The Minstrel Show [Explicit Lyrics]

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If nothing else, North Carolina's Little Brother has gathered around it a very loyal fan base, one that sees the trio of Phonte, Big Pooh and produced 9th Wonder as the logical heirs of the Native Tongues Posse (De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, etc.) with their positive focus, jazzy, soulful sound and an anti-mainstream attitude. In that respect, the hype around them is reminiscent of what first greeted Slum Village in the late '90s though they've been more consistent than their Detroit colleagues. Yet, however likable their last album, The Listening and their latest are, the group are still an acquired flavor. To some, they turn out feel good, intelligent hip-hop for a more mature set. For others, they make throwback music that's pleasant enough but lacks punch otherwise. Phonte and Pooh sound solid throughout and 9th Wonder's much lauded production, while great in moments, can also drift into anemia too. An excess of skits is also a gamble with listener patience though the album's conceptual focus is a refreshing quality. For those who enjoyed Common's Be, this is better realized but musically, lacks the same depth. --Oliver Wang

Product Description
Touted as one of 2005's Top 10 Most Anticipated albums by XXL Magazine, Little Brother's latest masterpiece is reminiscent of the days when Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and others carefully crafted complete experiences from beginning to end. The North Carolina outfit made up of MC's Phonte, Rapper Big Pooh, and super producer 9th Wonder have truly made an album that is both thought provoking and humorous. The Minstrel Show is truly one great piece of hip hip that will stand the test of time.

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The Minstrel Show [Explicit Lyrics]

Average customer rating: So Refreshing Organic hip-hop... So delicious! Refreashing Hip Hop Over-Rated, Please listen before you buy... You Are Watching U.B.N. {4 Stars}

The Minstrel Show Little Brother Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Listening The Chittlin Circuit 1.5 Connected Sleepers Donuts ASIN: B000A9QKCS Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Welcome to the Minstrel Show
2. Beautiful Morning
3. Becoming
4. Not Enough
5. Cheatin'
6. Hiding Place
7. Slow It Down
8. Say It Again
9. 5th And Fashion
10. Lovin' It
11. Notepad of a Mad Black Daddy
12. All For You
13. Watch Me
14. Sincerely Yours
15. Still Lives Through
16. Minstrel Closing Theme
17. We Got Now

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Customer Reviews:

So Refreshing.......2007-07-09

Organic hip-hop... So delicious!.......2007-07-09

Refreashing Hip Hop.......2007-07-07

Over-Rated, Please listen before you buy... .......2007-04-08

You Are Watching U.B.N. {4 Stars}.......2007-04-06

Average customer rating: Great CD's A much maligned joy! A Pinafore performance that deserves more acceptance A good Pinafore, bird, boards and brine included A fun, lighthearted, well-done musical comedy.

Phase 4 Stereo: Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Arthur Sullivan , Arthur Jackson , Thomas Lawlor , Ralph Mason , Valerie Masterson , Donald Adams , John Reed , Christene Palmer , John Ayldon , Pauline Walkes , James Walker , and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert & Sullivan; The Mikado Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado HMS Pinafore: or The Lass That Loved a Sailor Vocal Score ASIN: B0000042GK Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

1. HMS Pinafore: Overture
2. HMS Pinafore - Act I: We Sail The Ocean Blue
3. HMS Pinafore - Act I: Hail, Men-O'-Wars' Men
4. HMS Pinafore - Act I: I'm Called Little Buttercup
5. HMS Pinafore - Act I: Aye, Little Buttercup - And Well Called
6. HMS Pinafore - Act I: But, Tell Me - Who's The Youth?
7. HMS Pinafore - Act I: The Nightingale Sighed
8. HMS Pinafore - Act I: A Maiden Fair To See
9. Ah, My Poor Lad, You've Climbed Too High
10. My Gallant Crew, Good Morning
11. HMS Pinafore: I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
12. HMS Pinafore - Act I: Sir, You Are Sad!
13. HMS Pinafore - Act I: Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
14. HMS Pinafore - Act I: My Child, I Grieve To See
15. HMS Pinafore - Act I: Over The Bright Blue Sea
16. HMS Pinafore - Act I: Now Give Three Cheers...I Am The Monarch Of The Sea
17. HMS Pinafore - Act I: When I Was A Lad I Served A Term
18. HMS Pinafore - Act I: You've A Remarkably Fine Crew
19. HMS Pinafore - Act I: Ah! Sir Joseph's ATrue Gentleman
20. HMS Pinafore - Act I: A British Tar Is A Soaring Soul
21. HMS Pinafore - Act I: It Is Useless - Sir Joseph's Attentions Nauseate Me
22. HMS Pinafore - Act I: Refrain, Audacious Tar
23. HMS Pinafore - Act I: Can I Survive this Overbearing?
24. HMS Pinafore - Act I: O Joy, O Rapture Unforeseen
25. HMS Pinafore - Act I: This Very Night
26. HMS Pinafore - Act I: Let's Give Three Cheers For The Sailor's Bride

Tracks:

1. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Entracte
2. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
3. HMS Pinafore - Act II: How Sweetly He Carols Forth
4. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
5. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Incomprehensible As Her Utterances Are
6. HMS Pinafore - Act II: The Hours Creep On Apace
7. HMS Pinafore - Act II: A Simple Sailor, Lowly Born
8. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Madam, It Has Been Misrepresented To Me
9. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
10. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Sir Joseph, I Cannot Express To You My Delight
11. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Kind Captain, I've Important Information
12. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Dick Deadeye - I ank Yoiu For Your Warning...Carefully On Tiptoe Stealing
13. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Hold! Pretty Daughter Of Mine
14. HMS Pinafore - Act II: In Uttering A Reprobation
15. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Now Tell Me, My Fine Fellow
16. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Farewell, My Own
17. HMS Pinafore - Act II: A Many Years Ago
18. HMS Pinafore - Act II: Then I Am To Understand
19. HMS Pinafore - Act II: O Joy, O Rapture Unforeseen
20. The Pirates Of Penzance: Hold, Monsters
21. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
22. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
23. The Pirates Of Penzance: When the Foeman Bares His Steel
24. Ruddigore: Ruddigore - There Grew a Little Flower (Dame Hannah) (Sir Roderic Murgatroyd)
25. The Mikado: A Wand'ring Minstrel I
26. The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado
27. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
28. The Mikado: On A Tree By A Willow, 'Tit Willow'
29. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring

Customer Reviews:

Great CD's.......2005-09-20

A much maligned joy!.......2001-01-20

John Reed does appear tired and stale, this is due to the closeness of the recording making for a 'radio broadcast' effect. Thomas Lawler as Capt Corcoran (at the time husband of Pauline Wales, Cousin Hebe) is excellent. I remember seeing this cast in performance, minus Valerie Masterson, who was brought in as guest artiste for the recording. They were superb then, with particular mention of the brilliant Christene Palmer (a fantastic Katisha in The Mikado), Arthur Jackson who had a great presence on stage and was a superb Pooh-Bah, his round tones suit admirably the role of Carpenters-Mate.

Ralph Mason, as Ralph Rackstraw (pronounced as Rafe, a Victorian English idiosyncracy) made a superb attempt at all the parts he played in repertory, of particular note being Earl Tolloller in Iolanthe.

This recording is worth the purchase to recall or find for the first time the last glimpses of this much lamented troupe. Except for the weak John Ayldon, Dick Deadeye, who does not have the satanic glitter of the late Donald Adams or Darrell Fancourt, the rest are superb. A pity the newer, yet fresher company does not have the subtlety of tradition or performance quality. Ah well, lack-a-day! we can't have everything...Can we?

A Pinafore performance that deserves more acceptance.......2000-11-25

Even despite the fact that John Reed gives a memorable performance of the Ruler of the Queen's Navee, his portrayal seems to have deteriorated a little bit. This is due to the obvious staleness of his voice (well, it was a feature of all the D'Oyly Carte recordings that were made from the 1968 Pirates onwards, so you mustn't blame him!) and his deteriorating diction. Some of the words were not pronounced clearly, as in his character's famous comical autobiographical song, and there is evidence of sloppiness of hte notes in places. The other major drawback is John Ayldon's Deadeye. Like all D'Oyly Carte recordings to which he contributed, this one was ruined by the unpleasant gruffness of his voice. His portrayal seems not to match Donald Adams on every level. However, for the rest of the cast, there is much to please the ear. Thomas Lawlor makes as first-class a Captain as Jeffrey Stitch, Gordon Sandison or Thomas Allen, but even though he has a slightly heavy and dark-timbred voice, he nevertheless manages to remove it from this recording. He is certainly better suited to this role than to Deadeye, the role he played on the New Sadler's Wells recording. Ralph Mason makes a heady-toned Rackstraw, and he certainly is a joy to hear on record, determined to win the hand of Josephine, who is memorably characterised by the best G&S prima donna, Valerie Masterson. She sings with a full-blooded mature soprano voice with which she gives a melancholy air to her opening ballad and blood to her grand operatic scene. She is certainly better than Jean Hindmarsh, if only by a small margin, even though the twitter in the latter's voice does not hurt at all. And lastly, I would like to highlight the underrated Christene Palmer's fruity portrayal of Little Buttercup, which is on par with Gillian Knight and Felicity Palmer. The rest of the cast is splendid, the choral singing as well-disciplined as the orchestra, and James Walker paces the tempi nicely, with some small quibbles that don't matter a lot. The recording has transferred well to CD, and the sound effects kept to a minimum, to help give a sense of atmosphere. The dry recording is also characteristic of all D'Oyly Carte recordings made from their 1968 Pirates onwards. The major complaint is the Spectacular fill-ups which don't seem to fit in with Pinafore, as they are too improperly chosen and the tempi too slow. If the CD ends with The flowers that bloom in the spring, it does not give a definite sense of an ending.

Overall, I would safely say that while this is not necessarily a first-choice, its artistic merits shine through compellingly to make it be one. Let me advise you to ignore the Spectacular items by programming them out. Anyone who wants a standard D'Oyly Carte performance will be well pleased with this.

A good Pinafore, bird, boards and brine included.......1998-09-30

A fun, lighthearted, well-done musical comedy........1998-09-24

Average customer rating: Shocking, entertaining and educational Whilst historically interesting this CD is a mistake. A trip into the past - and the present

The Early Minstrel Show Various Artists Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Minstrel Banjo Style Men in Blackface: True Stories of the Minstrel Show A History of the Minstrel Show Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture (Music in American Life) Demons of Disorder: Early Blackface Minstrels and their World (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama) ASIN: B00000G290 Release Date: 1998-12-01

Tracks:

1. De Boatmen's Dance
2. Old Joe
3. The Fine Old Color'd Gentleman
4. Dr. Hekok Jig
5. Stop Dat Knocking
6. Mary Blane
7. Instrumental Medley
8. Miss Lucy Long
9. Old Uncle Ned
10. De Ole Jawbone
11. Pea Patch Jig
12. Lucy Neal
13. Hard Times

Customer Reviews:

Shocking, entertaining and educational.......2003-01-27

What is perhaps most disturbing is that this is excellent popular music that stands the test of time much better than the benign melodramatic parlor music of the same era. That this music is so lively, entertaining and infectious, and in many ways reverential of genuine African-American music, while at the same time so casually cruel and demeaning highlights a fundamental paradox of America's cultural history.

Whilst historically interesting this CD is a mistake........2001-03-19

A trip into the past - and the present.......2001-02-18

Average customer rating: Essential Fun S'wonderful Great Gershwin

From Gershwin's Time: The Original Sounds Of George Gershwin 1920-1945 George Gershwin Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000FCKN Release Date: 1998-11-24

Tracks:

1. Capital Revue - Demi Tasse: 'Swanee'
2. Spice Of 1922: 'The Yankee Doodle Blues'
3. The French Doll: 'Do It Again'
4. George White's Scandals Of 1924: 'Somebody Loves Me'
5. Lady Be Good!: 'Fascinating Rhythm'
6. Lady Be Good!: 'Oh, Lady Be Good'
7. Tell Me More: 'Tell Me More'
8. Tip-Toes: 'Sweet And Low-Down' (1925) / Singing Sophomores
9. Song Of The Flame: 'Song Of The Flame'
10. Medley From Oh, Kay!: 'Oh, Kay' - 'Maybe' - 'Do-Do-Do' - 'Someone To Watch Over Me' - 'Clap Yo'Hands'
11. Funny Face: 'S Wonderful'
12. Funny Face: 'My One And Only'
13. Strike Up The Band: 'The Man I Love'
14. Rosalie: 'Oh, Gee ! Oh, Joy !'
15. Show Girl: 'Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)'
16. Show Girl: 'Do what you do !'
17. Strike Up The Band: 'Strike Up The Band'
18. Girl Crazy: 'I Got Rhythm'
19. Of Thee I Sing: 'Of Thee I Sing' - Dance medley
20. Of Thee I Sing: 'Wintergreen For President'
21. Pardon My English: 'My Cousin In Milwaukee'
22. Let 'Em Eat Cake: 'Let 'em Eat Cake'
23. Porgy And Bess: 'It Ain't Necessary So'
24. Shall We Dance: 'They All Laughed'
25. A Damsel In Distress: 'Nice Work If You Can Get It'

Tracks:

1. A Damsel In Distress: 'A Foggy Day (In London Town)'
2. The Goldwyn Follies: 'Love Is Here To Stay'
3. Song Of The World's Fair: 'Dawn Of A New Day'
4. Oh, Kay!: 'Do-Do-Do'
5. Oh, Kay!: 'Someone To Watch Over Me'
6. Oh, Kay!: 'Clap Yo' Hands'
7. Oh, Kay!: 'Maybe'
8. Three Preludes For Piano: No. 1
9. Three Preludes For Piano: No. 2
10. Three Preludes For Piano: No. 3
11. Rhapsody In Blue: Andante (Theme)
12. Novelty Abridgement Of Rhapsody In Blue
13. Concerto In F: I. Allegro
14. Concerto In F: II. Adagio - Andante con moto
15. Concerto In F: III. Allegro agitato
16. A Symphonic Picture: Porgy And Bess

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Customer Reviews:

Essential Fun.......2005-05-14

S'wonderful.......2002-12-06

As for the rest of this tremendous historic document, while it is not quite up to the sonic standard of the Reiner, having been taken largely from commercial pressings (the Gershwin solos are disappointingly noisy by comparison), it has many wonderful moments, like the Columbia Light Opera Company's "Oh, Kay!" medley, a real charmer. (When the Smithsonian issued an album of the show's songs it used only the opening, repeated -- not a smart thing.) Or Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards's "Fascinating Rhythm"; he deserves to be known as much more than the alter ego of Jiminy Cricket. Or the great Kate Smith's "I Got Rhythm," which might have inspired the Schnozz himself to rasp, "What a voice! What a voice!" Or the incredibly sexy Vaughn De Leath, whose name first led me to think, this is a man? I do not know what to say of Borah Minnevitch's utterly screwy arrangement of the Rhapsody in Blue -- for harmonica; but this set would be the lesser without it. One might quibble with what's missing -- where's the Paul Whiteman Rhapsody? Where's Gertrude Lawrence? (Alas, those recordings were for Victor, and the current set is limited to the labels associated with Sony Music and its predecessors.) Still, though not the definitive Gershwin -- there are too many good albums for that -- it is A definitive one, with a big A. Small quibbles: the discs are hard to pry from the cardboard holder, which comes with an inconvenient plastic slipcover; and we could have used more liner notes in English.

A footnote: The unjustly forgotten Tom Stacks is here -- which brings up another bad public-domain album: Back in the eighties some deaf engineer enticed Australian Broadcasting's record label to put out a whole slew of "digital stereo" albums of pre-war pop music. You knew you were in the golden age of "electronically simulated to re-create stereo" when you put on the headphones and heard an effect not unlike the way your ears can clog up during a cold. Stacks (performing the deathless "I Do Not Choose to Run" with the Six Jumping Jacks) was one of the victims. DO NOT BUY PUBLIC-DOMAIN CDS unless the artist isn't otherwise anthologized.

Another footnote: Of course, the public-domain labels aren't the only ones to abuse the music. They got a lot of training from the majors. Some time ago Columbia (for example) issued a two-CD anthology of Fred Astaire (he's represented with "A Foggy Day [in London Town]"), and some -- my original, unprofane noun was replaced by a computer or functionary, with a NON-SEXIST WORD to boot, so let's just say someone with tin ears -- for one of the stereo magazines called the mastering "wonderful." I bought it and it sounded like Osama cutting a track on the telephone. Fred sounds great here. The fact that digital audio has advanced so much in the last two decades is no excuse.

Another, and final, footnote, for jazz buffs only: Ben Selvin's "Oh Gee! Oh Joy!" sounds suspiciously like an acoustical version recorded on the same day for Columbia's budget sister label Harmony by an orchestra led by the journeyman musician Lou Raderman -- an orchestra believed to have included Bix Beiderbecke. (See Columbia CK 46175, "Bix Beiderbecke, Volume 2: At the Jazz Band Ball.")

Great Gershwin.......2000-06-27

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Ultimate Irving Berlin, Vol. 1 Irving Berlin Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Ultimate Irving Berlin, Vol. 2 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 2 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 1 Rodgers & Hart, Vol. 1 The Ultimate George Gershwin, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00005RKQR Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

1. The Jolly Bachelors: That Beautiful Rag
2. Ziegfeld Follies Of 1911: Woodman, Spare That Tree
3. Everybody's Doing It: Everybody's Doing It Now
4. Hullo Ragtime: Hitchy Koo
5. Hullo Ragtime: Snooky Ookums
6. Hullo Ragtime: Alexander's Ragtime Band
7. Watch Your Step: I've Gotta Go Back To Texas
8. Watch Your Step: Settle Down In A One-Horse Town
9. Watch Your Step: The Syncopated Walk
10. Watch Your Step: My Bird Of Paradise
11. Watch Your Step: Show Us How To Do The Fox Trot
12. Watch Your Step: The Simple Melody
13. Watch Your Step: The Always Follow Me Around
14. Watch Your Step: Discoveries
15. Watch Your Step: The Minstrel Parade
16. Stop! Look! Listen! (Follow The Crowd): Beautiful Honolulu
17. Stop! Look! Listen! (Follow The Crowd): England Every Time For Me
18. Stop! Look! Listen! (Follow The Crowd): Teach Me To Love
19. Stop! Look! Listen! (Follow The Crowd): I Love To Dance
20. Stop! Look! Listen! (Follow The Crowd): The Girl On The Magazine
21. Stop! Look! Listen! (Follow The Crowd): I Love A Piano
22. Stop! Look! Listen! (Follow The Crowd): Until I Fell In Love With You
23. Stop! Look! Listen! (Follow The Crowd): Father Wanted Me To Learn A Trade
24. Stop! Look! Listen! (Follow The Crowd): Take Off A Little Bit

Average customer rating: Good bargain.

56 Favorites Manufacturer: Prism Leisure ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gilbert & Sullivan - Highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard, Trial of Jury The Pirate Queen (2007 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B000068ZTB Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. Hark the Hour of Ten Is Sounding [From Trial by Jury]
2. Judge's Song [From Trial by Jury]
3. We Sail the Ocean Blue..... Buttercup's Song [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
4. My Gallant Crew... I Am the Captin of the Pinafore [From H. M. S. ...]
5. When I Was a Lad [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
6. Never Mind the Why and Wherefore [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
7. He Is an Englishman [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
8. Pirate King's Song [From the Pirates of Penzance]
9. Oh Is There Not One Maiden Breast? ...Poor Wandering One [From the ...]
10. How Beautifully Blue the Sky [From the Pirates of Penzance]
11. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General [From the Pirates of ...]
12. When the Foeman Bears His Steel [From the Pirates of Penzance]
13. When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold [From the Pirates of Penzance]
14. Ah! Leave Me Not to Pine Alone [From the Pirates of Penzance]
15. Policeman's Lot Is Not a Happy One [From the Pirates of Penzance]
16. With Catlike Tread [From the Pirates of Penzance]
17. March and Entry of the Peers [From Iolanthe]
18. Law Is the True Embodiment [From Iolanthe]
19. When I Went to the Bar [From Iolanthe]
20. When All Night Long [From Iolanthe]
21. When Britain Really Ruled the Waves [From Iolanthe]
22. Oh Foolish Fay [From "Iolanthe"]
23. Nightmare Song [From Iolanthe]
24. If You Go In [From Iolanthe]
25. Finale: Soon as We May [From Iolanthe]

Tracks:

1. If You Want to Know Who We Are.... a Wandering Minstrel I [From ...]
2. Our Great Mikado [From the Mikado]
3. Behold the Lord High Executioner [From the Mikado]
4. I've Got a Little List [From the Mikado]
5. Three Little Maids from School [From the Mikado]
6. Braid the Raven Hair [From the Mikado]
7. Sun Whose Rays [From the Mikado]
8. Here's a How-De-Do [From the Mikado]
9. More Humane Mikado [From the Mikado]
10. Flowers That Bloom in the Spring [From the Mikado]
11. Tit Willow [From the Mikado]
12. There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast [From the Mikado]
13. Is Life a Boon? [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
14. Where I Thy Bride [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
15. Hereupon We're Both Agreed [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
16. Strange Adventure [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
17. Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maid [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
18. When a Wooer Goes a Wooing [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
19. For the Merriest Fellows Are We [From the Gondoliers]
20. We're Called Gondolieri [From the Gondoliers]
21. From the Sunny Spanish Shore [From the Gondoliers]
22. In Enterprise of Martial Kind [From the Gondoliers]
23. I Stole the Prince [From the Gondoliers]
24. When a Merry Maiden Marries [From the Gondoliers]
25. Regular, Royal Queen [From the Gondoliers]
26. Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes [From the Gondoliers]
27. There Lived a King [From the Gondoliers]
28. In a Contemplative Fashion [From the Gondoliers]
29. Small Titles and Orders [From the Gondoliers]
30. I Am a Courtier Grave and Serious [From the Gondoliers]
31. Finale: Once More Gondolieri [From the Gondoliers]

Customer Reviews:

Good bargain........2004-08-25

Average customer rating: You Are Watching U.B.N. {4 Stars} Tune Into The Minstrel Show Live On UBN (Rating: 8 out of 10- -4.0 stars)

The Minstrel Show Little Brother Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Chittlin Circuit 1.5 The Listening Connected Stress: The Extinction Agenda The Mouse and the Mask ASIN: B000A9QKD2 Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Welcome To The Minstrel Show
2. Beutiful Morning
3. The Becoming
4. Not Enough
5. Cheatin
6. Hiding Place
7. Slow It Down
8. Say It Again
9. 5th And Fashion (Skit)
10. Lovin' It
11. All For You
12. Watch Me
13. Sincerely yours
14. Still Lives Through
15. Minstrel Show Closing Theme
16. We Got Now

Customer Reviews:

You Are Watching U.B.N. {4 Stars}.......2007-04-06

Tune Into The Minstrel Show Live On UBN (Rating: 8 out of 10- -4.0 stars).......2007-03-28

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Frontier Favorites-Old-Time Music of the Wild West Manufacturer: Mark Gardner & Rex Rideout ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAJZQ8 Release Date: 2003-08-26

Tracks:

1. Old Dan Tucker (Daniel D. Emmett, et al., 1843)
2. The Arkansas Traveller (trad., 1847)
3. Oh! Susanna (Stephen C. Foster, 1848)
4. De Boatman's Dance (Daniel D. Emmett, et al., 1843)
5. Buffalo Gals (orig. Lubly Fan, John Hodges, 1844)
6. Red Haired Boy (orig. Little Beggar Man, 1700s Scotland)
7. Turkey in the Straw (orig. Zip Coon, circa 1830)
8. Old Rosin the Beau (anon., 1838)
9. Camptown Races (Stephen C. Foster, 1850)
10. Old Joe Clark (trad., late 19th century)
11. Soldier's Joy (orig. The King's Head, trad., 1700s)
12. Song of Texas (lyrics anon., c. 1845; melody Jim Sanford, 1844)
13. Capt. Jinks of the Horse Marines (Lingard & Maclagan, 1868)
14. The Girl I Left Behind Me (trad., 1600s Ireland)
15. Garry Owen (trad., late 1700s Ireland)
16. The Battle Cry of Freedom (George F. Root, 1862)
17. Gen. Pike's Dixie (lyrics Albert Pike, 1861; melody Dan Emmett)
18. Lorena (H. D. Webster and J. P. Webster, 1857)
19. Grandfather's Clock (Henry C. Work, 1876)
20. The Santa Fe Trail (James Grafton Rogers, 1911)
21. Barlow Knife (trad., a personal favorite, probably 20th cent.)

Average customer rating: You Are Watching U.B.N. {4 Stars}

Minstrel Show ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000BDJ1D8 Release Date: 2005-11-15

Customer Reviews:

You Are Watching U.B.N. {4 Stars}.......2007-04-06

Average customer rating: The most brilliant banjo player in the world.

The Magic Banjo Manufacturer: Right Turn On Red Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Contemporary Folk | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000J36I Release Date: 1999-04-03

Tracks:

1. Yaya
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Black Mountain Rag
4. Lakes of Ponchartrain
5. Aviator/Soldier's Joy
6. Oh Susanah/Sweet Georgia Brown
7. Elanoy
8. Cripple Creek Variations
9. Come On In My Kitchen
10. If I Had A Hammer
11. Pretty Boy Floyd
12. Waterbound/Salt Creek/Old Joe Clark
13. Illinois
14. Will the Circle Be Unbroken/I'll Fly Away/Take This Hammer
15. Oklahoma Hills
16. Union Maid
17. Where Have All The Flowers Gone
18. Hard Times
19. Suite de Schottishe
20. Roll Em Easy
21. Untitled by Michael J. Miles

Album Description

Seven different banjos are used including a Vega Whyte Ladye built in the 1800's, an octagon fretless, a Civil War minstrel banjo and an African 3-string Halam carved from a tree trunk. The sounds include folk songs, ragtime, union songs, train songs, and a few of Miles' own compositions.

The recording features Miles superb musical skills. He has been voted one of America's top ten clawhammer banjo players by a Banjo Newsletter Reader's Survey.

Customer Reviews:

The most brilliant banjo player in the world........1999-11-17

Soul Music:

1. The Most Known Unknown [Explicit Lyrics]
2. The Naked Truth [Explicit Lyrics]
3. The New Danger [Explicit Lyrics]
4. The Peoples Champ [Explicit Lyrics]
5. The Peoples Champ [Explicit Lyrics] [Limited Edition]
6. The Slim Shady LP [Enhanced] [Explicit Lyrics]
7. The Trinity
8. Then & Now & Wow
9. Thoughts of a Predicate Felon [Explicit Lyrics]
10. Trouble [Explicit Lyrics]

Soul Music

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