Pacific Coast Highway

Pacific Coast Highway

ASIN: B00008G3CK

Track Listings

1. Locomotive

2. Give Me Back My Heart

3. Memorize This Moment

4. Mary Lou

5. Mississippi Girl

6. It Should've Been You

7. Dangerous

8. Are You Ready for Love

9. Further She'll Fly

10. Woman in You

Pacific Coast Highway,Pacific Coast Highway,Digital Sound,Country,New Age / Meditation,Pop

Average customer rating:

Nice addition to your collection...

Creative energy under smooth jazz `s service!

Zer Gut!!

lovely just perfect

Perfect

Pacific Coast Highway
Nils
Manufacturer: Baja Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00070H9XO
Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

Pacific Coast Highway
Back Pocket
Georgy Porgy
Coming Home
You've Got A Friend
Cruisin'
Sneakin'
Summer Nights
Hey Ya
Keep Rollin'
Kona Girl
Baja California

Customer Reviews:

Nice addition to your collection..........2006-12-12

You've got to get this CD from this guy. Every cut is bangin' and soooo smooth! All you need is some California wine and you can feel the West Coast groove. Please don't confuse him with Nils Loefgren or whoever. At first I had my doubts about an axe man playin' jazz on a Fender Stratocaster but he pulls it off with flying colors. You will not be disappointed if you purchased this CD. I wish I could find out more about him like when he is touring, etc...

Creative energy under smooth jazz `s service!.......2006-08-08

Nowadays the musical scene in the smooth jazz genre has visibly enhanced with the presence of true legends of the guitar; the instrument of major relevance in the Nineties decade and still on.

Nils is actually one of the great promises in this genre. He displays creativity, rhythm and vitality in every single track you randomly choose.

A wise option under any perspective.

Zer Gut!!.......2006-03-10

This CD is great all the way through. Most CD's, like this one, have one or two songs that are worth mentioning, but this CD has many great "toe-tapping" tunes. Get it, you won't be sorry!

lovely just perfect.......2005-12-20

i love nils i just hope he comes out with more stuff like this my favorites are pacific coast highway and summer nights

Perfect.......2005-10-24

I haven't heard this group before but I can tell you one thing this is one of the best jazz music I've heard for quite awhile.

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An Awesome CD!!
The best LAGQ cd. Period.
A successful marriage between classical guitar & pop forms.
Exciting music won't let you keep still.

Labyrinth

Manufacturer: Delos Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000006ZK
Release Date: 1995-05-30

Tracks:

Quiccan
Labyrinth: Part I. Theme: 'Friends'
Part II. L'istesso tempo; Adagio
Part III. Tempo 1
Part IV. Quasi Passacaglia
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Pacific Coast Highway (Pch)
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Labyrinth (On A Theme Of Led Zeppelin): Labyrinth: Part IV. Quasi Passacaglia
Labyrinth (On A Theme Of Led Zeppelin): Labyrinth: Part V. Lento ma sempre stringendo; Tempo 1-Quasi Fugue
Labyrinth (On A Theme Of Led Zeppelin): Labyrinth: Part VI. Conclusion
Pacific Coast Highway (PCH)
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Simple Gifts
Corral Nocturne
Hoe-Down
Bantu
Jumpin' at the Woodside
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Customer Reviews:

An Awesome CD!!.......2004-01-03

the first thing that you must understand is that i am a metalhead to begin with. One of the bands that I like is a metal band by the name of Opeth, they are very heavy and dark, but they have accoustic classical guitar all throughout their music, with metal. I decided that it might be cool to check out some classical guitar because I love how they do it in their music. So I bought this CD and loved it! I love their mideival sound that they produce, wonderful!
(Pacific Coast Highway is the coolest track(8)!!)

The best LAGQ cd. Period........2000-04-09

This was and is such a remarkable disk, nothing has yet come close to match it's mix of styles and songs. It definitively marked the quartet's goal to step beyond the traditional classical into an adventurous realm of jazz, rock, african, americana, and even tossing in a little humor, without becoming "crossover" or "world music" as they now have. York's compositions "Quiccan" and "Bantu" move convincingly/decisively, unlike his drifting, overly subtle style of late. "Labyrinth" is such a great piece, I wish Ian Krouse would compose an entire cd for the group (his "Folia Variations" on their Evening in Granada" cd is also great). The Copland arrangement is full of energy and the Basie and Sousa pieces are just plain fun. This was the reason everyone started talking about this group, which makes it all the more sad they're going the direction they are now. Come back! Come back!

A successful marriage between classical guitar & pop forms........2000-02-23

The L.A.G.Q.'s wide ranging abilities are well represented in this eclectic collection of twentieth century music. Ian Krouse's Labyrinth is a striking, intense homage to Led Zeppelin. His characteristic use of hammering dissonances resolve masterfully into fun, driving, bluesy rock passages. Andrew York's Bantu is a perfect platform for the quartet's ability to utilize the guitars extended techniques. The piece opens with all four members playing different rhythms and timbres on the body of the guitar. Each member then drops out of his rhythmic pattern and into a harmonic framework, one at a time, until all four members are doing so. The piece is concluded in a retrograde of the same pattern. One may question a guitar quartet's ability to do justice to the dynamic nature of Aaron Copland's Simple Gifts, but this outstanding performance should put such concerns to rest. Each piece on this disc is executed with the kind of exuberance and taste for which the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet has become known.

Exciting music won't let you keep still........1999-04-14

The first song in this album has a strong, repetitive driving arpegio that is thrilling to a classical guitar lover.

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Evocative Classical Masterworks Meld Nicely for the Scenic Open Road

Pacific Coast Highway

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009OUB1A
Release Date: 2005-06-28

Tracks:

Symphony No. 6 - Pastoral (I. Awakening Of Cheerful Feelings Upon Arrival In The Country) - Cleveland Orchestra
From Holberg's Time Suite, Op. 40 (I. Prelude) - London Festival Orchestra
Symphony No. 2, Op. 43 (I. Allegretto) - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
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Javelin - Boston Pops Orchestra
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Symphony No. 5, Op. 82 (III. Allegro Molto) - London Symphony Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Evocative Classical Masterworks Meld Nicely for the Scenic Open Road.......2006-09-20

I'm all for repackaging great music under the guise of something more digestible to the general public. That's why Sony Classical's Drive Time series is an intriguing marketing idea which groups classical pieces of a similar subgenre using a world-renowned roadway as the unifying theme. This one uses the Pacific Coast Highway as the constant imagery, and Gilbert Hetherwick (credited with the concept) and reissue producer Richard King have chosen pieces that have a pastoral, often Nordic feeling to them. Various world-class orchestras from London to the Boston Pops play the pieces impeccably under the batons of Lorin Maazel, John Williams and Sir Colin Davis among others.

The program opens appropriately with Beethoven's pastoral Symphony #6 (1808), which was actually subtitled "Recollections of Country Life", a stunning melding of woodwinds and strings somewhat similar in tone to Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons". Then we get music from a brethren of Scandinavian masters. Finnish composer Jean Sibelius is well represented here with two pieces from his symphonies, the introductory Allegretto movement of #2 (1902) and the concluding Allegro Molto movement of #5 (1915), both of which show a strong sense of his dramatic use of folk melodies. There is the famous "Holberg's Time Suite" (1869) by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg with its fanciful opening flourish, as well as Danish composer Carl Nielsen's Symphony #3 (1911), which works beautifully within the sonata form.

There are three modern pieces, tonally compatible with the other compositions - Joaquín Rodrigo's beautiful piece for classical guitar and orchestra, "Concierto de Aranjuez" (1939) - my personal favorite of the entire disc, Alan Hovhaness' contemplative 1955 "Mysterious Mountain" (Symphony #2), and Michael Torke's exciting "Javelin" composed for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. All together, this is well over an hour of splendid music, and to Sony's credit, they do evoke the fog and cold breezes coming from the Pacific. Marketed as "specially mastered for the car audio experience", it is well worth keeping in your car CD case. Other CDs in this series include Route 66, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Autobahn.

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Marvelous solo debut but do beware.
SIMPLY OUTSTANDING
A small, light, beautiful and elegant album
A rather featureless ride
Essential recording (Genre: electronic)

Pacific Coast Highway
Christopher Franke
Manufacturer: Sonic Images
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000636M
Release Date: 1998-02-24

Tracks:

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Lontano Mystery
Big Sur Romance
Driving Into Blue
Purple Waves
Malibu Avenue
Cinnamon City Cliff
Wheels On Beach Park
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Marvelous solo debut but do beware. .......2006-10-01

"Pacific Coast Highway" was recorded in January of 1991 and was released shortly thereafter. Those who enjoyed his music with Tangerine Dream can forget about getting any of the dynamics. Instead, expect a very beautiful adventure with haunting, almost romantic sounds ranging from the sunny Pacific Mood of "Wheels on The Beach Park", "Big Sur Romance" and "Driving Into Blue". On the other hand, the album takes a much more dramatic direction with "Lontano Mystery", "Black Garden View" and "Cinnamon Park".

This album though was re-issued a few years later as "Enchanting Nature" with some of the tracks moved there and others altered, and the remaining actually unchanged except in their titles. If you have "Enchanting Nature", you decide if it is necessary to purchase "Pacific Coast Highway". I happen to have both and have no regrets about it then again it may as well be more of a completist mentality on my part.

SIMPLY OUTSTANDING.......2003-09-10

This has quite simply got to be one of the best new age recordings ever made. Chris Franke's experience working with Tangerine Dream until 1987 is very evident in this album. But, that is not to take away the credit for all the extraordinary compositions. Purple Waves is without doubt the best track on this CD. Others are equally impressive. It's high time that Chris forgets his film work & returns to some quality studio work. A sequel to this album would be ideal in the 21st century.

A small, light, beautiful and elegant album.......2002-01-20

Recorded in January 1991, "Pacific Coast Highway" is the first studio album of Christopher Franke solo. Exactly at that time, Tangerine Dream burned out as an ensemble, and Franke has already tasted freedom from the band, having scored a few films on his own with the help of Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra he founded. A studio album was due, and Chris was full of ideas as to where he might travel in the sound space. He was always associated with the heavier touch within Tangerine Dream - he was the man behind the rhythmic section, he operated the sequencers, he provided the arpeggiated pulsating background, and did much of the underlying compositional work in the 80s. Thus I am not exactly surprised that for his first album, an album by which he would be judged, he chose something completely different, undertook a different musical path - the lightness of touch. Indeed, "Pacific Coast Highway" is a very light album, almost easy listening, one might say. With an ossacional guitar and orchestral touch, this album is mostly a selection of light electric piano songs. Every song has its own soul, and is perfectly executed, and let's face it - pleasurable to listen to. Millions of Tangerine Dream fans bought this album either expecting him to continue where he broke off at Tangerine Dream (and thus failed in their assumption), or expecting him to create something new, explore new lands with his music; take a step further. "Pacific Coast Highway" does just that. It's a small beautiful album, which to this day is a sweet collection of light songs that brighten my life so much. It bears the compositional stigma of Christopher Franke, and yet it's completely new. When I first heard this album, and the following live album, "The London Concert", I felt close to getting wet. Great music is alive again.

'Black Garden View' provides a short overview of the garden where Franke roams with his musical ideas. Excited, we move to 'Mountain Heights', which with a light touch of basso continuo, introduces us to the mysteries of the green land. The third composition, 'Lontano Mystery', is one of the most beautiful electronic ballads ever composed. Harpsichord-like oscillating melody, pulsating, but delicate bass, and electric violin synthesizer. 'Big Sur Romance' is a miniature for piano. Just piano. And I have always thought that only Schmoelling can compose small pearls for piano... I strongly associate this music with America - perhaps this was intended? Driving into Blue is another, syncopated piano tune, this time more cheerful and more dynamic, a classic Franke composition, which hints at his later exploration on "The Celestine Prophecy" of 1996. The sixth track, 'Purple Waves' is a comeback to the times of heavier compositions. In his concert later in the year, Purple Waves was expanded and augmented with a long dynamic arpeggio which tore at our hearts, and convinced the reich of Tangerine Dream fans that the music is alive, that Franke is in fact the sole carrier of Tangerine Dream tradition. 'Malibu Avenue' is another piano song, with electric flutes providing the rhythm. Franke is fond of dynamic piano songs, where like a butterfly, the sounds vibrate in the sunny air. 'Cinnamon City Cliff', recorded with the help of his orchestra, is a sad composition, which hints at his later soundtrack work (at the time we were unaware of his continuing efforts in this arena). Violins provide the desired suspense, and then the bass metronome measures the remaining time to the finale, just like on "Force Majeure" or "Near Dark". After that brief adventure with orchestration and the past, Franke delivers 'Wheels on Beach Park', another light piano song, this time accompanied by the delicate percussion rhythm. After two minutes of a dreaming variation on a theme, 'Sunset Destination', we are treated to 'Crystal Tree', a classic Franke composition, as it later turned out. This track summarizes what "Pacific Coast Highway" is about, and what Franke mostly wanted to achieve. Hinting at his electronic roots, not forgetting his inspirations of the past, he created something completely new, a concept album with a very bearable lightness of being, so to speak. A fascinating collection for summer listening. The album ends with 'Electric Becomes Eclectic', where a misty flute melody waves us goodbye, much like on Tangerine Dream's 1973 album "Phaedra". Goodbye, and see you soon!

A rather featureless ride.......2001-12-19

This 1991 release was Chris Franke's first CD as a solo musician, after splitting from Tangerine Dream in 1988. I have to say that each time I hear it, I continue to be disappointed by it. It is easy to see why Chris Franke went his own way, if this was the direction he was trying to pull the band.

"Pacific Coast Highway" is far lighter in both tone and texture than anything you'll hear from the TD stable. Gone are the powerful sequencer and synthesiser arpeggios and driving drum-machine rhythms characteristic of Franke's work with Tangerine Dream. Gone, indeed, is everything that might be categorised as electronic. Instead, we have lilting piano and (synthesised) acoustic guitar lines, over an innocuous (and often tedious) percussion kit `swish'. And while there is nothing at all unpleasant about the album, it definitely lacks the creative energy and variety - or even just plain sparkle - that might be expected from such an accomplished performer and composer.

The album starts out harmlessly enough but after a while my ears started to crave something more varied. This is eventually supplied towards the end of the album, when Franke's own Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra steps in to lend a hand relieve the monotony. Unfortunately, the effect of this is terribly hackneyed, with both textures and harmonies straight out of the Hollywood Film-score Writers' Handbook. Even the more hopefully titled `Electric Becomes Eclectic' ultimately fails to deliver anything much out of the ordinary. Maybe this is the how the scenery around the Pacific Coast Highway actually is but if it really does offer nothing more interesting than this, I'm afraid I'll be staying home, thanks all the same.

This album is poles apart from the material that Tangerine Dream were releasing round about the same time, so if you absolutely hate the heavy rock route that TD's music took, you may well like what's on offer here. It is certainly no worse than post-Franke TD at their particular nadir ("Rockoon", released the same year as this) but neither, in all honesty, can it be said to be any better. It is merely different. And it certainly cannot hold a candle to the material produced by the remnants of Tangerine Dream immediately beforehand on "Optical Race", "Lily on the Beach" or even "Miracle Mile".

In summary, then, this may be worth a listen if you're an old-style Tang fan looking for an alternative to what that band has been producing over the last ten years or so. But don't expect anything too stunning.

Essential recording (Genre: electronic).......1999-12-24

Marvellous sound pictures. (My wife lived not far from the real-life PCH.) Forget the stupid "New age" label in this case: this is just very colorful and accessible electronic music, at least as good as anything he ever did with Tangerine Dream and a good deal more tuneful. The best parts in "The London Concert" and most of "Enchanting Nature" are actually live versions/repackaging of this album. If you're going to buy one Chris Franke album, this is it. If you can't get it, buy "Enchanting Nature" which has most of the good tracks from PCH, or "The London Concert" as a last resort.

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Pacific Coast Highway
Christopher Franke
Manufacturer: Sonic Images
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000E89T
Release Date: 1996-07-23

Tracks:

Black Garden View
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Lontano Mystery
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Purple Waves
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Cinnamon City Cliff
Wheels On Beach Park
Sunset Destination
Crystal Tree
Electric Becomes Eclectic

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Beach Circus

Manufacturer: Sun Dazzle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAGF48
Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

Miracle
Love Of My Life
Into U
Holiday
Beach Circus
I'd Give Anything
Top Of The Night
Cool By THe Moon

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First Rate Compilation Album !!

Pacific Coast Highway: Take a Journey

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ASIN: B00004T14O
Release Date: 2000-05-22

Tracks:

P C H (Pacific Coast High
Fleme
For The Love Of You
Ever Changin Times
88 Ways To Love
Can't Let You Go
Le Restaurant
Lisa
Miles Away
African Sunrise
Achiles
My Brother & Me
Pick Up The Pieces
Theme From Hill Street Bl
Pch (Pacific Coast Highwa
Give Love A Chance
Good Medicine
Blue Sky Day
Moomba
Saulsalito Calling
Children At Play
Sweet Thing
Highway One
Off The Hook
Rock With You
Noctumal Maneuvers
Joy & Pain
Olio

Album Details

Jazz/soul. This New Album features a Mix of Some of the Most New, Popular Tracks from the Jazz FM Playlist and is the First Release in a Three Part Series, which Will all Be Released During 2000.

Customer Reviews:

First Rate Compilation Album !!.......2001-09-11

If your as passionate about smooth jazz as I am then this has got to be a pretty strong recommendation. A worthy collection of some of the greatest names in the industry this album really does the spirit of smooth jazz proud. Produced by one of the greatest promoters in the UK jazz scene this recording really does instil the spirit of driving down the Californian highway in an open top, breeze in your hair, sun on your face and not a care in the world. I'm not normally a fan of compilation cds and I'm not really sure what compelled me to buy this one but I'm sure glad I did. The value for money cds pack in great names like Marc Antoine, Candy Dulfer, Dave Koz, Basia, Roger Smith and Chuck Leob. My personal favourites are Aretha Franklin's Ever Changin' Times, Candy Dufler's For The Love of You and that all time classic The Theme from Hill Street Blues. Did I mention Richard Elliot's passionate rendition of Moomba? Ahhh so much talent, so little time ...

If you enjoyed this album then a must is the later release entitled 101 Eastbound. Another excellent double album bursting at the seams with names such as Fourplay, Euge Groove, Acoustic Alchemy, David Sanborn and The Rippingtons.

Tracks:

Black Garden View
Mountain Heights
Lontano Mystery
Big Sur Romance
Driving into Blue
Purple Waves
Malibu Avenue
Cinnamon City Cliff
Wheels on Beach Park
Sunset Destination
Crystal Tree
Electric Becomes Eclectic

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Track listing.......2005-11-28

1. Black Garden View
2. Mountain Heights
3. Lontano Mystery
4. Big Sur Romance
5. Driving Into Blue
6. Purple Waves
7. Malibu Avenue
8. Cinnamon City Cliff
9. Wheels on Beach Park
10. Sunset Destination
11. Crystal Tree
12. Electric Become Eclectic

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Memorize This Moment
David Alan & Pacific Coast Highway
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment 2
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DFEI
Release Date: 2000-01-04

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