This Land

This Land

This Land

ASIN: B000002I2X

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Bill Frisell expanded his working trio to a sextet for this 1992 recording, adding Don Byron on clarinet and bass clarinet, Billy Drewes on alto saxophone, and Curtis Fowlkes on trombone to his rhythm team of bassist Kermit Driscoll and drummer Joey Baron. The added voices lend greater depth to the guitarist's compositions and a range of new dimensions, from touches of New Orleans counterpoint to military and church bands, including the hymnlike solemnity of "Jimmy Carter (part 1)." The richer textures add fuel to Frisell's guitar solos, too, with his playing taking on a preaching blues quality against the horn voicings on "Strange Meeting" and "Monica Jane." That Byron, Drewes, and Fowlkes are all talented soloists shows up especially on the jerkily fragmented, revisionist bop of "Reactor" and the moody, Mingus-like blues of "Julius Hemphill," its slow tempo powerfully articulated by Driscoll and Byron. While many of the tunes will be familiar from earlier Frisell recordings, this is one of his most powerful statements. --Stuart Broomer

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Disney's Greatest 3
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    		Disney's Greatest 3
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Disney
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    ASIN: B00006EXKT
    Release Date: 2002-08-20

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    Cynical types will accuse Disney of milking the "greatest" concept until it's drier than Tinkerbell's fairy dust ("Supercalafragilisticexpealidocious," "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Da," and "Heigh Ho" were hits off of Vol. 1; "Bare Necessities," "It's a Small World," and "Some Day My Prince Will Come" stole the show on Vol. 2), but a glimpse of this installment's track listing is all it'll take to squash their suspicions. Once again running reverse-chronologically, Vol. 3 opens with Jonatha Brooke's gorgeously achy ballad "I'll Try," from 2002's arguably not-so-great Return to Neverland, and gradually reaches back through the years to re-raise the curtain on Toy Story 2 ("When She Loved Me," performed by Sarah McLachlan), The Lion King ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight"), Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews's classic "A Spoonful of Sugar"), Pinocchio ("Give a Little Whistle"), and a bundle of treasured others, bottoming out at 1933's "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" from The Three Little Pigs. Vol. 3 is not without its weak moments--would a G-rated movie-goers' poll produce Beauty and the Beast's "Gaston" or The Hunchback of Notre Dame's "Topsy Turvy" on a hits list? Seems unlikely. Still, the bulk of these tracks are, as the included Little Mermaid song goes, "Part of Your World," and the spread of decades they represent proves their staying power. Don't expect Disney to latch the lid on its inexhaustible archives until a dozen or so of these records, each as strong as the next, beckon you back for more. --Tammy La Gorce
    The Lion King: Special Edition
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      		The Lion King: Special Edition

      Manufacturer: Disney
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      ASIN: B0000CABJ2
      Release Date: 2003-09-30

      Tracks:

      1. Circle Of Life - Carmen Twillie
      2. I Just Can't Wait To Be King - Rowan Atkinson
      3. Be Prepared - Cheech Marin
      4. Hakuna Matata - Ernie Sabella
      5. Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Ernie Sabella
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      11. Circle Of Life - Elton John
      12. I Just Can't Wait To Be King - Elton John
      13. Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
      14. Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Remix) - Elton John

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      Elton John doesn't seem like a natural choice to write for a Disney musical, but he rose to the task on The Lion King, transcending his usual penchant for the softest of soft rock. Sir Elton's collaboration with Tim Rice (former writing partner of Andrew Lloyd Webber) helps connect the soundtrack to the theatrical lineage of all Disney musicals--so much so that, like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King was eventually adapted for Broadway. Undistinguished songs like "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" are far outnumbered by stirring, stately tunes that lent the film so much of its sense of pageant and play. --John Sanchez
      Salute to America
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        		Salute to America

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        ASIN: B0000047JW
        Release Date: 1995-04-16

        Tracks:

        1. Candide (Overture)
        2. New York, New York (America Medley)
        3. Lonely Town (America Medley)
        4. America (Ameriaca Medley)
        5. Battle Hymn of the Republic
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        America's Favorite Patriotic Songs
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          		America's Favorite Patriotic Songs
          Various Artists
          Manufacturer: Brentwood
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B0000649N4
          Release Date: 2002-04-23

          Tracks:

          1. America, The Beautiful - Katherine Lee Bates
          2. God Bless America - Irving Berlin
          3. This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
          4. The Star Spangled Banner - Francis Scott Key
          5. Armed Forces Medley - The Caissons Go Rolling Along, Anchors Aweigh, Semper Paratus, The Wild Blue Yonder, From The Halls Of Montezuma - Don Marsh
          6. My Country 'Tis Of Thee - Don Marsh
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          This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1
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            		This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1
            Woody Guthrie
            Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
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            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B000001DJY
            Release Date: 1997-02-18

            Tracks:

            1. This Land Is Your Land
            2. Car Song
            3. Ramblin' Round
            4. Talking Fishing Blues
            5. Philadelphia Lawyer
            6. Lindbergh
            7. Hobo's Lullaby
            8. Pastures Of Plenty
            9. Grand Coulee Dam
            10. End Of The Line
            11. New York Town
            12. Gypsy Davy
            13. Jesus Christ
            14. This Land is Your Land
            15. Do-Re-Mi
            16. Jarama Valley
            17. Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done
            18. Picture From Life`s Other Side
            19. Jesse James
            20. Talking Hard Work
            21. When That Great Ship Went Down
            22. Hard, Ain`t It Hard
            23. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
            24. I Ain't Got Nobody
            25. Sinking Of The Reuben James
            26. Why, Oh Why?
            27. This Land Is Your Land

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            What's most astonishing about Woody Guthrie is the way he created a whole, complete, living world of song. People, places, great and small events, nature, poetry, visions: He was so much more than a working class spokesperson, though, as this collection shows, he was the greatest one America has known. This first volume in the historic reissues of Guthrie's Smithsonian recordings is one of the finest: Guthrie's voice and verbal brilliance were at their peak in the 1940s and songs like "Do-Re-Mi," "Jesse James," and "Jesus Christ" continue to influence songwriters a half-century later. --Roy Francis Kasten

            Album Description

            The first in a series of four, this recording presents many of Woody Guthrie's best known songs taken from the original masters. Included here is the original version of Woody's anthem "This Land Is Your Land," which contains never-before issued lyrics. A major force in the urban folk song revival, Guthrie created an intimate portrait of America - its land and people. He has influenced many contemporary artists, among them Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Billy Bragg, and Bruce Springsteen. During the 1930s and 40s, Woody Guthrie wrote more than a thousand songs, recording hundreds of them for Folkways founder Moses Asch. The surviving masters now reside in the Folkways archive at the Smithsonian Institution. Running time: 72 minutes; 36-page booklet includes historical and biographical notes on Woody Guthrie. Compiled by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon. "The single finest Guthrie Collection Available." --Music Central
            America's Choir
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              		America's Choir
              Mormon Tabernacle Choir
              Manufacturer: Mormon Tabernacle
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              ASIN: B0002CX1LQ
              Release Date: 2004-07-13

              Tracks:

              1. Fanfare Alleluia/Praise To The Lord, The Almighty
              2. Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
              3. This Is My Father's World
              4. Hallelujah Corus
              5. Fugue In C Major
              6. Come, Come, Ye Saints
              7. O Home Beloved
              8. Come Let Us Anew
              9. Bound For The Promised Land
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              11. Cindy
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              15. Praise TO The Lord, The Almighty (Reprise)
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              Solace
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                		Solace

                Manufacturer: Spring Hill
                ProductGroup: Music
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                ASIN: B00008PXA0
                Release Date: 2003-04-08

                Tracks:

                1. This Majestic Land
                2. So You
                3. Romance For Violin And Orchestra
                4. Lachrymosa
                5. Beloved
                6. Renouncement
                7. Jude's Theme
                8. Nimbus
                9. Elegy (For Joan)
                10. Pie Jesu
                11. Farewell
                12. The Parting

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                The search for solace involves a difficult reconciliation of conflicting emotions, pitting one's need to grieve at odds with a heavy-hearted realization that life, however diminished, must go on. Using an audio palette of grays and dark blues, Michael Hoppe offers Solace as a balm for the soul during such times, "where the dark clouds in life give way to the glow of eternal hope and peace." The clouds never fully lift during the 12 tracks of Solace, which appear to progress in a stages-of-mourning manner. The effect can be moving, even lovely (particularly the grand orchestral opener, "The Majestic Land," one of four splendid selections involving the Prague Symphony -- recorded remotely via an Internet link, of all things). The prevailing mood is melancholy but not quite maudlin; two angelic arias ("Pie Jesu," which Hoppe had written for the memorial service of his wife's mother, and "Lachrymosa") are tearless, reverent expressions that aspire to the divine. The closing moment of "The Parting," a retooled but otherwise ordinary composition from 1986 that involves Vangelis, finally yields a sense of closure. For those in a state of bereavement, Hoppe's Solace may offer you comfort. --Terry Wood
                Transylvania
                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                • Vampire country
                • This soundtrack drains your blood dry, it's that awsome!
                • Wonderful Halloween Fare
                • Yet another great album!
                • Nox Arcana's finest soundtrack to date.
                		 Transylvania
                Nox Arcana
                Manufacturer: Monolith Graphics
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                ASIN: B000BO1JLY
                Release Date: 2005-10-21

                Tracks:

                1. Transylvania Overture
                2. The Voyage
                3. Gossamer Mist
                4. The Black Coach
                5. Sentinels of Stone
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                Album Description

                Embark on a musical journey into the mysterious and forbidden land of vampires, werewolves and witches. This powerful, eerie and darkly romantic soundscape offers 21 tracks of symphonic orchestrations, gothic choirs and haunting sound effects, inspired by Bram Stoker's classic novel, Dracula.

                Customer Reviews:

                4 out of 5 stars Vampire country.......2007-05-10

                Books don't usually have soundtracks. "Dracula" definitely didn;t.

                But when listening to Nox Arcana's "Transylvania," all I could think of was Bram Stoker's quintessential vampire, and the hauntingly creepy atmosphere of the book. The band forms plenty of rich neoclassical tunes, around a hazy storyline about (what else?) vampires.

                It opens with a creepy organ, some smooth violins sweeping up from behind. A deep voice intones, "Darkness descends upon the land, wrap the world in night's black embrace... the restless dead stir within their ancient tombs, and creatures born of shadow rise to quench their savage hunger..." Imagine Bela Lugosi rising from a coffin.

                It's followed up by some warmup songs -- the darkly enticing "Voyage," which expands out into an epic, eerie sweep, and the ghostly piano of "Gossamer Mist." The songs that follow are just as richly imagined -- ghostly fast-paced strings, magnificently dark organ and grim gypsy music, laced with church bells, shimmering vocals and ghostly little breezes.

                Listening to "Transylvania" is like walking slowly through a cobwebbed, shadowy castle, and listening to Dracula playing a pipe organ in a dusty ballroom, with his brides singing accompaniment. It's not too hard to imagine that you're Jonathan Harker, after hearing songs like "Echoes From the Crypt."

                Their music is an lush dusty tapesty of gothic instrumentation. Rich, hollow organ, shimmering harp, strings both windy and rapid, fast-moving percussion, a delicate piano, and some dark shimmers of keyboard all blend together into haunting slow-turning melodies. And as if that weren't good enough, they sprinkle the music with the flutter of bat wings, church bells, ghostly murmurs, and delicate music-box tinkles.

                Fortunately Nox Arcana doesn't wreck all this eerie atmosphere with typical singing. Instead we get the occasional deep-voiced intonations, sort of like the introduction. And there are some delicate female vocals -- they murmur softly one minute, only to rise into echoing, wordless solos the next. It's absolutely stunning.

                Nox Arcana's "Transylvania" does a brilliant job of capturing the ideal vampire-gothic atmosphere -- creepy and beautifully refined, with no kitschiness. The ideal soundtrack to Bram Stoker's classic (not to mention Halloween).

                5 out of 5 stars This soundtrack drains your blood dry, it's that awsome!.......2007-01-28

                I have this one, its great. It's not only good for Halloween but its good for when you go to sleep at night, it actually puts you into another realm of dreams and nightmares. It helps you sleep and not only that, it gives you something to relax your body with. It's very good for one of those stormy and rainy or snowy nights. I am an artist and I use it to create monster theme pictures and other creepy drawings. It helps me put myself in that state of mind were I can listen to this and let my imagination flow. If you like this one you will really love the CARNIVAL OF LOST SOULS, WINTER KNIGHT. I still have to get the winter knight one. These soundtracks are classics, not that many peopl listen to them. They are for the soul purpose to escaping the real world and entering another of the bizzare and strange. They are just good to listen too, when ever you feel like it. But this is a good tool for some people who have trouble sleeping at night. But if you listen to the children of the night, and what lovely music they made, you will deffently get your money's worth on all 3 cd's Translyvania, Winter Knight, Carnival of lost Souls... It's worth it.

                4 out of 5 stars Wonderful Halloween Fare.......2006-11-01

                You can hear a constant improvement in the musical quality of Nox Arcana's CD. This one, particularly, is a big step over Necronomicon. Not that Necronomicon is bad, but Transylvania is really good.
                I'm glad I found Nox Arcana (quite by accident, I did a search for Halloween on Amazon and this was one of the hits) they are a treasure.

                5 out of 5 stars Yet another great album!.......2006-08-11

                Nox Arcana is truly a original band for the era. The music is never boring and you always find something new when listening to it that you may not have heard before. Vargo is a very gifted artist in all the work he does and I for one am glad he formed his own band. The creative work behind the cd's really comes through not just in the music but in the album designs. Midnight Syndicate lost one of the most creative person's behind their success, but by starting the band Nox Arcana at least none of the fans are suffering. Keep up the great work and I look forward to the next album.

                5 out of 5 stars Nox Arcana's finest soundtrack to date........2006-05-15

                If there were not tracks on the cd that were spoken rather than instrumental you would almost envision yourself sitting in a darkened theater (or living room) watching the opening credits roll on an updated version of Dracula. Once again Nox Arcana have produced exemplary work on this, their fourth cd.

                Do not mistake my words on my opinion of the spoken tracks on this cd. Joseph Vargo once again assumes various characters that help to add a deeper sense of mystery and atmosphere to the story unfolding. I only comment because most movie soundtracks do not have spoken tracks, it is usually songs and/or music and this cd would do any vampire film superb justice.

                The tracks themselves induce wonderful images in one's mind. "The Voyage" invokes the sense of foreboding that traveling through the wild beauty of the countryside would produce; strange and very far from home. "The Black Coach" inspires thoughts of that last leg of the journey towards the castle and the implication that it is now too late to turn back. "Brides to Darkness" gives you what you'd expect; three hauntingly beautiful women with crimson lips promising you pleasure you'd never dreamed of. I could go on about the tracks but that would be cheating. Nox Arcana is not a band you merely listen to, but one you live and feel for their music speaks not only to the ears but to all senses and also the soul.

                Transylvania by Nox Arcana. The next best thing to being there. And probably a lot safer.
                100 Favorite Patriotic Songs
                Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
                • not to great
                • Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$
                • You get what you pay for.
                • Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ...
                		 100 Favorite Patriotic Songs

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

                Tracks:

                1. America the Beautiful
                2. All Quiet on the Potomac Tonight
                3. Ballad of the Green Berets
                4. On Top of Old Smokey
                5. Coyote Warrior
                6. Semper Fidelis
                7. Breeze from Alabama
                8. Onward Christian Soldiers
                9. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
                10. Patriot
                11. Sweet Betsy from Pike
                12. Marines' Hymn
                13. America Is
                14. When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home
                15. Happy the Soldier
                16. American Trilogy
                17. Home Sweet Home
                18. Washington Post March
                19. Enraptured I Gaze
                20. Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
                21. Yellow Rose of Texas
                22. Over There
                23. Simple Gifts
                24. Liberty Bell
                25. Star Spangled Banner

                Tracks:

                1. God Bless the USA
                2. Yankee Doodle Dandy
                3. Katy Cruel
                4. I Vow to Thee My Country
                5. King Cotton
                6. Beautiful Dreamer
                7. America
                8. American Patrol
                9. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Beauty
                10. Mohican Dream
                11. Red, White and Blue
                12. Some Folks
                13. Liberty Song
                14. Pomp and Circumstance
                15. Hail to the Chief
                16. Bennington Rifles
                17. Peace on the Battlefield
                18. I've Been Working on the Railroad
                19. Under the Double Eagle
                20. Red River Valley
                21. My Country 'Tis of Thee
                22. Camptown Races
                23. Wild Blue Yonder
                24. Hands Across the Sea
                25. Fanfare for the Common Man

                Tracks:

                1. Stars and Stripes Forever
                2. Living in America
                3. Home on the Range
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                7. Ring Ring de Banjo
                8. Yankee Doodle
                9. Largo from "The New World"
                10. To a Wild Rose
                11. Hail Columbia
                12. Alexander's Ragtime Band
                13. Gettysburg
                14. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
                15. Capitan
                16. Prairie Daughter
                17. Little Brown Jug
                18. Marching Through Georgia
                19. Entertainer
                20. Steamboat Around the Bend
                21. Revolutionary Tea
                22. Cassions Keep Rollin' Along
                23. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
                24. Amazing Grace
                25. Grand Old Flag

                Tracks:

                1. God Bless America
                2. National Emblem
                3. Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me
                4. Anchors Away
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                6. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
                7. Toast
                8. Dixie
                9. St. Louis Blues
                10. Appalachian Spring
                11. Bonnie Blue Flag
                12. Old Hundreth
                13. Swanee River
                14. Battle Cry of Freedom
                15. U. S Field Artillery
                16. Sidewalks of New York
                17. Chester
                18. Auld Lang Syne
                19. Kingdom Come
                20. My Old Kentucky Home
                21. Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
                22. Battle Hymn of the Republic
                23. Shenandoah
                24. Abraham's Daughter
                25. This Land Is Your Land

                Customer Reviews:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                I wish this review had been here when I was thinking of purchasing it. I guess you get what you pay for. If you are thinking of buying this, you are better off recording your own CDs (or at least buying one that you can listen to a sampling of the songs). This album includes songs that were mere recordings of the songs playing on an old record player. It's almost so unbelievable that it is funny.
                America
                Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                • Pops Goes the 4th!
                • TOP NOTCH!
                		 America

                Manufacturer: Boston Pops Rec.
                ProductGroup: Music
                Binding: Audio CD

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                ASIN: B0009ML1X4
                Release Date: 2005-06-21

                Tracks:

                1. The Pledge Of Allegiance
                2. Star Spangled Banner
                3. Liberty Fanfare
                4. America
                5. This Is My Country
                6. City Of New Orleans
                7. Doodletown Fifers
                8. God Bless America
                9. Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy
                10. This Land Is Your Land
                11. The Gettysburg Address
                12. America, We're Proud To Serve
                13. America The Beautiful
                14. 1812 Overture
                15. The Stars And Stripes Forever

                Customer Reviews:

                5 out of 5 stars Pops Goes the 4th!.......2006-12-02

                This is a great CD for any fan of the Boston Pops - especially those who have seen or been to their annual 4th of July performance - or for those who appreciate patriotic music. Many of the pieces they play at the Pops Goes the 4th concert are on the CD. My personal favorite is the 1812 Overture for its live cannons.

                4 out of 5 stars TOP NOTCH!.......2005-08-27

                This is a top notch collection of music. These represent the american spirit. I highly recomend it to everyone.

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