County Fair
Editorial Reviews
Billboard Continental Drift JANUARY 4, 1999
Birds Of A Feather: For most unsigned acts, the only thing more frustrating than struggling to rise above the crowd of ambitious hopefuls is getting so close to a major deal that you can taste it but not yet experience it. For Pulling Birds, an act that's fast becoming one of the better-known free agents of the Florida music scene, that frustration should reach a satisfying conclusion relatively soon. In fact, we're willing to bet that it's only a matter of moments before the band explodes into the national phenomenon it deserves to be a savvy bet hedged by the impressive response its homemade disc, County Fair, has received since its July release.
So far, the Clearwater, Fla., quartet which consists of vocalist Wade McMullen, guitarist Jesse Zeigler, bassist Justin Abrams, and drummer Kevin Connolly Jr. has received radio airplay in Florida and has found its way onto several national and regional CD collections most notably the imminent third edition of Deep South Records compilation series, which previously featured Marcy Playground and Sister Hazel shortly before they were snapped up by the majors.
What is it about Pulling Birds that's turning on people who discover 'em? Simply put, it's the unabashed glee they squeeze into every irresistible note they play. Even when they're in the throes of a love-gone-wrong rant, there's an innate optimism that pulls 'em through the muck. This shouldn't, however, imply softness. In fact, McMullen's delivery has an appropriately raspy edge, while the band attacks the material with the guitar-conscious aggression that modern rockers require. From a cold, hard industry perspective, the ultimate pleasure to be found in tunes like the rave-up. She Comes And She Goes and the strumming Queen Of The See is the act's undeniable mass appeal. Not bad for a disc that was cut in a single weekend in the master bedroom of McMullen's parents home.
About the Artist
Pulling Birds was formed through mutual friendships in January 1997 when four teenagers from Clearwater Florida Wade McMullen vocals, Jesse Zeigler guitar, Justin Abrams bass, and Kevin Connolly Jr. drums began writing songs and performing together. In 1998, with an average age of just 20, the quartet produced their full-length debut County Fair in their parents' homes using rented recording equipment. Released in July, several of the songs have received airplay and have appeared on various... read more
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Guitar-driven modern rock
County Fair
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- Welcome to "alternative" classical music!
- It's Yo-Yo so it's Exquisite
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Appalachia Waltz / Ma, Meyer, O'Connor
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ASIN: B000002C0Y
Release Date: 1996-09-24 |
Tracks:
- The Green Groves of Erin - The Flowers Of Red Hill
- Appalachia Waltz
- Chief Sitting In The Rain
- Mama
- Butterfly's Day Out
- Druid Fluid
- First Impressions
- Etienne Et Petunia
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- Speed The Plow Medley
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Welcome to "alternative" classical music!.......2007-02-19
It's wonderful to hear three such talented musicians put together a collection of non-classical music on revered instruments. This is not "The Yo-yo Ma Show" with two other guys! The music is varied but the performances are great and -- in some cases, e.g. Appalachia Waltz -- fantastic. I was driving the first time I heard the title piece and immediately started sobbing and had to pull over; it was that beautiful! This would be a good CD choice for children to listen to, as it gives a fine exposure to the amazing sounds that the three instruments can make when in the right hands.
It's Yo-Yo so it's Exquisite.......2007-02-12
Yo-yo Ma has never been content to stick with the standard cello classics. Of course he has recorded the classics - the magnificent Bach Cello Suites (incredible and the visual DVD only enhances the effect), Vivaldi, Beethoven, Faure, Dvorak, etc. His evolution as an artist is an on-going process, thus there's Yo-Yo playing Tango (Astor Piazzolla), Yo-Yo playing Jazz (Claude Boling), Yo-yo playing Brazilian music or John Williams. And now we have the Apalachia Waltz, a beautiful, virtuoso and haunting piece.
I, too, found many of the sounds unique. For a real experience, listen in a darkened room with a pair of superior earphones - the things you pick up will shock. I literally turned my head several times, convinced that the artist was in the room.
As one reviewer noted, this is not supposed to be the rustic sound one might imagine or (the reverse) simply an intellectual exercise. The artist (with able assistance) seems to draw on some kind of inner reserve and literally pour his soul into his newest project. I, for one, applaud this widening of the boundaries between genres and hope that it continues.
Let's not forget the other artists, particularly Meyer. Many times the celebrity saps all the attention leaving a wake of sore feeling in their wake. Ma has always been one to give credit where credit is due and in this case it is due to those who ably assisted him. My grade - A
Love it- great for weddings.......2007-01-24
I used this and Appalachian Journey for my wedding music. I used Track 2 (Appalachian Waltz) as my entry music. The rest I just had playing on a cd player as background music while my guests were waiting on me. It was perfect for our outdoor Fall wedding. Hearing track 2 always brings the memory of our beautiful day flooding back.
Stellar album.......2006-11-10
This disc is top-notch in all respects. The playing is great by Ma and O'Conner for sure, but the bass work is awesome. Meyer is as good a player as there is in the world at the present time in my opinion. I am a cellist and bassist and find it difficult to believe that some of the things he does are possible. If you like top quality string playing, order this album today.
**Superb**.......2006-07-19
I absolutely love this album -- the music resonates with one's soul. Even if you don't have a cello fetish as I, you can't go wrong with this album. It offers a wonderful range from adagio to allegro.....A true musical feast. I especially enjoy Butterfly's Day Out and First Impressions. Dolce...
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- A Cambridge Singers high point
- How sweet it is
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There Is Sweet Music: English Choral Songs, 1890 - 1950
Cambridge Singers , and Rutter
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Release Date: 2003-02-25 |
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- Stanford: Partsongs Op. 119 No 3, Bluebird
- Delius: To be sung of a summer night on the water, 2 songs for chorus
- Elgar: Partsongs for chorus, Op.53 No 1, There Is Sweet Music
- Elgar: My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land for Chorus, Op.18, No. 3
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`I have rarely been so stunned by the opening track of a disc before. The performance of Stanford's The Blue Bird here attains the sublime.' Hi-Fi News & Record Review
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A Cambridge Singers high point.......2005-10-17
One of the very best recordings this choir has produced, and a definitely top choice for anyone who loves this choir or English choral music in general. Absolutely first-rate singing...and the literature is just too gorgeous to be on a one disc and pass up. The Delius pieces will make you melt, and the Vaughan Williams 3 Shakespeare Songs are nothing short of phenomenal.
How sweet it is.......2005-09-26
This disc is a bit different from many of the Cambridge Singers' discs in that it is exclusively secular songs. This was recorded at the Great Hall of University College School, London, in 1986, and originally released on vinyl. I cannot find an analog/digital code (many vinyl originals were first recorded in analog and then transferred to digital, sometimes clumsily) - despite this, the recording quality is crisp, clear, and vibrant.
--Music--
The music here is simply gorgeous. English musical tradition is long in the area of folk songs, but there was a waning of folk songs during Georgian and Victorian times. Also, despite the tradition of choral music which has been strong in England continuously, there was a definite resurgence of interest with the advent of the Oxford Movement in the nineteenth century.
The music here represents the work of many prominent English composers - Vaughan Williams, Holst, Britten, Delius, Stanford, and Elgar; others whose names are less well known generally are also represented, such as Moeran, Grainger, Chapman, and Bairstow. Vaughan Williams is represented in his setting of three Shakespeare texts to music ('Full Fathom Five', 'The cloud-capp'd towers', and 'Over Hill, Over Dale'). Britten is represented with Five Flower Songs. The title piece comes from a text chosen by Elgar - 'There is sweet music', according to Rutter, demonstrates a wonderful ability to match words to music in a way he describes as uncanny.
There is poetry in the texts and in the music here.
--Liner Notes--
The notes for this recording include the titles and words of each song together with source citations. There is also a brief essay on this musical period in English history. One thing conspicuously missing is much biographical information about John Rutter, or any descriptive information about the Cambridge Singers. This disc does not even have a list of the singers.
--John Rutter--
Rutter was born in London and educated at Clare College, Cambridge. This was where his career as a composer, arranger and conductor began. His early work was with groups at King's College Chapel at Cambridge as well as the Bath Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra. He has worked for the BBC providing music for educational series such as 'The Archaeology of the Bible Lands', until in 1979 he began forming the Cambridge Singers, and has continued a remarkable career of performance and recording as their director ever since.
--The Cambridge Singers--
The Cambridge Singers are a mixed choir of voices, many of whom were members of choir of Rutter's college, Clare College, Cambridge. While they specialise in English and Latin liturgical pieces, they have a wide range of recordings that span from modern compositions (including a remarkable requiem by Rutter) to English folk songs of the Middle Ages. Many are former members of the choir of Clare College and other Cambridge collegiate choirs (hence the name, Cambridge Singers). In the quarter-century since the founding, the Cambridge Singers have produced an impressive body of recordings.
This is a gorgeous recording.
Something about British Choral Music..........2005-07-19
It is such pleasure to see this re-release of 1986 recording by John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers from the Great Hall of University College School, London. The original recording has long been a favorite of legions of devotees of the British Choral tradition and this collection remains one of the finest samplings of significant a capella songs available.
Opening with the hauntingly simple and beautiful 'The blue bird' by CV Stanford (to whom this album was dedicated), the tone of the CD is set as a stroll through the mists and bogs of the English countryside. Songs by Frederick Delius (one featuring the then unappreciated tenor soloist Mark Padmore!), Edward Elgar, various folk songs beautifully arranged for four-part chorus, the 'Five Flower Songs' by Benjamin Britten, and finally the extraordinary 'Three Shakespeare Songs' set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams are all included in this generous recital.
Vaughan Williams songs are brief but immaculately written choral works. 'Full fathom five' and 'The cloud-capped towers' find all the mystery in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' while 'Over hill, over dale' is the quintessential musical rendering of the fairies frolics from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Rutter and the Cambridge Singers are splendid and the acoustic of the recording hall adds just the right amount of resonance to complete the magic of these songs. Highly recommended! Grady Harp, July 05
Unbelievably gorgeous.......2005-04-09
This is one of my all-time favorite choral CDs -- from start to finish, the harmonies are gorgeous, the mood contemplative, and the singing (as usual with the Cambridge Singers) is inspired. The title track is stunning, and the Londonderry Air is one of the most beautiful wordless arrangements you'll ever hear. I also love "The Oak and the Ash," although it's hard to pick favorites on such a uniformly wonderful CD. I myself am a serious singer, and this is the kind of music that keeps me coming back to rehearsals. Buy it, you will definitely never regret it!
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Grainger: Works for Chorus and Orchestra
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ASIN: B000000B09
Release Date: 1996-11-19 |
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Very High Quality 'Easy Listening'.......2007-01-18
This is the second of Chandos 'The Grainger Edition' recordings I have reviewed and it is much closer to the heart of my tastes than the piano accompanied baritone solos of Volume 2 I previously reviewed. Just as I will value a cookbook if it has just one extraordinary recipe or a computer book if it has just one extraordinarily good programming idea, I wouldlove this album even if everything else but 'Scotch Strathspey and Reel' were junk. But, of course, all the other tracks on the album are not junk, they are very, very good. Just not as enjoyable as this superb rendition of the famous sea chanty, better known by its first line 'What do we do with a drunken sailor...' The 'Joyful Company of Singers' earns their name on this one. Next to Russian liturgical choral singing, sea chanties are my favorite, so I confess to being just a bit less than impartial on this one, but there you are. This one is simply lovely.
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More Songs My Father Taught Me
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ASIN: B00009L817
Release Date: 2003-08-12 |
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- Water O' Tyne
- I Heard You Singing
- Will You Go With Me?
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- Legendary selections by a legendary voice
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Legendary Irish Tenor
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ASIN: B00005RVT2
Release Date: 2001-11-26 |
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- Mother Machree
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- Killarney
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- Ave Maria
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- Macushla
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Legendary selections by a legendary voice.......2004-03-24
With special emphasis on the variety presented in this collection, this album has a broadness of scope that will appeal to anyone who appreciates the magic of the human voice.
McCormack was perhaps the most popular entertainer in the world during his career, comparable with the superstars of today, only richer in the currency of his day.
Though purists may have criticized his shift to the popular venue as opportunism, and perhaps desertion of his training in the classical tradtions, he was simply presenting what people wanted to hear. Whether he set a pattern of career management followed by modern entertainers or was simply happiest when the accolades flowed over him matters not. The talent and richness are his legacy to us.
His range and vocal dexterity are well illustrated and represented by this larger than usual collection, and anyone with a particular favorite tune in his rather loose genre will likely find it here.
After a journey through this collection, listeners may well gain another special melody or two for addition to their personal list of "best ever" songs and singers.
Although it may be considered a bit foolish, some will choose this album for only one or two tracks. Some call that trait wasteful, but when a jewel of performance is played again and again, the teardrop may fall once more, and the heart will thrill yet again.
This album will please many musical palates, even those who claim no special fondness for "Irish Tenors."
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- Wagner exposed for the rich old Texan he is...
- Wagner's Ring Cylce set in Texas to Country Music
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Das Barbecu: A New Musical Comedy (1994 Original Off-Broadway Cast)
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Release Date: 1995-03-07 |
Tracks:
- A Ring Of Gold In Texas - Original Cast
- What I Had In Mind - Sally Mayes
- Hog-Tie Your Man - Sally Mayes
- Rodeo Romeo - J.K. Simmons
- County Fair - Sally Mayes
- Public Enemy Number .1 - J.K. Simmons
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- Barbecue For Two - Sally Mayes
- After The Gold Is Gone - Sally Mayes
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Wagner exposed for the rich old Texan he is..........2007-07-16
I have had the pleasure of working backstage at a production of this particular show, and know it intimately... and to be perfectly honest, while I do not doubt the talent and ability of the CD's performers, I have heard these songs done MUCH more justice. However, the music is still quite fun, and if you have any knowledge of Der Ring Das Nibelungen at all, then you will find this show quite hilarious. Don't expect Wagner, but then again, don't expect a heartfelt tribute to Texas, either... this musical does it's best to poke fun at every... abrogating aspect of "Texan Culture"... of course, what better way to express the excessive and consanguineous hodge-podge that is Norse Mythology?
Wagner's Ring Cylce set in Texas to Country Music.......2007-06-06
This is sheer genius. The show consists of five actors playing over 30 roles! The amazing thing is that you can do the show with two stage hands as long as you have enough dressers for the actors (I know, I was one of the two stage hands when we did the first production at Theatre on the Square in Indianapolis). The music is great, it has wonderful ballads, a great anthem song toward the end and several very funny songs.
Highest rating.
Enjoyable Music.......2004-05-19
I recently had the pleasure of being musical director and conductor for a production of this work, and although I have traditionally hated country-western music, I found this music to be wonderful and lots of fun. Usually, I am hired more as an opera coach and singer, more towards the "legit", "Wagner" side of this particular story; however, this version is worth every dollar. Too bad the cd doesn't contain the dialogue!
Wagner goes to Texas.......2003-07-08
This is, alas, only the songs from the wonderful musical--I wish it had all the hilarious dialog too. It helps if you are familiar with "Goetterdaemmerung" (and the rest of the Ring cycle), because it is a truly wacky version of the story. Imagine Hagen as a narcoleptic, and the poor out-of-work Rhinemaidens have to perform in an aquatic extravaganza.
The lively songs are Texas-flavored, and the lyrics have the clever syncopation and rhymes of a Cole Porter. It's hard to get "Makin' Guacamole" out of your head, and "Slide a Little Closer, Darlin'" is a ballad to equal any. But I can't wait for the video!
Country Western Version of Wagner's Ring (?!?!?!?).......2001-02-02
Poor Wagner -- First Anna Russell makes a career of telling an accurate version of the Ring and getting her biggest laugh when she accurately says "I'm not making this up!" and now this. Don't mistake it for a highlisghts disk of the Ring! This is the country-western version of the Ring Cycle set in cowboy Texas and is, in its way, a pretty good telling of the Ring Cycle. I doubt it is going to convert a lot of country fans to Wagner, but if you like Wagner at all, it is a very, very funny retelling of the Alberich/Wotan/Brunnhilde/Siegfried story set to country music. It was a fun stage show (presented in Seattle when the Ring was being produced) and the album captured the goofy spirit of the show. This is a good album for folks who don't always take their Wagner too, too seriously. It is certainly good for a couple of listens, so enjoy. The Amazon sound clips are pretty representative of the show.
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- Enjoyably 'Inauthentic,' Authentically 1950s Version
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John Gay: The Beggar's Opera; Edward German: Tom Jones (Highlights)
Manufacturer: Class. for Pleas. Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000089HAZ
Release Date: 2003-08-05 |
Tracks:
- Overture - John Wills
- Thro' All The Employments Of Life - Owen Brannigan
- 'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind - Alexander Young
- If Love The Virgin's Heart Invade - Constance Shacklock
- A Maid Is Like The Golden Ore - Constance Shacklock
- Virgins Are Like The Fair Flower - Elsie Morison
- Our Polly Is A Sad Slut - Constance Shacklock
- Can Love Be Controlled By Advice? - Elsie Morison
- O Polly, You Might Have Toy'd And Kiss'd - Elsie Morison
- I Like A Ship In Storms Was Tossed - Elsie Morison
- A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir - Owen Brannigan
- O Ponder Well - Elsie Morison
- Pretty Polly, Say - Elsie Morison
- My Heart Was So Free - John Cameron
- Were I Laid On Greenland's Coast - Elsie Morison
- O What Pain It Is To Part - Elsie Morison
- Fill Every Glass - Alexander Young
- Let Us Take The Road - Alexander Young
- If The Heart Of A Man - John Cameron
- Youth's The Season - Dance - John Cameron
- Before The Barn-Door Crowing - Dance - Anna Pollak
- At The Tree I Shall Suffer - John Cameron
- Man May Escape From Rope And Gun - John Cameron
- App. 1. How Cruel Are The Traitors - Monica Sinclair
- App. 3. When You Censure The Age - Owen Brannigan
- How Happy Could I Be With Either - John Cameron
- I'm Bubbled, I'm Bubbled - Monica Sinclair
- Cease Your Funning - Elsie Morison
- Melodrama: The Escape Of Macheath - John Wills
Tracks:
- The Modes Of The Court So Common Are Grown - Alexander Young
- In The Days Of My Youth - Owen Brannigan
- Entrance Of Lucy - John Wills
- I'm Like A Skiff On The Ocean Tost - Monica Sinclair
- Come, Sweet Lass - Monica Sinclair
- Hither, Dear Husband - Monica Sinclair
- Which Way Shall I Turn Me? - John Cameron
- The Charge Is Prepared - John Cameron
- Macheath's Soliloquy - John Wills
- Would I Might Be Hang'd - Monica Sinclair
- Thus I Stand Like The Turk - John Cameron
- Introduction - Don't You Find The Weather Charming? - Gilbert Vinter & His Orchestra
- On A Januairy Morning In Zummerzetsheer - Nigel Brooks Chorus
- West County Lad, What Is't Ye Lack? - Nigel Brooks Chorus
- To-Day My Spinet, Closed And Idly Still - Cynthia Glover
- Wisdom Says 'Festina Lente' - Shirley Minty
- Madrigal: Here's A Paradox For Lovers - Shirley Minty
- Dream O' Day Jill - Cynthia Glover
- As All The Maids And I One Day - Shirley Minty
- A Soldier's Scarlet Coat - Nigel Brooks Chorus
- Love Maketh The Heart A Garden Fair - Cynthia Glover
- Morris Dance - Gilbert Vinter & His Orchestra
- Gavotte: Glass Of Fashion, Mould Of Form - Gilbert Vinter & His Orchestra
- The Green Ribbon - Shirley Minty
- If Love's Content Lie In The Spoken Word - Frederick Harvey
- Recitative And Waltz Song: Which Is My Own True Self... - Cynthia Glover
- Recitative And Waltz Song: For To-night Let Me Dream Out My Dream Of Delight - Cynthia Glover
- Hark! The Merry Marriage Bells - Shirley Minty
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Enjoyably 'Inauthentic,' Authentically 1950s Version.......2005-05-14
By rights, this 1955 version of John Gay's much-adapted 1728 'ballad opera' should sound antiquated beyond redemption: the musical version used is Frederick Austin's well-worn, prettified (& verbally expurgated) 1920 arrangement, subjected to the indignity of being blown up from chamber ensemble to full orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargeant's tempi are impossibly 'inauthentic' (ie. slow); there are numerous cuts even beyond Austin's omissions; & the 2 separate casts, of opera singers & actors, recorded in different months, are not always convincingly 'matched up.' Yet it's one of the most enjoyable recordings I know of.
A quick scan of the cast list(s) will tell you why: the singers include Elsie Morison, John Cameron, Monica Sinclair, Ian Wallace, Owen Brannigan & Alexander Young & the actors Zena Walker, John Neville, Rachel Roberts, Eric Porter & Paul Rogers. In other words, these are top pros & strong audio personalities who grab their every opportunity. The musical performance is sumptuous & sheer pleasure to listen to, the actors & dialogue 'production' brisk, funny & sharper than you might expect. And the sound for both music & dialogue is of demonstration quality, one of the best of the period.
Those who find this version too musically ponderous or dramatically reactionary can find antidotes in the Bare Baroque Basics one by Jeremy Barlow & The Broadside Band (Hyperion), word & note complete, & the radical & often inspired 1948 Benjamin Britten arrangement (complete on Argo, abridged with the original cast on Pearl). They'll be missing some good 50s fun, though.
They'll also be missing the only available excerpts (15 numbers) from Edward German's tuneful 1907 operetta 'Tom Jones.' This really IS 'cleaned up' 18th century, genteel beyond the call of duty, but for those who respond to musical theater of the period, highly recommended. The 1966 recording is lively & accomplished. As Miss Jean Brodie would say, For those who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like. And a good thing too.
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Great Voices of the 20th Century
Manufacturer: Castle Pulse
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ASIN: B0009HL13E
Release Date: 2005-07-04 |
Tracks:
- Where'er You Walk (Semele)
- Who Is Sylvia?
- Is She Not Passing Fair?
- I'll Walk Beside You
- Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
- O Mary Dear (Londonderry Air)
- I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
- Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
- Old House
- Star of the County Down
- Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon
- Silent Noon
- Oft in the Stilly Night
- She Is Far from the Land
- Off to Philadelphia
- Passing By
- Rose of Tralee
- Ireland, Mother Ireland
- Indiana Moon
- Marcheta
Album Description
The most famous Irish tenor of all time, McCormack was hugely popular in the USA with 73 chart entries. This compilation contains electronic recordings from the mid-1930s to the early 1940s representing superior sound quality to his earlier acoustic recordings. Includes such favourites as "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes", "Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair" "The Rose Of Tralee" and "The Star Of The County Down". Castle. 2005.
Album Details
The Most Famous Irish Tenor of all Time, Mccormack was Hugely Popular in the USA with 73 Chart Entries. This Compilation Contains Electronic Recordings from the Mid-1930s to the Early 1940s Representing Superior Sound Quality to his Earlier Acoustic Recordings. Includes Such Favourites as "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes", "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" "The Rose of Tralee" and "The Star of the County Down".
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- This is good, but "Unsung Stories" is a masterpiece...
- Great album,a worthy successor to "Unsung Stories"
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County Fair 2000
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Hightone Records
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- Out in California
- West of the West
- Live at the Fillmore East
- Live at Massey Hall (CD/DVD)
- All the Roadrunning
ASIN: B0000005QU
Release Date: 1994-10-19 |
Tracks:
- County Fair
- Wreck Your V-8 Ford
- The Blue Line
- That Thing
- Turnin' Blues Into Gold
- Starlight
- Keep In Touch
- What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasin' You
- She Loves So Good
- Callin' Corraine
- The Terror
- Oh, Doctor
- Mr. Satellite Man
- Low Down Rhythm
- Danny Boy's Mourning Sunset: Old Rugged Cross...
- Danny Boy's Mourning Sunset: Ankh/Didn't He Ramble
- Bonus Track
Customer Reviews:
This is good, but "Unsung Stories" is a masterpiece..........2001-02-08
... and it is apparently out of print. Please, somebody, re-release the brilliant Unsung Stories. Support Phil Alvin by buying this worthy, but not quite as compelling, successor.
Great album,a worthy successor to "Unsung Stories".......1999-06-03
this album is an apt continuation of'unsung stories',which by now ,is probably deleted.the dirty dozen brass band again makes an appearance,as well as new collaborators: the blasters (his usual band),top jimmy,billy boy arnold,the faultline syncopators,the guada la habrians (featuring los lobos'cesar rosas),mary franklin,and eddie baytos.the album goes full spectrum ,from rockabilly to blues to thirties jazz to country to new orleans jazz and back.it just gets better and better.
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The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
All Works by Sullivan
| Sullivan, Arthur
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ASIN: B00004SSJR
Release Date: 2002-11-05 |
Tracks:
- The Mikado: Overture
- The Mikado: A Wandering Minstrel I
- The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
- The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
- The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!...Taken From The County Jail
- The Mikado: As Some Day It May Happen
- The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
- The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted
- The Mikado: I Am So Proud
- The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays
- The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
- The Mikado: Miya Sama (Entrance Of The Mikado)
- The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never
- The Mikado: The Criminal Cried
- The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
- The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
- The Mikado: Alone, And Yet Alive!...Hearts Do Not Break!
- The Mikado: On A Tree By A River
- The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
- The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
- Trail By Jury: The Learned Jungle
- H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Litttle Buttercup
- H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew...I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
- Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
- H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad I Served A Term
Tracks:
- H.M.S. Pinafore: Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
- H.M.S. Pinafore: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
- H.M.S. Pinafore: The Hours Creep On Apace
- H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
- The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
- The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
- The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wandering One!
- The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
- The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bears His Steel
- The Pirates Of Penzance: Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine
- The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
- The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
- Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen...If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
- Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved...If You're Anxious For To Shine
- Patience: Sad Is That Woman's Lot...Silvered Is The Raven Hair
- Patience: A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
- Patience: Love Is A Plaintive Song
- Patience: So Go To Him And Say To Him
- Patience: When I Go Out Of Door
- Patience: After Much Debate (Finale Act 2)
- Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
- The Lady Of My Love...(Finale Act 1)
Tracks:
- When All Night Long A Chap Remains
- When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
- When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
- If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
- Ruddigore: My Boy, May Take It From Me
- Ruddigore: The Battle's Roar Is Over
- Ruddigore: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
- Ruddigore: You Understand?
- Ruddigore: When The Night Wind Howls
- Ruddigore: My Eyes Are Fully Open
- Ruddigore: There Grew A Little Flower
- The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
- The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore...In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
- The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince
- The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
- The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
- The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
- The Gondoliers: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
- The Gondoliers: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: How You Say Maiden, Will You Wed
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: Where I Thy Bride
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light Hearted Loon
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: Comes The Pretty Young Bride
Music:
- Crow Sit on Blood Tree [Import]
- Doolittle
- Eric McFadden Solo
- Float on [CD-single] [Enhanced]
- For What It's Worth [EP]
- Go and Give the Guard a Break
- Go Let It Out [CD-single] [Import]
- Guest [Enhanced] [Import]
- Hot Topic [CD-single]
- In Between the Heartbeat
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Telemann: Festive Cantatas
The Smoothest Jazz: Laid Back Soul and Jazz Funk Grooves [Import]
Twelve Songs of Christmas
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Si Tu Me Lo Pides
Ta Horeftika [Import]
Throw the Warped Wheel Out [Import]
The X Tracks: Best of Andy Summers [Import]
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Spring in Prague [Import]
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Sweet Soul [Import]
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All That Jazz: The Best Of Ute Lemper