Rhinoceros

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One of the more interesting one-off albums of the 60's finally on CD, the complete 1968 release. Rhinoceros was the brainchild of producer Paul Rothchild (Doors, Love), who wanted to put together a supergroup (which was actually the band's name for a short time) of top LA musicians to make a really 'heavy' rock album. It included Danny Weis of Iron Butterfly, Doug Hastings of the Daily Flash and (for a short time) Buffalo Springfield, and ace session drummer Billy Mundi among others. Collectors' Choice Music. 2002.

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Rhinoceros

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Even my 8 year old loves it!
Wonderful!!!
Fun, fun, fun
So much fun. . .
Great CD

Rhinoceros Tap
Sandra Boynton
Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Rhinoceros Tap: 15 Seriously Silly Songs (Book & CD)
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ASIN: B0001I2C98
Release Date: 2004-03-30

Tracks:

Rhinoceros Tap
O, Lonely Peas
Bad babies
The Crabby Song
Perfect Piggies
Tropical Sand
Little One
The Shortest Song in the Universe
Horns and Toes
Barnyard Dance
I Love You More Than Cheese
Tickle Time
Dinosaur Round
Turkey Love Song
So, Long Doggies
The Rhinoceros Tap (Instrumental Reprise)

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Sandra Boynton's Rhinoceros Tap is a loopy good time--delicate piano ballads swoon over unloved peas all alone on a plate ("O Lonely Peas") and the pink-nosed object of a lovesick mouse's affection ("I Love You More Than Cheese"); a penful of pigs dig into a doo-wop celebration of their "fabulous swine" selves ("Perfect Piggies"); and a Dylan-esque dog bids his pack adieu with the mournful line, "It's sad but true/I'm 6 years old, but I feel 42" ("So Long, Doggies"). Best of all, skeptics who guessed that Boynton's first CD, the star-studded wacko revue "Philadelphia Chickens," succeeded so brilliantly because she had an army of celebrities behind her are dutybound to shush. There is but one singer here, the pleasantly even-keeled Adam Bryant, and though he lends these 15 numbers a likability that may not have translated without him, it is Boynton's crackpot wit, as well as the winning arrangements she pieced together with musical partner Michael Ford, that de! serves full credit for the way the songs winnow themselves into listeners' brains, be they 3 or 34. --Tammy La Gorce

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Even my 8 year old loves it!.......2007-05-12

As a preschool music teacher, I often use books that are music related, or at least singable. We've enjoyed Barnyard Dance with both my boys, a toddler and a 3rd grader, and I've wanted to use it in my classes. Almost all the other tracks are so enjoyable, even for me. My boys' favorite is "Tickle Time". My toddler loves to chant "tickle,tickle,tickle" whenever he's playing. I appreciate that there's enough grownup humor to keep me interested and not bored. I highly recommend this CD.

Wonderful!!!.......2007-02-26

I work with infants and they LOVE it!!! The adults think it's great! Hilarious!!

Fun, fun, fun.......2006-03-29

I just love these CDs by Sandra Boynton. This was the second one we got. These are loaded with fun songs you can sing along with. You have to listen to them a couple of times to get hooked on the songs. Once you can sing along you will find yourself listening when the kids are not around.

So much fun. . ........2005-11-21

I like this even better than Philadelphia Chickens-- there are fewer songs on this CD that I skip. (Only 1, 'Bad Babies," and mostly because I don't want my 3 year olds to say "bad Babies" in public. . . .)

The "Dinosaur Round" could drive one nuts (if played as frequently as my kids would like it) if one didn't like to stomp around like an idiot (or a dinosaur). Personally, I love it. My husband, on the other hand, is about "dinosaured" out.

Great CD.......2005-07-31

I have this CD for my 5 month old and he loves when I sing all the silly songs to him. But I have to admit that the 2nd to the last song "Little One" makes me cry everytime I sing it to him. Fun for whole family to listen to, even Daddy enjoys it.

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Return to Sanity
Have Some Madeira
British humour at its best
If you haven't heard this...
Gentle Satire

Complete Flanders & Swann

Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006T4S
Release Date: 1997-04-30

Tracks:

Warthog, The (The Hog Beneath The Skin)
The Sea Horse
The Chameleon
Whale, The (Mopy Dick)
Je Suis Le Tenebreux
Songs For Our Time
A Song Of The Weather - Flanders & Swann
The Reluctant Cannibal
Greensleeves
Misalliance
Kokoraki
Madeira M'Dear?
Too Many Cookers
Built Up Area
In The Bath (From 'At The Drop Of A Hat')
Sea Fever
The Hippopotamus Song

Tracks:

The Gas Man Cometh
Sounding Brass
Los Olividados
In The Desert
The Sloth
The Rhinoceros
Kangaroo Tango
Jaguar
Dead Ducks
The Elephant
By Air
Slow Train
A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice - Flanders & Swann
The Humming Bird
The Portuguese Man-Of-War
Sea Fever
The Hippopotamus Song

Tracks:

The Gas Man Cometh
Sounding Brass
Los Olividados
In The Desert
The Sloth
The Rhinoceros
Kangaroo Tango
Jaguar
Dead Ducks
The Elephant
By Air
Slow Train
A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice - Flanders & Swann
The Humming Bird
The Portuguese Man-Of-War
The Wild Boar
The Ostrich
The Wompom
Twice Shy
Commonwealth Fair
P** P* B**** B** D******
Paris
Eine Kleine Nacht Musik Cha Cha Cha
The Hundred Song
Food For Thought

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Fantastic Triple CD Box Set of the Recorded Works of One of Britain's Most Popular Comedy Duos. Their Keen Observations of Everyday British Life and Abilities to Exemplify them in Song Made them the Darlings of the UK. Cleverness, Wit and Absoute Hilarity were the Order of the Day, in Just About Any Style of Music. Pure Comic Genius on Three Discs!

Customer Reviews:

Return to Sanity.......2005-07-27

Before Monty Python, before the Beatles, before "'Enery the Aigth Oi Am" there was the subtle, sweet, insdious humor of Flanders and Swann, and their lyrics remain part of the recognition rituals of Ivy Leaguers of the sixties. For any aging hippies or yuppies who find life WAY more stressful than we ever expected, and for whom the down side of alcohol, sex, and drugs has become apparent, I recommend listening several times to "In the Bath". It raises a cry for peace among the nations by inviting all the leaders to sit congenially steaming in a communal bathtub. And they reminding us of our essential self-interest when they add the proviso "as long as Swann and Flanders get the end without the taps." On those nights when we suspect that there isn't any point to it all, reach for the Flanders and Swann. They won't convince you there is any meaning to life, but they'll make it a lot easier to bear. Don't even try to do without it.

Have Some Madeira.......2005-07-06

Not every line in Flanders and Swann has become part of our 37-year marriage, but many have. As our turntables fail, we are pleased that we can relive all the fun stuff we used to collect. Nothing is like this duo, especially what you usually hear as French horn by Mozart converted into "I found that horn go(r)ne." And, of course,
"Have some Madeira, m'dear" is an all-time favorite.

British humour at its best.......2003-03-15

When I started out as a teacher of English, I had the most wonderful colleague as a mentor -- when she retired she gave me three LPs with much of what is on these CDs, and it must be one of the best gifts I have ever been given. Practically all of it makes me smile or laugh out loud (although I must admit that some, like The Armadillo and Slow Train, make me so melancholy that I can just feel my lower lip tremble and my eyes fill up). How can you beat lines like "Hail to thee, blithe Wompom", or "The English are moral, the English are good / And clever, and modest, and misunderstood"? I find they make great listening exercises for my teenaged students as well -- they consider it ancient, but incredibly funny!

If you haven't heard this..........2003-01-16

The great comedic pairing of the late Michael Flanders (vocals) and Donald Swann (piano and occasional vocals) must surely rank among the hall of fame of comic singers and songwriters. Descended from the British music hall tradition, these two men wrote and performed music which still sparkles with wit today, some 40 or more years since it was recorded.

After being told to take up singing as a means of strengthening his polio-weakened lungs, the wheelchair-bound Flanders teamed up with pianist Swann and proceeded to write such classic songs as "The Hippo Song (Mud Mud Glorious Mud)", "The Gasman Cometh", "The Gnu Song", "A Transport of Delight" and many others. As well as a gently satirical spirit, all these songs feature the sublime wordplay and interplay of both men.

The first two discs of this box set are actual concerts - "At The Drop Of A Hat" and its successor "At The Drop Of Another Hat". Recorded at the height of the duo's popularity and form, the sound quality is surprisingly good for recordings this old.

"At The Drop Of A Hat" opens with three of the Flanders and Swann classics. "Transport Of Delight", a song in praise of the "97 horsepower omnibus" features the wonderful harmonies of the duo on lines like "any more fares" and Flanders' dead-on impression of a London busdriver "Geddardait, we're full right up inside". "Song of Reproduction" deals with the new, as it was then, stereo technology and features Flanders delivering an incredible monologue using every conceivable piece of audiophile jargon. "The Gnu Song" (in which "gnu" is pronounced phonetically) is a real treat. The audience's reaction to the reappearance of the gnu is superb.
As well as this opening trio, the disc features Flanders' snippets of "Songs For Our Time" (in which he experiments with conventions of hit songs), "Song of the Weather" (a rundown of English weather throughout the year), "The Reluctant Cannibal" (featuring Swann in the tititular role and the chorus "I can't eat people/I won't eat people/eatin' people is wrong"), Swann's foray into Greek folksong "Kokraki" and the justifiably famous "Madeira M'Dear". The performance ends with a rousing version of "The Hippo Song".
Flanders is in fine voice throughout and his comments introducing each song are delivered with deadpan accuracy. The story behind "The Gnu Song" is an absolute masterpiece. Flanders' monologue about the creation of "Greensleeves" is also superb - "'Greenfleeves'. That's an interesting name for a fong" (referencing old English script) being just a taste.

"Another Hat" begins in equally fine form with "Gasman Cometh" and "Ill Wind". "Gasman", presaged as "a tale of unending domestic upheaval", is sure to have most people who've ever dealt with unreliable tradesmen nodding in agreement, while "Ill Wind" is Flanders' attempt at setting words to a French horn concerto featuring the immortal lines "I lost that horn/lost that horn/lost that horn/found that horn/gorn". The performance continues with Swann's Russian/English song "In The Desert", the ending of which is truly side-splitting. "All Gall" (a reinterpretation of "This Old Man" to fit then-French President Charles de Gaulle) is a little dated but very cleverly done. "Song of Patriotic Prejudice", with its introduction and opening lines grabbing the audience's attention is another triumph, while the "Hippo Encore" is a great end to the performance.
Again Flanders is at his peak. His loving description of the Spanish olive-stuffers ("Olividados") and his superb story about flying ("By Air") are both brilliant examples of the shaggy dog story.
My favourite from both of these discs would have to be "First and Second Law". Flanders decides to educate Swann in elementary science and picks on the first and second laws of thermodynamics ("heat is work and work is heat" and "heat cannot of itself pass from one body to a hotter body") and the repetition of these phrases in time to Swann's barely-there piano accompaniment is one of the finest moments in British comedy.

The third disc is largely forgettable. It begins with a series of animal-related songs performed in a studio and without much of Flanders' rambling introductions. "Warthog" has its moments, while the others were clearly not performed in front of an audience for a reason. "Wompom" is also mildly diverting, presenting a story about a made-up substance which is the answer to everything.
The rest of the disc is then filled out with much earlier material in a rather poorly-recorded concert. "20 Tons of TNT" (related to the calculation the pair had done which gave that as the amount of TNT per person on the planet at the time) provides food for thought, but little more.

Is this box set for everyone? No. Much of the humour both within and without the songs does require a bit of background knowledge to what was going on in Britain and Europe at the time (1960s), John Profumo is referenced a few times as well as Charles de Gaulle and the Common Market, while a smattering of classical music knowledge can help out a bit with Swann's work and "Ill Wind". The fact that my grandfather (who's in his late 70s) recalls hearing these songs and laughing may give an indication as to the age of some of the subject matter. Equally the fact that "First and Second Law" references an awful lot of physics might do the same.

Nevertheless, for anyone who loves British humour done in a gentle manner or who is interested in the source of "mud mud glorious mud/nothing quite like it for cooling the blood", give these CDs some serious consideration.

Gentle Satire.......2002-04-03

I've been singing Flanders and Swann every day In the Bath since I first heard them in 1964. If you don't know them, think Gilbert and Sullivan by way of English music hall and Noel Coward, with a bit of Tom Lehrer musical satire and classic Bob Newhart or Charlie Manna monologues. F&S commented gently on their times: "The purpose of satire, it has been rightly said, is to strip away the veneer of comfortable illusion and cozy half-truth. And our job, as I see it, is to put it back again." Quite simply the best comic songs and patter of the 20th century. Michael died in 1975, Donald in 1994. Goodnight, Mabel Figworthy, wherever you are.

Here are some samples of Michael's verbal wit.

Wordplay:
- "A Transport of Delight," their song of the pleasures of the double-decker bus "has recently been adopted as the theme song of the Underground resistance movement."
- Speculating that Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves: "and the royalties go to royalty."
- About a tennis referee late in the day: "the umpire upon whom the sun never sets."
- Explaining how he was hoisted in his wheelchair onto airliners by a fork lift: "Why they need a great machine like that to lift forks I do not know. Well, they're only plastic, now, aren't they?"
- On status symbols: "The object is to Gunga Din your neighbor: 'I'm a better man than you' is the acid test," and, "let's bang our status cymbals with the best."
- To a disenchanted cannibal: "You used to be a regular anthropophagi."
- Of a lecher: "And he said as he hastened to put out the cat, the wine, his cigar, and the lamps," while the girl "lowered her standards by raising her glass, her courage, her eyes, and his hopes."
- At the corrida d'olivas (the Andorran festival of olive stuffing, not to be confused with the Spanish corrida de toros, or bullfight): "And a great cry goes up of Ole! He has made an 'ol."
- "It's no good going up to a scientist and saying to him like you would to anybody else, 'Good morning, how are you, lend me a quid, and so on.' He'll just glare at you, or make a rude retort."

Throw-aways
- During the height of the cold war the Soviet Union sent the Moscow Ballet on a world tour. Donald sang one chorus of the Hippopotamus Song "mud, mud, glorious mud - nothing quite like it for cooling the blood" in Russian. Michael: "That should improve our cultural relations."
- During the 1963 Mandy Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler scandal: "None of that going around saying no smoke without fire. Nil cumbustibus, Profumo." Also, from "Friendly Duet," "such models of friendship are precious and rare, while the friendship of models is not."
- "Now if you're writing a musical, as I'm sure practically all of you are, . . ."
- Of Donald: "You know that no one has a higher regard for your music . . . than you do yourself. I merely meant that you are not great because you are not dead. If you wish to be great you must stop composing and start decomposing."
- "We never found a rhyme for (Soviet Premier Nikita) "Kruschev" until he was dead: Did he die or was he "pushed off"?"
- "We spent two dreadful, uh, delightful years, entertaining the Americans whose need, let's face it, is greater even than yours. Of course, when we're over there we say that the other way 'round."
- "No matter what you may say about the Germans, and who doesn't . . ."
- "Some of the songs that have made our names a household word, like slop-bucket . . ."
- "They've started testing cars now. They started at 10 years, then 5, now three. There's even some talk of having them tested before they leave the factory."

Absurdities
- "I'm delirious about our new oven fitted with the eye-level grill. This means that without my having to bend down the hot fat can squirt straight into my eye."
- A spectator during the construction of Stonehenge: "So, it's not going to be lived in. Well, that's something anyway. So what is it, then? It's a what?! A calendar?! A bit big for a calendar isn't it? You'd look pretty foolish with that on your desk."
- "Donald knocked himself out this morning. Got one of those new pop-up toasters. Nasty things."

Incredible multiple rhymes:
- "The fair hippoptama he aimed to entice from her seat on her hilltop above, as she hadn't got a ma to give her advice, went tip-toeing down to her love."
- Of Josephine: "Nonsense, said Bonaparte. She lives on her own, apart, in her own apartment."
- "Oh let us be married if our parents don't mind. We'd be happy and inseparable. Inextricably entwined. We'd live happily every after, said the Honeysuckle to the Bindweed."
- "And you'll always see a single lace-less left-hand leather boot. A bootless British river bank's a shock. We leave them there at midnight, you can track a member's route by the alternating print of boot and sock."

Rhinoceros
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The "Supergroup" who should have been right up there!

CLASSIC DEBUT

Most Underatted Group

YAY!

Blue-Eyed Funk Rock at its best

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ASIN: B00006B1KX
Release Date: 2002-11-12

Tracks:

When You Say You're Sorry
Same Old Way
Apricot Brandy
That Time Of The Year
You're My Girl (I Don't Want To Discuss It)
I Need Love
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1. When You Say You're Sorry
2. Same Old Way
3. Apricot Brandy
4. That Time Of The Year
5. You're My Girl (I Don't Want To Discuss...)
6. I Need Love
7. I've Been There
8. Belbeukus
9. Along Comes Tomorrow
10. I Will Serenade You

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

The "Supergroup" who should have been right up there!.......2006-05-10

Although this and the 2 follow up albums did next to nothing in their day - they deserved much much more.This was a hugely underrated band who somehow mixed hammond keyboards with a Motownish feel, guitar licks the envy of many an axe-man and rhythms to pump you along. All my vinyl copies died years ago so to find the 3 CD's was a real surprise. If you like the 60's, but psychedelia wasn't quite your thing, if you like heavy but not too heavy, if you like Motown, but not the Jackson's ... this could be for you. The self titled debut is the best of the 3 albums, so start with this one.

CLASSIC DEBUT.......2006-03-17

Thank God for Rhineceros and Cold Blood and Sons of Champlin while there counterparts were boring everyone with psychedelic drivel these bands kept it tight and funky with a good dose of soul and therefore their albums haven't dated like say 'volunteers' and 'the doors'. It still sounds good now. Rhinoceros should be rated if only for this brilliant debut, well recorded with a band that knows how to keep a groove without taking twenty minutes to get somewhere. Shame the other albums were so lacklustre. Highlights? well 'apricot brandy' is a killer hammond led instrumental and 'the time of the year' has some brilliant vocals-but hell, its all good. Just a shame its so short, but then again compared to the West Coast Pop Art Experimentals first album (29 mins) its a marathon length!

Most Underatted Group.......2005-12-03

This Band is the most underrated band ever. You can listen to them now and still feel the groove. They played with alot of soul. A motown sound with a hint of rock. If they were available today they would sell and have a following. I can't believe a band such as this is not talked about more as i feel they were innovative in some way. There was no band around like this in that time. Yes there was good R and B groups. But no group combined the eliments that made them so different.

YAY!.......2005-11-04

All the other reviews hit every great thing about this album, so my main thing is to agree wholeheartedly. Rhinoceros was a great project, with three killer albums that didn't sell diddly in their day, and thus graced the cutout racks for years. I grew up in the Denver area, and in the early Seventies, their one lone hit single, the instrumental "Apricot Brandy", was used as the bed for racetrack promos every weekend. I still can't listen to this great piece of music without thinking SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY! Absolutely killer. Get this album, and the above mentioned Twofer on their subsequent LPs and you'll be happily transported to a more musically adventurous time. Enjoy!

Blue-Eyed Funk Rock at its best.......2005-08-26

I first saw Rhinoceros at the Fillmore East as they opened for the Moody Blues. They soon made me forget the Moody Blues because they simply stole the show. And from that date in 1968 I (and many of my friends) have been a die-hard fan of the band. Despite the fact that Rhinoceros was "conceived" as a studio project, the vocals of John Finley, the guitar of Danny Weis and the organ work of Mike Fonfara are the spearheads by which Rhinoceros advanced. "I Will Serenade You" and "Apricot Brandy" remain as vital today as they were back in the day. "Arpicot Brandy" was used by Englishtown Raceway in NJ as the song for their commercial bed and to this day I come across tons of people who remember the song from that format (if you lived in the tri-State NY NJ CT area, that is). The instrumental tune is edgy, frenetic and solidly grooved out all at once.
The blend of rock and soul and funk and country (while not original to Rhinoceros...just listen to any LP by Moby Grape) is superbly manipulated by the band. The varied backgrounds of each of the key (and shifting) members insured the success of this eclectic stew. I waited a long time for Rhino to release all three of Rhinoceros' recordings. The reception to these releases has been more than favorable which nicely proves the longevity of this, one of Rocks, perennial influential bands. If you think "funk" is defined soley by todays offerings you should check out the history of the genre starting with Fishbone today and working backwards to Sam & Dave, Booker T & The MGs...and stopping to check out Rhinoceros along the way.
(Vince DeLucia)

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DOWNHILL IN A HURRY...
Not as amazing as their debut, but still essential...

Better Times Are Coming/Satin Chickens
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ASIN: B0000AQVEG
Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

Satin Doll
Monkee Man
Find My Hand
Top Of The Ladder
Sugar Foot Rag
Don't Come Crying
Chicken
It's The Same Thing
In A Little Room
Funk Butt
Back Door
Better Times
Old Age
Sweet, Nice 'N' High
Just Me
Happiness
Somewhere
It's A Groovy World
Insanity
Lady Of Fortune
Let's Party
Rain Child

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1. Satin Doll
2. Monkee Man
3. Find My Hand
4. Top Of The Ladder
5. Sugar Foot Rag
6. Don't Come Crying
7. Chicken
8. It's The Same Thing
9. In A Little Room
10. Funk Butt
11. Back Door
12. Better Times
13. Old Age
14. Sweet, Nice 'N' High
15. Just Me
16. Happiness
17. Somewhere
18. It's A Groovy World
19. Insanity
20. Lady Of Fortune
21. Let's Party
22. Rain Child

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Customer Reviews:

DOWNHILL IN A HURRY..........2005-02-18

This CD compiles Rhinoceros's second and third albums into one completely unnecessary release. Their second alb (Satin Chickens) was a very weak rehash of their debut; their third alb (Better Times Are Coming) featured a stripped-down band with only a few of the original members left and bears almost no resemblence to the original group's music. Forget this CD and get their fine first one and you'll have everything you need by this band.

Not as amazing as their debut, but still essential..........2004-05-11

Man, oh man! Never in a million years would I have expected the majors to realize what gold they had in their hands, but here it is. Not as amazing as the debut, "Rhinoceros", but still essential, "Satin Chickens" is a delightful listen even 30+ years later. As for "Better Times", it's not a great Rhinoceros album, but it still is a good album on it's own merits. Hats off to whoever decided to reissue these classics!

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Surprising collection

Lost Hits of the 60's
Spanky and our Gang , Harpers Bizarre , Four Jacks and a Jill , The Five Americans , Neon Philarmonic , Dusty Springfield , The Cyrcle , Magic Lanterns , Barbara Lewis , and The Happenings
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ASIN: B00005MM0R

Album Description

The best rare '60's collection ever! 40 solid gold AM radio classics like, 'Morning Girl', Neon Philharmonic, 'Apricot Brandy', Rhinoceros, 'Bottle Of Wine', Fireballs, 'Best Of Both Worlds', Lulu, 'Son Of A Preacher Man', Dusty Springfieldand 'Mr. Bojangles', Jerry Jeff Walker and more. Standard jewel case. 1999 release.

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Surprising collection.......2002-01-02

This is an import version of a set that was originally available from Sound Exchange, a Time Warner direct marketing music operation that has since folded. Though, since its original issue, some of these tracks have become available on CD elsewhere, there are several here that made their CD debut with this set and are still hard-to-find. Four Jacks and a Jill's "Master Jack", the Association's song from the movie, "Goodbye Columbus", Leapy Lee's "Little Arrows" and "Don't Just Stand There" by Patty Duke are among the rarities found here. Sound quality is quite good overall with all tracks except disc 1, tracks 4,14,16,17,19 and 20 and disc 2 tracks 7 and 20 appearing in their stereo version. While it may seem a bit pricey, with 40 tracks on two discs, it represents a reasonably good value. This is a surprisingly interesting collection of mostly substantially charting, yet seldom-found 45's from the later 60s. Since track listings are not supplied at the time of this review, they are as follows:
DISC ONE: Lazy Day - Spanky and Our Gang; The 59th Street Bridge Song - Harpers Bizarre; Master Jack - Four Jacks and a Jill; Western Union - Five Americans; Morning Girl - Neon Philharmonic; Brand New Me - Dusty Springfield; Turn Down Day - Cyrkle; Shame, Shame - Magic Lanterns; Baby, I'm Yours - Barbara Lewis; I Got Rhythm - Happenings; Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield; Bowling Green - Everly Bros.; Don't Just Stand There - Patty Duke; Sweet Inspiration - Sweet Inspirations; Goodbye Columbus - Association; Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters; Best Of Both Worlds - Lulu; Will You Be Staying After Sunday - Peppermint Rainbow; Next Plane To London - Rose Garden; Bottle Of Wine - Fireballs. DISC TWO: Games People Play - Joe South; Baby The Rain Must Fall - Glenn Yarbrough; I'm A Fool - Dino, Desi and Billy; Apricot Brandy - Rhinoceros; Crying Game - Brenda Lee; And Suddenly - Cherry People; Malibu U - Harpers Bizarre; Alice's Rock and Roll Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie; D.W. Washburn - Monkees; Classical Gas - Mason Williams; Indian Lake - Cowsills; Action - Freddy Cannon; Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker; Nashville Cats - Lovin' Spoonful; Come On Down To My Boat - Every Mother's Son; I Love You - People; Little Arrows - Leapy Lee; Mr. Dieingly Sad - Critters; Long Lonesome Highway - Michael Parks; Let It Out - Hombres.

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Songs of the Wolf

Manufacturer: Crystal Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
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Froydis Ree Wekre

ASIN: B000003J66
Release Date: 1996-11-01

Tracks:

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Rhinoceros
Coley Park
Manufacturer: Big Potato
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000QXDGZM
Release Date: 2007-07-09

Tracks:

Hip Hip Hooray
Quiet Lanes
I Never Believed A Word You Said
Thirsty Dogs
Always In Love
Said & Done
Devils Tree
Somewhere Somewhere Somewhere
Ghosts In The Sun
Upon This My Word
Of All Faces &
May The Sun Shine On You Kindly (Hidden Track)

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Honor Among Thieves

Manufacturer: Seventh Dagger Records/Lumberj
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000SFJW7O
Release Date: 2007-08-07

Album Description

Immovable, skin like armor...a rolling juggernaut. Rhinoceros, Buffalo's sxe monster could NOT be more aptly named. Having had a comprehensive West Coast tour under their belts at a stage when most young bands are more inclined to play to their own scene; Rhinoceros is a force unto themselves. Sonically and stylistically nothing short of pulverizing. There is no need for Rhinoceros to carve out a small niche for themselves within straightedge hardcore, or the broader scene of hardcore because Rhinoceros is going to change the nature of the game. Stylistically, reminiscent of early Madball with touches of of 100 Demons; Rhinoceros does not fall into the trap of just borrowing from their influences, but rather etching out their own place within hc and sxe. Their debut full-length, is imminent..much like the chaos that will follow.

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Eat the Beat
Rhinoceros
Manufacturer: Eastworld
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000NV49EE

Product Description

1992 release from the Japanese quartet. Tracks: Crazy Groove, In Motion, Future, Clash U, Under Pressure, Jackal, Long Calling, Intermission, Down & Cry, Funkateers.