African reggae star Majek Fashek (born Majekodunmi Fashede)attracted international attention in 1987, when his self-penned tune, "Send Down The Rain" seemed to coax a rain storm that ended one of the worst droughts in Nigeria's history. His debut solo album "Prisoner Of Conscience, released in 1988, sold more than 200,000 coipies in Nigeria alone. It was followed by "Spirit Of Love" a year later, produced by the inestimable Little Steven. "The Best Of Majek Fashek" was released in the UK in 1994 incorporating much of Majek's classic African material, and in 1997 "Rainmaker" was released on Tuff Gong International. He has been called a prophet and a poet, and has become one of Aftica's greatest singers and musicians with his powerful world beat sound.
Product Description
"Little Patience" is the culmination of his life's work. Majek truly sings from the soul about the political and social struggles he has faced in his travels from Nigeria to the USA. It is a remarkable collection that incoporates the influences of Bob Marley, Fela and Jimi Hendrix as Majek seamllessly meshes roots, rock, reggae and Afrobeat into a unique signature sound he calls Kpangolo. Majek will have your soul, spirit and body dancing if you have a "Little Patience".
Little Patience,Majek Fashek,33rd Street,Africa,Contemporary Reggae,Int'l & World Music,Nigeria,Pop,Reggae
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The Ultimate Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
Arthur Sullivan , Isidore Godfrey , Royston Nash , New Symphony Orchestra of London , Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , Colin Wright , Donald Adams , George Cook , Gillian Knight , Jean Hindmarsh , Jeffrey Skitch , John Ayldon , John Reed , Joyce Wright , Kenneth Sandford , Lyndsie Holland , Owen Brannigan , Pauline Wales , Peggy Ann Jones , Thomas Round , Valerie Masterson , and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000007OU0 Release Date: 1998-06-09 |
Tracks:
- H.M.S. Pinafore: We Shall Sail The Ocean Blue
- H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Little Buttercup
- H.M.S. Pinafore: My Galant Crew, Good Morning
- H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm The Monarch Of The Sea
- H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad
- H.M.S. Pinafore: Nevermind The Why And Wherefore
- H.M.S. Pinafore: Kind Captain, I've Important Information
- H.M.S. Pinafore: Carefully On Tip - Toe Stealing
- H.M.S. Pinafore: For He Is An Englishman
- The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major - General
- The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
- The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat Like Tread
- The Sorcerer: My Name Is John Wellinton Wells
- The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
- Patience: If You're Anxious To Shine
- The Mikado: If You Want To Know Who We Are
- The Mikado: A Wand'ring Minstrel I
- The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner
- The Mikado: As Someday It May Happen
- The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
- The Mikado: The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
- The Mikado: Here's A How - De - Do!
- The Mikado: From Ev'ry Kind Of Man Obedience I Expect
- The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never Did In Japan Exist
- The Mikado: The Criminal Cried As He Dropp'd Him Down
- The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring, Tra La
- The Mikado: On A Tree By A River A Little Tom Tit
- The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
- The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
Customer Reviews:
Well worth the price.......2006-04-13
Not Exactly "The Ultimate" Collection..........2004-12-23
In addition, while most of the music is very well performed, some of the vocalists either go a bit overboard or, at the very opposite end, seem to lack expression. For example, this Nanki-Poo (in The Mikado) seems to be overly occupied with vibrato. Katisha's voice is annoying, and The Mikado's low voice often seems to lack feeling and humor. The other idiosyncracies, like the very frightening evil laughing during "A More Humane Mikado" and hissing during "Three Little Maids" really bug me.
Then again, I'm new to Gilbert and Sullivan, and was introduced to the music through the Topsy Turvy soundtrack, which has a noticeably less operatic style, and hardly includes "stage noise"... so perhaps all this is the norm. Do listen to the tracks for yourself, though, before you purchase the CD. Personally, I find that the Topsy Turvy soundtrack, while considerably less ecompassing, is much lighthearted and easier listening.
Where's the chicks?!?!.......2003-05-15
Not quite the ultimate...........2002-03-25
Great Music - Questionable Selection.......2002-02-05
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Little Patience
Majek Fashek Manufacturer: 33rd Street ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00094ASOU Release Date: 2005-05-31 |
Tracks:
- Let It Shine
- Our Father
- Man Of Sorrow
- I Am Not Afraid
- Power Of A Woman
- Little Patience
- Josiah King Of Kings
- Water No Get Enemy
- Virgin
- Jobe Lamentation
- Someday, One Day
- Ovieye
Album Description
"Little Patience" is the culmination of his life's work. Majek truly sings from the soul about the political and social struggles he has faced in his travels from Nigeria to the USA. It is a remarkable collection that incoporates the influences of Bob Marley, Fela and Jimi Hendrix as Majek seamllessly meshes roots, rock, reggae and Afrobeat into a unique signature sound he calls Kpangolo. Majek will have your soul, spirit and body dancing if you have a "Little Patience".Customer Reviews:
Wow!.......2007-06-27
have patience with little patience.......2007-05-05
BEST OF MAJEK SO FAR!.......2005-08-06
For those new to his music, Majek Fashek is a dread-locked Nigerian-born reggae musician, now partially based in the United States, who has released several critically-acclaimed CDs representing the best of the genre. Successfully combing reggae rythmns and an Afrobeat horn section against a background of virtuoso rock guitar riffs, his music contains the ingredients that make you think and dance at the same time. It is fair to say that had this talented artist started his career in the United States and received the necessary media exposure, he would have received the same recognition as possibly Santana or Stevie Wonder. Certainly there is no hip-hop or rap artist alive who can rival him in his exposition of `black' music. `Little Patience' shows his multiple talents as a singer, guitarist, keyboardist, producer and arranger. It also showcases the source of his musical inspiration - Bob Marley, for his lyrics and spiritual leaning towards Rastafarianism, Fela Anikulakpo-Kuti for his horns and political activism on behalf of black Africa's suffering masses, and the great Jimi Hendrix for his guitar mastery. I am sure these are the `departed masters' he acknowledged and thanked on the album cover.
Personally, I think all the tracks on this CD are great, except perhaps `Virgin.' My favorites are `Let it shine,' `Our Father,' a reprise of a song from an earlier album, and the seminal `Man of Sorrow,' which in my opinion should have been the title track instead of the rather predictable (for Majek) `Little Patience.' Finally, he also pays tribute to the late Nigerian musician and bandleader, Fela Anikulakpo-Kuti, with the sizzling `Water no get enemy.'
All in all, `Little patience' is a great CD, and an excellent introduction for the new buyer to this great international star.
Excellent CD!.......2005-06-24
It is really a fantastic CD and I highly reccommend it to everyone!
Little Patience is a potent musical brew........2005-06-17
Is it World Beat, Reggae, Afro-Beat, Afro Pop? Who cares!
Majek Fashek & the Prisoners of Conscience offer a musical style that's truly universal. Don't worry about the categories, just enjoy the music.
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The Complete Gilbert & Sullivan (Box Set)
Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008LJEO Release Date: 2003-05-13 |
Customer Reviews:
Don't underestimate those "unknown" Operettas!!.......2005-07-07
In any case - most people getting this set will already have the Mikado, and very probably Pirates and Pinafore for that matter, so you're really getting it for the others.
So just for the record - someone has to say this!
The Mikado is (of course) a wonderful piece, but it enjoys its long running status as the most successful of all the G&S operettas very largely for "extra-musical" reasons. It is visually so wonderful, with all those great authentic costumes, and the whole idea of satirising English institutions by pretending they are Japanese is of course brilliantly funny.
Again, Pirates and Pinafore enjoy a lot of their acclaim simply because we have heard them so often. And at least part of the initial success of these (admittedly very funny and entertaining) pieces was the vogue for "nautical drama" on the popular Victorian stage.
Iolanthe, Ruddigore, and Yoemen are all MUCH stronger musically than any of what another reviewer here keeps calling the "trilogy". Patience, Princess Ida, and the Gondoliers all excel either "nautical" operetta, at least musically, although not, perhaps, the Mikado. And I have had a lot of fun listening to my recording of the Sorcerer - although I think most at least of the other G&S operettas are even more interesting.
As for "Trial by Jury" it is really another thing altogether - but in its kind the most perfect thing either Gilbert or Sullivan had anything to do with!
This leaves Utopia and the Grand Duke.
Both of these were produced after the long running friendship between G&S had soured, and they have been sadly neglected ever since. Utopia is none the less both musically beautiful and very funny, and well worth taking an effort to come to grips with. The main point of the satire (which many commentators and reviewers seem to miss) is the way that the English language and British (especially English) institutions were being adopted, often rather uncritically, by countries around the world (most, but not all, of them members of the British Empire, of course). India is perhaps the country Gilbert had most in mind, but you could set it in any of a dozen other countries. The residual problems this has left in the post-colonial world ensure that this work is still far from dated. In some ways this operetta is about globalisation! What could possibly be LESS dated than that!
The Grand Duke, on the other hand, is a bit of an odd man out - I suppose you still have to say it is the weakest of all the G&S efforts. It's the ONLY one that didn't score a very respectable run on its first outing. Surprisingly, however, if an attempt is made to duplicate the musical and (especially) dialogue cuts that G&S would have done themselves if they had not by this time been at each other's throats all the time, a very entertaining piece can be made of it. I was very agreeably surprised by the Ohio Light Opera recording, which does just that - and I am coming round to the idea that the only thing really wrong with the Duke is that it is too long.
ANYWAY:
For all people (especially callow youth) who remain convinced that G&S only wrote three operettas worth listening to - all I can say is, buy this set, and give the lesser known ones a chance. Make sure you have a libretto in your hands as you listen, of course. It may even just need a single hearing in some cases, but otherwise, be patient. In the meantime, you really cannot have any conception of what you are missing.
A few details.......2004-03-28
Wonderful set, if a little inconsistent at times........2003-07-07
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Unforgettable Classics: Gilbert and Sullivan
Manufacturer: Classics for Pleasur ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000026KR3 Release Date: 1999-11-16 |
Tracks:
- HMS Pinafore: We Sail the Ocean Blue
- HMS Pinafore: My Gallant Crew, Good Morning
- HMS Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
- Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
- Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Sisters Deaf To Pity's Name... Poor Wand'ring One!
- Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
- Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
- Iolanthe: Loudly Let The Trumpet Bray
- Iolanthe: If You Go In
- Iolanthe: If We're Weak Enough To Tarry
- The Mikado: A Wand'ring Minstrel I
- The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner
- The Mikado: As Some Day It Might Happen
- The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School
- The Mikado: The Sun Whose Rays Are Ablaze
- The Mikado: Here's A How-de-do
- The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado
- The Mikado: On a Tree By A River (Willow, Tit Willow)
- Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen
- Patience: A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
- The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
- The Gondoliers: Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes
Customer Reviews:
Great Sampling of Gilbert & Sullivan Gems.......2001-08-22
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Vintage Gilbert & Sullivan
Manufacturer: Sanctuary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000AA5XFW Release Date: 2005-10-03 |
Tracks:
- A Wand'ring Minstrel 1
- Behold The Lord High Executioner
- Three Litttle Maids From School
- Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
- A More Humane Mikado
- Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
- On A Tree By A River A Little Tom-Tit
- There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
- When U Good Friends Was Called To The Bar
- We Sail The Ocean Blue
- I'm Called Little Buttercup
- I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
- When I Was A Lad I Served A Term
- Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
- Carefully On Tiptoe Stealing
- He Is An Englishman
- Oh Better Far To Live And Die
- Poor Wand'ring One
- I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
- Then Fred'ric Let Your Escort, Lion Hearted When The Foeman Bares His Steel
- When A Felon's Not Engaged
- With Cat-Like Tread
- I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be
- If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
- So Go To Him And Say To Him
- Loudly Let The Trumper Bray... Bow Ye Lower Middle Classes
- Love Unrequited Robs Me Of My Rest.... When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal
- If You Go In You're Sure To Win
- My Boy You May Take It From Me
- When The Night Wind Howls
- When Maiden Loves She Sits And Sighs
- When Our Gallant Norman Foes
- I Have A Song To Sing, Oh!
- Were I Thy Bride
- List And Learn
- In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
- There Was A Time
- Do Not Give Way... Then One Of Us
- Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
- Dance A Cachucha
Customer Reviews:
Excellent ... but ..........2007-02-07
Old-comers probably already have all these tracks as part of their collection of vintage full operetta recordings.
But don't let my idiosynchratic views deter you if you really like G&S... but not to the extent of buying all the vintage full operetta versions.
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The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004SSJR Release Date: 2002-11-05 |
Tracks:
- The Mikado: Overture
- The Mikado: A Wandering Minstrel I
- The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
- The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
- The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!...Taken From The County Jail
- The Mikado: As Some Day It May Happen
- The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
- The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted
- The Mikado: I Am So Proud
- The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays
- The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
- The Mikado: Miya Sama (Entrance Of The Mikado)
- The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never
- The Mikado: The Criminal Cried
- The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
- The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
- The Mikado: Alone, And Yet Alive!...Hearts Do Not Break!
- The Mikado: On A Tree By A River
- The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
- The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
- Trail By Jury: The Learned Jungle
- H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Litttle Buttercup
- H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew...I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
- Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
- H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad I Served A Term
Tracks:
- H.M.S. Pinafore: Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
- H.M.S. Pinafore: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
- H.M.S. Pinafore: The Hours Creep On Apace
- H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
- The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
- The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
- The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wandering One!
- The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
- The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bears His Steel
- The Pirates Of Penzance: Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine
- The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
- The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
- Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen...If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
- Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved...If You're Anxious For To Shine
- Patience: Sad Is That Woman's Lot...Silvered Is The Raven Hair
- Patience: A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
- Patience: Love Is A Plaintive Song
- Patience: So Go To Him And Say To Him
- Patience: When I Go Out Of Door
- Patience: After Much Debate (Finale Act 2)
- Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
- The Lady Of My Love...(Finale Act 1)
Tracks:
- When All Night Long A Chap Remains
- When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
- When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
- If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
- Ruddigore: My Boy, May Take It From Me
- Ruddigore: The Battle's Roar Is Over
- Ruddigore: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
- Ruddigore: You Understand?
- Ruddigore: When The Night Wind Howls
- Ruddigore: My Eyes Are Fully Open
- Ruddigore: There Grew A Little Flower
- The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
- The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore...In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
- The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince
- The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
- The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
- The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
- The Gondoliers: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
- The Gondoliers: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: How You Say Maiden, Will You Wed
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: Where I Thy Bride
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light Hearted Loon
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: Comes The Pretty Young Bride
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Ballads, Songs and Snatches: Vintage Gilbert and Sullivan
Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000AE7BN Release Date: 2003-09-23 |
Tracks:
- A Wand'ring Minstrel I
- Three Little Maids From School
- The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
- The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
- On A Tree By A River A Little Tom-Tit (Tit Willow)
- When I, Good Friends, Was Called To The Bar
- We Sail The Ocean Blue
- I'm Called Little Buttercup
- I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
- When I Was A Lad I Served A Term
- Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
- Poor Wand'ring One
- I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
- Then, Fred'ric, Let Your Escort ... When The Foeman Bares His Steel
- When A Felon's Not Engaged
- With Cat-Like Tread
- I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be
- So Go To Him And Say To Him
- Loudly Let The Trumpet Bray (March Of Peers) ... Bow, Ye Lower Middle Classes
- Love Unrequited Robs Me Of My Rest ... When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
- If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
- When Our Gallant Norman Foes
- I Have A Song To sing, O!
- Were I Thy Bride
- There Was A Time
- Do Not Give Way ... Then One Of Us
- Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
- Dance A Cachucha
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Lyrical Lessons, Vol. 2.1
Patience Manufacturer: Patience ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CADEQU Release Date: 2005-07-19 |
Tracks:
- Prayer
- Intro
- Never
- God Is Good (Feat. Minister Fred)
- Sacrafice
- War Gear (Feat. Prodig-J)
- U Can Do It
- Imagin Dat (Feat. Marco Polo)
- Freestyle (Skit)
- Back Up
- Who Do U Believe In?
- Healed by Tears (Feat. Champ)
- On My Side
- Head High [Remix]
- Hands High
- Outro
- Sampson
Rock Music:
- Live at Herod Atticus [Live] [Import]
- Live in Concert [Live]
- Love, Peace & Poetry, Vol. 5: British Psychedelic Music
- Love Returns: E Ho'i Mai Ke Aloha Hou
- Luca Dirisio [Import]
- Lullabies from the Axis of Evil
- Maria Tebbo
- Mbuti Pygmies of Ituri Rainforest
- Memorial Best [Import]
- Mondo Rama
Recommended Music:
Fly on the Wings Oflove [CD-single] [Import]
Iluminando el Tesoro Escondido
Mississippi Masala [Soundtrack]
Herzen Brauchen Zärtlichkeit [Import]