Going Back

Going Back

ASIN: B0000002LW

Track Listings

1. Little Mountain Road

2. Ages and Ages Ago

3. Going Back to Old Virginia

4. Love Sweet Love

5. Standing Room Only

6. More and More

7. God Has Been So Good to Me

8. Are You Wasting My Time

9. All I Have to Do Is Dream

10. You'll Always Be the Only One

11. Read What's in My Heart

12. My Smokey Mountain Rose

13. My False Sweetheart

14. I Want to Be a Christian Soldier

Tracks:

Amazing Grace
Fanfare: Jubilant
Trot & Canter Medley: The Keel Row/Dundee
Marches Medley: The Back O'Bennachie/The Drunken Piper/72nd's Farewell To Aberdeen/Corriechoillie...
Cornet Carillon
Scottland The Brave
Slow Air & Jigs Medley: Leaving Rhu Vaternish/Nameless/The Duck/Eleanor's/Drummer's Salute
Russian Imperial Anthem
Slow March & Walk Medley: Garb Of Old Gaul/Men Of Harlech
March, Strathspey, Reels And March Medley: Achany Glen/Craig-A-Bodaich/Dalnahasaig/Mac Farlane's...
Slow Air: Going Home
Evening Hymn: Abide With Me
Reville: Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Quick Marches Medley: Third Dragoon Guards/Highland Laddie

Album Details

Tracks Include: Amazing Grace, Paloma Blanca, Moonliner Rock March, Turn on the Sun, the Highland Cradle, Brazil, Going to Pitlochry and More.

Customer Reviews:

Great music.......2007-04-05

The pipes, like a few other things, are something you either love or hate. If you are not a Scot, they may sound like someone is scalding cats. If you are Scot, or even partly so, they will make your blood boil. This album certanily does that. It has a mix of traditional and more upbeat music. The traditional "Amazing Grace" is fantastic and the last selection is an upbeat Caribbean rendition that is great.

Not just pipes.......2007-02-12

I purchased this CD looking for bagpipe tracks to listen to. The recording of Amazing Grace is flawless, and inspiring. However - much of this CD is the entire band playing more modern music (of course this album was recorded in the 70's). The pipe playing is excellent, but this is not really a bagpipe CD.

Finally Found It!!.......2005-08-03

I have been searching for a CD of this recording for ages! In 1971, when it was originally released, I was 10 years old and couldn't appreciate the album that my brother played endlessly. As I got older I started to miss it. I found a cassette copy several years ago, but am afraid to use it anymore for fear of it breaking. My brother told me he had found a copy of the CD at his local Borders, and since I don't have one in my neighborhood I checked good old Amazon!! I have just ordered and I am looking forward to receiving it. I'm not a music critic, but after hearing many pipe and drum recordings, this has got to be the best I've ever heard.

A thousand horse cavalry charge!.......2005-06-11

I judge bagpipes by Scotland the Brave. This is magnificant; like a thousand horse cavalry charge. The only problem is that, at 45 seconds, it is too short.

It would have been far better if it had been played once on pipes alone and then again with the brass dropped in behind the pipes. A thousand highlanders screaming across the battlefield, followed by the thousand horse cavalry charge. Just thinking about it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand and my blood pressure go through the roof.

This album is magnificent, but it could have been awesome.

Updated Amazing Grace.......2003-05-09

Having reviewed the original "Amazing Grace" recording by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards from 1971 it seems that Amazon.com now offers a series of recordings that the bands released in the late 70 and 1980s under the same title. The first half of this CD contains tracks from a 1976 release of the bands entitled "The Lengendary Amazing Grace" In addition to a fine updated version of the now famous tune four years after its original world wide hit, this part of the CD contains some interesting selections for band and pipes. "Una Palma Blanca" is a true example of how the RSDG bands went to great lengths to explore the full combined sound. The regimental band supports the pipes with a variety of modern sounds including an electronic bass guitar which many military bands in fact use for concert purposes today providing as it does a useful Continuo bass line for a military band. "Theme in Glory" and "Turn on the Sun" are additional examples of just how good the RSDG bands had mastered the concept of combing their resources. These are truly exciting pieces to listen too. The regimental band shows its stuff with "Rockout" an arrangement of classic old rock music themes. The pipes and drums provide three medleys and are simply surperb. One can hear that a distinctive change had taken place in the ensemble sound of the pipe band since 1971. The RSDG drummers have incorporated the use of their tenor drums to creat an amazing drummers' accompaniment to the pipes. This innovation would become standard in the piping world, but it owes its origins largely to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards pipes and drums. Listen to how magificent the pipe band sounds when they first enter to the 6/8 medley starting with "Macneils of Ugdale". You won't find a better sound even today. The Retreat medley starting with "Lochanside" is also amazing. Its worth getting the CD just for those tracks as well as the others. Perhaps the most haunting combined tune is an arrangment of Handel's "Largo" with the solo pipes doubling for the voice parts. Truly beautiful and moving.

The second part of the CD contains recordings of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards from the later 1970s. The listener will note that there is a subtle, but different recorded sound to the bands. They don't come across quite as clear as in the first 12 tracks on the CD. Again, there is the same rich selection of music with imaginative arrangements and unusual sounds. The regimental band gets highlighted more in these remaining tracks and the same versatility is still there. The "Slave Chorus" from Verdi's "Nabucco Opera" gets an interesting modern treatment. "Moonliner Rock March" is another great arrangement of rock tunes that gets the special Royal Scots Dragoon Guards touch. The pipes and drums are back with several combined medley's as well as two solo displays. The drummers show their stuff in "Drummer's Salute" displaying their modern percussion techniques that are still inspiring today for the pipe band world. All in all a worthy continuation of the "Amazing Grace" tradition that was started in 1971 and carred on since then. It's good to see that some of the many recordings the bands made through the years are now on CD. Enjoy the unique sound of the bands of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards who did a lot to popularize Scottish and military band music in general around the world. Truly a legend of "Amazing Grace"

Going Back Home
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Phillip Walker's new record brings the blues back home

Going Back Home
Phillip Walker
Manufacturer: Delta Groove Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000LP4NZC
Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

Lying Woman
Mama Bring Your Clothes Back Home
Mean Mean Woman
Blackjack
Honey Stew
Don't Think 'Cause You're Pretty
Leave My Money Alone
Bad Blood
Lay You Down
If You See My Baby
Sweet Home New Orleans
Happy Man Blues
Walking With Frankie

Album Description

On his Delta Groove debut, the legendary Gulf Coast guitarist goes back to his roots to explore the rich history of Louisiana, Texas and the West Coast on classic material by Lowell Fulson, Ray Charles, Lonesome Sundown, Lightnin' Hopkins, Frankie Lee Sims and more. Walker is joined by label mates Al Blake, Fred Kaplan and Richard Innes of the Hollywood Blue Flames, along with support by Bay area guitarist Rusty Zinn, boogie woogie pianist Rob Rio, the versatile Jeff Turmes on standup/electric bass and tenor/bari saxophones, David Woodford on tenor sax, and Walker's own bassist when out on the road, James W. Thomas.

Customer Reviews:

Phillip Walker's new record brings the blues back home.......2007-05-31

Now 70 years old,Phillip Walker has made one of the best albums of his career.He's picked songs from artists that have influenced him,like Percy Mayfield,Lowell Fulson,and Lonesome Sundown.This album has a nice variety of songs and styles - from low-down(Champion Jack Dupree's "Bad Blood") to funky(Percy Mayfield's "Lying Woman").If You like this record,also try to hear Phillip Walker's Black Top albums - on one of them he pays tribute to his boss of the 1950's,accordion wizard Clifton Chenier,by playing a zydeco blues.With the strength of this new fine effort,let's wish that any sensible record company will re-release these modern classics.

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Great Music From Great Musicians
This is my all-time favorite album!
Bill Frisell? Ginger Baker? Charlie Haden? Need I Say More?
Great, great Music
Listen and enjoy

Going Back Home
Ginger Baker
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002J0R
Release Date: 1994-09-20

Tracks:

Rambler
I Lu Kron
Straight No Chaser
Ramblin
Ginger Blues
Ain temouchant
When We Go
In The Moment
Spiritual
East Timor

Customer Reviews:

Great Music From Great Musicians.......2006-05-19

I have a big music collection, so I am at the point where getting new music is getting hard for me. I don't like most of the new music out, so I am going back in time looking for things I may have missed the first time around. Going Back Home to me is a burried treasure. Most people know of Eric Claptons music off the top of their heads because of the tremendous amount of radio play he gets. Ginger Baker (Jack Bruce also), have made some great music since the Cream days. This album is living proof. The playing by everyone here is top notch. Bill Frisell truly shines on guitar. It is a shame such talented people do not get the exposure that they deserve. I you like 60's - 70's jam rock this is a great addition to your collection.

This is my all-time favorite album!.......2005-02-05

I believe that the world would be a better place if everybody left a review on Amazon for their all-time favorite album. Here's mine. How often do you read a review that starts out like that? The more important question is, how often do you come across a disc as good as as the Ginger Baker Trio's "Going Back Home?" The answer is, this is a once in a lifetime experience. This is perfect music. "Going Back Home" (GBH) is the paramount example of psychedelia meeting intellectual music that rocks, swings and trips. The music is dark, dreamy and very intelligent. Baker, Frisell and Haden made this one of those once in a lifetime albums due to having the right musicians in the same place at the optimal time. The disc is a convergence of dynamics, (like the production and song choices) but more mystically, the stars and planets were all in perfect alignment. The sequel, "Falling off the Roof" is great, but not legendary as with the predecessor. Initially, I thought this album would turn me onto Ginger Baker's post-Cream discography. Instead, this recording pulled me into the world of what eventually became one of my all-time favorite guitar players, Bill Frisell. By the way, if you dig GBH, you will enjoy "Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones" almost as much. At the time of review, you could purchase about a dozen of these discs used for under $5.00, so what are you waiting for?

Bill Frisell? Ginger Baker? Charlie Haden? Need I Say More?.......2005-01-13

I got this album many days ago and I can't quit listening to it. I'm a big fan of Bill Frisell, so it's always nice to hear him play. For those of you that don't know who Bill Frisell is....my only question is where have you been for the last 20 years? His atmospheric and textural guitar style has made it's way on many albums from Nora Jones to Marc Johnson to John Zorn. Then there is Ginger Baker who in my opinion is one of the greatest drummers in the world. Yes, he was in Cream and has played on countless other albums. Ginger really showed his range on this album. This album is swingin' with rhythm. Last, but certainly not least, is bass guru Charlie Haden. Charlie has a very melodic style and it shows on this album.

Every song on this album is great. Some song highlights for me are "I Lu Kron," "Ramblin',"Straight, No Chaser," "Ain Temouchant," and "In The Moment." I think if you like jazz and you like these three guys, then you should do yourself a favor and pick up this album.

Great, great Music.......2004-11-18

This might be the best thing that Ginger Baker has ever done. Although this record was cut about 25 years after Cream broke up, Baker's drumming apparently lost nothing in the interregnum; it is crisp, loud, energetic, and imaginative. You could call him the lead drummer on most tracks. If anything, he's even better than ever. And it doesn't hurt when you have Bill Frisell and Charlie Hayden, who are jazz greats, in your corner. The guitar work Frisell does here is the best I've heard him do. None of the tracks on this album are weak. It's great driving music. In fact, it's great music for anywhere--car or at home. I've listened to this album countless times since I got it back in 2000. Chances are, you will, too.

Listen and enjoy.......2002-04-06

This is one of those releases in which you have to apply your ears and spend some time with to really enjoy. Maybe its the Frisellesque winding pathways of musicality, twisting and turning through the composition. Or, Ginger Baker cascading down and around the tracks dancing on the batterie' (drum kit) with experienced abandon. Perhaps it could be Charlie Haden's bass - beautifully resounding. No, its the combined effort, the synergy and free-play among the trio which makes this puppy cook. Dig it!

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classic music, but not the classic line-up

Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains
The Country Gentlemen
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000OQF6SQ
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains
Going to the Races
Azzuro Campana
Dark as a Dungeon
Copper Kettle
Billy in the Low Ground
I Saw the Light
Tom Dooley # 2
Brown Mountain Light
Electricity
Daybreak in Dixie
Mary Dear
Sad and Lonesome Day
Cripple Creek
Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky?
Muleskinner Blues

Album Description

Modern bluegrass was born on July 4, 1957 when the original Country Gentlemen took the stage at the Admiral Grill in Baileys Crossroads, Virginia. The foursome heard on this disc is the "classic" Country Gentlemen-Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock, and Tom Gray, one of the greatest ensembles in bluegrass history. This reissue of the Gents' 1973 album catches the band in its prime. 28-page booklet, 16 tracks, 46 mins.

Customer Reviews:

classic music, but not the classic line-up.......2007-06-13

This is typically great music from the Country Gentlemen, recorded at a series of live dates in 1964 but not released until 1973. However, the liner notes erroneously refer to it as being from the "classic" Gents line-up of Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock, and Tom Gray, when in fact it was Ed Ferris, not Tom, on bass.

(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection

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Great set of wartime rarities
Cure for the Blues
Standard Transcription Collection

(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection
Spike Jones
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Strictly for Music Lovers
Spike Jones - Greatest Hits
Fonk
Spiked!: The Music of Spike Jones
The Spike Jones Story

ASIN: B00007JR3K
Release Date: 2003-04-08

Album Description

Holiday blues comin' on? Well, put a spike in `em! Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet—79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Customer Reviews:

Great set of wartime rarities.......2003-05-14

Spike Jones was the king of the novelty song performers, with hits like "Der Fuehrer's Face" and the parody version of "Sheik of Araby" becoming huge hits during World War II. This is a swell 3-CD set, gathering a full eighty-one of Jones' best tracks from his 1940s heyday, drawn from an extensive archive of radio broadcasts made for the Standard Transcription service. The tightness of his City Slickers band is amply demonstrated in these manic, kookily orchestrated performances. Toots, squonks, blatts and bleats whiz by at lightning speed, as one daffy song after another will delight devoted fans. Amazingly, Jones had the unusual, almost unique ability to perform a repertoire almost entirely made up of comedic material, and yet still be quite listenable and engaging. His jazz chops were hardly in question, and from time to time Jones would dash off a non-novelty ballad or two, just to give the rubes something to think about. Of course, just as often he would perform a song that *sounded* like a straight ballad, but would turn out to be another goof. (One great example of this is the sultry "Serenade To A Jerk," sung in slinky, burlesque tones by Myrtle Horwin.) This collection may seem a little overwhelming, but like his studio recordings, these radio performances have a certain brilliance and joie de vivre about them that will leave you enchanted. Definitely worth checking out!

Cure for the Blues.......2003-04-25

Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet-79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Standard Transcription Collection.......2003-04-12

This collection has remastered material from the large stack of Standard Transcription discs from the early 1940's. There are many songs not recorded on RCA, many on the theme of wartime ("48 Reasons Why"), and the quality is excellent. The packaging is threadbare but this is an essential CD package for true music lovers.

Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)

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Great CD
Simply the Best
Inconsistent, but mostly excellent
"Celebration" is not strong enough a word
A maginificent evening, a magnificent album

Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)
Stephen Sondheim , Betty Buckley , Paul Gemignani , Patti LuPone , Liza Minnelli , and Bernadette Peters
Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway
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ASIN: B000003FDW
Release Date: 1993-02-23

Tracks:

Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd--orchestra, Jerry Hadley ("Johanna"), Eugene Perry,Herbert Perry ("Pretty Women")
Evening Introduction--Bill Irwin
Loveland/Getting Married Today--Ensemble, Jeanne Lehman, Mark Jacoby, Madeline Kahn
Waiting for the Girls Upstairs--George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton/Love, I Hear--Michael Jeter/Live Alone and Like It--James Naughton
Someone Is Waiting--Richard Muenz/Symphonic Sondheim: Barcelona--orchestra
Being Alive--Patti LuPone
Good Thing Going--The Tonics
Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Dorothy Loudon
Our Time--Boys Choir of Harlem/Children Will Listen--Betty Buckley
Anyone Can Whistle--Billy Stritch
Water Under the Bridge--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch
Back in Business--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch, Ensemble

Tracks:

Symphonic Sondheim: Comedy Tonight--Bill Irwin, orchestra
Sooner or Later--Karen Ziemba
Pretty Lady--Mark Jacoby, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry
Green Finch and Linnet Bird--Harolyn Blackwell
The Ballad of Booth--Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber
Broadway Baby--Daisy Eagan
I Never Do Anything Twice--BETTY
With So Little to Be Sure Of--Jerry Hadley, Carolann Page
Not a Day Goes By--Bernadette Peters
Remember?--Ron Baker, Peter Blanchet, Carol Meyer, Bronwyn Thomas, Blythe Walker (Quintet)/A Weekend in the Country--Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry, Quintet
Send in the Clowns--Glenn Close
Old Friends--Liza Minnelli
Sunday--Bernadette Peters, Broadway Chorus

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2006-08-06

This is a wonderful double CD of fabulous musical numbers performed by theatre greats and directed by a legandary musical director.

Simply the Best.......2005-06-29

First, to the person who criticizes the recording b/c of "Broadway Baby." Daisy Egan (who sings in in this recording) sounds like she's 10 becuase she IS young. She had just appeared on Braodway in Secret Garden and won a Tony for it. It's a joke...Broadway BABY...hello, it's a joke.

In a compilation of songs like this you're always going to have tracks that you prefer over others, but the majority of the renditions in this CD are great. This is simply one of the best collections of Sondheim out there. You get interpretations that span from "classical" (Green Finch), to bordering on insane (Anything Twice). This is to demonstrate how versatile this composer really is.

In my opinion, some of the best renditions are "Not a Day Goes By," "Anyone Can Whistle", "Girls Upstairs Medley," "Losing My Mind/Drive a Person Crazy," and "Weekend inthe Country." Makes me wish I had been there to witness it first hand.

If you love Sondheim and enjoy hearing Broadway performers, get this CD. A great recording.

Inconsistent, but mostly excellent.......2004-03-21

I am sure no knowledgeable person would deny how absolutely perfect all these songs are. However, the performances on this album are extremely inconsistent. It will go from an excellent rendition (Waiting for the Girls medley, Sunday, With So Little To Be Sure Of, Sooner or Later, Green Finch, Send in the Clowns, Pretty Lady) to the weird (I never Do Anything Twice), to the bad (Broadway Baby, Our Time). I still have absolutely no idea how they managed to butcher one of the best songs ever written--Good Thing Going--and turn it into smooth jazz elevator music. Why would they give Broadway Baby to someone who sounds like she's 10? That said, Liza Minelli, Glenn Close, Karen Ziemba, Dorothy Laudon and the "Waiting for the Girls" performers are all very good. And ending with Bernadette Peters and "Sunday" ends the set on a absolutley fabulous note.

"Celebration" is not strong enough a word.......2003-04-30

This review is by Crosley.

I have been a major Sondheim fan for quite some time, and I finally obtained a copy of this album. I was blown away by the excellent cast and phenomenal selection of music. It is obvious how much work went into this production, considering that this is the live recording of a one time show, and it's flawless. The songs cover all of his shows with the exception of "Passion," which was released 3 years after this show. Also, the shows for which he wrote only lyrics are ommited, like West Side Story, Gypsy, etc. Thus, you can find material from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Merrily we Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins.

There are two striking things about this CD (besides the music and performers themselves). First of all, some of the songs are completely stylistically reworked. The most obvious are "Good Thing Going" and "I Never do Anything Twice." Both are traditionally very ballady with a piano accompaniment, but here they have been redone as jazzy tunes. The result is excellent. Such reworkings demonstrate that Sondheim writes music for virtually any style, and in these cases, across several styles. It's a great example of his variety. The other interesting thing is how many songs have overlapping melodies of songs from different shows. Case in point, "Our Time" and "No one is Alone" are sung seperately by the Harlem Boys Choir and Betty Buckley (the original Grizabella in Webber's atrocious "CATS," although Buckley was excellent) respectively, and then combined. Putting these two songs together offer different meanings to each, and the music is only enhanced. Another example, the trio of "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Love, I Hear," and "Live Alone and Like It" are sung in that order, and then the latter two are combined. Again, the meanings of the songs change, this time in an almost narrative style, and offering different takes on love in the same montage. Lastly (at least for this review, there are more), Dorothy Laudon's (the original Ms. Hannigan in Annie) combination of "Losing my Mind" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" is brilliant. Those who are familiar with these songs will wonder how exactly they fit, but trust me, they do. She swtiches back and forth between melodies to create a number that starts poignant and beautiful, and soon moves to become uproariously funny. Both the song reworkings and overlapping melodies of unrelated songs are all for the better.

I recommend this recording to anyone wanting to get better acquainted with some of Sondheim's best work, or those already familiar who want to hear a tour de force of phenomenal music. It has been said that Sondheim is a masterful lyricist (which he is), but lacks real talent for music. This CD is the final proof that such critics are wrong. His music may take a few listenings to get into, contrary to Webber or Wildhorn, but unlike those two, he doesn't cater to the audience. He challenges them to think outside of traditional musical theater in a glorious repertoise of shows that reach for a smarter, more sophisticated form.

A maginificent evening, a magnificent album.......2001-12-16

There's something to be said for the first concert you ever see at Carnegie Hall. I was fortunate enough to have this be my first. This entire evening was devoted to his genius and the performers did not disappoint.

This wonderful double CD shows off the best and brightest of the musical theatre composer and it is, as one person put it, "an embarassment of riches." With songs from his finest works done in amazing arrangements (listen to that harmony in "We Had a Good Thing Going"!) combined with fabulous performers this is a Sondheim lovers delight.

Tracks:

Wishin' And Hopin'
Little By Little
All Cried Out
Losing You
Son Of A Preacher Man
All I See Is You
In The Middle Of Nowhere
What Have I Done To Deserve This
Goin' Back
Island Of Dreams
I'll Try Anything
Reputation
Stay Awhile
In Private
Time And Time Again
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
I Only Want To Be With You
Windmills Of Your Mind
Silver Threads And Golden Needles
Say I Won't Be There
Some Of Your Lovin'
The Look Of Love
I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
Nothing Has Been Proved
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

Album Description

1994 compilation on Phonogram, featuring 25 of the esteemedBritish pop vocalist's absolute finest, all digitallyremastered. Spanning 1962-1989, it contains some of herbiggest hits as voice of the Springfields to her chartsuccesses with the Pet Shop Boys in the late '80s, plus allof her best in between, including 'Son Of A Preacher Man','Wishin' And Hopin'', 'I'll Try Anything', 'Stay Awhile','The Look Of Love', 'I Only Want To Be With You' and'Windmills Of Your Mind'!

Album Details

25 Track Comprehensive Anthology (Derived from the Four CD Box Set Issued in 1992) that is Sequenced in a Way that Keeps You Marvelling at What a Fantastic Vocalist this Woman Was. Every Great Hit is Here, from the Springfields to the Bacharach Associations to the Pet Shop Boys Productions. Not Only That, Every Track is Digitally Remastered, So the Sound is Outstanding.

Customer Reviews:

Strongest single CD collection of Dusty's hits.......2004-09-25

This compilation includes many of Dusty's British and American hits, from her early folk-pop music as lead singer of the Springfields to her comeback in the late eighties, helped by the Pet shop boys. Some people will be disappointed that the tracks are not in chronological order but I've yet to see another collection that is as hit-laden as this one.

The Springfields had several UK hits, two of which (Island of dreams, Say I won't be there) made the top five. Silver threads and golden needles, an American top twenty hit, somehow missed the UK charts altogether but its American success has inspired a number of cover versions, notably by Linda Ronstadt, so some British listeners will be familiar with the song anyway. Those three songs are included here but three lesser UK hits (Bambino, Breakaway and Come on home) are omitted.

Dusty became much more successful when she went solo. All her classic British and American sixties hits are here. I only want to be with you, I just don't know what to do with myself, Some of your loving, Going back, You don't have to say you love me, I close my eyes and count to ten, Losing you, In the middle of nowhere, All I see is you and Son of a preacher man, all reached the top ten in sixties Britain. Stay awhile, Little by little and I'll try anything made the UK top twenty.

Wishing and hoping, which opens this set, was a top twenty American hit but was not a hit in Britain although the song was a UK hit for the Merseybeats. All cried out, Look of love and Windmills of your mind are other American hits that missed the UK charts but are included here.

Some lesser American hits (What's it gonna be, A brand new me) and some lesser British hits (Your hurting kind of love, Give me time, Am I the same girl, How can I be sure) are missing, but there isn't room for everything on a single CD that covers the sixties and the eighties.

The eighties are represented by In private, What have I done to deserve this (with the Pet shop boys), Reputation and Nothing has been proved.

If you are looking for a single CD covering Dusty's whole career, this is the strongest you will find. If you are just looking for her sixties solo music but you want all the hits, however minor, I recommend the Dutch double CD, Singles. If you want the other Springfields hits, you'll have to buy a Springfields compilation although none are in print as I write this.

Look no further.....this is definitely the one you want!!!!!.......2004-09-04

Although some may consider this one to be a bit pricey, in my opinion this CD is easily the best available Dusty Springfield collection on the market today. The 25 track single disc English import covers nearly all of Dusty's extraordinary career from the early days with the Springfields until her final chart appearance with Pet Shop Boys in 1987. Of course, you'll find just about all of her important solo hits as well including "The Look of Love", "I Only Want To Be With You" and the 1966 Top 20 smash "All I See Is You". Also included is the haunting Grammy award winning tune "The Windmills of Your Mind" from the spring of '69 and a number of terrific tunes that were big hits for Dusty in England but failed to catch on here in the States. Among these are "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself", "In The Middle of Nowhere" and Dusty's all-time favorite single "Some of Your Lovin'" which reached number 8 on the British charts in the summer of 1965. There are a couple of notable omissions including "Brand New Me" from the winter of 1969 and "Mama's Little Girl" which I believe was Dusty's finest recording during her brief stay at ABC/Dunhill in the early 70's. My kudos to the folks at Philips for a first rate remastering job. If I have any criticism of this collection at all it is the skimpy six page booklet. Given the stature of this artist it could have easily been 10 or 12 pages. But at this point I doubt you will ever find a better Dusty Springfield collection. Highly recommended.

To begin your Dusty Springfield collection.......2004-04-09

This is an excellent compilation of Dusty Springfield's greatest hits, either UK hits or US hits, which not necessarily were always the same songs, besides her international smash hits, all of them made of her "the greatest british female singer" as it is today currently mentioned, not to forget that during some periods (since early 70s to late 80s) she remained practically forgotten, recording sporadically, enjoying some local success only, by the end of the 80s her duet with the Pet Shop Boys marked her definitive come-back to stardom. Listening to this Cd you'll be able to discover her vocal talent to sing many different music styles: early pop-rock, folk, her very particular approach to R&B/Soul, Italian ballads, dance/techno-pop, you'll find her versatility, her exemplary choices of songs and songwriters.
This CD is a good starting point to Dusty Springfield's musical legacy for those who still know few of her music, there are more to continue: "Something Special" is also a compilation, a double CD including no great hits other than "The Look of Love", but flip-sides of her singles, album tracks and ballads that didn't chart or were minor hits; her complete US or UK albums with bonus tracks are now all available, there are also many compilations of which I mention "Heart & Soul", the 3 CD Box "Anthology" (USA) and the 4 CD Box "Simply Dusty" (UK).

One disc compilation of Dusty's best.......2004-02-03

One of the most uneven careers belonged to a woman with one of the smoothest voices in pop. Pop? Dusty Springfield was equally at home doing soul, country, disco, and easy listening music. And though her heyday was 1962-1968, with a brief revival (1987-1990), the singer born Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien at one time was the Queen of British Pop in her first heyday.

Three songs during her time with Springfields, consisting of brother Tom and Tim Field are here. The UK #5 "Island Of Dreams" sports country-like harmonies, harmonica, and strings with her bandmates. The same sound is present in the US Top 20 "Silver Threads And Golden Needles", and given the theme of woman in sorrow while her man plays the cheating game, a steel guitar would complete its countrified feel. Stretched out vowels by Tom and Dusty and a folky sound is present in the UK #5 "Say I Won't Be There."

She went solo following the Springfields' dissolution, and she beat the odds in a world where male dominated groups ruled the charts. The upbeat and poppy UK #4 "I Only Want To Be With You" proved her worthiness, and hey, even Samantha Fox had a hit with it on her I Wanna Have Some Fun album.

Dusty though was best at singing soft songs. The title track of this compilation, written by the King/Goffin songwriting team, is a longing nostalgia for a purer and more innocent time, piano and flute, and a wall of sound Phil Spector would be proud of. This song of "thinking young and growing older" was also covered by the Byrds. However, it's another King/Goffin song, the soulful "Some Of Your Lovin'" that's her personal fave. Her rendition of the Bacharach/David breakup song "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" was one of her biggest, with Linda Ronstadt and The White Stripes (!!) covering it. It was also included on the soundtrack to Phil Collins' movie Buster.

Speaking of movies, one of her best ballads is the lilting song from the James Bond spoof Casino Royale, "The Look Of Love," which to me is Dusty at her vocal best. Another vocal highlight is "Windmills Of Your Mind" taken from her Dusty From Memphis, which has a light mellow Latin beat before strings sneak through in later verses and billow out in full strength.

Two of those ballads were originally based on Italian songs redone with English lyrics and done with a sometimes overdone symphony--they are the #9 UK "All I See Of You" and her signature tune "Io Che Non Vivo (Senzate)" a.k.a. "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me."

Thw 80's and 90's saw a comeback due entirely to Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, a.k.a. the Pet Shop Boys. Their duet "What Have I Done To Deserve This", a leisurely 80's disco song with horns and cheery synths, peaked at #2 on the UK charts. The title track to her 1990 Reputation album, produced by the PSB, strengthened her comeback and with the intense techno beats and strings, deserved better than its #38 UK peak. "In Private" from the same album, reached #14 despite having a slightly slower tempo. The final single, the ballad "Nothing Has Been Proved" was done over the closing credits of Scandal, and whose lyrics was a companion to the movie, an account of the Christine Keeler/John Profumo scandal that disgraced both parties and caused Harold MacMillan's government to fall from power.

Twenty-five songs spanning thirty-two years, although the 70's and early 80's were a sporadic period for Dusty. Still, a recommended one-disc compilation for Ms. Springfield.

A terrific compiltation of all Dusty's best songs.......1999-04-13

"Goin' Back: The Very Best of Dusty Springfield" is an excellent 25-track CD compiltation of all of her best songs spanning a time period of 32 years (1962-1994). The tracks include all of my personal favorite songs of Dusty's including "Son Of A Preacher Man", "Wishin' and Hopin'", "Little By Little", "All Cried Out", "Losing You","In The Middle of Nowhere", "Goin' Back", "All I See Is You", "I'll Try Anything", "Reputation", "Stay Awhile", "Time and Time Again", "I Only Wanna Be With You", "Some Of Your Lovin'", "The Look of Love", "I Close My Eyes and Count To Ten", "Nothing Has Been Proved", and "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me". It also features 3 of the Springfields'; "Silver Threads and Golden Needles", "Say I Won't Be There", and "Island of Dreams". The CD also includes her 1987 comeback with the Pet Shop Boys, "What Have I Done To Deserve This". I loved it and enjoyed doing Karaoke to all of these songs. I am Dusty's biggest and youngest fan.

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The vinyl version is better
Do some research!
Missed oportunity!
Two classic scores!
Missing the Best

Patton/The Flight of the Phoenix

Manufacturer: Film Score Monthly
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006SSQH0
Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

Main Title [From Patton]
Battle Ground [From Patton]
Cemetary [From Patton]
First Battle [From Patton]
Funeral [From Patton]
Hospital [From Patton]
Prayer [From Patton]
No Assignment [From Patton]
Entr'acte [From Patton]
Attack [From Patton]
German Advance [From Patton]
Eloquent Man [From Patton]
Pay-Off [From Patton]
Change in the Weather [From Patton]
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Airborne [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Main Title [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Windy/Heartbreak [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Brave Sargent [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Harris Leaves [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Senza Fine [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Gabriele's Death [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Water [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Let's Get Back to Work [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Caravan [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Naughty Boy [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Model Planes [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Difference [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Propeller [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
That Big Pull [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Rest Stop/The Ground Run [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Going Up [From the Flight of the Phoenix]
Swimming Hole/Finale [From the Flight of the Phoenix]

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The vinyl version is better.......2006-02-19

This is the film version, and it is inferior to the original album release. Often times, soundtrack releases differed from their film versions because composers could tweak passages here and there and get a relaxex, dedicated recording, away from the harsh deadlines of film making. The result was often glorious, as was the case for Jerry Goldsmith's Patton.

Add the famous George C. Scott speeches as prologue and epilogue and you have a classic. But only on vinyl. The vinyl version has better audio quality and is a better performance. It is a shame we are stuck with this dubbed version, which ironically is available on the Patton DVD as well.

Do some research!.......2006-01-14

This is a great CD for collectors. This is the ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK to the film. These arrangements are the ones that were ACTUALLY USED in the film, NOT the ones that were on the album with the speeches. So, if you are looking for the opening and closing speeches, you won't find them here.
Why?
Because there are actually THREE different versions of the score for this FANTASTIC film.
There was another version conducted by Jerry Goldsmith in 1997.
And.... there was ANOTHER one that was recorded in 1970. THAT is the one with the speeches. As far as I know, it has NEVER been released on CD. Hopefully, at some point, someone will see fit to release that version. Personally, I feel those are the best arrangements of the music used in the film. Or, better yet, make a special edition using all 3 versions.
So, you should be HAPPY to have THIS version as well.
By the way, I believe this info is in the liner notes of this CD.

Missed oportunity!.......2006-01-06

While I can appreciate that this release is a very competent recreation of the musical content of the original vinyl, I too was totally dismayed at the absence of Patton's speeches(as delivered by George C Scott) which are virtually inseparable from the music for anyone who owned the original vinyl release.All of which subsequently leaves this release a rather hollow experience.

Two classic scores!.......2005-11-22

This cd includes Frank DeVol's score for the Robert Aldrich classic, "Flight of the Phoenix"; an exciting score for an equally exciting movie. Goldsmith's justifiably famous score for Patton features the original recordings, including the haunting "echoplexed" trumpets. Also, the previous reviewer's one-star rating is rather inexplicable considering this is FILM SCORE release. Why would soundbites from the film be included? Bizarre. All-in-all a great package and a limited edition (only 3,000 copies). Get yours while you can - you won't be disappointed!

Missing the Best .......2005-06-25

This album does not have Patton's opening speech or the closing "All Glory is Fleeting" speech. It misses the two most important segments of the original soundtrack.

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An unfortunate CD release
Pointless
I LOVE ICE AGE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks
Song not on CD

Ice Age (Score)
David Newman
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066BZO
Release Date: 2002-05-14

Tracks:

Opening Travel Music
Angered Rhinos
Humans/Diego
Tigers Going For Baby
Dodos
Fighting Over The Melons
Walking Through (The Comedians) - Dmitri Kabalevsky
Baby's Wild Ride
Checking Out The Cave
Running From The Lava
Baby Walks
Tigers Try To Get Baby
Giving Back The Baby

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An unfortunate CD release.......2006-07-24

While this 13-track original score is largely incomplete and (as many have commented) full of the more useless cues; stuff we could do without, there is a 34-track bootleg floating around. I don't know how to get a hold of it, but it's circulating through the internet, giving David Newman the true audio release he deserved for one of his best musical efforts.

Pointless.......2005-10-06

Why have a soundtrack that has all of the songs people don't care about? Basically this cd has all the background music that you never notice and quite frankly don't care about. Most of you who want to buy this cd is the same reason why you would buy any other, because it has one or two (very rarely three) songs that you want to get. The song that you are probably looking for is when the three of them with the baby are walking to the peak (where they ride in the ice caves) togather. It's called "Send Me On My Way" by Rusted Root. Hope that helps

I LOVE ICE AGE!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-07-30

I LOVE THIS MOVIE WITH A PASSION!!!! THE SOUND TRACK IS 2 TIMES AS GOOD!!!! SID STEALS THE WHOLE MOVIE, ALSO THE DODOS!!!!!!!!!!I LOOOOOVE ICE AGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND YOU ALL SHOULD BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks.......2004-04-30

I would like to thank everyone for listing the song Send me on my way. I was specifically looking for this song and did expect it to be on the CD. So thank you all for looking out for the other people interested.

Song not on CD.......2004-04-26

To those of you interested in this CD in lieu of finding the "songs with lyrics" in the movie ICE AGE, got bad news for you. They are NOT here! I really do hate it when a soundtrack is put out for a movie and they don't include the best or features songs in the movie. Anyway, the song that pretty much everyone wants when Manny, Sid, Diego and the baby are together and walking towards Half Peak is called "Send Me On My Way" by Rusted Root. It is on their latest album "When I Woke". Put Rusted Root in the Amazon search engine and you should find it. Hope this helps those looking for this song.

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Not the most essential Bolin, but worth a listen

Going Back to Colorado
Zephyr
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002KBJ
Release Date: 1994-04-12

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Not the most essential Bolin, but worth a listen.......1999-08-01

While the production on this disc is better than the first Zephyr album, some Bolin fans may miss the hard, bluesy rockin'. However, the songwriting is better here and we get to see that Tommy was highly eclectic as a player. And he only got better.

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