Small Town Thing

Small Town Thing

ASIN: B00006IS7X

Track Listings

1. Nothing to Say

2. Other Woman

3. Enough

4. Lullaby

5. Dog Child

6. Down with It

7. Tell Your Jesus

8. Pride

9. Worse Ways To Go

10. You Got Nothin'

11. Cry Out of This City

12. First Time I Saw You I Was Drunk

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The follow-up to Naomi Ashley's EP "Love and Other Crap", "Small Town Thing" is a delightful mix of soul-searching country ballads, heavy hitting rockers and laid back acoustic numbers. Naomi's songs, heartfelt, hilarious, sad and strange are wrapped up into catchy country melodies that you can't help but sing-a-long to.

Tracks:

Family
Secret Love
My Romance/What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
Trust the Wind
Wind Beneath My Wings
You'll Never Walk Alone
Everything Possible
Dream on, Little Angel
Let Me Be the Music
Prideful Mary
God Loves a Woman
When October Goes
Last Day
For All We Know/I'll Be Seeing You
Empty Chairs Medley: Empty Chairs at Empty Tables/No One Is ...
I Shall Miss Loving You
I Have Loved

Tracks:

Psalm 92
Ave Maria
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
White Christmas
O Holy Night
Cup of Christmas Tea
Silent Night
Auld Lang Syne
How to Handle a Woman/Some Enchanted Evening
Ain't No Mountain
Donna's Song
Not While I'm Around
I'll Be Here With You
All Is Well
God Bless America
Cup of Christmas Tea [CD-ROM Track]

Average customer rating:

A bargain collection of showtunes

Golden Greats: Greatest Broadway Hits

Manufacturer: Golden Greats
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005USEJ
Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

Ouverture - Orchestra
Something Wonderfull - Dorothy Sarnoff
Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Ethel Merman
Life Upon the Wicked Stage - Colette Lyons
So in Love - Patricia Morison
You'll Never Walk Alone - Jan Clayton, Christine Johnson
Bill - Carol Bruce
Hello, Young Lovers - Gertrude Lawrence
Bloody Mary - Male Chorus
I Can't Say No - Celeste Holm
This Was a Real Nice Clambake - Jan Clayton,
Oklahoma! - Alfred Drake
Sue Me - Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene
Woman Is a Sometime Thing - Edward Matthews
Some Enchanted Evening - Ezio Pinza,
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Todd Duncan, Todd Duncan
Guys and Dolls - Douglas Deane, Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver
It Ain't Necessarily So - Lawrence Tibbett
Make Believe - Jan Clayton
Wonderful Guy - Mary Martin
They Say It's Wonderful - Ethel Merman
When the Children Are Asleep - Jean Darling, Eric Mattson
More I Cannot Wish You - Pat Rooney, Sr., Pat Rooney, Sr.
Puzzlement - Yul Brynner
I Got Lost in His Arms - Ethel Merman

Tracks:

Overture...Summertime - Anne Brown
Why Can't You Behave? - Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Carol Bruce
There's No Business Like Show Business - Chorus
If I Were a Bell - Isabel Bigley
People Will Say That We're in Love - Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts
Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Anne Brown
Luck Be a Lady Tonight - Robert Alda
Shall I Tell You What I Think of You? - Gertrude Lawrence
Girl That I Marry - Ray Middleton
Nobody Else But Me - Jan Clayton
Carousel Waltz - Orchestra
Dites-Moi - Barbara Luna
Ol' Man River - Kenneth Spencer
Summertime
Many a New Day - Joan Roberts
Blow High, Blow Low - Murvyn Vye
It Takes a Long Pull to Get There - Edward Matthews
You've Got to Be Carefully Taught - Billy Tabbert
We Open in Venice - Alfred Drake
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Mary Martin
Who Do You Love, I Hope? - Kathleen Carnes, Robert Lenn
I've Never Been in Love Before - Robert Alda
Tom, Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
I Whistle a Happy Tune - Gertrude Lawrence

Tracks:

New York, New York - Lynn Murray, Lynn Murray
Almost Like Being in Love - Marion Bell, Dave Brooks, David Brooks
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Vivienne Segal
Beat out Dat Rhythm on a Drum - June Hawkins
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? - Ella Logan
Old Devil Moon - Ella Logan
South American Way - Carmen Miranda
September Song - Walter Huston
This Is the Army, Mister Jones - Irving Berlin
Takin' a Chance on Love - Ethel Waters
My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Mary Martin
Anything Goes - Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals
You're the Top - Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals
I Get a Kick Out of You - Ethel Merman
Night and Day - Fred Astaire
I Got Rhythm - Red Nichols & His Orchestra
Someone to Watch Over Me - Gertrude Lawrence
Fascinatin' Rhythm - Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire
Strike Up the Band - Red Nichols & His Orchestra
Makin' Whoopee - Eddie Cantor
Heatwave - Ethel Waters
Easter Parade - Clifton Webb
She Didn't Say Yes - Peggy Wood
I've Told Every Little Star - Mary Ellis
Johnny One Note - Lynn Murray, Lynn Murray

Album Description

Import exclusive, budget price compilation featuring Broadway classics like 'You'll Never Walk Alone', 'Summertime', & There's No Business Like Show Business', performed by Ethel Merman, Gertrude Lawrence, Celeste Holm, & many more. 75 tracks in all. Standard double jewel case. Disky. 2001.

Album Details

3 CD set

Customer Reviews:

A bargain collection of showtunes.......2005-08-19

This bargain collection of showtunes is highlighted by the composition of Kurt Weill and the uniquely rolling tongue of Colette Lyons. I have a complaint about this compilation. It includes "Ol' Man River", but it excludes Al Jolson's rendition of "Ol' Man River." Otherwise, this collection gives you ample bang for your buck.

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It's not stereo
classic arrangements by the classic gentlemen ~ Percy Faith

Lil Abner/Broadway Bouquet

Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Subways Are for Sleeping / Do I Hear a Waltz
Porgy & Bess / Most Happy Fella
Kismet/Music From Hollywood
More Themes for Young Lovers/Latin Themes for Young Lovers
Born Free/Windmills of Your Mind

ASIN: B0000996GC
Release Date: 2003-09-16

Tracks:

It's A Typical Day
The Way To A Man's Heart
Love In A Home
Medley: Jubilation T. Cornpone / (What's Good For) General Bullmoose (Is Good For The U.S.A.)
Unnecessary Town
The Country's In The Very Best Of Hands
There's Room Enough For Us
Progress Is The Root Of All Evil
If I Had My Druthers
Oh Happy Day
Matrimonial Stomp
Namely You
Hello, Dolly!
Once Upon A Time
Somewhere
Sunrise, Sunset
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
A Quiet Thing
Make Someone Happy
What Kind Of Fool Am I?
Long Ago
The Sweetest Sounds
As Long As He Needs Me
Theme From "Golden Boy"

Album Description

The jaunty Gene DePaul score for the musical play "Lil' Abner" based on the comic strip by Al Capp is heard instrumentally - and it's quite a show! "Broadway Bouquet" from 1965 is an important part of the famed Faith "string" album series - perhaps the pinnacle of his rich string sound that spanned gorgeous melodies and counterlines across sections of the large orchestra. (Bill Halvorsen)

Album Description

Pianist Percy Faith, a pioneer of the Easy Listening genre, had a successful and lengthy career as the in-house conductor and arranger for Columbia Records. Faith was renowned for his musical interpretations of Broadway and motion picture music. These two reissues from Collectables on 1 CD were originally released in 1965. 24 tracks. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

It's not stereo.......2005-01-10

I bought this solely for "Once Upon a Time", and was dismayed that the CD is mono, not stereo. The quality of the recordings leaves much to be desired, as many of them lack the pristine quality I'm used to on a CD.

classic arrangements by the classic gentlemen ~ Percy Faith.......2004-02-16

Two albums from the Columbia Records people blending different decades "Li'l Abner" (originally released CL 955 in 1956) and "Broadway Bouquet" (originally released LS 9156 in 1965), sharing the unmistakable style of the "Percy Faith Touch" ~ you know in an instant you're in for the best of the best ~ Duke Ellington was so taken with Faith's arrangements, that he would give anything to be able to arrange in that fashion.

Let's begin with "IT'S A TYPICAL DAY" along with "LOVE IN A HOME", both from "Li'l Abner", wonderful opening counterparts and the stirring arrangements by Maestro Percy Faith ~ "JUBILATON T. CORNPONE", uplifting cue that will keep bouncing in your head for hours, maybe even days ~ "IF I HAD MY DRUTHERS", one of the forgettable tunes from the show ~ "NAMELY YOU", has to be the best and favorite song of the Johnny Mercer and Gene De Paul score ~ by the way, these two composers penned the lively screen musical "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", both scores were sure winners from two talented songwriters, Percy Faith steps up to the podium and takes it to another level.

Now with "Broadway Bouquet", we have perfection within the realm of lush arranging, so flawless "HELLO, DOLLY!" (Jerry Herman), "ONCE UPON A TIME" (Adams/Strouse), "SOMEWHERE" (Sondheim/Bernstein), "SUNRISE, SUNSET/FIDDLER ON THE ROOF" (Harnick/Bock) (one of my all-time favorites, can't get enough of this score), "WHO CAN I TURN TO (WHEN NOBODY NEEDS ME)" (Bricusse/Newley), "A QUIET THING" (Ebb/Kander), "MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY" (Comden/Green/Styne), "WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I?" (Bricusse/Newley) (two of the best songwriters in the business), "LONG AGO" (David Heneker), "THE SWEETEST SOUNDS" (Richard Rodgers) (his credit of compositions goes through the ceiling, will never be another like 'em), "AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME" (Lionel Bart) (a wonderful classic that is still popular by today's standards), "THEME FROM "GOLDEN BOY" (Adams Strouse) (another team of composers that have made an impact on the Broadway scene) ~ an example of the "Percy Faith Touch", so effortless, you feel like you're floating on a cloud ~ falls into Percy's many albums of fabulous string arrangements, they grabbed the attention of the listener and wouldn't let go. Can't think of any other arranger/composer who left such a great legacy as this man!

Highly recommend to ALL fans of Percy Faith ~ thanks to Collectables for releasing this collection from the vaults of Columbia Records ~ so listeners sit back, relax and enjoy a small part of Maestro Percy Faith's fabulous career!

Tracks:

Let Yourself Go - Steppin' Out With My Baby - Patti LuPone
Slap That Bass - Gregory Hines
Love Is Here To Stay - Patti Austin
Mood Indigo - Dee Dee Bridgewater
A Foggy Day - Gregory Hines
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off - Patti Austin/Gregory Hines
Heatwave - Patti LuPone
Something Wonderful - Marilyn Horne
O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
Prelude To A Kiss - Dee Dee Bridgewater
I'm Beginning To See The Light - Dee Dee Bridgewater
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Gregory Hines
The All Laughed - Patti Austin
I've Got Beginner's Luck - Gregory Hines/Patti Austin
Doin' What Comes Natur-lly - Patti LuPone
I Have Dreamed - Peabo Bryson/Lea Salonga
For You, For Me, For Evermore - Patti Austin/Gregory Hines

Tracks:

Gone With The Wind: Main Title - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
An American In Paris - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Carousel: Heaven Effect And Carousel Waltz - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Peyton Place - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
The Wizard Of Oz Concert Suite - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Morning Mood - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Cinema Paradiso - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Somewhere In Time - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Eternal Love - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Dunbar Theme - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Throne Room And Finale - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Patti Austin and Gregory Hines Are Brilliant.......2007-07-07

I own the Hollywood Bowl Gershwin CD and I love it. I was surprised by it. Play the samples if you can but the singing and sound are clear and crisp and you can understand every word.

New Britain: The Roots of American Folksong

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Charming, simple & striking. Full of delightful surprises!
Tour de Force of American Musical Roots!
Astonishing

New Britain: The Roots of American Folksong

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

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

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American Christmas
Rivers of Delight (American Folk Hymns From the Sacred Harp Tradition)

ASIN: B000005E75
Release Date: 1991-06-25

Tracks:

Judicii Signum -- The Great Day
Calenda Maia - Cuando por el oriente
Rossignolet du bois joli - Rossignolet del bos jolin
Das Paris y-at-un'barbiere - Allons-nous faire faire la barbe
Mon pere m'a mariee - Mon pere m'a mariee
Gabriel Nazareth - Une nymphe jolie
C'est en passant par Varennes - Margo labours les vignes
Bransles de village - Il etait une Cendrillon
C'est dans la ville de Bytowm
Il est venu le petit oysillon - An jenem Tag, nach Davids sag - Barbara Allen - Heavenly Dove
Chevy Chase -The Kinges hunt is upp - The English hunt's up
My Love Gave Me A Cherry - I Gave My Love A Cherry
Hey, Ho, Nobody At Home
There Were Three Crows - There Were Three Ravens
Lady Cassilles Lilt - Gipsy Davy
The Jolly Beggar
Billy Boy - Billy Boy
Ricerada premera - Betty Anne
Singing School
Thomas-Town
New Britain (Amazing Grace)
Parting Friends
Hallelujah

Amazon.com

Exploring the connections between early music and what we know as folksong, Joel Cohen and his very adventurous and competent band of musicians not only show us where many familiar tunes come from, they also give us fresh and illuminating renditions of songs from the 10th century to the middle of the 20th century. Besides the recording's obvious educational value, its primary purpose, according to Cohen, is "to give pleasure." That it does, often in amusing ways, as when a song with religious origins is transformed into a ribald descendant. It's also fun to see how widespread some songs are, with different versions common to many countries. Cohen demonstrates how songs that came from Renaissance forms were preserved by common folk long after the "elite" classes abandoned them. The songs are enhanced by excellent instrumental playing and well-conceived arrangements. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Charming, simple & striking. Full of delightful surprises!.......2002-11-29

Many early music groups these days explain cross-cultural musical influences in their program notes, and proceed to play their selections accordingly. Joel Cohen and the Boston Camerata take it the logical step further by actually performing the "root" pieces side by side with the later music that reflects their particular influence. The result is inspired, thought-provoking groupings of related tunes and texts that span not only centuries but continents. The Boston Camerata is primarily a vocal ensemble, with a sound that is spare, pure and direct. Some of their renditions are performed a cappella, while others are accompanied by light, period instrumentation. If you've ever heard this group live in concert, you may recall the surreal effect of sitting in a theater that is pin-drop quiet, waiting for one or two musicians at a time to step forward and break the silence with a clarity and presence that holds the entire audience spellbound from first note to last. The effect of listening to this recording is much the same. My favorites on this release are the groupings of different versions of the same ballad--"Three Ravens", "Gypsy Davy", and "Barbara Allen", for example. The pairing of the Appalacian song "Betty Anne" with its exact harmonic match--a 16th century ricercada for viols by Diego Ortiz--is also quite striking, and I also enjoyed the "shape-note" and "Fa-sol-la" singing-school selections representative of early American music. In the insert, director Joel Cohen explains: "This unorthodox recording, an intentionally provocative mix of early art song and modern folksong, is meant first of all to give pleasure - but it is also a meditation on history, on archetypes, and on the transmission of human culture." The Boston Camerata succeeds admirably here on both counts!

Tour de Force of American Musical Roots!.......2001-01-05

Prepare to go on an amazing, haunting musical tour when you put this disc on your player. Joel Cohen (bless him) has once again assembled a group of musicians and singers who are up to the task of taking themselves, and you the listener, back through the mists of musical time. This disc contains songs that span hundreds of years, many of which actually originate in other lands. Yet, these songs would find their way into the early diverse fabric of colonial America, and go on to inspire much of emerging folk music in this country. Some of these songs are secular, but others have a distinctly religious flavor (as in the first piece on Judgment Day and the "stars falling"). Others are merry, dance-like tunes, and remind one of what might have been performed in medieval courts in Europe. Some are sung in english, others in different languages. The range of musical style and vocal interpretation is incredible. This wonderful diversity reminds the listener that America always had diverse roots, and even in colonial times, we were a nation that drew its strength and inspiration from many cultural sources. I like to listen to this disc during the bleak nights of winter, but it is wonderful music for any occasion. If you really are intrigued by the historical development of American music -- or any music -- then this disc is a "must" for your collection. Also recommended: "The World Turned Upside Down" (Barry Philips), "A Land of Pure Delight" (His Majestie's Clerkes), and "Simple Gifts: Shaker Cbants and Spirituals" (Joel Cohen and Boston Camerata).

Astonishing.......2000-03-25

The album is astonishing. It is rare to find a continuous line of musical thought from the turn of the previous millenium to its end. This album demonstrates the evolution of music over about a thousand year period and includes some very early versions of what we would call modern songs.

Tracks:

Nothing to Say
Other Woman
Enough
Lullaby
Dog Child
Down with It
Tell Your Jesus
Pride
Worse Ways To Go
You Got Nothin'
Cry Out of This City
First Time I Saw You I Was Drunk

Album Description

The follow-up to Naomi Ashley's EP "Love and Other Crap", "Small Town Thing" is a delightful mix of soul-searching country ballads, heavy hitting rockers and laid back acoustic numbers. Naomi's songs, heartfelt, hilarious, sad and strange are wrapped up into catchy country melodies that you can't help but sing-a-long to.

Customer Reviews:

Very good album even if you don't like country.......2004-01-06

This album is great. Weather you're a country fan or a non-country music fan such as myself, you'll love this. It's a little more upbeat than most country, has a bluegrass feel to it and it also contains some very funny songs. This chick is going to be big some day.

Tellin' a Story.......2002-09-20

This CD is an amazing follow up to Naomi's 1st, Love & Other Crap...This one is full of songs you can't stop singing! Naomi's voice has such a range of good old country to sexy and low down...it's beautiful! And every song tells a story that the listener can relate to, even the funny ones! I highly recommend this CD! Buy two, 1 for you and 1 for your friend, they'll thank you! And if you get a chance to see her live, even better!

It Kicked ..........2002-08-29

This cd is all over it. So often when you buy a cd you're lucky to get one or two decent songs you like. This cd has 12 in a row and not one bad one in the bunch. They cover every end of the spectrum, "The Other Woman" has such a great country groove, "Cry Out of This City" rocks your world, and the acoustic numbers are just plain AWESOME. Check out the fancy picking on "Tell Your Jesus", that guy must have 8 fingers on his picking hand. This album is an absolute must have!!

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Sylvia McNair & Ted Taylor

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Sylvia McNair & Ted Taylor

Manufacturer: BBC Legends
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00002MXRG
Release Date: 2000-02-22

Tracks:

Someone To Watch Over Me
A Foggy Day/Embraceable You
Isn't It A Pity
Stiff Upper Lip/Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Summertime
For You, For Me, For Evermore
I Got Rhythm
Prelude No.1 (Piano Solo)
My Ship
The Man I Love
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Shall We Dance?
By Strauss
He Loves And She Loves
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Love Is Here To Stay
Just Another Rhumba
Hello Young Lovers

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