Back on the Street

This album, made up of live recordings from the early 1960s, finds Thompson in reasonable form, playing some of his best known pieces plus a few standards. His powers had declined a little from his 1948-49 American Music recordings, but he was still able to play in an entertaining fashion. Many of the performances are rather short, but these are historic recordings by a little known but important figue in ragtime.

Delmark is to be commended for this release: let's hope they re-issue the rest of the Euphonic back catalogue. Anyone interested in ragtime and early jazz should consider buying this CD.

Back on the Street
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A serious lyrical upgrade from his classic 1st album.

Back on the Street
Ron C
Manufacturer: Profile
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000CH3
Release Date: 1992-06-29

Tracks:

Intro
Funky Lyrics II
Mary Had A Pimp
The Good, The Bad, The Bitch
Smooth Attack
And I'm Ron C
They Can't Handle It
No Problems
Pimpin' Lyrics
Dookie Booty
Back On The Street
Anotha Trick
On And On
Home Conversation
Lock Down Tight
Short Rap
It's On
Mad Man
Trendsetter Jam
We Outta Here

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A serious lyrical upgrade from his classic 1st album........2005-02-04

Alright, alright, alright. I'm a little bias here because this is one of my favorite rappers from back in the day. A lot of people dismis Ron MuthaF--kin 'C' because of his lyrical flow. However, I found him fresh and something different when he first came onto the scene. For one he was a westcoast cat coming out on Profile, primarily known for breaking east coast acts (hello, Run a ha ha, D.M.C. Back On The Street, Ron step up his lyrical flow not to mention D.J. Snake is just crushin people on this one. Granted, Ron is not Rakim or Method Man but he never claim to be and has his own niche: Telling it like it is and Dope beats from the most underrated D.J./Producer in the game, Snake. Peep Nemesis for proof. Basically, if your looking for westcoast and southern fried style this is a winner. You can't go wrong with this one.
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Poet, Fool or Bum/Back on the Street Again

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Hazlewood Rarities
Dear Old Lee With A Great Album
Can Hazlewood do any wrong? I haven't heard it...

Poet, Fool or Bum/Back on the Street Again
Lee Hazlewood
Manufacturer: EMI Gold Imports
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Cake or Death
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Cake or Death

ASIN: B0001LVZCK
Release Date: 2004-04-05

Tracks:

Poet, Fool or Bum
Heaven Is My Woman's Love
Kari
Feathers
Nancy and Me
Performer
Come Spend the Morning
Wind, Sky, Sea and Sand
Think I'm Coming Down
Those Were Days of Roses (Martha)
Back on the Street Again
Save a Place for Me
Your Thunder and Your Lightning
Suddenly Tennessee
You Make It Look So Easy
Rider on a White Horse
Smokey Put the Sweat on Me
Dolly and Hawkeye
Beginning to Feel Like Home - Lee Hazlewood,
New Box of People
Dolly Parton's Guitar

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Hazlewood Rarities.......2007-04-11

Like many others my age, I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to Lee Hazlewood or his music while he was in the semi-limelight, but came to know and love his music much later on. Several years ago, I chanced to hear a compilation of covers of Lee Hazlewood songs called Total Lee. I liked it and became hooked almost immediately. Since then, I have acquired most available Hazlewood recordings and have become somewhat of a connoisseur of his dark humor and ribald connotations.
With the recent acquisition of the double reissue of Poet, Fool, or Bum/Back On the Street Again, I am well on my way to completion of my Hazlewood CD collection. Both of these records (here combined) were released only in Europe in the mid-70s, so listening to this is to hear what he was doing at a time when many thought he had disappeared.
It took me a couple of listens to really like this, but I eventually came around. This is far more country than pop. While these are not his best records, there is a lot here to like. My favorites are: Poet, Fool, or Bum; Kari; Feathers, Nancy and Me; Back On the Street Again; Your Thunder and Your Lightning; Suddenly Tennessee, Dolly and Hawkeye, and Dolly Parton's Guitar. Hearing once again how lyrically clever Hazlewood can be, I can see why so many alt-rock musicians look to him for inspiration.
If you have yet to hear this bunch of Hazlewood rarities, give it a listen. In addition to the CD, the buyer gets an informative booklet. At the low price on offer here, you can't go wrong.

Dear Old Lee With A Great Album.......2007-01-15

Since I First Met Him Here In Sweden, I`ve Alwas Liked This Guy. He Got Something That`s Hard To Explain. But His Voice Just Sounds Great

Can Hazlewood do any wrong? I haven't heard it..........2006-08-25

Here ya got 2 great albums by Mr. Hazlewood. The songs Poet, Fool, or Bum (one of Lee's greatest), Heaven is my Woman's Love, and Smokey Put a Sweat on Me are excellent additions to the Hazlewood catalogue. Some of the songs have a bit of a 70's feel to them, but I dig the 1970's, probably the last really creative decade in America. Add another CD to your Hazlewood catalogue....

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Good first album
Paul Still Lives On

The Band Plays On
Back Street Crawler
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001XAQVE
Release Date: 2004-04-13

Tracks:

Hoo Doo Woman
New York, New York
Stealing My Way
Survivor
It's a Long Way Down to the Top
All the Girls Are Crazy
Jason Blue
Train Song
Rock and Roll Junkie
Band Plays On

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Good first album.......2006-11-28

Just as Ritchie Blackmore replaced the guitar player of Elf with himself and became Blackmores Rainbow. Paul kossoff replaces the guitar player from the band Bloontz, and renames the band Back Street Crawler. What a great move, I have the Bloontz LP and it was actually a good album, but with Kossoff playing the guitar, the band stepped up to Elite status. This is a really good album and Paul shows off his stuff with musicians other than the Free guys. If U like Blues U'll like this one.

Paul Still Lives On.......2005-08-13

I bought this way back when there were only LP's not CD's, but the tone is still there ... sharp as a razor . Paul had a true style and sound that in time would have made him a full-blown "star". At times he could be somewhat sloppy, but not on "The Band Plays On". I believe he had one of the finest vibratos in rock ... he made a note sing ... something most guitarist never learn to do well. Paul was also an excellent rhythm player ... he is known for his lead playing but just listen to any of the songs on the CD ... the dude could play ... and he had a really great band to perform with, Back Street Crawler could have been a contender ... but fate had other ideas for Paul, sadly enough. This recording is 35 years old ... so it has a time stamped on it ... but this was how rock kicked butt in its day. And thanks to this CD, The Band Plays On ... and so does Paul Kossoff.

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Seventy-five dollars!?!!?

A Portrait of Charles Ives

Manufacturer: EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DNRD
Release Date: 1993-01-19

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Seventy-five dollars!?!!?.......2005-12-16

This is a great album, and it's too bad it was allowed to go out-of-print, but asking $75 as one seller does is mind-blowing. Reminds me of the controversy in 1993 when it was almost pulled off the market through a lawsuit because no one "official" knew who this guy "David G. Porter" was and that as far as they knew he has no authorization to do any work whatsoever on Ives's music. EMI had the spine to keep it on the market but it looks like someone decided it wasn't selling well enough to reprint. My advice is to find a friend's copy and burn a boot of it, and scan the booklet for my program notes in your favorite language. Truly a great CD but that's too much to ask.

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The Brass Band Marches on with Ives
A great collection

Remembrance: A Charles Ives Collection

Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000001SG3
Release Date: 1995-01-25

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March III - With The Air (Old Kentucky Home)
Ann Street
Calcium Light Night
Holiday Quick Step
Four Songs For Brass Quintet: On the Counter
Four Songs For Brass Quintet: Side Show
Four Songs For Brass Quintet: Slow March
Four Songs For Brass Quintet: Tarrant Moss
Fugue in Four Keys (On The Shining Shore)
The Unanswered Question
Remembrance
Evening
Mists
A Brass Serenade: The Circus Band
A Brass Serenade: Romanzo di Central Park
A Brass Serenade: Scherzo (All The Way Around And Back)
A Brass Serenade: Scherzo (Over The Pavements)
A Brass Serenade: Gyp the Blood
A Brass Serenade: Adagio Sostenuto
A Brass Serenade: Tone Roads No. 1
A Brass Serenade: Tone Roads No. 3
A Brass Serenade: March II -With The Air (Son Of A Gambolier)
A Brass Serenade: The See'r
A Brass Serenade: Luck and Work
A Brass Serenade: Like a Sick Eagle
A Brass Serenade: Hallowe'en

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The Brass Band Marches on with Ives.......2005-05-28

The concept of transcriptions of music originally written for various instruments, orchestras, voices, piano etc goes back a long time. Ensembles comprised solely of winds, or brass, or strings gather various transcriptions (at times those of the composers who wrote the original score!) and make their repertoire more varied in adding such new insights. Such is the case with the Detroit Chamber Winds under the direction of H. Robert Reynolds and this very interesting CD is devoted to the music of Charles Ives.

Ives had great respect for brass ensembles and wrote music expressly for them. These are included as are a number of works for chamber orchestra etc. The collection is played beautifully and the recorded sound is excellent. With some reservations this 'Remembrance: A Charles Ives Collection' is not only successful but a fine addition to the Ives recordings.

Perhaps just returning from a performance of 'The Unanswered Question' performed by the LA Philharmonic with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting where the mystery and spirit of Emerson's poem "The Sphynx" which inspired Ives to write this brief 6-minute piece colors this listener's full appreciation of these transcriptions. Originally scored for strings, four flutes, and trumpet (in the wondrous Disney Hall acoustics Salonen stood alone on the stage conducting the off stage strings, the flutes in the organ loft and the trumpet in the highest balcony in a three way conversation that seemed to come both from within the bodies of the audience and the ether of the universe, this work fails to hold the importance of the solo brass instrument playing against a brass ensemble. A small quibble perhaps, but some of Ives' works were specifically designated for certain instruments and defy tampering.

In all a recording to add to the Ives Collection and one that is certainly well performed. Grady Harp, May 05

A great collection.......2003-05-12

A great collection of wind pieces by Charles Ives arranged, transcribed, edited, and realized in a number of fashions. The songs run the gamut of Ives's career and his many styles, the latter half of the disc dedicated to selections from his Brass Serenade.

Many of these pieces, most in fact, are difficult to find anywhere else, and are of enormous interest. One of Ives's earliest pieces, "Holiday Quickstep," for instance. There are also engaging interpretations of his more esoteric and mysterious works (The Unanswered Question, Ann Street), personal pieces written for piano and soprano (Remembrance, Evening, Mists), tone poems, and more lively, sometimes comic, sketches (Gyp the Blood or Hearst, Tarrant Moss). The performances, by the Detroit Chamber Winds, are energetic and gratifying. For most of the stuff on this disc, however, there is very little to compare it to.

This is an immensley charming collection of short pieces that any Ives fan is sure to value.

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