sound, and a majority of the time, he ends up sounding like a sad Cars imitation. Flavorless and annoyingly in-your-face production values weigh the proceedings down even more. "Hard Times" features a dull, overly-repeated, sludgy guitar riff, and his usual attempts at hip wordplay sound forced and annoying. "Don't Let Go" and "She's On" both suffer from painful predictability and a lack of hooks. "Feeling's Got To Stay" is an ultra-bland and pathetically predictable adult contemporary ballad--it sounds like Ric 'wrote' it in his sleep, both melodically and in terms of the chord changes which you can see coming a mile away. A couple of the tunes are a bit better--"A Little Closer" is at least respectably melodic and wistful, even though it's just a lesser rewrite of "Everything You Say" (with a sprinkling of "Steal the Night" and "Keep On Laughin'"); and "Riding Shotgun", though again sounding like he just cut-and-pasted a couple of his older songs together (featuring that damn I-VII-V-VI chord progression on the verses that he'd already used god knows how many times before), does have catchiness and a nicely contemplative feel, plus it rocks a little and has some nice effects.

The "left side", which Ric produced himself, is supposedly where he gets experimental; unfortunately, for the most part, that ends up meaning that Ric tries (and fails) to find various ways to distract you from his weak songwriting. It actually starts off nicely with the brief, dreamy "I Still Believe". But in almost no time Ric starts to fall back downhill, starting with "Come Alive", another fast-paced quasi-metallic blast, but unlike "Door To Door" which at least has an irresistible riff, "Come Alive" is exhausting and thin. The title track has sort of a funky groove, but wanders along aimlessly and features an annoyingly exagerrated Ocasek vocal. "What's On TV" sets a nice moody atmosphere, but again, there's no worthwhile development, and with Ric's artsy, repetitive, deliberately stoned-sounding spoken word vocals, it really becomes annoying. Tucked away at track number 12 lies the one truly excellent song on the album, the wonderfully exciting "Hopped Up"--it's a high-flying rocker with a great bass line, exhiliaringly silly lyrics, a great Ocasek vocal, and great tension created by the unpredictable transitions between just two chords.

With so many inexpensive copies of this CD floating around, Cars/ Ocasek fans will basically get their money's worth if they snap one up. Overall though, unless you're a really really 'easy-to-please' fan of The Cars/ Ric Ocasek, this album is a big-time disappointment. Ric, by and large, was running on empty (no pun intended).

A Great Sequel To Fireball Zone .......2005-05-09

Despite his diminished-come-cultish status by the early 90's, Ric Ocasek was one of the most powerful synth artists since David Bowie. He even went so far as to request Bowie's "Let's Dance" producer Nile Rodgers for 1991's Fireball Zone.

Thematically, Quick Change World is a politically charged album with only a few flaws in that it has a little too much variety. Most of the songs are a lot less new wave sounding than you'd think. While certain songs fall short . . . such as "the big picture" and "what's on tv?", QCW is a very welcome early 90's album that served as a continuation of massive creativity for Ric Ocasek.

My Four Favorities from Quick Change World are :

The atmospheric "Feelings Got To Stay"
The driving "She's On"
The beautifully ambient "I Still Believe"
The politically charged Title Track is a groovy and hypnotic

Worst CD in my collection.......2005-01-19

"Quick Change World" isn't bad at first, the first half of the album really is pretty good with the exception of the first song (total garbage). Then the "left side" of the album comes on, as it is listed on the CD case, and it's total garbage. The whole second half of the cd doesn't have one good song, "What's on TV" is a good example of how bad they are.

If you are a big cars/ocasek fan, you should check this out for the first part of it but you'll soon find this cd in the bottom of your cd collection if you bother with the other half.

Best CD for Ocasek.......2004-01-22

For those of us who enjoy Ocasek's lyric and musical style, then this CD is his best. There isn't a Top Ten hit on this release, but "Don't Let Go," "A Little Closer," and "She's On" may have had a chance for Top 40s during the Car's era. Personally, I like the title cut, "Quick Change World" best. A worthy purchase.

There's a reason this is out of stock.......2003-08-11

It's the mid 90's. Ric Ocasek and "The Cars" have long since disbanded. There's nothing new for Ric to say. Full of production thing-a-ma-jigs and whirly-gadgets and vocal alterations.

Just a jumbled mess. OK, there's a couple cuts that make the grade. And, this might have broke the top 40....in 1982. In fact, when I listen to the cut "Hopped Up", I can almost see the group Flock of Seagulls performing it.

For Cars/Ric Ocasek completists only.

There Is Sweet Music: English Choral Songs, 1890 - 1950
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A Cambridge Singers high point

How sweet it is

Something about British Choral Music...

Unbelievably gorgeous

There Is Sweet Music: English Choral Songs, 1890 - 1950
Cambridge Singers , and Rutter
Manufacturer: Collegium
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006O0OB
Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

Stanford: Partsongs Op. 119 No 3, Bluebird
Delius: To be sung of a summer night on the water, 2 songs for chorus
Elgar: Partsongs for chorus, Op.53 No 1, There Is Sweet Music
Elgar: My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land for Chorus, Op.18, No. 3
Vaughan-Williams: Shakespeare Songs for chorus
Moeran: The Sailor and Young Nancy, for chorus
Traditional: Brigg Fair
Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
Anon.: The Three Ravens
Anon.: My Sweetheart's Like Venus
Anon.: The Oak and the Ash
Stanford: Quick! We Have But A Second for chorus
Britten: Flower Songs for SATB chorus, Op. 47

Album Description

`I have rarely been so stunned by the opening track of a disc before. The performance of Stanford's The Blue Bird here attains the sublime.' Hi-Fi News & Record Review

Customer Reviews:

A Cambridge Singers high point.......2005-10-17

One of the very best recordings this choir has produced, and a definitely top choice for anyone who loves this choir or English choral music in general. Absolutely first-rate singing...and the literature is just too gorgeous to be on a one disc and pass up. The Delius pieces will make you melt, and the Vaughan Williams 3 Shakespeare Songs are nothing short of phenomenal.

How sweet it is.......2005-09-26

This disc is a bit different from many of the Cambridge Singers' discs in that it is exclusively secular songs. This was recorded at the Great Hall of University College School, London, in 1986, and originally released on vinyl. I cannot find an analog/digital code (many vinyl originals were first recorded in analog and then transferred to digital, sometimes clumsily) - despite this, the recording quality is crisp, clear, and vibrant.

--Music--
The music here is simply gorgeous. English musical tradition is long in the area of folk songs, but there was a waning of folk songs during Georgian and Victorian times. Also, despite the tradition of choral music which has been strong in England continuously, there was a definite resurgence of interest with the advent of the Oxford Movement in the nineteenth century.

The music here represents the work of many prominent English composers - Vaughan Williams, Holst, Britten, Delius, Stanford, and Elgar; others whose names are less well known generally are also represented, such as Moeran, Grainger, Chapman, and Bairstow. Vaughan Williams is represented in his setting of three Shakespeare texts to music ('Full Fathom Five', 'The cloud-capp'd towers', and 'Over Hill, Over Dale'). Britten is represented with Five Flower Songs. The title piece comes from a text chosen by Elgar - 'There is sweet music', according to Rutter, demonstrates a wonderful ability to match words to music in a way he describes as uncanny.

There is poetry in the texts and in the music here.

--Liner Notes--
The notes for this recording include the titles and words of each song together with source citations. There is also a brief essay on this musical period in English history. One thing conspicuously missing is much biographical information about John Rutter, or any descriptive information about the Cambridge Singers. This disc does not even have a list of the singers.

--John Rutter--
Rutter was born in London and educated at Clare College, Cambridge. This was where his career as a composer, arranger and conductor began. His early work was with groups at King's College Chapel at Cambridge as well as the Bath Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra. He has worked for the BBC providing music for educational series such as 'The Archaeology of the Bible Lands', until in 1979 he began forming the Cambridge Singers, and has continued a remarkable career of performance and recording as their director ever since.

--The Cambridge Singers--
The Cambridge Singers are a mixed choir of voices, many of whom were members of choir of Rutter's college, Clare College, Cambridge. While they specialise in English and Latin liturgical pieces, they have a wide range of recordings that span from modern compositions (including a remarkable requiem by Rutter) to English folk songs of the Middle Ages. Many are former members of the choir of Clare College and other Cambridge collegiate choirs (hence the name, Cambridge Singers). In the quarter-century since the founding, the Cambridge Singers have produced an impressive body of recordings.

This is a gorgeous recording.

Something about British Choral Music..........2005-07-19

It is such pleasure to see this re-release of 1986 recording by John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers from the Great Hall of University College School, London. The original recording has long been a favorite of legions of devotees of the British Choral tradition and this collection remains one of the finest samplings of significant a capella songs available.

Opening with the hauntingly simple and beautiful 'The blue bird' by CV Stanford (to whom this album was dedicated), the tone of the CD is set as a stroll through the mists and bogs of the English countryside. Songs by Frederick Delius (one featuring the then unappreciated tenor soloist Mark Padmore!), Edward Elgar, various folk songs beautifully arranged for four-part chorus, the 'Five Flower Songs' by Benjamin Britten, and finally the extraordinary 'Three Shakespeare Songs' set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams are all included in this generous recital.

Vaughan Williams songs are brief but immaculately written choral works. 'Full fathom five' and 'The cloud-capped towers' find all the mystery in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' while 'Over hill, over dale' is the quintessential musical rendering of the fairies frolics from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Rutter and the Cambridge Singers are splendid and the acoustic of the recording hall adds just the right amount of resonance to complete the magic of these songs. Highly recommended! Grady Harp, July 05

Unbelievably gorgeous.......2005-04-09

This is one of my all-time favorite choral CDs -- from start to finish, the harmonies are gorgeous, the mood contemplative, and the singing (as usual with the Cambridge Singers) is inspired. The title track is stunning, and the Londonderry Air is one of the most beautiful wordless arrangements you'll ever hear. I also love "The Oak and the Ash," although it's hard to pick favorites on such a uniformly wonderful CD. I myself am a serious singer, and this is the kind of music that keeps me coming back to rehearsals. Buy it, you will definitely never regret it!

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I haven't heard this yet, but...
Get this....QUICK!

Untold Rock Stories
Quick
Manufacturer: Rev-Ola
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000093CZM
Release Date: 2007-05-14

Tracks:

No No Girl
Teacher's Pet
Hi-Lo
Hillary
Rag Doll
My Purgatory Years
It Won't Be Long
Heaven on Earth
Born Free
Don't You Want It
Pretty Please
Over the Rainbow
You Yeah You
Take My Life
Touch Control
You Give Me Heat
Jimmy Too Bad
Big Chance
Poison Polly
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Album Description

The Quick were one of the pre-eminent bands of the early LA punk scene, featuring ex-& future members of The Three O'clock, Weirdos, Cruzados, & The Rembrandts, they were discovered & produced by the legendary hustler Kim Fowley, who got them a deal with Mercury Records. Beck, Norman Blake, Redd Kross, Alan McGee, Michael Stipe, & Pat Smear were & are among their many fans. This first-ever CD collection consists of the demos produced by Kim Fowley which landed them their deal, & post album recordings produced by Beck's father David Campbell, the real sound of LA punk-pop mutating into the Paisley Underground. Includes songs covered By The Dickies & Redd Kross. Produced by Kim Fowley & David Campbell. Rev-Ola. 2003.

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I haven't heard this yet, but..........2006-03-21

...I'm giving it 5 Stars because of my love for the Quick's one released album, MONDO DECO, which I bought back in college in 1977/78! As the other reviewer here points out, they are quite reminiscent of early Sparks, circa their L.A. band...and, in fact, Sparks' original guitar player Earle Mankey produced their Mercury album. I've heard short snippets of the versions recorded on this cd, and I couldn't figure out their origin, as they were definitely NOT the versions on their official album. These, being demos, have a more natural, "present in the room" feel, like a live recording. The Mankey-produced album is much more "produced," and there is no sign of a Cheap Trick similarity on that record: it's Sparks-influenced all the way. What saved it from being a mere copy, a second-rate imitation, were the fine musicianship and TERRIFIC songs the Quick wrote, (I think they were all the product of their guitar-player, whose name I forget at the moment).

I wonder how many fans of the Rembrandts' theme song for FRIENDS would go running from the room if they heard the Quick..."ooh, too weird! ooh, his voice is so high!" I have rarely met a Sparks fan in my time, and I've never met anyone else who had ever heard of the Quick, much less heard them. (I was in Florida when I got their record.)

Anyway, I am delighted this item of forgotten pop history has been released, and I regret that MONDO DECO itself has not itself been rereleased. I'll have to dig out my vinyl copy sometime.

Get this....QUICK!.......2004-03-26

Thankyou Rev-Ola! Thankyou for making available, at long last, these 22 tracks of pure powerpop perfection by one of rock and roll's most criminally neglected groups.

Being from the LA area, and as a longtime fan of punk rock, I've always loved the early LA groups like The Plugz, Germs, Dils, Zeros, et al. One thing that many of these bands had in common was the Quick as a musical influence. Along with influencing such bands, The Quick would share the bill with some of them at clubs like the Starwood once the punk thing was in full swing. The Dickies were good friends with, and apparently, roadies for the Quick and eventually recorded an excellent cover of "Pretty Please". I'd read about the group in old Slash and Flipside articles and even heard a few of their tunes on my local 3-Watt college radio station (KUCI) as a kid. Yet, the Quick remained something of an enigma to me until I thankfully stumbled onto this CD.

For years, I tried to obtain a copy of the Quick's extremely obscure Mercury LP "Mondo Deco". For years, I waited patiently for a compilation of demo's, live tracks; anything! Unfortunately, nothing surfaced. Nothing, that is, until now.

Musically, The Quick bear more than a passing resemblance to early Sparks, whom they cite as an initial influence. I'd say, however, that the group sounds most like vintage Cheap Trick. Both bands specialized in quirky, Move-influenced powerpop. Both bands were blessed with humorous, intellegent and inventive songwriter/guitarists. Even Quick vocalist Danny Wilde (now a Rembrandt) could pass for Robin Zander's ever-so-slightly less gifted (vocally, that is) little brother. And, as big of a Cheap Trick fan that I am, I'd say that songs like "No No Girl", "My Purgatory Years", "Hillary" and "Pretty Please" are as good as, if not better than, anything C.T. ever recorded. HERESY! you say. Well, just listen to this CD and decide for yourself.

These Demo recordings faithfully capture what The Quick must have sounded like live. No digital multitracking, Pro Tools plastic surgery here. Just "set up a few mikes and let the tape roll". I've always felt that this is the best way of capturing the raw excitement and immediacy of rock and roll. This collection's two live tracks do, in fact, sound as if they could have come from the demo sessions.

If you love powerpop, punk, glam, 60's groups like The Move, Who, and Small Faces- Hell, if you like great music, period- pick up this CD and do it (ahem) Quick. You will not be dissapointed! Now, if only Rev-Ola would reissue "Mondo Deco" and any other goodies that might still be floating around out there.

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