All Around My Hat

All Around My Hat

Track Listings

1. Black Jack Davey

2. Hard Times of Old England

3. Cadgwith Anthem

4. All Around My Hat

5. Gamble Gold (Robin Hood)

6. Wife of Usher's Well

7. Sum Waves [Instrumental]

8. Dance With Me

9. Batchelors Hall

All Around My Hat,Steeleye Span,Shanachie,British Folk,British Folk-Rock,Folk & Traditional,Folk-Rock,Sea Shanties

Sings Sondheim
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Patinkin Live

Sondheim recital

Also a very dissapointed fan

Adequate performance; poor entertainment

a very disappointed fan

Sings Sondheim
Mandy Patinkin
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00006JP2C
Release Date: 2002-10-29

Tracks:

Opening
Lesson #8
Another Hundred People
When?
Someone Is Waiting
Johanna
Green Finch and Linnet Bird
Pretty Women
Finishing the Hat
If You Can Find Me, I'm Here
Live, Laugh, Love
Live Alone and Like It
Everybody Says Don't
Rich and Happy, Part 1
Our Time
Broadway Baby
Rich and Happy, Part 2
Uptown, Downtown
Liaisons
Send in the Clowns
Live, Laugh, Love (reprise)
You Could Drive a Person Crazy

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Free
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Take the Moment
Sunday

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Recorded live at the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia, this double CD is one heck of an extensive tribute to Stephen Sondheim. Backed only by Paul Ford on piano, Mandy Patinkin gets through nearly three dozen songs penned by the Broadway master. Some are obvious (excerpts from Sunday in the Park with George, in which the singer created the title role), others less so ("If You Can Find Me I'm Here" from Evening Primrose). Patinkin is often mocked for his shivering falsetto, but here, it's actually when his voice explores a lower register that it falters. What's more interesting is when he tackles songs usually sung by women, such as Follies' "Broadway Baby" and Company's "Another Hundred People" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy"--the latter hammed up so much that you can hear the chewing of the scenery. A distinctively mannered interpreter, Patinkin remains an acquired taste, but fans of his will be in heaven with this set. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Patinkin Live.......2007-07-19

I am a huge Mandy Patinkin fan, and this is, without a doubt, one of the best CDs in my collection. The transitions between songs are excellent and seamless, plus the song selection was top-notch.

Sondheim recital.......2007-01-22

Probably the best way to approach these disks is to treat them like a recital in a concert hall. Rather as you would listen to a Schubert or Schumann song cycle. Taken together this way, we come to hear Sondheim as one of our finest composers, serious, comic, manic, depressive, always dead on target no matter what the subject matter. And Patinkin is perfect for these songs; he understands the meaning and value of every note and every word, just as a fine concert singer would do, and he makes his listeners understand, too. One of the most intriguing concept albums in recent memory, and a joy all the way through. Bob Finley, Palm Springs, CA.

Also a very dissapointed fan.......2003-08-22

I too LOVE Mandy and Stephen Sondheim and own just about everything both has ever made! I also have been to 6 of Mandy's live performances. This was truly a big dissapointment to me. Every concert I have seen Mandy in has been filled with emotion and his personality just grabs hold of you for an evening of wonderful escape-ism. This to me was very un-entertaining and I actually became irritated after awhile of listening to it. It seemed to drone on with out the wonderful feelings and emotions and soaring voice that Mandy typically puts into his music. I gave this as a gift too (since my friend and I had missed Mandy at his Sondheim review in DC last year) and felt badly that I had. There are so many other great recordings of Mandy...Kidults, Saturday in the Park with George, The Secret Garden, Mandy sings Rogers & Hammerstien and Sondheim. This one has just sat on my shelf after I played it through twice hoping to warm up to it...while my other recordings are very worn out with years of playing!

Adequate performance; poor entertainment.......2003-05-04

I received this disc the same day a "Philip Quast Live at the Donmar". The Quast disc has its own flaws (and I dont wish to compare the two performers) but it has been strung together in a more thoughtful manner, with witty imagination and using a more dangerous in the choice of songs, which is really where this disc fails. The songs here are generally enjoyable though rather standard, and the lack of cohesion (running the songs together doesnt count) means I just dip into the discs listening to a few favourites, rather than enjoying the whole show.

a very disappointed fan.......2003-02-05

I have every recording Patinkin appears on, even if he's only on one track; I adore his voice, his flair, his emotion, his ability to deliver a song.

But (much of) this recording is disappointing, mainly because Mr. Patinkin's voice in the lower range sounds muddled and forced, as though he's lost ability to control it (however, the more falsetto sounds are as clear and sharp as ever).

And I don't care for the format of this performance. Live recordings should have live audience reactions: one (often unrelated) song after another without applause had me wondering when--if ever--was the audience was going to be allowed to react.

Also, while I've never had the privilege of attending a Patinkin concert, I imagined that--above all-- he would be passionate. Perhaps he was. But what (mostly) comes across on the CD is a somber--almost technical--performance.

I hope he's healthy, that mixed quality of singing on this recording was just a fluke, and that his next CD will be a Five-star as all his previous ones have been

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Quintessential "Classic" Steeleye Span

"All Around My Hat" Stands out above all Latter Span Releases

A Folk Band With A Modern Sound!!! And Maddy's HOT too!!!

for all folks

great !

All Around My Hat
Steeleye Span
Manufacturer: Beat Goes On
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Hard Times of Old England
Cadgwith Anthem
All Around My Hat
Gamble Gold (Robin Hood)
Wife of Usher's Well
Sum Waves [Instrumental]
Dance With Me
Batchelors Hall

Customer Reviews:

Quintessential "Classic" Steeleye Span.......2007-05-02

Steeleye Span pioneered folk rock along with Fairport convention (whose music I still haven't picked up yet, though I've been meaning to for variety's sake). If you're a Steeleye Span fan, you will like this CD. Period. It's a Steeleye classic, and one of my many favorites.

Skip the newer releases, like: They Called Her Babylon, Bedlam Born, Bloody Men.

Go for the Classics: Tempted and Tried, All Around my Hat, Sails of Silver, Storm Force Ten, Rocket Cottage, Hark! The Village Wait, Please to See the King, Ten Man Mop, Commoners Crown, Now We Are Six, Parcel of Rogues, Below the Salt, Back in Line.

If you must pick up "modern" Steelye albums, pick up: Time (one of their best "modern" releases) and Horkstow Grange (their other good "modern" release). "Winter" is supposed to also be good, on par with the classics (traditional arrangements of holiday songs), though I haven't yet seen it.

The above "classic" albums cover the early and middle years.

"All Around My Hat" Stands out above all Latter Span Releases.......2006-05-30

All aound my hat is truely one of Steeleye's best. The album kicks off with "Black Jack Davy", a wonderful, amazing swithc off between male and female vocals. The Highlights include "The Wife of Ushers Well", a beautiful 3 part harmony (I have a live version where they use five part harmony), and "All Around my Hat", which is basically a jig with lyrics. Even while riding in a car I can't help but dance to the lively rythm. I bet Maddy Prior was dancing in the recording studio when she recorded this song. You would have to be a pretty sour square not to like "All Around My Hat". It's a great album. Trust Me! (I'm under twelve years old)

A Folk Band With A Modern Sound!!! And Maddy's HOT too!!!.......2005-04-26

This would have to be one of my favourite albums. The title track is an old 19th Century Folk Song which is given a modern flavour yet stil retains its origins thanks to Maddy Prior's exquisite vocals and her talented band of musicians. Since buying this album I have colected every Steeleye Span CD that I could get my hands on and was very happy to learn that Maddy Prior went on to achieve success as a solo artist. This band's unique sound will enthrall and and capture the listener.

for all folks.......2004-12-10

I am not quite sure what happened by just after the birth of my second child i started feeling the need to expand my musical collection with new genre's. Folk and Jazz were it and I realy enjoy the acessability of this cd and they ease at which you can hum/sing along and its ability to make you smile and uplift your spirtis. I have now started to collect Steeleye and Fairport Convention and htey fit well inot my collection. The only other folky type music i ever liked liked was Melanie but this is almost as good.

great !.......2002-05-13

This was my first Steeleye Span album, and on first hearing Black Jack Davy I was enchanted. It`s a fine example of Bob Johnson`s talent for adapting a traditional tune in such a way that it is completely re-invented, given new life, but still manages to sound `traditional` and `authentic`. Wonderful. This is one album that I always listen to right the way through and never get bored with any of the tracks. If the `purists` don`t approve then no one is forcing them to buy/listen to it. British traditional music just HAD to be adapted to a rock format - it was inevitable, and frankly I think that most of Steeleye Span`s rearrangements of old songs actually sound much better than the original dry and stuffy old acoustic versions. That`s my opinion, anyway. The only reason there was no folk/ROCK back in ye olde tymes was because musicians didn`t have electric instruments.....
In response to an earlier reviewer, and to the best of my knowledge, Tim Hart sings lead vocal on Wife of Ushers Well, Bob Johnson on Gamble Gold, and Rick Kemp(bass player) sings lead vocal on Batchelors Hall. The first album that Peter Knight(fiddler) sang lead on, I think, was Sails of Silver(1980).

Average customer rating:

Quintessential "Classic" Steeleye Span
"All Around My Hat" Stands out above all Latter Span Releases
A Folk Band With A Modern Sound!!! And Maddy's HOT too!!!
for all folks
great !

All Around My Hat
Steeleye Span
Manufacturer: Shanachie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

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Hard Times Of Old England
Cadgwith Anthem
All Around My Hat
Gamble Gold (Robin Hood)
The Wife Of Ushers Well
Sum Waves (Tunes)
Dance With Me
Batchelors Hall

Customer Reviews:

Quintessential "Classic" Steeleye Span.......2007-05-02

"All Around My Hat" Stands out above all Latter Span Releases.......2006-05-30

A Folk Band With A Modern Sound!!! And Maddy's HOT too!!!.......2005-04-26

for all folks.......2004-12-10

great !.......2002-05-13

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Fantastic Collection of Favorites!!!.......2003-07-02

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