Two Sides

Two Sides

ASIN: B0001P1HQ0

Track Listings

1. Why Do All Your Promises Become Lies

2. Every Life Tells A Story

3. The Day You Lost Me

4. Guess I Didn't See It Comin'

5. Thanking God For The Rain

6. My Life Took A Turn

7. Two Sides

8. Honky Tonk Songs

9. Searching For The Reason

10. Everything Happens For A Reason

Editorial Reviews
Les Reynolds, Indie-Music.com, January 3, 2004
Cindy Lu seems destined for commericial success

Product Description
Independent Country singer/songwriter/performer Cindy Lu wrote the lyrics & melody to 7 of the 10 tracks on her sophmore CD. Two Sides has gained worldwide attention and critical acclaim. Listening to this CD sounds a lot like listening to country radio - both in modern day and in more traditional times. The ten tracks on this CD are a nice mix of country, bluegrass, americana sound. Overall, this is a bona fide pure-D country CD. It's got sad lyrics, a bit of toe-tappin' honky-tonk beat, great vocal harmonies and the instrumentation you'd expect (acoustic and steel guitar, mandolin, banjo and fiddle). The songs tell real stories of real people, with real heartbreak.

Two Sides

Tracks:

Move It
Maybe Baby
It Never Works Out For
Love Can Be Cruel
I'll Be Back Someday
Only If You Care
Three Coins In The Fountain
Beyond
Greenz
Space Probe
Continental Missile
Retaliation
Pipeline
The Lonesome Road
Tragic Wind
Runaway
Blunderbus
Banzai
Sleep Walk
Night Theme
Wayward Nite
El Conquistator
Riders In The Sky
Last Night

Album Description

Import two-on-one reissue combines 'Two Sides Of The Chantays' (1965) & 'Pipeline' (1963). Repertoire.

Customer Reviews:

Legendary Instrumentalists.......2007-01-19

Along with the Surfaris, somebody might argue that the Chantays were at their very Best doing instrumentals. Most notably, the classic Iconic Surf anthem "Pipeline". This was true at the time they made this album where they too tried to do vocal numbers. I think they were under pressure to do another album as a follow-up to their monster hit "Pipeline". The problem was I think that they weren't really ready vocally for this, although they had nice but probably untrained voices. The big push for all of these groups was to go vocal like the "Beach Boys" and "Jan & Dean" who were selling a lot of records. From what I could hear, if given time I think they would have developed into something really special. But, it was not to be. What we have here is both of their two albums and there is some really good stuff in addition to the big hit "Pipeline". I am glad I got this set, and I'm really happy that it has been re-mastered to digital format for modern listening. Their albums are really hard to find if your looking for original LP's in good playing condition(and expensive)I have the Pipeline album I got on E Bay and paid top dollar. Here's a better alternative. I got the chance to see them play a few years ago at the Orange County Fair and consider myself lucky, they still rock!

Should have only shown their best side.......2006-09-03

The Chantays were just a handful of kids when they recorded some of the best surf guitar licks of all time. The title track "Pipeline" is a legend for good reason, as theirs is probably the best recording ever of this often-covered classic. There are other tracks on this that deserve equal recognition, including "El Conquistator," "Continental Missile," and the great instrumental cover of the Johnny Cash classic "Riders in the Sky."

The only real problem with this double-album is the first half of the first album, "Two Sides of the Chantays." Supposedly their "two sides" are surf guitar, and some sort of vocal original rock schmaltz...but believe me, they only have one side. As long as they don't sing, the Chantays are great...but most listeners will find themselves skipping through the first quarter of this CD.

Perhaps the best known surf tune and in great stereo........1998-09-08

No surf music fan should be without this double cd. Perhaps the most famous riff in surf music and one of the most perfect his tunes. The Chantays were there and are still around today still riding the waves of surf music. If you have just one surf album this should do it. George Feist aka THE DUKE OF THE DISCS...FRESNO, CALIFORNIA

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I really wanted to like this CD
Way to go Viv!
Who decides?
Vivian is out of his element--total waste of money
I agree...boring!

Two Sides of If
Vivian Campbell
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AMWIYE
Release Date: 2005-09-27

Tracks:

Messin With The Kid
Im Ready
Calling Card
Come On In My Kitchen
The Hunter
Like It This Way
I Aint Superstitious
Spoonful
Reconsider Baby
Good Or Bad Times
32/20 Blues
Willin For Satisfaction

Album Description

Super talented heavy rock guitarist Vivian Campbell burst onto the Irish rock scene in a band called Sweet Savage. Soon thereafter in 1982 Ronnie James Dio recruited the young prodigy as the lead guitarist for the then brand new band Dio, and Vivian is featured on the first three legendary Dio albums. Via stints in David Coverdale's Whitesnake and Lou Gramm's Shadow King, Vivian joined mega band Def Leppard in 1992 and remains one of the 2 lead guitarists of Def Leppard, touring and recording with them to this day. A long time fan of the blues, Vivian Campbell was determined to one day record his interpretations of great American blues songs. In April 2005, Vivian and 5 fellow musicians, including the great drummer Terry Bozzio (Mothers Of Invention, Missing Persons), recorded this great electric blues album. Two Sides Of If features classics originally recorded by blues legends like Muddy Waters, Albert King and Robert Johnson as well as songs from the likes of Rory Gallagher and Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. The album closes with an original by ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and last but not least the great Joan Osborne performs sizzling lead vocals on a great cover of Howlin' Wolf's classic song "Spoonful."

Customer Reviews:

I really wanted to like this CD.......2006-12-10

... but I don't. And it's a shame, given Campbell's former talents. Take his passionate, melodic shredding in Dio, factor in his potential to escape the grasp of mainstream metal with 1990's "Riverdogs," then lose all hope as he joins Def Leppard and takes a backseat to Phil Collen. (My congrats to Campbell for climbing the rock 'n' roll corporate ladder and retaining the title of "guitar player" minus the usual responsibilities associated therewith).

I'd have to say that "Spoonful" is the only righteous tune on this "guitar is my hobby now" release, thanks entirely to Joan Osborne's kickass vocal. Too bad Campbell doesn't back up Osborne by burning up the fretboard with his fingers (like he used to do, you know, back in the good old days). Instead, he insists on showing off his barely adequate slide playing skills. My advice? Go back to the boardroom. Play some golf. Keep singing along with Bon Jovi in the shower (that is who you're trying to sound like, right?) ... who knows ... you might be a star again someday.

Way to go Viv!.......2006-11-23

First off, I don't need to know the blues to know when I hear good music. You can say all you want but Vivian Campbell is a great guitar player and even though I don't know how the original recordings sound, I don't care. What I got was a CD that I enjoyed listening too at work and at home.

As far as his voice, it does take an adjustment but to be honest I love it! The blues are gritty and raw sometimes and considering he recorded the album in just 3 days you get a good feel for the energy.

I'm glad this CD is part of my collection.

Who decides?.......2006-01-23

Who decides what Vivian likes? I find it humorous that the reviewers that gave this CD a poor review are stating what Vivian is. I could have sworn that Vivian decides what he is and what he likes. If Vivian says he likes blues, then let him play the blues. I guess that is the advantage of being somebody that is somebody or compared to just another pickle laying in the gutter wishing they could play guitar or sing (like a few reviewers I have read about).

Vivian is out of his element--total waste of money.......2005-12-22

I wish I had seen the previous two reviews before buying this CD--I totally agree with them. It's obvious Vivian is a guitar player, not a singer. This "producer" that encouraged him to record a blues album as told in the liner notes is crazy. He has great tone in his guitar, and his respect for blues music is evident by his restraint in his playing, but this is clearly not his forte--shredding is. He displays a solid vibrato in his soloing, but apart from that his blues guitar work is nothing special. And his vocal style is no good at all, especially for blues. Vivian is a great guitar player, but he needs to stick to what he does best--shredding with Def Leppard--sorry, Vivian.

I agree...boring!.......2005-12-15

First off, let me say that I have admired viv's playing since his Dio days. He is truly a gifted player. However, I don't understand the praise that is being thrown at this album. Yes, the backing band is excellent. In fact, the backing band is about the only redeeming quality of this album. I think what I find most annoying about this album are the vocals. People describe them as gritty, or soulful, but I just don't see it. His voice is thin and unconvincing and not at all bluesy. Further, he pronounces the words in that 80s hair metal style, similar to John Bon Jovi. the guitar tone that he uses on the first five or six tracks sounds just like the tone that he used on the dio albums 20 years ago which would be fine if he was redoing "Holy Diver", but not when covering willie Dickson. The tone does improve as the album moves along with the tone on "Reconsider Baby" being absolutely stellar, but even then his wispy vocals ruin it. The album as a whole comes across as being emotionless, almost like a glass of warm milk, which is never what you want in a bluesy record. I agree with the other reviewer that Dave Meniketti's "On the blue Side" is a far better choice if you are looking for a blues rock album.

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a note about Musical Shapes.....
a superb twofer from a perhaps overlooked artist...

Two Sides to Every Woman/Musical Shapes
Carlene Carter
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AP3034
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

Do It in a Heartbeat
Lies
Swap-Meat Rag
Gold-Hearted Lady
Two Sides to Every Woman
It's No Wonder (Why I Love Him)
One Good Lover
Old Photographs
Radio Sweetheart
Cry
Madness
Baby Ride Easy
Bandit of Love
I'm So Cool
Appalachian Eyes
Ring of Fire
Too Bad About Sandy
Foggy Mountain Top
That Very First Kiss
To Drunk (To Remember)
Too Proud

Album Description

Carlene Carter is a country singer, with a little rock thrown in, thanks to her marriage to Nick Lowe. She is the daughter of June Carter. She has issued numerous albums over the 70s, 80s & 90s. Two Sides To Every Woman was her second album, issued in 1979. It features Paul Schafer & Clarence Clemons. It is making its worldwide CD debut as part of this two-fer. Musical Shapes is from 1980 and features Dave Edmunds & Nick Lowe. Wounded Bird. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

a note about Musical Shapes............2005-12-17

This reissue, for me, is notable for the second album. Musical Shapes is the great lost Rockpile country album- excellent Nick Lowe/Dave Edmunds/Billy Bremmer stuff with Carlene's tough girl vocals. Two Sides is indeed an excellent album, but for my money, Musical Shapes is the gem in the collection.

a superb twofer from a perhaps overlooked artist..........2005-11-01

Carlene Carter is perhaps best known for her ties to June Carter and Johnny Cash. June was Carlene's mother, and Johnny Cash would later go on to become Carlene's stepfather. Carlene has also been notorious for her troubled, hard-living personal life. She had some major commercial success with her early '90s comeback, but her excellent early work seems to have been badly overlooked.

In October of 2005, Wounded Bird Records reissued Carlene Carter's first four albums. Seemingly to make them more appealing, they released twofers instead of each album on a single CD. However, being the sly marketers that they are, Wounded Bird clearly took into account that there has previously been a CD released that paired her 3rd and 4th albums, "Musical Shapes" and "Blue Nun" respectively, onto a single CD. So, what they have done is paired her 1st and 4th albums onto one disc, and paired her 2nd album "Two Sides to Every Woman" with 1980's "Musical Shapes". (It's fortunate that Wounded Bird didn't pair "Two Sides..." with 1981's weak "Blue Nun".)

Anyway you look at it, this pairing of "Two Sides to Every Woman" and "Musical Shapes" makes for a CD that contains a wealth of great music. In particular, 1979's "Two Sides to Every Woman" is real stunner that can't be missed if you take country-flavored rock & roll seriously--it's a little-known classic that puts the likes of such future "country rockers" as Shania Twain to absolute shame. Not only does it happen to have one of the sexiest album covers of all time, but Carlene clearly upped the ante from her debut, and "Two Sides..." simply kicks ass all over the place--it's got the stomping "Swap Meat Rag"; the raging uptempo rocker "Lies" (written by Roger Troy & Nick Gravenites); the haunting minor-keyed ballad "Gold Hearted Lady"; and the roaring, ultra-catchy title track which sounds kind of like a disco-rocker with its catchy beat and string arrangement, but it rocks out devastatingly and has an infectious, impassioned Carlene vocal. The album also has the fun, lighthearted, rolling pop-rocker "Do It In A Heartbeat"; the sassy, riffy country-rocker "One Good Lover"; the memorable, tender and reflective "Old Photographs"; and the fine ballad "It's No Wonder (Why I Love Him)". The closing track is a version of the Elvis Costello composition "Radio Sweetheart" which has one of those damn endlessly-repeated fadeouts so characteristic of early Costello, but at least in this case it serves as a respectable 'anthemic' finale to the album.

"Musical Shapes" isn't as exciting overall, but it's by no means less than respectable, and it has such moments as the album opening one-two punch of "Cry" and "Madness"; the venomous "Too Bad About Sandy"; and the highly catchy rockabilly-flavored "The Very First Kiss".

"Two Sides to Every Woman" hasn't been released officially on CD prior to this, and it's an absolute must for any serious listener, containing some of the hardest-rocking country music you could imagine. Adding "Musical Shapes" makes this CD even more valuable. Overall, a superb twofer.

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Great Artist Fabulous Songs!
Good!
Both sides of this story are great.
Right where he belongs
Good not great

Two Sides To Every Story
LeRoy Bell
Manufacturer: Martez Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FL6YCW
Release Date: 2006-06-13

Tracks:

Voodoo (3:50)
You Lied To Me (4:15)
Still Not Over You (3:59)
Father to Son (5:07)
Waiting (3:48)
21st Century Man (3:48)
I Want You to Know Me (4:39)
Every Touch (4:22)
Mexico (5:58)
I'm In Love (4:15)
Once Upon A Time (4:06)
He Can't Hold Her (3:53)
Dream of Peace (5:24)
20 Years From Now (4:34)

Product Description

In three short years singer/songwriter LeRoy Bell has built a reputation and a national fan base that eagerly awaits the release of his first full length CD, TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY. A year in the making, TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY delivers poignant songs of peace, passion, politics, lament, love and deceit. The bountiful 14 tracks of TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY reflect LeRoys visions, past hopes and future promises told from the multiple perspectives of life. TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY brings to light social issues, concerns, and compassion for everyone. With the hopes of youth, love, lost love, and optimism for humanity, Bell speaks through his personal observations and musical lyricism. Written by LeRoy Bell over the past two and a half years, the social parallels can be drawn by the listener. The sonic stratification of multiple guitars, strings, percussion and bass, provide the lush layers and textures that allow Bells earthy, soulful voice to whisper and soar with emotion. The honesty of his voice and lyrics makes you feel as if each song is being sung directly to each listener. Also featured on TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY are His Only Friends, Bells trusty band of veteran musicians. The soaring cello played by Phil Peterson is a familiar element in LeRoys non-traditional sound. Guitar virtuoso Rick Novito adds an uncommon approach to texture and lyrical statements ranging from folk to jazz & rock. The heartbeat of the music is the dynamic, funky bass of Terry Morgan, paired with incredibly rhythmic pulsations of LeRoy Bell on drums, guitar, banjo, accordion and miscellaneous percussion. Multi-cultural percussionist Stan White adds a world beat perspective to Bells impassioned vocals and melodies, completing the sound. This knack for artful songwriting has a vivid history. As half of the youthful songwriting team Bell & James , Casey James and LeRoy Bell are the authors of Elton John's Grammy-nominated 1979 Top Ten hit, "Mama Can't Buy You Love," and Eltons 2004 #1 British single Are You Ready For Love. Bell and James also attained top ten status with the dance hit, Livin It Up Friday Night. For LeRoy writing became the main focus over performing allowing him to collaborate with legendary songwriter/producer Thom Bell (his uncle) and Casey James penning songs for The Spinners, The OJays, Rita Marley, The Temptations, Johnny Mathis, Phyllis Hyman and many more. Only recently has LeRoy surfaced as the singer/songwriter he is today. Gaining early acceptance and warm reception, he has recently performed with B.B. King, Al Green, Taj Mahal, Jackie Greene, Keb Mo, LeAnn Rimes, The Temptations, The OJays, Mavis Staples, Colin Hay, Leon Russell, Sonny Landreth, Kenny Loggins, The Young Dubliners, and others.

Customer Reviews:

Great Artist Fabulous Songs!.......2007-01-04

this is a great CD of brilliant songs from a first class songwriter,
I am surprised that Leroy Bell is not better known as this is hot stuff and what a voice !!.
buy this and his first cd you will enjoy a lot !

Good!.......2007-01-03

I had never heard of this performer. I was introduced to him on my cable adult alternative channel and couldn't get the song "Voodoo" out of my head! The rest of the album is just as catchy. I didn't realize how many performers Mr. Bell had written songs for either. He's a talented dude! I thoroughly enjoy his music!

Both sides of this story are great........2006-10-30

This is an amazing CD. I went to a concert where LeRoy Bell was the opening act. I had never heard him before. I wish he had been the main act. After hearing him I had to get the CD. It is very good!

Right where he belongs.......2006-10-28

I never heard of him before, but the geniuses that figured out this marketing system really pulled this one out for me. This CD is one of the best singer/songwriter CD's of the year, no doubt. Very listenable in that you can hear his lyric and get "caught" by the melody. "Voodoo" sounds like he wrote it for Carlos Santana and he gives it that feel.

The lyric will touch you and inspire. "20 years from now" is so on the money, I have trouble holding it together cause he is so true. He's been there with all of us and he right where he belongs.

Good not great.......2006-07-30

This cd is growing on me. However, Bell sometimes too much like Seal for me. But his writing is excellent. Sometimes political, mostly quite intimate and personal.

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a mixture of fun and blues
An irreplacable musical iconoclast
An irreplacable musical iconoclast
i have finally heard both sides now
American music, Van Ronk music

Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Manufacturer: Fantasy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066NYD
Release Date: 2002-06-04

Tracks:

Cake Walkin' Babies From Home
Ace In The Hole
St. Louis Tickle
Death Letter Blues
All Over You
Whoa Back Buck
Sister Kate
Kansas City Blues
Green, Green Rocky Road
See See Rider
Rocks And Gravel
Hesitation Blues
God Bless The Child
Sunday Street
Sportin' Life
Cocaine
St. James Infirmary
You've Been A Good Ole Wagon
Spike Driver Blues
Gaslight Rag
Candy Man

Amazon.com

The folk revival of the 1960s would have sounded very different if Dave Van Ronk had taken Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers up on their offer to become the third member of the group that later became Peter, Paul, and Mary. But, as he insisted at the time, he was a blues and jazz singer, not a folkie, and the music on Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk bears him out. This CD pairs his 1963 LP In the Tradition, which includes six tracks with the Red Onion Jazz Band, with nine of the original 11 tracks from his 1983 LP Your Basic Dave Van Ronk. Jazz and blues are pretty much interchangeable to Van Ronk, and he delights in mixing the two together, as he does when he adds some raucous scat singing to his version of the Reverend Gary Davis classic "Candy Man" or bends his guitar strings Mississippi Delta-style on his rendition of Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child." The raunchy blues and raucous jazz on Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk are a welcome reminder that folk music is more than ancient ballads and sensitive singer-songwriters. --Michael Simmons

Customer Reviews:

a mixture of fun and blues.......2005-11-26

It is true that the tracks with the ROJB are not superb music, but they still capture a hilarious and fun take on the dixieland experience. But to dismiss it as one reviewer here does would mean to deny oneself the experience of his interpretation of "death letter blues" which is one of the finest and most powerful and tender recordings he has ever made. The folk/blues tracks with DVR alone are certainly the strongest as music, but the tracks with ROJB are fun and delightful in their own way. I am glad they exist, as life needs to have its up side as well....who among us hasnt had the opportunity to enjoy the upbeat vengefulness of "if I had to do it all over again, babe I'd do it all over you?"

An irreplacable musical iconoclast.......2002-08-20

More odd explorations from this late acoustic blues iconoclast. This CD reissues two of Van Ronk's jazz-oriented albums -- on 1963's IN THE TRADITION, he indulges a sweet tooth for Dixieland jazz, backed by the cheerfully riotous Red Onion Jazz Band. The second half of this CD reprises a lesser-known 1981 album, YOUR BASIC DAVE VAN RONK, where he mugs it up on solo versions of various blues and jazz standards, including "St. James Infirmary," "God Bless The Child," "Candy Man" and others -- his stream-of-consciousness rendition of "Cocaine Blues" brings a frankly bitter, world-weary wisdom to bear that could only have come from experience itself. This is unusual, sometimes challenging material, but certainly worth the effort it may take to get on Van Ronk's wavelength. Recommended.

An irreplacable musical iconoclast.......2002-08-20

More odd explorations from this late acoustic blues iconoclast. This CD reissues two of Van Ronk's later, lesser-known albums -- on 1963's _In The Tradition_, he indulges a sweet tooth for Dixieland jazz, backed by the cheerfully riotous Red Onion Jazz Band. The second half of this CD reprises a lesser-known 1981 album, _Your Basic Dave Van Ronk_, where he mugs it up on solo versions of various blues and jazz standards, including "St. James Infirmary," "God Bless The Child," "Candy Man" and others -- his stream-of-consciousness rendition of "Cocaine Blues" brings a frankly bitter, world-weary wisdom to bear that could only have come from experience itself. This is unusual, sometimes challenging material, but certainly worth the effort it may take to get on Van Ronk's wavelength. Recommended.

i have finally heard both sides now.......2002-06-19

this i am sorry to say is one of the saddst efforts mr. van ronk put out--he may have had fun with it, but the patience of the listener is sorely tried--and this saddens me.i originally purchased this album thinking that it migt be something else--the polydor years--WOW WAS I WRONG! MR. VAN RONK does not do well in this setting--despite what he thought, the mixing of the jazz band efforts are terrible it sounds like the mixer on this project felt perfectly comfortable putting VR"S voice in ones pocket so to speak--it is muffled,a gravelly peep at best and reminds this listener of the stan freburg approach used in his spoof of the drummer in the yellow rose of texas--all in all--this work should have been left on the shelf to moulder--it was not one of his better efforts--i remember looking at this album some thirty years ago and dismissing it--then--sadly, in this observers humble opinion, it should have been put down then--but then i suppose to those who revere this artists work, and who burn candles for him--there will be some interest in this work, if for no other reason than to complete their catalogs of this artist

American music, Van Ronk music.......2002-06-12

When he died on February 10 of this year, obituaries tended to focus on Dave Van Ronk's friendship with Bob Dylan and his influence on Dylan's early work. ("Influence" is perhaps a charitable word. On his first album Dylan stole Van Ronk's arrangement of "House of the Rising Sun" lock, stock, and barrel. Later, the Animals based their version on Dylan's version of Van Ronk's version, probably without ever having heard of Van Ronk.) As those of us who treasure his music know, however, Van Ronk was more than just an influence. He was an extraordinary singer and guitar player in his own right, creator of a distinctive style which fused African-American vernacular genres with other musics from Anglo-American folk tradition, Tin Pan Alley, art-song writers Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, and Brecht/Weill, and more. It was somehow, in the end, a seamless whole called Van Ronk music. Nobody did it better, and nobody else would have even attempted to fashion a coherent whole out of so many disparate elements.

This welcome reissue brings to CD two old Van Ronk albums, one recorded in 1963 in New York City, the other in 1981 in London. Some of the cuts on the former (which comprises the first 12 songs on this single CD) have Van Ronk comfortably fronting the Red Onion Jazz Band, underscoring the singer's roots in early jazz. In the second Van Ronk revisits old favorites, with just his guitar for company. He needs no more than that to turn in versions of Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child" and Brownie McGhee's "Sportin' Life" that will stop you in your tracks. One of two originals, "Gaslight Rag" good-humoredly revisits the Village folk scene, where it all started for Van Ronk, Dylan, Phil Ochs, and others who brought new life to American music by reminding Americans where it came from.

The Two Sides of Victor Borge
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The Two Sides of Victor Borge

Manufacturer: Gmg Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Get the best of Victor Borge doing his Inflationary Language, Phoenetic Punctuation and more; as well as some of his classic piano pieces. Now you can hear your favorite Borge Routine while you drive.

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Keith Moon - 'Two Sides Of The Moon' (Castle) 3 1/2 stars
A lot of bonus stuff for an awful album.
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Two Sides of the Moon
Keith Moon
Manufacturer: Castle Us
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GUJEX8
Release Date: 2006-08-15

Tracks:

Crazy Like A Fox
Solid Gold
Don't Worry Baby
One Night Stand
The Kids Are Alright
Move Over Ms. L
Teenage Idol
Back Door Sally
In My Life
Together
Lies
I Don't Suppose
Hot Rod Queen
Don't Worry Baby
Teenage Idol
Back Door Sally
One Night Stand
Crazy Like A Fox
In My Life
Move Over Ms. L
Solid Gold
We Wish You A Merry Xmas
Do Me Good
Real Emotion
Naked Man

Tracks:

Keith & Ringo 'Together'
Don't Worry Baby
Don't Worry Baby
Teenage Idol
Crazy Like A Fox
Solid Gold
A Touch Of Moon Madness
Move Over Ms. L
Lies
My Generation
The Kids Are Alright
Keith & Ringo 'Together'
Together
Together
Together
I'm Not Angry
Hot Rod Queen
Solid Gold
Teenage Idol
Solid Gold
Real Emotion
'Ok Mr. Starkey'
Do Me Good
Keith & Ringo 'Together (Again)'
In My Life

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Keith Moon - 'Two Sides Of The Moon' (Castle) 3 1/2 stars.......2007-07-05

Well, what do you know? Someone actually made this sole Keith Moon solo title MUCH better. Didn't think it could ever be done. I guess if you did what Castle did, take the original 18 track pressing put out on Pet Rock a few years ago, and then reissue it on a 2-CD, 50 song repressing and pack disc two with not only better songs but a couple of Who selections, then make it available as such. Trade in your single disc copy for anything they'll give you, then seek out this. Very nice.

A lot of bonus stuff for an awful album........2006-12-17

As a drummer, Keith Moon is one of my heroes. Besides influencing the greatest drummer of all time, Neil Peart, Moon was actually the first truly ROCK, if not PUNK, drummers. Dude smashed his kit apart for no good reason, drove a Rolls Royce into a swimming pool, and died from ingesting a bazillion pills. I mean, how cool is that?

But Moon is similar to his buddy Ringo Starr - overshadowed by his peers, and honestly, for a reason. Both are awful singers, foppish and silly in nature, and utterly ineffectual in their solo careers.

Two Sides of the Moon is actually Moon's only solo album, and thank god for that. It's awful. It's one of those albums where there's a million guest stars and just about every song is either a 50s r&b cover (complete with cringe-worthy backup female singers) or covers of 60s tunes (including the Beatles and even the Who), and yet nothing sounds good. It's pathetic. Moon sings throughout (like most drummers, he can't sing), and strangely, he doesn't play drums on the album. If I recall, I think Ringo actually plays drums on it, and technically speaking, Ringo is about one-tenth the drummer that Moon was.

Okay, so the original album sucks, but everyone knows that. So let's rate the re-release. It's actually quite impressive - Sanctuary has offered the original album, plus 40 - yes 40! - tracks of studio outtakes, unreleased tunes, and dopey studio banter.

Now, none of it is extraordinarily amazing for the casual Who or Beatles fan, but this is a lot of interesting stuff for the completist. So I'm giving this sucker 3 stars because it's a lot of bang for your buck, but ultimately, all this stuff - including the original album - should've just remained in the vault.

Who Cares?.......2006-10-29

Facetious, self indulgent and virtually impossible to listen to. As the liner notes point out, it was a time of solo albums. That trapped the great sideman, Keith Moon, in a frontman's body, and it wasn't a good fit. Some engineers and marketing people took his money. Ringo Starr came along to jam and groove along. There are up to five versions of some songs on this 50-song, two-CD set, and there's no good reason for that.

If you think Keith Moon could do no wrong, then you'll find nothing wrong with this record. If you have the patience to identify your favorite versions of the included songs and produce your own disc with just those versions and none of the extraneous studio banter, you'll have a more or less decent product. If neither of those scenarios describes you, then buy an anthology of The Who and remember how great a player Keith Moon was with that most powerful and precise of British rock bands.

Dos Lados de La Lupe (The Two Sides of La Lupe)

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Dos Lados de La Lupe (The Two Sides of La Lupe)
La Lupe
Manufacturer: Fania / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000P6R7SW
Release Date: 2007-05-08

Tracks:

Que Bueno Boogaloo
Te Voy a Contar Mi Vida
Going out of My Head
Plena Buena
Caracas Cuatricentenario
Si Vuelves Tu
Maldito Seas
Emigrante
Sin Fe
Cantando

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Not exactly Hogs!
Brilliant and Profound!

Two Sides of Tony (T.S.) McPhee
Tony McPhee
Manufacturer: Talking Elephant
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001XQFPA
Release Date: 2004-05-17

Tracks:

Three Times Seven
All My Money, Alimony
Morning's Eye
Dog Me, Bitch
Take It Out
Hunt

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Not exactly Hogs!.......2007-05-07

As a huge fan of McPhee's Groundhogs I took a chance on this one. Don't buy it if you want Hogs sound. By two sides, Tony is talking his blues side, and his progressive synth side. The instrumental 'Take it Out' is the highlight of the 5 blues songs. The rest of it is 19 minute epic 'the hunt'. Much of it is spoken. All of it is synth music from one of the greatest quitarists ever. His synth music does not at all match his guitar ability. It appears most people that like 'the hunt' are into its deep lyrics. I'm more into a good tune and great guitar playing. This is neither. Curiosity and love of a lot of the Groundhogs material made me buy this one. Wish I hadn't honestly. Jerry.

Brilliant and Profound!.......2005-07-13

I can't believe no one else has yet reviewed this album! First, some background: Back in the mid- to late- 70s, we had a phenomenal radio station here in San Antonio (Texas, USA) called KISS. It's still around now, but unfortunately has completely sold out to format radio. At that time, it was totally album-oriented, no format. There was a really cool dj named Joe Anthony who introduced lots of artists to us, some of them quite obscure.

Joe Anthony was largely responsible for many bands making it - in some cases, like Scorpions & Judas Priest, making it big; in other cases, like Budgie & Legs Diamond, they made it big in San Antonio while being virtually unknown everywhere else. These bands would fill huge auditoriums here in SA, which at that time was known as the hard rock capital of the world, thanks to Joe.

Anyway, Joe (and another dj, Lou Roney) used to play 'The Hunt' (one entire album side of Two Sides) frequently, and it became a cult classic! Many times, my friends and I would be partying and the song would come on, and it inspired lots of deep philosophical discussion! You must understand that this was not just a SONG, but an EXPERIENCE! It became a QUEST to try to find the album, because by this time (1976) it was already out of print and nowhere to be found!

I had a list of albums I was looking for, and The 2 Sides of TS McPhee was at the TOP of my list!

A couple of years later, I requested it at a used record store that specialized in out-of-print stuff. They were very impressed at my taste, and also my being female, since most 18-year-old girls were not usually interested in music like that - it was usually the guys who were collectors. So, this request gained me some respect from the local record industry!

They did find me a copy, and I gladly forked over the $50 for the album! It was one of my most treasured items in my 2000+ collection!

I tell you this story, so that you will appreciate just how lucky you are, that this classic is now available on cd! so you don't have to go thru what we went thru to get it!

OK, so what makes this album so special that it was the most sought-after album in the late 70s? Well, quite simply, 'The Hunt' which was an entire album side of the vinyl. There is nothing else like it! Very distinctive sound; experimental, electronic...and heavy. 32 years later it still sounds great.

But most important, is the message. This is not just a song; it is a powerful, profound STATEMENT! Just check out these lyrics:

"Yelping hounds pack to form a Gorgon¹s head of gyrating tails
ready to turn a stag¹s heart to stone at a single glance.
Each dog has a pedigree that would fill a ream of paper as have their masters
boasting generations of good breeding.
Family trees with branches laden with the names of past landed gentry, their greatest contribution to the land being when they fall in their Autumn years, providing the earth with the same humus as their mongrel serfs.
But these that are currently at the apex, clad in red to match their ruddy complexion which only the liver would disclose whether from action of the wind or reaction to the wine.
These who satisfy their blood-lust on creatures who only recognise such drive in quest for food epitomise all that is base in man.
That they are an anachronism is of no doubt, a desperate clinging to feudal systems when their families oppressed wnole communities, today they have to be content mortally oppressing a single creature.
Like well-fed cats clawing at a mouse until their instincts, not their hunger, is satisfied leaving it to decompose.
a symbol of the confused mind that is so lethal..."

That's just an excerpt. I especially like '...their greatest contribution to the land being when they fall in their Autumn years, providing the earth with the same humus as their mongrel serfs...' Whoa!

Listening to 'The Hunt' is an EXPERIENCE. It's not something you are likely to just pop in your car and rock out to - it's something you give your full attention - preferably with headphones.

The rest of the songs (the 'other side' of the vinyl and of Tony) are completely different. I'm not even gonna mention what the other side is like, because it doesn't matter. You must buy this for The Hunt.

(Unless you're a hunter, that is... or maybe ESPECIALLY if you are a hunter!)

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An Album with Sentimental Value

Two Sides Of
Daniel O'Donnell
Manufacturer: Rosette
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Girl & Boy from Donegal
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ASIN: B00007E8JT
Release Date: 2002-12-17

Tracks:

Green Glens of Antrim
Blue Hills of Breffni
Any Tipperary Town
Latchyco
Hometown on the Foyle
These Are My Mountains
My Donegal Shore
Crying My Heart Out Over You
My Old Pal
Our House Is a Home
Your Old Love Letters
21 Years
Highway 40 Blues
I Wouldn't Change You If I Could

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An Album with Sentimental Value.......2003-07-31

THE TWO SIDES OF DANIEL O'DONNELL was not the first album recorded by Daniel, but was the first to be released, and the year was 1985. (THE BOY FROM DONEGAL album mostly recorded in 1984 was his very first but was not released until 1987).

After a slow start, TWO SIDES OF did well and helped launch his recording career along with a previously released single of "My Donegal Shore", which is included in this album. It did not reach the U.K.'s charts upon release, but did after his next album (I NEED YOU) appeared on the charts the following year. Subsequent albums and videos have all appeared on U.K.'s pop and video charts and dominated the country charts entering at the top. His sensational rise to fame has been well-deserved.

This foot-tapping country album is special to me not only because of all the beautiful songs, but because it has sentimental value being Daniel's first album released. If I had heard Daniel's voice for the first time back in 1985, I would have immediately become a fan, as I did when first hearing and seeing him on PBS several months ago. Billy Burgoyne, who is presently Daniel's bandleader, adds his perfect rhythmic percussion backing. He and the rest of the band make for wonderful listening.

The beautiful "Green Glens of Antrim" and "Blue Hills of Breffni", in addition to "Crying My Heart Out Over You", "Your Old Love Letters", and "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" showcase Daniel's beautiful voice. If you have begun a collection of Daniel's music, you should DEFINITELY include this album. I predict Daniel will gain an ever-growing and loyal following in the U.S., as he has in Ireland, the U.K., and Australia. See him when he performs in Branson, Missouri, and watch for him on tour next year here in the States and Canada. He is an esteemed entertainer of the highest calibre, and one Ireland can take pride in.

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