Sweet Feelin'

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Some Christian artists surprise their fans with a praise & worship release while others demand it. Such was the motivation for Offerings: A Worship Album from Southern-influenced rockers Third Day. This has been a much-anticipated album well worth the wait.

Highly-sought producer Monroe Jones (Wes Cunningham, Margaret Becker, Chris Rice) uniquely frames the band's distinctive rock and gospel influences around a substantive lyric which unapologetically focuses on God. Offerings includes five new studio recordings and six live concert cuts that keep the project honest.

Fan favorites include: "Agnus Dei" and "My Hope Is You," both former No. 1 singles, as well as "Your Love Oh Lord," off Third Day's critically acclaimed album, Time. But there's so much more. The haunting effect of the choir on the opening cut, "King of Glory," is worth the price of the album alone. Lead singer Mac Powell positions himself from the start not only as a gifted singer but a passionate worship leader throughout. But the power of this project is the synergy of a gifted band. Bassist Tai Anderson, guitarists Mark Lee and Brad Avery and drummer David Carr do a masterful job as evidenced in "These Thousand Hills," "You're Everywhere" and "Consuming Fire," to name a few. Gospel fans will enjoy the infectious "Saved," which interjects a refreshing, toe-tapping vibe, marking a perfect balance between the intense, the profound and the intimate emotions captured on this project. -- Dan Millheim (c) 2000 CCM Communications, Inc.

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Sweet Feelin'

Tracks:

Overture
Florida
Nice Baby
Looking For A Boy
Lady Luck
When Do We Dance?
These Charming People
That Certain Feeling
Sweet And Low-Down
Finale-Act I
Entr'acte
Our Little Captain
Looking For A Boy
It's A Great Little World!
Nightie-Night!
Tip-Toes
Finale-Act II
Overture
Tell Me More
Tell Me More
Shopgirls And Mannequins
Mr & Mrs. Sipkin
When The Debbies Go By
Three Times A Day
Why Do I Love You?
How Can I Win You Now?
Kickin' The Clouds Away
Finale-Act I
Love Is In The Air
My Fair Lady
In Sardina
Baby!
Finaletto-Act 2
Opening Ensemble
Ukelele Lorelei
Finale-Act II

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This two-CD set collects a couple of shows by George and Ira Gershwin. Both produced in 1925, the two musicals--Tip-Toes and Tell Me More--are fairly obscure and don't boast as many famous songs as contemporary Gershwin offerings such as Oh, Kay! and Lady Be Good. Still, they are bursting with wit, invention, and joie de vivre. Based on a 1998 concert production, Tip-Toes is delicious, and several songs deserve a place in the Gershwin pantheon: the ballad "Looking for a Boy," the love duet "That Certain Feeling," and the rousing dance number "Sweet and Low-Down." The score is also notable for its spectacular writing for duo pianos. Tell Me More is not as immediately accessible (indeed, it had the shortest run of any Gershwin musical, with 32 performances), but it's delivered with élan by its topnotch cast, which includes Sally Mayes, Christine Ebersole, Diane Fratantoni, and David Garrison. Under the expert musical direction of Rob Fisher (from New York's famed Encores! series), this double set is, of course, essential for Gershwin completists. In fact, just about any fan of zany Jazz Age artifacts should relish it. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Album Description

Tip-Toes, which made its Broadway debut on December 28, 1925, was produced by Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley, who had been the producers of the Gershwins' smash hit Lady, Be Good! the year before. Attempting to repeat that success, they once again combined the same book writers, Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, with the Gershwin brothers. Tip-Toes was well received by audiences and the press, and ran for 194 performances. It was given a subsequent production at the Winter Garden Theatre in London, opening August 31, 1926, running for 181 performances.

One of the most overlooked Gershwin shows, Tell Me More was also the most unlikely of Jazz Age musicals. In an era marked by lavish extravaganzas and brash star vehicles, Tell Me More, which opened on April 13, 1925, relied on charm, modesty, and an impish sense of humor. Because it failed to recoup its investment on Broadway, it was relegated to the list of Gershwin flops; because its score was largely forgotten, it has been widely regarded as a minor effort. In truth, it's a key show. As the only full-length collaboration between George and Ira Gershwin and B.G. DeSylva, it combines the delicacy and grace of the scores George had written earlier in the decade with DeSylva and the bold wit he had pioneered in partnership with his brother Ira four months earlier in Lady, Be Good! The best of both worlds, Tell Me More was a one-of-a-kind achievement.

Customer Reviews:

Gifts from musical theater heaven!.......2005-07-24

The restoration of several complete Gershwin scores in recent years has been a gift from the theater gods. These two shows lack the bite of "Strike Up the Band," "Of Thee I Sing" and other earlier releases, but they have no lack of the Ira's wit and George's effortless melodies. Upbeat tuners "Kickin' the Clouds Away" and "Sweet and Low-Down" are especially engaging, and the authentic-sounding orchestrations lend a nostalgic aura. The first-rate casts seem to be having the time of their lives.

Tell Me More and more and more.......2001-12-07

I bought this CD because I had seen the concert of Tip-Toes, which I found enjoyable if uneven: great songs in Act I and not much in Act II. But for me, the real revelation here is Tell Me More, a totally forgotten Gershwin musical from the Twenties. I only knew one of the songs, "Kickin' the Clouds Away," but this score hits all the right notes, from gently melodic to flat-out funny. And the cast couldn't be better. David Garrison and Christine Ebersole are hugely funny in the comic roles, tossing out their one-liners like the Broadway pros that they are. And what a delight to hear the romantic couple on one of these vintage recordings -- in this case, Diane Fratantoni and Philip Chaffin -- sing just like a real period couple: him with the creamy tenor voice and her with the boop-a-doop flapper sound. Their rendition of "Three Times a Day," a lovely ballad with a Kern-like flavor, is, for me, the highlight of this 2-CD set.

Two restored little Gershwin gems.......2001-11-10

Although the Princess shows of Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse back in 1917 tried to introduce a solid plot into the American musical comedy, the story lines still did not amount to much until "Show Boat " set the standard. So when George and Ira Gershwin opened with two musicals in 1925, the first was based on a mistaken-identity situation already a cliché in the genre (Bolton did the book); and the second (again with Bolton, plus B.D. de Sylva) was about the Florida land boom that also formed the basis of Berlin's "The Coconuts" the very same year.

Both "Tell Me More" and "Tip-Toes" were part of the discovery of many Gershwin manuscripts buried in a New Jersey warehouse; and we can be most thankful to New World Records for restoring the scores and bits of the dialogue in a two-CD boxed set (80598-2). The music is what you would expect from Gershwin: 1920s jazzy with that special core of Gershwin genius. Yes, a good deal of it sounds like Berlin and Kern--as did just about every other contemporary composer except Romberg (who sounded like Herbert). On the other hand, "Kickin' the Clouds Away" from the earlier show seems to be the inspiration for Berlin's "Shakin' the Blues Away" written two years later! "Tell Me More" also does not shy away from ethnic jokes (i.e., mistaking a request to disguise oneself as British for doing so as Yiddish) that do not offend at all. And if we moderns grow impatient with the rich bubbleheads of the F. Scott Fitzgerald crowd, they are still a breath of fresh air after the population of "Miss Saigon" and plays of that sort.

The game casts have voices just right for this sort of characterization and delivery. The "Tip-Toes" production is taken from the Carnegie Hall Concert version and is outstanding.

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The Blue Angel: Falling In Love Again - Marlene Dietrich
Two Girls And A Sailor: Did You Ever Have The Feeling That You Wanted To Stay - Jimmy Durante
Two Girls And A Sailor: Sweet And Lovely/A Tisket A Tasket - June Allyson/Gloria De Haven & Harry James Orchestra
Two Girls And A Sailor: Granada - Carlos Ramirez & Xavier Cugat Orchestra
Two Girls And A Sailor: Estrellita - Harry James Orchestra
Two Girls And A Sailor: Take It Easy - Virginia O'Brien/Xavier Cugat Orchestra
Two Girls And A Sailor: The Thrill Of A New Romance - Xavier Cugat Orchestra
Two Girls And A Sailor: Concerto For Index Finger - Gracie Allen
Two Girls And A Sailor: In A Moment Of Madness - Helene Forrest & Harry James Orchestra
Two Girls And A Sailor: The Young Man With A Horn - June Allyson & Harry James Orchestra
Two Girls And A Sailor: Inka Dinka Doo - Jimmy Durante & Harry James Orchestra
Two Girls And A Sailor: Ritual Fire Dance - Jose & Amparo Iturbi
Two Girls And A Sailor: Paper Doll - Lena Horne