Beach Country

Beach Country

ASIN: B00000E8A2

Track Listings

1. Ms. Grace

2. Cool Me Out

3. Untie Me

4. If I Lose Your Love

5. If You Only Knew

6. My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own

7. Love at Work

8. Too Many Women, Too Much Trouble

9. Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy

10. What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am?)

Tracks:

Walk On
See The Sky About To Rain
Revolution Blues
For The Turnstiles
Vampire Blues
On The Beach
Motion Pictures
Ambulance Blues

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Sparse, underproduced, and at times downright dour, On the Beach was Neil Young's first studio album after Harvest had transformed him into a mainstream superstar two years before. It was a career move akin to "pissin' in the wind," as the artist himself describes life on one of the album's most famous lines. Young had already recorded the harrowing Tonight's the Night, his indictment of '60s drug culture and the damage done, but his label rejected it as too abrasive. So the artist gave them this instead. Less mournful but still haunting, the album is basically Young's rejection of rock stardom and what had become of the counterculture, covering a range of subjects, including Richard Nixon and Patty Hearst (the epic "Ambulance Blues"), his affair with actress Carrie Snodgrass ("Motion Pictures"), and, most famously, years before it became "chic" to do so, Charles Manson (the rocking "Revolution Blues"). "Vampire Blues," meanwhile, seemed to be about all those topics, as well as Young himself. Full of despair and little hope, On the Beach would nevertheless eventually come to be reappraised as a rock culture masterpiece. --Bill Holdship

Album Description

2003 remastered reissue of 1974 album. This dark yet triumphant album, with guests Graham Nash, David Crosby & The Band's Rick Danko & Levon Helm, initially peaked at #16 & achieved gold status. Eight tracks. Reprise.

Customer Reviews:

One of Neil's Best Works..........2007-03-20

I have always thought that this was one of his strongest albums. The songwriting is thoughtful, interesting, and clever. The music is equally solid. Even his take on familiar genres--blues, ballads--are fresh and strong. His singing is as good as it ever gets, which may be an acquired taste for some, but he is at his peak here. Along with "After the Gold Rush", "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere", and "Harvest", I think this work completes the Holy Quadrangle of early Neil Young.

Never Looses its Unique and Darkly Profound Feel.......2007-03-05

The last album in Neil's "ditch trilogy" provides a remarkable insight into Neil's music and his personal life and it is one of Neil's best albums.

"Walk On" is that real catchy country/rock pop tune with riffs and hooks, a style Young seldom showcased. "See The Sky About to Rain" had been around for a number of years and is a tender ballad with some nice steel pedal guitar and organ work. "Revolution Blues" is Neil at the top of his game. The banjo comes out on "For the Turnstiles" along with Neil singing in a real high pitched voice, it has a real rough charm to it, as does most of Neil's stuff. "Vampire Blues" is a little bluesy rock number. The title track is a moving and atmospheric delight, close your eyes and immerse yourself for 7 minutes. Some great lines in that song. "Motion Pictures" is a raw acoustic ballad with some nice guitar fills, some honest lyrics and a nice melody. The closing track would be one of his finest compositions, a near 9 minute acoustic narrative song, more organic, earthy and moving than any of Bob Dylan's tunes of similar length.

This album is best listened to at night.

Here's everything you need to know about Neil Young..........2007-02-03

First, while there are Neil Young "fans" who think "Harvest" is his "best" album, they aren't the real fans, and they're not the ones who paid the mortgage on the Redwood City ranch. They're Top 40 people, and "Harvest" was a Top 40 album. On the liner notes to "Decade," Young acknowledged that album as the "middle of the road" and welcomed his return to "the ditch." Second, while it's highly inaccurate to say that Neil "loves" his fans, the truth is that "holds them in contempt" is a better description (read the book "Shakey" for starters, specifically the reminiscences of the "Tonight's The Night" tour. He laughed at the fact that he showed up for these shows drunk and stoned and by doing so ripped off his audience. Whatta guy. Neil cares about Neil...and his family...and anyone else is simply a "consumer). Third, while Neil had a big laugh over his "lost decade" at Geffen and the lawsuit that followed, David Geffen was probably justified in sending a lawsuit his way, because Young ripped off Geffen and everyone who bought a copy of "Kinda Fonda Wanda" (from the album "Neil & The Shocking Pinks.") But the Reprise years...especially this album, an overlooked classic...that's why the faithful hang in there. From the feel-good Charles Manson ditty "Revolution Blues" ("Well I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars, but I hate them worse than lepers, and I'll kill them in their cars") to concert stand-bys ("See The Sky About To Rain"), this is Weird and Moody Neil at 11 on a 10 scale...in short, pure freakin' art without a single nod toward "commercialism." Any Neil Young album is a roll of the dice, but this one comes up a winner on all counts.

Neil Young's Finest Accomplishment.......2007-01-30

I would give this album 6 stars. Harvest is great, yes. After the Gold Rush, Tonights the Night, the list of epic Neil Young albums could go on for days, but nothing is as complete as On the Beach. I can't say enough about this album. If I ever have children, this will be the first thing they hear. And maybe the only thing. There is no better album. If you fancy yourself a Neil Young fan, you don't need to think twice about purchasing this album. It will make your day again and again.

Beyond Great.......2006-12-27

I never even knew 'On The Beach' existed until I saw the re-issued cd on the shelves about a year ago. What a surprise. This is Neil at his best. He hits on some of his greatest lyrics and music over the course of this album.

Other reviews have done a great song by song run down so there's no reason for me to take up your time covering the same ground.

If you like Neil at all then this should be in your collection. I'd even recommend this one to a non-Neil fan!

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honestly..mathsux...3 * max...
Another step down in quality
JIMMY 'S BEACH HOUSE
I wanna live on the Moon!
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Beach House On The Moon [ENHANCED CD]
Jimmy Buffett
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ASIN: B00000J2QZ
Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

Beach House On The Moon
Permanent Reminder Of A Temporary Feeling
Waiting For The Next Explosion
Pacing The Cage
You Call It Jogging
Flesh And Bone
I Will Play For Gumbo
Math Suks
Spending Money
Semi-True Story
Lucky Stars
I Don't Know And I Don't Care
Oysters And Pearls

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Jimmy Buffett's music has always had an easy-in-the-islands feel to it, and if his songs seem like postcards sent from exotic locations or notes hastily scribbled on a bar napkin, that's more or less what they are. On Buffett's 31st album, the singer/songwriter, bestselling author, pilot, and son of a son of a sailor offers alternately wry and sentimental observations on everything from our impending doom ("Waiting for the Next Explosion") and the appeal of Cajun food ("I Will Play for Gumbo") to the ultimate vacation getaway ("Beach House on the Moon") and life's sweet mysteries ("Oysters & Pearls"). Buffett also tries on a couple of intriguing covers, including Bruce Cockburn's pensive "Pacing the Cage," Mose Allison's sly "You Call It Jogging," and Fred Neil's laid-back "Lucky Stars." Thanks to the return of a few long-lost members of his Coral Reefer Band, Beach House on the Moon often recalls Buffett's early albums--cause enough for Parrotheads everywhere to fire up the blender, string up the hammock, and give this one a spin. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

honestly..mathsux...3 * max..........2006-12-08

Math sux made me almost waver...to remind myself why I like him, I immediately resort to his old catalog...math sux, seriously...probably worst song he's ever let be known

Another step down in quality.......2005-09-07

Just as Jimmy's albums took a general downturn from the 70's to 80's, and from the 80's to the 90's, this album again shows another step down in quality; further distancing himself farther from the classic music he once wrote in the 70's.

I mean, I'm a big Parrothead, and I REALLY want to like this album, but he makes it so very difficult with the weak material included. In fact, with repeated listens, it's actually getting harder to enjoy it.

Jimmy just seems to be coasting most of the time on this disc (coasting in a bad way), going through the motions, on autopilot. He really needed/needs a reality check of his music, away from his current trend, and back to something of substance. I doubt that this album will hold up to the test of time as his 70's-80's albums have.

Sorry

JIMMY 'S BEACH HOUSE .......2005-05-28

Jimmy Buffett makes a very good attempt to capture the population which may not know his tried and true "Margaritaville" Music. Some of the "Coral Reefers" background musicians showed up on this session which adds a lot to this CD. The songs are funky and playful and sometimes even moody. The lyrics and tunes are good enough to make you want to lean back in your summer chair and sing along, with a tall drink in hand and nowhere to go. Jimmy Buffett never takes himself or his music too seriously. I like the second cut very much, "Permanent Reminder of a Temporary Feeling". It is the perfect anthem for this or any other Buffett CD. Buffett has a breezy way of takiing us all on journeys of the imagination where everyone lives the beach bum life and is better for it. It's the "what me worry?" attitude where money, clothes, jobs, and success don't matter much. Of course to say that Buffett hasn't earned a fine living through "merchandizing" through his many restaurants and web-pages is beside the point. There are enough parrotheads who would like to believe the next "beach house is on the moon" and it is accessible to each of us. So lay back and enjoy this CD.

I wanna live on the Moon!.......2002-10-12

I recently began to re-visit Jimmy Buffett's body of work.

Yes, I am a Parrothead...long before they named us that.

But, more than that, I love the music. And even more than that, I love a good story put to music.

Buffett has done himself proud on this CD. The stories he tells about tattoos (PERMANENT REMINDER OF A TEMPORARY FEELING), failed love affairs (YOU CALL IT JOGGING), being a caveman in the era of the world wide web (FLESH AND BONE), being a true son of the south (I WILL PLAY FOR GUMBO), and the advice he gives to misery husbands (SPENDING MONEY) are top notch. Not only are they musically pleasing, they're very well written.

I'd like to ask Buffett what comes phirst -- the music or the words.

However, this year on the first anniversary of 9/11, I was really struck by the words to PACING THE CAGE. It was if I was hearing it for the first time. Made me weep.

Get this CD and enjoy songwriting and the joy of performing at its best.

Go, Jimmy!

What Happened?.......2002-02-13

Alright ive been a parrothead since i was 7. I always look for Jimmy to start my summer and end my summer. I start with Barometer Soup and end it with Mexico. I was about 13 when this cd came out, but i never really got a chance to listen to since i still loved Buffetts old stuff. Well when i got a chance listen to it and i was extremely disapointed, I mean what happened to him? Is trying to hit Pop and get on the radio? Barely any songs on this cd have any caribbean-boat-music feel to em there just simple folk songs. Math suks...first second i heard this song i didnt loose through the whole thing, this song is by far the worse buffett song ever written, terrible just terrible. Now Beach House aint that bad its got its high points such as Beach House On The Moon, I Don't Know I Don't Care, I Will Play For Gumbo, and of course the tear-jerker Pacing the Cage.(Which if you ever stumble upon live version of Pacing The Cage from when Buffett kicked off the summer on the Today Show summer of 99 I think, listen to it, it is spectacular) Well it really doesnt matter how this cd comes out buffett rarely plays his new stuff on his tour. Basically this cd is worth burnin if somebody u know has it, but dont buy it this cd gets thrown in buffetts dispointing cd along with Somewhere Over China.

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Not what it could have been
Beach Boys with their favorite country singers
Backing vocalists! What a sad, sad swan song...
The Way Covers Ought to be Done
Brilliant - but volume 2 will never appear

Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1
The Beach Boys
Manufacturer: Platinum Ent.
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Made in U.S.A.

ASIN: B0000059LU
Release Date: 1996-08-20

Tracks:

Don't Worry Baby
Little Deuce Coupe
409
Long Tall Texan
I Get Around
Be True To Your School
Fun, Fun, Fun
Help Me Rhonda
The Warmth Of The Sun
Sloop John B.
I Can Hear Music
Caroline, No

Customer Reviews:

Not what it could have been.......2005-03-28

This had the capacity to be something good. I have a great affection for country music and would have been fascinated by hearing how country musicians would interpret the classic Beach Boys songs in their milieu. The problem is that for the most part this does NOT happen. Instead, you have fairly rock/pop arrangements with country singers doing the lead and the Beach Boys as backup.

There are exceptions: Willie Nelson uses authentic country instrumentation (his acoustic, harmonica, fiddle, pedal steel) to make "Warmth of the Sun" sound Western and gives it a tender interpretation. He emphasizes the words with his halting style and gave me new appreciation for the lyric. T. Graham Brown's voice is a good "mesh" with the group making "Help Me Rhonda" work but the arrangement doesn't really do much interesting with it. "409" is re-invented as rockabilly by Junior Brown and it works very well with a great guitar solo. My only quibble here is that Junior's baritone tends to clash with the Beach Boy falsetto. Colin Raye's "Sloop John B." takes the tune into two step territory. Raye gives an impassioned performance though at times it's oversung.

Lowest points are "Long Tall Texan" which was never more than a novelty song when first done by the Beach Boys and not worth the time of a re-interpretation. "I Get Around"'s handclaps and quite a bit of the Boys harmonies are mixed into oblivion on the Sawyer Brown rendition. James House sounds like a low-rent Elvis on what is quite simply a horrible vocal for "Little Deuce Coupe".

And the question begs to be asked: If the CD is supposed to be country singers joining the band, why on earth is adult contemporary belter Kathy Troccoli here?!?!

BOTTOM LINE: The concept was great, but the arrangements aren't great and as a result it ends up being uninspired. It fails as a tribute album and as a country all-star album. Only get it if you're a completist of either the Beach Boys or Willie Nelson.

Beach Boys with their favorite country singers.......2005-02-25

This is a one of a kind album with the Beach Boys on harmony in the background and country singers on lead vocals. I am not a huge fan of country music, which is why I do not rate this a 5 star album. My parents and bro heard this album when I first bought it, and they said "what did you buy?!!" I especially like the song "Long Tall Texan" on this album and on the Beach Boys Concert/Live in London album. This is out of print since 2001, and there will probably never be a Volume 2 of this album. If you like tribute albums and country music, you probably would like this ablum, if you don't like tributes or country music, you probably don't want to spend your money on this album.

Backing vocalists! What a sad, sad swan song..........2003-05-28

For a short time in 1995 there was a slight chance that the Beach Boys were really going to make another Brian Wilson produced disc. The band demoed fairly strong Brian Wilson - Andy Paley tracks, such as "Soul Searchin'" and "Still A Mystery". Brian and Mike Love told Entertainment Weekly that they were writing new music. It was a time of hope for the devoted.

Unfortunately, The Beach Boys opted for the safe route: instead of taking a risk and creating something new, they lent themselves out as backing vocalists for this sanitized and unsatisfying country effort.

Obvious song selection and merely average production are only two of the problems that I have with STARS & STRIPES. The sad fact is that The Beach Boys are simply better vocalists than many of the cookie-cutter country artists that they back on this lackluster affair. Sure, some tracks are listenable, but they could be the work of any competent cover band. Certainly, The Beach Boys had their share of flawed moments throughout their checkered recording career, but there was always still something of their intrinsic character in these noble (and occasionally, ignoble) failures.

This is not the case on STARS & STRIPES. For me, there is nothing distinctive on this disc that makes these bland tracks worthy of a place in the Beach Boys canon. It's sad, but STARS & STRIPES comes across not as a fully realized Beach Boys release, but more as Beach Boys' related product.

Note: I do savor the full group vocals on Timothy B. Schmidt's (and Jimmy Webb's) "Caroline, No" - the stunning coda to this version always makes me wonder if I would actually enjoy this CD more w/o the lead vocals.

Note 2: Seek out the "making of" video documentary for the wonderful and spontaneous moments that showed the Boys (especially Brian and Mike) with their guard down.

The Way Covers Ought to be Done.......2003-01-05

Unlike the soundalike cover so common these days (and for what purpose, I don't know), these tunes contain all the brilliance of the original songwriting with all the talent and styling of the new recording artists. It is a little country-slanted, so if you really don't like country, you might not like this, but for the eclectic, this one really flies!

Brilliant - but volume 2 will never appear.......2002-07-14

First, in answer to earlier reviews, I must point out that the track with Tammy Wynette (In my room) was eventually released on her memorial album, Tammy Wynette Remembered, and it is at least as good as any of the tracks that are on this album. It was included on that album because it was already clear that volume 2 would never be completed. As far as I know, this was the only track recorded for volume 2.

As a lover of Beach Boys, country music and tribute albums, I love this album. It is obvious to me that some people take their music far too seriously. There are some really classy performances here, particularly Don't worry baby with Lorrie Morgan, Warmth of the sun with Willie Nelson and I can hear music with Kathy Troccoli, but some of the other tracks are just for fun. And wasn't that what much of their sixties music was about anyway? - Fun Fun Fun !!!!!

Anybody who knows anything about Sawyer Brown's music knows that their music is just for fun, not to be taken too seriously, therefore their contribution here (I get around) is just as I expected. No doubt that the Beach Boys invited them on this album knowing what to expect. As to Long tall Texan with Doug Supernaw, this is obviously just a piece of musical fun and was never intended to be anything else.

Difficult though it may be for some to accept, this album may have introduced the music of the Beach Boys to young country music fans who may not have quite appreciated just how good their sixties music was - and it may have caused some Beach Boys fans to discover that country music has changed out of all recognition since the sixties. In those days, people often complained that it was too sad and miserable. Now people complain that it's too lightweight and fluffy, and maybe (for them) this album will reinforce their belief.

Tracks:

Nothing To Show You
Roberto Duran
Buffalo
We Became Snakes
From The Floor
Lonesome Rhodes
Turpentine
Electric Chair
Horn Of Plenty
Find Yer Own
Goddamn The Sun
Death Or Greyhound
Working Men Are Pissed

Customer Reviews:

Second only to the Wacos.......2006-01-05

Tim Cronin has a voice like Makers Mark Whiskey being poured on roadrash. Painfully comforting, you might say. These guys are brilliant and politically perfect in every way. Buy their record.

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sailing the steel guitar sea

Desert Beach

Manufacturer: Watercourse Media
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0002CSAQM
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

Truckstop Mirage
Pony Owens
Llama Mama
Delta Waves
Rhythm Congress
Gus and Brenda
Shadows

Album Description

Spacious and reflective, rootsy and rhythmic, Desert Beach features Robert Powell playing a variety of acoustic and electric guitars, and highlights his distinctive approach to the pedal steel guitar.

Complemented by an artful array of drums and percussion, Desert Beach evokes flavors from around the globe. Robert skillfully blends contrasting elements of ambient, folk, country, African and Hawaiian music to give this album its lyrical, signature sound.

Customer Reviews:

sailing the steel guitar sea.......2004-11-16

I was given this cd recently and I just love it . It is very creative use of the pedal steel guitar and reminds me of the early days of Jerry Garcia when he first branched out into steel guitar ... most memorably on David Crosby's first solo album ... "If I could only remember my name" ... this is pedal steel guitar the way I love it ... in soaring gentle swoops and this music has a sense of space soul and always makes me relax and feel in touch with the deeper rhythms of life.

I eagarly look forward to more music from this Robert Powell. Come on Mr. Powell ... give us some more of your music!

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Before the Beach CD Review
Recycled Jimmy
These songs are truly enjoyable
Jimmy's searching spirit
Nashville Jimmy

Before the Beach
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ASIN: B000002OOA
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A Mile High In Denver
The Captain And The Kid
Captain America
Turnabout
There's Nothin' Soft About Hard Times
I Can't Be Your Hero Today
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Ace
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Customer Reviews:

Before the Beach CD Review.......2006-03-09

Many people don't know that these cuts were released on an album called "Before the Salt." This is a pivotal album for Buffett as it was the one he made just before going to Key West, Florida with Jerry Jeff Walker.

His music style decidedly changed during and after Key West. So Before the beach provides us some classic Buffett to listen to. My favorite on the Album is Death Valley Lives. While Ellis Dee represents social commentary on the poor. Quite the dichotamy in songs.

In any case this is a great album and a "must have" for any true Parrot Head worth his/her salt. : )

Recycled Jimmy.......2001-09-20

I am a huge "Parrothead." I own every Jimmy album that's been released, which is about 30. I even own this one, but this is a recycled version of Jimmy's first 2 albums -- Down To Earth and High Cumberland Jubilee. Basically they stuck almost all of the songs from those 2 albums on this one. Furthermore, it's country. It's not Jimmy's normal stuff. Even Jimmy doesn't like this stuff. He said so in his book "A Pirate Looks at 50." This is titled "Before the Beach" because it's the music Jimmy was making before he went on his first trip to Key West. At that point he metamorphosized into the Jimmy we know and love today. Again, I say this is COUNTRY -- not Jimmy's brand of music.

These songs are truly enjoyable.......2001-07-11

It's true. Just as everyone else notes, it's not the parrothead variety of music. But it is truly a collection of Jimmy Buffett to be treasured. What you will hear on this CD is something that so much of today's music just doesn't offer. You'll know what I mean when you hear it.

Jimmy's searching spirit.......2000-10-24

This is the core of jimmy b. trying to figure and reason with the lifestyles and morality plays of people around him; with his catholic upbringing and free thinking good hearted enthusiasm for the spirit, he reveals himself. This recording has a great folksy sound. It sounds American

Nashville Jimmy.......2000-07-11

This cd is basically Jimmy Buffett's first two albums, Down To Earth & High Cumberland Jubilee, combined together. The only omission is Mr. Buffett's first single, "The Christian?", which was on Down To Earth. The songs were recorded before he had ever been to Key West and they do not contain any of the Carribean flavor that his later recordings would have. The songs are written mostly in the country-rock vein. There is no mention of later Buffett themes like sailing, the beach or partying. The album gets stronger as it plays on and it shows the progress Mr. Buffett was making as a performer. The songs that were originally on his second album are better than ones on the first and you can hear how Mr. Buffett's writing was improving and getting stronger. The better songs include "Death Valley Lives", "Ace", "Rockerfeller Square", "Bend A Little" and "In The Shelter" as well as two songs that would be rerecorded on later albums, the pretty and touching "The Captain & The Kid" and "Livingston's Gone To Texas". The cd is uneven at times, but it is worth a listen to hear a young Jimmy Buffett before he became the King of the Parrotheads.

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Whirling Melodies
Stinson Organ Band
Manufacturer: Dynamic Recording
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ASIN: B000A2UCH4
Release Date: 2005-06-01

Tracks:

Side By Side 1:57
Im Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover 2:07
Blue Skies 2:09
Rosy Cheeks 1:43
Oh Lizzie 1:51
Silver Moon 1:41
Hello Cutie 2:03
Pretty Little Thing 1:57
My Regular Girl 2:00
Hoosier Sweetheart 2:09
Me And My Shadow 1:49
Oh The Whippoorwill Sings 1:52
The Night Of Love 1:42
Among My Souvenirs 2:04
Kiss Waltz 3:41
Charmaine 2:04
What Do We Do On A ? 2:03
Theres A Trick In Pickin 2:06
Diane 1:54
Together, We Two 1:52
Yes, We Have No Bananas 2:00
Dreamy Melody 1:46
Good Night 1:47
Youve Got To See Mama Every Night 2:18
You Know You Belong To Somebody Else 1:55
Peter Pan (I Love You) 1:54
The Midnight Waltz 1:41
Vienna Blood Waltz 2:50 Real Audio / MP3
The Happy Wanderer 0:45

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Commemorative CD Celebrating The 100th Anniversary of The Ontario Beach Park Dentzel Menagerie Carrousel The year 2005 marks the 100th Anniversary of the Gustav Denzel Menagerie Carousel at Ontario Beach Park in Rochester, New York. On the scenic shore of Lake Ontario, "The Duchess" spins around in her original home - long after the other rides comprising the "Coney Island Of Western New York" passed into the annals of amusement park history.

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dilego is rockin it out
Some People Hitchhike for a Reason
Timeless music

The Lonestar Hitchhiker-Vol. One
Don DiLego
Manufacturer: Kingcut / Union
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ASIN: B0000636SV
Release Date: 2001-04-06

Tracks:

Travelogue
Lonestar Hitchhiker
New Road
The Vegas Man!
Nicotine Prom Queen
Border Song
1933
Ohio Fight Song
Mister Goodwill
California
Texas Motel
Goodnight, Aliens

Album Description

Three months, thirty states, fifteen thousand miles, and one dog. Set in motion by a chance meeting with a brooklyn-bound subway rider calling himself "The Lonestar Hitchhiker", Don DiLego set out in search of inspiration to tell an account of the stranger's story...a story he hoped would write itself on the open road. It did. A collection of journal, observation, rhyme, and confession, "The Lonestar Hitchhiker" is Don's cinematic debut LP record. A concept album for the new millenium.

Accept for a moment that the album draws significant inspiration from equal parts Johnny Cash, David Bowie, Wilco and Beck. An experiment in pop gone awry with all the subtle trappings of a rusty barbed-wire fence, bad cowboy poetry, and a coin-operated acoustic guitar. * * *

Customer Reviews:

dilego is rockin it out.......2004-03-19

don dilego is blowing me away with this album of diverse songs from raucous rock to moody ballads..... this guy is a force....i fully expect to hear alot of talk about him very soon..... this is the type of album you can play at parties or just grooving in your convertiible on a long straight road........

Some People Hitchhike for a Reason.......2003-11-29

Don DiLego was inspired by a homeless man on the NYC subway to write all of The Lonestar Hitchhiker while traveling cross-country on Route 66. I didn't like Kerouac's On The Road much in college so I really shouldn't be surprised that this album didn't do much for me either. DiLego is not without famous traveling companions however as Imani Coppola guests on the title track and DiLego managed to wrangle his way into recording at NYC's Electric Lady studios. "Nicotine Prom Queen" is catchy though "The Vegas Man!" sounds as if it could be the theme song to Bonanza 2020. Maybe DiLego can get Hoss and Little Joe to pick him up next time.

Timeless music.......2003-04-15

Every song on this album brings a different musical and emotional vibe. Instrumentation and production get high grades. The songwriting is top-notch. Highly recommended!

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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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ASIN: B0009JMELK
Release Date: 2005-06-21

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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

Jussi Björling Edition: Studio Recordings 1930-1959

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Superb!
Beatiful singing - but where are the Swedish texts?
if you like bjorling this is the best thing you can get!
The ULTIMATE Collection
Definitive survey of one of the finest singers on record

Jussi Björling Edition: Studio Recordings 1930-1959

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ASIN: B000002S9L
Release Date: 1998-01-20

Tracks:

Aida: Se quel guerrier...Celeste Aida
Rigoletto: La donna e mobile
La Boheme: Che gelida manina
Tosca: Recondita armonia
TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle
La fanciulla del West: Ch'ella mi creda
La Gioconda: Cielo e mar!
L'africaine: Mi batte Il cor...O paradiso
Ideale
O sole mio
The Vagabond King: Only A Rose
For You Alone
Manon: Instant Carmant ... En ferman les yeux
Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee
Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure
Martha: M'appari tutt'amor
Martha: Cujus animam
Messa da requiem: Ingemisco
Il Trovatore: Ah si ben mio
Il Trovatore: Di quella pira
Il Trovatore: Ah si, ben mio
Il Trovatore: Di quella pira
Rigoletto: Questa o quella

Tracks:

La Boheme: O soave faniculla
Rigoletto: E il sol dell'anima
Rigoletto: Questa o quella
Un Ballo in Maschera: Di' tu se fedele
Turnadot: Nessun dorma!
Andrea Chenier: Come un bel di di maggio
Fedora: Amor ti vieta
Cavalleria Rusticana: Mamma!...Quel vino
Pagliacci: Recita! ... Vesti la giubba
Mattinata
L'Elisir D'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima
Les Pecheurs De Perles: Je crois entendre encore
Romeo et Juliette: Ah! leve-tol, soleil!
Manon: Je suis seul! ... Ah! fuyez, douce image
L'arlesiana: E la solita storia
Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola
Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai
Tosca: Recondita armonia
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
La Boheme: O soave fanciulla
Romeo et Juliette: Ange adorable
Jocelyn: Concealed In This Retreat
L'albe separa dalla luve l'ombra

Tracks:

Romeo et Juliette: Hoj dig, du klara sol
Rigoletto: O, I kvinnor: Questa o quella
L'illustre Fregona: Fylld av vemod sanker sig natten: Melancolque tombe le soir
Knyaz (Prince) Igor: Dagen gick langsamt till ro: Vladimir's Cavatina: Medlenno den' ugasal
Tosca: Det skona star att finna: Ricondita armonia
Tosca: Ja minns stjarnorna lyste: E lucevan le stelle
Rigoletto: Ack, som ett fjun sa latt: La donna e mobile
Il Trovatore: Skyhogt mot himlen
Pagliacci: Spela komedi! ... Pudra ditt anlet: Recitar! ... Vesti la giubba
Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola
La fanciulla del West: Lat henne tro: Ch'ella mi creda
Fanal: I manner over lag och ratt
Sadko: I sonderns hav
La Belle Helene: Uti en skog pa berget Ida
Der Zigeunerbaron: Vem har oss vigt?
Der Bettelstudent: Skall jag tala ... Antag det fall
Der Bettelstudent: Ny ar jag pank och fagelgri: Ich hab keion Geld, bin vogelfrei
Nar hag for mig shalv i morka skogen gar
Bland skogens hoga furustammar
Ack Varmeland, du skona
Allt under himmelens faste
Tonerna
Sommarnatt: I de lyse naetter
Ett Folk: Sverige
Land, du valsignade
Namner du Sverige

Tracks:

Adelaide
Morgen
Cacilie
Bon i ofredstid
Bisp Thomas frihetssang
In The Silence Of Night
Siren: Lilacs
Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
Because
Sylvia
A Spirit Flower
Ah, Love But A Day
Tonerna: I Bless Ev'ry Hour
Till havs
Sangen till havest
Visa king slandblom och manskara
Jungfrun under lind
Kung Helmer och Aslog
Trollsjon
Sa tag mit hjerte
Demanten pa marssnon
Cantique de Noel: Julsang (O helga natt) : Cantique de Noel

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This set tells you why Jussi Bjorling is a perennial entrant in the "Tenor of the Century" sweepstakes. Even as the voice darkens from the light lyric to the full, darker instrument of the later recordings, we hear a singer whose elegant style, lovely timbre and innate musicality touch the heart. Many of the selections are sung in Swedish, less of a liability than you might suppose. In whatever language, Bjorling's molten gold flows lavishly. He eschews the sobs and sentimentality that disfigure so much verismo repertory, making his points with stylish vocalism. He's been called a "cool" singer, but try his Puccini and Verdi arias on Disc One and you'll find more than enough vocal and emotional heat. The selections include many neglected Scandinavian songs, sung, like the arias, with a naturalness that disarms criticism. -- Dan Davis

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Swedish tenor Jussi Björling gets many votes for the distinction of greatest all-time tenor. Up to the end, the voice projected a boyish vulnerability, though he also had enough stentorian power to sing the heavy Puccini roles and was ready to take on Lohengrin when he died. He was so deeply musical he eschewed the usual tenor vulgarity without ever slighting the music's theatricality. Even these four well-filled discs of arias and songs can't fully encompass the vocal riches he left behind, but there's a lot here, much of it from his earliest years and (hope you don't mind) sung in a Swedish translation. --David Patrick Stearns

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Superb!.......2001-07-29

This is an wonderful compilation of one of the most incredible voices on record. Whether you are a new or old Bjorling fan -- and who could hear that voice and not be enthralled by it -- this is a fine CD to have. The quality of the recording is excellent, and the range in years, from 1930 to 1959, gives a splendid overview of his dazzling talent. In addition to many of the arias one might expect, there are also lieder and songs in Swedish, as well as some charming duets with Jussi's wife, Anna-Lisa. I have quite a few other Bjorling CDs, and this is one of the best in terms of quality and scope. It is a most worthy addition to any Bjorling collection, regardless of its size.

Beatiful singing - but where are the Swedish texts?.......2001-06-22

This is an excellent collection, the best available overview of a great tenor.

This would get 4 stars but has been marked down for only supplying token texts and translations in the large booklet. It is understandable (sort of) that the Italian opera excerpts don't merit texts and translations as (apart from the Callas recitals series) EMI generally doesn't provide texts with historical issues. However the tempting inclusion of a dozen or so texts to the Italian and Swedish songs makes one all the more aware of the miserliness of not providing all the texts.

if you like bjorling this is the best thing you can get!.......2000-06-26

this is so awesome, i love his voice, this is good for anyone, the professional or just someone who wants to hear the greatest tenor of all times! this is so great

The ULTIMATE Collection.......1999-11-02

When starting my Bjorling collection, I saw MANY CDs, with his early recordings. I was in a quandry as to what to buy, UNTIL I found this set. TRULY remarkable in many levels.FIRST and foremost, the voice. Captured in all levels, from the earliest to the latest. Truly wonderful, and the Swedish versions are a real treat to hear, don't worry, the Italian versions are here too!!Secondly, the remastering process. This set was remastered at Abbey Studios in London. For the first time I've heard, they actually pressed NEW 78s from the metal plates, and THEN remastered the new discs!!! Inspired, and the results--incredible.I find myself listening to Disc 3 the most. Very interesting, as it is the Swedish one. When the songs are terrific, along with the "standard" tenor arias, and it all comes together, it is PURE MAGIC!! I will admit that due to time limitations of recordings of this era, the opera house Bjorling is not fully conveyed. There are other CDs for that. Most notably "Romeo and Juliet", and for a REAL thrill, his ATLANTA concert, in STEREO, so much so, that the piano is even divided; left hand left, right hand right. Wait a minute, am I playing TWISTER??:-)) But if you want to skip all those unknown labels, you couldn't have a MORE complete set. ALL wit the great remastering I spoke of. Bjorling--His voice will NEVER die, at least in MY house!!!

Definitive survey of one of the finest singers on record.......1998-09-25

Jussi Bjoerling was one of the greatest singers of the century. His voice is pure, effortless and yet thrilling. Even better than the quality of the voice is his style. He never scoops up to a note nor does he ever whoop down from one, instead, he uses perfect legato and faultless intonation to deliver the cleanest sound you'll ever hear from a tenor.

This collection, from the large set of EMI recordings, provides a wonderful survey of Bjoerling's career. He was a straight 'spinto' tenor, that is, between a lyrical tenor (like Pavarotti) and a dramatic tenor (like Domingo). Most of the Puccini roles demand a spinto and those are the roles that Bjoerling was unbeatable in (particularly Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut). However, I think I most prize this collection for the songs sung in English on the last disc. I had some of them on a cassette I wore out in the car and others on a vinyl disc I wore out at home. For shear beauty of voice, the Berceuse by Jocelyn is stunning. For perfect diction, intonation and style, Love but a Day is breathtaking. Buy this set and I guarantee you'll fall in love with what many think is the finest voice on record.

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