True Blue

True Blue

True Blue

ASIN: B0000046W6

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Mark Whitfield is a throwback. In an era when most jazz guitarists favor a brash, metallic tone, Whitfield is the soul of mellowness. Playing a hollow-body Gibson, the 26-year-old gets a soothing, almost acoustic tone from his electric instrument. His new album, "True Blue," is devoted to "a true mix of jazz and blues," as the liner notes put it, but even in the earthy genre of the blues, Whitfield sounds tastefully laid-back.

Joining Whitfield on his first recording for Verve are three members of the Branford Marsalis Quartet (and the Tonight Show Band)--pianist Kenny Kirkland, drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts and saxophonist Marsalis--as well as bassist Rodney Whitaker and trumpeter Nicholas Payton. In terms of technique, Whitfield has no problem holding his own in this company, for his timing is impeccable and his solos are inventive and well shaped. In terms of projecting his own personality, however, this self-effacing bandleader is all too easily overshadowed by his guests.

For example, on "Immanuel the Redeemer," one of three Whitfield compositions inspired by his religious beliefs, Whitfield's opening solo is skillful but it has none of the swagger and passion of the Marsalis and Kirkland solos which follow. Randy Weston's "Berkshire Blues" is a very romantic approach to the blues, but Whitfield's dazzling 16th-note runs have none of the sensuality of Kirkland's piano solo nor even the dramatic tension of Watts's drum fills. The seven Whitfield originals are supplemented by blues written by John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, and Charlie Parker. --Geoffrey Himes

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True Blue
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The New True Blue
  • Genuine Portrayal of Multidimensional Madonna, Full of Positive Energy
  • True Blue...
  • Madonna - True Blue
  • Madonna - More then Just Dance-Pop
 True Blue
Madonna
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005J6T0
Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

  1. Papa Don't Preach
  2. Open Your Heart
  3. White Heat
  4. Live To Tell
  5. Where's The Party
  6. True Blue
  7. La Isla Bonita
  8. Jimmy Jimmy
  9. Love Makes The World Go Round
  10. True Blue (The Color Mix)
  11. La Isla Bonita (Extended Remix)

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A quintessential '80s pop artifact, Madonna's third album was a huge musical leap forward and ranks with Like a Prayer and Ray of Light in the top echelon of her works. Only the title track (a bit too obviously a '60s girl-group homage) and the fine-but-nothing-special "Jimmy Jimmy" slightly lower the quality bar. Most of the songs share a jittery dance-pop sound, edgy, distracted, and nerve-jangling but simultaneously invigorating and exhilarating and almost dangerously giddy--a perfect soundtrack for the mid-'80s. Highlights include the hedonist's credo of "Where's the Party," the subtle and pretty Latin pastiche "La Isla Bonita," and, towering above all, three stunning mega-hits. "Papa Don't Preach," with its gorgeous pseudo-classical strings intro, is a sumptuous airwaves banquet, as Madonna wrestles with the have-the-baby-or-give-it-up dilemma (abortion's not in the picture) in newly gritty tones. "Open Your Heart"'s marriage of jitter-pop and wistful melody underscores the singer's yearning but forceful stance ("You better open your heart to me, buster"). And "Live to Tell" is a riveting ballad, lushly melodic yet spare and haunting--a place, as the song says, where beauty lives. --Ken Barnes

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The New True Blue.......2007-06-04

True Blue is the album that changed my life forever. It made me the person I am today and released all my sexual doubts. Madonna taught me how to 'Express Myself' even before 'Like a Prayer'. For those that remember, MTV and Madonna had a 'Make my Video' contest. For 24 hours, MTV played homemade True Blue videos continuously. My video played at 11:48PM EST. I was the one dancing in the bathroom wearing my mother's underwear. Ever since then I have made a video for each and every Madonna song. My dream is to be one of her backup dancers.

True Blue is such an awesome album. After listening to Papa don't Preach on the radio I loved it, but I was hooked after seeing the video and watching her bounce and jiggle in her black outfit.

Open your Heart is the theme song of my life. I only wish I had someone to sing it to. I practice by singing it to my cats, so one day I will be ready to find my True Blue love.

Live to Tell is the most magical and beautiful song of Madonna's career. The mystery and wonder of this song makes me realize that I have a purpose in life and it is to worship Madonna. I have never met her, but I bought some of her skin off eBay. I bought it from someone who took it out of Madonna's slipper. Live to Tell makes me cry.

'White Heat' and 'Where's The Party' are great songs too. They are really fun to drive to when I deliver pizza. No matter how busy I am at work, I can always look forward to listening to Queen Madonna as I deliver piping hot goodness.

La Isla Bonita is Madonna's opinion on politics. After listening to this and watching her play the Don't cry for me Argentina lady, I dedicated my life to sending money to South America. But now Madonna is interested in Africa, so I send my money to Africa. I send it under Madonna's name. I do this for the goddess Madonna. One day she will reward me in Madonna heaven.

Last but not least, I changed my first and middle name to Jimmy. This is out of respect for the 'Jimmy Jimmy' song on this album that I love so much. I can only hope one day Madonna will know of my true love for her.

When I listen to this album I like to sit on my bed and cuddle with my oversized purple pillows. Sometimes I cry, and sometimes I go through my high school yearbook, but most of the time I just sing to my cats. This album gives me hope. It is the only reason why I live.

4 out of 5 stars Genuine Portrayal of Multidimensional Madonna, Full of Positive Energy.......2007-05-30

After having ruled the chart with preceding Like A Virgin, Madonna seemingly tries to reflect and express herself genuinely in her third album True Blue. Working with her old friend (Stephen Bray) and an unknown producer (Patrick Leonard), the sound production, prevalent light funk in the 80s, is ordinary but straightforward and intimate. Broadened song themes include an uplifting message to a woman on the edge ("Papa Don't Preach"), a love-and-peace anthem ("Love Makes the World Go Round"), nostalgia for a memorable foreign place ("La Isla Bonita"), and many love songs from assertive "Open Your Heart" and "White Heat" to introspective "Live To Tell" to happy "True Blue" to silly "Jimmy Jimmy." Combined together, they all serve portraying multidimensional Madonna. The album is full of positive energy, most likely thanks to her own true love to "the coolest guy in the universe" back in the time.

5 out of 5 stars True Blue..........2007-02-03

Remastered, it sounds even better. La Isla Bonita is my favorite song. Five stars for Ms. Madonna...

5 out of 5 stars Madonna - True Blue.......2007-01-29

Product Quality is quite excellent but the case is broken. Amazon please check before shipping out. This made me angry.

5 out of 5 stars Madonna - More then Just Dance-Pop.......2007-01-23

"True Blue" from 1986 is Madonna at her absolute Top. This was her third album and it proved that she was defenitely here to stay, Not only had she changed her look but also found a great producer in Patrick Leonard and with this album she slowly transformed into the superstar she is today. Apart from the previous two albums she both co-wrote all the songs (With Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray) and produced the album. Out of the 5 single releases there were several number one singles both in UK and in US making it one of her most successful albums and Madonna the Queen of Pop Music. After a closer look at the songs feautured on this album it's undeniable that it's fullpacked with great songs, mostly dance-pop songs that always was Madonna's greatest quality.

The first song "Papa Don't Preach" deals with a young women who has become pregnant and wants to keep the baby and not to an abortion but also raise the child. This stirred some controversy, but it's among Madonna's best and most memorable songs. "Open Your Heart" is an catchy uptempo and just like "Papa" it reached number 1. "White Heat" is simular too the previous and perhaps should have been single released also since it's too good to be surpassed. "Live to Tell" is among Madonna's finest and most serious ballads and deals with facing a very comlicated situation. Quite new for an artist that had heavily relied on lightweight dance-pop until this song was released and made it to the top of the charts aswell. "Where's The Party" is a dance-pop song, but was no single.

The next song, title track is a 80's style bubblegum pop song written for her then husband Sean Penn. In the video we'll find Madonna with a 50 style Marylyn Monroe haisrtyle. In reached #1 in Uk and #3 in the US and is undoubtly a classic Madonna song. "La Isla Bonita" is a latin influenced pop song that even uses a few spanish words in is lyrics. It was her 5th single and also topped the UK charts in 1987. "Jimmy Jimmy" another dance-pop song that is rather forgettable and closer "Love Makes The World Go Round" follows the same trend but it's about world peace, and quite good song that could have been made a single.

Overall, Madonna's third album is one of her best and got plenty of notable songs to make it worthwile. Madonna was getting more serious on this album also and tackles some issues she hadn't done before. She proved she was a good songwriter, entertainer and became a superstar with "True Blue" and would only get better on "Like A Prayer" 3 years later. An album for your collection.
True Romance: Motion Picture Soundtrack
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Trying to find SONG from the movie TRUE ROMANCE
  • Great Mix
  • You're so cool...
  • True Musica: Zimmer v. Orff, "True Romance" v. "Badlands"
  • Even better than the movie.
 True Romance: Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Manufacturer: Edi Video
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ASIN: B0000042N2
Release Date: 1995-08-29

Tracks:

  1. You're So Cool - Hans Zimmer
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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Trying to find SONG from the movie TRUE ROMANCE.......2006-09-30

Hi, I have the soundtrack.. but I am trying to find out the name of the like RAP song that was playing in the beginning when Drexl Spivy shot Samuel Jackson when he was picking up the cocaine? It was a rap song and it was really good.

I could be wrong what scene but there was like a hard core rap song that was playing in the back ground. If somone knows can you let me know what song that was. I know its a long shot but I thought I would try.

Thanks in advance.

4 out of 5 stars Great Mix.......2006-08-22

The CD contains a great mix of slow and up tempo songs. Good for using in the car for going on a long drive. Track 1 and 6 are very soothing - on the style of tubular bells.

4 out of 5 stars You're so cool..........2006-06-28

I bought the CD for the "theme" track, You're So Cool by Hans Zimmer. But, it turns out that the whole thing is pretty darn good. =)

4 out of 5 stars True Musica: Zimmer v. Orff, "True Romance" v. "Badlands".......2004-12-11

One of my favorite CDs from one of my favorite movies! The only improvement would be the inclusion of the 8 missing songs seen in the movie song credits, especially the Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace" (Hell-o-o-o, Baby!) and Burl Ive's "Little Bitty Tear". At least this CD is so much more complete with the inclusion of the Hans Zimmer homage to the 1973 movie "Badlands" main theme music "Gassenhauer" Street Song from Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman's "Musica Poetica - Orff-Schulwerk". Zimmer did NOT "rip off Orff" as some reviewers assert.

Now for the truth: The main theme "Gassenhauer" was composed by Orff's associate Gunild Keetman BASED ON A 1536 WORK FOR LUTE BY HANS NEUSIEDLER! Orff's stated goal for the Schulwerk: "Improvisations which encourage further improvisation". This is precisely what Hans Zimmer did when he PRODUCED (no writing credits on soundtrack CD) 3 pieces loosely based on "Gassenhauer" for the film "True Romance", written by Quentin Tarantino as his tribute to the Terrence Malick movie "Badlands": "You're So Cool", "Stars At Dawn", & "Amid The Chaos Of The Day". These are a fine & fitting tribute to Malick, Keetman/Orff, and, yes, especially Nuesiedler - Zimmer did NOT "rip off Orff". Is not imitation the sincereist form of flattery? Just as Patricia Arquette's Alabama narration evokes comparison to Sissy Spacek's Holly ongoing commentary, the two recurring musical themes are marked by their differences as well as their similarities: Gassenhauer is menacingly prophetic and languid as it traces Kit & Holly's diverging paths to doom & gloom, while "You're So Cool" is promisingly upbeat as it steers Clarence & 'Bama to follow the sun to their ultimate destiny with Elvis. Thank our lucky "Stars At Dawn" that Tony Scott didn't choose the alternate ending that surely would have bombed "Amid The Chaos Of The Day".

Note for "Badlands" music fans: Unfortunately, there never was a soundtrack album produced for "Badlands". The five (5!) "Badlands" songs from Musica Poetica can, however, be found on the 1994 BMG release (RCA Victor Red Seal) 6-CD box set version of the original Orff/Keetman recordings done between 1963 & 1975 on 10 LPs. There are at least 4 other "Badlands" pieces on CDs 2, 3, 4 & 6!

4 out of 5 stars Even better than the movie........2004-01-07

This soundtrack has a level of coolness to it, that is only matched by "Wild At Heart", and "Natural Born Killers". By no means your typical selection, it's special. Other than top-notch songs by "Chris Isaak", "Soundgarden", and "Charlie Sexton", this has music from artists I was unfamiliar with, like "Nymphomania". But the best thing here is the compositions from "Hans Zimmer". They bring you right back to the film, and are excellent insrumentals. The only thing that could have made this better, is a few snippets from "Elvis", (Val Kilmer).
Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A good value
  • The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann
  • Good mix of film music
  • A mixed collection of movie music
  • Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens
 Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00008WI90
Release Date: 2003-04-22

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  1. The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
  2. The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
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  2. Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
  3. Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
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  8. While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
  9. Babe (Nigel Westlake)
  10. The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
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  12. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
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  17. Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
  18. Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
  19. Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
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  1. To Die For (Danny Elfman)
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  3. Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

4 out of 5 stars The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

4 out of 5 stars Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

4 out of 5 stars A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

5 out of 5 stars Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up
True Blue: The Very Best of John Williamson
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • True Blue CD is a beautiful remembrance
  • Can't get it away from Mum
  • Fond memories
  • True Blue is great
  • Jphn Williamson
 True Blue: The Very Best of John Williamson
John Williamson
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
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ASIN: B0000257AB
Release Date: 2003-12-02

Tracks:

  1. You and My Guitar
  2. Goodbye Blinky Bill
  3. Just a Dog
  4. Wrinkles
  5. Diggers of the Anzac
  6. Old Man Emu
  7. Shed
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  1. This Is Australia Calling
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  10. Waratah Street
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  13. Papa Whisky November
  14. Crocodile Roll
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  22. True Blue

Album Description

1995 release celebrating 25th anniversary for Australian singer-songwriter, country-rock artist, features 43 tracks including studio & live tracks recorded September 1995. EMI.

Album Details

2003 Issued Double CD Anthology of the Legendary Australian Country Singer/Songwriter and Balladeer. These Tracks Are Truly Creme De La Creme of his Distinguished Recording Career. The Title Track is Perhaps his Best Known Tune, but Other Notables Include "Just a Dog" (About Dingoes), "Diggers of the Anzac" and "Beachcomber from Wollongong". There Are Several Live Tracks Included in the Set, Like the Comic "The Vasectomy Song", "Home Among the Gum Trees" and "Chain around My Ankle". Naturally, Australia Turned to Williamson for Comfort in the Wake of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's Tragic Passing and He Performed his Magic with Grace and Spirit.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars True Blue CD is a beautiful remembrance.......2007-02-21

My mother and I first heard John Williamson's song "True Blue" when he sang it at Steve Irwin's memorial service. It is a fantastic song, a lovely remembrance of a loved one who has passed. My mom was terminally ill, and we will be using it at her memorial service. The CD is mostly upbeat, with lots of happy Aussie folk songs. There are, in fact, over 40 songs on the CD. But "True Blue" is Williamson's chef d'oeuvre. It's worth the price of the CD simply to have this song in your collection.

5 out of 5 stars Can't get it away from Mum.......2007-02-17

I gave this to Mum for Christmas with the selfish intent of her letting me 'keep it for her'. It's not worked out that way! She's been listening to the CD in her car ever since. She keeps saying I really must hear "Mister Emu" and "The Vasectomy Song", but she never makes a move to let me borrow it. Even when hearing "True Blue" made her cry while driving and she said I must take the CD away, she's kept it. She has graduated to quoting bits of some song about a crocodile. I am seriously considering buying my own copy because at this rate I never ever will get to even borrow the album let alone 'keep it for her'.

5 out of 5 stars Fond memories.......2007-01-20

This music reminds me of the trip of a lifetime my daughter and I spent in Australia last summer. Great folk music from a very special country.

5 out of 5 stars True Blue is great.......2007-01-07

"True Blue" John Williamson's 25th anniversary CD is great !!!!!
He is such a wonderful musician. His guitar playing is awesome.
I am more than pleased with this CD; it puts a smile on my face every time I hear it!

5 out of 5 stars Jphn Williamson.......2006-10-25

I haven't gotten this CD yet but I have to say that I learned about him from Steve Irwin's funeral. His music just captured me and I became an instant fan. It's too bad that it took such a tragic event to bring him to USA citizen's fan base.
Blue Wheat
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Outstanding
  • Incredible..Worth 30 stars
  • Superb singing matched with superb arrangements
  • Beautiful music
  • Beautiful Music, Yet There Is No There Here
 Blue Wheat
Stephen Foster , John , American Traditional , Spiritual Traditional , and Dale Warland Singers
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ASIN: B000003M4T
Release Date: 1996-06-18

Tracks:

  1. Oh, Shenandoah (Traditional)
  2. He's Goin' Away (Traditional)
  3. Skip To My Lou (Traditional)
  4. Steal Away (Spiritual)
  5. Wayfarin' Stranger (Traditional)
  6. Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me? (Traditional)
  7. Pretty Saro (Traditional)
  8. Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
  9. Black Is The Color (Traditional)
  10. Red River Valley 9 (Traditional)
  11. Nelly Bly (Stephen Foster)
  12. My Lord, What A Mornin' (Spiritual)
  13. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair (Stephen Foster)
  14. Hard Times Come Again No More (Stephen Foster)
  15. Single Girl (Traditional)
  16. Deep River (Spiritual)
  17. Buffalo Gals (Cool White [John Hodges])
  18. The Water is Wide (Traditional)
  19. Black Sheep (African-American lullaby)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding.......2007-06-06

Robert De Cormier's remarkable arrangement and Marie Spar Dymit's and Lynette Johnson's pure vocals of "Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier" are well worth the price of the entire CD.

5 out of 5 stars Incredible..Worth 30 stars.......2007-05-16

The Dale Warland Singers are my benchmark by which I judge all other choirs. The uniformity of sound, blend, and precise entrances, uniformity are incredible - almost inhuman. Excluding the all male Chanticleer from the roster, this was the finest choir in America. Now that they have broken up, buy all of their CD's you won't be disappointed!

5 out of 5 stars Superb singing matched with superb arrangements.......2004-07-03

A project like this one inevitably highlights the skill of arrangers, and Dale Warland has selected some of the most talented anywhere. Most of these selections will be familiar to listeners, but I doubt most people have heard, for example, "Red River Valley" in Carol Barnett's haunting version here, and ditto for her magnificent "Deep River."

The disc opens with a spectacular, panoramic "Shenandoah" that takes maximum advantage of the Dale Warland Singers' refined sound, and things only get better (if that's possible). Other favorites are a cheery, fizzing "Nelly Bly" and Mark Keller's strong reworking of Stephen Foster's "Hard Times Come Again No More."

Throughout the recording, the freshness of the arrangements is matched by the irresistible singing. This group is known for its outstanding performances and recordings, but this must be counted as one of their all-time best. The sound quality is terrific, capturing the gorgeous blend and precision of the group in a natural-sounding acoustic. Just stunning.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful music.......2003-07-03

I bought this CD after hearing a few of the recordings on our local NPR radio station. I was not disappointed in any of the selections. Very beautiful.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful Music, Yet There Is No There Here.......2003-01-13

The Dale Warland Singers (DWS) are among the relatively few musical professionals, who by their aesthetic standards and demonstrated artistry, have taken the less traveled and narrow road to exemplary artistic excellence.

The sound quality and acoustics are excellently engineered in this 20-bit original recording. The most delicately blend and inflection of the singers' voice can be heard. This sheaf of choral works has once existed in real space and time in the kaleidoscopic folklife of past generations. In recording the "Blue Wheat", the 40-member DWS, the creme de la creme of professional choral ensembles, has elevated the common oral tradition of American folk music into a rarified choral art form a capella "in the style of the chapel."

If the soul of the DWS is a capella singing, then Warland and the arrangers are the wings of the same soul. Among the kapellmeisters whose arrangements have graced this folksong anthology are the late Norman Luboff and Roger Wagner. Also included in this album are contemporary arrangements by other esteemed composers: John Rutter (conductor of The Cambridge Singers), Carol Barnett (the DWS resident composer from 1992 to 2001), and Stephen Paulus.

Gertrude Stein is famous for saying of her childhood home, Oakland, California, "When you get there, there's no there there." Purportedly, Stein opined this city by the San Francisco Bay lacked a defining sense of place. Bel canto notwithstanding, the folk melodies of "Blue Wheat" invoke a longing for something no longer possible. The abyss between the America today and the its past is impossible to bridge. Already, we have yielded to the abstractness of political correctness. Our past is either neglected, actively destroyed, or selectively museumed. We do not live in an understood land and culture. There is no there here in the presence of this music. It is only the poignancy of the moment that these beautifully rendered tunes live in our mind. We have to accept this reality as part and parcel of our rootlessness.

If the Oakland Raiders do make it to and win the Superbowl in 2003, there is a there there for some in the football community, albeit fleeting.
True Blue
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Phenomenal!
  • No Bluenote collection is complete without TrueBlue
  • Wonderful
  • Necessary Reissue
 True Blue
Tina Brooks
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007DBJ6O
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

  1. Good Ole Soul
  2. Up Tight's Creek
  3. Theme For Doris
  4. True Blue
  5. Miss Hazel
  6. Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You
  7. True Blue (Alternate Take)
  8. Good Ole Soul

Album Description

With a strong, smooth tone and an amazing flow of fresh ideas every time he soloed, tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks should have been a major jazz artist, but his legacy is confined to a series of dates that he did for Blue Note as a sideman and leader. "True Blue" is the only album under his own name to come out in his lifetime. He and Freddie Hubbard had recorded Hubbard's "Open Sesame" a week earlier. Based on these two albums alone, Brooks should have been recognized as an important new voice in jazz. This CD adds to two alternate takes to the original LP.

* Bonus tracks, not part of the original LP.
Recorded on June 25, 1960 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

TINA BROOKS, tenor sax, FREDDIE HUBBARD, trumpet; DUKE JORDAN, piano; SAM JONES, bass; ART TAYLOR, drums

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Phenomenal!.......2006-08-19

Like many of his peers, Tina Brooks life was cut short by a drug overdose. However in the short time he was with us, he recorded some phenomenal stuff. This is by far his best album under his name, with songs that both flow from the bop days, yet maintain such a timelss quality that they seem current today.

Truly no jazz/Blue Note collection is complete without this disk!

5 out of 5 stars No Bluenote collection is complete without TrueBlue.......2006-05-28

Tina Brooks has a most original sound, which is both sad and extremely beautiful at the same time. This is one of my top 10 music albums of all time. No BlueNote collection is complete with it.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful.......2006-03-09

Blue Note was on the mark to re-release this classic. Tina Brook's style of blues laced jazz is a sound that will bring joy to your soul. A must have CD for any jazz collection.

5 out of 5 stars Necessary Reissue.......2005-02-20

I had been after this album for about six years, but knew that Blue Note would eventually give it the proper reissue treatment. Tina Brooks has long been a cult hero in jazz and now that True Blue has been included in Blue Note's Rudy Van Gelder series he will find additional fans. Brooks, like many other jazzmen, lived hard and died young. He sounds like he's bleeding soul on each note that he plays. Thats not to say his music is depressing, on the contrary he write bluesy classic 50/60s Blue Note hard bop. Brooks' highly melodic solos owe much to his background as an R&B saxophonist. His sense of melody and that ultra lived in sense of the blues is really what makes him a notable player. On True Blue , Brooks is backed by a typically stellar Blue Note rhythm section and is joined by Freddie Hubbard on the trumpet. It really is the Tina Brooks show however as he takes long solos on every cut. Hard to pick any particular standout track, but the entire program is steeped in the blues. Several of the tunes remind me of Brooks' "Street Singer" (still my favorite Brooks piece). I highly recommend True Blue, and its likely his finest album, but Brooks' entire catalog (four albums) is pretty much necessary. Get this and get "Back to the Tracks" before it goes out of print.
DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great compilation
  • A disappointment
 DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances

Manufacturer: Drg
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ASIN: B00005Q6IN
Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

  1. A Day In Hollywood A Night In Ukraine: Just Go To The Movies - Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison/Frank Lazarus/Stephen James/Peggy Hewett/Kate Draper
  2. Babes In Arms: I Wish I Were In Love Again - Christopher Fitzgerald Jessica Stone
  3. Pal Joey: Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered - Patti LuPone
  4. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - KT Sullivan
  5. Nunsense: I Just Want To Be A Star - Christine Anderson
  6. Louisiana Purchase: Wild About You - Debbie Gravitte & New York Voices
  7. Oil City Symphony: Beaver Ball At The Bug Club - Mike Craver/Mark Hardwick/Debra Monk/Mary Murfitt
  8. Falsettoland: The Baseball Game - Michael Rupert/Chip Zien/Faith Prince/Janet Metz/Heather MacRae/Stephen Bogardus
  9. Very Good Eddie: Isn't It Great To Be Married? - Virginia Seidel/Spring Fairbank/Charles Repole/Nicholas Wyman
  10. The Fantasticks: A Perfect Time To Be In Love - Harvey Schmidt
  11. Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love - Tyne Daly/Lewis Cleale
  12. Taking My Turn: Fine For The Shape I'm In - Margaret Whiting/Marnie Nixon/Cissy Houston
  13. A Party With Betty Comden & Adolph Green: The French Lesson - Betty Comdon/Adolph Green
  14. The Madwoman Of Central Park: Better - Phyllis Newman
  15. Greenwillow: Never Will I Marry - Anthony Perkins
  16. Song Of Singapore: I Can't Remember - Loretta Swit & Company
  17. Tintypes: Elite Syncopation/I'm Goin' To Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Lynne Thigpen
  18. I Love My Wife: Someone Wonderful I Missed - Joanna Gleason/Ilene Graff
  19. The Good Companions: The Pleasure Of Your Company - Malcolm Rennie/Christopher Gable
  20. Forbidden Broadway 20th Anniversary: Liza One-Note - Christine Pedi
  21. Meet Me In St. Louis: The Trolley Song - Donna Kane & Ensemble

Tracks:

  1. 4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria!: Feel It - Philip Anthony/Henry Gainza/Allen Hidalgo/Ricardo Puente
  2. Fame - The Musical: There She Goes!/Fame - Natasha Rennalls & Ensemble
  3. Do Re Mi: What's New At The Zoo? - Heather Headley/The Animal Girls
  4. High Society: Once Upon A Time/True Love - Melissa Errico/Daniel McDonald
  5. Tenderloin: Artificial Flowers - Patrick Wilson
  6. State Fair: Driving At Night/Our State Fair - Company
  7. Kiss Me, Kate: Were Thine That Special Face - Brian Stokes Mitchell
  8. Black And Blue: Black And Blue - Linda Hopkins/Ruth Brown/Carrie Smith
  9. The Green Bird: O Foolish Heart - Company
  10. Out Of This World: From This Moment On - Marin Mazzie/Gregg Edelman
  11. The Boys From Syracuse: This Can't Be Love - Davis Gaines/Sarah Berry
  12. Snoopy!!!: Poor Sweet Baby - Pamela Myers
  13. SeesawNobody Does It Like Me - Michele Lee
  14. March Of The Falsettos: I Never Wanted To Love You - Michael Rupert/Stephen Bogardus/Alison Fraser/Chip Zien/James Kushner
  15. Lunch: Perfectly Alone - Carol Burnett
  16. 3hree: Foolish Dreamin'/Something Beautiful/Real Enough To Change My Mind - Jessica Molaskey/Will Gartshore/Rachel Ulanet
  17. Lucky In The Rain: Love Me As If There Were No Tomorrow - Barbara Cook
  18. Godspell: All Good Gifts - Sal Sabella & Company
  19. The Act: Walking Papers - Liza Minnelli & Company

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great compilation.......2002-05-10

I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does.
The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.

1 out of 5 stars A disappointment.......2001-12-15

There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.
The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
Average customer rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
  • The best? I think not.
  • can't understand the words
 The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B00004W5AD
Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

  1. H.M.S. Pinafore: Ov - Orch Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr/John Owen Edwards
  2. H.M.S. Pinafore: We Sail The Ocean Blue - Tom McVay/Gordon Sandison/Yvonne Barclay
  3. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore - Tom McVay/Gordon Sandison/Yvonne Barclay
  4. The Yeomen Of The Guard: When Maiden Loves She Sits And Sighs - Janine Roebuck
  5. The Yeomen Of The Guard: Here's A Man Of Jollity - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  6. Iolanthe: Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither - Yvonne Patrick/Madeliene Mitchell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  7. Iolanthe: The Law Is The True Embodiment - Richard Suart/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  8. Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar - Richard Suart
  9. Iolanthe: Strephon's A Member Of Parliament! - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  10. Iolanthe: When Britain Really Rul'd The Waves - Lawrence Richard/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  11. Iolanthe: Finale Act Two: Soon As We May - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  12. The Pirates Of Penzance: Ov - Orch Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr/John Pryce-Jones
  13. The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wand'ring One - Marilyn Hill Smith/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  14. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model - Eric Robertson/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  15. The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bares His Steel - Simon Masterton Smith/Marilyn Hill Smith/Patricia Cameron/Eric Robertson/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte...
  16. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread - Gareth Jones/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  17. The Mikado: If You Want To Know Who We Are - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  18. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - Bonaventura Bottone/Eric Roberts/Deborah Rees/Thora Ker/Malcom Rivers
  19. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River - Eric Roberts
  20. Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen - Donald Maxwell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  21. Patience: If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery - Donald Maxwell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  22. Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved - Simon Butteriss
  23. Patience: If You're Anxious For To Shine - Simon Butteriss
  24. The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri - David Fieldsend/Alan Oke
  25. The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore - Richard Suart/Jill Pert/Elizabeth Woollett/Philip Casey
  26. The Gondoliers: For Ev'ry One Who Feels Inclined - David Fieldsend/Alan Oke/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
  27. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes - David Fieldsend
  28. The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars The best? I think not........2004-01-11

This disc includes some songs that, while I like them, are not what people might consider the "best" of G&S. Of course, anything by G&S is good, it's still not the "best of the best."

There has got to be something that better represents the G&S canon.

1 out of 5 stars can't understand the words.......2004-01-08

Don't know about those other reviewers, but I just can't make out very much of the lyrics. Maybe those folk have better CD players or better hearing, but it's pretty much a blur to me. I strongly recommend "The Ultimate Gilbert and Sullivan" instead.
Dreaming
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The Most Beautiful Music In The World
  • Dreaming with peace
  • Dreamy is how you feel
  • Too Dreamy
  • Same old soup warmed over
 Dreaming
Andre Rieu
Manufacturer: Denon Records
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ASIN: B00006LSPB
Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

  1. Ballade
  2. My Heart Will Go On - Theme to 'Titanic'
  3. Sous Les Ciel De Paris (The Sky of Paris)
  4. Autumn in Venice
  5. Granada
  6. Marino Waltz
  7. Kirmesliebe
  8. Yeux Noires
  9. Send In the Clowns
  10. True Love
  11. Moon River from 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'
  12. Edelweiss from 'The Sound of Music'
  13. Lost Heroes
  14. The Blue Danube Waltz
  15. Greensleeves
  16. Adagio (Albinoni)
  17. Intermezzo (Mascagni)
  18. Lullaby (Brahms)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Most Beautiful Music In The World.......2007-06-25

Simply stated, Andre Rieu performs some of the most beautiful music in the world today. "Dreaming" is my favorite but in the end, I can likely say that anything he has done is my favorite. You are transported to a
beautiful universe where it is rather difficult to return to normal everyday life.

5 out of 5 stars Dreaming with peace.......2007-02-10

Wonderful, peaceful music to make a quiet time a near spiritual experience.

5 out of 5 stars Dreamy is how you feel.......2003-01-15

I am a great Andre Rieu fan and a Strauss fan. This was even more relaxing than Andre's other works. Great stress relief after a long day or just to sit and relax with your special someone. If people like Andre Rieu, you may also want to try Tim Janis who is a great composer/conductor. He will also relax you.

3 out of 5 stars Too Dreamy.......2002-12-28

Music beautiful but too dreamy.........can easily put you to sleep. My fault...should have previewed first. I was looking for something more lush and upbeat like much of his other stuff.

1 out of 5 stars Same old soup warmed over.......2002-12-25

There is entirely too much material in this CD that has been done (and done...) by others. In addiion, there are too many tracks that are easy listening. I was looking for light classical. And very few of the classical tracks stray very far from a very well beaten path. This CD is probably the last Andre Rieu CD I will buy. Sorry.
True Blue
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Cool dance record from Queen Madonna.
  • It's gotta be True Blue!
  • madonna never disappoints
  • The BEST ALBUM EVER!!!!
  • great pop album from madonna
 True Blue
Madonna
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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ASIN: B000002L9S
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Papa Don't Preach
  2. Open Your Heart
  3. White Heat
  4. Live To Tell
  5. Where's The Party
  6. True Blue
  7. La Isla Bonita
  8. Jimmy Jimmy
  9. Love Makes The World Go Round

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A quintessential '80s pop artifact, Madonna's third album was a huge musical leap forward and ranks with Like a Prayer and Ray of Light in the top echelon of her works. Only the title track (a bit too obviously a '60s girl-group homage) and the fine-but-nothing-special "Jimmy Jimmy" slightly lower the quality bar. Most of the songs share a jittery dance-pop sound, edgy, distracted, and nerve-jangling but simultaneously invigorating and exhilarating and almost dangerously giddy--a perfect soundtrack for the mid-'80s. Highlights include the hedonist's credo of "Where's the Party," the subtle and pretty Latin pastiche "La Isla Bonita," and, towering above all, three stunning mega-hits. "Papa Don't Preach," with its gorgeous pseudo-classical strings intro, is a sumptuous airwaves banquet, as Madonna wrestles with the have-the-baby-or-give-it-up dilemma (abortion's not in the picture) in newly gritty tones. "Open Your Heart"'s marriage of jitter-pop and wistful melody underscores the singer's yearning but forceful stance ("You better open your heart to me, buster"). And "Live to Tell" is a riveting ballad, lushly melodic yet spare and haunting--a place, as the song says, where beauty lives. --Ken Barnes

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Cool dance record from Queen Madonna........2006-06-02

Madonna's True Blue is a nine-track masterpiece. I got this album because I love the track, Live to Tell. To my surprise I ended up loving all the tracks. La Isla Bonita, Where's the Party, and White Heat are standout tracks. Perfect and engaging disc. The first sign of maturity from Madonna was this album, she wrote every song, co-produced, and her voice sounds spectacular here. Excellent album to add to your Madonna collection.

5 out of 5 stars It's gotta be True Blue!.......2005-08-22

I have been listening to Madonna since the very early 90's and True Blue was my very first album from her and ever since I have loved this ENTIRE album!!! I noticed that a lot of people HATE Jimmy Jimmy, I don't know why!! Jimmy Jimmy is such a cool upbeat song to dance to and it TOTALLY reminds me of a 50's or 60's girl group song!! I love it!!

My all time favorite song off this album though is the title track, True Blue. This is THE song from the 50's!! I mean the whole sound and style and singing sounds TOTALLY 50's!!! I LOVE it!!! I love the part that goes "True Love Oh Baby, True Love Oh Baby, True Love Oh Baby" Another favorite is La Isla Bonita. This is such a beautiful Spanish style ballad!! Live To Tell is a hauntingly beautiful ballad, I love it! White Heat is a cool upbeat song that has dialog and this was dedicated to Jimmy Cagney. Papa Don't Preach is another favorite upbeat song, just like Open Your Heart, they're both awesome upbeat songs! Where's The Party and Love Makes The World Go Round are awesome upbeat songs too!

There are NO bad songs on here! They're all amazing!! Especially True Blue because of the unique 50's girl group style and La Isla Bonita because of the Spanish sound to it! A MUST HAVE for Madonna fans!

5 out of 5 stars madonna never disappoints.......2005-08-08

top 5 true blue tracks:

Open Your Heart
Papa Don't Preach
Live to Tell
Where's the Party
La Isla Bonita

5 out of 5 stars The BEST ALBUM EVER!!!!.......2005-06-28

Forget "Thriller", "Nevermind", "Rumours", or any of those albums that hit the #1 album spot. This one is the best!! Papa Don't Preach, Open Your Heart, Live To Tell . . . what more could one person want? The only song I'm not too crazy about is "La Isla Bonita", it doesn't fit well with the rest of the album. BUY THIS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

5 out of 5 stars great pop album from madonna.......2005-06-19

if one could argue that madonna was for the teeny boppers with her first two albums, this album is proof that madonna had always appealed to a variety of audiences as she blends contemporary dance/pop and beautiful soft rock ballads on this CD. Live To Tell, Papa Don't Preach La Isla Bonita are songs with strong melodies, meaningful messages and beautiful music that I still constantly hear on adult contemporary radio these days. True Blue is a cute song with a cute video, and Open Your Heart is a great pop song with a naughty video, but yet appealing. True Blue flows great as an album, just as like a virgin and you can hear the maturity in madonna's voice growing with time as well. Definitely buy it today, there is a reason why songs on this CD are still very popular on the radio today

Jazz Music:

  1. Trumpet Blues: The Best of Harry James
  2. Very Tall [Original recording remastered]
  3. We the People
  4. When I Fall in Love [DualDisc]
  5. While We're Young
  6. Yaya3
  7. 1533 St. Philip Street
  8. Aberrations: 1981-1984 [Import]
  9. All Those Wonderful Years
  10. Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]

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