Come Around

Come Around

Come Around

ASIN: B000068FWF

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Tony Scherr is one of New York's most prolific and in-demand sidemen. For years the bass-man of choice in the bands of Bill Frisell, John Lurie (Lounge Lizards), Steven Bernstein (Sex Mob), and a contributor to the acclaimed debut of Norah Jones, Tony has finally stepped into the spotlight, revealing himself to be both an accomplished songwriter, distinct vocal stylist, and vividly versatile guitar player.

Product Description
Come Around began it's life in 2000 as a privately pressed CD in a humble cardboard sleeve for sale at gigs. In the fall of 2001 a copy fell into the hands of Steve Shelley, who was so impressed he proposed to give it a "proper" release through Smells Like Records. Recorded in a mere three days in Tony's Brooklyn home studio, the album has the intimate, intuitive, one-take atmosphere that only the closest-knit group of muscian/friends can achieve. That the players all happen to be supremely accomplished adds up to the best of both worlds -- a precisely executed yet still spontaneous sound.

Erstwhile drummer Kenny Wollesen, Tony's most frequent rhythm section sparring partner, is at perhaps his most subtle and supportive here, providing a superb backbone for Chris Brown's unfurling hot Hammond licks and the serpentine chimes of Tony's guitar. Tony's brother (and ex-teenage rock band-mate) Peter Scherr rounds out the core group on string bass. Throw in the contributions of cellist Jane Scarpantoni (Tricky, Beastie Boys, REM) and Bill Frisell and you have a cast that can literally, legitimately be called world class.

The music features all of the extended concepts and techniques gleaned from Tony's work in the more adventurous corners of the NY music scene, but deploys them in service of a stunningly fine-tuned pop sense. Scherr is able to capture that rarest of vibes -- music that references genres (country, rock, soul, blues, and jazz are all there) implicitly, and thus manages to sound utterly un-derivative. Tunes such as "Stuck it Out"; the Gram-worthy "In My Hands"; "Sacramento", a lilting lullabye for avant-banjo; and the standout title track -- like Dinosaur in a dogfight with Tom Petty's Heartbreakers -- should be hits in any universe.

Come Around,Tony Scherr,Smells Like Records,Jazz,Pop
Appalachian Journey
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Best on the Planet!
  • Stilted
  • Walking the trail
  • Superb concert
  • Too Studied
 Appalachian Journey
Edgar Meyer , Mark O'Connor , Stephen Foster , Traditional , James Taylor , Anonymous , and Yo-Yo Ma
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004S38H
Release Date: 2000-03-21

Tracks:

  1. 1B
  2. Misty Moonlight Waltz
  3. Hard Times Come Again No More
  4. Indecision
  5. Limerock
  6. Benjamin
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  14. Slumber My Darling
  15. Vistas

Amazon.com

With the help of some friends (James Taylor and Alison Krauss lend some vocal support), the trio of Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O'Connor have created yet another fascinating hybrid of chamber music and bluegrass. This follow-up to 1996's Appalachia Waltz is filled with highly lyrical string passages, a homage or two to Copland, and plenty of tracks where Meyer's bass vamps with the best of them. This is reflective (and relaxing) music, lacking the intricate structure of classical music and the rough edges of folk. But, boy, is it catchy! Yo-Yo Ma fans may be disappointed to hear that--aside from the gorgeous "Duet for Cello and Bass"--the cellist takes more of a supportive role on this disc. Still, this is fun music, more intimate than Short Trip Home (Meyer's other crossover project for Sony), but still lively (just check out "1B" or "Caprice for Three"). --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best on the Planet!.......2006-03-24

These are flawless preformances of great music by some of the most talented artists on the planet. Slumber My Darling will leave you so relaxed you'll have to remember to breathe. The reels will bring you to your feet. This music reaches the soul as well as the ear.

1 out of 5 stars Stilted.......2005-12-15

I suppose you will enjoy this if you really like Yo-Yo Ma at his most boring. This is glorified elevator music and about as interesting.

5 out of 5 stars Walking the trail.......2005-08-07

I actually heard this cd while having a root canal done at the dentist's office. I find the music so wonderful and the vocal segments are great. It does make you feel like you are walking the Appalachian Trail...and makes a root canal painless!

5 out of 5 stars Superb concert.......2005-08-02

I have bought two copies of this disc -- one for my car. The music is wonderful, and the performances are memorable. There's a DVD version, which is equally good. The performers obviously loved working together, and that's fully evident.

2 out of 5 stars Too Studied.......2005-06-22

Two of my favorite CDs in the last couple of years were "Obrigado Brazil" and "In Full Swing" by Yo Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor respectively. I found both of those CDs to be fine examples of genre-busting joyful music making. So when I saw these guys paired here, I snapped it up. Unfortunately, I was disappointed.

The music throughout most of the CD sounds too labored, too studied. It is, frankly, not that inspiring. The playing throughout is, of course, of the highest calibre and the recorded sound excellent. But there is no hint of the exhuberance of Folk or Bluegrass which is the supposed inspiration for the disc. The guest spots by James Taylor and Alison Krauss are good but they sound like outtakes from their own CDs, these songs are out of context here. (But note how many other Amazon reviews reference their contributions as reasons for loving the CD. Perhaps so many five star ratings because these people need broader musical exposure?)

Too many critics over intellectualize. I base my ratings on one simple criterion: How much did the music move me? In this case, not much.
100 Favorite Patriotic Songs
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • not to great
  • Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$
  • You get what you pay for.
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 100 Favorite Patriotic Songs

Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse Music
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ASIN: B0000A1HT8
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

  1. America the Beautiful
  2. All Quiet on the Potomac Tonight
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  4. On Top of Old Smokey
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Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars not to great.......2007-04-04

We were disappointed with this CD, but for the price I guess we can't expect much. I didn't care for the new style presentation of the songs. I like a more traditional rendering.

3 out of 5 stars Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$.......2005-06-22

I red the comments of two other people who have bought this 4 CD BOX SET and it is not really so bad. I will even add that there are some excellent tunes. However, I must agree with the fact that few tunes seem to have been recorded 40 or 50 years ago, mainly when you hear the scratches of an old turntable but it is just 2 or 3 tunes. Furthermore, if you do not know American music, it is a good BOX SET to buy if you consider that you received 4 CD for 4$ including 100 tunes. On these 4 CD, I have heard some orchestration that I have never heard before and I consider that they are different but interesting. Any way, after hearing these 100 tunes, you will say to yourself that you like this tune, this other tune, this other tune and so on and you will be able to buy a more expensive CD with the tunes that you like. However, I have bought many CDs in the last few weeks and as you know, there are always some tunes that you like and some tunes that you do not like on every CD that you will buy. So, don't buy it at 25$ but at 4 or 5$ dollars, it is a very good choice for 100 tunes.

1 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for........2004-07-04

You get what you pay for. The singers put their own spin on the singing of each song. If you didn't hear the words you would not recognize some of them. Even some of the music sounds like a bad recording of music played on a turntable. Definitely not worth the price.

1 out of 5 stars Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ..........2004-07-04

I wish this review had been here when I was thinking of purchasing it. I guess you get what you pay for. If you are thinking of buying this, you are better off recording your own CDs (or at least buying one that you can listen to a sampling of the songs). This album includes songs that were mere recordings of the songs playing on an old record player. It's almost so unbelievable that it is funny.
Best of the Boston Pops: 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection
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    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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    		 The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas

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    Release Date: 2001-09-11

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    2. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
    3. Jingle Bells - Ella Fitzgerald
    4. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Andy Williams
    5. Carol Of The Bells/Deck The Halls - The Robert Shaw Chorale
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    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars Only half the songs of the original set!!.......2007-01-17

    Although I love the CDs, I was disappointed that there were only about half of the songs I thought there would be. I bought the original double cassette set back in the early 90's and when I found the CDs with the same name and cover, I thought I was getting the same thing only on CD. But the Cassettes had twice as many songs, including Let it Snow,Have Yourself a merry Little Christmas,The First Noel, Jingle Bells by Jim Reeves, The Christmas song by the Carpenters and so many others!!

    5 out of 5 stars Its all Christmas.......2007-01-09

    It reminded me of Christmas as a child. I played this all throughout the holidays.

    4 out of 5 stars A Good Basic Collection.......2006-02-11

    This is a good, basic collection of Christmas Music. As a general rule, Time-Life has selected what is probably the definative artist/arangement of each song.

    My only complaints are that there are only 24 songs on two disks and one or two of them are not ones that I would have picked (not my style).

    Overall, it's a good set that I would recommend to anyone who wants to start a collection.

    4 out of 5 stars cd reviews.......2006-01-15

    this cd was very good, much recommended

    2 out of 5 stars Poor Quality.......2005-12-05

    The only good thing about this collection is the inclusion of so many Christmas standards. I was very disappointed in the quality of the recordings, they obviously need digital inhancement.
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    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Now it's possible to get your Partch all in a row
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    23. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
    24. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
    25. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
    26. Ulysses at the Edge (1955)

    Album Description

    This newly remastered reissue marks a welcome return to the catalog of the first volume of the classic 4-CD collection that was formerly available on the CRI label. The works recorded on this disc span the first six years of what Harry Partch (1901-1974), slightly tongue-in-cheek, called the "third period" of his creative life. They show him moving away from the obsession with "the intrinsic music of spoken words" that had characterized his earlier output (the vocal works of 1930-33 and 1941-45) and towards an instrumental idiom, predominantly percussive in nature. This path was to take him through the "music-dance drama" King Oedipus (1951)—-the culmination of his "spoken word" manner—to the "dance satire" The Bewitched (1954-55), in which his new percussive idiom manifests itself. The three works on this disc show Partch before, during, and after this period of transition. In their quiet, forlorn way, the Eleven Intrusions are among the most compelling and beautiful of Partch's works. The individual pieces were composed at various times between August 1949 and December 1950, and only later gathered together as a cycle. Nonetheless they form a unified whole, with a nucleus of eight songs framed by two instrumental preludes and an essentially instrumental postlude. Although foreshadowed by the dance sequences of King Oedipus, the Plectra and Percussion Dances (1952) are the first of Partch's major works to be wholly instrumental in conception. They stand in relation to Oedipus as a satyr play in relation to a Greek tragedy—hence the work's subtitle, "Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theater." He felt that after the prolonged period of composition and production of Oedipus it was "almost a necessity to give vent to feelings and ideas, whims and caprices, even nonsense, that seem to have no place in tragedy." The final work on this disc is Ulysses at the Edge, written at Partch's studio at Gate 5 in July 1955. Ulysses, which Partch describes as a "minor adventure in rhythm," is unique among his mature compositions in that, in its original form, it did not call for any of his own instruments. The version recorded here, for alto and baritone saxophones, Diamond Marimba, Boo, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, and speaking voice, is considered the third version of the piece.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Now it's possible to get your Partch all in a row.......2006-02-20

    Harry Partch is the quintissential mad genius of music--his image of music that was non-Eurocentric led to him devising his own tonal scale based on ancient Greek and Asian methods and then creating his own instruments. This series release of Partch music lets one organize his Partch tastes and get a real sense of his progress through time. This disc is superb for the Intrusions, ghostly little pieces that were my first introduction to this fine composer. I would also highly recommend volume 3, which has Barstow, one of my favorite Partch pieces.

    Be prepared. This is classical music you have not been prepared for. If you're already a fan of Partch, aren't you glad SOMEONE is getting all his amazing stuff together in one tightly knit package?
    Appalachian Journey
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Best on the Planet!
    • Stilted
    • Walking the trail
    • Superb concert
    • Too Studied
    		 Appalachian Journey

    Manufacturer: Sony
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00004SH1X
    Release Date: 2000-03-21

    Tracks:

    1. 1B
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    3. Hard Times (Come Again No More) - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor, James Taylor
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    5. Lime Rock
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    11. Poem for Carlita
    12. Caprice for Three
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    Amazon.com

    With the help of some friends (James Taylor and Alison Krauss lend some vocal support), the trio of Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O'Connor have created yet another fascinating hybrid of chamber music and bluegrass. This follow-up to 1996's Appalachia Waltz is filled with highly lyrical string passages, a homage or two to Copland, and plenty of tracks where Meyer's bass vamps with the best of them. This is reflective (and relaxing) music, lacking the intricate structure of classical music and the rough edges of folk. But, boy, is it catchy! Yo-Yo Ma fans may be disappointed to hear that--aside from the gorgeous "Duet for Cello and Bass"--the cellist takes more of a supportive role on this disc. Still, this is fun music, more intimate than Short Trip Home (Meyer's other crossover project for Sony), but still lively (just check out "1B" or "Caprice for Three"). --Jason Verlinde

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Best on the Planet!.......2006-03-24

    These are flawless preformances of great music by some of the most talented artists on the planet. Slumber My Darling will leave you so relaxed you'll have to remember to breathe. The reels will bring you to your feet. This music reaches the soul as well as the ear.

    1 out of 5 stars Stilted.......2005-12-15

    I suppose you will enjoy this if you really like Yo-Yo Ma at his most boring. This is glorified elevator music and about as interesting.

    5 out of 5 stars Walking the trail.......2005-08-07

    I actually heard this cd while having a root canal done at the dentist's office. I find the music so wonderful and the vocal segments are great. It does make you feel like you are walking the Appalachian Trail...and makes a root canal painless!

    5 out of 5 stars Superb concert.......2005-08-02

    I have bought two copies of this disc -- one for my car. The music is wonderful, and the performances are memorable. There's a DVD version, which is equally good. The performers obviously loved working together, and that's fully evident.

    2 out of 5 stars Too Studied.......2005-06-22

    Two of my favorite CDs in the last couple of years were "Obrigado Brazil" and "In Full Swing" by Yo Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor respectively. I found both of those CDs to be fine examples of genre-busting joyful music making. So when I saw these guys paired here, I snapped it up. Unfortunately, I was disappointed.

    The music throughout most of the CD sounds too labored, too studied. It is, frankly, not that inspiring. The playing throughout is, of course, of the highest calibre and the recorded sound excellent. But there is no hint of the exhuberance of Folk or Bluegrass which is the supposed inspiration for the disc. The guest spots by James Taylor and Alison Krauss are good but they sound like outtakes from their own CDs, these songs are out of context here. (But note how many other Amazon reviews reference their contributions as reasons for loving the CD. Perhaps so many five star ratings because these people need broader musical exposure?)

    Too many critics over intellectualize. I base my ratings on one simple criterion: How much did the music move me? In this case, not much.
    Artist Portrait: Susan Graham
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great Introduction
    		 Artist Portrait: Susan Graham

    Manufacturer: Warner Classics
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    Binding: Audio CD

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    5. Poèmes de l'Amour

    ASIN: B00008KA5L
    Release Date: 2004-08-10

    Tracks:

    1. Voi Che Sapete
    2. Non So Piu Cosa Son, Cosa Faccio
    3. Di Te Mi Rido
    4. Mi Lusinga Il Dolce Affetto
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    14. This Journey To Christ
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    16. Dead Man Walking!
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    18. C'est Ca La Vie, C'est Ca L'amour
    19. Yes
    20. Les Hommes Sont Bien Tous Les Memes

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Great Introduction.......2004-08-25

    This is a great introduction at a very reasonable price to Susan Graham's lovely mezzo voice, with selections from several CDs. Be warned, however - this will only whet your appetite for the full albums (for example, her incredible live performance as Ruggiero in Handel's "Alcina" with Renee Fleming and Natalie Dessay and with William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants - surely one of the most stupendous opera recordings ever made).
    The Mantovani Orchestra
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • The Real Thing
    • Fantastic Collection of Favorites!!!
    		 The Mantovani Orchestra

    Manufacturer: St. Clair Records
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    ASIN: B00005YC5F
    Release Date: 2000-04-18

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars The Real Thing.......2007-01-27

    I'm a HUGE Mantovani fan and have had mixed results trying to upgrade my collection to CDs. This collection is the original orchestra arrangements of all the classics. This is the one to buy.

    5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Collection of Favorites!!!.......2003-07-02

    The Mantovanti Orchestra shows off their "marvelous versatility" in this "wonderful" collection of "8 CDs", with titles that tell you "just what to expect", such as: "The Love Songs", "Memorable Classics", "Itallian Favorites", "On Broadway", etc. You can set the MOOD for practically ANY occassion! There are even some "popular" selections that we all know and treasure like: "Moon River", "Over the Rainbow" and "Autum Leaves"!
    You will NOT want to remove these GREAT CDs from your CD Player, once you have listened to them! They make "nice" background music for small get-togethers or "lovely" background music for those "ROMANTIC DINNERS", for you and your "SPECIAL SOMEONE"!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS SET!!! It is a GREAT DEAL for the money, even at the full price!!!
    Hazel Flagg (1953 Original Broadway Cast)
    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    • NOT A GREAT SHOW, BUT FUN, NONETHELESS . . . .
    		 Hazel Flagg (1953 Original Broadway Cast)

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    ASIN: B0007ULKSY
    Release Date: 2004-09-27

    Tracks:

    1. Overture - Orchestra
    2. A Little More Heart - Benay Venuta
    3. The World Is Beautiful Today - Helen Gallagher
    4. The Rutland Bounce - Jule Styne
    5. I'm Glad I'm Leaving - Helen Gallagher
    6. Hello, Hazel - Benay Venuta
    7. Every Street's A Boulevard In Old New York - Jack Whiting
    8. How Do You Speak To An Angel? - John Howard
    9. Autograph Chant - Chorus
    10. I Feel Like I'm Gonna Live Forever - Helen Gallagher
    11. You're Gonna Dance With Me, Willie - Helen Gallagher
    12. Who Is The Bravest? - Male Chorus
    13. Salomee - Dean Campbell
    14. Everybody Loves To Take A Bow - Jack Whiting
    15. Laura De Maupassant - Helen Gallagher
    16. Finale - The Entire Company
    17. Bonus Track: How Do You Speak To An Angel? - Eddie Fisher
    18. Bonus Track: I Feel Like I'm Gonna Live Forever - Sunny Gale
    19. Bonus Track: Salomee - Dinah Shore
    20. Bonus Track: I Feel Like I'm Gonna Live Forever - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
    21. Bonus Track: Hello My Baby - Benay Venuta
    22. Bonus Track: When Frances Dances With Me - Benay Venuta
    23. Bonus Track: Waltz Me Around Again Willie - Benay Venuta
    24. Bonus Track: Come Josephine In My Flying Machine - Benay Venuta
    25. Bonus Track: Rings On My Fingers - Benay Venuta
    26. Bonus Track: After The Ball - Benay Venuta

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars NOT A GREAT SHOW, BUT FUN, NONETHELESS . . . ........2007-06-20

    HAZEL FLAGG is a curious animal. The show, ' . . . a satire on the manipulation of people, especially the general public," is based on Ben Hecht's screenplay for the 1937 Carole Lombard/Frederick March vehicle, "Nothing Sacred," itself based on a story by James Street. Hecht is also responsible for the musical's book, with lyrics by Bob Hilliard. Jule Styne, fresh from the success of HIGH BUTTON SHOES and GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, not only wrote the music but acted as the show's producer as well.

    HAZEL's disappointing 190 performances (compared to over 700 for each of the previous shows) can be blamed on that old Broadway bugaboo: bad book. "The show did lose something in its transformation to a musical. The songs and dances tended to drag what was originally a fast moving story and, as many other show writers have found, satire is something that rarely works as a musical. Ben Hecht, who was successful as a playwright, was not at ease with a libretto and the inexperienced producer should have recognised this and brought in help. Even so, Jule Styne's score, whilst not quite top notch Styne, does include the enchanting 'How Do You Speak to an Angel?' and the popular 'Every Street's a Boulevard in Old New York." (from the liner notes by Rexton S. Bunnett)

    Marc Miller, writing in "The TheaterMania Guide to Musical Theater Recordings," says HAZEL FLAGG was " . . . intended as Helen Gallagher's stepping-stone to stardom in the title role of a Vermont lass who's thought to be dying of radium poisoning and is transported to New York by EVERYWHERE magazine for a supposed last fling. (Guess what happens to her prognosis.) Gallagher works very hard here, and her contralto belt is strong and secure. She's supported by such Broadway reliables as Benay Venuta, Jack Whiting, . . . and Thomas Mitchell (who doesn't sing a note but took home a Best Musical Tony anyway). . . . the show does sport amusingly elaborate vocal arrangements by Hugh Martin."

    The score is not nearly as dull as Mr. Miller would like us to believe. In addition to "Angel" and "Every Street," the score includes "I Feel Like I'm Gonna Live Forever," "You're Gonna Dance with Me, Willie," and the rather bizarre "Laura de Maupassant," all delivered in fine style by Ms. Gallagher. And "Salomee," here sung by Dean Campbell, became a minor hit for Dinah Shore.

    The CD is blessed with a bunch of fun bonus tracks: a young, in-wonderful-voiced Eddie Fisher singing "How Do You Speak to an Angel?", Dinah Shore's recording of "Salomee," Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians performing "I Feel Like I'm Gonna Live Forever," and six tracks by Ms. Venuta, including "When Frances Dances with Me" and "Waltz Me Around Again, Willie" ("Willie Fitzgibbons who used to sell ribbons/and stood up all day on his feet/Grew very spooney on Madeline Mooney,/Who'd rather be dancing than eat./Each evening she'd tag him, to some dance hall drag him,/And when the band started to play,/She'd up like a silly and grab tired Willie,/Steer him on the floor and she'd say,/Waltz me around again, Willie . . . " What fun. The bonus songs alone are worth the price of admission.
    Out of This World
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Failed Ideas
    • Simply Exquisite
    		 Out of This World
    Harold Arlen , Herbert/ Arlen, Harold ("Hal") Stothart , Allan Schwartzberg , Joe Beck , Cyro Baptista , James Saporito , Jeffrey Harris , and Mike Renzi
    Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
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    Release Date: 2003-11-18

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    7. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
    8. Optimistic Voices [*]
    9. Over the Rainbow
    10. Let's Take a Walk Around the Block
    11. Don't Like Goodbyes
    12. Right as the Rain
    13. Out of This World
    14. Man That Got Away/Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)/Blues in
    15. My Shining Hour

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars Failed Ideas.......2004-12-09

    Maureen McGovern is a national treasure. Her Naughty Baby CD to me is the 2nd coming of Christ. By comparison Out of this World is quite disappointing. Mostly either Harold Arlen or MM's uninspiring interpretations and/or Renzi's arrangements don't seem to suit MM on this CD. The drums and percusion are sometimes schlocky. The screechy sax is always terrible. Also not working for me are the electric keyboard/synthesizer, the electric guitar and the cello. Even Renzi's piano playing is sometimes a let down. Jay Leonhart's great bass work seems to be the only thing that you can depend on here. Did MM do this to herself or is Renzi mainly responsible? Spend your money instead on: Naughty Baby, The Music Never Ends, The Pleasure of his Company and Christmas With MM. All wonderful music.

    5 out of 5 stars Simply Exquisite.......2003-12-01

    I'd forgotten what a beautiful, supple vocal instrument McGovern has. Here, she sings blues- and jazz-flavored tunes, torchy ballads, and more--all Harold Arlen--including "It's Only a Paper Moon," "Over the Rainbow," "Let's Take a Walk Around the Block," "The Man That Got Away" and "Come Rain or Come Shine." Her "Optimistic Voices" (from The Wizard of Oz) is worth the price of the entire CD. It is simply exquisite, like a fine jewel, polished and gleaming with feeling.

    Jazz Music:

    1. Cookin' with the Mighty Burner
    2. Coral [Hybrid SACD]
    3. Don't Mess With Mr T. [Import]
    4. Electric Ascension [Live]
    5. First Takes
    6. FIVE
    7. For Musicians Only
    8. Free Ride
    9. Gallianissimo
    10. Harmony and Abyss

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