Country Spotlight [Box set]

Country Spotlight [Box set]

ASIN: B00005QGBL

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Almost Persuaded - David Houston

2. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers

3. God Bless the U.S.A. - Lee Greenwood

4. All the Time - Jack Green

5. Biloxi - Kenny Price

6. Mr. Lovemaker - Johnny Paycheck

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On - Mel McDaniel

2. Darlene - T. Graham Brown

3. I've Been Wrong Before - Deborah Allen

4. I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) - Johnny Paycheck

5. Life's Railway to Heaven - Lacy J. Dalton

6. Don't Break the Heart That Loves You - Margo Smith

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. What a Man My Man Is - Lynn Anderson

2. Good Enough to Be Your Wife - Jeannie C. Riley

3. (Don't Take Her) She's All I Got - Johnny Paycheck

4. Woman (Sensuous Woman) - Don Gibson

5. It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty

6. You Lay So Easy on My Mind - Bobby G. Rice

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

It's Me Again, Margaret
Too Drunk To Fish
Misty
Freudian Slip
Sittin' Up With The Dead
Everything Is Beautiful
Power Tools
Drivers Education
Hang Up And Drive
Ahab The Arab
The Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone (The Beginning)
Blue Angel
The Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone (The End?)
Pledging My Love
The Woogie Boogie
Love Will Beat Your Brains Out
The Haircut Song

Tracks:

The Streak
The Mississippi Squirrel Revival
Family Funeral Fight
Deerslayer
Safe At Home
Boogie Woogie
Virgil And The Moonshot
The Hustler
Osama Yo' Mama
Hello Mama
Let's Roll
We're Havin A Baby
When The Kids Are Gone
Turn Your Radio On
Kitty Cat's Revenge
Juanita & The Kids
Thank You

Tracks:

Shriner's Convention
Nashville
Erik The Awful
The Dog Song
The Cat Song
When I Get Over You
The Pirate Song
Come On Home To Baseball
Gitarzan
Bridget The Midget
Bon Temps Roulette
Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five Piece Band)
Gone For Good
Stand Up
The King Of Christmas
Be Your Own Best Friend
Jeremiah Peadbody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-

Description

Ray Stevens was born Harold Ray Ragsdale in Clarkdale, Georgia in January 1939. Clarkdale was a small cotton mill town 20 miles north of Atlanta. For more than 40 years, Ray Stevens has been entertaining us. From his novelty songs like "The Streak", to his tender ballads he has touched us. As with all outstanding writers, Stevens has away of creating characters and situations that highlight the humor in everyday life as well as larger issues and lifestyle trends.

Customer Reviews:

Must Have for Ray Stevens Fans.......2007-04-02

This box set is fantastic. It has all of his noted songs from the past as well as some new ones never heard before. Anyone who enjoys Ray Stevens needs this set.

Thanks

Tim Roland

Most of the hits, and a fertile imagination on display.......2007-03-09

More than 40 years ago Ray Stevens blew onto the scene in Nashville with a mix of country humor and a singing voice significantly above average. This box set holds three hours of his songs, including most of the hits (Surfin USSR was the most conspicuous omission for me), all done with excellent arrangements. "Mississippi Squirrel Revival" is be one of the funniest story/songs ever composed. In addition to the humorous songs, the box set also includes several reflective, but still pleasant, pieces. For Southerners, Stevens is a long-time pleasure; we would respectfully commend his gentle humor to our friends not blessed with our roots.

Good value for money, could have been great ... .......2007-01-25

Good recordings of classic Ray Stevens material but quite a few remakes that lack the sparkle of the originals. In a nutshell, if it was originally issued on Curb or Clyde, it's probably the original recording but if it was issued on Mercury,Barnaby,Monument, MCA or RCA then it's likely a remake.

If you haven't heard these recordings before, or its been a long time since you've heard them, beware - you may bust a gut laughing

Even with the remakes, it's well worth purchasing

Listening and LMAO!.......2007-01-17

I just listen and guffaw!

I love Ray Stevens. I like everything he's ever done. He's absolutely hilarious. If I had a criticism to make it would be that this box set is too short, a complete box set needs to be about 10 CD's long!

These are all top notch comedy songs. I'm going to wear it out listening to it, along with my Weird Al, Jerry Clower and Cledus CD's!

Five stars for this great entertainer and this boxed set.

Ray Stevens Box Set.......2006-08-23

A great item for a great price. Pleased that this collection was put together in a box set that we could enjoy many of the hits of years gone by. This is a good way to bring back old memories and forget the stress of today's world for awhihle.

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A must have boxed set
excellent choice
classic garth ! even the "new stuff" included is classic...

Garth Brooks The Limited Series

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ASIN: B000EB52KS

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Track Listings Disc 1 of 5 1. Longneck Bottle - Featuring Steve Wariner 2. How You Ever Gonna Know 3. She's Gonna Make It 4. I Don't Have To Wonder 5. Two Pina Coladas 6. Cowboy Cadillac 7. Fit For A King 8. Do What You Gotta Do 9. You Move Me 10. In Another's Eyes - Featuring Trisha Yearwood 11. When There's No One Around 12. A Friend To Me 13. Take The Keys To My Heart 14. Belleau Wood Disc 2 of 5 1. Callin' Baton Rouge 2. Two Of A Kind, Workin' On A Full House Listen No 3. Shameless 4. Papa Loved Mama 5. The Thunder Rolls (The Long Version)6. We Shall Be Free 7. Unanswered Prayers 8. Standing Outside The Fire 9. Longneck Bottle - Featuring Steve Wariner 10. It's Your Song 11. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) 12. The River 13. Blank Track 14. Terin' It Up (And Burnin' It Down) Disc 3 of 5 1. Why Ain't I Running 2. Beer Run - Featuring George Jones 3. Wrapped Up In You 4. The Storm 5. Thicker Than Blood 6. Big Money 7. Squeeze Me In - Featuring Trisha Yearwood 8. Mr. Midnight 9. Pushing Up Daisies 10. Rodeo Or Mexico 11. Don't Cross The River 12. When You Come Back To Me Again Disc 4 of 5 1. Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up) 2. Rodeo 3. The Beaches Of Cheyenne 4. Two Pina Coladas 5. Wild As The Wind - Featuring Trisha Yearwood 6. To Make You Feel My Love 7. That Summer 8. American Honky-Tonk Bar Association 9. If Tomorrow Never Comes 10. The Fever 11. Friends In Low Places (The Long Version) 12. The Dance Disc 5 of 5 1. Fishin' In The Dark 2. That Girl Is A Cowboy 3. Good Ride Cowboy 4. For A Minute There 5. Please Operator (Could You Trace This Call) 6. I'd Rather Have Nothing 7. American Dream 8. I'll Be The Wind 9. My Baby No Esta Aqui 10. Allison Miranda 11. Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream

Customer Reviews:

A must have boxed set.......2007-01-10

I really like this collection of Garth Brooks music. I have heard most of his tracks through the years, but I have never been able to find any of his discs. I like all the discs in the box. My favorite is the double live disc. I always like a good concert album every now and then, and Brooks holds nothing back on this one. My favorite track is friends in low places. He really gets the audience involved with this one. I know he released a studio version of the track, but it was really just ment to be a live track. For you Brooks fans, there is also a dvd included in the box that includes a gallery of photos, and an interview with brooks along with live performances. A good bonus in my opinion. This is Brooks's gift to all his fans.

excellent choice.......2006-06-03

This wasn't too bad a boxed set. While it contains a few of Garth's past albums (i.e. Scarecrow and Sevens), he could have done what he did on his past set and add a new song to each album. The Double Live CD adds another cover to your collection. I think the DVD in the set was a nice addition, as it includes a few of his videos and interviews. I think the Lost Sessions CD was also a nice touch. Just about any Garth fan will like this. Add it to your collection and soon.

classic garth ! even the "new stuff" included is classic..........2006-04-11

Ok first you get 4 of Garth's past CDs. Sevens (5 star), Scarecrow (5 star), and Double Live (5 star). Basically going to walmart and getting the box set gets you these discs for free. If you have these cds already, they are probably worn out and you might need new copies anyway. Perfect way to get them right here! Then the big news here is "The Lost Sessions." Wow, what a breath of fresh air. This album is great. It has every type of Garth song you want to hear. The fun stuff, the moving stuff, and the classic country stuff. This cd is going to be big. Of course now there are 2 versions, the box set version ..and the "out of the box version." Get them both! THe DVD in the set is great too. Garth gives great insight and then you have the music......What a trip down memory lane. MY ADVICE IS GET THE SET WHILE IT LASTS. GO TO WALMART!

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The Best CCR Collection!
"Down On The Corner" or rolling on the river this is the mother load!
The most quintessential and definitive box set of the best short lived band
Love the completeness but disappointed in sound quality.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Manufacturer: Fantasy
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ASIN: B00005OM4K
Release Date: 2001-11-01

Tracks:

Come on Baby
Oh My Love
Have You Ever Been Lonely
Bonita
The Golliwogs: Don't Tell Me No Lies
Little Girl (Does Your Momma Know)
Where You Been ! You Came Walking
You Can't Be True (first version)
You Got Nothin' on Me
I Only Met You Just an Hour Ago
Brown-Eyed Girl
You Better Be Careful
Fight Fire
Fragile Child
She Was Mine
Gonna Hang Around
Try Try Try
Instrumental #1
Little Tina
Walking on the Water
You Better Get It Before It Gets You
Tell Me
You Can't Be True (second version)
Action USA (promotional spot)

Tracks:

Call It Pretending
I Put a Spell on You
The Working Man
Susie Q
Ninety-Nine and a Half
Get Down Woman
Porterville
Gloomy
Walk on the Water
Born on the Bayou
Bootleg
Graveyard Train
Good Golly Miss Molly
Penthouse Pauper
Proud Mary
Keep on Chooglin'

Tracks:

Green River
Commotion
Tombstone Shadow
Wrote a Song for Everyone
Bad Moon Rising
Lodi
Cross-Tie Walker
Sinister Purpose
The Night Time Is the Right Time
Down on the Corner
It Came Out of the Sky
Cotton Fields
Poorboy Shuffle
Feelin' Blue
Fortunate Son
Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)
The Midnight Special
Side of the Road
Effigy

Tracks:

Ramble Tamble
Before You Accuse Me
Travelin' Band
Ooby Dooby
Lookin' Out My Back Door
Run Through the Jungle
Up Around the Bend
My Baby Left Me
Who'll Stop the Rain
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Long As I Can See the Light
Pagan Baby
Sailor's Lament
Chameleon
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
(Wish I Could) Hideaway
Born to Move
Hey Tonight
It's Just a Thought

Tracks:

Molina
Rude Awakening #2
45 Revolutions Per Minute (Part 1)
45 Revolutions Per Minute (Part 2)
Lookin' for a Reason
Take It Like a Friend
Need Someone to Hold
Tearin' Up the Country
Someday Never Comes
What Are You Gonna Do
Sail Away
Hello Mary Lou
Door to Door
Sweet Hitch-Hiker
Born on the Bayou
Green River
Tombstone Shadow
Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)
Travelin' Band
Who'll Stop the Rain
Bad Moon Rising
Proud Mary
Fortunate Son
Commotion

Tracks:

The Midnight Special
The Night Time Is the Right Time
Down on the Corner
Keep on Chooglin'
Born on the Bayou
Green River/Susie Q
It Came Out of the Sky
Door to Door
Travelin' Band
Fortunate Son
Commotion
Lodi
Bad Moon Rising
Proud Mary
Up Around the Bend
Hey Tonight
Sweet Hitch-Hiker
Keep on Chooglin'

Amazon.com

Popular but not hip, basic but not shallow, rooted but not retro, Creedence Clearwater Revival distinguished themselves in the late 1960s and early 1970s through these contradictions. This six-disc set is the definitive Creedence collection, offering superbly remastered versions of all of their studio and live albums and adding a disc's worth of pre-Creedence material. The ultimate blue-collar rock band, John Fogerty and CCR found success by wholly giving in to their fascination with the American South (despite hailing from Northern California) and exploring the turf that connected R&B and country--the same turf that their heroes at Sun studios tilled at rock's birth. As the songs on the first disc prove, they hadn't always taken this approach though perhaps they should have: The first four songs from 1961 (by Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets), original compositions in the classic '50s rock & roll style they loved, hold up better than subsequent Golliwogs tracks that attempt to replicate the British Invasion sound in vogue at the time. Still, the Golliwogs tracks offer hints of John Fogerty's menacing growl and biting guitar that would fully blossom later on.

When diving into CCR's entire body of work, many myths dissipate and a more well-rounded view comes into focus: the quintessential singles band that dominated AM radio was also quite an album band, releasing solid records from top to bottom even though half of the songs were saturating radio long before the LP would hit. Also, they weren't quite as far removed from their Bay Area brethren (who were reared on the same roots music) as is often stated, offering a number of long and loose jams that, while not overtly psychedelic, gave them and their fans a chance to stretch out. Without question, though, CCR were the kings of the three-minute rock single, and it's these now-ubiquitous gems--the consummate AM band now dominates FM radio--that will always define them. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

The Best CCR Collection!.......2007-07-05

I recently purchased this box set and I LOVE it! This is definitely a MUST have for any hard-core Creedence Clearwater Revival fans because it contains all of their material including pre-Creedence music from "Tom Fogerty & The Blue Velvets" and "The Golliwogs."

"Down On The Corner" or rolling on the river this is the mother load!.......2007-06-02

As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" I am always asked to write or discuss rock albums/bands from the 60's and 70's.

John Fogerty is a type of genius with a twist. He was able to invent an entire lifestyle about the American South/Southwest/Bayou- before he left Northern California.

There are only a handful of groups that must have a specific singer. CCR was one. Fogerty must take the microphone. Every word convinces you that he was born on the bayou. His guitar licks are tremendous and always fit the structure of the song.

If you heard people tell you that this release didn't have the sound quality they were looking for I would like to give a counter point of view. When CD's were first issued almost all of them lacked punch or a sound you felt to be warm and sincere. So many years after the fact almost all of the plants/record companies have corrected this. The quality is fine for the rock and roll it presents.

You'll love going through all the studio releases and understanding while numerous people thought of Fogerty as a hit writing machine (YES and very well) the CCR album output is terrific in its own right. The non radio songs are very powerful. Fogerty will take you through the swamp, sprinkle some blues, and pay homage to sounds of the 50's and 60's.

If you are going to make an investment in the CCR releases, you'll be proud to own this collection! You'll even get to hear what they sounded like before the ywere CCR!

Be well always,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"

The most quintessential and definitive box set of the best short lived band.......2006-05-26

The Creedence Clearwater Revival box set is very much a mammoth enterprise in its own right. Containing all seven original albums and two live albums, not to mention a whole disc full of material from their stints as Tommy Fogerty & The Blue Velvets and The Golliwogs, this is very much a unique offer.

All tracks have been superbly remastered, thus salvaging their legacy for forthcoming generations. Once you possess this set, you need not even browse through the other compilations, since all of it is here, and a little bit more.

The undoubted highlight of the set is the first disc, focusing on the pre-Creedence period. The Blue Velvets singles make their debut appearance here (the most devout Creedence fan may have noticed that the third single is absent, because of its scarcity). The Golliwogs singles made their first appearance on vinyl on the 1975 Pre Creedence compilation, which also included the first single under the name of Creedence Clearwater Revival. To top it all off, there are even extra tracks among the singles that prior to this set never saw the light of day: "I Only Met You Just An Hour Ago", "She Was Mine", "Gonna Hang Around", "Instrumental #1", "Little Tina", and "Try Try Try", which in all sound a lot different compared to the Blue Velvets material, which harked back to '50s style rock'n'roll. Another additional treat is the "abandoned" single "Tell Me"/"You Can't Be True" (second version) that was never released; the disc finishes off with an Action USA radio promotional spot.

The B-side of the first Creedence single "Porterville", "Call It Pretending", opens Disc 2, which, up to Disc 5, focuses on the original Creedence albums until reaching Tracks 3 and 4 on Disc 5. Probably the rarest of gems in the Creedence catalog, "45 Revolutions Per Minute (Parts 1-2)" was originally a promo disc recorded in late 1970 and distributed to radio stations. It is basically a group interview interspersed with added effects (not to mention a very amusing sequence where John Fogerty can be heard speaking backwards!) and musical backdrops to boot. This particular track is as yet not available elsewhere. The remainder of Disc 5 and the sixth (and last) one display Mardi Gras plus the two live albums In Concert and Live In Europe (with additional tracks apparently taken from Live In Germany, which was recorded at the same time period as Live In Europe).

Along with the discs is a full booklet with extensive liner notes and a review for each album, by various writers and chroniclers. The Early Years (by Alec Palao), especially makes for very interesting reading, with additional input from Stu Cook and Doug Clifford discussing the olden days. The only major shame is that John Fogerty did not contribute to the reminiscences. One could assume (given the current situation between him and the others) that he was not very much interested in their early history. Simply by reading the booklet it could easily evoke memories of a bygone era, especially among those who grew up listening to Creedence in the late '60s; without doubt one of the best and most significant bands America could ever boost. Therefore this box set is a milestone on behalf of their enduring legacy which ever continues to inspire and beguile thousands or even millions wherever Creedence is known, played, and loved.

Hats off to CCR!

Love the completeness but disappointed in sound quality........2006-04-01

It's great to have all the CCR studio albums, and some of the more obscure stuff all in one package.

However, I already owned all the CCR studio albums, except Mardi Gras, on CD and was disappointed to find that these "remastered" CDs didn't sound any better than the individual CDs that I bought many years ago (and since gave to a friend). (And, I was listening on a system that is beyond anything you'll find at these consumer electronic superstores. I can hear it whan remastering is done correctly.)

QUESTION?.......2006-03-03

Does the booklet or the liner notes include good session info, such as when, where, who played, etc. on each track?

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What more could you ask?
Power of the pound
It's the Beatles all together in one place!
The Best of Rock n Roll
yeah.

Multiselection Box Set
The Beatles
Manufacturer: Capitol
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ASIN: B000002UU7
Release Date: 1995-12-13

Tracks:

I Saw Her Standing There
Misery
Anna (Go to Him)
Chains
Boys
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me
Love Me Do
P.S. I Love You
Baby It's You
Do You Want to Know a Secret
Taste of Honey
There's a Place
Twist and Shout

Tracks:

It Won't Be Long
All I've Got to Do
All My Loving
Don't Bother Me
Little Child
Till There Was You
Please Mr. Postman
Roll over Beethoven
Hold Me Tight
You Really Got a Hold on Me
I Wanna Be Your Man
Devil in Her Heart
Not a Second Time
Money (That's What I Want)

Tracks:

Hard Day's Night
I Should Have Known Better
If I Fell
I'm Happy Just to Dance With You
And I Love Her
Tell Me Why
Can't Buy Me Love
Any Time at All
I'll Cry Instead
Things We Said Today
When I Get Home
You Can't Do That
I'll Be Back

Tracks:

No Reply
I'm a Loser
Baby's in Black
Rock & Roll Music
I'll Follow the Sun
Mr. Moonlight
Medley: Kansas City/Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Eight Days a Week
Words of Love
Honey Don't
Every Little Thing
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
What You're Doing
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby

Tracks:

Help!
Night Before
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
I Need You
Another Girl
You're Gonna Lose That Girl
Ticket to Ride
Act Naturally
It's Only Love
You Like Me Too Much
Tell Me What You See
I've Just Seen a Face
Yesterday
Dizzy Miss Lizzy

Tracks:

Drive My Car
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
You Won't See Me
Nowhere Man
Think for Yourself
Word
Michelle
What Goes On
Girl
I'm Looking Through You
In My Life
Wait
If I Needed Someone
Run for Your Life

Tracks:

Taxman
Eleanor Rigby
I'm Only Sleeping
Love You To
Here, There and Everywhere
Yellow Submarine
She Said, She Said
Good Day Sunshine
And Your Bird Can Sing
For No One
Doctor Robert
I Want to Tell You
Got to Get You into My Life
Tomorrow Never Knows

Tracks:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With a Little Help from My Friends
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Fixing a Hole
She's Leaving Home
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite
Within You Without You
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lovely Rita
Good Morning, Good Morning
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
Day in the Life

Tracks:

Back in the U.S.S.R.
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Wild Honey Pie
Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Martha My Dear
I'm So Tired
Blackbird
Piggies
Rocky Raccoon
Don't Pass Me By
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
I Will
Julia

Tracks:

Birthday
Yer Blues
Mother Nature's Son
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Sexy Sadie
Helter Skelter
Long, Long, Long
Revolution 1
Honey Pie
Savoy Truffle
Cry Baby Cry
Revolution 9
Good Night

Tracks:

Yellow Submarine
Only a Northern Song
All Together Now
Hey Bulldog
It's All Too Much
All You Need Is Love
Pepperland
Sea of Time
Sea of Holes
Sea of Monsters
March of the Meanies
Pepperland Laid Waste
Yellow Submarine in Pepperland

Tracks:

Come Together
Something
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Oh! Darling
Octopus's Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes the Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money
Sun King
Mean Mr. Mustard
Polythene Pam
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
End
Her Majesty

Tracks:

Two of Us
Dig a Pony
Across the Universe
I Me Mine
Dig It
Let It Be
Maggie Mae
I've Got a Feeling
One After 909
Long and Winding Road
For You Blue
Get Back

Tracks:

Magical Mystery Tour
Fool on the Hill
Flying
Blue Jay Way
Your Mother Should Know
I Am the Walrus
Hello Goodbye
Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane
Baby You're a Rich Man
All You Need Is Love

Tracks:

Love Me Do
From Me to You
Thank You Girl
She Loves You
I'll Get You
I Want to Hold Your Hand
This Boy
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
Sie Liebt Dich
Long Tall Sally
I Call Your Name
Slow Down
Matchbox
I Feel Fine
She's a Woman
Bad Boy
Yes It Is
I'm Down

Tracks:

Day Tripper
We Can Work It Out
Paperback Writer
Rain
Lady Madonna
Inner Light
Hey Jude
Revolution
Get Back
Don't Let Me Down
Ballad of John and Yoko
Old Brown Shoe
Across the Universe
Let It Be
You Know My Name (Look up the Number)

Customer Reviews:

What more could you ask?.......2007-06-27

Seems to me the songs are all there, not always aligned as in the 'original' (at least U.S. versions), but there's a handy-dandy index such that if ANYONE mentions ANY Beatle song, you c'look it up, find it, and, by God, play it for them.

Again I say unto you, what more could you ask?

Power of the pound.......2007-06-14

I ordered this from right across the atlantic in the UK as with the strong pound, the price of $199.99 represented outstanding value. All the Beatles tracks as per their original mixes and original uk album releases. If you are a beatles fan, a completist and you don't alreay own all the albums on CD I fail to see how this cannot be an outstanding value for money purchase (at the reduced price). I would also reccomend Ian McDonald's book 'Revolution in the Head' if you listen to the beatles music with this book, you will feel like it is the first time you are really 'listening' to the music.

It's the Beatles all together in one place!.......2007-05-03

I didn't buy this set from Amazon. I bought it through a TV shopping channel (which shall remain un-named). At the time I bought it, it had been out for more than a year and if I remember correctly, there was some kind of lawsuit pending and the set was being taken out of print and no one was sure it would be returning. I know I paid less than $200 for it and, despite what some reviewers here will tell you... it was worth every penny. This is (as others have said) all of the Beatles original UK releases along with Past Masters I & II in a wooden roll-top box. The box is not plastic (as has been claimed) and is very sturdy and fairly heavy. Despite rumors of its demise "Hey Jude" is in fact in this set. The recordings seem clear and clean to me and I love the way the whole set is packaged. Why there is so much mis-information on this set I don't know. All that being said, I highly recommend this set for folks (like myself) who are looking for a box set. Sure, you might be able to assemble the individual albums cheaper, and if that makes you happy, please have at it! But that fact can't take away from this wonderful set.

The Best of Rock n Roll.......2007-04-20

Forget SGT Pepper or Revolver and Rubber Soul, they are not the best Beatles albums. This is the best Beatles album. Ha ha, well you know what I'm saying...Everything they did is classic so get all of the CDs (maybe not this set due to high price) and just play them back to back some weekend and you will see the light. Beatles will live on forever and will always be my fall back music when I get sick of the crap that they release these days...RIP John & George.

yeah........2007-03-05

I've been reading some of the customer reviews here. Are you people complete idiots? There's a bunch of people complaining that 'Hey Jude' isn't in the set. It's on 'Past Masters'which is included! Did you even look at the albums you bought, or the track listing? As for the 'Hey Jude' record (1970), it wasn't an album to begin with. Just an incomplete ad hoc compilation of singles, which has no need to exist anymore since the songs are either on Past Masters, or the regular albums. Likewise, the american capitol albums no longer serve any reason or purpose. they deserve their extinction. Sorry America, you got screwed over in the first place. The beatles had nothing to do with those capitol albums, in fact, they detested that Capitol butchered their records that way. They spent painstaking hours sequencing the UK albums, packaging them too, and these represented their artistic vision. The capitol albums are incomplete besides. Here is every single official song the Beatles released in their initial lifespan, as they intended it, b sides and all. Price aside, what more do you want? Oh, yeah, some customers here want the Red and Blue sets. That makes sense doesnt it? Complain about the price, then ask for 4 cds worth of compilation to be thrown in, repeating the songs already on the other cds in the set? Yeah. If your interest in the beatles doesnt exceed compilations why bother with a 300 dollar set in the first place? Everything in this set is amazing of course. It's unfortunate knowing people this stupid share the same interest as me.

Average customer rating:

A box set for the ages
Great, But too much early stuff
Top-notch packaging and unbelievable sound quality. Can I give it more than 5 stars?
I realize why people are Dead Heads
Dead head masterpice, a must have.

The Golden Road (1965 - 1973)

Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Beyond Description (1973-1989)
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ASIN: B00005OWEZ
Release Date: 2001-10-16

Tracks:

Early Morning Rain
I Know You Rider
Mindbender (Confusion's Prince)
The Only Time Is Now
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
Can't Come Down
Stealin' (Instrumental)
Stealin' (With Vocals)
Don't Ease Me In (Instrumental)
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You Don't Have To Ask
Tastebud (Instrumental)
Tastebud (With Vocals)
I Know You Rider
Cold Rain And Snow (Instrumental)
Cold Rain And Snow (With Vocals)
Fire In The City - Jon Hendricks

Tracks:

Viola Lee Blues
Don't Ease Me In
Pain In My Heart
Sitting On Top Of The World
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
I'm A King Bee
Big Boss Man
Standing On The Corner
In The Pines
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Next Time You See Me
One Kind Favor
He Was A Friend Of Mine
Keep Rolling By

Tracks:

The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
Beat It On Down The Line
Good Morning Little School Girl (Full-Length Version)
Cold Rain And Snow
Sitting On Top Of The World (Full-Length Version)
Cream Puff War (Full-Length Version)
Morning Dew (Full-Length Version)
New, New Minglewood Blues (Full-Length Version)
Viola Lee Blues
Alice D. Millionaire
Overseas Stomp (The Lindy)
Tastebud
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Viola Lee Blues (Edited Version)
Viola Lee Blues (Live)

Tracks:

That's It For The Other One
New Potato Caboose
Born Cross-Eyed
Alligator
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
Alligator (Live)
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (Live)
Feedback (Live)

Tracks:

St. Stephen
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Rosemary
Doin' That Rag
Mountains Of The Moon
China Cat Sunflower
What's Become Of The Baby
Cosmic Charlie
Clementine Jam
Nobody's Spoonful Jam
The Eleven Jam
Cosmic Charlie (Live)

Tracks:

Dark Star
St. Stephen
The Eleven
Turn On Your Love Light
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Feedback
And We Bid You Goodnight

Tracks:

Uncle John's Band
High Time
Dire Wolf
New Speedway Boogie
Cumberland Blues
Black Peter
Easy Wind
Casey Jones
New Speedway Boogie (Alternate Mix)
Dire Wolf (Live)
Black Peter (Live)
Easy Wind (Live)
Cumberland Blues (Live)
Mason's Children (Live)
Uncle John's Band (Live)

Tracks:

Box Of Rain
Friend Of The Devil
Sugar Magnolia
Operator
Candyman
Ripple
Brokedown Palace
Till The Morning Comes
Attics Of My Life
Truckin'
Truckin' (Single Version)
Friend Of The Devil (Live)
Candyman (Live)
Till The Morning Comes (Live)
Attics Of My Life (Live)
Truckin' (Live)

Tracks:

Bertha
Mama Tried
Big Railroad Blues
Playing In The Band
The Other One
Me & My Uncle
Big Boss Man
Me & Bobby Mcgee
Johnny B. Goode
Wharf Rat
Not Fade Away/Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
Oh, Boy!
I'm A Hog For You

Tracks:

Cumberland Blues
He's Gone
One More Saturday Night
Jack Straw
You Win Again
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Brown-Eyed Woman
Hurts Me Too
Ramble On Rose
Sugar Magnolia
Mr. Charlie
Tennessee Jed
The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)

Tracks:

Truckin'
Epilogue
Prelude
Morning Dew
Looks Like Rain
Good Lovin'
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
Who Do You Love?
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
Good Lovin'

Tracks:

Katie Mae
Dark Hollow
I've Been All Around This World
Wake Up Little Susie
Black Peter
Smokestack Lightnin'
Hard To Handle
Good Lovin'
Big Boss Man
Smokestack Lightnin' (Version Two)
Sitting On Top Of The World

Amazon.com

Considering the amount of posthumous product released since Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead's demise in 1995, perhaps a better name for the band would be the Living Dead. However, there is no denying the fact that the Dead's music--at various times thrilling, adventurous, simple, futuristic, old-fashioned, ethereal, abominable, ridiculous, and sublime--bears this kind of deep exploration. Rhino's 12-disc bonanza is the definitive look at the Dead's formative years, a fantastically creative nine-year period for Warner Bros. In 1965, they were a bunch of ex-folk and bluegrass musicians who were looking to jump on the rock bandwagon driven by the Beatles. The ensuing decade found them travel a sort of circular path that began with revved-up renditions of their folk and blues favorites. Then they maneuvered through intense, far-reaching, mind-blowing psychedelic experiments, settled into timeless stripped-down Americana, and ended atop a mountain where folk, blues, country, jazz, and psychedelic rock lived in near-perfect harmony.

All of the band's nine official Warner releases (five studio discs, four live) have been superbly remastered and buffed with extra tracks that include unheard studio jams and outtakes, plus contemporaneous live cuts. There's also two discs' worth (one studio, one live) of rare early material that predates their Warner Bros. debut. Each "album" comes in its own package with its own notes, while the box itself offers a 75-page booklet filled with thoughtful essays, personal reflections, and great photos. Clearly, Rhino has thrown down the gauntlet to Deadheads everywhere: they know you have most of this stuff in a variety of forms, but with the bounty of bonus tracks, the superior sound, and the wonderful packaging it's as if they're issuing a challenge not to buy this exquisite collection. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

A box set for the ages.......2006-10-14

This box set includes ALL the Warner Bros. Dead albums unlike Deyond Discription whitch omits Steal Your Face and Without A Net. It also includes the extra set Birth Of The Dead.

Great, But too much early stuff.......2006-03-21

OK. First off, This is a great box set. From Axomoxa on up to Bears Choice....near flawless (as far as GD standards go). Great bonus tracks, Great sound... Really, these sound SOOOO good. My only gripe is that the Birth of the Dead isnt really my cup of tea. The band was just getting started and it shows. I am also not a big fan of their first record, mind you so if you like that, you will love the birth of the dead. For me, I just dont ever listen to it. It is extremely dated and a bit immature. The Workingman's Dead disc notes refers to a studio verion of Mason's Children, but includes a rather out of tune live version instead... WHY? I would really like to hear more studio outakes from this period and this set would seemingly be the best place for it. Their live shows from this era are well documented elsewhere (dicks picks, europe 72 etc). So this seems like a missed opportunity. But overall, it is a really good set and well worth the money. The Dead seems to have fixed the outtake issue on Beyond Description, which in my opinion shows a much better (album)side of the band.

Top-notch packaging and unbelievable sound quality. Can I give it more than 5 stars?.......2005-08-29

I am new to the Grateful Dead. Prior to this year, I only heard "Truckin'" and a few songs like that on the radio and I thought, "Ugh. Spacey music for Sixties drop-outs and wannabes."

But the more I got into "jam bands" like Phish, Umphrey's McGee, Particle, moe., and others, the more the roads led back to the Grateful Dead.

So two months ago I bought The Golden Road and started to listen with an open mind. I wanted to know what I'd been missing, if anything.

Holy crap! I missed a lot!

I was immediately hooked by The Golden Road -- especially by the live CDs in this set. Like all jam bands, the Grateful Dead excelled on stage. The studio albums are okay, but bands like the Grateful Dead were able to demonstrate their chops on stage.

Rhino did a fantastic job with these CDs! I heard one of the original CDs and compared it to a remastered version and was floored by the difference. Rhino's remastering is exquisite. Phil's bass lines are now right there where they belong. And the vocals are crisp and clean.

It's obvious Rhino approached this material with reverence, for the sound is just one of the outstanding elements of this package. Everything here is first rate. The box is first rate. The big ol' booklet that comes with The Golden Road is first rate, loaded with pictures and information. (I poured over it for hours and hours, enjoying every word and photo.) Even the price for allof this was reasonable.

My favorite CDs in this set are Live/Dead (one of the greatest live recordings of all time!), American Beauty, Anthem of the Sun and Workingman's Dead.

I know seasoned Dead-heads will see my review as being shallow, lacking in critical thinking or knowledge of the finer points of this or that performance. But all I can say is that I approached this box set as a music lover first and foremost. I approached it with an open mind. And now my mind is made up: the Grateful Dead were an extraordinary band that (I think) too often suffered under its own fame. They became caricatures of themselves. And that's why people like me misunderstood who and what the band really was. I didn't take them seriously.

The Golden Road strips away the larger-than-life persona they assumed and allows those of us who are late to the game hear what they had to offer the world.

I wholeheartedly recommend The Golden Road to anyone who loves good music. Forget what you think you know about Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead and just sit back to listen to these CDs. They'll tell you everything you need to know.

I realize why people are Dead Heads.......2005-06-09

Ive never really listened to Greatful Dead before, but i've heard a few songs here and there. I recently bought both box sets for real cheap, and suddenly released why they are/were followed by millions. They play amazing, probably some of the playing ive ever heard. I heard that the studio albums arent great, but I cant understand why people think that. The live cds were kinda weird, because they sounded like they were recorded in a stuido. I just began to listen to the Dead, so maybe i'm missing the point. Still an amazing boxset, for the price, its a literal steal. The cds are all over 70 minutes, and some of the best music you'll ever experince. Go out and become a dead head today, even though they are long gone-the music will always live on.

Dead head masterpice, a must have........2005-02-01

This box set is a must for all Dead heads, all the music has been remastered and sounds great. If you dig the dead, then you must have all the bonus songs or you will always wonder why you don't and how they sound, go ahead a click on it a get it. You will not be disapointed. Keep Rocking.
Philip Gossett
Simpsonville, SC

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The most legendary song was left out
Stampede on the Box Set
poor collection
Rare White Buffalo
Huh?!?

Buffalo Springfield Box Set
Buffalo Springfield
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005LB50
Release Date: 2001-07-17

Tracks:

There Goes My Babe (demo)
Come On (demo)
Hello, I've Returned (demo)
Out Of My Mind (demo)
Flying On The Ground Is Wrong (demo)
I'm Your Kind Of Guy (demo)
Baby Don't Scold Me (demo)
Neighbor Don't You Worry (demo)
We'll See (demo)
Sad Memory (demo)
Can't Keep Me Down (demo)
Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
Go And Say Goodbye
Sit Down I Think I Love You
Leave
Hot DustyRoads
Everybody's Wrong
. Burned
Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It
Out Of My Mind
Pa The PRice
Down Down Down (demo)
Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
Neighbor Don't You Worry (remix)

Tracks:

Down Down Down (remix)
Kahuna Sunset
Buffalo Stomp (raga)
Baby Don't Scold Me
For What's Worth
Mr. Soul
We'll See
My Kind Of Love
Pretty Girl Why (previously unreleased mix)
Words I Must Say (demo)
Nobody's Fool
So You've Got A Lover
My Angel
No Sun Today
Everydays
Down To The Wire
Bluebird
Expecting To Fly
Hung Upside Down (demo)
A Child's Claim To Fame
Rock & Roll Woman

Tracks:

Hung Upside Down
Good Time Boy
One More Sign (demo)
The Rent Is Always Due (demo)
Round And Round And Round
Old Laughing Lady (demo)
Broken Arrow
Sad Memory
On The Way Home
Whatever Happened To Saturday Night (remix)
Special Care
Falcon Lake (Ash On The Floor; remix)
What A Day
I Am A Child
Questions
Merry-G-Round
Uno Mondo
Kind Of Woman
It's So Hard To Wait
Four Days Gone (demo)

Tracks:

For What It's Worth
Go And Say Goodbye
Sit Down I Think I Love You
Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
Hot Dusty Roads
Everybody's Wrong
Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
Burned
Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It
Leave
Out Of My Mind
Pay The Price
Baby Don't Scold Me
Mr. Soul
Child's Claim To Fame
Everydays
Expecting To Fly
Bluebird
Hung Upside Down
Sad Memory
Good Time Boy
Rock & Roll Womm
Broken Arrow

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Though they're recognized as a seminal influence on American rock music (variously fostering the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, CSN&Y, Richie Furay, Poco, and even Loggins & Messina), L.A.'s Buffalo Springfield were perpetually star-crossed by personal squabbles and legal travails during their two-year tenure. Even this extensive four-disc overview was delayed for a decade by disagreements among the Springfield alums. Arranged chronologically, the set offers up a wealth of previously unreleased demos by band mainstays Young, Stills, and Furay, mostly spare acoustic performances (a number of which didn't make the final cut on the band's three albums) that challengingly deconstruct the Springfield's savory blend of folk rock, blues, country, and psychedelia. Young's work is a particular revelation; his songs reveal a wizened, often weary mindset that belies the fact he wasn't yet 21 at the time of the band's inception. Disc 4 is devoted to complete, digitally remastered versions of the band's first two albums (the debut in Young and Stills's original, preferred mono mix), which makes for convenient listening, even if it duplicates much of the previous three discs. There's also a complete absence of live tracks; that's unfortunate, as the band's stage performances have achieved legendary status. Still, this anthology is filled with gratifying surprises, from Young's always revealing work to Stills's roots-conscious craftsmanship (and quirky collaborations like their unreleased Beach Boys-meets-Folkways instrumental "Kahuna Sunset") to Furay's sweet pop tenor. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

The most legendary song was left out.......2007-02-16

I'm a rabid Buffalo Springfield fan and have covered their music in a number of bands. I remember listening to Stereo X FM Underground while growing up in SoCal in the 60's and from time to time they would play the 11-minute version of Bluebird. The 9-minute version exists on the 1971 compilation vinyl (I have it), but unfortunately the full 11-minute version wasn't included on this boxed set. I spoke with Stills a few years ago at Summer NAMM in Nashville and he told me the master tape containing the 11-minute version still exists but that he didn't want it on the boxed set because the final jam falls apart. Still for those of us who are major fans of the Buffalo Springfield, this would not have mattered. What we want is special historical music insights and golden moments, and the 11-minute version would have gone a long way to making a so-so boxed set into a far better collector's treasure.

Stampede on the Box Set.......2007-02-04

A great issue this one, and anyway the only way to get some of the "Unrelease Stampede"'s track in an audible way different from the LP.
"Stampede" was never meant to be a release of Buffalo Springfield, but only a collection of jams, demos and outtakes taken in the period beetween theire first and second official LPs. ATCO relesed it first on vynil, placing on front cover a photo that could be used later for "Again" album and giving it a catalog number (33-226).
Anyway, Box Set re-issues some tracks appeared firt on "Stampede", but not all of them, 'cause "Stampede" was just an "arctifact" created by ATCO. Wath follows is a list os songs you can find in Box Set appeared in "Stampede"

1)Neighbour don't worry #1 :Neighbour don't you worry (remix) DISC 1
2)Down to the wire #1 :not on the box set - alternative vocal line up (single voice)
3)Do I have to come... :not on the box set - alternative vocal line up (coral voice)
4)Instrumental #1 :not on the box set
5)Instrumental #2 :Buffalo Stomp (raga) DISC 2
6)My kind of love :My kind of love DISC 2 (even if it here appears in slightly different up tempo)
7)Baby don't scold me #1 :Baby don't scold me DISC 2 (even if it here appears with a slightly different arragment)
8)Baby don't scold me #2 :not on the box set (different arrangment)
9)Down to the wire #2 :Down to the wire DISC 2
10)Well see :Well see DISC 2
11)There goes my baby :There goes my babe (demo) DISC 1
12)Neighbour don't worry #2 :Neighbour don't you worry (demo) DISC 1
13)Ringing bells :not on the box set
14)Give me one more sign :One More Sign (demo) DISC 3
15)Come on :Come on (demo) DISC 1

poor collection.......2006-10-17

I've seen this group perform in person. They brought the house down. I brought this box set hoping to get most of the music they did. I was kinda dissappointed in the box set. Why didn't they put in live tracks in the fourth CD. Instead putting the same songs they had in the other CD's? You are better off in buying the single CD's, then spending the sixty dollars or so on this box set. Even though they only had a two year stint they had big influence in the music of that era and even today.

Rare White Buffalo .......2006-03-10

Ok, i'll admit it, i have been a Buffalo Springfield fan since their 1st album came out. I have all their issues on vinal (eh?). What makes the box set cool is the demos and out takes. But if your not an almost rabid fan, buy the three albums.

Huh?!?.......2005-09-01

Two years. Three albums. A four-disc retrospective. It wouldn't seem possible to get a more comprehensive treatment of a band's career than that promised by Buffalo Springfield's unimaginitively titled BOX SET. But in fact the producers of this gorgeously packaged, extensively annotated and beautifully remastered misfire have achieved the impossible by crafting an anthology at once bloated and incomplete.
Far more legendary as the incubator of the careers of Stephen Stills, Neil Young and Richie Furay than for its own output - which included exactly one hit ("For What It's Worth") and a lot of highly influential but woefully underappreciated material besides - Buffalo Springfield could and should have had the mother of all box sets, one containing every note the band ever released as well as plenty of alternates, outtakes and demos. Instead, BOX SET gives us, in the course of its first three discs, all but FOUR of the group's released numbers (these being the original, seven-minute version of Stills' "Bluebird" as well as three tracks from the 1968 LAST TIME AROUND LP). Since none of the CDs runs much over an hour, this is absolutely inexcusable. Alternates and outtakes are fine; but when a band's entire catalogue could easily be fit on three discs, to have a handful of songs left out of a four-CD anthology is just...well, choose your favorite adjective.
Padding things out instead is a wealth of previously unreleased material, including arguably too many solo demos by Young and transitional recordings which document the Springfield's disintegration into its various member's subsequent careers. Much of this is great stuff, though some of it is rather difficult to call Buffalo Springfield.
The crowning irony, however, is disc four, whereon the first two Buffalo Springfield albums are presented in release order - even though every single one of these tracks with the sole exception (no pun intended) of "Mr. Soul" appears somewhere on the first three discs. This blatant bit of price-gouging, absurd enough in itself, is doubly awful in light of the tracks left missing from this "definitive" compilation.
Given that fully half the material on BOX SET consists of rarities, and that all three Springfield albums are easily and cheaply available on CD, this box is clearly aimed at hardcore fans - which is to say, people who want to hear everything. That we don't is, alas, a tragic blight on a potentially (and largely)wonderful collection of music.

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Goodness! What's all the stink about?
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I thought the music sounded just fine & I dont feel cheated

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ASIN: B000000KH3
Release Date: 1997-06-03

Tracks:

Rock And Roll Lullaby - B.J. Thomas
Come And Get Your Love - Redbone
Love Or Let Me Be Lonely - Friends Of Distinction
Get Used To It - Roger Voudouris
Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Show And Tell - Al Wilson
Fallin' In Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
Sooner Or Later - Grass Roots
Precious And Few - Climax
Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur
I'd Love You To Want Me - Lobo
My Maria - B.W. Stevenson

Tracks:

Yellow River - Christie
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse
Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fair
Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
Last Song - Edward Bear
My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo
I Believe In Music - Gallery
Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion
Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) - Paul Revere & Mark Lindsay

Tracks:

Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again - The Fortunes
In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Green Eyed Lady - Jerry Corbetta Formerly Of Sugarloaf
Birds Of A Feather - Paul Revere & Mark Lindsay
Easy Come, Easy Go - Bobby Sherman
I Just Can't Help Believing - B.J. Thomas
One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley
Temptation Eyes - The Grass Roots
Patches - Clarence Carter
The Rapper - The Jaggerz

Customer Reviews:

Goodness! What's all the stink about?.......2006-05-27

I ordered this CD without reading the reviews...then went back and read them. I got so nervous, then I listened to some of the tracks. What is all the stink about?! Little variations are obvious in some songs and not so obvious in others--but at least the songs are performed by the original artists. I think some are a bit more acoustic than others which is great because now you can actually hear separate, distinct instruments instead of muffled background music. It's a nice change from what you hear on the radio every day, and the songs sound enough like the original recordings to enjoy them--with the addition of little twists. This CD is a very novel addition to my CD collection, and I absolutely love the variety of songs on it! I'd recommend it to anyone--just remember to be broad-minded and open-eared...

A Fool's Gold Collection.......2006-04-29

Mine ended up in the trash can, that oughta tell ya somethin!!

Purists Beware.......2005-03-19

Out of 36 songs in this collection, only 3 are original recordings. The rest are new studio recordings - aka: Garbage!
Don't waste your money on this junk! What a disappointment.

So-So.......2005-02-12

I should have read the reviews first before I purchased this set. Let me start by saying I have no problems with the seller. The service was fast and the e-mail contacts were done in a timely fashion. They didn't record this set, so I harbor no ill-will towards them. The disc set was quaint at best. If you don't mind 1st and 2nd takes on the original tune, than you'd probably find this set acceptable. To me, a vast majority of the "remakes" were a disappointment, at least they weren't "disco" versions. The sound quality is very good in the set, a plus, as some of the early recordings lacked decent sound. If you can live with the remakes, that barely resemble the originals, you might like this set. THINK IT OVER!

Bob Doyle

I thought the music sounded just fine & I dont feel cheated.......2004-10-30

In very clear words on the front bottom cover it states "New Studio Recordings By The Orginal Artists" Then granted it is on the back it states that the ones with the * only are the original recordings. I dont know if that means it is different artists singing those songs, but it sounds like the real thing to me. Still I hadnt heard some of those songs in years and really have enjoyed hearing them again, no complaints. I would buy them again. I live in an area where we cant get radio, and I have very limited capability of buying any songs, so why not have what I can afford. As long as the consumer is happy, which I am.

Average customer rating:

I waited for this for five years
Excellent collection but BIG PUBLISHING MISTAKE!
ONE OF LLOYD WEBBER'S BEST COMPILATIONS, DESPITE A FEW FLAWS
SUCH MAGICAL MUSIC OF THE NIGHT!
A Must Have for Sir Andrew fans

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now & Forever
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ASIN: B00005R5UJ
Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

Jesus Christ Superstar: Overture - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jesus Christ Superstar: Everything's Alright - Yvonne Elliman/Murray Head/Ian Gilllan
Jesus Christ Superstar: I Don't Know How To Love Him - Yvonne Elliman
Jesus Christ Superstar: Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) - Steve Balsamo
Jesus Christ Superstar: Superstar - Murray Head
Evita: Oh What A Circus/Sing You Fools - Antonio Banderas
Evita: I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You - Elaine Paige/Joss Ackland
Evita: Another Suitcase In Another Hall - Barbara Dickson
Evita: Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Julie Covington
Evita: High Flying, Adored - Mandy Patinkin/Patti LuPone
Cats: The Jellicle Ball - Andrew Lloyd Weber
Cats: Memory - Elaine Paige
Cats: Gus: The Theatre Cat - Susan Jane Tanner/John Mills
Cats: Mr Mistoffelees - Paul Nicholas
Song And Dance: Take That Look Off Your Face - Marti Webb
Song And Dance: Tell Me On A Sunday - Marti Webb
Song And Dance: Unexpected Song - Sarah Brightman
Song And Dance: Nothing Like You've Ever Known - Sarah Brightman
Song And Dance: Introduction - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Song And Dance: Variations 1 -4 - Andrew Lloyd Webber

Tracks:

Starlight Express: Starlight Express - El Debarge
Starlight Express: Crazy - Greg Ellis/Reva Rice/Caron Cardelle/Samantha Lane/Voyd
Starlight Express: Next Time You Fall In Love - Reva Rice/Greg Ellis
Starlight Express: I Am The Starlight - Lon Satton/Ray Shell
Starlight Express: Light At The End Of The Tunnel - The Company
Requiem: Hosanna - Placido Domingo
Requiem: Pie jesu - Sarah Brightman/Paul Miles-Kingston
The Phantom Of The Opera: The Phantom Of The Opera - Michael Crawford/Sarah Brightman
The Phantom Of The Opera: The Music Of The Night - Michael Crawford
The Phantom Of The Opera: All I Ask Of You - Sarah Brightman/Steve Barton
The Phantom Of The Opera: Entr'acte - Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Phantom Of The Opera: Masquerade - The Company
The Phantom Of The Opera: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - Sarah Brightman
Aspects Of Love: Aspects Of Aspects - Orchester Der Vereinigten Buehnen Wien
Aspects Of Love: Love Changes Everything - Michael Ball
Aspects Of Love: Seeing Is Believing - Michael Ball/Ann Crumb
Aspects Of Love: The First Man You Remember - Kevin Colson/Diana Morrison
Aspects Of Love: Anything But Lonely - Sarah Brightman
Aspects Of Love: Chanson D'Enfance - Sarah Brightman

Tracks:

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Any Dream Will Do - Jason Donovan
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Joseph's Coat - Maria Friedman/Richard Attenborough/Donny Osmond
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Close Every Door - Donny Osmond
By Jeeves: Travel Hopefully - John Scherer/Martin Jarvis/Don Stephenson
By Jeeves: When Love Arrives - Steven Pacey/Diana Morrison
By Jeeves: Half A Moment - Sarah Brightman
Sunset Boulevard: With One Look - Glenn Close
Sunset Boulevard: New Ways To Dream - Glenn Close/Alan Campbell
Sunset Boulevard: The Perfect Year - Glenn Close/Alan Campbell
Sunset Boulevard: Sunser Boulevard - Alan Campbell
Sunset Boulevard: As If We Never Said Goodbye - Glenn Close
Whistle Down The Wind: Whistle Down The Wind - James Graeme/Lottie Mayor
Whistle Down The Wind: Cold - Everly Brothers
Whistle Down The Wind: No Matter What - Children/Adult Chorus
Whistle Down The Wind: The Nature Of The Beast - Marcus Lovett/Lottie Mayor
The Beautiful Game: Overture - Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Beautiful Game: The Beautiful Game - The Company
The Beautiful Game: Our Kind Of Love - Hannah Waddingham
The Beautiful Game: Dont Like You - Josie Walker/David Shannon
The Beautiful Game: Let Us Love In Peace - Josie Walker/Omagh Youth Community Choir

Tracks:

Oh What A Circus - David Essex
Memory - Betty Buckley
The Phantom Of The Opera - Sarah Brightman/Steve Harley
All I Ask Of You - Sarah Brightman/Cliff Richard
Love Changes Everything - Michael Ball
Any Dream Will Do - Donny Osmond
Amigos Para Siempre (Friends For Life) - Sarah Brightman/Jose Carreras
As If We Never Said Goodbye - Barbra Streisand
The Perfect Year - Dina Carroll
With One Look - Petula Clark
You Must Love Me - Madonna
The Heart Is Slow To Learn - Kiri Te Kanawa
A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste - The Metal Philharmonic Orchestra
Whistle Down The Wind - Tina Arena
No Matter What - Boyzone
The Vaults Of Heaven - Tom Jones
Try Not To Be Afraid - Boy George
Pie Jesu - Charlotte Church

Tracks:

Make Believe Love - Wes Sands
Down Thru' Summer - Ross Hannaman
I'll Give All My Love To Southend - Ross Hannaman
Believe Me I Will - Sacha Distel
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1969 Radio Luxembourg Commercial) - Joseph Consortium/Pete Murray
Try It And See - Rita Pavone
Come Back Richard Your Country Needs You - Time Rice And The Webber Group
Goodbye Seattle - Paul Raven
John 19:41 - The Andrew Lloyd Webber Orchestra
What A Line To Go Out On - Yvonne Elliman
Disillusion Me - Gary Band
The Ballad Of Robert And Peter - Tim Rice
Christmas Dream - Maynard Williams
It's Only Your Lover Returning/All Through My Crazy And Wild Days/Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Julie Covington
It's Easy For You (1977 Jungle Room Session Version) - Elvis Presley
Magdalena - Tony Christie
Buenos Aires - The Roja Rockers
Pollicle Dogs And Jellicle Cats - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Mungojerrie And Rumpleteazer (Live At The Sydmonton Festival 1980) - Gemma Craven
I Could Have Given You More - Petula Clark
I've Been In Love Too Long - Marti Webb
Benedicite - The Stephen Hill Singers

Album Description

Disc 1: Selections from Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, and Song and Dance

Disc 2: Selections from Starlight Express, Requiem, Phantom of the Opera, and Aspects of Love

Disc 3: Selections from Joseph nad the Amaziong Technicolor Dreamcoat, By Jeeves, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, and The Beautiful Game

CD 4: 1. "Oh What a Circus" --David Essex 2. "Memory" - Betty Buckleey 3. "The Phantom of the Opera" -Sarah Brightman, Steve Harley 4. "All I Ask of You" --Sarah Brightman, Cliff Richard 5. "Love Changes Everything"--Michael Ball 6. "Any Dream Will Do"--Donny Osmond 7. "Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)"--Sarah Brightman, Jose Caerras 8. "As if We Never Said Goodbye"--Barbra Streisand 9. "The Perfect Year"--Dina Carroll 10. "With One Look" --Petula Clark 11. "You Must Love Me" 12. "The Heart Is Slow To Learn" --Kiri Te Kanawa 13. "Whistle Down the Wind"--Tina Arena 14. "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing To Waste"--The Metal Philharmonic 15. "No Matter What"--Boyzone 16. "The Vaults of Heaven"--Tom Jones and Sounds of Blackness 17. "Try Not To Be Afraid"--Boy George 18. "Pie Jesu"--Charlotte Church

Disc 5: (All tracks available for the first time) 1. "Make Believe Love"--Wes Sands 2. "Down Thru' Summer"--Ross Hannaman 3. "I'll Give All My Love to Southend"--Ross Hannaman 4. "Believe Me I Will"--Sacha Distel 5. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: 1969 Luxembourg Radio Commercial--The Jospeh Consortium, Pete Murray 6. "Try It and See"--Rita Pavone 7. "Come Back Richard Your Country Needs You"--Tim Rice and the Webber Group 8. "Goodbye Seattle"-- Paul Raven 9. "John 19:41"--The Andrew Lloyd Webber Orchestra 10. "What a Line To Go Out On"--Yvonne Elliman 11. "Disillusion Me" --Gary Bond 12. "The Ballad of Robert and Peter"--Tim Rice 13. "Christmas Dream" --Maynard Williams 14. "It's Only Your Lover Returning/All through My Wild and Crazy Days/Don't Cry for Me Argentina--Julie Covington 15. "It's Easy for You" (1977 Jungle Room Session version)--Elvis Presley 16. "Magdalena"--Tony Christie 17. "Buenos Aires"--The Rioja Rockers 18. "Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats"--Andrew Lloyd Webber original demo 19. "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" (Live at Sydmonton Festival 1980)-Gemma Craven 20. "I Could Have Given You More"--Petula Clark 21. "I've Been in Love Too Long"--Marti Webb 22. "Benedicte"-- Stephen Hill Singers

Customer Reviews:

I waited for this for five years.......2006-06-30

Between Amazone, Ebay and Napster, I don't usually buy CDs anymore, and I usually wait till I can buy them cheaper "new and used". When this set came out, I was excited, mainly by Disc 5, but wasn't going to spend $70 on it. I waited till it was cheap enough, and got it for Father's day this year.
It was worth the wait.

The concept is great. The packaging is great. The recording is great. Disc five is really cool for an ALW aficionado. There are a few real gems on it; my favorites are Petula Clark's "I Could Have Given You More" and "Benedicite."
I've always thought "Gus the Theatre Cat" made a great medley on the piano with "Unexpected Song" and "I DOn't Know How to Love Him," but wished there was an alternate lyric to match the other two songs. Now that I know there *is*, and it's a good lyric, it's a dream come true.
The melody of "Benedicite" is one of my favorites from _Sunset_ (the book mis-identifies it as "SUrrender"; it's actually "The Lady's Paying" and "Eternal Youth is Worth a Little Suffering"). The lyrics are the canticle from Daniel 3, which comes up every odd Sunday in the Divine Office, so it's nice to have cool music to sing it with.

I haven't bought _By Jeeves_ or _THe Beautiful Game_ yet, to it was great to sample them.

There are other parts of the CD taht aren't found in my collection. I like CD 4 "The Hits."

But the selections on CDs 1-3 don't make sense.

First, any self-respecting ALW fan has the Original London Cast of _Phantom_, so six tracks are totally useless. Why not draw from the Canadian cast with Colm Wilkinson? Or pull out some obscure recordings never published.

Why two different tracks with Michael Ball singing "Love Changes Everything", yet they're hardly any different?

On Disc 5 is "It's Only Your Lover Returning," sung by Julie Covington. It's an early draft of the song (Lloyd Webber and Rice went through several suggested titles) and quite nice. The very thing one expects on a Boxed Set.
So why have the Julie Covington "Don't Cry for Me" on disc 1?? The only difference is a few words, but it's otherwise identical. Why not Elaine Paige or Patti Lupone or Madonna?

The _Evita_ section is otherwise the best, choosing a sample from each major recording, though I'd have chosen slightly differently (as above).

There is a great selection of "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" from the Sydmonton festival, using the original music that was changed when _Cats_ went to Broadway_. It would have been nice if they'd included more recordings from Sydmonton, like the original lyric of "All I Ask of You" shown on the second DVD to the _Phantom_ movie.

With so many great actress-singers who've played Norma Desmond, why does the collection beat us over the head with Glenn Close?

Paul Miles Kingston must be set for life in royalties, for the number of albums the original recording of "Pie Jesu" has appeared on. "Amigos Para Siempre" is nice, but it reminds me of Shari Lewis's "The Song that Doesn't End," especially when it's been used on so many compilations.

In short, this is a great collection for the obscure material, if you can get it cheap. But for a boxed set, it's a poor sampling, drawn mostly from the most familiar recordings.

Excellent collection but BIG PUBLISHING MISTAKE! .......2006-01-10

Please beware they made a mistake on this. It's actually the shortened Ray Shell version of STARLIGHT EXPRESS from the original 1984 London cast - NOT the El Debarge single from 1987 like it says on the box. I don't know how they let that goof pass. Sorry to Ray Shell. Having said that, this is an outstanding compilation of Lloyd Webber's greatest hits.

ONE OF LLOYD WEBBER'S BEST COMPILATIONS, DESPITE A FEW FLAWS.......2005-03-21

Regardless of the fact that some of his latest efforts (most notably, The Woman in White) are disappointing, there can be little doubt that Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the greatest composers ever to work in the musical theatre. Ever since his "Jesus Christ Superstar" hit the stage in the early 70-is, it was clear that the conception and perception of musicals are never going to be the same again. Many of his songs became standards not only in the theatre history, but also as tops on the charts. Even though he's British, his influence on the shape of the modern musical theatre expanded over the West End boundaries long ago and has thus made an enormous impact on Broadway. Two of his shows ("Cats" and "The phantom of the opera") hold the record as two the longest running shows in the history of Broadway. He has also been the only composer to have three of his shows running at Broadway concurrently. Some of his awards include three Grammies, a Golden Globe, an Oscar and a bunch of Tony awards. But perhaps most of all, Lloyd Webber is responsible for bringing the musicals and the theatre appealing to the wide audiences, who in different circumstances would not consider seeing a musical. The secret of his success is probably the mixture of beautiful and catchy melodies, interesting subject matter (though some, like Starlight Express, are too thin) and grandiose staging.

Over the years many compilations of his work have emerged. In the late 80-is and early 90-is it was the "Encore" series and lately the one-disc collection called "Gold". The one in question here can be considered one of the best currently on the market. First, it includes a 3-disc selections from all of his shows, minus the latest one, i.e., "The Woman in White", which, considering the triviality of the score, is no great lost. The fourth disc covers some of his most known songs sung by the famous artists. Then, there is the fifth disc with previously unreleased material, most of which are the songs ALW wrote with Tim Rice for various artists during the 70-is. The disks are all neatly packed in a hardcover book that features 67 pages of pictures and text with information about each of ALW's shows. One of the other assets here is the perfect sound quality, since all of the tracks have been digitally remastered.

Here are my basic impressions and comments regarding the material on the discs:

* Disc #1 has the selections from "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Evita", "Cats" and "Song & Dance". The Superstar material mostly comes from the Concept Recording. Although the songs sound beautiful as always, their orchestration is a bit dated now. Only Steve Balsamo's "Gethsemane" from the 1996 revival cast has a modern rock sound. "Evita" comes with the material from all of the major recordings: London, Broadway and the movie productions, as well as the Concept album. No objections here; since this is one of ALW's most satisfying works, every song is just perfect, although Patti LuPone, the Broadway and overall the best Evita, is left with only a couple of lines. With the selections from "Cats", however, I have some doubts. A plus to the choice of the "Jellicle ball" impressive orchestral sequence from the 1998 movie version and "Mister Mistoffelees" from the 1981 London cast. One of the best known ALW's songs, "Memory", also comes from that album. It's a pretty version and Elaine Paige's rendition cannot be matched, but why include this when the definite version, featuring an 80-piece orchestra and Elaine Paige with much better interpretation, can be found in the same movie version. Thusly, one has to buy Elaine Paige's latest 2-disc compilation "Centre Stage: The very best of Elaine Paige" to get that one. And "Gus the theatre cat" is more a recital than a song, so there was not much point in including that. Marti Webb brings her vocal charm to the "Song & Dance" sequence, Sarah Brightman sings "Unexpected song" with her famous soprano, but as much as I like her version, Bernadette Peters, who was in this show on Broadway is strangely left out here.

* Disc # 2 starts with "Starlight Express". This was never one of my favorite ALW's shows; the plot is even lighter than in "Cats" and the 1984 original cast recording is terribly dated. Yet, here we have one terrific duet, "I am starlight" from the original together with three songs from the later revivals and it seems that fresh orchestrations were just the thing Starlight needed. My favorite remains a touchy ballad, "Next time you fall in love". "Requiem" is the most solemn of all ALW's compositions, written in 1985 to commemorate the death of his father. Placido Domingo's tenor rides together with the chorus all the way through the strong "Hosanna", only to be joined by Sarah Brightman in the final moments of this song. She then gives an echoing deliverance of "Pie Jesu". What can be said of ALW's next show, "The Phantom of the Opera"? A phenomenon in its own right, it's easy to see from the six numbers included here why this is one of the best and most beloved musicals of all time. The cast, the music, the story - everything is perfect. Although "Aspects of love" was never a popular hit, it does have some of the most beautiful love melodies ALW has ever written. "Love changes everything" sung by Michael Ball is probably one of the best tunes ever about love. The rest of the selected material here has a dreamy love flavor and the melodies find their way into your brain in the best Lloyd Webber way.

* ALW's first musical, "Joseph and the amazing Technicolor dreamcoat" was more successful in its revival form than the original from the 70-is. The three songs included here are sung by the show stars, Jason Donovan and Donny Osmond. Maria Friedman was not a lucky choice to play the narrator, as the track from the 1998 movie version shows. "By Jeeves" was ALW's only big flop when it came to the stage in the 70-is. The 1995 revival sounds much better though, full of funny numbers in the best manner of the musical comedy. "Travel hopefully" remains one of the show's highlights on this compilation. "Sunset Boulevard" comes next. "Sunset" remains for me one of Webber's best scores; lush and beautiful. I listen to the original cast recording with Patti LuPone all the time. However, here most of the songs are performed by Glenn Close. A big mistake. If you've ever listened the American premiere recording with her, you'll know what I am talking about. She may have a strong stage presence, but her vocal abilities are too limited, and her aggressive approach to the role lacks any subtlety. Therefore, the two big numbers from this show, "With one look" and "As if we never said goodbye" are ruined by the fact she can't sing. The same goes for the American Joe Gillis, who was played by Alan Campbell. Luckily, Patti LuPone and Kevin Anderson, the original Norma and Joe from the London production, make their brief entrance here with the "Perfect year"; enough to show how better they are. The funny thing is, on the jacket and inside of it, Glenn Close and Alan Campbell are credited as performers in this song as well. If this was a mistake on ALW's part, it was a good one. The next ALW's show, "Whistle down the wind" was never a critic's dear and yet the audiences rushed in to see it in London. The score brings back ALW to his rock and roll roots of the seventies and the story is quite interesting. But the selections here are not the happiest, since the cast recording boasts with much better songs. And finally, "The Beautiful Game". Again, we have one of those ALW's shows that is worth in its individual parts rather than as a whole. "Our kind of love" and "Let us love in peace" are two catchy ballads. The latter is a nice amalgam version not available elsewhere. The two other tracks here I could live without.

* Disc # 4 has the songs from all the above shows performed by different artists. The assembled tracks have their pros and cons. For example, we have some previously unreleased stuff, like Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's operettic rendition of "The heart is slow to learn", or a stunning and epic "A kiss is a terrible thing to waste" from "Whistle down the wind", performed by The Metal Philharmonic Orchestra. Then again, what was the point in including almost identical tracks as the ones on the previous disks? So we have Michael Ball again singing "Love changes everything" with only a bit different orchestration; Sarah Brightman comes out again with the same Phantom duets, but only with the different male singers. It would be much more appropriate to include tracks from the Toronto Cast of the Phantom, with Colm Wilkinson. Other pop deliverances (Tina Arena's "Whistle down the wind", Barbra Streisand's "As if we never said goodbye", Boyzone's "No matter what" and many more) were wisely chosen. Patti LuPone is again nowhere to be found and Petula Clark's "With one look" sounds too worn-out.

* The last disc is probably the one that will be of most interest to Lloyd Webber aficionados. It consists of entirely previously unreleased material ALW for the most part wrote for various artists during his early years, with Tim Rice. Some of these tunes, not successful as a singles, were later used in his shows. Thus "Down thru' summer" became "Buenos Aires"in Evita, "Try it and see", an unsuccessful attempt for the Eurovision was used for "King Herod's song" in "Superstar" and so on. Some of these songs are nicely made pop songs: "Make believe love", ALW's first recorded composition, for which he provided the lyrics; "Goodbye Seattle", sung by Paul Raven, who later became Gary Glitter; "Come back Richard, your country needs you", from a never made musical, sung here by Tim Rice, or Latin flavored "Magdalena", with Tony Christie singing. My all time favorite here is a song called "It's easy for you", sung by none other than Elvis Presley himself. Lloyd Webber and Rice sent him a demo recording that he accepted and recorded this live version a couple of weeks before he died. It's amazing to hear how his voice remained in the perfect shape. Also, there is a track of Andrew Lloyd Webber singing "Policle dogs and Jellicle cats" while plying the piano. His voice doesn't sound bad at all.

Taken as a whole, this compilation makes a perfect birthday or Christmas present to any fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber shows, or just anybody interested in some of the best tunes from the modern era of the musical theatre; despite the flaws I mentioned above. To the former, it may just be the final addition for the Andrew Lloyd Webber collection.

SUCH MAGICAL MUSIC OF THE NIGHT!.......2003-01-19

"Evita." "Sunset Blvd." "Starlight Express." "Jesus Christ Superstar." "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." "Requiem." "Aspects of Love." The man who is the most recognized composer in the history of the musical theatre, the man who has won more Tonys than any other composer, the man who boasts the best-selling show of all time ("The Phantom of the
Opera") and the longest-running show of all time ("Cats"), the man whose homes are filled with three Grammys, five Oliviers, a Golden Globe, and Oscar and too many other honors and hosannas to mention, the man knighted in 1992 certainly doesn't need an introduction. Now Decca Broadway pays tribute to Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber with "Now and Forever," a spectacular 5-CD set compiled and produced by Sir Andy himself. It's cheaper than a
ticket to "The Producers" ... and more much exciting. This treasure trove contains highlights from all of Webber's shows, and a bonus disc of tunes sung by Betty Buckley, Barbara
Streisand, Jose Carreras, Boy George, Charlotte Church, Madonna, Tom Jones, Petula Clark, even Elvis! A must for lovers of theatre---and good music.

A Must Have for Sir Andrew fans.......2002-05-21

This five-CD collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber's career is fantastic. It leaves virtually no stone unturned. I have no doubt that diehard Webber fans will love this, especially for the 5th disc entitled "From the Vaults." This disc alone is worth the price as it contains tunes never before heard by the typical fan. Who knew Elvis did a Lloyd Webber tune?!? I didn't! Also the tune "Benedictine" which the composer wrote for his most recent marriage is not only pretty, but it has the same medley as "The Lady's Paying" from "Sunset Blvd." which I found highly enjoyable. Another great track is the composer himself singing a cut song from "Cats" entitled "Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats" which has the same tune as "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats," but to hear Sir Andrew sing is a blast...he sounds a lot like Al "Year of the Cat" Stewart.
The cuts from the musicals are great but are likely owned by ALW fans as they are on the original cast albums. And I'm glad that there were tunes included from the composers most recent efforts which have yet to make it beyond London (Whistle Down the Wind, Beautiful Game).
My only complaint is the inclusion of way too many tracks by Sarah Brightman. She must've received a great divorce settlement that included having tunes on any ALW collection until the end of time!! Her interpretations of some of the tunes were limp and uninspired. I would've much rather heard casts from around the world rather than yet another song by this disdainful soprano! How about Colm Wilkinson's version of "Music of the Night" from the original Canadian cast of "Phantom"? Or Michael Crawford's version of "Unexpected Song"? What? No Betty Buckley from "Sunset Blvd."? And of course there are songs you KNOW are going to be on the collection before you even listen to it as they have been on EVERY ALW collection for the past decade or so.
A great collection but too much Sarah Brightman!

Average customer rating:

Indispensable for Denver fans
Lacks the sparkle
Not the originals
Music is done differently for the worst.
Wonderful collection of old and new

The John Denver Collection [Laserlight]
John Denver
Manufacturer: Delta
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Country Roads Collection
A Song's Best Friend - John Denver Remembered
The Harbor Lights Concert
The Unplugged Collection
Seasons of the Heart

ASIN: B000001VXJ
Release Date: 1997-06-17

Tracks:

Take Me Home, Country Roads
Homegrown Tomatoes
Eagles and Horses
Ponies
High, Wide and Handsome
Hold on to Me
Whispering Jesse
Never a Doubt
Eagle and the Hawk
I Watch You Sleeping
For You

Tracks:

Windsong
Annie's Song
Potter's Wheel
Two Different Directions
Chained to the Wheel
Country Girl in Paris
All This Joy
Thanks to You
Gift You Are
I Want to Live

Tracks:

Rocky Mountain High
To the Wild Country
Chosen Ones
Foxfire Suite
Higher Ground
Raven's Child
Bread & Roses
Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)
Grandma's Feather Bed
Marvelous Toy

Tracks:

Sunshine on My Shoulders
Sunshine on My Shoulders
Deal With the Ladies
Amazon (Let This Be a Voice)
Eclipse
Earth Day Every Day (Celebrate)
Ancient Rhymes
Tenderly Calling
Falling Leaves (The Refugees)
Islands
Children of the Universe

Tracks:

Calypso
Flower That Shattered the Stone
American Child
Postcard from Paris
In a Far Away Land
Little Further North
Sing Australia
Alaska & Me
Stonehaven Sunset
Potter's Wheel [Live]
Flower That Shattered the Stone (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

Indispensable for Denver fans.......2004-08-20

I thought I'd scooped up just about every song the great JD had ever committed to vinyl, and maybe I had, but this collection is chock full of numbers I'd never even heard *of*, let alone heard, before--40 out of the 53 tracks on the five discs. For that alone it's worth the price, setting aside the fact that in most cases $27 will get you at best two and a half CD's.

The "undiscovered" pieces include some of Denver's most beautiful and powerful work, such as "Eagles and Horses," "Ponies," "Whispering Jesse," "Never a Doubt," "I Watch You Sleeping," "For You," "Potter's Wheel," "Two Different Directions," "Chained to the Wheel," "A Country Girl in Paris," "All This Joy," "Thanks to You," "The Gift You Are," "Chosen Ones," "Higher Ground," "Raven's Child," "Amazon," "Falling Leaves," "Islands," "Postcard from Paris," "In a Far Away Land" (sung, if I'm not mistaken, in Chinese!), "Alaska and Me," and "Stonehaven Sunset," plus the delightful novelty "Homegrown Tomatoes," the folky "Foxfire Suite," and the swingingly rhythmic "Sing Australia" (with didgeridoo accompaniment). There are also new and gorgeous mixes of JD's signature songs, "Take Me Home Country Roads" and "Calypso." All are delivered in his unmistakable flexible golden tenor, with great arrangements. These may not be the "original" recordings, but they'll certainly be new to many listeners, and for that reason alone, if you love JD's work and grieved as I did at his death, you need this bargain in your collection.

Lacks the sparkle.......2001-10-26

Collection features some less known and harder to find tunes, and is great for this, but the recording is poor quality, songs are a bit ragged, not at all the perfection generally captured by John Denver.

Not the originals.......2001-08-08

All your favorate songs, just not the version you remember. CD titles are old album titles but track listings seem to have little to do with what was on those original albums. If you are looking for classic JD this is not your best choice.

Music is done differently for the worst........1999-03-12

I am disappointed with this CD collection. The music is too fast a tempo, and the instruments are too loud and numerous. John Denver's voice is drowned out by the instruments. I dislike that many of the songs are a bit different from their original version. I would recommend this collection only to John Denver fanatics who have heard all his music before and want something different.

Wonderful collection of old and new.......1999-01-10

This box set is a wonderful collection of the music we think of when remembering John Denver and his newer music. It is interesting to hear him sing familiar songs such as "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Annie's Song" and "Rocky Mountain High" in his mature voice. His newer music is catchy and pleasing to the ear and has the same charm of his early music. I particularly enjoyed "I Watch You Sleeping", which perhaps was written for his young daughter. His songs portray "a man who cares deeply for the environment..." and are a wonderful break from some of today's music about violence and crime. I would recommend this collection to avid John Denver fans as well as anyone who is looking for a set of wonderful music at a great price. Where can you beat 5 CD's for $25.00? Overall, a very enjoyable piece of art.

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Beautiful relaxing music

Till the End of Time
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Reader's Digest
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sentimental Journey
When I Fall in Love
From a Distance
Most Beautiful Melodies of the Century: You Are So Beautiful
Romantic Piano: Moments to Remember

ASIN: B00000I590
Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

Time In A Bottle - Romantic Strings
Be My Love - Ken Thorne And His Orchestra/Ed Ames
Feelings - Henry Mancini
Blue Bayou - Romantic Strings
The Grewatest Love Of All - Romantic Strings
Embracable You - Roger Williams
My Way - Floyd Cramer
Touch Me In The Morning - Romantic Strings
The Glory Of Love - Frank DeVal Orchestra
Jalousie - London Promenade Orchestra/Charles Gerhardt
Just The Way You Are - Romantic Strings
My Foolish Heart - Hill Bowen And His Orchestra

Tracks:

Dear Heart - Henry Mancini
Mona Lisa - Johnny Gibbs And Orchestra/Ken Barrie
Magic Is The Moonlight - Romantic Strings
Have I Told You Lately? - Floyd Cramer
What I Did For Love - Romantic Strings
You Light Up My Life - Romantic Strings
Granada - London Promenade Orchestra
The Music Of The Night - London Promenade Orchestra
The Shadow Of Your Smile - London Promenade Orchestra/Charles Gerhardt
It's Impossible - Roger Williams
Shenandoah - Johnny Gibbs Orchestra
Till The End Of Time - Gordon Langford, His Piano And Orchestra

Tracks:

Cheek To Cheek - Ken Thorne And His Orchestra
Close To You - Joe Reisman And His Orchestra & Choir
You Are So Beautiful - Floyd Cramer
You've Got A Friend - Romantic Strings
Begin The Beguine - Romantic Strings
Bewitched - Richard Alden, His Piano & Orchestra
The Girl From Ipanema - Roger Williams
(A Time For Us) Love Theme From 'Romeo And Juliet' - Henri Mancini
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars - Paul Weston Orchestra/Jo Stafford
Falling In Love With Love - Romantic Strings
Yesterday - Romantic Strings
Theme From 'M*A*S*H*' - Romantic Strings

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Beautiful relaxing music.......2007-06-12

These are wonderful songs, so soothing and relaxing. I like the mix of different artists and style. Definitely recommend buying it!!

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