Swell

Track Listings

1. Big Field - J.R. Goddard

2. Sad Songs

3. Hollow

4. Wrong Side

5. Moors

6. Swell

7. That Face

8. Honey Porter

9. Idiot Kid

10. Bob's Shack

11. Ash

Tracks:

In The Arms Of This Low
Sleeping
Falling Slowly
Drown Out
Lies
When Your Mind's Made Up
The Swell Season
Leave
The Moon
Alone Apart

Album Description

Frames front man Hansard has teamed up with classically trained Czech vocalist and pianist, Irglova to produce this album of affecting songs and compositions. From straight songs to piano instrumentals, "The Swell Season" affords an insight into a whole other side of Glen/The Frames, as well as offering a perfect introduction to this very talented newcomer. The record takes its name from author Josef Skvorecky's book of the same name. Set in Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia, the story centers on one man's love of music and his pursuit of unattainable women as a country comes unglued. Like the book, the record deals with the pains and hopes of those struggling to make sense of their lives.

Customer Reviews:

A great songwriting combination.......2007-07-15

The album is rich in contrasts, moods and musical creativity. My only complaint is I couldn't get the security cover off fast enough. Whoever doesn't like this simply hasn't heard it. Listen.

Awesome.......2007-07-12

I discovered Glen Hansard when I saw the movie, "Once." The tunes on this CD are exceptional. Hansard's lyrics and emotional rendition are moving and, occasionally, haunting. Irglova's harmony adds a delicate counterpoint to several of the songs. I listened to this CD non-stop for the first couple of weeks I had it, and still find it one of my favorites.

The Swell Season.......2007-07-04

Having seen the movie-"Once" I wanted to get this recording. This recording by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova is quite pleasing to the senses. It touches me deep inside. I play this over and over.

The Frames "The Cost" is a great record too!.......2007-06-05

If anyone here does not know that Glen Hansard is the lead singer for The Frames, you are missing out. "The Cost" is an amazing record, you owe it to yourself to check it out!

Buy this CD!!!!!.......2007-05-19

Love Irish music, Indie bands or just want to explore a new sound? Buy this fabulous CD, with many songs from the low budget, highly entertaining Irish film Once.

Menuhin & Grappelli Play Berlin, Kern, Porter & Rodgers & Hart

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A really Fine Romance
A Musical Treat

Menuhin & Grappelli Play Berlin, Kern, Porter & Rodgers & Hart

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ASIN: B000002SDR
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Cheek To Cheek
Isn't This A Lovely Day?
The Piccolino
Change Partners
Top Hat
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
Heat Wave
The Way You Look Tonight
Pick Yourself Up
A Fine Romance
All The Things You Are
Why Do I Love You?
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Night And Day
Looking At You
Just One Of Those Things
My Funny Valentine
Thou Swell
The Lady Is A Tramp
Blue Room

Customer Reviews:

A really Fine Romance.......2007-07-05

It doesn't get any better than these two playing these guys! Some of it was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Use your imagination... It's all just swell.

A Musical Treat.......2006-01-08

"The true mission of the violin is to imitate the accents of the human voice, a noble mission that has earned for the violin the glory of being called the king of instruments." ~ Charles-Auguste De Bériot ~

Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grapelli together had made some of the most beautiful music ever-recorded. And I believe that this is one of the many successful albums they recorded together. In this recording, both violinists have showed their excellent musicianship and interpretative eloquence as well, making it one of my most cherished CDs from my collection.

These are the main ingredients of a perfectly-made CD for your listening pleasure: mix violins, piano, bass and drums together, combine two terrific violinists, season with the best melodies in the 20s, 30s and 40s from Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hart. Add the musical talents of Nelson Riddle, Max Harris, Martin Taylor, Eddie Tripp, Alan Clare and the rest of the studio musicians. Now all you have to do is to sit back, relax and savor these stunning melodies coming from your CD player. Listen to it in full-volume and fill your music room with the sheer beauty of these classics.

One of my favorite musical instruments is violin. With its four strings, it gives a whole wide range of musical versatility and I simply love the fascinating sound it produces.

My personal highlights are the best tunes from Jerome Kern - "The Way You Look Tonight" (Nelson Riddle arranged this particular track and conducted the Woodwind and Brass section), "A Fine Romance," "Pick Yourself Up," "Why Do I Love You?" and "All The Things You Are."

My choices from Irving Berlin's gems are - "Isn't It A Lovely Day?" featuring the great artistry of Nelson Riddle in arranging and conducting, "Cheek To Cheek" and "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm."

The Cole Porter repertoire represented his musical sophistication in "Night And Day," "I Get A Kick Out Of You" and "Just One Of Those Things."

The choice cuts from the talented and creative team of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart are "My Funny Valentine" and "Thou Swell."

Listening to this CD is so delectable and equivalent to having my favorite dessert - be it Tiramisu, New York Cheesecake, Black Forest Cake, Chocolate Soufflé, Créme Brulee, Chocolate Mousse or Chocolate-Coated Strawberries! ;)

A musical treat.

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Release Date: 2005-10-18

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Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'
Summertime
I Could Write a Book
It Never Entered My Mind
I Can Cook Too
Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please
If I Loved You
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
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I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
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Mack the Knife
There's a Small Hotel
Once in Love with Amy
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You're Just in Love
Now Is the Time

Tracks:

Impossible Dream
Love Makes the World Go 'Round
Try to Remember
Put on a Happy Face
I Say Hello
Happiness
She Loves Me
What Kind of Fool Am I?
Shy
Consider Yourself
Poor Little Person

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I Don't Know How to Love Him
I Won't Send Roses
Good Morning Starshine
Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
Hard Candy Christmas
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
Won't You Charleston with Me?
Applause

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Phantom of the Opera
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On My Own
Muddy Water
How Could I Ever Know
American Dream
I Know Him So Well
Dr. Jazz
Me and My Girl
Suddenly Seymour

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Mamma Mia!
Popular
Seasons of Love
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think
Whatever Lola Wants
Crazy
How Deep Is Your Love
Stars
People Like Us
I Go to Rio

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Swell
Thomas Cunningham & The Loco Focos
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Marginally
Funcry
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No You Can't
Harvest
You Got It Goin' On

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Most beautiful music

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ASIN: B0002Z83LG
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

Fascinatin' Rhythm
Soon
Summertime
Embraceable You
Liza
A Foggy Day
'S Wonderful
The Man I Love
I Got Rhythm
He Loves And She Loves
They Can't Take That Away From Me
They All Laughed
Funny Face
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Lady Be Good
These Foolish Things
Laura
April In Paris
Autumn Leaves
Autumn In New York

Tracks:

Cheek To Cheek
Isn't This A Lovely Day?
Change Partners
Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
Heat Wave
The Way You Look Tonight
Pick Yourself Up
A Fine Romance
All The Things You Are
Why Do I Love You?
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Night And Day
Looking At You
Just One Of Those Things
My Funny Valentine
Thou Swell
The Lady Is A Tramp
Blue Room
Jealousy
Skylark

Customer Reviews:

Most beautiful music.......2005-08-17

This is happy music.
Just plain happy, instrumental music.
Highly recommend to everyone.

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I've got a full moon in my tail light...
"Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour"
Early Post Punk Classic
Definitive...Incredible

A Trip to Marineville
Swell Maps
Manufacturer: Secretly Canadian
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ASIN: B0002ZDWSA
Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

H.S. Art
Another Song
Vertical Slum
Spitfire Parade
Harmony In Your Bathroom
Don't Throw Ashtrays At Me!
Midget Submarine
Bridge Head (Pt. 9)
Full Moon In My Pocket
Blam!!
Full Moon (Reprise)
Gunboats
Adventuring Into Basketry
My Lil' Shoppes 'Round The Corner
Loin Of The Surf
Doctor At Cake
Steven Does
Bronze And Baby Shoes

Album Description

Noisy and experimental, Britain's Swell Maps experienced little commercial success during the course of their chaotic career, but in hindsight they stand as one of the pivotal acts of the new wave: not only was the group an acknowledged inspiration to the likes of Sonic Youth and Pavement, but their alumni - most notably brothers Nikki Sudden and Epic Soundtracks - continued on as key players in the underground music community.

Although Sudden (vocals/guitar) and Soundtracks (piano/drums) formed the first incarnation of the Swell Maps as far back as 1972, the group did not begin to truly take shape until 1976, when the siblings enlisted bassist Jowe Head and guitarist Richard Earl. In the spirit of punk's "do-it-yourself" mentality, they formed their own label, Rather Records, and issued their debut single - the brief, jarring Read About Seymour - in the early weeks of 1978. Local media support soon won the group a distribution pact with - but they did not resurface until over a year later with the single Dresden Style.

In mid-1979, the Swell Maps released their full-length debut A Trip To Marineville, a crazy quilt of punk energy and Krautrock-influenced clatter. After the release of the speaker-shredding single "Let's Build A Car," the group recorded one final studio LP, Jane From Occupied Europe, before breaking up. Each of the members followed their own career paths, playing solo and forming bands: Sudden formed the Jacobites, Soundtracks joined Crime & The City Solution and Head played with the Television Personalities.

Each disc contains bonus tracks not available on previous versions of these albums.

Customer Reviews:

I've got a full moon in my tail light..........2007-06-06

So I'm listening to this and suddenly I feel like my day has a soundtrack and this song is the prelude to a chase scene. Oddly atonal stuff is perfect for minding my own, not paying too much attencion to the background until a great song full of energy pops on and its time to jump around for a bit. Am I doing a good job selling this cd to you? Don't care really. If yer into this kind of thing, yer gonna buy it so don't let me slow you up.

"Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour".......2007-02-22

More breathtaking than an episode of Stingray (hard to believe, I know) these manic puppet show fans serve up an incendiary disc that'll burn your ears and serve them to you for dinner.
I wasn't phased at all by the Nervous Nellie reviews that termed the record unfocused-at the time this album was recorded punk rock and atonal noise co-existed quite well together. Just look at the Contortions, Wire, 8 Eyed Spy, the record makes perfect sense to me.
You'll love "Midget Submarines", "Vertical Slum", "H.S. Art", what a great bunch of rackety noise. I thought it was my heard-earned money well spent. Swell Maps score extra points for the Jimmy from Supercar sound bite at the beginning of the disc. I can almost see Mitch shrieking appreciatively in the background. Doctor Beaker would approve.

Early Post Punk Classic.......2005-05-09

The debut album from Britain's Swell Maps was completely different from anything being recorded in the late 70's. Swell Maps had been around for quite some time before actually going into the studio to record their debut, but you can't really tell since the album is a chaotic mess from beginning to end (in a good way). But it does feature two distinct halves. The first side consists mostly of short punk songs that match up considerbly well with pretty much any of the other pre-eminate punk bands of the era. This is where you will find very catchy numbers like 'Another Song' and 'Midget Submarine'.

But the second side is where you get to the seminal and groundbreaking Swell Map style that influenced countless bands including Sonic Youth and DNA (not to mention the entire no-wave genre). The music on the second half can basically be described as sprawling, feedback-laden jams, especially the two 8 minute centerpieces 'Gunboats' and 'Adventuring Into Basketry', both of which reveal Swell Maps' obsession with Krautrockers Can. By the end of the album, it is difficult to beleive that these songs came from the same band that kicked out the 1 minute punk blast 'Vertical Slum' just 40 minutes earlier. Yet therein lies the greatness of not only this album, but of this band. They were simply not content with churning out the same old 3 minute punk song (which they do quite well). They continued to push the envelope as far as they could and ended up creating brand new avenues for not only themselves, but for others to explore.

As bonus tracks, Secretly Canadian has included the entire 4 track EP that accumpanied the original 'Marineville' LP. Swell Maps second (and final) album, 'Jane From Occupied Europe' is equally brilliant and no less essential, but I recommend beginning with 'A Trip to Marineville' for the originality and sheer influence it has left in its wake.

Definitive...Incredible.......2005-01-10

This recording is definitive of the whole punk/new wave sound. Its right up there with "Nevermind the Bullocks..." Incredible.

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very good album
The Sound of Bees
Too many days without thinking is awesome
Great Band Alert!
An excellent album by an underpublicized band

Too Many Days Without Thinking
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ASIN: B0000018A2
Release Date: 1997-03-11

Tracks:

Throw The Wine
What I Always Wanted
Make Mine You
Fuck Even Flow
At Lennie's
When You Come Over
(I Know) The Trip
Going Up (To Portland) ?
Bridgette, You Love Me
Sunshine Everyday

Customer Reviews:

very good album.......2000-05-13

This is one of my favourites. It is all just perfect pop stuff. Best songs are "What I always wanted" and "When you come over" but all the songs are good.

The Sound of Bees.......2000-03-30

Like 10-ton truck, cutting through the muck- this cd plays the ambient theme tune from a dozen bees, humming away in your head...

There's highs, there's lows. Sometimes they play fast. Sometimes they play slow. And to pick out different songs is when you miss the point. In the middle of the night, there's still no light ...well? if you've never had the heart to slack. If you're too well adjusted to snort crack. If you like your beats to be boiled and baked, and your tunes to invade your head for a few weeks... you've obviously spent too many days without thinking.

This is minor in a major way.

Too many days without thinking is awesome.......1999-03-29

Ever since my dad got too many days without thinking, I have been absessed with swell. They're awesome!!! I've got all the CD's now and am waiting for the realease of International rescue. Buy this CD, you'll enjoy it greatly!!

Great Band Alert!.......1998-09-25

Dying to hear a great band? Check out Swell, especially with this album, and the release prior to this, 41. While not as consistently great as 41, Too Many Days Without Thinking does feature a handful of songs which prove satisfying and at times deeply profound. Swell has an instantly recognizable sound in much the same way that Sonic Youth does, so that even when they vary song structures and musical styles, you instantly know you are listening to a Swell song (a pun laying in ambush, evidently). This is evident from the very first second of the propulsive "Throw Back the Wine" which leads to the achingly beautiful "What I Always Wanted," in my mind the first of three truly great songs on this album. The album peaks again with "At Lennie's" and finishes off with the breathtaking coda, "Everyday, Sunshine." Through a brief set of lyrics poetically describing the moment of impact in a car crash and it's immediate aftermath, the song manages to convey the frail grip we have on our own mortalily before allowing it to drift away. This is a band that deserves your attention.

An excellent album by an underpublicized band.......1998-09-15

Swell - who hails from San Francisco, capture some fantastic mood and sound structure to their low key approach. From surfy songs like "Sunshine Everyday", to the hop-skip-jump sound of "F**k Even Flow" (my favorite), to the Church-like sound of "What I Always Wanted", Swell incorporates a low key diversity of sound that is slinks into your mind and soon you are grooving along to their growl. An excellent album.

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Oldie, but Goodie
Once lost, now found and reissued on CD.
THOU SWELL. THE YANKEE WINS AGAIN!
A Lost Gem
Not complete and NOT first CD version

A Connecticut Yankee
Broadway Revival Cast
Manufacturer: Decca
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Release Date: 2001-03-06

Tracks:

A Connecticut Yankee: Overture
A Connecticut Yankee: My Heart Stood Still
A Connecticut Yankee: Thou Swell
A Connecticut Yankee: On A Desert Island With Thee
A Connecticut Yankee: To Keep My Love Alive
A Connecticut Yankee: Can't You Do A Friend A Favor?
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By Jupiter (Selections): Nobody's Heart

Customer Reviews:

Oldie, but Goodie.......2006-08-01

Well, I was not expecting to like this one. Its SO old, and very classic (Rodgers and Hart.) But one good thing about it being Rodgers and Hart, is it has lovely lyrics. Clever and witty on every song. Mark Twains book was done justice I think, but I've never read the book. I would suggest this to classic lovers, and newer Broadway fans who want to hear a`"classic" other than Oklahoma. This is a good one. The other great thing about this CD is you get not only A Connecticut Yankee, but also highlights from two other Rodgers and Hart musicals: Higher and Higher and By Jupiter. AWSOME. Favorite Song: "To Keep My Love Alive"

Once lost, now found and reissued on CD........2005-06-03

One of Decca's earliest cast albums (recorded just a few weeks after their famous OKLAHOMA! album) this very nearly became a lost treasure. Recorded on 16" glass masters in 1943, the original release was on 78 RPMS (complete witha booklet givinga detailed synopsis and all the lyrics.) The revival was not a success and when Long Playing records were introduced in the late 1940s, CONNECTICUT YANKEE was not reissued in the new format.

At one time in the 1960s Decca had the masters transferred to tape for a possible LP reissue. That reissue never happened, and in shipping the discs back to the storage facility, they were broken. The tape was taken from the company's archives and did not turn up until almost 30 years later. Though modern technology could probably have coaxed even better sound from the master discs, we must be thankful that the tape was made when it was.

In the meanwhile there were three unautherized isses of these tracks. A new York based private label called Box Office transferred the 78's to one side of an Lp in the 1970s. Later, AEI released an elaborate gatefold Lp with not only the full score (again dubbed from 78s) but also fabricated some additional tracks reprising some of the songs (in theatrical order) by editing portions from the existing tracks. Finally there was a release on CD from Box Office with horrible sound that stil sometimes turns up for sale. Avoid it. Decca actually sent a request that Box Office withdraw the bootleg Cd.

This edition has much better sound and the bonus tracks by Hildegard and Shirley Ross from BY JUPITER and HIGHER AND HIGHER make the package very worthwhile.

THOU SWELL. THE YANKEE WINS AGAIN!.......2003-02-09

"A Connecticut Yankee," by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, contains more hit songs than the average Broadway season nowadays. "My Heart Stood," "Still," "Thou Swell" and the redoubtable "To Keep My Love Alive" all sound fresh and vibrant in this fabulously remastered 1943 recording. Particularly wonderful is the total and complete recording of "To Keep My Love Alive," sung by the one great (female) love of the Lyricist's life, Vivienne Segal ... nearly seven minutes of the wittiest ways to do in a husband. This is one of the first "original cast" recordings ever recorded, and it sounds as crisp and clear as a recording made today. Bravo! (Submitted by staff member Stephen J. Finn)

A Lost Gem.......2002-01-17

A wonderful rerelease of glass discs made for the 1943 revival of this charming musical. While the orchestra is less than polished (there is one particular trumpet you can hear over and over that is awful and flat!)--it has a lot of zest to it, and makes one yearn to see the play - indeed, to see more of the Rodgers and Hart shows performed.

Not complete and NOT first CD version.......2001-08-19

This CD collection of tracks from the 1943 revival of the Rodgers & Hart musical is advertised as the first CD presentation of these tracks. This is incorrect. I have a CD issued in 1999 by Box Office Recordings called "A Collector's Rodgers & Hart" which contains all the "Connecticut Yankee" tracks plus 14 additional tracks of Rodgers & Hart covers (different from the covers on the Decca CD).

Worse, I have an AEI LP recording of the revival which has three additional tracks from the show. Why weren't these selections included in this recording?

Tracks:

Novature (Formless Nights Fall)
Pouring Velvet
In Revolving Ash Light
Clouds Cast
Through
Fault Forces
Phil Zone
Estrella Oscura
Recedes (While We Can)

Tracks:

Transilience
73rd Star Bridge Sonata
Cease Tone Beam
Speed of Space
Dark Matter Problem/Every Leaf Is Turning
Foldback Time

Album Description

1995 Canadian release featuring the deleted 'Grayfolded Vol.1' & an hour long mix of 'Dark Star' comprised of bits fromover 100 performances of the tune in conjunction with the25th anniversary of it by John 'Mr. Plunderphonics' OSWALD.15 tracks total on t

Customer Reviews:

Head Music for Deadheads.......2007-04-02

If you just like the down-home, country-sounding aspect of the Grateful Dead's music, this probably isn't the album for you. But if you love the spacy, swirling, improvisational aspect (think "Dark Star" on Live Dead), this DEFINITELY is the album for you. Pick a quiet night, settle back in your favorite chair with your earphones and a nice buzz (from whatever), close your eyes, and feast your brain! RATING: 5 "DARK" STARS!

This is something else, but a good something..........2006-02-24

Let me start off by saying that Greyfolded is NOT what you might think it is...the ultimate Dark Star. It is far from it. That said, however, it is a work of intense complexity, dexterity, and an amazing knowledge of the material. It was put together in much the same way that Anthem was done; that is, from various live performances of the Dead, except that Greyfolded is done so to the nth degree. As others have noted here, it is performed with an "orchestra" of the various Grateful Dead bands across time, faded in and out to often devastating psychedelic effect. There is even a chart at the back of the booklet showing where all of the differing performances come in and out. Greyfolded is like an alloy of these performances, producing a final product with its own properties.

Since Grayfolded is its own work, it is not the happy Darkstar that I like to bliss out on for 20 minutes at a time. However, it is nearly 2 two hours of intense Darkstar-based music and sounds, all performed by the Dead according to the meticulous arranging and puzzle-fitting efforts of John Oswald. For someone out there looking for the ultimate Darkstar, go elsewhere. However, if you want a really interesting experimental GD extraganza, pick this up! Because this doesn't deliver the ecstatic punch that Darkstar delivers, I only give this record 4 stars out of 5. However, this IS still an amazing work.

four and a half, actually.......2003-03-17

I'd give this five stars, but I'd save that for a Dead show...like a Dick's Picks or full show. However, this album serves as a testament to Dark Star, which in my opinion is the greatest song of all time, at least I'd say it's my favorite song. The Dead being the greatest musical assemblage of musicians show how over 25 years they transformed this piece, and where they could go with it, and what it's potential was. It's a [good] tune, all around and is THE signature Grateful Dead song. What more can you say?

Time Travel.......2002-12-11

For Dark Star fans(and I understand there are a few of us)this is IT(so far).
Almost two hours of the Dead doing what they did best,improvising.This is John Oswalds "version" if you will of the ultimate Dark Star.He has taken over a hundred hours of tapes from the Dead Vaults ,all of performances of Dark Star and compiled ,segued and overdubbed a symphony of the Dead.The most amazing thing is that although this set covers a thirty year timespan it sounds so perfect and so cohesive that it defies logic.It is as if we owned a time machine instead of a compact disc player as we hear Jerry Garcia in 1971 duelling with Jerry Garcia in 1991.This is the most exciting music I have heard since I bought the King Crimson ProjeKCs box set.
You know you need this set!.

Fantasy Illusion Dream.......2002-03-27

A lot of people in other reviews say that this disc doesn't sound like the "real" dark star as played by the Grateful Dead back in the '70s. Well, it's not. This is a JOHN OSWALD album - NOT a Grateful Dead album. What Oswald did was use parts of the Dead playing "Dark Star" to create his own piece.
And what a piece he created. Nearly two hours of seamless music, and all of it sounding like the paintings of Jackson Pollock, or the ultimate pipe dream. My favorite moments are the end of disc 1 and the beginning of disc 2, especially the feedback solo on "The Phil Zone". And how about the transition from "73rd Star Bridge" into "Cease Tone Beam"? Great stuff.
In some pressings of disc 2, there are three minutes of extra music hidden before the Multiple Garcias shout "transitive nightfall of diamonds". To find them, start the disc and as soon as the CD starts playing, hold down the "Reverse search" button on your CD player. The thing that shows the time will start counting backwards until it shows -3:02. When it does, release your finger and listen.

Music Album:

Music Album

1. Big Field - J.R. Goddard
2. Sad Songs
3. Hollow
4. Wrong Side
5. Moors
6. Swell
7. That Face
8. Honey Porter
9. Idiot Kid
10. Bob's Shack
11. Ash