You Wanted the Best

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Album Description
Japanese pressing of their 1996 'live best of' with apreviously unreleased live version of Ace Frehley's 'NewYork Groove' added as an unmarked bonus track! 14 trackstotal, also featuring a 17 minute interview with the bandentitled 'KISS Tells All'. A Mercury release. The full titleis 'You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best!!'.

Tracks:

A Day In Hollywood A Night In Ukraine: Just Go To The Movies - Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison/Frank Lazarus/Stephen James/Peggy Hewett/Kate Draper
Babes In Arms: I Wish I Were In Love Again - Christopher Fitzgerald Jessica Stone
Pal Joey: Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered - Patti LuPone
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - KT Sullivan
Nunsense: I Just Want To Be A Star - Christine Anderson
Louisiana Purchase: Wild About You - Debbie Gravitte & New York Voices
Oil City Symphony: Beaver Ball At The Bug Club - Mike Craver/Mark Hardwick/Debra Monk/Mary Murfitt
Falsettoland: The Baseball Game - Michael Rupert/Chip Zien/Faith Prince/Janet Metz/Heather MacRae/Stephen Bogardus
Very Good Eddie: Isn't It Great To Be Married? - Virginia Seidel/Spring Fairbank/Charles Repole/Nicholas Wyman
The Fantasticks: A Perfect Time To Be In Love - Harvey Schmidt
Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love - Tyne Daly/Lewis Cleale
Taking My Turn: Fine For The Shape I'm In - Margaret Whiting/Marnie Nixon/Cissy Houston
A Party With Betty Comden & Adolph Green: The French Lesson - Betty Comdon/Adolph Green
The Madwoman Of Central Park: Better - Phyllis Newman
Greenwillow: Never Will I Marry - Anthony Perkins
Song Of Singapore: I Can't Remember - Loretta Swit & Company
Tintypes: Elite Syncopation/I'm Goin' To Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Lynne Thigpen
I Love My Wife: Someone Wonderful I Missed - Joanna Gleason/Ilene Graff
The Good Companions: The Pleasure Of Your Company - Malcolm Rennie/Christopher Gable
Forbidden Broadway 20th Anniversary: Liza One-Note - Christine Pedi
Meet Me In St. Louis: The Trolley Song - Donna Kane & Ensemble

Tracks:

4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria!: Feel It - Philip Anthony/Henry Gainza/Allen Hidalgo/Ricardo Puente
Fame - The Musical: There She Goes!/Fame - Natasha Rennalls & Ensemble
Do Re Mi: What's New At The Zoo? - Heather Headley/The Animal Girls
High Society: Once Upon A Time/True Love - Melissa Errico/Daniel McDonald
Tenderloin: Artificial Flowers - Patrick Wilson
State Fair: Driving At Night/Our State Fair - Company
Kiss Me, Kate: Were Thine That Special Face - Brian Stokes Mitchell
Black And Blue: Black And Blue - Linda Hopkins/Ruth Brown/Carrie Smith
The Green Bird: O Foolish Heart - Company
Out Of This World: From This Moment On - Marin Mazzie/Gregg Edelman
The Boys From Syracuse: This Can't Be Love - Davis Gaines/Sarah Berry
Snoopy!!!: Poor Sweet Baby - Pamela Myers
SeesawNobody Does It Like Me - Michele Lee
March Of The Falsettos: I Never Wanted To Love You - Michael Rupert/Stephen Bogardus/Alison Fraser/Chip Zien/James Kushner
Lunch: Perfectly Alone - Carol Burnett
3hree: Foolish Dreamin'/Something Beautiful/Real Enough To Change My Mind - Jessica Molaskey/Will Gartshore/Rachel Ulanet
Lucky In The Rain: Love Me As If There Were No Tomorrow - Barbara Cook
Godspell: All Good Gifts - Sal Sabella & Company
The Act: Walking Papers - Liza Minnelli & Company

Customer Reviews:

Great compilation.......2002-05-10

I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does.
The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.

A disappointment.......2001-12-15

There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.

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cool idea...just lied to
Great Unreleased Live Songs...
Why did KISS make this album?
A Greatest Hits set of their first two live albums
Don't make them even richer

You Wanted the Best You Got the Best
Kiss
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001EN7
Release Date: 1996-06-25

Tracks:

Room Service
Two Timer
Let Me Know
Rock Bottom
Parasite
Firehouse
I Stole Your Love
Calline Dr. Love
Talk To Me
Shout Out Loud
Beth
Rock And Roll All Night
KISS Tells All

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Kiss were always best known for their theatrical stage attire, explosive stage props and blood-spitting, fire-breathing antics, which is why many people continue to overlook the fact that many Kiss songs are tolerable at best. Even if the band's music is best used as loud background music for the band's visual extravaganza, the band did have a few jewels down the front of their bulging trousers. On You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!, they let them hang down to the ground, preventing the need to buy a full Kiss album ever again. "Firehouse," "Calling Dr. Love," "I Stole Your Love," and of course "Rock and Roll All Nite" shine through, and for the deluded die-hards, there are three previously unreleased live tracks and an interview with Jay Leno sure to raise the room temperature a few degrees. --Jon Wiederhorn

Customer Reviews:

cool idea...just lied to.......2007-07-10

Ive been a KISS fan for over 30 yrs. The"unreleased live tracks" were obviously recorded in 1996 with a live audience track pumped in. Any KISS fan can tell the difference between the vocal range/change of Gene and Paul over the last 25 yrs.The drumming is alittle too busy...the lead guitars are alittle too slick...could this be Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer? I would bet that they are playing on these supposed "live tracks"
I will always love KISS...but who do you think that you are fooling?
not me

Great Unreleased Live Songs..........2007-06-06

I'll give this 5 stars just because the Summer of 1996 - Fall of 1996 was so much fun going to reunion concerts and Kiss was huge again. Kiss fans like myself were just so euphoric and caught up in the hoopla of the reunion! The "unreleased" songs are great. (Even though you can tell they were re-recorded...just compare Paul and Gene's voices with Alive 1 or 2 for proof) The best of them is "New York Groove" live from Austrailia 1980 if you snagged a copy of a Japanese version of this disc. But "Room Service" rips, as does "Let Me Know" "Two Timer" and "Take Me". The interview will always be a cool timepiece. There aren't many interviews with all four orignial members.

Why did KISS make this album?.......2005-10-20

I have been listening to KISS since 1977 and have always been a die hard fan. So I tend to buy every album they release and this one was no exception. I thought "WOW, Room Service and Two Timer live?"
Being a KISS fan I have noticed things about the vocals of Paul and Gene. These days and in the 90's it sounds like they had sinus surgery or something. I'm sure it's just age. Room Service definatley sounds like Paul of the 90's. No doubt. Obviously after reading the reviews I'm not the only one who thinks this. Two Timer does sound genuine but I still have a problem with Let Me Know. It's possible that maybe it's the music with dubbed over vocals or maybe just pure 90's remake. Room Service is definatly not from 1975. Hmm. Why do this KISS?

Anyhow the rest of the album is just tracks from Alive 1 and 2. It's an interesting CD and any fan should have it but go to your local used CD store and I'm sure you'll find one in the .99 cent bin. I bought mine for 2.00 and it was a promo. I still like it but am still curious about the first 3 songs. Knowing Paul and Gene anything is possible.

Make up your own mind but like I said don't fork out retail for it.

A Greatest Hits set of their first two live albums.......2005-06-04

I think Kiss has put out five live albums not counting this one of the boxed det, The 4 Alives and Unplugged. When I got this album I felt really jipped because the new tracks weren't very good and I had heard Alive! and Alive II so many times already. The interview was ok but anyone who doesn't have enoguh access to a Kiss interview either on TV or on the internet is a sad person. The tracks on it were very good and if you don't want to spend the money buying each seperatly then this album is a good buy but if you buy this you'll probably want the other two anyway. Kiss dieheard fans buy this for new material but they aren't worth it. Rock and Roll all Nite is one of the most successful live songs of all time but it's been released more times than the original version. Calling Dr. Love and Beth are brilliant on this album but get them on Alive II. Kiss has enoguh money that you don't need to support this album or you can download the unreleased tracks.

Don't make them even richer.......2005-04-08

This album is a rip-off.
The 4 "newly discovered" tracks are not vintage recordings, but new ones done when the band reunited. No one really knows if the original four are playing in them, since Kiss has been lying to their fans since 1976' Destroyer by not giving credit to outside musicians on their albums.

If you listen closely to Paul's vocals you'll notice they sound kinda shot, "ala '96" style. Also, the drum sound is recent, check it out. And oh those added crowd noises!!! They sound SO fake it's disturbing.

If you only want the four unreleased tracks, then borrow it from a friend. That'd be the smartest thing to do.

The Boy From Oz (1998 Original Australian Cast)

Average customer rating:

Re-listening to OZ from Oz
OH BOY, WHAT A JOY, THE SHOWS A HIT!!
Fantastic!
Almost Great
BRILLIANT - A GREAT CD

The Boy From Oz (1998 Original Australian Cast)

Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000B8WV
Release Date: 2001-12-11

Tracks:

Continental American - Lisa Callingham, Todd McKenney, Deb Mitchelmore, Cherine Peck
When I Get My Name in Lights - Robyn Arthur, Murray Bartlett, Lisa Callingham, Marcus Eyre, Deb Mitchelmore, Cherine Peck, Jill Perryman, Mathew Waters
Pretty Keen Teen - Robyn Arthur, Murray Bartlett, Lisa Callingham, Marcus Eyre, Todd McKenney, Deb Mitchelmore, Cherine Peck, Garry Scale
All I Wanted Was the Dream - Christina Amphlett
Only an Older Woman - Christina Amphlett, Todd McKenney
Don't Wish Too Hard - Robyn Arthur, Murray Bartlett, Lisa Callingham, Marcus Eyre, Deb Mitchelmore, Cherine Peck, Garry Scale, Ni Warnford
Sure Thing Baby - Angela Toohey
Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage - Christina Amphlett, Murray Bartlett, Lisa Callingham, Marcus Eyre, Todd McKenney, Deb Mitchelmore, Cherine Peck, Angela Toohey
I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love - Lisa Callingham, Todd McKenney, Deb Mitchelmore, Cherine Peck, Angela Toohey
(I've Been) Taught by Experts - Christina Amphlett, Todd McKenney
Not the Boy Next Door - Lisa Callingham, Todd McKenney, Deb Mitchelmore, Cherine Peck
(When) Everything Old Is New Again - Todd McKenney
(Arhtur's Theme) Best That You Can Do - Todd McKenney, Angela Toohey
Love Don't Need a Reason - Lisa Callingham, Todd McKenney, Deb Mitchelmore, Cherine Peck
She Loves to Hear the Music - Lisa Callingham, Deb Mitchelmore, Cherine Peck
I Honestly Love You - Murray Bartlett
I Still Call Australia Home - Robyn Arthur, Murray Bartlett, Lisa Callingham, Marcus Eyre, Todd McKenney, Deb Mitchelmore, Cherine Peck, Garry Scale
Don't Cry Out Loud - Robyn Arthur, Murray Bartlett, Lisa Callingham, Marcus Eyre, Deb Mitchelmore, Cherine Peck, Jill Perryman, Mathew Waters
Tenterfield Saddler - Todd McKenney
I Go to Rio - Robyn Arthur, Murray Bartlett, Lisa Callingham, Marcus Eyre, Todd McKenney, Deb Mitchelmore, Cherine Peck, Garry Scale

Album Description

Australian stage show about the life of Peter Allen. Features all his international hits and an amazing performance from Chrissie Amphlett (of the Divinyls) as Judy Garland! 1998 EMI.

Customer Reviews:

Re-listening to OZ from Oz.......2004-01-28

I've been relistening to the original original cast recording of this show. I'm really starting to enjoy it and find it quite entertaining. It has its own wonderful quality and well worth listening to over and over again.
It definitely would NOT have worked on Broadway with these arrangements because it retains too much the quality of a lounge act; not nearly 'big' enough for Broadway. BUT the performances are really terrific and the period arrangements are true to form.
I wish PRETTY KEEN TEEN, SURE THING BABY and TAUGHT BY EXPERTS had been kept in the Broadway production
Enjoy!

OH BOY, WHAT A JOY, THE SHOWS A HIT!!.......2002-12-11

The Boy From Oz had its world opening at HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE Sydney in 1998. As a theatre lover and seen over 70 shows, this musical stands out as #1 around Australia and soon to hit and rule the world.
The music is outstanding.
The cast is the best.
The show PHENOMINAL!!!!

The songs lift your spirits beyond belief. They just make you feel you are up there on that stage with the cast. You would understand why the songs are on this cd and the order they are in as they happen in the show if you saw it first, but trust me you can listen to the cd before you see the show.
The cast featured on this cd are Australias best!
TODD MCKENNEY (Singin'In the Rain, Crazy for You, 42nd Street, Strictly Ballroom{movie})just to name a few, Plays Peter Allen.
CHRISSIE AMPHLETT (The lead singer in the band "The Divinyls", plus several shows) plays JUDY GARLAND.
JILL PERRYMAN (Austarlias lady of the stage and screen {small and big} Hello Dolly!, Funny Girl, Annie, to name a few) plays Peter Allens Mother MARION WOOLNOUGH.
ANGELA TOOHEY (Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar) plays LIZA MINNELLI. A very scary fantastic roll. You would think you were watching Liza on stage she has the role down so well.
Robyn Arthur (Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables, Cats, Cosi) plays several roles.
Murray Bartlett (4th season of Sex and the City, Australian tv & theatre shows)plays Greg Connell. Peter Allen's partner.

The music that features in this show is outstanding and moving. There are moving/love songs: All i wanted was the dream, Sure thing baby, Quiet please, there is a lady on stage, I'd rather leave while i'm in love, Best that you can do, Love dont need a reason, I honestly love you, Dont cry out loud, Tenterfield Saddler
Fun and enjoyable songs:Continental American, When i get my name in lights, Pretty Keen teen, Only an older woman, Dont wish too hard, Sure thing baby, Taught by experts, Not the boy next door,everything old is new again, she loves to hear the music, I still call australia home, I GO TO RIO!!

The stage, the music, the fun and the life of Australias and the worlds most out there and amazing enterainer comes to life in this musical and cd. When it comes to a stage near you, you have to buy tickets. And if your anything like the millions of Aussies that have seen it you will see it again and again. With the likes of the Phantoms, Les Mis etc.. around and gracing our stages after 20 or so years, i know THE BOY FROM OZ will still be around gracing our stages and our childrens stages for many many many years.

OH BOY! WHAT A JOY! THE BOYS A HIT!

THIS MUSICAL EXPERIENCE WILL TAKE YOU FROM NEW YORK TO RIO AND OLD LONDON TOWN! BUT STILL CALL AUSTRALIA HOME!
OR YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO TO RIO!

Fantastic!.......1999-12-15

Well, I saw this play while in Syndey in '98, and loved it then, and the more i listen to the soundtrack, the more i love it. It is amazing, and it totally recaps the feel of the play. I honestly love you, and Tenterfeild Saddler are two of the most amazing songs ever writen, and they are even more wonderful on this fabulous album! All praise Peter Allen

Almost Great.......1999-06-09

The problem with this CD is that it contains only a fraction of the music in the show itself. Admittedly, it contains the major numbers, but a lot of good stuff from the original show is missing. Since it is the only CD available, I recommend it, but if and when this show gets to the London or New York stage, a CD containing more of the entire work will doubtless become available. The liner notes are sparse. The listener who has not seen the show will not have a clue as to what is going on with the story line. This is a real shame, because understanding the story line brings a special poignancy to many of the songs. If you can wait a year or two for another edition to appear, do so. Otherwise buy it now. If it were complete and had better liner notes, I'd give this one five stars plus. The fellow playing Peter Allen and the gal playing Lisa Minelli are dynamite talents.

BRILLIANT - A GREAT CD.......1999-04-17

I must say I have never seen the show here in Australia but after listening to the recording I will have to go see it. The quality of sound is perfect and the track changes are also perfect. Some of the songs on the CD are so well sung it almost brings a tear to your eye for example TENDERFIELD SADDLER, I HONESTLY LOVE YOU and DON'T CRY OUT LOUD The songs arent sung by one person, lines of lyrics are given to characters. Well worth buying to add to your collection

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Monkey
Ryan Van
Manufacturer: Ryan Van
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAG5IY
Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

This Aint Rock and Roll
Three More Days of Sanity
These Shoes
Walk on Water
If You Wanted To
Closer to the Sun
Caress the Rain
What About Me?
That's What I'm Here For
Summer
Monkey
Angel With Horns
2004

Product Description

Ryan Van's first, full-length, all-original, independent CD release "Monkey" combines the best elements of rock, folk, techno and alternative. This album is complex simplicity at its finest.