Family Man

Family Man

ASIN: B0001Z36T6

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Penelope has been called a female Jimmie Rogers and a country Edith Piaf for her ability to weave stories into songs. Her country and folk songs ring with truths, as ordinary women triumph over everyday problems.

THE WIFE OF A TRUCK DRIVER'S MAN. "It's hard to be a truck driver's woman, the wife of a long hauling man, but when he gets home, his sweet loves my own. So I am doing the best that I can, I'm the wife of a truck driving man."

FLAT TIRE, STICK-SHIFTING BLUES "I love my man. My man loves his car. But neither one of them are going to get me very far. I've got the flat tire stick-shifting, Broken transmission blues."

WHEN YOU DREAM OF HER, REACH FOR ME "I know I caught you on the rebound and sometimes she fills your thoughts and dreams. But she's the one you traded away and I'm the one on your Team."

IT'S NOT THAT GOOD BEING POOR "I've got my plastic curtains, you've got your satin drapes. We're eating Kraft's macaroni and cheese, you're eating T-bone steak, and we're fighting about that $10 dress that I just bought, while you're fussing about where you should go on you 45 ft. yacht. It's not that good being poor, don't want to do it anymore..."

Penelope also writes children's music and has 5 kids CD's, including, "The rain is coming", a rainforest musical. She has performed with her band, Penelope and A Little Bit of Gold, and as a solo performer.

Headed for a Good Time! was produced by Carl Walden and Morgan Cavett. It features Penelope (vocals, rhythm guitar); Loren Newkirk (piano); Sid Page (fiddle); Ray Pohlman (bass); Denny Seiwell (drums); Carl Walden (guitar, steel guitar, dobro, and banjo); Shelby Flint (background singer) and Grandma Marcia and crew (background Headed for a Good Time!)

Product Description
Penelope, dubbed the female Jimmie Rogers and an American Edith Piaf for her ability to weave stories into songs, presents this solo acoustic album celebrating family life. Some funny, some romantic, Family Man, makes a great gift for mothers, fathers, sister, children, grandmother and especially the family man.

Tracks:

I Love Lucy Theme - Wilbur Hatch
Dragnet - Ray Anthony
The Twilight Zone - Rod Open
Bonanza - Al Caiola & His Orchestra
The Andy Griffith Theme - Earle Hagen
The Ballad Of Jed Clampett - Earl Scruggs
The Addams Family (Main Theme) - Vic Mizzy
Munsters Theme - Jack Marshall
The Ballad Of Gilligan's Isle - Morton Stevens
Green Acres - Eddie Albert
Jeannie - Hugo Montenegro
Batman Theme - Neal Hefti
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
Star Trek (Main Title & Closing Theme) - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Mannix - Lalo Schifrin
Hawaii Five-O - Mort Stevens & His Orchestra
Theme From The Brady Bunch - The Brady Bunch
Come On Get Happy - The Partridge Family
Those Were The Days - Carroll O'Connor
And Then There's Maude - Donny Hathaway
Good Times - Jim Gilstrap
Movin' On Up - Oren Waters
The Rockford Files - Mike Post
Them From S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage
Happy Days - Pratt & McClain
Making Our Dreams Come True - Cyndi Grecco
Chico And The Man - Jose Feliciano
Welcome Back - John Sebastian
What's Happening!! - Henry Mancini
Barney Miller - Jack Elliott
Charlie's Angels - Jack Elliott
Love Boat Theme - Jack Jones
Angela (Theme From 'Taxi') - Bob James
It Takes Diff'rent Strokes - Gloria Loring
Theme From Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) - Waylon
Theme From Magnum, P.I. - Mike Post
The Theme From Hill Street Blues - Mike Post
Theme From Dynasty - Bill Conti
Theme From 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury
Thank You For Being A Friend - Cynthia Fee

Album Description

TV Land brings you 40 of your favorite evening show theme songs. Highlights include 'Happy Days', 'The Greatest American Hero', 'Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)', 'Laverne & Shirley', 'I Dream Of Jeanie', 'I Love Lucy', 'Welcome Back, Kotter', 'The Love Boat', 'Hawaii Five-O', 'The Golden Girls' and many, many more. 2002. Rhino.

Customer Reviews:

good memories for me and fun "new" songs for my children.......2007-06-27

We had ordered this for "The Dukes of Hazzard" theme song for our 4yr old and our whole family has fallen in love with the cd. It makes me want to share some of the old fun and simple shows with my children. I forgot about some of those shows. It brings back good memories for my husband and me and the songs are new and exciting for our children. It's a nice change from children's cd's, but our children still think it's fun. The sound quality is good and the songs included on the cd are a great mix. I would definately recommend this one.

memories.......2007-02-22

This cd is excellent it has a lot of very good music and true to the original sound, Am getting a lot of enjoyment,highly recomended

TV Theme Songs.......2007-01-13

This is a great CD for people who watch a lot of TV -especially TV LAND and reruns of old shows when shows had actual theme songs. I took the CD to work and everyone loved trying to figure out what show the songs were from.

TV themes.......2006-07-05

Not all what I expected, not all of the tunes are the original recordings you remember as the TV themes.

Deja Vu.......2006-02-17

Listening to these familiar themes as performed by the original artists certainly brings back wonderful memories! I was particularly pleased, not only with the quality of the pieces, but with the actual performances themselves, just as we remembered them!

Average customer rating:

excelent soundtrack
Easy to the ears
THE RAVE
I'm touched...
not the music I expected from the showtrack

Man on Fire

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
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Director Tony Scott's tale of an ex-Marine-turned-bodyguard (Denzel Washington) who responds to the kidnapping of his young charge and her family with a violence-drenched cycle of revenge and torture is driven by the filmmaker's typically manic visual sense. English composer Harry Gregson-Williams, whose conjured similar action-oriented synth-symphony fusion scores for The Rundown and Spy Game, deftly expands the dimensions of that bi-polar musical sensibility here, infusing it with gentle ethnic folk touches and the ever-savory sonic contributions of Lisa Gerrard. The composer matches Scott's visually jarring action sequences with a melange of strangled guitar riffs, metallic rhythms and aggressive electronic soundscapes, contrasting them masterfully against quiet piano passages and brooding symphonic pastoralism. Contemporary Latin ballads by Gabriel Gonzalez and Cuban singer/songwriter Carlos Varela help cement the score's foreign intrigue, while Gerrard (arguably the MVP of soundtrack utility players) contributes a smart remix of the title track and collaborates with Gregson-Williams on the haunting "The End," which also features her distinctly exotic vocals. The result is a spiritual cousin to Hans Zimmer's similarly compelling brew of electronica and world music for Black Hawk Down. -- Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

excelent soundtrack.......2007-05-14

If you love the movie you will love the soundtrack, it is greatttt......

Easy to the ears.......2007-01-09

This was a gift to my husband,,he loved the music during the movie and wanted this CD for a very long time. He was very suprised at Christmas, even the kids like listening to him play it over and over again.

THE RAVE .......2006-07-29

YEAH i need help finding out the artist or group for THE RAVE please

I'm touched..........2006-05-20

The film and the music makes a magnificent combination. I'm amazed by the pictures, the music and the way it all comes together in my mind. "Smiling" is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard and it makes the impression everlasting. I recommend this CD to anyone who wants to lean back after a hard days work and reflect on what's important in life. Because that's what this music does to you. I'm impressed.

Per Jonsson
Malmö, Sweden.

not the music I expected from the showtrack.......2006-03-25

my husband and I were very disappointed. It was not the music we expected from the soundtrack. What happened to the real music?

Average customer rating:

Cadillac Sky Rocks!
Cadillac Sky - awesome!
Now THIS is Bluegrass!
Fantastic Panda
A real kick if prog-grass is your bag

Blind Man Walking
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Can't Trust The Weatherman
Never Been So Blue
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This quintet that refers to itself as C-Sky represents a formidable addition to the progressive bluegrass brigade, combining a deep respect for tradition ("Never Been So Blue," in tribute to Bill Monroe) with expansive instrumental interplay (the complex time shifts of "Neighborhood Bully's Long Look in the Mirror"). Yet what most distinguishes the band is the strength and range of its songwriting, much of it by mandolinist-vocalist Bryan Simpson (whose material has been recorded by George Strait and Gretchen Wilson, among others). Whether telling the story of a convict who can't learn from his mistakes in "You Again," exploring the spiritual dimensions of the title track and the call-and-response "Sinners Welcome," or turning more playful on the over-caffeinated "Insomniac Blues for Matthew" and the picaresque romp of "Can't Trust the Weatherman," the songs extend the realm of bluegrass possibility. And the tight harmonies of "Motel Morning" show the band's vocal blend at its best. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Cadillac Sky Rocks!.......2007-04-23

I love this album. It is full of rocking bluegrass energy and the lyrics are poetical and evocative and fun. It is fun to sing along with and to dance to. These guys know how to write both with words and with their music. I've listened to it many times now, have yet to be tired of it. I can't wait until their next cd. I saw Cadillac Sky at Wintergrass this February, 2007, can't wait to see them live again!

Cadillac Sky - awesome!.......2007-04-10

I love this CD... I am stuck on it. What a talented group!

Now THIS is Bluegrass!.......2007-03-08

This is the best new Bluegrass act I've heard in years. These guys really "get it", in my opinion. Keep up the amazing work, boys!

Fantastic Panda.......2007-02-16

Ive played it over and over and over. Love it and will keep playin it.

A real kick if prog-grass is your bag .......2007-02-14

Playing Time - 53:51 -- Record execs are always in search of the next big act to create a tsunami in the fairly stodgy and conservative bluegrass community. Ricky Skaggs heard Cadillac Sky and has decided to take a chance on them and their fresh, progressive brand of bluegrass. Penning all of their own material, C-Sky clearly has some country, Celtic and even rock influences. Only in existence since late-2002, the band doesn't have a long-tenured track record of success, but it's very likely that their supercharged vocals and novel sound will touch a nerve with younger listeners. At least, Skaggs thinks so. What he probably heard was their ability to be both precise and reckless, controlled but spontaneous, happy yet lonesome....in other words, the perfect ingredients for a young, unique bluegrass group. I think you'll agree with me. They're a real kick if prog-grass is your bag.

Bryan Simpson plays a pivotal role in the band's songwriting, lead singing, and mandolin playing. Simpson's songs have been recorded by George Strait, Martina McBride, Gretchen Wilson, Diamond Rio, Jo Dee Messina, Neal McCoy, and Kenny Rogers. He even bows fiddle on one track, "Never Been So Blue." The other stellar band members are Mike Jump (guitar, vocals), Matt Menefee (banjo), Ross Holmes (fiddle, vocals), and Matt Blaize (bass, vocals). National championship fiddle and banjo wins at Winfield, Kansas only add to the mystery and romanticism of this group.

The band's creativity and wild, boyish exuberance are a product of their familiarity with traditional bluegrass. In the CD jacket, one photo shows Simpson proudly displaying his Monroe T-shirt. This 13-song debut is certain to draw comparisons to the ground-breaking directions of Nickel Creek, New Grass Revival, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, and others. It's important that bands follow their inner muse. If band members can all share a common vision and have fun together while they're collaboratively moving ahead, then we'll have a strong purpose-driven group like C-Sky....what a fantastic futuristic name for such a band. But even if they're "mountain boys" at heart, they're motivated and eager to solidify their own musical persona. Already with this 13-song debut, I can tell you that it's characterized by considerable talent, maturity, and charisma. National press coverage, widespread airplay, extensive touring, a record contract, and a 2004 showcase at the IBMA World of Bluegrass Trade Show have people talking .... about an innovative progressive band that's easy to embrace. They're not out to reform bluegrass music but merely nudge it into the new century. They know about the lonesome soul of the genre, and in "Never Been So Blue" they eulogize Bill Monroe with "the twin fiddles play and the whippoorwill sings .... the bluegrass has never been so blue." Do you think they included this song, respectful of his music and legacy, just to appease those staunch traditionalists who think C-Sky is blasphemous? I doubt it.

And thanks guys for not including percussion in the mix...you don't need it. Sonya Isaacs' guest vocals on "Homesick Blues" are a nice touch, as is Kenneth Soper's didgereedoo on the title cut. When asked a standard canned interview question once about their influences, the band's reply was something to the effect that their music is just something that feels necessary. If the bluegrass genre is going to continue to grow and prosper with younger folks, then I think you'll understand that C-Sky is on somewhat of a mission to fulfill a purpose and need. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

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We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
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The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
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Csardas Music
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Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
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Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
Caprice No.24
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Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
The Violin Muted
Clair De Lune
The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
The Pizzicato Violin
Pizzicato Polka
In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
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The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
Hungarian Dance No.4
Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
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Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
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The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
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The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
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Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
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Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
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Elfenreigen

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Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
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The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
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The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
Cypresses (No.9)
The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
The 'Period' Viola In Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
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Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
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The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
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The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
The Trombone As Caricaturist
Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
The Horn And The Hunt
Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
Walter Music (Minuet 1)
The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
Den Hoboecken Dans
Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
Gymnopedie No.2
The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
The Birth Of The Bongo
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
Taking Advantage Of Tunability
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
Ravel And The Xylophone
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
Introducing The Vibraphone
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
Folk Dances
The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
Introducing The Tubular Bells
Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
Carmen Suite (Introduction)
But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Introducing The Celeste
The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
Petrushka (Russian Dance)
The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
Mahler's Sleighbells
Symphony No.4 (Opening)
A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Nocturnes
Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
The Oboe As Duck
Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
A Thunderstorm In A Million
Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
Octet In F (Mvt 3)
The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
Canzon 28
Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
Symphony No.5 (Finale)
From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
Images (Gigues)
A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

A Collection 1969-1979: Songs for the Family of Man
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Paul Classics!

A Collection 1969-1979: Songs for the Family of Man
Paul Williams
Manufacturer: Raven [Australia]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Someday Man

Paul Williams

ASIN: B000ION1ZO
Release Date: 2006-11-17

Tracks:

Bitter Honey
Someday Man
Trust
Old Fashioned Love Song
We've Only Just Begun
Let Me Be the One
When I Was All Alone
I Won't Last a Day Without You
Out in the Country
Rainy Days and Mondays
You and Me Against the World
If We Could Still Be Friends
Little Bit of Love
Loneliness
Family of Man
Hell of It
Ordinary Fool
Don't Call It Love
Waking Up Alone
Evergreen
For Goodness Sake
Save Me a Dream
Here's Another Fine Mess

Customer Reviews:

Looking for "Waking Up Alone (Newly Recorded Version)"?.......2007-04-17

I bought this CD after looking very hard for the "newly recorded" version of "Waking Up Alone." Most of the time, you find the original piano-based version of this great song. I was looking for the 'updated' single release from the "Classics" LP (1977?). IT'S HERE. The liner notes don't tell you that it is the updated version, BUT IT IS!!!

Paul Classics!.......2006-11-23

A wonderful collection of Paul's classics! Some of these songs are real treasures and found only on this CD and Windy Side. A must have for ANY Paul Williams fan!

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One Hundred Greatest TV Themes
Pretty close to original recordings
Really Good Collection

One Hundred Greatest TV Themes

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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NBC: A Soundtrack of Must See TV
Six Million Dollar TV Themes

ASIN: B00005Y49F
Release Date: 2002-08-27

Tracks:

The A-Team - Nic Raine
The Addams Family - Nic Raine
The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe - Nic Raine
Airwolf - Derek Wadsworth
The Avengers - Mike Townend
Barnaby Jones - Jerry Goldsmith
Batman - Nic Raine
Battlestar Galactica - Nic Raine
Baywatch - Derek Wadsworth
Beverly Hills 90210 - Derek Wadsworth
Bewitched - Nic Raine
Between The Lines - Mark Ayres
The Bill - Nic Raine
Bonanza - The Philharmonia Orchestra
Brideshead Revisited - Derek Wadsworth
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - Nic Raine
Burke's Law - Derek Wadsworth
Cagney And Lacey - Derek Wadsworth
Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Mark Ayres
Casualty - Mark Ayres
Cheers - Mark Ayres
Dallas - Nic Raine
Dangerman (Secret Agent) - Mike Townend
Doctor Who - Mark Ayres
Doctor Kildare - Jerry Goldsmith

Tracks:

Doogie Howser, M.D. - Derek Wadsworth
Dynasty - Nic Raine
The Equalizer - Derek Wadsworth
Falcon Crest - Derek Wadsworth
Fireball XL-5 - Derek Wadsworth
The Fugitive - Nic Raine
Hawaii 5-0 - Mike Townend
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Nic Raine
The High Chaparral - Nic Raine
Highway To Heaven - Derek Wadsworth
Hill Street Blues - Derek Wadsworth
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Mark Ayres
The Incredible Hulk - Derek Wadsworth
Jason King - Mike Townend
Jesus Of Nazareth - Paul Bateman
Joe 90 - Derek Wadsworth
Johnny Staccato - Derek Wadsworth
Knight Rider - Derek Wadsworth
Kojak - Mike Townend
L.A. Law - Derek Wadsworth
Land Of The Giants - Nic Raine
Little House On The Prairie - Derek Wadsworth
Lonesome Dove - Nic Raine
Lost In Space - Nic Raine
Lou Grant - Derek Wadsworth

Tracks:

Magnum, P.I. - Derek Wadsworth
A Man Called Ironside - Mike Townend
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Derek Wadsworth
M*A*S*H - Nic Raine
Miami Vice - Mark Ayres
Mike Hammer - Derek Wadsworth
Mission Impossible - Mike Townend
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Nic Raine
The Munsters - Derek Wadsworth
Murder She Wrote - Derek Wadsworth
Newhart - Derek Wadsworth
North And South - Derek Wadsworth
Northern Exposure - Derek Wadsworth
NYPD Blue - Mark Ayres
The Outer Limits - Nic Raine
Perry Mason - Mike Townend
The Persuaders - Mark Ayres
Peter Gunn - Mike Townend
Police Squad - Nic Raine
The Prisoner - Mike Townend
Quantum Leap - Derek Wadsworth
Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) - Mike Townend
Red Dwarf - Mark Lambert
The Rockford Files - Mike Post
Roseanne - Dan Foliart

Tracks:

The Saint - Mike Townend
Seaquest DSV - Nic Raine
Space 1999 - Derek Wadsworth
Star Trek - Mike Townend
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Derek Wadsworth
Star Trek: Voyager - Nic Raine
St. Elsewhere - Derek Wadsworth
The Streets Of San Francisco - Nic Raine
Stingray - Barry Gray
Taxi - Derek Wadsworth
Thunderbirds - Derek Wadsworth
Thirty Something - Derek Wadsworth
The Time Tunnel - Nic Raine
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - The Philharmonia Orchestra
The Twighlight Zone - Nic Raine
Twin Peaks - Derek Wadsworth
U.F.O. - Derek Wadsworth
The Virginian - Nic Raine
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Nic Raine
Wagon Train - Paul Bateman
The Waltons - Jerry Goldsmith
The Wild Wild West - Derek Wadsworth
Young Riders - John Debney
Xena: The Warrior Princess - Paul Bateman
The X-Files - Mark Ayres

Customer Reviews:

Quantity Over Quality.......2007-01-15

As a musician myself, I know too well that one of the most important ingredients in ANY performance (live or recorded) is passion. The recordings here generally lack the same passion and sheer drama of the originals. Much of the instrumentation has been reduced to a cheezy, thin, plastic synthesized replica. The performances are simply a watered-down lackluster version of the classic originals. If it were not for the sheer volume of tracks compiled here, I would have rated the comp only "one star".

Mediocre.......2006-05-17

The sound quality for this collection isn't much better than the samples offered by Amazon.

One Hundred Greatest TV Themes.......2005-08-06

I have watched almost all the shows that are on these 4 cd's. Many were made before I started watching TV. Most I've seen once or twice before.

Pretty close to original recordings.......2005-07-24

Definitely not as good as the originals. You'll probably notice the slight differences since it's stuff you saw and listened to every week or everyday in reruns growing up, but it's still an amazing collection.

Really Good Collection.......2004-07-11

I bought this in part because it had soundtracks to tv shows that are unavailable. My husband and I watch aome British programming. Many of the theme songs are for what seems like obscure British shows. That said; it has been enjoyable to hear music that I would normally never hear. Some music does sound tinny; some are very very rich, and some music is derived from actual preformances from the original artists. I think this is worth buying because is has a wonderful blend of music. The pieces are full soundtracks so they includes the parts of the theme song which are often edited out. I think the orchestra's who preformed the music did a great job. I have MonsterMania which redoes the soundtracks to the Godzilla movies. The interpretation is less heavy and stark than the preformance we associate with the original soundtrack; but I regard it as a new way to appreciate the music and all the componets which make the song unique.

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GIVE ME A BREAK !
Worth Every Penny!
Outstanding

That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings
Robert Mitchum
Manufacturer: Bear Family
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Thunder Road
Tall Dark Stranger
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ASIN: B0000282RH
Release Date: 1995-06-26

Tracks:

You Deserve Each Other
Walker's Woods
Wheels [It's Rollin' Time Again]
In My Place
Ballad of Thunder Road
That Man Right There
Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
Ricardo's Mountain
Sunny
Little White Lies
Whippoorwill
Gotta Travel On
My Honey's Lovin' Arms
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Jean and Dinah
From a Logical Point of View
Not Me
What Is This Generation Coming To?
Tic, Tic, Tic [The Lost Watch]
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
I Learn a Merengue, Mama
Take Me Down to Lover's Row
Mama Look a Boo Boo [Shut You Mouth-Go Away]
Coconut Water
Matilda
They Dance All Night

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Bear Family.

Customer Reviews:

GIVE ME A BREAK !.......2006-11-04

Robert Mitchum was a good actor,but,as this album so abundantly proves,he was not a good singer...Now,don't get me wrong here,if some fan of a good actor wants other memorabilia by him/her that is thier right,but being of fan(even a really loyal fan)still does not mean that the actor or actress in question can pass muster as a vocalist...It really doesn't take too much effort to "sing"the sort of calypso tunes that take up a lot of the space on this disc...Mitchum can get by,but then so can I,probably so can you as well...But,honestly,neither one of us is the next Harry Belafonte,and,during his lifetime,neither was mitchum...Therefore,like most other celebrity "golden throat"vanity releases,Mitchum's two albums exist not because Bob Mitchum was such a great vocalist but,instead,because Bob Mitchum was a popular actor,wanted to sing,and his star status permitted him to record..many really talented vocalists should be so fortunate...

Worth Every Penny!.......2004-04-21

If you like the fantastic acting of Robert Mitchum, you are sure to love this collection. This guy sang like he acted, with that "I don't care really..." kind of laid-back attitude. But you suspect he did care--very much--and his countless movie performances always were a testament to this. The same goes with his singing. He had a fine voice for a "non singer" that really suited a number of the easy listening/pop/light country songs on the first half of the album, such as "In My Place" which is a comical tune that effectively says "mind your own business". He does a great job on the pop hit "Sunny"...and offers an energetic rendition (two arrangements actually) of "Thunder Road", the song he co-wrote for one of his movies. All of these and others here are enjoyable. I must admit I'm not much of a Calypso fan...and the last half of this compilation is totally that, containing all of the songs recorded for his only other album in this genre. But even so, this album is worth every penny. This guy should have recorded a few more songs in between all of those great movies. Fans are fortunate this CD is still available. Buy it!

Outstanding.......2003-06-18

A side of Robert Mitchum you've seldom seen. My mother-in-law rocks the house with this. A must listen for all fans.

Family Man: Music from the Motion Picture (2000 Film)

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If you like Edwin McCain, WOW! David Foster produced this track.
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DANNY ELFMAN!!
I loved this movie
Another Family Man Misfire!

Family Man: Music from the Motion Picture (2000 Film)
Various Artists - Soundtracks
Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino
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ASIN: B000053VII
Release Date: 2000-12-05

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One - U2
You Stole My Bell - Elvis Costello
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Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
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Promise - Danny Elfman

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Nicholas Cage stars as an investment broker who wakes up to find his swinging singles lifestyle replaced with a wife, children, and a minivan. While the Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime" is the perfect complement, as it accurately reflects absurd displacement, this soundtrack is most notable for containing the atmospheric Seal single, "This Could Be Heaven," and new tracks from Elvis Costello, Edwin McCain, and soundtrack veteran Danny Elfman. Two romantic classics from Chris Isaak and U2 fill out the better song selections. The remainder is a weird jump-cut of eras and styles. The Delfonics' "La La Means I Love You" and Blue Magic's "Sideshow" represent the oldies portion. Morcheeba put psychedelic R&B on the map. Mr. Big makes the case for cheesy late-night TV offers with the ultimate karaoke bar favorite "To Be with You," while Luciano Pavarotti shifts things in an operatic direction. This soundtrack is a bit like hitting the scan button on your car radio and coming up with a little of everything. --Rob O'Connor

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If you like Edwin McCain, WOW! David Foster produced this track........2006-10-22

This song is playing in the background as Nicholas Cage is stepping off the elevator. It is soooooo low in the film, it's hard to hear. WHAT were they thinkin'????? This song should have been one of the highlights of the entire thing!

Just try the sample clip here and you'll be sold! It has the David Foster "touch," much like the way the Whitney Houston songs. WOW! You won't believe how amazing it is to hear Edwin sing with this kind of backup! Don't miss it!

Love Nicholas Cage in this film, as well.

Enjoy!!!

???.......2005-03-28

Does anyone know what song plays when Jack is opening the box with his stuff that Kate gave back to him? It's near the end, before he goes to the airport to stop Kate from leaving... unfortunately it's not on the soundtrack...

DANNY ELFMAN!!.......2003-12-04

THE BEST PIECES ON THIS SOUNDTRACK ARE DANNY ELFMANS SCORE! IT ROCKS! ITS BEAUTIFUL!

I loved this movie.......2003-09-26

The Family Man was great!! I liked the movie because the characters reminded me so much of myself. My one complaint is that Nicholas Cage at times seemed lost in the script-- like his lines were running him rather than the other way around. At other times, He reminded me so much of Jimmy Stewart in his clueless, "how did I get here?" role.
One of the reasons I identified with this movie was the music. It is the sort of music you might listen to in your twenties and thirties and you get the feeling that you can still be hip and have fun as a parent (which I do.)
Tia Leoni was fabulous in her role as a mother/nonprofit lawyer. She's the kind of wife anyone could hope to have.
All in all, I think to enjoy the mix of music on this cd, you first need to see this great family film. You won't waste your time.

Another Family Man Misfire!.......2002-09-22

Has somebody at the studio got it in for this film? The promotional campaign and packaging for the movie and the DVD release played up the broad comedy and sentiment and downplayed the tight script, the top-notch acting, and the depth and subtlety that mark this intelligent, profound and brutally honest film. The "soundtrack" whiffs, too. Is it a pop hits compilation? Fine -- then put in everything, and not just this selective and uneven mix. Is it the actual soundtrack, by Danny Elfman? Okay, then do THAT, and not just toss in two tantalizing glimpses. This CD should have been the latter, which is just breathtaking. So, we've got this odd brew, which doesn't do justice to the film or Elfman. Get the CD anyway, if only for the two lovely Elfman pieces. Then, hope and pray that someone in a postion to pull some levers at last gets smart about the music AND the movie, and begins the arduous process of ensuring that this lost gem of a film finally gets the recognition that it deserves.

The Man in Black: The International Johnny Cash

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Johnny and Others in German

The Man in Black: The International Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash & Gunter Gabriel
Manufacturer: Bear Family
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005YW5V
Release Date: 2002-02-28

Tracks:

Johnny Cash Konzert - Gunter Gabriel
Der Mann Hinterm Pflug (The Man in Black) - Gunter Gabriel
Gitarre Marke Eigenbau (Tennessee Flat Top Box) - Gunter Gabriel
Ich Bleib Auf Kurs (I Walk the Line) - Gunter Gabriel
Folsom Prison Blues - Gunter Gabriel
Big River - Gunter Gabriel
Ein Stn Pro Tag (One Piece at a Time) - Gunter Gabriel
Ein Junge Namens Susi (A Boy Named Sue) - Gunter Gabriel
San Quentin - Gunter Gabriel
Ich Werd Gesucht (Wanted Man) - Gunter Gabriel
Noch 20 Minuten Zu Geh'n (20 Minutes to Go) - Gunter Gabriel
Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing - Johnny Cash, Shel Silverstein
Man in Black - Johnny Cash
Wer Kennt Den Weg (I Walk the Line) - Johnny Cash
Viel Zu Sp(I Got Stripes) - Johnny Cash
Wo Ist Zu Hause, Mama (Five Feet High and Rising) - Johnny Cash
In Virginia - Johnny Cash
Kleine Rosmarie - Johnny Cash
Besser So, Jenny-Jo - Johnny Cash
Matador - Johnny Cash
Fuego d'Amor (Ring of Fire) - Johnny Cash
Die Colt Ballade (Don't Take Your Guns to Town) [*] - Bruce Low
Wo Kommt Denn BloDie Liebe Her (I'd Still Be There) [*]
Mein Weg Fich Zu Dir (Ring of Fire) [*]
Lass Deinen Colt Zu Haus, Bill (Don't Take Your Guns to Town) [*] - Donald Wolf
Der Gro Treck Nach Idaho (Ring of Fire) [*]

Album Description

Full Title 'The Man In Black - The International Johnny Cash'. Artists, Johnny Cash, Gabriel Gunter & Andere. 26 track German compilation from Bear Family Records. Includes 5 bonus tracks, Bruce Low 'Die Colt Ballade', Kurt Stelly 'Wo Kommt Denn Blob Die Liebe Her', Jurgen Herbst 'Mein Weg Fuhrt Mich Zu Dir', Donald Wolf 'Lass Deinen Colt Zu Has, Bill' & Ralf Bendix 'Der Grobe Treck Nach Idaho'. Packaged in a trifold digipak..

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VERY INTERESTING.......2007-01-10

As a German speaker, I found this album to be entertaining. Hearing Johnny Cash singing in German was very interesting, too say the least. Most of the songs are by the other singer (a german "country" singer") but, in my opinion, Cash's contribution is well worth the price.

Johnny and Others in German.......2003-01-27

Never knew that Johnny Cash recorded some of his material in German. The first 11 tracks are German covers by Gunter Gabriel. Tracks 13 through 21 are Johnny Cash. Most of these were recorded in the 60's and 70's. El Matador was made in 1995. The final tracks are other singers. This is a fine collection; a good find for a collector or German speaker. There's a lot of good material on this set that makes it worthwhile. Excellent liner notes.

The Strauss Family: Waltzes, Polkas & Overtures - Willi Boskovsky/Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna (6 CD's)

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The Strauss Family: Waltzes, Polkas & Overtures - Willi Boskovsky/Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna (6 CD's)
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Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
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