The President and the First Lady

The President and the First Lady

ASIN: B00005YBA6

Track Listings

1. We're Gonna Hold On

2. Two Story House

3. Take Me

4. Ceremony

5. Old Fashioned Singing

6. (We're Not) the Jet Set

7. We Loved It Away

8. God's Gonna Get'cha (For That)

9. Someone I Used to Know

10. Livin' on Easy Street

11. Golden Ring

12. After Closing Time

13. Something to Brag About

14. We'll Talk About It Later

15. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms

16. Near You

17. Southern California

18. Let's Build a World Together

19. After the Fire Is Gone

20. If We Don't Make It

The President and the First Lady,George Jones & Tammy Wynette,Tee Vee Records,Country,Country-Pop,Honky Tonk,Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan,Pop,Popular Music,Traditional Country

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Musical Magic By Two of Country Music's Biggest Legends

The President and the First Lady
George Jones & Tammy Wynette
Manufacturer: Tee Vee Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music
Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
General | Rock | Styles | Music
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Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

We're Gonna Hold On
Two Story House
Take Me
The Ceremony
Old Fashioned Singing
(We're Not) The Jet Set
We Loved It Away
God's Gonna Get 'Cha (For That)
Someone I Used To Know
Livin' On Easy Street
Golden Ring
After Closing Time
Something To Brag About
We'll Talk About It Later
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Near You
Southern Califorina
Let's Bulid A World Together
After The Fire Is Gone
If We Don't Make It

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Musical Magic By Two of Country Music's Biggest Legends.......1999-03-26

This is the best duet album that has ever been set to the greatest hits format. This album takes the songs that George and Tammy first recorded, and then the album evolved into a master piece with some of county's biggest hits. This album shows how George Jones and Tammy Wynette became the best husband and wife duo and the president and the first lady of country music.

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Fine reissue of a classic set

Purcell: Theatre Music

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Odes | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0001Y4JHA
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Customer Reviews:

Fine reissue of a classic set.......2006-05-24

Think about the stupidest, most formulaic Hollywood movies you can think of: cheesy action pictures, fluffy, unfunny comedies, big but stiff epics. Now imagine that one of the greatest living composers was working in Hollywood, turning out astonishing, hauntingly beautiful and stirring musical scores for these throwaway movies. That's what you get with this set: music Henry Purcell composed for some two dozen often utterly forgettable plays (trust me--I've read a number of them!) Occasionally, when he teams up with a playwright worthy of his stature, such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, or William Congreve, the results are even better, but for the most part you can enjoy the music here without knowing anything about the original plays.

This set originally appeared as separate LPs in the 70s and 80s, and has been long out of print. That's a pity, since Purcell spent a good deal of his short professional life in the theatre, either writing the incidental music contained on these CDs, or the music for his larger works, the semi-operas (King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, and the like). Almost all of these works are enjoyable gems; certainly, they represent a pinnacle of English 17th century music. Purcell had a genius for spinning musical gold out of the most leaden lyrics (check out his Odes and Welcome Songs on Hyperion if you don't believe me), and he does the same with the song texts in these plays.

Hogwood and the AAM offer clean, listenable performances, and the sound on these old analog discs has been cleaned up and brightened--although they were pretty good, even in the late 70s. As with most Hogwood, emotional extremes are kept to a minimum, so the "otherworldly" nature of late 17th century music, so often emphasised in more recent Baroque performances, doesn't come across here. It would be interesting to see what a group like The King's Consort would do with this music, but this set fills the major gap in the Purcell canon quite nicely.

My only beef with the reissue, as with many reissues, is that the liner notes are rather thin for a 6-cd set--the lyrics to the songs, for example, are especially missed. Still, it's a worthwhile set, and a must for fans of Purcell, English Baroque music, or anyone who just wants to experience a taste of the last days of the Restoration stage.

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