How About That

Track Listings
1. Nobody But You
2. Just Keep It Up
3. Hey Little Girl
4. How About That
5. At My Front Door
6. You're Looking Good
7. Your Friends
8. Raindrops
9. I'm Going Back to School
10. I'm a Soldier Boy

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Import exclusive release. 2004.

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How About That

How About That
Spirituals in Concert
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • "Lord, How Come Me Here"
  • WOW!
  • uhm......yeah right!!
  • scadalise my name
  • Broadway takes on the spiritual ...
 Spirituals in Concert

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001GDC
Release Date: 1991-03-08

Tracks:

  1. In That Great Getting Up Morning
  2. Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass
  3. Over My Head/ Lil' David
  4. Oh, What A Beautiful City
  5. Lord, How Come Me Here
  6. I Believe I'll Go Back Home-Lordy, Won't You Help Me
  7. Ride On, King Jesus
  8. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot-Ride Up In The Chariot
  9. You Can Tell The World
  10. Scandalize My Name
  11. Great Day
  12. Oh, Glory
  13. Calvary-They Crucified My Lord
  14. Talk About A Child
  15. Gospel Train
  16. My God Is So High
  17. There Is A Balm In Gilead
  18. He's Got The Whole World In His Hand

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "Lord, How Come Me Here".......2007-06-18

I must add, to the praises above, that Kathleen Battle's "Lord, How Come Me Here" is the best "quick" explanation of the long-lasting effects of slavery that I can think of. The line, "They sold my children away," says it all.

And the VERY funny "Scandelize My Name" is also worth the price of the total album!

Alinde O'Malley

5 out of 5 stars WOW!.......2007-03-22

You know, after owning both the CD and VHS of this performance, and having been coached by Sylvia Olden Lee herself, it is no wonder why spiritual mean so much to me. And these two ladies bare their souls and bring these masterpieces to life! WOW!!!

5 out of 5 stars uhm......yeah right!!.......2006-06-21

Clearly you are mistaken. I don't know who that guy is-the person below recommended-but there is NO COMPARISON to JESSYE NORMAN AND KATHLEEN BATTLE!!!! Jessye Norman herself has *30* HONARY DOCTRATES from places like Harvard, Juliard, Yale, Cambridge....I mean HELLO!!!! That guy had no where near the ease, the musicality or even the breath support as these two veterans show!! It is a beautiful CD though it came out in 1991 and I HIGHLY recommend it.

1 out of 5 stars scadalise my name.......2004-10-29

this isn't that good specially after hearing William Warfeild sing it. You can find him at www.wlym.com

2 out of 5 stars Broadway takes on the spiritual ..........2004-01-29

... takes it on and puts it on the canvas by the end of the first round.

I'm going to be the dissenting voice here: thank goodness I signed this disk out of the public library 'cause I'm sure not going to listen to it twice.

There is nothing wrong with the performances. Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle sing beautifully, and there's no problem with the pick-up orchestra under James Levine.

The problem, and it's huge, is the conception of the show and the musical arrangements. To make the video marketable, I suppose, the producers decided that the concert had to be big: big names, big arrangements, big effects. So we have eighteen spirituals given the musical theatre treatment, with a philharmonic chorus providing chain-gang sound effects, big brass, and big percussion -- including a chinese gong. A chinese gong in a spiritual??? Spare me! Almost every track turns out sounding like either a curtain-raiser or a big, end-of-act production number with cute and predictable modulations between some of the stanzas and the sort of curly-cue orchestral ornamentation typical of Broadway shows.

And you know what? It all kills the spirituals stone dead. The spiritual is one of those musical forms where less is more and very little is best of all. That's how they started, after all. That's how and why they worked for their original audiences, and that's why they were powerful enough to make the transition from folk song to art song. If you want to hear Battle sing spirituals that are irresistible, listen to the set on her Salzburg recital CD, also with Levine (ASIN B00000E31B). There, the music speaks for itself and speaks with a strength and a beauty that the tracks on this disk never approach.
(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great set of wartime rarities
  • Cure for the Blues
  • Standard Transcription Collection
 (Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection
Spike Jones
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007JR3K
Release Date: 2003-04-08

Album Description

Holiday blues comin' on? Well, put a spike in `em! Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet—79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great set of wartime rarities.......2003-05-14

Spike Jones was the king of the novelty song performers, with hits like "Der Fuehrer's Face" and the parody version of "Sheik of Araby" becoming huge hits during World War II. This is a swell 3-CD set, gathering a full eighty-one of Jones' best tracks from his 1940s heyday, drawn from an extensive archive of radio broadcasts made for the Standard Transcription service. The tightness of his City Slickers band is amply demonstrated in these manic, kookily orchestrated performances. Toots, squonks, blatts and bleats whiz by at lightning speed, as one daffy song after another will delight devoted fans. Amazingly, Jones had the unusual, almost unique ability to perform a repertoire almost entirely made up of comedic material, and yet still be quite listenable and engaging. His jazz chops were hardly in question, and from time to time Jones would dash off a non-novelty ballad or two, just to give the rubes something to think about. Of course, just as often he would perform a song that *sounded* like a straight ballad, but would turn out to be another goof. (One great example of this is the sultry "Serenade To A Jerk," sung in slinky, burlesque tones by Myrtle Horwin.) This collection may seem a little overwhelming, but like his studio recordings, these radio performances have a certain brilliance and joie de vivre about them that will leave you enchanted. Definitely worth checking out!

5 out of 5 stars Cure for the Blues.......2003-04-25

Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet-79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

4 out of 5 stars Standard Transcription Collection.......2003-04-12

This collection has remastered material from the large stack of Standard Transcription discs from the early 1940's. There are many songs not recorded on RCA, many on the theme of wartime ("48 Reasons Why"), and the quality is excellent. The packaging is threadbare but this is an essential CD package for true music lovers.
Judy in Love & Alone
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Perfect Release of a two-fer
  • Finally "Alone" on CD!
  • Terrible sound and terrible packaging
  • JUDY AT HER BEST with SPECTACULAR SOUND!
  • Garland the Great
 Judy in Love & Alone
Judy Garland
Manufacturer: S&P Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000641C8
Release Date: 2002-04-23

Tracks:

  1. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
  2. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  3. This Is It
  4. More Than You Know
  5. I Am Loved
  6. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
  7. I Concentrate On You
  8. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
  9. Do I Love You?
  10. Do It Again
  11. Day In-Day Out
  12. By Myself
  13. Little Girl Blue
  14. Me And My Shadow
  15. Among My Souvenirs
  16. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
  17. I Get The Blues When It Rains
  18. Mean To Me
  19. How About Me
  20. Just A Memory
  21. Blue Prelude
  22. Happy New Year
  23. Then You've Never Been Blue (bonus track)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Perfect Release of a two-fer.......2004-11-20

The person who wrote the review below is wrong : the "Alone" album was recorded and released in mono sound, in 1957. "Judy in Love" was Garland's first album recorded and released in stereo, in 1958.

The sound on this disc is spectacular. The original session tapes were used, for the best sound possible. It is glorious sound here, folks.

Pehaps the person that wrote the review below is thinking of the previous two-fer of "Judy in Love" from England, a few years back, paired with the "Judy" album. That CD sounded very flat and dry.

Get this new and improved disc, and you'll love it.

5 out of 5 stars Finally "Alone" on CD!.......2003-10-01

I just received this Judy "double bill" and I can only say it's GREAT!! "Alone" was always one of my favorite Judy albums, and I am more than pleased to have it on CD now. The sound is not stereo, as another reviewer point out, but it never was recorded in stereo. I have the old vinyl, and that's mono too, but also pretty worn, after all these years. The liner notes actually are pretty good too. The original covers are reproduced, with the original liner notes reprinted, AND some fresh liner notes about this re-issue. There, you can read that the "alone" recordings are from 1957, and that "Judy in Love" is from 1958, and was her first stereo album for Capitol.

So why is "alone" my favorite Judy album? Maybe simply because it was one of my first encounters with Judy, when I was 17 years old. I didn't realize at the time that the selection of songs is pretty unusual. It's not the repertoire she sang a lot in her live and TV shows. I love the mostly subdued pathos on this album, although she does belt it out occasionally, in her own inimitable way. The songs are about 'surviving on your own', and some times about finding your inner strength, in a bittersweet way. The album is not very cheerful, but it does make me feel good, in a sentimental way. The arrangements are very good, just right, in the 'proper' fifties style. The strings have a very warm quality, which wasn't always the case in those days. There is also a beautiful large choir singing in the background on some tracks.
Some of the songs are very unknown, which makes this album special too. Happy New Year, for instance, is a beautiful torch song, written over a very slow version of Old Lang Syne in minor key; a real gem of a song! Blue Prelude is also a great song, so don't be discouraged by the titles you may not know.
All in all, a 'must have' for any Judy fan, but also a wonderful introduction if you want to get acquainted with Judy's singing. "Judy in Love" is an excellent example of her warm joyful singing, while "Alone" gives you all those wonderful torch songs. A balanced package, with a passionate Judy in great voice!!

1 out of 5 stars Terrible sound and terrible packaging.......2003-06-27

Let me rant. This CD has 2 albums on it. 1 is mono and the other stereo!? I have these albums on records and they are both stereo. I feel ripped off. Also, these albums do not sound anywhere like the records in quality. In fact, they sound very boring and lacking of any sort of life. Judy did very big, exciting production numbers and the sound on this CD makes them sound stale and dead. I returned this CD and demanded my money back. The store clerk said I wasn't the only one. Thumbs way down.

5 out of 5 stars JUDY AT HER BEST with SPECTACULAR SOUND!.......2002-05-11

JUDY IN LOVE is perhaps Garland's greatest studio album. A superb collaboration with Judy in wonderful voice, and arranger Nelson Riddle at the top of his form. Inexplicably, this album is only now making its CD debut in the U.S. Capitol Records seemingly had no interest in releasing it themselves, so they've sublicensed it to S&P Records, who have done a terrific mixing and remastering job. Comparing the sound to a recent UK import is overwhelmingly impressive. The UK release sounds mediocre, and this new issue belies its having been recorded 44 years ago.
JUDY IN LOVE is paired with her monaural ballad album ALONE, which was arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. The two albums together are a distinct contrast and yet only show the versatility and mastery of Garland. The highlight of the ALONE tracks is Jenkins' schmaltzy, yet irresistable I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES. ALONE was previously issued on CD by Capitol years ago, but has been long out of print, so this collection is a dream come true for Garland fans.

The 5 Star rating is for the recordings and the way they've been beautifully produced. It does not, however, represent a true rating for the package itself, which has been saddled with awful,
amateurish liner notes which are so poorly written that it's a blatant insult to Garland. What a shame the producers who took such care in creating such a great sounding album, didn't bring the same kind of excellence to the accompanying package. This should not detract anyone from buying this CD, but buyers looking for an interesting commentary on the legendary lady and these specific tracks will have to go elsewhere.

5 out of 5 stars Garland the Great.......2002-05-02

A beautiful compilation of two classic, original "Judy" albums. These are two of the six studio albums she recorded for Capitol in the fifties, and these are probably the best. While Judy's vocal tone is not at its best on "Judy in Love", the song selections and her interprative genius make up for the slight vocal imperfections. "More Than You Know", "I Am Loved" and "By Myself" are absolute delights, and are clearly definitive versions of these songs. In addition, the ballads shine with passion and tenderness. "Alone" is mostly filled with similarly tender songs, and on this one Garland is in fine, full voice throughout. "Little Girl Blue" is a particular standout, and the addition of the never before released "Then You've Never Been Blue" is a special treat for fans and newcomers. Popular singing doesn't come any better than this.
How About That
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		How About That
    Bad Company
    Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000008D4A
    Release Date: 1992-08-13
    How About That
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • still awesome
    • awesome
    		 How About That
    Gisli
    Manufacturer: EMI
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0002BK9L2
    Release Date: 2004-06-22

    Tracks:

    1. How About That?
    2. Check Your Pants
    3. My Most Frequent Thought
    4. Video

    Album Description

    Icelandic musical entrepreneur Gisli follows up the Passing Out EP with his 2004 single 'How About That?'. The title track is backed with 'Check Your Pants', 'My Most Frequent Thought', & the enhanced video for the title track.

    Album Details

    Icelandic Musical Entrepreneur Gisli Follows Up the "Passing Out E.p." With his Single "How About That?".

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars still awesome.......2005-10-14

    I now own this single. 'How About That' was the song of the year, as far as I'm concerned. It's a brilliant, funny, cutting, soulful song. The song alternates between acoustic guitars in the verses and power-fuzz-guitar-bass-drums in the chorus. Brilliant lyrics, great melody, nice vocals, great feel: absolute classic.

    'Check Your Pants' is a kind of white funk/hip-hop song with trumpets or synth trumpet. Not my cup of tea, but funky, funny lyrics and not completely annoying, although not overly satisfying either. If, however, you like funk and hip hop, you could quite easily love this song.

    'My Most Recent Thought' contains only about 10 seconds of music, but is funny, cute, deep and strangely satisfying.

    The video of 'How About That' was a little disappointing, as I was hoping to see Gisli. It's an animation, which is mildly enjoyable. Although, it's quite touching, when the bear puts the pig back together.

    Four words: song of the year!

    5 out of 5 stars awesome.......2004-07-26

    I don't own this single or haven't heard all the tracks on this disc yet, but the title song is one of the most exciting songs I've heard on the radio at the moment. It makes me smile. I can't wait to buy it. Hearing an Icelandic person sing with an American accent is a little weird at first, but then it becomes really groovy and adds to the irony and smartness of the song. It reminded me a little of 'Mr E's Beautiful Blues' by Eels, if you haven't heard the song for yourself yet. I can't wait to hear this guy's album.
    I Spy, Vol.5 No.10
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • The wonderfulness of Hagen
    		 I Spy, Vol.5 No.10

    Manufacturer: Film Score Monthly
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    ASIN: B0006SSQ1Q
    Release Date: 2005-01-04

    Tracks:

    1. Defector/Main Title [So Long Patrick Long][Version]
    2. Hong Kong [So Long Patrick Long][Version]
    3. What's the Trouble? [So Long Patrick Long][Version]
    4. Keep Running/You Lose [So Long Patrick Long][Version]
    5. That's My Man [So Long Patrick Long][Version]
    6. Stop That Plane [So Long Patrick Long][Version]
    7. Whistle Blows [So Long Patrick Long][Version]
    8. 007 [So Long Patrick Long][Version]
    9. End Title [So Long Patrick Long][Version]
    10. Tokyo/Jean's Pad/Trailing [Stereo]
    11. Oops, The Troops!/Away We Go/Shiftycragt/Dead for Real [The Time ...]
    12. Away We Go to Mexico/Bye Bye Scotty/Rdo/On the Road Again/Trunk ...
    13. Taxi Tour [Stereo]
    14. Japanese Trick/Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow/How About That!/Babe, With
    15. End Title [Stereo]
    16. Burma/The Chase/And on and On/Of Some Value [Mono Version]
    17. My Lord/She Is Chinese [Mono Version]
    18. Prelude to Dramsville/The General Dies [Mono Version]
    19. Down the River/Mainly on the Plains [Mono Version]
    20. Plaza [Mainly on the Plains]
    21. Don Silvando/Blonde Gothic/Travelin'/Sighted [Mainly on the ...]
    22. Don Quixote II/Attack/Upsy Daisy [Mainly on the Plains]
    23. My Professor, The Nut/Wild Stuff/Goodbye Crooks [Mainly on the Plains]
    24. Don Strikes/So Long, Don [Mainly on the Plains]
    25. End Title [Mainly on the Plains]

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars The wonderfulness of Hagen.......2005-08-12

    An absolute joy of a soundtrack from one of television's greatest (guilty?) pleasures. Composer Earle Hagen created brand-new music for each of I Spy's three-seasons-worth of episodes ... some 80 hours of television ... an amazing feat when other shows - even today - rely on just a few key musical cues. Here are half a dozen scores on 20+ tracks culled from eps throughout the series run (1965-1968). If you loved this series, or love big band or jazz, go for yourself and grab the CD.
    This Is the Army / Call Me Mister / Winged Victory
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Fine music, tone-deaf pricing from Vivendi
    • At long last and timely to boot
    		 This Is the Army / Call Me Mister / Winged Victory
    Irving Berlin , Harold Rome , and Moss Hart
    Manufacturer: Decca Broadway
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    ASIN: B0000A9D1N
    Release Date: 2003-07-29

    Tracks:

    1. Overture - Irving Berlin
    2. I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep - Irving Berlin
    3. I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen - Irving Berlin
    4. Ihe Army's Made A Man Out Of Me - Irving Berlin
    5. The Army's Made A Man Out Of Me - Irving Berlin
    6. What The Well Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear - Irving Berlin
    7. How Bout A Cheer For The Navy - Irving Berlin
    8. American Eagles - Irving Berlin
    9. Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning - Irving Berlin
    10. Going Home Train - Harold Rome
    11. Along With Me - Harold Rome
    12. Little Surplus Me - Harold Rome
    13. The Red Ball Express - Harold Rome
    14. Military Life - Harold Rome
    15. Yuletied, Park Avenue - Harold Rome
    16. When We Meet Again - Harold Rome
    17. The Face On The Dime - Harold Rome
    18. South America, Take It Away - Harold Rome
    19. Call Me Mister - Harold Rome
    20. Winged Victory - Sgt. David Rose/ Winged Victory Chorus And Orchestra
    21. My Dream Book Of Memories - Sgt. David Rose/ Winged Victory Chorus And Orchestra
    22. The Whiffenpoof Song - Sgt. David Rose/ Winged Victory Chorus And Orchestra
    23. The Army Air Corps - Sgt. David Rose/ Winged Victory Chorus And Orchestra

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Fine music, tone-deaf pricing from Vivendi.......2007-05-09

    "This is the Army" is the first, and by far the greatest. When the word historic has lost all meaning this revue truly was -- perhaps the biggest show-biz charity fundraiser ever (for the Army Emergency Relief, which exists to this day), an incalculable morale booster on two fronts, a show whose too-small number of black players nonetheless helped break down the military's color barrier. It also sired the first major-label musical cast album; Decca rushed it into production at the end of July, 1942 to beat the AFM's notorious recording ban. That (and perhaps some reticence with an untested genre) may explain why the public only got four 10" 78s, shorter than they should have been. (Victor rushed its own studio recording into print as well, with mediocre arrangements and Fats Waller.) The following year Decca atoned for its mistake when it declared peace with the musician's union to record "Oklahoma!", making the cast album a permanent part of our musical lives. If we got only a fraction of what must have been it must have been tremendous. On the evidence this was Irving Berlin's finest score to date, and after the slog through multiple continents with a war hardened company he dug deep and wrote "Annie Get Your Gun." The tragedy is that no one tried to revive this show when enough of the boys were still alive, say in the eighties; perhaps Berlin, by then a hopeless recluse, turned it down. As touching and as stirring as these songs are it is preposterous that this score has remained all but buried since the last production in 1945. That this show is inextricably tied to a war is no excuse; the memory of a brave generation deserves better.

    We go inevitably downhill from there, starting with the first track of "Call Me Mister", a postwar show with a lighter touch, and a lighter songwriter in several ways. Harold Rome could write a mean lyric, and he was good at the sort of situational humor that worked with topical shows, but despite his ambitions -- at the end of his career he foolishly adapted "Gone with the Wind" -- he just could not write the fine ballad that would have put him in the first rank. So where "This is the Army" can move the soul "Mister" just sits there, despite a haunting tribute to the "Face on the Dime." Its comic relief saves the day and it's pretty good as a recording too, as it's from 1946, and gives us a flavor of the old-time Broadway sound that makes these early albums so appealing. The four concluding sides of incidental music from Moss Hart's play "Winged Victory" are negligible. These are from David Rose, author of "Holiday for Strings" and patron saint of easy listening (until he wrote "The Stripper" and no doubt caused Red Skelton to swallow his kaddidlehopper). As might be expected from a man Spike Jones parodied he writes the most self-important music with the most showoffy grandiose charts, undercutting whatever patriotic feeling it had. His orchestral yelling even makes "The Army Air Corps" ("Off we go into the wild blue yonder") tiresome, a true negative achievement. It's easy to see why this has never been revived -- and never could be.

    Despite its shortcomings of production (and in the last two works of inspiration), this is a fine and valuable recording. Which brings us to Vivendi. When the company revamped its cast-album catalog it decided to price these completely amortized albums at full-line-plus. It's especially galling here as all the selections from "This is the Army" and "Winged Victory" and at least one from "Call Me Mister" have enough surface noise and distortion to indicate they're likely from commercial pressings. Maybe Mr. Bronfman Junior needed the money for his ultimately failed investment; but such gouging underscores the contempt the record business has for its customers, whom it sees as saps whose pockets will empty endlessly when it grabs them face down by the ankles. The public is now richly returning the favor by tuning itself out to the majors and its endless parade of tunelessness. For all the gold-chained clan's howls of denial it isn't good for the record trade -- and in the end, by eviscerating the one stable source for new music, it isn't good for us.

    5 out of 5 stars At long last and timely to boot.......2003-09-01

    Having scored a triumph during World War I with his "Yip Yip Yaphank," Irving Berlin was a natural to be asked to create a similar revue for World War II, and the all-male "This Is the Army" did very well. An original cast recording came out in 1942. The very next year, the Air Force got its chance with Moss Hart's "Winged Victory." Four of the songs appeared in boxed set of 78 rpm discs. When it was all over, the returning GI was saluted in yet another revue called "Call Me Mister." That original cast album appeared in 1946. Now you can hear them ALL on a single Decca CD (BOOOO831-02).

    There is a soundtrack recording from the film "This Is the Army" that is extremely fuzzy, making this Decca release far preferable, all the more so because it does give us the original all-soldier cast that included Irving Berlin himself singing (more or less) his immortal "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning." Other songs include "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen," "How About a Cheer For the Navy," and "American Eagles."

    The focus here is how men made the transition from civilian to military life, and most of the problems they faced are mentioned in the opening number, "This Is the Army, Mr. Jones." We must also note with some sadness that the real problems of joining an army are never explicit, but the purpose of the show was to reassure and not to look at the "dark side of the force."

    "Winged Victory" originally contained only two discs holding four songs: "Winged Victory," "My Dream Book of Memories," "The Whiffenpoof Song," and "The Army Air Corps." That last one thrilled my generation whenever it was played over the radio and especially during the wartime films; and it has lost none of its potency over the years. (The line about going "down in flame" still chills.) This was also the first military revue that included women, a fact which makes it even more of an historical document.

    In 1946, Harold Rome lent his talents to putting together a revue for those returning to civilian life. Early in the war, Dinah Shore was able to praise "A Boy in Khaki," but Vaughn Monroe later in the war sang about looking forward to wearing "Just a Blue Serge Suit." I have a particular fondness for this set, because I owned a copy as a boy, played it to death, and eventually lost track of it. I never knew there was a 1950 LP version which included "This Is the Army," and I spent years trying to find the company that held the copyright that would get it onto a tape or (later on) a CD. So 57 years after the album first was released, my prayer has been answered!

    The first number, sung by Lawrence Winters (a great portrayer of Porgy, by the way), takes place aboard a "Going Home Train" and is replete with optimism. A sketch in which a group of men are waiting to be assigned work for the day included Winter's rendition of "The Red Ball Express" on which the Black GIs carried supplies to the troops. He is the only one denied work at the end of the scene. We had an even older enemy than the Nazis to face.

    A young newcomer named Betty Garrett delighted audiences with "Little Surplus Me" and "Yuletide, Park Avenue" in which many of the New York shops are mentioned in Christmas carol style. But it was her rendition of "South America, Take It Away" that brought down the house and raised her to stardom.

    You get the expected comic number, "Military Life," sung by Jules Munshin (remember him from the film "On the Town"?) and two other men, while Winters sings "A Face on a Dime," a song that needs some explaining to those who were born after the minting of the "Roosevelt Dime." "Along With Me" and the full version of "When We Meet Again" are the ballads, while the title song acts as a finale number.

    The press release announces, "Decca Broadway Salutes the Troops With the CD Release of Three World War II Musical Revues." The current situation, I am sure, helped prompt the release of this set; but whatever the reason, I am absolutely delighted it is finally available. The songs are mostly excellent examples of their kind, the lyrics for the most part clever and powerful, the historical value great. I really suggest that History Departments take notice and get a copy. All the textbook accounts of the war never give the human side of things, and this CD will go a long way to letting the present young generation know how we faced all-too-familiar problems back then.
    How About That
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      		How About That
      Dee Clark
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      Release Date: 2004-10-04

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      Singers of Imperial Russia, Vol. 4
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        Manufacturer: Pearl
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        ASIN: B000000WMO
        Release Date: 1993-11-15

        Tracks:

        1. Queen of Spades/Act 3. What Is Our Life? - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
        2. Juive/Act 4. Rachel, Quand du Seigneur - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
        3. Segreto - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
        4. Donkey and the Nightingale - Fable - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
        5. Africana/Act 4. O Paradis - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
        6. Night ("Why Do I Love Thee, Night?"), Op. 6 No. 9 - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
        7. A: Celeste A (Act 1) - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
        8. Peurs de Perles/Act 1. Je Crois Entendre Encore - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
        9. Cavalleria Rusticana/O Lola, Tu Ch'hai di Latti (Siciliana) - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
        10. Leave Me! (Gypsy Song) - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
        11. Dubrovsky: O Give Me Oblivion - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
        12. Queen of Spades/Act 1. Forgive Me, Bright Celestial Vision - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
        13. Carmen/Act 4. C'est Toi? C'est Moi! - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov, Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
        14. In the Wild North - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov, Vladimir Kastorsky, Maria Michailova
        15. She Was Yours - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
        16. Far off, Far Off - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
        17. Demon: On Desire's Soft Fleeting Wing - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
        18. Rusalka: Unwillingly to These Sad Shores, Prince's Cavatina (Act 1) - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
        19. Eugene Onegin: Whither, Whither (Act 2) - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
        20. Ruslan and Ljudmila/Act 1. There Is a Distant Country - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
        21. Princesse Lointaine: Love Is a Delightful Dream - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
        22. Little Slippers/Does the Maiden Hear? - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
        23. What Happiness! - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich

        Tracks:

        1. Faust: Ah! Je Ris de Me Voir Si Belle en Ce Miroir (Jewel Song) - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        2. Traviata: Ah, Fors' Lui.../Follie, Follie...Sempre Libera (Pt. 2) - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        3. Peurs de Perles: Comme Autrefois - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        4. Dobrynja Nikitich: Zabava's Aria - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        5. Romet Juliette: Je Veux Vivre Dans Ce R - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        6. Perle du Brl: Charmant Oiseau - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        7. Harold: Hush Thee, Dear One, Slumber Well (Adele's Cradle Song) - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        8. Ruslan and Ljudmila: Ah, Thou My Fate - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        9. Snade ("Sing, Smile, Slumber") - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        10. Sadko: Sleep Went Along the River (Cradle Song) - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        11. Life for the Tsar: It Is Not for That That I Grieve - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        12. Peurs de Perles: Brahma, Grand Dieu - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        13. Bolero ("O My Dear, Charming One") - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        14. Snow Maiden/With Friends to Gather Berries - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        15. Huguenots: O Beau Pays de la Touraine - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        16. Mireille/O Lre Hirondell
        17. Fra Diavolo/Quel Bonheur! - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        18. Golden Cockerel/Hail to Thee, Sun! - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        19. Tsar's Bride/Act 4. Mad Scene. Look There, Above Your Head - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        20. Barbiere Di Siviglia: Una Voce Poco Fa - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        21. Serenata ("Vola, O Serenata") - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        22. I Vespri Siciliani: MercDilette Amiche - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
        23. How Fair This Spot, Op. 21 No. 7 (Rachmaninov); the Rose and the ... - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova

        Tracks:

        1. Life for the Tsar/Act 3. Quartet. The Rose That Blooms - Andrej Labinsky, Maria Michailova, Galina Ivanovna Nikitina, Lev Sibirjakov
        2. Night (Folksong) - Lev Sibirjakov
        3. Boris Godunov/Act 1. In the Town of Kazan - Lev Sibirjakov
        4. Life for the Tsar: What About a Wedding? (Act 1) - Lev Sibirjakov
        5. Oh, If Mother Volga - Lev Sibirjakov
        6. Why Was I Born? (Convict's Song) - Lev Sibirjakov
        7. Askold's Tomb: In Olden Days Our Forefathers Lived - Lev Sibirjakov
        8. Sonnambula/Act 1. VI Ravviso, O Luoghi Ameni - Lev Sibirjakov
        9. Midnight Review - Lev Sibirjakov
        10. Demon/Prologue. Accurs World - Lev Sibirjakov
        11. Seafarers - Lev Sibirjakov, Eugene Witting
        12. Elegy ("When, My Soul") - Aleksandr Dormidontovich Aleksandrovich, Lev Sibirjakov
        13. lian Harps - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        14. Merchant Kalashnikov/The Merchant's Aria - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        15. Halka: Aria of Janusz - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        16. Enchantress/Act 2. Aria. Ah, The Image of That Enchantress! - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        17. Tear Trembles, Op. 6 No. 4 - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        18. Queen of Spades: I Love You, Dear (Eletsky's Aria, Act 2) - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        19. Louder Than the Song of the Lark, Op. 43 No. 1 - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        20. Demon/Act 2. O'er the Airy Ocean - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        21. Askold's Tomb: In Olden Days Our Forefathers Lived - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        22. Song of Triumphant Love/Arioso. O Pure Creature - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        23. Eugene Onegin: Should I Decide on Domesticity (Act 1) - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        24. Demon/Act 2. Do Not Weep, Child - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        25. Festival During the Plague/Hymn. When Powerful Winter, Like a Vigilant
        26. Captive in the Caucasus/Aria - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
        Dance, Club, Party (3 CD PACK / 38 Tracks) Leanora DeCapo, Lola, Jay Cee/No No, The Fu La-La's, The Rhymestones, Dionne Faux, The Original Latin All Stars, Cali Aleman/The Latin Rhythm, Tito Puente Jr., Lone Gunman Theory, The Shag-A-Delicks, Afrika Bambaataa, Cyre, Velva Blu, Nuyorican Soul, Black Magic, Taylor Dayne, Vanessa Daou, Sandy B, Groove Collective, Kenlou III, Fresh Fish, Soul Solution, Joi Cardwell, D'Still'd, Planet Soul, Ace Of Base, TWDY, Gemini, A.L.T./JV/Ciscone/Mr. Gee/Baby Beesh/C-Blunt/Sure/2 B/Bigg Robb, Lighter Shade Of Brown, Claudia Mia/Don Caligula, Katalina, Jonny Z, Laura Martinez, Chacho, Stevie B, Ambrozia
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          		Dance, Club, Party (3 CD PACK / 38 Tracks) Leanora DeCapo, Lola, Jay Cee/No No, The Fu La-La's, The Rhymestones, Dionne Faux, The Original Latin All Stars, Cali Aleman/The Latin Rhythm, Tito Puente Jr., Lone Gunman Theory, The Shag-A-Delicks, Afrika Bambaataa, Cyre, Velva Blu, Nuyorican Soul, Black Magic, Taylor Dayne, Vanessa Daou, Sandy B, Groove Collective, Kenlou III, Fresh Fish, Soul Solution, Joi Cardwell, D'Still'd, Planet Soul, Ace Of Base, TWDY, Gemini, A.L.T./JV/Ciscone/Mr. Gee/Baby Beesh/C-Blunt/Sure/2 B/Bigg Robb, Lighter Shade Of Brown, Claudia Mia/Don Caligula, Katalina, Jonny Z, Laura Martinez, Chacho, Stevie B, Ambrozia
          Frozen - Lola, All My Life - Jay Cee/No No, Can't Take My Eyes Off You - The Fu La-La's My Heart Will Go On - Leanora DeCapo , Think Twice - Dionne Faux, I Like It Like That - The Original Latin All Stars, Everybody Salsa - Cali Aleman/The Latin Rhythm How Do I Live? - The Rhymestones , X-Files Theme (The Truth) - Lone Gunman Theory, Soul Bossa Nova (Theme From Austin Powers) - The Shag-A-Delicks, Planet Rock '98 - Afrika Bambaataa/The Soul Sonic Force Oye Como Va - Tito Puente Jr. , Barbie Girl - Velva Blu, Mind Fluid - Nuyorican Soul, Freedom - Black Magic, Say A Prayer - Taylor Dayne, Sunday Afternoons - Vanessa Daou, Make The World Go Round - Sandy B Holiday - Cyre , What A Sensation - Kenlou III, Bang Da Bush - Fresh Fish I Want You - Groove Collective , You Got To Pray - Joi Cardwell, Stopgo - D'Still'd, Set U Free - Planet Soul Can't Stop Love - Soul Solution , Player's Holiday - TWDY, Doctor Doctor (Party Mix) - Gemini, Player's City - A.L.T./JV/Ciscone/Mr. Gee Don't Turn Around - Ace Of Base , Lingerie (House Edit) - Claudia Mia/Don Caligula, DJ Girl - Katalina Whatever U Want - Lighter Shade Of Brown , Ritmo Latino (Trinity Mix) - Laura Martinez Ku Ku - Jonny Z , and Dream About You - Stevie B, Girl Like Me - Ambrozia El Pow Wow (Casa Salsa Club Mix) - Chacho
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