Dirt

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Alice in Chains were initially tagged with the "grunge" moniker, when in fact their haunting, ponderous sound was far closer to the progressive rock of Queensryche. Their second album, Dirt, is a moody, portentous affair, filled with occasionally inspired riffing from guitarist Jerry Cantrell and hair-tossed wailing from singer Layne Staley. Perhaps the band got lumped in with Generation X because their lyrics focused upon depression, death, and drugs. Certainly, titles such as "Down in a Hole," "Junkhead," and "Hate to Feel" didn't leave much room for doubt as to Cantrell's perspective. The quartet did have a slightly lighter, almost poppy side to them, though, as "God Smack" and "Hate to Feel" indicate. Ultimately, Dirt is classic angst rock. --Everett True --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Millenium digipak edition, with original sleeve and 6 page booklet. 12 tracks including 'Rooster', 'Would' & 'Them Bones'. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • I hate the song Big Balls
  • Back in Black was great, but I prefer Bon Scott's lunatic rants on their earlier records.
  • Good Music
  • Fantastic record but...
  • One Of AC/DC's Best Albums.
 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
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ASIN: B00008BXJ4
Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

  1. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
  2. Love At First Feel
  3. Big Balls
  4. Rocker
  5. Problem Child
  6. There's Gonna Be Some Rockin'
  7. Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round To Be A Millionaire)
  8. Ride On
  9. Squealer

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While Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap sounds like every other AC/DC album, it is distinguished by a lyrical puerility spectacular even by Bon Scott's standards. Two tracks--"Love at First Feel" and "Squealer"--are ruminations on the morality of sex with schoolgirls. "Big Balls," ostensibly a narrative from the perspective of an aristocrat socialite, is actually a somewhat labored excuse for the band to chant "We've got big balls." This juvenile posturing was, to a large degree, AC/DC winding up their burgeoning foreign audience by playing to stereotypical expectations of Australians. On Dirty Deeds, however, AC/DC try too hard. Only on "Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire)" is Scott's laconic wit deployed to real effect: the sheer glee in the line "Get your fuckin' jumbo jet off my airport!" is almost worth the album's purchase price. --Andrew Mueller

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AC/DC's 1981 album digitally remastered and reissued in a special digipak plus a 16 page full color booklet containing all original album art, many unpublished photos, classic memorabilia and new 2003 liner notes. Epic.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I hate the song Big Balls.......2007-06-27

Everything on this album is fantastic except for Big Balls. How that song ever became a single I will never know.

5 out of 5 stars Back in Black was great, but I prefer Bon Scott's lunatic rants on their earlier records........2007-06-13

I don't think this is really a 5-star record, but it's worth 5-stars to hear Bon Scott's barking about his "big balls" and his willing to play a hit man using 'high voltage'. Although this band is not a punk band, they are one of my all-time favorite punk bands, because they have the spirit. Bon Scott was so original and so amazingly wild.

4 out of 5 stars Good Music.......2007-05-27

AC/DC stormed on the U.S. music scene with Highway to Hell. They toured the country opening for other guitar bands like Kiss. When we found out that AC/DC already had several albums previously released in Australia, well, we were just thrilled. This was one of those albums.

All of these songs are excellent songs with catchy rhythm tracks. The lyrics are attractive to the testosterone laden teenage boy: the title track, Big Balls, Rocker, etc... The chorus of Problem Child was one of the anthems of my teenage years.

What I like most about this band and this CD is Malcolm. He lays down some cool sounding rhythms that are fun and relatively easy to play. I got the tablature from the internet and worked my way through all of these songs. Friday afternoon I like to put this in my CD player and crank up my Seymour Duncans and play along.

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic record but..........2007-02-16

What a bummer, the Australian Release of this record had the one song that really capped off this album. That song was of course, Jailbreak. It was the last song on the record.

It appears to be missing here! Not good. How can you take an absolutely brilliant record like this one and leave off its crowing glory. Jailbreak is one of the Bon Scott era trademark AC/DC songs. Not Impressed with this omission! This is not good. Also the cover is different. The original cover had the closeup of the parrot tattoo on Bon Scott's arm while Angus flipped you the bird in the background (irony?). This new cover makes it look like a Duran Duran record.

I always felt that this record was one of the major Bon Scott era records, along with TNT, Let There Be Rock, and Highway to hell (not just in sales, but in consistency, quality of music and lyrics). Dirty Deeds (first song) and Jailbreak (last song) made it a killer album. My personal favorite song was Ride On.

Definitely a defining album in the AC/DC catalog and one which you should seek to have because even now, 30 years later, it still sounds like the top notch record it was back in the day. It rocks. And remember, if it ain't loud, it's not on...

5 out of 5 stars One Of AC/DC's Best Albums........2006-11-26

"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (ddddc) is by far one of AC/DC's best albums. With Tracks Like "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", "Ride On", and many other good ones AC/DC took their music to a whole new level. I think that Angus Young's guitar in ddddc is better than it is any other AC/DC album, it just seems to talk to you! Deffenatly one of the best rock albums of the 70's.
Dirt
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • not that best album in the world, but decent
  • Dirt - a classic album, R.I.P. Layne Staley
  • One of the Greatest Albums of All Time
  • Damn, Absolutely owned by them.
  • Alice In Chains Masterpiece Was Born...'Dirt' Is Tasteful Metal...
 Dirt
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ASIN: B0000028M7
Release Date: 1992-09-29

Tracks:

  1. Them Bones
  2. Dam That River
  3. Rain When I Die
  4. Down In A Hole
  5. Sickman
  6. Rooster
  7. Junkhead
  8. Dirt
  9. God Smack
  10. Intro (Dream Sequence)
  11. Hate To Feel
  12. Angry Chair
  13. Would?

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Alice in Chains were initially tagged with the "grunge" moniker, when in fact their haunting, ponderous sound was far closer to the progressive rock of Queensryche. Their second album, Dirt, is a moody, portentous affair, filled with occasionally inspired riffing from guitarist Jerry Cantrell and hair-tossed wailing from singer Layne Staley. Perhaps the band got lumped in with Generation X because their lyrics focused upon depression, death, and drugs. Certainly, titles such as "Down in a Hole," "Junkhead," and "Hate to Feel" didn't leave much room for doubt as to Cantrell's perspective. The quartet did have a slightly lighter, almost poppy side to them, though, as "God Smack" and "Hate to Feel" indicate. Ultimately, Dirt is classic angst rock. --Everett True

Album Description

Millenium digipak edition, with original sleeve and 6 page booklet. 12 tracks including 'Rooster', 'Would' & 'Them Bones'.

Album Details

Digitally remastered millennium digipack edition. Includes a special 6 page booklet.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars not that best album in the world, but decent.......2007-07-11

I admit- I checked this album out because people were comparing Alice In Chains to Black Sabbath, and people were telling me Dirt was the closest thing to a Sabbath record you will find. Well, not really.

Black Sabbath was much heavier, not to mention mainly focused on writing guitar riffs and adding tempo changes at unusual moments (at least, the original version of the band). The music on Dirt is almost identical to grunge rock, if you ask me. Some people will claim the music on this album is progressive rock, while others will just call it heavy metal. To me, it sounds exactly like the music Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and others were doing at the time- music that's not quite as heavy or memorable as people seem to think.

Dirt feels like a one-dimensional album, though sometimes it works to their advantage. "Them Bones" is a pretty good way to introduce someone who's never heard Alice In Chains before, with a smack of an updated rock sound to kick things off. It's energetic, and a pretty good tune. I think the best melodic moment on the album comes on "Down In a Hole". It has an upbeat vocal melody (despite what the lyrics might reveal) but it's not *that* great. The song kind of gets boring after a couple minutes. The verse melody is pretty good, but the chorus seems average to me which overall hurts the song a little. The overlapping vocal section near the end hurts it too. Actually, repeated listens reveal a rather sappy-sounding track, overall. The frightening lyrics may have been dangerous and unlike anything else back in the day, but now I can imagine grandmothers humming the melody.

"Junkhead" is pretty close to a Black Sabbath track with its dreary tone and atmosphere. Good track. "Rooster" is only worthwhile for the way the singer occasionally blurts out "Yeah, here comes the rooster". I can't get into the rest of the song, even after all these years. As for "Angry Chair", I'm not a fan of the intentionally careless style on the part of the lead singer. Sounds like he's deliberately dragging his vocal style across the verse melody for the sole purpose of being intentionally annoying. I'm not a fan of that. Actually the entire song seems to go back and forth between clumsy and obnoxious vocal melodies. I can't have it both ways, but the "I don't mind" chorus is more listenable. "Would" is more or less the same thing, though shorter.

Overall, I don't consider Dirt a classic album, and don't understand people who do. I guess because there was nothing like it back in the early 90's. I can respect that. I just don't care for the music too much.

5 out of 5 stars Dirt - a classic album, R.I.P. Layne Staley.......2007-07-04

While other people were noting the rise of bands like Pearl Jam and Nirvana, the band I felt that was the new great "rock" if you will, was Alice in Chains. Dirt was the 2nd album they had and it has so many songs on it I like I could talk about them forever. With Dirt I just felt like it was good in all aspects, but especially songwriting. Staley and Cantrell are in sync here till the end, and despite the death of Layne a few years ago I still think they had enough albums to solidify themselves for a higher status than so many other bands that seemed to be riding the grunge train later in the 1990's like Silverchair and Creed. Rooster is my favorite song; it is so dark and powerful like most of the material found here, but also because it was a tribute from Cantrell to his father who fought in the Vietnam War. I still go back and enjoy listening to this album often, I just wish Layne could have stayed with us but I am happy for the great material this band produced during their tenure.

5 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest Albums of All Time.......2007-06-30

Alice in Chains is to this day one of the most creative bands of all time and this album is the best way to be introduced to their music because not only is it their masterpiece, but it is the best representation of their music in every way. AIC makes dark, depressing, and creepy music and no other band has ever been able to capture these moods like this band has. It seems that it comes naturally to AIC because they convey these emotions through their songs so perfectly but effortlessly. Jerry Cantrell's spooky guitar playing and backing vocals and Layne Staley's chilling and powerful vocals are the most perfect match music as a whole has ever seen, and is the reason AIC was so perfect and unique in their songs. Their first album was more upbeat and fast-paced while their third and final studio album was extremely slow-paced and almost too creepy. This album, however, is AIC at their prime and contains their best songs including Down in a Hole, Rooster, and their greatest song, Would?. Every time I listen to that song I can't believe how great it is along with the band that made it.

5 out of 5 stars Damn, Absolutely owned by them........2007-05-08

Back when I was young, I enjoyed listening to a ton of 90s bands. Around 1996, my friends were spitting out music from the recently passed grunge scene including Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, and of course...Nirvana (Unplugged) along with a ton of other rock bands of that time (Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day, RHCP, etc...)

But there was one band I didn't listen to when I was young. Alice in Chains. It was just 1 year ago when I learned about them and decided to get myself acquainted with the band. I bought the album Dirt after hearing some of their songs on the radio. After just one viewing, I was hooked. Not only is this album quite possibly one of the most under-rated/under-appreciated album of all time, but it could be one of the greatest albums of all time. Almost every single song has a soul to it thanks to the songwriting of Jerry Cantrell as well as vocals by Layne Staley. Songs like Them Bones and Angry Chair gives the music a darker feel while others like Down in a Hole, Rooster, and Rain When I Die pack in a ton of emotion. God Smack is another decent track (and very likely the track where the band Godsmack got their name from)

And Dirt isn't just AIC's best music. There are still the Jar of Flies EP, Facelift, and their Unplugged album (when MTV was still showing music). All are highly recommended. Pretty much anyone should give Alice in Chains a listen...I don't care if you are part of the emo scene or the indie scene or still trapped in the 80s with your hair metal, give Alice in Chains a try. This is the best album really to start with.

5 out of 5 stars Alice In Chains Masterpiece Was Born...'Dirt' Is Tasteful Metal..........2007-05-01

Alice In Chains...they were a band millions of people admired because they never got caught up in the quagmire of nu-metal junk. FACELIFT was the birth of the metallic side of the Seattle sound, and after it went gold months after its release, Alice In Chains followed themselves up with the more melodic and less explosive SAP, the ep which surprised many fans already built on the hugely metal-grunge sound the band had under its belt. But nobody expected the groups follow-up, the bleak and monstrous DIRT to become an unexpected turn of events for the band. But there's so many reasons why DIRT became such a hit.

First of all, vocalist Layne Staley's bleak lyrical portraits of drug addiction and isolation are given life with his aching and haunting vocal performance all over this album, and Jerry Cantrell's guitar work is disorienting and his riffs dip and rip throughout, all the while the throbbing bass of Mike Starr and the frenetic drumwork of Sean Kinney pulse as the sturdy backbone to the music. This is the work of a true unit of Seattle musicians who have built together one of the best grunge-metal albums of the 90s...period.

"Them Bones" hammers home with some chugging riffs and Staley's haunting drone to open the set like a ten ton wall of bricks coming at you. Then you have the relentless thunder of the angry fight song "Dam That River" (which guitarist Jerry Cantrell wrote about an altercation between him and Kinney). Then we go into the beautiful metalscape of "Rain When I Die", which features an ending that fades out and then comes back full blast at the end, but it's a haunting song as well. Then it all changes with the beautifully aching "Down In A Hole" which is by far one of the most heartfelt performances from Staley and Cantrell. Then you go into the kinetic and pulse-pounding monster "Sickman" that features a dramatic breakdown inbetween the two throbbing verses. Then it starts to turn into a hugely operatic show from these guys with two of biggest songs on the record.

"Rooster", written in tribute to Cantrell's father who served time in Vietnam, is a stunning portrayal of an armyman's time in such a place (got my pills 'gainst mosquito death/my buddy's breathing his dying breath). "Rooster" climaxes many times with its giant, crashing chorus and it's aching beginning and end. For all of its six minutes, you won't take your ears away as you are sucked into its melodrama. A very strong number that's instantly memorable. Then, out of nowhere, "Rooster's" melodrama is blown to bits by the starkly confessional drug anthem "Junkhead", which depicts Staley's harrowing drug addiction to a lethal degree. It's one of the most confessional drug songs ever written by Staley with a powerful depiction.

Elsewhere, the band keeps on chugging with blustery anthems ("Hate To Feel", "Dirt"), and then reaches it's apex with two of the best songs on DIRT to close out the set. "Angry Chair" is haunting, dark, melancholy, and somewhat explosive to a degree, but it's one of the best songs written solely by Staley. The words have a depth to them unlike many grunge-metal songs these days ("saw my reflection and cried/so little hope that i died"). It's a powerhouse song, flowing right into probably the biggest hit Alice In Chains have ever had, "Would?". "Would?" is a tribute to late Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood, and it features one hell of a vocal turn from Staley, especially during the chorus, but one can't forget Cantrell's haunting turn in the verses. The song pounds away until the very last notes with Staley screaming "If I would could you?!" And so ends a masterpiece record that sold millions of copies as the droves of grunge metal fans ate it up.

So while the next record, the vastly melodic and introspective JAR OF FLIES showed another different side to the band, DIRT holds up as the band's masterwork, with the self-titled "tripod" album coming in at a close second. DIRT is aching, revealing, dramatic, bleak, hopeless, dark, painful, but most of all, DIRT is pure beauty from the inside out.
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Story of their lives in song
  • Are there more stars...
  • Brown Dirt Cowboy~ Elton John
  • Ending An Era In Style
  • Absolutely one of the greatest albums of all time!
 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
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ASIN: B000001EGA
Release Date: 1996-05-14

Tracks:

  1. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
  2. Tower Of Babel
  3. Bitter Fingers
  4. Tell Me When The Whistle Blows
  5. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  6. (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket
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  10. Curtains
  11. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
  12. One Day At A Time
  13. Philadelphia Freedom

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Elton John has always liked having it both ways. He's flamboyant and vain, yet empathetic and sincere. He sits at his piano playing sentimental melodies, but the words come not from inside his soul but from friend Bernie Taupin. For Captain Fantastic, he and Taupin wrote a concept album which sketches their career together. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is easily the strongest song outside of the concept. The addition of several songs "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" featuring John Lennon, "Philadelphia Freedom," and "One Day at a Time" blow the concept but up the entertainment value considerably. --Rob O'Connor

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5 out of 5 stars The Story of their lives in song.......2007-06-18

Elton John and Bernie Taupin closed the chapter of their peak years by writing a song cycle about how they got there. "Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy" put away the glitter and the costumes and painted an austere portrait of the artists in their hungry years. By reigning in the excess and making many of the songs modest and sincere, "Captain Fantastic" gave fans of Elton the best of both worlds. The simpler storytelling of the earlier part of Elton's career was matched to the increasing confidence of his and Bernie's songwriting. While there was no glammy-hit with catchy chorus to be found on this album, it is easily the most consistent work of their glory days. It even made history by becoming the very first album to enter the charts at number one.

It is also the most sentimental of Elton's albums. The humble beginnings are underscored by the title track, and the orchestrated original closer of "Curtains/We All Fall In Love Sometimes" is beautifully done. The late Producer Gus Dudgeon made this album glow rather than flash - he may be one of the most underrated participants in Elton's career. (He passed away in 2002.) This was such a departure for Elton stylistically that only one song became a hit single, the song of love lost without regrets "Someone Saved My Life Tonight," in which Long John Baldry and Bernie talked Elton out of going through with a marriage that would have seen him ending his musical career. It is a powerful ballad and fits in even better when positioned in the "Captain Fantastic" storyline.

Because the album is a concept album, it is best listened to as a piece. The angry "Meal Ticket" is a great rock song, as is "Bitter Fingers." But it is the way all the pieces fit that brings out the brilliance of this album. Even though two of the three bonus tracks are number one hits, they are actually a distraction here. Even the liner notes concede that point, claiming that Elton and Bernie were really trying to stay true to form, and had no issues with recording singles as items not album specific. Even so, how many albums can have bonus material as terrific as Elton's cover of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" or concert classic "Philadelphia Freedom?" Anyway you look at it, bonus tracks or no, "Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy" is a classic, the moment that captures all parties at the pinnacle of their powers at a time when they were also at their most commercially successful.

After-note: I received this album for a gift on my 15th birthday, and met Elton John in Philadelphia in 1989. When I told him how I got the album (and the poster), he laughed and said "you're making me feel f'n old." That poster - also signed by Bernie - is framed and hanging in a treasured spot on my office wall.

5 out of 5 stars Are there more stars..........2007-05-08

Of all of the dozens of CD's you could get with this guy, you can't beat "Fantastic". The best of Elton John and Bernie Taupin is RIGHT HERE. You don't have to look no more!!! Gif.

5 out of 5 stars Brown Dirt Cowboy~ Elton John.......2007-05-06

Bought this in vinyl but lost all my albums so
I bought it again when cassettes were the fad.
Just had to have it on CD..... bought it again!
Now I have in on my computer forever.
Love it!

5 out of 5 stars Ending An Era In Style.......2006-12-02

Elton was just a singles machine, when this album came out. But he used all those singles to guarantee an audience for this brilliant, very uncommercial masterpiece. The album debuted at number one, but people expecting more "Daniel" or "The Bitch Is Back" were undoubtedly shocked, but hopefully not disppointed. This album has it all. It rewards the true Elton John fans who waited through numerous commercial hits for an album worthy of his earlier work. As if inspired by the story line, his early career with Bernie Taupin, Elton and Bernie seemingly go back in time and come up with just an incredible album as good as anything he had ever done to that point, and miles better than anything he would ever do again.

The bonus tracks include two number one monster singles. Not bad for bonus tracks.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely one of the greatest albums of all time!.......2006-11-05

Elton John was a 70s version of the fab four
rolled up in one... he's on full display here..
his band sounds amazing...
Will the Circle Be Unbroken (30th Anniversary Edition)
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  8. Black Mountain Rag
  9. Wreck On The Highway
  10. The End Of The World
  11. I Saw The Light
  12. Sunny Side Of The Mountain
  13. Nine Pound Hammer
  14. Losin' You (Might Be The Best Thing Yet)
  15. Honky Tonkin'
  16. You Don't Know My Mind
  17. My Walkin' Shoes

Tracks:

  1. Lonesome Fiddle Blues
  2. Cannonball Rag
  3. Avalanche
  4. Flint Hill Special
  5. Togary Mountain
  6. Earl's Breakdown
  7. Orange Blossom Special
  8. Wabash Cannonball
  9. Lost Highway
  10. Doc Watson & Merle Travis: First Meeting (Dialogue)
  11. Way Downtown
  12. Down Yonder
  13. Pins And Needles (In My Heart)
  14. Honky Tonk Blues
  15. Sailin' On To Hawaii
  16. I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
  17. I Am A Pilgrim
  18. Wildwood Flower
  19. Soldier's Joy
  20. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
  21. Both Sides Now
  22. Foggy Mountain Breakdown
  23. Warming Up for "The Opry" (talk)
  24. Sunny Side (talk)
  25. Remember Me

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In an age when the old-timey soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? sells 5 million copies, it's hard to imagine how revolutionary Will the Circle Be Unbroken seemed upon its release 30 years ago. The triple album (now rereleased as a two-CD set) paired many of Nashville's venerable country and bluegrass performers (Roy Acuff, Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Jimmy Martin, Vassar Clements) with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, or as Acuff called them, "a bunch of long-haired West Coast boys." The idea seemed nearly as foreign as Martians setting down in Tennessee, but the Dirt Band were Colorado hippies steeped in the genre, so there was no disputing the authenticity of the music, or its earthy appeal. Aside from the sheer joy of the performances (listen to Jimmy Martin's "whoop" on "Sunny Side of the Mountain"), there's great fun in hearing Roy Acuff give the boys a lesson in doing a song right the first time (and using the word hell before launching into a religious number). And Mother Maybelle wafts through like a benevolent ghost, or at least a patron saint. One caveat: The boast of four previously unreleased tracks is balderdash, since three are really between-track conversations and rehearsals, and only "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" qualifies as a real song. But that's nitpicking. Buy it. Love it. Wallow in it. O brother, that's country music! --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars all time classic.......2007-06-11

was the first record on blugrass I heard, is still an all time classic

3 out of 5 stars I don't know, mate..........2007-05-29

Everyone seems to love this record, and I can see why. It's relaxed, old-tyme bluegrass from some of the masters, both (then) young and old. I don't want to come down too critically on this album, as it is quite solid, but - to my ears - that's the problem. It's solid without being inspirational.

Be honest- if you weren't familiar with the cast, it would just be another bluegrass album, no? It's just a hodgepodge of famous names, and very rarely do these all-star casts ever prove inspirational. Everyone seems to be enjoying everyone else's company, perhaps sipping a drink or two, and singing a few tunes here and there. Even Doc Watson sounds a little flat, save for "Black Mountain Rag." That should tell you something.

If you want FANTASTIC bluegrass, save your money. Buy a Kentucky Colonels or a Muleskinner record. Heck, buy an original album by any of these artists that have fire, inspiration, and are truly sensational.

5 out of 5 stars A piece of history.......2007-05-16

I first purchased this album on in 1974 or there about. I recently re-purchased it on CD. It is as good today as it was then, maybe better. The music is breathtaking in it's straight forward simplicity and unadorned honesty. This is one if those albums that just happened at the right place and time. Sadly, so many of the folks on the album are no longer with us. This should be required listening for all the "young country" stars of today. Country music was never better than this.

5 out of 5 stars Great Album, Great CD, Great Amazon!.......2007-02-21

Had been searching for this since hearing the LP in my youth. Just as good as I remembered. Love the additional tracks and great instrumentals. Great service from Amazon all the way to NZ.

5 out of 5 stars Great old country music.......2007-02-11

I own the original LP and could no longer play it because I have gone to only CD's. I had been looking for the CD and was very happy to finally find it. This is a great classic BlueGrass album. I just love this music. If you love Bluegrass you need this album, it's a must have.
Red Dirt Girl
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Voice still lovely; not country any more; sound complex, muddy
  • art with blemishes
  • Emmylou Atmosphere
  • Production is weak
  • Emmylou Rocks
 Red Dirt Girl

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ASIN: B00004WZOJ
Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

  1. The Pearl
  2. Michaelangelo
  3. I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now
  4. Tragedy
  5. Red Dirt Girl
  6. My Baby Needs a Shepherd
  7. Bang the Drum Slowly
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  10. Hour of Gold
  11. My Antonia (featuring Dave Matthews)
  12. Boy from Tupelo

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Consider this Emmylou Harris's emancipation proclamation--an album that confirms that 1995's adventurously atmospheric Wrecking Ball wasn't an aberration, but a preview of more radical changes to come. Long the godmother of alternative-country's traditionalist wing, Harris here writes songs with Luscious Jackson's Jill Cunniff, sings a duet with Dave Matthews ("My Antonia"), and recruits Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa to provide harmonies on the album's most compelling ballad ("Tragedy"). The production by Malcolm Burn applies sonic treatments of drum machines, shimmering guitars, and echoed vocals to a song cycle by Harris that is largely original and deeply personal, filled with dream imagery and evocations of a spiritual quest. While material such as "Michaelangelo" and "Bang the Drum Slowly" suffers from an arty ponderousness, it's doubtful that Harris has ever recorded an album that means more to her than this one. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Voice still lovely; not country any more; sound complex, muddy.......2007-06-22

I have been a fan of Emmylou Harris for years. I loved her music back in the 1970s. She has one of the purest and most beautiful voices in country music. She also always had a wonderful simplicity and directness to her style.

I am not sure how to react to this new music. Her voice is still lovely. This is obviously a sincere, well-crafted effort.

However:

It is not county any more. I am not quite sure what it is, but she has left her country roots behind her with this. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but I, frankly, have trouble following the logic of where she is going. Her back up sound has become very complex. To put a positive spin on it, it is lush. To be negative about it, it is muddy. To me, she has lost the beautiful simplicity of her earlier music. Is her new direction worth the loss? I will listen to the music some more. Maybe there is more here than I am hearing. But, so far, she is losing me.

4 out of 5 stars art with blemishes.......2007-05-27

I recently came to Emmylou through her work with some of my heroes, Mark Knopfler and Neil Young. I've been digesting this disk and several of her others. In reading the comments, I see that some people just love this album and others love it but hate the production and the sound. I'm here to say that the complainers have a point: the purity of Emmylou on this album is marred by some immature over-production, and a few lurches over the line into pop, e.g., it is a little heavy on the drum machines. But it is just a scratch. I can also say that it does not sound as good as the later Stumble Into Grace, but the sound is not unusually bad either. And it is still well worth the price of admission. There is not a weak track on the disk. The title track is essential and note-perfect, and I would not be without several of the others. Emmylou is the real deal, and these are her songs. Do not be deterred.

4 out of 5 stars Emmylou Atmosphere.......2007-05-07

The Daniel Lanois production on "Wrecking Ball" must have really tickled Emmylou Harris, because in the five years between that album and "Red Dirt Girl," she hired on Lanois associate Malcolm Burn to give "Red Dirt Girl" the same murky, gauzy production that the prior album had. While purists who wonder why Emmylou 'abandoned' her old sound may protest the rich atmospherics of the new CD, it really does give her a handsome frame from which to hang this new batch of songs.

The modernness of the sound also shows that Emmylou, as a kind of elderstateswoman, is willing to embrace new things. Think of her spate of guest vocals in the past few years. She's appeared with everyone from Bright Eyes and Steve Earle to a fantastic tour with Elvis Costello.

Emmylou also must have been biding her time in an effort to craft some fine new songs. All these titles are written (or co written) by her, a switch from "Wrecking Ball's" selection of suitors. Rodney Crowell and Guy Clark each take a credit for songwriting and a pair of winners. Crowell's tragedy adds a couple of familiar voices, as Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patty Scialfa add harmonies. And that is Dave Matthews' voice duetting on "My Antonia."

However, "Red Dirt Girl" belongs to Emmylou. The cloudy of the production adds a emotional haunt to the title song, reminiscent of Peter Gabriel's best albums. Same with "Michelangelo," which really does have that Gabriel/U2 vibe around it. It makes "Red Dirt Girl" a thoughtful and provocative album from Emmylou.

4 out of 5 stars Production is weak.......2006-12-09

This is an outstanding album, one of her best, except for the production. The producer mixed in heavy distortion and gimmicks (a phone ringing). Emmy Lou Harris does not need gimmicks, or distortion. Her voice is wonderful, the lyrics outstanding, the musical scores superb, and that's more than anyone can hope for. Why she chose to let this producer push distortion and gimmicks is beyond me. I wish she would remix it! As it stands, it is one of my favorite CDs but is unlistenable. So sad.

5 out of 5 stars Emmylou Rocks.......2006-11-04

What a beautiful voice! She's great solo doing her own songs although I really like her teamed with Mark Knopfler. A must have for lovers of great music.
Dirt Track Date
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • "Camel Walk" ALONE is worth 5 stars
  • Dirt Track Great
  • Happy Gilmore soundtrack?
  • One of their best
  • Raucous fun; this band does better
 Dirt Track Date
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ASIN: B000003TBN
Release Date: 1995-08-15

Tracks:

  1. Voodoo Cadillac
  2. Soul City
  3. Greenback Fly
  4. Skullbucket
  5. Camel Walk
  6. White Trash
  7. Firefly
  8. Make Mayan A Hawaiian
  9. Fried Chicken And Gasoline
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  12. Galley Slaves
  13. Whole Lotta Things
  14. Dirt Track Date

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "Camel Walk" ALONE is worth 5 stars.......2006-08-22

There needs to be more music like THIS at dance clubs and honky-tonks. Southern Culture on the Skids is some classic country-rockabilly with a modern edge. The music may sound like it could be duplicated on your back porch, but it is also very contemporary and fresh and witty and worth at least a head-nod or some toe-tap, evne if you're dead. I prefer a real country strut with my honey on my arm during this whole album, maybe a little Presley imitation thrown in now and then (and I'm talking old school King, when he could still do some hardcore pelvis shots and sway his knees about). I'm a fan of isolated tracks on other albums (40 Miles to Vegas is just impossible to keep your foot on the floor to), but this one keeps me jiggling the whole way through.

I first heard from this album when a local radio show would play "Camel Walk" almost to death, but still every time I'd crank up the volume and rock along. The song is astoundingly swinging and funny and a little bit scary--S & M involving oatmeal snack pies? To this day, if something catches me by surprise, I'll call out, "Little Debbie, Little Debbie! I'ma comin' on home, baby!" This song is a little more methodical than tracks like "Nitty Gritty" and "Greenback Fly," which just makes you want to be Johnny Depp in _Cry Baby_ all over again. And songs like "Galley Slave" and "Skullbucket" will bring you back to those great instrumentals like "Pipeline" and "Jack the Ripper."

It is hard to avoid making comparisons with the Reverend Horton Heat when talking about Southern Culture, mainly because they both run the same fine line between making fun of rockabilly while also deeply praising it. If psychobilly is the new moniker for modern rockabilly, then let this band sit on the throne with the Rev and hold sway over all that is good and true and makes you rock your bones just one more time.

4 out of 5 stars Dirt Track Great.......2006-03-03

All the songs on this album are good, definently worth buying.My husband and I have enjoyed everything we've heard from this band.

5 out of 5 stars Happy Gilmore soundtrack?.......2005-02-21

The first I heard of this group was, naturally, on the radio. The song "Soul City" (which none of the other "reviewers" mentioned)was occasionally being played on the radio, I believe, around the time Happy Gilmore came out. Coincidence? Not too many songs I hear on the radio DRIVE me to go ASAP to the store to get. I can't describe it's noise, but it affected me the same way Home Fries did. The movie? I was surprised of no soundtrack. I had to rent the movie to find Reverend Horton Heat's name. Then I had the unexpected ephiphany that maybe I was addicted to this strange, but not new genre, Rockabilly.

5 out of 5 stars One of their best.......2004-09-25

I own every SCOTS CD they've put out. These guys are the
real deal Psychobillies. No poseurs, when they sing about fried
chicken, they're reallly singing about fried chicken. When was the last time you heard a CD that was just plain fun to
listen to?

This particular CD has been out for quite a while, but it's
worth tracking down. An excellent place to begin for those
unfamiliar with them. Best listened to with a bucket of
Col. Sanders, NASCAR on the TV, a bottle of supermarket scotch
on the TV tray and all your neighbors at the trailer park makin' that old doublewide rock...

3 out of 5 stars Raucous fun; this band does better.......2004-05-04

A seemingly low three-star review for SCOTS is only due to the sense that SCOTS didn't reach its potential on this album. The sheer talent of this band flows from the seeming ease with which this album got tossed off. Perhaps the greatest charm of "DTD" is the sense that this group got together in a tin shed one hot North Carolina afternoon and tossed off 14 guilty pleasures.

Some of the songs stand up even against SCOTS' more polished work (check out "Liquored Up and Lacquered Down") - such as "Voodoo Cadillac," "Skullbucket," and "Nitty Gritty." Others, like "8 Piece Box" and "Dirt Track Date" sound like a good jam session gone awry -- the song has promise, but it doesn't seem to go anywhere.

The tiki-lounge beauty of "Make Mayan a Hawaiian" is charming, and the quick little ditty, "Whole Lotta Things" is sure to get stuck in your head (in a good way) long after it's over.

Most of SCOTS' songs have lyrics that remind you that the band is just havin' fun riffing away, and that's perfect for lazy Saturday afternoons. Unfortunately, this apparently relaxed attitude keeps "DTD" out of my regular CD rotation despite its charms (unlike "Liquored Up and Lacqured Down," which is a staple).

When you're compiling your list of fruit to soak in grain alcohol for three days prior to your next party, make sure you jot down stopping by the record store to snag some SCOTS -- any SCOTS album is just what you need for the crazy good times.
Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • El Bluegrass y sus seguidores en el mundo
  • Vol. 2 SUPERIOR to Vol. 1
  • In the sky, Lord, in the sky
  • Genuine heart-felt mountain music played by the best
  • My favorite Circle album
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ASIN: B000002P8G
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Life's Railway To Heaven
  2. Grandpa Was A Carpenter
  3. When I Get My Rewards
  4. Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan
  5. Little Mountain Church House
  6. And So It Goes
  7. When It's Gone
  8. Mary Danced With Soldiers
  9. Riding Alone
  10. I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World
  11. Lovin' On The Side
  12. Lost River
  13. Bayou Jubilee
  14. Blues Berry Hill
  15. Turn Of The Century
  16. One Step Over The Line
  17. You Ain't Going Nowhere
  18. The Valley Road
  19. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
  20. Amazing Grace

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"We've lost the living room," Emmylou Harris says before her ethereal version of "Mary Danced with Soldiers," "but today I think we got it back." Full of back-home warmth, inspired pairings--Roseanne Cash and John Hiatt, Levon Helm and the host Nitty Gritty Dirt Band--and a song selection that walks the line between traditionals and excellent contemporary material, somehow this follow up to the barrier-breaking first volume is never nostalgic nor aimless. In fact, it's nearly as good--even John Denver sounds inspired. Jimmy Martin sings "Sitting on Top of the World" as if his life depended on it, and Ricky Skaggs and Levon Helm both turn in vocal performances that stand comfortably beside any of their careers. --Roy Francis Kasten

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars El Bluegrass y sus seguidores en el mundo.......2006-02-27

Me siento muy afortunado al poder expresar mi opinión sobre este gran album de "The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band".
Soy chileno, (CHILE - SUDAMERICA) Y vivo en una cultura distinta y muy distante de estas raices, lo cual siempre me ha significado una gran dificultad para seguirla, pese a todo, he buscado la forma de estar siempre y desde muy temprana edad en contacto con ella.
Mi afición por la música, por el estilo rock.folk, y en especial por la guitarra, me ha llevado desde muy niño a acercarme a este estilo musical, tan rico en el uso de las cuerdas en toda su gama y de una composición tan simple que permite el virtuosismo de todos y cada uno de los instrumentos que la componen.
Considero que este CD muestra la evolución del "Bluegrass" en el tiempo y a través de las generaciones que lo interpretan, fundiendo en este album la raíz folklórica de este estilo, con el avance tecnológico de nuestros tiempos, sin perder el espíritu que lo identifica.

5 out of 5 stars Vol. 2 SUPERIOR to Vol. 1.......2005-10-25

As a fan of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for more than 30 years, it is easy for me to pick "Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol. 2" as the band's best effort, by far. In 1989 the album won the Grammy Award for "Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal" plus two other Grammys for individual cuts, and won the Country Music Association's "Album of the Year." Pretty much enough said. Highlights include Paulette Carlson's vocal on "Lovin On the Side," John Denver's vocal on "And So It Goes," the incomparable John Prine on "Grandpa Was a Carpenter," and fine work by NGDB members throughout. (If you want to hear the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in microcosm, listen to their version of Buddy Holly's "Rave On" on the "Uncle Charlie and his Dog Teddy" LP.)

4 out of 5 stars In the sky, Lord, in the sky.......2004-09-16

Some 17 years after their groundbreaking album Will the Circle Be Unbroken, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band decided to record a "sequel". While the original album featured the Dirt Band performing with veterans of the Nashville scene, they are more inclusive this time, teaming with old timers, contemporaries of theirs and even younger people who they may have influenced. While the results are not as good as the original Circle album, (and how could they be?), this is still a solid, enjoyable album. While it is hard to pick a favorite here, I am partial to the Jimmy Martin sung "I'm Sitting on Top of the World". There is a lot to enjoy here. Recommended to fans of "roots" music.

5 out of 5 stars Genuine heart-felt mountain music played by the best.......2004-07-12

I bought this CD back in 1990 and it is one my favorites. The audio is supreme. The music sounds like a bunch of friends having a good time. Cash, Prine, Helm, Hiatt and Cash are the standouts. Even John Denver has a great song. I am not a "country fan." My tastes are Gov't Mule / Phish / Allman Bros.

5 out of 5 stars My favorite Circle album.......2004-06-28

There are three Circle collections. General opinion is that the first album is the best, the third album is a close second and that this is the weakest of the three. I love all three but this one particularly appeals to me. It has many traditional musicians and singers but also a few less obvious singers like John Denver, Levon Helm (of the Band), John Prine, Roger McGuinn (of the Byrds), Paulette Carlson (of Highway 101) and Bruce Hornsby. Perhaps it is the presence of such guests that some dislike but you can't please everybody.

Whatever you may think of the normal music that some of the guests have recorded, they all justify their place on this excellent album of traditional music, sometimes singing songs they've previously recorded, but adapted to a traditional setting. For some of them, it may have been their chance to record some traditional country without upsetting their fans or their record label. Both would understand that this was (for them) a one-off. They certainly made the most of their opportunity.

So we get Bruce Hornsby singing and playing piano on Valley road, but in a traditional country/bluegrass style. Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman, both ex-members of the Byrds, sing and play guitar on You ain't going nowhere, a Bob Dylan song that was recorded by the Byrds in the sixties. Michael Martin Murphey sings and plays guitar on Lost river, one of his own songs. John Hiatt sings a duet with Roseanne Cash on One step over the line. John Prine sings and plays guitar on his song Grandpa was a carpenter.

Some of the songs are oldies like Life's railway to heaven (featuring Johnny Cash), I'm sitting on top of the world (featuring Jimmy Martin), the title track (featuring everybody but particularly Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff and Ricky Skaggs) and Amazing grace, an instrumental solo by Randy Scruggs. Other songs appear to be originals including And so it goes (featuring John Denver), Mary danced with soldiers (featuring Emmylou) and Lovin' on the side (featuring Paulette Carlson).

If you haven't got any of the Circle albums, this album is a great one to start with, especially if you're relatively new to traditional country music.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • I love the Dirt Band
  • Great collection of hits
  • Great album!
  • The Dirt Band's Greatest Album
  • Real Country
 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Greatest Hits
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ASIN: B000000CVS
Release Date: 1990-08-20

Tracks:

  1. Mr. Bojangles
  2. An American Dream
  3. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
  4. House At Pooh Corner
  5. Male A Little Magic
  6. All I Have To Do Is Dream
  7. Grand Ole Opry Song
  8. Jambalaya
  9. Battle Of New Orleans
  10. I Saw The Light
  11. Buy For Me The Rain
  12. Some Of Sally's Blues
  13. Fire In The Sky

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars I love the Dirt Band.......2006-07-09

This CD does give you the essence of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. I would recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars Great collection of hits.......2006-01-18

This cd of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band songs is great for a starter collection. Of notable interest on this cd is Mr. Bojangles, which is presented here in the shorter "B" side version of the song. The song was issued on both sides of the original 45, one with a minute and a half long prelude, then the song kicks in. When you flip the 45 over you get this version, which actually starts differently than the version on the A side 45.

For a very nice cheap budget price, this cd is a near definitive overview of their early hits, and I recommend this to anyone. Some of the other great songs on this cd are Buy For Me The Rain, House At Pooh Corner, and Will The Circle Be Unbroken.

If you want to dig a little deeper into the band's music, other cds that I recommend are "Dirt, Silver and Gold" for more songs from this era (which includes the original A side version of Mr. Bojangles), and also "20 Years of Dirt" for "Dance Little Jean".

Again, the B side version of Mr. Bojangles is on this cd, and it is in fact hard to find on cd. This cd has the basic early hits by the group, and is a must for anyone who likes Mr. Bojangles and wants to hear more of their hits.

5 out of 5 stars Great album!.......2004-01-05

This is my only album of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and it is great. I hadn't even heard of them until the 4th of July last year when they came to my town. I didn't get to see them play but I heard they were great so I bought one of their cd's and loved it. One song I wish was on here though is "Fishin' in the Dark." That is a great song. Great cd and worth the buy.

5 out of 5 stars The Dirt Band's Greatest Album.......2002-04-16

This is the greatest collection of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's late 70's and early 80's songs that I have seen. I orginally had the cassette version, and I just had to find this exact album on CD. This album WILL take you back to a time 20 years ago and let you feel like you did back then. The melodies capture a great era of music that we will never see again. I have frequently heard An American Dream on pop music stations. I even heard Make a Little Magic in a department store last week. This is just a can't live without for any Dirt Band fan. I can only wish that this particular album was more available on CD!

4 out of 5 stars Real Country.......2001-07-17

It is hard to find good country music with all the new stuff comming out. But when I listen to the CD it brings back thoughts of being back on my farm with my family. I remember where I come from but more importantly makes me appreciate how things are now. It has a good feeling about the whole CD I really love it. Listening to the CD makes me feel like I am back in the glorious states once again.
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - The Trilogy
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ASIN: B0000C3I8P
Release Date: 2003-09-30

Tracks:

  1. Good Ole Opry Song
  2. Keep On the Sunnyside
  3. Nashville Blues
  4. You Are My Flower
  5. The Precious Jewel
  6. Dark As A Dungeon
  7. Tennessee Stud
  8. Black Mountain Rag
  9. Wreck On The Highway
  10. The End Of The World
  11. I Saw The Light
  12. Sunny Side Of The Mountain
  13. Nine Pound Hammer
  14. Losin' You (Might Be The Best Thing Yet)
  15. Honky Tonkin'
  16. You Don't Know My Mind
  17. My Walkin' Shoes

Tracks:

  1. Lonesome Fiddle Blues
  2. Cannonball Rag
  3. Avalanche
  4. Flint Hill Special
  5. Togary Mountain
  6. Earl's Breakdown
  7. Orange Blossom Special
  8. Wabash Cannonball
  9. Lost Highway
  10. Doc Watson & Merle Travis (dialogue)
  11. Way Downtown
  12. Down Yonder
  13. Pins and Needles (In My Heart)
  14. Honky Tonk Blues
  15. Sailin' On to Hawaii
  16. I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
  17. I Am a Pilgrim
  18. Wildwood Flower
  19. Soldier's Joy
  20. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
  21. Both Sides Now
  22. Foggy Mountain Breakdown
  23. Warming Up For "The Opry" (talk)
  24. Sunny Side (talk)
  25. Remember Me

Tracks:

  1. Life's Railway To Heaven
  2. Grandpa Was A Carpenter
  3. When I Get My Rewards
  4. Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan
  5. Little Mountain Church House
  6. And So It Goes
  7. When It's Gone
  8. Mary Danced With Soldiers
  9. Riding Alone
  10. I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World
  11. Lovin' On The Side
  12. Lost River
  13. Bayou Jubilee
  14. Blues Berry Hill
  15. Turn Of The Century
  16. One Step Over The Line
  17. You Ain't Going Nowhere
  18. The Valley Road
  19. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
  20. Amazing Grace

Tracks:

  1. Take Me In Your Lifeboat
  2. Milk Cow Blues
  3. I Find Jesus
  4. Hold Whatcha Got
  5. Mama's Opry
  6. Diamond In The Rough
  7. Lonesome River
  8. Some Dark Holler
  9. The Lowlands
  10. Love, Please Come Home
  11. Goodnight Irene
  12. I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome
  13. I'll Be Faithful To You
  14. Tears In The Holston River

Tracks:

  1. Fishin' Blues
  2. Save It, Save It
  3. Wheels
  4. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
  5. Oh Cumberland
  6. I Am A Pilgrim
  7. Sallie Ann
  8. Catfish John
  9. Roll The Stone Away
  10. All Prayed Up
  11. Return To Dismal Swamp II
  12. There Is A Time
  13. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Glory, Glory)
  14. Farther Along

Tracks:

  1. My Walkin' Shoes (DVD)
  2. Catfish John (DVD)
  3. One Step Over The Line (DVD)
  4. Roll The Stone Away (DVD)
  5. Love, Please Come Home (DVD)
  6. All Prayed Up (DVD)
  7. Oh Cumberland (DVD)
  8. Fishin' Blues (DVD)
  9. The Lowlands (DVD)
  10. Return To Dismal Swamp II (DVD)
  11. Earl's Breakdown (DVD)
  12. I Find Jesus (DVD)
  13. Mama's Opry (DVD)
  14. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (DVD)

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The original Will the Circle Be Unbroken is undoubtedly a landmark country-music recording. A peace offering between rock-reared longhairs and rock-ribbed Nashville patriarchs (and one matriarch, Mother Maybelle Carter), it exposed generations of upstart pickers and singers to old-time country music and its impact is felt to this day. The organizers of the 1971 sessions that led to the initial three-LP set, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, have produced two sequels, the first in 1989 and the most recent in 2002. This six-disc collection (including an all-star concert DVD) pulls together all three Circle sessions and, naturally, captures dozens of essential performances, plus a fair number of inessentials. Anyone with an interest in country music will want the original. Its mission is clear, the performances are inspired, and its significance is undeniable. The second Circle strays far afield from the original concept, bringing in the rather lightweight likes of John Denver and Michael Martin Murphy to mix with volume one holdovers Jimmy Martin and Earl Scruggs. The final volume is also more diffuse than one would like, though eminent guest stars such as Del McCoury, June Carter Cash, and Johnny Cash help it capture the spirit of the original more frequently than does its immediate predecessor. Completists will relish having all three collections in one box, while those who think three times around the circle is two too many are advised to stick with the 30th anniversary reissue of the initial album. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The best.......2007-07-24

Originally I was only looking for the 'original' album as a CD because my triple-vinyl was in a lousy condition as so many of my friends had borrowed it. But finding this new 6 CD + DVD-version was the best thing yet. It's simply a must for every bluegrass etc. music lover.

5 out of 5 stars Will the circle be unbroken.......2006-02-23

I bought this boxed set after watching the DVD. previously I wasn't particularly a country fan, now I am converted. The recordings span 20 years, each one is excellent, the whole collection being superb. If you want to try "true" country, this is one of the best places to start. A lot of the artists are difficult to get hold of, but all together they make a CD set of many colours. Well worth the price, a thoroughly good collection; to be well recommended.

5 out of 5 stars American Bluegrass Music - Yesterday and Today.......2005-01-27

"Trilogy" is a monument to American Bluegrass music. Within its seven hours of music is a living history of this American art form, from the 1930's until today. It brings together all three volumes of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and adds a DVD performance disc, and adds updated notes about the history of this three decade long project by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

No other collection of country music brings together "founders and originators" such as Mother Maybelle Carter, and the Carter Family, with their musical "children", Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, and Doc Watson, and the third generation...Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Allison Krauss, Tony Rice, Dwight Yoakum...some of the greatest talents of three generations and six decades of American music.

Each generation of singers and musicians remain faithful to the "roots" of this music, playing with acoustic guitars, banjos and fiddles. The mood is that of a group of talented friends, sitting in the living room, and singing and playing the songs they love the best. The feeling and heart in these performances can be felt, as well as heard.

The sound quality is exceptional. It is easy to forget these are recordings...it feels as if the musicians are sitting right next to you while they joke, chat, sing and play these songs.

This is too much music to digest in a single sitting. Instead, it is more enjoyable to select just one CD, savor it for a day or two, and then move on to another. I have no doubt that people will be listening to, and loving, this music a century from now. This will be one of the living treasures of American culture for generations to come.

It is amazing that a seven hour collection of some of the greatest music of our time is available for less than $50...less than $7 for each incredible hour of music. At this bargain price, even folks who own one or two of the previous sets included in "Trilogy" ought to buy this collection...and perhaps buy another for their children or a good friend.

5 out of 5 stars 5 stars are not enough.......2003-12-16

This is a dynmite collection of blue grass music. After 5CDs and you think it can't get any better there's a DVD that puts it all over the top. Can not say enough good things about this package....

5 out of 5 stars Ultimate NGDB!.......2003-10-09

The ultimate NGDB collection piece I've ever owned. The bonus DVD is spectacular and superb quality - the guest artists on it are incredible. I own all three Circle volumes and have them scattered between the car, home and office. This is the best piece to have all three together in one package. Next on my list of NGDB 'must-haves in a perfect world' would be a new studio album.
I remain in NGDB heaven with my new box set!
Stars & Stripes Forever
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ASIN: B00000DQQ4
Release Date: 1995-08-29

Tracks:

  1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  2. Dirt Band Interview
  3. Cosmic Cowboy (Part 1)
  4. Aluminum Record Award
  5. Fish Song
  6. Mr. Bojangles
  7. Vassar Clements Interview
  8. Listen To The Mockingbird
  9. The Sheik Of Araby
  10. Resign Yourself To Me
  11. Dixie Hoedown
  12. Cripple Creek
  13. Mountain Whippoorwill (Or, How Hillbilly Jim Won The Great Fiddler's Prize)
  14. Honky Tonkin'
  15. House At Pooh Corner
  16. Buy For Me The Rain
  17. Oh Boy
  18. Teardrops In My Eyes
  19. Glocoat Blues
  20. Stars And Stripes Forever
  21. Battle Of New Orleans
  22. It Came From The 50's (Blast From The Past)
  23. My True Story
  24. Diggy Liggy Lo

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Vintage NGDB.......2007-05-14

Great stuff if you're a big fan like me. Early '70s, interviews with band members, all live with some of the banter they're so good at.

4 out of 5 stars + 1/2 stars...NGDB Emphasizes Their Country Roots.......2006-05-07

In 1970, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band released their breakout album UNCLE CHARLIE which contained the band's first Top 10 single "Mr. Bojangles." Two years later they released the critically acclaimed WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN. So it was only natural that there would be a great deal of excitement when STARS & STRIPES FOREVER was released in 1974.

At first glance, it's a curious album comprised of live cuts from a March 1972 concert and two June 1973 concerts, along with a couple of interviews and eight studio recordings (tracks 8-12, 18-19 and 23) from a single January 14, 1974 session in Nashville. Of the studio recordings, the only band-penned song is "Glocoat Blues," a blues spoof written by Jimmie Fadden.

What this album did was to help solidify the band's reputation as a legitimate country band. They perform two Hank Williams classics ("Jambalaya" and "Honky Tonkin'"), as well as Jimmie Driftwood's "Battle of New Orleans" and Doug Kershaw's hit "Diggy Liggy Lo." They also take on traditional bluegrass with "Teardrops in My Eyes" and "Cripple Creek." To add further credibility to their country credentials, fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements performs on all of the studio recordings except "My True Story.

The live tracks include electrifying versions of NGDB classics like "Mr. Bojangles," "Cosmic Cowboy," "House at Pooh Corner," "Buy for Me the Rain," and one of my all-time favorites, "Fish Song." Not everything, however, fits neatly into the country genre. There's John McEuen's solo reading of Stephen Vincent Benet's poem "The Mountain Whippoorwill," accompanying himself on banjo. They also do a foot-stomping version of Buddy Holly's "Oh Boy." Then there's Jeff Hanna's nearly 7-minute monologue, "It Came from the 50's." Their cover of the Jive Five's "My True Story" marks the last studio recording featuring founding member Les Thompson. [Thompson also appears on the 1972 live tracks (1, 3, 5, 6, 14, 16, 21 and 24).]

I saw the NGDB while I was in college a year before this album was released, but they performed many of the songs here. Listening to this album again (now that I've replaced my LP version with CD) brings back the memories of that concert from more than 30 years ago. Taken all together, this is one of the NGDB's most enjoyable and satisfying albums of their 40-year career. [Running Time - 73:14] VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

5 out of 5 stars If you like NGDB you will LOVE this!.......2003-11-18

If you read the previous review you can see that Warrenville, Illinois must do a lot of inbreeding. This collection of songs is classic Dirt Band from the peak of their folk/country/rock period, and the dialogue between songs only enhance them.This is pure Americana at its best and you owe it to yourself to have this in your collection. It may not be a slick production but it certainly is quality musicianship and a damn good time as well.

1 out of 5 stars Don't waste your $$$!.......2003-08-02

There is "NO!"..."0!"...comparison to any other similarly titled album! These boys are rank amatures...and, they talk way too much! Save your mpney!

4 out of 5 stars A Documentary of The Dirt Band.......2002-03-17

This album should not be considered 'just a live album', it gives the listener an idea of what it's like for such musicians to get on stage, and rather than thinking of it as just another show, can have fun. All throughout the band enjoys themselves, the music is lively and it seems very unique. Not a lot of bands can do what the NGDB did. That was making great music and giving a good stage show, which, at that point the band had been doing 8 years at the time. Be sure to check out the "Alive" album as well, it's as good (and maybe even better) than this album. "Alive" was issued in 1968 and features the early incarnation of the NGDB.

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