The Hearing

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Ackley's work in the ROVA saxophone quartet often places him in rigorous territories, so this comparatively freewheeling trio date - a soprano-only session - is a chance to scrutinize his conception as a small-combo soloist. Immediately impressive are the lithe nature of his lines and the breadth of his fascinations. With bassist Greg Cohen and drummer Joey Baron providing ample support and plenty of elbow room, Ackley green-lights all sorts of novel tangents for himself. If they weren't so sage, his inventions on "Mr. Mood" might seem frivolous. But prudence reigns: There's just enough weight on each bit of chirping filigree to make it seem insightfully placed. Ackley uses a variety of timbres on The Hearing, a wise narrative move that underscores the depth of his technique. Echoes of Steve Lacy's tart sound occasionally bob to the surface; the hard-swinging freebop of "Juggernaut" recalls many a Lacy blowing party. But on a dense, linear piece like "Serf Music," with Cohen bowing up a storm, Ackley's individuality is obvious. His squawks are well-conceived extensions of the piece's rhythmic thrust, simultaneously abstract and lucid. The album's most edifying moments come in a pair of tunes by guitarist and Herbie Nichols fanatic Duck Baker. Long considered an apostle of compositional stringency, Ackley shows his appreciation of simple melody. "Some grooves wobble on a tricky edge," he says in the liners regarding "1, 2, Radical 3." The Hearing balances that wobble and makes those tricks sound like the result of deep craft.

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Tracks:

Ocean Waves
Southern Swamp
Rainstorms
Desert Oasis
Forest Morning
Mountain Ranch
The River
Pine Forest
Thunderstorm
At the Lake
Summer Nights
Song of the (Humpback) Whale
The Rainforest
Bubbling Creek
Rolling Thunder
A Night in the Canyon
Before the Storm
Walk at the Beach
Waterfall
Wetlands

Album Description

The sounds for this series were recorded in 3D by Chuck Plaisance. His recording system is designed to simulate human hearing, using a binaural head microphone to capture depth, height, width, as well as directional movement. No special equipment is needed to get 3D sound from traditional stereo speakers. In fact, these albums will make your system - speakers or headphones - sound like it never has before. You are the experience.

All pieces contain compositions of pure Nature Sounds produced, arranged, edited and mastered by Chuck Plaisance and Suzanne Doucet. (aka Virtual Audio Environment).

Customer Reviews:

Perfect To Fall Asleep To.......2006-07-20

I bought this CD because I didn't really know which type of sound I'd relax most too be it ocean, rain, forest, etc. Well I love all the sounds on this sampler, and I play it every night. My hubby says that 20 mins into the CD there's a rooster crowing, but I wouldn't know because by that time I'm already fast asleep. Great stuff!

3-Dimensional Pure Nature Sounds.......2005-11-21

This excellent compilation of 20 different Nature Sound albums was out of print, but is now finally available again through ONLY NEW AGE MUSIC(repackaged and remastered). This album creates a journey through different Nature scenes all recorded by Chuck Plaisance, with a special microphone that simulates human hearing. The sounds were then edited and composed, arranged and mixed like an orchestrated piece but still remain pure Sounds of Nature. Like Bernie Krause Doucet and Plaisance take essential Nature Sounds and recreate an ambience that takes you even deeper into the essence of Nature.

Delius: Florida Suite RTvi/1; Pieces RTvi/19

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Gorgeous
Delius in Nature

Delius: Florida Suite RTvi/1; Pieces RTvi/19

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004W3JG
Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

I. Daybreak - Dance
II. By The River
III. Sunset - Near The Plantation
IV. At Night
I. Autumn
II. Winter Landscape
III. Dance
IV. The March Of Spring
On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Air And Dance - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Gorgeous.......2007-02-19

Florida Suite is a gorgeous exception to most of Delius' compositions (I'm not a big fan of much of his later work). The melodies are focused, the accompaniment perfect and simple. Listen to how Vernon Handley holds the high note in the string melody in "At Night" to get every achingly beautiful moment out of it. Whether you buy this CD or the William Boughton/English Symphony Orchestra version on Nimbus, you will not be disappointed. As another reviewer said, this is truly a "desert island" selection.

Delius in Nature.......2005-11-30

Chandos has combined past recordings to put together an all Delius disk featuring music that depicts nature, a favorite subject of Delius. From 1983 are the two miniatures On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and Air and Dance. Cuckoo is very famous, a calm depiction of spring with occasional outbursts by the clarinet. The Air and Dance begins with a solo violin which makes its way to a smart little jig. Both are charming and quaint pieces.

From 1985 are two much larger works, the 40 minute Florida Suite and the 30 minute North Country Sketches. The Florida Suite is in four movements (Daybreak-Dance, By the River, Sunset-Near the Plantation, and At Night). Daybreak is announced by a flourish of flutes eventually erupting into a folk dance. Delius musically depicts each of the movements with much pictorialism; the river properly burbles, the plantation echoes the spiritual hymns sung by the workers, and the nighttime with soft evening breezes as nature begins to settle down. The work is the height of English Impressionism. Delius is an expert at working the woodwinds, brass, and strings in contrast and in harmony with one another, with occasional percussion colorings. The music is lushly orchestrated, the themes are cinematic in nature and convey a natural sense of drama.

The North Country Sketches are also in four movements (Autumn, Winter Landscape, Dance, and The March of Spring). Autumn, with its gently shifting and falling chords is evocative of the French compositional school rather than the English. The starkness of winter opens with extremely high violin and double reeds oscillating in an uncomfortable harmony, one which never really settles. The dance is not courtly, nor is it raucous, but a simple country folk dance. The modal folk melody conjures thought of Bartok or Kodaly, but it is all Delius. The March of Spring is altogether more upbeat and fantastical, ending the work on a positive note.

Vernon Handley conducts both the Ulster Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra with great finesse. Delius' music is trickier than it would seem; often his music is played all too slow with no forward movement. While Handley succeeds, there are better editions (Beecham or Mackerras on London/Decca). The playing on this disk, however, is good. The recording is very warm and resonant, a delight to listen to and at a mid-price range. While I might point you to the other recordings first, this is a good supplement, at a budget price.

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A fine solo debut
Dixie
Kickin' Southern Rock!

Love Songs for the Hearing Impaired
Dan Baird
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000002LUO
Release Date: 1992-09-29

Tracks:

The One I Am
Julie and Lucky
I Love You Period
Look At What You Started
Seriously Gone
Pick Up The Knife
Knocked Up
Baby Talk
Lost Highway
Dixie Beauxderaunt

Customer Reviews:

A fine solo debut.......2005-11-05

Dan Baird's solo debut Love Songs for the Hearing Impaired continues the rockin' spirit of his work with the Georgia Satellites. It's most similar to the band's self-titled debut release with the focus being more directed on the songs than their hard rocking roots. The album is best known for the Top 25 single "I Love You Period", which shows off Baird's strengths of one of the more distinctive voices in rock as well as his knack of telling a hilarious story with his lyrics. Songs like "Julie & Lucky" and "Dixie Beauxderant" continue in this vein and are also great tracks. "The One I Am", "Knocked Up", and "Lost Highway" are strong rockers while the excellent "Look at What You Started" is nearly as catchy as the Georgia Satellites' huge hit "Keep Your Hands to Yourself." Other solid tracks include the fast paced "Seriously Gone" and the mid-tempo rockers "Baby Talk" and "Pick up the Knife." A solid good old-fashioned rock n'roll album, fans of the Georgia Satellites will certainly enjoy this.

Dixie.......2005-07-08

It's funny, I have been reading about this album in record guides lately and discovered I Love You Period was a minor radio hit at the time. I don't remember that at all. I do remember really liking this album when it was released although I focused on one great song that none of the reviewers really comment on: Dixie Beauxderaunt.

Dixie Beauxderaunt is really rocking and Dan Baird tells a hilarious story in it. I have put this one song on dozens of mix tapes over the years that I made for friends. I'll have to go back and rediscover the rest of this album.

Kickin' Southern Rock!.......2005-03-16

I was sad to pass by this page and see not a word to praise the fine joyous CD that's given me so much pleasure! Years of it, too-
there is no way NO WAY to keep a frown, to stay still, to stay grim...while you listen to this guy kick'in ass!

The first 4 tracks will do it, way more reliable even than jug band music (sorry JS)... the chick who's probably "gonna miss a lot of schoooool" (from Kocked-Up) will see you bobbin' smiling, and back in the human race -as much as ever you were. Whatta a shame that stuff *this good* can languish here with no audience, no praise- do yourself a favor and get the CD. (Doesn't the wit of the CD's title tell a little something about this guy already? )

Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

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Lloyd-Jones is a Worthy Successor to Beecham as a Delian

Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Manufacturer: Naxos
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ASIN: B00019P6PE
Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

Marche Caprice
I. Summer Evening
II. Winter Night (Sleigh Ride)
III. Spring Morning
American Rhapsody
The Walk To The Paradise Garden
I. On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring
II. Summer Night On The River
A Song Before Sunrise
Fantastic Dance

Customer Reviews:

Lloyd-Jones is a Worthy Successor to Beecham as a Delian.......2004-04-14

In 1997 David Lloyd-Jones conducted a different program of Delius orchestral (and vocal) music that included the early 'Florida Suite' and the final scene of his American opera 'Koanga.' It was with a different orchestra, the English Northern Philharmonia, and it was very good, very natural-sounding. I wondered at the time - perhaps 'hoped' is a better word - if this might be the beginning of a Delius series on the Naxos label. Well, here it is seven years later and another program of Delius orchestral music with Lloyd-Jones at the helm, this time of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Indeed, the ten works on this disc are recorded in chronological order, beginning with the 'Marche Caprice' (which I'd never heard) from 1889 and leading on to his very last piece, 'Fantastic Dance,' premièred only four months before his death in 1934. (I'd also never heard this piece. Shame on me!)

In between these two not-so-well-known pieces are some of his loveliest creations. There are the 'Three Small Tone Poems,' each named for a season: 'Summer Evening,' 'Winter Night,' 'Spring Morning.' There was originally a fourth piece called 'Autumn,' but it seems to be lost. These works, from the same time period as the early 'Marche Caprice,' confirm that Delius from early on was able to limn the characteristics of nature as well as any English composer ever has.

'American Rhapsody' is a shorter version of the later 'Appalachia' and does not contain a choral section. But it does contain worksongs from the African American workers whom Delius heard singing when he was in Florida running a family-owned orange plantation. It also includes extensive treatments of 'Dixie' and 'Yankee Doodle.' The piece was never performed as written until the 1980s.

'The Walk to the Paradise Garden,' from his opera, 'A Village Romeo and Juliet,' is, of course, one of Delius' most loved compositions. It is given a meltingly beautiful reading here. Following that are 'Two Pieces for Small Orchestra,' containing the vastly familiar 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring' and then the somewhat less-heard 'Summer Night on the River.' I was not aware until reading the excellent booklet notes by Hugh Priory that 'Cuckoo' quotes a Norwegian folksong that had also been used by Grieg. Again, Lloyd-Jones and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra do themselves proud. In fact, I don't know if I've ever heard a lovelier 'Cuckoo' either in concert or on recording. And that includes Beecham's famous recording. Simply splendid!

The CD is rounded out by 'A Song Before Sunrise,' written in 1918, the last of Delius' nature studies. 'Fantastic Dance,' dictated to Delius' amenuensis Eric Fenby after he became incapacitated, is rather more spirited than any of the foregoing and is a fitting close to this entirely glorious concert.

This is an impressive program well-played and -recorded, and all the more so when one considers the budget price.

Enthusiastically recommended.

Tracks:

TOLKIEN (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings) - free mp3
Moria
The Heart of Fangorn
Hobbit's Dance
Lothlorien
Like a Hobbit in a Mushroom Field
Weathertop
Fellowship of the Ring
The Ring of Hope
Galadriel's Mirror
Shadowfax
Breaking of the Fellowship
Legolas
Gandalf, The Grey & the White
Now It's Time To Go (Bilbo's Farewell Song)
The Psychopathic, Chronic, Schizophrenic Gollum Blues

Album Description

In January 2001, we released our Lord of the Rings music tribute song, "Tolkien (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)" to MP3.com. Within a month, the song skyrocketed up the charts to #14 of the MP3.com charts out of over two million songs!

Two years later, the Brobdingnagian Bards are at last completing a music CD dedicated to the JRR Tolkien's. This album is soundtrack, if you will for the books, filled with entirely original Lord of the Rings music. It is a mostly instrumental album that aspires to show our memories of the Lord of the Rings music world.

If you enjoy the music of JRR Tolkien, consider checking out the album that started it all--Songs of the Muse which features the original release of our #1 hit song that is still the most-popular Celtic song on MP3.com, "Tolkein (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)".

Customer Reviews:

The lads' best yet!.......2006-08-08

This CD is the Bard's best yet. This time the guys are playing it straight, no jokes, goof offs, or silliness. The songs are heart felt and wonderful. My favorite is the song of the Ents.
This CD is where you really get to hear the lads as MUSICIANS.
They were/are always great entertainers, but this is where their real musical talent comes to the fore. Great harmony, great folk art, and melody. Buy This!!

Tolkien would be proud.......2005-05-14

I cannot think of any group who could do what the Brobdingnagian Bards do-that is, to capture the spirit of such a classic and record it. This album is a great addition to any Tolkien fan's library. If you are new to Tolkien, or spent hours a day travelling through Middle Earth again and again, you'll love this CD. I know I do! :)

Excellent!.......2004-11-06

A 'must have' for all Tolkien fans!

I didn't know about the existance of The Bards until I attened the 'North Georgia Celtic Festival'. They were there and I heard them play several songs on this CD and several of their others. When I saw this CD being sold indoors, I immeadiately wanted it, being the LotR fanatic that I am. Bought the CD and had them sign it also... Probably the best thing I've done with my money in months...

Personal favorites include: The Psychopathic, Chronic, Schizophrenic Gollum Blues, Weathertop, The Heart of Fangorn, and Now It's Time To Go (Bilbo's Farewell Song). The instrumental pieces are awesome also... I feel like I **was** in Fangorn, Lothlorien, Moria... everywhere they covered in their lovely music.

Still Loving the Bards!.......2004-06-20

I'll have to admit that the first time i listened to this CD i thought it was a bit strange. But the songs grew on me, and i love it as much as anything else the Bards have done. (Which is a lot!) Legolas is a bit silly, but other than that one track the album is great fun to listen to, and you can really get the feeling that this is an album the Bards did out of their love for the books, and defenitely not something they just did to make money or jump on the bandwagon.

Magical Memories.......2004-04-08

I will grant the nay-sayer that this album is not for everyone, but having all of the Bards albums, I would give this one a well-earned "Huzzah" any day. The sheer scope of the album, the fact that it is entirely original music/lyrics, and the growth it represents make it a winner.

But that's all academic stuff. From a listener's viewpoint, this album is magic. The sheer lyrical beauty of songs like "Ring of Hope" and "Heart of Fangorn"...the joyous abandon of "Hobbit's Dance"...the musicality of "Moria"....

Tracks:

The Waking
Root Cellar
My Papa's Waltz
I Strolled Across An Open Field
Memory
Orchids
The Serpent
Night Crow
Snake
Lilltel Elegy
The Nightingale
Nantucket
Lullaby Of The Woman Of The Mountain
Love In A Life
What If Some Little Pain...
Visits To St. Elizabeth's
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Spring
See How They Love Me
Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
I Am Rose
Ask Me No More
Far-Far-Away
Early In The Morning
Alleluia
Such Beauty As Hurts To Behold
Sally's Smile
Youth, Day, Old Age, And Night
O You Whom I Often And Silently Come
Full Of Life Now
As Adam Early In The Morning
Are You The New Person?

Customer Reviews:

Great vocal virtuosity.......2005-04-07

This is a great recording, by two great artists. Carole Farley is the ideal singer for Ned Rorem's songs. She spell out every
word and every nuance, giving each song and every poem their full character. The songs are a revelation. I recommend this recording without hesitation.
Christoph (Berlin, Germany)

Confuzzled.......2004-01-03

While these song are GREAT...I cannot get over Carole Farley; her voice is so affected (kind of like a sprechstimme; overly dramatic...). I love the fact that Rorem himself is playing the piano, and as a singer, the catalogue of songs is good to have...but cant say I could ever manage getting over Farley's affectation. There are far superior recordings out there.

An American Composer of Art Song.......2003-04-02

American popular song, whether standards, show tunes,jazz, blues, or rock, is one of our country's most visible artistic achievements. American classical (or Art) songs are much less known. Ned Rorem (b. 1923) is probably the greatest American composer in this unfamiliar medium. Rorem is sometimes dubbed the "American Schubert."

This disc features 32 of Ned Rorem's songs for voice and piano. Soprano Carole Farley is the accomplished singer, and Ned Rorem himself plays the piano. The disc is special because it features settings of the works of American poets. The CD begins with 9 settings of poems by the mid-twentieth century poet, Theodore Roethke, and concludes with settings of 5 poems by Walt Whitman. The disc also includes settings of poems by William Carlos Williams, Gertrude Stein, and Paul Goodman, among others. Thus the disc combines in a special way American creative effort in poetry and in music.

Rorem's songs are declamatory in style. Typically, the voice line delivers the text of the poetry in a sort of chant. The relationship between the voice line and the piano is far from Schubertian. Generally, the piano takes a separate line and accentuates the voice by means of large chords or by runs or by other comments and punctuation on the voice. The texts are well set and the music is effective. There are some unusual harmonies with jazz and blues influences. Rorem's piano accompanyment on this disc gives the recording a sense of authenticity -- we get a good idea of how the composer wants his songs to be conveyed.

The disc includes excellent program notes and texts of all the songs. Naxos has received deservedly high praise for its "American Classics" series which makes much music written by Americans available on CD at a low price. This disc includes some lovely, little-known songs. It is an excellent introduction to the American art song and to the music of Ned Rorem.

more German than Rorem.......2002-07-20

I've been a Rorem fan since hearing a highschool friend perform some of his work in her college recital. His startling, atonal songs were an instant revelation. For years there were few reliable CDs of his vocal work. A scandal considering his reputation rests more on his art songs and chamber music than on his orchestral pieces. This Naxos entry of a wide overview of his best songs is thus quite welcome, due largely to its availability, wide distribution and professional packaging (he's had some shoddy issues before with incorrect liner notes, etc.; the challenge of the low budget).

I can't call myself an unalloyed fan of soprano Carole Farley however. Her delivery here recalls the speak-singing style of German 12-tone composers (a specialty of hers), and can sound melodramatic, especially when she rushes the more delicate passages.

I prefer Rorem's softer, more melodious French side, the one that descends from Impressionism and is more warmly emotive. While Farley loses the shading of some of the more fragile songs, she is well-suited to the longer, more forceful pieces. I've heard many readings of "Early in the Morning" (one of Rorems most popular songs) by male and female vocalists, and its tale of wistful nostalgia is muted by Farley's direct approach. However, she nails "My Papa's Waltz," a fractured setting for a Roethke poem about a frightened child forced to dance with a drunken father. Here her acting skills come to the fore, and she perfectly captures the tipsy madness of the song. Rorem can be quite theatrical himself on occasion. She does almost as well with "See How they love me," a ballad with a regular pace that allows her assertive style to breathe.

At any rate it's great to hear these lovely songs in a recent (2000) recording, accompanied (rather emphatically, but perhaps he's matching his theatrical singer) by Rorem himself.

The similar Susan Graham album is more to my taste, but this is a more than competent bargain set.

delightful art songs.......2002-01-02

rorem's songs are amazing, and naxos has done well
to group them by poet. the complete settings of roethke
are particularly compelling and edgey.

carole farley's voice is lovely, but her phrasing
and willingness to push her voice seems
a big departure from the styling of art songs i've
heard by poulenc and somers.

this takes some getting used to- at least 3 or 4 complete
listen-throughs in my case. her voice is almost jazzy,
kind of like early recordings by holly cole.

anyway, rorem accompanies her on piano so obviously
this reading fits with his intent; his playing is also delightful.

Tracks:

Chocolate Christmas
My First Christmas
Snow Is Falling
Santa Brought Me Clothes
Snow Day
The Eleven Cats Of Christmas
Just Because, Mrs. Claus
I Got A Cheese Log
Bob And Bob
You Gotta Get Up
My Birthday Comes On Christmas
The Christmas Letter

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Leave it to a coupe of quirky Arkansas buskers preoccupied with all things snowy to deliver a uniquely hatched collection of original Christmas songs. Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood have made a name with a family brand of entertainment that combines humor, harmony and imagination. There's plenty of each on Merry Fishes to All, but this is truly a record wrapped with the kids in mind. Surveying the seasonal landscape, the flaky duo sizes up the disappointments of getting clothes for Christmas, having a birthday on December 25, and getting a Cheese Log! In between there's a whacky reworking of a classic called "The Eleven Cats of Christmas" and some simply lovely songs even a hardened old Scrooge could love, including "Snow Is Falling" and "You Got to Get Up," the enchanted desperate plea of every kid who ever burst from bed Christmas morning before sunrise. There's only a couple limp lines drifting off here, but overall the fish are jumpin' and Santa approves. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews:

Great music!!!.......2007-01-10

This is wonderful music for families. The music and the musicians are very entertaining--the humor can be appreciated by young and old alike. The music is creative and the musicians are very talented. We as a family highly recommend this CD.

merrileewesing.......2007-01-09

Really loved this so much so that I gave it for presents this Christmas.
"The Eleven Cats Of Christmas" soon became a favorite of my grandson's and there are too many to list that are my favorites--"I Got A Cheese Log"; "Clothes for Christmas"; etc. Such good vocals, not heard since the 60's groups.

Well, Merry Christmas to me! .......2005-12-21

Every year, I have to get a couple of new holiday CDs--especially, the different ones. Instead of "White Christmas" this album starts with chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate...

This isn't just a happy album, though. Trout Fishing shows you the good and bad side of Christmas. How many of you lament the year you got a cheese log, clothes---or the fact that your birthday is too darn close to Christmas?

And the "Christmas Letter" at the end is just too good. If you're feeling down this year, this CD will definitely get you smiling.

I got a cheese log!.......2004-12-25

This is a terrific album by a folk music duo. At least they are ostensibly a folk duo. Many of the songs here have accompaniment from additional musicians and have more of a rock or jazz feel to them. This album was nominated for a Grammy for Best Children's Album. And while it is indeed an album that can be enjoyed by children, it is also quite enjoyable for adults too. In fact, some of the songs here have lyrics that are a bit too sophisticated to be really appreciated by children. Most of the songs are humorous, but there are a few songs that are played "straight". To sum it up, this is a fun Christmas album that can be enjoyed by both the young and the young at heart.

Another Grammy nomination!.......2004-12-18

I admit it. My family and I are Trout junkies...we can't seem to get enough of these 2 talented guys. We have traveled near and not-so-near to see them live. It's because they really get it, and by "it", I mean the BIG it. As in, "what's it all about?" Things like childhood, growing up, being part of a family, having fun, enjoying each other. And they are fabulous musicians to boot! This album has just been nominated for a Grammy!

With the release of this holiday CD, our annual dilemna of "do we listen to Trout or holiday music?" has been solved. We now have the best of both worlds! The songs are for the most part their original works...you haven't heard them a gazillion times before, but they will become instant classics in your family. Every song is someone's "favorite" in our house, so there are no skipped tracks.

"Snow is Falling" is my personal favorite. I can't put it in words any better than another person who wrote that a real love and respect for children shines through. As I often do when I'm listening to Trout music, I find myself inspired to strive to be the kind of parent my children deserve.

"Snow Day", "Bob & Bob", a great song about 2 "flaky little snowflakes with ordinary names", "You Gotta Get Up" and "The Christmas Letter" are also on my list of favorites. This last one is a touching and pretty song, written much like the familiar Christmas letter sent by many families to keep in touch with loved ones.

"My First Christmas" is a very fun song that cleverly uses titles of popular Christmas carols to tell the story of a baby's first Christmas. "Just Because, Mrs Claus" is a plea for Mrs. Claus to help Mr. Claus lose a few lbs, because "when he was walking rooftops last year, ceilings started cracking." The words are hysterical! After listening to "I Got a Cheese Log" I guarantee you will find yourself humming this catchy little tune at your next holiday party when you come across the obligatory cheese log. "The Eleven Cats of Christmas", or as they call it at our house, "Meow-y Christmas", is The 12 Days of Christmas meets We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Fans of the album My World will be happy to hear a reference to Chicken Joe in this song.

To summarize...great words and music as always. Thanks Keith and Ezra and congrats on the Grammy nomination. I highly recommend this CD. There you go. There you have it.

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In The Hearing Of Mott
Atomic Rooster At Their Peak
Progressive / Classical meets Hard Rock

In Hearing of Atomic Rooster
Atomic Rooster
Manufacturer: Castle Music UK
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Release Date: 2004-04-19

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Break the Ice
Decision/Indecision
Spoonful of Bromide Helps the Pulse Rate Go Down
Black Snake
Head in the Sky
Rock
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Album Description

Expanded deluxe reissue of Atomic Rooster's third album, originally released in 1971, includes three rare bonus tracks 'Devil's Answer' (US version), 'Breakthrough' (BBC in concert), & 'A Spoonful of Bromide' (BBC in concert), & a 16-page full color booklet with extensive liner notes, photos, artwork, & memorabilia. Slipcase. Castle. 2004.

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Digitally Remastered Deluxe Reissue Includes Bonus Tracks and Live BBC in Concert Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

notjustanotherbirdband.......2006-08-12

This is a great example of a moment in the 70's acid rock sound and really just a moment of what atomic rooster sounded like (Death Walks Behind You is the other prime example). I have nearly all versions back to the 33 1/3 original and this cd clearly has the bottom midrange and smooth extended top end to cause in hearing of hearing damage(its too easy to turn the volume up to 11..)nuff said. Not blues, no good time rocknroll in fact this stuff is a real downer and should not be played if you are being treated for depression or anxiety otherwise loads of fun to crank up and step back in time.The best Roooster to start with if you have none.

In The Hearing Of Mott.......2005-09-09

In 1969 keyboard wizard Vincent Crane and drumming sensation Carl Palmer, left mid tour of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown's debut American tour citing irreparable differences with the man himself Arthur Brown, not perhaps the most thought through idea in Rock'n'Roll, but sometimes a musician has to do what a musician does.
Upon arrival back in England it was decided to put a band together around these two musicians, like minded talents were then sought after, Brian Jones who had just left the Stones was due for a meeting with Vincent Crane the day before he was found drowned in a swimming pool, Rich Gretch was asked but had already hung his star to new supergroup " Blind Faith" with Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, and Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce was asked as well but was determined to forge out a solo career, when Bruce turned down the bass position John Paul Jones was singled out, but he was already in another heavy metal flyer Led Zeppelin. But all these names does let your mind wander into all the different possibilities that could of happened.
The newly branded Atomic Rooster was rolled out with it's debut album 'Atomic Rooster', (1969) with the relatively unknown Nick Graham completing the trio on Bass. The album met with great critical praise but little commercial success, the album is a bluesy affair with not much notice of the heavy rock carnage that was to come. Nick Graham promptly left, (Atomic Rooster never employed a bass player at any time in their following career, Vincent Crane preferring to play the bass notes on his Hammond organ, rather than trust another fickle bass man.) Followed by Carl Palmer who was lured away to be the "P'' in another supergroup "Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.
New recruits were sort and two new Roosters were found John Ducann, on lead guitar, who brought along young skinsman Paul Hammond . Immediate success was to follow with the Rooster taking on the hard heavy metal of the day. In November of 1970 this trio's first album was released " Death Walks Behind You" with it's ground breaking Hammond organ sound from Vincent Crane, guitar thunder from Ducann, and powerhouse drumming from Paul Hammond, Further progress was made when the song 'Tomorrow Night' was plucked from the album as a single and reached the Top Ten. 1971 was to prove to be Rooster's year, when they were right at the front of the heavy metal boom, alongside such luminaries as 'Deep Purple', and' Black Sabbath'. A follow up single 'Devil's Answer' was released and met with even greater success reaching Number Two.
Whilst in the studio recording this album it was decided to expand the line up to four with the addition of a vocalist and the services of ex-Cactus lead singer Peter French were employed ,an excellent choice. Although French's vocals were laid down so late in the day that the artwork for the album had already been done, so his head had to be painted onto the inside artwork at the last minute.
The album "In The Hearing Of" was released in September 1971 and went straight into the Top Twenty. The music is not quite as heavy as that of it's predecessor, but that does not mean it has lost any of it's aggression or grit. Vincent Crane's Hammond organ is not so much in evidence with the piano being used to great effect on a lot of the songs. This is spelled out right from moment go when the Rooster strut their stuff on opener 'Breakthrough', with Cranes hammering piano dominating the song as it pushes it's way into your subconscious, 'Breakthrough' is the perfect opener for this finely selected collection of hard rockin' classics. Of the nine songs on this album (Hit Single' Devils Answer' has been tacked on the end of the original eight album tracks as a welcome bonus) two are instrumentals, only five are sung by new vocalist Pete French, Vincent Crane taking lead vocals on the dark and broody ' Black Snake', whilst 'Devil's Answer' featured the vocals of John Ducann having been recorded before Pete French's arrival. Six songs were written by Vincent Crane, three by John Ducann. One song 'Decision/Indecision' does not even require the services of Ducann's guitar work, with Crane supporting French's emotional vocals on solitary piano, a haunting piece to be sure. Pete French gives a great display as a vocalist on his limited opportunities, but it is perhaps the two rockin' instrumentals, 'A Spoonful Of Bromide Helps The Pulse Rate Go Down' and "The Rock' that would of most pleased the fans from the previous album. The only time during the album that both Vincent Crane and John Ducann actually let go and give it some clout. `In The Hearing Of' was a great follow up to 'Death Walks Behind You.' With great development shown in all parts of the band, but obviously too much development, as each individual wishing to stamp his mark, as is easily seen by the development of each track on this album.
With Vincent Crane insisting upon sole leadership of the band, and his exacting standards, this proved too much for the other musicians in the band and before the end of the year the band had splintered leaving Vincent Crane to keep the Atomic Rooster flag flying , which he did with diminishing results with two more albums' Made In England '(1972) and 'Nice'n' Greasy' (1973) both of which departed from the Hard Rock of yore taking a very different Funk/Rock ' slant with vocalist Chris Farlowe on board, much to the horror of Rooster hard rock fans. Pete French went off and formed Leafhound who recorded ' Grower of Mushrooms (1972) Pete French was never to get the success his vocal talents clearly deserved. John Ducann, and Paul Hammond stayed with their hard rock roots and formed 'Bullet', who changed their name to' Hard Stuff', with John Gustafason on Bass and Vocals, recording two impressive albums for Deep Purples newly formed own record label under the Hard Stuff banner' Bulletproof' (1972) and Bolex Demention' (1973). Heavy Rock's waning popularity put paid to any lasting hopes of Rock immortality though.
In 1980 when Hard Rock made a major comeback The Rooster of 'Death Walks Behind You' fame reunited for another stab at glory, but their day had gone.
The name 'Atomic Rooster' still garners great respect in hard rock circles, but it was really only ' Death Walks Behind You' and 'In The Hearing Of ' that were the real thing. The reformation live album from the Marquee (1980), where funnily enough it is John Ducann's vocals, and guitar that are the most dominant is worth your pleasure if you have an inkling to listen to the live beast. But anything else with the Rooster badge on it is generally advised to be given a wide berth.
The world of Rock'n' Roll is not an easy or kind one. Vincent Crane unable to control his inner demons any longer took his own life on Valentine's Day 1989, He was sadly followed by Paul Hammond who could not cope with life outside of his beloved Rooster in 1991. A Tragic end to a band who could of been huge, one of the biggest. But they did leave behind two marvellous albums as an epitaph.
By Mott The Dog.

Atomic Rooster At Their Peak.......2005-05-03

The real treat in Castle Music's issue is the long overdue inclusion of the U.S. version of Devil's Answer with Pete French singing lead vocals, making "In Hearing Of" a consistent and inspired album from start to finish. Vincent Crane's vision shines brightly on this album, uncluttered by musical missteps or uncertainty. Virtually every AR compilation leans heavily on this album and it's easy to see why. All of the songs are strong and well executed. If you're going to own one Atomic Rooster CD, this is it.

Progressive / Classical meets Hard Rock.......2004-06-23

"In Hearing Of" was possibly the hardest rocking album of Atomic Rooster, & keyboardist / leader Vincent Crane's, long & varied career.

On this 1972 release, Vincent Crane played Hammond B3, Grand Piano, & foot pedal bass (all @ the same time) in a very aggressive, rocking style behind a very heavy & funky rhythm section...that often reminds me of Bonham & Page, with Emerson soloing over the top. The bloozy vocals are somewhat reminiscent of Spooky Tooth.

Most of the songs have brooding minor key atmospheres, with dark lyrics...but the band sounds like they were ready to fight, & never give up. Vincent performed spectacular solos on almost every song, although there's not much in the way of guitar solos, which ended up causing dissension in the group.

This version of the band broke up shortly after this album's release, & then Atomic Rooster moved into a somewhat more R & B / Rock direction, with subsequent albums.

Tracks:

Lonely Surfer - Jack Nitzsche
Don't Make My Baby Blue - Frankie Laine
Needles and Pins - Jackie DeShannon
Seein' Is Believin' - Eddie Hodges
Not for Me - Bobby Darin
Move Over Darling - Doris Day
Castles in the Sand - Stevie Wonder
Rumble - Jack Nitzsche
Kick That Little Foot Sally Ann - Round Robin
Always Waitin' - The Paris Sisters
Walk With a Winner - Gene McDaniels
No Matter What You Do - Lesley Gore
Hung on You - The Righteous Brothers
Cheryl's Goin' Home - Bob Lind
I Could Be So Good to You - Don & the Goodtimes
Road to Nowhere - Judy Henske
Heart of Juliet Jones - Garry Bonner
Wild Life's in Season - Lou Christie
You Make Me Feel Like Someone - P.J. Proby,
It Happens Every Time - Tim Buckley
Sister Morphine - Marianne Faithfull
Ashes, The Rain & I - The James Gang
Helpless - Buffy Sainte-Marie
Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl - Mink DeVille
You Can't Be Too Strong - Graham Parker, Graham Parker & the Rumour,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Closing Theme) - Jack Nitzsche

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The ratio of rock superstars to genuine arranging-production legends is at least a hundred-to-one. The late Jack Nitszche was one of the greatest of his era, a wizard of the charts and mixing console who initially helped engineer Phil Spector's fabled Wall of Sound, yet eventually developed a spacious arrangement/production knack that was nearly its sonic opposite. Many of Nitzsche's fabled sessions (as far-ranging as Ike & Tina's "River Deep", the Stones' "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby", "Porpoise Song" by The Monkees, Ringo Starr's hit "Photograph" and Buffalo Springfield's ghostly "Expecting to Fly") were beyond the reach of this compilation. Nonetheless, these 26 tracks offer up a compelling tribute to his singular musical vision via a wealth of early singles, album cuts and rarities by artists spanning the early '60s pop of Doris Day and Bobby Darin and '70s new wave of Mink DeVille and Graham Parker. Early instrumentals (the Nitzsche-penned Cali-classic "The Lonely Surfer," a rousing cover of Link Wray's "Rumble") display the ballsy studio power he could conjure. While tracks like Judy Henske's "Road to Nowhere," "Ashes, the Rain and I" by The James Gang and Marianne Faithful's harrowing read of "Sister Morphine" showcase the haunting, incomparable impressionism that graced so much of his work. His eerie theme for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest also pays tribute to a parallel soundtrack career that yielded such unsung 90's gems as The Hot Spot and The Indian Runner before his passing in 2000. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Jack Niitzsche Story.......2006-03-18

A great overview of an artrist who helped shaped the architecture of rock and pop...his closing theme from the soundtrack of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo Nest" is an absolute masterpiece-it's beauty is surpassed only by it's emotional wonder and splendour.What a track!

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