Workshop

Workshop

Track Listings

1. Tibet

2. Funk It Up

3. Cross My Heart

4. I Don't Know

5. Headstart

6. Prelude for Comfort

7. Syntology

8. Endless Love

9. Flamoose

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Debut solo album from the guitarist of Arabesque features 8 tracks. Lion Music. 2003.

Tracks:

Someday
My Lover's Keeper
Sunset Woman
Let Me Go Now
So you Couldn't Get to Me
Please Come To Boston
Girl From Knoxville
Second Hand Lady
My Father's Fiddle
Wonder'n As The Days go By

Album Description

Dave Loggins is a cousin of singer Kenny Loggins. He had a Top 100 Billboard charting album in 1974, "Apprentice (In A Musical Workshop)". It garnered a top 5 single ,"Please Come To Boston".

Customer Reviews:

whiny, pathetically self-indulgent, and shallow; an offensive folk-rock album.......2007-05-21

Dave Loggins is the second cousin of the far more famous Kenny Loggins, and Dave had actually already contributed some material to Loggins & Messina records by the time of his own second album, 1974's "Apprentice (In A Musical Workshop)".
I'll readily admit that Dave Loggins does have some excellent songwriting to his credit, such as the powerhouse rocker "Stones (Dig A Little Deeper)" as recorded by England Dan Seals. The respectable acoustic guitar accompaniment of this album suggests that something at least decent could have come out of all of this. However, "Apprentice (In A Musical Workshop)" turns out to be a disgraceful folk-rock album that presents Dave Loggins as a can't-be-trusted womanizer, and then tries to sugar-coat it with nauseatingly sickly-sweet orchestrations and Loggins' insincere, weepy, over-exaggerated vocals.

Dave Loggins has sole writing credit for all 10 songs on this album. The opening track "Someday", with its cheesy synthesizer washes and ridiculously out-of-place "ooh la la..." chorus, has him supposedly deeply in love with a woman, and he tries to string her along, promising over and over again that SOMEDAY, they'll be together forever, when it's clear, especially after taking in such subsequent tunes as "Let Me Go Now" and "Wonder'n As The Days Go By", that he has no intention of being true to her and that "someday" really means "never". On "Let Me Go Now", "Second Hand Lady", and "Girl From Knoxville", Loggins demonstrates that he sees women as having little or no value other than providing sex.

The album's claim to fame is the big hit "Please Come To Boston", a laughably 'sentimental' ballad where Loggins once again tries to string a woman along, first to Boston, then to Denver, then to L.A.--in real life, any woman in the right mind would have dumped him by the end of the song. Loggins even slips over into downright misogynistic territory on "Sunset Woman", where he accuses a woman of being "worthless" for doing the same kind of polygamous activity that he seems to think is acceptable for himself to engage in--he says to her "no one needs you", although he himself seems to take great pleasure in what he refers to as her "wishing well of sin", otherwise why would he be doing this 5+ minute super-slow 'tribute' to her?

Even when Loggins switches gears and pays tribute to his family on the nostalgic, childhood reminiscence "My Father's Fiddle", you still have to deal with the overblown harmonies and Loggins grating vocals and sentimentality.

Just look at the track sequence of the first three songs on 'side 2'. First we have "Please Come To Boston", where Loggins' companion wants him to forget about going to all these other places and come home to her in Tennessee. On the very next song, "Girl From Knoxville", he decides to do just that, figuring it's an effective way for him to get laid, as evidenced by the lyrics which describe how he looks forward to bathing her in a stream and using his arms for her blanket. Then, with the following song "Sunset Woman", after having gotten the sexual cravings temporarily out of his system and realizing he wants no long-term obligations, he accuses her of being "worthless". Loggins tries to wrap an overwrought "woe is me" schtick around it all, and the results are incredibly annoying and offensive.

For goodness sake, stick with James Taylor, and Jackson Browne, etc. Avoid this cloying disgrace.

the best.......2007-03-10

I have the album, the tape, and now the disc, it have been one of favorite albums since it first came out many years ago.

A Great Folk Rock Album..........2006-12-28

has finally made it to CD. I don't have the CD yet, but I do have the original vinyl and cassette tape. I highly recommend this album, it's a great listen all the way through. I'm amazed how it has seemingly remained such a hidden gem. 'Someday', 'Sunset Woman', and 'Second Hand Lady' are all beautiful songs that I always enjoy hearing. Dave Loggins has also written hits for many other artists.

A sin that has finally been corrected!!!.......2006-10-15

This, Dave Loggins' second solo album (his first being "Personal Belongings" for Vanguard), is finally available in its entirety on compact disc. "Apprentice" not only showcases Dave's beautiful "Please Come To Boston", a standard by any measure, but his thoughtful "Sunset Woman" and an overlooked gem, "My Father's Fiddle". The production on this album, released in 1974, is top-notch and features some of Nashville's finest studio players for that time. Thank you, Wounded Bird Records, for correcting such a monumental oversight and getting this classic album to the public!

Not quite a one-way ticket.......2006-09-03

Dave Loggins has a great voice and has written some wonderful songs, but his best album ever was "One Way Ticket to Paradise" - why won't someone re-release that? This'll have to do, I guess.

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how to become a fan instantly!
Great Collection but this is not Remastered...
America's best hard rock band
Incredible over-view for the starter!
Yeee... Ha

Workshop of the Telescopes
Blue Oyster Cult
Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002A2X
Release Date: 1995-09-26

Tracks:

Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll
Transmaniacon MC
Before The Kiss, A Redcap
Stairway To The Stars
Buck's Boogie
Workshop Of The Telescopes
The Red And The Black
Screaming Diz-Busters
Career Of Evil
Flaming Telepaths
Astronomy
Subhuman
Harvester Of Eyes
M.E. 262
Born To Be Wild (Studio Version)

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Don't Fear The Reaper
This Ain't The Summer Of Love
E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
Godzilla
Goin' Through The Motions
Golden Age Of Leather
Kick Out The Jams
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
In Thee
The Marshall Plan
Veteran Of The Psychic Wars
Burnin' For You
Dominance And Submission
Take Me Away
Shooting Shark
Dancin' In The Ruins
Perfect Water

Customer Reviews:

how to become a fan instantly!.......2007-02-28

if you were never familiar with Oyster songs(other than the Reaper) and want to know just what they are this will certainly tell ya what they are! This collection will introduce you quite well to a great band of monstrously hard songs. The rytymn is very strait foreward but good listen'n! I would certainly take tips from the drummer and bass. But the revolutionary part is the gitar work(Bucks) and unlike most gitarists, he plays to play rather than to just motion for rock and show. very bazaar at times and very refreshing. the bass and drums play a part too and the reason I mention this is that most bands(today and recently) don't enfasise anything except what is commonly known in R&R(yes, pun IS quite intended here) and simply go through the motionas and no emphaiss on melody of backing instruments(Steve Howe's own quote is strongly supported in hopes of unimelody comeback, I know of no other terminologgy to discribe it so whateva! anyway a band is music of all supporting roles, not just the highlight gitar solos). that being said, the highlights are what take the cake on an already well-grounded band(no pun intended). if your music is gonna have brains, why not top it with a mein of red hair and a bod(is in a girlie-pie). that came out wrong didn't it but that is what all music is supposed to be.

Great Collection but this is not Remastered..........2006-08-07

Why buy a compilation of of 70's and 80's music, no matter how good, when it has not been remastered? This is an excellent collection of songs, probably the best and most complete reflection of BOC's work, but it is not up to par in terms of sound quality. It is not a remaster and it should be. Buyer beware. I hold back a star for a five star compilation only because it is not a remaster. Check out some more current best of collections like "Don't Fear the Reaper" and you will hear the difference in sound quality, even though, once again, they are not the most complete collections. You might read a review somewhere online that states this is a remaster. It is not.

America's best hard rock band.......2006-02-02

I would almost say "America's Best Heavy Metal Band," but that would not be true for disc two. But in America, only Blue Oyster Cult had the heaviness to rival the overseas likes of Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest or other similarly hued bands of the time. They were also uniquely urbane (hailing from NYC), which meant that they were frequently witty and sarcastic, and far more literate than most bands.

From those first three classic studio albums (and the incredible double document "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees"), you get the first disc. Frankly, it's a blue-print for how to make a "Career of Evil," with such deviant metal anthems like "Cities On Flame With Rock and Roll," aliens come to your house groovers like "Flaming Telepaths" and a summer of love disclaimer called "Tranmaniacon MC" (about Altamont). Blue Oyster Cult flirted with dangerous imagery, SM, and biker mythology, making their lure of the forbidden too much to resist.

It didn't hurt that they also had a white-hot guitarist in "Buck Dharma" Roeser, who's "Buck's Boogie" can be heard here in its firefingered glory. Match that to the general excellence of the players, and you have here a disc of incredible rock and roll.

Ah, but commercial success was in their red and black hearts. Deciding that being heavy and being polished were not mutually exclusive, "Agents Of Fortune" delivered a stunning lightning bolt of maturity....and a top 40 single. Morphing a Byrdsian riff and "Romeo and Juliet" lore into "Don't Fear The Reaper" gave the band their breakthrough and their curse. The platinum success of "Agents Of Fortune" garunteed that the band no longer would ever be in a situation where they would lack the time it took to buff any composition to its highest polish. It follows that, for the second disc, BOC transfomed into an incredible arena rock band of the highest order. "Veteran of The Psychic Wars" indeed!

They did have one more amazing album in them, the dark and lush "Spectres" (Phil Spector pun likely intended). With an incredible sci-fi biker epic backed by a boy's choir, "The Golden Age Of Leather" was a mini-opera that even Queen would be proud of. The BOC was also being exulted enough that the likes of Ian Hunter could be found co-writing songs ("Going Through The Motions"). The band's penchent for tongue-in-cheek lyrics gave them a goofy anthem for the ages in the riff monster, "Godzilla." And who could forget the giant inflatable lizard on the accompaning tour?

Alas, after that, the albums were increasingly spotty. "Mirrors," "Cultosouraus Erectus," and "Fire Of Unknown Origin" all have their moments, and some of them are here. (I would have prefered "Black Blade," but that's just me.) After that, the remaining albums are, frankly, represented by their best single songs. "Shooting Shark" was BOC's second best collaboration with punk-poet-preistess Patti Smith, and "Perfect Water" is, well, perfect.

Disappointments are to be found here as well. The studio cover of "Born to be Wild" can't hold a candle to the live version. Could've had the "Extra-terrestial Live" version of "Roadhouse Blues" here over about any other live cut. And the Cult's last great hurrah, the concept album "Imaginos" is ignored. Still, for the bang-on-the-buck ratio, "Workshop Of The Telescopes" delivers better than any of the single disc comps.

Incredible over-view for the starter!.......2004-11-04

Looks like your one stop place for the beginner here.

The early punk-influencing tracks,and the cream of the mid-period are all here!

"Dancing In The Ruins" and "Perfect Water" are great to get here too,'cuz ya wouldn't wanna buy "Club Ninja" just for those two good tracks and miss the alternate early tracks on disc one here. So,just grab this and use it to guide you thru the BOC catalog. Just skip Club Ninja...really.

A great set covering all the early bases. Looks tasty!

Yeee... Ha.......2004-10-12

I'm only 16 and Listen to mostly alternative and punk rock,,, And I STILL say that these guys are awsome... And that's saying something.

The Muse Surmounted: Florence Foster Jenkins and Eleven of Her Rivals

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For lovers of mal canto, this is without equal.

The Muse Surmounted: Florence Foster Jenkins and Eleven of Her Rivals

Manufacturer: Homophone Records
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ASIN: B00067Z2Q4
Release Date: 2004-11-09

Customer Reviews:

For lovers of mal canto, this is without equal........2004-11-11

"Homophone" was originally the name of a record label inaugurated in 1905, its first release being a disc by the Wagnerian tenor Ernest van Dyck. At this time Van Dyck was far past his prime, and Gregor Benko continues this tradition (that of "singers in decline") with his new incarnation of the Homophone name.

"The Muse Surmounted", Homophone's first offering, is an uproariously funny excursion into what I would label "mal canto". Each singer in this collection set her own substandard for vocal art, and each one is presented in transfers that allow the holes in one's technique to shine through. Brightly.

The disc opens with an "overture" of sorts, a "Carmen" potpourri by the original Homophone Orchestra. If you like your Bizet with slap-tongued baritone saxophones and your Toreadors to boast to a fox-trot beat, this one's for you.

Next in line is a certain Rosalina Mello, in a "fado portugues" that is rendered in a tone reminiscent of a cat in heat. She also approaches several high A's in this piece with a long-discarded vocal technique known as "portamentissimo". Better put Garfield outside before giving Mme. Mello a listen.

Next we encounter Alice Gerstl Duschak, a long-time teacher at Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory. Benko's (excellent, I might add) program notes state that she was a teacher of Jessye Norman, and I might add that Gerstl Duschak's voice, as represented here, had no sideways.

The name Betty-Jo Schramm was hilarious enough for me - before hearing the track, I could picture her in pigtail and poodle skirt. According to Benko, she was a pioneer in the early-music movement, singing the music a half-tone lower than we normally hear it today. However, she failed to cue the orchestra in on her innovation.

Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller, another favorite of the producer, cut her precious few discs at the same Melotone studio where her more famous predecessor, Florence Foster Jenkins, sought to perpetuate her art. And what an art it is. She is represented with a Meyer-Helmund song and an American folk song. Edith Helena at 81 sang better than this.

My favorite - at least for now - is Natalia de Andrade, a rather interesting character, who imposes upon the role of Manon a rather distinctive tritone tremolo reminiscent of the dearly departed Mrs. Elva Miller. It takes a life of its own, creating a somewhat minimalist rhythmic shift and will cause you to reach for the tequila. Perhaps she already had.

Olive Middleton, beloved diva assoluta of the La Puma Opera Workshop, is represented with her beloved "Miserere" from "Trovatore" her alleged high C ringing rather clearly through the speakers.

A lovely surprise was the discovery of Norma-Jean Erdmann-Chadbourne, who is in fact the "Jenny Williams" of the Victor "Faust Travesty". If you thought her final trio from Faust (sung as a duet) with her partner "Thomas Burns" (actually Ellis Chadbourne, listed here as Thomas Garcia - he had to change his name a lot) was simply the living end of opera finales, just you wait until you hear their Tomb Scene from Aida.

A certain Sylvia Sawyer, who evidently actually filled in a few mezzo-soprano roles on some early-fifties opera LPs, offers an Aida excerpt (Amneris) that, although shows no gross lapses of pitch, taste, or intonation, is a precious textbook example of bland mediocrity combined with indifferent attention to the peculiars of Italian pronunciation. One wonders if the Capitol label thought to check the Yellow Pages under "mezzo-sopranos" when casting for this Aida album.

From the lamented Remington label comes the "Tosca from Hell", an infamous performance by Vassilka Petrova.

Madame Mari Lyn (although the program notes claim that she was a woman, and a widow to boot, I swear I think this person was a drag queen!) gives her special vocal rendition of "Una voce poco fa". [Later research on the part of this writer revealed that she was, in fact, a she. Mea culpa.]

The most disturbing performance on the disc is a 1980 performance by socialite and trophy-wife Sari Bunchuk Wontner, who gave staged performances of "Traviata" in her home - with full casts and orchestra. (One hell of a Tupperware party, don't you think?) Of course, art imitates life, and she was Violetta. Secretly taped from a live performance (presumably by a "former friend"), this first-act scene defies description. She is often several beats ahead of or behind the orchestra, she may be as much as a third off of the key in either direction, and the whole affair sounds as if she had a flask of Cuervo hidden behind each prop. A year after this performance, she fell overboard from her yacht. Perhaps she was rehearsing for a future Tosca.

Surely the best-known name included is that of Florence Foster Jenkins, arguably the most famous of the daffier divas. The track, a Cosme McMoon decomposition entitled "Valse Caressante", is not included in the Victor reissue of dear Flofojen's legendary Melotone discs; in fact it is not included in the Jenkins discography in the magazine "The Record Collector". This rather long affair seems to find the diva, the pianist, and the flautist all on a bad day, with the result being a performance that is cheaper than a home perm and twice as curly on your hair.

The last track is a recording of Jenkins' accompanist, Cosme McMoon, reminiscing about his musical life with our dear Flofojen. Benko also clears the air, after careful research, about the "Cosme McMoon was actually Edwin McArthur" rumor. Buy the CD to find the answer.

This is also a first-class prodution, with attention to quality in presentation. The program notes alone are worth the price of the CD. Benko has carefully researched these singers, often waiting years for leads to information. In fact, a picture of Natalia de Andrade arrived after the disc went to press, and it is posted on the Homophone website. Our poor Manon looks for all the world like trailer trash showing up for a Jerry Springer taping.

Another picture of interest to many will be the penultimate photo - a picture of Cosme McMoon, radiant in a 70s combover, flanked by ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER at the 1974 Mr. Universe Contest, during the time he had given up his music career and was managing a male bordello.

This will be The Party Album of the New Millenium. Buy it.

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Spiritually Uplifting
Highly recommended

Live in Indianapolis
Gospel Music Workshop of America Mass Choir
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Tracks:

Jesus, He's The Rock
I'm Packin' Up
I've Got Jesus
Use Me
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Customer Reviews:

Spiritually Uplifting.......2007-03-09

Years ago, I had the cassette tape for Live in Indianapolis,gospel music workshop. I fell in love with each song. I found this same musical group on cd. I drive around and feel the power of God in my presence. My soul is fed each and everyday. Praise the Lord.

God Bless,
Rev. Kai M. McClinton

Highly recommended.......2004-06-19

This album has been a great blessing to me, I think more than any other christian music album I have ever listened to. Even if "black gospel" is not (yet) your style of worship, buy this album, it can only help make your worship better.

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Velvety
Short but Sweet
Overshadowed Masterpiece
Easier to get into than its companion album
mysteriously good

Devil's Workshop
Frank Black and the Catholics , and Frank Black & The Catholics
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ASIN: B00006BSUY
Release Date: 2002-08-20

Tracks:

Velvety
Out of State
His Kingly Cave
San Antonio, TX
Bartholomew
Modern Age
Are You Headed My Way
Heloise
The Scene
Whiskey in your Shoes
Fields of Marigold

Customer Reviews:

Velvety.......2006-01-08

As you read, know that you need this album in your collection if you truly love Frank Black's music and songwriting. This is a diamond in the cavernous collection of Black's post-Pixies work, and includes a reworked "Velvety Instrumental" from an old Pixies single as the first of what are all excellent songs. "Velvety" is a road trip classic, and the album kills it all the way through, with the raucous "Whiskey in Your Shoes" standing out to me as a great drinking song. All the regular players make appearances, including Joey Santiago the world's greatest guitarist and Lyle Workman, Eric Drew Feldman and Stan Ridgeway. Then there's the band, the Catholics, always durable and electrified.
His new album shreds too. That word needs to resurface, and Frank Black shreds his virtually nonexistent competition.

Short but Sweet.......2003-09-13

Even the most cursory listening to Frank Black's recent music will show a significant change, most noticeably since 2001's excellent Dog in the Sand. Frank has abandoned the Punk sound that was constant through the youthful enthusiasm of Come on Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa, the Pop brilliance of Doolittle, the Alternative and experimental first two solo records, and the hard rocking first two Catholic records. Although in concert Frank has often retained the Punk sound, in his recordings, he has become 'The Man Who Was Too Loud', trading Punk with Folk, Roots Rock and Country influences.

When in 2002, Frank released two albums in the same time, critics and fans alike saw the longer piece (Black Letter Days), as the mellower, folkyier album, while the Devil's Workshop was perceived as the hard rock, return-to-the-pixies-style album.

Although the observation is not without merit, it is deeply misleading. While Devil's Workshop is somewhat more rock oriented then Black Letter Days, it very much represents the Frank Black of 2002. Not returning to the harder rockin' Frank of Doolittle or even Pistolero, this album is mostly filled with mid tempo rockers, and the only great different from Black Letter Days is the widespread use of distortion. It is the quality of the execution that makes this, like most of Frank's work, a very worthwhile collection of songs.

Perhaps the single most important reason for the `return to the Pixies' comments is the inclusion of a song which previously appeared as a Pixies B-side. Velvety, apparently written as an instrumental when Frank was 16. The addition of fun and intriguing lyrics, and especially of Frank's acoustic guitar make this track a grand improvement on the Pixies' version, and one of the best Frank songs of the last few years (the Acoustic guitar is truly brilliant. It shows a degree of subtlety that many Punk Rock acts should learn from). It is also the hardest rocking Frank Black song since `Pistolero'.

Although the Catholics are a wonderful band, they sometimes fit too comfortably into Frank's more standardized songwriting. There is nothing wrong with `Out of State', but there is nothing truly remarkable about it, either. Verses and Choruses, with fairly standard guitar solos in the middle.

However, `His Kingly Cave' is hardly ordinary. Easily the best song on this CD, His Kingly Cave is a strong narrative about a visit to Graceland, where the long gone presence of the King makes Frank reminiscent about death. Over the background of some of the most powerful music Frank has ever written, with fantastic guitar work by Joey Santiago, Frank sings about slowly creeping discomfort 'they went to celebrate they went to have a ball/everyone gathered at the gates but it wasn't good at all'. The visit was not what they expected 'the sky was turning gray... their skin began to crawl'. In death, there is no turning back 'they closed the gates and the scene was set/ enter into his kingly cave'. Finally, the visitors flee 'when the shuttle bus is called', but still, Frank is voicing for the dead 'I scream, I scream, for aaaaalllllll'

It took me a long while to get into San Antonio, TX, a real story about the illness of Frank's then wife. I thought it sounded too much like 'The End of Miles' and 'St. Francis Dam Disaster'. But this fan favorite grew on me with multiple listening.

Speed Bartholomew up a lot, add some screams, and it's a Pixies track. Surprisingly, then, I don't like it that much. A song about God, Sex and Death, with a memorable melody. It should be a classic, but for me at least it isn't.

On `The Blacksessions + the Kitchen Tapes' a live album documenting Frank Black's Teenager tour, appears an acoustic version of `Modern Age'. Now, there is finally a band version, but it sadly disappoints. The song simply is not Catholic style - and does not work.

I am not the only one to find the sound quality in `Devil's Workshop' disappointing. There has been many speculations about the cause, whether the blame is the famous live-to-2 track recording, or the equipment, but the results are rather poor. Nowhere is this more evident then on `Are You Headed My Way?', a straight-forward Honky-Tonkying Rockabilly song. It is fun and fast, catchy and traditional. But the sound of the instruments blur and the distortion is everywhere. Worse, you can hardly hear the sublime piano of Eric Drew Feldman.

Next, Frank hits us with one of the best songs on this CD, `Heloise'. Strangely sounding utterly original and classic at the same time, the love story of Heloise and Abelard is a classic Black subject, featuring wonderful little guitar lines, surf rock chord progression, and hallows from Frank as he croons the title over and over. `Heloise' is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs in Frank's career.

Even for an artist known for his subtlety (check out `The Swimmer' on Dog in the Sand, or the Epigrams in `Ana' and `Speedy Marie'), The Scene is wonderfully underplayed. Despite the absences of clear melodic or lyrical motives, the song is both exciting and sad. `Black Letter Days' and `Show Me Your Tears' are filled with sad songs, but rarely has Frank managed to convey the feel of the song with so few words or downright depression minor chords.

I'm afraid that `Whisky in Your Shoes', a bar blues song about the death of a child, simply does not do this to me, despite what it may reveal about Frank's psyche. `The Fields of Marigold' is much better, with hard distortion beginning, turning into a romantic and melodic grand final as Frank sings about Norwegian Heaven.

From a `value for money' standpoint, there are better Frank Black bargains then Devil's Workshop. But for the true fans, it is a necessity, and a worthy addition to one of Rock'n'Roll `s most impressive catalogues.

Overshadowed Masterpiece.......2003-03-12

At first listen, one would conclude that these are 'leftover' tracks from the BLD sessions, the ones that were deemed not good enough to make it onto the big album. However, as with his most prized works, in particular 1994's "Teenager of the Year", these songs take on a life of their own after a few listens. Subtlety ? YES !

I agree with the previous review that mentioned that this is perhaps the best of the two-track recordings. This collection does what no other has since the early days...it makes you physically crave a listen at maximum decibles.

Easier to get into than its companion album.......2003-02-20

In 2002, Frank Black released two albums on the same day: this and Black Letter Days. Of the two, I think this is the more easily accessible one. It tends to be more upbeat, and a lot of the songs are just catchy. To me, the pair of "Modern Age" and "Are You Heading My Way?" really shows off this catchiness. Perhaps the true highlight of the album, however, is the leading song, "Velvety." This song originally showed up as a Pixies B-side, but now it's a finished song, with lyrics reminiscent of "Velouria." From what I've heard, they're about a girl from the lost continent of Lemuria, who now lives under Mount Shasta near Weed, California. It's based on an old Rosicrucian legend, but you don't need to know that to enjoy the song. That's one thing I like about Frank's songs. The songs are enjoyable when the listener has no idea what the lyrics are about, but, if you enjoy doing a little research (and a little is really all it takes; the songs don't usually get into THAT much depth), there's some interesting stuff to find out. While Devil's Workshop isn't my favorite Frank album, it's a great showcase of his work.

mysteriously good.......2003-01-05

Like taking the best of classic Stones, Dylan and Johnny Cash...putting the gems into a blender, adding a psychedelic potion to the better modern sounds available and setting to stir. You remove a magical audible substance that combines elements of country, folk, rock and space age sonic that blows away tons of other stuff at the music store bins.

Though I prefer Black Letter Days, this one is certainly well worth the buy. Frank Black is doing some of the most relevant music around.

The Tampa Experience
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Better than Times Past

The Tampa Experience
Gospel Music Workshop of America
Manufacturer: Gospocentric
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Joyful Praise

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus

Stand on the Word

Hide Me

ASIN: B0002JP4QO
Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

All to You
Gotta Make It In - Dorinda Clark-Cole,
He's a Healer - Benita Washington,
Holy Is the Lord/Praise Ye Lord - Minister Earl Bynum,
Come Let Us Lift Him Up-Celebrate - Felicia East, , Youth Choir
Words Cannot Explain - Men's Choir, Russell White
Only a Test - Vashawn Mitchell
I Thank You Lord
So Good - Bishop Richard "Mr. Clean" White
Pass Away - Youth Choir

Customer Reviews:

Better than Times Past.......2004-10-01

I really enjoyed this years album. But the only thing I really dispise is how they overdub the music until its almost a completely STUDIO recording. People actually like the live feel and the mass choir effect. Why call it a mass choir if your only going to OVER dub the music anyway?

But the music is exceptional on this time around and it has been a mainstay in my CD player for a while.

Doctor Who: At the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Vol. 2

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Doctor Who: At the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Doctor Who: At the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Vol. 1
Doctor Who, Vol. 4: Meglos And Full Circle
Doctor Who - Original Television Soundtrack
An Electric Storm
Doctor Who, Vol. 3: The Leisure Hive

ASIN: B0009JOPI0
Release Date: 2005-05-30

Tracks:

Doctor Who (Opening Title Theme, 1970)
Inferno (Serial DDD): Tardis Control on and Warp Transfer
Inferno (Serial DDD): Blue Veils and Golden Sands
Inferno (Serial DDD): The Delian Mode
Mind of Evil (Serial FFF): The Master's Theme
Mind of Evil (Serial FFF): Dover Castle
Mind of Evil (Serial FFF): Keller Machine Appears/Vanishes
Mind of Evil (Serial FFF): Keller Machine Theme
Claws of Axos (Serial GGG): Brain Centre Atmosphere
Claws of Axos (Serial GGG): The Axons Approach
Claws of Axos (Serial GGG): Tardis Lands
Doctor Who (Closing Title Theme, 1970)
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Prison
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Master
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Naval Base
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Sea Fort
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): Stranded
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Sea Devil
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Master at Large
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): Air-Conditioning Problem
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): Duel
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Master's Plan
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Submarine
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): Jo Frees the Doctor
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): Rock Bottom
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Beach
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Minefield
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): Devil Underwater
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Doctor and Jo on the Run
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Sea Devils Take the Prison
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): The Diving-Bell
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): Mr. Walker's War
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): Torpedo
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): Attack in Force
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): Ventilation Shaft
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): Sea Chase
Sea Devils (Serial LLL): Escape
Doctor Who [Stereo Version, 1972]
Doctor Who [Delaware Version, 1972]
Sound Effects Selection (1974-1979): Aggedor's Temple Atmosphere, ...
Sound Effects Selection (1974-1979): Metebelis III Atmosphere ("Planet
Sound Effects Selection (1974-1979): Nerva Beacon Infrastructure ...
Sound Effects Selection (1974-1979): The Planet Karn ("The Brain ...)"
Sound Effects Selection (1974-1979): The Shrine of the Sisterhood ...
Sound Effects Selection (1974-1979): The Mandragora Helix ("The Masque
Sound Effects Selection (1974-1979): Nova Device Countdown and ...
Peter Howell Demos (For "The Horns of Nimon" Pt. 2, 1980): Demo 1
Peter Howell Demos (For "The Horns of Nimon" Pt. 2, 1980): Demo 2
Doctor Who (New Theme, 1980)

Album Description

Volume 2 of the music, effects and atmospherics from the heyday of the cult TV series from 1970-80. An insight into the BBC recordings workshop pioneering techniques that influenced electronic music. Mute. 2005.

Album Details

Volume Two Takes Us Through the 70s, Starting with a New Edit of the Theme (Introduction of Colour to the Series) and a Brand New Doctor - Jon Pertwee. This CD Carries on Through to 1980 by which Time We Had Been Introduced to One of the Most Famous Doctors, Tom Baker. The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was a Legendary Facility Which, for Over Forty Years, Created Pioneering Techniques for Sound that were Used on a Myriad of Programmes (Dr who was their Biggest Client) and for the First Time, Demonstrated the Importance and Value of Intelligent, Creative Use of Sound. The Workshop's Techniques Inspired all Manner of Musicians at the Time and Continue to Do So Today. With Sleevenotes that Reveal the Secrets of the Most Well Known Effect of all Time - the Tardis Taking Off, as Well as the History of the Opening Sequences, the Package is Illustrated by Images from the TV Series' Respective Eras.

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Spirit-Filled and Uplifting
Spirit-Filled and Uplifting

25th Anniversary
Gospel Music Workshop of America Mass Choir
Manufacturer: Verity
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000005CC
Release Date: 1997-08-12

Tracks:

Lord, Help Me To Hold Out
No Greater Love
Oh How Precious (Is The Name Of Jesus)
Sign Me Up
He'll Never Let You Down
Margaret Douroux Medley: If It Had Not Been For The Lord On My Side/Give Me A Clean Heart/He Decided To Die
New Jerusalem
He Abides
Nobody But Jesus
The Grace Of God
For God So Loved The World
Lord, Help Me To Hold Out
Sign Me Up

Customer Reviews:

Spirit-Filled and Uplifting.......2000-04-15

This is my favorite cd. The tone and spirit of the music up lifts me every time I hear it. It really touches the soul and puts you in a mood and mindset to "Praise the Lord". Buy it! You will not regret it!

Spirit-Filled and Uplifting.......2000-04-15

Doctor Who: At the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Vol. 1

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DR WHO RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP VOLUME ONE
Niche Music Cuts

Doctor Who: At the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Grey Area
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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An Electric Storm

ASIN: B0009JOPHQ
Release Date: 2005-05-30

Tracks:

Doctor Who (Original Theme)
Tardis Exterior Hum And Door (Original)
Entry Into The Tardis
Tardis: Original Takeoff Sequence
Doctor Who (Original Titles Music)
Tardis Takeoff
Skaro: Petrified Forest Atmosphere ('Thal Wind')
Tardis Computer
Dalek City Corridor
Dalek Control Room
Capsule Oscillation (Dalek Destructor Fuse/Bomb Countdown)
Explosion, Tardis Stops
Sleeping Machine
Sensorite Speech Background
Dalek Spaceship Lands
Tardis Lands
Chumbley (Constant Run)
Chumbley At Rest
Chumbley Sends Message
Chumbley Dome (Rises/Falls/Rises/Falls)
Chumbley Dies
Activity On Dalek Ship Control Panel
Energy Escapes
Machinery In Tardis Goes Wild (Regeneration)
Regeneration Runs Down
The Doctor's Transitional Trauma
The Fish People (Incidental Music)
Heartbeat Chase
Chromophone Band
Controller Chimes
Musak (From 'Time In Advance')
Propaganda Sleep Machine
Doctor Who (New Opening Theme. 1967)
Sting & Web (Cocooning Interior)/Cobweb Pulsates
4 Strings
Mr Oak And Mr Quill (Incidental Music)
Lead-In To Cyber Planner
Cyber Planner Background
Cyberman Stab & Music
Rocket Stab
Birth Of Cybermats
Cybermats Attracted To Wheel
Rocket In Space
Interior Rocket (Suspense Music)
Servo Robot Music
Wheel Stab
Cosmos Atmosphere
Alien Ship Music
Jarvis In A Dream State
Floating Through Space
2 Stabs
Tardis (New Landing)
Galaxy Atmosphere
Tension Builder (a)
Tension Builder (c)
Tension Builder (d)
Low Sting
Tardis: Extra Power Unit Plugged In
Zoe's Theme
White Void
Muzak (From 'Time In Advance')
Cyberman Brought To Life
Cyber Invasion
The Learning Hall
Entry Into The Machine
Sting
Machine And City Theme
Kroton Theme
Tardis Land
Alien Control Centre
Time Zone Atmosphere
Dimensional Control (Sidrat Dimensions Contract)
War Lord Arrival
Silver Box (The Doctor Calls For Help)
Time Lord Court Atmosphere
Doctor Who (Closing Titles)

Album Description

The music, effects and atmospherics from the heyday of the cult TV show 1963-1969. An insight into the BBC recordings workshop pioneering techniques that influenced electronic music. MUTE 2005

Album Details

Volume One Focuses on the Years 1963-1969 (During which Time the Doctor was Played by William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton) Charting the Music from the Very First Episode, Taking Us Through to 1969 When the Doctor was Banished to Earth by the Time Lords. The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was a Legendary Facility Which, for Over Forty Years, Created Pioneering Techniques for Sound that were Used on a Myriad of Programmes (Dr who was their Biggest Client) and for the First Time, Demonstrated the Importance and Value of Intelligent, Creative Use of Sound. The Workshop's Techniques Inspired all Manner of Musicians at the Time and Continue to Do So Today. Featuring Familiar Sounds and Music from the Dr Who, the CDs Are Both an Insight Into the BBC Radiophonic Workshop's Pioneering Techniques and Influence on Electronic Music and a Glorious Reminder of the Dr who of Old, all the More Timely Since Christopher Eccleston is Currently Travelling Through Time and Space on BBC Right Now.

Customer Reviews:

DR WHO RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP VOLUME ONE.......2007-05-07

THIS IS A MARVALIOUS COLLECTION OF MUSISAL TONALITIES FROM THE EARLY YEARS OF THE VENERABLE BRITISH TV TIME TRAVELING SMASH HIT DR WHO. FROM THE 1964 ORIGINAL OPENING TITLE THEME TO THE CLOSING THEME YOU WILL HEAR UNEARTHLY SOUNDS ELECTRICLY SYNSHESTIZED WITH AMAZING AND SMASHING SUCESS! BRINGING BACK A FLOOD OF MRMORIES OR IF IT IS YOUR FIRST TIME, NOCKING YOUR ELECTRIC SOCKS OFF.INSPIRED BY THE 1956 MOVIE FORBIDDEN PLANET; DR WHO GREATLY SURPASSED IT WITH SOUNDS AND MUSIC AND THECHNOLOGY THAT LEAD DIRECTLY TO ALL OF POP MUSIC FROM MOOG TO THE ELECTRO POP INVASION OF THE LATE 70s TO TODAYS BLAND DIGITAL POPULAR FARE. TAKE A CHANCE AND SEE WHAT THE FUTURE OR PAST MY SOUND LIKE!! THEN WHEN YOU HAVE RETURNED FROM YOUR MAGICAL TRAVELS TRY VOLUME TWO FOR JUST AS GOOD A TRIP, IF NOT BETTER! LEADING YOU TO THE DR.s 1980s. IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A GOOD LISTEN OR A MUSICAL EDUCATION YOU HAVE FOUND IT.

Niche Music Cuts.......2007-01-03

Dr. Who music is historic in the sense that it was the vanguard of the clubby techo-music craze. I purchased the CD after listening to a BBC Radio Show about the Radiophonic Workshop. In a word, "nostalgic."

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My Most Popular Baby Shower Gift
Soothing and Enjoyable
Sleeping with the Fishes
Wonderful music!

Sleeping with the Fishes
The Music Workshop for Kids
Manufacturer: Liquid 8
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Hello on the Go

ASIN: B000085RU2
Release Date: 2003-02-04

Tracks:

Right Here And Right Now
The Lullaby Club
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Expectant Joy
Sleeping With The Fishes
Brahms' Lullaby
Seeing For The Very First Time
Lost In A Daydream
Silver Is The Moonlight
I Can't Sleep
Pick A Dream
Sleep Baby Sleep
Dreamland
Angel In The Corner
Hush Little Baby
Close Your Eyes

Product Description

1. Right Her And Right Now
2. The Lullaby Club
3. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
4. Expectant Joy
5. Sleeping With The Fishes
6. Brahms' Lullaby
7. Seeing For The Very First Time
8. Lost In A Daydream
9. Silver Is The Moonlight
10. I Can't Sleep
11. Pick A Dream
12. Sleep Baby Sleep
13. Dreamland
14. Angel In The Corner
15. Hush Little Baby
16. Close Your Eyes

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

My Most Popular Baby Shower Gift.......2006-07-05

Ever since I discovered this CD, it remains the #1 item I give to my friends and associates at their baby showers, and I never fail to receive gushing notes of thanks once baby arrives and the new parents fall in love with this music. It's not too sing-songy and dopey -- it's music adults will love listening to while trying to put baby down. My daughter is 13 now, and still remembers loving this CD, which we played at bedtime until she was 6 or so. Some of the songs will make you tear up, so be prepared. It's lush, wonderful music that I never tire of hearing, even after all this time.

Soothing and Enjoyable.......2006-01-01

We have tried many, many lullaby CDs for my daughter over the years and this is by far one of the best we have found. My daughter, now 6, just loves it. Not only is it varied and interesting for her, it is long enough to allow her to listen to several songs before falling asleep. We have tried other CDs that we had to restart because they weren't long enough. Also, this is interesting and enjoyable for the adults to listen to through the monitor!

Sleeping with the Fishes.......2003-05-19

I have three children, ranging in age from 5 to 13 months, and all three of them fall asleep to soothing and peaceful music. The orchestral composition combined with the beautiful, soothing lyrics are truly beautiful...one truly feels as if he or she is swimming with the fishes!! I have worn out several copies of this favorite lullaby CD and am purchasing it again not only for myself but also for several of my expectant frinds. It's a real treat...and I found thankfully found it on Amazon!

Wonderful music!.......2003-04-16

This CD is a treasure, both for parents and babies/children. Of all the baby gifts I received when my daughter was born, this one is in the top 10. The songs are sweet and soothing without being saccharine or cloying. The title track is adorable, as is "Right Here, Right Now. I cannot recommend this cd too highly!!!

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