E Street

1. Another Star

2. Sambacu

3. Fantasy

4. Boomrang

5. Smile Please

6. Like a Volcano

7. You're My Little Girl

8. Familia

9. Waterfall

10. Lord Remember Me

E Street,Pete Escovedo,Concord Records,Fusion,Jazz,Jazz Music,Latin,Latin Jazz

Jazz

Music

jazz

Tracks:

Thunder Road
Adam Raised A Cain
Spirit In The Night
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Paradise By The 'C'
Fire
Growin' Up
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Backstreets
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Raise Your Hand
Hungry Heart
Two Hearts

Tracks:

Cadillac Ranch
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
Independence Day
Badlands
Because The Night
Candy's Room
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Racing In The Street
This Is Your Land
Nebraska
Johnny 99
Reason To Believe
Born In The U.S.A.
Seeds

Tracks:

The River
War
Darlington County
Working On The Highway
The Promised Land
Cover Me
I'm On Fire
Bobby Jean
My Hometown
Born To Run
No Surrender
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
Jersey Girl

Amazon.com

To say that Springsteen's live shows with the E Street Band were legendary is the height of understatement. On a good night, the set might extend to three and four hours of exhilarating, pulse-pounding rock & roll. How best to capture that on CD? Or was it possible at all? As it turns out, Live 1975-1985 comes as close to the experience as possible. Culling material from various tours and settings ranging from small rooms to stadiums, the three-CD set emphatically displays Springsteen's charisma as a bandleader and storyteller and makes plain the sheer power of the E Street Band. Some of the many highlights here include covers of Edwin Starr's "War," Tom Waits's "Jersey Girl," and Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" and rare versions of originals such as "Because the Night," "Fire," and "Seeds." And relax--all the hits are here as well. If you never saw Springsteen and the E Streeters back then, you might still get your chance. But this set chronicles a special time in the life of a special performer. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

Springsteen Live, you can't get any better.......2007-05-13

Any time you get to hear live preformances of Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band it is something special and this is some of his best stuff. The early years and his recent work are his best. Can't wait for the live Seegar Sessions stuff to come out.

Couldn't get any better.......2007-04-13

Pure Bruce Springsteen, pure rock 'n roll. I cannot wait to see a similar venture for the period 1985 till 2007.

mishi.......2007-01-12

The very best of Bruce before he became political. A must have for anybody, Springsteen fan or not.

Can't Go Wrong.......2007-01-09

This is a "live" album, which I usually steer clear of, but this one is terrific. Reason I bought it: Only CD that has Jersey Girl on it!

NO WORDS !.......2007-01-09

ITEM NEVER RECEIVED. IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTACT BY EMAIL THE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
MY LAST PURCHASE ON AMAZON !

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Bruce and the Band at their Best
Kitty's Back
Classic Springsteen
The Boss at his best
Simply Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at their best!

Hammersmith Odeon London '75
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band , and Bruce Springsteen
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000E97X66
Release Date: 2006-02-28

Tracks:

Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Spirit In The Night
Lost In The Flood
She's The One
Born To Run
The E Street Shuffle
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Backstreets

Tracks:

Kitty's Back
Jungleland
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Detroit Medley
For You
Quarter To Three

Customer Reviews:

Bruce and the Band at their Best.......2007-06-07

The only criticism I can imagine someone offering about this tremendous live album would be that at times Bruce pushes the limits of the theatrical, and listeners not otherwise familiar with his work might detect overconfidence where there is really only raw, beautiful desperation. But back when Bruce and the E Street band performed this show, they were really something special. They really wanted it. Every syllable and note here is deeply felt, and if there is an occasional misstep, it would take an extremely ungenerous listener to hold it against such talented performers leaving it all out on the stage.

Several of the tracks on this album are strictly superior to their studio counterparts, including "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City"; the mind-blowing, virtuosic version of "Kitty's Back," which for me is the finest blurring of real rock and roll, jazz, and funk I've ever heard; and even "Rosalita," which seemed untouchable in its studio form, is taken to another level here. This is Bruce's best music on these tracks, and his band is in top form.

For any early Bruce devotee, this album is a must. If only Bruce, or any one else, still laid it down like this today.

Kitty's Back.......2007-06-01

When I first started listening to Springsteen, I was pretty luke-warm on the song Kitty's Back. Then I heard a bootleg version, with extended jamming, and I fell in love with it. Sadly, I lost the bootleg tape (don't even know what show it was from, this was circa 1980). So I'll tell you point blank, I bought this album mainly just to get a live version of Kitty's Back.

Let me tell you, the Kitty's Back here is well worth the price of the album all by itself. Tremendous, lived up to and exceeded my hopes. The rest of the album is just gravy (and delicious gravy at that!). The band is just outstanding. I'd never been much impressed with Max the drummer until I heard him here, where he's doing great stuff. I'd ALWAYS been impressed with Roy Bittan on piano, and even he exceeded my expectations here and raised my high opinion of him even higher! The band is tight and energetic, just impeccable. I could do with a little less of Bruce taking minor liberties with the melodies on some of the songs, but the band is outstanding.

Oh, and for those who bitched that they released the CD after the DVD was already available to try to milk more money out of people: not everyone is a collector-of-everything, not everyone has or even wants the DVD. I was very happy to buy this on CD, since my main interest is listening to it in the car. I don't have the DVD and may never own it.

Classic Springsteen.......2007-05-13

A good live CD from the early years. This is over 30 years old and some of the tunes are still classics, some I had never heard before. Real good recording quality

The Boss at his best.......2007-04-13

His first time in London and he produces probably his best live album. I just can't believe it took them this long to release it. The set list is great catalog of his old stuff. The version of Thunder Road is one of my favorite songs. It is just simply amazing. The passion in Springsteen's voice and the tightness of the E-Street Band makes this album one of the best live albums hands down.

Simply Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at their best!.......2007-03-31

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have influenced almost every band, musician, songwriter, and poet that followed and many that preceded. This album successfully captures the energy and creativity of a band of 20 something upstarts entering into their peak. For those who knew Bruce before the Time and Newsweek covers, this album is for you as it captures many of the highlights of "Greetings from Asbury Park", "The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle", and "Born To Run". Until now I always thought the best ever live recording was "The Allman Brothers, Live at the Fillmore East" This album is causing me to rethink that. A `must have' for all Springsteen fans no matter when they came along!

The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

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bruce for the ages
Summer 0f 73
The most interesting of all Springsteen recordings- thanks to "Mad Dog"!
Early Boss Still Ranks with the Best
great album, absorbing stories

The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen
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ASIN: B000002513
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

E Street Shuffle
4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Kitty's Back
Wild Billy's Circus Story
Incident On 57th Street
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
New York City Serenade

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If Springsteen's debut, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. revealed just how ambitious a talent he was, it also fell just short of realizing those ambitions. No such problem with this, his second album. The Dylanesque wordplay is there, but with more narrative detail, as on "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," "Kitty's Back," and "Rosalita," each of which became instant Springsteen classics and were demanded by his concert crowds for years. But even on this record, the music isn't allowed to take a back seat to the words--the latter two, at least, are full-tilt rock & roll numbers, with abrupt tempo shifts, soaring instrumental parts, and production that's just chaotic enough to make you wonder if the whole thing is going to blow apart and then smile in appreciation when it doesn't. The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle was the first time Springsteen scaled the heights of rock & roll greatness--but it wouldn't be the last. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

bruce for the ages.......2007-07-20

I don't know if music can change the world but it can change your life. You have to "buy in" however. I bought in on Bruce Springsteen a long tiime ago and he's never let me down. This collection of songs is astounding in their scope and intimacy. From Spanish Johnny, past Kitty,to Billy. From the circus to the streets. An amazing record that stands the test of time and any other measure. I still listen to "Sandy" every 4th of July and I want to say to my old friend Dalton O'Connor, "wherever you are, come out tonight."

Summer 0f 73.......2007-07-14

This is a wonderful album, lots of energy, great songs and performances, before Bruce became famous. I wish this album, as well as Springsteen's entire back catlog, would get a sonic upgrade for CD. Long overdue.

The most interesting of all Springsteen recordings- thanks to "Mad Dog"!.......2007-06-16

Springsteen's second album is a collective of many styles that eventually coalesces into a completely unique musical form. No band has sounded the same as Bruce and co. back in '73. Now, we've all heard the accusation (thanks Dave Marsh!) about how this recording, as well as the first, was supposedly damaged by the "hamfisted" drumming of Vini Lopez. This needs to be addressed. I've been a drummer for 23 years and I can tell every drummer out there to TRY, just TRY to duplicate the energetic twists and turns of Lopez's drumming on this recording (particularly "Kitty's Back" and "Rosalita")!! The dynamism of his playing compliments the variation and shifting nature of the music perfectly.
For me, it's exactly the explosive energy of Lopez that gives this, as well as the first album, a manic intensity that was lost when Bruce decided to oust Lopez for whatever reasons that remain cloudy to this day. Don't listen to the naysayers who haven't a clue how play drums in the first place, just listen to this recording and enjoy excellent songs, great production and most of all BRILLIANT drumming from "Mad Dog" Lopez!

Early Boss Still Ranks with the Best.......2007-02-18

Before Bruce Springsteen crashed onto the national scene (cover of Time and Newsweek in the same week), he had played with local bands for several years in his native New Jersey and had released two albums, "Greetings from Asbury Park" in 1972 and this album one year later. We wore the grooves off both at the University of Delaware from 1972-1976. More than 30 years later, "The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle" remains one of my all-time favorite albums.

"E Street" is an infectious blend of rock, blues, and jazz, in fact more jazz than would appear on the rest of his albums put together, as producer Jon Landau, who took over with "Born to Run", and Bruce himself would adopt a tighter, more structured style.

For me, "E Street" contains three great songs--the plaintive "Sandy" ("Sandy, that waitress I've been seeing lost her desire for me"), the evocative, Romeo and Juliet-tinged "Incident on 57th Street" (always "Spanish Johnny" to me--"good night, it's all right Jane"), and the anthemic "Rosalita" ("my machine she's a dud, I'm stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of Jersey"), the song I'd ask to hear if I could hear just one more rock song before I go. The piano segue between these last two is a musical thing of beauty.

"Wild Billy's Circus Story" (with the unexpected appearance of a tuba) and "Listen to Your Junkman" (which I'm sure goes by another title, but that's how I remember it, having listened many more times than I've read the liner notes) are also outstanding, but grow on the listener moreso than blowing his or her doors off the first time. The "title" track "E Street Shuffle" introduces the show in a rush.

Springsteen fans who discovered him in the mid-80s with "Born in the USA" should definitely treat themselves to this early masterpiece.

great album, absorbing stories.......2007-01-21

This is my favorite Springsteen album and one of my top 10 faves of all time. The songs that rock are unmatched and the slow tunes evoke incredible emotion. Rosalita has closed a majority of Springsteen's concerts over the years for good reason. Kitty's Back and Rosalita were written for the purpose of leaving the audience and the band totally exausted. The title track sways and bops. Others move you and sink you deep into the lives of characters that existed in Springsteen's imagination. I understand how many view Born to Run as one of the best albums of all time. These two should be viewed as discs one and two of a double album that celebrates the Jersey shore and stand apart as unique rock n roll. On this album, Springsteen is not doing his best to be successful, but pouring his heart out to rock the world. Buy this album and you will come back to it over and over for many years.

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Amazing!
THE BEST CD EVER!!!
Distinct but lacking
Unearted in unbelievable
.. As it should be

Unearthed
E. S. Posthumus , Helmut Vonlichten , and Franz Vonlichten
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ASIN: B0008191LU
Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

Antissa
Tikal
Harappa
Ulaid
Ebla
Nara
Cuzco
Nineveh
Lepcis Magna
Menouthis
Estremoz
Pompeii
Isfahan

Album Description

The songs on "Unearthed" pay homage to ancient cultures with their titles (Cuzco, Pompeii, Harrapa, and Ebia), yet they are as contemporary as Deep Forest and Enigma and attract the same kind of fan. The music is at one moment dark and choral and at another light and airy; one moment you're in Greece and then in Ireland or South America. It's a film score, clearly cinematic, but there's no movie - rather there are the dozens of movies and movie trailers in which the music has appreaed. If you've watched Six Feet Under, the NFL or the US Open, you've heard their music. If you watch CBS's hit series "Cold Case" on Sunday nights, you've heard one of the most extraordinary theme songs ever, and it's the track "Nara". If you are even an occasional filmgoer, you've heard the music on "UNEARTHED"

Customer Reviews:

Amazing!.......2007-06-19

I havent listen to souch a good CD since the relese of the "Passion of the Christ" soundtrack.
That is what music should be...

THE BEST CD EVER!!!.......2007-01-04

This is the best CD I've ever listened to in my life! Absolutely incredible.

Distinct but lacking.......2006-12-01

'Unearthed' is one of those albums that invigorates initially, but eventually shows its true colors after its artificial guise no longer appears to fool. It's a classic tale of style over substance.

This is pop music, with a twist. Or so it seems. It's not a bad strategy, really, and by and large it's reasonably successful at what it is (not to be confused with what it aspires to be). Combine some modern musical sensibilities (I'd be at a loss to label them specifically) and throw in a theatrical chorus, or strings, to add a level of authenticity to the whole thing. To their credit, they even sprinkle us with a few other obscure instruments, again adding to the flavor and relative distinctness the album displays. Pretty neat, right? Sure -- if only that impression lasted. The downfall of the music, then, originates out of the realization that it's heftily elementary for the majority of its length (it not -- all -- of it); both in terms of melody and general orchestration, the dynamic appearance resting on the surface melts away fast. Don't try to bamboozle (some of) us with your "distinguished" demeanor. Normally, I wouldn't have too much a problem with something attempting to appear more than it is, but E.S. Posthumus just seem too self-indulgent and righteous -- unjustly so.

The first track here sums up the largest problem here -- redundancy. Yes, I do yearn for a bit more complexity in my music, but again, this --is-- pop, and I'll openly admit that I adore a huge amount of pop amongst the vast array of its spectrum. What I don't enjoy is hearing something over and over and over, within a SINGLE song, let alone all the songs on the album. These guys' just don't have many ideas -- which is seemingly why they attempt to mask the fact with overbearing bombast. The first song repeats the first two minutes two times, with almost no variation after that two minute mark, and this approach can't even begin to justify their shallower nature. It almost seems strangely humbling, because while their use of more exotic elements is deceptive, they don't even try to hide the vacuousness of their musical ideas; it seems like they don't give a rats behind about their uncreative tendency, as it's so glaringly noticeable in structure or musicality, as if they just sort of said "oh well" and let it effortlessly fly. Again, all of the tracks bear this problem -- some to a lesser to degree than others -- and while they write some fetching melodies, they're simply not good enough to provide a song with a strong base, not to mention having to hear most of them three or so times within a single track makes them more irritating than they really are.

I don't mean to sound so harsh, because 'Unearthed' would be a welcome addition to most people out there (if only they knew it existed), and despite mildly trivializing the more filmic aspects it employs, it would at least expose them to a fairly half-baked presentation of these types of music. It may be pop, but amongst its pretty substantial problems, it's at least peculiar and reasonably passionate pop, even if it thinks it's more than that. That's worth something.

Unearted in unbelievable.......2006-11-10

Wonderful album designed for the cinema, and it comes to no suprise that almost every track on this album has been used in several movies. E.S. Posthumus use great samples and beutifully mix them in with their string scores.

.. As it should be.......2006-07-11

This is music as it should be... but sometimes i am glad it isn't. for if this became "popular" it would devalue the word, Music. thank you E.S. Posthumus for your contribution to a greater art.

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Bueno
Even in his 50s, he's still THE rock-musician
Springsteen Gets Back Together With The E Street Band, With Electrifying Results
10th Avenue Freeze-Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Redundant Maybe, but Why Complain?

Live In New York City
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
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ASIN: B00005AFVR
Release Date: 2001-04-03

Tracks:

My Love Will Not Let You Down
Prove It All Night
Two Hearts
Atlantic City
Mansion on the Hill
The River
Youngstown
Murder Incorporated
Badlands
Out in the Street
Born to Run

Tracks:

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Jungleland
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If I Should Fall Behind

Amazon.com

If Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band were a playground basketball team they'd be the one made up of local legends that don't have as much spring in their legs as the young bucks, but get by on guts and guile. Culled from the two Madison Square Garden shows that closed out the revived E Street Band's 1999-2000 road show, this 20-song collection deftly entwines fan favorites with fresher material, including two new offerings, the stately "Land of Hope and Dreams" and the solemn "American Skin"--the latter prompted by the shooting of unarmed New Yorker Amadou Diallo by police officers. When Springsteen and company (including both Miami Steve Van Zandt and his successor, Nils Lofgren, on guitar) look back, they temper the force of the original arrangements with ingenuity and a sense of spacing. The E Street Band in their heyday may have served up four-hour marathons, but they felt stopwatch-tight. Here Springsteen reconciles his rocker and reflective sides as "The River" curves along through a serpentine course, "Mansion on the Hill" is given a curious (albeit lovely) Hawaiian treatment, and "Born in the U.S.A." resurfaces as a deep-blues lament. The gang can still muster a take-no-prisoners attack, as witnessed by the hard-charging likes of "Two Hearts" and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out." --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Bueno.......2007-05-18

Creo que es exelente producto pues lo regale por el sistema de amazon a un amigo en su cumpleaños y no me lo devolvieron.

Even in his 50s, he's still THE rock-musician.......2006-11-11

Say what you want about Bruce "getting old", but I strongly believe that this album (which showcases Bruce in his late-40s/early-50s) puts many rockers half-his-age to shame.

All the songs are great, especially the ones that are re-arranged, such as "The River." For a special treat, Bruce throws in the rarity, "Don't Look Back."

And yet, of all the songs on this live album, I believe the most impressive is Bruce's acoustic version of "Born in the U.S.A.", where Bruce plays an acoustic 12-string. For those of you who have Tracks, but not this, trust me when I say LINYC's version of "BITUSA" makes Tracks' acoustic version look like nothing.

ONE WARNING: Though I personally have no qualms about the song-selections, some of you who want to hear the "staples" (i.e. "The Promised Land") might be dissapointed. And yet, when it comes to preferences of Bruce-fans, the term "to each his own" is definetely applicable.

Is it an extensive treasure-trove of live performances a la Live 1975-1985? No. Is it worth it nonetheless? Yes.

Springsteen Gets Back Together With The E Street Band, With Electrifying Results.......2006-04-01

LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY is a live album taken from Bruce Springsteen's reunion tour with the E Street band, and the results are electrifying. This album beats the great PLUGGED by a country mile, and has the feel of a religious service, with Springsteen testifying and hollering like there's no tomorrow. The studio reunion album, THE RISING, was just as good, and proved that the reunion was not just a temporary thing. Springsteen's belief that the young Australian tourist jailed in Indonesia since the spring of 2005 on drug-smuggling charges was unjustly convicted makes this CD/cassette an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.

10th Avenue Freeze-Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-03-08

I have to confess: this version of 10th Ave. Freeze-Out brought tears to my eyes. And for one simple reason. I never saw a concert of The Boss and his E-Street Band. They never came to Brazil to play. "Oh, they are too americans" people say here. Oh, what a shame. Music is an universal language and, listening to Bruce's live albums (I have all the four) and watching his dance with The Big Man Clarence Clemmons, the raising of hands of all the little preeties from coastline to the city, I was really able to understand the meaning of lots of things like companionship, musicianship, harmony, communion. Well, I wish I was a Jersey native to walk down the 10th Ave just to see Scooter and Big Man singing and dancing in the streets. Rock and roll are made of these moments.

Redundant Maybe, but Why Complain?.......2006-02-01

I will start this review with the only complaint that can I can muster when discussing any live recording of Bruce and the E Street band. After the monumental perfection of the Live 1975-85 collection, much of this is extraneous or redundant. Springsteen is as focused and energized as always and the E Street Band plays with the same fervor that has established their reputations as an unbeatable live act. Because some of these songs have grown so familiar, though, the moody intensity of their studio counterparts is compromised, particularly on the most reflective tunes. "Prove It All Night" is all bombast, as is "Two Hearts," but they lean heavily on familiarity, while the latter suffers from a contrived ending that incorporates Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's "It Takes Two." The energy is monumental, though, which helps to make the mellower songs that much more effective. "Mansion on the Hill" works beautifully, with gentle waves of pedal-steel guitar wafting behind the melody like a soft breeze over a field of wheat. "The River" suffers, though, because it is too drawn out and loses its central vision as a portrayal of lost innocence, sounding instead like the dim reflections of a middle-aged man. Springsteen is an honest performer, so I'm certain this is not an oversight. It's only that the aging process forces things to be re-assessed, and not everything works in this revised context. "Youngstown" is another misfire, with a ton of musical muscle to propel it, but without the vulnerable poignancy that made the original work so well. "Murder Inc." and "Badlands" are two songs that demand a tough, hard-as-nails energy, and they both get the treatment they deserve here.

The first few tracks on the second disk capture the true essence of Springsteen and the E Street Band. A gospel-drenched version of "10th Avenue Freeze Out" lingers for a full 16 minutes, with an extended band introduction and an ending salvo that could rupture your spleen. Following this are the collections two new songs. "Land of Hopes and Dreams" takes ten minutes to unfurl, but it proves itself to be one of Springsteen's most powerful and hopeful songs. Even though it carries a distinct pre-9/11 sensibility, it still resounds strongly, perhaps even more so. Much, much darker is the other new song. "American Skin (41 Shots)" confronts the grim reality that occurs when fear and tension collide. Instead of pointing his finger, Springsteen concludes, "We're all baptized in these waters and in each other's blood." It is our society; hence we are all to blame when a victim dies at the hands of society's representatives. It's a heavy conclusion, but not one that should be controversial, since it conveys a very simple truth.

The six tracks that did not make the HBO special finish out the album with more of a whimper than a bang. Each of these performances are good, but nothing revelatory, making it apparent why the show editors saw fit to edit them from the final video cut. As a fan of Springsteen who always looks for the best qualities in his catalog of work, I can say that this live collection is good, but there are better places to turn. If you care to hear the raw power of the E Street Band and the personal conviction of Springsteen as a live performer, pick up Live 1975-85, since it remains one of the best live documents of a rock and roll performer ever released. B Tom Ryan

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Batman - Nic Raine
Battlestar Galactica - Nic Raine
Baywatch - Derek Wadsworth
Beverly Hills 90210 - Derek Wadsworth
Bewitched - Nic Raine
Between The Lines - Mark Ayres
The Bill - Nic Raine
Bonanza - The Philharmonia Orchestra
Brideshead Revisited - Derek Wadsworth
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - Nic Raine
Burke's Law - Derek Wadsworth
Cagney And Lacey - Derek Wadsworth
Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Mark Ayres
Casualty - Mark Ayres
Cheers - Mark Ayres
Dallas - Nic Raine
Dangerman (Secret Agent) - Mike Townend
Doctor Who - Mark Ayres
Doctor Kildare - Jerry Goldsmith

Tracks:

Doogie Howser, M.D. - Derek Wadsworth
Dynasty - Nic Raine
The Equalizer - Derek Wadsworth
Falcon Crest - Derek Wadsworth
Fireball XL-5 - Derek Wadsworth
The Fugitive - Nic Raine
Hawaii 5-0 - Mike Townend
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Nic Raine
The High Chaparral - Nic Raine
Highway To Heaven - Derek Wadsworth
Hill Street Blues - Derek Wadsworth
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Mark Ayres
The Incredible Hulk - Derek Wadsworth
Jason King - Mike Townend
Jesus Of Nazareth - Paul Bateman
Joe 90 - Derek Wadsworth
Johnny Staccato - Derek Wadsworth
Knight Rider - Derek Wadsworth
Kojak - Mike Townend
L.A. Law - Derek Wadsworth
Land Of The Giants - Nic Raine
Little House On The Prairie - Derek Wadsworth
Lonesome Dove - Nic Raine
Lost In Space - Nic Raine
Lou Grant - Derek Wadsworth

Tracks:

Magnum, P.I. - Derek Wadsworth
A Man Called Ironside - Mike Townend
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Derek Wadsworth
M*A*S*H - Nic Raine
Miami Vice - Mark Ayres
Mike Hammer - Derek Wadsworth
Mission Impossible - Mike Townend
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Nic Raine
The Munsters - Derek Wadsworth
Murder She Wrote - Derek Wadsworth
Newhart - Derek Wadsworth
North And South - Derek Wadsworth
Northern Exposure - Derek Wadsworth
NYPD Blue - Mark Ayres
The Outer Limits - Nic Raine
Perry Mason - Mike Townend
The Persuaders - Mark Ayres
Peter Gunn - Mike Townend
Police Squad - Nic Raine
The Prisoner - Mike Townend
Quantum Leap - Derek Wadsworth
Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) - Mike Townend
Red Dwarf - Mark Lambert
The Rockford Files - Mike Post
Roseanne - Dan Foliart

Tracks:

The Saint - Mike Townend
Seaquest DSV - Nic Raine
Space 1999 - Derek Wadsworth
Star Trek - Mike Townend
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Derek Wadsworth
Star Trek: Voyager - Nic Raine
St. Elsewhere - Derek Wadsworth
The Streets Of San Francisco - Nic Raine
Stingray - Barry Gray
Taxi - Derek Wadsworth
Thunderbirds - Derek Wadsworth
Thirty Something - Derek Wadsworth
The Time Tunnel - Nic Raine
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - The Philharmonia Orchestra
The Twighlight Zone - Nic Raine
Twin Peaks - Derek Wadsworth
U.F.O. - Derek Wadsworth
The Virginian - Nic Raine
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Nic Raine
Wagon Train - Paul Bateman
The Waltons - Jerry Goldsmith
The Wild Wild West - Derek Wadsworth
Young Riders - John Debney
Xena: The Warrior Princess - Paul Bateman
The X-Files - Mark Ayres

Customer Reviews:

Quantity Over Quality.......2007-01-15

As a musician myself, I know too well that one of the most important ingredients in ANY performance (live or recorded) is passion. The recordings here generally lack the same passion and sheer drama of the originals. Much of the instrumentation has been reduced to a cheezy, thin, plastic synthesized replica. The performances are simply a watered-down lackluster version of the classic originals. If it were not for the sheer volume of tracks compiled here, I would have rated the comp only "one star".

Mediocre.......2006-05-17

The sound quality for this collection isn't much better than the samples offered by Amazon.

One Hundred Greatest TV Themes.......2005-08-06

I have watched almost all the shows that are on these 4 cd's. Many were made before I started watching TV. Most I've seen once or twice before.

Pretty close to original recordings.......2005-07-24

Definitely not as good as the originals. You'll probably notice the slight differences since it's stuff you saw and listened to every week or everyday in reruns growing up, but it's still an amazing collection.

Really Good Collection.......2004-07-11

I bought this in part because it had soundtracks to tv shows that are unavailable. My husband and I watch aome British programming. Many of the theme songs are for what seems like obscure British shows. That said; it has been enjoyable to hear music that I would normally never hear. Some music does sound tinny; some are very very rich, and some music is derived from actual preformances from the original artists. I think this is worth buying because is has a wonderful blend of music. The pieces are full soundtracks so they includes the parts of the theme song which are often edited out. I think the orchestra's who preformed the music did a great job. I have MonsterMania which redoes the soundtracks to the Godzilla movies. The interpretation is less heavy and stark than the preformance we associate with the original soundtrack; but I regard it as a new way to appreciate the music and all the componets which make the song unique.

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J./The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle/Darkness on the Edge of Town

Average customer rating:

E street boys
Triple Shot Of Bruce Juice
3 Bangs: Less Than 30 Measley Bucks ?!
Holy smokes! 3 of Springsteen's records at once!

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J./The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle/Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000063WD9
Release Date: 2002-04-02

Customer Reviews:

E street boys.......2007-06-27

It was great to get Bruce and the boys together in one package.I only had the old buggered vinyl.these were the days when I lived Darkness and was immortal .Stan

Triple Shot Of Bruce Juice.......2004-11-20

Greetings From Asbury Park served notice that there was a new musical force on the scene. On his debut, Bruce showed he was the best songwriter to come along since Bob Dylan. The album kicks off with the musical tongue twister "Blinded By The Light" that showed Bruce wasn't a typical singer-songwriter. The song has a funky riff and is replete with horns. "Spirit In The Night" introduced the E Street sound and is a precursor to the character oriented songs that would appear later on Born To Run & Wild. "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd St?" is fun and "For You" is a rare rock song about suicide. "Growin' Up" & It's So Hard To Be A Saint In The City" show early signs of Bruce's "Tramp" persona. "Lost In The Flood" is the great forgotten Bruce song and is as good a song as he has ever recorded. While Greetings is uneven at points ("Mary, Queen of Arkansas' & "The Angel"), it shows an artist who had a very original sound and huge potential. It is great to throw it in the CD player and hear a young, raw and hungry Bruce Springsteen and listen to where it all started.

The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street shuffle may only contain 7 songs, but they pack a punch and are among the finest of Bruce's career. The album opens with the funky guitar riff of "The E Street Shuffle". "4th Of July" is the song that made Asbury Park famous and Madame Marie's a mecca for Bruce fans. "Kitty's Back" is a blazing rock 'n' soul workout and is followed by the comical "Wild Billy's Circus Story". On the original album, the last three songs constituted side two and it is about as perfect of an album side as there is in history. "Incident on 57th Street", "Rosalita" and "New York City Serenade" is a three part musical suite and they flow seamlessly into one another. The stories they tell are so vivid that they are almost like musical literature. Bruce has released albums that were musically superior to Wild, but never one that was this much fun.

In Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Springsteen's characters are no longer looking to escape their problems, they've giving up escape a long time ago. They are searching for answers to the situations they find themselves in. Optimism has been replaced by despair and cynicism. "Badlands" is an angry anthem about never being satisfied with where you are in life. "Adam Raised A Cain" is about the struggles between a father and his angry son and "Factory" is about the drudgery of everyday life. Songs like "Something In The Night", "The Promised Land" and "Racing In The Streets" are about chasing a dream that one will probably never find. "Candy's Room", "Streets Of Fire" & "Prove It All Night" are about putting everything on the line for someone and having to constantly prove their devotion. The title song best sums up the album. People are looking for answers to the same questions, willing to pay the cost, but never find them. No matter how much time they search into the Darkness On The Edge Of Town, they end up in the same place.

3 Bangs: Less Than 30 Measley Bucks ?!.......2003-08-12

If I didn't have all three of these albums in my collection, I'd jump on this deal. 3 early Bruce albums for ...? Each disc buries every post-"River" album (with the exception of "Nebraska") by a long shot. Of the 3, "Wild & Innocent" is the least accessible, and even it boasts 'Rosalita', '4th of July'(better known as 'Sandy'), and the weighty 'New York City Serenade'. The poetry on "Greetings" is weird, and playful, and fun as hell: "Nuns run bald through Vatican halls, pregnant, pleading immaculate conception...?" And "Darkness"? Well, it's just a rock-solid album, pun intended. These albums are must-haves for anyone who knew and loved Bruce before the "Born in the USA" debacle.

Holy smokes! 3 of Springsteen's records at once!.......2002-04-03

In my humble opinion, 'The Wild, the Innocent, & the E st. Shuffle' remains one of Bruce's best albums. Taking a lot of inspiration from Van Morrison's 'Astrel Weeks,' Springsteen made a funky record that plays like cinema. Sort of a Scorsese-meets-Fellini epic. This was the record that had the East Coast rock community waiting in anticipation for what turned out to be 'Born to Run.' (hence the simultanious Time & Newsweek cover stories)

Tracks:

Classical Gas (Single Version)
I Feel Love (Single Version)
Picante
Red Hot (Symphonic Mix)
Yantra
Bach Street Prelude
Leyanda
Cotton Eyed Joe
I Can Can (You?)
Widescreen
Nightflight
Toccata & Fugue
Four Seasons Spring Allegro Part 1
Scherzo In C Minor For Violin & Piano

Album Description

2003 UK compilation for the world-renowned classical crossover star features 14 tracks. Copy Controlled. EMI Gold. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Amazing...........2005-05-28

she is an Excelent and great violin player, her music is unique, if you love instrumental music, you can't miss it.

The Longest Day: The Ultimate World War Movie Theme Collection

Average customer rating:

These are not the same arrangements as the original movie soundtracks
An outstanding compilation
The really good ones are missing.
"many were winners by the Academy for best scores"

The Longest Day: The Ultimate World War Movie Theme Collection

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00020R02O
Release Date: 2004-05-25

Tracks:

The Longest Day
Attack On The Iron Coast
Band Of Brothers-Prelude
Band Of Brothers-Theme
Battle Of Britain
The Battle Of The Bulge
The Blue Max
Das Boot
The Bridge At Remagen
The Bridge On The River Kwai
A Bridge Too Far
The Caine Mutiny
The Captive Heart
Casablanca

Tracks:

Coastal Command
The Cruel Sea
The Dambusters
The Diary Of Anne Frank
The Eagle Has Landed
Empire Of The Sun
The English Patient
Fear And Desire
Force Ten From Navarone
Gallipoli
The Great Escape
The Guns Of Navarone

Tracks:

Hanover Street
The Hindenburg
In Harm's Way
Is Paris Burning?
King Rat
Lawrence Of Arabia
Lifeboat
Macarthur / Patton
Malta G.C.
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Midway
The Mountain Road
1941

Tracks:

The Naked And The Dead
The Night Of The Generals
Paradise Road
Paths Of Glory
Pearl Harbor
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler'S List
Sergeant York
The Sharkfighters
Sink The Bismarck!
633 Squadron
Where Eagles Dare
The World At War
The Longest Day

Customer Reviews:

These are not the same arrangements as the original movie soundtracks.......2007-01-21

I was disappointed that these are not the same arrangements as the original movie soundtracks. For example, in Colonel Bogey, the countermarch from the movie soundtrack is not included in the arrangement on this CD. Don't get me wrong, the songs are good, but I would have preferred the same arrangements as the original movies.

An outstanding compilation.......2006-08-25

This compilation is superb and a real must-buy. From Band of Brothers to A Bridge Too Far: every war movie theme is represented here. An all time classic.

The really good ones are missing........2005-07-18

While this compilation has some masterpieces such as the theme from The Great Escape and Is Paris Burning, it's missing some of the finest tracts ever written. Where is the theme from Victory and Ernest Gold's stirring epic from Cross of Iron? The closing theme from Inchon was also a feast for the ears, but it's not here. It was written by Jerry Goldsmith, one of the foremost soundtrack composers of our time. Instead we're subjected to the likes of Hanover Street and The English Patient. I'll admit Inchon and Victory weren't Academy Award winning movies, but their soundtracks were second to none. As John Stossel would say," Give me a break"!!!

"many were winners by the Academy for best scores".......2004-05-26

Silva America presents the essential in film music during the period of World Wars ~ "Longest Day:Ultimate World War Movie Theme", featuring some long forgotten cues, 53 to be exact that sent chills and thrills into the pulses of world events ~ selections from a limited collectors edition that would make any "film-score-buff" green with envy.

Released to commemorate the sixth Anniversary of D-Day, never has there ever been such a tribute compilation package from any other label and Silva comes to the forefront ~ featuring The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Paul Bateman, Nic Raine Tony Bremner and Carl Davis as conductors), The Philharmonia (Kenneth Alwyn, Jerry Goldsmith, Mario Klemens and Paul Bateman as conductors) and also the world renown Crouch End Festival Chorus (David Temple as choir master) ~ what a gathering of talented musicians and singers fill this collection supreme.

The lineup of composers is a Who's Who in the world of film music ~ John Addison, Tomaso Albinoni, Kenneth J. Alford, Paul Anka, John Barry, Arnold Bax, Elmer Bernstein, Eric Coates, Carl Davis, Klaus Doldinger, Antonin Dvorak, Benjamin Frankel, Gerald Fried, Hugo Friedhofer, Jerry Goldsmith, Ron Goodwin, Bernard Herrmann, Maurice Jarre, Michael Kamen, Jerome Moross, Alfred Newman, Clifton Parker, Alan Rawsthorne, Ryvichi Sakamoto, Lalo Schifrin, Gerard Schurmann, David Shire, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Williams, Gabriel Yared and Hans Zimmer ~ set the stage for compositional human drama while exploring the deepest troves of musical emotion ~ one masterpiece after another, each cue manages to display both a convincing authenticity of the times and places ~ experience every tracks passion and skill for striking the exotic orchestral colors, explosive power and spectacular works of full large scale orchestral arrangements previal at every turn.

We are grateful to James Fitzpatrick (producer), Reybnold da Silva (executive producer), Rick Clark (associate producer/album sequence), Marion Garden (associate producer) and the whole gang at Silva America who have resurrected many of the soundtracks for the "film-score-buffs" in all of us.

Tracks:

Thunder Road
Adam Raised A Cain
Spirit In The Night
4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Paradise By The 'C'
Fire
Growin' Up
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Backstreets
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Raise Your Hand
Hungry Heart
Two Hearts

Tracks:

Cadillac Ranch
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
Independence Day
Badlands
Because The Night
Candy's Room
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Racing In The Street
This Land Is Your Land
Nebraska
Johnny 99
Reason To Believe
Born In The U.S.A.
Seeds

Tracks:

The River
War
Darlington County
Working On The Highway
The Promised Land
Cover Me
I'm On Fire
Bobby Jean
My Hometown
Born To Run
No Surrender
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Jersey Girl

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Customer Reviews:

Springsteen Live, you can't get any better.......2007-05-13

Couldn't get any better.......2007-04-13

Pure Bruce Springsteen, pure rock 'n roll. I cannot wait to see a similar venture for the period 1985 till 2007.

mishi.......2007-01-12

The very best of Bruce before he became political. A must have for anybody, Springsteen fan or not.

Can't Go Wrong.......2007-01-09

This is a "live" album, which I usually steer clear of, but this one is terrific. Reason I bought it: Only CD that has Jersey Girl on it!

NO WORDS !.......2007-01-09

ITEM NEVER RECEIVED. IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTACT BY EMAIL THE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
MY LAST PURCHASE ON AMAZON !

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