Just One Lifetime

Just One Lifetime

Track Listings

1. A Safe Place to Lie

2. Run Away

3. Song Inside Your Head

4. Not That Man

5. Danielle

6. Just One Lifetime

7. Choose What You Amplify

8. Miss Jones

9. I Wish I Had a Madman

10. Chasing Another Man's Dream

11. Norwegian Wood

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Debut album from singer/songwriter/pianist Pete Muller.

Tracks:

Ordinary Miracles
I Believe In You And Me
For You
Miracle (Who Could Ever Love You More)
If I Could
When I Look At You
How Do You Keep The Music Playing
I'll Forget You
My One True Friend
Just One Lifetime
We Can Be Kind
Smile

Product Description

Lower the lights, pour the wine, and prepare to be enchanted by a new voice with a timeless message that will touch your heart. Can you imagine combining the vocal talents of Josh Groban, Johnny Mathis and Lionel Richie? Hard to imagine, isnÂ’t it? But you donÂ’t have to use your imagination - Ken Keating has been described as "an American Helmut Lotti" but with a vocal style that is all his ownÂ… segueing from Broadway to ballads with ease.

Customer Reviews:

Exceptional Miracles.......2007-03-10

This album by Ken Keating is exceptional in many, many ways. First of all, his glorious voice, which goes from a masculine baritone to that of an Irish tenor, without effort, or ever changing his vibrato or tone. Some will like comparisons, but I feel that is unfair to Mr. Keating. Just click on any track and listen. You can draw your own conclusions.

"I Believe in You and Me" seems to be the focus track of this CD. It's delivery, words and music are flawless and will draw you back for many listenings. It should really be placed in a current film, as the "love theme", as it would make any film better by its presence.

"For You" is a song that any man or woman should learn, and sing to the one that they love. You will be guaranteed a night of bliss. Take my word!

"How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" is a true vocal achievement. Unfortunately the music arrangement sometimes overshadows Mr. Keating's tremendous vocals. This can be easily rectified by a few clicks on a modern amplifier, however.

"I'll Forget You" completely takes over as the next track. It envelops you, with it's tremendous saxophone solo, and takes you into a smoke-filled nightclub. You seem to see Bogart and Bacall through his vocal, making this one of the truly great tracks on the album.

"One True Friend" brings the masculine, sexy vocals of Mr. Keating full front, and he hurdles the many key changes with incredible ease. In fact, the listener is totally unaware of the vocal challenges he faces, which is as it should be. The listener should be swept away by the voice, and never notice technical vocals at all.

"Just One Lifetime" again has intricate key changes, handled deftly by Mr. Keating. His vibrato never changes, even when singing octave jumps. How I long to hear him sing this live, and in person.

"We Can Be Kind" is another standout, which has to be heard several times to really appreciate its beauty. Like potato chips, I dare you to listen to it just once.

"Smile" is the closing number. Beautiful -- but I would have preferred it with just a piano, and the closing to go to the high notes that Mr. Keating does so incredibly well.

The entire album is not only beautifully sung, but FELT as well. Every note comes from his heart -- not just sung -- and that makes this a true find. It is incredibly rare for me to find a male singer who puts his heart and soul into a vocal, let alone an entire CD.

I hope and pray that the next release will be a live album, with a few songs with only a piano. Ken Keating is the kind of vocalist we need today. Not one made out of a cookie-cutter to fit some kind of mold. Rather a tried and true, real talent, who puts his heart into every note that he sings.

Highly recommended!!!

Ken Keating The Voice.......2006-11-09

A great CD, Once in a Lifetime, will put you in a mood above all others. It will lift your spirits about love, caring, sharing. I bought it and it is great relaxing music for the soul.

Simply Breathtaking! You'll savor every moment!.......2005-12-03

Ken Keating's debut album is without a doubt one of the best of 2005! I fell in love with his voice the moment I heard it. It would be impossible for me to choose a favorite song on this album because they are all equally wonderful in their own unique ways. I would highly recommend this album to everyone! These songs will touch your soul and warm your heart!

Wow.. what an amazing voice! .......2005-10-14

Ken Keating is a truly gifted vocalist. I highly recommend this album.

Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings

Average customer rating:

It's wonderful to have Bernstein back, but the performances fall short
Come back Lennie, we need you
For Bernstein enthusiasts, it's like owning a gold mine
Bernstein's Early American Recordings

Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00067GKF6
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Customer Reviews:

It's wonderful to have Bernstein back, but the performances fall short.......2006-11-26

These 1953 mono recordings catch Bernstein a decade after his famous debut with the NY Phil. and five years before he became their youngest-ever condcutor. It's great to hear that warm, comforting voice again, although his analyses--especially the longest one devoted to the Brahms Fourth--aren't as polished as they would become. He gets pedagogical at times and runs us through a rote example-and-explanation formula. Even then, howeer, colorful Bernstein touches peek out, and we are reminded of the man who taught an entire generation to venerate classical music.

For me, the performances themselves fall short. They were often recorded in a rush, sometimes late at night after a summer concert. I know that the Stadium Sym. is actually the NY Phil., but they don't sound particularly fine, and Bernstein's interpreatations, though vigorous, often border on the slapdash. Plowing through Beethoven's 3rd, Dvorak's 9th, Schumann's 2nd, Brahms' 4th and Tchaikovsky's 6th, I found few sparks of originaity, much less genius. This is a tough admission from one of LB's geat admirers, but there you are. The original recorded sound is also a bit thin and harsh.

Come back Lennie, we need you.......2006-02-22

This box is worth its price just for the five talks. Bernstein at this stage had a teaching style rather more stilted than the chatty sage of later years, but the combination of authority, insight and infectious enthusiasm is unique. Entertainingly offhand about the New World, he's at his best on the music he reveres most, i.e. Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms, the first movement of whose Fourth Symphony gets a particularly in-depth analysis that left me yearning for more. Practically anyone could enjoy and learn from these talks - they're fascinating fun without a whiff of down-dumbing. When the classical and the popular cross over nowadays, the results are usually compromised and crass, but with Bernstein there doesn't even seem to be a gap to be crossed over - just a passion to share these wonders with as many people as possible. We need his all-embracing talent and vision today more than ever.

Then there are the performances. I'm not the biggest fan of mono symphonic recordings, but these positively leap down your ears, unmannered, committed and electric. It's hard to believe what was achieved under the hasty recording conditions described in the booklet. The sound is a little fierce, but good enough to make this set a wonderful gift for any open-minded but symphonically ignorant acquaintance. I can easily imagine it turning someone on to classical music.

For Bernstein enthusiasts, it's like owning a gold mine.......2005-06-19

This new album set is something that I had heard of, but never dared to hope would be released on CD. It consists of Leonard Bernstein's very first recordings of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (the "Eroica"), Dvorak's "New World Symphony", Schumann's Symphony No. 2, Brahms' Fourth Symphony, and Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony. They are all conducted by Bernstein and played beautifully by an orchestra which bills itself as the New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra, but which is really the great New York Philharmonic, using the name that they gave themselves during summer concerts.

The performances are a revelation, because they demonstrate conclusively that Bernstein did not always "exaggerate" or "overinterpret" great music, as critics frequently claim. His performances here are very, very direct and straightforward, more like Fritz Reiner or Toscanini than like Bernstein.

If this album contained only Bernstein's early performances of these symphonies, it would be interesting, but it might not really attract that much attention, since he re-recorded all of these pieces in stereo in later years, and with the same orchestra.

What makes this set so valuable is that it contains his long out-of-print lectures on these symphonies, and far from what the previous reviewer claims, they never become boring and monotonous. No musician in our time, or maybe even in the history of music, was a better or more articulate and sensitive lecturer on music than Leonard Bernstein. His legendary appearances on the "Young People's Concerts" did more for the appreciation of classical music than all the "Beethoven's Wig" albums combined. (If you don't know what "Beethoven's Wig" is, check it out and shudder at how far music appreciation has fallen since Bernstein's death.)

Bernstein had a unique ability to make classical music accessible to everybody, without ever condescending to the listener or cheapening the music. His lectures on this album, previously only available to 1950's Book of the Month Subscribers (except for part of the Beethoven lecture, which is the only one that Bernstein did re-record in stereo), are invaluable both to music students and to those who are willing to listen. All of the lectures included cover all four movements of the symphonies discussed, except for the Brahms; that one is just as extensive as the others, but it covers only the first movement of the symphony.

However--be warned, the lectures do have a flaw that the symphonies themselves do not, and that is why I have subtracted one star.

The symphony recordings are obviously remastered from magnetic tape, but the lectures have been transferred from LP's. Thus, you will be able to hear an occasional click or pop from time to time, and there is a clearly audible "skip" on the Brahms lecture. It is NOT the CD being defective, or the laser beam on your player skipping; it is clearly the lecture recordings themselves. Deutsche Grammophon, which released this CD set, is very honest about the source of the transfers to compact disc, and is to be commended for this. (They mention it in the last page of the accompanying booklet.) But this shouldn't deter anybody from buying this enormously important Bernstein set.

Bernstein's Early American Recordings.......2005-04-02

The most recent batch of DG's "Original Masters" box sets boasts several titles that will leave classical collectors rejoicing, "Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings" foremost among them. This 5CD set features Lenny in his earliest recorded performances of some of his trademark works -- Beethoven's 3rd, Dvorak's 9th, Schumann's 2nd, Brahms' 4th and Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphonies. Bernstein would later re-record all of five these symphonies with the NYPO (btw, the Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York IS the NYPO) to greater acclaim for Columbia, but these early accounts capture a brilliant young conductor at the threshold of greatness. Also after each performance, Bernstein offers a musical analysis, simplifying what the listener just heard as only he could, which is again something the conductor would become famous for in years to come. Well then, if this is such a great set, why the four-star rating? First, while the performances sound very good, these are 1953 mono recordings and the casual fan needs to be aware that analog and digital stereo recordings of these works by the conductor do exist, and are generally preferable. Second, the musical analysis is a nice touch, but certainly does not warrant repeated listenings, as does the music. In fact, nearly half of the contents of these five discs is LB talking, and it could have been filled with music instead, or simply sold as a less expensive 3CD set. However, these shortcomings aside, "Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings" is another outstanding release in a fine series.

Average customer rating:

Very enjoyable!

Just One Lifetime

Manufacturer: Dog and Hammock Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066HQ0
Release Date: 2002-05-01

Tracks:

A Safe Place to Lie
Run Away
Song Inside Your Head
Not That Man
Danielle
Just One Lifetime
Choose What You Amplify
Miss Jones
I Wish I Had a Madman
Chasing Another Man's Dream
Norwegian Wood

Album Description

Debut album from singer/songwriter/pianist Pete Muller.

Customer Reviews:

Very enjoyable!.......2002-07-01

I've seen Pete Muller play live in NYC several times. His songs can grab you with a story, and then keep you there with some fabulous piano playing and jazz-meets-folk style arrangements. Lisa Batten shines on backing vocals, and Ben Hoyumpa provides some great percussion. Catherine Popper's bass playing also compliments the arrangements well. Favorite songs for me on the CD are: Run Away, Not That Man, Danielle, Choose What You Amplify and Chasing Another Man's Dream. If you're looking to listen to songs that tell interesting stories, and you want to hear some hot piano playing, check out this CD.

Subways Are for Sleeping / Do I Hear a Waltz

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"Broadway Shows from the 1960's ~ Percy Faith"

Subways Are for Sleeping / Do I Hear a Waltz
Percy Faith
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066JEB
Release Date: 2002-05-21

Tracks:

Ride Through The Night
I'm Just Taking My Time
When You Help A Friend Out
Who Knows What Might Have Been?
I Just Can't Wait
Getting Married
Be A Santa
How Can You Describe A Face?
Comes Once In A Lifetime
Now I Have Someone
I Said It And I'm Glad
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Here We Are Again
Moon In My Window
This Week Americans
Someone Like You
We're Gonna Be All Right
No Understand
Take The Moment
Thinking
A Perfectly Lovely Couple
Stay
Thank You So Much

Customer Reviews:

"Broadway Shows from the 1960's ~ Percy Faith".......2004-02-23

Percy Faith blends two award winning Broadway Shows together "Subways Are For Sleeping" (originally released on Columbia Records CS 8533 in 1961) and "Do I Hear A Waltz?" (originally released on Columbia Records CS 9117 in 1965), following the formula of previous albums from the vault of rare finds ~ two more winners are under the baton of the Maestro.

First twelve tracks "Subways Are For Sleeping", featuring the songs of Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Jule Styne with outstanding arrangements on very catchy tunes ~ like "BE A SANTA", "COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME", "GETTING MARRIED", "HOW CAN YOU DESCRIBE A FACE?", "I JUST CAN'T WAIT", "I SAID IT AND I'M GLAD", "I'M JUST TAKING MY TIME", "NOW I HAVE SOMEONE", "RIDE THROUGH THE NIGHT", "WHAT IS THIS FEELING IN THE AIR?", "WHEN YOU HELP A FRIEND OUT" and "WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN?", all have the hallmark sound and the authentic "Percy Faith Touch" on every selections.

Second twelve tracks ~ "Do I Hear A Waltz", featuring the tunes of Richard Rodgers and Stephen Soundheim enhanced by the performances of arranger/conductor Percy Faith and his Orchestra ~ "A PERFECTLY LOVELY COUPLE", "DO I HEAR A WALTZ?", "HERE WE ARE AGAIN", "MOON IN MY WINDOW", "NO UNDERSTAND", "SOMEONE LIKE YOU", "STAY", "TAKE THE MOMENT", "THANK YOU SO MUCH", "THINKING", "THIS WEEK AMERICANS" and "WE'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT", enamored to the luxurious sound of Faith's string arrangements ~ you're immediately hooked on these tracks ~ marvelous performances enthralling listener's for some fifty years.

The people at Collectables should be commended for bringing back some of Maestro Faith's best works on compact disc ~ there is so much more in the vast vaults, hopefully there will be more to follow...gotta love it!

Total Time: 68:19 on 24 Tracks ~ Collectables 7480 ~ (5/21/2002)

Sing The Hits Of Just One Lifetime - Barbra Streisand (Karaoke)
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Sing The Hits Of Just One Lifetime - Barbra Streisand (Karaoke)

Manufacturer: Pocketsongs CDG
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Karaoke | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0006G1EB2
Release Date: 2004-10-28

Tracks:

I've Dreamed Of You (in the style of Barbra Streisand)
Love Like Yours (in the style of Barbra Streisand)
The Music That Makes Me Dance (in the style of Barbra Streisand)
If You Ever Leave Me (in the style of Barbra Streisand)
The Island (in the style of Barbra Streisand)
We Must Be Loving Right (in the style of Barbra Streisand)
Just One Lifetime (in the style of Barbra Streisand)
Speak Low (in the style of Barbra Streisand)

Product Description

Title: I've Dreamed Of You; Artist: Streisand, Barbra w/Vocal; Track: 1| Title: Love Like Ours; Artist: Streisand, Barbra w/Vocal; Track: 2| Title: Music That Makes Me Dance, The; Artist: Streisand, Barbra w/Vocal; Track: 3| Title: If You Ever Leave Me; Artist: Streisand, Barbra & Vince Gill w/Vocal; Track: 4| Title: Island, The; Artist: Streisand, Barbra w/Vocal; Track: 5| Title: We Must Be Loving Right; Artist: Streisand, Barbra w/Vocal; Track: 6| Title: Just One Lifetime; Artist: Streisand, Barbra w/Vocal; Track: 7| Title: Speak Low From One Touch Of Venus; Artist: Streisand, Barbra w/Vocal; Track: 8| Title: I've Dreamed Of You; Artist: Streisand, Barbra; Track: 9| Title: Love Like Ours; Artist: Streisand, Barbra; Track: 10| Title: Music That Makes Me Dance, The; Artist: Streisand, Barbra; Track: 11| Title: If You Ever Leave Me; Artist: Streisand, Barbra & Vince Gill; Track: 12| Title: Island, The; Artist: Streisand, Barbra; Track: 13| Title: We Must Be Loving Right; Artist: Streisand, Barbra; Track: 14| Title: Just One Lifetime; Artist: Streisand, Barbra; Track: 15| Title: Speak Low From One Touch Of Venus; Artist: Streisand, Barbra; Track: 16|

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