Little Bit of Heaven

Editorial Reviews
Boston Globe
McComb writes very personally delivering deceptively plain lyrics in a lovely voice that glides from contralto richness to silvery soprano.

Billboard Magazine
Of Kaleidoscope album, "Tears into Laughter": "This is a remarkably well-written, well-played and emotionally moving album".

Album Description
All originals. Mostly acoustic with a variety of styles - bluegrass, country, celtic, modern folk and unchartered musical forms! Luscious vocals and harmonies. Wide assortment of instrumentation - everything from acoustic guitar to Irish pipes to pedal steel. Great line-up of supporting musicians - Laurie Lewis, Keith Little, John Reischman, Scott Nygaard, Kathy Kallick, etc.

Little Bit of Heaven

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Incomparable Singer with brilliant choice of songs
Great Songs by the last of his kind
From an Irish Family
Here I'll Stay....!
At Last!

So Tenderly/A Little Bit of Heaven
John Gary
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00005YDK0
Release Date: 2002-02-05

Tracks:

Tenderly
If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
Take My Love
Danny Boy
Brown Eyed Baby Boy
Smilin' Through
Come to Me, Bend to Me
Song of the Coo Coo
Red Rosey Bush
Something Simple
Ten Girls Ago
Here I'll Stay
Little Bit of Heaven
I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
How Are Things in Glocca Morra?
Macushla
Kathleen Mavourneen
That's an Irish Lullaby (Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral)
Cockles and Mussels (Molly Malone)
My Wild Irish Rose
Galway Bay
Mother Machree
Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Customer Reviews:

Incomparable Singer with brilliant choice of songs.......2007-04-15

I first heard John Gary in the early 70's. I loved him then and love hime now. His voice is so pure, unstrained and soothing. He does not need special music engineering like most singers after him to make a good sound. His choice of songs -even the Irish ballads are perfect for his voice (and my listening pleasure). None of the songs in his albums would sound as good when sang by the other singers of his time or now- I am sorry but I think he is a lot more pleasing to hear than Tony Bennet, Frank SInatra, etc. It makes one dream again- make life and love timeless no matter how old one has become. I feel like falling in love all over again everytime I hear him. I wish that he has continued to sing, perhaps he has but I just have not seen or heard of him for several years. Thank God for John Gary!!!! and Thank you Amazon for carrying his Songs!

Great Songs by the last of his kind.......2006-11-15

I've been collecting John Gary's music from the very beginning and have
nearly all his music on 'albums' since I first heard him when I was in
the Navy and I'm glad to see that these great songs of his have come out on CDs.

I was lucky to actually hear him at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Hawaii back in about 1976. It was a wonderful experience.

George

From an Irish Family.......2005-07-04

Being from a part Irish family, the Irish standards on "Little Bit of Heaven" were part of the culture, especially by John Gary. I was by FAR the baby, being weaned on the Beatles and beyond, but everybody else thought this was pretty close to ... well, a little bit of heaven. I'm only giving it 4 stars because some may find it "old fashioned", which it is - big string arrangements, etc. But, boy, this guy has a voice, and I think these songs were meant to be done like this.

Here I'll Stay....!.......2003-04-17

Thank you Amazon for making this CD available. This CD captures your heart and soul. -- Music to take with you - wherever you go! John Gary at his finest -- as always. These beautiful songs, fit for any occasion - --and this fine voice-- provide the setting for meditation/relaxation, or to just write a letter to someone... in need of a tender touch -- or just for YOU to enjoy - over and over again.

At Last!.......2002-03-15

I have two scratchy albums from the 1970s that I never thought I'd be able to find on CDs. Lo and behold! Amazon offered both on the same CD. You have no idea how happy I am to hear John Gary's glorious, effortless voice again.
It's great that you notify customers when a product becomes available. Thanks, Amazon!

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Lerner & Loewe Songbook
Wouldn't it be lovely?
A Successful Sequel
Delightful Listening

Lerner & Loewe Songbook for Orchestra
Frederick Loewe , and Erich Kunzel
Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003D0E
Release Date: 1994-01-25

Tracks:

I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight - The March To Welcome Guenevere - Et Al.
Wouldn't It Be Loverly - With A Little Bit Of Luck - Et Al.
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Customer Reviews:

Lerner & Loewe Songbook.......2006-02-24

If you like Percy Faith's music, you'll like this one. He quit recording and died much too young. But while he lived, he recorded some great music.

Wouldn't it be lovely?.......2005-09-26

This CD represents some of the best of Broadway done in a great pops style. There are five orchestral suites, one each for the following: 'Camelot', 'My Fair Lady', 'Gigi', 'Paint Your Wagon', and 'Bridgadoon'. They are all arranged for orchestra by Robert Russell Bennett, save that for 'Paint Your Wagon', which was arranged by Cincinnati Pops Orchestra director Erich Kunzel.

The works of Lerner and Loewe were a mainstay of Broadway for decades in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, but it was during the late 50s and early 60s that their true glory days took hold. The presidential term of John F. Kennedy gained the nickname 'Camelot' in part because of the influence of the Lerner and Loewe production going on at the start. The songs contained in these suites are instantly recognisable by many, as the Lerner and Loewe songs have become so well known that many know the songs better than the musicals or the composers from which they come. 'I Could Have Danced All Night' and 'Wouldn't It Be Lovely' come from 'My Fair Lady', 'Thank Heaven for Little Girls' from 'Gigi' - these are but the most of famous of the familiar tunes.

There are a lot of pieces here that the listener will appreciate, both in remembering old pieces or in learning new nuances to the tunes.

This particular disc by Telarc has a feature called 'Spatializer', which gives a three-dimensional quality to the sterophonic sound, enhancing regular players and working well with surround-sound systems, too. The Cincinnati Pops are expert at this kind of music, having produced dozens of CDs of popular music and modern composers of musicals, film music, and pops-oriented major compositions.

This is a fun disc to have.

A Successful Sequel.......2005-08-03

This CD is a follow-up to the Rodgers & Hammerstein Songbook for Orchestra (1991) from the same team. It is a thoroughly successful sequel: I believe anyone who enjoyed the R&H will enjoy this one as well. If I am very slightly less enthusiastic about this one than the R&H, it's not because of any shortcoming of Kunzel, the Cincinnati Pops, or Telarc, all of whom are at the top of their form. Rather it's because Frederick Loewe, for all his undoubted expertise, is not quite in the same class as a composer with Richard Rodgers. But that's asking a lot, since Rodgers was the American musical theater's leading light. Lerner & Loewe's musicals were second only to R&H's during the golden age of the American musical, and their My Fair Lady is by any standard one of the best musicals ever staged. If Loewe did not create as many unforgettable numbers as Rodgers, he nevertheless wrote many delightful songs and much enjoyable music. This CD features five orchestral suites, ranging in length from 9 to 18 minutes (total playing time 68:06), from Brigadoon (1947), Paint Your Wagon (1951), My Fair Lady (1956), Gigi (film 1958; staged 1973), and Camelot (1960). The arrangements (all but one by Robert Russell Bennett) are expert. The performances are masterly (if perhaps lacking in just a tad of the infectious brio that the same team brought to R&H). And Telarc's robust sound (recorded 1993) would be hard to improve on. Warmly recommended.

Delightful Listening.......1998-12-05

Some of the nicest and nearly forgotten music (Paint your Wagon & Brigadoon) is nicely compiled here. It will make you want to listen to the full soundtracks again, but for a quick tour of Lerner & Lowe, it is very nice.

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This SACD is very good
Interesting and good music

Celtic Spectacular
Erich Kunzel , and Cincinnati Pops
Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006771B
Release Date: 2002-04-30

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This SACD is very good.......2007-07-20

All of the music this SACD is very good. I like very much of the celtic music.

Interesting and good music.......2007-01-26

A good music ,good sonics.
I particularly enjoyed some traks such as No. 4 in which James Galway plays but also no. 6 and 9 and the others.

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Mantras, Vol. 3: A Little Bit of Heaven
Henry Marshall and the Playshop Family
Manufacturer: Oreade Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00003L2G1
Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

Om Srim Maha-Lakshmyai
Amba Amba
Satyanarayani
Om Dhiyo Yonaha Prachodayat
Om Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Rama Lakshmana Janaki
Om Namo Bhagavate
Om Trayambakam

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Superb singing, superbly restored

Legendary Voices: Leonard Warren II
Leonard Warren
Manufacturer: Preiser Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000067CSD
Release Date: 2002-10-29

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Superb singing, superbly restored.......2003-09-08

This is, without question, the best restoration of monaural opera singing that I have ever heard, and it's one of my favorite collections of songs to boot. I've been looking for Leonard Warren on CD for years, and for the sea shanties in particular. Now I've finally found them, and they're the closest thing to a stereo recording of Leonard Warren that you will ever hear.

You will be astonished, not only with Mr. Warren's magnificent baritone, but with the incredible cleanliness of the disc. You won't hear a pop, scratch, or click in any of the sea shanties--remarkable, given that they were recorded in 1947. Yes, they are monaural, so they don't have as much "presence" as a stereo recording, but the orchestra, chorus, and Mr. Warren himself are as clear and as sonorous as if they were recorded today. Every note and nuance has been restored.