Live at Continental & Esplanade [Import] [Live]

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Album Description
Full title - Live at the Continental and the Esplanade. 1996 album for the critically acclaimed Aussie singer songwriter. 14 tracks including, 'God's Hotel', 'To Her Door', 'Somebody's Forgetting Somebody, Somebody's Letting Somebody Down' & 'Dumb Things'

Tracks:

Broke Down South Of Dallas
Party Lights
My Wife Thinks You're Dead
Hillbilly Hula Gal
I Hung It Up
Juan Charasqedo
Highway Patrol
Gotta Get Up Every Morning
Lifeguard Larry
Long Walk Back To San Antone
Live And Love All Day
Rock N Roll Medley

Album Description

Junior Brown, the multi-dimensional Americana/honkytonk artist who dazzled fans in 2004 with his Telarc debut, Down Home Chrome, ratchets up the intensity with Live at the Continental Club: The Austin Experience, a richly layered set that captures the witty songcraft and mind-bending fretwork that have become his trademark in the live setting.

Customer Reviews:

This Man's a Genius.......2006-12-30

I "discovered" Junior Brown about 6 months ago when CMT ran the video of (his song) Highway Patrol. At first the quirky black and white presentation caught my eye while the solid beat caught my ear. Then Junior ripped into his Guit-Steel solo and I was mesmerized. I love good guitar playing, and style (Jazz, Country, Rock)doesn't really matter to me. If it's well played I'll listen to it. Anyway, I wanted to pick up a Junior album with Highway. I settled on this one. When I bought it, I listened to it about four times in a row all the way through, and then ordered another Junior Brown CD. If you can appreciate good guitar and real musical talent then you won't be disappointed by this album. I think I know good music when I hear it, and I can summarize this album and Junior Brown in one sentence: This Man's a Genius.

Awesome.......2006-10-19

I was there the night he recorded this album, I was walking down South Congress when I heard that guitar and a super deep voice. I'm a long time Junior Brown fan, so needless to say I freaked out when I walked up to the Continental Club to see the man himself was on stage. The price at the door was about $25, so this album is a bargain.

Should have been better, but this will have to do........2006-09-27

This is a tough review for me to write as I am a total Junior Brown fanatic. I've seen him play many, many times and I've been waiting for a live album forever. Unfortunately, this wasn't his best night. You have to understand Junior is constantly touring - how he is able to get up on stage night after night after night playing the same songs is beyond me, but I'm still happy to hear him in whatever town I'm lucky to catch him in. For the most part Junior sounds tired on these tracks (he sounds great on "Juan Charasquado" though). Maybe he ought to take a few months off and let his batteries recharge or something. I wish he'd included "Freeborn Man" on this cd - the difference between the studio version and live is huge; I've heard him play what can only be described as an incredibly intense, blistering version of it live that had me shaking in ECSTACY - but it is not here. It's GREAT to hear "I Want To Live and Love Always" live, but it just isn't as good without Steve Layne playing and singing along. The "Rock and Roll Guitar Medley" is always a treat but it would have been SO MUCH BETTER if "Ghost Riders In The Sky" and Sergio Leone western themes were included again in the mix (hint, hint Jr. for future road dates).

Better to see him live than to listen to this live disc............2006-07-25

I have seen Junior Brown live a few times and I am always amazed at his guitar prowess, however I am very disappointed in this particular release:

1-First of all its only 52 min. long. A cd has about approximately 79 minutes of available space, and with Junior's songs being relatively short, there could have been 25 minutes more music on here.

2-The set list isn't the best.....there are MANY definitive Junior tracks which don't show up here at all.

3-Aside from the last track (Rock and Roll Guitar Medley) the performance here is rather lifeless, the singing sounds tired and strictly by the numbers....no flash, electricity or energy Junior usually provides in his LIVE shows...on this, he tends to simply 'phone it in'.

I really love Junior Brown and his music/guitar abilities, but this disc doesn't not reflect his ability as a performer, just that of a guitar picker.

Junior Brown Live is an alopated, psychotronic, swampadelic experience!.......2006-03-24

The Man of 'Guit-Steel' does it again. I saw him once
in Virginia Beahc, VA at the Naval Base in an outdoor
free show! I would have paid hundreds, though. He and
his band are excellent and he is very funny and enter-
taining as well, "Get that hippie off stage". No way!

Live At The Continental And The Esplanade

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criminally overlooked
A must have
The secret is out
Spiritually uplifting
Fantastic snapshot of Australia's best kept secret

Live At The Continental And The Esplanade
Paul Kelly
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000ENS
Release Date: 2002-08-13

Tracks:

When I First Met Your Ma
Maralinga
God's Hotel
Everybody Wants To Touch Me
Somebody's Forgetting Somebody, Somebody's Letting Somebody Down0
Just Like Animals
To Her Door
Pouring Petrol On A Burning Man
Dumb Things
Cities Of Texas
She's Rare
Darling It Hurts
Careless
Summer Rain

Customer Reviews:

criminally overlooked.......2001-12-20

Paul Kelly is undoubtedly the most negligently overlooked Australian artist there is. One can argue with the song selection on his recent greatest hits compilation, but the songs chosen for this live effort all hit the mark. Alternatively acoustic and then some great guitar based interpretations of well chosen, sensational studio songs - this warrants repeated listenings. It is the Kelly album that I nominate when anybody asks where to start on this artist. Standout tracks are Dumb Things and When I First Met Your Ma. As a group of songs, this is also the best live album I own period, the closest being early Neil Young.

A must have.......2001-11-22

This is Paul Kelly at his very best. It captures the spirit of his live performances, at the peak of his career, and features extraordinary performances of 'Just Like Animals', 'Pouring Petrol On A Burning Man' and the heartbreaking 'Maralinga'.

It probably helps to have heard the originals of some of the songs on this album such as 'To Her Door', as he varies them a bit in these live versions, but if you're already a P.K. fan then this is - absolutely - his best album. We have over 4,000 CDs at home, and this is easily our most-played CD.

The secret is out.......2000-04-15

Run, don't walk, and buy this CD. This is Paul at his best---funny (Dumb Things), tongue-in-cheek (God's Hotel) and socially conscious (Maralinga). Pouring Petrol on a Burning Man has a groove you won't soon forget. "Under the Sun" is my favorite Paul Kelly album, and many of its songs are reworked here to great success. Actually the best live CD I own.

Spiritually uplifting.......2000-02-10

This CD has some truly brilliant tracks. My favorites are When I first met your ma & To her door. The stories they tell and so well written they will make you laugh and cry. The music will bring a lump to your throat.

Paul Kelly is a great singer/songwriter who has been known and respected in Australia since the early 80's. His music ranges from folk/country through blues to recent foray's into techno music. This is a great album to listen to if you're feeling down, and I recommend a walk in the park afterward to complete the sensation!

Fantastic snapshot of Australia's best kept secret.......1998-09-21

Paul Kelly has put out many fantastic recordings but this live CD has an appeal all it's own. Many of the older songs feature new arrangements and surprises. The intimate audience adds flavor to this performance and begs the question...."Why is Paul Kelly unknown?!?!"

Live at Continental: Best of NYC, Vol. 2

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Live at Continental: Best of NYC, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Continental NYC
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Live at Continental: Best of NYC, Vol. 1

ASIN: B000A2H2MW
Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

Shower Song - Battershell
Money Runner - Bellvue
Spinning Around - Blisster
The Garden - Bottom
Ballad Of Johnny X (Featuring Johnny X) - The Bouncing Souls
Love Song - Cheetah Chrome
PTA - Frankenorange
Crazy Chicken - Gutter Girl
Steal My Crown - Harley's War
Rocket To You - Helldorado
Depression (I'm OK) - Honky Toast
Empty Pockets - H2O
Vampires From Outer Space - Independents
Blitzkreig Bop - Joey Ramone
Buttplug - Lunachicks
Somebody's Gonna Get (Their Head Kicked In Tonight) - Murphy's Law
Commando - Ramainz
Annie - Simi
Neckbreaker - Stab City
Losers - Superthrive
Runaway - Toilet Boys
Why Don't You Go - Vasquez
I Wanna Be Loved - The Waldos

Live at Continental: Best of NYC, Vol. 1

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Live at Continental: Best of NYC, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Continental NYC
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ASIN: B00080Z6RE
Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

Victim In Pain/Last Warning - Agnostic Front
Faded Flowers - Bellvue
Quick Check Girl - The Bouncing Souls
Sluts - The Bullys
Better Than U - Candy Ass
Sonic Reducer - Cheetah Chrome
Street Justice - Cro-Mags NYC
The Building Is Crumbling - David Ellis Group
I Am The King - Furious George
Puerto Rican Girl - Heap
V8 - Honky Toast
Liberate - H2O
I Wanna Be Sedated - Joey Ramone
Going Local - Lenny Kaye
Disgusted - L.E.S. Stitches
Cross My Heart - Lunachicks
Panty Raid - Murphy's Law
Cretin Hop - The Ramainz
Psychotronic Roller Boogie Disco Queen Sock It To Me - Sea Monster
Volume 4-Way - Suicide King
Another Day In The Life - Toilet Boys
One Man Lady - The Voluptous Horror
Sorry - The Waldos

Product Description

1. Victim in Pain/Last Warning - Agnostic Front
2. Faded Flowers - Bellvue (w/Jesse Malin)
3. Quick Check Girl - The Bouncing Souls
4. Sluts - The Bullys
5. Better Than U - Candy Ass
6. Sonic Reducer - Cheetah Chrome
7. Street Justice - Cro-Mags NYC
8. The Building Is Crumbling - David Ellis Group
9. I am the King - Furious George
10. Puerto Rican Girl - Heap
11. V8 - Honky Toast
12. Liberate - H20
13. I Wanna Be Sedated - Joey Ramone
14. Going Local - Lenny Kaye
15. Disgusted - L.E.S. Stitches
16. Cross My Heart - Lunachicks
17. Panty Raid - Murphy’s Law
18. Cretin Hop - The Remainz
19. Psychotronic Roller Boogie Disco Queen Sock it to Me - Sea Monster
20. Volume 4-Way - Suicide King
21. Another Day in the Life - Toilet Boys
22. One Man Lady - The Voluptous Horror of Karen Black
23. Sorry - The Waldos

Format: CD

Honky Tonk Happy Hour - Live at the Continental Club
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Honky Tonk Forever!

Real Country Music

Honky Tonk Happy Hour - Live at the Continental Club
Miss Leslie and Her Juke-Jointers
Manufacturer: Zero Label Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000KC8280
Release Date: 2006-11-07

Tracks:

Intro by Leslie T Travis
Yes Ma'am (He Found Me In a Honky Tonk)
Everything Ain t Right
You re Still On My Mind
Bubbles in My Beer
I m Barely Hangin On To Me
The Arms of a Fool
I Want to Hear It From You
Bobo s Boogie
I ll Be Gone Tonight
Things Have Gone to Pieces
Blistered
Cry, Cry, Cry
Ship of Love
Touch My Heart
Place in My Heart
Empty Barstool
Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
A-11--Little Darlin Outtro

Product Description

Recorded Live at the Continental Club in Houston, TX on April 19, 2006. Fiddle, pedal steel, telecaster, upright piano, drums, bass and acoustic guitar - country music with a 50s and 60s flair.

Customer Reviews:

Honky Tonk Forever!.......2007-02-26

Outstanding, marvelous, this is another excellent exemple what Country Music should be always about. Steel Guitar (Rick Davis, Dale Watson Steel Guitar Man), Telecaster, Fiddle, Piano, Bass and Drums played by the right people makes a perfect combination for real good music, and Miss Leslie & Her Juke Jointers is part now of my personal collection of Country Music. This Live album has a very good quality of recording and I recommend seriously to anyone who likes Hard Core Honky Tonk Music the purchase of this CD.

Real Country Music.......2007-01-13

Honky Tonk Happy Hour is one of those country albums that make the listener realize just how bad country radio is today. Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers make some of the finest honky tonk music in the country today and yet mainstream country radio stations continue to ignore them. That's a real shame because country fans outside of Texas for the most part still don't know what they're missing when it comes to Leslie and this great country band.

Miss Leslie does a better job on a George Jones song than any other lady I can think of, and there are three of them in this live album: "Everything Ain't Right," "Things Have Gone to Pieces" and "Ship of Love." If you love honky tonk music and miss the days when you could hear it on your radio, this one's for you. Discover the sound of Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers and you'll have something to take the place of that garbage that gets played on your local FM "country" radio station.

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Jazz Violin Greats

Live at Carnegie Hall/June Night
Stephane Grappelli & Svend Asmussen
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005KHG0
Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Stephane Grappelli
As Time Goes By - Stephane Grappelli
Crazy Rhythm - Stephane Grappelli
Golden Green - Stephane Grappelli
Chattanooga Choo-Choo - Stephane Grappelli
Blues In G For B.T. - Stephane Grappelli
Nuages - Stephane Grappelli
June Night - Svend Asmussen
Sweet Georgia Brown - Svend Asmussen
Lazy River - Svend Asmussen
Nadja - Svend Asmussen
Blue Prelude - Svend Asmussen
Just A Gigolo - Svend Asmussen
Careless Love - Svend Asmussen
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody - Svend Asmussen
When Day Is Done - Svend Asmussen
Hush-A-Bye - Svend Asmussen

Album Description

This collection brings together 2 distinct & individual jazz violinists on 1 CD. Stephane Grappelli, one of the all-time greats & the first to establish the violin as a jazz instrument, & Denmark-born Svend Asmussen, lauded as a top swing violinist from the mid-thirties on. These versatile violinists capture the intense gypsy spirit with songs such as Lazy River, Sweet Georgia Brown & Jean-Luc Ponty's Golden Green. Collectables.

Customer Reviews:

Jazz Violin Greats.......2004-03-30

I bought this CD mainly to hear Svend Asmussen since I've read so much about him but never heard him play. He's good, but I prefer Grappelli's style. It was interesting though, hearing the two on the same CD for the sake of contrast. Asmussen had more classical training than Grappelli, as did Joe Venuti. That may help in some respects like tone, but somehow Stephane seemed to have more freedom of expression and creativity. Maybe the extensive classical training tends to inhibit that. Who knows?

The Grappelli tunes were performed in 1978 when he was 70, and he was as brilliant as ever. He is backed by Diz Dizley, the Django enthusiast responsible for his reborn career, on rhythm guitar throughout. The opening tune - I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE - really swings with this arrangement. AS TIME GOES BY is as gracefully interpreted as I've ever heard. CRAZY RHYTHM is a true jazz piece, with the double bassist Brian Torff playing four beats per measure. John Ethridge provides some great acoustic guitar accompaniment on Jean-Luc Ponty's GOLDEN GREEN, which features Grappelli's magical touch with embellishments and harmonics. CHATANOOGA CHOO-CHOO is a great piece for Grappelli, although I don't recall him recording it very often. Check out the train whistle at the end. Why should bluegrass fiddlers be the only ones who get to do train noises? BLUES IN G FOR B.T. was written by Grappelli for bassist Brian Torff. It starts off as a blues number, but soon transitions into a swing tune in true Grappelli fashion. The last piece - NUAGES - was performed in memory of Stephane's old friend and music partner who composed it, Django Reinhardt, on the 25th anniversary of his death. Hard to imagine a more fitting or tastefully played tribute.

Svend's performances begin with JUNE NIGHT, a sort of soft-shoe number shared with the pianist Derek Smith. Next is SWEET GEORGIA BROWN, a tune Grappelli played at nearly every gig. Notice how different it sounds, though, with Svend's approach accompanied by guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and Smith with a clever solo on piano that includes a phrase from Rhapsody in Blue. Svend comes across more as a member of a band than a featured artist. LAZY RIVER also displays liberal doses of piano and guitar, along with some jazzy pizzicato licks and a short drum solo by Ollie Jackson. NADJA and BLUE PRELUDE are eerie tunes in minor keys, somewhat of a departure in this set. JUST A GIGOLO is a low key rendition of this old classic. Great guitar solo here. CARELESS LOVE goes from 0 to jazz in less than 50 seconds. A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY, the Irving Berlin classic, is the weakest number in my opinion, although the piano solo seems to salvage it. WHEN DAY IS DONE starts off with some excellent solo work, indicitave of Svend's classical training, altough it doesn't take long for him to abandon the classical sound in favor of jazz and blues. HUSH-A-BYE, a lullaby with a gypsy flavor, has a real nightclub sound to it with brushes on the drums.

The contributions these two jazz violin greats have made to the music world will be around for a long time, and I suspect this album will serve well as a representation of their art. Highly recommended.

85 & Still Swinging...Stephane Grappelli "Live" at Carnegie Hall: The 85th Birthday Con
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Terrific CD

85 & Still Swinging...Stephane Grappelli "Live" at Carnegie Hall: The 85th Birthday Con
Stephane Grappelli
Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002SKL
Release Date: 1993-11-09

Tracks:

All God's Chillun Got Rythym
I Thought About You
It's You Or No One
I Hear Music
Honeysuckle Rose
Someone To Watch Over Me/I Got Rhythm
Night And Day
Them There Eyes
Limehouse Blues
There'll Never Be Another You
No More Blues
Avalon
Armando's Rumba
Nuages
Made For Isaac
Ojos Negros
Sweet Georgia Brown

Customer Reviews:

Terrific CD.......2003-10-14

This would be a great CD if only for the US introduction of the back up performers, The Rosenberg Trio. Add Grappelli to that mix and you get one ot the better swing recordings in the Hot Club style. We should only hope we are all as sharp as Grappelli at 85 years old. Also, look for other recordings by The Rosenberg Trio. Worth the look if you like Django-style swing.

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The best collection of Paul Kelly, solo performance, ex'lent

Live at Continental & Esplanade
Paul Kelly
Manufacturer: Mushroom
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007WOO
Release Date: 2002-05-15

Tracks:

When I First Met Your Ma
Maralinga
God's Hotel
Everybody Wants to Touch Me
Somebody's Forgetting Somebody (Somebody's Letting Somebody Down)
Just Like Animals
To Her Door
Pouring Petrol on a Burning Man
Dumb Things
Cities of Texas
She's Rare
Darling It Hurts
Careless
Summer Rain

Album Description

Full title - Live at the Continental and the Esplanade. 1996 album for the critically acclaimed Aussie singer songwriter. 14 tracks including, 'God's Hotel', 'To Her Door', 'Somebody's Forgetting Somebody, Somebody's Letting Somebody Down' & 'Dumb Things'

Customer Reviews:

The best collection of Paul Kelly, solo performance, ex'lent.......1998-07-11

This album is truly representative of Paul Kelly at his best. It is THE album to buy if you are going to own only one of his albums.

Exellent album!!

'Live At the Continental Club'
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Ronnie Dawson at his very best

'Live At the Continental Club'

Manufacturer: Continental Records LLC
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0009RE9TM