Live in Concert [Live]

Live in Concert [Live]

Track Listings

1. Martin Wynne's/The Longford Tinker

2. Two Jigs/The Kid in the Mountain

3. Patsy Geary's/Coleman Cross

4. Sixteen Comes Next Sunday

5. Micheal Gorman's/The Frieze Breeches/The Road to Lisdoonvarna/Joe Coole

6. Lucy Campbell/The Laurel Tree

7. Fionnghuala

8. Farewell to Erin

9. Kesh Jig/Give Us a Drink of Water/The Flower of the Flock/Famous Ballym

10. Tar Road to Sligo/Paddy Clancy's

11. Maids of Mitchelstown

12. I Wish My Love Was a Red Red Rose

13. Piping Solo: Garret Barry's/The Bucks of Oranmore

14. Morning Star/The Fisherman's Lilt/The Drunken Landlady

15. Do You Love an Apple?

16. Jig and Five Reels: Roger Sherlock's/Around the World/Rip the Calico/Ma

Tracks:

Who Did You Think I Was
Good Love Is On The Way
Wait Until Tomorrow
Gravity
Vultures
Out of My Mind
Another Kind of Green
I Got A Woman
Somethings Missing
Daughters
Try

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Longtime listeners have seen it coming: it was only a matter of time before John Mayer dropped the pop star pretense and proved he could really bring it. Chalk it up to one too many Dave Matthews comparisons, or the cupcake-sweet residue stuck to his image after the success of "Your Body Is a Wonderland"--but something convinced Mayer it was time to take him game to the next level. With help from studio pros Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino, he succeeds on Try. If the muscled-up covers of Jimi Hendrix's "Wait Until Tomorrow" and Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman" don't scream "no more Mr. Nice Guy" loud enough, the brawn of blues-rock opener "Who Do You Think I Was" does for sure. Mixed in with the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton-esque stuff are a few mellow numbers--"Daughters," most notably, returns from Heavier Things alongside "Something's Missing"--but even those songs seem hopped up on rock-God hormones. This newfound sizzle can't fix everything; that segment of the music-buying public that would accuse the singer of having a voice like "a whispering midget" (to quote a customer review of Mayer's work) won't want to add this disc to their collection. The good news for Mayer, though, is that anybody with an ear for genuine rock'n'roll chops will. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

I wasn't a John Mayer fan until I heard this album.......2007-07-31

I hadn't heard anything from John Mayer in a while. I had given up on him when he came out with his first album, which was a little too "poppy" for my taste. I usually go for oldies, stevie ray vaughn and hendrix among some of my favorites (though I'm only 24). My friend gave me this album and told me I should try it and to trust him. I absolutely loved this album when I first heard it. Each song is more soulful than they were on their original albums. I actually prefer the versions of "Daughters" and "Gravity" on this album. The versions of these songs make the original versions sound like like the "plain, unsalted" version of potato chips - bland. For those who have said Mayer is a subpar guitar player, I don't think they have truly listened to the guitar parts on this album. Mayer improvises a lot more on this cd.I've seen a lot of people say, "He's no Hendrix" or "He's no Stevie Ray". He may not be, but the influence on the guitar work is definitely there. Mayer pulls out all the stops on this one and plays many songs in the style of Stevie Ray - and it works. You can hear the Hendrix influences on his guitar work all over the place. Even Mayer's voice is different than it usually is on his studio albums. He sounded more relaxed, but his voice sounded great. I only wish Mayer would deliver like this on his studio albums. He would be so great. He really put heart in this live version and you could tell he was relaxed, but that definitely didn't hurt his performance one BIT on this album.

Try! John Mayer Trio Live.......2007-07-27

John's good in the studio, and perhaps better on stage.
This is a very good Live Recoding!

Good album if you like live music and John Mayer.......2007-07-19

I love live music and I love John Mayer. That is what made this album a good buy for me. If you are looking for Johns classics then this album might not be for you because it features stuff from a trio of his. It does have a great Somethings Missing and some songs that are Newer in this album from the newest album.

All and all if you are looking for some different John Mayer stuff and you already like him this would be a great addition to your collection.

This album has a blusey feel to it much like his latest album has.

Better than expected.......2007-05-30

John Mayer does have a lot of live albums for a guy who just put out his Jr. cd this past fall. But, hey...if you have the chops, and the raw muscial talent than people will listen, even if it's the same tracks. Mostly because he's the king of creative variation. This CD is better than I expected, and more edgy than some of his past albums.
There are old favorites here, but again- he never sings the same song twice, and has a lot of fun with his music! His music is so dam good people buy cd's with the same tracks just to hear them a different way!

Live Album.......2007-05-26

This isn't the first John Mayer cd Ive bought but I think it's the best. Hearing him live is a whole new experience.

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Another concert album
Wrong To Be Profane
STREISAND STILL THE BEST!
Not the Best of Barbra
Streisand: Live in Concert (2 CD's)

Streisand: Live In Concert (2 CD's)
Barbra Streisand
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Call Me Irresponsible
Barbra Streisand - One Voice
Duets: An American Classic
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A Star Is Born

ASIN: B000JBXXXG
Release Date: 2007-05-08

Tracks:

Funny Girl Broadway Overture
Starting Here, Starting Now
Opening Remarks
Down With Love
The Way We Were
Songwriting (Dialogue)
Ma Premiere Chanson
Evergreen
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Funny Girl
Funny Girl
The Music That Makes Me Dance
My Man
People
People

Tracks:

Entr'acte
The Music Of The Night
Jason's Theme
Carefully Taught/Children Will Listen
Unusual Way
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
Happy Days Are Here Again
(Have I Stayed) Too Long At The Fair?
William Saroyan (Dialogue)
The Time Of Your Life
A Cockeyed Optimist
Somewhere
Somewhere
My Shining Hour
Don't Rain On My Parade
Smile

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There's a reason Barbra Streisand's 2006 tour broke the arena house record in every city it visited, and it's because she's not only a legend but (still) a performer who effortlessly twists intimacy and friendliness and fierceness into a perfect, sturdy braid. This two-disc set, which pulls performances from dates in New York, Washington, D.C., and Fort Lauderdale, will raise its share of goosebumps. For longtime fans, they'll be a reaction to songs Streisand hasn't touched since the '70s and earlier, including "(Have I Stayed) Too Long At the Fair?" and "Unusual Way," from the Broadway musical Nine. For relative newbies, they'll be a response to her between-song patter, which touches with grace, wit, and sincerity on everything from her love for her son to her political leanings to her limitations as songwriter. The voice, of course, enthralls--there it is glowing on "Carefully Taught," one of four songs that have never before appeared on a Streisand recording, and there it is again wrapping luxurious tones all around "Evergreen," one of three songs she shares with Il Divo. Streisand--diva, political dynamo, superstar--still knows how to orchestrate a showstopper. --Tammy La Gorce

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Customer Reviews:

Another concert album.......2007-07-18

I love Barbra and her music. I went to see her concert last year, so I bought this CD set to remind of that moment. While all her albums are a joy to listen to, I found this one to be more of the same. Some of her concert albums from the 1990s are better and more powerful. Her voice is not quite as strong, she does not hold those notes quite as long. Didn't care much for her backup band, Il Divo. Nevertheless, the album is a delight.

Wrong To Be Profane.......2007-07-14

Despite habitually retractable tentative hints of private integrity and partly with a guise of ignorance regarding sacred sexualities in marital contexts, Ms. Streisand has, apparently yearning for ethical integrities of others and herself, completed another celebration of my and her own conceptions. I have neither attended any of her concerts nor, as of yet, watched any record of these from 2006, though I both watched her portral in New York City at the Winter Garden Theater of Ms. Fanny Brice and found most of this 2-CD set comparable to that 2-stars (rated) portrayal; some of the rest is so astonishingly beautiful, particularly the first 4 tracks of CD 2 involving the birthdays of Jason G. and his mother, it makes this set worthy of placement beside some of the music composed by Gustav Mahler, who referred to the deaths of some children musically.

STREISAND STILL THE BEST!.......2007-07-13

Barbara Streisand and Il Divo what more could you ask for! Her best album in years and with Il Divo on numbers like There's A Place For Us it gives you chills. Buy this and you will enjoy it full volume year after year!

Not the Best of Barbra.......2007-07-07

Streisand's lastest CD, *Guilty Pleasures* was a feast of songs she had never sung before, and a reunion with Barry Gibb, who writes for Barbra in a more contemporary way than the Bergmans or Marvin Hamlisch. It is a great CD, and her voice is sublime, aided, of course, by sound technicians. All artists owe their sound engineers their careers though. She and Barry have fun on it--it's fresh and alive. Not so much with the 2006 Concert CD, a recording of the concert tour, replete with IL Divo, a mostly unnecessary addition. They are wooden men with BIG, BORING voices.

From the beginning, Babs sounds tired, hoarse and raspy. I saw her in concert, where she sometimes sounded even worse than this recording. The engineers cleaned it up as well as they could, leaving more than a hint of breathiness and weariness. Fortunately, only about half of the songs are weakly rendered; the other half really are terrific experiences. I have no idea what is going on with her voice that from song to song there could be such differences, but if I were Streisand I would leave the belting behind. It wouldn't hurt for her to warm up before she comes onstage, not as she is giving the concert. For any price, a fan would expect the performer to be well prepared. When she sings a soft ballad, she often soars, and her magic is prominent. It's painful to watch her crumble under the memory of her once youthful voice (and it was only a few years ago that she sounded like a 25 year old songstress). Streisand knows how to play a song for all its worth, but she sometimes tramples it to death. *Don't Rain in My Parade* is just not what it used to be. She hits high notes, but without the characteristic force. And she can hold the notes, or seem to, when she takes little breaks before each song's finale. Her phrasing is impeccable when she is giving it all she has to give, but too often she seems bored. This is not a bad CD, just not as inspired as *The Concert.*

It also has to be said that it seems apparent Streisand is not taking care of her God-given voice, one she herself has said that she takes for granted (unimaginable!!).

The chatter inbetween songs is dull and preachy, and it was exactly the same in every city, except for blabbering about the fattening food she ate all across the US (excluded from the CD, thank the Lord). The fans are really the stars on this CD--they roar constantly, as if they had been starving to see Streisand all their lives. It's an odd treat. The orchestra is incredible, but live, it drowns her out at times (as does IL Divo). This recording does not relfect that though.

If you do not own *The Concert* CD, buy it and skip this one. This CD is for avid, adoration-is-blind Streisand fans only and those keeping track of Streisand's vocal history..

Streisand: Live in Concert (2 CD's).......2007-06-27

Whenever I hear Barbra sing it feels as if I were listening to an angel....The depth of her voice, the feeling she caries in every song she sings makes you fall in love, feel despair, feel hapinness or sadness....She is capable of making you feel the letter of her songs....A true Diva....My only regret is that I will never be able to see her live.....I hope they make a DVD of this concert so I can see her perform live at least on the TV set...

Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

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Procol Harum's finest hour perhaps
The Best Procol Harum Album Ever
best mix
It's been a long time
Truly A Glimpse Of Nirvana

Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Manufacturer: Repertoire
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Binding: Audio CD

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Luskus Delph [Live][*]

Album Description

German digipak reissue of 1972 album includes one bonus track, 'Luskus Delph' (live). Six tracks. Repertoire.

Customer Reviews:

Procol Harum's finest hour perhaps.......2007-07-20

Many of the songs on this live Procol Harum disc maintain their wonderful spiritual atmosphere from the studio versions, but are given a louder, more meaningful performance when delivered in a live setting. If you enjoy what you've heard from Procol Harum in the studio, you will no doubt find a lot to enjoy about this disc. A very melodic and almost hauntingly pleasant live album. I can see myself listening to this band when I'm 80 years old. I bet by that age, I'll still be enjoying these excellent tunes.

The Best Procol Harum Album Ever.......2007-01-26

It took me a long time to find this album on CD, previously only had the vinyl and took it all over the world with me. The CD is engineered very well, a clean recording. The only thing that could have been better is if this album had been released on DVD-Audio or SACD in a true 5.1 mix. This album was originally produced in quad-4 so a remix to 5.1 would be easy and fantastic.

best mix.......2007-01-10

Procul harum live bridges classic rock with classical music. In this album you'll hear a gutiar played as an instrument of the ochestra. Absoulutely a brilliant piece of music.

It's been a long time .......2006-11-28

I haven't heard this album, with the exception of the first track, in about 30 years. My roommate in college owned this album and I was always a PH fan so hearing them with an orchestra was fasinating. I never really saw the CD anywhere until I came across it here and said I must have it. It still sounds great. The songs and arrangements are truly classic in every sense.

Truly A Glimpse Of Nirvana.......2006-10-30

Procol Harum's work throughout the years has been uneven, but this collaboration with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is one of their shining moments. I have worn out more than one vinyl version of this recording over the years, and I also have the MFSL version of this CD. While it is true that the MFSL disc suffers in comparison to this one, keep in mind the state of technology in 1971. We do owe a debt to Wally Heider's mobile studio for the tapes that allowed Repertoire to do such a splendid job of remastering. This recording belongs in everyone's collection, whether they are a fan of Procol Harum or not. If you are not moved in some manner by the time you hear "Grand Finale", then you had better check your pulse.

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Must Be the Greatest!
SUPER disc
3.5 Stars: Pretty Good
The Best of Joe Walsh
James Gang - 'Live In Concert' (MCA)

Live in Concert
The James Gang
Manufacturer: Mca Special Products
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ASIN: B000002R47
Release Date: 2006-10-24

Tracks:

Stop
You're Gonna Need Me
Take A Look Around
Tend My Garden
Ashes, The Rain And I
Walk Away
Lost Woman

Album Details

A Rock Classic, Digitally Remastered in 2001. These Recordings Confimed that Joe Walsh was Everything People were Saying About Him...a Great Guitarist and Vocalist. He Had Taken the James Gang from Obscurity to Heights of Stardom....and Ultimately Legend. A Solid Rockin Outfit, the Addition of Walsh Provided the Catalyst that Brought them to the Forefront of Progressive Rock N Roll.

Customer Reviews:

Must Be the Greatest!.......2007-07-01

Unreal heavy guitar blues workout with organ songs too. Whew! Man, these guys let it go!

What can said? Joe works the wah-wah like mad and I just can't get enuf of the humbuckin' Les Paul crunk... wish we had more of this, man!!!

SUPER disc.......2007-05-12

WOW! That's the first word that popped into my head after this 40-minute Live in Concert album came to an end . I always knew the James Gang was a hard rock band a bit heavier than the rest, but I had *no* idea they were actually THIS heavy!

I'm serious when I say this album might out-rock Zeppelin and Deep Purple's heaviest moments during their prime. I have a hard time understanding HOW this album could go by all these years unnoticed by the majority of people who like to rock out to the classic 70's stuff. This is just an extremely heavy album. There's nothing else I can say!

When you first hear this album, the first song is called "Stop". Your first impression might be that the album is old, muddy and dated. However, it only sounds like that because the music is so heavy, technology was having trouble back then capturing these musicians at their absolute heaviest and putting it on record.

This live version of "Walk Away" is quite different from the one radio stations play. If you're used to that version only (like me) you're going to be in for a pleasant surprise. This version starts off with a heavy musical bit before the vocals come in. It's pretty clear the James Gang wanted this version to be all about power and intensity, which explains why the guitars and drums are so loud and in your face. If I have one complaint, it's that the guitar section from the studio version that ends the song isn't here. Instead, the song just comes to a sudden end. It's really not much of a complaint, because you'll be so excited and shocked at just how heavy the song is, you probably won't even notice.

"Lost Woman" is 18 total minutes of straight blistering guitar work and extremely heavy drumming and bass. In fact, there's moments on this album where Jim Fox drums with *just* as much extreme speed as Keith Moon. Very few people can drum like that. This song separates the men from the boys.

"Take a Look Around" is probably the only moment on the entire album where all the heavy guitars, keyboards and drums take a back seat to a pretty vocal melody. That means, out of 40 minutes of music, only 4 minutes is devoted to a somewhat quiet tune. The rest of the album is some of the heaviest music I've ever heard, and definitely one of the heaviest live albums I've heard from a 70's rock artist.

I said to my dad that he probably won't be able to handle it. Of course he disagrees, but I think I'm right in this case! Joe Walsh and the James Gang live and tearin' it up!

3.5 Stars: Pretty Good.......2007-03-05

I just bought this album and have listened to most of it. What I've heard I've liked. "Stop" is really good; "Walk Away" is even better. The rest of it is a bit trippy. I thought Walsh was more of a comic-rock kind of guy (As in his "Ordinary Average Guy" single). Better song writing than I'd expect. Cherck out the 71 version of "Walk Away." Amazing.

The sound, however is not the greatest. It seems that they have the mics in the balconies rather than near the band. This might be the only detration from a pretty good record. I'm looking foreward to "You Can't Argue With a Sick Mind" from Walsh.

The Best of Joe Walsh .......2007-02-15

This is Joe at his finest and the James Gang is his best rhythm section. He knows it too, thats why he reformed the group in 2006 and is touring with the JG again! Go Joe. The 2 organ tracks Take a Look Around and Tend My Garden and done very well live and Joe rips on the Hammond organ as well as the guitar. Stop! and Walk Away blow away the studio versions also. Get this record if you are a Joe Walsh fan.

James Gang - 'Live In Concert' (MCA).......2007-02-14

Good 1971 live recording of the James Gang at their very best. Tracks that certainly had me sit up and take full notice were "Stop", their Albert King's cover "You're Gonna Need Me", their sole hit "Walk Away" and the awesome seventeen minute Yardbirds cover "Lost Woman". It's been so long since I've heard a James Gang lp or CD. Unforgetable great early '70's album rock to be fully taken in. Line-up: Joe Walsh-guitar, keyboards&vocals, Dale Peters-bass&vocals and Jim Fox-drums,organ&vocals. If you dug some of the era's better known bands like Bad Company, Mountain, Faces and Grand Funk, you should like this archive release a lot. A definite should-have.

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If you like electric guitars ...buy it !
G3; Live in concert.Cool and Slick.
Too much of a good thing
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G3: Live in Concert
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Release Date: 1997-06-03

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Customer Reviews:

If you like electric guitars ...buy it !.......2007-07-10

The least we can say is this : these guys knows how to play guitars !
They are simply amazing musicians, the sounds is excellent and the music too. If you play guitars, listen to these guys, then, you'll have two choices, first, try to be as good as they are but prepare to do nothing else than playing guitars, forget your wife, your friends and your social life ! Your other choice, put your guitar on E-bay and put this cd in your player and listen to real guitar virtuoso !

G3; Live in concert.Cool and Slick........2007-06-14

Swift and Magic guitar . Satriani , Johnson & Vai are strenuous musicians.

Too much of a good thing.......2007-05-26

Being a lover of rock guitars and rock/metal in generalt this package seemed like mana from heaven. With Vai and Satriani on board plus the chance to introduce myself to Eric Johnson it seemed all was set for a good night with my stereo. And in terms of musicianship I was right. and the fact that the whole G3 concept has taken off in years after this discs release only makes me have even more warm and fuzzy feelings towards it in retrospect.

Ultimately this release is a handy summation of the original G3 tour, three Satriani numbers including the brillian Flying in a Blue Dream, three Eric Johnson shreds and then three more tunes by the ridiculously talented Mr Vai - and the whole shebang ends with three tunes with all three blokes on stage. Top stuff.

Downsides to weigh against the positives are the fact that over an hour of widdly diddly is enough to test even the most shred obsessed. Perhaps breaking the album into quarters would be the best bet. A couple of tracks per day to ensure your giving the guys the respect and attention their talents deserve!

Or get DVD's of the guys for a visual experience to add to the sometimes sparse nature of endless guitar noodle. But man, how much talent can three guys have....... surely makes other guitarists either practice harder and longer or just give up in resignation..

G3 Lineup Impresses On Live CD.......2007-04-06

This live concert CD of G3 will impress aslmost every guitar music lover. G3 is the brainchild of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, and they add another stellar guitarist to the mix. On other releases, they've had Kenny Wayne Shepherd, John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Adrian Legg, Robert Fripp, and others. On this version, Satriani and Vai are joined by legendary guitarist Eric Johnson.

Each performs three cuts solo, and then the three play together. Satriani smokes on Cool No. 9 and Flying In A Blue Dream, Johnson's Manhattan is fantastic and you can here the obvious Hendrix influence, and Vai's For The Love of God is incredible.

This is a spectacular CD. A must have for guitar music lovers.

G3-Best Lead Guitarist on Earth!.......2006-08-01

I just got this CD Concert, and it is in every way AWESOME! I am a lead guitarist also and particular about who I listen to. My opinion of the best of the G3 is Eric Johnson whom I have seen in concert 3 times, once when he was 17 years old, and at that time he was the absolutely best guitarist I had ever seen, (and I also met him and we talked about Stratocasters and how he modified his to get those amazing tones, he was a real nice person) that opinion still stands. Eric Johnson still plays chords in his songs, which I feel a great guitarist does, plus the most technical and tasteful leads. I don't think I heard Joe Satriani or Steve Vai play any chords at all except for the 3 last cover tunes, now don't get me wrong, I think all 3 were great! I have Joe Satriani albums also and love them, but Eric Johnson is a vituoso for good reason. I plan to purchase the DVD also. Incidentally I have worked with some really hot lead guitarists who never play a chord either, guess what? I don't think they have any idea what the chords to the tune are. Why I appreciate virtuoso Eric Johnson, complete guitarist. I have heard and seen him play Clapton, Hendrix, almost any style flawlessly. I have his "Total Electric Guitar" VHS,....WOW,...I could never learn to play so well (I spent many hours trying). Some people are born to be spectacular-Eric Johnson.
Overall this is a wonderful live concert with 3 great lead guitarists and great backup musicians. I highly recommend it for fans and musicians alike.

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As good as it gets
Some technical details and comments
The complete concert, greatest live album ever made
I'm Just Wild About Harry (Belafonte)!
True talent, live

Live in Concert at the Carnegie Hall
Harry Belafonte
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ASIN: B000006SUU
Release Date: 1993-08-30

Tracks:

Introduction/Darlin' Cora
Sylvie
Cotton Fields
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bin 15110. Remastered reissue, part of RCA's Living Stereo series, for the esteemed vocalist's 1959 live concert recording. 19 tracks: 'Introduction/ Darlin' Cora', 'Sylvie''Cotton Fields', 'John Henry', 'Take My Mother Home', 'The Marching Saints', 'Day O', 'Jamaica Farewell', 'Man Piaba', 'All My Trials', 'Mama Look A Boo Boo', 'Come Back Lisa', 'Man Smart (Woman Smarter)', 'Have Nageela', 'Danny Boy', 'Merci Bon Dieu', 'Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma', 'Shenandoah' and 'Matilda'.

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Double CD Set. Recorded Live in New York. Part of RCA 'Living Stereo' Series.

Customer Reviews:

As good as it gets.......2007-03-08

A superb taking of a superb artist in a superb mood. Need a say moore?

If you only plans to own five CDs this must be one of them. Mr Bellafonte at his absolute best. I enjoy every second of this CD. Not only is it musically outstanding but it is also a true high fidelity record.

A CD not only for easy listening but also for true listening sessions!

Some technical details and comments.......2006-07-25

Tracks flow into each other with no "silence" between; its just like the "Living Stereo" black vinyl Long-Play records. All of the content on the LPs is indeed here. Awesome.

Sound quality is quite good. CDs were issued in Germany in 1993 (performance dates were 19 & 20 April 1959). There are no markings on the CDs indicating remixing, remastering or other processing. Despite this, the sound is a little more "natural" than my LP transfer which had that circa-1959 bass richness. This may be just coloration in my turntable set-up and the CD gets it right. There is minor tape hiss in the background noise. The dynamic range may have been increased. The CD allows me to hear more in the music than I ever heard before (musican banter, HB's breathing etc).

The CDs are a great replacement to the LPs transfers I had on my iPod. (I'm not sure yet if I'll miss the ticks and pops from the needle. It was kinda cool on an iPod.)

Regarding musicality; the other reviews have said it all. I agree that this is one of those rare recordings where everything is perfect. It is unthinkable that this concert could even have one second edited from it. I love this concert. It is genius.

The complete concert, greatest live album ever made.......2006-02-07

Harry Belafonte, is on of the greatest, most influential man ever born in the United States, as well as a hero to the world as well as to all Americans. Mr. Belafonte, World WarII veteren, who volunteered and was on the battlefield, and still serves his nation and the World, with his international travel on behalf of Unicef.
As far as his totally unique talent, this magnificant talent, shows all of his power, his heart, soul and love for all humanity with the best live album ever created.
I have a sentimental feeling about the famous Carnegie Hall concert since I grew up in blue collar family in Brooklyn attended this show. Growing up, I used th hear my parents play this many times on weekends, while doing their chores and nothingw ould light up their faces, create laughter, got them to sing, more than when they listened to the album of this Carnegie Hall concert.
I was about eleven or so when I started hearing it, and I have the album about memorized and grew up loving the album, Mr. Belafonte, his talent, his incredibly diverse careers, and non-stop dedication to all of humanity.
There is comments by an individual who does live the CD about how Harry did "novelty songs" in the second act. THOSE ARE NOT NOVELTY SONGS, THEY ARE FOLK SONGS FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD. But I guess to an American, International folk music is a "novelty song". Grrr. I know the gentlemen who made that comment meant no harm, but I hope it is understood. Mr Belafonte is currently and has previously spent his life unfolding the cultures of nations from all over the world by singing and giving publicity to the great folk music that tells the story of the people of the world.

It is great that this import has the entire concert, but I have to admit that I am ashamed as an American, that it has to be AN IMPORT, that no American music company has taken the original tapes, re-mastered it with love as they would any major piece of history and re-released it. He was born in Harlem and is one of the great, great stories of someone who has lived the American dream. Please remember the racism he experienced as well as being blacklisted suring the McCarthy hearings. But nothing stops his optomism and love of humanity.

He talent is unequaled and no one delivers a folk song with more power, heart and soul.
Besides, he probably was the best guest the Muppets ever had.

A couple of quick pieces of info on Mr. Belafonte. Bob Dylan was recorded for the first time on a Harry Belafonte album, where Harry hired him as a harmonica player.
Mr. Belafonte is a graduate of the Actors Studio in N.Y. the produced a generation of great actors.
Calypso was the first album to sell 1 million copies, but how many people know that he followed that album up with a album where he read and discussed the works of the great American writer, Mark Twain.

Thank you Harry for this great album and the great memories you leave me listening to it and the great pleasure you gave to my late parents.

Jon

I'm Just Wild About Harry (Belafonte)!.......2006-02-04

Nowadays the "powers that be" (read: "murderous thugs within the Bush Administration")are on a campaign to depict Harry Belafonte as being mentally unstable. Why? Because he had the courage to point out the all-too-obvious fact that George W. Bush and the dirty old dingbats around him are the biggest sources of world instability since Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.

It's nice to know that he's still Harry after all these years; Still holding up a mirror to a sick and hypocritical society that obviously doesn't like what's reflected.

Belafonte At Carnegie Hall, recorded on two nights in April of 1959 is, no doubt about it, the finest "Live" album ever recorded. All these years later it still has a freshness that is irresistable. The fact that it was recorded with state-of-the-art equipment, you can close your eyes and it's almost as if your sitting, front row. It's moving and riotously funny all at the same time. Trust me on this one kiddies, you won't be disappointed!

Pray for peace

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY
tomdegan@froniternet.net

True talent, live.......2005-10-28

I grew up with this album that my parents had, unfortunately I recalled it as Belafonte RETURNS to Carnegie Hall. Thankfully I ordered this first, then later got Harry Returns (basically for Odetta and Miriam Makeba).

The man is brilliant in concert and it is unbelieveable they were daring enough to try to record these performances live. I shudder to think anyone currently who could pull this off (with the exception of Midler who thrives on a live audience).

Does Belafonte have an incredible voice and fantastic range? Not really. He has a great voice but the man has PASSION and intelligence in his hip pocket and he presents a priceless show.

It's amazing to me, now, to realize what a global attitude this man has, did I mention passion and intelligence? So I did, but it's well worth repeating.

I played this album for a 7th grade class and they ape over it -- they knew two songs from the movie Beetle Juice and insisted I download the lyrics. When it came time for Cucurrucucu Paloma they went wild (and the staff freaked when they heard it was a live performance) so I knew Mama Look a Boo Boo would be appreciated.

I know Mr. Belafonte is known and loved for many of his standards (basicaly Day-O) but I my faorite piece will always be Merci Bon Dieu. It's so beautiful, it's heartbreaking in a wonderful way.

I hate live albums because most artists cannot do live what they create in the studio. Not so with this -- he sounds even better live. A truly talented man with intelligence and passion -- darn, that's rare and very much appreciated, especially in the year 2005.

Follies in Concert (1985 Live Performance) + Stavisky Film Score

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A Sondheim spectacular - Follies in Concert
GREAT PERFORMANCES!
A Good recording.
FOLLIES - the best recording ...so far
My Favorite Follies

Follies in Concert (1985 Live Performance) + Stavisky Film Score

Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway
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ASIN: B000002WB6
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Overture
Beautiful Girls
Don't Look At Me
Waiting For The Girls Upstairs
Rain On The Roof
Ah, Paree!
Broadway Baby
The Road You Didn't Take
In Buddy's Eyes
Who's That Woman
I'm Still Here
Too Many Mornings
The Right Girl
One More Kiss
Could I Leave You?
Loveland
You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through

Tracks:

Buddy's Blues
Losing My Mind
The Story of Lucy and Jessie
Live, Laugh, Love
Finale: Waiting for the Girls Upstairs and Beautiful Girls (reprises)
Stavisky: Theme from "Stavisky"
Salon at the Claridge #1
Arlette by Day
Auto Show
Easy Life
Secret of Night
Erna
Distant Past
Arlette by Night
Airport at Biarritz
Trotsky at Saint-Palais
Montalvo at Biarritz
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Recent Past
Salon at the Claridge #2
Suite at the Claridge
Old House
Goodbye Arlette
Hideout at Chamonix
Erna Remembered
The Future
Women and Death
Theme from "Stavisky"

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Since the original Broadway cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's Follies was a truncated affair that turned out to be both a disappointment and a disservice to a brilliant show with a brilliant cast, this 1985 concert performance from New York's Avery Fisher Hall set out to record the whole score, a set of pastiches of old songs and songwriters as performed by a cast of faded stars and the visions of their younger selves. The result was a star-studded roster backed by the New York Philharmonic led by Paul Gemignani, with principals Barbara Cook, Mandy Patinkin, Lee Remick, and George Hearn, supported by the likes of Carol Burnett, Liliane Montevecchi, and Liz Callaway. Even these stars can't quite match the original cast, and the results are somewhat uneven--from Cook's yearning "Losing My Mind" to Patinkin's you-love-it-or-you-hate-it schizophrenia in "Buddy's Blues." Other highlights include Elaine Stritch's wry "Broadway Baby," the two young couples' interplay in "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through," and the electrifying audience reactions to "Beautiful Girls" and "Who's That Woman?" (A documentary video was released, but unfortunately, it did not contain the complete show.) As a bonus, this two-CD set includes 45 minutes of instrumental music Sondheim composed for the 1974 French film Stavisky, including two melodies that had been cut from the original production of Follies. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

A Sondheim spectacular - Follies in Concert.......2007-03-14

I have very definite views on this - in other words, my word rules, ignore the others. Random thoughts - pay no attention to those who disparage Mandy Patinkin singing "Buddy's Blues." This is an album of brilliant pastiche songs, right? Patinkin is giving us the old vaudville, split week in Jersey, performance. Of course he's over the top! Outstanding. However - sorry, I love Barbara Cook, and it's a lovely rendition of "Losing My Mind," but no one, I repeat no one, does it like Dorothy Collins from the original cast. Dorothy Collins, the Hit Parade lady? Come on! Well, OK, I don't know how she did it, what she pulled up from inside herself, but it tears your heart out. The song belongs to her. "Beautiful Girls" is ... well, if you're a woman (or not!) I dare you to listen to this and not get up and pretend you're strutting down an imaginary runway (particularly if your kids are in diapers and you haven't been out of the house for 82 weeks and my husband better start helping out or I'll GO MAD)... Sorry,got carried away there. I could go on and on (remember, it's been 82 weeks), but those are just three highlights ... oh, and the overture, oh, and "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs" and heartbreaking George Hearn and absolutely terrific Lee Remick and of course, Elaine Strich!! and you've got to get this so we'll enjoy it over and over together, vicariously, and I better stop now, it's almost spring, maybe I'll get out. A girl can hope.

GREAT PERFORMANCES!.......2006-11-21

A WONDERFUL RECORDING OF "FOLLIES" WITH A LOT OF BRILLIANT PERFORMANCES
BY THE STARS ON STAGE. A "MUST" FOR ANYONE WHO CARES FOR THIS GREAT MUSICAL.

A Good recording........2004-06-23

The original is my perferred version, even though it is very watered down. Here, all the songs are complete, but it comes out uneven somehow. The really great performers here are Carol Burnett and Barbra Cook. They really shine. The rest do mediocre performances. Out of the rest, Lee Remick, and Elaine Strich do a great job. Buy this you want the "complete" version and four stellar performances, but the original is the one to get performance wise.

FOLLIES - the best recording ...so far.......2004-02-04

If any one album makes a case for FOLLIES is is this set of FOLLIES IN CONCERT. It is not the definitive FOLLIES, but about as close as we're likely to get. The sound is very VERY good, especially for a live recording, but as such there is quite a bit of applause on this disc.

Producer Thomas Shephard originally taped the dress rehearsal so he would have quiet endings for all the numbers but when the audience nearly tore the roof off Avery Fisher Hall, he decided that eliminating applause would negate the event that led to the album. So, he comprmised and used applause after the "follies" numbers but not after plot songs. If you didn't know this you might wonder why "Beautiful Gilrs' gets such a huge hand and the next song "don't Look at me" seems to be met with stoney silence.

The cast is sensational. Perhaps not in the same league as the originals but a fine "revival" cast. Lee Remick and Barbara Cook are ideal as leading ladies Phyllis and Sally and its a joy to hear Cook's glorious voice in "Losing My Mind." Mandy Patinkin effectively uses his energy to put a new spin on "Buddy's Blues. " I know some object to his over-the-top style but it was effective on stage. Elaine Stritch has fun singing "Broadway Baby" and Carol Burnet makes the most of "I'm Still Here." Really, there isn't one bad track in the whole package.

Completists may quibble with the slight cuts here and there..the last bit of the Overture (including a segment of "Can That Boy Foxtrot") has been cut, as has "Bolero D'amour." The original montage ending of "Rain on the Roof/Ahh Paris/Broadway Baby" was dumped, and the spoken interludes in "Loveland" have been re-arranged. NONE of this will impair your enjoyment of this wonderful show.

As a bonus RCA has filled out the second CD with the soundtrack of Sondheim's score for STAVISKY. Many cut songs from FOLLIES were used in this film score, so its a natural tie-in.

The booklet has all the lyrics but no synopsis to place the songs within the context of the story. It is a minor flaw in an otherwise first rate package.

My Favorite Follies.......2003-12-24

This is, in my opinion, the best recording of Follies you can buy. The quality of the recording isn't the best for reasons of staging and the lack of wireless mics back then, but who cares? Take a look at the list of famous singers in this cast. A big plus of this recording is the complete overature that wasn't on original. Barbra Cook is absolutely wonderful. Her voice doesn't age! I like the fact that they raised the key of a few of Sally's songs for Barbra since Sally is supposed to be the soprano of the two female leads anyway. Babra sings every single song with feeling and vocal perfection. I feel that her rendition of Losing My Mind is the definitive version of that song. Her final, "you said you loved me," is gorgeous and really shows the pain that Sally is feeling in her dramatically perfect interpreation of the song.

Lee Remick is wonderful as Phyllis. She has the icy beauty that really makes her song, Story of Lucy and Jessie really make sense. Her version of Could I Leave You? Is great! She is just really great.

George Hearn is absolutely wonderful! He sings every song like a god and it's nice to hear him sing something other then Sweeney Todd, which he tended to scream a lot in. I adore his voice and think he is perfect for the character of Ben.

Mandy Patinkin is so annoying. He emphasizes things that aren't supposed to be emphasized and he's just ridiculous in all of his songs. His voice isn't the problem, it's his high voltage, uneccasary dramtization that turns me off.

The supporting cast is wonderful. One More Kiss sounds so much better when it's sung by Opera singers, and these two are amazing. I mean look at their names and you'll go, Oh my god! Elaine Strich's interpreatation of Broadway Baby is very different for she truly sees the true irony of the song and portrays it very well. Everyone else is wonderful also. This CD is a must buy!

Concert/Live in London
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Beach Boys Live/re-master

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BEACH BOYS. "CONCERT/ LIVE IN LONDON", A MUST HAVE HISTORICAL BEACH BOYS RETROSPECTIVE.............

Ladies and gentlemen, my pleasure to introduce to you, the stars of the show, here tonight with beautiful sounds, the Beach Boys

Concert 3 stars, Live in London 5 stars

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Release Date: 2001-04-10

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Fun, Fun, Fun
The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
Little Deuce Coup
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In My Room
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Like virtually every band in the mid-'60s, the Beach Boys were expected to deliver their hits in person--no mean feat considering the ever more baroque concoctions that Brian Wilson was constructing in the studio. Tellingly, at the time the 1964 Concert was recorded in Beach Boys hotbed Sacramento, the band had but a few hits of their own and so they padded their set with Jan and Dean's "Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (cowritten by Brian), Dion's "The Wanderer," "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" by the Rivingtons, Bobby Pickett's "The Monster Mash," and, of course, Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode." The instrumental backing here is sparse and simplistic; it's the band's vocal interplay that carries the day before a throng of screaming fans. By the time the year was out, Brian suffered his first nervous breakdown and gave up touring to concentrate on his studio productions.

Live in London was culled from live shows recorded at a time (1968) when the band were virtual pop-cultural outcasts in their home country, but still enjoyed an enthusiastic following in England. These recordings document the Beach Boys' remarkable resilience in the face of Brian's deliberate distancing and their frigid American career prospects; when the going got tough, the tough got spectacularly professional. Augmented by a horn section, the band locks into a powerful groove, giving energetic, largely note-perfect versions of the expected hits along with some key album cuts. Digitally remastered, this long out-of-print twofer edition features commentary by David Leaf (The Beach Boys and the California Myth), as well as two bonus cuts: a 1964 concert rendition of "Don't Worry Baby" and a 1967 live version (from the unreleased Lei'd in Hawaii album) of the challenging "Heroes and Villains" that features a rare appearance by Brian Wilson performing with the band. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Beach Boys Live/re-master.......2007-07-02

I first heard this recording on vinyl years ago, it absolutely blew me away. The layers of sound that a live concert has is special and amazing. I thought that the original master had a richness and it could have only been beat by actually attending a real concert. I bought this CD assuming with all of the wonderful technology we have now that it would be a superior recording. Boy, was I suprised! With this new re-master they modified and compressed it to a point that it just seems like one big jumble of sound with non-stop screaming girls. The other recording had the girls too, but all through the concert you could hear vocals when you were supposed to hear vocals, & instruments when you were supposed to hear instruments. I would probably look for a CD that was an earlier re-master or if you have a pristine vinyl & a UBS turntable, you could transfer it directly to your computer harddrive. But, if all that isn't possible go ahead and get it because it it is still a great concert no matter what.

beach boys.......2007-03-16

not as good as the one i had. i shuld have reviewed it.

BEACH BOYS. "CONCERT/ LIVE IN LONDON", A MUST HAVE HISTORICAL BEACH BOYS RETROSPECTIVE............. .......2007-02-21

I enjoyed this cd even though I'm not a big fan of live recordings. The reason I bought this "Beach Boys Concert" was to hear the Beach Boys young vibrant falsetto voices. This live set is not great even though versions of Beach Boys hits are performed well live. The Beach Boys Concert is interesting because it is during the start of Beatlemania 1964. It was nice knowing that not only The Beatles had screaming fans but the Beach Boys did to as you listen to "Concert". With all the screaming the performance still comes out well. "Live In London" is an interesting listen because I think as the Beach Boys perform tracks from "Wild Honey" these live performances of "Wild Honey" sound better than the original lp did. "London" also gives you a perspective of how crazy England was for The Beach Boys at this time of Beatle dominance in 1968. The Beach Boys "Concert/Live in London" is a must have just to hear the young Beach Boys young falsetto voices live. The Beach Boys "Concert/Live in London" is a must own due to its historical place in rock music history...............

Ladies and gentlemen, my pleasure to introduce to you, the stars of the show, here tonight with beautiful sounds, the Beach Boys.......2006-09-03

This CD features two live albums by the Beach Boys.

Beach Boys Concert was recorded in 1964 in Sacramento. It features the Beach Boys original lineup of Brian, Carl, Dennis, Mike and Al. Brian stopped going out on tour shortly after this. The group sounds good, if a bit sloppy at times, and the audience is frequently too loud. The songs consist of five Beach Boys originals, and eight cover versions of other people's songs. There are a few odd song choices, including "Long Tall Texan" and "Monster Mash", of all things.

Live in London was recorded in 1968. At this time, the touring group was backed up by several other musicians, including a horn section. This gave their live performances a "fuller" sound, and allowed them to play the songs closer to how they sounded on their records. Unlike their first concert album, this one doesn't feature any songs that they hadn't previously recorded.

There are two bonus tracks on the CD. "Don't Worry Baby" is an outtake from the show that was recorded for their first concert album. "Heroes and Villains" is from the unreleased live album called Lei'd in Hawaii.

This CD gives you an idea how the Beach Boys sounded during two different time periods. They sounded good, but not as good as they did in the recording studio.

Concert 3 stars, Live in London 5 stars.......2005-12-28

Concert is an early Beach Boys concert, the big thing is that you get to hear the band with Brian Wilson. But the set selections are quite weak, few Beach Boys originals and lots of insipid covers, even an instrumental. Its more of archival and historic importance. Live in London, although without Brian, is really outstanding. Unlike other great 60's band, the Beach Boys never stopped touring, and it shows in this recording. By 1967-68, when this record was recorded, the Beach boys were a mean live Rock n Roll well oiled machine. One of the best live band of the time, no question about it. All the vocals are spot on, and Mile Love is great as a ringmaster. The vocals on Darlin by Carl Wilson are nothing short of extraordinare. Live in London may be one of the best live recordings of the sixties.

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Bit One Dimensional
Beautiful music, wonderful showcase for her voice
A great American singer/songwriter
On the long dry or raininy road this is the music to hear
Natalie Merchant's Voice Is As Beautiful Live As In Studio...

Live in Concert
Natalie Merchant
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ASIN: B00002MZ2G
Release Date: 1999-11-09

Tracks:

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San Andreas Fault
Beloved Wife
Space Oddity
Carnival
Dust Bowl
After The Gold Rush
Gun Shy
The Gulf Of Araby
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Seven Years

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With just a pair of CDs--Tigerlily and Ophelia--in her solo-career arsenal, Natalie Merchant isn't an artist you'd expect to release a live album. Perhaps Merchant is fond of playing live, which shows throughout these 11 tracks despite her relaxed, unflappable vocal delivery. The former 10,000 Maniacs frontwoman leads an amped "Wonder" and then coos into "San Andreas Fault"; the latter is expansive and dramatic, a direction Merchant is exploring that's alternately off-putting and charming. Merchant's version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" is even more philosophical and meditative. Add to that a languid take on Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" and you have a full-scale portrait of Merchant's mindset. The ever-somber music is limited in its emotional scope, but there are few performers in mainstream pop who excel more in that range. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Bit One Dimensional.......2007-01-03

Having travelled in reverse through Natalie's catalogue, I rate this as mediocre, somewhat lacking in vibe. I suspect the set list of her many performances would throw up a more varied bunch than what we have here. This leads to the question, why was this performance chosen as the one to commemorate to disc? Bowie's, 'Space Oddity' is given memorable treatmen, and Neil Young's,'After the Gold Rush' is adequate. Other reviewers have noted the absence of 'Ophelia' songs, and that's a regret I share. I can't detect a single cover that even equals its studio effort.Favourites, 'Gun Shy' and,'san Andreas Fault'. The overall evening seems somewhat dour,too slow-paced for mine, though Natalie seems in fine voice.

Beautiful music, wonderful showcase for her voice.......2006-11-11

I bought this disc as a fan of Natalie Merchant,thinking it would be a nice addition to my collection. I was surprised - this recording is a collection by itself. Merchant's voice is as warm as caramel, and as sweet too. The music is at its best here. This has become a particular favorite of mine.

Specially delightful are Seven Years and Dust Bowl. The album singles Wonder and Carnival differ from the original release by being better. The live atmosphere creates a more personal experiece.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

A great American singer/songwriter.......2006-10-05

I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Merchant and the other members of her then-band, the Ten Thousand Maniacs, in the late 80s, as a fan hanging around after the show. This was just before the band really broke into the national/international spotlight with their 3rd album (CDs were relatively new back then). She always seemed very sincere and intent about her music, but also humble about her own abilities. It is so inspiring to find musicians who maintain their focus on their music, and do not try to exploit their celebrity status only for the sake of more and more money. I heard the cover Space Oddity on the radio today, and was captivated by the song, not even realizing at first that it was Natalie Merchant. Her songs 'speak' for themselves - no introduction or analysis needed.

On the long dry or raininy road this is the music to hear.......2006-07-07

I came across Nathalie Merchant unexpectedly. When I saw the movie One Fine Day I was captivated by the song she sings (one fine day), I looked everywhere until I foud the soundtrack and knew her name, then, in my usual used cd store here in Caracas I saw this wordeful edition (cardbox) of this live album.

Nathalie has a style that I can consider as atmospheric and best described by the relaxing hallucinations she takes me when Im on the road (rain or shine) on my long trips as a travelling salesman.. Indeed a reviewer commented that her style is dull, I can understand this appreciation but only if we considered Brian Eno to be dull because of his style... let her captivate you, she is so natural, unimposing.. Im 42 YO so for me its not easy to just let any new-kid-in-town just to make an univited introduction into my music world, but Im so glad I did to this wonderful album

Natalie Merchant's Voice Is As Beautiful Live As In Studio..........2006-05-21

I bought two studio albums of Natalie's in the past (Motherland and Ophelia) and absolutely love them. I was curious though how she sounded live so I came across Live In Concert and thought why not? It would also get me more known in some of her songs before Ophelia.

I must say I love her live. Unlike so many dime- a- dozen pop stars these days- Natalie can sing just as strongly and beautifully live as in studio. While many pop stars just sound terrible live, Natalie still takes great control in her songs even onstage. It just makes me want to see her so badly in concert sometime.

Aside from Natalie's powerful vocals, this album holds a good amount of songs, most I never heard of before. I just wish she might have thrown in two more songs or so of Ophelia. Yet the songs she does have on here are quite enjoyable.

It's hard to choose favorites when it comes to Natalie Merchant, for each song holds it's own unique and addictive sound, but San Andreas Fault, Beloved Wife and Seven Years are some of the most beautiful songs on here- Dust Bowl and Gold Rush are done very well- and I just love Gun Shy. The Gulf of Araby though is just amazing to me- it's just so subtle and yet gorgeous.

So I do recommend this c.d. strongly if you have a c.d. or two by Natalie already and really enjoy hearing her. She is great live. I still love her in studio too, I think she does well in both places.

Give Yourself To Love (Volumes 1&2) (Live In Concert)

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Essential Kate Wolf
Gold on every track
A Very Moving Album
Give Yourself To Love
Kate Wolf: Sorely missed, long remembered.

Give Yourself To Love (Volumes 1&2) (Live In Concert)
Kate Wolf
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ASIN: B000003347
Release Date: 1993-09-28

Tracks:

Give Yourself To Love
Desert Wind
Peaceful Easy Feeling
The Ballad Of Weaverville
Green Eyes
You're Not Standing Like You Used To
The Hobo
Hurry Home
Some Kind Of Love
Who Knows Where The Time Goes

Tracks:

Cornflower Blue
Picture Puzzle
Far-Off Shore
Agent Orange
These Times We're Living In
Sweet Companion
Medicine Wheel
Pacheco/Redtail Hawk
Friend Of Mine

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Essential Kate Wolf.......2005-07-25

2 disc live performance that is the essential of this wonderful folk-soul singer...the in-concert acoustics are terrific and add to the powerful intimacy of the performance.

Gold on every track.......2004-02-05

This is the first Kate Wolf collection I owned--as a tape back before normal people had CDs-and Kate live, Kate live is something to remember, not that her other albums aren't obviously recorded live in the studio, not on separate channels. How do you get so good as this. Why isnt she a household word. Thank goodness there are so many recordings. It is really worth it hear, even if you have other recordings of these tunes because she speaks so personally every time she did a song.

I've known who knows where the Time goes since Judy Collins did it around 1969, and enjoy Sandy Denny's version, but I have listened to Kate's version here for hours and it got me to perform the song!

The vision of California that Kate weaves on all her records is preciseless, unique real, and a treasure even if much of it is sweeten myth.

I feel so bad that I lived in San Fransisco and Oakland and travelled up and down California and the West Coast in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Kate was doing her best work and only saw her sing once. When I hear something like Sweet love on this CD, I wonder why I am not always listening to Kate. There is something to her voice that gets through to me, something pure. Now that I sing and play guitar and banjo and fiddle, I tend to listen to any singer or player that I hear trying to scope them out learn something, evaluate, figure out how to put what they do into my performance. Even though Kate plays the kind of music I have always wanted to play, I just sit there and listen to the song and receive its thoughts in my heart and mind. Part of Kate's magic is the superb arrangements and backup that gets from the musical genius Nina Gerber her main accompaniest. Nina is now out there solo alot. If you like guitar and this kind music check out Nina too.
Oh Kate, why didn't we realize how much of a golden treasure you were when you were among us. In her memory think of a performer you might miss like we all miss Kate--well that isnt fair because thats a big ideal to measure up to--how about someone you would miss half or a quarter as much as I miss Kate, and make sure you go see them while you can, and maybe bring a friend, bring two.

A Very Moving Album.......2002-05-26

If you don't know Kate Wolf's music, or you don't own any of her CDs, this is a great place to start. She sings with incredible authenticity and poignancy. Her original material is wonderfully well-written, and she makes excellent choices from the work of other songwriters. This is an unusually well-recorded and produced live album. I especially like her version of "Who Knows Where the Time Goes," which hits me much harder than the well-known Judy Collins version. This one never strays too far from my CD player.

Give Yourself To Love.......2000-12-10

I bought this album without knowing anything about it. When I first listened to it, I was amazed at the incredible beauty of her voice, her guitar skills and the lyrics of her songs. Medicine Wheel is my favorite on the album, but all of the pieces on this recording are beautiful. Growing up during the Viet Nam War, Agent Orange is stunning. I heartily recommend this album and have already ordered a second!

Kate Wolf: Sorely missed, long remembered........2000-11-28

I came here today to buy a CD for a lovely young lady who may, one day, marry my son. I had written her a letter and at the end of the letter, I quoted the chorus of the title song of Kate Wolf's Album: "Give Yourself To Love". It was a bit of beauty and wisdom I wished for her and my son to share.

Twelve years earlier, my wife and I renewed our vows in a ceremony at which my son and daughter played a role... among the songs in the music at the ceremony was: "Give Yourself To Love"... along with John Denver's "Annie's Song". Kate's song, which she wrote, is of the same quality... of the same feeling... and with the same heart as "Annie's Song". Her song, like his, is ageless and a wonder of beauty.

What prompted me to write this review is simply that no one had done it before me. I could scarcely believe it and could not let it pass.

Kate, in her life... that was too short... entranced countless of her fans in Austin, Texas. And, since I'm from Austin, that is my connection with her. But, it's clear from her music that she had a following in California too... and no doubt elsewhere.

Had her life not been cut so short by cancer, I'm certain that countless others would have come to know and love her and her music. But it was not to be. As her life grew short, all her friends in Austin, where (I believe) she spent her last days, "gathered 'round" her with such love that it would bring a tear to the eye of any but the hardest hearts. All were inspired with her courage and spirit... so full of life... and love.

The absence of a review of this album here was an empty space that had to be filled. So, as I said, I could not let it pass... could not let her pass... without taking a moment here to say something of the magic she brought to this world in her person and her music. Much of her magic is here in her album.

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