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| 1. Who Do You Love? - Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks (mono) | |||
| 2. You Know I Love You - Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks | |||
| 3. Further On Up The Road - Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Katie's Been Gone | |||
| 2. Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos | |||
| 3. Don't Ya Tell Henry - Bob Dylan & The Band | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Across The Great Divide | |||
| 2. Rag Mama Rag | |||
| 3. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | |||
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| Disc: 4 | |||
| 1. Life Is A Carnival | |||
| 2. When I Paint My Masterpiece | |||
| 3. The Moon Struck One | |||
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| Disc: 5 | |||
| 1. Ain't Got No Home | |||
| 2. Share Your Love With Me | |||
| 3. Didn't It Rain | |||
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| Disc: 6 | |||
| 1. Jam/King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (rec. 1970, Robbie's Studio, Woodstock, NY) [performance previously unissued in its entirety] (DVD) | |||
| 2. Long Black Veil (live 7/5/70, the Festival Express Train Tour, Calgary, Canada) [performance previously unissued] (DVD) | |||
| 3. Rockin' Chair (live 7/5/70, the Festival Express Train Tour, Calgary, Canada) [performance previously unissued] (DVD) | |||
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Editorial Reviews
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The Band: A Musical History is a labor of love, and Executive Producer/Band member Robbie Robertson has built something truly impressive in the form of this five CD, one DVD, and 108-page hardcover book collection. The book alone will impress just about any music enthusiast. From its candid photographs of artists from Bob Dylan to Janis Joplin, to a detailed history of the Bend written by Grammy Award-winning musicologist Rob Bowman, it's well worth the price of admission. The 102-song collection follows the group's progression from their earliest of days, pre-Band, circa 1963, as background players for Toronto blues/rocker Ronnie Hawkins, to their final studio recording, "Out of the Blue" laid down in 1977. The box also includes 30 previously unreleased songs. On that list you’ll find everything from early versions of Band tunes to "song sketches" (pieces for which the lyrics may have been unfinished, but, as in the case of the late Richard Manuel’s soulful "Beautiful Thing," the emotion is captured just the same. Equally impressive is the DVD, which is filled with newly-issued live performances. These include a rough-but-wonderful songs from the Festival Express train tour, two tracks from a Wembley Stadium concert (admittedly the weakest sonically and visually on the disc) and three songs recorded for Saturday Night Live, including an endearing cover of "Georgia On My Mind." This amazing box set isn't just for Band fans; anyone who loves the music of the '60s and '70s could spend dozens of hours lost in this incredible collection. --Denise Sheppard
Listening for the first time, I was reminded of something my dad told me: their songs are great, but sometimes, their singing is the pits. That's especially noticeable on "Will the Circle Be Unbroken".
But that does not impact the value of this set. It gives a complete picture of The Band and their history. The accompanying book (I would call it liner notes, but that minimizes its impact) does not delve into the lasting rift between Levon Helm and Robbie Robertson, but it still makes great reading. If you're a fan, this set is worth the investment.
I'd say the earlier Hawks material is the most essential, since it's usually not included in any Band compilations. It's so much fun to hear the harder, earlier rock and roll sound they were cranking out--Robbie plays cutting lead on "Who do You Love?" and Richard Manuel howls in a way we've never heard on "Honky Tonk" and "Bacon Fat." There's also some interesting detours when the Hawks left Ronnie Hawkins, working such delightfully immature rockers as "Leave Me Alone," the oldie-sounding "Uh Uh Uh," and the romper "Go Go Liza Jane." This is some really fun stuff--it's not half as creative or accomplished as they got when they were The Band, but helps make the compilation worth the price of admission for me. There's also some great Dylan-era Hawks, like the dark Basement Tapes outtake "Words and Numbers," and the rare single "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"
The rest of the discs include unreleased tracks, live tracks and alternate versions that are at times very good but don't obviate the original album versions or reveal anything earth-shattering. A few of the unreleased tracks are phenomenal--a cleaned up studio version of the essential live favorite "Don't Do It," the funky cover "Baby Lou," unreleased Rick Danko tracks "Move Me" and "Home Cookin'" (how did "Home Cookin'" NOT make it onto the mediocre Islands--it's stronger than any other original!), and a superior version of the Manuel/Van Morrison duet "4% Pantomime" from Cahoots. A few of the live tracks kill as well--notably the Guthrie composition and Dylan collaboration "I Ain't Got No Home," ripping encore "Slippin' and Slidin'," rarities that really cook--"Look Out Cleveland," "Strawberry Wine," "Smoke Signal," and "Forbidden Fruit."
Unfortunately, a lot of the rest of the unreleased material is pretty Robbie Robertson heavy and not as high-quality--he's shown a remarkable skill at self-aggrandizement, especially in rewriting his historical role in The Band. He tries to make it seem like he contributed a lot to vocals in the group, stacking the deck with unreleased tracks with himself on (weak) vocals. In actuality, he only sang on a couple tracks and his mic was always off in concert. Likewise, the liner notes are so pro-Robbie in their interview proportion and sympathy. Anyone interested in The Band's story should also read Levon Helm's autobiography "This Wheel's On Fire" as a grain of salt.
The DVD is great too, with some awesome 70's concert footage and all 3 performances from their 1976 Saturday Night Live date. It's great to get some visual accompaniment.
The rest of the standard material from the albums is frustrating. A lot of times it's incomplete, with all but a couple tracks from an album, and sometimes the songs are rearranged from their original order, which is pretty weird when you're used to the superb albums the way they were meant to be. I bought this compilation for the unreleased material--there's nothing that will ever make me stop listening to The Band's albums in their full, original form (even the mediocre ones). The songs sound better in original sequence, and there are some great tracks that this compilation leaves out.
If you're new to The Band, I beg you please to experience their classic albums, Music From Big Pink, The Band, Stage Fright, and Northern Lights - Southern Cross as entire albums, the way they're meant to be heard. If you're on a hunt for everything The Band ever recorded, this is a great place to pick up a bulk of extra material, despite its dubious value.
While the box itself (much like the Talking Heads set) is awkard and large, "A Musical History" is exactly what a chronological gathering of the pivotal tracks and some previously unreleased tracks/rarities should be. The tracks included here that have been released before (such as "Leave Me Alone" recorded as Levon and The Hawks)have not been available on CD before and receive their debut here with stellar sound.
My one reservation with this set is that there's too much previously released material on this set. Clearly this was designed for hardcore fans or people that own some of their albums. Since The Band's catalog has been remastered before (and sounds great) this might be a great gift for a fan who hasn't upgrade their CD collection yet or who simply won't buy this for themeselves because they have much of the material. The real keeper here aside from the new to CD tracks is the DVD which features eight performances that have never been issued before or have been available on bootleg videos. The performances of "Life Is A Carnival", "Georgia On My Mind" and "Stage Fright" from "Saturday Night Live" hasn't been available (to the best of my knowledge) on DVD before in their entirety.
If you're a fan of The Band this is a great single collection with a deluxe book of great photographs and a fine discussion of the band's history by Rob Bowman. The DVD and previously unreleased tracks will be of particular interest to fans I just wish that they had been released together at a lower price vs. having to repurchase material that many fans already have.
They are the best at what they do and this CD is just one more example. You cannot go wrong with any Nox Arcana CD
I was told, by a mysterious voice in the night, that I should seek Nox Arcana and await further instructions. But it all began years ago with the discovery of the Midnight Syndicate. So, I did the obvious and entered "Midnight Syndicate" in my computer search engine, and the lone website introduced itself to me. All went dark and quiet, and the room got cold, and I could see my breath as I panted in fear, and I heard laughter amongst terrifying screams, but yet, I was alone. This was only my introduction to the Midnight Syndicate and soon to follow was the birth of something even better, the nightmareish apparitions of Nox Arcana. I was compelled to bring Nox Arcana into my world, and so I've been in the dark ever since. But, then again, it became a blissful absence from the norm. Although, Halloween is never really mentioned with any of the Nox Arcana CD's, it does seem that everyday is Halloween in my world, and for the past four years, I've always feared that I've sold my soul somehow. I believe that I sacrificed my soul the day I got out my credit card and asked the cyber spirits to bring my first Nox Arcana CD into my home. It was this CD: "Darklore Manor"
Something became different about me. My very presence wasn't acknowledged in any normal way anymore. Was I being ignored, or am I even in the room at all? Something just wasn't right. I've had days that I've stared into the mirror, but somehow, I wasn't there. When I speak to strangers in the street, I don't think that they even acknowledge me. I speak with just a small hiss of words, and people respond as if they've just been pushed by a cold wind. My loved ones speak of me, as if I've departed from this world, but yet, I am in the room. Only when I laugh, do people respond as if they've heard something. They cuddle together, in fear of their safety, and cry out my name, in a past tense, as if I am torturing them. This wasn't fun anymore. It wasn't fun, THEN, anyway.
I wander aimlessly, finally coming to terms with this apparition that I have become. My only consolation, deep into the night, is to take some of my Nox Arcana CD's and my mini-CD player, to the cemetery and lay against a tombstone, and watch the wind swirl up the leaves in a satanic dance before my eyes, while the music plays and eats away at my scruples of logic. I feel a cold embrace of many condemned angels who've cast off all their inhibitions and indulged in lustful passion upon my defenseless mortal flesh. I am consumed into their ritual with reckless abandon. Returning to reality is all nonsense now. My only fear, is that the batteries in my CD player will weaken and diminish this clash of passion of my psychological pleasure and terror.
I am so glad that Nox Arcana has entered my once typical, pop culture world. However, I feel now, that if I should ever die, I may not know the difference. I've been enjoying this nocturnal bliss for a couple of years now and there's no going back. I walk this world in a cold absence where I question if my presence is perceived at all.
If you'd like to share in this experience with me, start off with this CD of "Darklore Manor". Then get "Necronomicon", "Winter's Knight", "Transylvania", "Carnival of Lost Souls", and their latest (as of 2007) called "Blood of the Dragon".
This music is not heavy metal. It's not satanic music. It's just a mix of classically-influenced instrumentals with various snippets of dark poetry and ghastly effects. You'll hear tormented screams, deathly bell tolls, sinister laughter, grandfather clocks, howling winds, and other little clever effects with piano, organ, and harpsichord, supported by rich strings and a mellotron sound, that promote a uniquely beautiful, but yet, horrifying terror that may claim your soul. It's a small sacrifice for the sake of a dark happiness.
Alas, here's one more way that I have benefited from the music of Nox Arcana. By listening to these CD's through headphones at the cemetery, alone, late at night, in the cold dark, there is a terror that I've experienced that has actually helped me lose weight. To be so terrified that my heart pulsated so intensely that I feared my heart would just burst! That, and the accidental soiling of myself, helped me lose about three pounds. Who would have thought that terror could promote weight loss?
So, if it's dark and disturbing, it has a place in my heart.
This set of the sounds of those days are as entertaining as the first trip to Disneyland.
To start with, the box set's first disc is only represented by two songs, "Who Do You Love?" and "He Don't Love You." This is a shame, since that first disc is crammed with early Band tunes that fans have likely never heard. Conversely, these two rarities are good listens, but don't really qualify as "greatest hits" caliber songs. This CD also contains a number of the box set's other rare tracks, like the Dylan single "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?," the studio version of "Don't Do It," the live "Slippin' and Slidin'," and the excellent Rick Danko tune, "Home Cookin'." Aside from these rarities, though, this collection leaves out some of the box's greatest gems, like the stomping live versions of "Forbidden Fruit," and "Look Out Cleveland," the funky "Baby Lou," the superior live version of "Smoke Signal," or the great early Richard Manuel song, "Words and Numbers." Unfortunately, if you're looking for the rare and unreleased songs, this isn't the place to get a complete collection.
Since this disc attempts to place rare songs alongside some well-known songs, it ends up leaving out some of The Band's greatest hits. Sure, some of the usual suspects are there, like "The Weight," "Stage Fright," "Life is a Carnival," and "I Shall Be Released," but The Band's second album is sorely underrepresented (where's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," at the very least?). The rest of the disc is crammed with tracks that aren't greatest hits and aren't really that rare either--"Ain't No More Cane On the Brazos," "Forever Young," "Orange Juice Blues," "Endless Highway," and "Share Your Love With Me" are all good but minor songs that can all be found on albums that are worth buying in their own right (The Basement Tapes, Music From Big Pink, Moondog Matinee, etc.). If this disc is supposed to represent a collection of classic tunes, some of these really don't make the cut.
The DVD is great--a bunch of performances you've probably never seen (though you've heard the version of "King Harvest" as a bonus track on The Band-The Band), and if all you're looking for is a visual treat without the trappings of the expensive box set, this might be a good option for you (though it seems like they could have fit a few more performances on there).
To sum it up, I don't recommend buying this disc unless you're primarily interested in the DVD. If you're new to The Band and are looking for a 'greatest hits,' I'd buy their actual greatest hits album, which is a more complete and well-rounded collection of hits, or I'd recommend getting (at least) their first three albums, which are all classics and full of hits as well as strong non-hits in their original album form (they're pretty cheap too). If you're an old fan and are in the market for the rarities only, unfortunately there's no good option right now, unless all you want is a smattering of unreleased tracks and the DVD at a more affordable price. This disc is pretty pathetic on the unreleased side, so your only option for complete rarities is the expensive box set. If you're willing to shell out the cash, though, you might find that the color booklet, DVD, and wealth of unreleased material is worth the money. As it stands, this disc is basically just another example of the label and Robbie Robertson attempting to squeeze some more money out of loyal fans.
To start with, the box set's first disc is only represented by two songs, "Who Do You Love?" and "He Don't Love You." This is a shame, since that first disc is crammed with early Band tunes that fans have likely never heard. Conversely, these two rarities are good listens, but don't really qualify as "greatest hits" caliber songs. This CD also contains a number of the box set's other rare tracks, like the Dylan single "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?," the studio version of "Don't Do It," the live "Slippin' and Slidin'," and the excellent Rick Danko tune, "Home Cookin'." Aside from these rarities, though, this collection leaves out some of the box's greatest gems, like the stomping live versions of "Forbidden Fruit," and "Look Out Cleveland," the funky "Baby Lou," the superior live version of "Smoke Signal," or the great early Richard Manuel song, "Words and Numbers." Unfortunately, if you're looking for the rare and unreleased songs, this isn't the place to get a complete collection.
Since this disc attempts to place rare songs alongside some well-known songs, it ends up leaving out some of The Band's greatest hits. Sure, some of the usual suspects are there, like "The Weight," "Stage Fright," "Life is a Carnival," and "I Shall Be Released," but The Band's second album is sorely underrepresented (where's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," at the very least?). The rest of the disc is crammed with tracks that aren't greatest hits and aren't really that rare either--"Ain't No More Cane On the Brazos," "Forever Young," "Orange Juice Blues," "Endless Highway," and "Share Your Love With Me" are all good but minor songs that can all be found on albums that are worth buying in their own right (The Basement Tapes, Music From Big Pink, Moondog Matinee, etc.). If this disc is supposed to represent a collection of classic tunes, some of these really don't make the cut.
To sum it up, I really don't recommend buying this disc. If you're new to The Band and are looking for a 'greatest hits,' I'd buy their actual greatest hits album, which is a more complete and well-rounded collection of hits, or I'd recommend getting (at least) their first three albums, which are all classics and full of hits as well as strong non-hits in their original album form (they're pretty cheap too). If you're an old fan and are in the market for the rarities only, unfortunately there's no good option right now. This disc is pretty pathetic on the unreleased side, so your only option is the expensive box set. If you're willing to shell out the cash, though, you might find that the color booklet, DVD, and wealth of unreleased material is worth the money. As it stands, this disc is just another example of the label and Robbie Robertson attempting to squeeze some more money out of loyal fans.
DISC ONE begins with some very listenable Brit-jazz, with a very young Auger leading groups on piano. Sounding very influenced by the Blue Note stable of pianists, Auger turns in some very pleasant (though hardly world-shaking) stuff. Midway through the selections, the focus shifts to Auger's B-3 Hammond work, which is where Auger started to turn heads, and really established himself. Of these tunes, the standout is a great arrangement of Art Blakey's "Moanin".
With the addition of British singer Julie Driscoll, Auger's late Sixties band ("The Trinity") steered into lively (if a bit arch) funk music. Driscoll was a powerful, singer with a theatrical presence, but it isn't too hard to conjure images of white girls with frizzy Afros gyrating the boogaloo, here. These tracks are really quite good, but you may have to stifle a laugh or two while listening.
With his album "Streetnoise", Auger finally immersed himself in Rock. "Season of the Witch" is probably the best version extant of that Donovan tune, and "Tropic of Capricorn" is as close as Auger ever got to sounding like Keith Emerson and the Nice.
So, the stage is then set for DISC TWO, where Auger again reverses course, and starts laying down some seriously funky fusion music. This is where he really excelled, and why the "Acid Jazz" people still like him today. "Listen Here" is a ten minute piledriver of a vamp. Over a Spencer Davis style, pounding bass line, Auger trades solos with Gary Boyle, who had joined the group on guitar, and who delivers some very exciting, Jeff Beck-style licks. It's too bad that this is about the only track that Boyle is featured on, because he provides more fireworks than his successors. (Boyle went on to play with Keith Tippett, an avant garde pianist who married Julie Driscoll.)
"Freedom Jazz Dance", with Jim Mullen picking up the guitar chores, also has a great groove. Alex Ligertwood had come on board as vocalist by this time, and he sounds A LOT like Steve Winwood. "Happiness is Just Around the Bend" is as close as Auger ever got to a hit record, and features Auger on electric piano. With Auger on this instrument, his band was very similar to Jeff Beck's second group--the one featuring Max Middleton. (Not surprisingly, Beck's bass player, Clive Chaman, turns up on Auger's "Beginning Again", another track that got heavy FM radio play in the 70's.
This was/is exciting music that should have broken Auger worldwide. But, it wasn't to be. Brian Auger always seemed a hair's breath away from cracking the big time. He left behind some of the tastiest funk and fusion music of the period. It makes one wish for what could have been--if only Jeff Beck and Brian Auger had gotten together, it would have been a magnificent pairing.
"Auger-Rhythms" is an artifact which conclusively establishes that Auger was one of the top two or three rock keyboardists of all time, who never played badly, and should have been accorded far more recognition than he got.
This is an excellent 28 song career retrospective of the vastly underrated keyboardist, Brian Auger. The variety of styles employed in his creative, genre-bending recorded output, which encompasses parts of 5 decades, are well represented on AUGER RHYTHMS. If the name Brian Auger doesn't mean anything to you, then sadly, you've missed out on some really exciting music. You can correct that oversight right now. LISTEN HERE. . .
The first 5 tracks on disc 1 give us Brian's early, straightforward jazz excursions with his piano as the lead instrument. These 5 pieces are performed by obviously accomplished musicians, and all are highly enjoyable if somewhat derivative. It's technically impressive, and it swings nicely, but it's not particularly original. This is the early phase of a gifted musician who had not yet discovered the unique, artistic "voice" dwelling in his innermost regions.
It is with track #6, MOANIN', the Bobby Timmons composition, made into a certifiable Jazz classic by the great Art Blakey, that Brian first plugs in his Hammond B-3 organ, and LOOK OUT! Now the sparks are flying all over the place while the scent of burnt ebony, ivory, and ozone goes wafting through the room. This is the incendiary playing that we've come here for. Not only does MOANIN' cook, but AUGER actually cuts BLAKEY on his own signature tune, and I assure you, that ain't some small feat! We get more B-3 flamethrowing on the next couple of tracks. Beginning with I'VE GOTTA GO NOW, the set moves into Auger's stuff with vocals by Julie Driscoll. I don't find it offensive, but it's not my scene; maybe it's yours. Think in terms of the era that gave us Cream, early Doors, Go-Go Dancers and LSD.
Disc 1 closes with a couple of gems : I know this may seem blasphemous to some of you, but I'm not real big on The Beatles. Auger's instrumental take on A DAY IN THE LIFE is a majestic and sweeping epic of fire and crescendo; the arrangement is nothing short of magnificent! The Beatles never sounded so grand or so musical. TROPIC OF CAPRICORN is another winner.
Disc 2 opens with LISTEN HERE, the pinnacle of the collection; the supreme staging ground for Auger's mystifying fingers. The legendary funk drummer from Cork, Ireland, Yoey O'Dogherty, once famously quipped that, "If the hips ain't movin' the tune ain't groovin'!" Well, babe, LISTEN HERE is seriously groovin'! It employs 4 drummers and 2 bassists - yeah, you might say it's got some "bottom" to it. It's a raging 9 minute rhythm monster; a JAM thicker than PEANUT BUTTER! Don't forget to board up the windows, batten down the hatches, anchor the roof with steel cable, and make sure the kids are safe before you crank up this bad boy! And be sure to remove all nearby flammables, because this sucker is on the verge of igniting! It's an outrageous electric guitar, keyboard and drum workout. Honestly, music just DOES NOT get more exciting than this, and I would have gladly paid the full price for this collection even if LISTEN HERE was the only worthwhile cut on it - it's THAT good!
Most of the remaining tunes are taken from Auger's 'OBLIVION EXPRESS' days of Jazz/Rock/Funk fusion. Very 1970s - but in a good way. . . .if you can overlook some of Alex Ligertwood's strained and emotionally-overwrought vocals on a couple of numbers. The last 3 songs feature Auger with his son and two daughters on contemporary recordings. They're OK.
The only disappointments are in the enclosed booklet which contains numerous errors in the commentary and credit listings, making it of limited value. And more importantly : Auger's most in demand tune (which initiated my interest in Jazz in 1978) was the funky Wes Montgomery compostition, 'BUMPIN' ON SUNSET'. This became Auger's signature tune. Playing it live, the band took it at a quicker pace which enhanced the catchy, soulful groove, making it more pronounced. Thus, my favorite version of 'BUMPIN' ON SUNSET' appears on the now unavailable, 'LIVE OBLIVION' album. The version included on AUGER RHYTHMS is neither the live cut, nor the original studio recording, but a previously unreleased take which is too slow and very inferior to both of the others.
I rarely award 5 Stars to anything, but if AUGER RHYTHMS had used the live 'BUMPIN' ON SUNSET', I wouldn't have hesitated for a moment to bestow 5 Stars on it. But it's still a great collection as is, and I dare say that if you can't find much to enjoy on this, then you need to have the authorities release an All-Points-Bulletin because somebody has absconded with your musical "soul." Hey, you there. . .are you LISTENing HERE?
If you dig the B3 scene it doesn't get much better than this.
Highly recommened!
The B3 King
The Band: A Musical History is a labor of love, and Executive Producer/Band member Robbie Robertson has built something truly impressive in the form of this five CD, one DVD, and 108-page hardcover book collection. The book alone will impress just about any music enthusiast. From its candid photographs of artists from Bob Dylan to Janis Joplin, to a detailed history of the Bend written by Grammy Award-winning musicologist Rob Bowman, it's well worth the price of admission. The 102-song collection follows the group's progression from their earliest of days, pre-Band, circa 1963, as background players for Toronto blues/rocker Ronnie Hawkins, to their final studio recording, "Out of the Blue" laid down in 1977. The box also includes 30 previously unreleased songs. On that list you’ll find everything from early versions of Band tunes to "song sketches" (pieces for which the lyrics may have been unfinished, but, as in the case of the late Richard Manuel’s soulful "Beautiful Thing," the emotion is captured just the same. Equally impressive is the DVD, which is filled with newly-issued live performances. These include a rough-but-wonderful songs from the Festival Express train tour, two tracks from a Wembley Stadium concert (admittedly the weakest sonically and visually on the disc) and three songs recorded for Saturday Night Live, including an endearing cover of "Georgia On My Mind." This amazing box set isn't just for Band fans; anyone who loves the music of the '60s and '70s could spend dozens of hours lost in this incredible collection. --Denise Sheppard
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Tracks:
- Who Do You Love? - Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks (mono)
- You Know I Love You - Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
- Further On Up The Road - Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
- Nineteen Years Old - Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
- Honky Tonk - Levon & The Hawks (mono) [track previously unissued]
- Bacon Fat - Levon & The Hawks (mono) [track previously unissued]
- Robbie's Blues - Levon & The Hawks (mono) [track previously unissued]
- Leave Me Alone - Levon & The Hawks (mono) [track previously unissued on CD]
- Uh Uh Uh - Levon & The Hawks (mono) [track previously unissued on CD]
- He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart) - Levon & The Hawks (mono)
- (I Want To Be) The Rainmaker (mono) (song sketch) [track previously unissued]
- The Stones I Throw (song sketch) (mono) [track previously unissued]
- The Stones I Throw (Will Free All Men) - Levon & The Hawks (mono)
- Go Go Liza Jane - Levon & The Hawks (mono)
- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (single version) - Bob Dylan (mono)
- Tell Me, Momma (live 5/14/66, The Odeon, Liverpool) - Bob Dylan (mono)[track previously unissued]
- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live 5/14/66, The Odeon, Liverpool) - Bob Dylan (mono)[track previously unissued on LP (in the U.S.) or CD]
- Words And Numbers (song sketch) (mono) [track previously unissued]
- You Don't Come Through (song sketch) (mono) [track previously unissued]
- Beautiful Thing (song sketch) (mono) [track previously unissued]
- Caledonia Mission (song sketch) (mono) [track previously unissued]
- Odds And Ends - Bob Dylan & The Band
- Ferdinand The Impostor (mono)
- Ruben Remus (mono)
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken (mono) [track previously unissued]
Tracks:
- Katie's Been Gone
- Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos
- Don't Ya Tell Henry - Bob Dylan & The Band
- Tears Of Rage
- To Kingdom Come (full-length version) [track previously unissued]
- In A Station
- The Weight
- We Can Talk
- Long Black Veil
- Chest Fever
- This Wheel's On Fire
- I Shall Be Released
- Yazoo Street Scandal [track previously unissued]
- I Ain't Got No Home (live 1/20/68, Carnegie Hall, NYC) - Bob Dylan with
- Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast)
- Baby Lou [track previously unissued]
- Long Distance Operator [track previously unissued]
- Key To The Highway [track previously unissued]
- Bessie Smith
Tracks:
- Across The Great Divide
- Rag Mama Rag
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- When You Awake
- Up On Cripple Creek
- Whispering Pines
- King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
- Get Up Jake
- Jemima Surrender (early version) [track previously unissued]
- Daniel And The Sacred Harp (alternate take)
- Time To Kill
- All La Glory (early version) [track previously unissued]
- The Shape I'm In
- Stage Fright
- The Rumor
- Slippin' & Slidin' (live 7/5/70, the Festival Express Train Tour, Calgary, Canada) [track previously unissued]
- Don't Do It
- Strawberry Wine (live 6/2/71, Royal Albert Hall, London) [track previously unissued]
- Rockin' Chair (live 6/2/71, Royal Albert Hall, London) [track previously unissued]
- Look Out Cleveland (live 6/2/71, Royal Albert Hall, London) [track previously unissued]
- 4% Pantomime [track previously unissued]
Tracks:
- Life Is A Carnival
- When I Paint My Masterpiece
- The Moon Struck One
- The River Hymn
- Don't Do It [live 12/28-12/31/71, the Academy of Music, NYC]
- Caledonia Mission [live 12/28-12/31/71, the Academy of Music, NYC]
- Smoke Signal [live 12/28-12/31/71, the Academy of Music, NYC] [track previously unissued]
- Unfaithful Servant [live 12/28-12/31/71, the Academy of Music, NYC]
- The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (live 12/28-12/31/71, the Academy of Music, NYC]
- The Genetic Method [live 12/28-12/31/71, the Academy of Music, NYC]
- Chest Fever [live 12/28-12/31/71, the Academy of Music, NYC]
- (I Don't Want To Hang Up My) Rock 'N' Roll Shoes [live 12/28-12/31/71, the Academy of Music, NYC]
- Loving You (Is Sweeter Than Ever) [live 12/28-12/31/71, the Academy of Music, NYC]
- Endless Highway
- Move Me (song sketch) [track previously unissued]
- Two Piano Song [track previously unissued]
- Mystery Train
Tracks:
- Ain't Got No Home
- Share Your Love With Me
- Didn't It Rain
- Forever Young - Bob Dylan
- Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (live 2/13/74, The Forum, Inglewood, CA) - Bob Dylan & The Band
- Highway 61 Revisited (live 1/31/74, Madison Square Garden, NYC) - Bob Dylan [track previously unissued]
- Ophelia
- Acadian Driftwood
- It Makes No Difference
- Twilight (song sketch) [track previously unissued]
- Christmas Must Be Tonight
- The Saga Of Pepote Rouge
- Livin' In A Dream
- Forbidden Fruit (live 9/18/76, The Palladium, NYC) [track previously unissued]
- Home Cookin' [track previously unissued]
- Out Of The Blue
- Evangeline - with Emmylou Harris
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (from The Last Waltz, live 11/25/76, Winterland Palace, San Francisco, CA)
- The Weight - with The Staples
Tracks:
- Jam/King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (rec. 1970, Robbie's Studio, Woodstock, NY) [performance previously unissued in its entirety] (DVD)
- Long Black Veil (live 7/5/70, the Festival Express Train Tour, Calgary, Canada) [performance previously unissued] (DVD)
- Rockin' Chair (live 7/5/70, the Festival Express Train Tour, Calgary, Canada) [performance previously unissued] (DVD)
- Don't Do It (live 12/28-12/31/71, the Academy of Music, NYC) [performance previously unissued] (DVD)
- Hard Times (The Slop)/Just Another Whistle Stop (live 9/14/74, Wembley Stadium, London) [performance previously unissued] (DVD)
- The Genetic Method/Chest Fever (live 9/14/74, Wembley Stadium, London) [performance previously unissued] (DVD)
- Life Is A Carnival (live 10/30/76, Saturday Night Live, NYC) [performance previously unissued in its entirety] (DVD)
- Stage Fright (live 10/30/76, Saturday Night Live, NYC) [performance previously unissued in its entirety] (DVD)
- Georgia On My Mind (live 10/30/76, Saturday Night Live, NYC) [performance previously unissued] (DVD)
Amazon.com
The Band: A Musical History is a labor of love, and Executive Producer/Band member Robbie Robertson has built something truly impressive in the form of this five CD, one DVD, and 108-page hardcover book collection. The book alone will impress just about any music enthusiast. From its candid photographs of artists from Bob Dylan to Janis Joplin, to a detailed history of the Bend written by Grammy Award-winning musicologist Rob Bowman, it's well worth the price of admission. The 102-song collection follows the group's progression from their earliest of days, pre-Band, circa 1963, as background players for Toronto blues/rocker Ronnie Hawkins, to their final studio recording, "Out of the Blue" laid down in 1977. The box also includes 30 previously unreleased songs. On that list you'll find everything from early versions of Band tunes to "song sketches" (pieces for which the lyrics may have been unfinished, but, as in the case of the late Richard Manuel's soulful "Beautiful Thing," the emotion is captured just the same. Equally impressive is the DVD, which is filled with newly-issued live performances. These include a rough-but-wonderful songs from the Festival Express train tour, two tracks from a Wembley Stadium concert (admittedly the weakest sonically and visually on the disc) and three songs recorded for Saturday Night Live, including an endearing cover of "Georgia On My Mind." This amazing box set isn't just for Band fans; anyone who loves the music of the '60s and '70s could spend dozens of hours lost in this incredible collection. --Denise SheppardCustomer Reviews:
Great Product and Ever So Complete.......2007-07-12
Listening for the first time, I was reminded of something my dad told me: their songs are great, but sometimes, their singing is the pits. That's especially noticeable on "Will the Circle Be Unbroken".
But that does not impact the value of this set. It gives a complete picture of The Band and their history. The accompanying book (I would call it liner notes, but that minimizes its impact) does not delve into the lasting rift between Levon Helm and Robbie Robertson, but it still makes great reading. If you're a fan, this set is worth the investment.
The Ultimate collection for the Band.......2007-05-12
A supererb collection of music from The Band.......2007-01-10
Essential for collectors, casual fans should get the good albums.......2007-01-10
I'd say the earlier Hawks material is the most essential, since it's usually not included in any Band compilations. It's so much fun to hear the harder, earlier rock and roll sound they were cranking out--Robbie plays cutting lead on "Who do You Love?" and Richard Manuel howls in a way we've never heard on "Honky Tonk" and "Bacon Fat." There's also some interesting detours when the Hawks left Ronnie Hawkins, working such delightfully immature rockers as "Leave Me Alone," the oldie-sounding "Uh Uh Uh," and the romper "Go Go Liza Jane." This is some really fun stuff--it's not half as creative or accomplished as they got when they were The Band, but helps make the compilation worth the price of admission for me. There's also some great Dylan-era Hawks, like the dark Basement Tapes outtake "Words and Numbers," and the rare single "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"
The rest of the discs include unreleased tracks, live tracks and alternate versions that are at times very good but don't obviate the original album versions or reveal anything earth-shattering. A few of the unreleased tracks are phenomenal--a cleaned up studio version of the essential live favorite "Don't Do It," the funky cover "Baby Lou," unreleased Rick Danko tracks "Move Me" and "Home Cookin'" (how did "Home Cookin'" NOT make it onto the mediocre Islands--it's stronger than any other original!), and a superior version of the Manuel/Van Morrison duet "4% Pantomime" from Cahoots. A few of the live tracks kill as well--notably the Guthrie composition and Dylan collaboration "I Ain't Got No Home," ripping encore "Slippin' and Slidin'," rarities that really cook--"Look Out Cleveland," "Strawberry Wine," "Smoke Signal," and "Forbidden Fruit."
Unfortunately, a lot of the rest of the unreleased material is pretty Robbie Robertson heavy and not as high-quality--he's shown a remarkable skill at self-aggrandizement, especially in rewriting his historical role in The Band. He tries to make it seem like he contributed a lot to vocals in the group, stacking the deck with unreleased tracks with himself on (weak) vocals. In actuality, he only sang on a couple tracks and his mic was always off in concert. Likewise, the liner notes are so pro-Robbie in their interview proportion and sympathy. Anyone interested in The Band's story should also read Levon Helm's autobiography "This Wheel's On Fire" as a grain of salt.
The DVD is great too, with some awesome 70's concert footage and all 3 performances from their 1976 Saturday Night Live date. It's great to get some visual accompaniment.
The rest of the standard material from the albums is frustrating. A lot of times it's incomplete, with all but a couple tracks from an album, and sometimes the songs are rearranged from their original order, which is pretty weird when you're used to the superb albums the way they were meant to be. I bought this compilation for the unreleased material--there's nothing that will ever make me stop listening to The Band's albums in their full, original form (even the mediocre ones). The songs sound better in original sequence, and there are some great tracks that this compilation leaves out.
If you're new to The Band, I beg you please to experience their classic albums, Music From Big Pink, The Band, Stage Fright, and Northern Lights - Southern Cross as entire albums, the way they're meant to be heard. If you're on a hunt for everything The Band ever recorded, this is a great place to pick up a bulk of extra material, despite its dubious value.
The Band revisited.......2006-07-07
While the box itself (much like the Talking Heads set) is awkard and large, "A Musical History" is exactly what a chronological gathering of the pivotal tracks and some previously unreleased tracks/rarities should be. The tracks included here that have been released before (such as "Leave Me Alone" recorded as Levon and The Hawks)have not been available on CD before and receive their debut here with stellar sound.
My one reservation with this set is that there's too much previously released material on this set. Clearly this was designed for hardcore fans or people that own some of their albums. Since The Band's catalog has been remastered before (and sounds great) this might be a great gift for a fan who hasn't upgrade their CD collection yet or who simply won't buy this for themeselves because they have much of the material. The real keeper here aside from the new to CD tracks is the DVD which features eight performances that have never been issued before or have been available on bootleg videos. The performances of "Life Is A Carnival", "Georgia On My Mind" and "Stage Fright" from "Saturday Night Live" hasn't been available (to the best of my knowledge) on DVD before in their entirety.
If you're a fan of The Band this is a great single collection with a deluxe book of great photographs and a fine discussion of the band's history by Rob Bowman. The DVD and previously unreleased tracks will be of particular interest to fans I just wish that they had been released together at a lower price vs. having to repurchase material that many fans already have.
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- Overture To 'Tannhauser'
- Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
- We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
- Hungarian Dance No.7
- The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
- Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
- But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
- The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
- The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
- Csardas Music
- The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
- The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
- Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
- The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
- Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
- Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
- The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
- Tzigane
- Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
- Caprice No.24
- The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
- Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
- Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
- Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
- Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
- The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
- The Violin Muted
- Clair De Lune
- The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
- Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
- The Pizzicato Violin
- Pizzicato Polka
- In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
- Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
- Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
- The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
- The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
- Hungarian Dance No.4
- Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
- The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
- Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
- Bolero
- Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
- Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
- Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
- Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
- Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
- Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
- And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
- Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
- The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
- Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
- The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
- Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
- Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
- The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
- Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
- Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
- Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
- The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
- Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
- Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
- Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
- Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
- To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
- Elfenreigen
Tracks:
- Introduction To The Viola
- Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
- Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
- Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
- Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
- Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
- The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
- Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
- The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
- Cypresses (No.9)
- The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
- Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
- The 'Period' Viola In Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
- The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
- Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
- Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
- Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
- Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
- Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
- In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
- Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
- But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
- Elfentanz, Op.39
- Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
- The Protecting Veil (Opening)
- A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
- Flamenco
- Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
- Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
- It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
- Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
- It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
- Symphony No.9 (Finale)
- Introduction To The Double-Bass
- The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
- But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
- Elegy No.1 In D Major
- The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
- Capriccio Di Bravura
- Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
- The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
- Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds
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- Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
- The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
- Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
- The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
- Sa'Dawi
- Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
- Chamber Music No.II
- The Piccolo - Aptly Named
- La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
- From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
- Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
- A Variety Of Techniques
- Chamber Music No.II
- Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
- The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
- From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
- Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
- An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
- Naelden, Naelden
- The Bachian Oboe
- Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
- Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
- Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
- The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
- The Swan Of Tuonela
- The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
- Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
- Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
- Bolero
- The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
- Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
- As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
- Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
- The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
- The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
- The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
- ...And Quite Low.
- Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
- The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
- Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
- But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
- Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
- Introduction To The Saxophone
- Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
- The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
- L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
- The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
- Bolero
- The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
- Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
- The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
- Sax-O-Phun
- The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
- Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
- The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
- Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
- Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
- And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
- Bolero
- The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
- Symphony No.3 (Opening)
- The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
- The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
- Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
- The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
- The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
- Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
- The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
- Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
- The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
- Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
- Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
- The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
- Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)
Tracks:
- The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
- Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
- The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
- Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
- The Ceremonial Trumpet
- Fanfare For The Common Man
- Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
- Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
- The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
- Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
- The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
- Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
- The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
- Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
- The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
- Billy The Kid
- The Trumpet As Character Actor
- Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
- The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
- Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
- The Birth Of The Trombone
- Aenmerckt Nu Hier
- The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
- Canzon 12 In Double Echo
- The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
- Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
- The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
- Hosannah
- The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
- Symphony No.5 (Finale)
- The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
- The Trombone As Caricaturist
- Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
- The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
- The Horn And The Hunt
- Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
- The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
- Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
- The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
- Walter Music (Minuet 1)
- The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
- Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
- Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
- The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
- Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
- The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
- Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
- The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
- Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
- The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
- Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)
Tracks:
- Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
- Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
- At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
- Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
- Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
- Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
- The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
- The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
- Den Hoboecken Dans
- Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
- Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
- No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
- Gymnopedie No.2
- The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
- Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
- More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
- Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
- Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
- Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
- A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
- Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
- The Birth Of The Bongo
- Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
- From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
- Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
- From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
- Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
- But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
- Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
- Taking Advantage Of Tunability
- Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
- The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
- Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
- Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
- The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
- Ravel And The Xylophone
- Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
- Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
- Introducing The Vibraphone
- The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
- The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
- Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
- Folk Dances
- The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
- Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
- Introducing The Tubular Bells
- Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
- A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
- Carmen Suite (Introduction)
- But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
- Introducing The Celeste
- The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
- Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
- Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
- Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
- A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
- The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
- Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
- The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
- Petrushka (Russian Dance)
- The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
- Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)
Tracks:
- Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
- Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
- But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
- Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
- The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
- An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
- Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
- Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
- Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
- Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
- Mahler's Sleighbells
- Symphony No.4 (Opening)
- A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
- Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
- Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
- Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
- National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
- And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
- And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
- The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
- The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
- The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
- The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
- The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
- The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
- The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
- The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
- There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
- The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
- Nocturnes
- Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
- The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
- The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
- The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
- The Oboe As Duck
- Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
- The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
- The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
- The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
- Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
- Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
- Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
- Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
- The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
- A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
- Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
- A Thunderstorm In A Million
- Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
- the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
- The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
- Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
- The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)
Tracks:
- The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
- Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
- A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
- Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
- Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
- String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
- The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
- String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
- The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
- String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
- The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
- String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
- The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
- String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
- The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
- Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
- Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
- String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
- The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
- Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
- Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
- In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
- In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
- In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
- Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
- And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
- The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
- Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
- A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
- Octet In F (Mvt 3)
- The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
- Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
- Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
- Canzon 28
- Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
- Symphony No.5 (Finale)
- From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
- Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
- Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
- The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
- Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
- When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
- Images (Gigues)
- A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
- Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
- The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
- Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
- Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
- Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
- A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')
Customer Reviews:
Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04
Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12
Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20
Frank's view.......2006-08-19
Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08
The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!
I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.
The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.
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Darklore Manor
Nox Arcana Manufacturer: Monolith Graphics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Goth
| Goth & Industrial
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Sound Effects
| Miscellaneous
| Styles
| Music
Halloween
| Holiday
| Miscellaneous
| Styles
| Music
Pop Rock
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
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ASIN: B0006OHMRY Release Date: 2004-03-20 |
Tracks:
- Legend
- Darklore Manor
- Threshold Of The Dead
- Trespassers
- Veil Of Darkness
- Sanctuary Of Shadows
- The Grande Hall
- Remnants
- Phantom Procession
- Belladonna
- Nursery Rhyme
- Music Box
- The Forgotten
- Nightmare
- No Rest For The Wicked
- Omen
- Seance
- Beyond Midnight
- Darkness Immortal
- Incantation
- Resurrected
Album Description
Enter Darklore Manor, where creatures of the night lurk in shadows and ghostly sounds echo through unhallowed halls. Nox Arcana invites you to embark on a musical journey throughout a legendary haunted mansion with a dark and sinister history. This gothic soundscape contains 21 tracks of haunting melodies, eerie voices, Latin chants, and foreboding orchestrations to create a perfect dark and moody atmosphere.Customer Reviews:
remaster.......2007-05-25
Nox Arcana keeps getting better.......2007-05-12
They are the best at what they do and this CD is just one more example. You cannot go wrong with any Nox Arcana CD
A Stunning Debut!.......2007-04-17
Nox Arcana: The project that truly represents Halloween and for people who simply love classical-oriented Gothic instrumentals.......2007-04-09
I was told, by a mysterious voice in the night, that I should seek Nox Arcana and await further instructions. But it all began years ago with the discovery of the Midnight Syndicate. So, I did the obvious and entered "Midnight Syndicate" in my computer search engine, and the lone website introduced itself to me. All went dark and quiet, and the room got cold, and I could see my breath as I panted in fear, and I heard laughter amongst terrifying screams, but yet, I was alone. This was only my introduction to the Midnight Syndicate and soon to follow was the birth of something even better, the nightmareish apparitions of Nox Arcana. I was compelled to bring Nox Arcana into my world, and so I've been in the dark ever since. But, then again, it became a blissful absence from the norm. Although, Halloween is never really mentioned with any of the Nox Arcana CD's, it does seem that everyday is Halloween in my world, and for the past four years, I've always feared that I've sold my soul somehow. I believe that I sacrificed my soul the day I got out my credit card and asked the cyber spirits to bring my first Nox Arcana CD into my home. It was this CD: "Darklore Manor"
Something became different about me. My very presence wasn't acknowledged in any normal way anymore. Was I being ignored, or am I even in the room at all? Something just wasn't right. I've had days that I've stared into the mirror, but somehow, I wasn't there. When I speak to strangers in the street, I don't think that they even acknowledge me. I speak with just a small hiss of words, and people respond as if they've just been pushed by a cold wind. My loved ones speak of me, as if I've departed from this world, but yet, I am in the room. Only when I laugh, do people respond as if they've heard something. They cuddle together, in fear of their safety, and cry out my name, in a past tense, as if I am torturing them. This wasn't fun anymore. It wasn't fun, THEN, anyway.
I wander aimlessly, finally coming to terms with this apparition that I have become. My only consolation, deep into the night, is to take some of my Nox Arcana CD's and my mini-CD player, to the cemetery and lay against a tombstone, and watch the wind swirl up the leaves in a satanic dance before my eyes, while the music plays and eats away at my scruples of logic. I feel a cold embrace of many condemned angels who've cast off all their inhibitions and indulged in lustful passion upon my defenseless mortal flesh. I am consumed into their ritual with reckless abandon. Returning to reality is all nonsense now. My only fear, is that the batteries in my CD player will weaken and diminish this clash of passion of my psychological pleasure and terror.
I am so glad that Nox Arcana has entered my once typical, pop culture world. However, I feel now, that if I should ever die, I may not know the difference. I've been enjoying this nocturnal bliss for a couple of years now and there's no going back. I walk this world in a cold absence where I question if my presence is perceived at all.
If you'd like to share in this experience with me, start off with this CD of "Darklore Manor". Then get "Necronomicon", "Winter's Knight", "Transylvania", "Carnival of Lost Souls", and their latest (as of 2007) called "Blood of the Dragon".
This music is not heavy metal. It's not satanic music. It's just a mix of classically-influenced instrumentals with various snippets of dark poetry and ghastly effects. You'll hear tormented screams, deathly bell tolls, sinister laughter, grandfather clocks, howling winds, and other little clever effects with piano, organ, and harpsichord, supported by rich strings and a mellotron sound, that promote a uniquely beautiful, but yet, horrifying terror that may claim your soul. It's a small sacrifice for the sake of a dark happiness.
Alas, here's one more way that I have benefited from the music of Nox Arcana. By listening to these CD's through headphones at the cemetery, alone, late at night, in the cold dark, there is a terror that I've experienced that has actually helped me lose weight. To be so terrified that my heart pulsated so intensely that I feared my heart would just burst! That, and the accidental soiling of myself, helped me lose about three pounds. Who would have thought that terror could promote weight loss?
So, if it's dark and disturbing, it has a place in my heart.
A well-woven dark tale.......2007-02-22
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A Musical History of Disneyland
Disney Manufacturer: Disney ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
| Children's Music
| Styles
| Music
Disney
| Children's Music
| Styles
| Music
Compilations
| Children's Music
| Styles
| Music
Disney Records
| Amazon.com Label Stores
| Stores
| Music
Children's Music
| Box Sets
| Stores
| Music
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ASIN: B000AA4MHM Release Date: 2005-09-20 |
Tracks:
- Walt Disney's Dedication of Disneyland
- All Aboard - Main Street Station
- Minnie's Yoo Hoo!
- Meet Me Down on Main Street
- Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
- Disney Medley: March of the Toys/Whistle While You Work/Zip-A-Dee- ...
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Let's Dance at Disneyland
- Tiki Room Barker Bird
- Enchanted Tiki Room Garden Show
- Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room: The Tiki Tiki Tiki ...
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye - Mellomen
- Swisskapolka
- Tarzan Medley
- Mark Twain: Waiting for the Robert E. Lee/Crusin' Down the River
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) - Rodney Miller
- Feed the Birds
- Love Is a Song
- Sounds of the Frontierland Station
Tracks:
- Happy Rag
- Haunted Mansion: Grim Grinning Ghosts
- Rufus
- Bearless Love
- Country Bear Jamboree: Pianjo/Bear Band Serenade/Fractured Folk Song
- All I Want
- Splash Mountain: How Do You Do/Ev'rybody Has a Laughing ...
- Country Bear Vacation Hoedown: The Great Outdoors/Life's No Picnic ...
- Rain, Rain, Rain Came Down, Down, Down
- Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Winnie the Pooh/A Rather ...
Tracks:
- Battle Cry of Freedom
- Cowboy Needs a Horse
- Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland and the Rainbow Caverns
- All Aboard the Mine Train
- Golden Horseshoe Revue: Hello Everybody/A Lady Has to Mind Her PS ...
- Columbia Sailing Ship
- When You Wish Upon a Star
- Once Upon a Dream
- Fantasyland Dark Ride Suite: Little Wooden Head/Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee ...
- Matterhorn Yodelers
Tracks:
- It's a Small World
- Sound of Toons
- Steamboat Willie
- Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin
- 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea Medley: Main Title/Whale of a Tale
- America the Beautiful
- Monorail Song
- Adventure Thru Inner Space
- Miracles from Molecules
- Star Tours
- Carousel of Progress: There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
- Progressland: There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Tracks:
- Nation on Wheels
- Flight to the Moon
- America Sings: Yankee Doodle/I Dream of Jeannie with the Light ...
- Submarine Voyage Thru Liquid Space
- Space Mountain
- Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters
- Space Mountain
- Remember Dreams Come True: Wishes Fanfare and Theme/When You Wish Upon
- Closing: Mickey Mouse Alma Mater
Tracks:
- Country Bear Christmas Special: Rudolph the Red-Nosed ...
- It's a Small World Holiday: Jingle Bells/It's a Small World/Deck ...
- Haunted Mansion Holiday /Graveyard Finale/Hitchh ... [Premiere Edition/
- Main Street Electrical Parade: Electric Fanfare/Fanfare of ...
- Fantasmic!: Main Themes, Pts. 1-2/Kaa and the Monkeys ...
Customer Reviews:
Memories That I wish I had.......2007-05-27
This set of the sounds of those days are as entertaining as the first trip to Disneyland.
Disneyland Memoirs.......2007-05-24
Disneyland is my kind of place.......2007-03-30
Disney memories.......2007-02-22
GREAT for DISNEY FANS!!!.......2007-01-27
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The Best of A Musical History (CD/DVD)
The Band Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Canada
| North America
| International
| Styles
| Music
General
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
Pop Rock
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
Folk Rock
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Country Rock
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
| Classic Rock
| Styles
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ASIN: B000NA233Y Release Date: 2007-04-24 |
Tracks:
- Who Do You Love? Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
- He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart) Levon & The Hawks
- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? [single version] Bob Dylan (with The Hawks)
- Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos
- The Weight
- Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast)
- King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
- All La Glory [early version]
- Stage Fright
- I Shall Be Released
- 4% Pantomime
- Don't Do It
- Life Is A Carnival
- Slippin' & Slidin' [live]
- Endless Highway
- Share Your Love With Me
- Forever Young Bob Dylan (with The Band)
- Twilight [song sketch]
- Home Cookin'
Tracks:
- Jam/King Harvest (Has Surely Come) [rec. 1970, Robbie's Studio, Woodstock, NY]
- Long Black Veil [live 7/5/70, the Festival Express Train Tour, Calgary, Canada]
- Rockin' Chair [live 7/5/70, the Festival Express Train Tour, Calgary, Canada]
- Don't Do It [live 12/28-12/31/71, the Academy of Music NYC]
- Hard Times (The Slop)/Just Another Whistle Stop (live 9/14/74, Wembley Stadium, London)
Album Description
Limited Edition CD/DVD version of gems from The Band box set - A Musical History. (Single CD version also available.)Customer Reviews:
Slightly better than the CD-only version, but still a disappointing cash-in.......2007-05-03
To start with, the box set's first disc is only represented by two songs, "Who Do You Love?" and "He Don't Love You." This is a shame, since that first disc is crammed with early Band tunes that fans have likely never heard. Conversely, these two rarities are good listens, but don't really qualify as "greatest hits" caliber songs. This CD also contains a number of the box set's other rare tracks, like the Dylan single "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?," the studio version of "Don't Do It," the live "Slippin' and Slidin'," and the excellent Rick Danko tune, "Home Cookin'." Aside from these rarities, though, this collection leaves out some of the box's greatest gems, like the stomping live versions of "Forbidden Fruit," and "Look Out Cleveland," the funky "Baby Lou," the superior live version of "Smoke Signal," or the great early Richard Manuel song, "Words and Numbers." Unfortunately, if you're looking for the rare and unreleased songs, this isn't the place to get a complete collection.
Since this disc attempts to place rare songs alongside some well-known songs, it ends up leaving out some of The Band's greatest hits. Sure, some of the usual suspects are there, like "The Weight," "Stage Fright," "Life is a Carnival," and "I Shall Be Released," but The Band's second album is sorely underrepresented (where's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," at the very least?). The rest of the disc is crammed with tracks that aren't greatest hits and aren't really that rare either--"Ain't No More Cane On the Brazos," "Forever Young," "Orange Juice Blues," "Endless Highway," and "Share Your Love With Me" are all good but minor songs that can all be found on albums that are worth buying in their own right (The Basement Tapes, Music From Big Pink, Moondog Matinee, etc.). If this disc is supposed to represent a collection of classic tunes, some of these really don't make the cut.
The DVD is great--a bunch of performances you've probably never seen (though you've heard the version of "King Harvest" as a bonus track on The Band-The Band), and if all you're looking for is a visual treat without the trappings of the expensive box set, this might be a good option for you (though it seems like they could have fit a few more performances on there).
To sum it up, I don't recommend buying this disc unless you're primarily interested in the DVD. If you're new to The Band and are looking for a 'greatest hits,' I'd buy their actual greatest hits album, which is a more complete and well-rounded collection of hits, or I'd recommend getting (at least) their first three albums, which are all classics and full of hits as well as strong non-hits in their original album form (they're pretty cheap too). If you're an old fan and are in the market for the rarities only, unfortunately there's no good option right now, unless all you want is a smattering of unreleased tracks and the DVD at a more affordable price. This disc is pretty pathetic on the unreleased side, so your only option for complete rarities is the expensive box set. If you're willing to shell out the cash, though, you might find that the color booklet, DVD, and wealth of unreleased material is worth the money. As it stands, this disc is basically just another example of the label and Robbie Robertson attempting to squeeze some more money out of loyal fans.
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The Best of A Musical History
The Band Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Canada
| North America
| International
| Styles
| Music
General
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
Pop Rock
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
Folk Rock
| Rock
| Styles
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General
| Rock
| Styles
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Country Rock
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Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
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ASIN: B000NA233O Release Date: 2007-04-24 |
Tracks:
- Who Do You Love? Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
- He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart) Levon & The Hawks
- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? [single version] Bob Dylan (with The Hawks)
- Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos
- The Weight
- Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast)
- King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
- All La Glory [early version]
- Stage Fright
- I Shall Be Released
- 4% Pantomime
- Don't Do It
- Life Is A Carnival
- Slippin' & Slidin' [live]
- Endless Highway
- Share Your Love With Me
- Forever Young Bob Dylan (with The Band)
- Twilight [song sketch]
- Home Cookin'
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The Band (by Barry Feinstein)
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More from The Band
Greatest Hits |
The Band |
Music from Big Pink |
Rock of Ages |
Stage Fright |
The Last Waltz |
Album Description
Single disc version of gems from The Band box set - A Musical History. (CD/Limited Edition DVD version also available.)Customer Reviews:
Unsatisfactory cash-in.......2007-05-03
To start with, the box set's first disc is only represented by two songs, "Who Do You Love?" and "He Don't Love You." This is a shame, since that first disc is crammed with early Band tunes that fans have likely never heard. Conversely, these two rarities are good listens, but don't really qualify as "greatest hits" caliber songs. This CD also contains a number of the box set's other rare tracks, like the Dylan single "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?," the studio version of "Don't Do It," the live "Slippin' and Slidin'," and the excellent Rick Danko tune, "Home Cookin'." Aside from these rarities, though, this collection leaves out some of the box's greatest gems, like the stomping live versions of "Forbidden Fruit," and "Look Out Cleveland," the funky "Baby Lou," the superior live version of "Smoke Signal," or the great early Richard Manuel song, "Words and Numbers." Unfortunately, if you're looking for the rare and unreleased songs, this isn't the place to get a complete collection.
Since this disc attempts to place rare songs alongside some well-known songs, it ends up leaving out some of The Band's greatest hits. Sure, some of the usual suspects are there, like "The Weight," "Stage Fright," "Life is a Carnival," and "I Shall Be Released," but The Band's second album is sorely underrepresented (where's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," at the very least?). The rest of the disc is crammed with tracks that aren't greatest hits and aren't really that rare either--"Ain't No More Cane On the Brazos," "Forever Young," "Orange Juice Blues," "Endless Highway," and "Share Your Love With Me" are all good but minor songs that can all be found on albums that are worth buying in their own right (The Basement Tapes, Music From Big Pink, Moondog Matinee, etc.). If this disc is supposed to represent a collection of classic tunes, some of these really don't make the cut.
To sum it up, I really don't recommend buying this disc. If you're new to The Band and are looking for a 'greatest hits,' I'd buy their actual greatest hits album, which is a more complete and well-rounded collection of hits, or I'd recommend getting (at least) their first three albums, which are all classics and full of hits as well as strong non-hits in their original album form (they're pretty cheap too). If you're an old fan and are in the market for the rarities only, unfortunately there's no good option right now. This disc is pretty pathetic on the unreleased side, so your only option is the expensive box set. If you're willing to shell out the cash, though, you might find that the color booklet, DVD, and wealth of unreleased material is worth the money. As it stands, this disc is just another example of the label and Robbie Robertson attempting to squeeze some more money out of loyal fans.
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Auger Rhythms: Brian Auger's Musical History
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ASIN: B0000D8L2E Release Date: 2003-10-07 |
Tracks:
- Blues Three Four - Brian Auger
- East Of The Sun - Brian Auger
- Poinciana - Brian Auger
- There Is No Greater Love - Brian Auger
- If You Could See Me Now - Brian Auger
- Moanin - Brian Auger's Hammond Organ Big Band
- Sister Sadie - Brian Auger's Hammond Organ Big Band
- Misty - Brian Auger Trinity
- I've Gotta Go Now - Brian Auger Trinity
- Break It Up - Brian Auger Trinity
- Inside Of Him - Brian Auger Trinity
- This Wheel's On Fire - Brian Auger Trinity
- Season Of The Witch - Brian Auger Trinity
- A Day In The Life - Brian Auger Trinity
- Tropic Of Capricorn - Brian Auger Trinity
- Light My Fire - Brian Auger Trinity
Tracks:
- Listen Here - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Freedom Jazz Dance - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Second Wind - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Happiness Is Just Around The Bend - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Inner City Blues - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Straight Ahead - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Brain Damage - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Beginning Again - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Bumpin' On Sunset - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Indian Rope Man - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Slide - Karma Auger
- The Lady's In Love - Ali Auger
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A 2 CD retrospective of Brian Auger's career, including hits from the Trinity/Julie Driscoll, Oblivion Express and new, unreleased material.Customer Reviews:
Something of a Revelation..........2007-02-24
DISC ONE begins with some very listenable Brit-jazz, with a very young Auger leading groups on piano. Sounding very influenced by the Blue Note stable of pianists, Auger turns in some very pleasant (though hardly world-shaking) stuff. Midway through the selections, the focus shifts to Auger's B-3 Hammond work, which is where Auger started to turn heads, and really established himself. Of these tunes, the standout is a great arrangement of Art Blakey's "Moanin".
With the addition of British singer Julie Driscoll, Auger's late Sixties band ("The Trinity") steered into lively (if a bit arch) funk music. Driscoll was a powerful, singer with a theatrical presence, but it isn't too hard to conjure images of white girls with frizzy Afros gyrating the boogaloo, here. These tracks are really quite good, but you may have to stifle a laugh or two while listening.
With his album "Streetnoise", Auger finally immersed himself in Rock. "Season of the Witch" is probably the best version extant of that Donovan tune, and "Tropic of Capricorn" is as close as Auger ever got to sounding like Keith Emerson and the Nice.
So, the stage is then set for DISC TWO, where Auger again reverses course, and starts laying down some seriously funky fusion music. This is where he really excelled, and why the "Acid Jazz" people still like him today. "Listen Here" is a ten minute piledriver of a vamp. Over a Spencer Davis style, pounding bass line, Auger trades solos with Gary Boyle, who had joined the group on guitar, and who delivers some very exciting, Jeff Beck-style licks. It's too bad that this is about the only track that Boyle is featured on, because he provides more fireworks than his successors. (Boyle went on to play with Keith Tippett, an avant garde pianist who married Julie Driscoll.)
"Freedom Jazz Dance", with Jim Mullen picking up the guitar chores, also has a great groove. Alex Ligertwood had come on board as vocalist by this time, and he sounds A LOT like Steve Winwood. "Happiness is Just Around the Bend" is as close as Auger ever got to a hit record, and features Auger on electric piano. With Auger on this instrument, his band was very similar to Jeff Beck's second group--the one featuring Max Middleton. (Not surprisingly, Beck's bass player, Clive Chaman, turns up on Auger's "Beginning Again", another track that got heavy FM radio play in the 70's.
This was/is exciting music that should have broken Auger worldwide. But, it wasn't to be. Brian Auger always seemed a hair's breath away from cracking the big time. He left behind some of the tastiest funk and fusion music of the period. It makes one wish for what could have been--if only Jeff Beck and Brian Auger had gotten together, it would have been a magnificent pairing.
"Auger-Rhythms" is an artifact which conclusively establishes that Auger was one of the top two or three rock keyboardists of all time, who never played badly, and should have been accorded far more recognition than he got.
Hey, You There. . . .LISTEN HERE!.......2004-11-08
This is an excellent 28 song career retrospective of the vastly underrated keyboardist, Brian Auger. The variety of styles employed in his creative, genre-bending recorded output, which encompasses parts of 5 decades, are well represented on AUGER RHYTHMS. If the name Brian Auger doesn't mean anything to you, then sadly, you've missed out on some really exciting music. You can correct that oversight right now. LISTEN HERE. . .
The first 5 tracks on disc 1 give us Brian's early, straightforward jazz excursions with his piano as the lead instrument. These 5 pieces are performed by obviously accomplished musicians, and all are highly enjoyable if somewhat derivative. It's technically impressive, and it swings nicely, but it's not particularly original. This is the early phase of a gifted musician who had not yet discovered the unique, artistic "voice" dwelling in his innermost regions.
It is with track #6, MOANIN', the Bobby Timmons composition, made into a certifiable Jazz classic by the great Art Blakey, that Brian first plugs in his Hammond B-3 organ, and LOOK OUT! Now the sparks are flying all over the place while the scent of burnt ebony, ivory, and ozone goes wafting through the room. This is the incendiary playing that we've come here for. Not only does MOANIN' cook, but AUGER actually cuts BLAKEY on his own signature tune, and I assure you, that ain't some small feat! We get more B-3 flamethrowing on the next couple of tracks. Beginning with I'VE GOTTA GO NOW, the set moves into Auger's stuff with vocals by Julie Driscoll. I don't find it offensive, but it's not my scene; maybe it's yours. Think in terms of the era that gave us Cream, early Doors, Go-Go Dancers and LSD.
Disc 1 closes with a couple of gems : I know this may seem blasphemous to some of you, but I'm not real big on The Beatles. Auger's instrumental take on A DAY IN THE LIFE is a majestic and sweeping epic of fire and crescendo; the arrangement is nothing short of magnificent! The Beatles never sounded so grand or so musical. TROPIC OF CAPRICORN is another winner.
Disc 2 opens with LISTEN HERE, the pinnacle of the collection; the supreme staging ground for Auger's mystifying fingers. The legendary funk drummer from Cork, Ireland, Yoey O'Dogherty, once famously quipped that, "If the hips ain't movin' the tune ain't groovin'!" Well, babe, LISTEN HERE is seriously groovin'! It employs 4 drummers and 2 bassists - yeah, you might say it's got some "bottom" to it. It's a raging 9 minute rhythm monster; a JAM thicker than PEANUT BUTTER! Don't forget to board up the windows, batten down the hatches, anchor the roof with steel cable, and make sure the kids are safe before you crank up this bad boy! And be sure to remove all nearby flammables, because this sucker is on the verge of igniting! It's an outrageous electric guitar, keyboard and drum workout. Honestly, music just DOES NOT get more exciting than this, and I would have gladly paid the full price for this collection even if LISTEN HERE was the only worthwhile cut on it - it's THAT good!
Most of the remaining tunes are taken from Auger's 'OBLIVION EXPRESS' days of Jazz/Rock/Funk fusion. Very 1970s - but in a good way. . . .if you can overlook some of Alex Ligertwood's strained and emotionally-overwrought vocals on a couple of numbers. The last 3 songs feature Auger with his son and two daughters on contemporary recordings. They're OK.
The only disappointments are in the enclosed booklet which contains numerous errors in the commentary and credit listings, making it of limited value. And more importantly : Auger's most in demand tune (which initiated my interest in Jazz in 1978) was the funky Wes Montgomery compostition, 'BUMPIN' ON SUNSET'. This became Auger's signature tune. Playing it live, the band took it at a quicker pace which enhanced the catchy, soulful groove, making it more pronounced. Thus, my favorite version of 'BUMPIN' ON SUNSET' appears on the now unavailable, 'LIVE OBLIVION' album. The version included on AUGER RHYTHMS is neither the live cut, nor the original studio recording, but a previously unreleased take which is too slow and very inferior to both of the others.
I rarely award 5 Stars to anything, but if AUGER RHYTHMS had used the live 'BUMPIN' ON SUNSET', I wouldn't have hesitated for a moment to bestow 5 Stars on it. But it's still a great collection as is, and I dare say that if you can't find much to enjoy on this, then you need to have the authorities release an All-Points-Bulletin because somebody has absconded with your musical "soul." Hey, you there. . .are you LISTENing HERE?
Here is the Godfather of the B3 Hammond Organ!!!.......2004-09-30
Brian Auger's Incredible!.......2004-01-24
If you dig the B3 scene it doesn't get much better than this.
Highly recommened!
The B3 King
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Symphony 9: Introduction to Dvorak
Dvorak Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000069HGK Release Date: 2002-09-17 |
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Three Guys Naked From The Waist Down (1985 Original Off-Broadway Cast)
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ASIN: B000005BGQ Release Date: 1996-11-19 |
Tracks:
- Overture-Promise Of Greatness
- Angey Guy/Lovely Day
- Don't Wanna Be No Superstar
- Operator
- Screaming Clocks (The Dummies Song)
- The History Of Stand-Up Comedy
- Dreams Of Heaven
- Don't Wanna Be No Superstar (Reprise)
- Kamikaze Kabaret
- The American Dream
- What A Ride
- The 'Hello Fellas' TV Special World Tour
- A Father Now
- 'Three Guys Naked From The Waist Down' Theme
- Dreams Of Heaven (Reprise)
- I Don't Believe In Heroes Anymore
- Promise Of Greatness (Finale)
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Best Off Broadway Show.......2001-03-14
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The History of the Musical
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ASIN: 9626342277 Release Date: 2001-11-20 |
Tracks:
- Memory [From Cats] - Kim Criswell
- Origins of the Musical - The Beggars Opera - Kim Criswell
- Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast [The Beggars Opera] - Kim Criswell
- Vaudevilles, Burlesques in Europe - Adolphe Adam - Kim Criswell
- Oh Qu'il Etait Beau [Le Postillon de Longjumeau] - Helen Morgan
- Opera-Bouffes in Paris - Hervnd Jacques Offenbach - Ann Brown, Eva Jessye Choir
- Can Can [Orpheus in the Underworld] - Max Kaminsky's Orchesta, Lee Wiley
- Andressager and Charles Lecoq - Brussels and Paris - The Drury Land Theatre Orchestra, Trefor Jones
- Dispute [LA Fille de Madame Angot] - Walter Huston
- Vienna - Franz Von Supp Kim Criswell
- Overture [Die SchGalathee] - Alfred Walter
- Vienna - Johann Strauss - Kim Criswell
- Overture [Die Fledermaus] - Czecho-Slovak Rso (Bratislava), Johannes Wildner
- England - Sir Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert - Kim Criswell
- Moon and I [The Mikado, Act One] - Margaret Mitchell, New Promenade Orchestra
- London - George Edwardes and the Gaity Theatre - Kim Criswell
- And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back [The Shop Girl] - Seymour Hicks, Harry Jacobson
- Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton - Kim Criswell
- Girl With a Brogue [The Arcadians] - Kim Criswell
- Sydney Jones - The Geisha - Victor Light Opera Company
- Amorous Goldfish [The Geisha] - Kim Criswell
- Edward German - Complete's Sullivan's Last Opera and Writes Merrie ... - Dan Jones
- Dan Cupid Hath a Garden [Merrie England] - Kim Criswell
- USA and London - Ivan Caryll and Gustave Kerker - Columbia Light Opera Company
- Teach Me How to Kiss [The Belle of New York] - Kim Criswell
- Vaudeville - George M. Cohan
- Give My Regards to Broadway [Little Johnny Jones S] - Kim Criswell
- USA - Victor Herbert - Dorothy Kirsten, Felix Knight, Victor First Nighter Orchestra And Chorus
- Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (Naughty Marietta) - Lyric Theatre Orchestra Hammersmith, Sylvia Nelis, Frederick Ranslow
- Viennese Operetta - Franz Leh- Hungarian Operetta Orchestra, Ingid Kertesi,
- Vilja [The Merry Widow] - Kim Criswell
- USA- Sigmund Romberg - Helenia Marshall, Milton Watson
- Will You Remember [Maytime] - Kim Criswell
- London - Chu Chin Chow by Frederic Norton: 2, 235 Performances - Jamieson Dodds
- Cobbler's Song [Chu Chin Chow] - Kim Criswell
- USA - The End of World War I and the Jazz Age - Vaughn DeLeath
- I'm Just Wild About Harry [Shuffle Along] - Kim Criswell
- USA - Vincent Youmans - Seymour Beard, Binnie Hale, Palace Theatre Orchestra
- Tea for Two [No No Nanette] - Kim Criswell
- Broadway - Rudolf Friml - Victor Light Opera Company
- Indian Love Call (Rose Marie) - Kim Criswell
- USA - George Gershwin: Lady Be Good (1924), The Song of the Flame ... - Victor Light Opera Company
- Cossack Love Song [The Song of the Flame] - Kim Criswell
- USA - American Operetta and Musical Comedies: Gershwin, Friml, ... - Julia Sanderson
- They Didn't Believe Me [The Girl from Utah] - Kim Criswell
- USA - Jerome Kern and Show Boat - The Drury Land Theatre Orchestra, Howlett Worster
- Make Believe [From Show Boat] - Kim Criswell
- Why Was Show Boat So Different? - Paul Robeson, Paul Whiteman Orchestra
- Ol' Man River [From Show Boat] - Maurice Capitaine, De L'Opera Comique
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- Hollywood and Film Musicals - Frank Parker, Victor Mixed Chorus
- Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (The New Moon) - Kim Criswell
- Dance Spectaculars - Busby Berkeley; George Gershwin and the ... - Jane Froman, Victor Salon Group
- Man I Love (Lady Be Good) - Kim Criswell
- George Gershwin: Strike Up the Band & Girl Crazy - Julia Shore
- I Got Rhythm [From Girl Crazy] - Kim Criswell
- George Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing - Abe Lyman & His Californians, Dick Robertson
- Love Is Sweeping the Country [Of Thee I Sing] - Kim Criswell
- George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - Kim Criswell
- Summertime [From Porgy and Bess] - Kim Criswell
- USA - Cole Porter - Bunny's Music Berigan, Lee Wiley
- Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) - Kim Criswell
- Cole Porter - Anything Goes - Louise Gold
- I Get a Kick Out of You [From Anything Goes] - Kim Criswell
- USA - Marc Blitzstein and the Cradle Will Rock - Marc Blitzstein, Peggy Coudray, Edward Fuller, Jules Schmidt
- Art for Art's Sake [The Cradle Will Rock] - Kim Criswell
- USA - Irving Berlin - Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Clifton Webb
- Easter Parade [As Thousands Cheer] - Kim Criswell
- USA - Richard Rodgers and Larry Hart - Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannes Wildner
- Here in My Arms [DeArest Enemy] - Kim Criswell
- Rodgers and Hart: Songs - Ruth Etting
- Ten Cents a Dance [Simple Simon] - Kim Criswell
- Rodgers and Hart: Babes in Arms - Ray Heatherton
- Lady Is a Tramp [From Babes in Arms] - Kim Criswell
- Europe - Franz Lehand Richard Tauber - Richard Tauber
- You Are My Heart's Delight [The Land of Smiles] - Kim Criswell
- England - Noel Coward - Georges Metaxa, Peggy Wood
- I'll See You Again [Bitter Sweet] - Kim Criswell
- England - Ivor Novello - Kim Criswell
- Shine Through My Dreams [Glamorous Night] - Kim Criswell
- England - Vivian Ellis - Binnie Hale, Al Starita
- Spread a Little Happiness [Mr Cinders] - Kim Criswell
- England - Cole Porter - Gertrude Lawrence
- How Could We Be Wrong? [Nymph Errant] - Kim Criswell
- Berlin - Im Weissen Rossl (The White Horse Inn) - Columbia Light Opera Company
- Your Eyes [The White Horse Inn] - Kim Criswell
- Hitler's Germany: Jewish Composers, Including Kurt Weill, Leave - Kurt Gerron, Lewis Ruth Band
- Moritat (Mack the Knife) [The Threepenny Opera] - Kim Criswell
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- September Song [Knickerbocker Holiday] - Kim Criswell
- England - Noel Gay: Me and My Girl 1937 - Lupino Lane, Teddie St. Denis
- Lambeth Walk [Me and My Girl][Live] - Kim Criswell
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- Taking a Chance on Love [Cabin in the Sky] - Kim Criswell
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- USA - Weill and Gershwin: Lady in the Dark - Kim Criswell
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- USA - Kurt Weill Teams Up With Ogden Nash for One Touch of Venus - Kim Criswell
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- People Will Say We're in Love [From Oklahoma!] - John Diedrich, Rosamund Shelley
- USA - Rodgers and Hammerstein: Carousel - Kim Criswell
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- USA - Irving Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun - Kim Criswell
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- USA - Forrester and Wright...and Grieg - Kim Criswell
- Strange Music [Song of Norway] - Valerie Masterson, Donald Maxwell
- And This Is My Beloved [From Kismet] - Valerie Masterson, Donald Maxwell, David Rendall, Richard Van Allan
- My Heart and I [Old Chelsea] - Richard Tauber
- England - Ivor Novell: Perchance to Dream - Kim Criswell
- We'll Gather Lilacs [Perchance to Dream] - Oliver Gilbert
- England - Vivian Ellis: Bless the Bride - Kim Criswell
- USA - Cole Porter: Kiss Me Kate - Kim Criswell
- Brush Up Your Shakespeare [Kiss Me, Kate!] - Brian Greene, Matt Zimmerman, Matt Zimmerman
- USA - Rodgers and Hammerstein: South Pacific - Kim Criswell
- Some Enchanted Evening [From South Pacific] - Thomas Allen
- USA - Lerner and Loewe: Brigadoon - Kim Criswell
- Heather on the Hill [From Brigadoon] - Ethan Freeman, Janis Kelly
- USA - Lerner and Loewe: Paint Your Wagon - Kim Criswell
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- I Could Have Danced All Night [From My Fair Lady] - Tinuke Olafimihan
- England - Julie Andrews; Sandy Wilson/The Boyfriend - Kim Criswell
- I Could Be Happy With You [The Boyfriend] - Simon Green, Jane Wellman
- England - Julian Slade: Salad Days - Kim Criswell
- We Said We Wouldn't Look Back [Salad Days] - Adam Bareham, Christina Matthews
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- I Am Easily Assimilated [Candide] - Ann Howard
- USA - Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story - Kim Criswell
- Maria [From West Side Story] - Paul Manuel
- USA - Rodgers and Hammerstein's Final Musical - Kim Criswell
- Do-Re-Me [The Sound of Music] - Shona Lindsay
- England - Lionel Bart: Fings Ain't What They Used to Be/Oliver - Kim Criswell
- Reviewing the Situation [From Oliver!] - Julian Forsyth
- England - The Demise of Bart/Anthony Newley - Kim Criswell
- What Kind of Fool Am I? [Stop the World I Want to Get Off] - Holloway/Gold/Yates
- England - Cyril Ornadel/Wolf Mankowitz: Pickwick - Kim Criswell
- If I Ruled the World [Pickwick] - Sir Harry Secombe
- England - Musicals on Classical Themes - Kim Criswell
- USA - Broadway: Early 1960s - Kim Criswell
- If I Were a Rich Man [From Fiddler on the Roof] - Jerry Lanning
- Hollywood: One of the Last Great MGM Musicals: Gigi - Kim Criswell
- I Remember It Well [From "Gigi"] - Ron Moody, Sian Phillips
- USA - Broadway: The Changing Styles of the 1960s - Kim Criswell
- Mame [From Mame] - Jerry Lanning
- USA - Off Broadway, A Sensation: The Fantasticks - Kim Criswell
- Try to Remember [The Fantasticks] - John Barrowman
- USA - The Musical Nobody Wanted - Kim Criswell
- Impossible Dream [From Man of La Mancha] - Ron Raines
- USA - Political Protest: A New Kind of Musical: John Kander and ... - Kim Criswell
- Money Money [From Cabaret] - Maria Friedman, Jonathan Pryce
- USA - Cy Coleman - Kim Criswell
- Big Spender (Sweet Charity) - Josephine Blake, Shezwae Powell
- USA - Sixties Flower Power - Kim Criswell
- Aquarius [Hair] - Caroline O'Connor
- USA - The Backward-Looking Rock Musical - Kim Criswell
- Sweet Transvestite [The Rocky Horror Show] - Howard Samuels
- USA - Stephen Sondheim - Kim Criswell
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- Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music) - Kim Criswell
- England - Andrew Lloyd Webber - Issy VanRandywyck
- I Don't Know How to Love Him [From Jesus Christ Superstar] - Kim Criswell
- England - Jeeves Followed by Evita - Grania Renihan
- Another Suitcase, Another Hall [From Evita] - Kim Criswell
- England - T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Cats - Kim Criswell
- Memory [From Cats] - Kim Criswell
- USA - Kander and Ebb: 1920s Jazz Flashback - Caroline O'Connor
- All That Jazz [From Chicago] - Kim Criswell
- USA - The Back-Stage Setting - Catherine Porter
- What I Did for Love [From A Chorus Line] - Julia Sanderson
- USA - A Show Re-Appears - Sarah French
- Tomorrow [From Annie] - Kim Criswell
- England - Lloyd Webber Spectaculars - Kim Criswell
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- France - Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg
- People Song [From Les Miserables] - Kim Criswell
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Kim Criswell Does Not Sing.......2007-05-19
Mesmerizing!.......2003-01-09
The great song composers and lyricists are presented.......2002-01-06
Should be twice as long.......2001-12-15
Starting with "The Beggar's Opera" of 1728, the history of the genre is traced up to the time of writing, meaning "Les Miserables." Along the way, we consider operetta, the English Music Hall, American vaudeville, the review, the book show, the familiar, the off-beat, the dead ends, the highly influential. And the London stage gets a good deal of attention also, thereby introducing a lot of material not very well known to those better versed in the American musical.
As with any good effort of this sort, a strong connection is drawn between the changing times and the changing concepts of what a musical should be. The importance of "Show Boat" is not glossed over, for example, nor is the other shock caused by "Pal Joey." The reliance of Lloyd Webber on staging is mentioned but not his lack of more than one fairly memorable melody per show. In general, the tone is upbeat and positive.
But this is a recording. While it could never include all the information found in a book, its dozens of recorded examples are what makes this set priceless. Where possible, the oldest "original cast" recordings are used. On the other hand, there are some strange exceptions such as "Hey there" from "Pajama Game" being sung not by John Raitt but by Ron Raines on the Jay recording. I suspect this is because Criswell is in the cast of that set.
Again, this set is in tape and CD formats. For educational purposes, the CDs offer direct access to any show under discussion--and the CDs are very generously divided into nearly 200 tracks! Very considerate of the producers. The booklet offers a nice little personal essay by Criswell. So if I have any complaint about this set, it is that I wish it were twice as long.
Rap Music:
- A Rush of Blood to the Head
- Aerial
- Amos Lee
- Anthology [Original recording remastered]
- As Is Now
- Brandi Carlile
- Brushfire Fairytales
- Carencro
- Chavez Ravine
- Childish Things
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