Sweet Freedom

Sweet Freedom

Track Listings

1. Dreamer

2. Stealin'

3. One Day

4. Sweet Freedom

5. If I Had the Time

6. Seven Stars

7. Circus

8. Pilgrim

9. Sunshine

10. Stealin'

11. Seven Stars

Tracks:

Overture (from Gypsy) - London Cast Recording
Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote) - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ernie Sabella
Run, Freedom, Run! - Hunter Foster
Your Daddy's Son - Ted Sperling, Ragtime Orchestra
Music Of The Night (From The Phantom Of The Opera) - Colm Wilkinson
All That Jazz (from "Chicago") - Bebe Neuwirth
Gimme Gimme - Michael Rafter
La boh; Act I; O soave fanciulla - Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Montserrat Caball
Next Best Thing To Love - Randy Graff
Cabaret - Natasha Richardson
Springtime For Hitler (From "The Producers") - John Morris, Mel Brooks
Losing My Mind - Barbara Cook
Time Warp - Raparza
Oklahoma!; Oklahoma - Finale: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (Reprise) - Musical Cast Recording
Breeze Off the River - Patrick Wilson
Big Spender - Jane Lanier, Valarie Pettiford, Shannon Lewis, Kim Greene, Kim Morgan, Dana Moore, Rachelle Rak, Elizbeth Parkinson, Dede LaBarre, Mary Ann Lamb, Mary McLeod
Gee Officer Krupke - Cast
Agony - Paul Gemignani
Bring Him Home (from Les Miserables) - Colm Wilkinson, Colm
Lullaby of Broadway (from "42nd Street") - John Lesko, Jerry Orbach

Customer Reviews:

redux.......2007-07-06

Four of the songs on this CD (Oklahoma, Music of the Night, Cabaret, and All That Jazz) were on the earlier Ultimate Broadway. Of all the shows that have been on Broadway over the past 70+ years, including the ones that are currently running, there is no excuse for repeats!

Moderate Quality.......2003-06-20

I believe that the show selection for this CD was excellent. However the song selection and song order were not. Why pick "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime when you can have the amazing and fantastic "Prologue" from the same show. Also I believe that a mistake was made by slecting "I Don Quixote" from Man of La Mancha instead of the much more listenable "Impossible Dream." Also the overture from Gypsy is not the proper song to start out a CD. Perhaps the "Overture" from The Phantom of the Opera.

This is however an excellent example of showtunes for inexperienced members of the theatrical world.

POOR EXCUSE FOR SOME GOOD THEATER MUSIC.......2003-05-20

The best of Broadway? Sure, if you consider the best of Broadway only those songs taken only from RCA Victor cast recordings. Expect the expected: Tracks from "Ragtime," "Chicago," "42nd Street" and "Man of La Mancha," sung by the likes of Audra
McDonald, Bebe Neuwirth, Jerry Orbach and Brian Stokes Mitchell. Including a live recording of Barbara Cook warbling "Losing My Mind" from her "Mostly Sondheim" CD isn't exactly kosher. But then again, neither is this gimmick-riddled release. Curtain up?
Half-way, maybe. Light the lights? Dim them, please.

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Uriah Heep's best
Uriah Heep - 'Sweet Freedom' (Sanctuary) 3 1/2 stars
What's Not to Love?
Sweet Mott

Sweet Freedom
Uriah Heep
Manufacturer: Sanctuary UK
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ASIN: B0001EMVZ2
Release Date: 2004-04-12

Tracks:

Dreamer
Stealin'
One Day
Sweet Freedom
If I Had the Time
Seven Stars
Circus
Pilgrim
Sunshine [*]
Seven Stars [Extended Version][*]
Pilgrim [Extended Version][#][*]
If I Had the Time [*][Demo Version]
Sweet Freedom [Alternative Live Version][*]
Stealin' [Alternative Live Version][*]

Album Details

Another Rock Best Seller Given an Overdue Facelift. Including Deluxe Packaging, Bonus Tracks and an Expansive Booklet with Rare Memorabilia and Photos. Bonus Tracks Are "Sunshine", "Seven Stars (Extended Version)", "Pilgrim (Extended Version", "if I Had Time (Demo Alternate Live Version)" and "Stealin' (Alternate Live Version)".

Customer Reviews:

Uriah Heep's best.......2006-11-13

Though many fans would choose Demons and Wizards as the best UH album, Sweet Freedom is truly the best in terms of songwriting and production values. Listen to the opener Dreamer and compare it to anything recorded by Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath at this time. Uriah Heep were 10 years ahead of their time and possessed the musicianship not often associated with their peers. Warmly recommended to anyone wanting to hear the godfathers of hard rock.

Uriah Heep - 'Sweet Freedom' (Sanctuary) 3 1/2 stars.......2006-04-24

First released in 1973,this was their follow-up to 'Magicians Birthday',as well as Uriah's seventh effort.I'm just now discovering something,but I've never previously known about this album for some reason(s).Thought I had every one of their '70's releases on cassette at one time.I've ALWAYS wondered where "Stealin'" had originally come from.Couldn't find it on their other lp's,so I assumed it was a single-only available track when it first came out.Anyway,this is a pretty decent reissue CD,with the lp's original eight cuts+six worthy bonus tunes tagged on for your listening pleasure.Best songs are,of course "Stealin'",title track "Sweet Freedom","If I Had The Time" and the rocking "Seven Stars".Good heavy British rock&roll.

What's Not to Love?.......2005-08-01

I have been listening to this band since the summer of 1980 when my brother's group used to perform both "The Wizard" and "Stealin'" in their stage sets. It was the same year I discovered UFO, another truly fine British metal band, and the wondrous Moodies, so I would say it was a very useful and productive year for rock discoveries as a teenager.

This was my first Heep album, definitely not my last, and I'm very pleased to say that, after all these years, this album still stands up as solid and consistent a Heep classic lineup opus as any of the others often bantered about verbally. Now, a lot of people dismiss this as the album with "the hit" on it, but it's my second favorite in the Heep catalog, and I still feel the magic each time I play it from that great summer so long ago. okay, I confess, this album is a treasure to me for the most unapologetically sentimental reasons. I hope someone else out there feels the same, regardless of what Ken Hensley and others have said about it.

"Dreamer:" A good, funky blues rock opener that's not a favorite track, but it definitely far from sucks. Check David Byron's great, spirited vocal performance, the best thing about it.

"Stealin':" The hit, and what a hit. Still played in heavy rotation here in the States after all these years, one cannot deny every classic moment of this fun cowboy song. I just think it's very funny that they tried to ban this song because of the line, "I done the rancher's daughter." Please, it seems so polite compared to...well, I can't say that here, so how about nailed? That's borderline rude, at least. Mick Box's guitar solo and Ken Hensley's organ are what really make this one of the greatest Heep songs ever recorded, and without the distinctive vocal stylings of Mr. Byron, it just wouldn't be the same.

"One Day:" It's hard to believe the band was going through all kinds of personal mayhem while recording this album with such uplifting, emotional songs as this in the mix. Considering that fact, maybe lines like "And though I've traveled across the desert of despair, I knew I'd get there one day" need to be read into more.

"Sweet Freedom:" Among the strongest songs on SF, the song is as powerful as it is touching and sweet in its forgiving breakup stance. It is a classic heep ballad with all the hallmarks of those from other albums during that era, and is still a favorite of fans today.

"If I Had the Time:" Beautiful melody and always a personal favorite of mine. Play this a few times when you're in a bad mood, really channel into it, and see if its message doesn't work on you:

"If I had the time to relive my life
I don't think I'd care to change a thing
As long as I find just a little peace of mind
I can dream and laugh and I can sing."

"Seven Stars:" This song is just great, and I love Ken's organ on it. Lee Kerslake's drum fills are really brought to the foreground here more than other tracks, and you imagine he was pretty much winded after the final take. Check out Byron singing the alphabet backward and foreward nearing the song's end!

"Circus:" Always my favorite track, a lowkey acoustic ballad with a latin jazz influence copenned by Box, Kerslake, and Gary Thain who also happens to be one of the best bassists from the 70's rock era. The song sounds just a bit like ELP's "From the Beginning," and describes the weariness and fatigue I often feel at the phoniness of some of the people I know.

"Pilgrim:" What a great wah-wah guitar, grinding organ driven epic about the disasters that befall someone who is all wrapped up in a power trip after starting out with good enough intentions. The pilgrim tells his tale of how he compromised his values of love and freedom for the egotistical headtrip of being a ruler through his wartime victories. "Those of us who don't know war," he states, "We shouldn't try to make it." He tells of how the cheers of the crowds made him swell and he lost the woman he loved over it. The last lines are the most revealing:

"I only knew I had to win and build a world where I was king
But leaders come and leaders go and that's the truth I came to know.
Love or war I couldn't choose, and so both I had to lose."

One can take that on an symbolic personal level as well: Be wary of what you're after, or you will lose the things that you discover all too late really matter. Well done!

As far as the bonus tracks go, I can live without "Sunshine," a throwaway B-side from the "Stealin'" single, and definitely one of the band's most unfocused cuts from that time. Extended versions of both "Seven Stars" and "Pilgrim" are welcom treasures, and the piano driven demo of "If I Had the Time" is interesting if a bit raw and awkward. The live recording of "Sweet Freedom" sounds so close to the studio recording, you really get an idea how good a live band this lineup was, and the live version of "Stealin'" is also very well done and more fun than the studio recording.

I would like to add that this version includes great liner notes, photos, and the lyrics,so you're really getting a great buy here. I would also like to express my regret that I wasn't old enough to appreciate this lineup because I was a little kid, and regret that, due to Gary Thain and David Byron's passing, we will never get to experience a reunion. Heep have gone through several vocalists over the years and, though they were all capable, there was nobody like David Byron. He was one of a kind, and I have never heard anyone who sounds quite like him. Buy Sweet Freedom, even if you don't feel the same passion for it that I do. It's a quality album in any decade.

Sweet Mott.......2004-09-17

Formed in 1969 Uriah Heep rode the wave of Hard/Progressive Rock that swept over the music world in the beginning of the Seventies, changing the face of popular music for ever. Uriah Heep never managed to make the final leap to the premier league of rock music during this era, unlike their peers Deep Purple; Black Sabbath; Led Zeppelin; the Rolling Stones; Genesis; Pink Floyd; etc., but every year they would make the play off's in Division One. No matter how much the lineup changed, they always kept a large, ever loyal, following.

With their harmony vocals, swirling Hammond organ, and wah-wah guitar, they soon became known as the Beach Boys of hard rock. When this English Quintet's debut album was released, one journalist with a name American Magazine started the review with the condemning words "If this band makes it, I'll have to commit suicide". Well, I do not know what happened to the journalist, probably condemned to writing bylines for the Jersey Knitting monthly on dog shows, but over thirty years later Mick Box is still leading Uriah Heep to sold-out concert halls around the world; although it must be admitted to diminishing record sales.

Over the years Uriah Heep's lineup has changed dramatically. Five lead singers for a kick off, and the loss of founding member, keyboard, and slide guitar player Ken Hensley in 1980, who also co-wrote six of the eight songs on display here, was nearly a mortal blow. However, there was always the most cheerful man in rock, and lead guitarist extraordinaire, Mick Box to pick up the pieces and start again with a new assemble.

Uriah Heep's first real taste of stardom was between 1972 and 1975, when the new rhythm section of Gary (The Thin Man) Thain and Hard Hittin' Drummer Lee Kerslake (ex-Tonto's Expanding Head Band, ex-Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Oz, before re-joining Uriah Heep, who he still plays with to this day) joined the existing nucleus of vocalist David Byron (probably has the largest range of vocal chords in rock), and one of its leading frontmen Ken Hensley, and the man still looking like he stepped right off the set of an American professional wrestling set, Mick Box, the man who put the whomp in wah-wah solos. For the three years before this lineup imploded into a back biting paradox of egos, they released four classy studio albums.

'Demons and Wizards' (1972)
'The Magicians Birthday' (only six months later, also in 1972)
'Sweet Freedom' (this album, 1973) and
'Wonderworld' (1974 - with the worst cover ever released in the history of rock)

This line-up also recorded and released their seminal double live album 'Uriah Heep Live' (1973). So, if nothing else they were extremely productive.

Although 'Sweet Freedom' is not really a classic Uriah Heep album, it certainly contains some classic songs such as Ken Hensley's rocker "Stealin'", which is a must play in the Uriah Heep live set to this day, some thirty years later. With its opening driving bass rhythms and subdued organ entrance you are immediately seduced by its hypnotic beat. Then the gas is turned on and the whole band come rockin' in. David Byron's vocals are amongst the best he ever laid down, and although all the singers, who have taken up the Heep's microphone since, have had a go at bending their tonsils around "Stealin'", none of them has ever managed to capture the devil may care delivery of Heep's original singer. Although this is credited as a Ken Hensley song, you feel that David Byron should of been given a credit for his ad-libbed vocals at the end. Add to that the rock solid drumming of Lee Kerslake, and a devastating guitar solo from Mr. Box, you have an all time rock 'n' roll classic.

Sadly, the rest of the album does not necessarily live up to the standards set by the second song. The title track and closing epic 'Pilgrim' (clocking in at over seven minutes) are still included in the present day's Uriah Heep lineup repertoire, and would make any Greatest Hits Collection. `Seven Stars' is a fine Heep rocker that takes a great twist at the end as David Byron chants the alphabet backwards and forwards at his audience. So all in all perhaps not an essential Uriah Heep album, but certainly not one that disappoints.

Although Uriah Heep are still going today, enjoying a new burst of commercial success, sadly David Byron and Gary Thain are no longer with us. However, they left behind a fine legacy in their music.

Scrawled by Mott The Dog
Given a Dickensian touch by Ella Crew

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Music for mamas and babies
Movin' music!

All for Freedom
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Manufacturer: Music Little People
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sweet Honey in the Rock emphasizes rhythmic and sing-along numbers on its first children's album. Most songs have a progressive message, but the music itself has a contagious energy on songs like "The Little Red Caboose," "Juba," and "Amen." Civil Rights chants are mixed with African stories and a Georgia Sea Island chant, and young singers from Washington's Adam Elementary School join in on five numbers. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Music for mamas and babies.......2001-10-05

My close friend titled my birthday copy of this album, "Music for Mamas and Babies." And I, the mama, have played and sung the album with my two children and by myself every day for days at a time. The words that come to mind -- harmony, happiness, thinking, learning, singing -- may be words that you like to hear. Then you would also like to hear a new version of "Cumbaya," a story about the children's song of Ono, Africa, how to fall in love "two by two," and how to make a drum. Sweet Honey's vocal harmonies, unique arrangements, accapella performances, non-accapella performances, commitment to equality, and rich story-telling make this an album to listen to past the time your babies are babies.

Movin' music!.......2000-06-21

This CD will have you singing along in no time! It's jubilant sounds and children participation are so upbeat anyone would smile! These women produce fabulous music even for non gospel music lovers! A great CD for children, and many songs they can sing and move to.

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not to great
Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$
You get what you pay for.
Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ...

100 Favorite Patriotic Songs

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ASIN: B0000A1HT8
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Tracks:

America the Beautiful
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Ballad of the Green Berets
On Top of Old Smokey
Coyote Warrior
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Washington Post March
Enraptured I Gaze
Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
Yellow Rose of Texas
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Liberty Bell
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Tracks:

God Bless the USA
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Katy Cruel
I Vow to Thee My Country
King Cotton
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America
American Patrol
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Mohican Dream
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Under the Double Eagle
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My Country 'Tis of Thee
Camptown Races
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Tracks:

Stars and Stripes Forever
Living in America
Home on the Range
Old Colony Times
Clementine
Invincible Eagle
Ring Ring de Banjo
Yankee Doodle
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To a Wild Rose
Hail Columbia
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Gettysburg
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
Capitan
Prairie Daughter
Little Brown Jug
Marching Through Georgia
Entertainer
Steamboat Around the Bend
Revolutionary Tea
Cassions Keep Rollin' Along
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
Amazing Grace
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God Bless America
National Emblem
Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me
Anchors Away
Oh, Susannah
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Toast
Dixie
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U. S Field Artillery
Sidewalks of New York
Chester
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Kingdom Come
My Old Kentucky Home
Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Shenandoah
Abraham's Daughter
This Land Is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

not to great.......2007-04-04

We were disappointed with this CD, but for the price I guess we can't expect much. I didn't care for the new style presentation of the songs. I like a more traditional rendering.

Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$.......2005-06-22

I red the comments of two other people who have bought this 4 CD BOX SET and it is not really so bad. I will even add that there are some excellent tunes. However, I must agree with the fact that few tunes seem to have been recorded 40 or 50 years ago, mainly when you hear the scratches of an old turntable but it is just 2 or 3 tunes. Furthermore, if you do not know American music, it is a good BOX SET to buy if you consider that you received 4 CD for 4$ including 100 tunes. On these 4 CD, I have heard some orchestration that I have never heard before and I consider that they are different but interesting. Any way, after hearing these 100 tunes, you will say to yourself that you like this tune, this other tune, this other tune and so on and you will be able to buy a more expensive CD with the tunes that you like. However, I have bought many CDs in the last few weeks and as you know, there are always some tunes that you like and some tunes that you do not like on every CD that you will buy. So, don't buy it at 25$ but at 4 or 5$ dollars, it is a very good choice for 100 tunes.

You get what you pay for........2004-07-04

You get what you pay for. The singers put their own spin on the singing of each song. If you didn't hear the words you would not recognize some of them. Even some of the music sounds like a bad recording of music played on a turntable. Definitely not worth the price.

Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ..........2004-07-04

I wish this review had been here when I was thinking of purchasing it. I guess you get what you pay for. If you are thinking of buying this, you are better off recording your own CDs (or at least buying one that you can listen to a sampling of the songs). This album includes songs that were mere recordings of the songs playing on an old record player. It's almost so unbelievable that it is funny.

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Sweet Freedom
Uriah Heep
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sweet Freedom: The Best of Michael McDonald

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Sweet Freedom: The Best of Michael McDonald
The price is steep, but.....
That voice
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Digitally remastered 1986 compilation on Warner Brothers featuring 12 of this Doobie brother's finest solo recordingsfrom 1982-1986, including all five of his U.S. top 40 hits: 'On My Own' (his #1 duet with Patti Labelle), the top five 'I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)', the top 10 'Sweet Freedom', the top 20 'Yah Mo B There' (duet with James Ingram) & the top 40 'No Lookin' Back', co-written by Kenny Loggins. Also features the Doobie Brothers' classic #1smash from 1979, 'What A Fool Believes', which he sung (and co-wrote with Kenny L

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Excellent Compilation from the Second Voice of the Doobie Brothers of his Solo Stuff, featuring Sweet Freedom / I'll Be Your Angel / Yah Mo Be There / I Gotta Try / I Keep Forgettin'/ Our Love / on My Own / No Lookin Back / Any Foolish Thing / That'.

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Sweet Freedom: The Best of Michael McDonald.......2005-02-28

Michael is a very talented and gifted artist, never compromising his art in any endeavor. I greatly respect him
for this. This one truely shows his every talent and a treasure to listen to. I greatly look forward to seeing one
of his concerts locally in September. He latest cuts prove he only gets better and remains constant. Each song and his talent reaches the depths of your soul. The only change he will have is to get better and better. He is truely "Mr. Blue Eyes Soul Man". So underrated by critics, but so loved by his fans as I am. That is what is most important.
Yes, this one is more than 5 stars in my book.

The price is steep, but............2001-06-17

Boy, is it ever worth it! This collection is SO much better than the newly released collection by Rhino.

After I finally got sick of waiting for the Rhino CD to come out, I gave up one day and bought this album. I had seen it many times before, but I held back 'cause of the price. Not any longer. This is the best compilation that this extyremely talented musician could've released.

I knew many of the hits and I was pleasantly surprised by the cuts I was unfamiliar with. Every one is just terrific!

Your collection definately needs this one ;)

That voice.......2001-03-22

Mike McDonald was too big to be just a backing singer -- even on Steely Dan's classic KATY LIED -- and too much of a keyboardsman to survive for long in the guitar-centred Doobie Brothers. It was inevitable that with his strong songwriting abilities, he would end up in a solo career.

The tragedy for Mike was that his solo career happened in the 1980s, which was a terrible decade for synthesized drum and keyboard sounds. So many artist retrospectives have been ruined by the Yamaha DX7 and Simmons drum tones that dominated that era and now sound very dated.

Mike McDonald recorded some magnificent singles -- so good that they soar above any dubious-sounding keyboard backing. The stand-out tracks here are the sublime duet 'On My Own', co-written by Bayer Sager and the demi-god, Bacharach, 'I Keep Forgetting', and the Quincy Jones team's 'Yah Mo B There'. These three tracks on their own justify the price of this, or any other collection.

It is extraordinary that the US has never issued its own compilation of McDonald recordings. His many fans have had to rely on expertly remastered imports such as this.

former Doobie puts out a doozie..........2001-02-27

A collection of songs that won't go away from a man that refuses to hang it up. Known for bringing cacophonous, high-pitched whines to the Doobie Brothers' sound, McDonald then dropped a few octaves and hit the 80s bad movie soundtrack scene. It's hard to find any kind of ascent or plateau in the quality of his work, he always seems to be sliding downhill head-first, grasping at every gimmick branch that comes his way. "Sweet Freedom" overstayed it's welcome in the 80s, and Michael McDonald is overstaying his welcome in the light rock industry. "On My Own" is right--you are all by yourself, Michael, at the very bottom of the festering heap of has-been light rockers the decades have forgotten. The lone benefit of this recording is that you can now have all of his "hits" conveniently packaged for easy burning or stomping. This is coaster material folks, nothing more...

mm is a handsome man, and so is his music.......2001-01-08

Amazon.com allows you to pre-order MM's upcoming greatest hits album (title'The Very Best...'), though the release date is said to be 1/1/10. If you can't wait ten years I recommend you consider this import greatest hits album. It is quite expensive by comparison but please note the one track absent from the upcoming album that is on Sweet Freedom, namely 'What a Fool Believes' with the Doobies. This is a grave omission as it is one of his finest songs. Get this album, and also pick up Christopher Cross' self-title album which include background vocals on a couple of the tracks. MM helped define an awesome early 80's sound that will no doubt come back into vogue in the 2010's.

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Historical Time Capsule

The Civil War
Douglas Jimerson
Manufacturer: Amerimusic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004SU99
Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
Wait for the Wagon
Clari: Home, Sweet Home
Oh! Susanna
The Bonnie Blue Flag
Do They Miss Me at Home?
Yellow Rose of Texas
Goober Peas
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Aura Lee
Marching Through Georgia
Just Before the Battle, Mother
That's What's the Matter
We are Coming Father Abraham
Gentle Annie
I'll be a Sergeant
Dixie
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp "The boys are coming"
For the Dear Old Flag I Die
Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Battle Cry of Freedom
America
The Bonnie Blue Flag
My Maryland
Yellow Rose of Texas
Woodman, Spare that Tree
Juanita
Green Grow the Lilacs
Lorena
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Rock'd in the Cradle of the Deep
How Firm a Foundation
Blue Bell of Scotland
Storming of Monterey
Joys that We've Tasted
Polly Hopkins and Tommy Tompkins
Drummer Boy of Shiloh
Roll, Alabama, Roll
Weeping, Sad and Lonely
Vaccant Chair
Goober Peas
All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight
Dixie
Oh! Susanna
Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground
Old Folks at Home
Camptown Races
Beautiful Dreamer
Nelly Bly
Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
Gentle Annie
Hard Times Come Again No More
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Deep River
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
If You've Only Got a Moustache
Old Dog Tray
The Glendy Burk
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
Some Folks
When This Dreadful War Is Ended
Was My Brother In The Battle?
Nothing, But a Plain Old Soldier
Battle Hymn of the Republic
America
Barbara Allen
Skip to my Lou
Kathleen Mavoureen
Adam and Eve's Wedding Song
Old Sister Phoebe
Oh! Susanna
Twenty Years Ago
The Ship on Fire
Silver Bell Waltz
Your Mission
Dixie
Go Down Moses
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Free at Last
Martha: Ach, so fromm
Die Zauberflote, K 620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure
Faust: Gloire immortelle [Soldiers' Chorus]
Hail, Columbia
We are Coming Father Abraham
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
Taps

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Historical Time Capsule.......2000-08-12

This is the most comprehensive recording I've found of songs popular during the Civil War period. The performances are a time capsule of Civil War music.

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New found Sweet Honey

Freedom Song (2000 TV Film)
James Horner , and Sweet Honey in the Rock
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Soundtracks | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
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Freedom Song

ASIN: B00004HYOD
Release Date: 2000-02-15

Tracks:

Born Angry
Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Stayed On Freedom
Eyes On The Prize ('Hold On')
'Welcome To S.N.C.C.'
This Little Light Of Mine
Making Progress Is Rough,...And Slow
Ain' Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round
Hungry For Courage, The Movement Grows
Jonah's Last Day
Road Of Memories
We'll Never Turn Back
I'm On My Way To Freedom Land
Po' Pilgrim Of Sorrow
The Students Of Quinlan
This May Be The Last Time
Oh Freedom
...From One Generation To The Next
Song Of Freedom

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New found Sweet Honey.......2000-06-19

I have be looking in local stores trying to find Sweet Honey and the Rock recordings. I first learned about this accapella female group while watching the Tribute to Joni Mitchell this spring. What a refreshing sound of gospel brought by this talented group of 5 ladies. They have been recording for some time, and I am delighted with the offerings on Amazon by this group!

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Excellent historical presentation.

Abraham Lincoln Sings On
Douglas Jimerson
Manufacturer: Amerimusic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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Foster, Gounod, Et Al... Lincoln's Favorites
George Washington Portrait in Song
A Lincoln Portrait: The Music of Abraham Lincoln

ASIN: B000007RPR
Release Date: 1998-06-23

Tracks:

Songs Of The Civil War Encampments: Tenting On The Old Campground
Songs Of The Civil War Encampments: Wait For The Wagon
Songs Of The Civil War Encampments: Home, Sweet Home
Songs Of The Civil War Encampments: Oh, Susanna
Songs Of The South: The Bonnie Blue Flag
Songs Of The South: Do They Miss Me At Home?
Songs Of The South: The Yellow Rose Of Texas
Songs Of The South: Goober Peas
Songs Of The North: When Johnnie Comes Marching Home
Songs Of The North: Aura Lea
Songs Of The North: Marching Through Georgia
Songs Of The North: Just Before The Battle Mother
Songs Of The North: That's What's The Matter
Favorite Songs Of Abraham Lincoln: We Are Coming, Father Abraham
Favorite Songs Of Abraham Lincoln: Gentle Annie
Favorite Songs Of Abraham Lincoln: I'll Be a Sergeant
Favorite Songs Of Abraham Lincoln: Annie Laurie
Favorite Songs Of Abraham Lincoln: Dixie
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
For The Dear Old Flag I Die
Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Battle Cry Of Freedom
America

Customer Reviews:

Excellent historical presentation........1999-06-03

The style and instrumentation of this CD is true to the Civil War period. This performance has character.

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Best Single Ever

Sweet Freedom
Safri Duo , and Michael McDonald
Manufacturer: Universal
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00006IJXK
Release Date: 2002-09-16

Tracks:

Radio Edit
Extended Club Version
Everything
Everything (Dj Asle Deep Dub Edit)

Album Details

A Cover of the Song Originally Performed by Michael Mcdonald, it features Guest Vocals from the Doobie Man Himself!

Customer Reviews:

Best Single Ever.......2002-10-05

I am a new fan to the safri duo scene. If you want to hear them at their best buy this single. Amazing. Consider geting the other singles as they are the best group i have heard for ages. You will be amazed once you hear them

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