Live 77 [Live]

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Earliest known recording of band fronted by Mark E. Smith. Nothing from this early gig has ever been released elsewhere. Includes the classics 'Psycho Mafia', 'Stepping Out', 'Bingo Master's Breakout' and a unique version of 'Louie Louie'. 13 tracks in all. 1999 release. Standard jewel case.

Psalms of David Complete
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Psalms of David Complete
Choir of St Paul's Cathedral , and Scott
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006GO6J
Release Date: 2002-10-08

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This complete 12-disc survey of The Psalms of David from St. Paul's Cathedral is both a remarkable historical record of Anglican chant at its finest and an astonishing musical experience. Contained here are all 150 psalms in their traditional English garb from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, with revised or entirely new musical settings as published in The New St. Paul's Cathedral Psalter, edited by the choir's musical director John Scott, itself a revision of the 1875 Cathedral Psalter. As such, these recordings represent the very backbone of the Anglican liturgy, but even a casual listener will be in no doubt that they also offer music that is both contemplative and richly varied when removed from its liturgical context.

The art of "pointing"--or setting--psalm texts has been essayed by many English composers, from William Croft through the Wesleys and William Boyce in earlier times to the great flowering in the late 19th century under Stainer and Barnby, with further contributions from Parry, Stanford, Elgar, Howells, and a host of choirmasters and organists, including Sir David Willcocks and John Scott himself. All are represented here. Recorded throughout in the vast acoustic of their cathedral, the St. Paul's choristers enunciate the words precisely, backed by inventive though unobtrusive organ accompaniment. Taken individually, it's possible to isolate moments when the choir seem to drag their feet or fail to give due weight to the words (Psalm 125, "They that put their trust in the Lord," seems far too subdued, for example), and the massive Psalm 119 is awkwardly split across discs 10 and 11, but overall this set is nothing less than a document of invaluable cultural and musical significance. --Mark Walker

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Brilliant Recordings.......2007-06-11

In our view the changes in pointing, and excellent selection of chants, give deeper meanings to the Psalms than those achieved in the "standard?" Parish Psalter.

We found great Spirituality and a wonderful sense of Worship whilst listening to this set. This is often sacrificed for brilliance of musical performance in other recordings.

Unfortunately the "St.Paul's Psalter" is not available (June 2007) but we are told that a new print run may happen within 12 months. This would be a most valuable companion to the recordings when and if it becomes available.

A- for effort.......2006-02-23

This grand undertaking deserves high praise, and I'm struck, listening to chant after chant, how much Anglican chant as it used to be until the changes of the 70s was one of the great Victorian contributions to English life and art. For anyone who wants to hear almost the entire repertoire of Anglican chant deployed in singing the whole book of Psalms, this is an unrivalled source. It is wonderful, too, to hear the Coverdale translation: you realize what the churches have lost by abandoning the proper & regular singing of the Psalms. So one is immensely grateful to Hyperion for putting out this recording. It's not perfect, though.

The rhythmic pacing, though a little slow for my taste, is steady and sensitive, the diction clear, and the organ accompaniment superb (Providing an expressive accompaniment to a choir singing in 4-part free rhythm, and improvising descants to the melody at the same time, isn't easy). And of course there's the cavernous acoustic of St. Paul's, very impressive in the more thunderous psalms. Unfortunately, though, the "forward" style favored for the St. Paul's boys produces a sound that's unpleasantly chesty in the lower registers and reedy in the higher ones. The poorly integrated choral sound caused by this kind of voice-production can be downright unpleasant for anyone used to, or trained in, the classic English choral style. In fact, one has to wonder why this choir was chosen for such a huge project: even allowing for the near-universal decline in standards of vocal training for boys in England, better sounds than this can still be heard.

What can you say?.......2003-01-03

I almost hate to criticize this terrific thing. After all, where else can you get all 150 Psalms in a single collection sung by one of the world's great choirs?

How much do I like it? I bought it *twice*. I originally bought all the CDs separately, before they came out with a single boxed set. They were stolen from my car (and, God willing, maybe they converted some poor thief to Anglican Cathedral Music and got him into church). After they were stolen, I immediately bought them again.

One of the great pleasures of life is listening to the Morning and Evening Psalms while driving to and from work, and making listening a regular feature of Morning and Evening Prayer.

So what's the criticism? The sound is a bit muddy, so the words can be rather difficult to understand without reading along (which is a real problem when driving), and personally, I prefer the Psalter from the 1979 BCP instead of the old one, from the Great Bible. But that's unreasonable. They ARE a British choir after all. Those are the only criticisms.

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Live at the Roundhouse 1975 / Previously Unreleased / Do It '77

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Pink Fairies-'Live At The Roundhouse/Previously..'(Big Beat)

Live at the Roundhouse 1975 / Previously Unreleased / Do It '77
The Pink Fairies , and Twink
Manufacturer: Big Beat UK
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ASIN: B0000081DI
Release Date: 1999-06-25

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1. City Kids
2. I'm Waiting For The Man
3. Lucille
4. Uncle Harry's Last Freakout
5. Going Down
6. As Long As The Price Is Right
7. Waiting For The Lightning To Strike
8. Can't Find The Lady
9. No Second Chance
10. Talk Of The Devil
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12. Do It 77
13. Psychedelic Punkeroo
14. Enter The Diamonds

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Pink Fairies-'Live At The Roundhouse/Previously..'(Big Beat).......2004-03-02

Superb Pink Fairies CD to have,one of those two-on-one releases.First segment is a five song/45-minute one off reunion gig that the Fairies played with the original line-up in 1975.The sound mix on "City Kids","Waiting For The Man","Lucille","Uncle Harry's Last Freakout" and "Going Down" simply couldn't be better.The next six tunes labeled as 'Previously Unreleased' is so-so,with the best track being "Waiting For The Lightning To Strike"(would make a good Alice Cooper tune).The disc closes out with a three song EP titled 'Twink And The Fairies',circa 1977 I believe and it's a bit funky.It's Pink Fairies drummer Twink carrying on with his own project.Highly recommended.

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Can - 'Can-Box Music - Live 1971-1977' (Mute)
Great document of the raw power of live Can
Can concerts beckon
Savage!
Boy, was I getting in deep...

Can Box Music (Live 1971-77)
Can
Manufacturer: Mute U.S.
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Tago Mago

ASIN: B00002EPKQ
Release Date: 1999-11-02

Tracks:

Jynx
Dizzy Dizzy
Vernal Equinox
Fizz
Yoo Doo Right
Cascade Waltz

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Colchester Finale
Kata Kong
Spoon

Album Description

Two discs crammed with nine live recordings from 1971-1977 by the avant-garde German electronic/ prog legends. Nine tracks. Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release.

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Can - 'Can-Box Music - Live 1971-1977' (Mute).......2006-11-02

Even if you happen to be discovering Can's music for the first time,this nine track/2-CD is a must-have.Remember reading about before 'Can-Box Music' became available,that guitarist Michael Karoli (R.I.P.) had taken time to PAINSTAKINGLY search through archive tapes of the German progressive band's past live performances. His effort had more than payed off, by this treasured 2-CD release. Sound of these tracks are quite good. Some, I believe might've been recorded by fans in the audience. Live takes from concerts that took place in Brighton,London and Croydon,UK and Cologne,Germany have been faithfully preserved with top notch audio quality for your listening pleasure. Even if you don't like Can's music,JUST hearing the atmosphere on these 2-CD's might appeal to you.Some of the more familiar material here include "Dizzy Dizzy","Yoo Doo Right" and "Spoon". A real treat for long-time Can fans here are the several cuts that were notably 'played spontaneously' onstage and never even rehearsed before,like "Jynx","Fizz",the 37-minute mind-blowing "Colchester Finale" and "Kata Kong". Not many bands can do that and pull it of so well. 100% essential!

Great document of the raw power of live Can.......2005-07-13

Before listening to this, I've enjoyed Tago Mago, Ege Bamasi, and Monster Movie, and I really like how rhythm-oriented the band is. I also listened to the Miles Davis album Agharta, and noticed how close sounding it is to this live set. But being a rocker at heart, the cool jazzy atmosphere of those Miles jams just didn't do it for me. Sure they had cool rhythms, and the funky serpentine guitars weaved throughout the lengthy jams, but after listening to Can's crazy jams, I'm more impressed with Can's hectic rhythm explorations and searing guitar solos. I also like how the bass plays a large part in many of the songs. The amazing 37 minute Colchester Finale is an impressive piece of improvised music, kind of like a funky "Sister Ray". I'm used to listening to boolegs, so i'm used to the less than stellar sound quality, and the musical quality more than makes up for that. I used to like Faust the most of the Krautrockers for their pure weirdness but after experiencing Can's live sets I've realized how awesome these Germans really were. Highly recommended!!

Can concerts beckon.......2004-11-20

Get this CD. It has so much that was never captured on their records in quite the same way. For those who can get into this over repeated listenings, you will undoubted witness the legendary status of Can, naked.

Some might expect the 3-5 minute sheerness of a Can album track. There is none of that here. The album is more welcome to those who dig the longer tracks of the albums, like the 10 minute "Flow Motion". And, surprise, the longer tracks here were edited! Yes, they were even longer before, when the band handpicked and trimmed a large portion of this odd yet solid bunch of tracks.

I agree with most of the reviewers' compliments on this CD. Thus, I urge you bear through the listens you give this. It can easily be experienced like a hammer on the brain. Yet at some point the musical shifts are thrown into higher relief than the droning, and everything begins to stick. For example, I didn't like the very last track on the album for probably the first 9 times I heard all 13 minutes of it. Then one day I noticed the last 3 minutes break into an infectous tribal rhythm romp, and have loved it since.

Savage!.......2004-05-13

This was my first Can album, which i bought in 2001.And i was not really that impressed on the first few listenings. I liked the guitar solos and the rhythms were good but i felt it lacked something. This was just my preconceptions about music getting in the way of enjoyment. I wanted more solos, more compositional structure. More convention! But i learned eventually to appreciate it on its own terms. It's really a great album, with some monster tracks. I found that i appreciated it more once i had heard other albums and bought into the whole Can ethos. They are primarily a rhythm band, with no 'leader' as such. Jaki's drumming is really groovy throughout. Karoli plays some blinding guitar stuff. Dizzy Dizzy and Vernal Equinox are awesome in this regard. Holger is a no nonsense bass player who adds to the relentlessness of the music. Irmin produces some otherworldly sounds from his instrument. Damo adds to it all with his manic vocals. My favourite parts are the bits from 1975, jynx,dizzy dizzy,vernal equinoxe,yo doo right. The 1972 tunes are awesome too but less hifi. The Colchester finale is a monstrous, 37 minute beast of a song. It is a spontaneous piece which also contains the song hallejuah from the Tago Mago album. I wish more bands were like this!

This is one of the best Can albums. Tago Mago is earthshattering and i would recommend to buy that too.

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Boy, was I getting in deep..........2003-03-04

This disc was among the first three of theirs that I heard (none being among their definitive albums). At that time, I certainly wasn't ready for this, and I still don't play this 2-disc set very often. Certainly not from start to finish!

After a time (in my case, about 6 months of occasional listening,) this album began to grow on me. I noticed the subtle nuaces of each composition. Once I got beyond the iffy sound quality, I realized how funky this band could be; about 10 minutes into track one, "Jynx", the music becomes almost disco with it's wakka-wakka guitar (or synth??) before morphing again into a crazy synthesiser meltdown.

I read among these reviews some discerning comments on Suzuki's vocals. Suzuki only appears on two tracks, "Colchester Finale" and "Spoon". "Colchester" meanders and may be too mind-numbingly long for it's own funky goodness, but in-my-humble-opinion "Spoon" may be the highlight of this release. It's easily among the most accessible tracks with it's propulsive, aggressive beat and "Sister Ray"-type guitar. Such dissonance is (almost) poppy today in certain circles. And, may I add, Suzuki's vocals are amazing and completely appropriate for the song. It sounds like some mental patient's nightmare!

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15 previously unreleased recordings comprised of two complete John Peel sessions from 1976 & seven live tracks recorded in concert for BBC 1 Radio in 1977. Features the classic Rumour line-up of Brinsley Schwarz, Steve Goulding, Martin Belmont, Andrew Bodnar and Bob Andrews. Parker compiled the track listing & wrote the liner notes within the 10 page booklet, which also contains photos. 54 minutes long, it includes 'White Honey', 'Heat Treatment' & 'Kansas City'. 1998 Hux Records release.

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Tracks: White Honey, Back Door Love, Soul Shoes, Fools Gold, Kansas City, Help Me Shake It, Silly Thing and More.

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Hard to top.......2004-12-14

This is one of the best rock albums I own. I hope these recordings don't go out of print. This is the great Rumour lineup and Parker is at his peak during the Howlin Wind, Heat Treatment, Stick to Me era (of course he did great stuff after, too). I'd get it before it disappears.

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Wiener Staatsoper Live, Vol.3

Manufacturer: Koch Schwann (Germ.)
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ASIN: B000001SUQ
Release Date: 1994-06-28

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,,Prinzessin, ich fleh', geht hinein- Jochanaan! Ich bin verliebt in deinen leib' - Dermota/ Schulz/ Schoffler
,, Niemals, Tochter Babylons- Du bist verflucht, Salome - Schoffler/ Schulz/ Dermota
,,Seit den Tagen des Propheten Elias- Eine Menge Menschen wird sich gegen sie sammein' - Gallos/ Alsen/ Gallos/ Schurhoff/ Schoffler/ Witt/ Schweiger
Tanz der sieben Schleier- , Ah, herrlich!' - Witt/ Schulz
,,Ja, ich will ihn jetzt kussen- Nichts in der ganzen Welt war so schwarz wie deinn Haar- Du... - Schulz/ Witt/ Schurhoff
,,Wo ist, sie, die den Hauptleuten Assyriens sich gab' - Hotter/ Schulz/ Dermota
,,Ich wil deinen Mund kussen- Es lebt nur einer, der dich retten kann' - Hotter/ Dermota
,,O, uber dieses geile Weib- Eine Menge Menschen- Tanz fur mich, Salome' - Hotter/ Bugarinovic/ Sattler/ Schulz
Intermezzo - Wiener Staatsoper
,,Der Einsamen Trauer' - Wiener Staatsoper
,, Leiden! Leiden!' - Rethy/ Bottcher/ Sabel/ Konetzni
,, Erlosung!' (Final Scene) - Sabel/ Rethy/ Bottcher/ Konetzni/ Kunz/ Rus/ Alsen

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,,O diese Sonne' - Volker/ Ettl/ Manowarda
,,Nein, langer trag'ich nicht die Qualen- - Wiener Staatsoper
,,Hier im ird'schen Jammertal' - Manowarda
,,Wie nahte mir der Schlummer- Leise, leise' - Rethberg
,,Und ob die Wolke sie verhulle' - Rethberg
,,Wir winden dir den Jungfernkranz' - Klinger/ Wybiral
,,Freund Sachs, jetzt merk' ich warlich' - Reich/ Prohaska
,,Die Schuh' machen Euch grobe Sorgen- Jerum, jerum' - Prohaska/ Wiedemann/ Reich/ Kalenberg
,,...drum hort, wie der dritte Vers gelang- Jerum, jerum' - Prohaska/ Wiedemann/ Reich/ Kalenberg
,,Weilten die Sterne- Hat man mit dem Schuhwek nicht seine Not' - Prohaska/ Kalenberg
,,Gehorchen soll mir alles Heer- Notung! Notung! Neidliches Schwert! Jetzt haftest du wieder im... - Lorenz/ Wernigk
,,Hei! Siegfried gehort nun der Niblungen Hort' - Helletsgruber
,,Hei! Siegfried gehort nun der Helm und der Ring' - Helletsgruber
,,Hei! Siegfried erschlug nun den schlimmen Zwerg' - Helletsgruber
,,Lustig im Leid' - Helletsgruber
,,Ein Wunschmadchen gebar ich Wotan' - Anday
,Dir Unweisen ruf' ich ins Ohr' - Prohaska
,,Mit dem Auge, das als eines mir fehlt' - Prohaska
,,Durch deine Tugend allein'- Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt - Kalenberg/ Trundt
,,Begrube froh, o Held, die Halle meines Vaters' - Schipper/ Kalenberg/ Manowarda/ Angerer
,,Ich wurzte dir holden Trank- In Leid zu den Wipfeln' - Manowarda/ Kalenberg/ Angerer/
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,,Des Alben Erbe fordert sein Sohn!- Schweigt eures Jammers jauchzenden Schwall' - Manowarda/ Angerer/ Trundt
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Live At Cornerstone 1995 1997 2000 - Gene Eugene / Adam Again Tribute

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Not If It Pleases Me: BBC Live 76-77
Graham Parker & the Rumour
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Dame Myra Hess: Live From the University of Illinois Vol. 1

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ASIN: B000006A86
Release Date: 1998-04-28

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Waltz No.1 In Flat, Op.18
Sonata No. 21 In B Flat, Op.18: Molto moderato
Sonata No. 21 In B Flat, Op.18: Andante sostenuto
Sonata No. 21 In B Flat, Op.18: Scherzo (Allegro vivace con delicatezza)
Sonata No. 21 In B Flat, Op.18: Allegro ma non troppo
Dances For Piano: Spoken Introduction
Dances For Piano - German Dances, D.783: No.1 In A, No.2 In D, No.3 In B Flat, No.4 In G, No.5 In B Minor - Landler In D, D.783: No.6 In B Flat, No.7 In B Flat - Valses Santimentales, D.779: No.27 In E Flat, No.1 In C, No.2 In C: Group 1
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Intermezzo In C, Op.119-3
Sontata In G, L.387