The At The Sound of the Bell [Import]

Product Description
The Debut Album from the 70's Progressive Hard Rockers from St. Louis, featuring Lead Singer David Surkamp, Whose High Pitched Vocals Often Prompted Comparisons to Rush. Their Approach to Music was Much More Organic Than Rush and the Core Audience that Discovers and Rediscovers this Material Every Year is in for a Blazing Rock Treat.

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The At The Sound of the Bell [Import]

Average customer rating: Now it's possible to get your Partch all in a row

The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 1 Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 2 The Harry Partch Collection Volume 3 The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 4 Genesis of a Music: An Account of a Creative Work, Its Roots and Its Fulfillments (Da Capo Paperback) Harry Partch: Enclosure 7 ASIN: B0002WZTKC Release Date: 2004-09-28

Tracks:

1. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
2. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
3. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
4. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
5. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
6. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
7. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
8. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
9. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
10. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
11. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
12. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Castor & Pollux---A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini
13. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Castor & Pollux---A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini
14. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
15. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
16. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
17. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
18. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
19. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
20. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
21. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
22. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
23. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
24. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
25. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
26. Ulysses at the Edge (1955)

Album Description

This newly remastered reissue marks a welcome return to the catalog of the first volume of the classic 4-CD collection that was formerly available on the CRI label. The works recorded on this disc span the first six years of what Harry Partch (1901-1974), slightly tongue-in-cheek, called the "third period" of his creative life. They show him moving away from the obsession with "the intrinsic music of spoken words" that had characterized his earlier output (the vocal works of 1930-33 and 1941-45) and towards an instrumental idiom, predominantly percussive in nature. This path was to take him through the "music-dance drama" King Oedipus (1951)—-the culmination of his "spoken word" manner—to the "dance satire" The Bewitched (1954-55), in which his new percussive idiom manifests itself. The three works on this disc show Partch before, during, and after this period of transition. In their quiet, forlorn way, the Eleven Intrusions are among the most compelling and beautiful of Partch's works. The individual pieces were composed at various times between August 1949 and December 1950, and only later gathered together as a cycle. Nonetheless they form a unified whole, with a nucleus of eight songs framed by two instrumental preludes and an essentially instrumental postlude. Although foreshadowed by the dance sequences of King Oedipus, the Plectra and Percussion Dances (1952) are the first of Partch's major works to be wholly instrumental in conception. They stand in relation to Oedipus as a satyr play in relation to a Greek tragedy—hence the work's subtitle, "Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theater." He felt that after the prolonged period of composition and production of Oedipus it was "almost a necessity to give vent to feelings and ideas, whims and caprices, even nonsense, that seem to have no place in tragedy." The final work on this disc is Ulysses at the Edge, written at Partch's studio at Gate 5 in July 1955. Ulysses, which Partch describes as a "minor adventure in rhythm," is unique among his mature compositions in that, in its original form, it did not call for any of his own instruments. The version recorded here, for alto and baritone saxophones, Diamond Marimba, Boo, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, and speaking voice, is considered the third version of the piece.

Customer Reviews:

Now it's possible to get your Partch all in a row.......2006-02-20

Harry Partch is the quintissential mad genius of music--his image of music that was non-Eurocentric led to him devising his own tonal scale based on ancient Greek and Asian methods and then creating his own instruments. This series release of Partch music lets one organize his Partch tastes and get a real sense of his progress through time. This disc is superb for the Intrusions, ghostly little pieces that were my first introduction to this fine composer. I would also highly recommend volume 3, which has Barstow, one of my favorite Partch pieces.

Be prepared. This is classical music you have not been prepared for. If you're already a fan of Partch, aren't you glad SOMEONE is getting all his amazing stuff together in one tightly knit package?

Average customer rating: Top of the line - incredible! Long-awaited follow-up to "Dark Eyes" ANOTHER WONDERFUL ALBUM FROM DMITRI Dmitri at his best Hvorostovsky in his Milieu

I Met You, My Love Hvorostovsky , Orbelian , and Moscow Chamber Orchestra Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Moscow Nights Kalinka: Russian Folk Songs Where Are You, My Brothers? Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Passione di Napoli Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Concert 1998 ASIN: B00006DU10 Release Date: 2002-07-30

Tracks:

1. I Met You, My Love
2. No, It's Not You I Love So Fervently
3. Only Once
4. Bright Is The Night
5. I Remember The Charming Sound Of The Waltz
6. O, If Only I Could Express In Sounds
7. Do Not Awaken Memories
8. The Coachman's Song
9. In The Wide Open Field
10. The Lonely Coach Bell Rings
11. Misty Morning
12. But I Love You, Nevertheless
13. The Troika Speeds, The Troika Gallops
14. The Autumn Wind Moans Mournfully
15. At The Fateful Hour
16. I Loved You
17. The Weeping Willows Slumber
18. You Cannot Understand
19. Shine, Shine, My Star

Customer Reviews:

Top of the line - incredible!.......2007-05-13

If I could give this 100 stars I would do it. Since my trip to Russia in 2006 I "discovered" Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and have since purchased much of his music on CDs and DVDs. All tracks on this particular CD are incredibly beautiful - beyond imagination. Mr. Hvorostovsky was rightfully chosen the "Best Singer of the World" when he was a young man. His lush, full baratone voice is, as the young generation says, "to die for". He has an impressive range, and one can tell he feels music deeply by the nuances in his singing. This CD is one of my favorites of his singing.

Long-awaited follow-up to "Dark Eyes".......2003-01-04

Ever since "Dark Eyes", one of the first albums of Dmitri Hvorostovsky, came out, I've been wishing for the baritone to record more Russian romances. Looks like Delos is more committed to preserving this magnificent voice on record more than Philips did. After all, "Dark Eyes" had a lot of orchestral music, though wonderfully performed by Ossipov orchestra, it effectively reduced the sang material by some about 15 minutes or so. This is certainly not the case here. Well oven an hour of excellent singing is recorded (close-miked) with no interruptions. The songs themselves are the ones most often performed as encored by Russian singers. While baritones or basses have the strongest claim to them, most likely stemming from a long Russian tradidion of low male voice solo, tenors and even mezzo-sopranos have performed some of those to great acclaim.

The absolute hardest thing about performing these songs is not to make them sound sappy, vulgar, or over-done. Of all Russian singers who dealt with this material, I most often think of bass Boris Shtokolov, who sang them with utmost care. Dmitri does just that here. His care for the texts is what strikes me first while listening to "I Met You", a reflective serenade to love long lost. While all songs are spectacularly presented, I would like to mention "Misty Morning" and "I loved you". Like the title song, they are both filled with gentle melancholy, and sang with great tenderness and feeling. Some high-energy items, such as "Troika" seem just a little out of place, but the voice is a sheer pleasure to listen to. In "Oh, Could I in Song Tell My Sorrow", there's a strange change from traditional "your heart would break" to "my heart would break". I am not sure as to why this was done, particularly since the Cyrillic texts are absent.

In liner notes, Hvorostovsky explains the dedication of this album to his father, a chemical engineer, who managed to convey his love for the classical music and Russian romances to his son. I think all fathers need to learn from this man. Wondrous results stem from right upbringing!
The only minor quibble I have is the cover picture. It seems like the producers wanted to target exclusively the female part of the audience by using lots of shades of red color and lots of subdued candlelight. Well, I am sure there are lots of Dmitri's fans among men, particularly those of us who study voice, so I wish Delos would not make the cover so extravagant.
The engineering of this album, though, is very appropriate. The voice is placed well above orchestra (conducted with perfection by Constantine Orbelian) and each word is clearly heard. Together with Verdi Arias recording this shows that Delos engineers are fully capable of capturing the voice of this size and beauty well on record, something I doubted when listening to an otherwise lovely album of Neapolitan Songs.
I am sure non-Russian speakers will enjoy this CD just as much as Russians. After all, we all feel the same, and Dmitri's exceptional talent just makes it easier to communicate across cultural barriers.

ANOTHER WONDERFUL ALBUM FROM DMITRI.......2002-10-11

Once again, Dmitri Hvorostovsky has done another beautiful album. I'm completely thrilled with his last three releases on the Delos lable--the Verdi Album, the Passione di Napoli album and this new Russian love song album. As I have previously indicated on my review of his Passione di Napoli album, I've been a fan of his since his very beginnings in opera, and I do feel that he is truly in his vocal prime.
This album is for the "romantic at heart". The songs are beautiful as is the singing. All I can say of this endeavor is Bravo!!
I'm truly grateful that Hvorostovky's recording career was extended by the Delos lable!!

Dmitri at his best.......2002-10-09

What a treat this CD is. I've been waiting years for the great Hvorostovsky to record another album of Russian folk music, and this is arguably his best collection of that genre to date. Recorded in August, 2001, Hvorostovsky has never sounded better, and the sound quality admirably complements his rich, velvety baritone. Unlike his earlier collection of Neapolitan songs for the same label (DELOS), the recording balance between singer and orchestra will please everyone this time. Furthermore, the CD benefits from stylishly idiomatic arrangements, some fine conducting from Constantine Orbelian, and the sympathetic support of both the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and the Russian folk music performers, the Style of Five.

The 19 songs on the CD are described as "Old Russian Romances", or in professional music terminology as "Russian Domestic (Household) Romances". These are passionate songs of love, "often against the background of vast, empty Russian landscapes with long roads under foggy, gray skies", as the liner notes tell us. Hvorostovsky's dark, expressive baritone is ideally suited to such music, and Dmitri aficionados will no doubt recognise two songs from his earlier CDs of this genre, the haunting title track and the wistful "O, If Only I Could Express In Sounds". The latter was featured on his best-selling 1991 "Russian Romances" CD for Philips, but here - if anything - his singing is even more poetic than in earlier days. Comparing the two versions, one is immediately aware of how much freer Hvorostovsky's top notes are on the latest CD, with his upper register showing none of the slightly constricted quality that occasionally marred the earlier CD. This is the voice of a mature artist, and it is rare indeed to hear such committed singing from the soul.

As if the above wasn't enough, the CD comes with translations, generous liner notes, and an alluring cover photo of the handsome Siberian.

Hvorostovsky in his Milieu.......2002-08-31

This is Hvorostovsky at his finest. His magnificent rich creamy baritone is not taxed. He makes you sigh at beauty of his high
mezzo-voce notes, held endlessly, and trailing off to nothingness. The songs themselves are lovely-sad ballads of lost love for the most part, with a few catchy little ditties thrown in for a change of pace.

As crossover discs go, this one is one of the best. A fabulous singer at his prime, singing the songs of his childhood memories.

Bravo Hvorostovsky!

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The Number One Classical Album 2006 Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Albinoni | Albinoni, Tomaso | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Franck, César | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | 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 Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | 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 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 Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Czech | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Classical Album 2005 Classical Love Album 2007 Vittorio Appassionato The #1 Opera Album ASIN: B000BP2VJW Release Date: 2005-11-21

Tracks:

1. Heroe
2. O Mio Babbino Caro
3. Deer Hunter/She Was Beautiful (Cavatina)
4. Tosca/Vissi d'Arte
5. Adagio
6. Minuet
7. ThaMtation
8. Turandot/Nessun Dorma
9. Ave Maria
10. Laudate Dominum
11. I Believe
12. Mass for Four Voices/Agnus Dei
13. Vuchella
14. O Sole Mio
15. Barcarolle
16. Choristes
17. Jubilate Domum
18. Dr. Zhivago/Love Is a Mystery
19. Reflexionem
20. Listen to the Bell (Chi Si Ascolter

Tracks:

1. Amore Sei Tu (I Will Always Love You)
2. Rigoletto/La Donna Mobile
3. Places
4. Santa Lucia
5. Tears in Heavon
6. Sound of Music/Climb Every Mountain
7. In Dreams
8. Panis Angelicus
9. Orfeo Ed Euridice/Che Farnza Euridice
10. Marriage of Figaro/Voi Che Sapete
11. Gymnope No. 3
12. Dawn
13. Rusalka/Song to the Moon
14. Look at the World
15. Air on a G String
16. Adiemus
17. I Paglicacci/Vesti La Giubba
18. Palladio
19. Marble Halls
20. Brighid's Kiss
21. Auld Lang Syne

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At The Sound Of The Bell [Reissue] Pavlov's Dog Manufacturer: Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000LX6WFS

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Dwell Records Presents 17 tracks in Tribute To Mercyful Fate: FEATURING Equinox, Soilwork, Deceased, Memory Garden, Acheron, Morta Skuld, Burning Inside, Dan Swano, Hemisfear, Vital Remains, Varathron, Mystic Force, Psycho Scream, Eternal Autumn, Doomstone, Necrophagia, T.A.R. Gypsy - Equinox / Egypt - Soilwork , Doomed By The Living Dead - Deceased / Nightmare Be Thy Name - Memory Garden , Room Of Golden Air - Acheron / Desecration Of Souls - Morta Skuld , Evil - Burning Inside / Melissa - Dan Swano , Black Funeral - Hemisfear / To One Far Away/Come To The Sabbath - Vital Remains , Nuns Have No Fun - Varathron / Curse Of The Pharaohs - Mystic Force , A Dangerous Meeting - Psycho Scream / Return Of The Vampire - Eternal Autumn , At The Sound Of The Demon Bell - Doomstone / Devil Eyes - Necrophagia , and Torture - T.A.R. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000QHJKNK

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BuddhaBell Harmonic Systems Manufacturer: Harmonic Systems, Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0007WZN9O Release Date: 2002-01-01

Tracks:

1. 15-Minute Meditation
2. 20-Minute Meditation
3. 30-Minute Meditation

Album Description

BuddhaBell is a CD containing 3 tracks of silent meditation. Each track consists of a starting bell sound followed by silence, ending with a series of 3 bell sounds. The disc also contains software for Mac or PC computers that allows your computer to time your meditation, playing a bell sound to start and end each session. The BuddhaBell software can be set to ring a "reminder" chime at any interval during the day and can use user-supplied sounds.

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Vision of Peace: The Way of the Monk Manufacturer: Omega Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000009LGX Release Date: 1996-01-17

Tracks:

1. The Great Bell
2. Tibi Dixit Cor Meum, introit
3. Laetatus Sum, graduale
4. Suscipe
5. Veni Creator Spiritus, hymn
6. Where Charity and Love Are Found
7. Inclitos Christi, hymn
8. Benedictus Deus
9. Ave Maris Stella
10. from the Rule of St. Benedict and the Confession
11. Psalms of Compline
12. Hymn at Nightfall, compline
13. Verse, compline
14. Nunc Dimittis (Song of Simeon) compline
15. Litany, Prayer, Blessing, compline
16. Hymn to the Virgin Mary, compline
17. Scriptural Meditation
18. Quinque Prudentes Virgines, communion antiphon
19. De Lamentatione Ieremiae Prophetae, matins
20. Christus Factus Est
21. Te Deum, hymn
22. Misere Mei
23. Regem Cui, psalm
24. Ego Sum, antiphon
25. In Paradisum, recessional antiphons
26. Suscipe
27. Urbs Ierusalem Beata, hymn

Average customer rating: Unforgettable Uncommon recording but great music A Unique Sound Little known but outstanding. "Music Man" says ; "get this" !

At the Sound of the Bell/Pampered Menia Pavlov's Dog Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000026B61 Release Date: 2004-12-14

Tracks:

1. Julia
2. Late November
3. Song Dance
4. Fast Gun
5. Natchez Trace
6. Theme From Subway Sue
7. Episode
8. Preludin
9. Future Kings
10. She Came Shining
11. Standing Here With You (Megan's Song)
12. Mersey
13. Valkerie
14. Try To Hang On
15. Gold Nuggets
16. She Breaks Like A Morning Sky
17. Early Morning On
18. Did You See Him Cry

Album Description

1992 release on Columbia, a two CD set featuring the progrocker's 1976 LPs for the label 'Pampered Menial' and 'AtThe Sound Of The Bell', each in its entirety. 18 tracks inall, including 'Julia', 'Late November', 'She Came Shining'and 'Standing Here With You (Megan's Song)'. Doublejewel case.

Album Details

The First Two Albums from 70's Progressive Hard Rockers from St. Louis, featuring Lead Singer David Surkamp, Whose High Pitched Vocals Often Prompted Comparisons to Rush. Their Approach to Music was Much More Organic Than Rush and the Core Audience that Discovers and Rediscovers this Material Every Year is in for a Blazing Rock Treat.

Customer Reviews:

Unforgettable.......2004-12-10

I first heard these albums in 1978 when a friend of mine was pushing all sorts of music at me. Initially I preferred At The Sound Of The Bell (Standing Here With You being my favourite) but I soon graduated to the harder-rocking first album. It seems everyone has different opinions on their favourites - mine is Theme From Subway Sue, on which Surkamp's vocals are absolutely astonishing, and there is gorgeous country-rock-inflected piano and some excellent lead guitar playing.

Get these albums if you can. Proof that the 70's weren't all bad taste and flares! The music is timeless and even now if marketed properly would do well on general sale... It's REAL music, played and produced well, by people who knew what they were doing, and, of course, Surkamp's utterly, utterly unique voice. Only Geddy Lee of Rush comes anywhere close but it's not really a fair comparison.

There are two other albums that I know of plus a bootleg of a live radio show, but these are of the 'for-fans-only' type.

Uncommon recording but great music.......2004-11-19

I didn't buy these together on CD, but separately on record in 1975 and 1976 when they were released in Australia. I have since updated to CD, where you can get them in a lot of stores across the country for the princely sum of $10.

Like another reviewer I favour "Pampered Menial" over "At The Sound Of The Bell" because the former rocks out a lot more and has more variation in sound. That doesn't mean that the latter is a failure, it is still a really good album just not as heavy as "Pampered Menial"

I'll never forget the first time I heard Pavlov's Dog. It was "Julia" off "Pampered Menial" and I thought it was just about the greatest thing I had heard in ages. The vocals of David Surkamp are a take it or leave it thing, much the same as an early Geddy Lee. However, musically this band is phenomenal. Just layer upon layer of a myraid of instruments and sound. "Julia" is a great keyboard introduced ballad but it gets going pretty well. If you want to here great prog rock then get this for "Song Dance" on "Pampered Menial"

The slower stuff on "At The Sound Of The Bell" like "Mersey" and "Valkerie" are also worth the price of that one alone.

Excellent 70's music and I got all my mates into buying these after they heard them. Give them a go as they are worthy additions to any collection of those who are into 70's rock.

A Unique Sound.......2002-11-05

I gave this double CD four stars rather than five because the band's first album, "Pampered Menial" was, IMHO, far and away the better of the two and rates a full five stars; "At the Sound of the Bell" rates only three in my book.

Pavlov's Dog was a quirky and unique sounding band, and not only because of David Surkamp's vocals, which one critic described as sounding like a choirboy on speed. Granted, Surkamp's falsetto can be offputting to many listeners, but if one can get past that (or come to like it, like I do) and listen to the music, one is rewarded with a melange of rock, country, and folk influenced sounds that was all their own. This is Mid-western/Mississippi Valley music with a sometimes eerie-sounding twist, given extra oomph on "Pampered Menial" by the fiddle playing (the musician's name unfortunately escapes me at the moment). The songs range from love ballads ("Julia")to rave-ups ("Song Dance) to the folky/pop weirdness of "Natchez Trace".

"At the Sound of the Bell" unfortunately suffers from less inspired song writing and less varied tempos, most of the songs being slow and mid-tempo tunes. Surkamp reins himself in a bit here, compared to the first album. Unfortunately, the band's fiddle player quit between albums and is sorely missed here. Nonetheless, this set is well-worth buying if you want to hear one of the more unique sounds of the early/mid-'70s.

Little known but outstanding........2001-02-12

While I'll freely admit that the singer's (David Surkamp) voice isn't for everybody, it fits in very well with the soaring, artsy sound that Pavlov's Dog creates.

This is a very tight, talented band. A tight rhythm section of Rick Stockton (bass) and Mike Safron (percussion) provides a rock solid base for the variety of sounds created by the keyboards, violins, flutes and other instruments featured on these two recordings.

"Episode" off of "Pampered Menial" ranks as my favorite, but there are so many stellar songs on both these CD's that if you enjoyed acts such as Jethro Tull, or Yes...then you can't go wrong here.

Do yourself a favor and take Pavlov's Dog home soon!

"Music Man" says ; "get this" !.......2000-11-05

If you enjoy rare music without radio overkill, something of its own genre, get this one. Read the review by mistertate and try to understand what he is saying. The vocals are beautiful and distinct, while the music is tight and very well put together. I am familiar with the album "At The Sound Of The Bell", and a few singles from others. This my friends, is a very hard find. And if you are a true connoisseur of good music, you'll want this in your collection.

Average customer rating: The beautiful and eccentric voice

The Lost Tapes at Bell Sound Studios NYC Monica Zetterlund Manufacturer: Bmg/RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000B3AB Release Date: 2007-03-19

Tracks:

1. (What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry?
2. There'll be Another Spring
3. Nothing at All
4. He's My Guy
5. You Look Like Someone
6. Nature Boy
7. Come Rain or Come Shine
8. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
9. Ack, Veland Du Sk
10. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
11. Sounds of Spring
12. I'm A Fool To Want You
13. There'll Be Another Spring [Alternate Version]
14. He's My Guy [Alternate Version]
15. You Look Like Someone [False Start]
16. You Look Like Someone [Alternate Version]

Customer Reviews:

The beautiful and eccentric voice.......2000-11-22

As I am, you'll never be disappointed by her beautiful voice. Unlike any other great singer, her voice seems to be soft, smooth, and may be a little vibrated. The collection of song is great and not a popular combination too. Her record is hard to find in the US.

Average customer rating:

The Lost Tapes at Bell Sound Studios NYC Monica Zetterlund Manufacturer: Bmg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000568S9 Release Date: 1996-10-23

Tracks:

1. (What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry?
2. There'll be Another Spring
3. Nothing at All
4. He's My Guy
5. You Look Like Someone
6. Nature Boy
7. Come Rain or Come Shine
8. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
9. Ack, Veland Du Sk
10. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
11. Sounds of Spring
12. I'm A Fool To Want You
13. There'll Be Another Spring [Alternate Version]
14. He's My Guy [Alternate Version]
15. You Look Like Someone [False Start]
16. You Look Like Someone [Alternate Version]

Rap Music:

1. The Blue Cafe [Import]
2. The Crap Shootin' Rev
3. The Fool [Original recording remastered]
4. The Jimmy Page Collection: Have Guitar, Will Travel [Original recording remastered]
5. The Reincarnation of Luna
6. The String Quartet Tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
7. Them Or Us [Original recording remastered]
8. Things We Like [Original recording remastered] [Import]
9. This Is It: The Collection [Import]
10. Throw the Warped Wheel Out [Import]

Rap Music

rap music

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