Green Dress

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Arbor Records is proud to release this award winning album by Wayne Lavallee. His unique vocals are heart-felt with an aggressive cutting edge acoustic sound that evokes pure emotion.

Product Description
CAMA Winner "Album of the Year"

JUNO Nominee "Aboriginal Recording of the Year"

Featuring Juno award winner Jesse Zubot and Steve Dawson, world renowned guitarist Dave Sinclair, vocalist Shakti Hayes and more.

This album was mixed by audio guru Steven Drake and mastered at Sterling Sound-New York.

Green Dress

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Average customer rating: A Vocally Dazzling Esparza Rides High on an Exuberant Pre-"Rent" Larson Score Great tunes - great lyrics - great harmonies Love the Music Larson Lives Fantastic Music, but i wouldnt want to see it live

Tick, Tick... Boom! (2001 Original Off-Broadway Cast) Jonathan Larson , Amy Spanger , and Raul Esparza Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Contemporary Musicals | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Last 5 Years (2002 Off-Broadway Cast) tick, tick ... BOOM! Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast) The Wild Party (Lippa) (2000 Off-Broadway Cast) Songs for a New World (1996 Original New York Cast) ASIN: B00005NQK5 Release Date: 2001-09-11

Tracks:

1. 30/90
2. Green Green Dress
3. Johnny Can't Decide
4. Sunday
5. No More
6. Therapy
7. Real Life
8. Sugar
9. See Her Smile
10. Come To Your Senses
11. Why
12. Louder Than Words
13. Boho Days
14. 30/90 Playout

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Rent is usually treated as Jonathan Larson's one and only show, but the truth is that he had a career--albeit a hitless one--before that blockbuster. There was a musical titled JP Morgan Saves the Nation with lyrics by Jeffrey M. Jones and music by Larson. And there was Tick, Tick... Boom!, an autobiographical piece that Larson workshopped for a while before setting it aside and finishing Rent.

In 2001, Tick, Tick is getting a full off-Broadway production, and it's a rather endearing one. Lyrics have never been Larson's strong point, but he was a hell of a melodic composer--and the score here is even poppier than that of Rent (think Top 40 rather than Sondheim). It's hard to pick favorite songs: "Green Green Dress" is built on a rollicking piano boogie, for instance, and "Real Life" and "See Her Smile" are the kind of elegiac ballad that Larson would later perfect with "Seasons of Love." Luckily, this show has a lot more to offer than mere youthful musings. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

A Vocally Dazzling Esparza Rides High on an Exuberant Pre-"Rent" Larson Score.......2007-06-16

Perhaps it's a coincidence that the immensely talented Raúl Esparza plays a character dreading his 30th birthday in this 2001 recording of the hit off-Broadway show by the late Jonathan Larson, while five years later, he would play the elliptical Bobby dreading his 35th birthday in the enthralling 2006 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company. In both performances, Esparza shows a true affinity for capturing the angst of men undergoing transitional points in their lives which render them emotionally paralyzed. At first glance, Sondheim and Larson would not seem like kindred spirits, but both share a gift for sophisticated lyrics in an unmistakable musical style defined by their oeuvres. Larson even pays tribute to Sondheim in the story's climax and with the sardonic, work-is-hell "Sunday", a take-off of the song with the same name in Sunday in the Park with George.

However, it is the familiar Larson sound of Rent that is heard most in this score - driving, rock-out rhythms with unavoidable pop hooks and yearning, piano-driven ballads. Even the opener, "30/90", is a virtual sound-alike of the bigger show's title tune. If the songs are not quite as polished or even memorable as those in Rent, they feel more personal because the autobiographical story is far more intimate in scale. Set in 1990 in the same SoHo neighborhood as Rent, it's a simple three-character piece about Jon, an aspiring composer who considers giving up his dreams on the verge of his 30th birthday. With charismatic fire, Esparza is equally adept using his beautifully expressive voice in a rock milieu as in a Sondheim character study. He brings energetic brio to finger-snapping rockers like the Twinkie-induced "Sugar" and especially shines on the ballads, "See Her Smile" and the revelatory "Why".

With a slightly pinched voice that reminds me a bit of the Bangles' Susanna Hoffs, Amy Spanger as girlfriend Susan duets nicely with Esparza on the touching "Johnny Can't Decide", the rocking "Green Green Dress", and the comical self-help wordplay of "Therapy". Her shining solo moment comes with the knockout ballad, "Come to Your Senses". As Jon's embattled pal Michael, Jerry Dixon provides powerful vocals, bringing particular warmth to "Real Life" and grit to the fed-up rave "No More". The trio closes the show powerfully with the anthem-like "Louder Than Words". The overall score is a bit derivative and a tad too earnest, but the youthful zest of the cast and Larson's pop craftsmanship more than compensate. Two bonus tracks are offered at the end - an instrumental replay of the opener, "30/90 Playout" and a rare recording of Larson singing "Boho Days" a capella with propulsive hand claps.

Great tunes - great lyrics - great harmonies.......2006-11-04

If you are a fan of the late great Mr. Larson you will love this music. Okay, I have seen the play a couple of times so I know what happens between the songs but this, his autobiography, really moved me. Even my kids like the Green Dress Song.

I hope you like it... The theme is "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" rings true today as the day he wrote it.

John we miss you.

Love the Music.......2006-08-22

I saw this play a few weeks ago, and really enjoyed the music, so I got the CD. The voices, and lyrics are amazing! However, as I often find with CDs of musicals, there wasn't always the right feeling in the voice, particularly in "Therapy" where couple ought to be angry at each other, and it seems more cute on the CD.

Larson Lives.......2006-05-06

I love Tick, Tick... Boom! The show is quite refreshing. The show works so well with three actors. I LOVE "30/90" and "Louder Than Words." Both speak really strongly to the audience because they both are really relatable to anyone's life. Admittedly the middle of the show drags a little, and Spangler's voice can be chipmunkish at times. However those are minor detractions when it comes to this show. It is especially moving if you know Jonathan's story. It is no Rent, but the short piece is really moving

Fantastic Music, but i wouldnt want to see it live.......2006-04-30

I was soo soo very pleased with the music from "Tick...Tick..BOOM!". Rock Operas are my favorite type of musical theatre, and i must say this is one of the best. The storyline, however, although dealing with bohemian problems like AIDS, rehersals, love, didnt meet the power of the music. It was taken from Johnathans original one-man show and made into a three-man show. This was the only way possible to make this conversion, but still it was a dull storyline only going over the time period of one day in the day in the life of Johnathan Larson. Yes, it was an important day, his thirtieth birthday and his friend annoucing that he is HIV positive, but none of this happens until the end. The show lacks obsession, and in order to make a good musical storyline there has to be an obsession. Luckily, the weak storyline is backed with fantastic music, perhaps even better than Rent. 30/90 is my all time favorite song EVER i have listened to it over and over and still am not sick of it. other favorite tracks include:
30/90
Green Green Dress
No More
Sugar
Come To Your Senses (originally from Superbia)
Louder Than Words
and i also enjoy the rest of the songs as well.

Average customer rating: The story behind the recording Star of Wonder-Music for the Seasons

Star of Wonder San Francisco Choral Artists , Franz Xaver Gruber , John Rutter , John Henry, Jr. Hopkins , Alfred S. Burt , Heinrich Schutz , Tomas Luis de Victoria , Hieronymus Praetorius , Richard Dirksen , Roger Nixon , Kirke Mechem , William Mathias , Benjamin Britten , Hugo Distler , Francis Poulenc , Anton Bruckner , Christmas Traditional , and John Francis Wade Manufacturer: Reference Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bruckner | Bruckner, Anton | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Praetorius, Hieronymus | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Christmas Day in the Morning ASIN: B000001579 Release Date: 1993-12-17

Tracks:

1. Silent Night
2. Nativity Carol
3. We Three Kings Of Orient Are
4. Come, Dear Children
5. Cantate Domino
6. Gloria
7. Gaudete Omnes
8. Caroling, Caroling
9. The Nativity
10. Green Growth The Holly
11. Christmas Carol
12. Sir Christemas
13. Interlude From 'Ceremony Of Carols'
14. Lo! How A Rose E'er Blooming
15. O Magnum Mysterium
16. Virga Jesse
17. We'll Dress The House
18. What Child Is This?
19. Noel Nouvelet
20. O Come, All Ye Faithful
21. Deck The Hall

Customer Reviews:

The story behind the recording.......2004-12-15

I must admit that I was a member of S.F. Choral Artsists and sang on this recording, which was made in 1985, I believe. It's become a favorite of many friends who enjoy a capella choral singing. We recorded it in the lovely St. Ignatius Church on the campus of University of San Francisco, which happens to be on a very busy bus line. We could not record until after midnight because the sounds of the bus could be heard inside the wonderful cathedral with its incredible reverberation. The Reference Recordings folks were using the high-tech digital mastering technology and planned to issue the recording on something new called a CD, an original one of which I have, as well as the traditional LP which was the original big seller. So, after work each day we'd get together to have dinner and practice in the early evening, and then about midnight begin recording until 5am, for several nights straight. One of my fondest memories is recording the gorgeous Wilcox arrangement of "What Child Is This?" about 4am. The sense of the still of the night sounds still comes through on the recording, as does the somehwat ghostly "Happy New Year" at the end of the "Deck the Hall." It's nice to see that is is still available, and I hope folks enjoy it.

Star of Wonder-Music for the Seasons.......2000-12-13

"Star of Wonder" is a lovely CD of Christmas-themed music, some familiar and some new. If you enjoy beautiful a cappella singing and love Christmas music, you will want to own this CD. The ensemble is superb, and the soprano sound has a pure, chrystalline, single-voice quality that is quite unique. While most of the singing is unaccompanied, some pieces are enhanced by the evocative quality of a flute, handbells or harp. This CD is a joyful discovery.

Average customer rating: Peppy pessimism Blitzkrieg Pop wicked fun Neat-o Complete-o

Bust 'em Green Henry's Dress Manufacturer: Slumberland Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001WZ3 Release Date: 1996-03-01

Tracks:

1. The Way She Goes
2. Target Practice
3. Winter '94
4. Hey Allison
5. Treefort
6. Get Yourself Together
7. Jimmy
8. Sunshine Proves All Wrongness
9. All This Time For Nothing
10. Zero Zero Zero
11. Not Today
12. Self Starter

Customer Reviews:

Peppy pessimism.......2006-12-20

This SF trio sounds as if produced in a cement mixer rather than behind a studio mixer. The record rushes by in about twenty minutes, it seems. It's tinny and buzzing and shrill. The female singer has the voice of the spaced-out, emotionally-challenged girl next door who was into creepy and unwholesome diversions you didn't really want to hear her drone on about-- long before such grrrrls or such an attitude were commodified by Hot Topic and Emily the Strange. The male singer's actually not bad, but he doesn't get to sing as often as the female. I like this the more I listen to it.

Since you are here, you likely know about the Aislers Set, and female singer Amy's subsequent music. This 1995 disc, by comparison, is even more (which means a lot, given the recording favored or afforded by her and her bandmates) garagey in tone and texture. This record does not reveal its potential when you initially hear it. At first, and as heard through modern speakers, this sounds like dreck. I thought I'd been deluded after searching long for a (pricy) copy of this sought-after, out-of-print CD.

However, it's the kind of record that suits best a transistor radio; the disc's mod & Motown echoes fit older technology. It's the bop of the boppish mid-60s filtered through the postpunk miasma of the early 80s. It reminded me at times of The Primitives, a short-lived British band of the later 80s, who also joined, if more slickly, peppiness with pessimism.

If vinyl was still an option, this CD would have been a fine choice for an LP. Digitally, it probably suffers from enhancement. Not a bad track on it, and it goes by so fast you may not register at first much distinction between songs. This is a plus, as this enhances the deceptively friendly sound. The first track's punkish. the sixth track shows the promise of what would become the Aislers Set's ambiance, track nine has a killer riff, and track ten's nearly as catchy.

Slumberland Records, so the reliable source of its mastermind tells me, may release in 2007 an 'omnibus' collection of Henry's Dress's music. I do not know if this means everything they have issued already on Slumberland. If you must have "Bust 'em," it is not easy. I paid quite a bit for it myself, before hearing of the possible anthology. Knowing that there may be a compilation out soon, you may want to wait for that; if not, save up the cash, seek it out and enjoy it.

Blitzkrieg Pop.......2006-10-14

I have a pretty big collection of noisepop, and this is the best, most fun of the lot edging out Black Tambourine by a nose. Plus, "Treefort" is the best song about having a cold ever written, even better than 10cc's immortal classic "You Have a Cold." Not to mention that "Get Yourself Together" is a cover of the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" in disguise that easily outstrips the original in terms of gratuitously noisy zest. Easily worth the ridiculously high asking price when you consider that every time you start the disc you're miraculously tranported back in time to an idealized version of junior high.

wicked fun.......2006-01-31

I second what the person below said: this album rocks. I got it in a bargin bin, in a used record shoppe, and have liked it ever since. It couples shoe-gaze with garage, which is a nice effect. And it's totally fun-sounding.

Neat-o Complete-o.......2000-10-10

Reasons to buy this CD: 1) It's a way fuzzed-out more rocking version of the Aislers Set 2) The songs are so catchy you'll have the experience of having at least three of them in your head simultaneously 3) This is noise pop at it's best

Seriously, If you're a fan of the Aisler's set or the Slumberland sound in general, you'll do no wrong in picking this one up.

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My Smile Her Corpse Trunk Full Of Dead Bodies Manufacturer: Dresssed To Kill Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000K7F5BM

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Green Dress Wayne Lavallee Manufacturer: Arbor Records Ltd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Native American | North America | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0007NMJJK Release Date: 2007-01-08

Tracks:

1. green dress
2. heart land
3. sacred journey
4. savanna
5. caught up in a jam
6. breathe
7. silence
8. let it go
9. dusty warrior
10. powwow honey
11. intertribal
12. message
13. all my relations (bonus)

Album Description

CAMA Winner "Album of the Year"

JUNO Nominee "Aboriginal Recording of the Year"

Featuring Juno award winner Jesse Zubot and Steve Dawson, world renowned guitarist Dave Sinclair, vocalist Shakti Hayes and more.

This album was mixed by audio guru Steven Drake and mastered at Sterling Sound-New York.

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Life in a Box Soundtrack Y'all Manufacturer: Lucky Green Dress Company ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAFT5O Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

1. Life in a Box
2. My Mama Likes the Feel of Cottage Cheese
3. God Bless New York City (My Big Apple Pie)
4. I Got a Dime
5. We're Still Poor and We're Still Happy
6. Throw Away the Knives and Forks
7. Between the World and Me
8. Everybody Loves Roger
9. I'll Hang on Your Every Smile
10. Cottonwood Tree
11. Just Like This
12. Nothing More
13. Does It Feel Like Home?
14. Are You on the Top 40 of Your Lord?
15. There's a Dark Place Deep in My Heart
16. Gotta Be a Big Man
17. Now and Always
18. My Man, Our Horses, And Me

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Between the World and Me (Steven's Songs) Manufacturer: THE LUCKY GREEN DRESS CO. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000G6E7UC

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