She Is a Phantom [Live]

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Released in 1994, this album features Budd performing original compositions with the contemporary music quartet Zeitgeist, a group who play woodwinds, keyboards, and percussion, including mallet instruments. Most of the album was written in 1991 at a time when Budd had returned to writing music for ensembles. While indulging in the minimalist aesthetics that epitomize his work, this album showcases his ideas in a different spectrum than his ambient albums. These 18 compositions average two to two-and-a-half minutes in length, some exploring one theme, others compacting two or three into the same time frame. Unlike many other minimalists, pianist/composer Budd does not belabor his points. She Is a Phantom is generally characterized by mellow tracks such as the ghostly haze of "Nearly Awakened." But there are exceptions, including the gracefully spiraling clarinet melody over piano chords in the opening track and the eclectic "Like Perfume," which segues between an abstract percussive tapestry, a clarinet solo, and a poetry reading accentuated by a marching snare. Four of the songs feature Budd reciting poetry, and the vocal inclusion is not intrusive, blending in with the musical backdrops. This album is perhaps one of Budd's most cryptic works, particularly as some tracks melt into others. While not as easily accessible as many past efforts, it is a gratifying journey nonetheless. It just requires patience and open ears. --Bryan Reesman

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    ASIN: B000B8I93Q
    Release Date: 2005-10-18

    Tracks:

    1. Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'
    2. Summertime
    3. I Could Write a Book
    4. It Never Entered My Mind
    5. I Can Cook Too
    6. Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please
    7. If I Loved You
    8. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
    9. Thou Swell
    10. I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
    11. There's No Business Like Show Business
    12. South American Way

    Tracks:

    1. Shall We Dance
    2. Ohio
    3. Luck Be a Lady
    4. Mack the Knife
    5. There's a Small Hotel
    6. Once in Love with Amy
    7. Yodel Blues
    8. Lazy Afternoon
    9. There Must Be Somethin' Better Than Love
    10. You're Just in Love
    11. Now Is the Time

    Tracks:

    1. Impossible Dream
    2. Love Makes the World Go 'Round
    3. Try to Remember
    4. Put on a Happy Face
    5. I Say Hello
    6. Happiness
    7. She Loves Me
    8. What Kind of Fool Am I?
    9. Shy
    10. Consider Yourself
    11. Poor Little Person

    Tracks:

    1. Magic to Do
    2. They're Playing My Song
    3. I Don't Know How to Love Him
    4. I Won't Send Roses
    5. Good Morning Starshine
    6. Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
    7. Hard Candy Christmas
    8. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
    9. Won't You Charleston with Me?
    10. Applause

    Tracks:

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    2. Memory
    3. On My Own
    4. Muddy Water
    5. How Could I Ever Know
    6. American Dream
    7. I Know Him So Well
    8. Dr. Jazz
    9. Me and My Girl
    10. Suddenly Seymour

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    2. Popular
    3. Seasons of Love
    4. Oh, the Thinks You Can Think
    5. Whatever Lola Wants
    6. Crazy
    7. How Deep Is Your Love
    8. Stars
    9. People Like Us
    10. I Go to Rio
    Chanson D'Amour
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    • You must buy this!
    • Very, very, very (did I mention Very?) good!
    Chanson D'Amour
    King's Singers
    Manufacturer: RCA
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    ASIN: B000003FD0
    Release Date: 1993-03-09

    Tracks:

    1. Chanson d'amour
    2. Now Those Days Are Gone
    3. La valse a mille temps (The Waltz In 1000-Time)
    4. Con amores, la mia madre (With Loving, My Mother)
    5. Who is Sylvia?
    6. Chitarra d'amor (Guitar of Love)
    7. I Get Along Without You Very Well
    8. All I Ask Of You
    9. Dein Herzlein mild (Your Gentle Heart)
    10. My Romance
    11. She's Like The Swallow
    12. Quand tu dors pres de moi (When You Sleep Next To Me)
    13. Love's Philosophy
    14. Alice In Wonderland
    15. Plaisir d'amour (The Pleasure Of Love)
    16. If Music Be The Food Of Love
    17. Le Papillon et la fleur (The Butterfly and the Flower)
    18. Lydia
    19. Phyllis Is My Only Joy
    20. Wenn ich in deinen Augen seh' (When I Look Into Your Eyes)
    21. Down With Love

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Interpretación Exquisita.......2001-12-28

    Es dificil dejar de sentir admiración por este extraordinario ensamble vocal Inglés. Su capacidad interpetativa es amplísima y la forma en que sus voces se acoplan es inmaculada.En este disco interpretan arreglos de canciones de amor (y tambien de desamor) de diferentes épocas y compositores.TODO el disco es una mágnifica experiencia musical :el humor de "Chitarra d'amor",la belleza de "She's like the swallow" o el dulce desencanto de "Quand tu dors près de moi"; mencionando algunos ejemplos.
    La unica objeción que tengo es que el no esten integrados todos los textos en el librillo del CD.
    Yo recomendaría a cualquier amante de la música a escuchar este CD lo mas pronto posible.

    5 out of 5 stars You must buy this!.......2001-02-22

    There's not much I can say about this album. It's perfect. Completely a cappella, it shows off everything that make the King's Singers one of the world's most masterful vocal ensembles. My two personal favorite tracks are "She's Like the Swallow" and "If Music Be the Food of Love." The solo on "She's Like the Swallow," a sad Canadian folksong, is very beautiful. Tracks such as "La valse a mille temps" and "Down With Love" add a certain amount of humor to the collection.I do not regret purchasing this album in any way. It represents some of the best work that the King's Singers have to offer. You must buy it.

    5 out of 5 stars Very, very, very (did I mention Very?) good!.......1999-10-22

    A wonderful selection, beautifully performed! Some of these songs I have wanted to hear and own for so long!

    An Silvia (Schubert) = Who is Sylvia: they sing a voice-only arrangement that is arguably an improvement of Schubert (okay, pax, you purists). As you may know, this is a setting by Schubert of a poem by Shakespeare. It is just marvellous.

    In my estimation, this CD is worth getting for Sylvia alone.

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    She Is a Phantom
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • The stairway is packed with secrets
    She Is a Phantom
    Harold Budd
    Manufacturer: New Albion Records
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    ASIN: B000000R3Q
    Release Date: 1994-05-16

    Tracks:

    1. Breathless...I
    2. Pantomime...
    3. The false attribution...
    4. Nearly awakened
    5. Tiny hands, big ideas
    6. Emboldened/My dreams perish
    7. A lazy smile...
    8. I blink and she's gone
    9. We step across...
    10. Like perfume...
    11. Handsome. The spineless...
    12. Laurel
    13. She's by the window
    14. Angels alight...
    15. She has the glassy...
    16. Breathless...II
    17. And then I alone am alone
    18. In Delius' Sleep

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    Released in 1994, this album features Budd performing original compositions with the contemporary music quartet Zeitgeist, a group who play woodwinds, keyboards, and percussion, including mallet instruments. Most of the album was written in 1991 at a time when Budd had returned to writing music for ensembles. While indulging in the minimalist aesthetics that epitomize his work, this album showcases his ideas in a different spectrum than his ambient albums. These 18 compositions average two to two-and-a-half minutes in length, some exploring one theme, others compacting two or three into the same time frame. Unlike many other minimalists, pianist/composer Budd does not belabor his points. She Is a Phantom is generally characterized by mellow tracks such as the ghostly haze of "Nearly Awakened." But there are exceptions, including the gracefully spiraling clarinet melody over piano chords in the opening track and the eclectic "Like Perfume," which segues between an abstract percussive tapestry, a clarinet solo, and a poetry reading accentuated by a marching snare. Four of the songs feature Budd reciting poetry, and the vocal inclusion is not intrusive, blending in with the musical backdrops. This album is perhaps one of Budd's most cryptic works, particularly as some tracks melt into others. While not as easily accessible as many past efforts, it is a gratifying journey nonetheless. It just requires patience and open ears. --Bryan Reesman

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars The stairway is packed with secrets.......2000-03-05

    With this album Harold Budd moved further towards neoclassical and chamber music, a direction he had already taken with "By the dawn's.." in 1991. "She's a phantom" is a cycle of songs recorded live at a church, featuring an ensemble called Zeitgeist. This album also contains a fine set of lyrics, written and read by Budd himself. The songs are surprisingly dark and minimalistic, with Budd's typically exceptional piano playing enlivened by Zeitgeist's empathy and gentleness. The dark atmosphere of tracks like "Pantomine", "Nearly awakened", or "In Delius' sleep" is fantastic. Within a framework of rich melodies, flawless performance, and a perfectly developed sense of the dramatic, "She's a phantom" spreads the charm of a haunted yet peaceful old castle. Fortunately, this experimentation with ensemble music pays off better than past adventures like "The pavilion of dreams". However, I still prefer more typical Budd albums like "The pearl", "The white arcades", or "Luxa".
    The Wizard of Oz - Vintage Recordings from the 1903 Broadway Musical
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • A Collection of the Original Oz Stage Productions
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    • A long overdue revisit to a classic American musical
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    The Wizard of Oz - Vintage Recordings from the 1903 Broadway Musical

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    ASIN: B00009MPYQ

    Tracks:

    1. Wizard of OzSelection (Arthur Pryor's Band)
    2. The Bullfrog and the Coon (Ada Jones)
    3. Pocahontas (Edward M. Favor)
    4. Daisy Donohue (Harry Tally)
    5. Down on the Brandywine (Collins & Harlan)
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    7. I Love You All the Time (Harry Macdonough)
    8. The Moon Has His Eyes on You (Ada Jones)
    9. When You Love, Love, Love (Thomas E. Whitbred)
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    12. Julie Dooley (J. W. Myers)
    13. Meet Me Down at the Corner (Jones & Spencer)
    14. Budweisers a Friend of Mine (Billy Murray)
    15. Theres a Lot of Things You Never Learn at School (Bob Roberts)
    16. Under a Panama (Billy Murray)
    17. Good Bye Fedora (Collins & Harlan)
    18. Sitting Bull (Collins & Harlan)
    19. I Love Only One Girl in this Wide Wide World (Harry Macdonough)
    20. Sammy (Harry Macdonough)
    21. The Tale of a Stroll (Morgan & Stanley)
    22. Cant You See Im Lonely? (Ada Jones)
    23. Are You Sincere? (Byron G. Harlan)
    24. Hurrah for Baffins Bay (Collins & Harlan)
    25. Football (Dan W. Quinn)
    26. Id Like to Go Halves in That (Burt Shepard)
    27. Rejoice!The Wizard is No Longer King
    28. The Traveler and the Pie
    29. Must You? (Dan W. Quinn)
    30. Thats Where She Sits All Day (Dan W. Quinn)
    31. The Sweetest Girl in Dixie (Henry Burr)
    32. Scarecrow Laugh (Fred Stone)

    Tracks:

    1. Sammy Mira (Music Box Disc)
    2. Must You? (Mira Music Box Disc)
    3. Opening Prayer
    4. Phantom Patrol
    5. Just a Simple Girl from the Prairie
    6. Poppy Song
    7. Love is Love
    8. When We Get What's A-Comin' to Us
    9. The Traveler and the Pie
    10. When You Love, Love, Love
    11. Rejoice! The Wizard is No Longer King
    12. Phantom Patrol (Aeolian Piano Roll)
    13. My Little Maid of Oz Aeolian Piano Roll
    14. The Tik-Tok Man of OzSelection (Rythmodik Piano Roll)
    15. The Tik-Tok Man of OzSelection (Piano Roll)
    16. Ask the Flowers to Tell You (Macdonough & Dunlap)
    17. My Beautiful Dream Girl (John Barnes Wells)
    18. My Pretty Little Piece of Dresden China (Bessie Wynn)
    19. Gay Paree (Montgomery & Stone)
    20. Travel Travel Little Star (Montgomery & Stone)
    21. A Scotch Moriah (Montgomery & Stone)
    22. Hurrah for Baffins Bay (Dan W. Quinn)
    23. Daisy Donohue (Trombone Solo by Arthur Pryor)
    24. Mr. DooleyMedley (Xylophone Solo J. Frank Hopkins)
    25. Down on the BrandywineMedley (Edison Military Band)
    26. The Bullfrog and the CoonMedley (Six Brown Brothers)
    27. Ill Take You Back to Italy (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)
    28. Father Goose Songs (Sallie Osbourne)

    Album Description

    The Wizard of Oz a musical with book and lyrics by L. Frank Baum and music by Paul Tietjens premiered on June 16, 1902, at the Grand Opera House in Chicago. It was an instant hit and made stars of David Montgomery (the Tin Woodman) and Fred Stone (the Scarecrow). On January 21, 1903 the show opened at the Majestic Theatre in New York. It ran for nine months and set out on the road with a second company right on its heels. The show toured, came back to New York, toured, and returned to New York again many times until finally disbanding around 1911. Stock and amateur companies continued to present it into the 1930s when it was overshadowed by the classic MGM film starring Judy Garland.

    The show was legendary for its success and its impact on American culture. It was the Cats or Les Mis of the early 1900s--but the show has been swallowed by history. What made audiences of the early 1900s devour the show and return for more again and again? In this unprecedented 2-CD set—featuring over 145 minutes of vintage recordings and 64 pages of lyrics, photos, notes and synopsis—you can discover how The Wizard of Oz entertained the American public for the first two decades of the 20th century. And like the audiences of nearly a hundred years ago, you can hum along to "Budweiser," "Sammy," and "Hurrah for Baffin's Bay"—everyone's favorite songs from The Wizard of Oz! Also included in this comprehensive collection are recordings from later Oz musicals, The Woggle-Bug and The Tik-Tok Man of Oz written by Oz creator L. Frank Baum, as well as vintage non-Oz recordings by original "Wizard of Oz stars" Montgomery & Stone and Bessie Wynn

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A Collection of the Original Oz Stage Productions.......2006-12-07

    This Double-Disk Collection contains music from the original and varied Oz Stage Productions: "the Wizard of Oz", "the Woggle-Bug" (based on 'Marvelous Land of Oz) and "the Tik-Tok Man of Oz" (based on 'Ozma of Oz'). There are plenty of "Wizard" songs and music, but there isn't a lot of "Woggle-Bug" and/or "Tik-Tok Man".
    I often wondered how different the 1st & Original Production of 'Oz Wizard' was different to the book, and thanks to Mark Evan Schwartz's book "Oz: Before the Rainbow" I found out for myself (WORTH A READ!!). Later I got this CD to go along with the book's stage telling (more or less) and I listened in interest to the songs which, I read, were entirely different to the future Musicals of Oz. The songs are good, but not all of them are actually completely restored to perfection, so the singing may/will sound somewhat muffled. Also, due to the time it was made (for some reason), the songs don't actually fit into the story (even the stage's rewritten story) and sound distant/unrelated. But there are songs that sound similar to the original story ("Rejoice! The Wizard is No Longer King"). CD 2's Track 3 has music played during Silent Oz Film "His Majesty, Scarecrow" on the MGM 3-Disk DVD.
    The best thing about this CD Collection is the two booklets packaged along with the disks: the first (entitled "The Records") has writing on "What the Wizard Was" with a synopsis of the stage production story and "About the Recordings", a listing of all the songs on CD 1 (which are helpful for "Selection" Tracks not specifically named on the back) and notes on the songs like their origins and background. Booklet 2 (entitled "The Lyrics") has the words to the songs (in case you can't make out the words/want to sing-along). BOTH CDs include b&w photos of the actors, performance (few of which can be seen in "Oz: Before the Rainbow" book) and even reprints of a few illustrations made for the stage. The pictures are the best part of this purchase.
    The Entirely Different Songs may not fit with the story, original or rewritten, but there's nothing really wrong with the music when one enjoys to what they're listening to.
    I know that there is also another 'Oz on Stage' CD Collection called "Before the Rainbow" . . . hmmm, I wonder if I should get that too?

    5 out of 5 stars Ain't it a Shame!.......2006-05-20

    I think that this is a wonderful album of HISTORICAL value. Not too many people know this, but "the wizard of oz" was made into a smash hit in 1903, but because all the history was BARELY in obscurity, hungry tiger press wanted to educate the blockheads in the world about this remarkable piece of history. that being said, david maxine collected all of the old material, such as Piano rolls (my especial favorite of all of them is "the poppy song", i LOVE the bass notes: "nnn-ded-deh mmmm-ded-deh"), and music boxes, and cylinders, and records!
    however, it is quite a shame that that CRAPPY movie with judy garland pushed this lovely musical into obscurity. i would have liked to see it in my day, but it was already lost in darkness, but thanks to the highly DIGNIFIED people in the world, this cd is available!! BUY IT!!!! I *ORDER* YOU!!! YOU CANNOT BE DIGNIFIED WITHOUT THIS REPLACING YOUR "RAP" GARBAGE WITH THIS JEWEL!!!!

    4 out of 5 stars Why the 1903 "Wizard" was forgotten.......2004-03-20

    This truly remarkable 2-disc collection of old cylinders, discs, music boxes and piano rolls explains why the 1903 musical version of "The Wizard of Oz" did not survive the early thirties. It wasn't because it was before its time or even of its time, but simply because it was way behind the times. Its producers resisted composer's Paul Tietjens' attempts to write plot-driven numbers. His contribution survives only in the incidental music preserved on piano rolls (and the most interesting element on this collection) linking very disparate and even incongruous vaudeville acts by various authors and performers that graced the stage during the musical's multi-decade run. In other words, Baum was telling a story and the songs were telling another... As fascinating as they are for historical reasons, those numbers are commonplace, mostly uninspired flash-in-the-tin-pan ditties, with timid syncopation and a stong reliance on musical clichés. There is not a single standard among them and not even a decent lyric where "fine" doesn't rhyme with "mine" and "love you" doesn't rhyme with "I do"- or even "I know you know I know you do", as happens more than once. As an assemblage of shtick pieces and ephemeral sentimental or nonsensical ditties, this collection cannot be topped and it represents a monumental effort. Without it and its very generous and informative liner notes, I would not have the same appreciation for the absolute genius of Victor Herbert's operettas ("Babes in Toyland" came out the same year) where the more memorable songs are plot-driven and introduced and linked by the most luscious, inventive and varied incidental music ever heard outside an opera house. This sort of unified concept would culminate in Jerome Kern's "Show Boat" and it remains a truth today that the integration of plot and music - reminiscent of opera - is the true secret of successful and perennial musicals, whatever the current idiom. This collection also makes one appreciate the complete originality of the Hollywood film for actually going back to Baum's books, entrusting the songs, lyrics and music to Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg and Herbert Stothart and scrapping the musical's colourful but checkered history (except for casting ex-vaudevillians as the main characters, of course!). Highly recommended for its nostalgia value, its irreplaceable rarities and a better understanding of the history of American popular music.

    5 out of 5 stars A long overdue revisit to a classic American musical.......2003-09-30

    Although it was one of the most financially successful stage musicals of the early 1900's, very little information is presently available on the 1903 production of THE WIZARD OF OZ. In what was obviously a labor of love, David Maxine has done much to correct this oversight by releasing a 2-CD set with over 145 minutes worth of extremely rare recordings of music from this and other OZ-themed musicals dating back to before World War I. Recorded materials include vintage acoustical disc and cylinder phonograph records, piano rolls, and music box discs, many of which go back almost a century. In addition, he has included two booklets worth of historical background information on the 1903 WIZARD OF OZ production, its stars, the individual musical numbers, and lyrics for the songs included on the CDs. (Lavishly illustrated with rare old black and white photos and artwork, these booklets, and the information they contain, are themselves worth the price of the set!) Several bonus CD tracks are included that offer rare recordings by Montgomery & Stone (the original Tin Woodsman and Scarecrow) and Bessie Wynn, who was also in the 1903 cast. Not just for dedicated Oz fans, this set is a "must have" for anyone interested in the history of American musical theater and American popular culture of the early 1900's.

    5 out of 5 stars Long-Forgotten Broadway Hit Gets First Rate Revival.......2003-09-17

    One hundred and three years ago, author L. Frank Baum published the best-selling children's book of the 20th century, THE WIZARD OF OZ. Although the book was adapted several times as plays, silent motion pictures, animated cartoons, and radio shows in the next few decades, it is the 1939 MGM film that most people think of as THE WIZARD OF OZ. The success and popularity of that film completely eclipsed the memories of previous incarnations and even the book itself in popular culture. However, prior to the film's release, there was a successful stage version which premiered on Broadway in 1903 and delighted audiences for many years, making stars of Fred Stone and David Montgomery, the original Scarecrow and Tinman. As with the MGM film, chilren who saw THE WIZARD OF OZ on stage carried fond memories of the production into adulthood. Ray Bolger was so impressed with the Fred Stone's Scarecrow, that he remembered it vividly as an adult and based his own protrayal of the character in the movie on Mr. Stone's stage version.

    Unfortunately, time and Judy Garland have pushed the once popular Broadway Smash into history. It has been all but forgotten...until now.

    As the show moved from theater to theater and casts changed, so did the songs. Many of these were recorded on the primative equipment of the day: Wax cylinders, 78-RPM records, piano rolls, and music Boxes, and surprisingly many of these still exist. Now, thanks to those hard-working gents at HUNGRY TIGER PRESS, you can own these historic recordings on this awesome 2-CD set. THE WIZARD OF OZ: Vintage Recordings From The 1903 Broadway Musical contains over 145 minutes of terrific early 20th century music. You won't find "Over the Rainbow" or "Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead!" here. Instead, this WIZARD OF OZ contains tracks like "Budweiser's a Friend of Mine", "Sammy", "Hurrah for Baffin's Bay", and "Rejoice! The Wizard is No Longer King", each one a portal over the rainbow to the Broadway stage of a century ago.

    Obviously the play was quite different in plot from the movie--Dorothy travelled to Oz with her cow Imogene instead of Toto, for starters--, but the songs represent the style of popular music of 100 years ago and are collected here in a beautiful compilation. The set contains two booklets of liner notes which contain credits, lyrics, a written history of the production, and are extensively illustrated with photos and illustrations. Although the sound quality of the source material is not always up to today's standards, the songs are presented in the best versions possible, and the music is highly enjoyable. With 60 tracks and the wealth of information contained here, both written and photographic, this 2-CD set is good value for the money. A must-have for all collectors of WIZARD OF OZ memorabilia, an insightful look at popular music and Broadway history from a century ago, a glimpse into ethnic and racial stereotypes that were accepted at the time, and a curiosity for fans of the 1939 film, this set is big on appeal. Kudos to the Hungry Tiger Press for rescuing this treasure trove of musical history from obscurity!
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