Nantucket

Product Description
Nantucket was a hard rock outfit that had a handful of albums in the late 70s & early 80s. They have maintained a cult fan base that has been screaming for their albums to be issued on CD ever since. This release is their self-titled first album from 1978, making its worldwide CD debut. Wounded Bird. 2003.

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Nantucket

Average customer rating: classic rock album Great Classic Recording Pawtucket in A Bucket to Nantucket and They Sleigh- Rided It... Not bad but not great First time - but not the last!

Nantucket Sleighride Mountain Manufacturer: Sony 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 Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Climbing! Flowers of Evil Mountain Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On Why Dontcha ASIN: B00008QSA9 Release Date: 2003-04-08

Tracks:

1. Don't Look Around
2. Taunta (Sammy's Tune)
3. Nantucket Sleighride
4. You Can't Get Away!
5. Tired Angels
6. The Animal Trainer And The Toad
7. My Lady
8. Travelin' In The Dark (To E.M.P.)
9. The Great Train Robbery
10. Travelin' In The Dark (To E.M.P.)

Album Description

Digitally remastered reissue of 1971 gold album includes one bonus track, an unreleased live version of 'Travellin' in the Dark (to E.M.P.)'. Sony. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

classic rock album.......2007-07-13

Great studio album that show cases the dual vocal styles of the raucous Leslie to the softer side of Felix. These tracks are relatively subdued (but not dull) compared to the full on live sound that Mountain produce, particularly the fantastic Nantucket Sleighride that is featured on the live album The Road Goes Ever on. Mountain were'nt around all that long but all their albums are full of good honest rock music with a touch of class.

Great Classic Recording.......2007-06-03

Having been born in the fifties the seventies was when I actually developed my taste in many things including music. This album is and has been a favorite of mine. The quality of this recording is nothing short of fantastic. If you want a well written and developed classic rock album this is it.

Pawtucket in A Bucket to Nantucket and They Sleigh- Rided It..........2007-03-10

How was I to know people? How was I to know? O.K. - so I saw this pot of gold at the end of a rainbow and decided to "borrow" a gold shilling from it in order to treat Guido and his group to a round of drinks at the Fishnet (Guido's favorite hang-out). Everything was going well, and everyone was laughing and joking UNTIL this incessant leprechaun came bursting through the door demanding his gold back! He tangled with the bouncers but, unfortunately, he had super-human strength! So again- I was forced to leave (quickly) through the kitchen exit and make my way into a waiting taxicab for a quick getaway. I am now holed up in Guido's Aunt Matilda's flat who, as you didn't know, is a spirit guide for Hollywood movie stars in their declining years. This is far worse than the King Tut debacle (see Kinks review), mainly because I couldn't cash in on his artifact and simply gave it back. But, in this case, I spent the shilling and, as you all know, Metamorpho is broke-but rich in spiritual advice. Leprechauns don't care about that. No. They are only concerned about their own greed and selfishness. This does not bode well for your own Metamorpho. And, of course, fear is a new emotion for me. The drinks, I think, diminished my strong protective aura. I should be up to snuff in a few days. Meanwhile- this irrational thing is after me. Stay tuned.
But no nevermind. Your Metamorpho will risk life and limb to bring you this review. Why? Because I am dedicated to my public and they deserve my very best (yes-even in times of great stress). Is everyone appreciative now? ...... Probably not. But, no matter...........
"Nantucket Sleighride" is an amazingly great rock album. Why is that so? I think the secret lies in Felix Pappalardi's technical production abilities as well as his prowess in songwriting and playing bass. Leslie West provides the counterpoint in the process, contributing wicked guitar riffs and that growling, rough vocal. Like sandpaper on a glossy surface, these two glide the sleigh over calm and stormy seas. To me, this is the most pleasing, most cohesive album Mountain ever did. It is thematic, it holds togther with music that revs like a thunderstorm and then disapates into peace and calm. And I love the natural band sound that emanates from it. It was made in an age when instruments did the talking instead of techical soundboards. Antiquated? Maybe. But real? Very much so.
We begin with the pounding and thunderous "Don't Look Around" which gives Leslie full range to throw his weight around, so to speak. Then it's the lovely, slow intro (Taunta) into the magnificient "Nantucket Sleighride". This is one of Metamorpho's favorites from them. This song conveys excellent "atmospherics" in conveying the setting of the song. It moves slow in the beginning, and you can almost hear those waves lapping against the bow of the ship. Felix's smooth vocal is juxtaposed against the breaks in the tune when Leslie's guitar takes over. Listen close and you'll even hear a seaman's shanty played within. The various passages here are a thing of beauty. So well thought out and every time I hear it I am in awe.
From there it is back to the hard riff and rave of "You Can't Get Away". Listen to Corky Laing's drums. Now there is a drummer my people! "Next comes Felix again with "Tired Angels". Rock solid construction with his vocals detracting from any harshness. Back again with the rock roundhouse of "The Animal Trainer and the Toad". Hmmmm......perhaps a reference to Felix and Leslie my people? Time and time again we are treated to that old, homegrown remedy of sweet and sour, Felix and Leslie; to guide us through Nantucket Sound.
The rest of the album proceeds the same - Pappalardi's reverent ode of "My Lady" and West's hard rock in "The Great Train Robbery". Letting both their strengths shine. But we have one here that involves them equally called "Travelin' In the Dark". When you combine these two - you wind up with a potent rock song and rock album which is timeless in it's genius.
In closing, I think by the time this album was made that Pappalardi had a handle on what they all could accomplish. I think his thoughts and organization are what made Mountain really flourish at this point. But let us not forget Leslie. One heck of an axe grinder if there ever was one. I hope all you rock fans investigate this one. Truly a nice classic from that era.
I hate to be rude, but I must leave quickly! That leprechaun is blow-torching a hole through the door and I must find that fire-escape...and SOON! Maybe I can go to Nantucket. I hear leprechauns hate water.

Sleighriding through life.....your own Metamorpho

Not bad but not great.......2007-02-19

I don't think Mountain's studio work ever approached their live performances. This just sounds thin, with the high point being Pappalardi's vocals in the title track. Leslie West plays much better on Leslie West Live. His guitar is the real star of this show, and his vocals get better all the time. This album doesn't capture the overwhelming sound the big guy generated. It seems like he was trying to be just another member of the band, and that's a waste. For a great kick, check out his acoustic versions of The Animals and Bob Dylan on You Tube. Mountain was just his warm-up act. He's better not than he was then.

First time - but not the last!.......2007-01-15

I ordered the Nantucket Sleighride CD by Mountain couple of weeks before Christmas and received it just in time, unlike the one ordered at the same time from a seller on the Amazon Marketplace - that one came two weeks later. The price was reasonable, and getting the CD delivered home with regular mail just great, as there was no need to commute to a vintage record store.

Average customer rating: Southern Rock - NC style Great Album and Band Nantucket to PKM The Good Ole Days! Yes! Grew up with drummer loved their music !

Nantucket Nantucket Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Long Way to the Top Your Face or Mine Another Mother Further The Very Best of Mother's Finest: Not Yer Mother's Funk Boogie Motel ASIN: B00009Y3PY Release Date: 2003-07-02

Tracks:

1. Heartbreaker
2. Never Gonna Take Your Lies
3. Real Romance
4. She's No Good
5. Born in a Honky Tonk
6. It's Gettin' Harder
7. Girl, You Blew a Good Thing
8. Spring Fever
9. Quite Like You
10. What's the Matter With Loving You

Album Description

Nantucket was a hard rock outfit that had a handful of albums in the late 70s & early 80s. They have maintained a cult fan base that has been screaming for their albums to be issued on CD ever since. This release is their self-titled first album from 1978, making its worldwide CD debut. Wounded Bird. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Southern Rock - NC style.......2006-09-14

I grew up with this music. This is a great band that somehow didn't meet their potential. Great vocals and harmonies, all with driving southern rock rythym. You will get hours of enjoyment out of this CD.

Great Album and Band.......2006-07-18

I grew up in Morehead City, N.C. and graduated from West Carteret H.S. in "82. I seen Nantucket at the club "Big Surf" several times in Atlantic Beach, just across the bridge from Morehead. It was always an event when they came to town, not just another concert. I am glad these classics are now avaiable on C.D. What a great addition to my music collection. This music brings back a lot of good time memories.

Nantucket to PKM.......2006-02-20

Nantucket was awesome. As a teen the first band I ever saw in concert was Nanatucket. I was not 18 yet but the club (I can't remember the original name but eventually it became "Roadies" in Goldsboro, NC) What a great show! When Nantucket started to wain, there was a group that came from them I always felt was even better, PKM! PKM had an LP by the name of Rock Erotica and before it was released (I worked at a local college station, WKNS) I had them to send me a reel-to-reel tape that I played often. They are part of my past and I have fond memories of both. The last time I saw Nantucket was 1993-94 at Atlantic Beach NC and Michael Gardner of PKM was playing lead (I worked for WSFL and we sponsered the concert). A great show! I loved both but I honestly thought PKM was the best of both. If you want to know more about PKM check out this site: http://www.2112online.com/nantucket/pkm.shtml . Pee Wee,Kenney & Mike...thanks for the memories!

Daryl Boyette

The Good Ole Days! Yes!.......2005-11-01

Born in A Honky Tonk..what a killer tune..remember playing it tons on the "new" cassette system I bought. Saw them a couple of times at the Greenville,SC Memorial Auditorium. Wondered what ever happened to them, well, they are still together and touring. Would love to see them again..
Great Album/Cass/CD..love all the songs..

Grew up with drummer loved their music !.......2005-08-22

Back before the band even started as a kid, I use to run over to Kenny Soule's house and watch him play drums through the basement window of his house in the 60's,Talk about "cool" . My sister and him went to high school together and his dad was a music proffesor at the local college with the name like Soule it fit,because he really played very well !When 1978 rolled around Nantucket was on the seen and they rolled into the nighborhood to visit Kenny's parents. That night we went to see them at the " Hardrock cafe " in West hartford. But I needed a parent to go so Sis, took me, they sounded the same as they did on thier albums and was so cool to see them ROCK and kenny play the skins, this time without me looking through the basement window. They are a gret bunch Musicians of with a good beat and great lyric's. Well thats my story and every bit the truth. Peter

Average customer rating: Southern Rock at its finest good stuff Great Unknown Band Nantucket ...Long Way to the Top

Long Way to the Top Nantucket 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: Nantucket Your Face or Mine Another Mother Further The Very Best of Mother's Finest: Not Yer Mother's Funk Prism ASIN: B0002FHCOA Release Date: 2004-07-06

Tracks:

1. It's a Long Way to the Top
2. Living With You
3. Time Bomb
4. 50 More
5. Media Darlin'
6. Rugburn
7. Too Much Wrong in the Past (For a Future)
8. Over and Over Again
9. Turn the Radio On
10. Tell Me
11. Rescue
12. Rock of the 80's

Customer Reviews:

Southern Rock at its finest.......2007-01-04

I grew up listening to this band. Great rock rhythms and harmonies. I'm very happy these recordings are again available for purchase.

good stuff.......2006-10-19

I always wondered what happened to this band. Growing up in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, I remember their music getting some airplay, especially "Time Bomb" and "Heartbreaker." This disc blends most of what I like and remember about the 80s; it channels Billy Squier, Prizm, Foreigner, Def Leppard, and maybe Loverboy. The power ballads that never made the radio are actually quite melodic--the band just had a signature sound!

Great Unknown Band.......2005-03-22

Growing up in Raleigh at the time Nantucket was around,(my dad used to party with them),you had to have this album. I am so glad that this is out on cd now. Album cover is cool too. Great album to play air guitar to especially "Time Bomb". Not a bad song on it.

Nantucket ...Long Way to the Top.......2005-02-17

Nantucket's third release for Epic, "Long Way to the Top" is a great CD. Now that Wounded Bird has released their first 3 albums on CD, you can hear it for yourself.

For "Long Way", Tom Allom was brought in to produce the band. His credits included working with Judas Priest and Pat Travers. In retrospect, I think this should have been the "break out" project from the band. It may sound like I am crying, but bad promotion was a key factor for the band's time with Epic. After being "special guests" on tours with Boston, Kiss, AC/DC, and Molly Hatchet among others, this was the CD that should have broken down all barriers to radio airplay.

The first 6 tracks are all "A" songs (not that the next 6 aren't! More on those in a bit).

Long Way to the Top kicks off the CD and is in fact the AC/DC tune that you are familiar with. It is an excellent version. Pretty gutsy to open for AC/DC and kick off your show with their song. It happened. At the time, I think some AC/DC fans were not too receptive, but it is a great version. It is also the only song on the disc that the band didn't have a hand in writing.

No let down on the next 2 tunes, "Living with You" & "Time Bomb".They are almost too short! By the time the first three tracks are over, you will have been body slammed by rock and roll.

The Tommy Redd penned "50 More" is a master piece! The entire band brings it together. Eddie Blair on sax and Kenny Soule on drums shine through on this serious (subject matter) rocker.

"Rugburn" more than just "pleasure on the carpet".

The next 6 tracks (formerly known as side 2) do not let you down. In the "old days", I couldn't turn the album over fast enough to keep the tunes coming. Tommy Redd delivers on "Tell Me".

One of my all time favorite tunes, "Rescue" is here for your listening pleasure. Larry Uzzell and Tommy share vocals on a raw edged tune. The fading sax on the end make it.

I can't rave enough about this band. I have reviewed and preached about all three of their CD's available through Amazon. I am a Nantucket "mark". I admit that it's hard for me to be too objective since they are my favorite band. However, I do think it's possible for you to enjoy their music also. I don't think you will be let down if you like to rock. If your a big fan, you will glad to now they have a web site. Check it out..
http://www.2112online.com/nantucket/

Average customer rating: One last touch of Paris (but oversold by the critics) wonderful perforance of excellent songs Classic Rorem Songs! Come To Pop, Baby! Worthy indeed - a gem

Susan Graham - Songs of Ned Rorem Susan Graham , Martin Martineau , and Ensemble Oriol Manufacturer: Erato ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Bartoli, Cecilia | Battle, Kathleen | Bonney, Barbara | Caballe, Montserrat | Callas, Maria | Crespin, Regine | Eaglen, Jane | Ferrier, Kathleen | Flagstad, Kirsten | Fleming, Renée | Freni, Mirella | Gheorghiu, Angela | Horne, Marilyn | Janowitz, Gundula | Jones, Gwyneth | Kasarova, Vesselina | Kirkby, Emma | Larmore, Jennifer | Ludwig, Christa | McDonald, Audra | Milanov, Zinka | Modl, Martha | Nilsson, Birgit | Norman, Jessye | Otter, Anne Sophie von | Podles, Ewa | Ponselle, Rosa | Price, Leontyne | Sayao, Bidu | Scotto, Renata | Soderstrom, Elisabeth | Sutherland, Joan | Te Kanawa, Kiri | Troyanos, Tatiana | Upshaw, Dawn | Vishnevskaya, Galina | Von Stade, Frederica Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Rachmaninov, Sergei | Ramirez, Ariel | Ravel, Maurice | Rodgers, Richard | Rossini, Gioacchino | Saint-Saens, Camille | Satie, Erik | Scarlatti, Alessandro | Schubert, Franz | Schumann, Robert | Shostakovich, Dmitri | Sibelius, Jean | Spontini, Gasparo | Strauss Jr., Johann | Strauss, Richard | Stravinsky, Igor | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | Thomas, Ambroise | Toselli, Enrico C to G | Featured Performers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Caballe, Montserrat | Callas, Maria | Caruso, Enrico | Cassinelli, Ricardo | Christie, William | Church, Charlotte | Corelli, Franco | Crespin, Regine | Della Casa, Lisa | Di Stefano, Giuseppe | Eaglen, Jane | Ferrier, Kathleen | Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich | Flagstad, Kirsten | Fleming, Renee | Ford, Bruce | Freni, Mirella | Gahmlich, Wilfried | Gambill, Robert | Gedda, Nicolai | Gencer, Leyla | Gheorghiu, Angela | Giacomotti, Alfredo | Giannini, Dusolina | Gigli, Beniamino | Gruberova, Edita Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music ( G ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music | Gahmlich, Wilfried | Galbraith, Paul | Galway, James | Gambill, Robert | Gedda, Nicolai | Gencer, Leyla | Gheorghiu, Angela | Giacomotti, Alfredo | Giannini, Dusolina | Gieseking, Walter | Gigli, Beniamino | Gilels, Emil | Glennie, Evelyn | Goode, Richard | Goodman, Benny | Gould, Glenn | Grainger, Percy Aldridge | Graves, Denyce | Grimaud, Hélène | Gruberova, Edita | Grumiaux, Arthur | Guarneri String Quartet General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ned Rorem: Selected Songs The Faces of Love ~ The Songs of Jake Heggie / Fleming, McNair, Larmore, von Stade, Forand, Cao, Clayton, Vaness, Asawa Susan Graham - La Belle Époque (The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn) Susan Graham ~ Berlioz - Les nuits d'été Poèmes de l'Amour ASIN: B00004R9BK Release Date: 2000-04-04

Tracks:

1. Sonnet [Bynner]
2. Clouds [Goodman]
3. Early In The Morning [Hillyer]
4. The Serpent [Roethke]
5. Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal [Tennyson]
6. Opus 101 [Bynner]
7. I Strolled Across An Open Field [Roethke]
8. To A Young Girl [Yeats]
9. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair [after Foster]
10. Ode [de Ronsard]
11. For Poulenc [O'Hara]
12. Littlle elegy [Wylie]
13. Alleluia
14. Look Down, Fair Moon [Whitman]
15. O You Whom I Often And Silently Come [Whitman]
16. I Will Always Love You [O'Hara]
17. The Tulip Tree [Goodman]
18. The Wintry Mind [Bynner]
19. I Am Rose [Stein]
20. The Lordly Hudson [Goodman]
21. O Do Not Love Too Long [Goodman]
22. Far - Far - Away [Tennyson]
23. For Susan [Goodman]
24. A Journey [Glaze]
25. Sometimes With One I Love [Goodman]
26. Love [Lodge]
27. Orchids [Roethke]
28. Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening [Frost]
29. Do I Love You More Than A Day [Larson]
30. Ferry Me Across The Water [Rossetti]
31. The Sowers [Bynner]
32. That Shadow, My Likeness [Whitman]

Amazon.com

Contemporary composer Ned Rorem is typically likened to an American Schubert (living in Paris) for the fecundity, emotional range, and quality of his songs (though this represents only one facet of a prolific career). And Rorem's masterful 1998 cycle Evidence of Things Not Seen would seem to justify that reputation, as does this marvelous anthology from the Rorem songbook of the past half-century. The composer is fond of dividing musicians into the "German" and the "French," clearly identifying himself with the latter for the elusive sparkle and subtle play of shadows that characterize his art. What other kind of sensibility could "through-compose" Gertrude Stein's "I Am Rose" in a deftly perfect 27 seconds? Fortunately, American lyric mezzo Susan Graham intuitively understands this expressive aspect, as does pianist-partner Malcolm Martineau. Graham is constantly attentive to the marriage of music and text in the 32 songs here and phrases their little worlds into being with grace and wit. She can shade to a sweet vanishing point or allow her voice to blossom, orchidlike, into a dazzling profusion of colors. Few of these songs, which draw on the poetry of Walt Whitman, Theodore Roethke, Frank O'Hara, and many others, last more than two minutes. But their resonance lingers, whether in the haunting "Opus 101"--with its lean but potent string trio scoring--or the enigmatic "That Shadow, My Likeness" from Whitman. --Thomas May

Customer Reviews:

One last touch of Paris (but oversold by the critics).......2005-10-11

Ned Rorem is the last survivor, since the death of Virgil Thompson, of the long reach that Paris exerted over a generation of American expatriate composers, many of whom drifted overseas between the wars to study with the legendary Nadia Boulanger. Rorem's songs sometimes have American folk roots, but mostly he writes chansons, and like their French counterparts, his are crystalline, spare, sophisticated, and precisely defined emotionally.

If he were more tlaneted he might have wirtten masterpieces, but mostly this sounds like Samuel Barber on skim milk. Rorem often sets minor, if not trivial poetry. His lyrical gift is modest. But there's no doubt that he has been neglected, largely because of his stubbornly tonal conservatism, and now that tonality is repsectable again, he is being accorded last-minute honors. I'm glad for him, and his best work, which consists of his multi-volume memoirs, has added much to American culture. But even when skillfully sung by an artist of the caliber of Susan Graham, a hour's worth of Rorem's tiny jewel-like chansons is about twice too much at one sitting.

wonderful perforance of excellent songs.......2005-01-20

I'm a neophyte to Ned Rorem's work. To be honest I purchased this CD because I really enjoy listening to Susan Graham. Although I really love hearing Ms. Graham's opera performances, I find it refreshing to hear her singing something in English. I also appreciate how she's taken time to perform something other than opera. Susan Graham's performance of Ned Rorem's songs has me seeking out other performances of his work.

Classic Rorem Songs!.......2004-05-18

Susan Graham has a remarkable mezzo voice and sings Rorem as though she really is a sounding board for the composer. Kudos to her and this CD comes highly recommended to newbies to Rorem songs and those many die-hard fans!

Come To Pop, Baby!.......2004-03-12

Recently, I heard Susan Graham on Garrison Keillor's "Prarie Home Companion" show. Wow! I didn't know who she was, but she had so much humour, verve and style while singing some show tunes, and that incredible voice. I rushed to amazon but all the English language songs I could find seemed to be on this album of Ned Rorem music. Well, whatever the weight lieder songs carry for the Germans, it seems that art songs in English mean songs you can't snap your fingers to, can't slap out a beat to and would never, ever, sing with your friends. I know, I know, I'm a Philistine, but please, Ms. Graham, give us an album of American popular classics, show tunes and the like. When I listened to you on Mr. Keillor's show, if I had been a bell, I'd have been ringing too! You are simply great. Don't let the classical music fans have all the fun. Throw a little our way too. Pretty please.

Worthy indeed - a gem.......2002-08-27

I cannot disagree with "A Music Fan"'s panning of this CD. Having first purchased the Hearing CD which he/she references, I reached the conclusion that Rorem's music was too knotty and "20th century" for repeated listenings and enjoyment. This CD with Susan Graham completely reversed my opinion. The songs are indeed chosen to be accessible, but they are much more than that. They are, simply stated, lovely. This is a disc I will play again and again, and has caused me to investigate many other Rorem CDs. I just came on line to buy it as a gift for a friend. Rorem deserves his due, and this disc gives it to him.

Average customer rating: Coulda, Shoulda Been A Classic takes me back Excellent Melodic Guitar Rock! AWESOME !!!! Is it Wrong to Rock and Roll...

Your Face or Mine Nantucket 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: Long Way to the Top Nantucket Another Mother Further Prism See Forever Eyes ASIN: B0002FHCNQ Release Date: 2004-07-06

Tracks:

1. Gimme Your Love
2. I Live for Your Love
3. Hey Hey Blondie
4. California
5. Wide Awake
6. Don't Hang Up
7. Your Place or Mine
8. Just the Devil's Way
9. Is It Wrong to Rock and Roll

Customer Reviews:

Coulda, Shoulda Been A Classic.......2005-08-13

One only has to check out the internet and read Nantucket reviews of their original three albums re-released on CD from Wounded Bird Records to see how fanatical their fan base is. And for good reason.
This rockin' North Carolina band made it as far as openers for AC/DC (and covered "It's A Long Way To The Top")and other bigger bands as they toured through the Piedmont and the South. What set Nantucket apart was superb musicianship, streamlined songs that were heavy on the hooks and had plenty of guitar for those afraid to check out anything that didn't rock hard enough, it being the late '70s and the age of disco and wimp music.
Perhaps the key ingredients were principle songwriter Tommy Redd, who could manuever from style to style with the greatest ease and dexterity and the vocals of Larry Uzzel, who possesses one of the great classic rock voices. No doubt the chemistry and feel good tunes of Nantucket on record translated into a dynamo of a live show.
"Your Face Or Mine", the stunning second album, roars in at under 37 minutes and leaves you wanting much much more. "Give Me Your Love", the title track and "Wide Awake" should be regulars on any classic radio format. Fast paced, great arrangements and a sense of fun pervade this CD and reminds us all that rock was supposed to be fun. It's a huge relief from the gloom and doom sludge guitars and industrial noise that seems to drag the listener down into a tar pit. Plus, the band had a distinct style and sound all their own, which is a trait most modern bands are missing altogether.
You owe it to yourself to give this great band a second chance. Get all three CD's while the getting is good.

takes me back.......2005-03-12

this is a masterpiece of its time. So thrilled to now have it again, I must have worn the cassette tape out. This is the perfect road trip, summer album of love and lost love. I am so happy to have it in my cache again.

Excellent Melodic Guitar Rock!.......2004-12-01

Nantucket had it all together here on there second cd. I've been searching for it for years on cd and now Wounded Birds has finally released it. This is great straight ahead guitar driven rock n roll with a great melodic rocking blend of electric guitars,keyboards,and harmonies. Larry Uzzell is also a fine lead singer.Tommy Redd is a great guitar player and song writer. GIMME YOUR LOVE was a small hit in the summer of 1979,but the whole cd rocks from start to finish. The album cover is also pretty cool. You can't go wrong with this one.

AWESOME !!!!.......2004-11-27

I have a hard time picking which is my favorite of the first three albums. The original is well, Just that. Long Way To The Top is a classic album with a great cover song. However, I must say that the tunes and the Album cover of "Your Face or Mine" has to be the pinnacle of Nantucket's collection. I have been searching for these albums for 20 plus years. I lost them all when one of my roomates back in school decided they needed them more than I did. Thank You Wounded Bird Records.. The void in my life has been filled. I think I will have "Born in a Honky Tonk" looped for the next 10 years.

Is it Wrong to Rock and Roll..........2004-08-07

Let's clear this up right off the get go, in my opinion, every Nantucket CD is excellent. "Your Face or Mine" is my favorite though. If I could, it would be 5 1/2 stars. It was the follow up to their debut, and this is no sophmore jinx!

The kick off track and single, "Gimme Your Love" sets the table for an excellent disc all the way through. The next track, "I Live for Your Love" is one of my all time favorite tracks from Nantucket. I can't help but thinking that back in 1979, this could have been a breakthough track for the band on radio. I know in Charlotte, North Carolina, the band received plenty of play on the old WROQ-FM. These tunes were at least as good, if not better in many cases, than what was being played on the radio at that time. Being from North Carolina, the band came through Charlotte often. Opening for AC/DC, Molly Hatchet, or headlining their own shows, many of us identified them as "our band"!

"Wide Awake" is a great combination of rockin' sax from Eddie Blair, and harmony vocals from Larry Uzzell & Tommy Redd. It is a stand out track.

The CD closes out with the Nantucket classic "Is it Wrong to Rock and Roll". By the time this song comes to a cold fade, I think you'll be ready to start the disc over again.

I am definitely partial to the band. They were pretty much the soundtrack to my high school and college years. They definitely have a time stamp on my younger years. You may find you like them too. Many Nantucket fans will probably suggest "Long Way to the Top" as their best work. It may well be the critics choice also. I say buy em all! BUT, if I had to pick one, "Your Face or Mine" is the Nantucket CD for me. Thanks to Wounded Bird for the release on CD!

Chcek the band out on their site: http://www.2112online.com/nantucket/

Average customer rating: Great vocal virtuosity Confuzzled An American Composer of Art Song more German than Rorem delightful art songs

Ned Rorem: Selected Songs Ned Rorem , and Carole Farley Manufacturer: Naxos American ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Susan Graham - Songs of Ned Rorem Rorem: The End of Summer, Book of Hours, Bright Music Rorem: Three Symphonies Rorem: Flute Concerto; Violin Concerto The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00005QISU Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

1. The Waking
2. Root Cellar
3. My Papa's Waltz
4. I Strolled Across An Open Field
5. Memory
6. Orchids
7. The Serpent
8. Night Crow
9. Snake
10. Lilltel Elegy
11. The Nightingale
12. Nantucket
13. Lullaby Of The Woman Of The Mountain
14. Love In A Life
15. What If Some Little Pain...
16. Visits To St. Elizabeth's
17. Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
18. Spring
19. See How They Love Me
20. Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
21. I Am Rose
22. Ask Me No More
23. Far-Far-Away
24. Early In The Morning
25. Alleluia
26. Such Beauty As Hurts To Behold
27. Sally's Smile
28. Youth, Day, Old Age, And Night
29. O You Whom I Often And Silently Come
30. Full Of Life Now
31. As Adam Early In The Morning
32. Are You The New Person?

Customer Reviews:

Great vocal virtuosity.......2005-04-07

This is a great recording, by two great artists. Carole Farley is the ideal singer for Ned Rorem's songs. She spell out every
word and every nuance, giving each song and every poem their full character. The songs are a revelation. I recommend this recording without hesitation.
Christoph (Berlin, Germany)

Confuzzled.......2004-01-03

While these song are GREAT...I cannot get over Carole Farley; her voice is so affected (kind of like a sprechstimme; overly dramatic...). I love the fact that Rorem himself is playing the piano, and as a singer, the catalogue of songs is good to have...but cant say I could ever manage getting over Farley's affectation. There are far superior recordings out there.

An American Composer of Art Song.......2003-04-02

American popular song, whether standards, show tunes,jazz, blues, or rock, is one of our country's most visible artistic achievements. American classical (or Art) songs are much less known. Ned Rorem (b. 1923) is probably the greatest American composer in this unfamiliar medium. Rorem is sometimes dubbed the "American Schubert."

This disc features 32 of Ned Rorem's songs for voice and piano. Soprano Carole Farley is the accomplished singer, and Ned Rorem himself plays the piano. The disc is special because it features settings of the works of American poets. The CD begins with 9 settings of poems by the mid-twentieth century poet, Theodore Roethke, and concludes with settings of 5 poems by Walt Whitman. The disc also includes settings of poems by William Carlos Williams, Gertrude Stein, and Paul Goodman, among others. Thus the disc combines in a special way American creative effort in poetry and in music.

Rorem's songs are declamatory in style. Typically, the voice line delivers the text of the poetry in a sort of chant. The relationship between the voice line and the piano is far from Schubertian. Generally, the piano takes a separate line and accentuates the voice by means of large chords or by runs or by other comments and punctuation on the voice. The texts are well set and the music is effective. There are some unusual harmonies with jazz and blues influences. Rorem's piano accompanyment on this disc gives the recording a sense of authenticity -- we get a good idea of how the composer wants his songs to be conveyed.

The disc includes excellent program notes and texts of all the songs. Naxos has received deservedly high praise for its "American Classics" series which makes much music written by Americans available on CD at a low price. This disc includes some lovely, little-known songs. It is an excellent introduction to the American art song and to the music of Ned Rorem.

more German than Rorem.......2002-07-20

I've been a Rorem fan since hearing a highschool friend perform some of his work in her college recital. His startling, atonal songs were an instant revelation. For years there were few reliable CDs of his vocal work. A scandal considering his reputation rests more on his art songs and chamber music than on his orchestral pieces. This Naxos entry of a wide overview of his best songs is thus quite welcome, due largely to its availability, wide distribution and professional packaging (he's had some shoddy issues before with incorrect liner notes, etc.; the challenge of the low budget).

I can't call myself an unalloyed fan of soprano Carole Farley however. Her delivery here recalls the speak-singing style of German 12-tone composers (a specialty of hers), and can sound melodramatic, especially when she rushes the more delicate passages.

I prefer Rorem's softer, more melodious French side, the one that descends from Impressionism and is more warmly emotive. While Farley loses the shading of some of the more fragile songs, she is well-suited to the longer, more forceful pieces. I've heard many readings of "Early in the Morning" (one of Rorems most popular songs) by male and female vocalists, and its tale of wistful nostalgia is muted by Farley's direct approach. However, she nails "My Papa's Waltz," a fractured setting for a Roethke poem about a frightened child forced to dance with a drunken father. Here her acting skills come to the fore, and she perfectly captures the tipsy madness of the song. Rorem can be quite theatrical himself on occasion. She does almost as well with "See How they love me," a ballad with a regular pace that allows her assertive style to breathe.

At any rate it's great to hear these lovely songs in a recent (2000) recording, accompanied (rather emphatically, but perhaps he's matching his theatrical singer) by Rorem himself.

The similar Susan Graham album is more to my taste, but this is a more than competent bargain set.

delightful art songs.......2002-01-02

rorem's songs are amazing, and naxos has done well
to group them by poet. the complete settings of roethke
are particularly compelling and edgey.

carole farley's voice is lovely, but her phrasing
and willingness to push her voice seems
a big departure from the styling of art songs i've
heard by poulenc and somers.

this takes some getting used to- at least 3 or 4 complete
listen-throughs in my case. her voice is almost jazzy,
kind of like early recordings by holly cole.

anyway, rorem accompanies her on piano so obviously
this reading fits with his intent; his playing is also delightful.

one small quibble- although there are 32 songs, the CD is
57 minutes- brief by naxos standards.

Average customer rating: Never mind the gay, just enjoy the music 20th Century Composers OUT on the Town Art at its best!!

Gay American Composers Manufacturer: Composers Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Tangos | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Del Tredici | Del Tredici, David | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Harrison | Harrison, Lou | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hoiby, Lee | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Gay & Lesbian | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Gay American Composers-Volume 2 Out Classics Dante's Cove Michael Tolliver Lives: A Novel ASIN: B000005TY0 Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

1. Homage A Rachmaninoff
2. Five Songs On Poems Of Walt Whitman: I Was There
3. Variations
4. Estampe
5. Incitation To Desire: Tango
6. The Nantucket Songs: The Dance
7. The Nantucket Songs: Nantucket
8. The Nantucket Songs: Go, Lovely Rose
9. The Nantucket Songs: The Dancer
10. Fantasy Pieces: I. Adagio
11. Fantasy Pieces: II. Poco Allegretto
12. Fantasy Pieces: III. Allegro Minacciando (...Diabolique)
13. Fantasy Pieces: IV. Largo
14. Two Quartets: Desire-Movement
15. In The Department Of Love
16. Bass Trombone, Bass Clarinet, Harp
17. Transform (Stream): Transform (Stream) (Excerpt)
18. Serenade For Betty Freeman & Franco Assetto
19. Walt Whitman In 1989
20. Hommage a Faure

Customer Reviews:

Never mind the gay, just enjoy the music.......2005-01-18

If you are dubious about the "gayness" of this music, no worries! So are most of the composers on this disc. Strangely, despite the premise of the collection, in the liner notes most deny their music is "gay," even if their lives are. Aside from the Whitman texts and a few other hints, you would be hard pressed to hear anything here but beautiful 20th cen. American music. And it is a beautiful selection, nice especially for the inclusion of lesser known young composers along with Rorem and Harrison.

20th Century Composers OUT on the Town.......2002-09-26

...Of the composers of note during the last 100 years or so (here in America) the vast majority of them are/were gay. This disc, with it's companion Volume 2 are a way to step into the gay sensibility a bit...

Well, I defy anyone to listen to Walt Whitman in 1989, by the late Chris De Blasio and have them tell me that isn't the heart-rendering cry of a gay man for his dying generation.

I don't want to give the impression that this disc is a downer. It isn't. But it is defiantly gay. Painfully beautiful, and at times downright challenging. Buy it. Stick it in you drive, and luxuriate in the fabulousness (and I don't use the "F" word lightly).

Art at its best!!.......2001-06-06

Absolutely wonderful music! I recommend this recording highly! The most moving works represented were provided by Philadelphia composer Robert Maggio and New Yorker Lee Hoiby.

Average customer rating:

Nantucket Sleighride Mountain Manufacturer: Repertoire ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | 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 Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Climbing! ASIN: B0006LY0T0 Release Date: 2004-11-29

Tracks:

1. Don't Look Around
2. Taunta (Sammy's Tune)
3. Nantucket Sleighride
4. You Can't Get Away!
5. Tired Angels
6. Animal Trainer and the Toad
7. My Lady
8. Travelin' in the Dark (To E.M.P.)
9. Great Train Robbery
10. Roll Over Beethoven
11. Crossroader

Album Description

One of the heaviest and loudest US guitar bands of the early seventies, Mountain starred Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi and Corky Laing. Originally released in 1971, this digipak reissue features three bonus tracks 'Roll Over Beethoven', 'Crossroader' and the live track 'Travellin' In The Dark'. Repertoire. 2004.

Album Details

This CD Boasts Three Bonus Tracks "Roll Over Beethoven", "Crossroader" and the 'live' Track "Travellin' in the Dark".

Average customer rating: Very interesting

The Composer-Performer 40th Anniversary Manufacturer: Composers Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Curtis-Smith, Curtis | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fine, Irving | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomson | Thomson, Virgil | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tower | Tower, Joan | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walker | Walker, George | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005TWL Release Date: 1994-10-25

Tracks:

1. Aeolian Harp; The Banshee
2. The Letter
3. Waltz-Gavotte: Waltz - Gavotte
4. Fantasy In Space
5. Image
6. Praises And Prayers
7. Fanfare From Organ Book: Fanfare From Organbook
8. Spatials
9. Divertimento
10. Five Sonorous Inventions
11. The Nantucket Songs
12. Petroushskates
13. Samba D Hiccup
14. Strange Quiet
15. Requiem For Bosnia
16. Nine Songs Ritual Opera
17. Apocalypse

Customer Reviews:

Very interesting.......2001-02-23

- especially the Walzt-Gavottte is playfull and summes of live and fun - a bit Childrens Corner here. But some of the pieces are very etniclike and can be foreign to listen to. Though - it sounds interesting.

Average customer rating:

Songs of Ned Rorem Manufacturer: Composers Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005TW8 Release Date: 1993-12-07

Tracks:

1. The Nantucket Songs: From Whence Cometh Song
2. The Nantucket Songs: The Dance
3. The Nantucket Songs: Nantucket
4. The Nantucket Songs: Go, Lovely Rose
5. The Nantucket Songs: Up-Hill
6. The Nantucket Songs: Mother, I Cannot Mind My Wheel
7. The Nantucket Songs: Fear Of Death
8. The Nantucket Songs: Thoughts Of A Young Girl
9. Ferry Me Across The Water
10. The Nantucket Songs: The Dancer
11. Some Trees
12. Some Trees: The Grapevine
13. Some Trees: Our Youth
14. Six Songs: Little Elegy
15. Six Songs: Night Crow
16. Six Songs: The Tulip Tree
17. Six Songs: Look Down, Fair Moon
18. Six Songs: What Sparks And Wiry Cries
19. Six Songs: For Poulenc
20. Women's Voices: Let Not Charitable Hope
21. Women's Voices: A Birthday
22. Women's Voices: To My Dear And Loving Husband
23. Women's Voices: To The Ladies
24. Women's Voices: If Ever Hapless Woman Had A Cause
25. Women's Voices: We Never Said Farewell
26. Women's Voices: The Stranger
27. Women's Voices: What Inn Is This?
28. Women's Voices: Defiled Is My Name
29. Women's Voices: Electrocution
30. Women's Voices: Smile, Death

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