Captain

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An immediate hit in Kasey Chambers's native Australia, The Captain is both engaging and off putting, a debut disc that rarely rises above country-rock clichés, but they're agreeable clichés. Chambers has a strong and versatile voice that's occasionally little-girl precious (think Natalie Imbruglia), but is more often beautiful, high, and fragile (imagine Julie Miller, whose husband Buddy contributes harmony here). All of which makes it the perfect instrument for the conflicted title track, where Chambers expresses desire for love and support, then pushes that admirable impulse to such a subservient extreme ("You're the captain, I am no one") that one can't help but fear the song's a recipe for heartbreak--especially since the song is delivered without a shred of irony. But if you don't dissect her words too much, Chambers's fetching melodies, roots-rock arrangements, and Lucinda Williams-derived phrasing are always entertaining. --David Cantwell

Captain,Kasey Chambers,Warner Bros / Wea,Country & Western,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

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Captain

Average customer rating: The Story of their lives in song Are there more stars... Brown Dirt Cowboy~ Elton John Ending An Era In Style Absolutely one of the greatest albums of all time!

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John Manufacturer: Island ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | British Isles | Europe | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | British Isles | Europe | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music International | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 International | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Honky Chateau Madman Across the Water Tumbleweed Connection ASIN: B000001EGA Release Date: 1996-05-14

Tracks:

1. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
2. Tower Of Babel
3. Bitter Fingers
4. Tell Me When The Whistle Blows
5. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
6. (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket
7. Better Off Dead
8. Writing
9. We All Fall In Love Sometimes
10. Curtains
11. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
12. One Day At A Time
13. Philadelphia Freedom

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Elton John has always liked having it both ways. He's flamboyant and vain, yet empathetic and sincere. He sits at his piano playing sentimental melodies, but the words come not from inside his soul but from friend Bernie Taupin. For Captain Fantastic, he and Taupin wrote a concept album which sketches their career together. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is easily the strongest song outside of the concept. The addition of several songs "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" featuring John Lennon, "Philadelphia Freedom," and "One Day at a Time" blow the concept but up the entertainment value considerably. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

The Story of their lives in song.......2007-06-18

Elton John and Bernie Taupin closed the chapter of their peak years by writing a song cycle about how they got there. "Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy" put away the glitter and the costumes and painted an austere portrait of the artists in their hungry years. By reigning in the excess and making many of the songs modest and sincere, "Captain Fantastic" gave fans of Elton the best of both worlds. The simpler storytelling of the earlier part of Elton's career was matched to the increasing confidence of his and Bernie's songwriting. While there was no glammy-hit with catchy chorus to be found on this album, it is easily the most consistent work of their glory days. It even made history by becoming the very first album to enter the charts at number one.

It is also the most sentimental of Elton's albums. The humble beginnings are underscored by the title track, and the orchestrated original closer of "Curtains/We All Fall In Love Sometimes" is beautifully done. The late Producer Gus Dudgeon made this album glow rather than flash - he may be one of the most underrated participants in Elton's career. (He passed away in 2002.) This was such a departure for Elton stylistically that only one song became a hit single, the song of love lost without regrets "Someone Saved My Life Tonight," in which Long John Baldry and Bernie talked Elton out of going through with a marriage that would have seen him ending his musical career. It is a powerful ballad and fits in even better when positioned in the "Captain Fantastic" storyline.

Because the album is a concept album, it is best listened to as a piece. The angry "Meal Ticket" is a great rock song, as is "Bitter Fingers." But it is the way all the pieces fit that brings out the brilliance of this album. Even though two of the three bonus tracks are number one hits, they are actually a distraction here. Even the liner notes concede that point, claiming that Elton and Bernie were really trying to stay true to form, and had no issues with recording singles as items not album specific. Even so, how many albums can have bonus material as terrific as Elton's cover of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" or concert classic "Philadelphia Freedom?" Anyway you look at it, bonus tracks or no, "Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy" is a classic, the moment that captures all parties at the pinnacle of their powers at a time when they were also at their most commercially successful.

After-note: I received this album for a gift on my 15th birthday, and met Elton John in Philadelphia in 1989. When I told him how I got the album (and the poster), he laughed and said "you're making me feel f'n old." That poster - also signed by Bernie - is framed and hanging in a treasured spot on my office wall.

Are there more stars..........2007-05-08

Of all of the dozens of CD's you could get with this guy, you can't beat "Fantastic". The best of Elton John and Bernie Taupin is RIGHT HERE. You don't have to look no more!!! Gif.

Brown Dirt Cowboy~ Elton John.......2007-05-06

Bought this in vinyl but lost all my albums so
I bought it again when cassettes were the fad.
Just had to have it on CD..... bought it again!
Now I have in on my computer forever.
Love it!

Ending An Era In Style.......2006-12-02

Elton was just a singles machine, when this album came out. But he used all those singles to guarantee an audience for this brilliant, very uncommercial masterpiece. The album debuted at number one, but people expecting more "Daniel" or "The Bitch Is Back" were undoubtedly shocked, but hopefully not disppointed. This album has it all. It rewards the true Elton John fans who waited through numerous commercial hits for an album worthy of his earlier work. As if inspired by the story line, his early career with Bernie Taupin, Elton and Bernie seemingly go back in time and come up with just an incredible album as good as anything he had ever done to that point, and miles better than anything he would ever do again.

The bonus tracks include two number one monster singles. Not bad for bonus tracks.

Absolutely one of the greatest albums of all time!.......2006-11-05

Elton John was a 70s version of the fab four
rolled up in one... he's on full display here..
his band sounds amazing...

Average customer rating: NO Creedence AND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! terrific!! Not bad... but missing something. 8-miles high track... better in movie. what the f*ck?!

The Big Lebowski: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Manufacturer: Island / Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition) Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas: Music From The Motion Picture High Fidelity Reservoir Dogs: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Big Lebowski (Full Screen Collector's Edition) ASIN: B000001EYO Release Date: 1998-02-24

Tracks:

1. The Man In Me - Bob Dylan
2. Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles - Captain Beefheart
3. My Mood Swings - Elvis Costello
4. Ataypura - Yma Sumac
5. Traffic Boom - Piero Piccioni
6. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good - Nina Simone
7. Stamping Ground - Moondog With Orchestra
8. Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - Kenny Rogers And The First Edition
9. Walking Song - Meredith Monk
10. Die Tote Standt - Gluck Das Mir Verblieb
11. Lujon - Henry Mancini
12. Hotel California - Gipsy Kings
13. Technopop - Carter Burwell
14. Dead Flowers - Townes Van Zandt

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One of the most inspired cobbled-together-from-a-stack-of-records soundtrack albums since Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski matches the goofily ramshackle spirit of the Dude, the hero of its celluloid companion. While offering Bob Dylan's luv-addled "Man in Me" together with the Gipsy Kings' redefinitive "Hotel California" and the psychedelic-era Kenny Rogers nugget "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)," Lebowski also gives longer play to some cuts barely sampled in the film, including Elvis Costello's "My Mood Swings." Whether taken as a Coen brothers mix tape, a one-album CD carousel, or an apropos souvenir of one wiggy flick, this is a smart, eclectic buy. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

NO Creedence AND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-07-26

NO CREEDENCE AND where the &%$#@(&* is the Shawn Colvin song at the end !!!??? It's not a SOUNDTRACK...it's PART of a soundtrack.

terrific!!.......2007-06-30

this is a fantastic album, if you like ecclectic music, that is. easily one of my favorites.

Not bad... but missing something........2007-04-17

This cd definitely has some good points. A great song by Dylan from the opening credits and my favourite, "Dead Flowers" done by Townes Van Zandt. But tremendously written by Jagger and Richards. Funny how my faves are from the start and end of the film. Between these two songs and a rousing "Hotel California" by the Gypsy Kings, I'm happy enough, but oddly, no Creedance. What am I gonna listen to while reaching for that joint I dropped in my lap in the car?

8-miles high track... better in movie........2007-03-19

The song that goes with the Treehorn dream sequence in the film (Kenny Rodgers et al "Tripped on a Cloud/ 8-miles high") was better in the movie, as the version on the cd is a poor original edit, with ackward reverses (and I like reverses, when not halfway through a measure...- for example, the reverse that opens it up is fine, the one three quarters through or so, you see, is not.), half measures chopping up the rhythm and in general either hastily done or naively... I've toyed with the idea of re-editing it myself in a track editor, but I'll just delete it from my player, because I'm lazy. The other tracks are good, but with a few odd ones like the feminist chant song- play this at your next Halloween party/[...]. I have loads of creedence, so not missing that. the Gypsy Kings' "Hotel California" is the best track, much better after first listen as anyone who has watched Lebowski more than a few times will be surprised by the new verses at first. "The Man in Me", if you don't already have it, isn't exactly representative of Dylan's work in large, but is a nice ditty. The Mancini song is filler. Elvis Costello's "My Mood Swings" rocks, and I'm glad it was included despite being minutely used in the film. Anyway, it's a good cd all in all, but only for "Hotel California", and "My Mood Swings"... otherwise the Kenny Rodgers' song is bad, should have been re-edited... Probably the reason it was obscure to begin with... The Man in Me is widely available. My advice... wait and find Gypsy Kings elsewhere. Same for Costello and Dylan. Not the best playing mix.

what the f*ck?!.......2007-03-06

No Tumblin' Tumbleweeds. That's a bummer, man, uh, you've got to have Tumbleweeds in there, the film f*cking OPENS with it, man, and it's in there again later with the Stranger. This is a f*ckin travesty. F*ck it. I'm goin bowling.

Average customer rating: This Music Rocks! Elton & Bernie have done it again! The Old Man still has a lot of rockin left in the tank. Hits Versus Albums As far as I'm concerned... elton's best in 31 years.

The Captain and the Kid Elton John Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Face The Promise Duets: An American Classic Still the Same...Great Rock Classics Of Our Time Under the Skin Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy ASIN: B000H7JDVI Release Date: 2006-09-19

Tracks:

1. Postcards From Richard Nixon
2. Just Like Noah's Ark
3. Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC)
4. Tinderbox
5. And The House Fell Down
6. Blues Never Fade Away
7. The Bridge
8. I Must Have Lost It On The Wind
9. Old '67
10. The Captain And The Kid

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The degree to which you'll like The Captain & the Kid is going to depend on your personal history with Sir Elton John. If you're a resolute follower who was once reduced to a quivering mass of humility by "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and then revived by the blast of pop liberation that was "Philadelphia Freedom" (a single that later appeared on the CD version of Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, the album to which this disc is a sequel) you'll have enough invested to appreciate the concept. If, on the other hand, you're a late arrival to the Rocket Man's repertoire, you'll have to adjust your expectations. Kid, unlike more recent efforts, isn't aiming itself at the lite-FM listening masses. What it's asking instead is that you return yourself to your 1970s-era childhood bedroom, flop on the bed, and lock the door, or at least fasten an elastic band around your MTV-addled attention span. This is total-immersion music, and it's got 30 years worth of stories to tell.

The Captain and the Kid are John and Bernie Taupin, his longtime songwriting partner. The music, a choir-enhanced swerve through genres including pop, rock, blues, folk, and country with signature piano riffs thrown in nearly everywhere, chronicles their splintery relationship. Innocence and hope ("Postcards from Richard Nixon") give way to success and joy ("Just Like Noah's Ark"), which eventually leads to discontent ("Tinderbox") and disaster ("And the House Fell Down"). A shot at redemption ("The Bridge") later finds the Captain; reflection ("Old 67") and a joyous reunion (the title track) follow.

Theirs is ultimately a simple story, but John and Taupin suffuse it with hypnotic sentimentality--along with the narrative, echoes of past hits wander into several classic-sounding tracks. "Tiny Dancer" darts through the cracked-voice beauty of "Blues Never Fade Away" and "The Bridge," for example, while "Wouldn't HaveYou Any Other Way (NYC)" works in hints at both "Candle in the Wind" and "Where to Now St. Peter." Other songs shake loose less likely influences ("I Must Have Lost it on the Wind" sounds like something off a vintage Linda Ronstadt album), but all are compellingly steeped in context; if you don't get the late-disc reference to fine silk suits and six-inch heels, you'll wish you did. --Tammy La Gorce

Selected Favorites from Elton John

Tumbleweed Connection	Madman Across the Water	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Honky Chateau	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (Box Set)

Album Description

The Captain & The Kid, written with his long-time writing partner, Bernie Taupin. More than 30 years after the release of their landmark #1 multi-platinum album, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, the duo returns with this sequel. The new album features 10 new songs reflecting the intimate lives and public times spanning the long-standing songwriting partnership of Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin. In fact, for the first time, both John and Taupin are featured on an Elton John album cover.

"The album is a celebration of our lives and our lifetimes, of our music and of the music we love. The Captain & The Kid continues our story. You can't look back, we're looking ahead," says John.

Created in the tradition of those fantastic records of the 60's and 70's, The Captain & The Kid is a celebration of when music was the most important voice of our culture and the album was its prime vehicle. Much like Elton's previous records Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across The Water, and Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy, The Captain & The Kid is an album meant to transport you back to that place in time when music mattered most. 35 plus years-later, Elton really has become Captain Fantastic and Bernie is most definitely The Brown Dirt Cowboy and they are as passionate about their music as they have ever been.

"I find the whole album to be so touching and beautiful for me because I've lived it," Elton added. "I lived it with Bernie and we've come through it. We've gone over the bridge and here we are at the other side."

The first single from the album, 'The Bridge" is one of 10 tracks which picks up where Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy left off. The album tells the story of Elton and Bernie from when they arrived in Los Angeles 30 years ago, through the ups and downs of their lives, to present day.

Customer Reviews:

This Music Rocks! Elton & Bernie have done it again!.......2007-07-24

Since I frist out this album in the cd player. I just can't stop listening to it. As a Hardcore fan of Elton's this album is easily one of his best.It is equal to Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy. There wasn't a song on the cd that I did not like. Great classic Elton John Cool! Thanks Elton And Bernie for all the wonderful years of great music! If you like this cd make sure you go back and get the early music too. Especially Captain Fantastic because you cannot own one without the other.

The Old Man still has a lot of rockin left in the tank. .......2007-07-08

This is by far Elton's greatest album since Blue Moves. I came into this CD hoping it could withstand the test of time, which it did and then some. It took 30 years for the sequel to Capt. Fantastic and it was worth the wait. For a 60 year old, this dude rolled out rocker after rocker, his voice has never been better. I hope Bernie Taupin can keep Elton on this path for a little while before he does call it a career. The ballads and soft tunes just isnt his style. Rock and roll and mixing it with a slice of R&B is what made Elton who he is. Go buy this incredible album, you will not regret it one bit.

Hits Versus Albums.......2007-05-16

I have always been a classic Elton John fan. I've loved all of his biggest hits, but had never bought any albums other than his greatest hits. That changed when "Songs From The West Coast" was released. That album blew me away. I actually listen to that album now more than I do his greatest hits. While I did like his next album, "Peachtree Road", it didn't strike me the same way. I just picked up "Captain & The Kid" today, and was thrilled that it seemed to gel so well with "Songs From The West Coast". If you've considered yourself a mainly hits type of fan, I recommend that you pick up these two albums. Thanks Elton!

As far as I'm concerned..........2007-04-03

This highly personal recording hits it out of the park as far as I'm concerned. I mean, you've got some pretentious so-and-sos with the gall to try to tell Bernie and Sir Elton what kind of songs they should be writing. It's as if I'm hearing that unless these guys crank out an album of hard rock tunes, they may as well not bother. What gall.

These guys have taken the last 40 years of their lives and put it into song for us to try to understand where it is they've been all this time, and why after all that time they're still around. This is a gift! Is this something worth writing about? Damn skippy. It's about their lives, it's about two young British kids having to deal with the crazy phenomenon that became Elton John starting from their arrival in Los Angeles during the Nixon era; it's about the ensuing tensions that nearly tore them apart; it's about the deceitfulness of the recording industry and the constant hoops they had to jump through to keep the labels happy; it's about wondering why some they knew and loved didn't make it, and how it was they did so. By the end of this musical, they can sit on the porch, look back at 1967 with actual fondness, and drink a toast to being older - having survived through it all!

And they tell this story so..well, I don't have the words; it's moving at times, humorous at times, and as usual Elton takes Bernie's words and turns them into art. Imagine Bob Dylan trying to tell this story and then imagine me jumping out the window! It's Sir Elton's voice, thank God, and the story is told with his magical piano in a way only Elton John can tell it. He lived it, after all! These songs would be no good in someone else's catalog, as far as I'm concerned. I had the chance to watch a video where Sir Elton and and the elusive Taupin explain what's behind these songs. But, even without the documentary, it's all right there in the booklet.

I'm glad that the tone of the heavier subjects was lightened some by Elton's genius; I have only to think of "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and how glad I was when it came out on CD so that I could skip that suicide-inducing track altogether! For "The Captain and The Kid", it's different! Who knew a song about a drug-induced stupor could be such fun to sing along with? He's brilliant like Randy Newman that way: able to take horrible subject matter and making singable melodies with them. "Just Like Noah's Ark" is great; analagous to "Tower of Babel", smarminess is dealt with in a toe-tapping style, and Sir Elton and David's dog Arthur adds a little comedy to the mix. Then you have a song like "The Bridge", it's absolutely ethereal, Elton's voice raw with emotion, just beautiful.

The past is gone, Elton and Bernie know it, and the rest of us would do well to grow up and accept it as well. These aren't the hit songs from a couple of robotic crank-out artists, as sung about in "Bitter Fingers". These songs are from the heart and soul, and as such they may never get airplay. So what?! I would love to hear another heavily-orchestrated Elton John album, like the one that made me fall in love with him as a twelve-year-old, but that doesn't mean this album doesn't have merit, as far as I'm concerned. If I need to hear that style, "Made In England" is perfect. The "Captain and The Kid" works, as is, in its own way. "You can't go back, if you try it fails." Amen to that. All we've got is now, today, and I love Sir Elton's older, wiser voice. As far as I'm concerned, the story of Elton and Bernie is one worth telling, I'm glad they shared this very personal story with us, the CD their story has produced is listenable and brilliant, and whether or not it can be danced to it is, in the end, of very little importance.

Elton and Bernie, I appreciate your gift to me, and I thank you.

elton's best in 31 years........2007-03-20

let's welcome elton back to making excellent albums. it's been awhile. this highly autobiographical set of songs by elton and pal bernie is a sequel of sorts to the last excellent album he made (1975's "captain fantastic & the brown dirt cowboy). this is no "tumbleweed connection," the 1971 masterpiece which is easily the best thing elton has ever done, but it's a very fine piece of work, indeed. particularly wonderful here is elton's strongest singing in many a moon. what a voice! can't deny that. and the songs are all very good. "just like noah's ark," is an especially fine hard rock number that can stand up to the current work of any of his peers. i picked up this disc because i saw that mojo magazine picked it as the 33rd best album of 2006, and Q magazine picked it as the 28th. very glad i got the thing. i recommend it to you, too.

Average customer rating: Wonderful and delightful evenings Great Music excellent compile Pleasant backdrop Musical soothing of the soul

Musical Evenings With The Captain Manufacturer: Essay ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Boccherini | Boccherini, Luigi | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Leclair | Leclair, Jean Marie | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Locatelli, Pietro Antonio | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trio Sonatas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Musical Evenings With The Captain, Vol. 2 Musical Evenings in the Captain's Cabin Master and Commander A Sea of Words, Third Edition: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian Harbors and High Seas, 3rd Edition : An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian, Third Edition ASIN: B00000083U Release Date: 1996-06-18

Tracks:

1. Sonata In G Major, Op. 5 No. 1 For 2 Violins & Basso Continuo: Andante
2. Sonata In G Major, Op. 5 No. 1 For 2 Violins & Basso Continuo: Largo Andante
3. Sonata In G Major, Op. 5 No. 1 For 2 Violins & Basso Continuo: Allegro
4. Sonata In G Major, Op. 5 No. 1 For 2 Violins & Basso Continuo: Menuetto & Trio: Vivace
5. Duet For Violin & Cello In D Major: Poco Adagio
6. Duet For Violin & Cello In D Major: Tempo di Menuetto
7. Duet For Violin & Cello In D Major: Allegro (non troppo)
8. Eight Pieces For Violin And Cello: Tuning & Gavotte
9. Eight Pieces For Violin And Cello: Two Menuets
10. Eight Pieces For Violin And Cello: Air
11. Eight Pieces For Violin And Cello: Menuet With 2 Variations
12. Eight Pieces For Violin And Cello: Impertinence
13. Eight Pieces For Violin And Cello: Sarabande
14. Eight Pieces For Violin And Cello: Menuet With 2 Variations
15. Eight Pieces For Violin And Cello: Air
16. Sonata In C Minor, Op. 6 No. 5 For Violin & Basso Continuo: Andante
17. Sonata In C Minor, Op. 6 No. 5 For Violin & Basso Continuo: Allegro
18. Sonata In C Minor, Op. 6 No. 5 For Violin & Basso Continuo: Aria with 3 Variations
19. Sonata For Violin & Cello In D Major: Allegretto Spiritoso
20. Sonata For Violin & Cello In D Major: Vivace
21. Sonata For Violin & Cello In D Major: Grave
22. Sonata For Violin & Cello In D Major: Allegro Assai
23. Sonata In D Minor For 2 Violins & Basso Continuo: Andante Molto Cantabile
24. Sonata In D Minor For 2 Violins & Basso Continuo: Allegro
25. Sonata In D Minor For 2 Violins & Basso Continuo: Andante Pastorale
26. Sonata In D Minor For 2 Violins & Basso Continuo: Allegro

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful and delightful evenings.......2007-06-27

If you are a really follower of Jack Aubrey adventures you must have the 2 Volumes. The best companion for you reading every evenings. A must have.
Enjoy it.

Great Music.......2007-04-05

I bought this as an accompaniment while I read Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series of books, and it goes very well. I've enjoyed every piece on this album, and recommend it for music lovers and readers alike.

excellent compile.......2007-01-16

It is dead-on excellent. Perfectly in tune with the entire series and spirit of Patrick's work. A simply joy to listen to time after time. You grasp the character of the age in crisply performed versions of various collection.

Pleasant backdrop .......2006-01-10

As a child growing up in the city of Salem, known for it's working class backbone, I was the only kid I knew who had been to Symphony Hall more than Fenway Park. Going in to Boston for the symphony's open practices was what I lived for. It gave me a true appreciative, although untrained ear. The one lasting lesson is that while you may not notice good classical music, EVERYONE notices bad classical music. And this is NOT bad classical.

I have been a reader of the Aubrey Maturin Novels for 8 years (only two a year for dramatic suspense) and while I am a huge fan of Patrick O'Brian's writing, I find that with the addition of the music he scored his work to, I stand in awe. The music is well grounded to the situations and feelings in the book. Either Mr. O'Brian was a very well rounded, or he did his homework.

The CD is a wonderful insight to the author, and the characters he created. Pour a glass of claret, listen to the cd, read the books...

but pay no heed to Killick's "scrape, scrape , scrape..never a song you could dance to.."

Musical soothing of the soul.......2002-06-11

I have been a fan of Baroque music since childhood (and I'm not all that old either). But I've only started reading the Patrick O'Brian books in the last few months, since it was announced that my favorite actor, Russell Crowe, was about to star as Captain Jack Aubrey in the Peter Weir movie. I am reading the books in order, and am currently on "HMS Surprise," so what else could be a more perfect accompaniment than this CD? Aubrey is such a multi-layered character, filled with imperfections and bad puns, however he has a great love for music and he plays the violin quite well. Often paired with ship's surgeon Dr. Stephen Maturin on the cello, music is a great release for this sea captain, and the pieces on this CD are fine representations of what Aubrey might have played while on assignment or heard when on land. The selections by Hadyn, Locatelli, Handel, Boccherini and Leclair are pleasant, soothing compositions that are complex and varied enough that they are not redundant, and range from peaceful to nimble. While listening to the CD, I could vividly imagine Jack Aubrey below decks in his cabin and asking Maturin to strike up a tune with him. And then they begin an Andante or an Allegro, allowing Aubrey to set aside his absolutely awful puns and jokes so he can clear his mind and relax. Considering some of the battles he's involved himself in so far in the series, he definitely needs it. Reading his adventures while listening to these charming pieces will relax you as well, and definitely take your imagination to some wondrous places in an era of great change.

Average customer rating: Masterpiece Umm.... Beefhearts Replica Kipper of the Flame Interesting

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Tracks:

1. Frownland
2. The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back
3. Dachau Blues
4. Ella Guru
5. Hair Pie: Bake 1
6. Moonlight On Vermont
7. Pachuco Cadaver
8. Bills Corpse
9. Sweet Sweet Bulbs
10. Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish
11. China Pig
12. My Human Gets Me Blues
13. Dali's Car
14. Hair Pie: Bake 2
15. Pena
16. Well
17. When Big Joan Sets Up
18. Fallin' Ditch
19. Sugar 'N Spikes
20. Ant Man Bee
21. Orange Claw Hammer
22. Wild Life
23. She's Too Much For My Mirror
24. Hobo Chang Ba
25. The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)
26. Steal Softly Thru Snow
27. Old Fart At Play
28. Veteran's Day Poppy

Amazon.com

A colleague of Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart (aka Don Van Vliet) and his Magic Band produced some of the most eccentric music of the late 1960s--or, for that matter, ever. The high water mark of Beefheart's bizarre career, this double album of freeform "Dada rock" features such daunting tracks as "Pachuco Cadaver," "Hair Pie (Bakes 1 and 2)," and "Neon Meat Dream of an Octafish," all of which actually sound as unusual as their titles. Between Beefheart's mind-bending lyrics and cavernous voice, as well as the twisted playing of guitarists Zoot Horn Rollo and Antennae Jimmy Semens, bassist Rockette Morton and drummer The Mascara Snake, this album fully explains the expression "far out." --Billy Altman

Album Description

Given total creative control by producer and friend Frank Zappa, Beefheart and his Magic Band rehearsed the material for this 1969 album for over a year, wedding minimalistic R&B, blues, and garage rock to free jazz and avant-garde experimentalism. Warner Brothers Records.

Customer Reviews:

Masterpiece.......2007-07-02

I don't mean to brag, but I can listen to this easier than most. Okay, I'm not weird, but this cd was great the first time I listened it, well mostly. Oh, that's because it reminds me instantly of Gorgut's Obscura. Yeah, I think anything is more accessible than Obscura. If you liked Obscura, and also like genres like Free Jazz, Blues, Garage Rock, and just plain old raw rock mixed together, then you might just like this. Captain Beefheart sounds like a cartoon character, although there are telephone voiced vocals, spoken words, nonsensical dialoge bits, and other weird ____. I still haven't found out the other stuff, because you'll get more from every listen.

Don't be afraid, but Trout Mask Replica is not an easy listening. True, I think all of the music has some melody or something musical, but to the people who like music with only a simple melody and follows a simple verse-chorus, will not like this. It sounds like a joke at first, but it's very good at times, at least to me. IT should grow on you, if it dosen't, it dosen't mean you ignorant or stupid. Some just don't, but don't give up on it the first try. Some of the best albums took more than one listen to love for me.

I can't garauntee you'll enjoy this, it's like other wacked-out musical ______ ups like Mr. Bungle and Gorguts' Obscura, but it's awesome to me at least.

Once again, it's not easy listening. Try it...if you...want to risk wasting 15 dollars.

10/10

Umm...........2007-06-02

I have loved this album since the days of vinyl, back when I was in High School. That said, it is the only album I have ever owned which evinces groans and sounds of vitriolic hate from unsuspecting listeners. I imagine that its the same response Coltrane got from the lady who screamed "ENOUGH!!!" in agony while Coltrane was soloing at the Village Vanguard.

MORAL OF THE STORY: One person's beautiful music is another's wretched noise.

Beefhearts Replica.......2007-04-11

This CD was produced by Frank Zappa which must had led to an invite for CBH to play on Zappa's excellent live in Austin-Zappa/Beefheart/Mothers,Bongo Fury album. Trout Mask Replica consists of a ton of tracks; some short-some lengthy. I get the feeling that this CD needs to grow on you. Weird for sure, but the man and the band are artistic. No where near main stream, and not meant for the casual listener. If you dig freaky numbers from the late 60's, early 70's then put this in your music library.

Recommended

Kipper of the Flame.......2007-03-21

In terms of tone and cultural significance it is the aural equivalent of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. I listened to it in front of the Antiques Roadshow with the sound off, a bag of lemon bon bons and a shonky spiff and here's something I don't mind telling you music lover ... it were a proper treat ... "When Big Joan comes out her arms are too small, her head like a ball, she tied off her horse and galloped off into the moonbeams, she pulled up her blouse and compared her navel to the moon ..." I don't know who she is but my geography teacher was called Joan so I like to think it's about her.

Interesting.......2007-03-09

I've been a huge fan of Dylan, Tom Waits, Bruce Cockburn and many other 'offbeat' artists for years. I hear that this was a great album, one of the first to break the genre of industrial experimentation and that it was a must listen; rated highly by Rolling Stone. All I can say is I must be turning into my dad, because 95 percent of it just sounded like random noise with little rythm and NO rhyme for the lyrics to eventually lead back to. I got most of the way through it in the first sitting. Several days later I tried to give it another chance but frankly it was just too annoying to overcome.

Average customer rating: Stellar Example of 70s "American" Rock for Non-Americans The BEST ALBUM of ALL TIME, bar none. American Rock at it's best Brilliant Doobies! Doobies Best

The Captain and Me The Doobie Brothers Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Toulouse Street What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits Stampede Takin' It to the Streets Minute by Minute ASIN: B000002KER Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Natural Thing
2. Long Train Runnin'
3. China Grove
4. Dark Eyed Cajun Woman
5. Clear As The Driven Snow
6. Without You
7. South City Midnight Lady
8. Evil Woman
9. Busted Down Around O'Connelly Corners
10. Ukiah
11. The Captian And Me

Customer Reviews:

Stellar Example of 70s "American" Rock for Non-Americans.......2007-07-18

There are plenty of detailed reviews here and I agree with the vast majority and will let them guide your bying decision.
My particular contribution may be how I discovered this album in 1975.

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While a U.S. citizen, I was born and raised in Europe and moved to the U.S. to go to college. A budding musician myself, I was most drawn to artists that dared to be intricate to layered, i.e. "concept rock". Europe and the U.K. had pleanty.

Then a neighbor in my rooming house played American music albums I had never heard, i.e. Doobies, James Gang, ZZ Top. etc. This Doobie album was part of my education in solid American rock (though the Doobies were too versatile to categorize).

Fast-forward to the present...

I am in the process of converting my vinyl LP collection to ditital. As stated by others, this album was released 34 years ago as of this review. I hadn't heard this ablum in ages.

I was blown away at how good this album was -- and still is.

This is one of those excellently crafted and diverse pieces of musical works that stands the test of time. While I like a few of the later songs once Michael McDonald joined the band, the band's sound and feel changed by then.

THIS album is quintessential Doobies in my view, be it now or discovering it over 30 years ago as a "foreigner".

A hallmark in 70's American music, hands down.

The BEST ALBUM of ALL TIME, bar none........2007-06-23

I bought this album when I was 16 or 17 years old and absolutely wore the vinyl out. Since then, I have had the 8 track, the cassette, and the CD and now I am listening to it digitally on my computer and MP3 player. I have undoubtedly bought hundreds of albums in my life, and listened to may more. This is by far the BEST music I ever heard. Every single song is great. The other Doobie Albums are good, but this was the ultimate. This is the only album I ever bought that I cannot listen to enough. Others get tiresome after listening to them 50 or 100 times, but this album just keeps getting better!

American Rock at it's best.......2007-06-12

"Ukiah", if I had to pick a favorite here is mine too. I used to listen to Ukiah and the fading harmony at the end, so dreamy sounding and beautiful. Just a gem. I was out in CA at the time and rode my MC up through Ukiah soon thereafter. I now knew why they wrote a song about it. I was there man! ;-)

The Doobies......man, good time music that was aprt of the soundtrack to my life back then when every day was an adventure for me. I keep telling my kids "THIS is music.....harmony, lyrics....real musicians!" You know, they come to me now and "get it". So, The Doobies do keep on rollin' on. I love 'em and their music brings a smile to your face. Not many bands can do that for me....or get me to pick up the broom and air guitar out (in my office with the blinds down and my bandana on!).

Brilliant Doobies!.......2007-03-22

I grew up on Doobie Brothers as a teenager and they are my favourite all time band. I bought this album as an LP when first released and now again in CD, some 30 odd years later. This album is one of their first and, in my opinion, still remains one of the best of Doobies. Brilliant musicians, brilliant music.

Doobies Best.......2007-02-27

The Doobies had two successful incarnations and the Michael Mcdonald version is curious in that Michael has such a unique sound and style and much different from Tom Johnston who also has a unique sound and style. Patrick Simmons was the sideman for both but ended up writing the Doobies biggest hit ever-"Black Water". FYI "Black Water" was released as the B-side to "Another Park, Another Sunday". Go figure. This album, The Captain and Me, represented the Tom Johnston incarnation of the Doobies at their creative peak. I like every track and the Doobies were considered one of the coolest bands in the early seventies. My least favorite songs on the Captain and Me are "Long Train Running" and "China Grove". They are great songs but I've heard them one too many times. I just can't believe there is someone at home calling up a radio station and asking them to play "China Grove", "Hotel California" or "Stairway to Heaven". I think most people have a copy. I would like to see commercial radio play music like it used to be done. You tuned into you local station and heard all types of music. Rock, Pop, Soul, Bubblegum, Blues etc. Whatever was good. It fostered creativity and brought different kinds of people together. You got introduced to new types of music just by listening to the radio. Sounds like a marketing concept.

Average customer rating: Not again. Complete Hits Captain & Tennille There's No Pleasure Like A Guilty Pleasure Definitive collection Scratching The Surface

Ultimate Collection: The Complete Hits Captain & Tennille Manufacturer: Hip-O Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Magic: The Very Best of Olivia Newton-John Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974-1980 The Definitive Collection Carpenters Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition The Woman I Am: The Definitive Collection ASIN: B00005J73Z Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

1. Love Will Keep Us Together
2. The Way I Want To Touch You
3. Disney Girls
4. I Write The Songs
5. Lonely Night (Angel Face)
6. Shop Around
7. Muskrat Love
8. Wedding Song (There Is Love)
9. Song Of Joy
10. Can't Stop Dancin'
11. Come In From The Rain
12. Circles
13. I'm On My Way
14. You Never Done It Like That
15. You Need A Woman Tonight
16. Do That To Me One More Time
17. Love On A Shoestring
18. Happy Together (A Fantasy)
19. Gentle Stranger
20. Keeping Our Love Warm
21. We Never Really Say Goodbye
22. Por Amor Viviremos

Customer Reviews:

Not again........2007-03-03

Well, the labels did it again. First, when they released the album "Dream" on cd. Their biggest hit from that album "You never done it like that" turned out to be a re-recorded version on the cd release.
They did it again with this "Ultimate Collection." That being said, I love some of their other hits, especially "The way that I want to touch you." Luckily, the rest of the tracks are the originals. If you're looking for the original version of "You never done it like that", you would have to get the 20th Century Masters collection of theirs.

Complete Hits Captain & Tennille.......2006-08-21

I really like the cd. There are songs I don't remember them singing but all in all it is very good.

There's No Pleasure Like A Guilty Pleasure.......2005-05-15

Isn't there anything simply screams guilty pleasure like the Captain & Tennille? I mean, their cheesy yet infectious hits meant back in the 1970s' you were on a one way ticket to lameville. Well, 30 years later, the world is more accepting to the Captain & Tennille, so now me and many others feel comfortable saying how much we enjoy their music.

"Ultimate Collection: The Complete Hits" is the most complete representation of the duo's hits you could possibly find. Indeed, most of us will be happy to hear songs like "Love Will Keep Us Together", "Muskrat Love" and "Do That To Me One More Time". And diehards who went and bought the actual albums rather than just singles will be happy to learn that forgotten radio staples like "Circles", "Song Of Joy" and "Wedding Song (There Is Love)". Contrary to one reviewer's critique on the album, the sound is excellent. Everything sounds splendid.

This is a must have album, but only if you're a fan. This duo certainly isn't for everyone, but people who like this type of music will pick this up immediately

Definitive collection.......2005-04-27

This couple never made much impact in the UK but had several huge hits in America, where Love will keep us together topped the charts. This particular compilation contains all the tracks from their original greatest hits album from 1977 but also includes all their later hits including Do that to me one more time (their second American number one, which became their only UK top ten hit) and You never done it like that, an American top ten hit that briefly made the lower placings in the UK charts.

Among the earlier American hits here are Muskrat love (also recorded by the group America), Shop around (a cover of a Miracles song from the early sixties), Love will keep us together (their first American number one, written by Neil Sedaka) and Lonely night angel face (also written by Neil Sedaka). Circles, Can't stop dancing, Come in from the rain, We never really say goodbye and Disney girls are also wonderful, as are the covers of Wedding song (Petula Clark) and I write the songs (Barry Manilow).

If you enjoy the music of the Carpenters you will probably also enjoy Captain and Tennille's music. This is the best compilation of their music. Now, if only some record label will re-issue the original albums on CD - but that may be wishful thinking.

Scratching The Surface.......2005-01-26

This collection of Capt & Tennille tracks shows for me how diverse the group's recordings were. Generally speaking, their recordings fell into one of several categories. They sold heavily with the Beach Boys-Neil Sadaka-Alan O'Day singles. These were accompanied by poppish tracks like "Can't Stop Dancing" and "I'm On My Way." The duo interspersed love songs ("Come In From The Rain") and odes to the carnal joys of marriage ("Gentle Stranger" and "Do That To Me") with school-chorus favorites ("I Write The Songs," "Circles") and novelties ("Broddy Bounce" and "Muskrat Love"). In their last three albums released in the US, they included slightly darker Adult Contemporary fare like "Love On A Shoestring" and "This Is Not The First Time." Despite the wide array of recording styles, I am of the belief-- probably heresy to fans-- that Toni Tennille never realized her potential.

In interviews during the 70s, Daryl Dragon made the observation that Tennille's musical tastes were extremely conservative. This inclination hobbled her gifts. She had difficulty recognizing what her voice was best suited for. The upbeat pop tunes the group favored were too insubstantial to support the incredible power of her voice. She either had to reign in her delivery or her projection blew out the bounds of these compositions. Dragon's playful approach-- Erasure-on-Venice-Beach-- didn't always support the earthy smolder of his wife's drawling diction, even if this approach did match the pop sensibility of the singles. In her solo ventures, Tennille's preference for Swing standards had her admirably fronting orchestral sections for live takes, but the wall of sound in the big-band arrangements competes with rather than supports her voice.

Tennille's voice was its own wall of sound. Her singing fared best with simple arrangements. Backed by a piano, or Hammond organ with bass and drums, or seasoned with brass flourishes: these organic sounds gave her the room to breathe that she needed. The material for her pipes was not upbeat ditties but bluesy, torchy songs like "Your Good Thing," "Never Make A Move Too Soon," "Since I Fell For You," "Love Me Like A Baby." Her timbre called out for a lyric of heartache, anger, betrayal, unrequited desire. She was, I think, a soul singer who didn't realize it. Her delivery was best informed not by Sarah Vaughn or Bobby Short but Ann Peebles or Dorothy Morrison. Capt & Tennille might have done better to looks less at California and Hawaii than at Memphis and Atlanta for the most fruitful sources of material. Dragon, a gifted keyboardist, didn't need sound gimmicks to provide the Charles Earland style soul backing that would have put Tennille's voice in its best setting.

Listening to their non-single album tracks, I can't help but wonder what heights they could reach if they tried their hand at covering not pop songs but soul songs. Their proven ability to pull off Isaac Hayes and even out-and-out dance in the smoldering "How Can You Be So Cold" suggest a southern soul outing would be an artistically successful change of pace.

Average customer rating: "As The Moon Speaks" it tells you to purchase this gem from 1972 Fuggedaboudit! wow! Dittos To the CB Fans Comments,, I Concur !!!!!!! Greatest hard rock album of all time

Captain Beyond Captain Beyond Manufacturer: Fontana Island ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Hard Rock & Metal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sufficiently Breathless Cactology: The Cactus Collection Argus (Remastered & Revisited) Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus Wishbone Ash ASIN: B000003CMR Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

1. Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air)
2. Armworth
3. Myopic Void
4. Mesmerization Eclipse
5. Raging River Of Fear
6. Thousand Days Of Yesterdays (Intro)
7. Frozen Over
8. Thousand Days Of Yesterdays (Time Since Come &...)
9. I Can't Feel Nothin' (Part 1)
10. As The Moon Speaks (To The Waves Of The Sea)
11. Astral Lady
12. As The Moon Speaks (Return)
13. I Can't Feel Nothin' (Part 2)

Album Description

Japanese reissue of 1972 self-produced album for Capricorn. 13 tracks, including 'Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air)', 'Armworth' and 'Myopic Void'.

Customer Reviews:

"As The Moon Speaks" it tells you to purchase this gem from 1972.......2007-07-11

As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various music supplies and recordings from the 60's and 70's.

It is appropriate that one of the many timeless tunes on the debut Captain Beyond record is called "I Can't Feel Nothin'." Simply put the first listen to the 1972 album will leave you wiped out. Thirteen tracks blending from one to another will rip your guts out with enough firepower to rock a city block.

To give you an indication what Capricorn Records thought of Captain Beyond, the label's forte was an outlet for southern rock artists. Once the executives heard the band not only had the pedigree with former Deep Purple front man Rod Evans, Bobby Caldwell on drums (Johnny Winter), and one time Iron Butterfly personal Lee Dorman (bass), and Larry Reinhardt (guitar) but an arsenal of material to take over a small country, the deal was done.

If you appreciate the mark Evans left on the first three studio albums for Deep Purple this venture will only escalate it. Easily one of the most underrated singers from the 60's and 70's. Maybe some had trepidation that he could pull off the vocals on the rock and roll battlefield but any doubt was erased the first time the Captain landed on the turntable.

Mesmerization Eclipse, Raging River Of Fear, Frozen Over, and Astral Lady are four of the tracks that reach for your lungs. The sheer power and aggression of the musicians is a tribute to the way they crafted the journey. At times you are on a heavy metal rocket and then you soar into the land of progressive rock. The genius here is not one track is over four minutes! How can such intense sounds resonate without reaching for the eight to ten minute period? By blending the tunes into each other think of the record not as thirteen separate short tracks but one thirty-five minute epic. From the sun to the stars and back, the Captain has taken your mind.

Over the years it is interesting how many fans of Captain Beyond do not own the two Warhorse albums (Self-titled and Red Sea both with amazing bonus tracks) featuring Rod Evan's Deep Purple friend Nick Simper and how many Warhorse fans have never owned a Captain Beyond recording. If you are into one of the bands you will find appreciation for the other.


Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"

Fuggedaboudit!.......2007-07-06

It's this simple: Out of the tens of thousands of albums out there, Captain Beyond's self-titled first LP (and CD) makes the top-10 desert-island picks.

Nuff said!

Kenn

wow!.......2007-06-23

I'm only 25 years old. I wasn't around when this album came out. My parents don't know who they are either. Luckily, I've had an obsession with classic rock for over 20 years now, which means since Kindergarten! I found out about Captain Beyond thanks to the internet.

What's amazing is how a classic rock band that doesn't get any attention on the radio stations somehow managed to gather up many fans and reviews here on amazon. That's truly incredible.

Once you listen to the music on this album, you'll quickly understand why so many people make a big deal over them. The Who may be the loudest classic hard rock band, and Black Sabbath may slide in to second place. But Captain Beyond is clearly third.

There's only so much you can do to a hard rock formula before it all starts sounding the same, yet somehow these guys had a certain talent to make their music sound like NOTHING anybody else was doing at the time. It's so loud, and instantly enjoyable. This is what you call "in your face" rock and roll. It's gotta be some of the loudest classic rock ever put on record. Furthermore, the music is very heavy and catchy, with a strong focus being on the drumming. It's out of this world.

Captain Beyond really does deserve to be remembered.

Dittos To the CB Fans Comments,, I Concur !!!!!!!.......2007-06-03

To those of recent years that have commented APPROVINGLY of this first Captain Beyond album, You're right on !!!
I haven't commented till now, but I could have many years ago. I can't add anything to the heartfelt and well-put comments on this band's excellence. Obviously, some of us are of this 2nd half-century mark that have been around long enough to have heard, listened, and appreciated the likes of Deep Purple mark I and Iron Butterfly through to their Metamorphasis; enough to appreciate Rod Evans, Rhino, and the incomparable bassist Lee Dorman in a band together and with as good of results as they get here. I'm listening to it right now, 35 years later, and am still blown away. They just DO NOT make music like this anymore.

Greatest hard rock album of all time.......2007-04-10

If you love great riffs and excellent musicianship then buy this CD now.
It is over 30 years old but still sounds fresh. From Bobby Caldwell's opening drum beat to the very end this album is a classic. There are no comparisons to be made just buy it and crank it up loud. Soon you too will be "Dancing Madly Backwards"!

Average customer rating: A mind-numbingly good debut. von van great debut Abba Zabba ZOOOMMM! Best lesser known album from 1967

Safe as Milk Captain Beefheart Manufacturer: Buddha ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Mirror Man Sessions Strictly Personal Freak Out! Hot Rats Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) ASIN: B00000J7A2 Release Date: 1999-06-01

Tracks:

1. Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do
2. Zig Zag Wanderer
3. Call On Me
4. Dropout Boogie
5. I'm Glad
6. Electricity
7. Yellow Brick Road
8. Abba Zaba
9. Plastic Factory
10. Where There's Woman
11. Grown So Ugly
12. Autumn's Child
13. Safe As Milk (Take 5)
14. On Tomorrow
15. Big Black Baby Shoes
16. Flower Pot
17. Dirty Blue Gene
18. Trust Us (Take 9)
19. Korn Ring Finger

Amazon.com essential recording

"I may be hungry, but I sure ain't weird," Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart, famously intones on this bright-sounding remastered version of the 1967 debut by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band. Safe as Milk is a bold, tough-ass distillation of Delta blues stomp and '60s garage-punk swagger, fused with a radically polyrhythmic and tempo-shifting style that one might term "art rock." Listening to the delightfully playful, absurdist "Abba Zabba," it's easy to see why Lester Bangs called Beefheart "the only true dadaist in rock"; the song is a good indication of the intricate, rule-breaking music the Magic Band would continue to hone. But there are also formidable ballads (the psychedelic "Autumn's Child," the lachrymose "I'm Glad"), midtempo pop-soul tunes (the Otis Redding-ish "Call on Me"), and straight-ahead blues-rock workouts ("Plastic Factory"), all of which showcase the fretwork of a young Ry Cooder. Much has been made of Beefheart's multiple-octave vocal range; he sings menacingly on "Dropout Boogie" and allegedly broke a very expensive microphone on the eerie "Electricity." The last seven tracks on this reissue (for the most part fascinating, unfinished instrumentals) were recorded with a different lineup; they are outtakes from Mirror Man Sessions. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

A mind-numbingly good debut........2007-05-22

Captain Beefheart's debut is a glorious mess of fractured Delta Blues, lopsided garage rock, and mind-expanding pop, a wonderfully offbeat record that still sounds fantastically original today. Every song resonates with the kind of wonky creativity and out-of-whack musicality that makes some albums an utter joy to listen to. Indeed, Safe as Milk sounds dazzling and fantastic on the first play and only gets better with each additional listen (fun fact: for a while, this was John Lennon's favorite album). The Cap'n certainly has the appropriate raw materials: A wonderfully deranged approach to songwriting, a deep love of blues and rock, some neat harmonica skills, and, most importantly, a monstrous bellow of a voice that rings with both deep emotion and sly humor. The guy sounds like an avant-garde Howlin' Wolf, a ragged maverick with a set of pipes that can match the afformentioned Chicago Blues legend for sheer throat-shredding catharsis. And how about that band! The Magic Band may very well be one of the sturdiest and most universally capable groups ever assembled, able to play rock, blues, country, soul, or pop with equal aplomb, to seamlessly combine them, or to turn stylistic corners on a dime.

The songs are almost uniformly fantastic- "Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do" opens the record with a cheeky, affectionate slice of ramblin' country blues, picking up a galloping drumbeat on the way. "Plastic Factory" takes a different approach to the same genre, but its every bit as awesome: It boasts a mean, gritty guitar riff, some stuttering harmonicas, and one of Beefheart delivering some surreally bemused lyrics in a rough, hoarse bellow. "Zig-Zag Wanderer" and the acidic "Dropout Boogie" are rough, blistering garage rockers that could have sat quite comfortably on the Nuggets box. The latter, with its goonish backing vocals and razor-sharp fuzz guitar line, is particularly nasty. "Electricity," with its wailing guitars, acid-tinged melodies, pulverizing vocals, rabble-rousing chorus, and touches of psychotic psychedlia, is an all-out stunner, as is the primal percussion showcase that is "Abba Zaba." "Call on Me" and "I'm Glad" are fantastic soul songs- the latter is a genuinly affecting ballad with a deeply emotional vocal. "Where There's Woman" is quiet and tension-filled, with a creeping guitar line and echoes of percussion. Album closer "Autumn's Child" manages to sound like both earnest, otherworldly baroque-psychedlia and some of Frank Zappa's spacier numbers.

Put simply, Safe as Milk is an astounding album, an odd and engaging joy from start to finnish. You can play it from now until the day yoou die, and still find something to love each time you hear it. If you like music that's both original and accessible, you can't go wrong with this. Hey, if you listen to it enough, you may even be ready to experiance Trout Mask Replica! But that's another story...

von van .......2007-01-10

Excelent disc. very singular because it combines notes of blues with classic rock mainly and the estridente sound of the first guitar. all it contributed to being a very singular sort. I am proud of this purchase.

great debut.......2007-01-10

Discovering beefheart thru his work with the great Frank Zappa I of course started with Trout Mask. Don't get me wrong that album is a great piece of avant garde music, however it is not easy to listen to. Safe as Milk is much more accessible, Beefheart's vocals are more rythmic, and the band is excellent. This is truely a hidden gem for people who like classic rock and are interested in something diffrent than radio heavy bands.

Abba Zabba ZOOOMMM!.......2006-02-09

It was 1969, and I was a mere 13 years old when my Stoner older brother age 23 laid this one on me. One listen to this Orgy for the ears, and every other rock and roll album of the day just seemed to pail in comparison. I was that Jaded! After about 30th time around the ZENITH Record Player, I began to wonder, what makes this so addicting? That's easy, there's really nothing like it! So, again and again it plays... It's that addicting. Ok, pass the hash pipe! Hell, you don't even need drugs, beefheart's music is a very satisfying trip in itself. It's like the whole high desert opened up and belched a genuine boanfide masterpiece. From Yellow Brick Road to Electricity, this is pure gold. This is essentially Don's first Album. There's something so whimsically wonderful about every track. That's rare. Every song is like an abstract painting. Each cut is as riveting as the next. I know, many of these masterful tunes have a standard beat! Of course the Captain's later efforts are just as interesting and even more original. But, this is the record to get first. It opens the door and guides the listener into what follows. Don Van Vliet is a true original, an American Blues Genius. If the Devil Played this album in Hell, Baby it really would make you want to go!

Best lesser known album from 1967.......2006-02-09

This is Captain Beefhearts first album, and without a doubt I would have to say this is the most amazing debut from any artist I have ever heard. I purchased Trout Mask Replica before this and was mildly impressed with its excentric, strange compositions. On Safe as Milk the songs are, well, more song driven witch gives its experiments more structure, and allows the same amount of both wierdness and rhapsody to inhabit the same space. There is to much to say about this album, buy it for yourself and you will realize.
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Average customer rating: Does it matter? The Captain's One Successful Sellout un lobo rabioso aullando cruda e incomprensible poesia A must have great wild bluesy experimental verbal goodness

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Tracks:

1. I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby
2. White Jam
3. Blabber 'n Smoke
4. When It Blows Its Stacks
5. Alice In Blunderland
6. The Spotlight Kid
7. Click Clack
8. Grow Fins
9. There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evenin' Stage
10. Glider
11. Low Yo Yo Stuff
12. Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man
13. Too Much Time
14. Circumstances
15. My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
16. Sun Zoom Spark
17. Clear Spot
18. Crazy Little Thing
19. Long Neck Bottles
20. Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
21. Big Eyed Beans from Venus
22. Golden Birdies

Amazon.com essential recording

In 1972 it probably seemed like the year belonged to a blues-tinged wall-of-sound rock band--maybe Deep Purple, who recorded Made in Japan that year--but from an aesthetic vantage, the blues-rock mantle has to go Captain Beefheart. In 1972 producer Ted Templeman took the controls for a pair of stunning Beefheart diamonds (in the rough of course), The Spotlight Kid and Clear Spot, both collected here in full on one CD. Beefheart's voice sounds rightly inimitable, growly and gruff and lyrically cryptic. For its part, the Magic Band is in top form as well, integrating marimba and an assortment of percussion into the slide guitar forestry. There's a distinct and good reason that the celebrated Beefheart box set of rarities is called Grow Fins: the tune, as it appears on this collection, is a classic terrain-defying testament of love as only Don Van Vliet (Beefheart) could provide, a surreal and funny little tune caught in a skein of rough-hewn music that's stood the test of time splendidly. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Does it matter?.......2007-01-11

Some albums/songs create a moment's transcendence in a life harried by the day to day. Some artists create a moment's identification between me and the music. And then there are the artists who have changed the way I think about the world. Don Van Vliet is of the second type in my ears. He opened my eyes to the golf ball around me and for that I am in his debt. And to the point, Clear Spot is the album that I think of when I think of the captain (not that I don't respect The Spotlight Kid). I haven't owned a copy since I was 17 and I can still hear the songs echoing through the canyons of my mind. I repurchased this combo a few months back and after all these years my memory only matches the music. How often can we say that?
In the 21st Century I listen to RadioHead or Mark Sandman (see ya on the flip side) or Tom Waits and I can hear Van Vliet in all of them. He is the musician's musician because, to me, he dared to walk out into the void and embrace what he found there. I am happy to blabber and smoke in his company.
If you like Captain Beefheart's peculiar distillation of life you will love this album.

The Captain's One Successful Sellout.......2007-01-08

Five stars reflects the bodacious Clear Spot, even if it is cobbled together with a rather mediocre Spotlight Kid.

Spotlight features the Captain's greatest Magic Band, just finishing touring what was arguably his finest achievement: Lick My Decals Off Baby (still out of circulation!). However, the Captain in desperate pursuit of commercial success now pushed the band hard ever increasing the cult-like discipline. The result was a fairly monolithic trad-blues product. Actually any one of the cuts off the Spotlight album are pretty good, but taken altogether, it's rather a drag.

The Magic Band was pretty well fed up by this point. Drumbo and Rocket Morton took off, moving Art Tripp to drums and recruiting Oregon (former Mother, later Little Feet) to bass, as well as Elliot Ingber. Zoot Horn Rollo and producer Ted Templeton basically through Don out of the control booth.

Suddenly the possibility of merging the Captain's dada sensibility with a fairly rocking production emerged. There was room for the intensely beautiful Her Eyes are a Blue Million Miles with the outrageous fun of Big Eyed Beans from Venus and Golden Birdies. (Webcor, Webcor!)

That his subsequent sell-outs were so pitiful has more to do with the loss of the rest of his band (after discovering he had dissed them out of their tour money) than any loss of his prodigious talent. His three last classic albums proved that.

But for those sonic adventurers rightly attracted to the great Captain's underground adventures, don't forget to check out his one legitimate shot at FM play (even if the industry proved too ignorant to actually play this stuff). It's a qualified hoot.

un lobo rabioso aullando cruda e incomprensible poesia.......2006-10-04

debe ser uno de los discos mas accesibles y geniales del capitan.....y aun asi no deja de ser personal y cautivante. lo escuchas y no podes dejar de imaginarte a howlin' wolf en sandalias, rodeado de caricaturas, pentagramas con 10 lineas y una banda de locos improvisando...cuanto blues y delirio rezuman estos 2 discos siamenses.....hazne un favor..escuchalo..no creo que el capitan te de otra oportunidad..no suele ser muy terrenal..............

A must have .......2006-09-26

This is unbelievably great. You get two of Captain Beefheart's masterpieces here; The Spotlight Kid and Clear Spot. Making this a double album which easily holds it's own with integrity next to any that have been released. It is just that strong. I have always been a fan of double albums and these two go together perfectly. Because they were actually conceived separately they are both strong and hold their own so putting them together is a Beefheart fan's dream come true. It is not Trout Mask Replica, which I adore, but some of the greatest blues you're likely to hear bar none. Everything about it is superb. If you are not completely insane you'll not hesitate to get this and you'll be glad you did. It is what blues aspires to be and a treasure that far too few will be fortunate enough to understand and appreciate.

great wild bluesy experimental verbal goodness.......2006-05-13

The Magic Band was at a high point (Though Zoot Horn Rollo says that they didnt' play that well on Spotlight Kid, he recommends Clear Spot) the guitars are groovin' the tracks are exciting and Beefheart's Howlin' Wolf-esque vocals are brilliant on this pair of records.

There are standout tracks all over this collection.
And for fun you can watch a couple of videos on Youtube.com of songs from this collection - Black Eyed Peas from Venus is one of them - great psychedelica - and I'm gonna Booglarize you - with the band bouncing and jamming like something put together by spike jonez.

anyway - you can't go wrong if you like rock, blues, or good guitar noise.

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