Merry Go Round [Explicit Lyrics]

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15 tracks of great Latino Hi p Hop. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Merry Go Round,Delinquent Habits,Ark 21,Pop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop

Merry Go Round [Explicit Lyrics]

Tracks:

Live
Time Will Show the Wiser
On Your Way Out
Gonna Fight the War
Had to Run Around
We're in Love
You're a Very Lovely Woman
Where Have You Been All My Life
Early in the Morning
Low Down
Clown's No Good
Gonna Leave You Alone
Mother Earth
Pardon Me
Textile Factory
Someone Died
Come Ride, Come Ride
Let's All Sing
Holly Park
Mary Will You Take My Hand
Man He Was
In Days of Old
'Til the Day After
Saturday Night
She Laughed Loud
Listen, Listen
Missing You
Highway
Time Will Show the Wiser [Mono 45]

Album Details

Afirst Ever CD Collection of this Enigmatic, Much Quoted and Collectable Band!

Customer Reviews:

ZONKED!!!.......2007-02-04

my fault! After reading reviews, was excited to purchase this cd...mistake realized immediately into first song! however...because i did buy this cd, and it was now my mess, i decided, financially, i best hear it all the way through...it didn't get any better, in fact, worsened...this band's sound is so appallingly dull and lackluster, they should be the crowned heads of anti-music...very much akin to herman's hermits meets peter, paul and mary, but worse! for the time...cool name, bad band...i will pick this cd up by two little fingers just once more, long enough to read description for re-selling, rather unloading it on another unsuspecting buyer... it's a small wonder why most people never heard of these clowns...i know i've taken what turned out to be my first and only ride on this merry-go-round...now exiting the park!

Emitt Rhodes shines early in career.......2006-11-12

It is so easy to be disappointed when tracking down a singer or group but "Listen, Listen: The Definitive Collection" delivers big time! File under Emitt Rhodes and truly appreciate the genius of the man who is one of the "great unsung talents" of the past 40 years (you can put Dwight Twilley right alongside him). I came to this compilation through the Emitt Rhodes solo albums on Dunhill, and didn't know what to expect. After all, The Merry-Go-Round featured a teenage Emitt early in his career. Apart from the catchy minor 1967 hit "Live" (covered note-for-note nearly twenty years later by The Bangles), what else did he have to offer? The answer is - plenty. Uncharacteristically for an album from a new group at the time, A&M allowed The Merry-Go-Round to record entirely original material! And Emitt wrote ten of the twelve tracks from their self-titled album, sharing co-writing credit on another. The album is included in its entirely in this collection. And the good news - no the great news - is the songs are consistently strong. And they grow on you with each playing. In addition, "The Definitive Collection" has all the tracks off Emitt's last album for A&M "The American Dream" (recorded before he made the move to Dunhill and his self-titled 1970 "Emitt Rhodes" masterwork). Also included are additional singles from The Merry-Go-Round - standouts like "Listen, Listen" and "She Laughed Loud". In fact, the whole package is so strong (yes, there are one or two less successful tracks) that it leaves you thinking about how music history might have played out differently.

Listen..............2006-10-31

WOW! What a great band!! Too bad there isnt any sound clips of this album but trust me it is AMAZING!! This will make any 1960's Brit Pop Fan Smile, What an undiscovered Gem of a band. The Merry Go-Round are from California and where led by a young lead singer who was very gifted with melody,he does channel Meet The Beatles Era McCartney, which is definitly a good thing. I always thought The BEatles where the only band who could play like this. I was wrong. it is really really great, easily one of my fave 60's bands beides The Beatles and The Kinks. These guys are 100 times better than comtemporaries like Hermans Hermits, and Dare I Say it The Byrds? I did, just better song writing that ages better, Sorry to Any Byrds fans out there.

A Happy Accident for me: The Merry-Go-Round!.......2006-07-15

I discovered this band totally by accident either while surfing here at amazon or on allmusic.com. I had never heard of them.
Not a word. Then I read the review on allmusic and heard the 30 second samples.
Amazing! How did this get ignored back in 1967 or 1968?
It's very very good. Very Beatle-esque but not in a bad way.
It's also a tad folky or Byrds-ish which is a plus!

Emmitt Rhodes was born in Hawthorne, CA according to allmusic.com. While I've heard British groups sound American this is the most British I've ever heard an American Group sound.

Track 2 features backwards and sped up guitars. Track 12 features fuzzed out guitars.
Remember that Utopia album, Deface The Music? It was Todd Rundgren doing the Beatles.
Remember the Rutles and how Beatles-like they sounded?

This band beats both of them hands down. Of course they have an advantage. They're not writing pun-filled opposite titled tracks like Utopia and the Rutles did.

I hear elements of folk: think Peter, Paul and Mary but in a real good way. There's California Pop: imagine the best Mamas and Papas tracks but just the guys on vocals.

The first 12 tracks represent the one album The Merry-Go-Round recorded. The next batch is an Emmitt Rhodes solo album with session men.
The tone of the music changes from the Beatle-esque pop to a collage of styles but Mr. Rhodes song writing is very solid.
Track 14 reminds me of Eric Carmen. Track 18 starts out like a lost Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds a-side.

Tracks 26-29 are from Merry-Go Round singles and "Listen, Listen" really rocks out. The guitars really ring loud. I love this song.

As a hidden bonus during track 29 the band starts doing "California Girls" [not Good Vibrations] with Herb Alpert on trumpet at 2:35 in.

None of this is bad.
You will listen to this over and over. It's a repeat disc.
A rare find these days.

I haven't described every song. I want you to discover them on your own. Enjoy.
This is a great re-issue of a lost treasure.

Complete collection of '60s Brit-influenced baroque-folk-rock.......2005-12-22

Rev-Ola's 29-track collection pulls together everything that was released by this Southern California band, along with the solo LP that group leader Emitt Rhodes waxed before heading off to record for Dunhill. This includes the whole of the band's eponymous 1967 LP (tracks 1-12), the 1971 Emitt Rhodes LP "The American Dream" (tracks 13-24), and five A- and B-sides from singles. For good measure, the CD includes a bonus track of the band playing the Beach Boys' "California Girls" with their A&M label head Herb Alpert on trumpet.

The debut album shows the band to have merged its West Coast background (Palace Guard, Leaves, Grass Roots) with a substantial British Invasion influence (Beatles, Badfinger, Zombies). There's also a helping of the ornate baroque-rock brought to the charts by Michael Brown and the Left Banke. These influences stayed with Rhodes as the band members peeled off and left him to record solo sides with session players from the Wrecking Crew. Unsurprisingly, the later sides show influence of later Beatles work - particularly the Magical Mystery Tour era Paul McCartney.

The Merry Go Round's album is superb, from the well-known "Live" (covered popularly by The Bangles) and the brilliantly produced follow-up "Time Will Show the Wiser" (covered by Fairport Convention on their own debut) to the minor-key "You're a Very Lovely Woman" (covered by Linda Ronstadt in 1971). Rhodes' songs were more than good enough to garner covers by other artists, they convinced his label to let he and the band write their entire debut album. His writing became increasingly sophisticated as he recorded his contractual obligation follow-up for A&M, and though the session players give the album a less organic quality, their playing is top-notch. This is a must-have for Emitt Rhodes fans, as well as anyone who loves late-60s/early-70s West Coast pop-rock. [2005 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]

Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley

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The greatest songs ever?
A musical treasure-box
a beautiful journey into melancholy

Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
John Dowland , Anthony Rooley , Emma Kirkby , Christopher Wilson , The Consort of Musicke , Colin Tilney , Anthony Bailes , Jakob Lindberg , Nigel North , Glenda Simpson , Peter Holman , and John Donne
Manufacturer: Decca
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Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

First Booke Of Songes: I. Unquiet Thoughts
First Booke Of Songes: II. Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes Of Love
First Booke Of Songes: III. My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes
First Booke Of Songes: IV. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
First Booke Of Songes: V. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
First Booke Of Songes: VI. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
First Booke Of Songes: VII. Dear, If You Change
First Booke Of Songes: VIII. Burst Fourth My Tears
First Booke Of Songes: IX. Go Crystal Tears
First Booke Of Songes: X. Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning
First Booke Of Songes: XI. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
First Booke Of Songes: XII. Rest Awhile, You Cruel Cares
First Booke Of Songes: XIII. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
First Booke Of Songes: XIV. All Ye, Whom Love Or Fortune Hath Betray'd
First Booke Of Songes: XV. Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
First Booke Of Songes: XVI. Would My Conceit
First Booke Of Songes: XVII. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
First Booke Of Songes: XVIII. His Golden Locks
First Booke Of Songes: XIX. Awake, Sweet Love
First Booke Of Songes: XX. Come, Heavy Sleep
First Booke Of Songes: XXI. Away With These Self-Loving Lads

Tracks:

Second Booke Of Songs: I. I Saw My Lady Weep
Second Booke Of Songs: II. Flow My Tears
Second Booke Of Songs: III. Sorrow, Stay
Second Booke Of Songs: IV. Die Not Before Thy Day
Second Booke Of Songs: V. Mourn, Mourn, Day Is With Darkness Fled
Second Booke Of Songs: VI. Time's Eldest Son
Second Booke Of Songs: VII. Then Sit Thee Down
Second Booke Of Songs: VIII. When Others Sing Venite
Second Booke Of Songs: IX. Praise Blindness Eyes
Second Booke Of Songs: X. O Sweet Woods
Second Booke Of Songs: XI. If Floods Of Tears
Second Booke Of Songs: XII. Fine Knacks For Ladies
Second Booke Of Songs: XIII. Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
Second Booke Of Songs: XIV. Come Ye Heavy States Of Night
Second Booke Of Songs: XV. White As Lilies Was Her Face
Second Booke Of Songs: XVI. Woeful Heart
Second Booke Of Songs: XVII. A Shepherd In A Shade
Second Booke Of Songs: XVIII. Faction That Ever Dwells
Second Booke Of Songs: XIX. Shall I Sue
Second Booke Of Songs: XX. Toss Not My Soul
Second Booke Of Songs: XXI. Clear Or Cloudy
Second Booke Of Songs: XXII. Humour Say What Mak'st Thou Here

Tracks:

Third Booke Of Songs 1603: I. Farewell, Too Fair
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: II. Time Stands Still
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: III. Behold A Wonder Here
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IV. Daphne Was Not So Chaste
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: V. Me, Me, And None But Me
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VI. When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VII. Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VIII. Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IX. What If I Never Speed?
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: X. Love Stood Amazed
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XI. Lend Your Ears To My Sorrow
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XII. By A Fountain Where I Lay
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIII. O What Hath Overwrought
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIV. Farewell, Unkind
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XV. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVI. Fie On This Feigning!
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVII. I Must Complain
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVIII. It Was A Time When Silly Bees
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIX. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XX. What Poor Astronomers Are They
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XXI. Come When I Call

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A Pilgrimes Solace: I. Disdain Me Still
A Pilgrimes Solace: II. Sweet Stay Awhile
A Pilgrimes Solace: III. To Ask For All Thy Love
A Pilgrimes Solace: IV. Love, Those Beams That Breed
A Pilgrimes Solace: V. Shall I Strive Wih Words To Move?
A Pilgrimes Solace: VI. Were Every Thought An Eye
A Pilgrimes Solace: VII. Stay, Time, Awhile Thy Flying
A Pilgrimes Solace: VIII. Tell Me, True Love
A Pilgrimes Solace: IX. Go Nightly Cares
A Pilgrimes Solace: X. From Silent Night
A Pilgrimes Solace: XI. Lasso vita mia
A Pilgrimes Solace: XII. In This Trembling Shadow Cast
A Pilgrimes Solace: XIII. If That A Sinner's Sights
A Pilgrimes Solace: XIV. Thou Mighty God
A Pilgrimes Solace: XV. When David's Life
A Pilgrimes Solace: XVI. When The Poor Cripple

Tracks:

A Pilgrimes Solace: XVII. Where Sin Sore Wounding
A Pilgrimes Solace: XVIII. My Heart And Tongue Were Twins
A Pilgrimes Solace: XIX. Up Merry Mates
A Pilgrimes Solace: XX. Welcome Black Night
A Pilgrimes Solace: XXI. Cease, Cease These False Sports
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Lachrimae Pavane
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can Shee
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: The Frogge
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Frog's Galliard
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavana And Galiarda
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana Lachrymae
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can She Excuse
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavion Solus cum sola
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Dowland's Almayne
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Piper's Paven And Galliard
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavan Lachrymae

Tracks:

Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: I. The Lamentation Of A Sinner
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: II. Domine ne in furore
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: III. Miserere mei Deus
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: IV. The Humble Suit Of A Sinner
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: V. The Humble Complaint Of A Sinner
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VI. De profundis
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VII. Domine exaudi
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Gementes
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Tristes
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Coactae
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Amantis
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Verae
Lachrimae: Mr. John Langton's Pavan
Lachrimae: Mr. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
Lachrimae: Sir John Souch His Galiard
Lachrimae: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
Lachrimae: Mr. Giles Hobies Galiard
Lachrimae: The King Of Denmark's Galiard
Lachrimae: Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
Lachrimae: Mr. Henry Noell His Galiard
Lachrimae: The Earl Of Essex Galiard
Lachrimae: Mr. Bucton His Galiard
Lachrimae: Mr. George Whitehead His Almand
Lachrimae: Captain Digorie Piper His Galiard
Lachrimae: Mr. Thomas Collier His Galiard
Lachrimae: Mrs. Nichols Almand

Tracks:

Sacred Songs: Sorrow, Come!
Sacred Songs: I Shame At Mine Unworthiness
Sacred Songs: An Heart That's Broken And Contrite
Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
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Psalms: Psalm 130: Lord To Thee I Make My Moan
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Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
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Instrumental Music: If My Complaints
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Instrumental Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home
Instrumental Music: My Lord Chamberlaine His Galliard
Instrumental Music: Comagain
Instrumental Music: Pavan Lachrymae
Instrumental Music: Sorrow Stay

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Lute Music: Preludium
Lute Music: Lachrimae
Lute Music: Can She Excuse
Lute Music: Dr. Case's Pavan
Lute Music: Melancholy Galliard
Lute Music: Sir John Smith, His Almain
Lute Music: Fantasia
Lute Music: A Dream
Lute Music: Almain
Lute Music: The Queen's Galliard
Lute Music: Coranto
Lute Music: Resolution
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Lute Music: Almain
Lute Music: Mr. Dowland's MIdnight
Lute Music: Fantasia
Lute Music: Loth To Depart
Lute Music: The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard
Lute Music: The Earl Of Essex, His Galliard
Lute Music: Pavan
Lute Music: John Dowland's Galliard
Lute Music: Aloe
Lute Music: The Lady Clifton's Spirit
Lute Music: What If A Day
Lute Music: Mr. Giles Hobie's Galliard
Lute Music: Come Away (Song arrangement)
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

Lute Music: Lachrimae (Basic Version)
Lute Music: Galliard To Lachrimae
Lute Music: [Jig]
Lute Music: Galliard On 'Wasingham'
Lute Music: Complaint (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Mignarda (Galliard)
Lute Music: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Pavan)
Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
Lute Music: A Fancy (Fantasia)
Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
Lute Music: Piper's Pavan
Lute Music: Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
Lute Music: Lady Laiton's Almain
Lute Music: Dowland's Galliard
Lute Music: Dowland's First Galliard
Lute Music: Tarleton's Jig
Lute Music: Walsingham (ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain
Lute Music: Pavan (Related To 'Lachrimae')
Lute Music: Mr. Langton's Galliard
Lute Music: Mrs. Clifton's Almain
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain)
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Go From My Window (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

Lute Music: Pavana Johan Douland
Lute Music: Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus sine sola)
Lute Music: La mia Barbara
Lute Music: Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan)
Lute Music: Lachrimae
Lute Music: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)
Lute Music: Farewell (On The 'In Nomine' Theme)
Lute Music: The King of Denmark's Galliard
Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux's Jig
Lute Music: Mrs. Nichol's Almain
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Lord Strang's March
Lute Music: Mrs. Winter's Jump
Lute Music: Can She Excuse (Galliard)
Lute Music: The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy
Lute Music: Mrs. Norrish's Delight
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Mrs. White's Thing (Almain)
Lute Music: Mrs. White's Nothing
Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
Lute Music: Solus cum sola
Lute Music: The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard
Lute Music: Orlando Sleepeth (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Robin (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Galliard (On A Galliard By Daniel Bacheler)
Lute Music: Forlorn Hope Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)

Tracks:

Lute Music: The Lady Russell's Pavan
Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
Lute Music: Sir John Langton's Pavan
Lute Music: Earl Of Derby, His Galliard
Lute Music: A Coy Toy
Lute Music: Fortune My Foe
Lute Music: [Almain]
Lute Music: Mr. Knight's Galliard
Lute Music: Sir John Souch His Galliard
Lute Music: Tarletone's Riserrectione
Lute Music: The Lady Rich, Her Galliard
Consort Music: Lachrimae Pavan
Consort Music: Can She Excuse Galliard
Consort Music: Captain Piper's Pavan And Galliard
Consort Music: The Frog Galliard
Consort Music: Round Battell Galliard
Consort Music: Fortune My Foe
Consort Music: Dowland's First Galliard
Consort Music: Katherine Darcie's Galliard
Consort Music: Tarleton's Jigge
Consort Music: Almain a 2
Consort Music: Mistress Nichols Almain a 2
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Opusculum: Mr. John Langton Pavan And Galliard
Opusculum: La mia Barbara Pavan and Galliard
Opusculum: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan and Galliard

Tracks:

Consort Music: Mistress NIchols Almain
Consort Music: Volta a 4 ('Ioh. Douland')
Consort Music: Were Every Thought an Eye
Consort Music: Lady If You So Spite Me
Consort Music: Pavan a 4
A Musicall Banquet: I. My Heavy Sprite (Anthony Holborne)
A Musicall Banquet: II. Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change (Richard Martin)
A Musicall Banquet: III. O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping (Robert Hales)
A Musicall Banquet: IV. Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence (Anon.)
A Musicall Banquet: V. O Dear Life, When Shall It Be? (Anon.)
A Musicall Banquet: VI. To Plead My Faith (Daniel Bacheler)
A Musicall Banquet: VII. In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade (Guillaume Tessier)
A Musicall Banquet: VIII. Far From Triumphing Court
A Musicall Banquet: IX. Lady, If You So Spite Me
A Musicall Banquet: X. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
A Musicall Banquet: XI. Si le parler et le silence (Pierre Guedron)
A Musicall Banquet: XII. Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie (Pierre Guedron)
A Musicall Banquet: XIII. Vous que le Bonheur rappelle (Pierre Guedron)
A Musicall Banquet: XIV. Passava Amor su arco desarmado (Anon. Spanish)
A Musicall Banquet: XV. Sta notte mi sognava (Anon. Italian)
A Musicall Banquet: XVI. Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amor (Anon. Spanish)
A Musicall Banquet: XVII. Se di farmi morire (Domenico Maria Megli)
A Musicall Banquet: XVIII. Dovro dunque morire? (Giulio Caccini)
A Musicall Banquet: XIX. Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini)
A Musicall Banquet: XX. O bella piu (Anon, Italian)

Customer Reviews:

The greatest songs ever?.......2007-07-26

I heard 'clear or cloudy', from this recording, on the radio recently and had to purchase it. It is strange but it is the sort of song that makes life prior to listening to it different from life after. I find it sad that so many people haven't heard it. There are also many other wonderful works in this collection. Given you get twelve well recorded CDs with top quality performances, this has to be one of the bargains of the age.

Please buy it.

A musical treasure-box.......2006-09-10

Both the music and this actual product are masterpieces. John Dowland's collected works here - covering 12 compact discs - exhibit the depth and power of this composer, a composer who many now regard as suffering from clinical depression. I doubt that the issue of the diagnosis of Dowland's depression can ever be settled, however, it is certainly obvious from his music, so completely on display here, that he was a man with very dark depths and corners in his mind. Dowland's various manifestations and "takes" on his own tune, "Flow my tears"/"Lachrimae" are here. This tune has haunted me ever since I first heard it when I was a child. It seems to sum up Dowland's feelings - at least Dowland seems to have thought so.

The First, Second, Third and Fourth Bookes of Songes, A Musicall Banquet, the keyboard transcriptions, all the lute music, consort music are here and virtually everything else written or supposedly written by John Dowland. Anthony Rooley and The Consort of Musicke perform this music with style and feeling throughout. This 12 CD set is something of a monument to the ensemble - I only wish they'd finished their collection of Monteverdi madrigals, which was equally good (La Venexiana are currently doing a magnificent job of recording all Monteverdi's books of madrigals for the GLOSSA label).

This is an expensive set, however, you will probably never need to buy another John Dowland CD again after buying and listening to this collection.

I bought this CD set on a mild Summer evening of 1998 and listened to it while sitting in my sun room - which a glorious orange sunset in progress, and a glass of wine. It brought back so many memories.

a beautiful journey into melancholy.......2001-06-15

I'm amazed at how many people tend to associate John Dowland's music with a tragic sense of drama. While no doubt this is art highly based on sadness, the "tragic" sense of it is more a legacy from the Romantic period. During the Renaissance, however, sadness was undestood as a very aesthetic way of approaching life. That is also the reason why Shakespeare's tragedies appear more sophisticated than his comedies.

Dowland, a contemporary of Shakespeare, discovered that meditating on a sad theme is, at the same time, a way of discovering a special beauty that we tend to avoid (maybe because of the "tragic" heritage of the Romantics). So, in the end, meditating on sadness is an uplifting experience! This box set is a journey into melancholy that includes songs, chamber music, pieces for lute, some rare sacred music and -as a highlight- Dowland's beautiful collection of seven pieces for viola which he called "Lachrimae" (Tears).

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THE RETURN OF A CLASSIC GROUP

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Merry go Round

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Temptation (Feat. Michelle)

Album Description

15 tracks of great Latino Hi p Hop.

Customer Reviews:

Hot tunes.......2007-07-16

The main reason I bought this cd was for the 3rd song...."Return of the Tres". I saw the video for it on LINK-TV on satellite tv and thought it was great! Most of the rest of this cd is good too. I play it whenever I feel like cruisin' around. I don't really care for most rap but these guys are good because of the mix of old and new sounds they use. By the way....I'm 56 and a white guy so even old dudes like me can enjoy this!

THE RETURN OF A CLASSIC GROUP.......2005-11-03

This album was my introduction to Delinquent Habits, I bought it after hearing the single Return of the Tres on Mtv Base (yes even Mtv sometimes gets it right) and I could not believe how great it was, this album is a classic, tracks like Return of the Tres, The Kind and Feel Good all provide their own vibe that you just can't help but love it.
The beats are fantastic bringing that Ranchero/latin sound with great applomb while using funky westcoast and new york scratch cuts to great effect.
The rhyming is first rate combining english and spanish with their own unique styles.

This album comes highly recommended and it deserves to be in every hip hop owners collection, I introduced this group to my friends and they are all big fans not to mention I got my friend to play Return of the Tres when he was djaying at his university and it became a crowd favourate with constant requests. Get this album you owe it to yourself.

BEST RAP BAND EVER.......................................2003-09-19

IF YOU NEVER EVER TOOK A CHANCE ON ANYTHING NEW, DON'T MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY HERE. DELINQUENT HABITS ARE BANGIN. LATIN RAPPERS ARE UNDERRATED, BUT THERE GUYS TAKE IT TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL BY BLENDING SPANISH AND ENGLISH OVER SOME KILLER BEATS. SPANISH RAP OFFERED IN A COMPLETELY DIVERSE WAY. THIS ALBUM WILL SET A MARK IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. YOU GOTTA RESPECT WHAT THESE GUYS ARE ACCOMPLISHING IN THE MUSIC BIZ. THEY OFFER SOMETHING ORIGINAL, SOMETHING UNFORGETTABLE.

Merry go Round.......2002-08-21

5 stars for this one, it's a great album and when was it that you actually heard someone use the weels of steel to make some nice cuts on an album. Buy this!!!!!!!!!!!!

This will be one of my favorite rap albums of all time.......2002-07-09

I first became acquainted with Delinquent Habits when I heard their song on the radio back in 1996, "Tres Delinquentes." It grabbed me immediately because I grew up with my dad listening to Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, and here was a rap song using the Tijuana Brass's "The Lonely Bull" as its hook. Wow! I liked it so well I was going to buy the whole album, but when I sampled the rest of the album, it suffered from two major drawbacks: 1) The rest of the tracks had no character, just generic rap, and 2) way too much profanity.
How pleasantly I was surprised when I heard this subsequent album, "Merry Go Round." What a world a difference! This was the album I was expecting the first time around...and it's even better than those expectations! The music is fascinating, the rapping is interesting, and there is very little profanity (something hard to find on a rap album these days!).
This album uses Latin influences much more than the first one, with "Return Of The Tres" and "Que Vuelva" being my favorites, but I like all the Latin influences musically as well as the Spanglish rapping. This is Southwest U.S. Latin sound too, not that Caribbean stuff that makes it big on the pop charts.
But as much as I like the Latin sounds, these guys shine this time around even when they're not using any sound that is distinctly Latin. "The Kind" is a rap over a sample of some killer classical music. "No Sense" is a pensive track over quiet acoustic guitars. And other sounds I just can't categorize very easily; listen to the samples of "Station Thirteen," "Feel Good," and "Midnite Spin" to get a taste of the non-Latin sounds from this album.
This album has a great variety of moods--from the street-dance sound of "Station Thirteen" to the pinata-party dance sound of "Return of the Tres," from the romantic singing of Michelle on "Que Vuelva" to the dark look at life in "No Sense," there is plenty of variety here to keep the album fresh.
I believe this will be one of my favorite rap albums of all time (and currently, the only totally rap album I like better is Urban D's "The Tranzlation"). It only gets 4 stars for one reason because I'm very conservative about giving out 5 star ratings; the weakness comes from the last three or four songs on the album which don't hold up quite as well as the rest. But that's a minor complaint. This is truly an excellent album.

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The Exquisite Sound of Mantovani

Candlelight/Favourite Melodies

Manufacturer: Dutton Vocalion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Collector's Mantovani, Vol. 1
Latin Rendezvous
Romantic Hits/Mantovani by Mantovani
Italia Mia/Verzauberter Klang Aus Germany
Music from the Films/Film Encores

ASIN: B000067URW
Release Date: 2002-09-10

Tracks:

Candlelight
You Stepped Out of a Dream
Blue Fantasy
Merry-Go-Round
Stradivarius
Gold and Silver Waltz
Brass Buttons
Longing
Heart of Paris (I Left My Heart in the Heart of Montmartre)
Take My Love
Spring in Montmartre
Song of Sorrento
Lonely Ballerina
Dusk
Ma Ch Amie
June Night
Deserted Ballroom
Na [Waltz] - Stanley Black, The Mantovani Orchestra
Lazy Gondolier [Voice Introduction] - Mantovani
Lazy Gondolier
Begin the Beguine
Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana"
Dream, Dream, Dream
Edelma
Come Back to Me (Reviens)

Customer Reviews:

The Exquisite Sound of Mantovani.......2002-09-14

This is a Vocalian re-release of two of the most elegant and exquisite LPs recorded by the original Mantovani Orchestra in the 1950's. All of the hallmarks of the Mantovani sound were launched in these early recordings of the large orchestra that made Mantovani a household name. Seven of the tracks were written by Mantovani including the title melody Candlelight, a truly remarkable orchestration. The Gold and Silver Waltz became a mainstay of many Mantovani's concert appearances and it, along with Song of Sorrento and Spring in Montmartre are soaring arrangements that will absolutely delight those already enamoured to the lushness of his music. Begin the Beguine will delight old and new listeners as well. Capture the essence of Mantovani's musical genius by acquiring this collection of outstanding music.

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Pretty weak
Keene jilts the jangle
Beginning Where We Ended
Another Perfect Record

The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
Tommy Keene
Manufacturer: Spin Art
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Crashing the Ether
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ASIN: B000063ITY
Release Date: 2002-06-04

Tracks:

Begin Where We End
The Man Without A Soul
Hanging Over My Head
All Your Love Will Stay
Technicolor
Big Blue Sky
The Final Hour
Time Will Take You Today
The World Where I Still Live
How Do You Really Say Hello?
Circumstance
The Fog Has Lifted

Album Description

Tommy's first studio album in 4 years, aided by such luminaries as Jay Bennett of Wilco & Jesse Valenzuela of The Gin Blossoms, Tommy creates simple, honest and direct pop music that never falls victim to the latest trends and sounds. 2002 on Spinart.

Customer Reviews:

Pretty weak.......2004-04-22

I'm a huge Keene fan, and I have nothing but respect for the diligence he's shown througout his career, putting out pretty much nothing but great music despite almost no commercial success. But an album this weak probably should not have included "broke down" as part of its title.

How often have you found yourself saying "I just wish Artist X would put out more of the stuff they do best. That first album rocked! Why'd they have to go and change?" Well, Tommy Keene's pretty much written the same song for the last 20 years, unaffected by (or uninterested in) new ideas in pop music. He's never gone through a "lo-fi" phase, he's never recorded a song with a string quartet, he's never dabbled with unusual instruments, he's barely ever recorded a song without drum and bass parts. Man, he's almost never strayed from 4/4 time and a medium-tempo beat in 20 years!

Don't get me wrong, the man's a genius on par with any American pop songwriter and he's found subtleties in power-pop that no other artist has. But on this record the craftsmanship and dedication comes across more like necrophilia. It's obvious he can basically just show up, plug in, and crank this stuff out. Lyrically and melodically, the entire thing is totally average. Even the presence of new faces (Jay Bennett ex of Wilco, for one) can't seem to shake Keene's sound up.

There are some utterly cringeworthy low points here that are easily the worst of Keene's entire recorded output. "Man without a Soul" is an awful attempt at a swingin' number. You can hear how awkward the style is for everyone involved: the drummer can't restrain himself, and Keene's vocal just keeps wanting to slip into tuneful-pop-singing-guy mode. Other songs are simply unmemorable; the "epic" "The Final Hour" is a tedious jumble of ideas with zero coherence.

Keene jilts the jangle.......2002-06-19

Tommy Keene's recent albums have displayed an amiable battle between a fuzzed-up, poppy roar and a keen (!)jangle. It was a pretty nice balance, really, on the sensational "Isolation Party" and the pretty strong "Ten Years After." With "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" I think we can declare a winner. Fuzz-buzz rock wins. Keene's new one on spinART mostly avoids the strum and jangle in favor of thick power. While this works some of the time, "Merry-Go-Round" is not, in truth, very close to the quality of the last studio effort, "Isolation Party." It's always hard to explain how someone can go from absolute creative peak to average with one album. Oh well, this new one is still pretty good, even with its flaws: Keene's melodies, especially in the first half, are just too similar and the songs blend together; his lyric rhymes are even more obvious than usual; the disc isn't especially well recorded; a little too much buzzy-fuzzy rock. Still, the 16-plus minute "The Final Hour", a rock suite of sorts, is great fun and showcases some fine guitar, and the terrific "Time Will Take You Today," which follows it, is heartening. Pretty good, then, but samey, a bit too overpowering and not a disc I can imagine anyone EVER saying is Keene's best (though some have already hinted at this). I don't think Keene can make a bad record; he hasn't here, but the brilliance of "Isolation Party" may have set the bar too high.

Beginning Where We Ended.......2002-06-12

Tommy Keene is one of the most underappreciated songwriters in the underappreciated genre of power pop.

I pay attention to music more than words, so I became a Keene fan practically after the first power chord I heard on Isolation Party, his last album. This new album even surpasses that - it has an even brighter feel and is more adventurous. The orchestration is more elaborate than anything he's done before - ethereal keyboard embellishments (courtesy of Jay Bennett - formerly of Wilco) and horn sections (occassionally recalling Psychedelic Furs circa Mirror Moves. There's also a 16-minute epic song that's good all the way through (unheard of for a pop songwriter).

Keene is a phenomenal guitar player, extremely rhythmic and angular, though he can be blustery and driving as well, like a Bob Stinson.

Chiming arpeggiated chords recall Roger McGuinn in his Byrds heyday, and explosive power chords invoke the spirit of Pete Townshend (before he became a self-parody and continued to sing about wanting to die before growing old).

Solos are brilliant - there's a minimalism involved - he doesn't try to be Eddie Van Halen, instead hitting just the right soaring notes.

And as a songwriter, his songs take surprising turns, never remaining too predictable. There's always a cinematic quality to everything he does, a key element of his lyrical imagery.

To me, his songs also evoke images of the unlimited possiblilities of youth, blue skies - and he sings them in a simple pop style that focuses on melody. And he's great live - he's touring later this summer and usually hits a lot of cities, so don't miss him!

Another Perfect Record.......2002-06-07

Tommy Keene is back after a few years off with another great record of guitar driven power-pop - same it ever was. Every record he has ever put out is a great place to start for the uninitiated; this one is as good as any. If he'd ever made something that was less than perfect, this would be a return to form, but he's never made a single misstep. On this one he takes his tried and ture formula, turns it up a bit and sticks it out there more than he has ever done. This is probably the most Tommy Keene of his albums and it completely succeeds, just like all of the rest.

Like his past few records, he seems to be focusing on the guitar playing as much as the melodies and perfect songwriting. "Begin Where We End" opens up the record with perfect guitar tones, a memorable melody, and right-on playing (dig the ebow, too). "The Man Without a Soul" is reminiscent of the barroom aesthetic that Paul Westerberg used to be about, horns and boogie-woogie piano and all (I didn't take to this one right away - it's somewhat of a departure - but the song itself proves itself admirably). "Hanging over My Head" wouldn't have sounded out of place on "Based on Happy Times" (somebody needs to re-issue that one). "Big Blue Sky" and "Time Will Take You Today" also remind me of that record. "Love Will Stay" adds nice organ to the formula.

The most surprising songs are the massive "The Final Hour" and "The World Where I Live." "The Final Hour" is a couple of songs in one; it's a Tommy Keene full-on guitar seminar. Right on. "The World Where I Live" features a Clarence Clemons-esque, ahem, SAX solo. I was genuinely surprised when it kicked in, but it's so perfect and so matched with the song, that it's easily become my favorite cut on the record.

The band (as on the last few records) is dead on perfect (Jay Bennett, John Richardson, and Brad Quin)and the production perfect. That Tommy Keene is not better known is a mystery. He's never put out a dud, his guitar playing is perfect, and the songwriting is as tight as ever.

"The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" is recommended for the those who miss the Gin Blossoms (Jesse Valenzuela is a huge fan, sings on the record, and covers Tommy Keeen songs with the Gas Giants), and those who are looking for cliche-free rock with kick-a$% guitar playing. All of his records are terrific; this one is a great summation of an astounding, albeit virtually ignored, career.

I can listen to this one all day and find a different favorite tune with ever listen.

Right on. Right on.

Like each of his previous records, this one will be the soundtrack of the summer.

(P.S. If you pick this one up, check out Adam Schmitt's new one. He plays on and recorded part of "Merry-Go-Round" and puts out great, completely overlooked records himself).

Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2
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Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2

Manufacturer: Azica
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Binding: Audio CD

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Shakespeare's Songbook

Songs and Dances from Shakespeare

Shakespeare Songs

Shakespeare's Musick (Songs & Dances from Shakespeare's Plays) / Pickett, Musicians of the Globe

William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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
Pyramus
Queen Dido (2 Versions)
Ratcatcher
Rich Jew
Robin Goodfellow
Robin Hood
Rogero
Rowland
Sellenger's Round
Shore's Wife (2 Versions)
Sick, Sick (3 Vesions)
Some Men For Sudden Joy (Round)
There Dwelt A Man (Version 2)
Titus Andronicus
Tom A Bedlam (2 Versions)
Troilus
Troy Town
Wellady
Whenas We Sat In Babylon
Where Is The Life
Whoop
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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London Pride - Tour of London in Song
Catherine Bott , and David Owen Norris
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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ASIN: B0001FYRCQ
Release Date: 2004-04-13

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A Generous Packet of Art Songs by American Composer John Duke
just spring review... great CD

Just-Spring: Art Songs of John Duke

Manufacturer: New World Records
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Permit Me Voyage: Songs by American Composers

ASIN: B00005V9UK
Release Date: 2002-01-01

Tracks:

Just-Spring
Acquainted With the Night
Water that Falls and Runs Away
I Carry Your Heart
The Mountains Are Dancing
April Elegy
Morning in Paris
There Will Be Stars
Good Morning, Midnight
Heart! We will forget him!
Bee! Im expecting you!
The Bird
Little Elegy
All Music, All Delight
Shes Somewhere in the Sunlight Strong
Bells in the Rain
Penguin Geometry
O, it was out by Donnycarney
Aubade
I cant be talkin of love
Walking in the Rain
Merry-go-round

Album Description

John Duke (1899-1984) is one of the acknowledged masters of the American art song. This release of twenty-three of his finest songs will afford lovers of vocal music the opportunity to discover Duke's little-known corpus. Comparison with the musical language of other notable American art song composers (Griffes, Loeffler, or Ives, for instance) reveals an unusually consistent and personal style throughout most of Duke's career, the composer venturing only slightly afield of a conventional tonal practice derived mostly from European music of the nineteenth century. Musical influences on his language, in fact, are almost entirely European; most of his songs have an accompanimental texture unmistakably his, continuing, in a way, the tradition of the German Lied, using poems in English.

Duke often claimed, both in his writings and in conversation with colleagues, to have developed his art song style somewhat self-consciously after having studied in great detail the historical, poetical, and musical contexts of three previous genres exhibiting a marriage of music and poetry: the Elizabethan song, the nineteenth-century Lied and the French mélodie of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His choice of poetry avoids almost completely the abstract in favor of the tried and true themes of love and mortality, themes that most composers have found the most suitable for musical treatment. Duke's music is taken very seriously by those who know his work intimately. After all, about how many American composers could it be said that all 265 songs have a natural feel for the voice, an elegantly matched pianistic accompaniment, a recognizable and personal style, and a musical language that never resorts to false syntax? It is easy to see why American singers love to sing his songs.

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A Generous Packet of Art Songs by American Composer John Duke.......2006-01-27

Though his name may not be a household word among American composers, to singers the lieder of John Woods Duke are a staple of the recital repertoire. A composer well respected in his lifetime (1899 - 1984), his 265 catalogued songs are the epitome of the marriage of text and music. His musical style never veered from melodic but his integration of poetry with his expressive understanding of the voice places him in the same category with Ives, Griffes, Rorem, Barber, Heggie et al.

This fine recital by soprano Lauralyn Kolb, a former student of the highly regarded Howard Swan of Occidental College and a sought after oratorio soloist and recitalist, with pianist Tina Toglia is a study in musical intelligence. Kolb's soprano voice is beautifully focused and her communication of the texts ranging from ee cummings, Emily Dickinson, Elinor Wylie, Sarah Teasdale, Robert Frost, Richard Nickson, Mark Van Doren to James Joyce is pristine and warmly sensitive. Her collaboration with Toglia demonstrates the way musicians should approach the art song. There are many excellent songs in this collection that could be singled out, but the pleasure of the recital is that the variety selected by the artists is very satisfying for a survey of works by a relatively unknown (to the public) composer. Recommended. Grady Harp, January 06

just spring review... great CD.......2005-08-20

fast shipment, everything recieved as promised. good seller to buy from. thank you.

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Fun in a cartoonish sort of way
I have the original CD...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Alan Silvestri
Manufacturer: Disney
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00006580M
Release Date: 2002-04-16

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Fun in a cartoonish sort of way.......2003-03-23

Scoring a live action/animation film can be a difficult thing. Do you mickey mouse every scene or play it straight? Silvestri does both, but mainly in a comic fashion. Lots of jazz musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as the orchestra itself provide the music and the result is a good one. For the jazz parts, Silvestri throws in a solo trumpet, saxophone, piano, bass, and drums. "Maroon Logo" and "Maroon Cartoon" are 2 mickey-moused tracks, meaning that every action on screen is reflected in the music. I can't help but think back to the old Warner Bros. cartoons here. "Valiant and Valiant" and "Eddie's Theme" are 2 tracks on the slightly somber side, employing the use of the wonderful jazz musicians. "The Weasels" is amusing, while "Hungarian Rhapsody" contains the scene where Donald and Daffy Duck duel with each other on the pianos. "Judge Doom" is the most ominous track on the album, sensing evil is right around the corner. "Why Don't You Do Right" and "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" are 2 songs from the film, the former one a sultry and swinging song sung by Jessica Rabbit in the film and the latter a comically entertaining one sung by Roger Rabbit. "Jessica's Theme" is sultry, with a slightly suspect feel to it. "The Gag Factory" is one of the highlights of the album, with the orchestra shining at its best with racing brass rhythms and strings. "The Will" is a great finale track, while "Smile Darn Ya Smile/That's All Folks!" is somewhat of a goofy song with Porky Pig quoting his famous line at the end. The best track is "End Title", which brings together all of the themes in the film into a 5 minute suite. A great effort on Silvestri's part and a wonderful recording, as well as a great orchestral performance.

I have the original CD..........2002-06-05

...and it is absolutely wonderful. Alan Silvestri is an incredible composer. I have several soundtracks from him and I'm a huge WFRR fan to boot! This soundtrack is a must have for any fan of this movie.