| 1. Local Boys |
| 2. Waikiki |
| 3. Chalangalang Blues |
| 4. Sweet Baby |
| 5. Friends |
| 6. North Shore Serenade |
| 7. For the Sake of the Children |
| 8. Candle in the Night |
| 9. Right Before My Eyes |
| 10. Playing with My Mind |
| 11. Flying with Angels |
| 12. When I Think of You |
| 13. Ka Leo O Ku'u Lehua |
| 14. Here in the Rising Tide |
| 15. Loving You |
| 16. Time & Tide |
| 17. I Feel Lucky |
| 18. Poetry Man |
Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Na Leo are award-winning artists who recorded their first hit when they were still in Kamehameha High School. They won their first awards for excellence in 1985, then went their separate ways--college, marriage, careers, children--until 1993 when they regrouped to revisit their first love.
I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology manages to avoid those pitfalls. It presents both a tribute and a guide to the works and, by implication, the life of Roger Kynard (Roky) Erickson. The 43 song 2 CD package - with a 30 page narrative booklet - covers Roky's musical history from its garage rock roots with The Spades in 1965 to material from an album in 1995. In the sweep of songs - all but one at least co-authored by Erickson - we are presented with a wide range of musical styles but more so, we are presented with lyrics.
It is the words that are - if anything can be - the key to Rocky Erickson and his enduring popularity. The man has the capability to pull the most hard-wrenching emotions out of himself and the listener, exposing vulnerabilities, wishes, hopes, loves and fears. Whether garbed in the West Texas rockabilly tones of Buddy Holly (Starry Eyes) or raucous blues (Don't Shake Me Lucifer) or the most precious and loving ballad (I Don't Love You Yet), it is the message that Roky Erickson is sending that is of the greatest importance. These are stories about life and humanity; stories that are long on emotion and substance; songs that - if you listen carefully enough - mimic all that any of us think and feel.
He does this - as mentioned - in a variety of styles that is intellectually vertiginous and counter-intuitive. You will find yourself reaching for the discography often to try and understand whether the material you are hearing is leading-edge or derivative (it's the former!). There are punk-like descending chord cascades presented softly - almost delicately. Other songs seem to pre-sage modern country, though with lyrics more usually found in death-metal.
These internal musical conflicts mirror what was likely the internal conflict in the man himself. Arrested in 1969 for marijuana possession - allegedly for one joint - Rocky was convinced to plead insanity and spent three years in an asylum where he was subjected to shock treatment and psychotropic drugs. Whether this abuse caused his mental instability or heightened an existing condition if unknown and probably irrelevant. The long and short of the story is that Roky spent the next 30 odd years in an emotional maelstrom that saw him unable to care for himself, with episodes in and out of treatment centers and jails, being subjected to the usual sort of misconduct from music industry executives, and generally taken advantage if by all and sundry. The new century saw a positive swing in Roky's fortunes as friends and family were finally able to obtain a legal guardianship that established a trust to care for him and that resulted in the production of this album.
But, do not buy this out of sympathy. Buy it for the beauty and depth and flavor of the music generated by this remarkable artist.
Roky, contrary to what you may have heard, is not God. No, that privilege is reserved for Syd Barrett. Nonetheless, on the scale of deranged acid casualties, Roky still ranks fairly high. You know the drill -- started with psychedelic garage band the 13th Floor Elevators, left after a few albums due to mental illness and/or drug abuse, spent the 70's and 80's intermittently releasing albums and singles on his own and with various backing bands, ranging from pretty acoustic ballads to straight 50-style retro kitsch to schizoid rave-ups about Satan. The usual thing. And it's all here. Unless you're a serious Roky fanatic, pretty much all the Roky you need can be found on these two discs. The 13th Floor Elevator stuff has never sounded better -- not exactly the standard bearer of high fidelity, but far superior to any other versions I've heard. Now, personally, I've always found them a bit overrated -- a few essential tracks worth of a Nuggets box set, but less psychedelic and experimental than their peers -- so for me this does a fairly decent job of cobbling together their high points. (Of course, if they did as nice a job remastering their albums, I'd probably go get 'em.) After that it's a mixed bag. The key Roky tracks are here, from the timeless beauty of "Starry Eyes" (damn, that's a great song) to the key rave-ups "Don't Slander Me" and "Don't Shake Me Lucifer" to one of my personal faves, "If You Have Ghosts." Anyway, even if you're like me and find the Erickson legend slightly more interesting than the music itself, this is a pretty amazing collection. Even after skipping through some of the meandering solo tracks, there's plenty of great music here for your money (maybe "I Walked With A Zombie" should have made the cut, or an additional version of "Starry Eyes," but that's really about it). Go get it.
beginning with the first single w/ his first band, The Spades, "We Sell Soul" revels in it's own primitive simplicity and has such a spark burning under it's surface that the listener can't help but stay tuned in. every music fan with the slightest interest in garage rock or psychadelic music knows of the legendary 13th Floor Elevators and ten tracks from that band are represented here with my personal favorites being furious storm of "You're Gonna Miss Me," the controlled groove of "Slip Inside This House," and the heartwarming folk of "I Had To Tell You."
i think it's fairly safe to assume that most of the casual fans have failed to explore Roky's solo efforts and other bands that he was a part of after the demise of The 13th Floor Elevators. confusingly monikered bands like Roky Erikson & Bleib Alien, and Roky Erikson & Evil Hook Wildlife E.T. all share the same adventerous spirit of Roky's 60's glory days, but these later recordings reveal much more darkness and a fascination with occult magick and various monsters and demons.
for example, the spooky rock and roll of "I Think Up Demons" where amidst whirling reverb and a fiery guitar line, Roky lists different demonic figure's characteristics that he has created...almost like gifts for friends. the melody is so strong and solid that it actually doesn't seem like an unusual lyrical idea. mostly due to the fact, that Roky makes us feel comfortable in his strange and eccentric world. things eventually drop into bad B-movie territory; as on "Creature With The Atop Brain" which utilizes a dialogue of a news report warning viewers to be on the lookout. it could come accross as terribly hokey to some listeners, but i find it part of the Erikson charm and it makes me crack a smile.
with all the goofy creatures running around in Roky's brain (or his recording studio), there's still plenty of time for a love song and "Starry Eyes" is a stunningly beautiful one in particular. drifting along the lines of a country rock song, it's simple lyrics and beautifully catchy melody get stuck in my head for days and it quickly became not just one of my favorite Roky Erikson songs; but one of my favorite songs of all time!
a few more quick favorites: the blues rock blast of "The Beast," the creepy and intense stomp of "Bloody Hammer," the jagged (almost post-punk) rythyms of "Click Your Fingers Applauding The Play," and the heartbreaking tender touch of "You Don't Love Me Yet" and "Nothing In Return." wow. i could literally go on forever about every song on this compilation.
the songs on I Have Always Been Here Before display such a huge talent and an even larger amount of heart; it's sad to think that one day Roky Erikson will not be with us any more...and he's right...we are gonna miss him.
Disc 1 features 22 songs (1 hour, 15 minutes) from the "Asylum Era", originally recorded 1976-1982. It begins with the folk song "Frank and Jesse James" and moves onto love songs, hard rock, and lighthearted fun. Hits include "Werewolves of London", "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", and "Lawyers, Guns, and Money". "Accidentally Like a Martyr" is a particularly melancholic and moving love song. "The Envoy" and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" are overtly political but, as always, express their ideas through characters. "Mohammed's Radio" and "Jeanne Needs a Shooter" are live versions.
Disc 2 covers "The Virgin/Giant Era" with another 22 songs (1 hour, 17 minutes) that might be even more eclectic than Disc 1, originally recorded 1987-1996. "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "Searching for a Heart" are both love songs from the "Love At Large" movie soundtrack, but the former is a gravelly, sensual jazz standard, and the latter is gentle and optimistic. Zevon's popular cover of Prince's "Raspberry Beret" gives the song a rough edge, but it's surprisingly more memorable than the original. "Run Straight Down" and "Seminole Bingo" are political. "Mr. Bad Example" is a comical celebration of sociopathic greed to a polka tune. Three previously unreleased songs from television soundtracks are the brief "If You Don't Leave Me I'll Find Someone Who Will" from "Route 66", "Real or Not" from "Tek Wars", and "Roll With the Punches" from "Tales from the Crypt". "Reconsider Me" is the single, not album, version. "The French Inhaler" and "The Indifference of Heaven" are live versions.
The CDs are in separate jewel cases inside a cardboard slipcase, along with a companion booklet. The booklet has 5 sections: "Quotes" about Warren Zevon by friends and fellow musicians. "Notes" say a little about the story behind each song. "Lyrics" provide lyrics and writing credits for all the songs. "Track Information" lists the musicians for each track. "Album Information" supplies catalog numbers, producers, and technical personnel for the albums and soundtracks. There is also a letter from friend and author Hunter S. Thompson, now deceased.
what more can I say.
In the next section, Zevon discuses the background of every single song. It makes for an interesting and fun read. And what an incredible list of musicians in this collection. In addition to regulars like Waddy Wachtel, David Lindley, & Russ Kunkel he's had Jackson Browne, Phil Everly, Bobby Keyes, Lindsey Buckingham, Glenn Frey, Carl Wilson, J.D. Souther, Linda Ronstadt, Jennifer Warnes, John McVie, Don Henley, Karla Bonoff, Mick Fleetwood, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Horn, Steve Lukather, Graham Nash, Neil Young, REM, Roy Bittan, Benmont Tench, Mike Campbell, Tony Levin, David Gilmour (what a solo!), Richie Hayward, Chick Corea (sounding great!), Mark Isham, Larry Klein and Bruce Hornsby. Do your ears a favor and buy this. Brought to you with love from Rhino Records!
I noticed that Reviewer Larry Davis wrote that the playlist was perfect except that Dontcha Stop should have been replaced with Bye Bye Love. I concur. It would have made this collection perfect. But that is not a deal breaker. If you enjoy The Cars, this is just what you need.
"Just What I Needed" pulls in all their Top 40 hits and fan favorite tracks from their albums such as "You're All I've Got Tonight," "Moving In Stereo," "Touch and Go," and previously unreleased tracks such as their take on the Iggy Pop gem "Funtime." If you're a hardcore Cars fan who already has all of their six previous releases on CD then this is probably worth it for the previously unreleased tracks and demos and it's nice to have most of their best known tracks on two CDs. This compilation is perhaps the best out there and neatly sums up the Cars career including a really nice booklet covering their career. While they didn't last long their influence on other bands still reverberates today. When they reformed in 2006 adding Todd Rundgren to replace lead singer Ric Ocasek (who declined) and bassist/singer Ben Orr (who had died) it was something of a pale imitation of the first version of the Cars.
So most of the JUST WHAT I NEEDED collection comprises songs already available on the Cars' readily available albums. As their seven or so albums are all worth owning, who needs this anthology? People who just want the hits can get the band's greatest hits CD.
At the time this sucker was released, 11 years ago, it was perfect, but in 2006, 2 things were nagging me.
Firstly, it's the tracklisting. For 99% of it, it's perfection, the tracks selected and remastering. The one negative?? I'd replace "Dontcha Stop" with "Bye Bye Love", and that's it!!! "Bye Bye Love" belongs in "Dontcha Stop"'s slot, as on the first album, it comes immediately, without pause, after "You're All I Got Tonight" (and on rock radio in the late 70s/early 80s, stations would always play these two songs back-to-back), AND the song ends with the synth whoosh that goes into "Moving In Stereo", which is placed after "Dontcha Stop" on this collection. That song wasn't really a hit and it didn't get much airplay, BUT "Bye Bye Love" did. So I'd do that switcheroo, and not even have to move any of the other tracks!!!
Second, the packaging. It's too bulky!!! It's only 2 CDs, not 3 or 4, there are no pictures underneath the CD trays (they are black, not clear), and the booklet is thin, so instead of a thick double clamshell case, it should be a THIN double case, which is prominent today, but not in existence back in 1995 when this sucker was released. And, that cool, sparkly purple slipcase??? It is cool, so I cut it up. I made it so, it's in a thin double case, the front of the sparkly slipcase is a page in the front, over the booklet, and the back (where the songlist is), I placed underneath the CDs, the clear tray holding both discs. This is so, when you look at the case now, the purple sparkly color shows underneath the spine. You have to see it to know what I'm talking about. Also, the inner back, with the shot of Elliot Easton's lefthanded Telecaster guitar should NOT be hidden, so I made it the regular back cover of this reconfigured package...also cuz the barcode and catalogue number shows here too. As for the side spine, it originally was divided up into two, with the thick case. Well, after some cutting and snipping and taping, it now looks like (on ONE single sidespine): R2 73506/(in green) THE CARS ANTHOLOGY/ (in blue) Just What I Needed/ Elektra/Rhino. It looks better this way, anyway...who knows if this package will ever be redone??? Is it out-of-print??
Oh and one last thing, there is a glaring picture caption error in the booklet!!! On page 4 is a picture of the band, and on page 5 is the caption, listing the band members. Um, they left out leader Ric Ocasek's name!!! Kind of unacceptable really.
Otherwise, perfect killer 2CD anthology. Now, we need the rest of the catalogue to get the proper treatment similar to the debut, or at least have "Shake It Up", "Heartbeat City" and "Door To Door" get remastered, and there be a proper Ric solo anthology and include those rare soundtrack cuts.
However, this guy has done so much more that could easily eclipse his known material, as well as other stuff done by those who set the standard. This is an obvious summary of his time.
Album #1- Yer' Album (Released by The James Gang); "Introduction" (Known as "Tuning Part 1" on here), "Take A Look Around", and "Funk #48" are included from this album. This compilation starts off on a rather odd note, since the guitar parts on "Tuning" are done by Jim Fox (James Gang drummer/founder) leaving Joe nowhere to be found! What's up with that? That track leads into "Take A Look Around"; a real good halfway-psychedelic tune, with a guitar solo that introduces Joe to us in a fantastic fashion. "Funk #48" is a fun, short tune that was really the band's song reserved for demos and sound checks. It's also fairly reminiscent of it's younger, more popular brother "Funk #49". Yer' Album is considerably obscure to the other James Gang albums, because this one didn't contain any big hits like Rides Again and Thirds did, but this compilation really needed the "Collage" track on here, since the liner notes mention it numerous times. Also, "Stone Rap" featured an incredible exchange of dialogue from the band, which would've been a novel substitute for the Walshless "Tuning". But what they put on here is acceptable.
Album #2- Rides Again (James Gang release; "Funk #49", "The Bomber Medley (Full Version)", "Tend My Garden", and "Ashes, The Rain & I" are included from this album. Hell, throw all the tracks from that album onto here; they're all great, but the sampling we have here is the best representation that you're going to get. Everyone should know "Funk #49". It's one of the tracks that immortalizes Joe, and one that floors Grand Funk Railroad in their own stamping grounds. The Bomber is a magnificent Guitar-heavy number that is very reminiscent of Led Zeppelin. It has to be heard to be believed; it's one of those tracks that makes Joe so underrated. Tend My Garden is a very respectable ballad, with some decent organ playing for good measure. Ashes, The Rain & I is one of the many folk/orchestral numbers that this band would end up doing during Joe's tenure. It's an OK track, but the James Gang Greatest Hits CD offers a better version of it. Great representation.
Album #3- Thirds (James Gang release); "Walk Away", "It's All The Same", and "Midnight Man" are included. This album is looked upon as the weaker of the Joe-era James Gang albums, since the other members of the band contributed their own material for the album, leaving Joe to only write half of the material for the album. Walk Away is a given, of course. Midnight Man is a fantastic composition, with the Neil Young kind of guitar dynamic that hits a home run on this track. It's All The Same is a very questionable track. Walk Away and Midnight Man are pretty much the best you're going to get from this album, but if we were going to have a third track from Thirds (clever, huh?), I would've rather had "Again". They covered the mandatory bases, here, though.
Album #4- Barnstorm (Joe Walsh w/ Barnstorm); "Here We Go", "Midnight Visitor", "Mother Says", "Turn To Stone", and "Comin' Down" are included. This album, at first, looks like it's overemphasized, but it's understandable, since MCA never chose to remaster this album. Here We Go struck me as a pretty listless track, upon listening, but others favor the track. Midnight Visitor is an OK-ish Tolkien Folk ballad. Mother Says is a song that, I'd say, is among of Joe's most underrated songs; very psychedelic, and catchy. Turn To Stone is also included from this album, which is great, since it is far superior to the "So What" album version. You gotta listen to the guitar on this one. Comin' Down is a very random pick for this compilation, but I guess Joe thought that this Anthology could've used it. It's not bad.
Album #5- The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get (Joe Walsh w/ Barnstorm); "Meadows" and "Rocky Mountain Way" are included. Both these tracks are academic, and they close the first disc out, but why only stop there??? No "Book Ends"? No "Dreams"?! Disappointing for sure, considering that this was Joe's breakthrough album. On a side note, Rocky Mountain Way ends with one of Joe's little hidden excerpts, for those keeping score...
Album #6- So What; "Welcome To The Club", "All-Nite Laundromat Blues", "County Fair", and "Help Me Thru The Night' are included. Welcome To The Club is kinda reminiscent to "A Life Of Illusion". Laundromat Blues is an amusing "working man" kind of ditty. "County Fair" I have mixed feelings over. Joe's guitar playing is amazing on this track, but the song is also kind of boring, and un-motivated at the same time. Help Me Thru The Night makes up for things, however, with Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Randy Meisner supplying some background vocals for good measure. "Time Out" could've been on here, but they still got good emphasis with this album. .
Album #7- But Seriously Folks; "Life's Been Good", and "Over And Over" are included. Life's Been Good is Joe's biggest track (and with good reason). Over And Over is one of the minor tracks from this album, but "At The Station" is a much more popular track, so it had to be on here. Oh, well.
Album #8- There Goes The Neighborhood; "A Life Of Illusion" is included. They got the big hit off the album; which is a really well-written song, even if it's really a rehash off of a Barnstorm song that never made it onto an album.
Album #9- You Bought It, You Name It; "Theme From Island Weirdos", "I Can Play That Rock & Roll", ""I.L.B.Ts", and "Space Age Whiz Kids" are included. Over-emphasizing comes in a very bad way, here. It would've been perfectly acceptable if just I.L.B.Ts was included, but they got some of the most mediocre stuff that Joe was making at the time on here. Theme From Island Weirdos is the very tired intro to I Can Play That Rock & Roll; a monotonic Guitar Rock song that Joe stated as being a tribute to the Rolling Stones. I found I.L.B.Ts to be mildly humorous, so that's a song that's worth listening. Space Age Whiz Kids, to put it mildly, is a Pop/Techno nightmare. If it weren't for the Talkbox in the beginning, I would not have distinguished it as a Joe song. Yuck! Bad selections there.
Album #10- The Confessor; "Rosewood Bitters" is included. The Confessor included more weird tracks and more pop, but this time around, Joe decided to throw some big Rock numbers onto the album. Rosewood Bitters is the decent minor track off the album, but that's all they include from the album here. That's right, they ridiculously shafted the title track, which featured some gunshot-like drumming from Joe Vitale, and Joe himself at his very loudest. Terrible. His later Single Disc compilation "Joe Walsh Greatest Hits: Little Did He Know" (which was recently repackaged as "The Definitive Collection") would rectify this, however.
Album #11- Got Any Gum; No tracks included. This album was another one with Pop dreck, and bad comedy, but thankfully they decided to nix putting any tracks off this album onto the compilation.
Album #12- Ordinary Average Guy; No tracks included. This album saw Joe pick up some momentum with the title track, but the studio version of the title track is foregone in favor of the live version.
Album #13- Songs For A Dying Planet; "Shut Up", "Decades", and "Song For A Dying Planet" are included. This album kinda followed within the vein of "You Bought It, You Name It", so do the math. Shut Up is a more bitter passage of Life's Been Good, and the song is also reminiscent of Weird Al. Decades is a long 12+ minute jam, which Joe proclaims as some of the finest he's written, but I'll let you decide on that. Song For A Dying Planet ends things on a mellow note.
Album #14- Soundtracks/Unreleased Material; "All Night Long" and "Ordinary Average Guy (Live)" are included. All Night Long is a given. It's a very fun tune; among Joe's most popular. And we get a live version of Ordinary Average Guy with Glenn Frey, for the Eagles/Walsh fan. But why only go there? They could've brought Joe's solo version of his big Eagles hit "In The City" off of The Warriors soundtrack, or "Waffle Stomp" from the Fast Times At Ridgemont High Soundtrack, but I can't complain with what we got.
Overall, despite some disappointments found in the 2nd Disc, the compilation is very well done. The Liner Notes offer some interesting insight, and you'll get a solid glimpse of Joe. High recommendation.
"The Confessor" which I personally think is a brilliant song but NOT included as well as "15 Years" from the same CD.
Waffle Stomp is STILL missing from this collection (Found on the Fast Times At Ridgemont High Soundtrack).
Though they DID finally get I.L.B.T.'s & Space Age Whiz Kids on there. Ordinary Average Guy is a live version, so they should have also included the studio version.
Come on, guys, get it right!! *Grin*
However, and much like any compilation of one artist, you will always find a few album cuts or some favorite songs missing that makes fans and consumers unattracted to the set. But in this case it was pure blashemy to exclude "The Confessor". We are talking one of THE essential Walsh tracks. It was like taking "Hotel California" out of an Eagle greatest hit collection.
Love Joe Walsh and love this collection but note "The Confessor" is essential and it may make this collection incomplete.
Otherwise this would have been a solid 4 star rating, packed with Joe's best moments pre and post Eagles. And with this you will gain a better understanding as to why Joe Walsh could very well be not one of the best guitarists in rock, but certainly one of the better ones.
Will
For some modern listeners, Jolson may come across as overbearing, melodramatic, or sappy. More of a steamroller than a performer. Times do change, for better or worse, but in the era before electronic amplification, performers often had to project, amplify their emotions, and even overact so that all in the house could interpret their histrionics. The stil relevant analogy of movie acting versus theater acting helps make this clearer. Jolson came from the era of theater and vaudeville where ham and melodrama packed audiences into theaters in nearly every town. Also, early recording technology required singers to project like a locomotive. Usually they sang into a huge horn with the band in the background. This horn was the sole microphone for the entire ensemble.
One of Jolson's attractions was his rise from poverty to stardom. His father was a rabbi, and his mother died when he was nine. At a relatively early age he literally ran away to join the theater. He made his name on the minstrel show circuit performing in blackface. This historical fact hasn't helped his reputation through the decades after his death in 1950. Then Jolson, already legendary as a stage performer, reached an even wider audience with film. He's most widely know today for 1927's "The Jazz Singer", the first widely released picture with sound (though only the musical numbers really had sound; played from a record which had to be painstakingly synchronized; most of the film played like a silent movie). Jolson's greatest screen triumph was "The Singing Fool" which remained the highest grossing movie until "Gone With The Wind". Jolson's popularity declined in the 1930s (the movies apparently began to repeat themselves) and never quite picked up again. Though he continued to give concerts well into the 1940s.
This CD captures the best of the music from Jolson's movies. All the music from "The Jazz Singer" (except the cantor and the young Jackie in the club) is included here, along with music from "The Singing Fool", "Say it With Songs", "Mammy", "Big Boy", "Go Into Your Dance", and "The Singing Kid".
There's an interesting story behind one of the biggest hits of the 1930s, "Sonny Boy". A songwriting team set out to intentionally make the most clichéd song they could think of as a joke. The result was "Sonny Boy". Someone heard it, loved it, and passed it on to Jolson, who also loved it. It became a huge seller (back then sales were gauged by sheet music, not by records). The version from the movie, included here, showcases Jolson at his most dramatic (some may say melodramatic). The song had audiences in tears at the time. The songwriters themselves probably didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The sound quality of the CD reflects its era. It sounds like recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Recording technology still struggled to capture a wide range of frequencies then. Considering this, the CD still maintains listenability throughout. The sound obviously lends the music a degree of historical interest as well.
This CD probably represents the best introduction to the music of Al Jolson. Though he recorded much more material of higher sound quality, the music here resulted in the majority of his mass popularity. Not only that, the music here is a lot of fun to listen to and showcases Jolson's style in the context of his films. Listen to it and get to know one of the major celebrities of the 20th century.
Far I sounds like the Conquering Lion, earning him his nickname, "The Voice of Thunder." That, along with excellent backing rhythms and dubs make for extraordinary listening.
The earlier tracks are my favorites. "Deck of Life" is one of the best reggae songs I've ever heard, with Far I's allusions to a deck of cards reminding him of the Bible. The chants and rhythms work their way into your head and really capture the spirit of dub as a means to religious meditation.
I do not enjoy Christian religious music, but I could listen to this all day and night. RIP, Prince Far I... Jah bless.
Na Leo are award-winning artists who recorded their first hit when they were still in Kamehameha High School. They won their first awards for excellence in 1985, then went their separate ways--college, marriage, careers, children--until 1993 when they regrouped to revisit their first love.
Since then, they have won 16 more coveted Hoku awards in just seven years of recording. Their songs have made it to the "top 20" in Japan, the 1999 "Top 99" in the USA, Casey Kasem's and Dick Clark's Top 20 Countdown shows, No. 1 on Muzak's charts of most requested songs, and onto Billboard's World Music charts. And they have broken into the mainstream radio market on the Mainland -- in a comfortable mix with other national recording stars.
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Tracks:
- We Sell Soul - The Spades
- Youre Gonna Miss Me - 13th Floor Elevators
- Reverberation (Doubt) - 13th Floor Elevators
- Tried To Hide - 13th Floor Elevators
- Fire Engine - 13th Floor Elevators
- She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own) - 13th Floor Elevators
- Slip Inside This House - 13th Floor Elevators
- Splash 1 - 13th Floor Elevators
- Dust - 13th Floor Elevators
- I Had To Tell You - 13th Floor Elevators
- Postures (Leave Your Body Behind) - 13th Floor Elevators
- Right Track Now - Roky Erickson & Clementine Hall
- Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog) - Roky Erickson & Bleib Alien
- Starry Eyes - Roky Erickson & Bleib Alien
- Bermuda - Roky Erickson
- The Interpreter - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
- Mine Mine Mind - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
- I Have Always Been Here Before - Roky Erickson
- Click Your Fingers Applauding The Play - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
- I Think Up Demons - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
- Dont Shake Me Lucifer - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
- White Faces - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
Tracks:
- Its A Cold Night For Alligators - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
- Creature With The Atom Brain - Roky Erickson & The Aliens Start Start
- Stand For The Fire Demon - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
- Bloody Hammer - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
- The Wind And More - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
- If You Have Ghosts - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
- Song To Abe Lincoln - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
- Anthem (I Promise) - Roky Erickson
- Warning (Social And Social-Political Injustices) - Roky Erickson
- The Beas - Roky Erickson & Evil Hook Wildlife E.T.
- You Dont Love Me Yet - Roky Erickson
- Clear Night For Love - Roky Erickson
- Dont Slander Me - Roky Erickson
- Nothing In Return - Roky Erickson
- Burn The Flames - Roky Erickson
- When You Get Delighted - Roky Erickson
- True Love Cast Out All Evil - Roky Erickson
- For You (Id Do Anything) - Roky Erickson
- Please Judge - Roky Erickson
- We Are Never Talking - Roky Erickson
- Im Gonna Free Her - Roky Erickson
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The Definitive Portrait Of A Rock 'N' Roll Genius!Roky Erickson is one of the most influential cult artists of all time. His work with the '60s Texas group The 13th Floor Elevators bridged garage rock and psychedelia, and cast a long shadow over the punk and post-punk movements. After a 1969 drug bust, the already mentally fragile Roky chose a stay in a mental institution instead of doing jail time, but was subjected to electroshock therapy and emerged in a highly unstable condition. He continued to write brilliant, chilling songs throughout the '70s and '80s, and the cult around him grew. In 1990 he was honored with an acclaimed tribute album, Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye, featuring R.E.M., ZZ Top, and Primal Scream. This led to a revival of his fortunes, which included new releases made in conjunction with Charlie Sexton and Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers.
The 2-CD set I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology is the only release to cover his entire 40-year career, making it the definitive Roky Erickson collection.
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The perfect entry into Roky.......2007-02-14
I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology manages to avoid those pitfalls. It presents both a tribute and a guide to the works and, by implication, the life of Roger Kynard (Roky) Erickson. The 43 song 2 CD package - with a 30 page narrative booklet - covers Roky's musical history from its garage rock roots with The Spades in 1965 to material from an album in 1995. In the sweep of songs - all but one at least co-authored by Erickson - we are presented with a wide range of musical styles but more so, we are presented with lyrics.
It is the words that are - if anything can be - the key to Rocky Erickson and his enduring popularity. The man has the capability to pull the most hard-wrenching emotions out of himself and the listener, exposing vulnerabilities, wishes, hopes, loves and fears. Whether garbed in the West Texas rockabilly tones of Buddy Holly (Starry Eyes) or raucous blues (Don't Shake Me Lucifer) or the most precious and loving ballad (I Don't Love You Yet), it is the message that Roky Erickson is sending that is of the greatest importance. These are stories about life and humanity; stories that are long on emotion and substance; songs that - if you listen carefully enough - mimic all that any of us think and feel.
He does this - as mentioned - in a variety of styles that is intellectually vertiginous and counter-intuitive. You will find yourself reaching for the discography often to try and understand whether the material you are hearing is leading-edge or derivative (it's the former!). There are punk-like descending chord cascades presented softly - almost delicately. Other songs seem to pre-sage modern country, though with lyrics more usually found in death-metal.
These internal musical conflicts mirror what was likely the internal conflict in the man himself. Arrested in 1969 for marijuana possession - allegedly for one joint - Rocky was convinced to plead insanity and spent three years in an asylum where he was subjected to shock treatment and psychotropic drugs. Whether this abuse caused his mental instability or heightened an existing condition if unknown and probably irrelevant. The long and short of the story is that Roky spent the next 30 odd years in an emotional maelstrom that saw him unable to care for himself, with episodes in and out of treatment centers and jails, being subjected to the usual sort of misconduct from music industry executives, and generally taken advantage if by all and sundry. The new century saw a positive swing in Roky's fortunes as friends and family were finally able to obtain a legal guardianship that established a trust to care for him and that resulted in the production of this album.
But, do not buy this out of sympathy. Buy it for the beauty and depth and flavor of the music generated by this remarkable artist.
Roky Erickson-'I Have Always Been There Before:The Roky Erickson Anthology' (Shout Factory).......2007-01-26
Interested in Roky? Buy this one........2006-01-15
Finally, The Tribute Roky Deserves.......2005-11-10
Roky, contrary to what you may have heard, is not God. No, that privilege is reserved for Syd Barrett. Nonetheless, on the scale of deranged acid casualties, Roky still ranks fairly high. You know the drill -- started with psychedelic garage band the 13th Floor Elevators, left after a few albums due to mental illness and/or drug abuse, spent the 70's and 80's intermittently releasing albums and singles on his own and with various backing bands, ranging from pretty acoustic ballads to straight 50-style retro kitsch to schizoid rave-ups about Satan. The usual thing. And it's all here. Unless you're a serious Roky fanatic, pretty much all the Roky you need can be found on these two discs. The 13th Floor Elevator stuff has never sounded better -- not exactly the standard bearer of high fidelity, but far superior to any other versions I've heard. Now, personally, I've always found them a bit overrated -- a few essential tracks worth of a Nuggets box set, but less psychedelic and experimental than their peers -- so for me this does a fairly decent job of cobbling together their high points. (Of course, if they did as nice a job remastering their albums, I'd probably go get 'em.) After that it's a mixed bag. The key Roky tracks are here, from the timeless beauty of "Starry Eyes" (damn, that's a great song) to the key rave-ups "Don't Slander Me" and "Don't Shake Me Lucifer" to one of my personal faves, "If You Have Ghosts." Anyway, even if you're like me and find the Erickson legend slightly more interesting than the music itself, this is a pretty amazing collection. Even after skipping through some of the meandering solo tracks, there's plenty of great music here for your money (maybe "I Walked With A Zombie" should have made the cut, or an additional version of "Starry Eyes," but that's really about it). Go get it.
Roky Love forever!.......2005-10-09
beginning with the first single w/ his first band, The Spades, "We Sell Soul" revels in it's own primitive simplicity and has such a spark burning under it's surface that the listener can't help but stay tuned in. every music fan with the slightest interest in garage rock or psychadelic music knows of the legendary 13th Floor Elevators and ten tracks from that band are represented here with my personal favorites being furious storm of "You're Gonna Miss Me," the controlled groove of "Slip Inside This House," and the heartwarming folk of "I Had To Tell You."
i think it's fairly safe to assume that most of the casual fans have failed to explore Roky's solo efforts and other bands that he was a part of after the demise of The 13th Floor Elevators. confusingly monikered bands like Roky Erikson & Bleib Alien, and Roky Erikson & Evil Hook Wildlife E.T. all share the same adventerous spirit of Roky's 60's glory days, but these later recordings reveal much more darkness and a fascination with occult magick and various monsters and demons.
for example, the spooky rock and roll of "I Think Up Demons" where amidst whirling reverb and a fiery guitar line, Roky lists different demonic figure's characteristics that he has created...almost like gifts for friends. the melody is so strong and solid that it actually doesn't seem like an unusual lyrical idea. mostly due to the fact, that Roky makes us feel comfortable in his strange and eccentric world. things eventually drop into bad B-movie territory; as on "Creature With The Atop Brain" which utilizes a dialogue of a news report warning viewers to be on the lookout. it could come accross as terribly hokey to some listeners, but i find it part of the Erikson charm and it makes me crack a smile.
with all the goofy creatures running around in Roky's brain (or his recording studio), there's still plenty of time for a love song and "Starry Eyes" is a stunningly beautiful one in particular. drifting along the lines of a country rock song, it's simple lyrics and beautifully catchy melody get stuck in my head for days and it quickly became not just one of my favorite Roky Erikson songs; but one of my favorite songs of all time!
a few more quick favorites: the blues rock blast of "The Beast," the creepy and intense stomp of "Bloody Hammer," the jagged (almost post-punk) rythyms of "Click Your Fingers Applauding The Play," and the heartbreaking tender touch of "You Don't Love Me Yet" and "Nothing In Return." wow. i could literally go on forever about every song on this compilation.
the songs on I Have Always Been Here Before display such a huge talent and an even larger amount of heart; it's sad to think that one day Roky Erikson will not be with us any more...and he's right...we are gonna miss him.
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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
Warren Zevon Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000003479 Release Date: 1996-09-17 |
Tracks:
- Frank And Jesse James
- Hasten Down The Wind
- Poor Poor Pitiful Me
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
- Carmelita
- Desperados Under The Eaves
- Johnny Strikes Up The Band
- Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
- Excitable Boy
- Werewolves Of London
- Accidentally Like A Martyr
- Lawyers, Guns And Money
- Frozen Notes
- Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School
- Gorilla, You're a Desperado
- Play It All Night Long
- Mohammed's Radio (Live Version)
- Jeannie Needs A Shooter (Live Version)
- The Envoy
- The Hula Hula Boys
- Let Nothing Come Between You
- Looking For The Next Best Thing
Tracks:
- Sentimental Hygiene
- Boom Boom Mancini
- Detox Mansion
- Bad Karma
- Reconsider Me (Single Version)
- Run Straight Down
- The Long Arm Of the Law
- Splendid Isolation
- You Don't Know What Love Is
- Raspberry Beret - Hindu Love Gods
- Suzie Lightning
- Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
- Searching Gor A Heart
- Mr. Bad Example
- Roll With the Punches
- The French Inhaler (Live Version)
- The Indifference Of Heaven (Live Version)
- If You Won't Leave Me I'll Find Somebody Who Will
- Real Or Not
- Seminole Bingo
- Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse
- Mutineer
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Released nearly a decade after Zevon's first best-of (A Quiet Normal Life), I'll Sleep When I'm Dead provides a more comprehensive overview of the off-center California songsmith's fitful career. The first disc of the 44-song, two-CD set nearly duplicates the earlier retrospective, dropping only one song ("Ain't That Pretty at All") and tossing in the likes of "Hasten Down the Wind," "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School," and live versions of "Mohammed's Radio" and "Jeannie Needs a Shooter" from Zevon's early, most popular period. Disc two cherry-picks highlights from the artist's more problematic but periodically inspired late '1980s and '90s recordings, tossing in such oddities as the Hindu Love Gods' spirited remake of Prince's "Raspberry Beret" (HLG is Zevon backed by the instrumentalists from R.E.M.) and live takes of "The French Inhaler" and "The Indifference of Heaven." Thorough and smartly sequenced, Sleep provides the uninitiated an intro into the work of a true original and adds enough mislaid gems to please steadfast followers. --Steven StolderCustomer Reviews:
A GREAT OVERVIEW BUT..........2005-12-06
The Incomparable Warren Zevon: Music's Gruff, Sardonic, Moralist Wordsmith........2005-09-14
Disc 1 features 22 songs (1 hour, 15 minutes) from the "Asylum Era", originally recorded 1976-1982. It begins with the folk song "Frank and Jesse James" and moves onto love songs, hard rock, and lighthearted fun. Hits include "Werewolves of London", "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", and "Lawyers, Guns, and Money". "Accidentally Like a Martyr" is a particularly melancholic and moving love song. "The Envoy" and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" are overtly political but, as always, express their ideas through characters. "Mohammed's Radio" and "Jeanne Needs a Shooter" are live versions.
Disc 2 covers "The Virgin/Giant Era" with another 22 songs (1 hour, 17 minutes) that might be even more eclectic than Disc 1, originally recorded 1987-1996. "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "Searching for a Heart" are both love songs from the "Love At Large" movie soundtrack, but the former is a gravelly, sensual jazz standard, and the latter is gentle and optimistic. Zevon's popular cover of Prince's "Raspberry Beret" gives the song a rough edge, but it's surprisingly more memorable than the original. "Run Straight Down" and "Seminole Bingo" are political. "Mr. Bad Example" is a comical celebration of sociopathic greed to a polka tune. Three previously unreleased songs from television soundtracks are the brief "If You Don't Leave Me I'll Find Someone Who Will" from "Route 66", "Real or Not" from "Tek Wars", and "Roll With the Punches" from "Tales from the Crypt". "Reconsider Me" is the single, not album, version. "The French Inhaler" and "The Indifference of Heaven" are live versions.
The CDs are in separate jewel cases inside a cardboard slipcase, along with a companion booklet. The booklet has 5 sections: "Quotes" about Warren Zevon by friends and fellow musicians. "Notes" say a little about the story behind each song. "Lyrics" provide lyrics and writing credits for all the songs. "Track Information" lists the musicians for each track. "Album Information" supplies catalog numbers, producers, and technical personnel for the albums and soundtracks. There is also a letter from friend and author Hunter S. Thompson, now deceased.
A must for every Zevon fan.......2005-02-24
what more can I say.
Awesome collection of Zevon's 44 best songs..........2004-12-29
In the next section, Zevon discuses the background of every single song. It makes for an interesting and fun read. And what an incredible list of musicians in this collection. In addition to regulars like Waddy Wachtel, David Lindley, & Russ Kunkel he's had Jackson Browne, Phil Everly, Bobby Keyes, Lindsey Buckingham, Glenn Frey, Carl Wilson, J.D. Souther, Linda Ronstadt, Jennifer Warnes, John McVie, Don Henley, Karla Bonoff, Mick Fleetwood, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Horn, Steve Lukather, Graham Nash, Neil Young, REM, Roy Bittan, Benmont Tench, Mike Campbell, Tony Levin, David Gilmour (what a solo!), Richie Hayward, Chick Corea (sounding great!), Mark Isham, Larry Klein and Bruce Hornsby. Do your ears a favor and buy this. Brought to you with love from Rhino Records!
A good chance to hear what you missed.......2004-03-06
Those of you who, like me, overlooked Warren Zevon's later career owe it to yourselves to hear this set.
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Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology
The Cars Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000003474 Release Date: 1995-11-07 |
Tracks:
- Just What I Needed
- My Best Friend's Girl
- Good Times Roll
- You're All I've Got Tonight
- Don't Cha Stop
- Moving In Stereo
- Take Me Now
- Cool Fool
- Let's Go
- Candy-o
- Dangerous Type
- Double Life
- Got A Lot On My Head
- Gimme Some Slack
- Nightspots
- Slipaway
- That's It
- Panorama
- It's All I Can Do
- Don't Go To Pieces
Tracks:
- Touch and Go
- Don't Tell Me No
- Shake It Up
- Since You're Gone
- I'm Not The One
- Cruiser
- The Little Black Egg
- Funtime
- You Might Think
- Drive
- Magic
- Hello Again
- Why Can't I Have You
- Breakaway
- Tonight She Comes
- You Are The Girl
- Strap Me In
- Door To Door
- Leave Or Stay
- Ta Ta Wayo Wayo
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Despite musical roots that branched from the Velvets to Steely Dan and the likes of then-new wave icons Roxy Music, the Cars never strayed far from the crucial, hook-conscious, three-minute pop song sensibility which made them one of the most successful and long-lived radio staples of the '70s and '80s. As well as being catchy, Ric Ocasek's best songs are also ironic--"Good Times Roll" and "Just What I Needed" both contain winking lyrical twists. With Ben Orr vocalizing the sweeter material, guitarist Elliott Easton's and keyboardist Greg Hawke's often-quirky musical embroidery, and drummer David Robinson's rhythmic propulsion and fashion sense, the Cars became the self-contained rock juggernaut--or, if you prefer, new wave arena band--documented on these two discs.The hit singles and select album cuts stretch from their improbably rich debut through moodier efforts like "Panorama" and the vibrant, yet satisfying "Shake It Up" and "Heartbeat City." The CD is well seasoned by a cache of previously unreleased demos, B-sides, and outtakes. The earliest of these ('77 demos of "Take Me Now" and "Cool Fool") demonstrate that the band's sound was intact before they met their first multiplatinum producer, while later rarities (playful covers of Iggy's "Fun Time" and the Nightcrawlers' "Little Black Egg") underscore their eclectic, seemingly incongruous tastes. --Jerry McCulley
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No "Bye Bye Love"?!.......2007-06-03
Just what you need . . . .......2007-04-22
I noticed that Reviewer Larry Davis wrote that the playlist was perfect except that Dontcha Stop should have been replaced with Bye Bye Love. I concur. It would have made this collection perfect. But that is not a deal breaker. If you enjoy The Cars, this is just what you need.
It IS just what I needed!.......2007-04-06
"Just What I Needed" pulls in all their Top 40 hits and fan favorite tracks from their albums such as "You're All I've Got Tonight," "Moving In Stereo," "Touch and Go," and previously unreleased tracks such as their take on the Iggy Pop gem "Funtime." If you're a hardcore Cars fan who already has all of their six previous releases on CD then this is probably worth it for the previously unreleased tracks and demos and it's nice to have most of their best known tracks on two CDs. This compilation is perhaps the best out there and neatly sums up the Cars career including a really nice booklet covering their career. While they didn't last long their influence on other bands still reverberates today. When they reformed in 2006 adding Todd Rundgren to replace lead singer Ric Ocasek (who declined) and bassist/singer Ben Orr (who had died) it was something of a pale imitation of the first version of the Cars.
Why a Cars anthology?.......2006-12-18
So most of the JUST WHAT I NEEDED collection comprises songs already available on the Cars' readily available albums. As their seven or so albums are all worth owning, who needs this anthology? People who just want the hits can get the band's greatest hits CD.
PACKED with goodies, but I would change a coupla things..........2006-09-30
At the time this sucker was released, 11 years ago, it was perfect, but in 2006, 2 things were nagging me.
Firstly, it's the tracklisting. For 99% of it, it's perfection, the tracks selected and remastering. The one negative?? I'd replace "Dontcha Stop" with "Bye Bye Love", and that's it!!! "Bye Bye Love" belongs in "Dontcha Stop"'s slot, as on the first album, it comes immediately, without pause, after "You're All I Got Tonight" (and on rock radio in the late 70s/early 80s, stations would always play these two songs back-to-back), AND the song ends with the synth whoosh that goes into "Moving In Stereo", which is placed after "Dontcha Stop" on this collection. That song wasn't really a hit and it didn't get much airplay, BUT "Bye Bye Love" did. So I'd do that switcheroo, and not even have to move any of the other tracks!!!
Second, the packaging. It's too bulky!!! It's only 2 CDs, not 3 or 4, there are no pictures underneath the CD trays (they are black, not clear), and the booklet is thin, so instead of a thick double clamshell case, it should be a THIN double case, which is prominent today, but not in existence back in 1995 when this sucker was released. And, that cool, sparkly purple slipcase??? It is cool, so I cut it up. I made it so, it's in a thin double case, the front of the sparkly slipcase is a page in the front, over the booklet, and the back (where the songlist is), I placed underneath the CDs, the clear tray holding both discs. This is so, when you look at the case now, the purple sparkly color shows underneath the spine. You have to see it to know what I'm talking about. Also, the inner back, with the shot of Elliot Easton's lefthanded Telecaster guitar should NOT be hidden, so I made it the regular back cover of this reconfigured package...also cuz the barcode and catalogue number shows here too. As for the side spine, it originally was divided up into two, with the thick case. Well, after some cutting and snipping and taping, it now looks like (on ONE single sidespine): R2 73506/(in green) THE CARS ANTHOLOGY/ (in blue) Just What I Needed/ Elektra/Rhino. It looks better this way, anyway...who knows if this package will ever be redone??? Is it out-of-print??
Oh and one last thing, there is a glaring picture caption error in the booklet!!! On page 4 is a picture of the band, and on page 5 is the caption, listing the band members. Um, they left out leader Ric Ocasek's name!!! Kind of unacceptable really.
Otherwise, perfect killer 2CD anthology. Now, we need the rest of the catalogue to get the proper treatment similar to the debut, or at least have "Shake It Up", "Heartbeat City" and "Door To Door" get remastered, and there be a proper Ric solo anthology and include those rare soundtrack cuts.
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Look What I Did!: The Joe Walsh Anthology
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ASIN: B000002OVY Release Date: 1995-05-23 |
Tracks:
- Tuning, Part 1
- Take A Look Around
- Funk #48
- The Bomber
- Tend my Garden
- Funk #49
- Ashes, The Rain & I
- Walk Away
- It's All The Same
- Midnight Man
- Here We Go
- Midnight Visitor
- Mother Says
- Turn To Stone
- Comin' Down
- Meadows
- Rocky Mountain Way
Tracks:
- Welcome To The Club
- All Night Laundry Mat Blues
- Country Fair
- Help Me Thur The Night
- Life's Been Good
- Over And Over
- All Night Long
- A Life Of Illusion
- Theme From The Island Weirdos
- I Can Play That Rock & Roll
- I.L.B.T.'s
- Space Age Whiz Kids
- Rosewood Bitters
- Shut Up
- Decades
- Song For A Dying Planet
- Ordinary Average Guy
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Rock's original slacker compiles and annotates a career-spanning 33 tracks dating back to his 1968 debut with The James Gang. Overcoming an early fixation with The Who (good buddy Pete Townshend contributes liner notes here), Walsh developed into a rock fixture with Barnstorm, then turned out deceptively lazy gems like "County Fair," "Life's Been Good," and "Decades" as a solo star. The surprise here is that this is one guitar hero whose songwriting was far superior to his instrumental work. --Jeff BatemanCustomer Reviews:
Walsh is underrated, and this is a real fine compilation; if disappointing in a few places.......2006-12-03
However, this guy has done so much more that could easily eclipse his known material, as well as other stuff done by those who set the standard. This is an obvious summary of his time.
Album #1- Yer' Album (Released by The James Gang); "Introduction" (Known as "Tuning Part 1" on here), "Take A Look Around", and "Funk #48" are included from this album. This compilation starts off on a rather odd note, since the guitar parts on "Tuning" are done by Jim Fox (James Gang drummer/founder) leaving Joe nowhere to be found! What's up with that? That track leads into "Take A Look Around"; a real good halfway-psychedelic tune, with a guitar solo that introduces Joe to us in a fantastic fashion. "Funk #48" is a fun, short tune that was really the band's song reserved for demos and sound checks. It's also fairly reminiscent of it's younger, more popular brother "Funk #49". Yer' Album is considerably obscure to the other James Gang albums, because this one didn't contain any big hits like Rides Again and Thirds did, but this compilation really needed the "Collage" track on here, since the liner notes mention it numerous times. Also, "Stone Rap" featured an incredible exchange of dialogue from the band, which would've been a novel substitute for the Walshless "Tuning". But what they put on here is acceptable.
Album #2- Rides Again (James Gang release; "Funk #49", "The Bomber Medley (Full Version)", "Tend My Garden", and "Ashes, The Rain & I" are included from this album. Hell, throw all the tracks from that album onto here; they're all great, but the sampling we have here is the best representation that you're going to get. Everyone should know "Funk #49". It's one of the tracks that immortalizes Joe, and one that floors Grand Funk Railroad in their own stamping grounds. The Bomber is a magnificent Guitar-heavy number that is very reminiscent of Led Zeppelin. It has to be heard to be believed; it's one of those tracks that makes Joe so underrated. Tend My Garden is a very respectable ballad, with some decent organ playing for good measure. Ashes, The Rain & I is one of the many folk/orchestral numbers that this band would end up doing during Joe's tenure. It's an OK track, but the James Gang Greatest Hits CD offers a better version of it. Great representation.
Album #3- Thirds (James Gang release); "Walk Away", "It's All The Same", and "Midnight Man" are included. This album is looked upon as the weaker of the Joe-era James Gang albums, since the other members of the band contributed their own material for the album, leaving Joe to only write half of the material for the album. Walk Away is a given, of course. Midnight Man is a fantastic composition, with the Neil Young kind of guitar dynamic that hits a home run on this track. It's All The Same is a very questionable track. Walk Away and Midnight Man are pretty much the best you're going to get from this album, but if we were going to have a third track from Thirds (clever, huh?), I would've rather had "Again". They covered the mandatory bases, here, though.
Album #4- Barnstorm (Joe Walsh w/ Barnstorm); "Here We Go", "Midnight Visitor", "Mother Says", "Turn To Stone", and "Comin' Down" are included. This album, at first, looks like it's overemphasized, but it's understandable, since MCA never chose to remaster this album. Here We Go struck me as a pretty listless track, upon listening, but others favor the track. Midnight Visitor is an OK-ish Tolkien Folk ballad. Mother Says is a song that, I'd say, is among of Joe's most underrated songs; very psychedelic, and catchy. Turn To Stone is also included from this album, which is great, since it is far superior to the "So What" album version. You gotta listen to the guitar on this one. Comin' Down is a very random pick for this compilation, but I guess Joe thought that this Anthology could've used it. It's not bad.
Album #5- The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get (Joe Walsh w/ Barnstorm); "Meadows" and "Rocky Mountain Way" are included. Both these tracks are academic, and they close the first disc out, but why only stop there??? No "Book Ends"? No "Dreams"?! Disappointing for sure, considering that this was Joe's breakthrough album. On a side note, Rocky Mountain Way ends with one of Joe's little hidden excerpts, for those keeping score...
Album #6- So What; "Welcome To The Club", "All-Nite Laundromat Blues", "County Fair", and "Help Me Thru The Night' are included. Welcome To The Club is kinda reminiscent to "A Life Of Illusion". Laundromat Blues is an amusing "working man" kind of ditty. "County Fair" I have mixed feelings over. Joe's guitar playing is amazing on this track, but the song is also kind of boring, and un-motivated at the same time. Help Me Thru The Night makes up for things, however, with Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Randy Meisner supplying some background vocals for good measure. "Time Out" could've been on here, but they still got good emphasis with this album. .
Album #7- But Seriously Folks; "Life's Been Good", and "Over And Over" are included. Life's Been Good is Joe's biggest track (and with good reason). Over And Over is one of the minor tracks from this album, but "At The Station" is a much more popular track, so it had to be on here. Oh, well.
Album #8- There Goes The Neighborhood; "A Life Of Illusion" is included. They got the big hit off the album; which is a really well-written song, even if it's really a rehash off of a Barnstorm song that never made it onto an album.
Album #9- You Bought It, You Name It; "Theme From Island Weirdos", "I Can Play That Rock & Roll", ""I.L.B.Ts", and "Space Age Whiz Kids" are included. Over-emphasizing comes in a very bad way, here. It would've been perfectly acceptable if just I.L.B.Ts was included, but they got some of the most mediocre stuff that Joe was making at the time on here. Theme From Island Weirdos is the very tired intro to I Can Play That Rock & Roll; a monotonic Guitar Rock song that Joe stated as being a tribute to the Rolling Stones. I found I.L.B.Ts to be mildly humorous, so that's a song that's worth listening. Space Age Whiz Kids, to put it mildly, is a Pop/Techno nightmare. If it weren't for the Talkbox in the beginning, I would not have distinguished it as a Joe song. Yuck! Bad selections there.
Album #10- The Confessor; "Rosewood Bitters" is included. The Confessor included more weird tracks and more pop, but this time around, Joe decided to throw some big Rock numbers onto the album. Rosewood Bitters is the decent minor track off the album, but that's all they include from the album here. That's right, they ridiculously shafted the title track, which featured some gunshot-like drumming from Joe Vitale, and Joe himself at his very loudest. Terrible. His later Single Disc compilation "Joe Walsh Greatest Hits: Little Did He Know" (which was recently repackaged as "The Definitive Collection") would rectify this, however.
Album #11- Got Any Gum; No tracks included. This album was another one with Pop dreck, and bad comedy, but thankfully they decided to nix putting any tracks off this album onto the compilation.
Album #12- Ordinary Average Guy; No tracks included. This album saw Joe pick up some momentum with the title track, but the studio version of the title track is foregone in favor of the live version.
Album #13- Songs For A Dying Planet; "Shut Up", "Decades", and "Song For A Dying Planet" are included. This album kinda followed within the vein of "You Bought It, You Name It", so do the math. Shut Up is a more bitter passage of Life's Been Good, and the song is also reminiscent of Weird Al. Decades is a long 12+ minute jam, which Joe proclaims as some of the finest he's written, but I'll let you decide on that. Song For A Dying Planet ends things on a mellow note.
Album #14- Soundtracks/Unreleased Material; "All Night Long" and "Ordinary Average Guy (Live)" are included. All Night Long is a given. It's a very fun tune; among Joe's most popular. And we get a live version of Ordinary Average Guy with Glenn Frey, for the Eagles/Walsh fan. But why only go there? They could've brought Joe's solo version of his big Eagles hit "In The City" off of The Warriors soundtrack, or "Waffle Stomp" from the Fast Times At Ridgemont High Soundtrack, but I can't complain with what we got.
Overall, despite some disappointments found in the 2nd Disc, the compilation is very well done. The Liner Notes offer some interesting insight, and you'll get a solid glimpse of Joe. High recommendation.
Life's Been Good.......2005-12-23
Joe's Done It All!.......2005-09-29
Almost the Perfect Joe Walsh collection!!.......2005-09-08
"The Confessor" which I personally think is a brilliant song but NOT included as well as "15 Years" from the same CD.
Waffle Stomp is STILL missing from this collection (Found on the Fast Times At Ridgemont High Soundtrack).
Though they DID finally get I.L.B.T.'s & Space Age Whiz Kids on there. Ordinary Average Guy is a live version, so they should have also included the studio version.
Come on, guys, get it right!! *Grin*
Essential? To a point!.......2004-12-31
However, and much like any compilation of one artist, you will always find a few album cuts or some favorite songs missing that makes fans and consumers unattracted to the set. But in this case it was pure blashemy to exclude "The Confessor". We are talking one of THE essential Walsh tracks. It was like taking "Hotel California" out of an Eagle greatest hit collection.
Love Joe Walsh and love this collection but note "The Confessor" is essential and it may make this collection incomplete.
Otherwise this would have been a solid 4 star rating, packed with Joe's best moments pre and post Eagles. And with this you will gain a better understanding as to why Joe Walsh could very well be not one of the best guitarists in rock, but certainly one of the better ones.
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I Will Survive: The Anthology
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ASIN: B0000067L9 Release Date: 1998-04-21 |
Tracks:
- I Will Survive
- Honeybee
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- Reach Out, I'll Be There
- Anybody Wanna Party? (12' Remix)
- Most Of All
- This Love Affair
- You're All I Need To Get By
- Let's Make A Deal
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- Be Mine
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- Casanova Brown
- (If You Want It) Do It Yourself
- How High The Moon
- Real Good People
- Walk On By
- What'll I Do
- I Love You Cause
- When You Get Around To it
- Let Me Know (I Have A Right)
- Tell Me How
- I'm Still Yours
- Don't Read Me Wrong
- I Kinda Like Me
- I Will Survive (Remix)
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Two CDs' worth of Gaynor is, frankly, a lot: Beyond her two classics (the brilliant, cyclically relentless title track and "Never Can Say Goodbye"), there's not much that made it above the dustier reaches of the charts, and not much that deserved to. Gaynor was a disco diva by the numbers, and her career lived and died with the style--her records are generic in the sense that they were absolutely of their genre. So I Will Survive is programmed for discophiles more than for Gaynorphiles--the real star here is the production. The set includes three medleys that occupied full sides of her first three disco albums, as well as tracks from her '74-'81 albums that show off what her arrangers could do. --Douglas WolkCustomer Reviews:
never can get enough!!.......2006-03-23
Will
one of the best Gloria compilations.......2004-04-24
Never Can Say Goodbye.......2004-02-19
The almost-definitive collection.......2001-11-10
The definite Gloria Gaynor compilation.......2000-03-17
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The Michael Feinstein Anthology
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ASIN: B000065DVH Release Date: 2002-05-21 |
Tracks:
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Isn't It Romantic
- Swinging On A Star
- Ask Me Again
- Rhode Island Is Famous For You
- 'S Wonderful
- Wonder Why
- Too Marvelous For Words
- Where Do You Start
- Theme From The Bad And The Beautiful
- Easy To Love
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Who Are You Now?
- You're An Education
- You Are There
- Sophisticated Swing
- Love Can Change The Stars
- Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are
- Half Of April (Most Of May)
- Marianne
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- I Love A Piano
Tracks:
- That's Entertainment
- My Favorite Year
- Ten Feet Off The Ground (With Rosemary Clooney)
- I Never Felt Better
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Kiss Her Now
- The Ugly Bug Ball
- For You, For Me, Forever More
- The Mole People
- And So To Bed
- You're All The World To Me
- Old Friend
- Isn't It A Pity (with Rosemary Clooney)
- Pattisserie
- Open Your Eyes
- For Love Alone
- I Won't Send Roses/Time Heals Everything
- Get Out And Get Under The Moon (with Page Cavanaugh)
- My Romance
- Love Is Here To Stay
- Violin (with Liza Minnelli)
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The line between evangelist and entertainer has always been somewhat indistinct. But as showcased on this 43-track, double-disc collection culled from his '87-'96 recordings for Elektra/Nonesuch/Atlantic, Michael Feinstein's dedication to spreading the gospel of the American song often blurs it beyond recognition. While the singer's pedigree for the task is impeccable (a long-term stint as Ira Gershwin's assistant and early career sponsorship by Liza Minnelli), his interpretations often succeed by playing off a tense axis of fervent emotionalism and a joyous sense of irreverence.If his readings of romantic standards can sometimes tend toward the precious, they're often balanced here by sheer dramatic power and telling insights ("Isn't It Romantic" fairly bristles with ironic chauvinism) and a few loopy curves ("The Mole People," the Sherman Brothers' "The Ugly Bug Ball," and the previously unreleased "Rhode Island Is Famous for You"). Feinstein's dedicated song archaeology is also showcased on several gems: "Violin," a duet with Liza Minnelli; "My Favorite Year," a rejected ballad for the film of that name; the sublime "lost" Gershwin classic "Ask Me Again."
Sprinkled with live performances (the forum where Feinstein's talents seem most energized) and studio outtakes and featuring a lengthy print interview with the singer, the set chronicles both the pioneering efforts of one of pop music's most successful revivalists and, crucially, the cream of his beloved American songwriters, from stalwarts Gershwin, Berlin, and Porter to later legends like Herman, Styne, Lane, Martin, and Mercer. --Jerry McCulley
Album Description
The definitive collection of performances by the Grammy nominated singer features 43 tracks from 14 albums released by Elektra, Elektra Nonesuch, and Atlantic labels from 1987-1996. Plus 8 previously unreleased live tracks only available here 'Rhode Island is Famous For You', 'S Wonderful', 'Alexander's Ragtime Band', 'I Love A Piano', 'Patisserie', 'Get Out And Get Under The Moon' (with Page Cavanaugh), 'Love Is Here To Stay' & 'Violin' (with Liza Minnelli). 2 Digipacks housed in a slipcase with a booklet. Rhino Records. 2002.Customer Reviews:
Mixed feelings.......2005-10-05
Your love for this superb collection will be here to stay..........2002-07-18
He's done it again.......2002-07-15
This is perfect background music for a dinner party for a whole group but especially for two. Light, romantic and just gorgeous. You just can't go wrong when Michael Feinstein is your musical choice.
Way to go Michael, you've done it again!
Absolutely 'S WONDERFUL!.......2002-06-10
This collection not only contains all the favorites one would expect, but a neat group of surprises too. I especially love the duets with people like Liza Minnelli and Rosemary Clooney, and the various collaborative efforts with songwriters like Jule Styne and Burton Lane accompanying Michael at the piano.
This collection is a classic to be treasured. Bravo Michael!
Bravo Rhino!
A beautiful 2 disc CD-another hit for Michael.......2002-06-09
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Let Me Sing And I'm Happy: Al Jolson At Warner Bros. 1926-1936 - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology
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ASIN: B0000033VZ Release Date: 1996-11-19 |
Tracks:
- April Showers
- Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
- Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!
- Toot, Toot, Tootsie!
- Blue Skies
- Mother Of Mine, I Still Have You
- My Mammy
- It All Depends On You
- I'm Sitting On Top Of The World
- The Spaniard That Blighted My Life
- There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
- Golden Gate
- Sonny Boy
- Back In Your Own Back Yard
- Used To You
- I'm In Seventh Heaven
- Let Me Sing And I'm Happy
- (Across The Breakfast Table) Looking At You
- Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany?
- Liza Lee
- Little Sunshine
- About A Quarter To Nine
- I Love To Sing-A
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Musically and historically significant..........2005-04-30
For some modern listeners, Jolson may come across as overbearing, melodramatic, or sappy. More of a steamroller than a performer. Times do change, for better or worse, but in the era before electronic amplification, performers often had to project, amplify their emotions, and even overact so that all in the house could interpret their histrionics. The stil relevant analogy of movie acting versus theater acting helps make this clearer. Jolson came from the era of theater and vaudeville where ham and melodrama packed audiences into theaters in nearly every town. Also, early recording technology required singers to project like a locomotive. Usually they sang into a huge horn with the band in the background. This horn was the sole microphone for the entire ensemble.
One of Jolson's attractions was his rise from poverty to stardom. His father was a rabbi, and his mother died when he was nine. At a relatively early age he literally ran away to join the theater. He made his name on the minstrel show circuit performing in blackface. This historical fact hasn't helped his reputation through the decades after his death in 1950. Then Jolson, already legendary as a stage performer, reached an even wider audience with film. He's most widely know today for 1927's "The Jazz Singer", the first widely released picture with sound (though only the musical numbers really had sound; played from a record which had to be painstakingly synchronized; most of the film played like a silent movie). Jolson's greatest screen triumph was "The Singing Fool" which remained the highest grossing movie until "Gone With The Wind". Jolson's popularity declined in the 1930s (the movies apparently began to repeat themselves) and never quite picked up again. Though he continued to give concerts well into the 1940s.
This CD captures the best of the music from Jolson's movies. All the music from "The Jazz Singer" (except the cantor and the young Jackie in the club) is included here, along with music from "The Singing Fool", "Say it With Songs", "Mammy", "Big Boy", "Go Into Your Dance", and "The Singing Kid".
There's an interesting story behind one of the biggest hits of the 1930s, "Sonny Boy". A songwriting team set out to intentionally make the most clichéd song they could think of as a joke. The result was "Sonny Boy". Someone heard it, loved it, and passed it on to Jolson, who also loved it. It became a huge seller (back then sales were gauged by sheet music, not by records). The version from the movie, included here, showcases Jolson at his most dramatic (some may say melodramatic). The song had audiences in tears at the time. The songwriters themselves probably didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The sound quality of the CD reflects its era. It sounds like recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Recording technology still struggled to capture a wide range of frequencies then. Considering this, the CD still maintains listenability throughout. The sound obviously lends the music a degree of historical interest as well.
This CD probably represents the best introduction to the music of Al Jolson. Though he recorded much more material of higher sound quality, the music here resulted in the majority of his mass popularity. Not only that, the music here is a lot of fun to listen to and showcases Jolson's style in the context of his films. Listen to it and get to know one of the major celebrities of the 20th century.
Jolie at his peak.......2002-01-12
Just listen to "Sittin' On Top of the World" and you'll be sold. Jolie was the greatest. He would have told you that, too.
A Must-Hear For Fans & Historians.......2001-01-01
Contains two never before released songs!.......1998-09-08
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Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2
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ASIN: B0002IQL08 Release Date: 2004-07-06 |
Tracks:
- Ah Robin (Round)
- And Let Me The Cannikin Clink
- And Will He Not Come Again
- Be Merry, Be Merry
- Black Spirits
- Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
- Bonny Sweet Robin
- But Shall I Go Mourn
- Can'st Thou Not Hit It
- Come Away
- Come Away, Hecate
- Come Live With Me
- Come O'er The Burn
- Come Thou Monarch (Version 2)(Round)
- Come Unto These Yellow Sands
- A Cup Of Wine
- Farewell, Dear Heart
- Fathers That Wear Rags
- Fear No More
- Fie On Sinful Fantasy
- Fill The Cup (Round)
- Flout 'Em And Cout 'Em (Round)
- Fools Had Ne'er Less Grace
- For I'll Cut My Green Coat
- The Friar And The Nun
- Full Fathom Five
- The George Alow (Version 1)
- Get You Hence
- The God Of Love
- Hark, Hark The Lark
- Have I Caught My Heavenly Jewel
- Heart's Ease
- Hold Thy Peace (Version 2)(Round)
- Honor, Riches
- I Am Gone Sir
- I Loathe The I Did Love
- It Was A Lover And His Lass
- Jepha
- Jog On
- Jolly Shepherd (Round)
- King Stephen Was A Worthy Peer
- Lawn As White
- Love, Love, Nothing But Love (Version 2)
- The Master, The Swabber (Version 2)
- No More Dams
- An Old Hare Hoar (Version 1)
- O Mistress Mine (Version 1)
- Orpheus With His Lute
- O Sweet Oliver
- Pardon Goddess Of The Night
- Roses Their Sharp Spines
- Sigh No More, Ladies
- Some Men For Sudden Joy (Version 1)
- Take, O Take Those Lips
- Tell Me, Where Is Fancy Bred
- That Sir Which Serves
- There Dwelt A Man In Babylon (Version 1)
- There Was Three Fools
- Three Merry Men (Round)
- Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day
- Under The Greenwood Tree
- Up And Down (Round)
- Urns And Odours Bring Away
- Walsingham
- Was This Fair Face
- Wedding Is Great Juno's Crown
- What Shall He Have (Round)
- When Arthur First In Court
- When Daffodils Begin To Peer
- When Daisies Pied
- When Griping Grief
- When Icicles Hang By The Wall
- When That I Was And A Little Tyne Boy
- Where The Bee Sucks
- While You Here Do Snoring Lie
- Who Is Silvia
- Why Let The Strucken Deer
- Willow, Willow (Version 1)
- Will You Buy Any Tape
- The Woosel Cock
- You Spotted Snakes
Tracks:
- Awake, Awake
- Battle Of Agincourt
- Bride's Goodmorrow
- Broom
- Callino
- Carmen's Whitle
- Chi Passa
- Come Kiss Me, Kate (Round)
- Come Thou Monarch (Version 1)
- Cup Of Wine (Version 1)
- Damon
- Daphne
- Diana (2 Versions)
- Dulcina
- Eglamore
- Eighty-Eight
- Fortune My Foe
- George Alow (Version 2)
- Glass Doth Run
- Goddesses
- Go From My Window
- Greensleeves (2 Versions)
- Guy Of Warwick
- Hem Boys (2 Versions)
- Hey Ho for A Husband (2 Versions)
- Hobbyhorse
- Hold Thy Peace (Versions 1 & 3)
- Hunt's Up
- I Cannot Come Every Day (2 Versions)
- In Crete
- In Peascod Time
- Jack Boy (Round)
- King Cophetua
- King Lear
- King Solomon
- Light O Love
- Loath To Depart (2 Versions)
- Love, Love (Version 1)
- Master, Swabber (Version 1)
- Mounsier Mingo
- Mounsieur's Almaine
- My Mind To Me
- Nutmegs (Of All The Birds)
- Nutmegs (Wooing Of The Baker's Daughter)
- O Death (2 Versions)
- Old Hare Hoar (Version 2)
- O Mistress Mine (Version 2)
- O' The Twelfth Day Of December
- Oyster Pie
- Peg A Ramsey (2 Versions)
- Phillida (3 Versions)
- Please One
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- Queen Dido (2 Versions)
- Ratcatcher
- Rich Jew
- Robin Goodfellow
- Robin Hood
- Rogero
- Rowland
- Sellenger's Round
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- Sick, Sick (3 Vesions)
- Some Men For Sudden Joy (Round)
- There Dwelt A Man (Version 2)
- Titus Andronicus
- Tom A Bedlam (2 Versions)
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- Troy Town
- Wellady
- Whenas We Sat In Babylon
- Where Is The Life
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- Why Let The Strucken (If Care Do Cause)
- Willow, Willow (Version 2)
- Will Ye Buy A Fine Dog
- With A Fading
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Am I Evil?: Anthology
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ASIN: B0001EMM4C Release Date: 2004-03-22 |
Tracks:
- Am I Evil?
- Lightning to the Nations
- Prince
- It's Electric
- Sucking My Love
- Helpless
- Shoot Out the Lights
- We Won't Be Back
- I Don't Got
- Play It Loud
- Dead Reckoning
- In the Heat of the Night
- To Heaven from Hell
Tracks:
- Call Me
- Borrowed Time
- Makin' Music
- Out of Phase
- To the Devil His Due
- Knight of the Swords
- Ishmael
- Truckin'
- Calling Your Name
- I Can't Help Myself
- Run
- Home
- To Heaven from Hell [Live]
- To the Devil His Due [Live]
- Lightning to the Nations [Acoustic Version][Live]
Album Description
Two disc anthology for the influential NWOBHM act is based around their original triple-threat of albums, 'Lightning To The Nation' (1981), 'Borrowed Time' (1982), & 'Canterbury' (1983), plus their spectacular return on 'Death & Progress' (1996). Features 28 of their best tracks remastered from original tapes, including 2 live tracks, 'To Heaven From Hell' & 'To The Devil His Due', & 1 acoustic track, 'Lightning To The Nations'. Slipcase. Castle. 2004.Album Details
Extensive Two CD Anthology of One of the Leading Lights of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.Customer Reviews:
Diamond Head - 'Am I Evil?: Anthology' (Castle).......2006-12-22
NWOBHM Defined.......2006-06-04
Diamond Head rocks!.......2004-06-04
4.5 stars - Finally.......2004-05-29
PROS:
-Let's say you're seeking an introduction to Diamond Head, or maybe you just want to hear the original versions of their songs that Metallica covered. This is an excellent compilation for those new to the band. You get songs Metallica covered like It's Electric, Am I Evil, and The Prince.
-In addition to the band's better-known songs, you get several lesser-known gems as well. Among these are In The Heat Of The Night and Call Me, from the band's sophomore LP Living On Borrowed Time.
-It's a two-disc compilation with a ton of material on both discs - twenty-eight songs total!
-It spans the band's entire original career! You don't have to worry about finding any of that garbage they put out in the nineties, thank god (there are some recordings of nineties songs on here, but not that many, and they aren't that bad.)
CONS:
-THE SET WASN'T RELEASED IN AMERICA. BIG SURPRISE. I'm sick and tired of this band's stuff not getting released in the States! How can they expect to build up a decent following if their stuff isn't released where heavy metal is loved more than anywhere on the planet?
-Two discs means a higher price. The band has single-disc compilations available, which may be a better value to casual fans of the group who are only seeking an introduction.
-WHERE THE HELL IS SWEET AND INNOCENT!? How could you create a Diamond Head "anthology" and leave off one of the band's best songs ever recorded!? That makes no sense at all.
OVERALL:
Overall this is an excellent compilation devoted to one of Great Britain's finest heavy metal bands of all time. If you're new to the band, this makes an excellent starting point.
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Heavy Manners: Anthology 1977-83
Prince Far I Manufacturer: Sanctuary Trojan Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B0000TWMHA Release Date: 2003-12-09 |
Tracks:
- HEAVY MANNERS
- FREE FROM SIN
- WHEN JAH READY YOU GOT TO MOVE
- CALL ON I IN TROUBLE
- DON'T DEAL WITH FOLLY
- LIGHT OF FIRE
- REGGAE MUSIC
- GO HOME ON THE MORNING TRAIN
- SIREN
- I AND I ARE THE CHOSEN ONE
- DECK OF LIFE
- THE VISION
- NATTY CHAMPION
- READ A CHAPTER
- GOLDEN THRONE
- JAMAICAN HEROES
- PRISON DISCIPLINE
- MUSICAL HISTORY
- JAH WILL PROVIDE
- TEN COMMANDMENTS
Tracks:
- TRIBUTE TO BOB MARLEY
- HOLD THE FORT
- EVERYTIME I HEAR THE WORD
- HEAD OF THE BUCCANEER
- SHALL NOT SWELL IN WICKEDNESS
- GIVE I STRENGTH
- KINGDOM OF GOD
- COMING IN FROM THE ROCK
- SKINHEAD
- EVERYTIME I TALK ABOUT JAH
- PRINCE FAR I COME AGAIN
- TELL THEM ABOUT JAH LOVE
- MORE WE ARE TOGETHER
- AT THE CROSS
- WORKING FOR MY SAVIOUR
- I DON'T KNOW WHY I LOVE JAH SO
- WHAT YOU GONNA DO ON JUDGEMENT DAY
- TAKE HEED FRONTLINE
- SURVIVAL
- STOP THE WAR
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One of the best dub collections you could buy.......2004-10-08
Far I sounds like the Conquering Lion, earning him his nickname, "The Voice of Thunder." That, along with excellent backing rhythms and dubs make for extraordinary listening.
The earlier tracks are my favorites. "Deck of Life" is one of the best reggae songs I've ever heard, with Far I's allusions to a deck of cards reminding him of the Bible. The chants and rhythms work their way into your head and really capture the spirit of dub as a means to religious meditation.
I do not enjoy Christian religious music, but I could listen to this all day and night. RIP, Prince Far I... Jah bless.
Music to Let the Crippled Walk.......2004-05-14
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Ballad of Easy Rider [Import] [Limited Edition]
Bad Cover Version Pt. 2 [CD-single] [Import]
Beethoven: Complete Quartets Vol.IV
Aimez-Vous Les Uns Autres Ou Bien Di [Import]
Back to the Hotel [Explicit Lyrics]