King of California

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Former Blaster Dave Alvin takes a break from bluesy rock & roll for a folk-country collection of his best-known songs and a few choice covers. Alvin's voice, a raspy and limited yet emotionally revealing baritone, is better served with some electricity at his back, but this unplugged set is still never less than charming. The spare, new versions of Alvin songs such as "Fourth Of July" and "Border Radio" place renewed emphasis on his detail-rich lyrics, although the most memorable moment comes when Syd Straw joins him for a rollicking duet of the George Jones classic "What Am I Worth." --David Cantwell

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King of California

Average customer rating: King of Alvin Cds A Must Have Music That Grows On You As genuine as it gets. One of the best folk albums of the 1990s

King of California Dave Alvin Manufacturer: Hightone Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ashgrove Blackjack David West of the West Out in California Interstate City ASIN: B0000005QQ Release Date: 1994-05-01

Tracks:

1. King Of California
2. Barn Burning
3. Fourth Of July
4. Goodbye Again
5. East Texas Blues
6. Every Night About This Time
7. Bus Station
8. Mother Earth
9. Blue Wing
10. Little Honey
11. (I Won't Be) Leaving
12. What Am I Worth
13. Border Radio

Amazon.com essential recording

Former Blaster Dave Alvin takes a break from bluesy rock & roll for a folk-country collection of his best-known songs and a few choice covers. Alvin's voice, a raspy and limited yet emotionally revealing baritone, is better served with some electricity at his back, but this unplugged set is still never less than charming. The spare, new versions of Alvin songs such as "Fourth Of July" and "Border Radio" place renewed emphasis on his detail-rich lyrics, although the most memorable moment comes when Syd Straw joins him for a rollicking duet of the George Jones classic "What Am I Worth." --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

King of Alvin Cds.......2006-02-25

I'm already a big Dave Alvin fan, and this is probably my favorite CD. A little more stripped down and straight forward than some of the later stuff. An all around great singer/songwriter CD.

A Must Have.......2005-08-23

Whether you are a long time Dave Alvin fan, or only recently started listening to his music, King of California is a must have for your collection. Great CD!

Music That Grows On You.......2004-10-26

I saw Dave Alvin perform at the Strand in Redondo Beach, CA in 1991 with the Blasters. My wife and I were sitting in the front row. The Blasters were over one hour late. They came in and within 1 minute launched the room into 'Marie, Marie'. Phil Alvin's contorted face still a distinct memory. After this, I lost track of Dave Alvin for about 5 years. I guess I was looking in the 'B's' at Best Buy and Borders and finding nothing (this was in the pre-Amazon days). One day, while in the A's at Best Buy, I stumbled onto Dave Alvin again. I bought this CD. At first, I was hoping for the Blasters, so I didn't give the CD too many listens. Then one day, while I was moving, I started listening. This CD was really great, just a different style. Dave Alvin is an acquired taste, like moving from sweet wines to a rich cabernet. After appreciating a cabernet or merlot, it is hard to have a glass of that sweet stuff anymore.
It's very much like listening to Springsteen's Tom Joad or Nebraska after growing up on Born in the USA or Born To Run.

As genuine as it gets........2003-06-11

A beautiful piece of work from the Blasters' hellcat guitarist. Alvin keeps the progressions and melodies simple while finding one devastating lyric after another. The title track will haunt me for years. It may falter a bit toward the end, but "King of California" is an excellent introduction to this roots-music master.

One of the best folk albums of the 1990s.......2003-03-19

King of California is Dave Alvin's career-defining moment. Some songs are slowed-down versions of his old Blasters material (Border Radio, Bus Station), others are from his days in X or early solo ablums. Somewhere along the line Dave learned how his songs should be sung. This is no knock to Phil Alvin, the lead singer for the Blasters. It's just the truth. This album's is Dave's Highway 61 Revisited, and one of the best folk albums of the 1990s. It's sonic poetry.

Average customer rating: thanks again, naxos! Stephen Foster Played by a Saxhorn (not saxophone) Quintet

Foster for Brass Manufacturer: Naxos American ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The American Brass Band Journal Footlifters: Century of American Marches Turn-of-the-Century Cornet Favorites Best of Brass John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band Celebrate 150 Years ASIN: B00007FPFS Release Date: 2004-05-18

Tracks:

1. Ellen Bayne Quick Step
2. Bronze Bob Tail Horse Quick Step
3. Why, No One To Love
4. California Quick Step
5. Beautiful Dreamer
6. Dolly Day Quick Step
7. Hard Times Waltz
8. We Are Coming Father Abraam, 300,000 More
9. Colonel Meeker's Quick Step
10. March. My Old Kentucky Home
11. My Wife Is A Most Knowing Woman
12. Maggie By My Side Grand March
13. Santa Anna's Retreat From Buena Vista
14. Willie Schottisch
15. George Hart's Quick Step
16. Some Folks
17. Open Thy Lattice Love
18. Old Dog Tray March
19. Camptown Quick Step
20. Massa's In The Cold Ground
21. When This Dreadful War Is Over
22. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
23. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming Quick Step
24. Gentle Annie
25. Lulu Is Gone
26. Where Has Lula Gone
27. Farewell My Lily Dear Quick Step

Customer Reviews:

thanks again, naxos!.......2007-04-04

naxos is the greatest budget label of all-time. i've gotten so many great discs from them, and never a bummer. as for this disc, it's a great idea(arrangements of the songs of stephen foster for 19th century brass band, performed on period instruments), wonderfully executed. i have many recordings of stephen foster material, and this is one of the best. this brass band sounds fantastic and the audio quality is very very fine. i highly recommend that you make this a part of your household.

Stephen Foster Played by a Saxhorn (not saxophone) Quintet.......2004-06-20

Imagine a post-Civil War family trooping to the town square on a fine summer evening to hear the town band play a concert of arrangements of popular tunes, that gentler period's equivalent of a rock concert of today. That's essentially what we have here. The Chestnut Brass Company, a Philadelphia brass quintet which on occasion plays on everything from Baroque sackbuts to the most modern trumpets and trombones, here plays on instuments of the saxhorn family. Saxhorns, invented by Adolphe Sax, the fellow who also invented the better-known saxophone, are brass instruments perfected in the 1840s. Their conical bore projects a uniquely sweet and mellow sound. They were exceedingly popular for town bands during the latter half of the century, but their use had waned by the turn of the 20th century. This quintet consists of an E flat soprano, a B flat soprano, an E flat alto, a B flat baritone, and a E flat contrabass saxhorn. The dulcet tones and sonic blend are a marvel to behold. Partly, of course, this is due to the expert playing by Bruce Barrie, Susan Sexton (or is it SAXton?), Marian Hesse, Larry Zimmerman, and Jay Krush.

Stephen Foster wrote very little purely instrumental music, but his songs fostered (pun unavoidable) innumerable instrumental arrangements. Those heard here are taken (and sometimes re-arranged) from the playbooks of such 19th-century bands as the Manchester, New Hampshire town band, the Boston Brass Band and the brass band of the 26th Regiment of North Carolina, not to forget the U.S. Marine Band. The tunes are arranged into quicksteps, waltzes, marches, schottisches and potpourris. Most of the familiar tunes are here: 'Beautiful Dreamer,' 'I Dream of Jeannie,' 'My Old Kentucky Home,' 'Camptown Races,' 'Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming,' and 'Some Folks Do' as well as plenty of relatively unfamiliar songs. And because these arrangements come from all over some of the tunes appear several times like old friends. Some of my own favorites are 'Some Folks' arranged by W. L. Baccus, 'Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming' arranged by Bruce Barrie, 'Camptown Quick Step' arranged by Jay Krush, and 'Gentle Annie' from the U.S. Marine Corps Band archives.

As an unabashed fan of the music of Charles Ives, I can't hear these arrangements without wondering which of these tunes Charlie heard (and played) when his own father, a former Civil War bandmaster, led his town band in Danbury, Connecticut.

Recommended for brass band lovers, Stephen Foster fans, and folks who like, say, the sound track to Ken Burns's 'Civil War' PBS documentary.

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Scott Morrison

Average customer rating: Accordion as you have never heard it! Excellent Album

Vaudeville Accordion Classics: The Complete Works of Guido Deiro Manufacturer: Bridge ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000UX502 Release Date: 2003-11-25

Tracks:

1. Temperamental Rag
2. Pink Slippers Valse
3. Preparedness March
4. Il Pentimento Waltz
5. Royal Flying Corps March
6. Kismet Fox Trot
7. Orazione e Marcia Militare
8. Western Stars March
9. Moonlight Waltz
10. Hand Grenade Throwers March
11. Deiro Rag
12. Muskateers March
13. Deirina Mazurka
14. I Don't Care Polka
15. Lido Tango
16. Queen of the Air march
17. Valse Caprice No. 1
18. Neapolitan Polka
19. My Florence Waltz
20. Egypto Fantasia
21. Zampa Rag
22. Lola Fox Trot
23. Breitenbush March
24. Tango Tosino
25. Guido's Royal March
26. Light & Shadow Waltz
27. Variety Polka
28. Valse Pirouette
29. Marines March
30. Dolores Waltz
31. Los Bomberos March
32. Accordionette Waltz
33. Young Accordionist March
34. Little Accordion Player Waltz
35. Torpedo March
36. Beautiful Girl Waltz
37. The Peasant Quadrille
38. Radio Waltz
39. Dimples Polka
40. The Accordion Girl Waltz
41. Sharpshooters March
42. Veno (Duet) Fox Trot
43. Jewel Waltz (Duet)
44. King Boy (Duet) Fox Trot
45. Minneapolis March (Duet)
46. California Mazurka (Duet)
47. Sharpshooters March (Reprise)

Album Description

Guido Deiro, the Italian-American accordion virtuoso-- frequently called "The Great Deiro"-- was of paramount importance in the popularization of the accordion in the early 20th century. The first accordionist to perform on the Vaudeville stage (1910), he was also the first accordionist to make sound recordings (Edison Wax Cylinders, 1911). For many years Deiro was a headline attraction at the great vaudeville houses throughout America and abroad, and made more than 100 recordings for the Columbia record company. On Bridge's 2-CD set, Henry Doktorski's sparkling performances of Deiro's music quickly confirm the reason for Deiro's immense popularity. In 1913, Deiro met the young vaudeville performer, and later-to-be Hollywood starlette, Mae West, while both were performing on a vaudeville show in Detroit. The couple quickly fell in love and secretly married. Henry Doktorski's liner notes detail Deiro and West's torrid love affair, and early photograph's of Deiro, provided by Deiro's son, Count Guido Deiro Jr., add to the significance of this release. Deiro's delightful compositions are a window onto an era long past, much like the re-discovery of Scott Joplin's music, twenty-five years ago.

Customer Reviews:

Accordion as you have never heard it!.......2007-04-03

Guido Deiro was the first virtuoso of this much maligned and very difficult to play instrument. An accomplished composer and recording star, Deiro was a hughely popular in Vaudeville. The liner notes reveal his marriage to Mae West and I enjoyed the vintage photos. Henry Doktorski plays Deiro's compositions with great technique and every piece is a revelation of what the accordion is really capable of when played by a master musician.

Excellent Album.......2005-01-04

This two CD set is certainly worth the money. Henry Doktorski's performance is indeed breathtaking. It is as if someone were transported back to the days when Guido Deiro himself was performing these songs. Guido Deiro was a recording pioneer who he became the first star piano-accordionist, the first piano-accordionist to perform on the vaudeville stage, and to make sound recordings(I've got at least two of Mr. Deiro's old Columbia 78 RPM records at home). In fact, Guido became the first person to coin the phrase "Piano-accordion." You'll find plenty of good stuff about Guido in Mr. Doktorski's liner notes on the two-CD set as well as on the GuidoDeiro.com website. Mr. Doktorski's sparkling performance certainly does Mr. Deiro's songs justice.

Average customer rating: The Raleigh Ringers

The Raleigh Ringers Manufacturer: Raleigh Ringers ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kabalevsky | Kabalevsky, Dmitri | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Impressions of the Season More Meredith Sonos Handbell Ensemble One Winter Evening at Meymandi Classical Sonos ASIN: B000067V0H Release Date: 1995-11-01

Tracks:

1. Canticle
2. Hungarian Dance
3. Fantasy on King's Weston
4. Cascades
5. Linus & Lucy
6. Psalm of Peace
7. Blessed Assurance
8. Passacaglia
9. Fantasy #1 in F Minor
10. Prelude on Herzliebster Jesu
11. Comedian's Gallop
12. Exultation
13. Hymn to Joy
14. Bohemian Rhapsody
15. Dream On
16. Hotel California
17. Stairway to Heaven

Album Description

This is the first CD produced by The Raleigh Ringers. It highlights their diverse repertoire and includes transcriptions of classical and popular pieces (such as Hungarian Dance and Linus and Lucy), original compositions written for handbells, and arrangements of classic rock and roll. This is one of the best selling handbell CDs in the world and is over 74 minutes of music.

Customer Reviews:

The Raleigh Ringers.......2006-11-03

I've got lots of upbeat classical stuff, but the sounds and tingling on this CD are fantastic. A great mix of traditional and contemporary pieces. This CD is a real ringer!

Average customer rating:

Herman & Cole - California Concerts 1949 Manufacturer: Encore ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000EK93YK

Product Description

The roaring classic Herd and the incomparable Nat King Cole Trio in a classic collection of rare performances from their 1949 West Coast concert tour. Features Gene ammons, Bill harris, Serge Chaloff, Terry Gibbs, Shelly manne, oscar Pettiford, Ernie Royal, Shorty Rogers, lou levy, Mary Ann McCall, and more! 20 tracks.

Average customer rating: As an alive album has the exactlly climax of an Albert King show

Rainin' in California Albert King Manufacturer: Wolf Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000008UEW Release Date: 1998-06-17

Tracks:

1. King's Groove
2. I Wonder Why
3. The Sky Is Crying
4. Albert's Stomp
5. I'll Play The Blues For You
6. Cold Women With Warm Hearts
7. Kansas City
8. Tighten Up
9. Rainin' In California

Customer Reviews:

As an alive album has the exactlly climax of an Albert King show.......2006-05-12

Greate band, with the brothers Tony and Michaell Llorents on keyboards and drums, Gus Thorton on bass. Also piano , rythms guitar (may be Randall from Chicago) and Ed Early and his boys on horns. They open the set with a hot Chicken Shak.
Rainin in California version alive is greate, but not complete.
Anyway has the feeling and power of the pure sentimental blues of Albert's guitar and voice.

Average customer rating:

Bare Bone The Reels Manufacturer: Pacificsol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CADTD8 Release Date: 2003-10-07

Tracks:

1. Jet Black Ruby Red
2. Who's Been Talkin'
3. Me & My Baby
4. Movin' Up To Malibu
5. Baby Don't Worry
6. Soul Blue
7. I Want You (A Common Trilogy)
8. Everybody's Got The Blues
9. Early In The Evenin'
10. Walkin' Blues
11. Hold On
12. Baby, Baby (Just Don't Want To Leave)

Average customer rating:

Drunken Starfighter Drunken Starfighter Manufacturer: Sticky Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA37X0 Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Nuku Nuku
3. One in a Million
4. Gomer
5. Stay Down
6. Question?
7. Darkside Dub
8. Lift Me Up
9. Natural Sensi Dub

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