Easy Beat

Alternative Press
5 out of 5 stars

Product Description
Dr. Dog has been creating music in various incarnations in their hometown of Philadelphia for nearly four years now. This five piece collective continues to push each other's creative inner selves in order to gain new musical heights while converting and gaining new fans with each passing day--proving the adage, "good things happen to good people".

Easy Beat

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Easy Beat

Average customer rating: Pink Floyd + Reggae = Very cool & clever music! Like some weird genre accident gone right... who wudda thought? but brilliant Very, very good, mon. My CD is not here yet

Dub Side of the Moon Easy Star All Stars Manufacturer: Easy Star ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music Dub | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Reggae | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Radiodread Is it Rolling Bob?: A Reggae Tribute to Bob Dylan Easy Star, Vol. 1 Reggae Tribute to Pink Floyd Disassemble Dub ASIN: B00008A7U9 Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

1. Speak To Me/Breathe (In The Air)
2. On The Run
3. Time
4. The Great Gig In The Sky
5. Money
6. Us & Them
7. Any Colour You Like
8. Brain Damage
9. Eclipse
10. Time (Alternate version)
11. Great Dub In The Sky
12. Step It Pon The Rastaman Scene
13. Any Dub You Like

Amazon.com

Talk about high concept: this project features the house band of noted New York reggae label Easy Star covering Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in the same sequence and in recognizable but reggae fashion. Here, the All Stars turn Floyd's strangely surreal world even stranger and more surreal, adorning the English band's dark psychedelic music with slow reggae beats and head-spinning dub-style production that is both inspired and effective. "Money" opens with the sound of bong hits and coughing instead of the cash register, then grooves to a reggae beat as guitar and organ churn out the classic riff--there's even the signatory sax break in the middle. The group hits it just right on "Great Gig In The Sky," retaining the soaring gospel voice, while the remake of the chiming bells on "Time" reveals a bit of irreverent humor. Tearing away at the alienation of the original, this infusion of new personality makes it all work, elevating the album's concept from the half-baked to visionary. --Tad Hendrickson

Customer Reviews:

Pink Floyd + Reggae = Very cool & clever music!.......2007-06-03

I LOVE Pink Floyd and I like Bob Marley. So for me for me this combination of musical styles really work well together. The musicians are talented and the production quality is extremely good. Really cool and VERY clever music... Check out the first part of Money.

Like some weird genre accident gone right..........2007-05-30

Covers are fun... if you're playing them, but they're not always fun to listen to. Ninety-nine percent of the time the best we get is competent imitation. Then, quite a bit later, when we're anything but expecting it, along comes that pesky one-percent.

Add to that genre hopping, a weird and treacherous enterprise. Too often does it simply fail, or worse, the effort gets consigned to parody without getting the attention it deserves. Laziness and a lack of presence notwithstanding, this is one recording that requires a bit of attention before rendering judgement.

I first read about this project when I lived overseas... and at the time, I'll be frank, it sounded half-baked. But for some reason, it was the first cd I bought when I got home in 2003.

Truth be told, I've never been more satisfied with a cover than I have with this one. It is truly remarkable that the all-stars, or anyone for that matter, could pull this off. There is reinvention on a grand scale, but also tremendous attention (and respect) paid to the original recording. To render this album in such terms reveals not just a few things between Floyd and reggae in general.

who wudda thought? but brilliant.......2007-05-22

one could cynically accuse the all stars of glomming onto one of the top-selling albums of all time for this cover album. but, in fact, the reggae-floyd marriage works beautifully and this is a nice addition to the floyd pantheon.
in fact, dark side's ambient, luscious aural landscape fits perfectly with reggae's emphasis on texture and multi-layered production. the all stars musicianship is impeccable and they add nuance and new facets to the floyd classic. try it!

Very, very good, mon........2007-04-26

I first heard Pink Floyd's DSOTM when I was 13, and it completely changed my concept of what music could be. It is, of course, a seminal recording in rock music.

So imagine my surprise when I discovered this CD. As a traditionalist and generally unforgiving when you try and alter defined classics, I was VERY skeptical. But, I love DSOTM, and I love reggae, so I thought I'd give it a try.

Wow.

It works...it really does. Absolutely true to the original while changing the feel at the same time. They have taken great care to replicate certain critical aspects of the original: Nyambingi-style drumming replaces the opening heartbeat pattern in Speak To Me perfectly, the oscillating keyboard sound during On The Run, the woman's vocal lines during Great Gig In The Sky, and the keyboard feel during Any Colour You Like.

To me, Any Colour is the standout on the entire recording. It just seems so natural with a reggae beat behind it, and the trombones that cover Gilmour's guitar parts are dead on.

The only thing I found troubling was On The Run. It slips into this heavy raggamuffin hip-hop kind of techno beat. I've since grown accustomed to it, and it is okay, but it is quite different from the rest of the recording.

This is a VERY good tribute to the original. If you like reggae and you dig the Floyd, you will appreciate this heartfelt and sincere effort at a tribute of one of the greatest recordings of all time. Well done, gents.

My CD is not here yet.......2007-04-03

Please send me my purchase or my money back

Average customer rating: somewhat lame Great Album Think Dr. Dre meets Snoop Dawg Best of the best Goes Down Easy

Easy Beat Dr. Dog Manufacturer: Park the Van Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Takers and Leavers We All Belong Yellow House Because of the Times The Good, the Bad & the Queen ASIN: B0007R8FMQ Release Date: 2005-03-15

Tracks:

1. The World may never Know
2. The Pretender
3. OHNO
4. Easy Beat
5. Dutchman Falls
6. Foolslife
7. Say Something
8. Today
9. Wake Up

Album Description

Alternative Press 5 out of 5 stars

Product Description Dr. Dog has been creating music in various incarnations in their hometown of Philadelphia for nearly four years now. This five piece collective continues to push each other's creative inner selves in order to gain new musical heights while converting and gaining new fans with each passing day--proving the adage, "good things happen to good people".

"Sure to attract a rabid cult of indie-rock fans." - NEW YORK TIMES

It's easier to compare and contrast than it is to take something for face value, love it, and never let it go. Easy Beat is the debut album from Philadelphia's Dr. Dog. Fans of My Morning Jacket, Neutral Milk Hotel, and The Band should pay close attention as they cruise through the desert (at 113 mph) listening to Pet Sounds. Rarely does a record change the course of one's life ... well, until now.

Customer Reviews:

somewhat lame.......2006-11-03

maybe if i had a ball of herion in my veins this would sound better

Great Album.......2006-07-26

This is an album that requires more than one listen. They go against everything that music is today but do it in an easy laid back way. What is rare with this album is the fact that you can hear that the band is enjoying themselves and just focused on making good music. Let's be honest with ourselves and admit that no band today is completely original. Every band adopts characteristics from bands before them. If Dr. Dog chose to emulate any band they chose the best; The Beatles. There is nothing about this album that I don't absolutely love.

Think Dr. Dre meets Snoop Dawg.......2006-03-15

well ok maybe not, but I opine that all the comparisons the band receives are unfair. They are way better than the Beatles. Ok maybe still overstated. Really good album though. The drunken ending to the song "Wake Up" is enough to justify buying the album.

"We are only part of a dream"
-Dr. Dog

Best of the best.......2006-01-28

Wohawo what is this. This is some F* great cd. Hearing that sound now when the bubble pop is everywhere, that's great. Good raw beat's with great rythm. I give a great prob's to Dr Dog for doing it his way, or they.

Goes Down Easy.......2005-12-07

I'm a little embarrassed that I first heard about this band on NPR (it makes me feel even older and squarer than I am!) and embarrassed, too, that I responded like a Pavlov dog to the Beatlesque surface of their sound. But after several listens, I heard a lot more going on. These are carefully crafted songs with creative parts and changes in spades, but the band's not afraid to muss up the pop perfection with rasps, distortions, howls, and lazy off-time solos that give their music more of the urgency of indie rock. They recorded Easy Beat on tape, and the production has that special warmth and sense of space you just can't get with digital. I don't picture these guys as gearheads fiddling in a studio for months to sound like "Abbey Road" (Elephant 6, anyone?). They seem more like a bunch of close, talented musicians who've played together for hours to hone their songs. The CD hasn't come out of my player for weeks, & can't wait to hear them live.

Average customer rating: Better remastering job on this UK Version than on the DRG American Release DAME SHIRLEY AT HER BRILLIANT, BOMBASTIC BEST At Her Peak Shirley Bassey Live At Carnegie Hall THE BEST SHIRLEY ALBUM--EVER!

Live at Carnegie Hall Shirley Bassey Manufacturer: Beat Goes On ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Shirley Bassey - Standing Room Only Something Shirley Bassey - The Greatest Hits Never Never Never/Good, Bad But Beautiful Four Decades of Song ASIN: B0007ZB39A Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

1. Goldfinger
2. Where Am I Going?
3. I Capricorn
4. Let Me Sing and I'm Happy
5. Johnny One Note
6. For All We Know
7. I'd Like to Hate Myself in the Morning
8. I (Who Have Nothing)
9. Day by Day
10. Narration
11. And I Love You So
12. Diamonds Are Forever
13. Narration
14. Big Spender
15. Introduction of Orchestra
16. Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande)
17. You and I
18. Something
19. Lovely Way to Spend an Evening [Instrumental]
20. This Is My Life (La Vita)
21. Lovely Way to Spend an Evening [Instrumental]
22. Party's Over

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of the Recordings of Dame Shirley's 1973 Concerts Recorded Over Two Nights at New York's Famed Carnegie Hall. Bgo Has Lovingly Reproduced the Lavishly Packaged Original Album Sleeve. Includes a 20 Page Commemorative Booklet. These Recordings Feature a 36-year-old Bassey at the Height of her Vocal Powers, Accompanied by the Woody Herman Orchestra!

Customer Reviews:

Better remastering job on this UK Version than on the DRG American Release.......2006-03-11

This is one of those Desert Island Discs people always talk about. Most people know Shirley Bassey for her great James Bond themes. But this recording done over two days in May way back in 1973 demonstrates the incredible talent, humor and versatility of this Welsh superstar who was never quite as popular in the U.S. as in Europe.

I had the double United Artists album of this concert as a kid. I hadn't heard it in some years until the recent releases done with this UK version from BGO Beat Goes On and the different American remastering by DRG Records. The edge goes to this recording. Somehow the songs, the musicians and even crowd noise is clearer and sharper on this release. The DRG version disappointed me a little as there is a slight flatness to it that I did not remember from the old vinyl version. So, I'd recommend shelling out a few dollars more and going with this one. It also comes with a multi-page booklet with interesting liner notes and a host of pictures of Dame Shirley taken throughout her career.

If you are not a fan you will be after listening to this explosion of talent.

DAME SHIRLEY AT HER BRILLIANT, BOMBASTIC BEST.......2006-02-13

Those who know me know that I worship at the Shrine of Bassey. Those who wonder why need to listen, even once, even briefly, to this 1973 sold-out celebration. Here is the bombastic belter at her best: cooing and wooing and working the crowd into a frenzy not seen since Judy worked the hall a decade earlier. Choosing a highlight is (almost) impossible --- "Day By Day" and "Big Spender" have to be cited, but the takes on "Never, Never, Never," "You and I" and "This is My Life" are Bassey at her most brilliant. I am not the only one who understands the power of love: In 1999, the Queen of England choose Shirley to receive her highest honor, proving that, indeed, there's nothing like this Dame.

At Her Peak.......2006-02-04

Dame Shirley Bassey gives it her all at this concert from Carnegie Hall, 1972. Personally there are three recordings from Carnegie Hall that are must have for me; Judy Garland's, Liza Minnelli's and Shirley's Carnegie Hall albums. This live recording is a bravura performance, her vocal power is amazing and the material she performs is amazing. She opens the show with her biggest hit single ever, Goldfinger, which is pretty bold! Who have the nerves to open a show with their biggest hit? She continues with to songs from the album "I Capricorn" the latter, and "Where Am I Going" which are adorable. Shirley seems so happy to perform there and it shows "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" is bawdy but so fantastic and her rendition of "Johnny One Note" is out of this world. She sings many of her biggest hits from "For All We Know" to "And I Love You So". This is simply one of the greatest live performances I've ever heard, her voice is so powerful, unlike anything I've ever heard. Her onstage chatter with the audience just proves how humble she is - and not at all this diva everybody likes to classify her as. Many of these songs are covers of old classic, but Shirley makes them her own with her amazing interpretation skills as a performer, "Big Spender" is originally by Peggy Lee, but over the years the song has become mostly associated with Bassey. Her voice is very unusual, a deep bellowing with a strong mannered vibrator. "Something in the way he moves" she sings in such a convincing manner, with strong conviction and capability. The entire show is out of this world, Bassey is at the top of her game and only a few people could follow her. At the end of the show she performs her statement song "This Is My Life" which is simply amazing, again a perfect display of her amazing skills. When it all comes down to it, Shirley Bassey: Live At Carnegie Hall is one of the greatest live albums of the 70's and a great legacy to all performers to come.

Shirley Bassey Live At Carnegie Hall.......2005-08-13

Ms. Bassey is at her best in the live CD. A voice that cannot be matched! Perfect array of ballads and old favorites. Strongly recommeneded!

THE BEST SHIRLEY ALBUM--EVER!.......2005-07-12

Hold on to your hats, folks, Shirley B is at Carnegie Hall and
the walls shake! This was the first Bassey album I ever bought
(back then it was a 2-lp set with a different cover, at least
in the USA) and it is still my favorite. So entertaining, so
much fun, such a great selection of material, such wonderful
singing! This is one of the best live albums I own, by anyone
in any music genre. You truly feel the excitement. This was
recorded in 1973 when Shirley was at her absolute peak (not that
she isn't still fabulous) and sums up her career nicely. All
the high points are here--"Goldfinger", "Diamonds Are Forever",
"This Is My Life", "Big Spender", "I Who Have Nothing", etc. The
most touching and beautiful version of "And I Love You So" EVER,
better than her studio recording, in my opinion. A driving,
relentless "Johnny One Note"; a beautiful and sensuous "I
Capricorn" (one of her most overlooked classics), and many
many more. The improvement in sound over the LP is staggering,
and makes the original sound almost like a bootleg. There is
now an immediacy and intimacy to the vocals that was missing
from the original release. All the nuances of Shirley as well
as the musicians can now be enjoyed like never before. I have
two minor gripes that fans of the original will notice--first off, the CD fades up into the intro to "Goldfinger" instead of
the BOM-BOMMM notes opening the show. Why they did this is
beyond me. Secondly, the tape fades out signaling the end
of the original "LP sides". Why didn't they edit this for
the CD? But these are small quibbles when put against the
fact that we finally have this classic of vocal artistry
sounding like it should sound for the digital age. Cheers,
Shirley! Well done!

Average customer rating: Bassey at her very best! Review-Nobody Does It Like Me/Love, Life and Feelings

Nobody Does It Like Me/Love, Life and Feelings Shirley Bassey Manufacturer: Beat Goes On ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Never Never Never/Good, Bad But Beautiful The Living Tree Complete EMI Columbia Singles Collection I've Got a Song for You: And We Were Lovers Get The Party Started ASIN: B000HKD7XK Release Date: 2006-10-23

Tracks:

1. Leave a Little Room
2. When You Smile
3. All That Love Went to Waste
4. Davy
5. I'm Not Anyone
6. Morning in Your Eyes
7. Trouble with Hello Is Goodbye
8. Nobody Does It Like Me
9. I'm Nothing Without You
10. Your Are the Sunshine of My Life

Tracks:

1. What I Did for Love
2. Hungry Years
3. Born to Lose
4. Everything That Touches You
5. Isn't It a Shame
6. Midnight Blue
7. Way I Want to Touch You
8. Natali
9. You've Made Me So Very Happy
10. Alone Again (Naturally)
11. Feelings
12. If I Never Sing Another Song

Album Description

Digitally remastered two-fer consisting of two mid-'70s albums from Dame Shirley Bassey, a British musical institution for over four decades. Nobody Does It Like Me, originally released in 1974, contains 10 tracks. Love Life & Feelings, released two years later, features 12 tracks. Comes packaged in a slipcase with extensive liner notes. BGO. 2006.

Album Details

2006 Issued Digitally Remastered Edition with the Contents of Two Original Mid-1970's Albums by Dame Shirley Bassey on Two Compact Discs. The Set Includes Extensive Liner Notes and Comes in a Slipcased Jewelbox.

Customer Reviews:

Bassey at her very best!.......2007-01-30

This excellent 2CD release from BGO features two Shirley Bassey albums originally released in 1974 and 1976. Both released for the first time on CD!. The first "Nobody Does It Like Me" was recorded in the USA following the popularity of Shirley's previous album and single "Never Never Never". This album was designed to place Shirley in the lucrative US adult contemporary market and results in a different sound to her UK recordings around the same period. Shirley'e voice is at its very best, and the overall production is pulled back somewhat compared with her previous UA albums. Now 30 years later, this album sounds better than ever, and listeners can't help but wonder why it wasn't a bigger success. Standout tracks include "Davy" a duet with the songs composer; Bernard Ighner and Paul Anka's "I'm Not Anyone". The album closes with Shirley's beautiful version of Stevie Wonder's "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life". Next is the album "Love, Life and Feelings" from 1976 which placed Shirley firmly back in the UK charts. This album peaked at number 13 and enjoyed a 5 week run in the charts. There is not a single track on this album that does not deserve 5 stars, but for the record you will find many songs associated with Dame Shirley that (strangely) don't appear on many compilations including, "What I Did For Love", "Born To Lose", "Natali" and "If I Never Sing Another Song". Both albums have been expertly re-mastered by the experts at BGO and have never sounded better!

Review-Nobody Does It Like Me/Love, Life and Feelings.......2007-01-09

Excellent album. Contains most ballads and has everything on it that I was looking for.

Average customer rating: Disappointed If you listen to this CD without smiling, there is something wrong!

A Night on the Town With the Rat Pack Various Artists Manufacturer: Music Club Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | International | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Rat Pack Live at the Sands The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection: Live & Swingin (CD & DVD) Boys Night Out Eee-O-11: The Best of the Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas ASIN: B0000A55UV Release Date: 2003-08-04

Tracks:

1. Medley: When You're Smiling/The Lady Is a Tramp - Dean Martin
2. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Dean Martin
3. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) - Dean Martin
4. Medley: Volare/On an Evening With Roma - Dean Martin
5. Goody Goody - Frank Sinatra
6. Chicago - Frank Sinatra
7. When Your Lover Has Gone - Frank Sinatra
8. Please Be Kind - Frank Sinatra
9. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You - Frank Sinatra
10. What Kind of Fool Am I? - Sammy Davis, Jr.
11. Out of This World - Sammy Davis, Jr.
12. Hey There - Sammy Davis, Jr.
13. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Dean Martin
14. Too Marvellous for Words - Frank Sinatra
15. Pennies from Heaven - Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin
16. Foggy Day - Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra
17. Me and My Shadow - Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra
18. June in January - Dean Martin
19. Via Veneto - Dean Martin

Tracks:

1. I Only Have Eyes for You - Frank Sinatra
2. My Heart Stood Still - Frank Sinatra
3. Please Be Kind - Frank Sinatra
4. Call Me Irresponsible - Frank Sinatra
5. Luck Be a Lady - Frank Sinatra
6. Lady Is a Tramp - Sammy Davis, Jr.
7. Rock-A-Bye-Your-Baby - Sammy Davis, Jr.
8. Guys and Dolls - Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra
9. Crap Game in New York - Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra
10. Send Me the Pillow You Dream On - Dean Martin
11. King of the Road - Dean Martin
12. Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
13. My Shining Hour - Sammy Davis, Jr.
14. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) - Sammy Davis, Jr.
15. Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
16. I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra
17. You Make Me Feel So Young - Frank Sinatra
18. My Kind of Town - Frank Sinatra
19. Birth of the Blues (Closing Tune) - Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra

Album Description

Full Title - A Night On The Town With The Rat Pack. UK compilation featuring 38 tracks recorded live in various locations in the early 60s. Music Club. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Disappointed.......2007-02-19

I was very disappointed with this CD. Dean and Frank sound drunk throughout most of the CD and the audience detracts from the songs.

If you listen to this CD without smiling, there is something wrong!.......2006-08-27

This CD is just so much fun. I'm too young to really remember the Rat Pack per se, but I remember the old movies. After purchasing a Frank Sinatra CD and just falling madly in love with the voice and the music I purchased this on a whim.

I drive along and this CD has me singing and laughing and it puts me in such a glorious mood! I wish they were still around as I would be in line at the Sands for a chance to see them.

Seperately Sammy, Frank and Deano are devine, superb, delicous. But together they are enchanting! You'll be so happy you bought this even if you've never even heard a single song by any of these three.

It's the Gold Standard in musical entertainment.

Average customer rating: Ken Nordine: Unsung Hero of Audio

Wink Ken Nordine Manufacturer: Asphodel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Poetry | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Transparent Mask Colors The Eye Is Never Filled The Best of Word Jazz, Vol. 1 You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters ASIN: B0000AISLD Release Date: 2003-07-15

Tracks:

1. Windshield Wipers
2. Tears
3. Suede
4. Zebra
5. Sidewalks
6. Breathing
7. Chimney
8. Queen
9. Nothing
10. Apple Cider
11. Bathtub
12. When You're Born
13. Piccolos
14. Knee
15. Pea
16. Great
17. Eyelashes
18. Clock
19. Ear
20. Ping Pong
21. Freckles
22. Cellophane
23. Dream
24. Gabardine
25. Planet
26. Meat Balls
27. Sky
28. Envelope
29. Roller Skate
30. Blotter
31. Moth
32. Indians
33. Lampshades
34. Cigars

Album Description

Asphodel reissue of the 1967 release of Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's ''Twink'', re-titled Wink, at the insistence of the author Shure. The hallmark of his original work was its unfeigned innocence, an atmosphere the original title, alas, could no longer convey. 34 tracks like 'Zebra', 'When You're Born', 'Cellophane', 'Moth', 'Knee' and 'Eyelashes'. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Ken Nordine: Unsung Hero of Audio.......2005-10-14

Ken Nordine, a pioneer of spoken word artistry (check out "Word Jazz", an essential offering in his canon), collaborated with writer/poet Robert Shure on "Wink" (originally titled "Twink", but changed for this CD release to avoid any misunderstandings based on the contemporary argot). The combination of Shure's whimsical words and Nordine's velvety smooth voice is aural honey. This collection of absurdist badinage is a joy to all who'd embrace Eugene Ionesco filtered through Steven Wright. Short, sweet, perfect tracks.

Average customer rating: this cd sucks strange yes, but i've heard stranger as harry carey would say,"hooooly cow!!!" Strange days, indeed GREAT FOR PARTIES!!

Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. 2 Various Artists Manufacturer: Asphodel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music 1950s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1960s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1960-1969 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1950-1959 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Novelty Music | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Poetry | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Re/Search #14: Incredibly Strange Music, Volume I (Re/Search ; 14) Re/Search: Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. 1 Songs in the Key of Z, Vol. 2: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music American Song-Poem Anthology ASIN: B000001PAF Release Date: 1995-02-21

Tracks:

1. Skokian - Hot Butter
2. The Mummy - Bob McFadden & Dor
3. The Letter - The Nirvana Sitar & String Group
4. Walking On The Moon - Lucia Pamela
5. Flesh - Ken Nordine
6. Chopsticks Guitar - Billy Mure
7. Lover's Prayer - Myrtle K. Hilo
8. Delicado - Russ Garcia & His Orchestra
9. Introduction - Del Close
10. Gossipo Perpetuo - Jean Jacques Perrey
11. Green - Ken Nordine
12. Full Moon - Eden Ahbez
13. Bumble Bee Bolero - Harry Breuer
14. Join the Gospel Express - Little Marcy
15. Terror - Les Baxter
16. Yellow - Ken Nordine
17. 1st Song/Opening Monologue - Rusty Warren

Customer Reviews:

this cd sucks.......2006-06-30

you know i thought this would be a great cd but no it is a total piece of dreck except
for ken nordine he is a god in spoken word, i wished i would have bought two coppies
one to poop on and one to cover it up.

strange yes, but i've heard stranger.......2006-03-10

not bad on the strange meter.i would'nt go so far as to say it is incredibly strange though.try listening to "songs in the key of z". now where talking incredibly strange music.

as harry carey would say,"hooooly cow!!!".......2004-06-10

this cd is trippy as hell!you'll be using the song"green" each and every time it's 4:20,trust me!if you enjoy weird stuff you need this in a desparate way,indeed!

Strange days, indeed.......2004-03-15

This album spotlights some of the most peculiar music ever recorded. The tracks were all taken from one person's record collection. They were copied right from the old records, so they have some scratches and pops on them. Despite the audio flaws, this is a fun CD. You get moog instrumentals, novelty songs, word jazz, Hawaiian music, xylophone instrumentals, children's gospel music and some things that are uncategorizable. Recommended for fans of cool and strange music.

GREAT FOR PARTIES!!.......2001-11-19

My most favorite time to play this cd is when i am having a party. I shuffle it with a bunch of other stuff and the looks on my guests face when one of these songs come up is hilarious!! Its like a private joke my partner and I have. ha ha ha. Especially track #2 The Mummy!!

Average customer rating:

With That Latin Beat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Stairway to the Stars: More Cocktail Piano Favorites Night & Day Poet of the Piano Alone Together: The Art of the Cocktail Piano Best of Carmen Cavallaro ASIN: B000E6G3Q0 Release Date: 2006-03-28

Average customer rating: POWERHOUSE SHIRLEY POURS IT ON!!

I've Got a Song for You: And We Were Lovers Shirley Bassey Manufacturer: Beat Goes On ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Never Never Never/Good, Bad But Beautiful Nobody Does It Like Me/Love, Life and Feelings Complete EMI Columbia Singles Collection Something Else I Capricorn ASIN: B000B69GI0 Release Date: 2005-11-21

Tracks:

1. I've Got a Song for You
2. I'm Glad There Is You
3. Johnny One Note
4. Shadow of Your Smile [Love Theme from 'The Sandpiper']
5. Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me
6. You Can Have Him
7. You're Gonna Hear from Me
8. All or Nothing at All
9. Shirley
10. Strangers in the Night
11. Let Me Sing - And I'm Happy
12. Sound of Music
13. And We Were Lovers [Theme from 'The Sand Pebbles']
14. Summer Wind
15. Somebody Like Me
16. It Must Be Him (Seul Sur Son Etoile)
17. Big Spender [From the Broadway Musical 'Sweet Charity']
18. Impossible Dream [From the Musical Play 'Man of LA Mancha']
19. Dommage, Dommage (Too Bad, Too Bad)
20. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
21. If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas)
22. That's Life
23. Big Spender [US Version][*]
24. Walking Happy [*]

Album Description

This CD features 2 mid-60's albums that were first released on the United Artists label. I've Got A Song For You was a UK top 30 album in 1966. Shirley is still an enormous star on both sides of the Atlantic and is still performing in front of sold out audiences. This 2-on-1 has been remastered and comes packaged in a slipcase. Beat Goes On. 2005.

Album Details

Two Mid-60's Albums First Released on the United Artists Label. `i've Got a Song for You' was a UK Top 30 Album in 1966. Shirley is Still an Enormous Star on Both Sides of the Atlantic and Still Performing in Front of Sell-out Audiences.

Customer Reviews:

POWERHOUSE SHIRLEY POURS IT ON!!.......2007-07-15

I've Got A Song For You is one of my very favorite Shirley Bassey albums from the 1960's. Her voice is full, robust, powerful and everything you would expect. Her best recorded years were spent at United Artists, and thankfully, her albums are being released on single CD and 2 on 1 sets, with original artwork and tracks. Sound quality is superb. And We Were Lovers, recorded a year later, is not as powerful but does contain several standout performances, i.e., Big Spender and the country flavored Somebody Like Me. Two brilliant albums and a must have for fans.

Average customer rating: I'm very happy with Gene

Sometimes I'm Happy/Hit After Hit Gene McDaniels Manufacturer: Beat Goes On ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Hundred Pounds of Clay/Tower of Strength Singles Collection A Hundred Pounds of Clay: The Best of Gene McDaniels Johnny Tillotson - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits Phil's Spectre: A Wall of Soundalikes ASIN: B000A7PP7G Release Date: 2005-10-24

Tracks:

1. 'Deed I Do
2. How Long Has This Been Going On
3. Green Door
4. Never Like This
5. And the Angels Sing
6. In a Sentimental Mood
7. Love Me Tender
8. Autumn Leaves
9. High and the Mighty
10. Facts of Life
11. When I Was a Child
12. Sometimes I'm Happy
13. Hundred Pounds of Clay
14. Are You Sincere
15. Tower of Strength
16. Take Good Care of Her
17. I Don't Want to Cry
18. Chip Chip
19. Point of No Return
20. Love Me Tender
21. (There Was A) Tall Oak Tree
22. Portrait of My Love
23. Tear
24. Send for Me
25. Spanish Harlem [*]
26. Hang On (Just a Little Bit Longer) [*]
27. Another Tear Falls [*]
28. It's a Lonely Town (Lonely Without You) [*]
29. Spanish Lace [*]
30. Walk with a Winner [*]

Album Description

Gene McDaniels had a brief but successful career as a pop singer in the early 60's when Gene signed a contract with Liberty Records and worked with producer Tommy ''Snuff'' Garrett, who supplied Gene with songs written by the Brill Building stable of songwriters. In all he had six top forty hits, all in 1961 and 1962. Later, he began to go by the name Eugene McDaniels and recorded some soul-styled social consciousness records for Atlantic in the early 70's. He also wrote a number of songs as Eugene McDaniels, including 'Feel Like Makin' Love', which was a number one hit for Roberta Flack in 1974. Here we have Gene's second UK Liberty Records album coupled with a 1962 US compilation featuring songs such as 'Green Door', 'Tower of Strength' & his first, biggest hit 'A Hundred Pounds Of Clay'. Digitally remastered, slip-cased with new notes. BGO. 2005.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition that Combines the Tracks of Two Original LPs on to a Single Compact Disc. Mcdaniel's Second UK Liberty Records Album and 1962 Us Compilation features Songs Such as "Green Door", "Tower of Strength" and "a Hundred Pounds of Clay".

Customer Reviews:

I'm very happy with Gene.......2006-08-01

At last the Cd version of one of Gene McDaniels best albums: SOmetimes I'm happy.....The orchestrations are wonderful (Gerald Wilson f.i.) I like Green Door, In a Sentimental Mood.
But why combine with the Hit after Hit album? There's a much better Spanish Lace or the Wonderful world of ...album. It seems to be impossible to left out 110 Pounds of Clay.
And Surprise, Surprise!. There are 31 songs on the CD. The Inlay mentioned only 30 songs!

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