Honey Love [CD-single] [Import]

Track Listings
1. Honey (Radioedit)
2. Honey (Dirty Album Version)
3. Honey (Album Instrumental)

Editorial Reviews
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Taken from the 2002 album, 'Best Of Both World'. Tracks, 'Honey' (Radio Edit, Dirty Album version & Album Instrumental).

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Honey Love [CD-single] [Import]

Honey Love [CD-single] [Import]
Mamma Mia! The Musical Based on the Songs of ABBA: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Recording (1999 London Cast)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Mamma Mia
  • Mamma Mia Musical CD
  • JUST GREAT MUSIC
  • Mamma Mia
  • Not good at all
 Mamma Mia! The Musical Based on the Songs of ABBA: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Recording (1999 London Cast)
Benny Andersson , Julian Poole , Jenny Galloway , Nicolas Colicos , Paul Clarkson , Bjorn Ulvaeus , Lisa Stokke , Eliza Lumley , Melissa Gibson , Siobhan McCarthy , Louise Plowright , Jenny Galloway , Bjorn Ulvaeus , and Stig Anderson
Manufacturer: Decca Broadway
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ASIN: B000031WEN
Release Date: 2000-10-17

Tracks:

  1. Overture/Prologue
  2. Honey, Honey
  3. Money, Money, Money
  4. Thank You For The Music
  5. Mamma Mia
  6. Chiquitita
  7. Dancing Queen
  8. Lay All Your Love On Me
  9. Super Trouper
  10. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
  11. The Name Of The Game
  12. Voulez-Vous
  13. Entr'acte
  14. Under Attack
  15. One Of Us
  16. S.O.S.
  17. Does Your Mother Know
  18. Knowing Me, Knowing You
  19. Our Last Summer
  20. Slipping Through My Fingers
  21. The Winner Takes It All
  22. Take A Chance On Me
  23. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
  24. I Have A Dream

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Put together by Abba's own Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia! manages to cram over 20 of the Swedish supergroup's songs into a threadbare plot. It goes a little like this: Young Sophie is getting married and she's trying to identify which of three men is her father. That's about it. Wisely, the musical doesn't mess around with the songs, save for the insertion of some dialogue or for having some of them performed by a man (it works amazingly well). Abba fans will jump on this import of the London production, but traditional fans of musical theater should consider it as well. After all, Andersson and Ulvaeus's songs have always felt as if they were more than isolated pop gems and actually belonged to a longer narrative. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Mamma Mia.......2007-03-22

I have not stopped playing this cd. It is just great! It makes any trip in my car most enjoyable Happy I bought it!

5 out of 5 stars Mamma Mia Musical CD.......2007-03-21

This is a grand list of songs from the original musical when it was first introduced in England. The songs from ABBA are very recognizable even if you haven't seen the show. But, making a trip to NY to see the Broadway production is a plus. ENJOY!

4 out of 5 stars JUST GREAT MUSIC.......2007-03-08

I RECENTLY SAW THE SHOW MAMMA MIA IN LAS VEGAS. ALWAYS LIKES THE MUSIC OF ABBA, AND THOUGH THE PLOT WAS THIN, THE MUSIC WAS WELL PERFORMED. IN THIS PARTICULAR ALBUM, THE ENGLISH ACCENTS WERE A BIT MUCH, BUT THE SONGS WERE GREAT. ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, ABBA.

5 out of 5 stars Mamma Mia.......2007-01-29

Every time I hear the music and songs it brings back memories of seeing the Broadway Show

1 out of 5 stars Not good at all.......2007-01-09

This is not what we wanted. The British accents throw it was off. We just saw it in NY and this is not what we were looking for.
The Greatest Ragtime of the Century
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Awesome to hear the old masters almost live.
  • The Greatest Ragtime of the Century
  • A great introduction and sampling.
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Manufacturer: Shout Factory
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ASIN: B00009PJST
Release Date: 2003-06-10

Tracks:

  1. Shreveport Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton
  2. Sweet Man - Jelly Roll Morton
  3. Tom Cat Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
  4. A New Kind Of Man With A New Kind Of Love For Me - Thomas 'Fats' Waller
  5. Nobody But My Baby - Thomas 'Fats' Waller
  6. Got To Cool My Doggies Now - Thomas 'Fats' Waller
  7. Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
  8. Weeping Willow Rag - Scott Joplin
  9. Something Doing - Scott Joplin
  10. Steeplechase Rag - James P Johnson
  11. Twilight Rag - James P Johnson
  12. Charleston Rag - Eubie Blake
  13. It's Right Here For You - Eubie Blake
  14. Fare Thee Honey Blues - Eubie Blake
  15. Mr. Freddie Blues - Jimmy Blythe
  16. Regal Stomp - Jimmy Blythe

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Awesome to hear the old masters almost live........2007-03-27

It was an awesome experience to hear Ragtime and early blues played by the masters themselves. When you hear the music from their own hands, if not their own pianos, it makes the music immediate, and makes even clearer the stylistic differences of the various American musical pioneers. The sound quality is excellent. I'd strongly recommend this recording to anyone who enjoys early-20th-century jazz.

5 out of 5 stars The Greatest Ragtime of the Century.......2005-10-30

What a terrific CD. What a joy to add to your life. Everyone should begin their day with this Great Ragtime.We would all be much better.

As a former dancer, Flapper, wth the Charleston in my routine, I do appreciate Great Music. I'm not quite as good as I used to be, but neither are you, Gal. Will be 66 next birthday. Still have the rhythm and love life.

Put some spice in your life and don't let this CD get away. Please, just get it today.

5 out of 5 stars A great introduction and sampling........2005-08-23

Prior to this album, the only ragtime I really knew was "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag". I don't know how this album fares for enthusiasts, but I've thoroughly enjoyed it. It introduced me to several different composers. The way the album is organized by giving you a two or three song block by each composer is good. As you listen to this, you can easily hear the different styles from one composer to another. As for the recording quality, I don't have any complaints whatsoever. Each note is clear without much noticable fuzz or hissing. The versions of Scott Joplin's songs are played a bit brash and speedy when compared to Joshua Rifkin, but I think they sound livlier because of it. Overall a solid release.
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Irresistible
  • "Some Enchanted Evening" with Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops
  • Excellent!
  • Great Arrangments
 Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites)

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000003CXQ
Release Date: 1992-01-28

Tracks:

  1. Oklahoma!
  2. Carousel
  3. State Fair
  4. South Pacific
  5. The King And I
  6. Cinderella Waltz
  7. Flower Drum Song
  8. The Sound Of Music

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Irresistible.......2005-07-29

From beginning to end this CD is pure delight. A great recording has great music, a great performance, and great sound; this one scores on all three counts.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals dominated Broadway in the 1940s and 1950s, and American musical theater has produced no more consistently eloquent and durable voice than Richard Rodgers. From his fertile genius flowed a surprising number of memorable songs, many of which have passed into and become an accepted and beloved part of modern American culture.

This well-filled CD (77:36) features symphonic arrangements (all but two by Robert Russell Bennett) of the music from Oklahoma (1943), Carousel (1945), State Fair (1945), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), Flower Drum Song (1958), and The Sound of Music (1959). All the great tunes are here in suites from each musical that average 10-12 minutes in length. The arrangements are expert: rich, varied, and colorful. The performances are polished, idiomatic, and irresistible; Kunzel and this orchestra are thorough masters of this kind of material. And Telarc's sound (recorded 1991) is state-of-the-art (engineer Michael Bishop deserves to take a bow).

In short, there's nothing here to cloud your listening pleasure (the only quibble I can imagine is that some of your favorites may not last long enough), so it's hard for me to envision anyone with ears and a taste for music who wouldn't enjoy this CD. Warmly recommended. Finally, if you like this one as much as I do, you might want to know that the same team has produced a companion volume, the Lerner & Lowe Songbook for Orchestra.

5 out of 5 stars "Some Enchanted Evening" with Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops.......2003-12-26

Erich Kunzel's Rodgers and Hammerstein anthology with the Cincinatti Pops Orchestra is one of the best and most ravishing instrumental Rodgers and Hammerstein albums of all time. With sumptuous arrangements and warm, natural Telarc recording, this glorious 77-minute CD presents sweeping, melodic arrangements of over 60 Rodgers and Hammerstein selections, spanning eight scores, and Kunzel allows the Pops to play with a characterful and polished understanding of the Rodgers and Hammerstein idiom. The disc is enough to cheer you up on a dull day and make you smile, and it might even want to make you feel like a convert to Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals.

This CD has all the scores arranged chronologically. The OKLAHOMA! suite that opens this disc promises a feast for the senses, Kunzel ably evokes the territory's "bright, golden haze" in the way he conducts the various excerpts, until you feel the atmosphere of the country charm of the show, and the love-affair between Curly and Laurey. Then, in CAROUSEL, he ably evokes the pathos of this tragic R&H masterwork, especially in the truncated Waltz, but he leads a wonderfully melodic "June is Bustin' Out All Over" and a devotional "You'll Never Walk Alone." Although this suite does not include Billy's pivotal Soliloquy, it includes "If I Loved You" as an expression of his love for Julie, and within minutes you could be soaked in the ups and downs of the show's mood.

After a brief STATE FAIR suite, with sweeping renditions of "It Might As Well Be Spring" and "It's a Grand Night for Singing", we are brought into the disc's showstopping highlights. These highlights are the excerpts from SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. But yet Kunzel conducts the rest of the disc until the various suites amount to a series of showstoppers. These three suites present wonderfully-arranged versions of their many familiar classic songs, with well-played solos. The SOUTH PACIFIC suite presents the songs in chronological order, yet preserves the atmosphere of the show at the same time. Kunzel ably brings out the romance in "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Younger than Springtime," and contrasts it with the exotic and dreamlike "Bali Hai'i" and the comic "There is Nothing like a Dame" and "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair". Although the suite ends quietly with a reprise of "Dites-Moi" rather than the reprise of "Some Enchanted Evening," within minutes we are swept into the KING AND I suite. Kunzel ably brings out the Oriental pathos in this score, and he captures the warmth of Anna's rapport with the King's Siamese children in "Getting to Know You", and with the King himself in "Shall We Dance." There is also romance in the love ballads "I Have Dreamed" and "We Kiss in a Shadow." Similarly, in the selection from THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Kunzel conducts this until the orchestra soaks itself in the atmosphere of this Austrian R&H score. This SOUND OF MUSIC suite has more of a feel of the score compared to the bonus track on Sony's reissued version of the Broadway recording. You can almost feel as if you are following the progress of the Trapp family and how it lifts its spirits with the joy of music. Kunzel gives us a soaring version of the title song, and spirited versions of "Do-Re-Mi" and "My Favourite Things." He balances it with the open-air quality of "Edelweiss" and "The Lonely Goatherd." Although this suite could have included "Something Good," the love ballad written for the film, the three recollections of the songs that were cut from the movie only last for a while. And, the towering version of "Climb Every Mountain" crowns this portion of the disc, and this sumptuously-produced recording. But, I should also mention the infectuous FLOWER DRUM SONG medley, where Kunzel turns this underrated score into a work of art, until it convinces you to buy the cast recording. And, don't forget about the brief CINDERELLA WALTZ, too, when Kunzel conducts it magically, until you feel like you are in the company of Cinderella and the Prince. He is able to show how this R&H score marked a comeback for R&H after the failiures of Me and Juliet, and Pipe Dream.

Overall, this glorious Rodgers and Hammerstein recording is guarunteed to make you want to pucker your lips out for a whistle or sing along (to paraphrase another revew for Kunzel's Disney Spectacular disc) - even if this recording is music only, and as long as you know the words to the songs (and you might know a large handful of them already.) There is always a certain magic in this fine CD that makes you feel like you're sitting in the theatre watching these musicals, until it makes you feel like it is truly, to borrow two R&H song titles, "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Something Wonderful" to be in Kunzel's company for this R&H offering. It would certainly be one recording that could make you feel willing to buy the complete cast recordings of the shows. And I guaruntee that it will make you feel willing to pull out your existing copies of the cast recordings to listen to them again. I also guaruntee that it will be a cornerstone in any Rodgers and Hammerstein collection, just as it is in mine. Recommended heartily to any Rodgers and Hammerstein enthusiast and to fans of Erich Kunzel's work. And, you can play it while reading the Richard Rodgers biography, Musical Stages, until Rodgers himself would count this as his favourite disc in the afterlife.

By the way, most of the arrangements for the suites on this CD were done by the veteran R&H orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett, and it surely adds to the appeal of this recording. This itself is enough to amount to the icing on the cake, since Kunzel conducts them well on here, and since this recording still allows the suites to have the original theatrical atmosphere. And, although this recording is like the Mauceri collection of the Rodgers & Hammerstein overtures in compiling orchestral suites of Rodgers & Hammerstein, I think that I like the Kunzel recording even more because Kunzel has more magic in his conducting of these suites.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent!.......2003-04-08

This is one of the best Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops collections we own! A must for Rodgers and Hammerstein fans, too.

5 out of 5 stars Great Arrangments.......2001-09-02

This is a first rate album with great arrangments and orchestrations. If you're a Rodgers and Hammerstein fan, you can't afford to miss this specatacular album
1907: "Dear Old Golden Rule Days"
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Old music, fun listening.
 1907: "Dear Old Golden Rule Days"

Manufacturer: Archeophone Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000ACNCV
Release Date: 2003-05-27

Tracks:

  1. School Days (Byron G. Harlan)
  2. I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave (Ada Jones)
  3. San Antonio (Billy Murray & Chorus)
  4. Red Wing (Frank C. Stanley and Henry Burr)
  5. Camp Meeting Time (Collins and Harlan)
  6. Maple Leaf Rag (U.S. Marine Band)
  7. Pagliacci--Vesti la giubba (Enrico Caruso)
  8. Because Youre You (Elise Stevenson & Harry Macdonough)
  9. Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk (Ada Jones and Billy Murray)
  10. I Love a Lassie (Harry Lauder)
  11. The Bird On Nellies Hat (Helen Trix)
  12. My Gal Sal (Byron G. Harlan)
  13. "Merry Widow" Waltz (Victor Dance Orchestra)
  14. No Wedding Bells for Me (Bob Roberts)
  15. Harrigan (Billy Murray)
  16. Honey Boy (Columbia Quartette)
  17. Three Rubes Seeing New York (Peerless Trio)
  18. Bake Dat Chicken Pie (Collins and Harlan)
  19. My Irish Rosie (Ada Jones)
  20. Nobodys Little Girl (Byron G. Harlan)
  21. Because I'm Married Now (Billy Murray)
  22. He's a Cousin of Mine (Bert Williams)
  23. The Bully (May Irwin)
  24. If I'm Going to Die I'm Going to Have Some Fun (Arthur Collins)
  25. Auld Lang Syne (Frank C. Stanley)

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Old music, fun listening........2007-02-11

In perspective these are some of the most popular songs of their time. I enjoy the historical value of songs from the past. Hearing someone sing about things you may have only learned from a history book, makes it more real.
Two's Company
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A Long Awaited "Gem"
  • Bette Davis in a musical...yes, you heard right
 Two's Company

Manufacturer: Sepia Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007X9URY
Release Date: 2005-04-11

Tracks:

  1. Overture - Orchestra
  2. Theatre Is A Lady - Bill Callahan
  3. Turn Me Loose On Broadway - Bette Davis
  4. It Just Occurred To Me - Peter Kelley
  5. A Man's Home - Hiram Sherman
  6. Roundabout - Ellen Hanley
  7. Roll Along, Sadie - Betty Davis
  8. Out Of The Clear Blue Sky - Peter Kelley
  9. Esther - David Burns
  10. Haunted Hot Spot - Ellen Hanley
  11. Purple Rose - Bette Davis
  12. Just Like A Man - Bette Davis
  13. Finale - Bette Davis And The Company
  14. Bonus Track: A Like The Likes Of You/What Is There To Say/I Can't Get Started With You/Who's To Blame - Vernon Duke
  15. Cabin In The Sky/Honey In The Honeycomb/Taking A Chance On Love/The Love I Longed For - Vernon Duke
  16. Out Of The Clear Blue Sky/Roundabout/Autumn In New York/Island In The West Indies - Vernon Duke
  17. Introduction/April In Paris/Rendevous Sans Addresse/Summer Is A-Comin' In/La Musique Avant Toutes Choses/April In Paris - Vernon Duke
  18. I Can't Get Started - Vernon Duke
  19. I'm Gonna Ring The Bell Tonight - Vernon Duke

Album Description

The 1952 original Broadway cast recording, on CD for the first time! Features Oscar winner Bette Davis in her only musical stage appearance. Bonus tracks include a song by Nancy Walker and material composed & performed by composer Vernon Duke.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Long Awaited "Gem".......2007-07-09

My LP of this show was totally worn out, so I'm absolutely delighted to have this on such a great sounding CD. Davis is right up there with other musical luminaries such as Hepburn in COCO and Bacall in WOMAN OF THE YEAR and APPLAUSE. All three were non-singers who acted, and their recordings are really just a joy to have to offset soprani like Cook, Chenowith, and Lukker.

This really is a must have recording for any true musical comedy lover who wants the unusual and historical. Davis's "Turn Me Loose on Broadway" is wonderful from her "Mistah conductah, iff You Pleeees" to her slightly off tempo "hey" in the dance break. Davis did try to sing several times through her career. Frank Loesser's "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" has been on a few collections, and there was that failed musical version of THE CORN IS GREEN entitled MISS MOFFAT that closed in Philadelphia. Betty Davis wasn't a good singer, but she tried!

The supporting cast is excellent, and I think it's just a joy to hear an old-school musical by one of the forgotten greats, Vernon Duke. That's why I'm really pleased to have the Duke bonus tracks on the CD as well. It's a great value with Davis, Duke, and Lawrence Welk and his orchestra as well. The album was coveted for years, and it's just wonderful to have it in better sound than it ever was.

3 out of 5 stars Bette Davis in a musical...yes, you heard right.......2006-10-05

Bette Davis in a musical? In 1952, when her film career started on yet another downward spiral and she was unceremoniously labelled as "box office poison", the legendary Ms Davis decided to do the unthinkable, and made her Broadway musical debut in TWO'S COMPANY, a fluffy little revue that would have certainly folded a lot quicker if a mega-watt star like Davis was not in the starring role.

TWO'S COMPANY ran on the box office power of Davis, and the moment she became ill and started missing performances, the closing notices were posted (the show limped along for 90 performances). Nevertheless, this curious jewel of a show was recorded, and now gets it's CD premiere thanks to British boutique label Sepia.

Apparently, Davis was so embarrased by her performance, that she attempted to buy every single copy of the original LP in order to destroy them. One can just imagine Davis (in full Margo Channing mode) swaggering into a record store and slamming a pile of TWO'S COMPANY albums onto the sales counter ("don't bother to wrap `em!").

While Davis was never a singer, she croaks out her songs quite well, and what she lacks in musicality she compensates with comedy and sheer brio.

Performing the more demanding material is Ellen Hanley, known to musical fans for her Tony-winning role as Thea in "Fiorello!"; as well as Adrianna in the 1963 Off-Broadway revival of "The Boys from Syracuse", and replacing Polly Bergen in "First Impressions" (the Jane Austen/'Pride & Prejudice' musical of 1959).

Sepia's remaster of the TWO'S COMPANY album (taken from original 78's) is quite crisp and clean, with some slight hiss and sonic wobble in certain areas (like towards the end of "Haunted Hot Spot"), although we are lucky to have this title on disc in the first place.

Known for their copious bonus tracks, Sepia do not disappoint, and the TWO'S COMPANY disc is filled out with extensive supplementaries (Nancy Walker singing "I Can't Get Started" and Jack Smith with "I'm Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight"); and a whole "Vernon Duke plays Vernon Duke" section.

Now that TWO'S COMPANY has been released on compact disc, we can finally hear what all the fuss was about.
Honey Love: Smooth Jazz Plays R. Kelly
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Hot Jazz CD
  • its good cd but
  • Smoooooth
  • a smooth Tribute to the King of Music
 Honey Love: Smooth Jazz Plays R. Kelly
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Manufacturer: Shanachie
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0009UVCNU
Release Date: 2005-07-26

Tracks:

  1. Bump N' Grind (feat. Marion Meadows)
  2. You Remind Me of Something (feat. Chuck Loeb)
  3. Sex Me (feat. Chris "Big Dog" Davis)
  4. Step In the Name of Love (feat. Pamela Williams)
  5. I Can't Sleep, Baby (If I) (feat. Everette Harp)
  6. I Wish (feat. Chuck Loeb)
  7. Honey Love (feat. Chris "Big Dog" Davis)
  8. Ignition (feat. Pamela Williams)
  9. I Believe I Can Fly (feat. Marion Meadows

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Hot Jazz CD.......2006-12-11

Honey Love: Smooth Jazz Plays R. Kelly is a hot Jazz CD that you can just throw in the CD player and let it ride out. Marion Meadows handles Bump & Grind with class while Chris "Big Dog Davis" kilss both Sex Me & Honey Love.

3 out of 5 stars its good cd but.......2006-11-04

this cd is nice just to have and put on while your having a little gathering a friends over but the one thing i could have done without on this cd is that backround singing the could have done better or gotten better singers

5 out of 5 stars Smoooooth.......2005-09-13

Driving through Berlin, listnening to Jazz FM, a station that still can not make it's mind up whether it wants to be a Traditional Jazz station or a Smooth Jazz station...

A great, smooth jazz tune is playing... guitars, piano, rhodes, orchestration... beautiful. The announcer comes on and thank goodness tells us who it was: "Honey love" by Rhon Lawrence. I manage to write it down whilst navigating the traffic.

Home: searching on Amazon... and not finding it because I did not know Rhon is spelled with an "H". I do find it eventually by searching the song title.

And that is what prompted me to write this review. The album is way cool. But Rhon Lawrence's "Honey love" is a thing of timeless beauty. Buy it, just for that track.

5 out of 5 stars a smooth Tribute to the King of Music.......2005-08-02

picked this one up last week. chilling with some Kool-Aid listening to the Smooth Jazz takes on some of R.kelly's Many,Many,Many classics.Props&Dap to Everette Harp,Pamela Williams,Cuck Loeb,Chris Davis,Wayne Bruce,Rhon lawrence,Marion Meadows&Others. the Arrangements are cool. the background vocals are cool as well. it's a Great Tribute to the King of Music. R.kelly's Music is Timeless&this is a cool Reminder of His Musical Genius from start to finish.
With All My Love (Me Ke Aloha Pumehana)
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    		With All My Love (Me Ke Aloha Pumehana)
    Don Ho
    Manufacturer: Honey
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
    HawaiiHawaii | Pacific Islands | International | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000008NV9
    Release Date: 1995-03-14

    Tracks:

    1. With All My Love (Me Ke Aloha Pumehana)
    2. I Bid You Goodbye
    3. Only Tomorrow Knows
    4. Two Who Do Believe
    5. One Of Those Goodbye Days
    6. Who Was The Lolo Who Stole My Pakalolo
    7. My Once Upon A Time
    8. What A Wonderful World
    9. She's Gone Again
    10. Hand In Hand
    '70s Preservation Society Presents Disco Fever: 40 Top Hits
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      		'70s Preservation Society Presents Disco Fever: 40 Top Hits
      Various Artists , The Hustle (Van McCoy) 2. Turn The Beat Around (Vicki Sue Robinson) 3. If I Can't Have You (Yvonne Elliman , Wind & Fire/Emotions) 5. In The Bush (Musique) 6. Never Knew Love Like This Before (Stephanie Mills Boogie Wonderland (Earth , Kool & the Gang) 8. Ring My Bell (Anita Ward) 9. Bad Luck (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) 10. Car Wash (Rose Royce , Another Love Like Mine (Lou Rawls) 15. Boogie Oogie Oogie (A Taste Of Honey) 16. Born To Be Alive (Patrick Hernandez , Inc.) Rock Freak) (G.Q.) 18. Shame (Evelyn "Champagne" King) 19. Boogie Fever (The Sylvers) 20. Funkytown (Lipps , Bee Gees) 2. Got To Be Real (Cheryl Lynn) 3. I'm Your Boogie Man (KC & The Sunshine Band) 4. Love Hangover (Diana Ross , More, More (Pt. 1) (Andrea True Connection) 7. Fly Robin Fly (Silver Convention The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) (Alicia Bridges) 6. More , Let Me Be Misunderstood (Santa Esmerelda) 9. More Than A Woman (Tavares) 10. Heart Of Glass (Blondie) 11. Disco Inferno (The Trammps) , and A Fifth Of Beethoven (Walter Murphy) 19. Right Back Where We Started From (Maxine Nightingale) 20. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      DiscoDisco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000MZ6ROQ

      Product Description

      Includes: DISC ONE: 1. The Hustle (Van McCoy) 2. Turn The Beat Around (Vicki Sue Robinson) 3. If I Can't Have You (Yvonne Elliman) 4. Boogie Wonderland (Earth, Wind & Fire/Emotions) 5. In The Bush (Musique) 6. Never Knew Love Like This Before (Stephanie Mills) 7. Ladies Night (Kool & the Gang) 8. Ring My Bell (Anita Ward) 9. Bad Luck (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) 10. Car Wash (Rose Royce) 11. Don't Leave Me This Way (Thelma Houston) 12. Y.M.C.A (Village People) 13. Take Your Time (Do It Right) (S.O.S. Band) 14. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (Lou Rawls) 15. Boogie Oogie Oogie (A Taste Of Honey) 16. Born To Be Alive (Patrick Hernandez) 17. Disco Nights (Rock Freak) (G.Q.) 18. Shame (Evelyn "Champagne" King) 19. Boogie Fever (The Sylvers) 20. Funkytown (Lipps, Inc.) DISC TWO: 1. Night Fever (Bee Gees) 2. Got To Be Real (Cheryl Lynn) 3. I'm Your Boogie Man (KC & The Sunshine Band) 4. Love Hangover (Diana Ross) 5. I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) (Alicia Bridges) 6. More, More, More (Pt. 1) (Andrea True Connection) 7. Fly Robin Fly (Silver Convention) 8. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Santa Esmerelda) 9. More Than A Woman (Tavares) 10. Heart Of Glass (Blondie) 11. Disco Inferno (The Trammps) 12. Knock On Wood (Amii Stewart) 13. Boogie Nights (Heatwave) 14. Disco Lady (Johnnie Taylor) 15. Got To Give It Up (Pt. 1) (Marvin Gaye) 16. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (McFadden & Whitehead) 17. T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia) (M.F.S.B. Featuring The Three Degrees) 18. A Fifth Of Beethoven (Walter Murphy) 19. Right Back Where We Started From (Maxine Nightingale) 20. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
      The String Quartet Tribute to Mariah Carey
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        		The String Quartet Tribute to Mariah Carey

        Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
        Contemporary R&BContemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | R&B | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
        TributesTributes | Pop | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B000294RQC
        Release Date: 2004-06-22

        Tracks:

        1. Fantasy
        2. When You Believe
        3. Vision Of Love
        4. Heartbreaker
        5. I Don't Wanna Cry
        6. Love Takes Time
        7. One Sweet Day
        8. Honey
        9. Hero
        10. Through The Rain
        11. My All
        12. I'll Be Here

        Product Description

        1. Vision Of Love
        2. Love Takes Time
        3. I Don't Wanna Cry
        4. I'll Be There
        5. One Sweet Day
        6. Honey
        7. Fantasy
        8. When You Believe
        9. Hero
        10. My All
        11. Heartbreaker
        12. Through The Rain

        Format: CD
        R. Nathaniel Dett: Piano Works
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Great Composer, Great Pianist
        		 R. Nathaniel Dett: Piano Works

        Manufacturer: New World Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        SuitesSuites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
        Similar Items:
        1. Music of R Nathaniel Dett

        ASIN: B0000030E9
        Release Date: 1992-12-08

        Tracks:

        1. Magnolia Suite: No.1 Magnolias
        2. Magnolia Suite: No.2 Deserted Cabin
        3. Magnolia Suite: No.3 My Lady Love
        4. Magnolia Suite: No.4 Mammy
        5. Magnolia Suite: No.5 The Place Where The Rainbow Ends
        6. In The Bottoms: Prelude: Night
        7. In The Bottoms: His Song
        8. In The Bottoms: Honey: Humoresque
        9. In The Bottoms: Barcarolle: Morning
        10. In The Bottoms: Dance: Juba
        11. Eight Bible Vignettes: Father Abraham
        12. Eight Bible Vignettes: Desert Interlude
        13. Eight Bible Vignettes: As His Own Soul
        14. Eight Bible Vignettes: Barcarolle Of Tears
        15. Eight Bible Vignettes: I Am The True Vine
        16. Eight Bible Vignettes: Martha Complained
        17. Eight Bible Vignettes: Other Sheep
        18. Eight Bible Vignettes: Madrigal Divine

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Great Composer, Great Pianist.......2005-03-31

        This album contains a masterful interpretation by the spectacular pianist Denver Oldham of the beautiful, important, and often forgotten piano works of R. Nathaniel Dett. Perfection of expression is the most accurate way I can think to describe Oldham's performances both recorded and live.

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