Songs of Sanctuary

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If you have seen a Delta Airlines television commercial that features an African-sounding, childlike choral chant in its soundtrack, you have experienced the title track from this album. Adiemus is largely the brainchild of former Soft Machine keyboardist Karl Jenkins, with participation from independent vocalist Miriam Stockley, a native of South Africa; the London Philharmonic Orchestra (which Jenkins conducts on this album); and others. The music of Adiemus will prompt inevitable comparisons to acts such as Dead Can Dance, Enigma, and Deep Forest. In the album's liner notes, Jenkins describes Songs of Sanctuary as "an extended choral-type work based on the European classical tradition, but where the vocal sound is more akin to 'ethnic' or 'world' music." The music of Adiemus, Jenkins later explains, includes voices, but not lyrics: "The text was written phonetically with the words viewed as instrumental sound, the idea being to maximise the melisma (an expressive vocal phrase) by removing the distraction, if one can call it that, of words." Ranging in mood from gently tribal to ecclesiastical, Adiemus succeeds in creating the impression of an enchanted global youth or female choir, yet one less forebodingly mysterious than any of the groups previously mentioned. Here you will find textures similar to the ethereal vocalese found in some of Mike Oldfield's more beatific works. The textures are largely uplifting, set within intelligent, classically influenced musical frameworks. A nice package for fans of alternative chant. --Terry Wood

Tracks:

I Have Lived
I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten - Marc Almond, Sarah Cracknell
Bedsitter Images
London Boys - Marc Almond, Sarah Cracknell
Strangers in the Night
Ballad of the Sad Young Men - Marc Almond, Antony Hegarty
Stardom Road
Kitsch
Backstage (I'm Lonely) - Marc Almond, Jools Holland
Dream Lover
Happy Heart
Redeem Me (Beauty Will Redeem the World)
Curtain Falls

Customer Reviews:

Kitsch, camp, melodramatic, yet full of heartfelt emotion.This is a fantastic comeback........2007-06-30

"Stardom Road is a collection of covers chosen by the former Soft Cell frontman to tell his life story.It consists of his favourite songs by other people and is produced by Tris Penna: the album also features Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons, Jools Holland and St Etienne's Sarah Cracknell, who duets with Almond on the Dusty Springfield song "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten".
This is a clever idea. Marc Almond has chosen a series of cover versions - with one exception - and they chronicle his story in sequence. What a story it is, too.
From his successful partnership with Dave Ball in Soft Cell, through to the famous duet with Gene Pitney, he has continued working right through to 2004. Following his motorbike accident, this album brings us to the here and now.
"Sixties classic "I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten" is wonderfully evocative and features the vocals of Sarah Cracknell. Likewise, Al Stewart's "Bedsitter Images" is a perfect cover as it reminds you of Marc's very own Bedsit land.
This is a very moving and beautifully crafted album. Far from being cover after cover, karaoke style, there is a journey feel to the proceedings.
"Backstage I'm A Lonely" is a tribute to the late Gene Pitney and it really is a tear jerker as a result.
But it is far from maudlin as proven by the upbeat tale of surviving against the odds, "Happy Heart".
The new track "Redeem Me" sounds like a classic already. Marc has never sounded as chipper as he does here.
Kitsch, camp, melodramatic, yet full of heartfelt emotion.
This is a fantastic comeback.

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Sounds nice; not authentic
By Cindy Merrill
Songs for A Sanctuary
Great music
What Great Barr Primary School Think...

Songs of Sanctuary
Adiemus
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
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Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi
Adiemus III: Dances of Time
The Journey: The Best of Adiemus
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Karl Jenkins: Requiem

ASIN: B000000WFU
Release Date: 1997-09-09

Tracks:

Adiemus
Tintinnabulum
Cantus Inaequalis
Cantus Insolitus
In Caelum Fero
Cantus Iteratus
Amate Adea
Kayama
Hymn

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If you have seen a Delta Airlines television commercial that features an African-sounding, childlike choral chant in its soundtrack, you have experienced the title track from this album. Adiemus is largely the brainchild of former Soft Machine keyboardist Karl Jenkins, with participation from independent vocalist Miriam Stockley, a native of South Africa; the London Philharmonic Orchestra (which Jenkins conducts on this album); and others. The music of Adiemus will prompt inevitable comparisons to acts such as Dead Can Dance, Enigma, and Deep Forest. In the album's liner notes, Jenkins describes Songs of Sanctuary as "an extended choral-type work based on the European classical tradition, but where the vocal sound is more akin to 'ethnic' or 'world' music." The music of Adiemus, Jenkins later explains, includes voices, but not lyrics: "The text was written phonetically with the words viewed as instrumental sound, the idea being to maximise the melisma (an expressive vocal phrase) by removing the distraction, if one can call it that, of words." Ranging in mood from gently tribal to ecclesiastical, Adiemus succeeds in creating the impression of an enchanted global youth or female choir, yet one less forebodingly mysterious than any of the groups previously mentioned. Here you will find textures similar to the ethereal vocalese found in some of Mike Oldfield's more beatific works. The textures are largely uplifting, set within intelligent, classically influenced musical frameworks. A nice package for fans of alternative chant. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

Sounds nice; not authentic.......2007-07-05

The music is very nice, but I was disappointed to learn that the music is basically babble from one of the two vocalists on the CD.

By Cindy Merrill.......2007-05-09

He loves classical music, and he likes this CD.. I prefer the Irish Tenors or the music from LORD OF THE RINGS.....as a farm girl growing up, I had no exposure to Opera ( though I think Tomcat fights around a breeding queen comes pretty close to it). My idea of classical music is BEST OF THE EAGLES.

Songs for A Sanctuary.......2007-02-24

All CDs in good condition...one of the CD cases arrived cracked....

Great music.......2007-02-13

Very easy on the ear. Goes well with Adiemus II Cantata Mundi.

What Great Barr Primary School Think..........2006-12-27

we are children from the above school, one of our teachers bought the album songs of sancrury and now Adiemus is the title and ending song for every assembly we all love it and it is very catchy we all are hoping to get a copy of this cd for each year group soon and our year group -yr 6 have even started lyrical daces to it, to the creator we give appluse for such a phnominal song and we will listen for the whole of our school life

signed class 6B age 11 Great Barr Primary school

Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three

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Good Music For A Bad Cause
Great Songs, Great Cause!
Truth or complacency? The choice is yours.
English as a second language for Americans
a testament to the surviving power of music

Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three
Various Artists
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The End of Silence

ASIN: B00006JBKR
Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

Rise Above - Chuck D & Henry Rollins
Nervous Breakdown - Keith Morris
Fix Me - Iggy Pop
American Waste - Neil Fallon of Clutch
I've Had it - Cedric Bixler Zavala of The Mars Volta
I've Heard It Before - Jeff Moreira of Poison the Well
Room 13 - Corey Taylor of Slipknot
Wasted - Exene Cervenka
Jealous Again - Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age
TV Party - Henry Rollins
No Values - Hank III
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie - Dean Ween
Depression - Casey Chaos of Amen
Six Pack - Mike Patton
Police Story - Ice T
Revenge - Tom Araya of Slayer
Thirsty & Miserable - Lemmy
What I See - Chuck Dukowski
No More - Tim Armstrong & Lars Frederiksen
Black Coffee - Henry Rollins
Slip It In - Henry Rollins & Inger Lorre
Annihilate This Week - Henry Rollins, Kira Roessler
My War - Henry Rollins
Nervous Breakdown - Ryan Adams (Bonus Track)

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Holy countercultural confluence! For the cause of fundraising for the defense of a trio of legally bound Arkansas headbangers--one of whom is currently on death row on the basis of hearsay testimony--Henry Rollins has resurrected the sacrosanct songs of his legendary former Los Angeles hardcore band Black Flag. Much as he first joined the popular Flag by jumping on stage and grabbing the microphone, Rollins here assigns lead vocals to a bewildering array of guests, including Iggy Pop, Dean Ween, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Tom Araya of Slayer, Queens of the Stone Age, and Ice T. The Rollins Band convincingly serves as caustic backing band throughout. Protest music godfather Chuck D. of Public Enemy appears as well, though simply to introduce the album. Many of the singers, whether inspired by the cause itself or the muscular caliber of Black Flag's music, deliver the rebellious message with heartfelt intensity. Motorhead leader Lemmy's ripping version of "Thirsty and Miserable" is a stunning highlight, as is Hank Williams III's psychotic "No Values." Former Flag singers Keith Morris and Chuck Dukowski bring their veteran intensity, and Rollins himself shouts "My War," "TV Party," "Black Coffee," "Annihilate This Week," "Slip It In," and the title track. (Flag guitarist-lyricist Greg Ginn is notably absent, though his trademark clear Lucite guitar joins the West Memphis Three defendants on the cover artwork.) The participating musicians' anger and frustration over the West Memphis Three case, which has been detailed in HBO's Paradise Lost documentaries, is well matched with the giant fury of this band. --Ian Christe

Customer Reviews:

Good Music For A Bad Cause.......2007-03-07

Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three is a case of good music being used to support a bad cause. The music, contributed by the likes of Henry Rollins and other leading musicians is pretty good on the whole. However, there is quite a bit of pro-West Memphis 3 stuff on this CD and all of the profits from sales of this CD goes to help legal efforts on behalf of the WM 3.

This would be a good thing if there was good reason to believe that the WM 3 really were framed for a crime that they commit. Problem is the pro-WM 3 material on this CD contains many factual errors and fails to make a persuasive case to believe in the innocence of the WM 3.

If you want to listen to this good music, then the thing to do is to look for it at your local public library, secondhand music shop or borrow it from a friend. Don't let your good money go to support a bad cause like the West Memphis 3.

Great Songs, Great Cause!.......2007-02-16

Black Flags is undeniably one of the greatest punk bands ever and it is great to hear artists sush as Hank Williams III pay tribute to this great band. Plus it gives attention to a great injustice. Help support the West Memphis 3!

Truth or complacency? The choice is yours........2005-01-23

Those who will enjoy this disc are people who have both an understanding of great music and a respect for the law. Those who do not care about either probably will not care for this. Certainly this is for fans of Black Flag, Henry Rollins, and all the artists compiled here. (Ryan Adams contributes a great version of "Nervous Breakdown" and Hank III does "No Values," which is simply incredible.)

This is not for fans of ignorance or complacency in any of its forms. Certainly NOT for fans who think Henry Rollins is just trying to "free convicted murderers." And certainly NOT for fans who think that people who read Stephen King books are all Satanic killers.

Watch the "Paradise Lost" HBO documentaries, read "Devil's Knot" and "Blood of Innocents" and form educated opinions. Don't impugn Rollins or any of these musicians for having higher standards for OUR legal system and wanting to make sure we have the truth. When three people are convicted on hearsay and circumstantial evidence and one is sentenced to death, you can expect people from all over the country to take notice and want to get involved, because some of us still believe in justice and the separation of church and state. Anything less is un-American.

This is Henry Rollins' attempt to raise money for the truth, whatever it may be. Rollins told one victim's family as much. If the WM3 are proven guilty, at least we will have more to rely on than hearsay and Satanic Panic (you know, like actual, concrete evidence, which has been absent from this case since the start). The phrase "innocent until proven guilty" simply does not apply to this case. The prosecution proved nothing, except that West Memphis, Arkansas is a place free-thinking people probably shouldn't visit. Pardon the rest of America for thinking Metallica CDs aren't quite enough to prove someone is a murderer.

This is a great effort on the part of all the musicians involved, and it proves that ignorance still has opposition in America.

English as a second language for Americans.......2004-05-31

(...) The WM3 were convicted of the crimes. This is true. They were convicted based on hearsay and circumstantial evidence, not to mention a healthy dose of christian (ugh) fundamentalism. The truth is out there, but the ignorant sit in their churches and ignore it because it is easier to do.

This a compact disc full of MUSIC, however, and that is the real point here. You can't get much better than this with Henry Rollins being joined by Black Flag alums like Chuck Dukowski and Keith Morris, as well as Hank Williams III (the best REAL country musician working today), Lemmy from Motorhead, Exene from X, Ryan Adams, Tom from Slayer, Nick from Mondo Generator, and plenty more. The music is all provided by Mother Superior, a terriffic caustic rock trio with plenty of CDs of their own out there. They are best known as the Rollins Band, mach II, of course. They became his backing band a few years ago, although this is no longer the case. Henry is set to reveal a new band soon. They tear it up here, and the guitar sound is nearly perfect since the Dan Armstrong guitar donated to the cause was used for the recording, getting close to that classic Greg Ginn sound.

Black Flag are one of the ten most important bands in the history of music, and these songs should not be missed. Check this disc out, then check out some of the original releases for a real lesson in rock and roll.

And check out the Paradise Lost films for a lesson in how easily the US court system can break down when it is allowed to be placed in the hands of ignorant rednecks who don't understand that church and state are required BY LAW to remain separate and distinct.

If the victims in this case were my family, I would want the real killer or killers to be found. I would not want to find the nearest scapegoat and ruin that person (or in this case persons) life. Punishing scapegoats is what the nazis did, isn't it?

a testament to the surviving power of music.......2003-12-24

I had never heard of the west memphis three case until this benifit CD came out. It wasn't until recently that I bought the CD, and ever since I've purchased it, I've been blown away by the intensity and quality. I think it's a testament to the still surviving power of music, and especially Black Flag style punk rock that so much talent has come together for such a controversial but noble cause. If you're a Black Flag, Rollins Band, Henry Rollins, etc., fan, buy this CD. If you're not a rock fan, at least check out the case, or at least how it's laid out by the CD insert. Without voices like Rollins, there will never be hope for justice in America.

Reggae Pulse 2: Hit Songs - Jamaican Style

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Rises Above the Novelty Premise
Not the best quality
4 stars....

Reggae Pulse 2: Hit Songs - Jamaican Style
Various Artists
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Trojan Seventies

ASIN: B00009PJRK
Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

Rock The Boat Inner Circle
I Second That Emotion The Chosen Few
Cecilia Bruce Ruffin
Aint No Sunshine Ken Boothe
Band Of Gold Marcia Griffiths
(Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay Dennis Brown
The Way You Do The Things You Do Eric Donaldson
Tears On My Pillow Johnny Clarke
My World Is Empty Without You The Heptones
Here Comes The Sun Sharon Forrester
Rock Your Baby The Cimarrons
If You Dont Know Me By Now Zap Pow
In The Ghetto Susan Cadogan
Everybody Plays The Fool The Chosen Few
You Make Me Feel Brand New Boris Gardiner
Another Day In Paradise Dennis Brown
Ill Be There Barry Biggs
When Will I See You Again Marcia Griffiths
If Loving You Is Wrong The Maytones
To Love Somebody Busty Brown
Lovin You Janet Kay
Just My Imagination Jimmy London
Fever Susan Cadogan
Papa Was A Rolling Stone The Pioneers

Customer Reviews:

Rises Above the Novelty Premise.......2006-06-13

That this album's covers are mostly of Sixties and Seventies classics is its saving grace. Consistantly great song choices coupled with a few inspired vocal and instrumental performances make this collection rise above its somewhat "novelty" nature. Purely entertaining, and certainly not pretending to be anything it's not.

Not the best quality .......2005-08-11

I just can't get over the "hissing" in the background, it sounds like a recording from the 50's (monostereo). Based on the track listing, it seems like an excellent compilation. But the repetitive & similar reggae beats create a droning, monotonous album. Makes me prefer the original recordings.

4 stars...........2004-01-28

The general sound/feel of the album is great. However, the quality of the recording on several tracks (female vocalists in each case) seemed imbalanced -- phrases seemed to be missing. I don't know if I got a bad disk, or if the music just overpowered the words.

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Uninspired by this Feat
Big Time Rockin' from Little Feat !
This Album is one of the best.
How did this get outta the studio?
Stirring With Style

Chinese Work Songs
Little Feat
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Under the Radar
Shake Me Up
Kickin' It at the Barn
Representing the Mambo
Down on the Farm

ASIN: B00004TQRP
Release Date: 2000-06-20

Tracks:

RAG MAMA RAG
EULA
BED OF ROSES
SAMPLE IN A JAR
JUST ANOTHER SUNDAY
GIMME A STONE
RIO ESPERANZA
TATTOO HEART
MARGINAL CREATURES
CHINESE WORK SONGS
IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKE A TRAIN TO CRY

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Chinese Work Songs illustrates the strengths that Little Feat has maintained through thick and thin. With founding member Bill Payne and Paul Barrere (who signed up with 1973's classic Dixie Chicken) leading the charge, the seven-member ensemble demonstrates impressive instrumental prowess, in the process providing a reminder that the Grateful Dead weren't the only classic-rock group to have a mighty impact on modern jam bands. (They give a tip of the hat toward their descendants by adeptly covering Phish's "Sample in a Jar.") In general, the band has better luck with covers than originals, with the Band's "Rag Mama Rag" kicking things into gear with elbow-swinging gusto. Bands with three decades behind them can either settle into a stupor or hone their sound into something that's focused yet flexible. Fortunately for Little Feat followers, this gang falls into the latter bunch. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Uninspired by this Feat.......2006-06-06

I'm a great Little Feat lover, but I was disappointed by this one. The styles are formulaic, and I didn't feel that Shaun Murphy was really part of the band. Sorry but the title song is just annoying. I wanted to give my kids a taste of the truly creative rock that these folks made way back when - well this is not it.

Big Time Rockin' from Little Feat !.......2001-06-23

With the demise of the Greatful Dead, this album should propel Little Feat to the title of The Best Rock 'n' Roll Band. This album just plain kicks *** Well, I do wan this to be a family readable review, so you can put your own words there!

The covers of "Rag Mama Rag" and "It Takes a Lot to Laugh..." are excellent and unmistakeably Little Feat. The group really kicks back to the "Dixie Chicken" days with "Just Another Sunday". Without realizing it, I found myself in my car with the windows down, stereo cranked to max while cruisin' down the highway. My vote for Best Cut on the disk.

The title cut is a wonderful blend that is stamped "Made By Little Feat". Top quality al the way through. "Eula" was very reminiscent of "Fat man in a Bathtub". I could almost see Lowell George in the background.

My old live Little Feat tape is long since worn out. If this CD were a tape, it too would be worn out is very short order!

This Album is one of the best........2000-10-12

This Album is the best album I have ever own and I love it. Covering those songs were tight and right on the money.... The original songs where some of the best songs I've ever heard by any artist. I rate this album with 5 stars a complete CLASSIC!!!!

How did this get outta the studio?.......2000-10-01

Little Feat is still one of the sweetest bands to ever play a funky tune - with Lowell and without - a stellar group of musicians. How could anyone one of these major talents listen to the pitiful quality of this recording and say that it was ready for release? Nathaniel Kunkel mixed "Representing the Mambo", and obviously knows what he'sdoing. There is NO separation on any of the tracks - Feat sounds better in concert than on this CD. The entire effort borders on unlistenable, garage band quality. It's painful to say this because I love you guys - but for cryin'out loud - we've all been listening to music WAY too long to call this anywhere near a professional effort. It's like showin' up to dinner in a tuxedo with a pair of brown shoes.

Stirring With Style.......2000-07-31

Little Feat's most recent release, Chinese Work Songs offers quite a tasty sampling of songs. The title track carefully employs some neat Chinese instrumental stylings mixed in within some raunchy driving rock n roll. The rhythms from song to song are all quite captivating as the band shows no limit in expanding their style. Probably the highlight of the record is Richie Hayward's charming vocal delivery on Gimee A Stone. Shaun Murphy is in ultra fine form on all her vocals lead or harmony.

I refrain from giving this collection five stars because the songs are just not on the same level as Dixie Chicken, Sailing Shoes, Let It Roll, or the more recent Aint Had Enough Fun. The hooks on the seven originals just are not as captivating as Rock N Roll Everynight, Cadillac Hotel, Heaven's Where You Find It, and Romance Without Finance from the previously mentioned Aint Had Enough Fun disc. And Dixie Chicken's best tracks just blow this stuff away. Don't get me wrong, these songs are all pretty good. But its just not of the Legendary Satus that these guys/lady have done in the past. If you are a die hard feat fan, pcik this one up as you can't go wrong.

Songs of My Life: The Essential
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This is an excellent collection of her greatest hits, cover songs and b sides,a super collection and more.

Petula at Her Best

Top-notch collection

The most tasteful compilation of the British chanteuse

Great compilation of Petula's music from her peak music

Songs of My Life: The Essential
Petula Clark
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ASIN: B0009SOG3U
Release Date: 2005-08-01

Tracks:

I Know a Place
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
Groovy Kind of Love
I Can't Remember (Ever Loving You)
Thirty First of June
Tell Me (That It's Love)
Don't Sleep on the Subway
Colour My World
City Lights
Downtown
Have Another Dream on Me
Sun Shines out of Your Shoes
Games People Play
Heart
You're the One
Fancy Dancin' Man
Time for Love
World Song
I Want to Sing with Your Band
American Boys
Sound of Love
Sign of the Times
Round Every Corner
My Love
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)
Giorno Mi Hai Sorriso
Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener
Call Me

Tracks:

This Is My Song
I Will Wait for You
Imagine
This Is Goodbye
Smile
Eternally
Let It Be Me
Kiss Me Goodbye
Here Comes the Morning
What Can't I Cry?
How Insensitive
Song of My Life
Ceux Qui Ont un Cur
Jack and John
If
Song Went Wrong
Here, There and Everywhere
Forgetting You
Have I the Right
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Happy Heart
Too Late
For Love
Darling Verzeih'
Where Did We Go Wrong?

Tracks:

Wind of Change
I Don't Know How to Love Him
There Goes My Love, There Goes My Life
Just Say Goodbye
I'm Begging You (Take Me Home Again)
Comme une Pri
You'd Better Come Home
Love Is a Long Journey
Conversations in the Wind
Cranes Flying South
Hey Jude
I Know What Love Is About
Beautiful Sounds
Maybe I'm Amazed
Fool on the Hill
If Ever You're Lonely
Love Me with All Your Heart
I (Who Have Nothing)
Incece No
In Love
What I Did for Love
I Believe in Love
People Get Ready
Windmills of Your Mind
Show Is Over

Album Details

Comprising Three Discs Themed on Reflect Clark's Multi-faceted Recording Career, "Songs of My Life" Presents a Stunning Overview of One of Pop's Most Successful and Enduring Vocal Talents. Disc One Showcases the Hits that Propelled Peula to International Stardom- 'i Know a Place' (Uk#17, Us#3), My Love (Uk#4, Us#1), I Couldn't Live Without Your Love (Uk#6, Us#9) and the Ubiquitous 'downtown (Uk#2, Us#1)- Songs that Remain Evocativeof the Swinging 60s. Disc Two Finds Petula in Mellower Mood with Contemporaneous Covers of the Bossa Nova Classic 'how Insensible', and Standards 'let it Be Me', 'if' and 'i Will Wait for You'. A Unique Song Stylist with a Strong Instrinct for Selecting the Right Material, Disc Three Demostrates Petula'smastery of the Ballad with Powerful Renditions of 'i (Who have Nothing), 'i Don't Know How to Love Him' and 'comme Une Piere' Just One of Several Foreign Laguage Recordings to Feature on this Set Along with Many of her Own Compositions.

Customer Reviews:

This is an excellent collection of her greatest hits, cover songs and b sides,a super collection and more........2005-12-30

The essential collection of petula clark...What a range of music.from mellow to soft rock,and pop...With 78 tracks,wow...You really get a super deal...This boxed set includes her hits,cover songs and b tracks...You will get to hear her full range of talent...This album is great for sixties collectors,of all ages...5 star recommended...Thank you.

Petula at Her Best.......2005-09-26

If you're a big fan of Petula Clark like I am, then this collection is for you. Not only does it have her big hits on it, there is a fine selection of some of her best album work. The three CDs show her versatility. I truly believe that Petula can sing anything, whether it be rock, easy listening, blues, or country. I particularly like her cover versions of popular songs. She truly makes them her own. Enjoy!

Top-notch collection.......2005-09-24

There must be a million Petula Clark compilations out there but if you are looking for the best of the best, I would recommend "The Ultimate Collection" (2002), Kaleidoscope (2003) and this three disc set which covers mostly her 60s and early 70s work.

All the major hits, including "Downtown", "I Know A Place", "My Love" and "This is my Song" are spread out amongst the three CDs, in addition to the many album tracks and covers featured here. This may be too much for the casual Petula Clark, but if you are burgeoning fan like I am, this is worth adding to your collection.

The most tasteful compilation of the British chanteuse.......2005-09-14

Petula Clark is more than well represented in this mostly 60's 3 cd set.She shows her romantic and tuneful craftmanship on these A and B sides with some select cuts from her warner years.
I found this 3 cd set broken into themes(each cd),as fresh as pop music comes. Her collaborator Tony Hatch is largely responsible for the creative original song writing. Petulas covers of Charlie Chaplin's "Eternally","Smile",and "This is my song" are romantic and deliciosly produced.You'll be going"uptown" if you buy this beautiful set.It is collector colorful,and any Petula fan should be proud to own it!
This cd set has so many hits it reminds one of Petulas clout as England's most popular female singers of the 60's.She rivals Dusty Springfield in her range and good taste in production.

Great compilation of Petula's music from her peak music.......2005-08-02

This triple CD focuses on Petula's most popular years, with a theme for each CD. The first CD shows what the swinging sixties was as all about with plenty of up-tempo rocking songs. It includes the inevitable big hits - Downtown, I know a place, I couldn't live without your love, Don't sleep in the subway, Color my world, A sign of the times, Round every corner, The other man's grass is always greener - but it also includes many minor hits and album tracks. The second CD is described as mellow but is really an easy-listening collection. Some of the songs (including This is my song, Kiss me goodbye and Happy heart) do not fit my definition of mellow. With fewer hits than the first CD, this CD is dominated by album tracks. The third CD is supposed to showcase Petula the diva by including some of her most dramatic performances that don't belong on either of the first two discs. Actually, some tracks would sit comfortably on one or other of the first two discs but I can see what the compiler was trying to do with this set.

Aside from Petula's own hits, the songs are a mix of covers and originals. Some of the originals (You're the one, Call me, I don't know how to love him) later became hits for others and are not generally thought of as Petula's songs. Among the other originals, I particular like 31st of June, which rarely appears on compilations of Petula's music.

Among the covers, there are plenty of song that fans of sixties music will recognize, all of which Petula sings superbly. I was particularly pleased to find Have I the right (Honeycombs) and I want to hold your hand (Beatles). If Petula had recorded faithful covers of these songs, they would have belonged on the first CD, but Petula's very romantic interpretations of these songs belong where they are - on the second CD. Other notable covers include A groovy kind of love, Games people play, San Francisco, Let it be me, Here there and everywhere, Hey Jude, Fool on the hill and Windmills of your mind, but there are plenty of other classic covers here too.

Of course, if you want Petula's pre-Downtown music (including Sailor and Romeo), you must look elsewhere (and it's easy to find), but this outstanding compilation provides a thorough overview of Petula's best years.

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Reggae Pulse, Vol. 3: Love Songs
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Trojan Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Reggae Pulse: The Heartbeat of Jamaica
Reggae Pulse 2: Hit Songs - Jamaican Style
Reggae Pulse, Vol. 5: Protest Songs
Reggae Pulse 4: Christmas Songs
Trojan Soulful Reggae

ASIN: B0001ADAYC
Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

Help Me Make It Through The Night - John Holt
Cupid - Johnny Nash
You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) (Trojan Mix) - Dawn Penn
Night Nurse - Gregory Isaacs
Midnight Train To Georgia - Teddy Brown
Sweet Sensation - The Melodians
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Marcia Griffiths
She Don't Let Nobody (Edit) - Chaka Demus & Pliers
I Wanna Wake Up With You - Boris Gardiner
O-O-H Child - Bruce Ruffin
Someone Loves You Honey - June Lodge
Have You Seen Her? - Derrick Harriott & The Chosen Few
Take A Letter Maria - Dandy Washington
Stop That Train - Keith & Tex
Feel Like Makin' Love (Edit) - Elizabeth Archer & The Equators
Baby I Need Your Loving - Delroy Wilson
You Are Everything - The Chosen Few
Pied Piper - Bob & Marcia
Baby I'm A - Want You - John Holt
Black Pearl - Horace Faith
Lean On Me - B.B. Seaton
Here I Am Baby (Come And Take Me) - Al Brown
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - Sharon Forrester
Sweat (Edit) - Inner Circle

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Want Peace? Work for Justice.
Great Collection

Reggae Pulse, Vol. 5: Protest Songs
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Trojan Us
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Binding: Audio CD

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Reggae Pulse: The Heartbeat of Jamaica
Reggae Pulse 2: Hit Songs - Jamaican Style
Reggae Pulse 4: Christmas Songs
Trojan Box Set: Ganja Reggae

ASIN: B00078FANW
Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

Eve Of Destruction - Luciano
One Blood - Junior Reid
Putting Up Resistance - Beres Hammond
Get Up, Stand Up - Peter Tosh
For What It's Worth - Freddie McGregor
Solidarity - Black Uhuru
Working Class Hero - Bushman
Ring The Alarm - Tenor Saw
The Universal Soldier - Yvad
1865 (96 Degrees In The Shade) - Third World
Revolution - Dennis Brown
Soul Rebel - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Blowin' In The Wind - Don Carlos
Africa Must Be Free By 1983 - Hugh Mundell
The Same Song - Israel Vibration
Better Must Come - Delroy Wilson
Greetings - Half Pint
No More Weapons - Steel Pulse

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Want Peace? Work for Justice........2005-08-11

"If you want peace, work for justice." Reggae musicians, as this collection shows, have always been conscious of this truth.

This is a good collection, including real classics like I-Vibe's "Same Song" and Third World's "1865 (96 Degrees in the Shade)." Junior Reid's "One Blood," Dennis Brown's "Revolution," and Steel Pulse's "No More Weapons" are all must-haves.

Luciano's version of "Eve of Destruction" is interesting, but it would have been much better if he'd chosen a better song to begin with. Don Carlos' version of "Blowin' in the Wind" suffers no such drawback.

Reggae sometime-dabblers should know that this Tosh version of "Get Up, Stand Up" is different from the version you've heard on the Bob Marley "Legend" collection. Broaden your horizons.

Great Collection.......2005-03-22

This album is packed with great songs from start to finish. Included are some classic tracks that no reggae lover should be without. 'One Blood' from Junior Reid is one of the best dancehall anthems. 'Putting Up Resistance' by Beres Hammond never gets old. 'Solidarity' is a great cut from Uhuru. I could go on and on. Also, I must mention the song 'Eve of Destruction' redone by Luciano and 'No More Weapons' off Steel Pulse's latest album featuring Damian "Jr Gong" Marley. Definitely a Five Star album all the way through.

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Which Hofmann?
Josef Hofmann: Wonderful performances, lots of surface noise

The Complete Josef Hofmann, Vol. 3

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The Chopin Concertos

ASIN: B000003LJ8
Release Date: 1994-09-01

Tracks:

Valse In A Flat, Op. 34, No. 1
Valse C Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
Valse In E Minor, Op. Post
Polonaise In A Minor, Op. 40, No. 1
Impromptu No. 1, A Flat, Op. 29
Fantasie-Impromptu, C Sharp Minor, Op. 66
Berceuse In D Flat, Op. 57
Chant Polonaise, 'The Maiden's Wish'
Liebestraum No. 3 In A Flat
Conccert Etude No. 1, 'Waldesrauschen'
Venezia E Napoli - 'Tarantella' (Abridged)
Marche Militaire
Der Erlkonig
Gavotte
'Moonlight Sonata In C Sharp, Op. 27 No. 2 First Movement
Fantasiestucke, Op. 12, No. 3 'Warum?'
Papillon, Op. 43, No. 1
Spinning Song, Op. 67, No. 14
Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14 (Abridged)
Spring Song, Op. 62, No. 6
Hunting Song, Op. 19, No. 3
La Jongleuse

Tracks:

Caprice Espagnole, Op. 37 (Abridged)
Minuet In G
Valse-Caprice
Miniatures, Book. 9 No. 7, 'El Dachtarawan'
The Sanctuary
Prelude In C Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
Prelude In G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5
Valse Gracile
Birds At Dawn, Op. 20, No. 2
Third Etude In C Minor, Op. 120
Polonaise In A Major, Op. 40, No. 1
Hunting Song, Op. 19, No. 3
Spring Song, Op. 62, No. 6
Marche Militaire
Der Erlkonig
Nocturne In E Flat, Op. 9, No. 1
Valse In E Minor, Op. Post.
Papillon, Op. 43, No. 1
Spinning Song, Op. 67, No. 4
Prelude In C Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2

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Volume 3 gathers Hofmann's complete acoustic Columbia 78s, including seven previously unissued sides. While Hofmann allowed a lot of leeway in live performance, he took recording seriously, both from an artistic and technical standpoint. The myriad subtleties of touch, pedaling, and articulation in Hofmann's playing come through loud and clear in these vintage 1912-1918 recordings. Each selection reveals the pianist's singing tone, extremely even fingerwork, aristocratic poise, and taste. There's a sense of purpose and proportion to the playing that belies the notion that all Romantic pianists took insane liberties. --Jed Distler

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Which Hofmann?.......2004-09-06

Hofmann - particularly late Hofmann - may be an acquired taste.
Despite having been the protégé of Anton Rubinstein, "the wonderful boy" was recognized from quite an early age as the exemplar of a modern style of playing - textually faithful, eschewing swooning or bombast. (See, for example, the references to Hofmann in Henry Lahee's wonderful survey from 1900, Famous Pianists of Today and Yesterday.)
Still, a number of younger colleagues expressed ambivalence. Horowitz was floored by Hofmann's keyboard command - everyone was - but he, Artur Rubinstein and Arrau, to name just three - seem not to have been terribly moved by Hofmann's musicianship.
But which Hofmann are we considering? His playing for the gramophone - as early as 1903 and as late as 1935 - was as disciplined as it was imaginative and dazzling. The late Harold Schonberg called it "perfection plus."
However, as Gregor Benko makes clear in his essays for the Marston reissues, Hofmann switched on what the pianist called a "spectacular" style for many public performances. This may sound cynical. Often it sounds terribly cynical. Hofmann was not speaking merely of the need to project in a large concert hall. In public performance - at least those performances we have from the late `30s and early `40s - the aristocrat often becomes a mountebank, lurching from the softest pianissimos to explosive fortissimos, rattling off passages or entire pieces even faster than Simon Barere boasted he could do.
Schonberg - and Hofmann's friend and admirer Rachmaninoff - reminded us that during this period Hofmann had many personal troubles, including a severe drinking problem. We must believe that at his greatest Hofmann played as scrupulously and with as much refined feeling in public as he did on many of his studio recordings, though his manner may have differed somewhat. And there are some marvelous live performances. The Rubinstein 4th from his Golden Jubilee concert beggars description.
So where does that leave us? As an introduction to Hofmann, I would recommend the early Columbia recordings, those he made somewhat later for Brunswick, and the American and British test pressings from 1935 - perhaps his greatest recorded playing. These are Volumes 3, 4 and 5 of the complete Hofmann series. Serious listeners will also want the ups and downs of the Golden Jubilee (Volume 2). The Chopin concertos in Volume 1 have some splendid moments, but the superlative (not spectacular; superlative) performance there is a fragment of the first movement of the E minor concerto performed in London -- far more poised and committed than its counterpart from New York. (I wonder if Hofmann played differently in America than he did in Europe? Some musicians - for instance, Mahler, Toscanini, Bernstein - for varying reasons apparently did.)
Having said all this, the entire Hofmann series is priceless. Heartfelt thanks to Gregor Benko and Ward Marston for making it available in superb transfers with fascinating notes.

Josef Hofmann: Wonderful performances, lots of surface noise.......2000-03-15

For Hofmann lovers and devoted students of piano performance, this collection is priceless! For others, the surface noise will be a serious drawback. My assumption is that anyone interested in Hofmann will start by getting Volumes 1 & 2 -- the Chopin Concertos and the 1937 Golden Jubilee Recital. Beyond that, in choosing among Volumes 3 through 6, Volume 3 offers a wide range of Hofmann's repertoire in shorter pieces -- 42 tracks on two CD's. These are Josef Hofmann in his prime and the performances are marvelous. Unfortunately, they were recorded in 1912-18 (with six tracks from way back in 1903!) and the surface noise is pretty severe. Listening to them is an effort, but the effort is well worth while!

The Ultimate Collection - Spirit of the Irish

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Not the Ultimate
AMAZING!!!

The Ultimate Collection - Spirit of the Irish
The Dubliners
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

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Tracks:

Irish Rover, The - (with The Pogues)
Rocky Road To Dublin
McAlpine's Fusiliers
Seven Drunken Nights
Fields Of Athenry
Wild Rover, The
Dicey Riley
Black Velvet Band
The Old Triangle
Marino Waltz - (instrumental)
Gentleman Soldier
Whiskey In The Jar
Finnegan's Wake
Carrickfergus
Monto
Mason's Apron
Dirty Old Town
Ragman's Ball
Mountain Dew - (with The Pogues)
The Town I Loved So Well

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Not the Ultimate.......2004-08-18

This is a good CD, but hardly "the ultimate collection." I say this because it consists of primarily recent recordings; 14 of 20 cuts in fact are 1987 or newer, with only 3 cuts from the 60's. Not that this is all bad; the latter day Dubliners are generally more polished than the older line-ups. The point is, if you are looking for stuff from the Luke Kelly/Ciaran Burke era, this isn't the collection you want.

AMAZING!!!.......2003-12-06

i'm 15 and listen to punk music and irish folk type stuff like the pogues, flogging molly, and the tossers. this and a clancy brothers/hammond CD were really my first true folk CD's. holy effin' hell it's awesome! this is definately my favorite album ever. i was very impressed. there are about 10 songs on there that i've heard other versions of by bands like those i mentioned above. every one of them is better by the dubliners. there's not a bad song, or even okay song on it. they're all good or great. the dubliners definately know how to make awesome music. if you like irish folk, buy it. if you don't, expand your music horizons and buy it. you won't be disappointed unless you have horrible taste in music. ; )

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