We Live

We Live

We Live

Track Listings
 
1. Eko Eko Azarak: Invocation/Ritual
2. We Live
3. Flower of Evil A.K.A. Malfiore
4. Another Perfect Day?
5. Sun Has Turned to Black
6. Saturn's Children

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We All Live Together Volume 2
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Greg and Steve
  • Steve and Greg Vol 2
  • We all Live Together Volume 2
  • Great CD
  • Kids want to play OVER AND OVER AND OVER
We All Live Together Volume 2

Manufacturer: Youngheart
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Product Features:
  • WE ALL LIVE TOGETHER VOLUME 2 CD GREG & STEVE

ASIN: B00000AG62
Release Date: 1987-04-11

Tracks:

  1. Good Morning
  2. The Number Rock
  3. Months Of The Year (Eng.)
  4. Months Of The Year (Span.)
  5. Muffin Man
  6. Listen And Move
  7. The World Is A Rainbow
  8. Popcorn
  9. The Boogie Walk
  10. The Freeze
  11. She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain (1)
  12. She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain (2)
  13. Resting

Product Description

Greg & Steve - We All Live Together, CD, Vol. 2Good Morning, The Number Rock, Months of the Year (Eng.), Months of the Year (Span.), Muffin Man, Listen and Move, The World Is a Rainbow, Popcorn, The Boogie Walk, The Freeze, She?ll Be Coming ?Round the Mountain-1, She?ll Be Coming ?Round the Mountain-2, Resting.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Greg and Steve.......2007-05-18

A must for any Primary Elementary Teacher and Substitute. The songs are lively and kids love them. I use them substituting as a reward for being on task and taking a break.

5 out of 5 stars Steve and Greg Vol 2.......2007-05-16

Great CD for young children. I am a kindergarten teacher and we use this CD everyday.

5 out of 5 stars We all Live Together Volume 2.......2006-11-21

Great kids music with lots of lively songs to keep them dancing and interested!

5 out of 5 stars Great CD.......2005-07-30

My 2 year old loves this CD. We listen to it at home and in the car. She loves to dance to Listen and Move. We like that it teaches the months of the year. Number Rock and The Freeze are great too!

5 out of 5 stars Kids want to play OVER AND OVER AND OVER.......2004-01-11

Preschool children absolutely love

*Listen and move - They tiptoe, run, hop, gallap and laugh their way to some energy release!

* The Number rock - In a circle joining hands and yelling and screaming the numbers. Helps to count and recgonize sequencing. Then we all fall to the ground!

*The Freeze - they just want to keep freezing (We like to freeze in a really goofy position)

*The World is a Rainbow - We have rainbow streamers that children do things with. We ask each child to wave their streamer in a unique way to this song and then everyone copies.
Greatest Hits: Broadway
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great to Hear All those great Voices from the Past
  • A Good One!
Greatest Hits: Broadway

Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0000029PM
Release Date: 1996-10-29

Tracks:

  1. Oklahoma!: Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - John Raitt/Franz Allers
  2. On The Town: New York, New York - Michael Kermoyan/Adolph Green/John Reardon/Cris Alexander & Chorus/Leonard Bernstein
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  21. A Little Night Music: Send In The Clowns - Glynis Johns/Harold Hastings

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great to Hear All those great Voices from the Past.......2007-07-05

I just wanted to confirm what the first reviewer had to say about this CD. To hear Ethyl Merman, Mary Martin, Andrea McCardle etc. singing their trademark songs brought a lot of memories from the mid-centry musical theater back again. The last song by Glynis Johns is especially poignant.
You certainly can't beat the price!

5 out of 5 stars A Good One!.......2006-11-10

This is a very good CD, mostly because it's the original artists. I've had some that were re-recorded by no name artists that were ghastly. This one is a really good one--including the sound quality. If I had one wish, I would wish it were longer!
American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster; Thomas Hampson; Jay Unger; Molly Mason
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • It's Dreamy
  • My Favorite Composer of all time
  • An American classic from Hampson that brings smiles and tears
  • OMG!!! More than 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 stars, one of the best album in the world!!!
  • It's simply lovely
American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster; Thomas Hampson; Jay Unger; Molly Mason
Thomas Hampson , Jay Ungar , Molly Mason , Garrison Keillor , David Alpher , Mark Rust , Michael Parloff , Peter Ecklund , John Kirk , Arnold Kinsella , and Stephen Foster
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ASIN: B000002SK7
Release Date: 1992-10-20

Tracks:

  1. Opening Solo Violin
  2. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
  3. Hard Times Come Again No More
  4. The Voice Of Bygone Days
  5. Foster Favorites Medley (Ring, Ring The Banjo (1851) Oh! Susanna (1848) Camptown Races (1850)
  6. Open Thy Lattice, Love (1844)
  7. Beautiful Dreamer (1864)
  8. That's What's The Matter
  9. Old Home Medley (Old Folks at Home (1851) My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1853)
  10. Molly! Do You Love Me? (1850)
  11. Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair (1851)
  12. Comrades, Fill No Glass For Me (1855)
  13. Dancing On The River (Nelly Bly (1850) The Glendy Burk (1860) Angelina Baker (1850)
  14. My Wife Is A Most Knowing Woman (1863)
  15. Gentle Annie (1856)
  16. Linger In Blissful Repose (1858)
  17. Ah! May The Red Rose Live Alway (1850)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars It's Dreamy.......2007-01-10

This is a very wonderful recording of Stephen Foster by a master singer.
Foster's songs are of a more innocent and naive time in the American psyche, a time that it would not hurt us to remember, given the wretched brutality of American culture today (something you'll appreciate after listening to this recording).

The songs are beautifully sung by Mr. Hamspon, and the musical accompaniment with piano, mandolin, tuba, banjo, etc. seems a perfect setting for this period music. I enjoyed the musical interludes of Foster songs (not sung by Mr. Hampson), such as "Oh, Suzanna", "My Old Kentucky Home", and "Camptown Races." They are foot-stompin' and finger-snappin' good in a non-syncopated way.

Mr. Hampson's voice is so beautiful, and he has done such a wonderful job with these song's you'll just have to hear it, and when you do, tell me that you're not dreaming.

I remember reading a quote by John Phillip Sousa that decried the use of syncopation in American popular music. I never understood it until listening to this recording. The richness and intensity of American popular music (as experienced in the work of Stephen Foster) has been lost.
Everything has to be so cool today, thanks to syncopation, and "cool" really means no emotion.

If emotion is what you want, emotion is what you'll get with Stephen Foster's songs. It was a time when the death of loved ones (especially those who died in their youth) was experienced more often (see "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" and "Gentle Annie"). And we were not protected from the vicissitudes of fate by myriad government programs, modern medicine and universal prosperity (see "Hard Times").
Husbands and wives had their differences then, as today, (see the amusing song "My Wife is a Most Knowin' Woman") The passion of the Civil War (Foster was a Unionist),is reflected in a wonderful, fun song, "That's What's the Matter."

If you love good music, and you have heart which can be stirred, and you love your country, this is for you.

I love this recording. It has opened up the door to my "beautiful dreams," dreams of bygone days, lost love, and whatever else we pine for.

I wanted to buy several copies for my friends, but somehow I felt that the impact of this recording was so personal, that it could not be shared with others. Not that they couldn't enjoy it, but that I could not begin to share the intense emotion and reverie stirred in my heart by these beautiful songs.

5 out of 5 stars My Favorite Composer of all time.......2006-08-20

Growing up playing his stuff on piano, I love the instrumentality of this CD..the violins give off that wail that he speaks of..I am not sure what it is about Stephen Foster but these verses..grab me like no other..there is so much sensitivity to it..

I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair
Born like a vapor on the summer air
I see her tripping where the bright streams play
Happy as the daisies that dance on her way
Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour

but the violins in this CD make this CD the best out there..
FYI should you be into astrology Stephen Foster is definition of Cancer...Sun and Moon conjunct in Cancer with mars in Scorpio..i love his lyrics..almost to the point of obsession..

5 out of 5 stars An American classic from Hampson that brings smiles and tears.......2006-07-17

Stephen Foster was the greatest American composer of sentimental parlor ballads--he so perfectly imitated folk songs that his music wound up turning into them. In an age of home music-making and later of families sitting around the radio, Foster's songs were a staple, often performed by crossover artists from opera like Lawrence Tibbett. Those were plump, ripe styles of singing, highly flavored by church hymns.

In this 1992 collection of 17 Foster favorites, plus a few rareties, Hampson drops the platform manner and goes straight for heartfelt sincerity. His tone is plain yet sweet, his expression intimate. He is accompanied by instruments redolent of the Victorian drawing room (guitar, fiddle, upright piano), and the mood they create brings tears and smiles of remembrance. This music is embedded in America's genes, and it's wonderful to realize that every note is still alive and throbbing with feeling.

5 out of 5 stars OMG!!! More than 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 stars, one of the best album in the world!!!.......2005-11-25

Simply one word, WOW!!!
Thomas Hampson's voice is simply fantasic. His voice is very different from regular operatic baritone voice, very sweet, and rich. I really cant believe an operatic baritone can sing folk song like THIS good, in my opinion he sounds even better than his opera works in this album. His voice and the background music matches perfectly, the outcome would move u to tears, and u can feel the origin of MUSIC. This album really shows what the word MUSIC means, and the songs simply just ALL beautiful. I like his "beautiful dreamer", "my life is well knowing woman", and "jeanie with the light brown hair" the most. When I listen the songs I would just imagine that I am in the world of past USA, and I can feel the life of the ppl in the past USA~ just like watching an old classic movie, it would touch ur heart and fall in love with this album.

5 out of 5 stars It's simply lovely.......2004-12-14

I didn't know Stephen Foster (I thought): wrong: Oh Susanna, etc, I knew, but had no idea who the composer was.

This CD is a revelation. The melodies are so beautiful, as are the poems, and Thomas Hampson just brings them to life as wonderfully as ever. I especially love "Beautiful Dreamer" - it gives me butterflies - and "My wife is a most knowing woman" - the way he makes the voices and the indignation is just brilliant. If one needed reminding what a brilliant singer Mr Hampson is - this disk does it.
Genesis Live: The Way We Walk, Vol. 1 (The Shorts)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A collection of hits, that I am a bit tired of...
  • SLOPPY, BUT GOOD++
  • Better than being there
  • Yes it's more Commercial than Old Genesis, but its very good
  • Bad live cd
Genesis Live: The Way We Walk, Vol. 1 (The Shorts)
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ASIN: B000002IUU
Release Date: 1992-11-17

Tracks:

  1. Land Of Confusion
  2. No Son Of Mine
  3. Jesus He Knows Me
  4. Throwing It All Away
  5. I Can't Dance
  6. Mama
  7. Hold On My Heart
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  9. In Too Deep
  10. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
  11. Invisible Touch

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars A collection of hits, that I am a bit tired of..........2007-02-18

This cd contains the "hits" from the band, under Phil Collins era, I have to say that I'm a bit tired of hearing these songs, but also, most of these live versions are "refreshing" to hear in a different version.
I prefer these versions to the original ones. The sound is pretty good for a live release. That's All folks !

4 out of 5 stars SLOPPY, BUT GOOD++.......2006-05-21

I don't know what it is with me and Phil Collins/Genesis; their syruppy-synth-soundscapes just kinda stick to my heart like sap, I guess. And what can you possibly say to justify Phil Collins' place on the pop-charts? He's an amazing vocalist, unique and emotive; the songs on this CD are just as dark as anything Genesis has written, with a bit of up-beat pop thrown in between; the basic difference between Phil Collins' solo career and the music of Genesis is that Phil Collins has mostly been a nice-guy-pop-act and Genesis has tended toward more brooding dark-room songs. Even songs like "Invisible touch" and "Jesus He KNows Me" are at least a tad bit cynicle ("Jesus He Knows Me" has a social message, so it's obviously more darker, at least in the lyrical range; it's not slow, so people tend to think it's a "positive" song). So given that information, this CD is basically a collection of top-hits by the band kinda re-imagined. Even the songs that this concert is supposed to be part of a tour for (We Can't Dance) sound a little different than the album versions and that's what makes this album worthy of fitting into a CD collection. The opener sounds kinda out of breath altogether, not just vocally; which is odd, b/c I think they opened the actual concert with that song ("Land of Confusion"), but either the wheeziness (spelling??) gets taken care of or it's just less noticeable as the CD progresses into other songs...I don't know; perhaps Collins sounds breathless as a way of connecting with his fellow middle-aged audience-members (they say Genesis was trying to connect with a baby-boomer market when they did INVISIBLE TOUCH in 1986). I'm no middle-aged man/boy/??, but my father (who was in his 20s at the time) was said by my mother (also in her 20s at the time) to have LOVED Genesis and I guess he listened to them quite often. I was describing the synth opener of a 1972 song called "Watcher of The Skies" (back when Peter Gabriel was lead singer, for those of you that don't know too much about Genesis) to my mother (I had bought the CD Foxtrot out of curiousity) and she said she thought she knew what I was talking about. And earlier in my life (not long before, a couple yrs tops - I'm 22 now) I bought SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND and was almost SURE I recognized one of the synth-lines or whatever they're/it's called in "The Battle of Epping Forrest"...so based on those two facts, I'm pretty sure my father (who abandoned me and my family when I was 7) loved Genesis. And my mother couldn't stop listening to INVISIBLE TOUCH, their only "really good" album according to her. So I think that's probably why the syruppy-sweetness of this music and most of all else by this band sticks to my heart like sap, so to speak. So anyway, I doubt I changed anyone's totally biased opinion about this album or the band, but I hope I made myself clear as to why I am the way I am, in case anyone who knows me reads this!

5 out of 5 stars Better than being there.......2005-02-23

I saw Genesis on the "We Can't Dance" Tour in Hannover, Germany. And while I certainly was completely blown away by that concert, this record delivers even more of what a Genesis concert should be like.

Yes, I admit that I'm no fan of their earlier stuff. Matter of taste, surely. Also, it was just before my time. Anyhow, what I liked most about "The Way We Walk Vol. 1 - The Shorts" was the absence of all those older, overly lengthy, artistic songs that don't really mean anything to me. Precisely what other reviewers here lamented -- that everything on this record comes from just three albums, namely "Genesis", "Invisible Touch", and "We Can't Dance" -- makes it so great for me; for as far as I'm concerned, Genesis before those is rather uninspiring.

The performances are just as great as could righteously be expected. I think that the energy from the (quite audible) audience really adds nicely to the band's, especially of course in the Phil Collins trademark back-and-forth singing contest with the audience at the beginning of "Throwing It All Away", but also quite notably at the beginning of "I Can't Dance" (watch out for the audience's reaction to the "boing" sound!). Subtly altered lyrics, mostly a little naughtier than the originals, add to the personal feeling -- it feels like being there. And that "I Can't Dance" was recorded before a German audience, as becomes clear from the shouts of "Zugabe! Zugabe!" (encore) at the end, just means the last bit of delight for me. Hey, I might have been there after all!

If you insist that something negative must be said about this record, I'll admit that I didn't care for the long-winded endings of "No Son of Mine", and especially "I Can't Dance". I keep thinking, "come on, man, that's enough", but on and on he goes. But that's a really minor nuisance. No reason to cut down the five star rating.

If you're from the same generation as I am -- us who grew up with the sinister "Ha ha! Ha! *rowr*" from "Mama", the Spitting Image puppets from "Land of Confusion", and the Levis spots that got so brilliantly defaced in "I Can't Dance" -- this is The Essential Genesis Record. If not, kindly disregard this review.

4 out of 5 stars Yes it's more Commercial than Old Genesis, but its very good.......2004-11-02

When it comes to the rock band, Genesis - I think this band is often unfarily criticized for going "commercial". Yes, the band did move into more of a pop-music direction in the 1980s, but I think they added a breath of fresh air to the pop music and paritcularly 80s landscape. As a result, Genesis picked up a lot of new fans - many of whom probably went on to appreciate many of their earlier works. The album, "The Way We Walk - Volume 1: The Shorts" presents a collection of 11 live tracks from what is considered the commercial/pop era of Genesis.

When I look at Genesis as band, I see four distinct phases the band has gone through. Phase 1 is the Peter Gabriel Era. This spans from 1969 ("From Genesis to Revelation") to 1974 ("The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"). It was during Phase 1 that Peter Gabriel was the lead vocalist and Genesis could easily be categorized as a progressive Rock band. Phase 2 is the Early Phil Collins Era spanning from 1976 ("A Trick of the Tail") to 1982 ("Three Sides Live"). In this era, Phil Collins took over as lead singer. The band was still very much a progressive rock band, but as the progressive rock landscape would change - so would Genesis. This might indirectly have led to Phase 3 which is the Late Phil Collins Era from 1983 ("Genesis") to 1993 ("The Way We Walk Volume 2: The Longs"). This is the commercial/pop era that I referred to earlier. At this point, there would be a lot less progressive rock flavor to Genesis' music. The fourth phase, Phase 4 is the Ray Wilson Era. This was when Ray Wilson took over as lead vocalist for Phil Collins. There would only be one album in this era - 1997's "Calling All Stations" and it seemed like Genesis tried to recapture some of their progressive rock roots - but 90s style. "Calling All Stations" would do poor commercially and Ray Wilson would take the fall and be asked to leave the band.

In Phase 3, Genesis would grow more and more successful commercially with each album release. Some of this probably would do to the fact that Phil Collins' solo career was also taking off. The last studio album that Phil Collins would do with Genesis was "We Can't Dance". It was a huge commercial success and resulted in a hugely successful World Tour. Naturally, the band decided to capitalize on the success of that World Tour by releasing a live album and video. Genesis had done live albums before ("Three Sides Live", "Seconds Out", "Genesis Live"). On each live album, the focus of the live material would on the studio releases that had not been done live up until that point. Genesis had not done a live release for Phase 3, thus "The Way We Walk" would have a focus on this material. For this live release, Genesis would employ a unique formula - they would release the material in a two volume set called "The Way We Walk". Volume 1 would focus on the shorter (normal) length songs. Volume 2 would focus on Genesis' trademark longer songs. For the purposes of this review, I'll focus on Volume 1.

Normally when there is a live release, I prefer the album to be a live recording from a single concert performance. I prefer it to be delivered in the order in which the songs were actually delivered. By having things from a single night and in order - I feel there is continuity and the magic of the concert is captured perfectly. Since Genesis took this unique approach to the way they were presenting this live material, this was going to be very hard to do. However, the material was strong enough to overcome this. Yes, I still would have preferred a two volume CD that contained a night from the 1992 "We Can't Dance" Tour in its entirety, but the production and engineering isn't bad and it does a nice job at ordering the songs and giving the "quasi appearance" that this may be from one night (even though the ordering is shuffled). I also like the two volume approach - I find it very convienient to listen to either the "short" songs or "long" songs (depending on my mood)".

The most interesting song is "Invisible Touch". I always thought this was an "average" song for Genesis, but there is something about hearing this song live that blows me away. I love the way they end the song. I also love how they segue from "Tonight Tonight Tonight" into "Invisible Touch". Yes they made "Tonight Tonight Tonight" from a long song to a short one, but it works the way they performed this song and the segue. Similar to "Invisible Touch", I love Genesis' spin on "Throwing It All Away" - featuring Phil leading the crowd in a participatory "It away!" chant and Mike Rutherford's guitar is awesome in it. Two strong songs from "We Can't Dance" are "No Son of Mine" and "Jesus He Knows Me". Phil's performance of "Jesus He Knows Me" was very theatrical in concert when I saw him and on this recording it translates very nicely to audio. Not forgetting Tony Banks, his keyboards are spellbinding on "Mama" - as are Phil's vocals.

The liner notes are weak. There are no lyrics and nothing to provide insight into the Tour - or when and where these songs were recorded. The production credits are pretty light as well. There are some decent photos from the Tour included. Although this may be Genesis' "pop" era - there still is some excellent music and this excellent music translates very well to the live setting. There may be some "old-time" fans who don't like this material, but I think this will still appeal to the majority of end to end Genesis fans.

1 out of 5 stars Bad live cd.......2004-06-29

Every song on this cd is a joke. Genesis used to be a good band, look into Genesis Live, Seconds Out, or Genesis Archives Vol. 1 for better live material.
We All Live Together Volume 4
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Thank God for Greg and Steve!!
  • greg and steve
  • We All Live Together...Vol 4
We All Live Together Volume 4

Manufacturer: Youngheart
ProductGroup: Music
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Product Features:
  • WE ALL LIVE TOGETHER VOLUME 4 CD GREG & STEVE

ASIN: B00000G4OP
Release Date: 1987-09-19

Tracks:

  1. It's A Beautiful Day
  2. Hand Jive
  3. Days Of The Week (English)
  4. Days Of The Week (Spanish)
  5. What If (Creative Dramatics)
  6. The Ugly Duckling
  7. Bingo
  8. Everybody Has Music Inside
  9. Just Like Me (Mirror Movement)
  10. Ballin' The Jack
  11. Dance Medley
  12. Across The Bridge (#1 Balance Beam)
  13. Across The Bridge (#2)
  14. Siesta

Product Description

With more than two million recordings sold to date, Greg & Steve hold the rank of the number-one children's music duo in the country. It's easy to see why--their singable lyrics and catchy melodies are set to a contemporary beat. Parents and teacher alike find Greg & Steve's tunes a fun way to teach children basic concepts such as colors and numbers as well as friendship and cooperation. Greg & Steve have received numerous accolades, including five Parents' Choice Awards and an Early Childhood News Award.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Thank God for Greg and Steve!!.......2007-06-17

They make my job (Pre K teacher) much easier! I have all their recordings. Check 'em all out. The kids love the songs and activities.
Some of their favorites:
"What if" and "Dance Medley" on this one
"Bop 'til You Drop" and the "Beanie Bag Dance" Kids In Action
"Get Up and Go" and "A Walking We Will Go"We All Live Together Volume 5
"In My Backyard" and "The Mack Chicken Dance" Big Fun
"Popcorn", "The Boogie Walk", and "The Freeze" We All Live Together Volume 2
"The Body Rock" and "The Hokey Pokey" Kidding Around with Greg & Steve
"An Adventure in Space" and "Sports Dance" On the Move
"Shapes" and "Simon Says" We All Live Together Volume 3
~and many many more!!!

5 out of 5 stars greg and steve.......2007-05-18

Another must for subs and teachers of primary elementary grades. Songs are lively and active and kids love them.

5 out of 5 stars We All Live Together...Vol 4.......2000-06-27

This is great children's CD. I use it daily in my preschool classroom. The songs are catchy and educational.I particulary like "Hand Jive". This is a song where children listen to clapping beats and repeat back the same beat. Great fun! I also like "The Days of the Week" songs in English and Spanish. This is a great way to help children learn about another language in an easy,fun way. I would recommend this CD to anyone who works with children.It is a great CD for parents to keep in the car for those long car rides.
We All Live Together Volume 1
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Classic Rock for the Preschool Plus!
  • Greg & Steve's We All Live Together Vol. 1
  • I use Vol. 2 more, but kids do Love it!
We All Live Together Volume 1

Manufacturer: Youngheart
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  • WE ALL LIVE TOGETHER VOLUME 1 CD GREG & STEVE

ASIN: B00000DGMR
Release Date: 1986-04-11

Tracks:

  1. We All Live Together
  2. ABC Rock
  3. Little Sir Echo (1)
  4. Little Sir Echo (2)
  5. Friendship March
  6. Loop 'D Loo
  7. Good-Bye
  8. Round In A Circle
  9. Wiggle Wobble
  10. Rock-A-Motion Choo Choo
  11. Skip To My Loo (1)
  12. Skip To My Loo (2)
  13. Quiet Time

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We All Live Together, ABC Rock, Little Sir Echo-1, Little Sir Echo-2, Friendship March, Loop 'D Loo, Good-bye, Round in a Circle, Wiggle Wobble, Rock-A-Motion, Choo, Choo, Skip To My Loo-1, Skip to My Loo-2, Quiet Time.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Classic Rock for the Preschool Plus!.......2007-01-08

Ok, I admit it; I'm an old dude, but Greg & Steve rock! They've been around about as long as me (they first showed up with their music in the 1970's), but all of their songs have aged VERY well.

I am now a preschool special ed teacher, and I have every volume of what they have available. Each volume is great in its own way, with some really fantastic stuff mixed with a few that just don't work for me. But that is OK: each CD is worth the price of even one of their best songs. Luckily they always have several that shine.

Wonderful song writing, fun remakes of classics, great guitars, keyboards and drums for us old rock'n'roller's turned yuppie taking care of the little ones. Buy them all, you will find something you love on every "album" (OK, they were albums before they became CD's), and so will all the kids from birth to, well, 40-something, like me.

5 out of 5 stars Greg & Steve's We All Live Together Vol. 1.......2005-03-15

My 3-year old son was introducted to this cd at day care, and he LOVES it! We purchased the CD and have been listening to it everyday since we bought it 6 months ago. His favorites - Popcorn, The World is a Rainbow. It's great to see him singing and dancing to the cheery music. This volume is his favorite!

3 out of 5 stars I use Vol. 2 more, but kids do Love it!.......2000-06-22

I am a teacher at my local Head Start program, and my students love Greg & Steve. We usually listen, dance, and sing to a song from this cd at least once a week. The ABC rock is an excellent active learning tool to teach language arts skills. We use Vol 2 much more, however!
Itzhak Perlman - Live in the Fiddler's House
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A great collection of klezmer favorites!
  • Best Klezmer album
  • This was a fun C.D.
Itzhak Perlman - Live in the Fiddler's House
Itzhak Perlman , Klezmatics , Andy Statman , Klezmer Conservatory Band , and Brave Old World
Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002SMI
Release Date: 1996-11-12

Tracks:

  1. Bukovina 212
  2. Lekho Neraneno
  3. Doina Naftule
  4. A Hora mit Branfn
  5. Healthy Baby Girl Hora
  6. Golem Tants
  7. Honga Encore
  8. Nigh
  9. Bulgars-The Kiss
  10. Meron Nign-In the Sukke
  11. Sholom Aleykhem
  12. Khaiterma
  13. Andy's Ride
  14. A Heymisher Bulga-Wedding Dance
  15. Kale Bazetsn (Seating the Bride)-Khusidl (Khasidic Dance)
  16. Fun Tashlikh
  17. A Yingele fun Poyln (A Young Man from Poland)-Di Mame iz Gegangen in Mark Arayan (Mother went to the
  18. Processional/Klezmer Suite-Ale Brider (We Are All Brothers)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A great collection of klezmer favorites!.......2006-09-30

Premiere violinist Itzhak Perlman is joined live in concert by four premiere klezmer groups: Brave Old World, The Klezmatics, Andy Statman, and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. Vibrant, poignant and distinctly old-world, klezmer is the musical style that developed among Eastern European Jews. Featuring the soulful fire of violin, clarinet, accordion, mandolin and vocal leads, accompanied by cimbalom (a hammered-dulcimer), piano, drums. There are a few soulful slow tunes mixed in amongst the fiery dances, but most of the selections on "Live in the Fiddler's House" are fun and up tempo, full of the instrumental virtuosity one would expect both of this genre, and of a concert violinist of Itzhak Perlman caliber. Klezmer is some of the world's best good-time music, right up there with Irish jigs, Cajun two-steps and country banjo pickin'. But it's not all sweetness and light; inherent in the mournful, minor mode of this traditional music is blend of opposites--both the sorrow of persecution and defiant sense of fun-in-the-moment inherent of a culture displaced, trying to maintain its identity in an ever-changing and often hostile world. And therein lies klezmer's appeal to the soul. For more great Jewish music, try any of the separate releases by Brave Old World, The Klezmatics, Andy Statman and his band, and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. You might also enjoy "The Hidden Gate: Jewish Music Around the World," the traditional Sephardic music of the group Voice of the Turtle, and the unplugged world fusion of Basya Schechter and Pharoah's Daughter in "Out of the Reeds."

5 out of 5 stars Best Klezmer album.......2004-11-16

To me, this is the best klezmer album I've ever listened to (and I have quite a few). And it's a live album. Although it's a kind of live version of "In the Fiddler's House", the repertoire is not the same (they only share one or two songs). The bands accompanying Itzhak Perlman are at their best (they are the best klezmer performers!). I prefer, personally, Andy Statman's clarinet and mandolin (Andy's Ride and Meron Nign/In the Sukke are my favorites); then there are great moments with Brave Old World (Doina Naftule and A Hora mit Branfn are beautiful pieces) and the Klezmatics, of course. The 12 minute finale is an absolute well crafted medley, under Klezmer Conservatory Band's leader, Hankus Netsky. I did'n want it to end.
I don't like at all the women voices of Klezmer Conservatory Band, although the instrumental pieces (like Khosidl) are amazing.
There is not a second in this album which is not top klezmer.

5 out of 5 stars This was a fun C.D........1999-01-16

For people who are into Klezmer music this is the finest C.D.! For Klezmer music lovers, this is a masterpiece.
John Barry: The Collection
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!
  • Persuaders Theme!
  • A Variety Of Classics!
  • Incredible Barry Collection
  • " one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry"
John Barry: The Collection

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005BADD
Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

  1. Zulu
  2. From Russia With Love
  3. From Russia With Love - 007
  4. Goldfinger
  5. The Ipcress File
  6. The Knack
  7. Mister Moses
  8. Thunderball
  9. The Wrong Box
  10. Born Free
  11. The Quiller Memorandum
  12. You Only Live Twice
  13. The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair
  14. Deadfall

Tracks:

  1. The Lion In Winter
  2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  4. Midnight Cowboy
  5. Midnight Cowboy
  6. The Appointment
  7. The Last Valley
  8. Walkabout
  9. Monte Walsh
  10. Diamonds Are Forever
  11. The Persuaders
  12. Mary Queen Of Scots
  13. The Man With The Golden Gun
  14. The Dove

Tracks:

  1. The Tamarind Seed
  2. King Kong
  3. Eleanor And Franklin
  4. Robin And Marian
  5. The Deep
  6. Hanover Street
  7. The Black Hole
  8. Moonraker
  9. Somewhere In Time
  10. Raise The Titanic
  11. Body Heat
  12. Frances
  13. Octopussy
  14. The Cotton Club

Tracks:

  1. High Road To China
  2. A View To A Kill
  3. Out Of Africa
  4. The Living Daylights
  5. Dances With Wolves
  6. Dances With Wolves
  7. Chaplin
  8. Moviola
  9. Indecent Proposal
  10. The Specialist
  11. The Scarlet Letter
  12. Cry The Beloved Country
  13. Mercury Rising
  14. The James Bond Theme

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!.......2006-11-09

Granted, they only need it for one composition (the last one, "The James Bond Theme") but still, without the guitar it's just not the same. Barry didn't compose this one so I suppose it was a bonus and I shouldn't complain, really. The rest of the music on all the CDs is fantastic. Some of the stuff I had heard before without realizing who had composed it. Very enjoyable, to say the least.

5 out of 5 stars Persuaders Theme!.......2006-03-02

Buy it for the Persuaders theme, probably the best TV theme song ever written.

5 out of 5 stars A Variety Of Classics!.......2005-12-06

John Barry has been composing film scores for over forty years and this is only scratching the surface of his productions. Never mind that the entire set is recorded by the Prague Philharmonic; it's pure to Barry's themes. While John Williams compositions ("Star Wars", etc.) are wild and flamboyant and Jerry Goldsmith's (Hoosier's, etc.) are mood pieces, John Barry crosses over all barriers and is amazingly diverse. Barry has recorded most of the exciting James Bond themes, melodramatic classics like "The Lion In Winter' and moody theme hits like "Midnight Cowboy". He also tugs at the heartstrings with compositions from, "Somewhere In Time", "Frances" and "Out Of Africa". He varies his themes for all types of films and few composers capture it so well.

There is over four hours of music in this set with a colorful and informative booklet.

5 out of 5 stars Incredible Barry Collection.......2004-03-11

Any fan of movies will absolutley love this collection. Being a movie buff I couldn't wait to get this boxed set. Knowing Barry from all the James Bond movies, I did not realize his involvement with so many others. The orchestra is magnificent in all these themes. I'm listening to "High Road to China" right now and I'm drifting in the clouds in a Tiger Moth with Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong. If you are familiar with a movie it will definitely have you seeing it again, if not the scores are still beautiful. Any fan of classical music will be pleased as well. Travellers will defintitely enjoy it for a long drive. I know from when I use to travel that music like this made the miles float by faster. I highly recommend these four CDs even if you just know a handful of the songs.

5 out of 5 stars " one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry".......2001-07-06

This collection of four compact discs...are worth their weight in GOLD! Barry creates visual moods for each film he scores...romantic, sentimental, action, adventure, suspense and mystery...the list could go on. Strings, brass and lush-velvet arrangements overlay each cue in his distinctive style of legendary scoring...we have ~ "John Barry:The Collection", Silva Screen's release traces 40 years of film music, featuring "The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra" ~ conducted by Mr. Nic Raine (outstanding)..."Crouch End Festival Chorus" ~ David Temple, Choir Master...perform 56 selections, over four hours of symphonic suites with a full orchestra sound...all individually wrapped-up into one neat package...just the way "film-score-buffs" like 'em!

Must ask the following to take a bow ~ James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), always in their pitching, Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Nic Raine (conductor, arranger, orchestrator & associate producer), a tremen!dous asset to every project he undertakes...and the man who made it all possible...a legendary icon always leading the way in film scoring ~ JOHN BARRY!

Total Time: 258:76 on 56 Tracks ~ SSD-1128 ~ (2001)

You might try other albums from Silva Screen, all worthy of a good listen ~ "The Essential James Bond" (SSD-1034)..."Bond:Back In Action" (SSD-1100)..."Bond:Back In Action 2" (SSD-1119)..."Zulu" (SSD-1095)..."Raise The Titanic" (SSD-1102)..."Walkabout" (SSD-1120)...check out my reviews on amazon.com/music.
Live: The Way We Walk VOLUME TWO: THE LONGS
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A great deception
  • A last glimpse into the greatness of Genesis
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  • This Album
  • Loved it!
Live: The Way We Walk VOLUME TWO: THE LONGS
Genesis
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ASIN: B000002IV2
Release Date: 1993-02-09

Tracks:

  1. Old Medley: Dance On A Volcano-Lamb Lies down On Broadway...
  2. Driving the Last Spike
  3. Domino: Part I-In The Glow Of The Night Part II-The Last Domino
  4. Fading Lights
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This live set of 10-minute-plus epics will, for diehard fans, lay to rest the fantasy that these cagey old troupers can still evoke the mystery and drama of the Gabriel era. Competent, dry, and downright cadaverous. --Jeff Bateman

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars A great deception.......2007-02-18

What the hell is going on in the old medley...It start great with "Dance on a volcano" it is amazing in the "Firth of Fifth" extract and it finish with..."Follow you follow me and That's all" which totally ruins the whole medley. A real deception here. Next you have the best of Invisible touch (Domino), the best of We can't dance (Driving the last spike and Fading light) and the best of the "Genesis" album, which is Home by the sea-Seond home by the sea. Conclusion, not enought space for old stuff, and the only place it had is ruined by extracts of some songs that should have been on "The shorts"

5 out of 5 stars A last glimpse into the greatness of Genesis.......2005-04-15

It was all downhill for the band after this album. After the tour during which it was recorded, Phil Collins would leave the band, they would record the infamous "Calling All Stations" and not too long after that, they split for good. But the "Longs" installment of this 2-volume set of live material was a glimpse into the greatness of Genesis.

The premise is pretty basic: six songs exceeding the 6-minute mark (in fact, five of them go over the 10-minute mark), showing off some of the band's most ellaborate work, to balance off volume one, which focused more on the singles and short songs. Starting off the album, standing tall at almost 20 minutes of duration, is a medley of reaaaaaaaly old Genesis, where 1975's "Dance on a Volcano", 1974's "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", 1971's "Musical Box" and 1973's "Firth of Fifth" and "I Know What I Like" all are brought back to life, if at least for minutes at a time each... reviving the spirit of one of the world's best progressive rock bands ever.

Following the opening track come two tracks from their "We Can Dance" production, along with the "Domino" bundle (from their "Invisible Touch" album) and the "Home By the Sea" bundle (from their self-titled 1983 album). Taking it all home is their classic Drum Duet, featuring Phil alongside Chester Thompson, delivering a massive drum discharge that will electrify you.

If you ask me, this last glimpse at their great work is a good as it gets... I am thankful I had an opportunity of catching them during this tour, back in Knebworth, in 1992. They don't do them like this any more. ;)

4 out of 5 stars The Trio Hasn't Morphed Completely into a Pop Band.......2004-11-04

When it comes to the rock band, Genesis - I think this band is often unfarily criticized for going "commercial". Yes, the band did move into more of a pop-music direction in the 1980s, but I think they added a breath of fresh air to the pop music and paritcularly 80s landscape. As a result, Genesis picked up a lot of new fans - many of whom probably went on to appreciate many of their earlier works. The album, "The Way We Walk - Volume 2: The Longs" presents a collection of 6 "longer" live tracks of over 6 minutes long.

When I look at Genesis as band, I see four distinct phases the band has gone through. Phase 1 is the Peter Gabriel Era. This spans from 1969 ("From Genesis to Revelation") to 1974 ("The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"). It was during Phase 1 that Peter Gabriel was the lead vocalist and Genesis could easily be categorized as a progressive Rock band. Phase 2 is the Early Phil Collins Era spanning from 1976 ("A Trick of the Tail") to 1982 ("Three Sides Live"). In this era, Phil Collins took over as lead singer. The band was still very much a progressive rock band, but as the progressive rock landscape would change - so would Genesis. This might indirectly have led to Phase 3 which is the Late Phil Collins Era from 1983 ("Genesis") to 1993 ("The Way We Walk Volume 2: The Longs"). This is the commercial/pop era that I referred to earlier. At this point, there would be a lot less progressive rock flavor to Genesis' music. The fourth phase, Phase 4 is the Ray Wilson Era. This was when Ray Wilson took over as lead vocalist for Phil Collins. There would only be one album in this era - 1997's "Calling All Stations" and it seemed like Genesis tried to recapture some of their progressive rock roots - but 90s style. "Calling All Stations" would do poor commercially and Ray Wilson would take the fall and be asked to leave the band.

In Phase 3, Genesis would grow more and more successful commercially with each album release. Some of this probably would do to the fact that Phil Collins' solo career was also taking off. The last studio album that Phil Collins would do with Genesis was "We Can't Dance". It was a huge commercial success and resulted in a hugely successful World Tour. Naturally, the band decided to capitalize on the success of that World Tour by releasing a live album and video. Genesis had done live albums before ("Three Sides Live", "Seconds Out", "Genesis Live"). On each live album, the focus of the live material would on the studio releases that had not been done live up until that point. Genesis had not done a live release for Phase 3, thus "The Way We Walk" would have a focus on this material. For this live release, Genesis would employ a unique formula - they would release the material in a two volume set called "The Way We Walk". Volume 1 would focus on the shorter (normal) length songs. Volume 2 would focus on Genesis' trademark longer songs. This review focuses on Volume 2.

Normally when there is a live release, I prefer the album to be a live recording from a single concert performance. I prefer it to be delivered in the order in which the songs were actually delivered. By having things from a single night and in order - I feel there is continuity and the magic of the concert is captured perfectly. Since Genesis took this unique approach to the way they were presenting this live material, this was going to be very hard to do. However, the material was strong enough to overcome this. Yes, I still would have preferred a two volume CD that contained a night from the 1992 "We Can't Dance" Tour in its entirety, but I do like the unique two volume approach. I find it very convienient to listen to either the "short" songs or "long" songs (depending on my mood)".

Four of the six songs come from Phase 3. The first song is a 19+ minute medley of songs from Phases 1 and 2 called "Old Medley". A unique thing about "Old Medley" is that it features a medley within a medley - namely "I Know What I Like" also has a mini medley of "That's All", "Illegal Alien", and "Follow You Follow Me". This medley will help the new Genesis fan appreciate the older material. The band does a terrific job delivering emotional performances of the newer classics - "Domino" (from "Invisible Touch") and "Driving the Last Spike" (from "We Can't Dance"). There is a terrific version of "Home By the Sea" which includes "Second Home By the Sea". (I always prefer listening to "Home By the Sea" and Second Home By the Sea" together - so this works). "Fading Lights", a song from "We Can't Dance" is also included. I think this isn't the strongest Genesis tune, but the band does a nice instrumental which gives the song a boost. Finally there is a terrific "Drum Duet" featuring Phil Collins and Chester Thompson in a double drum "solo" performance. Because of the copyright date listed for "Drum Duet" (1989), I wonder if this was actually recorded on the "We Can't Dance" tour or if this was when it was written?

The liner notes are weak. There are no lyrics and nothing to provide insight into the Tour - or when and where these songs were recorded. The production credits are pretty light as well. There are some decent photos from the Tour included. There may be some "old-time" fans who don't like the newer material by Genesis, but these longer performances still show that Genesis hasn't completely morphed into a pop band. These performances will appeal to the old Genesis fan as well as the newer fan.

4 out of 5 stars This Album.......2004-06-18

This album is the second best live Genesis album and should be gotten in leu of the albums most of its songs are on, Invisible Touch, Genesis, We Cant Dance. Clearly The Longs captures the best material from that whole period, the creative Prog Rockers and not the pop garbage. The only drawback is the weak Old Medley, the songs that the band touch on from the Gabrial era are much better handled by Gabrial singing then Phil but the rest of the albums great especially the drum duet which closes the album.

5 out of 5 stars Loved it!.......2004-05-18

This is a very good live material released by Genesis, mixing their old school prog rock with their long compositions of the pop era albums. The result?? AWESOME SHOW!! The first track are a medley ("Old Medley") with their old songs, like the incredible "Dance on the Volcano", the wonderful "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", the beautiful and powerful "The Musical Box", the excelent "Firth Of Fith", the great "I Know What I Like(In Your Wardrobe)", all of them well executed and proving that Genesis didn't forgot their past; the medley ends up with a little bit of the great pop tunes like the good and catchy "That's All" and the touching "Follow You Follow Me". Very exciting first track, excelent set of songs!! Then we have one of their last long compositions, the awesome "Driving the Last Spike", from their last album with Phil Collins. But wait, we still have the outstanding "Domino", one of their best long compositions of the pop era! Once again they turn into their last work with Collins, with the beautiful "Fading Lights"! To finish the night in great style, the awesome and exciting tunes "Home By The Sea" and "Second Home By The Sea". In the end, we still have an amazing "Drum Duet" with Phil Collins to end the night! A little advice: buy this album! In my opinion, is one of the very best live shows that Genesis released, along with Seconds Out!
We've Got a Live One Here
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Commander Rocks
  • BEST LIVE COMMANDER ALBUM
  • IT DOSEN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!
  • Never to Old
  • My favorite LPA alblum
We've Got a Live One Here
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002KGE
Release Date: 1996-08-13

Tracks:

  1. One Of Those Nights
  2. Semi Truck
  3. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
  4. Big Mamou
  5. San Antonio Rose
  6. Eighteen Wheels
  7. Mama Hated Diesels
  8. Looking At The World Through A Windshield
  9. My Window Faces The South
  10. Milkcow Blues
  11. It Should've Been Me
  12. Back To Tennessee
  13. Seeds And Stems
  14. Rock That Boogie
  15. Riot In Cell Block #9
  16. Don't Let Go
  17. Too Much Fun
  18. Hot Rod Lincoln
  19. Lost In The Ozone

Amazon.com

Expert musicianship, a diverse repertoire, and an active sense of humor become an explosive mixture in the hands of the Airmen. Recorded during a 1976 tour of England, Live One shows the genre-twisting band in all its maniacal glory. Western swing standards, rockabilly romps, R&B chestnuts, and a rash of truck-driving songs all find their way into the potent blend, not to mention their offbeat, drug-addled originals. Bill Kirchen's nifty guitar work, Andy Stein's punchy fiddle, and Bobby Black's pedal-steel forays provide the meat: no matter how goofy it gets, their formidable musical chops keep it all together. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Commander Rocks.......2007-03-14

The Commander never came out to Australia (that I know of anyway) so I didn't see him and his Airmen but listening to his live albums got me part way there. I bought all his albums up until the first, settled band broke up; I think there were about 6 or so albums. The best two were the Armadillo live one and this one. When first released on vinyl, this "Live One Here" got fairly ordinary reviews amongst the critics who much preferred the Armadillo album. For my money, the Armadillo was only slightly superior which means they are both great live albums from the rockinest, swinginest, stonedest, weirdest country-rock band of all time. Billy C, The Commander, Andy Stein, Bobby Black, Bill Kirchin; all fantastic musicians. Their choice of cover material was fantastic and in the Commander, Bill Kirchin, Kevin Blackie Farrell (friend but not band member), Billy C and John Tichy, they had some mighty fine songwriters. If you survived the 70's, loved beer, girls and reefer, loved to rock out and loved your music dirty, sweaty and with a sense of humour, then you'll love this album.

5 out of 5 stars BEST LIVE COMMANDER ALBUM.......2005-12-29

THIS IS A GREAT LIVE ALBUM. A MUST HAVE FOR ANY COMMANDER CODY FAN. AWESOME VERSIONS OF BIG MAMOU AND MAMA HATED DIESELS (BETTER THAN THE STUDIO VERSION)

5 out of 5 stars IT DOSEN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!.......2005-06-20

I have bought many of the Commander's recordings over the years and finally had to break down and re-purchase this CD. My vinyl album was destroyed and I lost the cassettes that I had recorded over the years, so I had to have this CD. I just recently saw the commander and his new Airmen this past fall in Hartford and he's still rocking as ever. This album though is the commander at his best and in his prime with the best group of Airmen ever.
This is one of the best live albums that I have ever heard. Commander Cody is much more that just that guy who recorded Hot Rod Lincoln, he is a gem of a classic s--t kickin rocker.

5 out of 5 stars Never to Old.......2004-11-19

I first listen to this music when I was about 15 on a little ranch in Wyoming, and I'm still loving it. This album made me the hippie cowboy I am today. Still listenin to it in Wyoming 25 years later.

5 out of 5 stars My favorite LPA alblum.......2004-10-17

I have seen the Commander with and without the Lost Planet Airmen over many years... I own most of the titles listed here in Amazon, but this is by far the most bang for the buck. I have introduced many friends to the Commander by gifting this CD. After more than 25 years of listening to the band ... this is one of my all time favorite alblums in my music collection. This CD captures the band at the zenith of it's artistic arc. For a group that has a reputation for great live performances, this is the place to start.

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