Speed of Sound [CD-single] [Import]

Product Description
UK digi-pack pressing of their first single from their 2005 album, 'X & Y'. The album version of the title track is scheduled to be b/w two non-album tracks, 'Things I Don't Understand' and 'Proof'. EMI. 2005.

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Speed of Sound [CD-single] [Import]

Average customer rating: Paul McCartney & Wings Patchy The bass player in this band is sick! The hipsters are finally coming around Digitally Remastered, not improved?

At The Speed Of Sound Paul McCartney , and Wings Manufacturer: EMI Int'l 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 Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Venus and Mars London Town Red Rose Speedway Back To The Egg Wild Life ASIN: B00000721C Release Date: 1993-06-08

Tracks:

1. Let 'Em In
2. Note You Never Wrote
3. She's My Baby
4. Beware My Love
5. Wino Junko
6. Silly Love Songs
7. Cook of the House
8. Time to Hide
9. Must Do Something About It
10. San Ferry Anne
11. Warm and Beautiful
12. Walking in the Park with Eloise [*] - Paul McCartney, Wings
13. Bridge on the River Suite [*] - Paul McCartney, Wings
14. Sally G [*]

Album Description

Digitally remastered reissue of their hit 1976 album, which spent seven consecutive weeks at #1! Features the #1 smash 'Silly Love Songs' and the #3 'Let 'Em In', plus three bonustracks: 'Walking In The Park With Eloise', 'Bridge On The River Suite' and 'Sally G'. 14 tracks total. 1993 EMI release. The original album was released on EMI/ Parlophone.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Version of the Wings Album that Includes Let Em in / Beware My Love / Silly Love Songs with Three Added Tracks: Walking in the Park with Eloise / Bridge on the River Suite / Sally G. the First Two of Those Tracks Were Performed By.

Customer Reviews:

Paul McCartney & Wings.......2007-07-18

I owned this record as a teenager and haven't heard it in a long time. It was like becoming reacquainted with an old friend. Hadn't heard a lot of these songs in years. Brought back a lot of memories. I think this is the only album where the members of WINGS actually sing lead vocals. I enjoy the diversity.

Patchy.......2006-10-07

As with many Macca albums, this is patchy. There are fantastic songs, such as 'warm and beautiful', a gorgeous piano ballad. 'Let em in' is just genius. Catchy and original. 'Silly love songs' has received much flack, but is a clever soft rock song, with a great driving bass line. 'Beware my love' is the only rock song on here. It is very good, except Linda is doing out of tune harmony vocals, that really take away from the main melody. Linda also sings lead on 'cook of the house', and this has to be the most dire recording in the Macca catalogue. She is out of tune, the melody is non existent and the lyrics are awful. I also find Denny's 'Time to hide' tuneless and boring. It is a hit and miss album.

The bass player in this band is sick!.......2005-12-18

1976's "Wings at the Speed of Sound" displays a McCartney who is experimenting with new sounds as he always had; in this case, one of the new sounds is disco. The fact that there is virtually no hard rock pretense on this album rubbed a lot of narrow minded rock critics the wrong way. These are the sort of people who don't find any value in a Burt Bacharach composition. Even the rocking "Beware My Love" is more a rock/disco hybrid; sort of Paul's punchy answer to Donna Summer's "Could It Be Magic". The pop side of McCartney was just as honest a part of him as the rock side. And "Speed of Sound" is far more honest in its disco influence than any of the songs rock acts put out post-Saturday Night Fever, in which they threw on generic disco bass just to score a quick hit. Every bass line on this album is pure McCartney, which brings us to "Silly Love Songs". The one thing that everyone compliments "Silly Love Songs" on is Paul's superb and funky bass-line. Yet, so many critics want to still dismiss the song. It goes to show you, how underappreciated bass is as an instrument. The bass is the driving instrument here; it's the main hook. Saying you like the bass on "Silly Love Songs" but not the song is like saying you like the guitar on "Foxy Lady" but not the song. And I think it's more disingenuous of an artist to embellish a mid-tempo rock song with a timely bass-line (like The Stones did with "Miss You", when they clearly didn't dig disco), than a musically eclectic artist like Paul McCartney, who whole-heartedly embraces the many aspects of the music while gifting it with individualistic touches. Paul experimented with disco bass and took it to a new place; he had already created the standard disco bass-line back on "1985" (the last track on "Band on the Run"). That song was released in 1973, before anyone even heard of disco, yet Paul is already groovin' to that beat. Paul plays up the funky side of his bass playing throughout "Speed of Sound". Even a bit in his song writing; "She's My Baby" sounds like the kind of easy-funk Stevie Wonder knocked out. And what's wrong with Linda's vocals on "Cook of the House"? It's just a fun novelty song and her singing suits it. If she was the keyboardist in some punk or indi-rock band, no one would complain about her limited range. And yes, this is the Wings' album that has a lot of songs from the other Wings guys. But don't believe the hype; they're not the best songs, but neither are they crap. All the songs are pretty tuneful. "The Note You Never Wrote" (sung by Denny Laine, but written by McCartney) is especially nice with a stark and moving production. "Wings at the Speed of Sound" isn't going to rock your world; it's just an enjoyable, top-notch, musically impressive pop record. And what's wrong with that?

The hipsters are finally coming around.......2005-12-11

(3 1/2 stars of 5)

For years I have heard/been told to avoid AT THE SPEED OF SOUND, because, afterall, McCartney actually 'allowed' the other members of Wings proper to have space on the album. I'm kicking myself for being so easily duped by those supposedly 'in the know.'

First and foremost, this is not a McCartney masterpiece, like RAM is, or BAND ON THE RUN, or FLOWERS IN THE DIRT, or McCARTNEY, or CHAOS AND CREATION IN THE BACKYARD or VENUS AND MARS. No, the lyrics are not as relevant as those aforementioned albums, and yes, other members of Wings get the spotlight, but in the end, AT THE SPEED OF SOUND is thoroughly enjoyable taken on its own merits.

There are several hidden and long lost McCartney gems found here. It's a sin that the absolutely rocking, throaty and gutsy "Beware My Love" has been forgotten by Paul when it comes time for things like the WINGSPAN album, which looks back at old career highlights. "Warm and Beautiful" is a melancholy McCartney ballad that ranks up there with his best '70s work, and I defy anyway to not listen to "She's My Baby" and not have it in your head for the next week or so.

Elsewhere, I really enjoyed the contributions of the other Wings members. Linda McCartney is quite enjoyable on the appealing "Cook of the House," where you can tell that Paul is playing upright bass. Take it for what it's meant to be, and it's great. Longtime Wings member Denny Laine shines here too, on the rocker "Time to Hide" and McCartney's own "The Note You Never Wrote", both of which I play just as much as the McCartney-sung tracks found on this album. Drummer Joe English surprisingly shows he's the second best singer in Wings with the very cool "Must Do Something About It" (also written by Paul), and Jimmy McCulloch contributes the airy and still fresh sounding "Wino Junko."

After all the years of being told to avoid this album, I should have looked at the facts. It was a #1 album for a very long time in 1976, sold loads of copies, and had two huge #1 singles in "Silly Love Songs" and "Let 'Em In." Only recently have I really appreciated the value of these two singles in the McCartney cannon. The latter song is just really cool---sublime and addictive in its presentation. And Paul's right...what exactly is wrong with a silly love song or two? "Silly Love Songs" is great based on the fact alone that it's Paul shouting out a big "F... you" to the critics (not literally, but you know what I mean.) I'll say this---these two singles hold up way better than anything John Lennon did after the IMAGINE album, and I go back to this Wings album more than, say, John's WALLS AND BRIDGES. So yeah, it's nice to see (from reading articles on the internet and overall chatter amongst those rediscovering the solo work of the individual Beatles) that the so-called hipsters are finally coming around to this album and some other forgotten McCartney works (like RED ROSE SPEEDWAY, which I just rediscovered myself).

Taken on its own merits, AT THE SPEED OF SOUND is highly enjoyable and well worth the money. Another highlight is the fact that Paul's awesome bass work is mixed pretty well up to the front on these tracks, and it really adds to the overall punch of the album. Bonus track "Sally G" (the b-side to the hit Wings single "Junior's Farm") is yet another long lost McCartney classic, increasing the value of this purchase.

Digitally Remastered, not improved?.......2005-10-21

For some reason, most of the 1970-1990 McCartney/Wings catalogue is now available in two versions: the Capitol CDs and the British remastered "McCartney Collection".

The British CD's offer, in many cases, more bonus tracks than the Capitol CD's, on this release they are the same though. Why not include Junior's Farm???

The remastering of the British series is, to my ears, NOT a bonus. The signal has been compressed in such a way, that the average level is louder than on the Capitol CD's, although the peaks are not. The balance has changed: low frequencies have been boosted, resulting in a somewhat muddy sound and a less focused midrange. This has also affected the stereo image. To me, the Capitol CDs are sonically superior and closer to the original LPs.

I found the remastered sound a disappointment, not doing justice to the obvious care that went into the original production!

Average customer rating: this is worth it It may not play how often people change, no two remain the same, why things don't always turn as you plan Download it instead Really Torked it's Copy Protected

Speed of Sound Coldplay Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | CD Singles | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Fix You Yellow Talk X&Y Clocks ASIN: B000983WK8 Release Date: 2005-05-30

Tracks:

1. Speed Of Sound
2. Things I Don't Understand
3. Proof

Album Description

UK digi-pack pressing of their first single from their 2005 album, 'X & Y'. The album version of the title track is scheduled to be b/w two non-album tracks, 'Things I Don't Understand' and 'Proof'. EMI. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

this is worth it.......2006-04-27

'Speed of Sound' isn't that stupendous a song. 'Clocks' is way better and I don't think another song could top that from Coldplay. 'Speed of Sound' is pretty much based on the concept of 'Clocks' - something fast, with lots of synths, and a repititive drum loop. This time they used more guitars and tried to make it more melodic, which definitely worked for the masses, but it didn't for me.

It's not a terribly bad song, but it just was trying too hard, and it unfortunately didn't work.

But listen to 'Things I Don't Understand'. This track is gorgeous. I mean, THIS TRACK IS GORGEOUS!!

I had no idea Coldplay would come up with a song like this. It's easily one of my favorite tracks by Coldplay and I don't get why it's not on X&Y. X&Y has too many songs on it that are just mediocre. 'Things I Don't Understand' is honest, crafty and most of all, groundbreaking.

For another b-side that is just as good, listen to 'World Turned Upside Down', which you can find on the single for 'Fix You'.

Yes, Coldplay is an exceptional B-side band.

Oh, I forgot 'Proof'. This song is okay. The guitars here are nice, and the whole idea of the song being sparse instrumentally is a great asset. Chris' singing on this is pretty bad though. I was surprised that he wasn't really putting effort to control his voice from breaking in the song.

I hope Coldplay releases a B-side album one day. But this is great for now.

It may not play.......2006-01-01

I bought the CD, but unfortunately it will not play on my house player - due to the copy protection format being used. BE AWARE - you may not be able to play this cd. IF you play it on your PC, disable autorun first or it will attempt to install copy protection software on your pc.

how often people change, no two remain the same, why things don't always turn as you plan.......2005-08-20

this is strange; Things i don't understand, a b-side to Speed of Sound... i think it should at least have made the album cut...this song blows away a lot of the songs on the album...

Download it instead.......2005-08-20

Things I Don't Understand and Proof are great songs, but as people have mentioned before, it's copy-protected, so you can't burn it to your own mix. However, you can download it instead. That way, you can burn it like anything else. It's hard to find a site that has a complete enough collection to have more than just LPs. [...]

Really Torked it's Copy Protected.......2005-08-14

There are zillions of people out there like me who don't upload songs on peer sites for stealing. But we do like to Rip them for addition to a mix disc ... in my case, for the car. So instead of listening to the new B sides on this disc a thousand times, I will listen to them zero and be ticked at Coldplay forever.

Average customer rating: New singer, same results, great album! The best of the Bush era the music itself was good Anthrax Reborn John Bushs' debut slab with the 'thrax

Sound of White Noise Anthrax Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rap Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Persistence of Time Stomp 442 State of Euphoria Spreading the Disease Stomp 442 ASIN: B000002HC3 Release Date: 1993-05-25

Tracks:

1. Potters Field
2. Only
3. Room For One More
4. Packaged Rebellion
5. Hy Pro Glo
6. Invisible
7. 1000 Points Of Hate
8. Black Lodge
9. C11 H17 N2 O2 S Na
10. Burst
11. This Is Not An Exit

Album Details

Japanese Re-release featuring Four Bonus Tracks: Noise Gate, Cowboy Song, Auf Viderzen, and Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun.

Customer Reviews:

New singer, same results, great album!.......2007-05-24

Anthrax, along with Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth were the 4 bands that converted me into a metalhead in the 80's. They always seemed to produce consistent headbanging material. However, I was a little concerned that this consistency would be broken when I heard that John Bush would be replacing Joey Belladonna at lead vocals for the 1993 release "The Sound of White Noise." Once I heard the album, I was concerned no more.

Believe it or not, I instantly preferred Bush's vocals. Every album that Joey appeared on was solid and consistent and followed the basic headbanging formula. Not that this is a bad thing, but Anthrax never really seemed to stray too far from the norm. John Bush brought a level of maturity with him and "The Sound of White Noise" became their most mature album up to that point.

With this album, Anthrax dared to challenge themselves with more complex song arrangements, much deeper melodies, and more thought provoking lyrics. It's almost as though Joey was holding them back from expanding out of the thrash box that they were in. Bush's vocals are tremendous and allow for more powerful choruses and hook lines. Each song is as memorable as the next with plenty of headbanging material to go around. However, songs like Packaged Rebellion and Black Lodge are unlike any previous Anthrax songs, but are just as great. Other high points are Potter's Field, Hy Pro Glo, Invisible, and Room For One More.

Do I think this is the best Anthrax album? It depends on my mood. If I'm looking for straight up headbanging with killer riffs and pounding drums, I prefer Among The Living. If I'm looking for the entire package, The Sound of White Noise satisfies all of my metal cravings.

As with any review, these are my opinions and not everybody will agree with them which is what makes these reviews so much fun. Enjoy!

The best of the Bush era.......2007-04-29

Anthrax fans can be lumpers or splitters; splitters consider there to be four anthraxes, lumpers only one. I tend to think of two Anthraxes; a Belldonna Anthrax and a Bush Anthrax. "Sound" is the first album of the Bush reign. Bush's voice is much deeper than Belladonna's, one of the reasons that I think of two separate Anthraxes. The writing of "SOWN" accommodates that difference well.

Many believe that John Bush's voice forced the band to take a more mature approach to their music, eliminating comic books, Stephen King and Mythology as their muses. However, a relisten to P"ersistence of Time" will show anyone that the boys were already headed in that direction. "POT" and "SOWN" actually transition well together because of this. In fact, C11H17N2Na02S (the chemical formula for sodium penthanol, a.k.a. truth serum) sounds like a leftover from "Persistence", and one could easily imagine Joey singing the song. Both albums veer away from the high-pitched speed riffs of the earlier albums and emphasize the rhythm section (Charlie and Frankie).

While I will not speculate as to whether I like Belladonna or Bush better, I will say that this is the best effort of the Bush Anthrax. Most metal fans will have heard the "hits": "Black Lodge", "Only" and "Room for One More", but "Hy Pro Glo", "Potter's Field" and "1000 Points of Hate" are just as strong. Music fans wishing to explore Anthrax should start with "Among the Living", still the best `thrax album, and "Sound" and compare the two lead singers themselves. Luckily, the greatest back-up singer in history, Scott Ian, is a constant on both!

the music itself was good.......2007-04-15

i really licked the music on this album, but i wish they would go back and remaster it though. the sound quality on this album sucked big time. there is alot of distortion that can't be fine tuned out on any stereo system.

Anthrax Reborn.......2007-04-14

Originally released in 1993, Sound of White Noise was the debut album of "the Bush era". I was always aware of Anthrax growing up, but aside from their goofball "I'm the Man" single, the band never really made much of an impact on me until they replaced vocalist Joey Belladonna with Armored Saint's John Bush. Bush's energetic and intense yet still melodic vocal style just seemed like such a better fit for Anthrax's brand of thrash, and I still view that lineup's debut - 1993's Sound of White Noise - as the best Anthrax album ever.

Sound of White Noise is a tour de force performance by a band that obviously felt they had something to prove after the loss of long-time vocalist Joey Belladonna. John Bush brought an incredible energy to the band, resulting in one of the most high octane metal albums I've ever heard. When I first saw the video for "Only" my jaw hit the floor and I remember thinking "THIS is Anthrax?" I bought the album the next day and was amazed at how track by track it just seemed to get better and better, from the melodic "Only" to the ultra-aggressive "Packaged Rebellion", "Burst" and "Hy Pro Glo" to the downright haunting "Black Lodge". There are no weak tracks on this album at all. It's rare that an album has this kind of heart attack impact on me, but Sound of White Noise definitely made an immediate impression. To me, this will always be the definitive Anthrax album.

John Bushs' debut slab with the 'thrax.......2007-04-04

The excitement of a new singer copules with the fact that it was released at the height of the grunge revolution put this album on the radar screens of many metal heads. Just what would it sound like?

IMHO;

This is an Anthrax stripped of much of their likeability. From the packaging to the generic feel to the albums tunes this is an Anthrax taking the opportunity to divest themselves of the hysterical delivery style of the Belladonna years. And John Bush rocks. What a voice, what a down to earth way of vocalising these metal musings.

That's not to say I like the end result. And I don't. Which I realise puts me out of synch with accepted wisdom on this album which was seen as a rebirth. Well it was, but not into something to my taste. John Bush yes. But the overheavy tunes, well no thanks. Right from the opener of Potters Field this album just doesn't gel with me. To my ears it feels like the band were trying to come to terms with the new vocal style they were writing for.

But don't take my word for it, read some other reviews before blowing your cash. After all I didn't hear this until after hearing the second Bush era release Stomp 442. Which was awesome. So going in reverse order to this perhaps explains my being underwhelmed by this critically adored, hard and heavy offering.

Average customer rating: Ronnie was the best... Futuristic Guitar Mind Exploration Ronnie at his best. A Great Instrumental Guitar Rock Album Kick Ass Ronnie Montrose

The Speed of Sound Ronnie Montrose Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Territory Gamma 1 Gamma 2 Gamma 4 Gamma 3 ASIN: B0009Y26IG Release Date: 2005-08-02

Tracks:

1. Mach 1
2. Black Box
3. Hyper-Thrust
4. Monolith
5. Zero G
6. Telstar
7. Sidewinder
8. Windshear
9. VTOL
10. Outer Marker Inbound

Customer Reviews:

Ronnie was the best..........2007-01-22

This is just one of his incredible solo albums... Though, I like just the plain "Montrose" albums more, this is just as sweet as every other one... I highly recommend this to every fan...

Futuristic Guitar Mind Exploration.......2006-11-26

Awesome! This album is finally available again! I remember wearing this cassette out in my car back in the day- at the time I was a huge fan of instrumental guitar albums after hearing the mighty Joe Satriani, and had also picked up most of the Shrapnel records solo artists. This one was so different, original, and compelling, and remains so to this day.

While certainly full of amazing, incendiary guitar solos, what really captured my imagination is the enigmatic "space-rock" feel of this album- from the song titles ("Telstar", "Monolith") to the near-ambient, futuristic and mysterious vibe of the compositions, this is really a standout instrumental album in the genre, finally in print again. Ronnie Montrose' tone and phrasing as a soloist are phenomenal- it feels like a hybrid of the Gilmour-esque spacey feeling-oriented rock fused with a forward-thinking approach far ahead of it's time....recommended!

Ronnie at his best........2006-03-10

One of the most creative instrumental guitar albums I have heard. One of Ronnie's best. I was a big fan of the Gamma albums featuring Ronnie, and my favorite was Gamma 3. Though this is instrumental and Gamma has vocals both are classic. I also recommend Territory (though it is not as strong of an album) The Diva Station (currently out of print) and Anti-m Positively Negative -remastered (Ronnie plays on a handful of tracks but the song Security rocks). And visit Ronnies Website RonnieMontrose.com and get on his email list.

A Great Instrumental Guitar Rock Album.......2006-02-15

This cd was better than I expected to be. I remember when this came out in 1988,but I didn't buy until now when it came out in 2005 on the Wounded Bird label.The guitar work by Ronnie Montrose is excellent with great solos and guitar riffs. The music is a great blend of guitar driven instrumental rock with synthesizers with solid bass and drumming. There weren't any hits off this cd,but who cares? I like this better than the work Ronnie did with Gamma. Who needs vocals when you can play the guitar like Montrose does.

Kick Ass Ronnie Montrose.......2006-02-14

Exceptional, jammin' guitar virtuosity. I loved the techno/outer-space/mach-3 feel of this album, and hope Ronnie puts out more like this album.

All the songs are terrific, and will be great additions to your life.

Average customer rating: It's no Barbed Wire Kisses, but a serviceable B-sides collection nonetheless Very good taste More of the same, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. My first and favourite JAMC cd A SLICE OF HEAVEN

The Sound of Speed The Jesus and Mary Chain Manufacturer: Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Barbed Wire Kisses Honey's Dead Hate Rock 'N' Roll Live in Concert Darklands ASIN: B00000AORX Release Date: 1993-08-16

Tracks:

1. Snakedriver
2. Reverence [Radio Mix]
3. Heat
4. Teenage Lust [Acoustic Version]
5. Why'd You Want Me
6. Don't Come Down
7. Guitarman
8. Something I Can't Have
9. Sometimes
10. Write Record Release Blues
11. Shimmer
12. Penetration
13. My Girl
14. Tower of Song
15. Little Red Rooster
16. Break Me Down
17. Lowlife
18. Deviant Slice
19. Reverberation
20. Sidewalking [Extended Version]

Album Details

B-Sides & Rarities.

Customer Reviews:

It's no Barbed Wire Kisses, but a serviceable B-sides collection nonetheless .......2005-07-23

If you are a fan of the Mary Chain, and still sitting on the fence about buying this record, let me assure you- the extended remix of 'Sidewalking' is not only worth the price of the disc, it may be the finest piece of music (or noise) ever recorded by JAMC. The rest of the album is hit or miss by Mary Chain standards, and certainly not the tour de force of Barbed Wire Kisses (the only B-sides collection, aside from the new Nick Cave compilation, to actually equal or surpass many of the band's regular LPs). That being said, a hit or miss record by the Mary Chain is head and shoulders better than most platinum selling pop records of the past 15 years. Whereas the witty cynicism of a song like 'Write, Record, Release Blues' is not lost on me, that doesn't make up for the fact that it is still a basically boring tune, but then you run into unabashed genius in the likes of 'Penetration,' 'Snakedriver,' or the ever-creepy, yet always appealing 'Teenage Lust.' Right about then, you remember why great bands like the Pixies were looking up to the Reid brothers back in the late 80's, and you walk away smiling because you still dig Leonard Cohen, so the arthritic humor of 'Tower of Song' suddenly seems alot funnier than it did when you were sixteen. After all of that, you probably owe it to yourself to buy the record, but you certainly owe it to the brothers Reid, for all they did to save your teenage soul.

Very good taste.......2002-06-03

This is the best record from Jesus&Mary Chain. It shows their electric and acoustic kind of sounds in the start of their career. An excelent collection of rarities and b-sides.
Great piece of Non-Mainstream Rock.

More of the same, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it........2000-04-18

The Jesus and Mary Chain (JMC) is one of truly great unappreciated bands. This album strikes me as something for the real fans only--I don't think this one will appeal to the masses. There's a blistering extended version of Reverence near the begining of the album, which by itself would have been enough for me to buy this album. There's several other bright spots--"Something I Can't Have" is reminiscent (but still distinct) of "Tumbeldown". JMC does good remakes of "Tower of Song" and "Guitarman," but their remake of "My Girl" is a little too strange for even diehard fans like myself. If you like JMC, buy this album. If you don't know JMC, start with "Honey's Dead," "Automatic," or "Stoned and Dethroned" before you buy this one.

My first and favourite JAMC cd.......2000-04-18

This was the best music I had ever heard and I still love to listen to all these songs day by day through years and decades. Well, I'm glad to say I have turned to be JAMC fan with many other albums they scored.

A SLICE OF HEAVEN.......2000-01-25

IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WHEN YOUR FAVORITE BAND THROWS SOMETHING AT YOU SO PERFECT YOU FIND THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN ABSORB IT ALL IN A FEW LISTENS.NOT ONLY ARE THE LYRICS EXPOSING AS TO HOW THE REID BROTHERS HAVE BEEN SPENDING THEIR SPARE TIME,BUT THE MOOD SWINGS BETWEEN "SOMETIMES" (MY PERSONAL FAVORITE) AND "DON'T COME DOWN" ARE DELIGHTFULLY FULLFILLING.FROM "PSYCHOCANDY" TO "MUNKI" THIS ONE IS TRULY A COLLECTORS DREAM.

Average customer rating: Many tiny explosions between your ears Absolutely essential diverging opinions Even one star is too much -- DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE Radiostaticstoponastationalready

Plunderphonics 69/96 Plunderphonics Manufacturer: Seeland Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Heavy Metal | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Plexure The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol. 1 If... (Criterion Collection) ASIN: B00005AVLZ Release Date: 2001-05-29

Tracks:

1. BTLS
2. Power
3. O'Hell
4. 2net
5. Anon
6. Vane
7. Mother
8. Z
9. Angle
10. Way
11. Sfield
12. Ebb
13. Madmod
14. Brazillianaires Theme
15. Bday
16. Philosophy
17. Cuss
18. Explo
19. Sonic Euthanasia
20. Cyfer
21. Pretender
22. Don't
23. White
24. Black
25. Brown
26. Dab
27. Case of Death
28. Fabulous

Tracks:

1. Case of Death, Pt. 2, Chapter 1-6
2. Andy [Dang Fishy Rift]
3. X24
4. Net
5. Birth1
6. Mist
7. Barely
8. Birth2
9. Prelude
10. Mach
11. Barelys
12. Barelys
13. Barelys
14. Barelys
15. Birth3
16. Rose
17. Ten4gv
18. Debizet
19. Pocket
20. Tune
21. Fold
22. Mirror
23. Dwig
24. 7th
25. Lune
26. Aria
27. Spring
28. Discorite
29. Lovedrops
30. Vand
31. Preliu
32. Para D
33. Rainbow
34. 1001

Customer Reviews:

Many tiny explosions between your ears.......2004-11-28

Go ahead, life is short, buy it. Also buy "Grayfolded", which I have never gotten tired of after dozens (okay, maybe not a lot of dozens) of listens.

Absolutely essential.......2004-06-28

69/96 is perhaps the definitive set of John Oswald's experimental Plunderphonics, a two-disc retrospective covering most of his most famous and often brilliant work, from the entireity of the ultra rare Electrax (or Rubiyat, as Electra renamed it) EP to selections from Plexure, Grayfolded, the original (and highly illegal) Plunderphonics CD, and Discosphere.

For the uninformed, Plunderphonics is sampling taken to the next level, songs manipulated, sometimes beyond recognition and often to completely alter their meaning. Just to briefly list some of the tracks on this album would be difficult. There's Chuck Berry songs compressed down to 10 seconds or less (the Barely tracks), Dolly Parton singing a duet with a slowed-down version of herself (Pretender), the Kronos Quartet compared and contrasted with a generic heavy metal band (Mach), a mashup of the Carly Simon and Faster Pussycat renditions of "Vain" (Vane), a marathon of different singers and their renditions of the Phil Spector song "Ebb Tide" (Ebb), and many many more. It's extremely hard to describe half of these songs without making them sound like less than they are. It's popular music completely mutated into something completely above and beyond most anything pop music has to offer, and some of the tracks showcased were even ahead of their time (such as "Power," a combination of Led Zeppelin riffs and televangical ranting that could almost count as one of the first rap songs).

Augmenting the 62 tracks found in this collection is a comprehensive interview with John Oswald that gives key insight into most of the tracks on the discs: how they were made, what they were made for, the history of Plunderphonics, and much much more. Almost no stone is unturned, and some of the songs he mentions in passing that didn't make the cut for this set also serve to pique one's interest. Maybe another Plunderphonics box set will eventually see the light of day if we're lucky.

All told, this is an extremely well done and exceptionally brilliant package, and should be essential for fans of experimental music or to those who would like to know exactly what sort of possibilities sampling can hold as a medium in and of itself. I'd recommend getting this as soon as you can. While the copyright lawyers haven't made a fuss over this album yet, who knows when they might.

diverging opinions.......2004-06-21

I've found that, every time I find something that I personally find to be absolutely wonderful, some other people will agree with me, but there are quite likely just as many people who have exactly the opposite opinion. When Smooth Earl (whose opinion you will find immediately below) says "I was doing stuff like that on my tape recorder back in '83 when I was in 4th grade, and I did a better job than this guy", it reminds me all those people who say their dog could make a better painting than Jackson Pollock (or Pablo Picasso).
In some cases these people really can't see the difference between a smudge and a Pollock. That's OK. Perhaps to Smooth Earl the entire oeuvre of John Oswald really does sound like something he did in the 4th grade (when are you going to release your album Earl, so we can compare?).
Poor hearing-deprived man, but still, everyone is entitled to have their opinion.
What I object to is Earl saying, "You will be severely disappointed just like me." What a stupid, narrow-minded statement. I obviously don't share your opinion Earl, and there others who don't think like you do - please check out the reviews at the bottom of the page.
I wish that there were listening samples for each of the 60 tracks in this box set, because, like it or not, there is undeniably more variety in this package than in any other musical offering I can think of. Sure there probably is something here for everyone to dislike, but for anyone with open ears, and a desire for surprises, this is a cornucopia of all kinds of music; each kind presented in a new way, sometimes subtly and sometimes brutally.
I suspect that neither Smooth Earl or "a music fan" listened any further than the first couple of tracks, because when they make their analogies to changing radio stations every two seconds they obviously haven't listened to Rainbow, which is an elegiac, glistening shifting of perfectly consonant chords played by the 101 String Orchestra like one big wave; or PreLieu where a live string quartet plays a sinuous, sensual variation of one of Beethoven's prettiest tunes; or Anon which is a chorus of the beautiful voice of Tim Buckley.
And then there is the fast-paced stuff. Perhaps Smooth Earl could edit in the 4th grade as well as Oswald, but I've never heard anyone who can dice and splice as intricately and precisely as can be found in any number of the cuts on Plunderphonic.
In addition to getting a lot of music in this box set, one will also discover a treasure chest of detailed notes (in the 40,000 word interview Oswald sometimes speaks as acrobatically as he composes) and a lot of often very funny visuals which are another way to get an idea of what the music is like. For example, look at the cover collage above: a group photo of U2 has been transformed into a band of Frankensteins, in which David Bowie and Barbra Streisand, or Boy George and Billy Gibbons get grafted into one person.
Oswald suggests that Power (composed in 1975) is perhaps the first Rap song. It was created independent of the concurrent experiments of Afrika Bambaataa and crew, predates Byrne and Eno's similar experiments by 5 years, and in its use of Led Zepplin riffs it predates the Beastie Boys by a decade. One of the reasons some of this music sounds so unusual is that it was created so much ahead of its time. It's kind of like the case of Trout Mask Replica (which also gets transformed by Oswald).
Unlike other commentators I won't presume to say whether you should get this set or not. But I think that any listener whose range of listening interests can go from Stravinsky to Metallica to Public Enemy might be intrigued. Or any one who wants to hear an Agatha Christie story as if it was transformed by James Joyce... or Dolly Parton slowly turn into a man... or Bill Frisell playing with Elvis Presley... Debussy sung by a bird... an almost brand new Doors song ... Anton Webern and the Beach Boys ... Fine Young Cannibals with Annie Lennox (ten years before mash-ups)... a cubist Count Basie... Madonna granulated... it's all here.

Even one star is too much -- DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE.......2002-04-19

Yeah, I heard about this "Plunderphonics" thing in SPIN and ROlling Stone, and they went on and on about how "essential" and "awesome" it was. Then I thought this guy in the review right before mine was just being a "hater" or whatever, but DANG if he wasn't right!

I'm a fan of remixes and samples of sorts, so this compilation piqued my curiosity, but ... I should've saved my money. Yeah, sure, you'll recognize a snippet here and there of a song or a popular artist's voice, but it's so choppy ... and there's no "flow" to it ... it is not music of any kind, just irritating noise. Just like the other guy said, it's like some lil' kid won't quit playing with the radio so it skips to every other station every 2 seconds. Heck, I was doing stuff like that on my tape recorder back in '83 when I was in 4th grade, and I did a better job than this guy.

If you have been wanting to buy this compilation, do yourself a favor: close your eyes, take a deep breath, open your eyes, and LET IT GO. You will be severely disappointed just like me.

Radiostaticstoponastationalready.......2002-03-10

This is probably one of the most annoying compilations I have acquired. While intriguing as a concept, this "music of the last fifty years in a blender" approach comes off as rather grating. A bit like someone constantly changing the radio station without stopping.

Average customer rating: excellent but uncomplete To call it music may be a bit limiting. A worthwhile collection OhMyGodHowDreadful Kid Stockhausen

OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music Various Artists Manufacturer: Ellipsis Arts ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Cage, John | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Messiaen | Messiaen, Olivier | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Reich, Steve | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Riley, Terry | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Stockhausen, Karlheinz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer General | Classical | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Minimal Techno | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Box Sets | Stores | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music, Vol. 3: 1952-2004 Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music Roxy Music A Decade of Hits Welcome to Our World ASIN: B00004T0FZ Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

1. Valse Sentimentale - Clara Rockmore
2. Oraison - Ens D'Ondes De Montreal
3. Etude Aux Chemins De Fer - Pierre Schaeffer
4. Williams Mix - John Cage
5. Klangstudie II - Herbert Eimert/Robert Beyer
6. Low Speed - Otto Luening
7. Dripsody - Hugh Le Caine
8. Forbidden Planet: Main Title - Louis Barron/Bebe Barron
9. Elektronische Tanzste: Concertando Rubato - Oskar Sala
10. Poem Electronique - Edgard Varese
11. Sine Music (A Swarm Of Butterflies Encountered Over The Ocean) - Richard Maxfield
12. Apocalypse-Part 2 - Tod Dockstader
13. Kontakte - James Tenney/William Winant
14. Wireless Fant - Vladimir Ussachevsky
15. Philomel - Milton Babbitt
16. Spacecraft - MEV

Tracks:

1. Cindy Electronium - Raymond Scott
2. Pendulum Music - Sonic Youth
3. Bye Bye Butterfly - Pauline Oliveros
4. Projection Esemplastic For White Noise - Joji Yuasa
5. Silver Apples Of The Moon, Part 1 - Morton Subotnick
6. Rainforest Version 1 - David Tudor
7. Poppy Nogood - Terry Riley
8. Boat-Woman-Song - Holger Czukay
9. Music Promenade - Luc Ferrari
10. Vibrations Composees: Rosace 3 - Francois Bayle
11. Mutations - Jean-Claude Risset
12. Hibiki-Hana-Ma - Iannis Xenakis
13. Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals: Drift Study '31/69 c.... - La Monte Young

Tracks:

1. He Destroyed Her Image - Charles Dodge
2. Six Fants On A Poem By Thomas Campion: Her Song - Paul Lansky
3. Appalachian Grove - Laurie Spiegel
4. En Phase/Hors Phase - Bernard Parmegiani
5. On The Other Ocean - David Behrman
6. Stria - John Chowning
7. Living Sound, Patent Pending Music For Sound-Joined Rooms Series - Maryanne Amacher
8. Automatic Writing - Robert Ashley
9. Canti Illuminati - Alvin Curran
10. Music On A Long Thin Wire - Alvin Lucier
11. Melange - Klaus Schulze
12. Before And After Charm (La Notte) - Jon Hassell
13. Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills) - Brian Eno

Amazon.com

Opening with Clara Rockmore's reworking of Tchaikovsky with the theremin, and finishing with one of Brian Eno's ambient soundscapes, OHM artfully succeeds in its goal of giving a representative (as opposed to the impossible, comprehensive) overview of the first several decades of electronic music. Over 3 discs, 42 compositions, and 96 pages of notes and photos, OHM clearly illustrates the producers' and contributing writers' point that early electronic music is much of the foundation of contemporary music. Herein lies the connective tissue bridging musique concrète, 20th-century classical, electronic experimentation, and the theoretical avant-garde to psychedelia, ambient, dub, techno, electro, and synthpop and the globalization of sound. The groundbreaking uses of loops, sampling, drones, remixes, and cut-and-paste technology are put fully into context. The diversity of music included makes any sort of summation impossible, but that is also the point: electronic music is not really a genre, but an open field of endless possibility. From John Cage's famous "William's Mix" of tape snippets to Karkheinz Stockhausen's electronic orchestral compositions, from David Tudor and Holger Czukay's experiments in unrelated blendings of audio elements to David Behrman's supremely peaceful duet between computers and musicians, the aural renegades on OHM tread where none (save a few of their contemporaries) had gone before. The liner notes convey the incredible amount of hard work and experimentation it took to stitch together many of these pieces in the predigital era. Putting aside the inevitable quibbles about what's missing (much of it due to legal and/or logistical issues), a more complete collection of musical eggheads, eccentrics, and visionaries is hard to imagine. --Carl Hanni

Customer Reviews:

excellent but uncomplete.......2006-11-12

Althought most of the music here is an excellent collection of electronic music history, this 3 CDs lack of the important contribution given by the RAI phonology studios of Milan, Italy in the 50s
(which was bigger than Koln's WDR studios) with Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio and Luigi Nono.
This is a big mistake. Milans studios were the biggest of europe and produced many important electroacoustic pieces.
If the collection aim to describe faithfully electronic music history, it should include this artists too.

To call it music may be a bit limiting. .......2006-10-24

Some of the tracks on here are "music". That is that they contain all the bits we're trained to experience as music -- melody, etc. Some are not, and the composers would be the first people to tell you that. A lot of these works are reactions to ingrained rules, so they're bound to be jarring.

A more successful way to approach such a broad and varied collection of audio experimentation is to think of it as curated sound. This isn't something to wash the dishes to, or to seduce someone to (although if you did manage to seduce someone with the recordings on this anthology, HOLD ON TO THAT PERSON, because they've got to be a keeper). These are unique sound textures that deserve a close, probably solitary listen, and I think if you're in the right frame of mind, it can be a very rewarding listen.

My main complaint is sequencing: each dicrete piece follows it's own internal logic, so there are more than a couple rough gear changes. However, since each piece is so different, and the collection is so varied, I'm not sure that you could totally escape that.

A worthwhile collection.......2006-01-11

The OHM collection contains some of those ground breaking electronic compositions that have shaped today's styles, from the early electronic instruments of Theremin and Martenot, through Pierre Schaeffer's Music Concrete tape music and the electronic music of Stockhausen and Subotnick, to the mainframe computer output of Risset and Chowning.

It is unfair to mark this collection down due to the production quality and 'musicality' of its contents, to do so would be to staggeringly miss the point of the development of electronic music through the 20th Century. What this collection shows is the ideas behind those at the cutting edge of the genre before many could even conceive of such output. That said it is hard going at points, as experimental music can be.

Highlights for me are no doubt Olivier Messiaen's 'Oraison' on CD 1, David Tudor's 'Rainforest Version 1' on CD 2 and on CD 3 David Behrman's 'On the Other Ocean' and Maryanne Amacher's 'Living sound Patent Pending'.

OhMyGodHowDreadful.......2005-08-15

Ok, this collection is supposed to be early works and, thus not expected to be very sophisticated or polished. But the OHM collection sounds like the first attempt of a spastic cat turned-loose on a Moog keyboard. When it is not boreing, this collection of random and dissonant sounds (I can't call it music) is without any redeeming qualities to make it worth while. Don't get me wrong, I am a long-time fan of Wendy (nie Walter) Carlos and some other real pioneers of electronic music. However, I find that the Ohm collection has no similar qualities and is a major disappointment.

Kid Stockhausen.......2003-01-17

This is required listening for anybody interested in the history of electronic music. Although implicitly aiming for the techno music audience, this audio history is overwhelmingly focused on the classical avant-garde of electro-acoustic composers. The closest you'll get to pop electronica is the Brian Eno track at the end of the third disc. No Kraftwerk, no Moroder, etc. Instead "OHM" manages to point to the continuities between, say, John Cage and artists currently working at the experimental edges of electronica (so-called IDM). It seems to be saying, "You think Kid 606 is visionary? Well check out this Stockhausen track from '59!"

Admittedly, some of the songs are much more interesting to think about than they are to listen to. Some of the early pieces that were made through thosuands of hours of pains-taking tape-splicing could be made today in an afternoon with a digital audio editor and a few effects plug-ins.

It is a beautiful package, containing a 90 page booklet of essays, quotations from the featured artists, and photographs. What all music should be: an education in daring.

Average customer rating: I'm a Breadfan! METALLICA THE NUMBER "ONE"!!!!!!!!!! Good CD wow. A must have for Die-Hard Metallica fans!

One Metallica Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: King Nothing Hero of the Day ...And Justice For All ASIN: B000005JSL Release Date: 1996-11-21

Tracks:

1. One
2. Breadfan
3. For Whom The Bell Tolls
4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
5. One

Album Description

1989 Japanese release, a five track EP backed with a coverof Budgie's 'Breadfan', a four track demo of 'One' and liveversions of 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' & 'Welcome Home(Sanitarium)', both from the same Dallas show on February 5,1989. Standard jewel case. A CBS/ Sony Records release.

Customer Reviews:

I'm a Breadfan!.......2006-10-05

This Metallica CD rocks!
It's music at its best!
Love each song. Talented band. Super coarse vocals. Need I say more?

METALLICA THE NUMBER "ONE"!!!!!!!!!! .......2005-09-12

MAN! I BEEN WAITING TO GET THIS SO LONG... AND NOW I FINALLY
GOT IT... AND I DO NOT REPENT IT!!!!!! I DID BUY THIS ONLY FOR THE TWO
LIVE TRACKS THAT ARE SO INCREDIBILY COOL!!!! THE SOUND QUALITY OF THESE TWO LIVE TRACKS (WELCOME HOME & FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS) IS AWSOME,
IS BETTER THAN THE SOUND OF LIVE SH*T, CAUSE IT FEELS LIKE A REAL
CONCERT, AND CAPTURES ALL THE ENERGY AND POWER OF METALLICA...
THE ONE DEMO IS ALSO COOL, JUST FOR A REAL METALLICA FAN... THE OTHERS
TWO TRACKS, ONE & BREADFAN.... YOU CAN GET THEM ON ANOTHERS METALLICA
CD'S... BUT THE MOST HEAVY ON THIS CD ARE THE TWO LIVE SONGS... SO IF YOU
WANT TO BUY THIS CD.... YOU WILL BUY IT ONLY FOR 3 TRACKS... YOU
WILL BE SATISFIED AT THE END.... CAUSE IS A GOOD CHOICE.. ONLY FOR A REAL
METALLICA FAN.... LIKE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good CD.......2000-05-13

This is an excellent CD, except 30 bucks is a bit too much for a 5-track EP. If you are buying this to get Breadfan, i suggest you just buy Garage Inc.

wow........1999-08-30

this has got to be one of the wisest purchases i have ever made. One is such an awesome song. Breadfan is one of, if not, the best covers they have ever done. You can't go wrong on a live version of any Metallica song, but these are beyond belief. And the demo of One, wow. that is the only word to describe this cd.

A must have for Die-Hard Metallica fans!.......1999-07-18

This item is an absolute must have for Metallica fans! It was well worth the money!!! I have anything you could ever think of from Metallica, and if you too, want everything from Metallica, it will cost you some heavy duty loot!!! In fact, I am thinking about buying another copy of this for my collection. I have 2 of everything from Metallica, one of each to listen to, or watch, and the others as collectibles. All of my studio released albums are autographed by the band. For the 1st 3 albums, Cliff's signature, then Jason's on the rest. If you ever get the chance to meet these guys, they will do anything for the fans.

Average customer rating: Perfection In Fact One of the very best rock guitarist ever Not perfection, but a start Close to Perfection fool and me

Speed of Sound: The Best of Robin Trower Robin Trower Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Essential Robin Trower - Living Out of Time: Live Back It Up Dreaming the Blues Take What You Need ASIN: B00007E8WE Release Date: 2002-12-10

Tracks:

1. Day of the Eagle
2. Man of the World
3. Twice Removed from Yesterday
4. Daydream
5. Too Rolling Stoned
6. Long Misty Days
7. Little Bit of Sympathy [Live]
8. Shame the Devil
9. I Can't Wait Much Longer
10. In This Place
11. Sweet Wine of Love
12. Won't Let You Down - Jack Bruce, Robin Trower
13. Farther Up the Road
14. Bridge of Sighs [Live]

Album Description

Includes Trower's biggest hits, insightful liner notes by rock expert Greg Marriner. Over 60 minutes of music. Fuel 2000. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Perfection In Fact.......2006-10-30

This is the one CD that truly encompasses the range of Robin Trower's brilliance. Buy it and listen without prejudice. These particular songs come closer to representing Robin's art and craftsmanship than any other CD compilation released so far. Certain segments of the population think it's a matter of gunslinging: who's the fastest gun in the west, who can run up and down the pentatonic scale the fastest, and the like, and they are the most vocal, too, to make matters worse. What it's about is art, and Robin is an artist, and this fact is blatantly obvious from one listening to these songs. Robin didn't play by the numbers in these times; he carefully crafted songs in his own style and fully exploited the tonal colors afforded by his use and masterful control of the electric guitar, single coil pickups, and raging tube amplifiers. He never diddled the guitar for the sake of speed or flash, but let the electric guitar speak in its own voice and sing along. I love it when the vocalist reaches a climax only to have the vocal line picked up by the sweet sustaining voice of the guitar (or overlaid guitars) that goes on singing through the extended outro! Brilliant. Robin also perfected the use of slurring/sliding diads to accompany the vocalist through his ballads (Sweet Wine of Love). There is so much more that could be said but Robin's music is fully capable of speaking for itself and this CD is a perfect assemblage of beautiful Trower songs that will someday be more widely recognized and appreciated for the gems that they are. Get it and play it loud. Blast it in the car CD player while you cruise. It will take you places. Then delve into Robin's output spanning over thirty years, all of it good and some of it great.

One of the very best rock guitarist ever.......2004-05-05

One of the very best rock guitarist ever
This intro to trower is enough to put you on your knees begging for more of this guitar god

Not perfection, but a start.......2003-03-03

Man, there are just too many tracks missing from here that I really like such as "Althea" & "It's Only Money" from "For Earth Below"; "Rock Me Baby" from "Twice Removed From Yesterday"; "Caledonia" from "Long Misty Days" etc..

I'd also prefer the studio versions of "Little Bit of Sympathy" and "Bridge of Sighs" but that's just a small quibble and a matter of my own personal taste.

Some of this could have been rectified by fleshing out the playing time from 60 minutes to 74, but it still would have come up short, imo. In the meantime, the BGO double LP CDs will have to do.

In other words, Chrysalis should remaster ALL of Trower's albums since that is the way I remember hearing Trower back in the 70s. Especially the first four studio LPs and the live LP, which I consider his best period.

I think he started to lose stream after "Long Misty Days" with the tunes just not as catchy and memorable as when he first started to go solo. The stuff he did with Jack Bruce & BLT are competent but they certainly don't stand out (in my mind) as well as the early material he did with Dewar.

All in all, a decent if incomplete start.

Close to Perfection.......2002-12-20

It's a shame that Robin Trower's catalogue doesn't receive the respect it deserves. His classic 'Bridge Of Sighs' was remastered but the lack of detail about the making of the album and lack of restoration of the original art (does anyone remember the original cover?) really played against the very good sound of the disk. I feel the same way about 'The Best of Robin Trower'. It sounds great and the material selection is first-rate but how about giving the listener more than 60 minutes! The sticker on the CD boasts that the music is remastered from the original tapes. The poorly detailed booklet never mentions it. The notes are fair but due to inadequate proofing a line or two are missing. The cover is nonsense desperately trying to recapture the mood of the original Funky Paul Olsen album covers. Some would argue that the music is what matters and I reluctantly agree. But in the advertising world packaging is everything and we have come along way from the simple packaging of the 80's when CD's first hit the market. Hopefully someone will see the potential of remastering Robin Trower's catalogue and maybe even involve the artist himself! Until then hunt down the first 4 albums and do buy this collection for the fine sound.

fool and me.......2002-12-16

robin allways played music his way only had a few hits but tons of air play mtv,vh1 do not reconize what he did for the blues and rock and roll i can't understand how some bands are in the rock and roll hall of fame while he is on the waiting list. play on robin

Average customer rating: Interesting. the seminal cocktail culture composer What about Bob?

The Sound of Speed Manufacturer: Bacchus Archives ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Delirium in Hi Fi From Another World Futura The Spacesound Effect More of Other Worlds, Other Sounds ASIN: B00009ZYAG Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

1. Super Chief [Diesel Train]
2. Midnight Sailing [Ocean Liner]
3. Vespa [Motor Scooter]
4. Sub-Manhattan Blues [Subway]
5. Three-Wheeler Waltz [Tricycle]
6. Count Down [Missile]
7. Star Fire [Jet Plane]
8. Surrey Serenade [Horse & Buggy]
9. Mans [Sports Car]
10. Streetcar Named Irving
11. Sea-Spray [Speed Boat]
12. Early-Bird Whirly-Bird [Helicopter '96 Mix]

Customer Reviews:

Interesting........2006-03-17

This could be background music the to any movie, television series or commercial from the 50's and early 60's. It grows on you. A "Baby Boomer's" delight.

the seminal cocktail culture composer.......2004-07-05

Finally, a stateside reissue of the seminal cocktail culture composer Bob Thompson's landmark lounge album, The Sound of Speed, has been released on CD courtesy of those pop culture archeologists at Dionysus, and the tireless efforts of Thompson's son, Spenser. The brilliant Thompson, a contemporary of such celebrated and better known RCA mood music magicians like Juan Garcia Esquivel and Henry Mancini, is long overdue for popular and critical re-discovery, and this crucially cool LP is a perfect launching pad for this revival.

Recorded in Rome in 1960, The Sound of Speed may seem relatively syrupy in our current culture of hyper-frenetic bass beats and pulse-pounding urban rhythms, but this music hails from a totally different context and era: The Space Age, when rest and relaxation were as much a part of our perceived future as electronically enhanced convenience. While Bob Thompson was at the peak of his powers, a lifestyle of luxury was promised for all, from the stay-at-home mom to the working stiff to the corporate climber. The soothing, stirring orchestration on this collection conveys both inspiration and intoxication. Each track is devoted to a different mode of transportation, most incorporating (or "sampling") the actual mechanical sounds of the object in musical question.

The soaring rhapsody of "Star Fire" (Jet Plane) and the bouncy lushness of "Early-Bird Whirly-Bird" (Helicopter) have been heard before on lounge compilations, but the rest of the dozen tunes here will be beautiful new music to the lucky listener's ears. From the continental coolness of "La Vespa" (Motor Scooter) to the dreamy drama of "Sub-Manhattan Blues" (Subway Train) to the aquatic aural atmosphere of "Sea-Spray" (Speed Boats) to the cosmic blast of "Count Down" (Missile), Bob Thompson will take you for one wild, wondrous ride. The destination for each traveler is the same: the sanctuary of your own sonically soused soul.

Along with the original cover and liner notes, the CD package also includes excerpts from an interview yours truly did with Bob for the Fall 2002 issue of ATOMIC Magazine, in which he humbly acknowledges the resurgence of interest in his music with bemused appreciation. Here's to you, Mr. Thompson: cheers, and thanks for the bright, shiny, brand new musical memories. The 21st Century welcomes you!
- Will Viharo
www.PortHalcyon.com

What about Bob?.......2003-10-15

This is Bob's first solo US release in 43 years. For more about Bob and and a picture of the album cover go to:
www.bobthompsonmusic.com

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