Songs for the Living

Songs for the Living

Songs for the Living

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Embodyment has been around since 1993. They have played L.A. to N.Y.C., and from Houston to Minneapolis. They have 3 full-length recordings out including: Embrace the Eternal, The Narrow Scope of Things, Hold Your Breath, and just as many demos floating around.

There's a big underground following of dedicated Embodyment fans. Approximately 30,000 Embodyment records have been sold to date, and they have played some of the biggest festivals: CMJ, SXSW, Cornerstone, and countless others.

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Death Songs for the Living
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Reminds me of Uncle Tupelo
  • The Great Jay Farrar Does it Again
  • One of the very best releases of 2006
  • finally washes the Okemah taste outta my mouth
  • A Beautiful Embrace of Americana's Dark Side
 Death Songs for the Living
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ASIN: B000IU3YMI
Release Date: 2006-10-31

Tracks:

  1. Death's Black Train
  2. Instrumental #1
  3. Hard Times
  4. Instrumental #2
  5. Hills Of Mexico
  6. Instrumental #3
  7. Silicosis Blues
  8. Instrumental #4
  9. Wayside Tavern
  10. Instrumental #5
  11. Nicotine Blues
  12. Instrumental #6
  13. Death Is Only A Dream
  14. Instrumental #7
  15. East Virginia Blues
  16. Instrumental #8
  17. Little Girl And Dreadful Snake
  18. Instrumental #9
  19. Buzz & Grind

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Gob Iron is the pairing of Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt founder Jay Farrar with Anders Parker of Varnaline. They have updated a range of American folk songs, adapting lyrics, slowing tempos, combining parts of two different numbers, and in general fully celebrating one of the defining characteristics of folk music: that it is kept alive in the guise of whoever is its current vessel, reflecting their character as well as those of their predecessors. A number of tracks on Death Songs for the Living illustrate this concept of "the folk process." "Silicosis Blues" combines the titular lyric with the melody from another song, "Paul and Silas in Jail." Elsewhere, there are numbers by the Reverend J.M. Gates, Stephen Foster, and the Stanley Brothers. Nine brief instrumentals separate each of the ten songs, the final one a new Farrar original, "Buzz and Grind," which ups the wattage for their ride off into the sunset. --David Greenberger

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Reminds me of Uncle Tupelo.......2007-01-12

I am a big fan of Jay Farrar, and really enjoy this work. It is grounded in folk music, but with the sinister undertones of the songs about death. This reminded me a lot of the Uncle Tupelo "March 16-20" release.

5 out of 5 stars The Great Jay Farrar Does it Again.......2007-01-01

Excellent CD, reminds me quite a bit of Springsteen's recent folk tribute, but more reserved and acoustic. I never stop being impressed by Jay Farrar, the man has so many songs in him, be it with Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, solo or now, Gob Iron. If you are a fan of Farrar and want to hear some really incredible acoustic arraingments, I strongly recommend.

5 out of 5 stars One of the very best releases of 2006.......2006-12-11

I am in the process of choosing from about 20 cds for my ten best of the year list. This cd will easily make the cut.

5 out of 5 stars finally washes the Okemah taste outta my mouth.......2006-12-08

I don't care, i'm gonna give this CD 5 stars. even though 5-star reviews should be saved for truly perfect records like Trace and London Calling and No Control. I don't even care, 5 stars it is. Why? Because after JF got done butchering the heretofor good name of Son Volt with that wretched album (which shall not be named) i was pretty much ready to write him off. but nay! he comes shambling back with what Son Volt SHOULD have sounded like (if he had the guts to bring back Boquist/Boquist/Heidorn) which Son Volt DIDN'T sound like after taking an unwelcome left turn into trite songs about bad politics. THIS Gob Iron record is why we love roots-music, Americana, alt-country, whatever. honest, heartfelt, compelling, and pastorally powerful. i hope he continues in such a vein if he chooses to do another solo record anytime soon. and if he ever wipes that awful plastic shine off of the new group of hired mercenaries he surrounds himself with these days, he would do well to recognize what makes Gob Iron (and what MADE Son Volt) so great.

4 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Embrace of Americana's Dark Side.......2006-11-30

For a while there, I got the impression that Jay Farrar was coasting a bit. Each album after Son Volt's debut offered a bit less in new ideas than the previous effort, and the Greatest Hits collection seemed to put a capper on things. Then Farrar revitalized Son Volt with a new line-up, and his creativity once again became readily apparent on "Okemah and the Melody of Riot". The side project Gob Iron proves that album was no fluke. Farrar is on fire once again, and "Death Songs for the Living" makes that point quite nicely. Teaming up with Anders Parker of Vernaline, the duo digs deep into the ballads and folk songs of rural America, turning them inside out while maintaining respect for the folk tradition. In that sense, this record is not too unlike Dylan's latest opus, "Modern Times."
The American folk idiom can be full of dark tales, especially when it comes to ballads. Greil Marcus called it "old, weird America," and that is mostly what this consists of; songs of sickness, bad luck, death and disease, all told through the voice of a protagonist that could be almost 200 years old. Remarkably, the collection never sounds morbid. Instead, it compels the listener to a state of sympathy. The pace is laconic, but only to the point that it suits the subject matter. "Nicotine Blues" is a brilliant example, utilizing the melody of "Coo Coo Bird" (see Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music for the `original' recording) to convey what every smoker instinctively fears but intuitively denies. Parker and Farrar use excellent judgment in their song choices, even reaching back as far as Stephen Foster for a mid-eighteenth century song about "Hard Times." The Stanley Brothers and the Carter Family also provide excellent source material ("Wayside Tavern" and East Virginia Blues," respectively).
In my opinion, too many folk artists distance themselves from the riches of our past by trying too hard to be contemporary and unique. Farrar and Parker do the exact opposite, and in the process they created an album that is both contemporary and unique.
A- Tom Ryan
Balalaika Favorites
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Wanting to hear the sound of a balalaika!
  • From Russia, with Strings
  • Spectacular
  • Nothing beats this for exuberance
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Manufacturer: Philips
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ASIN: B0000057KI
Release Date: 1990-09-12

Tracks:

  1. Fantasy on Two Folk Songs
  2. At Sunrise
  3. The Linden Tree
  4. Kamarinskaya
  5. Fantasy on Volga Melodies
  6. In the Moonlight
  7. Midnight in Moscow
  8. Under the Apple Tree
  9. Dance of the Comedians
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  11. Evening Bells
  12. My Dear Friend, Please Visit Me
  13. Waltz of the Faun
  14. Flight of the Bumble - Bee

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Wanting to hear the sound of a balalaika!.......2005-10-18

I have not received my cd yet, but I was expecting to receive one with balalaika only, so I am already disappointed. In the samples, the orchestra is so predominate I cannot tell which is the balalaika. Thanks, Violet

5 out of 5 stars From Russia, with Strings.......2004-08-09

The Osipov Russian Folk Orchestra made this fine recording some four decades ago, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union were barely on speaking terms. I imagine that some of the people who bought this record found themselves on FBI or CIA observation lists. Still, it would have been worth it, for the sheer exuberance of the music alone. The performances are bold and exciting, tinged with a hint of danger, and the listener is carried away on a crest of winter sleigh rides through places like Moscow and Vladivostock. Sure, the orchestra was capitalizing on the popularity of Dr. Zhivago, but at least they were able to find an audience. There's a little bit of hiss, given the antiquated recording instruments of the time, but it isn't enough to distract from the music. In fact, it's barely audible. I understand that they have since released a remastered version of the disc, but I'm always suspicious of perfection. One other thing: the cover leads you to believe that this is solely a balalaika show, but that isn't quite the case. There is, in fact, a whole orchestra here, but it is used quite smartly. Those other instruments give the music the air of authenticity, and create a kind of old world mood, but it's the balalaikas that carry the day.

5 out of 5 stars Spectacular.......2004-07-15

This album is not only one of the finest technically, but also musically. It was recorded back in the early sixties with the finest equipment and the finest audio technique ever devised. This has to be one of the most enjoyable listening experiences the listener will ever experience, as is all of the Mercury Living Presence series. We are privilaged to have these great recordings re-made on CD, and this particular one has to be at the top of the list. It will challenge any other recording technique, and it will lift your spirits every time you listen to it!

5 out of 5 stars Nothing beats this for exuberance.......2000-02-06

The sound of massed balalaikas is a real treat, especially when recorded with as much vividness and realism as on this disc. The Osipov Folk Orchestra also consists of bass balalaikas, accordions, flutes, Vladimir Shepherd's Horns, and percussion and they produce quite a kaleidoscope of sound! I particularly enjoy the comedic Vladimir Shepherd's Horns, heard to their most humorous effect in the Tchaikovsky piece, which is guaranteed to make you smile. This recording uncannily conveys the impression of a live event. Of course, the performers deserve most of the credit for this. Their unanimity of attack and sheer exuberance are heartstopping. Even if you think you don't like Russian folk music, give this a try!
Complete Flanders & Swann
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Return to Sanity
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ASIN: B000006T4S
Release Date: 1997-04-30

Tracks:

  1. Warthog, The (The Hog Beneath The Skin)
  2. The Sea Horse
  3. The Chameleon
  4. Whale, The (Mopy Dick)
  5. Je Suis Le Tenebreux
  6. Songs For Our Time
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  10. Misalliance
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  12. Madeira M'Dear?
  13. Too Many Cookers
  14. Built Up Area
  15. In The Bath (From 'At The Drop Of A Hat')
  16. Sea Fever
  17. The Hippopotamus Song

Tracks:

  1. The Gas Man Cometh
  2. Sounding Brass
  3. Los Olividados
  4. In The Desert
  5. The Sloth
  6. The Rhinoceros
  7. Kangaroo Tango
  8. Jaguar
  9. Dead Ducks
  10. The Elephant
  11. By Air
  12. Slow Train
  13. A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice - Flanders & Swann
  14. The Humming Bird
  15. The Portuguese Man-Of-War
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  1. The Gas Man Cometh
  2. Sounding Brass
  3. Los Olividados
  4. In The Desert
  5. The Sloth
  6. The Rhinoceros
  7. Kangaroo Tango
  8. Jaguar
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  11. By Air
  12. Slow Train
  13. A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice - Flanders & Swann
  14. The Humming Bird
  15. The Portuguese Man-Of-War
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  17. The Ostrich
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  19. Twice Shy
  20. Commonwealth Fair
  21. P** P* B**** B** D******
  22. Paris
  23. Eine Kleine Nacht Musik Cha Cha Cha
  24. The Hundred Song
  25. Food For Thought

Album Details

Fantastic Triple CD Box Set of the Recorded Works of One of Britain's Most Popular Comedy Duos. Their Keen Observations of Everyday British Life and Abilities to Exemplify them in Song Made them the Darlings of the UK. Cleverness, Wit and Absoute Hilarity were the Order of the Day, in Just About Any Style of Music. Pure Comic Genius on Three Discs!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Return to Sanity.......2005-07-27

Before Monty Python, before the Beatles, before "'Enery the Aigth Oi Am" there was the subtle, sweet, insdious humor of Flanders and Swann, and their lyrics remain part of the recognition rituals of Ivy Leaguers of the sixties. For any aging hippies or yuppies who find life WAY more stressful than we ever expected, and for whom the down side of alcohol, sex, and drugs has become apparent, I recommend listening several times to "In the Bath". It raises a cry for peace among the nations by inviting all the leaders to sit congenially steaming in a communal bathtub. And they reminding us of our essential self-interest when they add the proviso "as long as Swann and Flanders get the end without the taps." On those nights when we suspect that there isn't any point to it all, reach for the Flanders and Swann. They won't convince you there is any meaning to life, but they'll make it a lot easier to bear. Don't even try to do without it.

5 out of 5 stars Have Some Madeira.......2005-07-06

Not every line in Flanders and Swann has become part of our 37-year marriage, but many have. As our turntables fail, we are pleased that we can relive all the fun stuff we used to collect. Nothing is like this duo, especially what you usually hear as French horn by Mozart converted into "I found that horn go(r)ne." And, of course,
"Have some Madeira, m'dear" is an all-time favorite.

5 out of 5 stars British humour at its best.......2003-03-15

When I started out as a teacher of English, I had the most wonderful colleague as a mentor -- when she retired she gave me three LPs with much of what is on these CDs, and it must be one of the best gifts I have ever been given. Practically all of it makes me smile or laugh out loud (although I must admit that some, like The Armadillo and Slow Train, make me so melancholy that I can just feel my lower lip tremble and my eyes fill up). How can you beat lines like "Hail to thee, blithe Wompom", or "The English are moral, the English are good / And clever, and modest, and misunderstood"? I find they make great listening exercises for my teenaged students as well -- they consider it ancient, but incredibly funny!

5 out of 5 stars If you haven't heard this..........2003-01-16

The great comedic pairing of the late Michael Flanders (vocals) and Donald Swann (piano and occasional vocals) must surely rank among the hall of fame of comic singers and songwriters. Descended from the British music hall tradition, these two men wrote and performed music which still sparkles with wit today, some 40 or more years since it was recorded.

After being told to take up singing as a means of strengthening his polio-weakened lungs, the wheelchair-bound Flanders teamed up with pianist Swann and proceeded to write such classic songs as "The Hippo Song (Mud Mud Glorious Mud)", "The Gasman Cometh", "The Gnu Song", "A Transport of Delight" and many others. As well as a gently satirical spirit, all these songs feature the sublime wordplay and interplay of both men.

The first two discs of this box set are actual concerts - "At The Drop Of A Hat" and its successor "At The Drop Of Another Hat". Recorded at the height of the duo's popularity and form, the sound quality is surprisingly good for recordings this old.

"At The Drop Of A Hat" opens with three of the Flanders and Swann classics. "Transport Of Delight", a song in praise of the "97 horsepower omnibus" features the wonderful harmonies of the duo on lines like "any more fares" and Flanders' dead-on impression of a London busdriver "Geddardait, we're full right up inside". "Song of Reproduction" deals with the new, as it was then, stereo technology and features Flanders delivering an incredible monologue using every conceivable piece of audiophile jargon. "The Gnu Song" (in which "gnu" is pronounced phonetically) is a real treat. The audience's reaction to the reappearance of the gnu is superb.
As well as this opening trio, the disc features Flanders' snippets of "Songs For Our Time" (in which he experiments with conventions of hit songs), "Song of the Weather" (a rundown of English weather throughout the year), "The Reluctant Cannibal" (featuring Swann in the tititular role and the chorus "I can't eat people/I won't eat people/eatin' people is wrong"), Swann's foray into Greek folksong "Kokraki" and the justifiably famous "Madeira M'Dear". The performance ends with a rousing version of "The Hippo Song".
Flanders is in fine voice throughout and his comments introducing each song are delivered with deadpan accuracy. The story behind "The Gnu Song" is an absolute masterpiece. Flanders' monologue about the creation of "Greensleeves" is also superb - "'Greenfleeves'. That's an interesting name for a fong" (referencing old English script) being just a taste.

"Another Hat" begins in equally fine form with "Gasman Cometh" and "Ill Wind". "Gasman", presaged as "a tale of unending domestic upheaval", is sure to have most people who've ever dealt with unreliable tradesmen nodding in agreement, while "Ill Wind" is Flanders' attempt at setting words to a French horn concerto featuring the immortal lines "I lost that horn/lost that horn/lost that horn/found that horn/gorn". The performance continues with Swann's Russian/English song "In The Desert", the ending of which is truly side-splitting. "All Gall" (a reinterpretation of "This Old Man" to fit then-French President Charles de Gaulle) is a little dated but very cleverly done. "Song of Patriotic Prejudice", with its introduction and opening lines grabbing the audience's attention is another triumph, while the "Hippo Encore" is a great end to the performance.
Again Flanders is at his peak. His loving description of the Spanish olive-stuffers ("Olividados") and his superb story about flying ("By Air") are both brilliant examples of the shaggy dog story.
My favourite from both of these discs would have to be "First and Second Law". Flanders decides to educate Swann in elementary science and picks on the first and second laws of thermodynamics ("heat is work and work is heat" and "heat cannot of itself pass from one body to a hotter body") and the repetition of these phrases in time to Swann's barely-there piano accompaniment is one of the finest moments in British comedy.

The third disc is largely forgettable. It begins with a series of animal-related songs performed in a studio and without much of Flanders' rambling introductions. "Warthog" has its moments, while the others were clearly not performed in front of an audience for a reason. "Wompom" is also mildly diverting, presenting a story about a made-up substance which is the answer to everything.
The rest of the disc is then filled out with much earlier material in a rather poorly-recorded concert. "20 Tons of TNT" (related to the calculation the pair had done which gave that as the amount of TNT per person on the planet at the time) provides food for thought, but little more.

Is this box set for everyone? No. Much of the humour both within and without the songs does require a bit of background knowledge to what was going on in Britain and Europe at the time (1960s), John Profumo is referenced a few times as well as Charles de Gaulle and the Common Market, while a smattering of classical music knowledge can help out a bit with Swann's work and "Ill Wind". The fact that my grandfather (who's in his late 70s) recalls hearing these songs and laughing may give an indication as to the age of some of the subject matter. Equally the fact that "First and Second Law" references an awful lot of physics might do the same.

Nevertheless, for anyone who loves British humour done in a gentle manner or who is interested in the source of "mud mud glorious mud/nothing quite like it for cooling the blood", give these CDs some serious consideration.

5 out of 5 stars Gentle Satire.......2002-04-03

I've been singing Flanders and Swann every day In the Bath since I first heard them in 1964. If you don't know them, think Gilbert and Sullivan by way of English music hall and Noel Coward, with a bit of Tom Lehrer musical satire and classic Bob Newhart or Charlie Manna monologues. F&S commented gently on their times: "The purpose of satire, it has been rightly said, is to strip away the veneer of comfortable illusion and cozy half-truth. And our job, as I see it, is to put it back again." Quite simply the best comic songs and patter of the 20th century. Michael died in 1975, Donald in 1994. Goodnight, Mabel Figworthy, wherever you are.

Here are some samples of Michael's verbal wit.

Wordplay:
- "A Transport of Delight," their song of the pleasures of the double-decker bus "has recently been adopted as the theme song of the Underground resistance movement."
- Speculating that Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves: "and the royalties go to royalty."
- About a tennis referee late in the day: "the umpire upon whom the sun never sets."
- Explaining how he was hoisted in his wheelchair onto airliners by a fork lift: "Why they need a great machine like that to lift forks I do not know. Well, they're only plastic, now, aren't they?"
- On status symbols: "The object is to Gunga Din your neighbor: 'I'm a better man than you' is the acid test," and, "let's bang our status cymbals with the best."
- To a disenchanted cannibal: "You used to be a regular anthropophagi."
- Of a lecher: "And he said as he hastened to put out the cat, the wine, his cigar, and the lamps," while the girl "lowered her standards by raising her glass, her courage, her eyes, and his hopes."
- At the corrida d'olivas (the Andorran festival of olive stuffing, not to be confused with the Spanish corrida de toros, or bullfight): "And a great cry goes up of Ole! He has made an 'ol."
- "It's no good going up to a scientist and saying to him like you would to anybody else, 'Good morning, how are you, lend me a quid, and so on.' He'll just glare at you, or make a rude retort."

Throw-aways
- During the height of the cold war the Soviet Union sent the Moscow Ballet on a world tour. Donald sang one chorus of the Hippopotamus Song "mud, mud, glorious mud - nothing quite like it for cooling the blood" in Russian. Michael: "That should improve our cultural relations."
- During the 1963 Mandy Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler scandal: "None of that going around saying no smoke without fire. Nil cumbustibus, Profumo." Also, from "Friendly Duet," "such models of friendship are precious and rare, while the friendship of models is not."
- "Now if you're writing a musical, as I'm sure practically all of you are, . . ."
- Of Donald: "You know that no one has a higher regard for your music . . . than you do yourself. I merely meant that you are not great because you are not dead. If you wish to be great you must stop composing and start decomposing."
- "We never found a rhyme for (Soviet Premier Nikita) "Kruschev" until he was dead: Did he die or was he "pushed off"?"
- "We spent two dreadful, uh, delightful years, entertaining the Americans whose need, let's face it, is greater even than yours. Of course, when we're over there we say that the other way 'round."
- "No matter what you may say about the Germans, and who doesn't . . ."
- "Some of the songs that have made our names a household word, like slop-bucket . . ."
- "They've started testing cars now. They started at 10 years, then 5, now three. There's even some talk of having them tested before they leave the factory."

Absurdities
- "I'm delirious about our new oven fitted with the eye-level grill. This means that without my having to bend down the hot fat can squirt straight into my eye."
- A spectator during the construction of Stonehenge: "So, it's not going to be lived in. Well, that's something anyway. So what is it, then? It's a what?! A calendar?! A bit big for a calendar isn't it? You'd look pretty foolish with that on your desk."
- "Donald knocked himself out this morning. Got one of those new pop-up toasters. Nasty things."

Incredible multiple rhymes:
- "The fair hippoptama he aimed to entice from her seat on her hilltop above, as she hadn't got a ma to give her advice, went tip-toeing down to her love."
- Of Josephine: "Nonsense, said Bonaparte. She lives on her own, apart, in her own apartment."
- "Oh let us be married if our parents don't mind. We'd be happy and inseparable. Inextricably entwined. We'd live happily every after, said the Honeysuckle to the Bindweed."
- "And you'll always see a single lace-less left-hand leather boot. A bootless British river bank's a shock. We leave them there at midnight, you can track a member's route by the alternating print of boot and sock."
At the Drop of a Hat
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • old and still good
  • Not What it Claims to be
  • Good Memories!!
  • Witty, clever and a joy to listen to
 At the Drop of a Hat
Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
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ASIN: B000026GPR
Release Date: 1999-07-15

Tracks:

  1. A Transport Of Delight
  2. Song Of Reproduction
  3. The Gnu Song
  4. Design For Living
  5. Je Suis Le Tenebreux
  6. Songs For Our Time
  7. A Song Of The Weather
  8. The Reluctant Cannibal
  9. Greensleeves
  10. Misalliance
  11. Kokoraki
  12. Madeira M'Dear?
  13. Too Many Cookers
  14. Vanessa
  15. Tried By The Centre Court
  16. The Youth Of The Heart
  17. The Hippopotamus Song

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars old and still good.......2005-02-20

I count myself a rare American who appreciates this recording. My uncle sent it to me on tape when I was quite small. my mom, ever handy with the censor's razor blade, let it go--untouched--in spite of the song about madeira, which I now know is about an old man doing the nasty to a young innocent lass. back then, of course, I thought it was about cake! with both mom and uncle passed on, I wanted to buy up what music of theirs I could locate, and I fortunately found the Complete Flanders and Swann, apparently no longer available. i bought up the copy and didn't get scalped, somehow. 45 years after the songs were sung, "Transport of Delight," "Soung of Reproduction," and "reluctant Cannibal," and yes even "Song of the Weather," still reverberate in my mind. i used to sing "The Gas Man Cometh," from the "At the drop of Another Hat" show album, in performances as a teen-ager, and sometimes even got good results. any of their albums are money well spent.

3 out of 5 stars Not What it Claims to be.......2004-12-10

For those of you who grew up with the UK recording of "At the Drop of a Hat" be warned - in spite of what it says on the box this is NOT the recording of the 1959 show at the Fortune Theatre. This is the Broadway show.

The identity of the recording can be determined in the first minute from Flanders' introduction of Swann as "noted composer, pianist, linguist, also contains lanolin" - in the Fortune Theatre recording he is introduced as "noted composer, pianist, linguist, and all round egghead". There are substantial differences in the two performances, not least of which the pace which is a lot quicker in this recording, lacking the elegant timing which characterised the UK performance and which is comparable to the available CD of "At the Drop of Another Hat" (which WAS recorded in the UK).

Many of the jokes and asides are different - for instance in "Have Some Madeira", the Fortune Theatre recording includes an aside "He slyly inveigled her up to his flat, to view his collection of stamps [aside] All unperforated! ha ha ha ..." clearly this was regarded as too risqué for the US performance.

The songs are the same vintage and hilarious Flanders and Swann but the presentation, to me, is nowhere close to the quality of the earlier performance - it sounds to me like they were by this stage tired of the material and "going through the motions" for an audience that they did not relate to in the same way as an English audience.

Incidentally - Too Many Cookers, Vanessa, Tried by the Centre Court and The Youth of the Heart were not on the original LP recording and judging from the acoustics these were recorded elsewhere. The sleeve notes identify these as being recorded in 1957, 2 years prior to the Fortune Theatre performance.

5 out of 5 stars Good Memories!!.......2000-12-05

My father used to work in the kitchen, cooking or cleaning, with music playing in the background. One of his favorites was this album by Flanders & Swann. He had seen the show and loved the record. I sang the songs through my childhood and now I sing them to my children, my co-workers, my friends! I only just realized that I can get the original album on CD. WHAT JOY!!!

5 out of 5 stars Witty, clever and a joy to listen to.......2000-08-30

I first encountered Flanders and Swan on the LP version of this recording forty years ago. Loved it then, love it today. These two inventive and joyful British devils have delighted theatre audiences for years and their "Hippopotamus Song" has become something of a children's classic. This is the original cast recording of their first hit London show and is a marvelous performance. Can't say enough good about it but best of all my wife and I have been humming the songs and quoting the lyrics to one another now and then ever since we got the LP as a wedding present.
Emperor Waltz
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    ASIN: B000021XYI
    Release Date: 2005-06-28

    Tracks:

    1. Enjoy Your Life, Waltz Op.340 - Norbert Neukamp, Andrieu, ,
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    Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Songs of Victor Herbert
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    • Some old favourites, and some unfamiliar, enjoyable voices and songs
    		 Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Songs of Victor Herbert

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    ASIN: B00004U9MZ
    Release Date: 2000-08-22

    Tracks:

    1. Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life! - Richard Crooks
    2. Gypsy Love Song - CHARLES KULLMAN
    3. Romany Life - Jeanette MacDonald
    4. March Of The Toys - Victor Young & His Concert Orchestra
    5. Kiss Me Again - Florence Easton
    6. (The Day Is Done...) Moonbeams - Richard Crooks
    7. Italian Street Song - Florence George/The Max Terr Choristers
    8. I'm Falling In Love With Someone - CHARLES KULLMAN
    9. 'Neath The Southern Moon - Nelson Eddy
    10. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! - Nelson Eddy
    11. Paul's Address: (My Commander As Envoy Bids Me Come...) No Country Can My Own Outvie - John McCormack
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    20. Thine Alone - CHARLES KULLMAN
    21. A Kiss In The Dark - Amelita Galli-Curci
    22. Indian Summer - Richard Tauber
    23. Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life! - Jeanette Macdonald/Nelson Eddy

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Some old favourites, and some unfamiliar, enjoyable voices and songs.......2007-03-11

    This compilation has the usual songs that immediately bring the name of composer Victor Herbert to mind - Ah, sweet mystery of life, I'm falling in love with someone and Tramp, tramp, tramp - with such well known voices as those of Macdonald, Eddy and the famous tenors, Richard Crooks, Richard Tauber and Charles Kullmann.

    Perhaps of greater interest to many listeners will be the relatively seldom heard artists, such as John McHugh, Florence Easton and Florence George. All three have very pleasant voices and aural personalities.

    It is a somewhat mixed delight to hear Amelita Galli-Curci, John McCormack, Alma Gluck and Richard Werrenrath in recordings from the acoustic era. My personal favourite from that group is Galli-Cutci's charming version of A kiss in the dark.

    Altogether, a well chosen mixture of the familiar and the out of the way, carefully and well re-recorded.
    The Most Beautiful Melodies of Classical Music, Vol. 1-10 (Box Set)
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      ASIN: B00000G1JO
      Release Date: 2000-07-07

      Tracks:

      1. The Four Seasons: Concerto No. 1 In E Major 'Spring,' I. Allegro
      2. Overture No. 3 BWV 1068: Air
      3. Water Music: Alla Hornpipe
      4. Orpheus and Eurrdice: Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
      5. Piano Sonata In A Major K. 331: Alla turca
      6. Symphonie No. 3: Allegretto
      7. String Serenade: Waltz
      8. Foreign Countries And People op. 15 No. 1
      9. Flute Concerto No. 1 In G Major, K. 313: Rondo. Tempo di Minuett
      10. Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor Op. 21: Larghetto
      11. Quintet In A Major 'Trout': Theme & Variations
      12. Waltz In A Flat Major
      13. Impromptu In G Flat Major D 899,3
      14. Sinfonia concertante In E Flat Major K 364: Presto

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      1. Voices Of Spring Waltz Op. 410
      2. Serenade Op. 3 No. 5
      3. Songs Without Words In E Major Op. 19,1
      4. Horn Concerto No. 3 In E Flat Major K. 447: Allegro
      5. Fausts Verdammnis: Dances Of The Sylphes
      6. Flute Concerto In G minor
      7. Salomon: Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
      8. Piano Concerto No. 23 In A Major K 488: Andante
      9. Holberg Suite Op. 40: Prelude
      10. Carmen: Intermezzo
      11. String Serenade op. 22: Tempo di valse
      12. Impromptu In B Flat Major D 935 No. 3
      13. I Love You Op. 5 No. 3
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      1. Peer Gynt: Morning
      2. The Tales Of Hoffmann: Barcarole
      3. Melody In F, Op. 3 Nr. 1
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      5. Standchen
      6. Etude In G Sharp Minor 'La Campanella'
      7. Peer Gynt: Anitras Dance
      8. Moment Musical D 780 No. 3
      9. Canon In D
      10. Overture No. 2: Menuet & Badinerie
      11. Piano Concerto No. 21 In C Major: Andante
      12. Carmen: Seguedille
      13. 'Songs without Words': The Venetian Gondola
      14. Eugen Onegin: Waltz
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      1. Die Fledermaus: Overture
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      5. L'Arlesienne: Intermezzo
      6. The Seasons Op. 37b: Barcarole
      7. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fairies' March
      8. Clarinet Concerto In A Major K 622: Adagio
      9. The Sleeping Beauty: Waltz
      10. La Traviata: Prelude
      11. Carmen, Suite No. 2: Chanson du Toreador
      12. Happy Farmer
      13. Menuet
      14. On The Beautiful Blue Danube, Waltz Op. 314

      Tracks:

      1. A Little Night Music K 525: Allegro
      2. Sonata No. 2 In E Major BWV 1031: Siciliano
      3. Op. 11 No. 5: Menuet
      4. Songs Without Words: Duetto
      5. The Nutcracker: Dance of the Toy Flutes
      6. Fruhlingslied (Spring Song)
      7. Waldszenen: Abschied
      8. Mandolin Concerto: Allegro
      9. Music For The Royal Fireworks: La paix: Largo alla Siciliana
      10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: Allegro
      11. Waltz In B Minor Op. 69 No. 2
      12. Romance Op. 5
      13. Impromptu In A Flat Major D 935 Nr. 2
      14. Tales from the Vienna Woods, Waltz Op. 325

      Tracks:

      1. Ave Maria
      2. Humoresque Op. 101
      3. Sleeping Beautiful: Panorama
      4. Impromptu In E Flat Major, D899 No. 2
      5. Melancholy
      6. Waltz Op. 54,1
      7. Nocturne In B Major Op. 9 No. 3
      8. Caro mio ben
      9. PARTITA IN D FLAT MAJOR: Pastorale
      10. An den Fruhling
      11. The Sleeping Beauty: Pas de quatre, Adagio
      12. Rosamunde - Ballet In G Major
      13. Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Minor Op. 37: Largo
      14. Emperor Waltz, op. 437

      Tracks:

      1. Harp Concerto In B Flat Major: Andante allegro
      2. Oboe Concerto In D Minor: Adagio
      3. Flute Concerto In F Major, Op. 10 'La Tempesta di Mare': Presto
      4. Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor Op. 13 'Pathetique': Adagio cantabile
      5. Horn Concerto In E Flat Major K 495: Rondo. Allegro vivace
      6. Poeme Op. 41 No. 6
      7. Wilhelm Tell: Soldier's Dance
      8. Liebestraum No. 3 In A flat Major
      9. Violin Romance No. 2
      10. Flute Concerto In E Minor: Rondo
      11. Intermezzo In E Flat Major Op. 117,1
      12. Carmen: Habenera
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      14. Vienna Bonbons: Waltz Op. 307

      Tracks:

      1. Symphony No. 40 In G Minor K. 550: Molto Allegro
      2. Preghiera - Mozarianna Suite: Ave Verum
      3. Arietta Op. 12,1
      4. Concerto BWV 1056: Arioso
      5. The Four Seasons: Concerto Nr. 3 Autumn: Allegro
      6. Des Abends (Evening)
      7. Holberg Suite Op. 40: Gavotte
      8. Melancholy Galliard
      9. Flute Concerto No. 2 In D Major K. 314: Rondo. Allegretto
      10. Spinning Song
      11. Orchestral Suite No. 3: Valse Melancolique
      12. Flute Quartet K. 285a: Tempo di Minuetto
      13. Moment Musical In A Flat Major, D 780 No. 2
      14. Piano Concerto No. 9 In E Flat Major K 271 'Jeunehomme': Rondo - Presto

      Tracks:

      1. String Serenade: Moderato
      2. Traumerei Op. 15
      3. Ave Maria
      4. Cello Concerto No. 2 In D Major: Allegro
      5. Minuet In D Minor
      6. Suite No. 1: Marche Miniature
      7. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Notturno
      8. Mazurka In D Major Op. 33 No. 2
      9. Divertimento K 251: Andantino
      10. On Wings Of A Song
      11. Carmen: Nocturne
      12. Melody
      13. Sonata In C Major BWV 1033: Allegro
      14. Symphony No. 1 In G Minor 'Winter Dreams': Adagio cantabile
      15. Sound Of The Spheres, Waltz Op. 235

      Tracks:

      1. The Marriage Of Figaro: Overture
      2. Sonata In C sharp Minor Op. 27,2 'Moonlight Sonata': Adagio sostenuto
      3. German Dance No. 1
      4. Nocturne In C Sharp Minor Op.posth.
      5. Haffner Serenade: Minuet
      6. Septet In E Flat Major Op. 20: Tempo di Minuetto
      7. Symphony No. 4 Italian: Andante con moto
      8. Prelude In D Flat Major Op. 28, No. 15 'Rain Drops'
      9. '3 Small Pieces': Impromptu
      10. 'The Nutcracker': March
      11. Romance In E Flat Major Op. 44
      12. Piano Sonata No. 16 In C Major 'Sonata facile': Allegro
      13. 'The Nutcracker': Scene No. 10
      14. Enjoy Your Life Waltz, Op. 340
      Life Upon the Wicked Stage
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        		Life Upon the Wicked Stage
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        Manufacturer: Lml Music
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        Release Date: 2002-05-07

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        Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait; Old American Songs
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        • Vintage Americana
        		 Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait; Old American Songs

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        ASIN: B00000E8NJ
        Release Date: 1990-10-25

        Tracks:

        1. A Railroad Ballad For Orchestra
        2. Lincoln Portrait
        3. The Promise Of Living
        4. The Boatmen's Dance/The Dodger/Long Time Ago/Simple Gifts/I Bought Me A Cat
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        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Vintage Americana.......2006-09-08

        This album is a wonderful collection of lesser heard Copland gems. The performances have the excitement one always expects from Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops, and it is ever a special treat to hear Sherrill Milnes. A very enjoyable CD.
        OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • excellent but uncomplete
        • To call it music may be a bit limiting.
        • A worthwhile collection
        • OhMyGodHowDreadful
        • Kid Stockhausen
        		 OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Ellipsis Arts
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        ASIN: B00004T0FZ
        Release Date: 2000-04-25

        Tracks:

        1. Valse Sentimentale - Clara Rockmore
        2. Oraison - Ens D'Ondes De Montreal
        3. Etude Aux Chemins De Fer - Pierre Schaeffer
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        10. Poem Electronique - Edgard Varese
        11. Sine Music (A Swarm Of Butterflies Encountered Over The Ocean) - Richard Maxfield
        12. Apocalypse-Part 2 - Tod Dockstader
        13. Kontakte - James Tenney/William Winant
        14. Wireless Fant - Vladimir Ussachevsky
        15. Philomel - Milton Babbitt
        16. Spacecraft - MEV

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        5. Silver Apples Of The Moon, Part 1 - Morton Subotnick
        6. Rainforest Version 1 - David Tudor
        7. Poppy Nogood - Terry Riley
        8. Boat-Woman-Song - Holger Czukay
        9. Music Promenade - Luc Ferrari
        10. Vibrations Composees: Rosace 3 - Francois Bayle
        11. Mutations - Jean-Claude Risset
        12. Hibiki-Hana-Ma - Iannis Xenakis
        13. Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals: Drift Study '31/69 c.... - La Monte Young

        Tracks:

        1. He Destroyed Her Image - Charles Dodge
        2. Six Fants On A Poem By Thomas Campion: Her Song - Paul Lansky
        3. Appalachian Grove - Laurie Spiegel
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        5. On The Other Ocean - David Behrman
        6. Stria - John Chowning
        7. Living Sound, Patent Pending Music For Sound-Joined Rooms Series - Maryanne Amacher
        8. Automatic Writing - Robert Ashley
        9. Canti Illuminati - Alvin Curran
        10. Music On A Long Thin Wire - Alvin Lucier
        11. Melange - Klaus Schulze
        12. Before And After Charm (La Notte) - Jon Hassell
        13. Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills) - Brian Eno

        Amazon.com

        Opening with Clara Rockmore's reworking of Tchaikovsky with the theremin, and finishing with one of Brian Eno's ambient soundscapes, OHM artfully succeeds in its goal of giving a representative (as opposed to the impossible, comprehensive) overview of the first several decades of electronic music. Over 3 discs, 42 compositions, and 96 pages of notes and photos, OHM clearly illustrates the producers' and contributing writers' point that early electronic music is much of the foundation of contemporary music. Herein lies the connective tissue bridging musique concrète, 20th-century classical, electronic experimentation, and the theoretical avant-garde to psychedelia, ambient, dub, techno, electro, and synthpop and the globalization of sound. The groundbreaking uses of loops, sampling, drones, remixes, and cut-and-paste technology are put fully into context. The diversity of music included makes any sort of summation impossible, but that is also the point: electronic music is not really a genre, but an open field of endless possibility. From John Cage's famous "William's Mix" of tape snippets to Karkheinz Stockhausen's electronic orchestral compositions, from David Tudor and Holger Czukay's experiments in unrelated blendings of audio elements to David Behrman's supremely peaceful duet between computers and musicians, the aural renegades on OHM tread where none (save a few of their contemporaries) had gone before. The liner notes convey the incredible amount of hard work and experimentation it took to stitch together many of these pieces in the predigital era. Putting aside the inevitable quibbles about what's missing (much of it due to legal and/or logistical issues), a more complete collection of musical eggheads, eccentrics, and visionaries is hard to imagine. --Carl Hanni

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars excellent but uncomplete.......2006-11-12

        Althought most of the music here is an excellent collection of electronic music history, this 3 CDs lack of the important contribution given by the RAI phonology studios of Milan, Italy in the 50s
        (which was bigger than Koln's WDR studios) with Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio and Luigi Nono.
        This is a big mistake. Milans studios were the biggest of europe and produced many important electroacoustic pieces.
        If the collection aim to describe faithfully electronic music history, it should include this artists too.

        4 out of 5 stars To call it music may be a bit limiting. .......2006-10-24

        Some of the tracks on here are "music". That is that they contain all the bits we're trained to experience as music -- melody, etc. Some are not, and the composers would be the first people to tell you that. A lot of these works are reactions to ingrained rules, so they're bound to be jarring.

        A more successful way to approach such a broad and varied collection of audio experimentation is to think of it as curated sound. This isn't something to wash the dishes to, or to seduce someone to (although if you did manage to seduce someone with the recordings on this anthology, HOLD ON TO THAT PERSON, because they've got to be a keeper). These are unique sound textures that deserve a close, probably solitary listen, and I think if you're in the right frame of mind, it can be a very rewarding listen.

        My main complaint is sequencing: each dicrete piece follows it's own internal logic, so there are more than a couple rough gear changes. However, since each piece is so different, and the collection is so varied, I'm not sure that you could totally escape that.

        4 out of 5 stars A worthwhile collection.......2006-01-11

        The OHM collection contains some of those ground breaking electronic compositions that have shaped today's styles, from the early electronic instruments of Theremin and Martenot, through Pierre Schaeffer's Music Concrete tape music and the electronic music of Stockhausen and Subotnick, to the mainframe computer output of Risset and Chowning.

        It is unfair to mark this collection down due to the production quality and 'musicality' of its contents, to do so would be to staggeringly miss the point of the development of electronic music through the 20th Century. What this collection shows is the ideas behind those at the cutting edge of the genre before many could even conceive of such output. That said it is hard going at points, as experimental music can be.

        Highlights for me are no doubt Olivier Messiaen's 'Oraison' on CD 1, David Tudor's 'Rainforest Version 1' on CD 2 and on CD 3 David Behrman's 'On the Other Ocean' and Maryanne Amacher's 'Living sound Patent Pending'.

        1 out of 5 stars OhMyGodHowDreadful.......2005-08-15

        Ok, this collection is supposed to be early works and, thus not expected to be very sophisticated or polished. But the OHM collection sounds like the first attempt of a spastic cat turned-loose on a Moog keyboard. When it is not boreing, this collection of random and dissonant sounds (I can't call it music) is without any redeeming qualities to make it worth while. Don't get me wrong, I am a long-time fan of Wendy (nie Walter) Carlos and some other real pioneers of electronic music. However, I find that the Ohm collection has no similar qualities and is a major disappointment.

        5 out of 5 stars Kid Stockhausen.......2003-01-17

        This is required listening for anybody interested in the history of electronic music. Although implicitly aiming for the techno music audience, this audio history is overwhelmingly focused on the classical avant-garde of electro-acoustic composers. The closest you'll get to pop electronica is the Brian Eno track at the end of the third disc. No Kraftwerk, no Moroder, etc. Instead "OHM" manages to point to the continuities between, say, John Cage and artists currently working at the experimental edges of electronica (so-called IDM). It seems to be saying, "You think Kid 606 is visionary? Well check out this Stockhausen track from '59!"

        Admittedly, some of the songs are much more interesting to think about than they are to listen to. Some of the early pieces that were made through thosuands of hours of pains-taking tape-splicing could be made today in an afternoon with a digital audio editor and a few effects plug-ins.

        It is a beautiful package, containing a 90 page booklet of essays, quotations from the featured artists, and photographs. What all music should be: an education in daring.

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