Play Don't Worry [Extra tracks]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
1997 reissue on Snapper of his 1975 & second solo album withthe original front cover artwork and digitally remastered with nine bonus tracks, including his cover of Bowie's 'Life On Mars', plus 'Seven Days' (Original B-side), 'Stone Love (Soul Love)', 'I'd Rather Be Me', 'Pain In The City', 'Dogs (French Girl)', 'Seven Days', '28 Days Jam' and 'Woman' (Acoustic). 18 tracks total. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Billy Porter
Angel No. 9
This Is for You
White Light/White Heat
Play Don't Worry
Hazy Days
Girl Can't Help It
Empty Bed (10 Me Ne Andrei)
Woman
Seven Days [Original B-Side][*]
Stone Love (Soul Love) [*]
I'd Rather Be Me [*]
Life on Mars [#][*]
Pain in the City [#][*]
Dogs (French Girl) [#][*]
Seven Days [Alternate Take][#][*]
28 Days Jam [#][*]
Woman [Alternate Take][#][*]

Album Description

Remastered reissue of 1975 album, packaged in a digipak. Includes 9 bonus tracks 'Seven Days' previously unreleased (original B-side), 'Stone Love (Soul Love)', 'I'd Rather Be Me', 'Life On Mars' previously unreleased, 'Pain In The City' previously unreleased, 'Dogs (French Girl)' previously unreleased, 'Seven Days' (alt take), '28 Days Jam' previously unreleased & 'Woman' previously unreleased (alt take). Snapper. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Stardom is fickle..........2004-08-01

When you listen to an imaginative, well written, superbly played and meticulously produced collection like 'Play Don't Worry' you get to wondering why some people become household names and others stay mostly in the shadows. With the exception of brief moments in the spotlight as David Bowie's guitar sidekick in the Spiders from Mars days and the guy who added the screaming guitar licks in Dylan's Hard Rain movie, Mick Ronson spent most of his career unknown by music fans but highly respected by artists as diverse as Bowie, Dylan, Morrissey, Ian Hunter and country rockers Pure Prarie League for his skills as a producer, arranger and musician. Sadly, only two of Ronson's five solo albums are still in print and Play Don't Worry shows him at his musically diverse best. From straight ahead rockers like 'White Light,White Heat' to R&B classics like 'This Girl Can't Help' it to traditional ballads like 'The Empty Bed', Ronson's versitility and remarkable guitar and piano skills shine. But the highlight of the album is Angel #9, a country-folk tune transformed into a metal guitar romp by a guy who helped create that genre. A music world that's all too predictable these days could use a few creative people like Mick Ronson but he unfortunately died of cancer in 1993. You should get Play Don't Worry and anything else you can find by this remarkable artist while you still can.

The Water Gipsies (Original London Cast) with Bonus Tracks

Average customer rating:

The Water Gipsies (Original London Cast) with Bonus Tracks

Manufacturer: Sepia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

The Buccaneer (Original London Cast) and Bonus Tracks
Salad Days (1954 Original London Cast)
Baker Street, A Musical Adventure of Sherlock Holmes (1965 Original Broadway Cast)
The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Original Broadway Cast)
Grey Gardens - A New Musical (2006 Original Broadway Cast)

ASIN: B000CNDXH2
Release Date: 2005-12-26

Tracks:

Overture - Orchestra
Why Did You Call Me Lily? - Dora Bryan
Clip-Clop - Laurie Payne
I Should Worry - Dora Bryan
When I'm Washing Up - Pamela Charles
Jane's Prayer - Pamela Charles
Lily's Tale - Dora Bryan
He Doesn't Care - Peter Graves
Castles And Hearts And Roses - Laurie Payne
Peace And Quiet/Little Boat - Laurie Payne
Why Should Spring Have All The Flowers? - Doris Hare
This Is Our Secret - Peter Graves
It Would Cramp My Style - Dora Bryan
You Never Know With Men - Dora Bryan
Here's Mud In Your Eye - Chorus
I'm Not A Jealous Woman - Joan Sims
Finale - Chorus
I'm So Terribly In Love With You - Robert English
I Never Dreamt (You'd Fall In Love With Me) - Lido Dance Orchestra
My Heart Is Saying - Billy Milton
Selections From 'Little Tommy Tucker' - The Million-Airs
You Looked At Me - Olive Groves
My Heart's A Compass - Olive Groves
You Have That Extra Something - Phyllis Stanley
Three Songs From 'Big Ben' - Vivian Ellis
Three Waltzes From 'Big Ben' - Vivian Ellis
Selections From 'Tough At The Top' Part One - Vivian Ellis
Selections From 'Tough At The Top' Part Two - Vivian Ellis
The Music From 'And So To Bed' Part One - Vivian Ellis
The Music From 'And So To Bed' Part Two - Vivian Ellis

Album Description

English composer Vivian Ellis had a prolific career spanning five decades, during which she wrote nearly 70 West End shows. The Water Gipsies was a 1955 collaboration between Ellis and A.P. Herbert. Contains the cast recording of The Water Gipsies plus bonus tracks including early Ellis compositions, many appearing on CD for the first time!

Average customer rating:

Life On Mars
life on mars
A Great Album!!
"Mick...Take Two"
Ronno, we hardly knew ye...

Play Don't Worry
Mick Ronson
Manufacturer: Original Masters UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Classic Rock | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Just Like This
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Showtime

ASIN: B000005C5O
Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

Billy Porter
Angel No. 9
This Is For You
White Light/White Heat
Play Don't Worry
Hazy Days
Girl Can't Help It
Empty Bed (Io Me Ne Andrei)
Woman
Seven Days
Stone Love (Soul Love)
I'd Rather Be Me
Life On Mars
Pain In The City
Dogs (French Girl)
Seven Days (Alternative Take)
28 Days Jam
Woman (Alternative Take)

Album Description

1997 reissue on Snapper of his 1975 & second solo album withthe original front cover artwork and digitally remastered with nine bonus tracks, including his cover of Bowie's 'Life On Mars', plus 'Seven Days' (Original B-side), 'Stone Love (Soul Love)', 'I'd Rather Be Me', 'Pain In The City', 'Dogs (French Girl)', 'Seven Days', '28 Days Jam' and 'Woman' (Acoustic). 18 tracks total.

Album Details

His Second Solo Album, from 1975, Again with Original Front Cover Artwork, and Digitally Remastered with Eight Bonus Tracks, Including with his Own Version of Bowie's "Life in Mars".

Customer Reviews:

Life On Mars.......2007-02-26

Ok, guys, "Life On Mars" was written by Bob Barnes, A.K.A. Roscoe West (The Yellow Payges/Kinky Friedman and his Texas Jewboys) and was the song Mick sang every night on the first Rolling Thunder Review tour in 1975.

life on mars.......2006-01-12

fyi - its not a cover of Bowie's magnificent life on mars but a completely different tune

A Great Album!!.......2002-12-05

Mick Ronson is and always will be one of my favorite guitarists, as well as all-around musician; his guitar sound is distinctive and recognizable, but equally impressive was his talent as a producer and arranger, having produced many classic albums by artists ranging from Lou Reed to Morrissey and even John Cougar Mellencamp. He was so much more than just the guitarist in David Bowie's backing band; he was an exciting, energetic and innovative musician. I think Bowie owes his entire career and it's success to Mick Ronson; without him, Bowie wouldn't have gone as far as he did in such a short time!

"Play Don't Worry" is an aptly titled album; right from the start, Ronson wastes no time in taking his own advice and letting his guitar playing go full-tilt. On the track "Billy Porter", Ronson plays all of the instruments, receiving only backing vocal support. Other standout tracks include "Angel No. 9" (boasting some fierce and fiery wah-wah guitar), the Lou Reed/Velvet Underground classic "White Light/White Heat", and the great title track. Ronson also displays his more delicate and sensitive side on tracks like the excellent "The Empty Bed" (the overdubbed acoustic guitar intro is FABULOUS), and "Hazy Days", with it's infectious, feel-good-all-over atmosphere.

I highly recommend this album to anyone; discover for yourself how immensely talented Mick Ronson was and how the music world lost one of it's true originals back in 1993. Rest in peace, Mick; you are sorely missed!

"Mick...Take Two".......2000-10-03

Ronno's solo career was over so quickly, we never got to see if he might of emerged as some David Cassidy-like idol! This disc certainly would've offered enough evidence for that possibility. It includes at least 4 Ronson originals, with a beautiful reworking of "The Empty Bed" for an Englsih lyric. But I have a soft spot for "Hazy Days", a willowy tune that fades with enough sprightly hope in it so as to cheer up any gray walls that may be in your bedroom! I love his untrained voice too, because it's so game in the end, so very real and unaffected. (No studio fakery that would've swept through in our empty age.) His complete range of guitar playing is here too, so you get a nicely rounded picture. But, alas, with Tony DeFries managing him...who knows where he might have gone...? We love you, Ronno.

Ronno, we hardly knew ye..........2000-03-25

With an appreciative nod to the great players still around, it remains a sad fact that the most gifted guitarists always seem to leave us long before they should. Mick Ronson places toward the top of that list. Contrary to the typical bio, Ronson's career spanned a much wider spectrum of accomplishment than just being "David Bowie's guitar player".He produced a number of other artist's albums, guested on countless sessions, and released several excellent solo albums, of which this was one of the best. Ronson may not have possessed the world's best singing voice, but with that unbelievably transcendant guitar tone and sustain, who cares! The re-issue also features a generous helping of bonus tracks of varying quality and/or historical interest. Required listening for guitar afficiandos.

The Rodgers & Hammerstein 50th Anniversary Collection

Average customer rating:

The Rodgers & Hammerstein 50th Anniversary Collection

Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music

Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Box Sets | Stores | Music

Broadway & Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music

Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music

Vocal Pop & Oldies | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000002ONG
Release Date: 1993-03-30

Tracks:

Overture - Oklahoma! Orchestra/Jay Blackton
Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - Original New York Cast
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top - Original New York Cast
Kansas City - Original New York Cast
I Cain't Say No - Original New York Cast
Many A New Day - Original New York Cast
It's A Scandal! It's A Outrage! - Original New York Cast
People Will Say We're In Love - Original New York Cast
Pore Jud Is Daid - Original New York Cast
Lonely Room - Original New York Cast
Out Of My Dreams - Original New York Cast
The Farmer And The Cowman - Original New York Cast
All Er Nuthin' - Original New York Cast
Oklahoma - Original New York Cast
Finale - Original New York Cast
Pore Jud Is Daid (Alternate Take/Complete Version) - Original New York Cast

Tracks:

Waltz Suite: 'Carousel' - Carousel Orchestra/Joseph Littau
You're A Queer One, Julie Jordan/Mister Snow - Original New York Cast
If I Loved You - Original New York Cast
June Is Bustin' Out All Over - Original New York Cast
When The Children Are Asleep - Original New York Cast
Blow High, Blow Low - Original New York Cast
Soliloquy - Original New York Cast
A Real Nice Clambake - Original New York Cast
There's Nothin' So Bad For A Woman/What's The Use Of Wond'rin' - Original New York Cast
The Highest Judge Of All/You'll Never Walk Alone - Original New York Cast
You're A Queer One, Julie Jordan/Mister Snow (Alternate Take) - Original New York Cast
There's Nothin' So Bad For A Woman/What's The Use Of Wond'rin (Alternate Take) - Original New York Cast
Waltz Suite: 'Carousel' (Alternate Take/Complete Version) - Carousel Orchestra/Joseph Littau

Tracks:

Overture - The King & I Orchestra/Frederick Dvonch
I Whistle A Happy Tune - Orginal New York Cast
My Lord And Master - Orginal New York Cast
Hello, Young Lovers - Orginal New York Cast
March Of The Siamese Children - The King & I Orchestra/Frederick Dvonch
A Puzzlement - Orginal New York Cast
Getting To Know You - Orginal New York Cast
We Kiss In A Shadow - Orginal New York Cast
Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You? - Orginal New York Cast
Something Wonderful - Orginal New York Cast
I Have Dreamed - Orginal New York Cast
Shall We Dance? - Orginal New York Cast

Tracks:

Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - Bing Crosby/Trudy Erwin
Boys And Girls Like You And Me - Judy Garland
It Might As Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes
I Haven't Got A Worry In The World - Hildegarde
You'll Never Walk Alone - Judy Garland
So Far - Sylvia Syms
Some Enchanted Evening - Al Jolson
A Wonderful Guy - Evelyn Knight
Loneliness Of Evening - Bing Crosby
Dites-Moi - Hildegarde
Shall We Dance? - Jack Jones
No Other Love - Bing Crosby
There's Music In You - Bing Crosby
All At Once You Love Her - Buddy Greco
The Next Time It Happens - Carmen McRae
Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? - Jeri Southern
Love, Look Away - Rosemary Clooney
Edelweiss - The Do-Re-Mi Chorus

Average customer rating:

A very good album by a ex spider from Mars.
Slow Burner

Play Don't Worry
Mick Ronson
Manufacturer: Video Arts
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

ASIN: B0006OR3KA
Release Date: 2005-02-07

Tracks:

Billy Porter
Angel No. 9
This Is for You
White Light/White Heat
Play Don't Worry
Hazy Days
Girl Can't Help It
Empty Bed (10 Me Ne Andrei)
Woman
Seven Days [Original B-Side][*]
Stone Love (Soul Love) [*]
I'd Rather Be Me [*]
Life on Mars [#][*]
Pain in the City [#][*]
Dogs (French Girl) [#][*]
Seven Days [Alternate Take][#][*]
28 Days Jam [#][*]
Woman [Alternate Take][#][*]

Album Description

Japanese reissue of 1975 album, repackaged in a miniature LP sleeve recreating the look of the original vinyl album, includes nine bonus tracks, 'Seven Days' (previously unreleased), 'Stone Love (Soul Love)', 'I'd Rather Be Me', 'Life On Mars' (previously unreleased), 'Pain In The City' (previously unreleased), 'Dogs (French Girl)' (previously unreleased), 'Seven Days' (alternate take), '28 Days Jam' (previously unreleased), & 'Woman' (previously unreleased alternate take). VAP. 2005.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase. Includes Nine Bonus Tracks: 'seven Days', 'stone Love', 'i'd Rather Be Me', 'life on Mars', 'pain in the City', 'dogs', 'seven Days (Alternative Take)', '28 Days Jam', and 'woman (Alternative Take)'.

Customer Reviews:

A very good album by a ex spider from Mars........2007-02-04

Mick Ronson was and will always be a great backup musician. He is primary known as the lead guitarist for David Bowie band the Spider from Mars. This all ended one night in the 1970s, when at the end of the concert, he announced to the band and the concert goers that he was disbanding the Spiders. After night he recorded two albums and backed up Ian Hunter ( ex of Mott the Hoople.) and Bob Dylan. Of the two albums that he recorded that bared his name; this was by far his best. The songs are upbeat and bouncy. He took his time recording the album and it showed. The best song on the album is Billy Porter. A song he wrote himself. Others he borrowed from Pure Prairie League and Lou Reed.
If you was a fan of the British Glam period, this is a welcome addition to you library.

Slow Burner.......2007-02-01

A friend of mine turned me onto this record in the late 70s, and after a reluctant first/second listen, it slowly turned to out to be one of those classics that deeply effected me, via a slow burn.

As time past, I learned the Mick Ronson was basically David Bowie's "right-hand man" on Changes thru Ziggy Startdust. I wanted to believe that Mick could take his own work to the Bowie level (in hindsight - an unreasonable expectation).

But, don't be mislead! This is a classic! Mick does exactly as the title states, he plays on his first solo record without worry. What comes out of it - a fresh sound, that was only his. In my opinion, he never got to the same level of workmanship on his subsequent solo projects.

Cheers and Happy Listening.

Average customer rating:

Life On Mars
life on mars
A Great Album!!
"Mick...Take Two"
Ronno, we hardly knew ye...

Play Don't Worry
Mick Ronson
Manufacturer: Pid
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Just Like This
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Showtime

ASIN: B000005K4M
Release Date: 1997-09-16

Album Description

Album Details

His Second Solo Album, from 1975, Again with Original Front Cover Artwork, and Digitally Remastered with Eight Bonus Tracks, Including with his Own Version of Bowie's "Life in Mars".

Customer Reviews:

Life On Mars.......2007-02-26

life on mars.......2006-01-12

fyi - its not a cover of Bowie's magnificent life on mars but a completely different tune

A Great Album!!.......2002-12-05

"Mick...Take Two".......2000-10-03

Ronno, we hardly knew ye..........2000-03-25

Music Review: