Explorations-Columbia Years [Import]

Explorations-Columbia Years [Import]

ASIN: B000063BVE

Track Listings

1. Space Princess

2. Quiet Moments

3. Magical Journey

4. Exotic Mysteries

5. Singing For Love

6. Mystical Dreamer (Tribute To Miles Davis)

7. Twilight

8. Night Flower

9. Sunburst

10. Journey Into Love

11. Floating Through Space

12. Bright Moments

13. We Can Dream

14. Springtime Magic

15. Loveland

16. Explorations

17. In The Park

18. Love Is The Answer

19. Speak About It

20. Bridge Through Time

See all 31 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Import only compilation for the jazz funk legend combines four albums on two CDs, 'Exotic Mysteries' (1978), 'Loveland' (1978), 'Love Is The Answer' (1980) plus 'A Song For The Children' (1979) along with a number of tracks previously unreleased on CD. All four Columbia classics are unavailable domestically. Sony.

Tracks:

The Last Dance
Night And Day
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Luck Be A Lady
The Way You Look Tonight
My Kind Of Town
The Best Is Yet To Come
Fly Me To The Moon
It Was A Very Good Year
Love And Marriage
I've Got You Under My Skin
Strangers In The Night
Summer Wind
All Or Nothing At All
That's Life
My Way
The Lady Is A Tramp
Send In The Clowns
Nancy
Theme From 'New York, New York'

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A 20-track collection from the Reprise years that tries to cover too much ground. Very Good Years sweeps from the early 1960s to 1979's "New York New York," focusing on the most obvious Sinatra standards. The watchword here isn't art but populism. That's not a problem, really--but it means that serious fans (or those aspiring to be) will be better served elsewhere. It would be a fine introduction for the casual music lover, but so would any decent collection. For a compact Reprise-era sampler, try either this one or something from the Greatest Hits series. --Gavin McNett

Customer Reviews:

Classic Sinatra.......2007-06-14

All my favorites for riding in the car.

Best of the Best.......2007-05-29

Great stuff on this CD for any Sinatra fan. From the theme from "New York New York" to "It Was a Very Good Year" you'll find all the best that Sinatra is known for.

Let's be Frank about This.....................2007-05-16

The last thing that your Metamorpho wants is to be typecast when it comes to his reviews. That said- I may get criticized severely for straying outside of the pop/rock genre. But, as I advised in a bygone review, one has to stretch and see what else is out there. The world is vast and there is much to explore. (Your Metamorpho has recently discovered old, pub drinking folk tunes- and you said my musical taste was not eclectic!). Regardless, many Seer moons ago some friends of mine played Sinatra for me and then, as they say, the rest was reflective history.
This man is an absolutely incredible and astounding vocalist. Perhaps, one of the very best in the 20th century. You just have to listen to him, the cool smooth sometimes swingin', sometimes the serious and somber timbre of his vocals. What makes him so special anyway? It's how he phrases the lyrics, how his soft blanket of enunciation and knowing the right emphasis to use creates a very high standard that others hope to achieve. It is hard to define Sinatra so that you'll understand. But, if you're not too familiar with him, then this c.d. will help make it clear. It's everything: his vocals, the band sound, the arrangements. This is so fine- and so very classic and quality. Let's pour a drink, relax, and listen to Sinatra. So easy and wonderful on the ears.
Of course, as you would expect, this C.D. is filled with songs by the greatest songwriters of all time. Cole Porter,Johnny Mercer, Rodgers, Cahn-VanHeusen, Sondheim. We have exceptional compositions here. Plus Frank's later hits, "Strangers In the Night", "Summer Wind", "My Way", "New York, New York". The c.d. is a joy with great renditions by Frank. I especially like "The Best is Yet to Come" with Count Basie and his Orchestra. So cool, so jazzy, so Frank.
This is a great starting point by merely scratches the surface of his excellence. I suggest getting the box set of "The Capitol Years". That is his essential classic phase with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. You just can't get any finer music. Take my word. And even then, there is much more about him to discover. The best IS yet to come.
In conclusion, your Metamorpho, from time to time, needs to forget the rat race out there. Frank is a refreshing oasis of sound in sometimes a desolate music scene. He will always be this - for the ages. His legacy is cemented and will always be the best as more generations discover him.
Jazzy, suave, essential - this is Sinatra.
Very high marks for this one.
Now you must excuse me- Frank calls and a martini awaits me.

Flying to the Moon--- the "music for the ages" Metamorpho

I really like this cd.......2007-05-14

This cd is great because it has alot of my favorite songs. My favorite track is stranger in the night. I recommend this cd to anyone who likes Frank.

Sinatra is God..........2007-04-21

Of Jazz singers anyway. I don't even know what to say. He is the best Jazz singer of all time in my opinion (sorry Billie), and this is his best disc. Sure there are other cuts that are must haves, but as a compilation there is no comparison... This is the best one. It's a great place to start a Sinatra collection, or if you just want a single disc of his best stuff.

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Not the Relient K I know
Great new CD from Relient K!
Another masterpiece
Some Good, Some Very Good, One Bad
Very well done!

Five Score and Seven Years Ago
Relient K
Manufacturer: Capitol
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000MX7SR8
Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

Plead The Fifth
Come Right Out And Say It
I Need You
The Best Thing
Forgiven
Must Have Done Something Right
Give
Devastation And Reform
I'm Taking You With Me
Faking My Own Suicide
Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I Care
Bite My Tongue
Up And Up
Deathbed

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Relient K's fifth CD is a diverse modern rock album that's so varied at times it sounds like a mix tape. "Take the Fifth" pulses with lush, Beach Boys-y harmonies, "Forgiven" is a piano-driven tune that sounds like early U2, and the dueling guitar feedback that opens "I Need You" displays deeper punk rock heaviosity. "Faking My Own Suicide"--a great tune powered by Death Cabby vocals, ironic yet playful lyrics, and a killer classic rock organ--seems destined for a movie soundtrack. The true standout is of course "Deathbed," an intense eleven minute ode to regret co-starring Jon Foreman of Switchfoot. Relient K have not only weathered lineup changes (the bassist and guitarist are new here) and mainstream success without "selling out" and foregoing their introspective messages of faith and hope. But they've made the best album in their career in the process. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Relient K's fifth album in seven years and the follow-up to 2004's mmhmm. Special Deluxe Package w/bonus DVD of Five Score and Seven Years Ago also available.

Customer Reviews:

Not the Relient K I know.......2007-07-05

I'm a long-time Relient K fan, but this new album just doesn't do anything for me. I was deeply disappointed in the music and the lyrics.

Some of the songs have that intentional ambiguity that song writers use to try to get secular air time. The most common technique is to write a song that is unclear: is this to God or to a girl? For instance is "I must have done something right" to God or to a girl? I don't think that it makes complete sense either way. Getting a Christian message out to non-Christians is the point, but the problem is that it means that people who are not Christian will never get the message.

A lot of the songs are talking about how messed up he is. Recognizing our brokenness and need for a savior is a necessary step towards salvation, but the songs stop short of pointing to WHO we need. It just comes off being gloomy and hopeless. "Devastation and reform" is an exception. It does mention God as the answer to the devastation he has created.

The last song, called "Deathbed" is a rambling ballad that goes on for 11 minutes. It is about a man dying of lung cancer recounting how he had messed up his life with alcohol, smoking, a bad marriage and divorce. It has some valid points about the destruction caused by dad's abandoning their families, drinking and smoking, premarital sex, etc. But at the end they tag on something about how he accepted Christ so now it's all ok. What I am missing is any indication that Christ transformed his life. When did he make this decision to follow Christ? How did his life change? It seems like he just wasted his life on bad choices and just used Jesus as his ticket to heaven at the end. Maybe the song is a warning to not be like that, but the point is dulled by the happy ending.

But it gets worse. The song "Faking my own suicide" is just disturbed. Maybe I just don't get it, but I can't find anything redeeming about that song. Is it supposed to be funny? Making light of suicide is not something I can appreciate.

Great new CD from Relient K!.......2007-07-05

This is a really good CD for anyone who likes Relient K's style that varies from punk to acapella... It follows the styles of many of their past CDS but also brings in some totally new styles... awesome album!

Another masterpiece.......2007-06-20

Relient K has been very consistent over the years, and remarkably, they have again raised the bar. This collection of songs rocks, in its entirety. Except for one 15-second interlude, every song is iPod-worthy. The album's opening track "Plead the Fifth" finds the guys skillfully harmonizing a cappella, Beach Boys style. Too bad it's only a minute and thirteen seconds long as it leaves the listener wanting more. The lead single, "Must Have Done Something Right" features a killer hook. Other strong tracks are "Forgiven" and "The Best Thing." The band finishes the album with a dramatic, eleven-minute song called "Deathbed", which tells the story of a man dying of lung cancer who reflects on his life and poor decisions, but recounts the night when he put his faith in Christ. And to top it off, Switchfoot's Jon Foreman sings the final verse. Enough said.

Some Good, Some Very Good, One Bad.......2007-06-15

Relient K is a group that has a sound that is very appealing to teenagers. My daughter really loves this CD.

I am more mixed on it. Most of the songs are good. A few are very good. A couple are silly or worse.

On the plus side, 'Forgiven' is really a terrific song. Another one that is very impressive is 'Deathbed' which is about a dying cancer patient reflecting back on life and considering Jesus. It is very long and quite a story. I had to listen to it a few times before it really caught on with me, but it is actually very good.

Lyrically, most of the songs are either quite positive or even expressly Christian.

One song that is quite silly is 'Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I Care'. It is meaningless. One song that I don't like at all is, 'Faking My Own Suicide.' It seems very out of place lyrically and style wise both. It is about a teenage breakup followed by the boy faking his own suicide to get the girl's attention and make her think that she loved him. This really should have been left off of this project.

With the exception of that song, the rest of this is a good album. In spite of that, I hesitate to recommend it because that one song is so inappropriate.

Very well done!.......2007-06-12

This is a very good CD from Relient K. My personal favorite song is Devastation and Reform. Matt Thiessen's piano playing is a great addition to the Relient K sound. The only thing that keeps me from giving this CD 5 stars, is that I don't like "Faking My Own Suicide" all that much. However, you will not be wasting money buying this album. It may have to grow on you, but you will like it. (written by MisterBassman from K Team)

The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years

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A Casual Fan Semi-Review...
"The Only Elvis That Matters" Done Justice
Same Old Music in Yet Another New Sleeve
how many times can you jump out of the cupboard
+1/2 -- The best early Costello single CD yet

The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
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ASIN: B000OHZJJQ
Release Date: 2007-05-01

Tracks:

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
Alison
Watching The Detectives
(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
Pump It Up
Radio, Radio
Accidents Will Happen
Oliver's Army
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New Lace Sleeves
Good Year For The Roses
Beyond Belief
Man Out Of Time
Almost Blue
Every Day I Write The Book
Shipbuilding
Brilliant Mistake
Indoor Fireworks
I Want You

Customer Reviews:

A Casual Fan Semi-Review..........2007-05-29

Being a fan,but not a fanatic of Elvis,I came across this new collection of hits from him and thought it was a great time to buy. I had purchased an old hits of his from the 80's, on cassette.Of course,I know the standard hits.Alison,Pump It Up,Accident's Will Happen and my fave, What's So Funny...,among a couple of others. Noticed a whole bunch of songs I wasn't familiar with and look forward to hearing them,when I receive this new set.Of late,I am digging deeper into many classic artists I listen to.Elvis fits into that. For that reason,I am giving this collection,4 stars.For the songs I know. After listening to the others,perhaps I can raise it to 5 stars.

"The Only Elvis That Matters" Done Justice.......2007-05-20

In my opinion, this is the best single-disc Elvis Costello compilation anyone has ever released. In fact, it may even be the best introduction to E.C. out there (He's so stylistically diverse that no single album is an effective introduction, and both of the more extensive collections - "Girls Girls Girls" on Columbia and "The Very Best of Elvis Costello" on Rhino - would probably be overwhelming to someone unfamiliar with the majority of his work). Also, the collection "Rock and Roll Music," as is evident in the title, ignores his non-"Rock and Roll" songs.

But this disc finally gets it right. There was a "The Very Best of Elvis Costello & the Attractions" single-disc issued on Rykodisc in 1994 that came close, but as good as that disc was, this collection makes three substitutions that are actually improvements: "(The Angels Want to Wear My) Red Shoes," "New Lace Sleeves," and "Almost Blue" replace "Watch Your Step," "New Amsterdam," and "Love Field."

Not only are the substitutions slightly better songs in my opinion, they also paint a more complete picture of Elvis Costello as an artist and writer. Especially "Red Shoes" - if you'd only heard the ballad "Alison" and the reggae-influenced "Watching the Detectives" from his debut album, you'd have no idea what to expect from the rest of the CD, but "Red Shoes" really sets the tone for the rest of that disc (and it's just an amazing song). Some people complain that these songs have been repackaged too many times, but I have a hard time arguing with the final result.

The remastering of this collection sounds as good as the Rhino remasters (which managed to be a slight improvement over the already great-sounding Rykodisc versions), and I really don't understand why some people complain about the sound (but I never owned any of the vinyl records, so maybe I am missing something). Still, the sound is the best that I've heard on CD, and in terms of song selection, this is a near-perfect set. For some, this will be all the Elvis Costello they ever need. For others, it will be the beginning of a long journey into the career of one of the best, most insightful and most interesting singer-songwriters in popular music. Either way, it's hard to go wrong with this collection.

Same Old Music in Yet Another New Sleeve.......2007-05-15

Now that thirty years has passed since his debut, it is apparent to me that Elvis Costello has a lot more in common with his namesake than a singing career. Case in point - Almost immediately upon his arrival at RCA, Elvis Presley's recordings were packaged with little regard to the consumer, and then re-packaged so relentlessly that nobody except the most dedicated, wealthy, and mentally unbalanced collector could possibly hope to amass all of Presley's catalog. With blithe regularity, RCA executives would abuse their position as the historic caretakers of a rock and roll legend by digging deeper and deeper into obscurities, then packaging them with recycled classic recordings. Very, very little was genuinely `new' except the package itself. These collections are innumerable, and I pity the poor soul who suffers the disease of being a completist collector, because it can cost you your bank account, your house, and maybe even your marriage, all in the pursuit of owning all that is Elvis.
It now appears as though the same type of abuse has befallen the recorded works of Elvis Costello. I should know. I was one of those `mentally unbalanced' individuals who felt the need to own every Elvis Costello item released on the marketplace. In the beginning, it was kind of fun. Costello had numerous singles with non-LP b-sides, and plenty of `alternate' versions to keep fans quite busy. I was a part of that vinyl junkie set, a cult of obsessed lunatics who lived to find the rarest single, or an alternate package. After three years and hundreds of dollars spent, I remember feeling betrayed when Columbia issued "Taking Liberties," a collection of Elvis' rare b-sides. In an instant, one five-dollar album made twenty rarities commonplace. Nevertheless, I soldiered on; buying 10" collector's singles, alternate mixes, and all sorts of oddities. Then, the CD era began, and it started to happen all over again. Elvis changed labels (from Columbia to Warner Brothers), and his catalog albums were subjected to not one, not two, but three separate repackagings, each of them containing unique `rarities' that could be obtained nowhere else. A dedicated collector would require four versions of each Elvis Costello album. At this point, I finally surrendered, but I already spent enough to finance a Hawaiian vacation for some record executive and his family of four. Nowadays I simply stand by, amazed as the repackaging craze continues unabated. By my count, the above named collections represent the 10th and 11th re-compilation of Elvis Costello's `hits'. I'm not saying they are bad collections. The booklets contain song lyrics, which is a nice touch, especially for the older material. Naturally, the songs are great and I should know, because I bought each of these tracks at least a half-dozen times already. If you still don't own them, then go ahead and buy them. You will enjoy them. I, however, will stare at my room full of Elvis-related plastic and acknowledge the reason that I never made that trip to Hawaii myself.
B+ Tom Ryan

how many times can you jump out of the cupboard.......2007-05-12

i swore i wouldnt buy the elvis cannon again=LPs,Singles,3 sets of CDs etc., unless it was on SACD,and i wont.But the 2 comps were worth a listen,rock and roll for the unreleased stuff{how is it possible?}and 10 years for the 4th remaster.Seeing Elvis's Lexus commercial with him enjoying surround sound just makes me sad for what could have been.Rock on,EC!

+1/2 -- The best early Costello single CD yet.......2007-05-09

You can't hardly swing a dead cat without hitting Costello's early material in reissue form. With Ryko and Rhino both having taken ever-lengthening passes at his albums, Hip-O picks up the catalog years of 1977-1986 for another round. In addition to a new pair of compilations (this one and "Rock and Roll Music") that skim the initial decade's eleven albums, their May 1 release date also marks the re-re-re-reissue of the albums on CD and the catalog's digital download debut (initially from iTunes, later from addtiional services).

After so many Costello reissues and compilations, this collection is mostly a retail shelving refresher and a beacon for Hip-O's album reissue and digital programs; all 22 of these tracks have been available on CD before. And as with other single-disc Costello anthologies such as Sony's 1990 19-track "Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions" and Ryko's 1994 22-track "Very Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions," there's simply too much worthy material in Costello's initial eleven albums (not to mention assorted singles and B-sides) to fully essay in 80 minutes.

What you get here is a well drawn sketch that provides the neophyte a sense of Costello's incredible torrent of early creativity, the sustain of his first few years, a few missteps in the mid-80s, and a stronger-than-ever comeback with 1986's "King of America" and "Blood & Chocolate" LPs." Though fans of the albums will mentally flinch at the inter-album segues (and thus the missing classics), condensing Costello's career arc does demonstrate how his punk-era angst and blistering song-writing aged and then reasserted itself in a more mature, but no less powerful form a decade later. Reducing 10 years to a single CD also creates a bit of genre whiplash as Costello applied himself to rock, punk, pop, soul, R&B blues, and jazz.

As on Ryko's 1994 collection, Costello aided in the track selection. No surprise then that there are 19 tracks in common with Ryko's earlier release. The three substitutions add the essential "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes," "Almost Blue," and "New Lace Sleeves" in place of the expendable "Watch Your Step," "New Amsterdam," and "Love Field," making this the best single-disc Costello anthology on the market. Costello fans are better off making their own anthologies from the original albums, but those just coming to his work decades after the fact will find this an excellent primer. 4-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2007 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]

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The best yet
The "Missing" Sign of the Southern Cross
Nice reminder of the'old days' -- but new stuff falls short
a journey through the reservoirs of mind
Black Sabbath - The Dio Years

The Dio Years
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ASIN: B000NA77YO
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

Neon Knights
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Heaven & Hell
Die Young
Lonely Is The Word
The Mob Rules
Turn Up The Night
Voodoo
Falling Off The Edge Of The World
After All (The Dead)
TV Crimes
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Children Of The Sea (Live)
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The idea of Black Sabbath without Ozzy Osbourne was a form of metal sacrilege in 1980, at least until people heard Ronnie James Dio belt out "Oh no, here it comes again..." to open the reformed band's Heaven and Hell. Dio's low-growl had a yowl, squaring frightfully with Tony Iommi's more reined-in crunch. And Sabbath was reborn, playing faster than they had with Ozzy and drawing crowds. Five tracks from Heaven make it to this set, where four from successor, Mob Rules, show up. The winners from each: "Neon Nights" and "Turn Up the Night," both quick, hefty wailers, steamrolling on sheer riffing tonnage. Dehumanizer rekindled the Sabbath/Dio marriage in 1992, showing speed metal's intervening influence--and the band holds up well, racing atop Vinnie Appice's iron-armed drums and Iommi's relentless, intentionally range-limited riffs. Then there are the three new tracks, all benefiting from 2006's richer low-end production and metal's return to a slower grind--where Iommi is more thrilling doling out sludge, as on "Shadow of the Wind," where chords sound slo-mo and blessedly narrow in range. Yes, "Ear on the Wall" closes the set in a hurried, fast- (not speed-) metal vibe, but at best the band is deliberately mid-tempo, making a raucous noise you're happy for after all these years. --Andrew Bartlett

Album Description

Honoring the time Ronnie Dio spent with the band, Black Sabbath's hits "Neon Knights," "Lady Evil," and "Die Young" are featured on this compilation spanning 1980-2006. David Ling contributes liner notes and live versions of "Children of the Sea" and "Country Girl" are showcased.

Customer Reviews:

The best yet.......2007-07-08

Until I heard it I wouldn't have believed it. Ronnie James Dio stepped into Ozzy's boots in very big way. This is one their best.

The "Missing" Sign of the Southern Cross.......2007-07-02

How can it be possible that "The Sign of the Southern Cross" is not included on this album!!!

Nice reminder of the'old days' -- but new stuff falls short.......2007-06-09

Like I said-- nice reminder of the days when Sabbath came back from the end of the Ozzy days with a vengeance. The set list is good, and yes, yes, there could have been a few more, but I think the live version of 'Children of the Sea' (from Live Evil) adequately makes up for what may be missing. (Sign of the Southern Cross, etc.)
The new tracks leave me a little... what-- unsatisfied? The question is, have I gotten too old? Or has My Lord Iommi's creativity dried up? (I'm going to Hell just for saying that.) The riffs sound like a rehash of His warm ups--at best. Or like a Sabbath cover band trying come up with something 'original.' (I'm from the Bay Area, and I've heard a thousand bands that took the first three albums, put em' in a blender, and called them 'original' stuff-- the writer included.) For me, the new tracks come up a little short, but it's still great to hear the Sabs rippin it up in the studio again.
Yeah, if you're a Die Hard, or a new 'Keeper of the Sign', this CD is good enough for the 10 bucks, but you're probably better off getting all the originals to truly appreciate that post Ozzy sound that was given unto the world in 1980....

a journey through the reservoirs of mind.......2007-06-05

a fine collection of mystical magical mayhem from one of the more inspired and interesting Sabbath incarnations. Those of us who caught the recent Heaven and Hell tour were treated to a savory overview of the uniquely powerful and enjoyable creations of this legendary band. We knew that Dio was keeping his vocals deftly working like a well-oiled machine from beyond...but Iommi's mesmerizing and trademark licks were surprisingly impressive after all these years. The soul-thunderous drumming made the price of admission worth every cent.

For lovers of music who enjoy delving into the mystical and magical realms of the mind, few acts have been as innovative and enduring as this one. It is a true feat to revisit these songs so commandingly and blow audiences away all over again.

A masterful accomplishment.

Black Sabbath - The Dio Years.......2007-05-25

I recently purchased Black Sabbath's The Dio Years and
I am quite astounded.

The quality of the old songs is quite nice, in my
opinion, considering I have the first remasters of the
Dio albums. Quite frankly, the three new songs really
impressed me. I was expecting another Psycho Man
disaster. Psycho Man was terrible, in my opinion.

Iommi's riffs in the new songs are incredible. They
reminded me a little of Fused in their heaviness. The
Devil Cried gave me goosebumps when I first heard it.
Shadow of the Wind was a good slow, headbanging jam.
Ear in the Wall, though the guitar parts really caught
my ear (no pun intended), the lyrics were very
strange. I was still quite amazed by the new songs. I
am more than satisfied and really hope that there is a
new Sabbath/Dio album in the works within the next
couple years. A new original Sabbath album would be
nice too, for that matter.

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a good starting place.
I second Mike S.
Even thought "This Ole Cowbay" was left out...still a 5 Star
After see them in concert
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Enhanced content: Fire On The Mountain (bonus live video clip)

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There have been plenty of attempts to anthologize this venerable Southern band's extensive catalog, but this is the first one to get it right. Spreading 32 tracks from just over 30 years of albums across two discs, the immaculately sequenced compilation plays like a well-conceived piece. From the flute-dominated "Take the Highway," the opening cut of their 1973 debut, the Marshall Tucker Band avoided the typical Southern-boogie-rockin'-guitar path later epitomized by their more rowdy brethren the Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Molly Hatchet. Rather, Tucker presented a more laid-back, country-based approach, highlighted by the jazzy playing of woodwind player Jerry Eubanks and drummer Paul Riddle.

Although the Capricorn/Warner Bros. decade that ended in 1983 accounts for the bulk of these selections, the last half of the second disc presents a revamped lineup led by sole original member/lead singer Doug Gray, continuing the musical legacy with remarkably engaging results. The 24-page booklet featuring a detailed history, a live CD-ROM track, and crisply remastered sound further enhance the experience that finally bestows upon this underrated band the comprehensive, classy, and long-overdue retrospective it deserves. --Hal Horowitz

Album Description

The first collection to feature hits from their entire career!

Along with Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers, The Marshall Tucker Band is the definitive Southern rock band. Over their storied career, they've seamlessly blended rock, country, jazz, pop, blues and soul into a beguiling blend of the best music that The South — and America — has to offer. The 2-disc Anthology is the first collection to pull together the highlights from their 30-year career.

It contains not only their biggest hits—"Fire On The Mountain," "Heard It In A Love Song," "Last Of The Singing Cowboys," "Can't You See," "Take The Highway"—but also such fan favorites as "Where A Country Boy Belongs," "I Should Have Never Started Lovin' You," and "Cattle Drive." Since MTB's on-stage prowess is legendary, a live video clip has been included as a bonus.

Customer Reviews:

a good starting place........2007-07-04

this compilation is the perfect starting point for someone new to marshall tucker. and it's a little more poignant given george mccorkle's death on 6/29/07 from cancer. this was the best band america ever produced. they were THAT good!

I second Mike S........2007-06-03

To leave off "this ole cowboy" is inexcusable, or a gross mistake. Listen to that song, and you'll agree.

Even thought "This Ole Cowbay" was left out...still a 5 Star.......2007-05-27

Yes it is unfortunate that "This Ole Cowboy" was left off the greatest hits CD...but we, as consumers do not know why. Perhaps the holder of the publishing rights "sold" their interest in the song thinking that "This Ole Cowboy" would just fade away. Music, unfortunately, is a business...with fat men smoking fat cigars making fat money. Choices are made that we simply cannot understand. The best we can do is be thankful for what we have in so much beautiful music...there, I feel better.

After see them in concert.......2007-05-13

A good CD that I brought after seeing them in concert. If you like flutes I would suggest buying this CD.

Great Listening.......2007-05-13

I have it and I recommend this CD to anyone who even remotely likes Marshall Tucker. I had no idea of the versatality of this band.

Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic

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Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic
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ASIN: B000055XD7
Release Date: 2003-05-27

Tracks:

A Whole New World - Brad Kane/Lea Salonga
Circle Of Life - Carmen Twillie
Beauty And The Beast - Angel Lansbury
Under The Sea - Samuel E. Wright
Hakuna Matata - Jason Weaver
Kiss The Girl - Samuel E. Wright
I Just Can't Wait To Be King - Jason Weaver
Poor Unfortunate Souls - Pat Carroll
Chim Chim Cher-ee - Julie Andrews
Jolly Holiday - Julie Andrews
A Spoonful Of Sugar - Julie Andrews
Let's Get Together - Hayley Mills
The Monkey's Uncle - Annette Funicello
The Ugly Bug Ball - Burl Ives
The Spectrum Song - Paul Frees
Colonel Hathi's March - J. Pat O'Malley
A Whale Of A Tale - Kirk Douglas
You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! - Bobby Driscoll
The Work Song - The Mouse Chorus
A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes - Ilene Woods
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - James Baskett
Dance Of The Reed Flutes - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Love Is A Song - Donald Novis
Some Day My Prince Will Come - Adriana Caselotti
Minnie's Yoo Hoo! - Carl Stalling

Tracks:

Be Our Guest - Angela Lansbury
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Sally Dworsky
Part Of Your World - Jodi Benson
One Jump Ahead - Brad Kane
Gaston - Richard White
Something There - Paige O'Hara
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Julie Andrews
Candle On The Water - Helen Reddy
Main Street Musical Parade - Jean Jacques Perrey
The Age Of Not Believing - Angela Lansbury
The Bare Necessities - Phil Harris
Feed The Birds (Tuppence A Bag) - Julie Andrews
Best Of Friends - Pearl Bailey
Let's Go Fly A Kite - Dick Van Dyke
It's A Small World (After All) - The Disneyland Chorus
The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room - Thurl Ravenscroft
Mickey Mouse Club March - The Mouseketeers
On The Front Porch - Burl Ives
The Second Star To The Right - The Jud Conlon Chorus
Ev'rybody Has A Laughing Place - Johnny Lee
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo - Verna Felton
So This Is Love - Ilene Woods
When You Wish Upon A Star - Cliff Edwards
Heigh-Ho - The Dwarf's Chorus
Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf? - Pinto Colvig

Tracks:

Colors Of The Wind - Judy Kuhn
You've Got A Friend In Me - Randy Newman
Be Prepared - Jeremy Irons
Out There - Tom Hulce
Family - Original Cast
Les Poissons - Rene Auberjonois
Mine, Mine, Mine - Mel Gibson
Jack's Lament - Danny Elfman
My Name Is James - Paul Terry
Heffalumps And Woozles - Disney Chorus
The Mob Song - Original Cast
Poortobello Road - Angela Lansbury
Stay Awake - Julie Andrews
I Wan'na Be Like You - Louis Prima
Oo-De-Lally - Roger Miller
Are We Dancing - John Davidson
Once Upon A Dream - Mary Costa
Belle Notte - Bill Thompson
Following The Leader - Paul Collins
Trust In Me - Sterling Holloway
The Ballad Of Davy Crockett - The Wellingtons
I'm Professor Ludwig Von Drake - Paul Frees
Pink Elephants On Parade - Disney Chorus
Little April Shower - Disney Chorus
The Silly Song (Dwarfs' Yodel Song) - Adriana Caselotti

Tracks:

One Last Hope - Danny DeVitto
A Guy Like You - Charles Kimbrough
On The Open Road - Aaron Lohr
Just Around The Riverbend - Judy Kuhn
Home - Susan Egan
Fantasmic! - Bruce Healey
Oogie Boogie's Song - Ken Page
I Will Go Sailing No More - Randy Newman
Substitutiary Locomotion - Angela Lansbury
Stop, Look, And Listen/I'm No Fool - Cliff Edwards
Love - Nancy Adams
Thomas O'Malley Cat - Phil Harris
That's What Friends Are For - J. Pat O'Malley
Winnie The Pooh - The Disney Chorus
Femininity - Hayley Mills
Ten Feet Off The Ground - Janet Blair
The Siamese Cat Song - Peggy Lee
Enjoy It! - Maurice Chevalier
Although I Dropped $100,000 (I Found A Million Dollars In Your Smile) - Paul Frees
Give A Little Whistle - Cliff Edwards
Oh, Sing Sweet Nightingale - Ilene Woods
I Wonder - Mary Costa
Looking For Romance (I Bring You A Song) - Donald Novis
Baby Mine - Betty Noyes
I'm Wishing/One Song - Adriana Caselotti

Tracks:

I'll Make A Man Out Of You - Donny Osmond And Chorus
I Won't Say (I'm In Love) - Susan Egan
God Help The Outcasts - Heidi Mollenhauer And Chorus
If I Can't Love Her - Terrence Mann
Steady As The Beating Drum - The Disney Chorus
Belle - Richard White
Strange Things - Randy Newman
Cruella DeVil - Dr. John
Eating The Peach - Simon Callow
Seize The Day - David Moscow
What's This? - Danny Elfman
Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) - Burl Ives
The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down - The Disney Chorus
A Step In The Right Direction - Angela Lansbury
Boo Bop Bopbop Bop (I Love You, Too) - Charlie Callas
Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me) - The Disney Chorus
My Own Home
Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat - Phil Harris
In A World Of My Own - Kathryn Beaumont And Chorus
You Belong To My Heart - Dora Luz
Humphrey Hop - The Disney Chorus
He's A Tramp - Peggy Lee
Song Of The South - The Disney Chorus
When I See An Elephant Fly - Cliff Edwards
I've Got No Strings - Dickie Jones

Album Description

Aussie exclusive box-set featuring a collection of Disney's best-loved songs. 60 years of musical magic from 'Snow White' to the 'Lion King', from Mary Poppins' to 'Toy Story'. Five standard jewel cases housed together in a slipcase.

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Spectacular Five Disc Box Set with all the Original Recordings of all the Great Songs from Disney Cartoons and Motion Pictures Assembled in One Fantastic Set!

Customer Reviews:

GREAT ITEM.......2007-06-27

I ORDERED THIS ITEM FOR MY SON WHO LOVES DISNEY MUSIC. IT CAME IN GREAT CONDITION AND QUICKLY. LISTENING TO THE CD,S BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF MY YOUNGER DAYS.

Slow shipping & Minor Damage.......2007-05-14

My kids (2 & 3 yrs.) like the music that they have heard before. There are many songs included that are less popular. If your kids are like mine, you will be hitting the "next" button frequently. I ended up burning a cd of the songs that they liked. This worked out well.

The Shipping was fairly slow. It took about two weeks (10 business days) to arrive through standard mail. This probably wouldn't have been so bad, but most of the other orders that I have placed through Amazon have arrived in 5 business days or less.

The product itself seemed to be damaged during manufacture. All of the CDs were lose in the cases. It appears that they didn't seat properly, and during the seating process the tines in the center of the case that hold the CDs in place were broken. None of the discs were damaged or scratched.

Grrrrrreat!.......2007-05-03

This is the best product for every Disney junkie, i LOVE it! It has just about every classic song ever made. I love it, and the price is VERY reasonable for 125 songs... it's a MUCH better deal than buying the other disney classic cd's individualy...so BUY IT!! like tigger says: ITS "GRRRRREEEAAAT!!!"

This CD is Awesome.......2007-04-12

It has all the good disney songs sung like in the movies with the original singers. My daughter loves it.

Love It!.......2007-03-10

I am a HUGE Disney fan and this is definitely an essential set for anyone who loves Disney or Disney movies. I play these CDs whenever I'm stressed out and I can't help but smile and sing along. Great for adults and kids :) It will definitely bring back great childhood memories!

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WOW!! THESE DESTROYERS CAN ROCK HARD
George Thorogood 30 Years of Rock
Rockabilly All The Way - George Thorogood Style!
RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "ALMOST GREAT TO THE BONE!"
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Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock
George Thorogood
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ASIN: B00020HB1Y
Release Date: 2004-05-18

Tracks:

Move It On Over
Who Do You Love?
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Madison Blues
Bad To The Bone
You Talk Too Much
Gear Jammer
I Drink Alone
If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave)
American Made
The Sky Is Crying (Live)
Reelin' & Rockin' (Live)
Willie & The Hand Jive
Get A Haircut
Rockin' My Life Away (Alternate Take) - Previously unreleased
Who Do You Love? (ROTHROCK REMIX) - Previously unreleased

Customer Reviews:

WOW!! THESE DESTROYERS CAN ROCK HARD.......2007-06-22

I certainly found this CD great as these Destroyers are a great blues rock band and my favorite blues rock band along with ZZ Top, Bad Company and a few others. My personal favorites would be Move It On Over, Bad to the Bone, One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer, and I Drink Alone. For great blues rock fans, I would really recomend this CD.

George Thorogood 30 Years of Rock.......2007-05-18

If you like rock and roll. You will love this one.

Rockabilly All The Way - George Thorogood Style!.......2007-04-05

George Thorogood is one of my favorite all time rockers. The reason why is he was able to combine rock with a little bit of country. In essence: ROCKABILLY! I was raised in the South, but did not especially like a lot of country music. This CD has just the right amount of both Rock and Country music all in one great collection. I would not call it a greatest hits album, but most of George Thorogood's songs are on it. This is a must for your CD collection!

RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "ALMOST GREAT TO THE BONE!".......2007-01-28

This is a great CD with some all-time classic Thorogood, slide guitar masterpieces. Such as "One Bourbon Once Scotch, One Beer", "Move It On Over:, Who Do You Love", "Bad To The Bone", and perhaps the most intelligent, "tongue in cheek" "drinking" rock song ever, "I Drink Alone"! And other songs. Why then would you ask, would Shaq "The King Of The World Blues Reviewer", give it 4 stars instead of 5? Because out of 16 songs about 4 of them are not all-time greats, so that is 25% of the songs, don't rate a 5 star grade. Hence, 4 star, still really good, and you should buy it.

Old School Rock.......2007-01-10

Excellent Old School Rock. Makes you want to tap your feet and shake your money maker. Highly recommend!

Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music

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I'd rather just the first 10 years, thanks
A great buy, you'll play this over and over.
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Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music
Sesame Street
Manufacturer: Sony Wonder (Audio)
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ASIN: B0000C05MP
Release Date: 2003-09-02

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Sesame Street Theme - The Kids
ABC - DEF - GHI - Big Bird
Bein' Green - Kermit the Frog
Sing - The Kids
Five Songs - The Kids
Five People in My Family - The Anything Muppets
People in the Neighborhood - Bob and the Anything Muppets
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Over, Under, Around and Through - Grover
Ladybugs Picnic
Somebody Come and Play - The Kids
Jellyman Kelly - James Taylor and the Kids
Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel and Oscar the Grouch
Everybody Sleeps - Joe Raposo
Rubber Duckie - Ernie
Doin ' the Pidgeon - Bert
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon and the Kids
Sweet - A Little Baby Boy - Pete Seeger and the Kids
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Pinball Number Count - - The Pointer Sisters
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Nasty Dan - Johnny Cash and Oscar the Grouch
Sing After Me - Madeline Kahn and Grover
Captain Vegetable - Captian Vegetable with Eddie and Andy
African Alphabet - Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Kermit the Frog.
B.B. King - B.B. King with Bert, Benny Rabbit, Big Bird and Baby Bear
C is for Cookie - Cookie Monster
Kiko and the Lavender Moon (Elmo and the Lavender Moon) - Los Lobos
Sweet in the Mornin' (Tweet in the Mornin') - Bobby Mc Ferrin with the Birds
Small People - Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers with Prairie Dawn and Big Bird
Imagination - Ernie with Big Bird and the Cast
From Your Head - Diane Schuur with Elmo
What's the Name of that Song? - The Cast
The Batty Bat - The Count with Ftatateeta and the Bats
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One Small Voice - The Kids, Hoots the Owl, Prairie Dawn
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Two Princes - Spin Doctors with Zoe, Elmo and Telly
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Tu Me Gustas (I like you) - Luis and Elmo
Mambo I,I,I, - Gloria Estefan
Monster in the Mirror - Grover
Hold my Hand - Hootie & the Blowfish with Elmo and the Kids
I'm Talkin' Love - Trisha Yearwood and Herry Monster
We are the Earthlings - A Boyand the Anything Muppets
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Sing - Dixie Chicks
Just Happy To Be Me - Fugees
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Everybody Be Yo'Self - Keb' Mo' and the Kids
Sesame Street Theme Remix - Ursula 1000

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Songs from the Street, the boxed set that stretches back to "Sesame Street's" 1969 debut, is the kids' record of the year, if not the decade: Big Bird and the gang might've pulled it off themselves--for a crew of fix-it store workers, shopkeeps, and goofball monsters, the talent quotient's off the charts--but when you've got this many names to drop, they've got to land somewhere. What impresses most in three discs is the lack of a single thud. Cab Calloway, Pete Seeger, and James Taylor mosey in on disc one; Johnny Cash, BB King, and Tony Bennett take seats on the stoop for disc two; and the Dixie Chicks, Gloria Estefan, and R.E.M. raise the brownstone roof on disc three--and that's leaving out stars like Lena Horne, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, and Trisha Yearwood. When it comes to inspiring preschoolers and their parents to sing the praises of rubber duckies, bein' green, and the people in their neighborhood; "The Street" gets busy. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

I'd rather just the first 10 years, thanks.......2007-05-26

About half the songs are the original television versions. But the liner notes for the other half list them as being "from" other COMPILATIONS released in the 1990s.
Nowhere is it stated whether those compilations used the original versions or re-recordings, so who knows? Even the TITLE theme is not the original (It might be the version they use nowadays, but it's not the version most people know from the 70s).
Sesame should have just used the original TV versions of all tracks as that's what collectors of vintage material would be looking for (and paying quite a lot for).
They also should have focused more on the early years when the show was the most innovative. And as music was a major element, I'm sure there's a lot more material that could have been used, particularly those odd demonstrational songs about the number 5 or the letter R. Instead they've focused on the celebrity guests, most of whom don't really add much value.
I personally hoped there'd be that funky counting to ten song that featured on almost every episode (not the Pinball one, which I love too).
Disappointing, but until a better option comes along, this will have to do.

A great buy, you'll play this over and over........2007-03-15

I bought this when my daughter was born, and two years later she still asks for them to be played. The set contains three CDs, on which are collected famous songs, and ditties from the Sesame Street show...favorites like C is for Cookie, Healthy, Happy Monsters performed by famous groups like REM and more. The songs are not just kid friendly, adults will enjoy the refreshing take on some old favorites too:)

An All-Round Pleaser.......2007-02-15

I have always loved the music from Sesame Street, and as I have gotten older I have found that the next generation loves it just as much as I have, whether it be the older or newer songs. Since I bought this album, I have had it regularly playing at my sons' request. Funnily enough, anyone who walks in to our house smiles when they hear the music, ask what the album is, then sit back and enjoy it all - regardless of whether they have ever watched Sesame Street or not. Furry and real voices have universal appeal whatever the age of the listener! A beautiful album.

Childhood Renewed.......2007-01-09

If you grew up on Sesame Street - or just want some music for kids that isn't annoying - this is the box set for you! The songs are clever, amusing, lively, and educational. We bought it for ourselves as a trip down memory lane before our son was born - and since then it has been our favorite baby shower or first birthday gift! Everyone who has it loves it!

Come and Play.......2006-11-18

WHAT???????
No Capital I!!!! I can't believe that "Capital I" is not on this CD. Boy, I guess they should do two versions: Songs from the Street 60's/70's and songs from the street 80's 90's.

Still a Great CD though.

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Great for "Casual Fans"
Brings Tears To Your Eyes
Buy this album
Outstanding Petty anthology covering the MCA years
Great Collection!

Anthology: Through the Years
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
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I Need To Know
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Too Much Ain't Enough
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Runnin' Down A Dream
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Waiting For Tonight
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The most striking thing about this two-disc overview of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers is the powerful case it makes for its creators as the most consistent band of not only their era, but of all time. Think of another rocker who can claim to have created a quarter-century of recordings that, when ranked on a 10-point scale, never dip below a solid 7? Indeed, while disc 1 reflects a marginally more aggressive mindset than disc 2, it wouldn't be difficult to imagine the discs flip-flopped; maturity has yet to induce lethargy for Petty and the boys. Occupying the solid middle ground between the 18-track Greatest Hits and the six-disc Playback box, Anthology serves up 34 selections, nearly every one an FM staple. From 1976's "Breakdown" through the collection's only new offering, 2000's "Surrender," this retrospective never flags. But how could it? --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Great for "Casual Fans".......2007-06-30

I've been listening to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ever since they hit the radio airwaves back in the late seventies. I remember going to neighboorhood party's during the summer of 1978 (I was in Junior High) and Refugee was in the Top 40, gettin' blasted through the speakers.

Subsequently, over the years, I have purchased every one of Tom's and the Boy's cd's. I still consider myself just a casual fan. I simply like the hits off each cd, with a few extras thrown in by personal taste. Anyway, the majority of these discs are from the early '90's. Not the best sound quality. And, it takes some time and effort to load each disc in my itunes and pick just the songs that I want. The solution?

Buy this 2-disc Anthology. It's a great price. It's sounds good. And all your favorite Petty tunes are right there, conveniently in one place, uh...or two. I dropped them into my iPod, and haven't looked back since.

Now all I have to do is get The Last DJ and The Highway Companion, and I'm done.

Brings Tears To Your Eyes.......2007-06-08

Since Tom Petty is an icon of my generation, I could not help but enjoy/love this CD. All of his popular songs and even the not so popular songs make this CD an excellent choice for those rockers who want to turn it down a notch but have the great guitar licks coming at you with precision.

Buy this album.......2007-05-28

This album is an essential for any Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fan. Normally I try to stay away from albums that are compiled with songs that are considered to be the best of, but this album is definitely an exception. It's not the best of, it's Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers at their best. Trust me, this is an excellent addition to any music lovers collection.

Outstanding Petty anthology covering the MCA years.......2007-02-27

THE BAND: Tom Petty (vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica), Mike Campbell (lead guitar), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Howie Epstein (bass), Ron Blair (bass), Stan Lynch (drums & percussion). Guest appearances include, George Harrison, Stevie Nicks, Jeff Lynne.

THE DISCS: (2000) 34 tracks on two discs clocking in at approximately 124 minutes (disc-1 with 57:37 minutes, and disc-2 with 66:16). Included with the discs is a 10-page booklet containing song titles/credits, band photos, a 1-page intro from Cameron Crowe, what songs came from which albums and the year released. This compilation follows Petty from his debut in 1976 through this 2000 "Anthology". Digitally remastered sound. Label - UTV Records / MCA.

ALBUM REPRESENTATION: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (4 songs), You're Gonna Get It (3), Damn The Torpedoes (4), Hard Promises (2), Long After Dark (3), Southern Accents (3), Pack Up The Plantation (1), Let Me Up - I've Had Enough (2), Full Moon Fever (5), Into The Great Wide Open (3), Greatest Hits (1), Playback (1), Anthology (1), Bella Donna - Stevie Nicks 1981 solo album (1).

COMMENTS: Every music listener needs some Tom Petty in his/her collection. "Damn The Torpedoes" (1979) and "Full Moon Fever" (1989) are essential studio recordings of his. Other albums like his self titled debut, "Long After Dark", "Southern Accents" and "Into The Great Wide Open" are great albums, but I wouldn't classify them as essential Petty necessarily. Petty's "Greatest Hits" (1993) is still a fine representation on one disc, but with this more recent 2-disc "Anthology", the '93 disc is now obsolete. 17 of the 18 songs from his "Greatest Hits" album are here, minus the skippable last track "Something In The Air". THE GOOD: All the staples are here - "Breakdown", "American Girl", "I Need To Know", "Refugee", "Here Comes My Girl", "Don't Do Me Like That", "Even The Losers", "You Got Lucky", "Don't Come Around Here No More", "Free Fallin'", "I Won't Back Down", "Runnin' Down A Dream", "Learning To Fly", "Mary Jane's Last Dance", etc. The minor successes absent from his '93 "Greatest Hits" are here - "Change Of Heart", "A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)", "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", "So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star", "Jammin' Me", "Love Is A Long Road", and "Yer So Bad". There are several deep album cuts (i.e. "Hometown Blues", "The Wild One, Forever", "Too Much Ain't Enough", etc) that are nice inclusions. Chronological order is a bonus here - showcasing Petty's slight changes over the decades. Song selection is top notch. The remastered sound is crisp. THE NOT SO GOOD: Only two things stick out here. First and foremost, there are no tracks from his "Wildflowers" (1994) or "Echos" (1999) albums... most likely due to these 2 albums being on the 'Warner Bros' label (and everything prior on MCA's label). This is a shame because I really feel the songs "You Wreck Me", "Cabin Down Below" and "It's Good To Be King" deserve to be on "Anthology". Perhaps this should've been titled "Anthology - Through The MCA Years". In the same vein, there are no selections from Petty's soundtrack to the movie "She's The One" (1996). Many of Petty's early songs are short (out of the first 8 tracks, the longest song is three-and-a-half minutes), and with that being said why not throw a few more songs on both discs and utilize the free space (22 unused minutes alone on disc-1). OVERALL: A ton of music and all the major hits (despite the 2 omitted albums from Warner Bros). To date, this is the best Tom Petty compilation... period (5 stars).

Great Collection!.......2007-02-12

This is a great collection that spans Mr. Petty's career so far. There is not a bad song here. I put it on and turned it up when it arrived at my house. I am familiar with most of the songs and happy to hear the ones I missed. I recommend head phones and a comfortable couch and give this a good listen. The waiting is the hardest part....

Live at the Cow Palace: New Years Eve 1976

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Live at the Cow Palace: New Years Eve 1976
The Grateful Dead
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000K4XAM6
Release Date: 2007-01-23

Tracks:

Promised Land
Bertha
Mama Tried
They Love Each Other
Looks Like Rain
Deal
Playing In The Band

Tracks:

Sugar Magnolia
Eyes Of The World
Wharf Rat
Good Lovin'
Samson & Delilah
Scarlet Begonias

Tracks:

Around And Around
Help On The Way
Slipknot!
Drums
Not Fade Away
Morning Dew
One More Saturday Night
Uncle John's Band
We Bid You Goodnight

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If you're a died-in-the-tie-dye fan, you've probably already heard a tape of this show and will be pleased to know that here it sounds amazing; the entire three hour performance is included, mixed and mastered off of original 16-track live master recordings. If you're not already a Deadhead, Live at the Cow Palace: New Years Eve 1976 is an excellent encapsulation of mid '70s Dead. Recorded in-between 1975's invigorating Blues for Allah and 1977's dreadfully myopic Terrapin Station, it's eminently preferable to the live album Steal Yr Face, and goes a long way towards showing that the critically-maligned Godchaux era had a lot going for it. A few of the songs lumber a bit, but there's a real funkiness and versatility to this segment of the band's career that they never really had at any other time. Several stages of the band's career converge, such that the elastically funky version of the late '70s Dead, the almost jazz-fusion Dead of the early '70s, and the soft cowboy folk sound of 1970 of are all here. It's lovely. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Captured in stelar HDCD sound, the Dead's previously unreleased historic New Year's Eve '76 show at the Cow Palace shines on 3CDs loaded with peak-form versions of many of the band's best-know masterpieces.

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Grateful sound.......2007-06-12

Great sound and production. This one will get you up and dancing. The Dead always sound awsome live.I'm Glad I found it.

Beautiful ending for 1976.......2007-05-29

First 2007 release of the Grateful Dead (I hope there's more to come). "Live at the Cow Palace" features the complete show The Dead gave on New Year's Eve 1976. Nicely "digipaked", this set also includes a nice booklet with interesting liner notes which focus on (of course) the band, but also on the history of the Cow Palace. These notes point out the bad acoustics of this big hall, but forget about that for this set is beautifuly recorded and the sound quality is simply superb. All the instruments are clearly heard and the sound is certainly warm and tremendously enjoyable.
As for the performance, The Dead were surely inspired that evening. Let's take a brief look at the contents of this 3-cd set.

The first set, as it has happened with The Dead before, proves to be the less interesting. It starts off with "Promised Land", which is nice but doesn't say much. "Bertha" is played more slowly than the classic "Skull and Roses" version. "Mama Tried", in contrast, is played in a more hurried pace than on the aforementioned record. Anyway, there are both nice to hear. "They Love Each Other" proves to be a real treat. It includes a very strong piano solo by Keith Godchaux, and the band sounds very tight. Unfortunately, the results are not the same with "Looks Like Rain", where the group make a couple of easily detectable mistakes, apart from sounding uncomfortable with the song. A nice "Deal" brings the things back together and set the mood for a magnificent "Playing In The Band" which includes, as you can imagine, an extended, pure-beauty jam where everybody flies freely.

1977 started in Winterland with "Sugar Magnolia", and the second CD kicks off. A faster-than-usual and splendid-as-always "Eyes of the World" continues and segues into one of the most wonderful "Wharf Rat" versions I ever heard (a song that is naturally beautiful made even more beautiful. Can you picture that?). After this sonic Eden, we are taken back to reality with some interesting yet more earthy "Good Lovin'" and "Samson and Delilah". "Scarlet Begonias" closes the second CD in its usual relaxed, lovely and cheerful manner.

The last CD takes off with "Around And Around", which usually sounds (to these ears) just plain fair. This version is not the case, embellished with a effective rhythm change in the middle and a fantastic segue into a outstanding "Help On The Way/Slipknot!". Jerry Garcia expands his talent all over, and the band enters into an ethereal landscape where he can speak freely with them in a classic telephatic-empathic-Grateful-Dead-type manner. All this beauty derives in a very short "Drums" and the time comes for a pleasant "Not Fade Away" to distract the listener's mind before a sublime and touching "Morning Dew". "One More Saturday Night" follows and the show finds its proper ending with "Uncle John's Band" (including some usual lyrics confusion) and a simply wonderful "We Bid You Goodnight".
Well, top-notch Dead, warts and all.
A great night of a tremendously talented ensemble.

Post scriptum:
I still can't find the reason for all that detraction against Donna Jean. Go on and loathe her while I enjoy her voice, I don't care.

Welcome new release from the Dead archive.......2007-05-20

There was a period in the late 90s up to a few years ago that the Dead released live albums from their rich back catalogue, including the seminole "Dick's Picks" releases. Things have been much quieter in the last 2-3 years. Among other things, the Dead have turned over further releases from their back catalogue to the well-respected Rhino label.

"Live At the Cow Palace, New Year's Eve, 1976" (3CDs, 22 tracks, 191 min.) brings the 12/31/76 show in its entirety, and the band is generally in great doings. Contrary to many other Dead fans, I've always enjoyed the Godchaux era, and this is as good as any from that era. Set one is somewhat slow in building up, but I love the 20+ min. blowout of Playing In the Band. CD2 brings a great Sugar Magnolia>Eyes of the World>Wharf Rat>Good Loving, but the real jewel on this set is CD3, with a great Slipknot!>Drums>Not Fade Away. Uncle John's Band in the encore is the cherry on top of the cake. Just an great evening of great music all around.

I have usually been impressed with the job Rhino has done with reissued and back catalogue issues, and they don't disappointed me here. Excellent packaging, great liner notes, pictures, it's all here. Bottom line: is this an "essential" live recording in the Dead's output? Probably not, but it certainly is a most enjoyable and welcome addition to the live catalogue of the Dead.

Love it.......2007-05-19

I am not a dead head fan...but like alot of their music...This is the best.Purchased for my husbands birthday!! Made him very happy.
We love it around here.I think its well worth the money spent.

Brings Back Memories.......2007-03-10

I have Without a Net and love that, but Live at the Cow Palace is great! Alot of my faves are on here.

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