Live: Singing [Live]

1. Noche Y Dia

2. No Te Importe Saber

3. Que Me Importa

4. Vieja Luna

5. Cuando Vuelvas

6. Cielito Lindo

7. Nunca

8. Tu Retrato

9. Jurame

10. Volvere

11. El Dia Que Me Quieras

12. Te Quiero Morena

13. Maria La O

14. Arrancame La Vida

15. Contingo En La Distancia

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Average customer rating: A great CD ,and Great Sound Humpback Whale Songs Whale Song great cd

Rapture of the Deep - Humpback Whale Singing Paul Knapp Jr. Manufacturer: Compass Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sounds of the Earth: Humpback Whales Echoes of Nature: Killer Whales Reiki: Whale Song Song of the Dolphins Dolphin Dreams ASIN: B00005QXSB Release Date: 2001-03-05

Tracks:

1. Caribbean Humpback Whale
2. Four Days Later
3. Mostly One
4. One Humpback Whale
5. Calm Afternoon
6. One "2000 Whale"
7. Five Days Later
8. Breaching (Jumping) Whales

Album Description

72 minutes on 8 tracks/ very good song diversity.

This CD provides a unique opportunity to hear the authentic sounds of humpback whales. There is no background music, only whales. Includes the special, nearly 25 minutes, "One Humpback Whale", an excellent recording of a close whale, just a few hundred yards away, originally recorded on digital audio tape, giving the whale great presence and clarity.

Recorded near the Virgin Islands from a 13 foot inflatable boat, using a professional hydrophone.

Customer Reviews:

A great CD ,and Great Sound.......2007-01-28

The track " One humpback Whale " is the best I've ever heard.
Nothing but Whales, No added music.
Beautiful

Humpback Whale Songs .......2007-01-28

One of the best examples of Humpback Whale recordings to date. I have heard them all.
Paul Knapp has captured these songs for all the world to hear. Pure Humpback Singing.
I highly recommend this CD to everyone. Truly a treasure for any audio collection. Young and old.
A+

Whale Song.......2007-01-23

Good for meditating or working in the basement. Also use it for going to sleep. Personally, don't appreciate it when driving, but HEY! Save the Whales. Collect the whole set!

great cd.......2007-01-04

I had been looking for whale songs for a while, and finally this cd filled my expectations. It is only natural whale voices, nothing more. Some of them give me a peculiar funny feeling, like if the whale were singing a joke, or laughing. Not for everyday, but I enjoy it once in a while.

Average customer rating: Great CD Simply the Best Inconsistent, but mostly excellent "Celebration" is not strong enough a word A maginificent evening, a magnificent album

Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast) Stephen Sondheim , Betty Buckley , Paul Gemignani , Patti LuPone , Liza Minnelli , and Bernadette Peters Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Hadley, Jerry | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sondheim Evening: A Musical Tribute (1973 Concert Cast) Side By Side By Sondheim (1976 Original London Cast) Send in the Clowns: The Ballads of Stephen Sondheim Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall ASIN: B000003FDW Release Date: 1993-02-23

Tracks:

1. Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd--orchestra, Jerry Hadley ("Johanna"), Eugene Perry,Herbert Perry ("Pretty Women")
2. Evening Introduction--Bill Irwin
3. Loveland/Getting Married Today--Ensemble, Jeanne Lehman, Mark Jacoby, Madeline Kahn
4. Waiting for the Girls Upstairs--George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton/Love, I Hear--Michael Jeter/Live Alone and Like It--James Naughton
5. Someone Is Waiting--Richard Muenz/Symphonic Sondheim: Barcelona--orchestra
6. Being Alive--Patti LuPone
7. Good Thing Going--The Tonics
8. Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Dorothy Loudon
9. Our Time--Boys Choir of Harlem/Children Will Listen--Betty Buckley
10. Anyone Can Whistle--Billy Stritch
11. Water Under the Bridge--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch
12. Back in Business--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch, Ensemble

Tracks:

1. Symphonic Sondheim: Comedy Tonight--Bill Irwin, orchestra
2. Sooner or Later--Karen Ziemba
3. Pretty Lady--Mark Jacoby, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry
4. Green Finch and Linnet Bird--Harolyn Blackwell
5. The Ballad of Booth--Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber
6. Broadway Baby--Daisy Eagan
7. I Never Do Anything Twice--BETTY
8. With So Little to Be Sure Of--Jerry Hadley, Carolann Page
9. Not a Day Goes By--Bernadette Peters
10. Remember?--Ron Baker, Peter Blanchet, Carol Meyer, Bronwyn Thomas, Blythe Walker (Quintet)/A Weekend in the Country--Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry, Quintet
11. Send in the Clowns--Glenn Close
12. Old Friends--Liza Minnelli
13. Sunday--Bernadette Peters, Broadway Chorus

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2006-08-06

This is a wonderful double CD of fabulous musical numbers performed by theatre greats and directed by a legandary musical director.

Simply the Best.......2005-06-29

First, to the person who criticizes the recording b/c of "Broadway Baby." Daisy Egan (who sings in in this recording) sounds like she's 10 becuase she IS young. She had just appeared on Braodway in Secret Garden and won a Tony for it. It's a joke...Broadway BABY...hello, it's a joke.

In a compilation of songs like this you're always going to have tracks that you prefer over others, but the majority of the renditions in this CD are great. This is simply one of the best collections of Sondheim out there. You get interpretations that span from "classical" (Green Finch), to bordering on insane (Anything Twice). This is to demonstrate how versatile this composer really is.

In my opinion, some of the best renditions are "Not a Day Goes By," "Anyone Can Whistle", "Girls Upstairs Medley," "Losing My Mind/Drive a Person Crazy," and "Weekend inthe Country." Makes me wish I had been there to witness it first hand.

If you love Sondheim and enjoy hearing Broadway performers, get this CD. A great recording.

Inconsistent, but mostly excellent.......2004-03-21

I am sure no knowledgeable person would deny how absolutely perfect all these songs are. However, the performances on this album are extremely inconsistent. It will go from an excellent rendition (Waiting for the Girls medley, Sunday, With So Little To Be Sure Of, Sooner or Later, Green Finch, Send in the Clowns, Pretty Lady) to the weird (I never Do Anything Twice), to the bad (Broadway Baby, Our Time). I still have absolutely no idea how they managed to butcher one of the best songs ever written--Good Thing Going--and turn it into smooth jazz elevator music. Why would they give Broadway Baby to someone who sounds like she's 10? That said, Liza Minelli, Glenn Close, Karen Ziemba, Dorothy Laudon and the "Waiting for the Girls" performers are all very good. And ending with Bernadette Peters and "Sunday" ends the set on a absolutley fabulous note.

"Celebration" is not strong enough a word.......2003-04-30

This review is by Crosley.

I have been a major Sondheim fan for quite some time, and I finally obtained a copy of this album. I was blown away by the excellent cast and phenomenal selection of music. It is obvious how much work went into this production, considering that this is the live recording of a one time show, and it's flawless. The songs cover all of his shows with the exception of "Passion," which was released 3 years after this show. Also, the shows for which he wrote only lyrics are ommited, like West Side Story, Gypsy, etc. Thus, you can find material from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Merrily we Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins.

There are two striking things about this CD (besides the music and performers themselves). First of all, some of the songs are completely stylistically reworked. The most obvious are "Good Thing Going" and "I Never do Anything Twice." Both are traditionally very ballady with a piano accompaniment, but here they have been redone as jazzy tunes. The result is excellent. Such reworkings demonstrate that Sondheim writes music for virtually any style, and in these cases, across several styles. It's a great example of his variety. The other interesting thing is how many songs have overlapping melodies of songs from different shows. Case in point, "Our Time" and "No one is Alone" are sung seperately by the Harlem Boys Choir and Betty Buckley (the original Grizabella in Webber's atrocious "CATS," although Buckley was excellent) respectively, and then combined. Putting these two songs together offer different meanings to each, and the music is only enhanced. Another example, the trio of "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Love, I Hear," and "Live Alone and Like It" are sung in that order, and then the latter two are combined. Again, the meanings of the songs change, this time in an almost narrative style, and offering different takes on love in the same montage. Lastly (at least for this review, there are more), Dorothy Laudon's (the original Ms. Hannigan in Annie) combination of "Losing my Mind" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" is brilliant. Those who are familiar with these songs will wonder how exactly they fit, but trust me, they do. She swtiches back and forth between melodies to create a number that starts poignant and beautiful, and soon moves to become uproariously funny. Both the song reworkings and overlapping melodies of unrelated songs are all for the better.

I recommend this recording to anyone wanting to get better acquainted with some of Sondheim's best work, or those already familiar who want to hear a tour de force of phenomenal music. It has been said that Sondheim is a masterful lyricist (which he is), but lacks real talent for music. This CD is the final proof that such critics are wrong. His music may take a few listenings to get into, contrary to Webber or Wildhorn, but unlike those two, he doesn't cater to the audience. He challenges them to think outside of traditional musical theater in a glorious repertoise of shows that reach for a smarter, more sophisticated form.

A maginificent evening, a magnificent album.......2001-12-16

There's something to be said for the first concert you ever see at Carnegie Hall. I was fortunate enough to have this be my first. This entire evening was devoted to his genius and the performers did not disappoint.

This wonderful double CD shows off the best and brightest of the musical theatre composer and it is, as one person put it, "an embarassment of riches." With songs from his finest works done in amazing arrangements (listen to that harmony in "We Had a Good Thing Going"!) combined with fabulous performers this is a Sondheim lovers delight.

My favorite song is, without a doubt, Dorothy Louden and her wonderful medley of "Losing My Mind" into "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" followed very closely by the recently departed Madeline Kahn singing "Getting Married Today."

Average customer rating: The best crystal bowl cd ever? Yeah right... Very good for meditation Incredibly Healing and Soothing Sounds! Wow, Raising the Vibe!! Lighten Up, Chill Out and Recharge

Journey To Wholeness - Singing Crystal Bowls for Healing and Wholeness Elivia Melodey's Crystal Vibrations Manufacturer: Crystal Vibrations Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Seven Metals Singing Bowls of Tibet SOUNDS OF LIGHT: The Pure Tones of Crystal Singing Bowls Chords of the Cosmos: Harmonies of the Zodiac with Crystal Bowls for Chakra Balancing, Meditation & The Healing Arts Celestial Memories - Tapestries of Light from the Singing Crystal Bowls CRYSTAL VOICES: The Harmonic Vibrations of Crystal Singing Bowls ASIN: B000066RG7 Release Date: 2002-04-26

Tracks:

1. Chakra Alignment
2. Colloquium
3. Gaia Guardians
4. Higher Joys
5. Journey to Wholeness

Album Description

New Age listeners will fall in love with this unique meditative music created for healing and wholeness, from the Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls. Starting with a 14 minute Chakra alignment, four more tracks follow of innovative and extraordinary, inspired songs. This music will entrance you and transport you to transcendent realms of peace, beauty and harmony. Worlds of experience will open up, as you float on crystalline waves to places of inner connection and balance. The rich bell-like and low soothing tones were all recorded live with over 20 singing crystal bowls, flutes, chimes and world percussion.. This entrancing collection of songs births an entirely new musical art form all it's own. The exquisitely rich songs are the epitome of Crystal Bowl sound healing. This music will align and balance the chakras - Simply by listening! A perfect compliment to massage and alternative healing therapies as well as being wonderful for stress relief. Play it as low acco! mpaniment, to create harmony in your environment or sit back and relax into deeper meditation and illumination as you are attuned to new higher vibrational frequencies. Total playing time: 69 minutes

Customer Reviews:

The best crystal bowl cd ever? Yeah right..........2007-02-17

That's what I said as I read the reviews here and clicked over to the author's website... so I reluctantly handed over my cash with little expectation, and well, I have to say... I agree!

Frankly, I was a little surprised, I love this kind of music and my last purchase of Stephen Halpern's Crystal Bowls was disappointing to say the least as it was filled with synthesizers and other cheesy New Age effects. This one is not and I wouldn't even lump it with a New Age tag (as the product description has). It' just truly beautiful music. The resonance is wonderful and the first chakra track is great for getting me, or my space back into alignment. Simply put it on in the background and clear your space. Wonderful! The other tracks on the CD have beautiful touches including shamanic instruments like the Buffalo drums, rattles, native flutes, rain sticks and other instruments. All appropriately added, expertly played and NO New Age cheese. What's interesting about it is that the CD recorded in one evening with no manipulations. I love reading books and listening to audio of people that have opened their heart - you can feel that in the work... in a similar way I think this is transmitted through music and it most definately is here.

I have since recommended and raved about this CD to all my friends. If you're a healer with a practice, you're going to want it for background music or just clearing your space. For everyone else, it's wonderful for relaxation and coming back into balance (put on your headphones for a real treat) or just some soothing music to play after a hard day or most definately for people who are not feeling well.

Other crystal bowl CDs I like include Benjamin Iobst Seven Metal Singing Bowls of Tibet and Crystal Voices by Deborah Van Dyke. Daniel Goleman's work is also fantastic - Chakra Dance, Chakra Chants and his Om CD (although all his work is good).

I highly recommend this beautiful CD. There are extra touches, with different instruments so if you're using it purely for meditation, that may distract you (as some other reviewers seem to have experienced). That is, I guess, a matter of personal preference - some people would be okay with the other instruments. It's the kind of CD where you that makes you go and buy everything the artist has ever produced. Of the hundreds of the healing type CDs I have, this is, and will remain, well and truly at the top of the heap. This might just be... the best crystal bowl CD ever!

Very good for meditation.......2007-01-11

I listened to this during my hospital stay on my iPod because I could not sleep. It helped me immensely.

Incredibly Healing and Soothing Sounds!.......2006-11-03

This CD, just like all Crystal Vibrations productions, is pure healing. I can always count on the first track (Chakra Alignment) to bring me back into balance and alignment. I also use this disc as a space clearing tool for my home... the high vibrations resonate throughout, leaving my space feeling warm and wonderful. A multi-purpose musical adventure... how can you resist?

Wow, Raising the Vibe!!.......2005-11-23

Pretty incredible music that makes everything I do while listening seem to happen effortlessly. It shifts and "tunes up" the energy in the room and in me! The Chakra alignment is like a warm up to the magic of all the other instruments that weave in and out of the singing bowls. So you can stay really focused and present or drift off into deeply meditative states. Listening to the soothing music on this CD is one of the best prescriptions you can give yourself! If you want to journey to the far reaches of the universe, treat your self to their CRYSTAL PORTAL CD and get Journey to Wholeness for taking care of everything else!!

Lighten Up, Chill Out and Recharge.......2005-10-17

This is my favorite of all the meditation and singing crystal bowl music I own and I have a huge collection. Initially, I used it for meditation in the morning before work and then again when I got home. It left me calm for the day and recharged at night. Then I thought to put it on while paying bills and doing stressful chores. The resonance of the crystal bowl tones had an immediate effect. I was able to focus and breathe with ease while I completed my tasks. The sound quality is superb and you get all the beautiful overtones that can only come on a live recording. And the effect is lasting. For a real vacation, listen to this CD with headphones.

Average customer rating: Hurry Up & Meditate Transport Yourself to Higher Realms! Inspiring! Transformational harmonics Communicating with your celestial soul

Celestial Memories - Tapestries of Light from the Singing Crystal Bowls Elivia Melodey's Crystal Vibrations Manufacturer: Crystal Vibrations Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Relaxation | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Meditation Music | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Journey To Wholeness - Singing Crystal Bowls for Healing and Wholeness SOUNDS OF LIGHT: The Pure Tones of Crystal Singing Bowls Seven Metals Singing Bowls of Tibet Chords of the Cosmos: Harmonies of the Zodiac with Crystal Bowls for Chakra Balancing, Meditation & The Healing Arts CRYSTAL VOICES: The Harmonic Vibrations of Crystal Singing Bowls ASIN: B00005CFHB Release Date: 2001-04-04

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Polaris
3. Saffron Sugalights
4. Ariadne
5. Asarte
6. Shu Shu Newane
7. Ellenahara
8. Pan
9. Abbrezzia
10. Te Ha Shashusha Ne

Album Description

Celestial Memories presents the pure sine wave tones of the Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, with the gentle addition of flutes, chimes, vocals and drumming. Journey to spaces of deep relaxation and peace as the music of these crystal bowls opens up gateways of awareness and wholeness within your Being. The perfect pitch tones of these harmonically tuned instruments help to align your chakras, which balances and rejuvenates your vital life energies. Each song contains a specific healing energy channeled from the celestial realms, for the highest good of the listener. Perfect for relaxation, meditation, spiritual growth and healing.

Customer Reviews:

Hurry Up & Meditate.......2006-10-23

Celestial Memories - my go-to cd & best buddy as I know it best
I highly recommend you try one of her cd's and see what they might offer you. Better yet, attend a concert & see what most draws you so you can select your perfect cd. Best to listen to when you have a few minutes to hurry up and meditate...ha ha...don't recommend using while power walking or driving...prefer sitting in candle lit silence and being blissed by Elivia's music...like being inside a secret sacred cathedral...Namaste

Transport Yourself to Higher Realms!.......2001-08-18

If you want to have a new experience, meditate more deeply, relax after a hard day, drift off to sleep easily or tap into a deeper sense of connection with the universe then start with this CD! If you have never heard these bowls or the joyful sound from the angelic realms--you will when Elvia and her group plays.

I first heard Elivia play solo in La Costa. Within a year she had assembled a wide variety of bowls of different tones. In the Fall of 2000 Ark Ministries for Illumination (with another local church) sponsored a healing concert with Elivia and her bowls here in the mountains. The result was amazing. In the summer of 2001 she was again sponsored so she could perform under the pines in the pristine mountain community of Big Bear. Her ensemble had grown to a larger number of bowls, other instruments and musicians. Larger crowds flocked to see her and the local television station even showed up to film her. Afterwards the concert was the buzz around town.

Elivia's concerts now take her around the Southwest every weekend with great hoards of people anticipating their arrival. I was thrilled when this CD came out since now people everywhere could have this incredible experience in their own home.

Buy this CD and find out why others are so excited about it. BUT I CAUTION YOU --make sure you don't listen to it while driving! ;-)

Inspiring!.......2001-05-04

Elivia Melodey's Celestial Memories is magically inspiring. The beautiful tones and music that come from the crystal vibrations are rich, deep and unique. It's perfect to meditate to. The CD quality is excellent.

Transformational harmonics.......2001-04-29

This work contains transformational harmonics that take you to many lovely places, balancing and healing your energy field. This divinely inspired music transports you to other realms of Spirit and magic.

Communicating with your celestial soul.......2001-04-27

When I first came across the clip of this CD - I felt immendiatly transported to a previously untapped part of my inner being. I've heard before that music is the universal language. and it is so true. The tones emanating from the crystal bowls played so hauntingly by Elivia resonated deep into my soul, connecting my mind and opening my heart to all that is beautiful, available and healing to me. In addition I was overcome by a deep awareness that washed over me through this exceptionally unusual example of universal language created my Ms. Melodey. I felt enlightened and soothed to feel just how connected we are to ourselves, each other and our environment when we open our senses, inviting in the music of the crystal bowls to bathe our world weary bodies, transporting us into a magical place of universal connection and healing within and around us. This CD will lead you gently into an experience so magical you will want to share it with all who deserve the gift of an open heart that resonates with the healing power of Elivia's music.

Average customer rating: Kicking the Dust Off America's "Standards"

Live! A Grand Night For Singing Gay Men's Chorus of L.A. Manufacturer: Gay Men Chorus L.a. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Musicals | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Love Lives on ASIN: B00000IZ6X Release Date: 1998-09-01

Tracks:

1. The Sound of Music/It's A Grand Night For Singing
2. Welcome (Davis Gaines)
3. So Far (Davis Gaines)
4. If I Loved You
5. My Favorite Things
6. The Gentleman Is A Dope (Christine Ebersole)
7. Oklahoma Medley
8. Do Re Mi (featuring Christine Ebersole)
9. We Kiss In A Shadow
10. Bali Hai
11. Some Enchanted Evening (Christine Ebersole)
12. South Pacific Medley
13. Come Home (Davis Gaines)
14. You've Got To Be Carefully Taught/Boys and Girls Like You And Me
15. You'll Never Walk Alone
16. June Is Bustin' Out All Over

Album Description

The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles performed remarkable shows featuring the music of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with guest stars Davis Gaines and Christine Ebersole. The Chorus, in its inimitable fashion, recollected, reviewed and recast many of the standards from this vast repertoire, with new arrangements and orchestrations by Ron Abel. The shows were electrifying in their musical and dramatic energy, and the audience, as you will hear on this live recording, caught the spirit of not only the Chorus' singing and staging, but also the wondrous magic of the lyrics and music of these giants from the musical theater. The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles proudly celebrates its 20th Anniversary season with the release of this, our sixth recording, A Grand Night For Singing.

Customer Reviews:

Kicking the Dust Off America's "Standards".......1999-09-10

What a joy to finally capture the energetic magic of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles on a live CD!

The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles proved something quite astounding during this live performance of show tunes by Rodgers and Hammerstein: with absolute dignity and without changing a single lyric, they put a political spin on well-known material, kicking the dust off music every listener thinks they already know. Hearing 150 gay men sing "If I Loved You" causes you to re-examine the humanity of Hammerstein's lyrics, the universality of love as a potent emotion for gays and straights alike. "You've Got To Be Taught," written in the 1940s, seems to be ripped from this morning's headlines, as these courageous singers challenge the discrimination that gays face throughout the world today.

There are plenty of laughs too, as the audience revels in a hilariously complex "Do-Re-Mi," and a buoyant medley from "Oklahoma." Star turns by Davis Gaines and Christine Ebersole are welcome contributions of pure confection, as are the clever arrangements of Ron Abel. There isn't a flaw to be found anywhere in this performance.

The real winner, surprisingly, is Richard Rodgers. Many listeners in this hip-hop era perceive his music to be saccharine, or worse, musty. The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles hones the edge back onto his material, proving that these tunes are as topical now as when they were first composed. Richard Rodgers' songs have earned their place as American "standards." With this performance, the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles proves to be one of America's greatest standards too!

Average customer rating: Still Laughing after 5 days, THANKS TO JUNE! June was a jem Rare spin of Carter's early stage work It's Country Music History

Live Recordings from the Louisiana Hayride June Carter Cash Manufacturer: Scena Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Keep On the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Carryin' On With Johnny Cash & June Carter Early June Wildwood Flower Press On ASIN: B0000CABHZ Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

1. Big Iron
2. He Don't Love Me Anymore
3. It Takes A Worried Man To Sing A Worried Song
4. Gotta Travel On
5. Tall Lover Man
6. Thirty Days
7. Under The Weeping Willow Tree
8. Wildwood Flower
9. Poor Ol' Heartsick Me
10. Heel
11. John Henry
12. It Ain't Me Babe (with Johnny Cash)
13. Teenage Queen (with Johnny Cash)
14. (Poems)
15. (Comedy)

Album Description

Full title - Live Recordings From The Louisiana Hayride. From the Scena label this collection features a collection of her 1960-1965 recordings from the Louisiana Hayride that shows her talent as a singer and comedienne. 15 tracks including 2 with Johnny Cash, 'It Ain't Me Babe' & 'Ballad Of A Teenage Queen'. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Still Laughing after 5 days, THANKS TO JUNE!.......2006-07-31

June Carter fans, get ready to buckle your seatbelts and blast off into a 1960 show of Louisiana Hayride, starring the Beautiful JUNE CARTER!!!!!!!!! I put this CD in the first day I bought it. I was up laughing until 2 AM! June has once again done an outstanding job.

These segments from the "Louisian Hayride" TV/Radio show feel as if your really at the show. June is hilarious (as usual) and includes some really funny jokes into her high-pitched, bouncy, energetic songs.

If your a new fan, this is a perfect way to get to know June's comedy. It'll bring a smile to your face, and it has some really great songs. If your an old fan, June has once again outdone herself.

So what are ya waitin' for, fellers? Buy this CD today and experience it for yourself!

Love,
June

June was a jem.......2006-03-28

I just bought this cd in Nashville and I haven't stopped listening to it since. Listening to June tell her "famous poems" is a real treat. The songs are good and June is funny. Each time she is introduced the audience goes crazy for her. After I listened to this cd, I can see why. This is a good item for long time fans or new fans (thanks to Walk the Line.) This was money well spent.

Rare spin of Carter's early stage work.......2003-11-27

This is a truly fascinating look at June Carter's early-60s stage act, including both familiar songs and comedy routines that many listeners have probably never heard. In addition A.P. Carter songbook standards, "Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow" and "Wildwood Flower," Carter shows off her original corn-pone humor and quick wit.

She shows tremendous command of the comedy stage, lampooning the lyrics of Marty Robbins' "Big Iron," reciting a humorous poem about Elvis, and tossing off frenetic asides and barbs. But much like Buck Owens, when she swings from comedy into song, she's riveting, as are the top-notch pickers with whom she's surrounded. Supported by a full band, with electric guitars and pedal steel, these recordings are fuller than the parallel Hayride volume recently issued on Johnny Cash.

A pair of tracks from 1961, highlighting a "Stars of the Opry" show at the Hayride, features Carter singing and joking with the Wilburn Brothers. But when they swing into A.P. Carter's "Worried Man Blues," the Kingston Trio's then-recent hit simply disappears in their wake. A 1962 appearance yields Carter's rapping version of "The Heel," and a 1965 visit is highlighted by her duet with Johnny Cash on "It Ain't Me, Babe," and her backup singing on Cash's Sun-era "Ballad of a Teenage Queen."

Sound quality isn't state-of-the-art, but it's clear, and Carter and the band are nicely isolated - no doubt reproduced from transcription records of the original KWKH broadcasts. The tracks are framed by Carter's stage patter and comedy, along with applause and cheering. It gives you a good sense of how much the audience loved Carter's combination of song and shtick. This is a rare glimpse of Carter standing tall on her own, unsupported by either the Carter Family or Johnny Cash. These recordings are a great find on both a beloved artist and the legendary show for which she performed.

It's Country Music History.......2003-10-27

it's corny, and the music isn't great. But if you love June Carter you will want this CD. It has a way of making you feel you are there at the hayride show. What more can I say, it is history, history of one of the greats. Get it and enjoy.

Average customer rating: Just another sabbath tribute in my book, I just don't think its that spectacular Melissa ROCKS!!! Does Ozzy better than Ozzy!!! Good performances, but too much of a carbon copy. Melissa Auf der Maur Rules! Awesome

Live in Los Angeles Hand of Doom Manufacturer: Idaho Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Auf der Maur Era Vulgaris United Abominations Libertad WKRP in Cincinnati - The Complete First Season ASIN: B00006FSUI Release Date: 2002-09-03

Album Description

Perhaps the most high-powered tribute band in the history of rock, Hand of Doom is the supergroup side project of Melissa Auf Der Maur (Auf De Maur, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins). Formed in homage to the mighty Black Sabbath, Hand of Doom (which features Auf Der Maur doing her first real turn on lead vocals) recorded their debut live on LA's Sunset Strip during now-legendary shows at the Whisky, Troubadour and Spaceland.

Hand of Doom gives their own high-energy spin to such Sabbath milestones as "Paranoid" and "War Pigs," while adding contemporary touches like turntables, a DJ and - in the role of Ronnie James Dio - guest lead vocals by Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age!

Customer Reviews:

Just another sabbath tribute in my book, I just don't think its that spectacular.......2006-10-20

I myst be in the minority on this CD, but I did not think it was anything special. I picked it up about 4 years ago when it came out, seeing Jack osbourne's comments on the cover thinking, hey, it's cheep and it might be good. Well, it's ok, but nothing to write home about. Yes, It's unique in the fact that a female, Mellisa Auf der Mauer does the vocals, which is cool, but I don't think its anything spectacular. I think the mastering makes it sound a bit rough, but otherwise, their unique vocals, and definitely are not Ozzy or anything close. The band sounds like it lacks something as well, I Think it may be the heaviness of the bass or the distortion on guitar is less, or maybe lighter strings, but it just didn't carry the heaviness that strikes me as sabbath, again, that could be the mastering as well. Prior reviewer's seem to give this group more credit in their tribute music than Toni Iommi for writing it, and the subsequent groups that Were labeled "black sabbath" after ozzy left. The live albums they put out with Dio and Tony Martin on vocals were as good as this and just a intense, but had the backing of Toni Iommi. I wouldn't go out of my way to purchace this CD, but the used price is nice here on Amazon, and it is a better tribute than many of the others. So if you collect tributes, this may be one for you.

Melissa ROCKS!!! Does Ozzy better than Ozzy!!!.......2004-11-08

I am not a huge fan of Black Sabbath by any stretch, but I am a huge fan of good metal done well. Melissa and company completely deliver, and I am impressed how these songs are made "fresh" after hearing the "tired" sounding original versions by Ozzy & co. I think that Melissa's performance alone makes this cd worth while, even though the band's performance is definately up to par. She keeps the Ozzy "schtik" up throughout, and it makes for an interesting listen. The set list granted is not very adventurous (I personally miss "Sweet Leaf" and "Sabbra Cadabbra"), but the only sub-standard moment is "The Mob Rules" towards the end, the one song where Melissa is nowhere to be found. Yes, I am a big fan of Melissa Auf Der Maur's work (Hole, live Smashing Pumpkins, and solo cd), this is absolutely no low point of hopefully a very long career! Cheers and "flash the metal" proudly while playing this cd loud!!!

Good performances, but too much of a carbon copy........2004-05-01

The recording is good, the instrumental players are skilled, and Melissa Auf der Maur's vocal performance contains enough attitude to compensate for its shaky pitch and lack of range.

So what's the problem? Like so many others (even the ever-inventive Faith No More) who have covered Black Sabbath songs, Hand of Doom has stayed entirely too true to the original arrangements and sounds. Black Sabbath is the kind of band that holds a mystical power over its acolytes and it's not surprising that musicians who love the band have a preconceived notion of how these songs should sound. But the tracks on Hand of Doom, though I enjoyed them, sound so close to the originals that I wondered why I didn't just put on the original band. Auf der Maur's female vocals make them minutely different, but I definitely wish Hand of Doom would have been more inventive and done different things with these iconic songs.

And another thing: Do we need to hear yet more renditions of "War Pigs", "Iron Man" and "Paranoid", three of the most legendary (and therefore most tired) songs in the metal canon? The track selection on this EP shows a lack of adventurousness, something Black Sabbath never lost sight of. I would have loved to hear less obvious cover choices such as "Megalomania", "Killing Yourself to Live", "Am I Going Insane (Radio)", "Supernaut", "Zero the Hero", "Trashed", "The Wizard", and "Cornucopia". Instead, we get the three staples from the Paranoid album, songs I wouldn't mind never hearing covered ever again.

Hand of Doom is not bad as music; it's just at a loss for something to say. Hearing a completely faithful cover band may be enjoyable as a live experience, but a record demands more. Why perform and record songs in exactly the same way as they've been done, and done quite well, 30 years ago? I'd definitely recommend Melissa Auf der Maur's idiosyncratic solo record in lieu of Hand of Doom.

Melissa Auf der Maur Rules!.......2004-02-17

The band sounds so much like original Sabbath it's scarey (the bulk of the material is from the Paranoid album); they've got the chops down to a tee. Just way too cool. Add the sexy scowl of Melissa Auf der Maur and you have a near masterpiece. Her vocals on top of this killer band can not be described by mere words. This is a must have for ANY Sabbath or metal fan.

Awesome.......2002-09-29

This is harcore stuff. Awesome vocals and extreme guitar playing. This CD is better than Sabbath's original stuff! This band is for real!

Average customer rating: Two great movies come together melodiously... Two classic Fox musicals make pleasant listening.

State Fair/Centennial Summer Manufacturer: Howard's ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001MGH Release Date: 1999-04-01

Tracks:

1. Opening Music: Our State Fair - Fay Bainter, , Charles Winninger
2. It Might as Well Be Spring
3. It Might as Well Be Spring (Reprise)
4. It Might as Well Be Spring (Reprise) - Phil Brown,
5. That's for Me - Vivian Blaine
6. It's a Grand Night for Singing - Dana Andrews, , Dick Haymes, William Marshall,
7. That's for Me (Reprise) - Dick Haymes
8. It's a Grand Night for Singing - Vivian Blaine, William Marshall
9. Isn't It Kinda Fun? - Vivian Blaine, Dick Haymes
10. All I Owe Ioway - Fay Bainter, Vivian Blaine, William Marshall, , Charles Winninger
11. It's a Grand Night for Singing/Finale - Dick Haymes
12. Overture: Centennial -- Long Live Our Free America
13. Railroad Song - Walter Brennan, , Eddie Dunn,
14. Right Romance
15. Up With the Lark - Walter Brennan, , ,
16. In Love in Vain - William Eythe
17. All Through the Day - Larry Stevens
18. Cinderella Sue - Avon Long
19. Up With the Lark (Reprise)
20. Finale

Album Description

Two soundtracks on one CD.

Customer Reviews:

Two great movies come together melodiously..........2000-12-11

This CD was a nice treat when I stumbled upon it a few years ago. Centennial Summer has always been one of my favorite movie musicals and alas, its not available on video. Jeanne Crain is also one of my favorite actresses from the 1940s, so it was great to see the State Fair (1945) soundtrack paired with Centennial Summer (even if her voice was dubbed for both films). Both film scores have nice, memorable and sing-along-able songs. I admit that the sound quality isn't the greatest... hey, they're old movies, therefore old masters, but I still give it the five star rating. The music recordings for the very rare Centennial Summer makes it worthwhile for me! I am so glad to see that they did not include the tracks from the 1962 remake of State Fair on this CD. The 1962 movie and music is typical of a remake... never as good as the original!

Two classic Fox musicals make pleasant listening........1999-02-17

The combination of CENTENNIAL SUMMER - a Jerome Kern hit with an Oscar-nominated score and - STATE FAIR -R&H's only score written directly for film (six songs resulting in an Oscar Nom for Original Score and an actual OSCAR for BEST SONG)- are a wonderful pairing. The sound is not great but we are talking pre-high fidelity. The STATE FAIR songs are well-performed and scored. A more interesting album would be to combine this soundtrack with the 1962 Dot Records track of the remake.

Average customer rating: Amazing Collection of Live Tracks I can't believe nobody has reviewed this title yet.

24 Off the Board Nina Storey Manufacturer: Nina Storey Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bootleg Shades Nina Storey Guilt and Honey CéU ASIN: B0000X2EPQ Release Date: 2003-11-18

Tracks:

1. Introduction by Dallas
2. Over Now
3. Yes and No
4. Ill Communication
5. Waiting
6. Fly
7. All the Little Things
8. If I Were an Angel
9. Circles
10. Flawed
11. Strangers in an Elevator
12. My Father's Daughter
13. Bigger Than Me

Tracks:

1. Out the Door
2. Summer Time
3. Come Back to Me
4. Down to You
5. Hero
6. Any Way You Want Me
7. This Naked Woman
8. Never Say No
9. 30 Miles
10. Coffee and Margaritas
11. Give Me a Reason
12. All the Little Things

Customer Reviews:

Amazing Collection of Live Tracks.......2005-06-14

This double-CD set contains 19 previously unreleased numbers, one of which, All the Little Things, is included in both live and studio versions. Most of this collection was recorded the California Tour of Summer 2003 (a fantastic tour, by the way) with a couple of exceptions, along with the studio version of Little Things to end the second CD. Something for everyone here, Blues, Funk, Pop, ballads.

Nina is perhaps one of the best singers alive today, certainly one of the most under-recognized. She is not only an amazing singer but she has the ability to add her voice as another instrument - check out Summertime and Elevator! Her songwriting talents are showcased on this collection, and I think that once you hear this double-CD set you'll be hopping over to her website to find out where she is playing! These discs will definitely keep finding their way into your CD player.

I can't believe nobody has reviewed this title yet........2004-06-20

I cannot fathom a more perfect voice. Nina Storey can take your breath away, leave your heart pounding, or drift you into a hazy, ecstasy-filled torpor as you drift, drift, drift away with her voice. I picked up the rest of Nina's Work, but nothing compares to this collection from her live performance in Dallas. You can just imagine the presence this woman has on stage. From the distorted bass background in 'All The Little Things' to the lullaby of 'Summertime' Nina delivers a powerful, addicting series of vocals that will have you coming back for more, and more, and more . . .

Average customer rating:

Live from Paris Acappella Manufacturer: The Acappella Company ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Live Recordings | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009ALUKU Release Date: 2004-12-07

Tracks:

1. I Feel Good
2. Roll Jordon Roll
3. Sweet Fellowship
4. Holy City
5. Everybody Said (But Nobody Did)
6. This Little Light
7. Love Is the Power
8. Instrupella
9. Victory in Jesus
10. Hush
11. Peace Be Still
12. Jesus Knows
13. Shut de Do
14. Amazing Grace

Product Description

PLAYLIST: I FEEL GOOD, ROLL JORDAN ROLL, SWEET FELLOWSHIP, HOLY CITY, EVERYBODY SAID, THIS LITTLE LIGHT, LOVE IS THE POWER, INSTRUPELLA, VICTORY IN JESUS, HUSH, PEACE BE STILL, JESUS KNOWS, SHUT DE DO & AMAZING GRACE

Jazz Music:

1. Lo Esencial
2. Marina Lima
3. Mexicanisimo: 24 Exitos
4. Mi Vida Loca [Import]
5. Muevete
6. Nada Es Igual
7. Navidad con Tito Rojas
8. Nuestras Memorias
9. Oportunidad [Import]
10. Para Mis Amigos

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