1940

1940

ASIN: B0000AKQLJ

Track Listings

1. It's a Wonderful World

2. 720 in the Books

3. Busy As a Bee

4. So Far, So Good

5. Ev'ry Sunday Afternoon

6. From Another World

7. You've Got Me Out on a Limb

8. Castle of Dreams

9. Lover's Lullaby

10. Where Was I?

11. 'Deed I Do

12. You've Got Me Voodoo'd

13. Wanderin' Blues

14. Leapin' at the Lincoln

15. You're Lonely and I'm Lonely

16. Fools Fall in Love

17. Dark Avenue

18. Breeze and I

19. Shake, Rattle and Roll (Afternoon of a Moax)

20. Fable of the Rose

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Dinah
Oh, Lady Be Good
I Saw Stars
I'm Confessin' That I Love You
I've Had My Moments
Djangology
St. Louis Blues
Limehouse Blues
I Got Rhythm
I've Found A New Baby
After You've Gone
Nagasaki
Swing Guitars
Charleston
You're Driving Me Crazy
Runnin' Wild
Improvisation (Solo)
Minor Swing
Honeysuckle Rose
Sweet Georgia Brown
Night & Day
Daphne
Them There Eyes
I'll See You In My Dreams (Trio)
Nuages (The Bluest Kind Of Blue)

Customer Reviews:

required listening.......2006-11-21

This CD should be required listening in school;it is the perfect marriage of technique and art.

Amazing Quality.......2006-02-25

was amazed to hear the difference in quality between this CD recording and the vynil versions, even for a Mono recording.

No real guitar lover should be without this CD.......2005-08-26

Anyone who loves the guitar, and who enjoys discussing great players, simply must include Django Reinhardt in their library and their discussions. "Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940" is a great place to start. His speed, inventiveness, musicality, and emotion are unsurpassed by any other guitar player from any other genre or any other era. And on top of that, you get the added bonus of Stephane Grappelli's violin playing. Buy it, listen to it, and be amazed.

Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940.......2005-08-22

If you're into Django Reinhardt and his music, this may be the single most all-inclusive CD of his works available, containing most of the tunes he became best known for performing. You probably will not need another.

The one critique I have is, that for some inexplicable reason, the version of Limehouse Blues on this CD is noisier (hissy) than another copy of the song I have, though it is note-for-note the same version and, I'm pretty sure, the same performance. All the other tunes appear to have been processed for higher quality- a minor drawback; an excellent CD.

this is a good collection.......2005-04-27

If you're just going to buy a 1-disc Django CD, this is a pretty good one to start with. Lots of great songs on this disc. But you can spend just a little more money and get a more complete 4-disc set called "The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order volume 1." (I haven't listened to volume 2 yet, but I know volume 1 is good.) Anyway, it's hard to go wrong with Django Reinhardt.

The Pianist: Music from the Motion Picture

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Marvellous!
Absolutely beautiful
one word beautiful
Felt the movie,now feel the music that truly inspires..
A Too-Easily Dismissed Artist

The Pianist: Music from the Motion Picture
Janusz Olejniczak , and Frederic Chopin
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ASIN: B00007E8SQ
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

Nocturne in C-Sharp minor (1830)
Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72, No. 1
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Waltz No. 3 in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2
Prilude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Grande Polonaise for Piano and Orchestra (preceded by an Andante Spianato), Op. 22
Andante spianato in G Major
Grande Polonaise in E-flat Major
Moving to the Ghetto Oct. 31, 1940
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4

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Roman Polanski's telling of famed Polish composer-pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's survival in the Nazi-controlled Warsaw ghetto can't help but be infused with the director's deepest passions: he himself escaped the Kraków ghetto as a boy of 7. The musician's status as a musical hero to the oppressed Polish Jews of World War II was surpassed only by that of Chopin, the composer who was at the core of Szpilman's repertoire. Thus this score revolves tightly around Chopin's music, with modern Polish pianist Janusz Olejniczak paying passionate homage to both his musical and national forebears, the haunting strains of the Nocturne in C-sharp Minor setting the film's historical and dramatic tone. The underscore of previous Polanski collaborator Wojciech Kilar (The Ninth Gate, Death and the Maiden) is represented here by the soulful "Moving to the Ghetto," a cue that helps anchor the soundtrack's troubling time and place with understated grace. The collection concludes with a rare, remastered performance of Chopin's Mazurka Op. 17, No.4 by Szpilman himself, recorded in Warsaw in 1948. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Marvellous!.......2006-02-11

While being very familiar with the Holocaust and F. Chopin's work, I have to admit I had no idea who Wladyslaw Szpilman was. After watching Polanski's masterpiece of a movie, I'm glad that I got to know the life of a man who went through hell and managed to survive thanks to the courage and strength given to him by Chopin's music that he constantly played in his head under surreal circumstances.

"The Pianist" music soundtrack is a wonderful collection of Chopin's piano works. Of course a few masterpieces of the polish great composer have been left out, but I think that's more than understable. After all, Polanski needed certain pieces that connected best with some of the images and scenes of his movie. And in the end we all agree that he certainly pulled it off.

Before watching the movie, I didn't know who Janusz Olejniczak was either. Now I do. His Chopin is really marvellous, especially the "Nocturne in C-sharp Minor", "La grande Polonaise brillante" and "Nocturne in E Minor Op. 72 No 1". Getting to know Olejniczak's Chopin is yet another reason to be thankful to Polanski.

Absolutely beautiful.......2006-01-30

While not versed in the finer aspects of classical music or their composers as other reviewers on this page are, I like to think of myself as someone who appreciates classical music and the Pianist soundtrack is classical music at its best.

Being half-Polish, I heard of Frederic Chopin through the years but was never told of him or his beautiful - if somewhat sad - music (I learned much about Beethoven, my favorite composer, though). I was cheated but feel that I have caught up for lost time with this soundtrack.

My favorite track is "Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1." It's four and a half minutes of pure bliss. Kudos to Janusz Olejniczak for playing beyond beautiful piano (he's not a concert pianist for no reason, eh?).

The Pianist is one of the best movie soundtracks of all time. The movie was powerful (unlike *other* directors who made Holocaust films, Roman actually lived through that black period in human history, making it a cut above the rest), the book was moving and the soundtrack is great relaxation.

one word beautiful.......2005-11-08

Excellent and very beautiful. The Grand Polonaise in E flat major fantastic.

Felt the movie,now feel the music that truly inspires.........2005-05-29

The Pianist is a great and "fantaztisch" movie itself! Note the great actors Adrien Brody and Thomas Kretschmann. Now, how would the movie be without the music itself that inspired and still inspiring thousands of people who listened to it.

All the piano works are classical and have a story of it's own.
From the Nocturnes; sad, moving and played on the first part of the movie (yes, the intro) and when the jews are fighting and facing their nightmares.
To Ballade 1 & 2, which was played by Spilzman (adrien brody) in that movie when he met up with the german officer Hosenfeld (thomas kretschmann)..

Just by listening to the soundtrack you could already see and feel the whole movie. Especially the Nocturnes... very touching.. recommending this album to those who fell in love to the piano works in the movie like i was, just by listening it for the first time! :)

A Too-Easily Dismissed Artist.......2005-05-09

A previous reviewer considerately corrected others who are perhaps not as well versed as he is about classical music. That reviewer also quite cavalierly dismissed the playing of Janusz Olejniczak, chiefly it appears because this is a movie soundtrack.
A number of eminent pianists - Rubinstein, Bolet, Moravec, Ax, among many others - have recorded movie soundtracks. And, like them, Olejniczak has recorded a great deal more. For instance, his albums for the Opus 111 label, which also recorded Sokolov, should be sampled by all lovers of Chopin, if only because Olejniczak can be heard playing on one record an Erard piano from Chopin's time, and on another an even more remarkable Pleyel. It's fascinating to find the Erard really does have what Chopin called a "ready-made" tone; the Pleyel by comparison is a revelation.
But then so it the playing of Olejniczak. He was not discovered by Roman Polanski. Olejniczak was a prize-winner of the Warsaw Chopin competition at the age of 18. He is greatly respected in his native Poland and in Japan, which both know something about great Chopin playing.
Olejniczak is a forceful artist who nevertheless never pounds; one frequently is put in mind of how Chopin envied the powerful way Liszt played his etudes. Olejniczak's Polish "accent" is, of course, entirely appropriate for Chopin, as is his wonderful voicing of chords and sure but free rhythm. Olejniczak plays with a full-throated lyricism -- it is the Bellini of "Norma" rather than "Sonnambula" -- but the pianist can also be touchingly tender. Above all he is dramatic in the fullest sense, vividly characterizing each piece. It's easy to see why Polanski and other film directors have been drawn to him. Chopin clearly is Olejniczak's life blood.
That previous reviewer may sincerely prefer such very different musicians, one to the other, as Rachmaninoff, Rubinstein, Cortot and Argerich, but I hope no one will hold it against Olejniczak (who, by the way, I don't know personally -- no special pleading here!) simply because he is not as widely known as some other pianists. He is a genuine find, and Polanski should be thanked for sharing a superb talent with a wider public.

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The Voice of an Angel
Doris Day - Her Life In Music 1940 - 1966
A MUST-HAVE for all DORIS FANS!
The Best of Doris
There's No One Better

Her Life in Music 1940-1966
Doris Day
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ASIN: B0001ZM8TA
Release Date: 2004-04-12

Tracks:

Move Over Darling
Love Me Or Leave Me
Any Way The Wind Blows
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
Whatever Will Be, Will Be
Julie
Ready, Willing And Able
Secret Love
I'll See You In My Dreams
Pillow Talk
It's Magic
Lullaby Of Broadway (With Norman Luboff Choir)
The Black Hills Of Dakota
The Tunnel Of Love
Send Me No Flowers
On Moonlight Bay
I'll Never Stop Loving You (Piano Version)
Teacher's Pet
Glass Bottom Boat (Alternate Version 2)
Lover Come Back
Caprice

Tracks:

A Wonderful Guy
Everybody Loves A Lover
Autumn Leaves
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
I Enjoy Being A Girl
The Sound Of Music
Three Coins In The Fountain
Steppin' Out With My Baby
High Hopes
Makin' Whoopee! (Alternate Take)
A Very Precious Love
A Guy Is A Guy
Meditation
Something Wonderful
I'll Never Smile Again
Singin' In The Rain
If I Can Help Somebody
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Love Him

Tracks:

With A Song In My Heart (with Harry James & His Orchestra)
Ain't We Got Fun (with Danny Thomas)
Sentimental Journey (with Les Brown & His Orchestra)
If I Give My Heart To You (with The Mellowmen)
Falling In Love Again (with Andre Previn & His Trio)
Why Can't I? (with Martha Raye)
Love Ya (with Jack Smith)
Love Somebody (with Buddy Clark)
No Two People (with Donald O'Connor)
Sugarbush (with Frankie Laine)
Let's Walk That-A-Way (with Johnnie Ray)
I Can Do Without You (with Howard Keel)
While The Music Plays On (with Les Brown & His Orchestra)
Crazy Rhythm (with Gene Nelson)
Again (with The Mellowmen)
Take An Old-Fashioned Walk (with Frank Sinatra)
You Can Have Him (with Dinah Shore)
There Once Was A Man (with John Raitt)
A Little Kiss Goodnight (with Guy Mitchell)
They Say Its Wonderful (with Robert Goulet)

Customer Reviews:

The Voice of an Angel.......2007-04-13

Huge collection of absolutely beautiful songs. If you are a Doris Day fan, this collection is the one you HAVE to have. It's a great collection to sing along with. You'll recognize soooo many of the songs from her movies, Like "With a Song in My Heart" from when her and Kirk Douglas did "Young Man With a Horn". Just listening to this song brings the movie right back to me. That BEAUTIFUL trumpet, while Doris sings! And there are so many other greats. When Doris played Ruth Edding in "Love Me or Leave Me" with Jimmie Cagney, she belted out "Love Me or Leave Me". I think "I'll Never Stop Loving You" was from that movie too. "On Moonlight Bay" was from the movie with Gordon McRae and "Que Sera, Sera" from the Hitchcock movie with Jimmy Stewart. Oh, and let's not forget songs from the movie "Calamity Jane" like "Black Hills of Dakota" and "Secret Love". There are 60 songs in all! Let's not forget "Sentimental Journey, Again, I'll Never Smile Again, Lullaby of Broadway, By the Light of the Silvery Moon" and so many more.

Like I said, if you're a Doris Day fan, get this one!

Doris Day - Her Life In Music 1940 - 1966.......2007-01-19

60 SPARKLING GEMS FROM A SPARKLING LEGEND

A MUST-HAVE for all DORIS FANS!.......2007-01-06

I LOVE this CD set! My personal fave is "Dream a little dream" Her voice on this song is hypnotic!

Many songs included here that are not found on other cds. Some songs, I'm discovering for the very first time!

I'd give it 10 stars if I could!

The Best of Doris.......2006-04-03

This CD is absolutely fabulous. I totally enjoyed it. It is a MUST for any true Doris Day fan! Get your copy now so you can also enjoy. You won't be sorry!

There's No One Better.......2005-09-14

If you are a "Doris Fan" you definitely need to buy this set of CD's. No matter how many years pass, nor how many new performers come along, no one sings a song like Doris Day. It is no wonder after all these years, there are still new fans being born to her music each day. Such a talent,...such a voice.
And for those who have never heard her sing, this is a good way to get started. I loved every song.
Karen Severino
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Charlie Parker: A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948

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best set out there?
Tom Pethic
Sounds Great
Bravo Mr Kendall
Charlie Parker: The Dictionary of Jazz

Charlie Parker: A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948
Charlie Parker
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ASIN: B0000AJ5SR
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

I Found A New Baby
Body And Soul
Honeysuckle Rose
Lady Be Good
Coquette
Moten Swing
Blues
Swingmatism
Hootie Blues
Dexter Blues
Lonely Boy Blues
Get Me On Your Mind
The Jumpin' Blues
Sepian Bounce
Cherokee
My Heart Tells Me
I've Found A New Baby
Body And Soul
Tiny's Tempo
I'll Always Love You Just The Same
Romance Without Finance
Red Cross
What's The Matter Now?
I Want Every Bit Of It
That's The Blues

Tracks:

4-F Blues
G I Blues
Dream Of You
Seventh Avenue
Sorta Kinda
Ooh Ooh, My My, Ooh Ooh
Groovin' High
All The Things You Are
Dizzy Atmosphere
Salt Peanuts
Shaw Nuff
Lover Man
Hot House
Waht More Can A Woman Do?
I'd Rather Have A Memory Than A Dream
Mean To Me
Hallelujah
Get Happy
Slam Slam Bues
Congo Blues
Takin' Off
If I Had You
20th Century Blues
The Street Beat

Tracks:

Warmin Up A Riff
Billie's Bounce
Now's The Time
Thriving From A Riff
Meandering
Ko Ko
Dizzy Boogie
Flat Foot Floogie
Poppity Pop
Slim's Jam
Diggin' Diz
Moose The Mooch
Yardbird Suite
Ornithology
The Famous Alto Break
Night In Tunisia
Max Is Making Wax
Lover Man
The Gypsy
Bebop
Blues 1 7 2
Yardbird Suite
Lullaby In Rhythm 1&2
Home Cooking 1
Home Cooking 2
Home Cooking 3

Tracks:

This Is Always
Dark Shadows
Bird's Nest
Cool Blues
Relaxin' At Camarillo
Cheers
Carvin' The Bird
Stupendous
Donna Lee
Chasin' The Bird
Cheryl
Buzzy
Milestones
Little Willie Leaps
Half Nelson
Sippin' At Bells
Dexterity
Bongo Bop
Dewey Square
The Hymn
Bird Of Paradise
Embraceable You
Bird Feathers
Klactoveedsedsteene
Scrapple From The Apple
My Old Flame

Tracks:

Out Of Nowhere
Don't Blame Me
Drifting On A Reed
Quasimodo
Charlie's Wig
Bongo Beep
Crazeology
How Deep Is The Ocean
The Bird
Repetition
Another Hair-Do
Bluebird
Klaunstance
Bird Gets The Worm
Barbados
Ah-Leu-Cha
Constellation
Parker's Mood
Perhaps
Marmaduke
Steeplechase
Merry-Go-Round
No Noise 1 & 2
Mango Mangue

Customer Reviews:

best set out there?.......2007-04-13

JSP is known throughout the music collector world for having the highest in sound quality (for a relatively small label devoted only to reissues, box sets etc). This set includes all of the master takes Bird appeared on on the Savoy, Dial, Guild, Bel-Tone, and Comet labels, during the years 1944-48, plus a disc containing most of his pre-bop recordings, including demos, some of which are very rare (though not very interesting in my opinion). The main stuff, '44-'48, is some of the most important music recorded ever, and consequently it's not hard to come by- what makes this set unique is the combination of price, quality, and completeness. This set can be compared with "The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes", which has only 3 discs and costs about $50. Granted, the sound quality on that professional reissue set is noticeably superior, but JSP is nearly there and like I said, better than MOST. You could also compare this set to the similarly-priced Proper box set, "Boss Bird", four discs covering the same ground, with highly inferior sound quality- and it's a little more expensive! For one who's never dug Charlie Parker, I'd get a single disc, like "The Legendary Dial Masters vol. 1" or even a general comp like his volume of the "Ken Burns' Jazz" series. If you find yourself a total Parker freak, the step after that would be "The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings" which coves the same ground, with highest quality of all, plus every known alternate take, demo, etc- 8 discs, $80, and increasingly harder to come by. OR, if you'd prefer to spend $25 to get pretty much the same thing (minus alt takes and a little sound), this box set will definitely do.

Tom Pethic.......2007-01-31

Bird was the greatest altoist, period. These are some rare sides with Bird with a vocalist...Bird Lives

Sounds Great.......2005-12-02

I own both the Complete Dial and Savoy recordings, and the sound on this set blows both of those away. As another reviewer pointed out, the first disc contains a bit of hiss, but other than that, this is the best sounding CP I have heard.

Combine that with the quality of Bird's playing on these tracks, and you can't beat it. There is such joy, emotion, and straight up fire in his playing it is easy to see how Bird burst on the scene and forever changed jazz (and for that matter American) music.

Bravo Mr Kendall.......2005-11-20

JSP, run by an eccentric British jazz fanatic called Ted Kendall, has a habit of turning out box sets of older jazz recordings that put the big companies to shame.

Having put out the best available set of Hot Fives, Kendall turns his attention to the second most important jazz recordings of all time - the Savoy and Dial sessions of Charlie Parker.

I am totally new to bebop, having cut my teeth on Coltrane and Miles Davis. This box set is like the New Testament of jazz - Charlie Parker and his compatriots had discovered a radically new way of playing jazz, bebop, in a series of low budget recordings that mark the Anno Domini of postwar music.

The centrepiece is the legendary Ko Ko session of November 1945 - with the war over, the ban on recording was lifted, and Parker could reveal his discoveries to the world. Ko Ko itself is possibly one of the three most important jazz cuts of all time (along with West End Blues and Body and Soul) - a dazzling improvisation entirely on chord changes, with no reference to the original melody ("Cherokee", by Paul Whiteman) at all!

JSP has seen fit to include excellent editions of all the Savoy and Dial master takes - that's right, ALL of them (although there has been some discussion over the fact that alternate takes have been substituted in some cases - presumably because Kendall prefers the alternates). The box also constitutes a studio archaeology - because fully two discs of the five contain material from BEFORE the epoch-making Ko Ko session. It includes, too, the notorious "Lover Man" session of 1946, when Parker was strung out, drunk out of his mind, and had to be held up to the mike - a slurred solo of genuine pain, unthinkable from the swing era.

This is the real deal - cheap, well packaged and well transferred - if you are starting out in bebop you cannot do better.

Charlie Parker: The Dictionary of Jazz.......2005-09-11

Charlie Parker was the most influential improvising soloists in jazz, and a central figure in the development of bop in the 1940s. A legendary figure in his own lifetime, he was idolized by those who worked with him, and he inspired a generation of jazz performers and composers.

Parker was born Aug. 20, 1920, in Kansas City, Mo., and came to music while in junior high school. In the late '30s he jobbed around the city, honing his technique and tone. He first recorded with the Jay McShann orchestra in between 1940 and 1942. The early 1940 radio transcriptions and the later commercial sessions for Decca show Parker pushing at the edges of the swing parameters with an explosive gift for unexpected phrasing and twists.

His progress over the next two years was striking but largely undocumented, due to a recording ban imposed by the musicians union. By the time he resumed recording in 1944-'45, his dazzling improvisations at breakneck tempos ("Ko Ko," "Donna Lee," "Shaw Nuff") astonished young jazz players as profoundly as they threatened veteran ones, thus setting the new against the old and triggering the first major internecine musical controversy in jazz history.

But the battle deepened into a cultural as well as a musical war as Parker's penchant for hard drugs and hard living further defined bebop as an outlaw music with an implied lifestyle that many chose to follow.

The definitive recordings of Parker's career were made for Savoy between 1945 and '48 ("Now's the Time," "Thriving Of A Riff," "Billie's Bounce"), and for Dial from 1946-'47 ("Ornithology," "A Night In Tunsia," "Lover Man," "Scrapple From The Apple"). They sold poorly but were as profoundly influential to young post war players as Armstrong's Hot Sevens and early big band sides had been to musicians of the '30s. Even during his most innovating period Parker remained something of a mystery figure to the general public. His picture never even appeared on Down Beat's cover during his lifetime.

The third major chapter of Parker's work began in 1948, when Norman Granz began recording him in different contexts with a view toward taking his music to a wider audience. By now his major innovations were over and his repertoire had narrowed to small number of staples. But an album with string accompaniment produced a mother lode of brilliant new Parker solos that would be his last major work. He died in 1955 at the age of 35 of a combination of drug related medical problems.

In 1955, Parker was elected by the Readers to the Down Beat Hall of Fame, just following his death.

The Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 is a five-disc box set from the British label JSP detailing what producer Ted Kendall considers to be THE essential studio recordings of saxophonist Charlie Parker. Included here are not only the innovative bebop sides that made Parker a living legend, but also the early Kansas City swing recordings he appeared on while playing with the Jay McShann Orchestra. The result is a studio history of Parker's development from a struggling farm kid turned musician to the most important figure in jazz history next to Louis Armstrong. Given that these recordings are widely available, the real attraction here is the faithful-to-the-original remastered sound, the historically enlightening liner notes, and the overarching critical aesthetic that these are the Bird cuts to check out. Also, given that the tracks are presented with few repeats on discs in chronological order makes this better listening than Atlantic's Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948. Oddly though, the only place Kendall delineates what labels these tracks were originally released on - mostly Dial and Savoy - is in the track listing and there only by label numbers. Despite this confusing omission, Kendall has produced a superb collection that illuminates more than it overlooks.

This Truly dictionary of jazz in 5 CD's shows that CHARLIE PARKER'S MUSIC is magical music. It is irresistible music. Listen to it once and you will never stop.
His music sometimes begins to flow into your head, suddenly, during daily life. Once this happens, his music will sound in your head for good.

DRIFTING ON A REED...BIRD GETS THE WORM...LESTER LEAPS IN...

You just can't stop it.

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Not Definitive, But An Excellent Start!
A good starter
All the Mctell you need
Nobody sings the Blues like Blind Willie Mc Tell
Brilliant,get it.

The Classic Years 1927-1940
Blind Willie McTell
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Release Date: 2003-06-10

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Writin' Paper Blues
Stole Rider Blues
Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day
Mr. McTell Got The Blues
Mr. McTell Got The Blues
Three Women Blues
Dark Night Blues
Statesboro Blues
Loving Talking Blues
Atlanta Strut
Travelin' Blues
Come On Around To My House Mama
Kind Mama
Teasing Brown
Drive Away Blues
This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread
Love Changing Blues
Talkin' To Myself
Razor Ball
Southern Can Is Mine
Broke Down Engine Blues
Stomp Down Rider
Scarey Day Blues

Tracks:

Rough Alley Blues
Experience Blues
Painful Blues
Low Rider's Blues
Georgia Rag
Low Down Blues
Rollin' Mama Blues
Lonesome Day Blues
Mama, Let Me Scoop For You
Searching The Desert For The Blues
Warm It Up To Me
It's Your Time To Worry
It's A Good Little Thing
You Was Born To Die
Lord Have Mercy If You Please
Don't You See How This World Made A Change
Savannah Mama
Broke Down Engine
Broke Down Engine No. 2
My Baby's Gone
Love-Makin' Mama
Death Room Blues
Death Cell Blues
Lord, Send Me An Angel

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B And O Blues No. 2
B And O Blues No. 2
Weary Hearted Blues
Bell Street Lightnin'
Southern Can Mama
Runnin' Me Crazy
East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well)
Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian
We Got To Meet Death One Day
We Got To Meet Death One Day
Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around
I Got Religion, I'm So Glad
Dying Gambler
God Don't Like It
Bell Street Blues
Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo
Lay Some Flowers On My Grave
Ticket Agent Blues
Cold Winter Day
Your Time To Worry
Cooling Board Blues
Hillbilly Willie's Blues

Tracks:

Just As Well Get Ready, You Got To Die/Climbing High Mountains/Tryin' To Get Home
Monologue On Accidents
Boll Weevil
Delia
Dying Crapshooter's Blues
Will Fox
I Got To Cross The River Jordan
Monologue On Old Songs/Old Time Religion/Amen
Amazing Grace
Monologues On: The History Of The Blues/Life As Maker Of Records/On Himself
King Edward Blues
Murderer's Home Blues
Kill-It-Kid Rag
Chainey
I Got To Cross The River Of Jordan

Customer Reviews:

Not Definitive, But An Excellent Start!.......2007-03-07

Blind Willie McTell was one of the all-time greatest blues guitarists and singers of his or any other era: He is definitely one of my favorites, and this CD compilation is highly recommended. One of the reviewers mentioned that this is not the definitive Blind Willie McTell CD, and I would have to agree. I would also recommend two other CD's by Blind Willie McTell: "Atlanta Twelve-String," and "Pig'n'Whistle Red." As I am writing this review I am listening to his music, and it is a pure joy to the ears. My era of blues is mainly from the 1920's to the the late 1940's. And Blind Willie McTell fits right in there with the greats of his era. I never tire of his music.

This CD, "The Classic Years 1927-1940" is just magnificent. This CD is partly a focus of McTell's early years when he recorded for Lomax. And although McTell was not a 'Delta Blues' performer, he was a bridge between the Delta Blues and the more refined East Coast sound: Hence the title given by many as 'East Coast Piedmont Style. The CD itself consists of 4 discs, which were digitally remastered. McTell's 12-string guitar sounds just magnificent on the CDs. And as some reviewers have written; it almost sounds as if two or more guitarist's are playing; but there are not; at least not on the early sides. That's how great he was!

You cannot beat the number of songs or the price of this JSP issued DVD. Considering the time period that these recordings were done, and the sound equipment that was used by Lomax, there is some surface noise on the Lomax sides. Not much though. And unless we have a time machine, there is really little technology can do about this. But this does not detract from the beautiful sounds of Blind Willie McTell. I would list some of his songs played on these four Discs; however, there is a listening sample here on amazon; and although it is not as good as your own system or speakers, it does give you ALL the tracks listed with a music sample. The man was just great: and this is a great McTell collection. If you do not have Blind Willie McTell in your Blues collection, then it is not a complete Blues collection. This CD is highly recommended.

A good starter.......2006-03-13

This is great, but it's still not all the McTell you need. To really have everything, you'll need his later recordings, titled 'Atlanta Twelve-String,' 'Pig'n'Whistie Red' and 'Last Session.' Of these three, the last one is for completists only, but the first two are not only stunning, but stunning in more modern sound quality. His voice had matured and lowered quite a bit before these more modern recordings were made, but (except for the last session where he was not only aging but drunk as well) it sounds very strong and vibrant.

The JSP box here, on the other hand, focuses on his early sides and the field recordings for Lomax. Unless you own these cuts on other CDs, this is really worth getting.

However, it is NOT delta blues as some reviewers like to say. Blind Willie was not from the delta and does not play in the delta style.

All the Mctell you need.......2006-01-31

This is the only Blind Willie McTell box set you need. This four disc set gives great representaion of his work. Im not a huge fan of the female accompaniment, but its not terrible, its just not up to par with lets say Bessie Smith. His guitar work is incredible, and the drity quality should be well appreciated because of the age of the recordings. McTell has a voice that greatly captures the sound of the old time blues, the delta blues style, not the Chicago style. Also proved to be a great influence to modern blues musicians.

Nobody sings the Blues like Blind Willie Mc Tell.......2005-09-03

A wonderful resource for those interested in The Blues. Willie sang and played both slide and 12 string guitar and whether he performed novelty numbers, gospel or the blues, he was brilliant.
Apart from the music, this set is worthwhile for the interview with John Lomax on disc D. I cringed to hear Lomax ask Willie about songs about 'complaining songs' such as 'Ain't it hard to be a [...], and I had to remind myself that Lomax was 'of his time' and using a term that had currency with both black and white people at that time. Willie cleverly moves the conversation along and then we are back to the music which is breathtaking. This set should be in the collection of everyone who loves the blues.

Brilliant,get it........2004-07-01

I came to this box set having heard nothing of the music of Blind Willie McTell,I just thought I'd take a chance.I do not regret it for one solitary second,the whole set is brilliant.Unlike some more famous blues artists,Mr.McTell sang in a soft voice that displays his regional accent.He sang clear and he sang sweet.His guitar playing is fantastic,it's hard to believe that there is only one player on a lot of these recordings,but's that indeed how it is,and thanks to the clarity of the vast majority of the recordings,I would recommend this set without reserve.

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Wartime Speeches, Vol. 1: 1937-1940
Winston Churchill
Manufacturer: Pickwick
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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His Finest Hour: The Speeches of Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill

ASIN: B0002ADX52
Release Date: 2004-06-14

Tracks:

Broadcast to the United States
First Month of War, Pt. 1
First Month of War, Pt. 2
Sinking of the Graf Spee
Liberation Is Sure
Sterner War, Pt. 1
Sterner War, Pt. 2
In a Solemn Hour, Pt. 1
In a Solemn Hour, Pt. 2
This Was Their Finest Hour

Album Details

The First Installment of a Three Part Series that Focuses on Churchill's Inspiring War Speeches and Rallying Calls Not Only for the Beleaguered British but also for all the Subjugated Nations.

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Wartime Speeches V.2 1940 - 41
Winston Churchill
Manufacturer: Pickwick
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Wartime Speeches, Vol. 1: 1937-1940
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Winston Churchill

ASIN: B0002ADXEI
Release Date: 2004-06-14

Tracks:

War Of The Unknown Warriors
Every Man To His Post
Give Us The Tools
Westward Look, The Land Is Bright Part 1
Westward Look, The Land Is Bright Part 2
Birth Throes Of A Sublime Resolve
German Invasion Of Russia Part 1
German Invasion Of Russia Part 2
Meeting With President Roosevelt Part 1
Meeting With President Roosevelt Part 2
Meeting With President Roosevelt Part 3

Album Details

The Second Installment of a Three Part Series that Focuses on Churchill's Inspiring War Speeches and Rallying Calls Not Only for the Beleaguered British but also for all the Subjugated Nations.

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Another Excellent Scott Release!!

Toonerville Trolley 1940-1944
Raymond Scott
Manufacturer: Jasmine Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Microphone Music
Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights
The Unexpected
Kodachrome
Manhattan Research, Inc.

ASIN: B000BJ6356
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Customer Reviews:

Another Excellent Scott Release!!.......2006-04-14

I can't get enough music by Raymond Scott (is there any music more delightful?). When I saw this new release of original recordings of Scott's big band I snatched it up at an 'unbelievably low price'. I must say, it compares very favorably with the recent Metropole Orchestra/Beau Hunks arrangements.

Here is a short description and track list I found online:

Pianist, composer and arranger Raymond Scott was one of America's most original and inventive musicians who led a highly popular dance orchestra through the 1940s. Scott's tuneful, jolly music may best be remembered for numerous scores used for cartoon classics from "Looney Tunes" to "Merrie Melodies". Compilation annotation and discography by Big Band specialist Brian Belton. This 24 track CD features the songs:

1. Pretty Little Petticoat
2. At An Arabian House Party
3. Bird Seed Special
4. A Million Dreams Ago
5. The Peanut Vendor
6. The Toy Trumpet
7. Christmas Night In Harlem
8. Tiajuana
9. Caterpiller Creep
10.Four Beat Shuffle
11.Eagle Beak
12.When Cootie Left The Duke
13.On The Jersey Side
14.An American In Russia
15.Mocassin Glide
16.Pop Goes The Weasel
17.The Lark Leaped In
18.T'Ain't Me
19.Shoo Shoo Baby
20.People Will Say We're In Love
21.In An 18th Century Drawing Room
22.Toonerville Trolley
23.Two Way Stretch
24.A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening

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Perfect Release of a two-fer
Finally "Alone" on CD!
Terrible sound and terrible packaging
JUDY AT HER BEST with SPECTACULAR SOUND!
Garland the Great

Judy in Love & Alone
Judy Garland
Manufacturer: S&P Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000641C8
Release Date: 2002-04-23

Tracks:

Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
This Is It
More Than You Know
I Am Loved
I Hadn't Anyone Till You
I Concentrate On You
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
Do I Love You?
Do It Again
Day In-Day Out
By Myself
Little Girl Blue
Me And My Shadow
Among My Souvenirs
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
I Get The Blues When It Rains
Mean To Me
How About Me
Just A Memory
Blue Prelude
Happy New Year
Then You've Never Been Blue (bonus track)

Customer Reviews:

Perfect Release of a two-fer.......2004-11-20

The person who wrote the review below is wrong : the "Alone" album was recorded and released in mono sound, in 1957. "Judy in Love" was Garland's first album recorded and released in stereo, in 1958.

The sound on this disc is spectacular. The original session tapes were used, for the best sound possible. It is glorious sound here, folks.

Pehaps the person that wrote the review below is thinking of the previous two-fer of "Judy in Love" from England, a few years back, paired with the "Judy" album. That CD sounded very flat and dry.

Get this new and improved disc, and you'll love it.

Finally "Alone" on CD!.......2003-10-01

I just received this Judy "double bill" and I can only say it's GREAT!! "Alone" was always one of my favorite Judy albums, and I am more than pleased to have it on CD now. The sound is not stereo, as another reviewer point out, but it never was recorded in stereo. I have the old vinyl, and that's mono too, but also pretty worn, after all these years. The liner notes actually are pretty good too. The original covers are reproduced, with the original liner notes reprinted, AND some fresh liner notes about this re-issue. There, you can read that the "alone" recordings are from 1957, and that "Judy in Love" is from 1958, and was her first stereo album for Capitol.

So why is "alone" my favorite Judy album? Maybe simply because it was one of my first encounters with Judy, when I was 17 years old. I didn't realize at the time that the selection of songs is pretty unusual. It's not the repertoire she sang a lot in her live and TV shows. I love the mostly subdued pathos on this album, although she does belt it out occasionally, in her own inimitable way. The songs are about 'surviving on your own', and some times about finding your inner strength, in a bittersweet way. The album is not very cheerful, but it does make me feel good, in a sentimental way. The arrangements are very good, just right, in the 'proper' fifties style. The strings have a very warm quality, which wasn't always the case in those days. There is also a beautiful large choir singing in the background on some tracks.
Some of the songs are very unknown, which makes this album special too. Happy New Year, for instance, is a beautiful torch song, written over a very slow version of Old Lang Syne in minor key; a real gem of a song! Blue Prelude is also a great song, so don't be discouraged by the titles you may not know.
All in all, a 'must have' for any Judy fan, but also a wonderful introduction if you want to get acquainted with Judy's singing. "Judy in Love" is an excellent example of her warm joyful singing, while "Alone" gives you all those wonderful torch songs. A balanced package, with a passionate Judy in great voice!!

Terrible sound and terrible packaging.......2003-06-27

Let me rant. This CD has 2 albums on it. 1 is mono and the other stereo!? I have these albums on records and they are both stereo. I feel ripped off. Also, these albums do not sound anywhere like the records in quality. In fact, they sound very boring and lacking of any sort of life. Judy did very big, exciting production numbers and the sound on this CD makes them sound stale and dead. I returned this CD and demanded my money back. The store clerk said I wasn't the only one. Thumbs way down.

JUDY AT HER BEST with SPECTACULAR SOUND!.......2002-05-11

JUDY IN LOVE is perhaps Garland's greatest studio album. A superb collaboration with Judy in wonderful voice, and arranger Nelson Riddle at the top of his form. Inexplicably, this album is only now making its CD debut in the U.S. Capitol Records seemingly had no interest in releasing it themselves, so they've sublicensed it to S&P Records, who have done a terrific mixing and remastering job. Comparing the sound to a recent UK import is overwhelmingly impressive. The UK release sounds mediocre, and this new issue belies its having been recorded 44 years ago.
JUDY IN LOVE is paired with her monaural ballad album ALONE, which was arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. The two albums together are a distinct contrast and yet only show the versatility and mastery of Garland. The highlight of the ALONE tracks is Jenkins' schmaltzy, yet irresistable I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES. ALONE was previously issued on CD by Capitol years ago, but has been long out of print, so this collection is a dream come true for Garland fans.

The 5 Star rating is for the recordings and the way they've been beautifully produced. It does not, however, represent a true rating for the package itself, which has been saddled with awful,
amateurish liner notes which are so poorly written that it's a blatant insult to Garland. What a shame the producers who took such care in creating such a great sounding album, didn't bring the same kind of excellence to the accompanying package. This should not detract anyone from buying this CD, but buyers looking for an interesting commentary on the legendary lady and these specific tracks will have to go elsewhere.

Garland the Great.......2002-05-02

A beautiful compilation of two classic, original "Judy" albums. These are two of the six studio albums she recorded for Capitol in the fifties, and these are probably the best. While Judy's vocal tone is not at its best on "Judy in Love", the song selections and her interprative genius make up for the slight vocal imperfections. "More Than You Know", "I Am Loved" and "By Myself" are absolute delights, and are clearly definitive versions of these songs. In addition, the ballads shine with passion and tenderness. "Alone" is mostly filled with similarly tender songs, and on this one Garland is in fine, full voice throughout. "Little Girl Blue" is a particular standout, and the addition of the never before released "Then You've Never Been Blue" is a special treat for fans and newcomers. Popular singing doesn't come any better than this.

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Hit Parade 1940
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Dynamic Ent.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000MXOZ2O
Release Date: 2007-03-20

Tracks:

In the Mood
Frenesi - Artie Shaw
Sierra Sue - Bing Crosby
Maybe
Playmates - Kay Kyser
I'm Nobody's Baby - Judy Garland
Say Si Si - The Andrews Sisters
There I Go - Vaughn Monroe
Down Argentina Way
I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra
Breeze and I - Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Eberly
Romance in the Dark - Lillian "Lil" Green
All the Things You Are - Tommy Dorsey,
Pompton Turnpike - Charlie Barnet
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) - Ray Eberle,
On the Isle of May - Connie Boswell
Ferry Boat Serenade - The Andrews Sisters
Darn That Dream - Mildred Bailey, Benny Goodman
With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair - Kay Kyser, Ginny Simms
Only Forever - Bing Crosby
We Three
Oh Johnny, Oh! - Orrin Tucker
Make Believe Island - Mitchell Ayres,
Where Was I? - Charlie Barnet, Mary Ann McCall
When You Wish Upon a Star

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