Never the Same [Import]

Never the Same [Import]

Never the Same [Import]

Track Listings
 
1. Never The Same
2. Anna Water
3. Adieu To Judges & Juries
4. Kid On The Mountain
5. Jock O'Hazeldean
6. Bleacher Lassie O' Kelvinhaugh
7. Niel Gow'S Lament For His Second Wife
8. To Make You Say
9. Annachie Gordon
10. Caoineadh Eoghain Rua
11. Dalesman'S Litany
12. Blackwaterside
13. Maccrimmon'S Lament /Mistress Jamieson'S Favourite

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Never The Same celebrates the lost years of British folk: the 1970s. As far as mass popularity goes, the folk scene most definitely peaked in the 1960s with Bert Jansch, Anne Briggs, Martin Carthy, Davy Graham and all. By the end of the '60s, it had morphed into folk rock (Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span) or singer-songwriters (Nick Drake and John Martyn), prior to disappearing into a netherworld of beards and real ale. Here, for the first time, is a compilation of the lost wonders of the Leader label, repository of the hidden history of British folk music. 13 total tracks by featured artists Lal Waterson, Nic Jones, Alistair Anderson, Aly Bain, Dave Burland, Dick Gaughan, and more. Honest Jons. 2005.

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Release Date: 2002-12-03

Tracks:

  1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
  2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
  3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
  4. Hungarian Dance No.7
  5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
  6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
  7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
  8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
  9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
  10. Csardas Music
  11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
  12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
  13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
  14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
  15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
  16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
  17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
  18. Tzigane
  19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
  20. Caprice No.24
  21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
  22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
  23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
  24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
  25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
  26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
  27. The Violin Muted
  28. Clair De Lune
  29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
  30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
  31. The Pizzicato Violin
  32. Pizzicato Polka
  33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
  34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
  35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
  36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
  37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
  38. Hungarian Dance No.4
  39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
  40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
  41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
  42. Bolero
  43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
  44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
  45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
  46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
  47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
  48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
  49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
  50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
  51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
  52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
  53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
  54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
  55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
  56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
  57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
  58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
  59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
  60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
  61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
  62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
  63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
  64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
  65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
  66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
  67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

  1. Introduction To The Viola
  2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
  3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
  4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
  5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
  6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
  7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
  8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
  9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
  10. Cypresses (No.9)
  11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
  12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
  13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
  14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
  15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
  16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
  17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
  18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
  19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
  20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
  21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
  22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
  23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
  24. Elfentanz, Op.39
  25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
  26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
  27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
  28. Flamenco
  29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
  30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
  31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
  32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
  33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
  34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
  35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
  36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
  37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
  38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
  39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
  40. Capriccio Di Bravura
  41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
  42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
  43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

  1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
  2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
  3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
  4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
  5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
  6. Sa'Dawi
  7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
  8. Chamber Music No.II
  9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
  10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
  11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
  12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
  13. A Variety Of Techniques
  14. Chamber Music No.II
  15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
  16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
  17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
  18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
  19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
  20. Naelden, Naelden
  21. The Bachian Oboe
  22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
  23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
  24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
  25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
  26. The Swan Of Tuonela
  27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
  28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
  29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
  30. Bolero
  31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
  32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
  33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
  34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
  35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
  36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
  37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
  38. ...And Quite Low.
  39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
  40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
  41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
  42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
  43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
  44. Introduction To The Saxophone
  45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
  46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
  47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
  48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
  49. Bolero
  50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
  51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
  52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
  53. Sax-O-Phun
  54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
  55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
  56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
  57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
  58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
  59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
  60. Bolero
  61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
  62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
  63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
  64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
  65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
  66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
  67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
  68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
  69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
  70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
  71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
  72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
  73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
  74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
  75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
  76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

  1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
  2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
  3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
  4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
  5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
  6. Fanfare For The Common Man
  7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
  8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
  9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
  10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
  11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
  12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
  13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
  14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
  15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
  16. Billy The Kid
  17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
  18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
  19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
  20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
  21. The Birth Of The Trombone
  22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
  23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
  24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
  25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
  26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
  27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
  28. Hosannah
  29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
  30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
  31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
  32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
  33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
  34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
  35. The Horn And The Hunt
  36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
  37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
  38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
  39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
  40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
  41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
  42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
  43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
  44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
  45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
  46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
  47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
  48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
  49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
  50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
  51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

  1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
  2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
  3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
  4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
  5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
  6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
  7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
  8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
  9. Den Hoboecken Dans
  10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
  11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
  12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
  13. Gymnopedie No.2
  14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
  15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
  16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
  17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
  18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
  19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
  20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
  21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
  22. The Birth Of The Bongo
  23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
  24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
  25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
  26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
  27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
  28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
  29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
  30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
  31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
  32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
  33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
  34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
  35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
  36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
  37. Ravel And The Xylophone
  38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
  39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
  40. Introducing The Vibraphone
  41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
  42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
  43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
  44. Folk Dances
  45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
  46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
  47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
  48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
  49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
  50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
  51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
  52. Introducing The Celeste
  53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
  54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
  55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
  56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
  57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
  58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
  59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
  60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
  61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
  62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
  63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

  1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
  2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
  3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
  4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
  5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
  6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
  7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
  8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
  9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
  10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
  11. Mahler's Sleighbells
  12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
  13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
  14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
  15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
  16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
  17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
  18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
  19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
  20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
  21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
  22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
  23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
  24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
  25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
  26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
  27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
  28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
  29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
  30. Nocturnes
  31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
  32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
  33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
  34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
  35. The Oboe As Duck
  36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
  37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
  38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
  39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
  40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
  41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
  42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
  43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
  44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
  45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
  46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
  47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
  48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
  49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
  50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
  51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
  52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

  1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
  2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
  3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
  4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
  5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
  6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
  7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
  8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
  9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
  10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
  11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
  12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
  13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
  14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
  15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
  16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
  17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
  18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
  19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
  20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
  21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
  22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
  23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
  24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
  25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
  26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
  27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
  28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
  29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
  30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
  31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
  32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
  33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
  34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
  35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
  36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
  37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
  38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
  39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
  40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
  41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
  42. Canzon 28
  43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
  44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
  45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
  46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
  47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
  48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
  49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
  50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
  51. Images (Gigues)
  52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
  53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
  54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
  55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
  56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
  57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
  58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

5 out of 5 stars Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

5 out of 5 stars Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

3 out of 5 stars Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.
Always Never the Same
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • It's Good, But George Is Losing Grip
  • "WRITE THIS DOWN" AN EXCELLENT GEORGE CD
  • A Must for George Strait fans
  • Still another excellent record from George
  • The Perfect CD
 Always Never the Same
George Strait
Manufacturer: Mca Nashville
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000I5M7
Release Date: 1999-03-02

Tracks:

  1. Meanwhile
  2. Write This Down
  3. That's The Truth
  4. What Do You Say To That
  5. Peace Of Mind
  6. That's Where I Want To Take Our Love
  7. Always Never The Same
  8. One Of You
  9. I Look At You
  10. 4 Minus 3 Equals Zero

Product Description

Excellent condition, includes the original CD, case, and paperwork, First Class shipped, ask me for my CD List! :)

Amazon.com

George Strait's work in the '90s is like a hall of mirrors: each new million-seller mirrors the previous million-seller, which mirrors the one that came before. And yet the master's touch never fails, and the music charms and sometimes thrills. Drawing again on his steady stable of writers--Jim Lauderdale, Dean Dillon, Steve Bogard, and Jeff Stevens--and adding Melba Montgomery's careful pen, Strait's latest is a fitting end to a decade he helped define for country music. The material isn't especially impressive given the routine, radio-safe themes, and Strait's band--the crème de la crème of Nashville (Randy Scruggs, Stuart Duncan, Paul Franklin)--plays impeccably but with little distinction. Still, even the middling material, delivered in Strait's lush, plangent tenor, has hit potential. Except for the two-beer ballad "That's the Truth" (one to drink, one to cry into), which explores the borders of deception and honesty, and the soaring, climactic "Meanwhile," which very convincingly weaves reality and fantasy, Always Never the Same is good but never great, consistent but never classic. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars It's Good, But George Is Losing Grip.......2005-07-12

As a George Strait fan, I have seen many a singer come and go.
George has stayed at the top for over 20 years, which is not easy for anyone these day's.
This album is a good album, but it does have some exceptions.
While there are still some traditional country songs on this album, like "That's The Truth" and "4 Minus 3 Equals Zero", George has let himself be sold into the "Nashville Sound" market.
Unfortunately, like many "country stars" that start traditonal, end up on the other side of the fence, and let's money do the talking instead of sticking to their roots.
Hopefully one day George will go back recording traditional songs like he is well known for.

5 out of 5 stars "WRITE THIS DOWN" AN EXCELLENT GEORGE CD.......2005-01-02

This particular CD is excellent(Although it does not have western swing music on it), and although not quite as good as mid 80s- early 90s George, it is still an great CD, with songs such a "Write This Down", "Meanwhile", the title track, "4 minus 3 Equals Zero", and the best of all "One Of You" getting 10/10 stars, and no weak tracks, means "Write This Down", you have another excellent GS CD.

5 out of 5 stars A Must for George Strait fans.......2003-06-28

I have been a George Strait fan for many years..I have most of the Cds that he put out, but this Cd he has made is a wonderful collection of George's songs.

5 out of 5 stars Still another excellent record from George.......2002-03-24

Though I didn't become a big fan of George Strait until I saw him in the movie Pure Country, I think George has put out some excellent records. His '99 album Always Never The Same is no exception.

The record's initial hit single, "Meanwhile", is a classic George Strait country song. The waltzing tempo on the song is reminiscent of one of George's early hit songs, "You Look So Good In Love", although "Meanwhile" is a bit slower. And what would an album by George be if it didn't have at least one lost-love song on it? Besides "Meanwhile", this record includes two other songs with the lost-love theme, "That's The Truth" and "4 Minus 3 Equals Zero", with the latter song having the added dimension of a marital breakup.

A Strait album is not all cry-in-your-beer, though. On this album, "Write This Down", "One Of You", and the title song "Always Never The Same" are fun, up-tempo songs that I think will be danced to on a lot of dance floors. Furthermore, George has three positive love songs on this record: "I Look At You", "That's Where I Wanna Take Our Love", and "What Do You Say To That". This is a listenable, well-put-together album, like practically everything George has done. George has still another excellent record in Always Never The Same.

5 out of 5 stars The Perfect CD.......2002-01-15

I think this is the Best cd George Strait has yet to come out with. Every song is great.
Temptation/I'll Never Be the Same
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • DIANNA, LOVE ELVIS BUT NOT HIS MUSIC
  • KRALL SPACE GRATIFIES!
  • Only two songs!
  • Don't Bother.....Let's Hope for better.
  • really nice
 Temptation/I'll Never Be the Same
Diana Krall
Manufacturer: Verve
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001HOXI2
Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

  1. Temptation
  2. I'll Never Be The Same

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars DIANNA, LOVE ELVIS BUT NOT HIS MUSIC.......2006-06-11

She's had two bad misses, The Girl in the Other Room and now this. Please go back to the Great American Songbook...or sing some covers of soulful songs, Tom Waits, like Holly Cole did or some Motown ballads...You we're great on that tribute to Patsy Cline album...You're in a class of jazz singers like Dakota Staton, Nina Simone, Blossom Dearie, et al be happy with that or Renee Olstead or Jane Monheit will eat your lunch and knock you off the "Current queen of Jazz" pedestal. Some artists can cross over...your intrinsic jazz spirit and intonations seem to preclude that...Stick to the boy that brung ya to the dance...and it ain't elvis.

5 out of 5 stars KRALL SPACE GRATIFIES!.......2004-10-14

Diana Krall has always been - and will always be - at the top of her game. This "SINGLE" release only adds fuel to her fire. Great songs by a great singer. I Recently enjoyed her "Girl in the Other Room" concert appearance here, and encourage anybody who appreciates good jazz and great vocals to attend. Diana Krall can be appreciated by all, but especially by those who know greatness when they hear it (some don't, you know....can we spell "tone-deaf" boys and girls?) Whether on a single or an album or in concert, there's only ONE Diana Krall, and she BEATS all!!!

2 out of 5 stars Only two songs!.......2004-10-10

I may be the only doofus who didn't know this, but there are only two songs on this CD! Love the sounds, but not at all worth the time and postage. Regret buying this album.

2 out of 5 stars Don't Bother.....Let's Hope for better........2004-10-08

I am a fan of Diana Krall...I own every CD she's put out, her DVD and I have seen her in concert five times. This single is on The Girl In The Other Room CD. Rarely have I been more disappointed in a purchase then when I first listened to this CD..... After repeated listening that I hoped would lead to an appreciation of some aspect that I overlooked - I just don't even listen to it anymore. Perhaps the only greater disappointment was going to see her live on her latest tour in support of the CD.

Souless drivel well sung, is still souless drivel. Her new husband, Elvis Costello has done her no favors in writing the songs that are feature on the CD....I hope when the blush of romance has faded a bit she will find her way back to exploring compelling music again. I applaud her valor in trying to escape the confines of "The Great American Songbook" but this effort was ill advised. Do yourself a favor, don't buy the single, don't buy the CD and don't go see her perform on her current tour.

There's too much talent here to expect she won't provide plenty of good music in the future but this time she just didn't get it done. I am hopeful that this is just a stumble as she seeks to walk her own musical path.

My favorites CDs of hers are "Loves Scenes" and "Live In Paris" and the "Live in Paris" DVD is one of the best music DVDs of a live concert I've ever seen. Enjoy those and wait for her next effort.

5 out of 5 stars really nice.......2004-07-15

really nice. you can hear extended clips at http://www.vervemusicgroup.com
The Complete Mercury Recordings
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • "Amelia Earhardt, we have your luggage."
  • A personal recollection of Spanky
  • Where to begin?
  • Superb fusion of Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock, and Folk!
 The Complete Mercury Recordings
Spanky & Our Gang
Manufacturer: Hip-O Select
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ASIN: B000BPL328
Release Date: 2006-11-13

Tracks:

  1. Lazy Day
  2. (It Ain't Necessarily) Byrd Avenue
  3. Ya Got Trouble (In River City)
  4. Sunday Will Never Be the Same
  5. Commercial
  6. If You Could Only Be Me
  7. Makin' Every Minute Count
  8. 5 Definitions of Love
  9. Brother Can You Spare a Dime
  10. Distance
  11. Leaving on a Jet Plane
  12. Come and Open Your Eyes (Take a Look)
  13. Swingin' Gate
  14. Prescription for the Blues
  15. Three Ways from Tomorrow
  16. My Bill
  17. Sunday Mornin'
  18. Echoes (Everybody's Talkin')
  19. Suzanne
  20. Stuperflabbergasted
  21. Like to Get to Know You
  22. Chick-A-Ding-Ding
  23. Stardust
  24. Coda (Like to Get to Know You)

Tracks:

  1. Anything You Choose
  2. And She's Mine
  3. Yesterday's Rain
  4. Hong Kong Blues
  5. Nowhere to Go
  6. Give a Damn
  7. Leopard Skin Phones
  8. But Back Then [Spoken]
  9. Mecca Flat Blues
  10. Without Rhyme or Reason
  11. 1-3-5-8 (Pedagogal Round #2)
  12. Jane
  13. Since You've Gone
  14. Sunday Will Never Be the Same
  15. Makin' Every Minute Count
  16. Lazy Day
  17. Commercial
  18. It Ain't Necessarily Byrd Avenue
  19. Everybody's Talkin'
  20. Sunday Mornin'
  21. Like to Get to Know You
  22. Give a Damn
  23. Three Ways from Tomorrow
  24. And She's Mine
  25. Yesterday's Rain

Tracks:

  1. Nagasaki
  2. Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
  3. Waltzing Matilda
  4. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime
  5. Steel Rail Blues
  6. Oh Daddy
  7. Dirty Old Man
  8. Klan
  9. That's What You Get for Lovin' Me
  10. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
  11. Wasn't It You?
  12. You Got Trouble [From The Music Man]
  13. Crying [#]
  14. Chick-A-Ding-Ding [Mono Mix][#]
  15. Give a Damn [Stereo Single Mix][#]
  16. Yesterday's Rain [Stereo Single Mix][#]
  17. Anything You Choose [Stereo Single Mix][#]
  18. Everybody's Talkin' (Echoes) [Stereo Single Mix][#]
  19. Give a Damn [Public Service Announcement][#]

Tracks:

  1. And Your Bird Can Sing
  2. Sealed With a Kiss
  3. Sunday Will Never Be the Same
  4. Distance
  5. Making Every Minute Count
  6. If You Could Only Be Me
  7. Lazy Day
  8. (It Ain't Necessarily) Byrd Avenue
  9. Sunday Morning
  10. Everybody's Talkin' (Echoes)
  11. Like to Get to Know You
  12. Three Ways from Tomorrow
  13. Give a Damn
  14. Swinging Gate
  15. Yesterday's Rain
  16. Without Rhyme or Reason
  17. Anything You Chose
  18. Mecca Flat Blues
  19. And She's Mine
  20. Leopard Skin Phones
  21. Echoes (Everybody's Talkin')

Product Description

Spanky And Our Gang are a complete trip down the psychedelically-tinged sunshine days of the late Sixties. With harmonies unrivalled by almost any other band save The Mamas And The Papas, and a songbook that included Broadway classics (The Music Mans Trouble), Tin Pan Alley standards (Brother, Can You Spare A Dime) and socially-conscious anthems (Give A Damn), Spanky And Our Gang hold a unique place in pop history. Led by Elaine Spanky MacFarlane, the group embodied the eclectic, artistic, and free-spirited feeling of the era; but with roots in folk, jazz, and blues, and with sometimes as many as six members, their sound took on a complex and multi-layered character. Their collective persona was zany and theatrical and extraordinarily popular. This set, completely remastered by Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios East and produced by Grammy-winning producer Bill Levenson, includes all of the studio albums released by the band, seven previously-unreleased rarities, and an entire disc of the mono mixes of the bands singles. It also includes extensive liner notes by Richard Barton Campbell and rare photos of the band. Spanky herself was involved throughout the course of the development of the set, and is almost as excited as we are well, maybe even more to see this out on CD, as much for the bands legion of fans as for herself. Sunday will never be the same.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "Amelia Earhardt, we have your luggage.".......2007-06-02

I had all three of the Japanese imports, but still ordered this set. Why? Because the LIVE album was there. As mentioned in another review, this set showcases the amazing vocals and outstanding comedy of the group. "Waltzing Mathilda" has some of the finest harmonies you ever heard. Some of the songs are NOT p.c. (Join the Klan for one...), and I'm glad no one said "We can't re-issue this, somebody might be offended!" There is one lp missing, "CHANGE", on Epic in 1975. This is worth finding in the garage sales. If you are a fan of Spanky and Our Gang, this is one you'll want for your collection.

5 out of 5 stars A personal recollection of Spanky.......2007-03-08

This review, unlike most that I write, is highly personal.

I am the world's biggest SPANKY & OUR GANG fan, unabashedly so. All the group's albums and 45s (picture sleeves, mostly) were treasures in my youth. Fifteen years after they disbanded (following the untimely death of Malcolm Hale), I would invariably reach for an Our Gang album to play, even though surrounded by thousands of options in my record store. This group was that compelling for me.
In the early 90s, I met Spanky McFarlane briefly, after a South Florida New Mamas & Papas concert. She was a pretty little thing, and had the BIGGEST singing voice imaginable. When we spoke of the loss of Malcolm, you could actually feel her pain. Spanky is a real person, and a true star.

As for THE COMPLETE MERCURY RECORDINGS--
DESIGN:
This is a compact, nicely organized collection. All four Our Gang albums have been sonically spruced up and given a clarity the original vinyl never had. Song order and mixes remain intact. The Limited Edition book-styled set is made of sturdy paper and has 24-pages of liner notes and data. Several group photos are included, but since there's no captions to match faces to names, those less-familiar with group members will be left to guess who (besides Spanky) is who.

MUSIC:
My favorite is still the posthumous LIVE album. Without overdubs and orchestrations, you can clearly hear what made S&OG so special: their superb voices, personalities and humor. Highlights include the intricate four-part acappella harmony on "Waltzing Matilda," and a version of Gordon Lightfoot's "Steel Rail Blues" that may be the ultimate interpretation of that fine song. Spanky wails away in perfect Chicago blues style on "Oh Daddy" while the guys cut up behind her. The live recording is an album full of smiles.
WITHOUT RHYME OR REASON B/W ANYTHING YOU CHOOSE, their last recorded LP, is simply put: a masterpiece-- one of THE finest issues of 1969 (see my review of it for details). After hearing this thoughtfully put-together and lovely album, one is left wanting more and wishing that Malcolm's loss in late '68 hadn't hastened the group's dissolution.
LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU, with it's Roaring 20's nostalgia cover, contains the very first (and in my opinion BEST) version of Fred Neil's "Echoes Of My Mind." A year or so later, Harry Nilsson (and MIDNIGHT COWBOY) would score big with the same song, retitled "Everybody's Talking." The Gang's take on Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne," with their changing moods and rhythms is another album highlight, as is the opener, "The Swinging Gate." The five-part harmonied "Sunday Mornin'" is still, IMO, this group's very best single.
SPANKY & OUR GANG, their first release, contains the most charting singles (three), but also has the first-ever version of "Leaving On A Jet Plane." "Commercial" is still quite funny, and "Distance" is an overlooked gem.
SPANKY'S GREATEST HIT(S), with cover shot of new-mom Spanky, offers remixes of top sellers. The original extended-length "Sunday Mornin'" is here, as well. Spanky comments on the LP in this compilation's liner notes.
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RARITIES includes "Crying," which is a song from the Gang's first recording session, in 1966.
THE MONO SINGLE MIXES features the Gang's first 45, "And Your Bird Can Sing/Sealed With A Kiss." This one missed the mark in 1966, but only by a little.

SPANKY & OUR GANG * THE COMPLETE MERCURY RECORDINGS presents two years worth of remarkably varied music. Buy this one with confidence, for it is GREAT GREAT stuff! Listen, and you too just may end up "Stuperflabbergasted."

P.S. to Spanky: Somebody in Florida (besides Nigel) loves yah!

TOTAL RUNNING TIMES --
DISC ONE - Spanky & Our Gang - Like To Get To Know You -- 68:08
DISC TWO - Anything You Choose (etc.) - Spanky's Greatest Hit(S) -- 75:19
DISC THREE - Spanky & Our Gang Live - Previously Unreleased Rarities -- 60:32
DISC FOUR - The Mono Single Mixes -- 58:33

5 out of 5 stars Where to begin?.......2006-11-05

Having waited years for somebody to remaster the Spanky and Our Gang albums, along comes this four CD boxed set to remind me why I was so enthusiastic about what they were doing in the late 60's and also chart their rise, success and eventual demise.It's possible to argue that this is for completists only, but to listen to them remastered and as is pointed out in another review, having shelled out $30+ for a single unmastered Japanese CD puts the price you have to pay into perspective. Undoubtedly the relative familiarity (if you're that old!) with the material on disks one and two makes them the obvious plce to start, but the other two disks have some 'buried treasure" to yield. That said I always though the vocal mix on the "live!" album was strange, and it remains so, because that's how it was recorded!The rarities (Tracks 13 to 19 on Disk 3) have stereo mixes of tracks which were considered for single release. Disk 4 has all the mono single including the ultra rare (in Britain anyway) of the first two single sides, followed in chronological order by the rest. If you missed out on the band first time around this is an excellent investment, and although it appears to be 'a limited' edition there's no indication on my boxed set what that actually means.One gripe and then the exhortation to purchase. Someone, in remastering the second album has missed out nearly all the spoken exchange about the slipper in "like to get to know you"; why? This collection ought to be a 'must have' for anyone remotely interest in the quality music that was being produced in the U.S. at the end of the sixties. As I said in the title of the review, 'where to begin?' to which the answer might be buy this set.

5 out of 5 stars Superb fusion of Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock, and Folk!.......2006-01-04

About 25 years ago a good friend introduced me to a Spanky and Our Gang LP, Without Rhyme Or Reason. For a person with eclectic tastes, such as myself, it was a delight! Socially conscious lyrics and humor, an occasional blues and even a cover of a 1940's composition (Hong Kong Blues; also covered by George Harrison). The CD versions of the original S&OG LPs had been only offered in Japan and the price (about $30. each) seemed prohibitive. When I heard that Hippo-select remastered EVERYTHING S&OG had recorded I broke my rule of only buying used and immediately ordered this. It has been wonderful to discover many new S&OG tracks, both original and covers (so well done). These recordings drip with the essence of all the positive vibes we associate with the 1960's. Enjoy this wonderful compilation. Only one small issue; the packaging is all cardboard, so it needs to be taken care of. This remaster package was limited to 5000 pressings, although not numbered, I believe it will be certainly a difficult item to own as the years pass.
Quitters Never Win
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Quitters Never Win is a Winner
  • GREAT cd
  • This album rocks!!!!
  • Amazin Album
 Quitters Never Win
Much the Same
Manufacturer: A-F Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008J2ND
Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

  1. Wish
  2. Conclusion
  3. New Years
  4. Liar
  5. Masquerade
  6. Hits Home
  7. Quitters Never Win
  8. One of a Kind
  9. Miss the Pain
  10. Someday Not Soon
  11. Still Falling?
  12. Father & Son

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Quitters Never Win is a Winner.......2004-01-06

"Quitters Never Win" is one of the best album releases of last year. Much the Same is probably the most underrated Chicago band that has ever played a show. This new album shows their growth and progression from their first album "Caught Off Guard" when they were known as Don't Look Down under Tank Records.

The Breakdown:
hile listening to this CD, your are gurranteed to fall in love with at least 3 songs. A good one of them would be he followin

#1 WISH - This is song is perfect to be a begining track on an album. The guitars parts are great, the basslines are solid, and the drums do a good job but it was the bridge on this song that makes it incredible.

#4 Liar - This song also appeard on the "Caught Off Guard" album, but it's re-make on "Quitters Never Win" made it that much better. The basslines and the bass fills on this song is like no other. The guitars and drums plays solid complicated parts but the vocal structure on this song makes it an instant hit.

#5 Masquerade - This song is solid all around but it's the message that makes this song my favorite on the album.

5 out of 5 stars GREAT cd.......2003-10-02

Much the Same is an awesome power-punk band! Quitters Never Win is an excellent CD, with lyrics that are event-specific and can apply to everyone. They harmonize and scream, they are very versatile.
If you ever get a chance to see them live, do it. They are amazing. They are very appreciative of support at shows, and play for a crowd of 2 like there were 5000 people in the room. They are the nicest people I have ever met, and aren't at all arrogant about what they do.
My favorite song on the CD is number 3, New Years. The energy contained in the song is inspiring, and the vocals are very emotional (not emo, not whiney, emotional).
If you like bands like NOFX, Rise Against, or Strung Out, you'll love Much the Same.

5 out of 5 stars This album rocks!!!!.......2003-09-26

This is one of the best albums I've ever heard for so many reasons. The lyrical content could not be any better. At least one song off this CD is guarunteed to mean something to anyone who listens. This is not a girlfriend/breakup cd like so many other "punk" bands put out. These songs are about life. The songs all sound great too. It's good, fast, melodic punk rock. The guitar work is excellent. Mook is awesome on drums. These guys are the nicest band I've ever gotten the chance to talk too, so go see their show too! If you want something more than just pop punk ear candy, go buy this cd!

5 out of 5 stars Amazin Album.......2003-05-21

Chicago's Punk Rock at its finest. This album is a top favorite for the year.
Never the Same
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Never the Same
    Dove Brothers Quartet
    Manufacturer: Sonlite
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000KHX6WC
    Release Date: 2007-01-09

    Tracks:

    1. Taking It Back
    2. Never Ever Be the Same
    3. I Will Lay Them at His Feet
    4. Miracle of Faith
    5. I'm Gonna Make It
    6. Journey's End
    7. Gloryland Express
    8. I Can Pray
    9. Maranatha Church Revival
    10. No Time
    Merry Fishes to All
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great music!!!
    • merrileewesing
    • Well, Merry Christmas to me!
    • I got a cheese log!
    • Another Grammy nomination!
    		 Merry Fishes to All
    Trout Fishing in America
    Manufacturer: Trout Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B0002QO4EU
    Release Date: 2004-07-20

    Tracks:

    1. Chocolate Christmas
    2. My First Christmas
    3. Snow Is Falling
    4. Santa Brought Me Clothes
    5. Snow Day
    6. The Eleven Cats Of Christmas
    7. Just Because, Mrs. Claus
    8. I Got A Cheese Log
    9. Bob And Bob
    10. You Gotta Get Up
    11. My Birthday Comes On Christmas
    12. The Christmas Letter

    Amazon.com

    Leave it to a coupe of quirky Arkansas buskers preoccupied with all things snowy to deliver a uniquely hatched collection of original Christmas songs. Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood have made a name with a family brand of entertainment that combines humor, harmony and imagination. There's plenty of each on Merry Fishes to All, but this is truly a record wrapped with the kids in mind. Surveying the seasonal landscape, the flaky duo sizes up the disappointments of getting clothes for Christmas, having a birthday on December 25, and getting a Cheese Log! In between there's a whacky reworking of a classic called "The Eleven Cats of Christmas" and some simply lovely songs even a hardened old Scrooge could love, including "Snow Is Falling" and "You Got to Get Up," the enchanted desperate plea of every kid who ever burst from bed Christmas morning before sunrise. There's only a couple limp lines drifting off here, but overall the fish are jumpin' and Santa approves. --Martin Keller

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Great music!!!.......2007-01-10

    This is wonderful music for families. The music and the musicians are very entertaining--the humor can be appreciated by young and old alike. The music is creative and the musicians are very talented. We as a family highly recommend this CD.

    4 out of 5 stars merrileewesing.......2007-01-09

    Really loved this so much so that I gave it for presents this Christmas.
    "The Eleven Cats Of Christmas" soon became a favorite of my grandson's and there are too many to list that are my favorites--"I Got A Cheese Log"; "Clothes for Christmas"; etc. Such good vocals, not heard since the 60's groups.

    5 out of 5 stars Well, Merry Christmas to me! .......2005-12-21

    Every year, I have to get a couple of new holiday CDs--especially, the different ones. Instead of "White Christmas" this album starts with chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate...

    This isn't just a happy album, though. Trout Fishing shows you the good and bad side of Christmas. How many of you lament the year you got a cheese log, clothes---or the fact that your birthday is too darn close to Christmas?

    And the "Christmas Letter" at the end is just too good. If you're feeling down this year, this CD will definitely get you smiling.

    4 out of 5 stars I got a cheese log!.......2004-12-25

    This is a terrific album by a folk music duo. At least they are ostensibly a folk duo. Many of the songs here have accompaniment from additional musicians and have more of a rock or jazz feel to them. This album was nominated for a Grammy for Best Children's Album. And while it is indeed an album that can be enjoyed by children, it is also quite enjoyable for adults too. In fact, some of the songs here have lyrics that are a bit too sophisticated to be really appreciated by children. Most of the songs are humorous, but there are a few songs that are played "straight". To sum it up, this is a fun Christmas album that can be enjoyed by both the young and the young at heart.

    5 out of 5 stars Another Grammy nomination!.......2004-12-18

    I admit it. My family and I are Trout junkies...we can't seem to get enough of these 2 talented guys. We have traveled near and not-so-near to see them live. It's because they really get it, and by "it", I mean the BIG it. As in, "what's it all about?" Things like childhood, growing up, being part of a family, having fun, enjoying each other. And they are fabulous musicians to boot! This album has just been nominated for a Grammy!

    With the release of this holiday CD, our annual dilemna of "do we listen to Trout or holiday music?" has been solved. We now have the best of both worlds! The songs are for the most part their original works...you haven't heard them a gazillion times before, but they will become instant classics in your family. Every song is someone's "favorite" in our house, so there are no skipped tracks.

    "Snow is Falling" is my personal favorite. I can't put it in words any better than another person who wrote that a real love and respect for children shines through. As I often do when I'm listening to Trout music, I find myself inspired to strive to be the kind of parent my children deserve.

    "Snow Day", "Bob & Bob", a great song about 2 "flaky little snowflakes with ordinary names", "You Gotta Get Up" and "The Christmas Letter" are also on my list of favorites. This last one is a touching and pretty song, written much like the familiar Christmas letter sent by many families to keep in touch with loved ones.

    "My First Christmas" is a very fun song that cleverly uses titles of popular Christmas carols to tell the story of a baby's first Christmas. "Just Because, Mrs Claus" is a plea for Mrs. Claus to help Mr. Claus lose a few lbs, because "when he was walking rooftops last year, ceilings started cracking." The words are hysterical! After listening to "I Got a Cheese Log" I guarantee you will find yourself humming this catchy little tune at your next holiday party when you come across the obligatory cheese log. "The Eleven Cats of Christmas", or as they call it at our house, "Meow-y Christmas", is The 12 Days of Christmas meets We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Fans of the album My World will be happy to hear a reference to Chicken Joe in this song.

    To summarize...great words and music as always. Thanks Keith and Ezra and congrats on the Grammy nomination. I highly recommend this CD. There you go. There you have it.
    A Connecticut Yankee
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Oldie, but Goodie
    • Once lost, now found and reissued on CD.
    • THOU SWELL. THE YANKEE WINS AGAIN!
    • A Lost Gem
    • Not complete and NOT first CD version
    		 A Connecticut Yankee
    Broadway Revival Cast
    Manufacturer: Decca
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00005A8KC
    Release Date: 2001-03-06

    Tracks:

    1. A Connecticut Yankee: Overture
    2. A Connecticut Yankee: My Heart Stood Still
    3. A Connecticut Yankee: Thou Swell
    4. A Connecticut Yankee: On A Desert Island With Thee
    5. A Connecticut Yankee: To Keep My Love Alive
    6. A Connecticut Yankee: Can't You Do A Friend A Favor?
    7. A Connecticut Yankee: I Feel At Home With You
    8. A Connecticut Yankee: You Always Love The Same Girl
    9. A Connecticut Yankee: Finale
    10. Higher And Higher (Selections): Nothing But You
    11. Higher And Higher (Selections): Ev'ry Sunday Afternoon
    12. Higher And Higher (Selections): From Another World
    13. Higher And Higher (Selections): It Never Entered My Mind
    14. By Jupiter (Selections): Careless Rhapsody
    15. By Jupiter (Selections): Jupiter Forbid
    16. By Jupiter (Selections): Ev'rything I Got
    17. By Jupiter (Selections): Nobody's Heart

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars Oldie, but Goodie.......2006-08-01

    Well, I was not expecting to like this one. Its SO old, and very classic (Rodgers and Hart.) But one good thing about it being Rodgers and Hart, is it has lovely lyrics. Clever and witty on every song. Mark Twains book was done justice I think, but I've never read the book. I would suggest this to classic lovers, and newer Broadway fans who want to hear a`"classic" other than Oklahoma. This is a good one. The other great thing about this CD is you get not only A Connecticut Yankee, but also highlights from two other Rodgers and Hart musicals: Higher and Higher and By Jupiter. AWSOME. Favorite Song: "To Keep My Love Alive"

    4 out of 5 stars Once lost, now found and reissued on CD........2005-06-03

    One of Decca's earliest cast albums (recorded just a few weeks after their famous OKLAHOMA! album) this very nearly became a lost treasure. Recorded on 16" glass masters in 1943, the original release was on 78 RPMS (complete witha booklet givinga detailed synopsis and all the lyrics.) The revival was not a success and when Long Playing records were introduced in the late 1940s, CONNECTICUT YANKEE was not reissued in the new format.

    At one time in the 1960s Decca had the masters transferred to tape for a possible LP reissue. That reissue never happened, and in shipping the discs back to the storage facility, they were broken. The tape was taken from the company's archives and did not turn up until almost 30 years later. Though modern technology could probably have coaxed even better sound from the master discs, we must be thankful that the tape was made when it was.

    In the meanwhile there were three unautherized isses of these tracks. A new York based private label called Box Office transferred the 78's to one side of an Lp in the 1970s. Later, AEI released an elaborate gatefold Lp with not only the full score (again dubbed from 78s) but also fabricated some additional tracks reprising some of the songs (in theatrical order) by editing portions from the existing tracks. Finally there was a release on CD from Box Office with horrible sound that stil sometimes turns up for sale. Avoid it. Decca actually sent a request that Box Office withdraw the bootleg Cd.

    This edition has much better sound and the bonus tracks by Hildegard and Shirley Ross from BY JUPITER and HIGHER AND HIGHER make the package very worthwhile.

    5 out of 5 stars THOU SWELL. THE YANKEE WINS AGAIN!.......2003-02-09

    "A Connecticut Yankee," by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, contains more hit songs than the average Broadway season nowadays. "My Heart Stood," "Still," "Thou Swell" and the redoubtable "To Keep My Love Alive" all sound fresh and vibrant in this fabulously remastered 1943 recording. Particularly wonderful is the total and complete recording of "To Keep My Love Alive," sung by the one great (female) love of the Lyricist's life, Vivienne Segal ... nearly seven minutes of the wittiest ways to do in a husband. This is one of the first "original cast" recordings ever recorded, and it sounds as crisp and clear as a recording made today. Bravo! (Submitted by staff member Stephen J. Finn)

    4 out of 5 stars A Lost Gem.......2002-01-17

    A wonderful rerelease of glass discs made for the 1943 revival of this charming musical. While the orchestra is less than polished (there is one particular trumpet you can hear over and over that is awful and flat!)--it has a lot of zest to it, and makes one yearn to see the play - indeed, to see more of the Rodgers and Hart shows performed.

    3 out of 5 stars Not complete and NOT first CD version.......2001-08-19

    This CD collection of tracks from the 1943 revival of the Rodgers & Hart musical is advertised as the first CD presentation of these tracks. This is incorrect. I have a CD issued in 1999 by Box Office Recordings called "A Collector's Rodgers & Hart" which contains all the "Connecticut Yankee" tracks plus 14 additional tracks of Rodgers & Hart covers (different from the covers on the Decca CD).

    Worse, I have an AEI LP recording of the revival which has three additional tracks from the show. Why weren't these selections included in this recording?

    On the other hand, even the 9 tracks from Connecticut Yankee are worth owning. As a previous reviewer said, just Vivienne Segal's "To Keep My Love Alive" is worth the price of admission!
    Never Be the Same
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • A Must for Christian Music fans
    		 Never Be the Same
    The Truth
    Manufacturer: Pamplin Music
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00000FXK5
    Release Date: 1998-11-23

    Tracks:

    1. Wonderful World
    2. Out Of The Deep
    3. My Only Hope Is In You
    4. Through The Noise
    5. Love Takes It All
    6. Say The Word
    7. Yesterday's News
    8. The Bridge Will Appear
    9. Let Go
    10. Glory Of The Blood

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A Must for Christian Music fans.......2005-09-19

    A definite plus for TRUTH fans. Although TRUTH doesn't perform anymore their music still lives on. That is kinda weird to say since all of it is out of print pretty much. This album features the 1998 version of TRUTH which included Roger Breland's son Jason. This album was released around the time when Christian music was changing, so it is quite different from the traditional TRUTH sound featuring very contemporary songs such "Through the Noise" and "Out of the Deep" THe TRUTH harmonies are there. The more traditional TRUTH sound that they are known for is in songs like "My Only Hope Is In You" "Yesterday's News" and "The Glory of the Blood" which was later re recorded by Avalon. This is a very fun and unique album that is a definite must!!
    Never Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Haunting, Morbid, and Seemingly Not of this World!
    • A real treasure in the songster tradition!
    		 Never Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Document
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    ASIN: B000AP04LU
    Release Date: 2005-09-13

    Tracks:

    1. James Alley - Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
    2. Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice - Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
    3. I'm Not Jealous - Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
    4. Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child - Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
    5. Sinking Of The Titanic - Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
    6. Gang Of Brown Skin Women - Papa Harvey Hull
    7. Hey! Lawdy Mama (The France Blues) - Papa Harvey Hull
    8. Two Little Tommie Blues - Papa Harvey Hull
    9. Don't You Leave Me Here - Papa Harvey Hull
    10. Quill Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
    11. Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
    12. I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Long 'Cleve' Reed
    13. Original Stack O' Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed
    14. I Believe I'll Go Back Home - William Smith
    15. When That Great Ship Went Down - William Smith
    16. Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William Smith
    17. Sinner, You'll Need King Jesus - William Smith
    18. Church Bells Blues (Take 1) - Luke Jordan
    19. Church Bells Blues (Take 2) - Luke Jordan
    20. Pick Poor Robin Clean (Take 1) - Luke Jordan
    21. Pick Poor Robin Clean (Take 2) - Luke Jordan
    22. Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan
    23. Traveling Coon - Luke Jordan
    24. My Gal's Done Quit Me - Luke Jordan
    25. Won't You Be Kind? - Luke Jordan

    Tracks:

    1. If I Call You Mama - Luke Jordan
    2. Tom Brown Sits In His Prison Cell - Luke Jordan
    3. Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
    4. Nobody's Dirty Business - Mississippi John Hurt
    5. Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt
    6. Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
    7. Avalon Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
    8. Big Leg Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
    9. Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
    10. Candy Man Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
    11. Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied - Mississippi John Hurt
    12. Blessed Be The Name - Mississippi John Hurt
    13. Praying On The Old Camp Ground - Mississippi John Hurt
    14. Blue Harvest Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
    15. Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
    16. She Could Toodle-Oo - Hambone Willie Newbern
    17. Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does) - Hambone Willie Newbern
    18. Shelby County Workhouse - Hambone Willie Newbern
    19. Way Down In Arkansas - Hambone Willie Newbern
    20. Hambone Willie's Dreamy Eyed Woman's Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
    21. Roll And Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
    22. Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
    23. God Didn't Make No Monkey Man - Eli Framer
    24. How You Want Your Rollin' Done - Louie Lasky
    25. Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
    26. Caroline - Louie Lasky

    Tracks:

    1. Ford V-8 - Cedar Creek Sheik
    2. Watch The Fords Go By - Cedar Creek Sheik
    3. Mary Had A Little Lamb - Cedar Creek Sheik
    4. She's Totin' Something Good - Cedar Creek Sheik
    5. What A Pity - Cedar Creek Sheik
    6. I Believe Somebody's Ridin' My Mule - Cedar Creek Sheik
    7. Don't Use That Stuff - Cedar Creek Sheik
    8. Buy It From The Poultry Man - Cedar Creek Sheik
    9. Don't Credit My Stuff - Cedar Creek Sheik
    10. Jimmy Shut His Store Doors - Cedar Creek Sheik
    11. I Had A Gal For The Last Fifteen Years - Robert Hill
    12. Tell Me What's Wrong With You - Robert Hill
    13. You Gonna Look Like A Monkey When You Get Old - Robert Hill
    14. G Blues - Robert Hill
    15. Just Smilin' - Robert Hill
    16. Pal, How I Miss You Tonight - Robert Hill
    17. Lumber-Yard Blues - Robert Hill
    18. I'm Going To Write And Tell My Mother - Robert Hill
    19. It Is So Good - Robert Hill
    20. Hill's Hot Sauce - Robert Hill
    21. Dago Blues - Virgil Childers
    22. Red River Blues - Virgil Childers
    23. Who's That Knockin' At My Door - Virgil Childers
    24. Somebody Stole My Jane - Virgil Childers
    25. Travelin' Man - Virgil Childers
    26. Preacher And The Bear - Virgil Childers

    Album Description

    Features a historical showcase of this rich, diverse genre -including Eli Framer, Cedar Creek Sheik, Virgil Childers, Mississippi John Hurt, Big Boy Cleveland and Hambone Willie Newbern. Many tracks unavailable anywhere else!

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Haunting, Morbid, and Seemingly Not of this World!.......2006-01-11

    This is powerful music, folks. I developed an interest in this genre after reading an online piece about Joe Bussard, the world's greatest 78 rpm record collector.
    If you can get past the scratches, pops, and surface noise of these old 78 rpm shellac slabs, you'll be transported to another dimension. This is the world before antibiotics and air conditioning, before commerical radio and chain stores, when polio and diptheria still claimed daily victims, and a simple staph infection was a death sentence. As R. Crumb says in the film bearing his name, as he puts his oringal 78 rpm copy of "Last Kind Word Blues" on the turntable, "when I listen to old music is the only time I have a kind of faith in humanity. On these old records you hear the voice of the common people expressing their connection to eternity or whatever it is out there. People today can't express themselves like that, it isn't possible."
    That's a fascinating obersvation by Crumb, and spot-on too. There was no such thing as a 'producer" in the early days of 78s, musicians would merley show up and sing their songs into a primitive microphone, and that would cut the sounds directly on to the shellac itself. No gloss, no overdubs, no electornic trickery, no splices, no equalizers or synsthesizers or drum machines. Just honest sounds, raw sounds, sounds that are black and blue as a Pittsburg rare steak, dark and charred outside with a cold, bloody, center. You can feel these songs creep up your spine like an icy wind, raw and cold. You have to buy this album right now, I am prescribing it to everyone.

    5 out of 5 stars A real treasure in the songster tradition!.......2005-11-27

    This 3 cd collection serves to fill a large gap in the availability of some great recordings. While some tracks from certain artists have been available in one form or another for some time (Richard Brown's "James Alley Blues", Luke Jordan's "Cocaine Blues", all of Mississippi John Hurt's early output, etc.) this collection offers the fantastic complete recordings of each of these artists. It also has even more from others who I've never previously heard about, but who are just as intriguing. The mere fact that Richard "Rabbit" Brown and Luke Jordan have their complete recorded works included in this set makes it worth the price alone (seeing these artists listed is why I bought it). There is however, much more to discover on this set, most of it pre-dating the blues, and painting a fascinating picture of African American musical culture before the record industry boom. Each performer has a highly individualistic approach to their sound and subject matter, and the various combinations and instrumentations of performers (singer/guitarists, vocal groups, quill players, harmonica players, etc.) keeps this set feeling fresh and interesting on every listen. You can also expect high quality mastering from Document records, which only helps in keeping these performers sounding as prescient as ever. Highly recommended.

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    20 Gospel Favorites

    A Million New Lies.... [Explicit Lyrics]

    A Collection of Ladino Songs

    Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3 / Music for a Great City - Leonard Slatkin / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Ambre [Import]

    A Art of Vinicius De Moraes [Import]

    Adam Freeland: Tectonics [Import]

    John McCormack-Aris, Recitals And Songs

    Monologue