Country Story Time

Country Story Time

ASIN: B000159ER4

Track Listings

1. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean

2. Miller's Cave - Bobby Bare

3. My Elusive Dreams - Charlie Rich

4. Cold Hard Facts of Life - Porter Wagoner

5. Give My Love to Rose - Johnny Cash

6. Don't Cry Joni - Conway Twitty

7. Mama Sang a Song - Bill Anderson

8. B.J. the D.J. - Stonewall Jackson

9. Catfish John - Johnny Russell

10. Kentucky Gambler - Merle Haggard

11. Yellow Bandana - Faron Young

12. Little Joe - Ferlin Husky

13. Pool Shark - Dave Dudley

14. Streets of Baltimore - Bobby Bare

15. Skid Row Joe - Porter Wagoner

16. Kaw-Liga - Don Gibson

17. Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash

18. Life to Go - Stonewall Jackson

Tracks:

Zulu
From Russia With Love
From Russia With Love - 007
Goldfinger
The Ipcress File
The Knack
Mister Moses
Thunderball
The Wrong Box
Born Free
The Quiller Memorandum
You Only Live Twice
The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair
Deadfall

Tracks:

The Lion In Winter
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
The Appointment
The Last Valley
Walkabout
Monte Walsh
Diamonds Are Forever
The Persuaders
Mary Queen Of Scots
The Man With The Golden Gun
The Dove

Tracks:

The Tamarind Seed
King Kong
Eleanor And Franklin
Robin And Marian
The Deep
Hanover Street
The Black Hole
Moonraker
Somewhere In Time
Raise The Titanic
Body Heat
Frances
Octopussy
The Cotton Club

Tracks:

High Road To China
A View To A Kill
Out Of Africa
The Living Daylights
Dances With Wolves
Dances With Wolves
Chaplin
Moviola
Indecent Proposal
The Specialist
The Scarlet Letter
Cry The Beloved Country
Mercury Rising
The James Bond Theme

Customer Reviews:

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!.......2006-11-09

Granted, they only need it for one composition (the last one, "The James Bond Theme") but still, without the guitar it's just not the same. Barry didn't compose this one so I suppose it was a bonus and I shouldn't complain, really. The rest of the music on all the CDs is fantastic. Some of the stuff I had heard before without realizing who had composed it. Very enjoyable, to say the least.

Persuaders Theme!.......2006-03-02

Buy it for the Persuaders theme, probably the best TV theme song ever written.

A Variety Of Classics!.......2005-12-06

John Barry has been composing film scores for over forty years and this is only scratching the surface of his productions. Never mind that the entire set is recorded by the Prague Philharmonic; it's pure to Barry's themes. While John Williams compositions ("Star Wars", etc.) are wild and flamboyant and Jerry Goldsmith's (Hoosier's, etc.) are mood pieces, John Barry crosses over all barriers and is amazingly diverse. Barry has recorded most of the exciting James Bond themes, melodramatic classics like "The Lion In Winter' and moody theme hits like "Midnight Cowboy". He also tugs at the heartstrings with compositions from, "Somewhere In Time", "Frances" and "Out Of Africa". He varies his themes for all types of films and few composers capture it so well.

There is over four hours of music in this set with a colorful and informative booklet.

Incredible Barry Collection.......2004-03-11

Any fan of movies will absolutley love this collection. Being a movie buff I couldn't wait to get this boxed set. Knowing Barry from all the James Bond movies, I did not realize his involvement with so many others. The orchestra is magnificent in all these themes. I'm listening to "High Road to China" right now and I'm drifting in the clouds in a Tiger Moth with Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong. If you are familiar with a movie it will definitely have you seeing it again, if not the scores are still beautiful. Any fan of classical music will be pleased as well. Travellers will defintitely enjoy it for a long drive. I know from when I use to travel that music like this made the miles float by faster. I highly recommend these four CDs even if you just know a handful of the songs.

" one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry".......2001-07-06

This collection of four compact discs...are worth their weight in GOLD! Barry creates visual moods for each film he scores...romantic, sentimental, action, adventure, suspense and mystery...the list could go on. Strings, brass and lush-velvet arrangements overlay each cue in his distinctive style of legendary scoring...we have ~ "John Barry:The Collection", Silva Screen's release traces 40 years of film music, featuring "The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra" ~ conducted by Mr. Nic Raine (outstanding)..."Crouch End Festival Chorus" ~ David Temple, Choir Master...perform 56 selections, over four hours of symphonic suites with a full orchestra sound...all individually wrapped-up into one neat package...just the way "film-score-buffs" like 'em!

Must ask the following to take a bow ~ James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), always in their pitching, Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Nic Raine (conductor, arranger, orchestrator & associate producer), a tremen!dous asset to every project he undertakes...and the man who made it all possible...a legendary icon always leading the way in film scoring ~ JOHN BARRY!

Total Time: 258:76 on 56 Tracks ~ SSD-1128 ~ (2001)

You might try other albums from Silva Screen, all worthy of a good listen ~ "The Essential James Bond" (SSD-1034)..."Bond:Back In Action" (SSD-1100)..."Bond:Back In Action 2" (SSD-1119)..."Zulu" (SSD-1095)..."Raise The Titanic" (SSD-1102)..."Walkabout" (SSD-1120)...check out my reviews on amazon.com/music.

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LONG LIVE THE BALLAD!

Classic Country: Great Story Songs
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Time Life Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Classic Country Gold
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Classic Country: Road Songs
Classic Country: Hard to Find Hits

ASIN: B00005UPF9
Release Date: 2002-01-08

Tracks:

The Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
Big Iron - Marty Robbins
Don't Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash
Cross The Brazos At Waco - Billy Walker
Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
The Ballad Of Jed Clampett - Earl Scruggs
Detroit City - Bobby Bare
A Week In A Country Jail - Tom T. Hall
Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
Old Rivers - Walter Brennan
The Ballad Of The Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
The Carroll County Accident - Porter Wagoner
North To Alaska - Johnny Horton
Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell
El Paso - Marty Robbins
Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
The Devil Went Down To Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band
Convoy - C. W. McCall

Customer Reviews:

LONG LIVE THE BALLAD!.......2007-03-18

Sure to please the nostalgia of the sixties generation and a very good teaching tool for the folk ballad in the classroom.

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classic country ; more great story songs

Classic Country: More Great Story Songs

Manufacturer: Time Life Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana

ASIN: B00006GA57
Release Date: 2002-08-27

Tracks:

Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams
Johnny Red - Johnny Horton
Ringo - Lorne Greene
The Hanging Tree - Marty Robbins
Despaerados Waiting For A Train - Willie Nelson
Lizzie And The Rainman - Tanya Tucker
Mama Sang A Song - Bill Anderson
Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
Marie Laveau - Bobby Bare
Ode To Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
Ten Thousand Drums - Carl Smith
Hot Rod Lincoln - Charlie Ryan
One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash
Pancho And Lefty - Willie Nelson
Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
Green, Green Grass Of Home - Porter Wagoner
The Year That Clayton Delaney Died - Tom T. Hall
Running Bear - Sonny James
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels

Customer Reviews:

classic country ; more great story songs.......2007-04-10

we enjoy this great music very much...thank you

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Totally Fun CD!
Bo Brady
Bo is the greatest since Elvis Presley
Peter, don't quit your day job.

Peter Reckell
Peter Reckell
Manufacturer: Midnite Sun Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Days of Our Lives: Love Songs

ASIN: B00008NRIH
Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

Woohoo Baby
Back in Louisville
Life Goes On
Speedway
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Do It Up
Peanut Gallery
Darla
Walkin' in the Rain
Rocking Horse Afternoon

Customer Reviews:

Totally Fun CD!.......2007-02-06

I Love Peter Reckell's CD! I originally bought it because I'm a huge "Days" fan. As I listened to it for the first time, I noticed how really cool the songs are. Peter's wife Kelly Moneymaker wrote the songs which include some pop, rock, a few ballads, and even a little country! I continue to listen to it because it's actually really good!

Bo Brady.......2007-01-10

Love it! All the songs from Days of Our lives! it was a gift to my daughter...a huge fan....

Bo is the greatest since Elvis Presley.......2004-01-03

Not only is Peter (Bo) Reckell an award winning actor, he should be a grammy winning songster. I was deeply moved by his range, pitch and tempo. I dropped a tear when I heard him sing for the first time. I will be waiting for his next masterpiece with baited breath. Oh, Peter, Bravo!!!

Peter, don't quit your day job........2003-07-19

As a fan of Peter on Days of Our Lives and a fan of his famous wife Kelly Moneymaker (former member of Expose', now with her own solo career), I thought I would check out this CD. This was one of those albums you just keep hoping will get better, but song after song the dull and dreariness is painful. Peter does a great job in his character on Days, but he doesn't have a gift for singing. His voice just doesn't have the strength of a professional. Several of the songs sound just plain out of tune. Sorry Peter, I really hoped to give this one a better rating. ~Kay Lee

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A Great Intro to American Classical Music - Almost a Short Course!

The Story of American Classical Music

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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American Classics Sampler
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ASIN: B0009JMELK
Release Date: 2005-06-21

Customer Reviews:

A Great Intro to American Classical Music - Almost a Short Course!.......2005-07-12

Many reasonably sophisticated American and European musiclovers still think there are really no American classical music composers of note other than perhaps Gershwin and Copland. It is to the credit of the Naxos label, via their 'American Classics' series, that the lie is put to that notion. Each month there are new issues from Naxos containing music by American composers. And it was a brilliant idea for them to take selections from their dozens of releases of this music to put together this sampler of such music to illustrate a 100+ page essay on the subject by an eminent writer on music, Barrymore Laurence Scherer. The combination of 2 CDs of music tracks, Scherer's essay, a chronological outline, suggestions for further listening, even a map showing where various composers were born helps the 'student' learn much about our nation's musical heritage.

There are selections by twenty-eight composers stretching from the amazing Wagnerian 'Macbeth' Overture by William Henry Fry (1813-1864) to the very recent 'Rapture,' a percussion concerto by Michael Torke (b. 1961). Some selections are complete movements, others are shorter passages from larger works. Included are such gems as the first movement of Arthur Foote's Piano Quartet, the third movement of Henry Hadley's Fourth Symphony, Charles Ives's 'The Unanswered Question,' 'King Cotton' by John Philip Sousa, 'Maple Leaf Rag' by Scott Joplin, a passage (the exciting Spanish Waltz) from Walter Piston's 'The Incredible Flutist,' the finale of Copland's 'Billy the Kid,' the opening of Samuel Barber's luminous 'Knoxville - Summer of 1915,' 'Tonight' from Bernstein's 'West Side Story,' the opening of George Rochberg's masterful Violin Concerto, and John Adams's incredibly popular 'Short Ride in a Fast Machine.' Plus selections by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Edward MacDowell, George Whitefield Chadwick, Amy Beach, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Charles Wakefield Cadman, George Gershwin, George Antheil, Zez Confrey, William Schuman, John Cage, Gunther Schuller, Alan Hovhaness, Elliott Carter and Philip Glass. The performances are more than acceptable and in some instances ('Knoxville,' Rochberg's Violin Concerto) definitive.

I would heartily recommend this set (especially at its superbudget price) to anyone wanting to know more about the history of American classical music -- Scherer is a master of cogent, clear prose -- and wishing to hear examples of the broad range it has taken over the past couple of centuries. I can easily imagine this set being used in a music appreciation course. And I am sure it will spark interest in the newcomer to this branch of classical music.

2 CDs TT=ca. 160 mins.

Scott Morrison

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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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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
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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:

Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
Miller's Cave - Bobby Bare
My Elusive Dreams - Charlie Rich
Cold Hard Facts of Life - Porter Wagoner
Give My Love to Rose - Johnny Cash
Don't Cry Joni - Conway Twitty
Mama Sang a Song - Bill Anderson
B.J. the D.J. - Stonewall Jackson
Catfish John - Johnny Russell
Kentucky Gambler - Merle Haggard
Yellow Bandana - Faron Young
Little Joe - Ferlin Husky
Pool Shark - Dave Dudley
Streets of Baltimore - Bobby Bare
Skid Row Joe - Porter Wagoner
Kaw-Liga - Don Gibson
Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
Life to Go - Stonewall Jackson

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Classic Country: Great Story Songs

Manufacturer: TIME-LIFE Music ( A Sony Music Special Products)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000GADI26

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The Journey
Calvin Colkitt
Manufacturer: Calvin Colkitt
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAKNBY
Release Date: 2005-08-23

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Carry on

Manufacturer: Glen
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAA256
Release Date: 2004-04-06

Tracks:

BEHIND
CARRY ON
ALL I WANT IS YOU
SIDES OF THE STORY
SIMPLE WORDS
HOME IN YOUR ARMS
WHO'S LOVIN' YOU RIGHT?
HONKY TONK QUEEN
SAVE IT FOR A WHILE
WHEN YOU WERE MINE
HOME (Alligood-Rivers)
AND THE POWER IS
ANY WAY YOU ARE
WHERE DID THE TIME GO?
YOU'RE WHAT I NEED
MAKE MY HEART A HOME
DON'T GO
NO ONE THERE TO LISTEN
NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK 2004
BROKEN PROMISES
HABANERO KISS
FINE ALONE AGAIN

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