First Band on the Moon [Import]

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Album Description
Japanese edition of the Swedish pop quartet's newthird album adds 'Country Hell' as a bonus track and alsofeatures the single 'Lovefool' and a campy cover of BlackSabbath's 'Iron Man'. 12 tracks total.

First Band on the Moon
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • This album is great! Truly distinctive.....
  • Submission
  • happy 10th anniversary
  • Flawless CD.
  • Do you believe in the after-LIFE?
 First Band on the Moon
The Cardigans
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
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ASIN: B000001EP1
Release Date: 1996-09-17

Tracks:

  1. Your New Cuckoo
  2. Been It
  3. Heartbreaker
  4. Happy Meal II
  5. Never Recover
  6. Step On Me
  7. Lovefool
  8. Losers
  9. Iron Man
  10. Great Divide
  11. Choke

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars This album is great! Truly distinctive............2007-05-17

I remember my introduction to the music of Swedish band, The Cardigans. I can tell you the time and place. I was a freshman in high school, and my class took a trip to the movie theater to see a screening of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET. Their hit song, "Lovefool" was blaring while Juliet (Claire Danes) is preparing to see her lover, Romeo (Leonardo Dicaprio) in secret. I thought the song's infectious melody and cute vocals, from their female lead singer was so catchy! Also, the lyrics were border-line masochistic. They alluded to the foolishness that some women knowingly buy into in relationships, just to keep their partners, regardless of what damage they are being subjected to. I had to buy the cassette and see if this song was really "the peak" for these Swedish rockers, or if they were merely one hit wonders.

I am happy to tell you that these Swedes definitely lived up to my hopes, and I found their music interchangably upbeat and unsettling. The Cardigans is best described as conflicted rock music. They deliver punchy lyrics, set to a combination of percussive, bouncy accompaniment and dark, more slow and (even) demented background music. In fact, some of their songs almost sound like outtakes from younger versions of the S&M inspired band, The Velvet Underground. "Your New Cuckoo," "Been It," and "Losers" are three examples of their unabashedly honest songs, along with "Lovefool." Though, I had limited exposure and knowledge of sado-masochistic relationships, I had enough knowledge to understand what they were alluding to. Dark as the subject matter was, I appreciated it and still do today.

4 out of 5 stars Submission.......2007-01-03

The theme of this album could be described in one word: submission. The submissiveness shown in relationships both positive and negative, and both are explored thoroughly here.

Highlights:

Your New Cuckoo is about discovery of your partner's infidelity. And not just the infidelity of the loins, but of the heart, which is the most destructive form of infidelity.

Been It has grown up lyrics like "I was your mother, I was your father, I was your sister, your mistress, maybe I was your who/re. Who could ask for more." But it gets too repetitive.

Heartbreaker is a song about a hook/er. "I'll please you for free." "Tell me I'm good, but I know I am bad." "Don't do that, don't use that bat"? There's a looming fear on this track that creeps into the next one.

Happy Meal II.
I assume there's a Happy Meal I somewhere, right? One of my favorites from the record, but is this really a happy song about an anticipated rendezvous? It seems to me her near obsessed preoccupation with wanting everything to be perfect shows an undercurrent of abuse? Fear? Doom? Maybe a man with serious anger problems who likes to beat his girl if her books aren't arranged in order, or her made up stories aren't amusing. "Shape up my face, eager for the meeting." Maybe she needs to shape up her face to hide that black eye he gave her the night before. Happy Meal just doesn't come off as romantic. Per/verse is more like it.

Never Recover
I really like this song. It's breezy and infectious.

Lovefool is a poppy song that sticks out on this record. Another song about submission: willing a guy to be with you despite his lack of love and concern. While the song has serious lyrics of desperation, no one could deny with a straight face that any pop act that all the "sophisticated music lovers on their high horses" hate could have made this record. I can see Britney Spears singing it right now. Especially considering Brit and Nina have similar-sounding voices.

Losers
My third favorite after Lovefool and Happy Meal.

Iron Man
I really like this light interpretation of the Heavy Metal classic.

Bottom Line: I'm still not totally convinced The Cardigans are a band I could really love the way I do the other female-led band No Doubt. There is a mystery and darkness that shrouds The Cardigans, and if not for Lovefool, I still wouldn't know who they were. I'm in no hurry to buy anything else from them, but this record is very solid and creative.

5 out of 5 stars happy 10th anniversary.......2006-11-29

10 years later the cardigans and Nina are still beautiful. This band is up there with Pixies/breeders flaming lips and Nirvana. These bands have been really the only what I call innovators borderline genius. I will feel more creativity/emotion in a cardigans cd then Madonna or Mariah Carey all though Mariah I think stayed as long as she did because of her voice I don't really like her music that much. But this album and Alanis one good record was the changing point out of grunge. Although in 1995 music was already changing to where we are today. There is no more genres. Except now everyone wants to make a cd and record companies are totally out of touch. They sign unartists Lohan/Hilton/underwood/clarkson/daughter of ozzy/lisa marie presley/sean lennon/trump next. what do these people have in common. Im not going to say anything. It's not art it's manufactured so they feel they are a artist...WRONG. I believe 80 percent what gets released every week by a lot of these big labels is pure trash. They are really not making money they are supplying more marketing and advertising for what is currently popular in trends. So there is the one genre that really isn't.

5 out of 5 stars Flawless CD........2006-06-10

This is really good music. The Bass player is a master. What strikes me about this group and especially this album is the extremely heavy base (like the Peppers) contrasted with the soft beautiful voice of the lead singer. If you want to hear good music this is it. I do much of my writing listening to this CD.

3 out of 5 stars Do you believe in the after-LIFE?.......2006-02-10

The Cardigans had me at Carnival...and continued to hold my interest with "First band on the moon". This album is somewhat of the same formula that made LIFE such a great album. Nina's voice is still syrupy-sweet..and the music is very imaginative and catchy...but you could hear the beginnings of the changes of the Cardigans music, the "growing-up" phase that most bands go through, which leads to darker lyrics and music...and if you are a fan of their first album, it can be a little dissapointing. But all in all, this album is very listenable and is a good addition to the Cardigans catalog..."New Cuckoo" stands out as the best track on the album, with all the rest of the music as good as they should be.
Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent performer
  • A unique project
  • Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival
  • Definative
 Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4

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Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

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  2. Come To the Moon
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  4. Tee-Oodle-Um-bum-Bo
  5. Nobody But You
  6. Limehouse Nights
  7. Drifting Along With The Tide
  8. Rhapsody In Blue
  9. Oh Lady Be Good!
  10. Fascinating Rhythm
  11. Hang On To Me
  12. I'd Rather Charleston
  13. The Man I Love
  14. The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
  15. So Am I
  16. Kickin' The Clouds Away
  17. Concerto In F

Tracks:

  1. Sweet And Low-Down (I)
  2. That Certain Feeling (I)
  3. Looking For A Boy
  4. When Do We Dance?
  5. Sweet And Low-Down (II)
  6. That Certain Feeling (II)
  7. Irish Waltz
  8. Do, Do, Do
  9. Someone To Watch Over Me
  10. Clap Yo' Hands
  11. Maybe
  12. Three Preludes: I. No.1: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso / II. No.2: Andante Con Moto / III No.3: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso
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  14. My One And Only
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  17. An American In Paris
  18. Liza
  19. Strike Up The Band
  20. Embraceable You
  21. I Got Rhythm (I)
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  1. Of Thee I Sing
  2. Jilted
  3. Second Rhapsody
  4. For You, For Me, For Evermore
  5. Cuban Overture
  6. Isn't It A Pity?
  7. Variations On 'I Got Rhythm'
  8. I. Catfish Row: Introduction - Jazzbo Brown - First Chorus, 'Summertime'
  9. II. Porgy Sings: 'I got Plenty O' Nuthin' - 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now'
  10. III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene 1
  11. IV. Hurricane: Introduction, Act II Scene 3 - Hurricane, Act II Scene 3
  12. V. Good Morning, Brother: Occupational Humoresque, Act III Scene 3 - 'Good Morning, Brother' - Children's Song 'Sure To Go To Heaven' - 'I'm On My Way' (Finale)
  13. They Can't Take That Away From Me
  14. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
  15. Our Love Is Here To Stay

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  1. Girl Crazy Overture
  2. French Ballet Class
  3. Dance Of The Waves
  4. Slap That Bass
  5. Walking The Dog
  6. I've Got Beginner's Luck
  7. They All Laughed
  8. They Can't Take That Away From Me
  9. Shall We Dance
  10. By Strauss
  11. I Can't Be Bothered Now
  12. The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (1st Version)
  13. Put Me To The Test
  14. The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (2nd Version)
  15. Stiff Upper Lip
  16. A Foggy day (In London Town)
  17. Nice Work If You Can Get It
  18. Things Are Looking Up
  19. I Was Doing All Right
  20. Love Walked In

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent performer.......2007-03-09

This plates are wonderful. I was charmed, and when I close my eyes now, I see scenes with American in Paris or Porgy and Bess but my favorite piece of music is Rhapsody in Blue. It's more than excellent is fantastic. Jack Gibbons perfectly feels the unique tone Gershwin's music, the mixture rythms of jazz with influences of impressionists and clear and beauty melodies.
I'm fascinating.

5 out of 5 stars A unique project.......2006-11-23

Gibbons' undertaking is unique: to reconstruct and then execute and record the note-for-note playing of Gershwin as documented on the composers' piano rolls, sound recordings and certain published arrangements. I agree with the reviewer who points out that the result is like a library and not a recital you sit back and listen to (or get up and dance to). In fact Gibbons does some editing of his "library" now and then, and clearly documents it in his liner notes: in some reconstructions he augments accompaniment effects and even the melodic line itself. I don't mind that at all, especially as Gibbons scrupulously accounts for such tampering in his liner notes; but it seems to me that it is in this area of "tampering" that Gibbons the artist is asserting himself...which of course undermines the "library", the "historical archive": you have to search and read a bit to find out when you're hearing only Gershwin and when you're hearing some added Gibbons. I don't mind; Gibbons is a remarkable artist in his own right, not merely an impeccable documentarian. For sheer generosity of production Gibbons' Gershwin must also be unique: 4 cd's, scholar-level liner notes (yes, you need a magnifying glass to read them), and rock-bottom bargain price.

5 out of 5 stars Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival.......2006-06-12

First: this is 4 high-end produced cd's (in low-end jewel cases) for the price of 2. The liner notes of all 4 cd's are condensed in a booklet of microscopic print, so you may need to spend the savings on a magnifying glass. MONEY WELL SPENT.
Second: Jack Gibbons plays (and has recorded) the Alkan op 39 etudes (he probably plays a lot more Alkan than that). For those of you not in the know, this is to say he has world-class chops, indeed history-class (Liszt, who never played his friend Alkan, at least in public). But it's also to say that Gibbons knows how to interpret and personalize fantastically difficult piano music. For me, his Alkan op 39 is personal and passionate and real (contrast the facile and over-pedalled Hamelin and the just-the-notes-ma'me Ringeissen). An appreciation of Gibbons' Alkan is important here because while his Alkan is uniquely personal (as such music must be, no matter how hard it is to play) his Gershwin is deliberately impersonal...which is to say: no pianist, no singer would want to reproduce what Gibbons has given us in these 4 cd's, and in fact few listeners will be able to listen for long to these 4 cd's without a respite, a break , some silence, some minimal styling from somebody (anybody) else...which brings me to
Third: This is an archive, not a recital. This is a library, not a program. There is no track-by-track contrast of moods here, no track-by-track concession to easy listening, varied delight, any more than a library shelf of novels is alphabetized by authors' last names as a concession to mood or fancy or taste of the searching patron. This is the documented Gershwin in his recording mode: manic, notey, clever, "on", and never, as generations of stylists found in him, ravishing, tender, longing, sweet, glad, hopeful...person-to-person, in a word. I can listen to these cd's about half an hour at a time, max. This is Gerwhsin, not Gibbons. And this is just one side of Gershwin. He died at 38, in the summer. Brain tumor. A lot of pain.
Finally, Jack Gibbons has given the world a uniquely valuable and easily available resource. Gibbons could now do us a service by playing us some Gershwin as he feels it, as it hits him and makes him sing (as Gershwin, our American Schubert, does to all of us, and as I think Alkan has done to Gibbons). I would love to see a Gershwin stylings by Gibbons now that Gibbons himself has made sure Gershwin in his authenticity is safe and sound.

5 out of 5 stars Definative.......2005-07-23

Here's the whole Gershwin catalog at a great price... Five plus hours of bliss. Definately five stars!

Gibbons, according to a family friend and biographer Edward jablonski "recreates Gershwin's style." I'll never know. I can say this is a lively recording and has the perfect balance. It's neither stuffy and plodding or cute.
First Band on the Moon
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    ASIN: B000J234XE
    Release Date: 2006-11-28
    The Mantovani Orchestra
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    5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Collection of Favorites!!!.......2003-07-02

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    25. I Got Lost in His Arms - Ethel Merman

    Tracks:

    1. Overture...Summertime - Anne Brown
    2. Why Can't You Behave? - Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang
    3. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Carol Bruce
    4. There's No Business Like Show Business - Chorus
    5. If I Were a Bell - Isabel Bigley
    6. People Will Say That We're in Love - Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts
    7. Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Anne Brown
    8. Luck Be a Lady Tonight - Robert Alda
    9. Shall I Tell You What I Think of You? - Gertrude Lawrence
    10. Girl That I Marry - Ray Middleton
    11. Nobody Else But Me - Jan Clayton
    12. Carousel Waltz - Orchestra
    13. Dites-Moi - Barbara Luna
    14. Ol' Man River - Kenneth Spencer
    15. Summertime
    16. Many a New Day - Joan Roberts
    17. Blow High, Blow Low - Murvyn Vye
    18. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There - Edward Matthews
    19. You've Got to Be Carefully Taught - Billy Tabbert
    20. We Open in Venice - Alfred Drake
    21. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Mary Martin
    22. Who Do You Love, I Hope? - Kathleen Carnes, Robert Lenn
    23. I've Never Been in Love Before - Robert Alda
    24. Tom, Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
    25. I Whistle a Happy Tune - Gertrude Lawrence

    Tracks:

    1. New York, New York - Lynn Murray, Lynn Murray
    2. Almost Like Being in Love - Marion Bell, Dave Brooks, David Brooks
    3. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Vivienne Segal
    4. Beat out Dat Rhythm on a Drum - June Hawkins
    5. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? - Ella Logan
    6. Old Devil Moon - Ella Logan
    7. South American Way - Carmen Miranda
    8. September Song - Walter Huston
    9. This Is the Army, Mister Jones - Irving Berlin
    10. Takin' a Chance on Love - Ethel Waters
    11. My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Mary Martin
    12. Anything Goes - Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals
    13. You're the Top - Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals
    14. I Get a Kick Out of You - Ethel Merman
    15. Night and Day - Fred Astaire
    16. I Got Rhythm - Red Nichols & His Orchestra
    17. Someone to Watch Over Me - Gertrude Lawrence
    18. Fascinatin' Rhythm - Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire
    19. Strike Up the Band - Red Nichols & His Orchestra
    20. Makin' Whoopee - Eddie Cantor
    21. Heatwave - Ethel Waters
    22. Easter Parade - Clifton Webb
    23. She Didn't Say Yes - Peggy Wood
    24. I've Told Every Little Star - Mary Ellis
    25. Johnny One Note - Lynn Murray, Lynn Murray

    Album Description

    Import exclusive, budget price compilation featuring Broadway classics like 'You'll Never Walk Alone', 'Summertime', & There's No Business Like Show Business', performed by Ethel Merman, Gertrude Lawrence, Celeste Holm, & many more. 75 tracks in all. Standard double jewel case. Disky. 2001.

    Album Details

    3 CD set

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars A bargain collection of showtunes.......2005-08-19

    This bargain collection of showtunes is highlighted by the composition of Kurt Weill and the uniquely rolling tongue of Colette Lyons. I have a complaint about this compilation. It includes "Ol' Man River", but it excludes Al Jolson's rendition of "Ol' Man River." Otherwise, this collection gives you ample bang for your buck.
    First Band On The Moon
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Takes me back!
    • Sigmund Snopek III - 'First Band On The Moon' (Musea)
    		 First Band On The Moon

    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00006F2P4
    Release Date: 2002-07-15

    Tracks:

    1. First Band On The Moon
    2. Dr Alles
    3. Living Out Loud
    4. Controller's Reply
    5. Highway Ghosts
    6. Avenue Motion
    7. Let's Take A Trip
    8. The Armpit Shuffle
    9. Crazy Angel
    10. Ride In The Dark/Robotiko
    11. Solalex

    Album Description

    A truly unclassifiable artist, Sigmund SNOPEK III was relatively anonymous among the popular band THE VIOLENT FEMMES. The art of this iconoclast can eventually be related to that of THE MOODY BLUES and Kevin GODLEY & Lol CREME. An obscure album issued in 1972, the now famous "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" was full of ambition: its heteroclite Progressive rock taking after some of the early Frank ZAPPA, rock, classical or contemporary music, ethnic music and jazz, all in an audacious blend. On "Nobody To Dream" (1975), he blends refined neo-classical tracks, classic-pop orchestrated songs, pop-songs, elegant and airy melodies. "Thinking Out Loud" (1997) includes five added tracks, compared with the original 1978 version. Two years later, the fabulous "First Band On The Moon" could be heard as a true Snopekian manifesto ! "Roy Rodgers Meets Albert Einstein" is an excellent 1982 millesime, characterized by a division in three works ("Ride In The Dark", "Roy Rodgers Meets Albert Einstein" & "Song Sing The Doldrum Ding") all more staggering the one than the other. The event of the year 2000 "Trinity - Seas Seize Sees" shows the return of the US keyboard player with Polish origin. Issued on the Musea label, this ambitious and conceptual double album was completely composed in 1973. However, only the first part was recorded in those days, the rest was completed between 1996 and 1999 and the whole work includes an impressing quantity of musicians. On it, all the characteristics of his first albums can be found with on top of that some sequences that sound almost like MAGMA.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Takes me back!.......2006-11-11

    Great to listen to Snopek again! Brings back great memories of their shows at Summerfest in Milwaukee. Great lyrics, awesome music! Buy this CD - it is a classic!!!

    3 out of 5 stars Sigmund Snopek III - 'First Band On The Moon' (Musea).......2005-02-14

    'First Band...' as it turns out,is actually a reissue of Snopek's obscure 1977 lp.Can you beat that?I've heard OF his name before,but I was never aware of who he was.The Milwaukee native has apparently been in the business for thirty-plus years now.He's been noted for being a friend and touring member of the Violent Femmes in the '90's.Snopek is mainly a keyboardist,but he's also known to be a versatile musician as well as performer.There's no way I can even classify his music on 'First Band...' other than I will say it gets better with each play.A couple of the most inspiring tracks are "Dr.Alles","Highway Ghosts" and the melodic "Let's Take A Trip".Line-up:Snopek-keyboards,flute&vocals,B.Wiemann III-guitar&vocals,Jim Gordon-bass and Mike Lucas-drums.A unique experience to be had here,that's for sure.
    First Band on the Moon
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent CD, but not worth 30+ bucks
    		 First Band on the Moon
    The Cardigans
    Manufacturer: Universal/Polygram
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Indie RockIndie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Twee PopTwee Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Dream PopDream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    SwedenSweden | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
    Adult AlternativeAdult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music
    Swedish PopSwedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
    Alternative RockAlternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
    RockRock | Imports | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B000006XG7
    Release Date: 1997-02-26

    Tracks:

    1. Your New Cuckoo
    2. Been It
    3. Heartbreaker
    4. Happy Meal
    5. Never Recover
    6. Step on Me
    7. Lovefool
    8. Losers
    9. Iron Man
    10. Great Divide
    11. Choke
    12. Country Hell
    13. Blah Blah Blah

    Album Description

    Japanese edition of the Swedish pop quartet's newthird album adds 'Country Hell' as a bonus track and alsofeatures the single 'Lovefool' and a campy cover of BlackSabbath's 'Iron Man'. 12 tracks total.

    Album Details

    Japanese Release featuring Two Bonus Tracks.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Excellent CD, but not worth 30+ bucks.......2001-04-20

    "First Band on the Moon" is an excellent CD, but you are basically paying 17 extra bucks for 2 songs ("Country Hell" and "Blah Blah Blah"). Both songs are mediocre at best and can be found on the b-side collection "Other Side of the Moon".
    First Band on the Moon
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		First Band on the Moon
      Sigmund Snopek III
      Manufacturer: Musea Records France
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000068V63
      Release Date: 2006-06-01

      Tracks:

      1. First Band On The Moon
      2. Dr. Alles
      3. Living Out Loud
      4. Controller's Reply
      5. Highway Ghosts
      6. Avenue Motion
      7. Let's Take A Trip
      8. Armpit Shuffle
      9. Crazy Crazy Angel
      10. Ride In The Dark (Robotiko)
      11. Solalex
      First Band on the Moon
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		First Band on the Moon
        The Cardigans
        Manufacturer: Universal Japan
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
        Indie RockIndie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
        Twee PopTwee Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
        Dream PopDream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
        SwedenSweden | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
        Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
        Adult AlternativeAdult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music
        Swedish PopSwedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
        Alternative RockAlternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
        RockRock | Imports | Stores | Music
        ASIN: B00005R0TU
        Release Date: 2001-12-05

        Tracks:

        1. Your New Cuckoo
        2. Been It
        3. Heartbreaker
        4. Happy Meal
        5. Never Recover
        6. Step on Me
        7. Lovefool
        8. Losers
        9. Iron Man
        10. Great Divide
        11. Choke
        12. Country Hell
        13. Blah Blah Blah

        Album Details

        Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: 'country Hell', and 'blah Blah Blah'
        The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-3
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • 'Swonderful and Fascinatin'
        		 The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-3

        Manufacturer: White Line
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        All Works by GershwinAll Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        PreludesPreludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        OverturesOvertures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        Tone PoemsTone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        PianoPiano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
        CelloCello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
        Swing GeneralSwing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
        Movie ScoresMovie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
        Movie SoundtracksMovie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
        Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
        ClassicalClassical | Box Sets | Stores | Music
        ASIN: B00000I85Q
        Release Date: 1995-10-17

        Tracks:

        1. Swanee
        2. Come To The Moon
        3. I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
        4. Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo
        5. Nobody But You
        6. Limehouse Night
        7. Drifting Alone With The Tide
        8. Rhapsody In Blue
        9. Oh Lady Be Good!
        10. Fascinating Rhythm
        11. Hang On To Me
        12. I'd Rather Charleston
        13. The Man I Love
        14. The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
        15. So Am I
        16. Kickin' The Clouds Away
        17. Con in F

        Tracks:

        1. Tip-Toes: Sweet And Low-Down (I)
        2. Tip-Toes: That Certain Feeling (I)
        3. Tip-Toes: Looking For A Boy (I)
        4. Tip-Toes: When Do We Dance? (II)
        5. Tip-Toes: Sweet Low-Down (II)
        6. Tip-Toes: That Certain Feeling (II)
        7. Irish Waltz (Three-Quarter Blues)
        8. Oh, Kay!: Do,Do,Do
        9. Oh, Kay!: Someone To Watch Over Me
        10. Oh, Kay!: Clap Yo' Hands
        11. Oh, Kay!: Maybe
        12. Three Prlds: No. 1, Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso/No. 2, Andante Con Moto/No. 3, Allegro Ben Ritmato
        13. Strike Up The Band: Meadow Serenade
        14. Funny Face: My One And Only
        15. Funny Face: 'S Wonderful/Funny Face
        16. Funny Face: He Loves And She Loves
        17. An American In Paris
        18. Show Girl: Liza
        19. Strike Up The Band: Strike Up The Band
        20. Crazy Girl: Embraceable You
        21. Crazy Girl: I Got Rhythm (I)
        22. Crazy Girl: I Got Rhythm (II)

        Tracks:

        1. Of Thee I Sing Ov
        2. Jilted
        3. Second Rhapsody
        4. For You, For Me, For Evermore
        5. Cuban Ov
        6. Isn't It A Pity?
        7. Vars On 'I Got Rhythm'
        8. Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): I. Catfish Row: Intro-Jasbo Brown (Complete)...
        9. Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): II. 'I Got Plenty O' Nuthin''...
        10. Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene I
        11. Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): IV. Hurricane: Intro, Act II Scene 3...
        12. Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): V. Good Morning, Brother...
        13. They Can't Take That Away From Me
        14. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
        15. Our Love Is Here To Stay

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars 'Swonderful and Fascinatin'.......2001-09-24

        A slim volume of Gershwin's own arrangements of his popular songs exists, and has been recorded by many pianists. Unfortunately, these arrangements exist for only a scant few of Gershwin's songs, and they are rather abbreviated and dare I say it? Unsatisfying. Enter Jack Gibbons. Mr. Gibbons has meticulously researched George Gershwin's own playing of these pieces, from old radio shows, movie soundtracks, and other archival sources and he plays them exactly the way the composer did. He kids you not about "authentic". This is about as close as you can get to the source, and the recorded sound is spectacular. Bravo!

        Music:

        1. Floating on the Wine Dark Sea
        2. Forever Delayed (Greatest Hits) (+1 Bonu
        3. Fragments and Articulations
        4. Heroes, Saints and Angels
        5. Hotel Roselynn
        6. Human Conditions [Import]
        7. I Know What I'm Here for Pt. 1
        8. I Need You
        9. IMAGE
        10. Inertia [Enhanced] [Import]

        Music

        music

        Music

        Asylum of the Human Predator [Explicit Lyrics]

        Great Voices at Teatro Regio in Turin

        Duets For Organ And Piano

        Grammy's Greatest Country, Vol. 2

        Go With the Flow Pt. 2 [CD-single]

        Italian Opera Choruses

        I Believe

        Famous Basses of the Past

        History of the Future

        First Edition

        Evergreen

        Hard to Say Goodbye

        Glasgow Underground V.6 [Import]

        Nielsen: Songs

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