Orange Blossom Special [Original recording remastered]

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Perhaps this should have been titled The Freewheelin' Johnny Cash in homage to the watershed Bob Dylan album. Though conservative country music and liberal folk shared little audience base at the time, Cash crossed that bridge by covering three Dylan tunes on this 1965 classic (reissued here with three previously unreleased tracks). Cash sounds loose and frisky throughout, as he romps from the harmonica-driven title song through the traditional country of "Long Black Veil," the Irish standard "Danny Boy," and the rousing spiritual "Amen." The stripped-down arrangements give the material plenty of room to breathe, with only the female backing chorus sounding dated. Dylan subsequently crossed this musical bridge from the other side, inviting Cash to duet with him on the country-tinged Nashville Skyline. --Don McLeese

Orange Blossom Special,Johnny Cash,Sony,Country,Country & Western,Country-Pop,Pop,Traditional Country

Average customer rating: Hey man... When you goin' back to Florida? Six stars--no, seven... Three Dylan covers and many other great songs Too Big For Country Music to Contain! Ahead of its time

Orange Blossom Special Johnny Cash Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ride This Train The Fabulous Johnny Cash Songs of Our Soil Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears (Ballads of the American Indian) ASIN: B0000636UU Release Date: 2002-03-19

Tracks:

1. Orange Blossom Special
2. The Long Black Veil
3. It Ain't Me Babe
4. The Wall
5. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
6. You Wild Colorado mono
7. Mama, You Been On My Mind
8. When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below) mono
9. All Of God's Children Ain't Free
10. Danny Boy
11. Wildwood Flower
12. Amen
13. Engine 143 mono
14. (I'm Proud) The Baby Is Mine
15. Mama, You've Been On My Mind

Amazon.com

Perhaps this should have been titled The Freewheelin' Johnny Cash in homage to the watershed Bob Dylan album. Though conservative country music and liberal folk shared little audience base at the time, Cash crossed that bridge by covering three Dylan tunes on this 1965 classic (reissued here with three previously unreleased tracks). Cash sounds loose and frisky throughout, as he romps from the harmonica-driven title song through the traditional country of "Long Black Veil," the Irish standard "Danny Boy," and the rousing spiritual "Amen." The stripped-down arrangements give the material plenty of room to breathe, with only the female backing chorus sounding dated. Dylan subsequently crossed this musical bridge from the other side, inviting Cash to duet with him on the country-tinged Nashville Skyline. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Hey man... When you goin' back to Florida? .......2005-12-12

If you're lookin' for fast paced grabbers like "Ring of Fire" or "One piece at a time" you may be a newbie to Cash, and might want to start with a Greatest Hits comp. for now, as there are tons taylored pretty much to anyone's fancy... Orange Blossam Special is a mid-paced folkier record, and this with Bob Dylans country treat "Nashville Skyline" equals a really neat glance at how these artists friendships and influences could produce some awesome country magic. I recommend both. And if you don't think OBS is for you, but are still a Cash fan looking for an album that yeilds instant satisfaction, "Live at San Quentin" is AMAZING!!!

Six stars--no, seven..........2005-12-07

Besides the excellent Dylan covers, the cool thing about this CD is that, without being self-conscious about it, it includes an example of just about everything Cash was famous for. You got your old-timey country (Orange Blossom Special and Wildwood Flower), your contemporary country (Long Black Veil, which sounds old-timey but was written in 1959, and I'm Proud the Baby is Mine, which is very contemporary), a prison song (The Wall, a classic), a train song (Engine 143--actually, Orange Blossom Special is kind of a train song too), a protest song (All God's Children Ain't Free), one of those funny country songs that ends in a kind of punch line based on the catchphrase in the chorus (When It's Springtime in Alaska), a gospel song (Amen, that song from the Sidney Portier movie Lilies of the Field), an unusual choice for a cover song (the old Irish chestnut Danny Boy, which he sings with so much soul you forget how many times you've heard it before), and, foreshadowing the American Recordings that revived his career in the 80s, You Wild Colorado, just Cash and his guitar (actually there are two like that- Engine 143 is also Cash and his guitar, in that case a 12-string). There are two duets with June Carter (It Ain't Me Babe and When It's Springtime in Alaska) and even some spoken word (Danny Boy has a two minute intro where Cash talks about his dad being in the First World War, coming back to Arkansas to be a sharecropper, courting him mom, and the Irish immigrant he worked with who sang the song). It's true what the Amazon guy says, the female choruses are a little dated, and the occasional bit of mariachi horns don't always seem entirely appropriate, but generally the arrangements are tasteful and, at times, beautiful. And once Cash starts singing you can't really hear anything else. What a presence.

Three Dylan covers and many other great songs.......2005-04-28

In the sixties, when this album was recorded, Johnny was at his most commercially successful. Fans will always argue over which period was his best, but he certainly recorded some great albums back then, of which this was one.
The set opens with Orange blossom special, a song about a train journey, utilising harmonica to produce a sort of train whistle effect - it works really well, even if doesn't sound much like an old steam train whistle.

Among the other songs are three Dylan covers - It ain't me babe, Don't think twice it's all right and Mama, you've been on my mind. It was around this time that Bob Dylan began gaining widespread recognition and maybe these covers helped. It ain't me babe was a huge American pop hit for Johnny.

There are many other wonderful songs, too numerous to go into detail, on this classic album, which is essential for all of Johnny's fans.

Too Big For Country Music to Contain!.......2003-07-01

I've said it before... and I'll have to say it again... Johnny Cash is bigger than country music. He is the type of artist who transcends his genre. He's really a musical icon. A living icon that represents what American Music is all about!
I had the great fortune of growing up in a home where country music was appreciated. I know this would have been a curse to many of you, and believe me at times I felt like it was... but I say it was fortunate now because of the fact that I was exposed to the work of Johnny Cash early. From that early exposure onward I have always felt a connection to his music, even when I didn't really care for country I still felt like I was a Johnny Cash fan. The one album I remember listening to over and over was Orange Blossom Special. My Mom and Dad had the big scratchy record album which I played over and over. I loved it!
Johnny Cash defies being labled, he is a category buster! This 1965 recording, Orange Blossom Special does just that. This particular recording has a distinct folk feel to it.
As a kid I loved the songs, "It Ain't Me Babe" and "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" it wasn't until I had grown up to be a teenager that I heard the Bob Dylan versions of these songs. I really like the fact that Johnny was open to all types of music and was so impacted by the work of Dylan that he chose to record some of his tunes.
Johnny has never been afraid to push the edge of the envelope! I bet there were a few country radio stations afraid to play some of these songs back in the '60's. Just like today... I hear most country stations won't play songs from his latest album.
It's a shame that they won't... Johnny Cash is brilliant and it's too bad the closed minded radio industry won't play his work. But as fans of the Man in Black we keep his music going. And I hope Johnny has the strength and years to keep on going a little longer. We love you Johnny Cash!

Ahead of its time.......2003-03-17

This one will bring a smile. Pure country, and progressive stuff (this is 1965!), featuring two of Bob Dylan's classics. The title track, "The Wall" and "Long Black Veil" belong to Johnny. You may find that his trademark vocals, and very competent studio accompaniment, stamps all offerings on this album, with a raw Cash seal.

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Orange Blossom Special: 20 Fiddle Classics Various Artists Manufacturer: Cmh Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Blue Ribbon Fiddle Foggy Mountain Breakdown: 16 Bluegrass Instrumental Hits Bluegrass Breakdown: 14 Instrumentals Bluegrass Fiddle Album ASIN: B00004W5AE Release Date: 2000-08-22

Tracks:

1. Orange Bloosom Special - Osborne Brothers
2. Salty Dog Blues - Benny Martin/Josh Graves
3. Secret Love - Benny Martin/Buddy Spicher
4. There's Your Trouble - Aubrey Haynie
5. Black And White Rag - Johnny Gimble
6. Tyler's Tuition - Kenny Baker/Josh Graves/Eddie Adcock/Jesse McReynolds
7. Life In The Finland Woods - Benny Martin/Buddy Spicher
8. Beautiful Dreamer - Benny Martin
9. Ramblin' Man - Barbara Lamb
10. Two In The Morning - Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass
11. Devil's Dream - Joe Maphis & Fiddlin' Red Herron
12. Draggin' The Bow - Johnny Gimble
13. Rocky Ford - Kenny Baker/Josh Graves/Eddie Adcock/Jesse McReynolds
14. Hotel California - Glen Duncan
15. Hornpipe Medley: Sailor's/Durang's/Rickett's & Fisher's Hornpipe - Buddy Spicher
16. Crafton Blues - Johnny Gimble
17. Flower Of Mexico - Johnny Gimble
18. The Thunder Rolls - Aubrey Haynie
19. Blacked Eyed Suzy - Lester Flatt/The Nashville Grass
20. Over The Rainbow - Benny Martin/Buddy Spicher

Product Description

1. Orange Blossom Special2. Salty Dog Blues3. Secret Love4. There s Your Trouble5. Black And White Rag6. Tyler s Tuition7. Life In The Finland Woods8. Beautiful Dreamer9. Ramblin Man10. Two In The Morning11. Devil s Dream12. Draggin The Bow13. Rocky Ford14. Hotel California15. Hornpipe Medley16. Crafton Blues17. Flower Of Mexico18. The Thunder Rolls19. Black Eyed Suzy20. Over The Rainbow

Format: CD

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Orange Blossom Special: 16 Instumentals Various Artists Manufacturer: Cmh Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1960-1969 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1950-1959 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1950s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1960s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B0000010QO Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Orange Blossom Special - Osborne Brothers
2. Salty Dog Blues - Benny Martin And Josh Graves
3. Secret Love - Benny Martin And Buddy Spicher
4. Black And White Rag - Johnny Gimble
5. Tyler's Tuition - The Masters
6. Life In the Finland Woods - Benny Martin And Buddy Spicher
7. Beautiful Dreamer - Benny Martin
8. Two In The Morning - Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass
9. Devil's Dream - Joe Maphis And Fiddlin' Red Herron
10. Draggin' The Bow - Johnny Gimble
11. Rocky Ford - The Masters
12. Hornpipe Medley: Sailor's/Durang's... - Buddy Spicher
13. Crafton Blues - Johnny Gimble
14. Flower Of Mexico - Johnny Gimble
15. Black Eyed Suzy - Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass
16. Over The Rainbow - Benny Martin And Buddy Spicher

Product Description

1. Orange Blossom Special - Osborne Brothers 2. Salty Dog Blues - Benny Martin and Josh Graves 3. Secret Love - Benny Martin and Buddy Spicher 4. Black And White Rag - Johnny Gimble 5. Tyler s Tuition - The Masters 6. Life In the Finland Woods - Benny Martin and Buddy Spicher 7. Beautiful Dreamer - Benny Martin 8. Two In The Morning - Lester Flatt s Nashville Grass 9. Devil s Dream - Joe Maphis and Fiddlin Red Herron 10. Draggin The Bow - Johnny Gimble 11. Rocky Ford - The Masters 12. Hornpipe Medley: Sailor s/Durang s... - Buddy Spicher 13. Crafton Blues - Johnny Gimble 14. Flower Of Mexico - Johnny Gimble 15. Black Eyed Suzy - Lester Flatt s Nashville Grass 16. Over The Rainbow - Benny Martin and Buddy Spicher

Format: CD

Average customer rating: Not a CD review, but a concert review --> GREAT

Orange Blossom Special Bill Monroe Manufacturer: Krb Music Companies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Bluegrass | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Bluegrass | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Traditional Folk | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Folk | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00000JHCW Release Date: 1999-06-01

Customer Reviews:

Not a CD review, but a concert review --> GREAT.......1999-07-10

I was today in the "Festival d'été de Nantes" ... in Nantes (France) where Orangle Blossom played. They were with a group from Egyp called Ganoub. They played very different kind of music but the combination is really great : Jungle - techno - rock for Blossom and classical oriental music for Ganoub. The public was impressed and be sure, people danced, danced, danced...

I don't know how the CD is, but the concert was perfect, with heavy heavy basses...

Sorry for my english, but as you could imagine, it is not my native language

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''on the Road'' Eddie Bodeen and the Fugitives Manufacturer: Eddie Bodeen And The Fugitives ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA7KEC Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

1. I've Always Been Crazy
2. Why Do I Have to Choose
3. Ramblin Fever
4. Working Man Blues
5. I Don't Care
6. Orange Blossom Special
7. Before the Next Teardrop Falls
8. Good Hearted Woman
9. You Call Everybody Darling
10. Funny How Time Slips Away
11. Wipeout
12. Tricia

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Blazing Country - Country Dance Party Manufacturer: Mojo Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0006IDZ26

Product Description

Blazing Country - Country Dance Party This CD Consists of following Songs: 1. Mama's Got the Know how 2. Diggy Liggy Lo 3. Colinda 4. Schottische 5. Fire on the mountain 6. Orange blossom Special 7. Sugar foot rag 8. Devil's Dream 9. Orange blossom Special 10. Ode to big Mamou

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Worlds Greatest Bluegrass Bands Vol 1 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000E1ERE0

Product Description

1.georgia mules and country boys.2.orange blossom special.3.little maggie.4.buck creek.5.wabash cannonball.6.dixie flyer.7.the wreck of the old 97.8.muleskinner blues.9.long gone.10.i'm rollin on.11.goin up criplle creek

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Orange Blossom Special Spotnicks Manufacturer: Magic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002QXACM Release Date: 2007-02-27

Tracks:

1. Orange Blossom Special
2. Spotnicks Theme
3. Galloping Guitars
4. Rocket Man

Average customer rating: comments on Zygmunt Zgraja comments ob Zygmunt Zgraja

Fusion Manufacturer: Opera Tres ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Telemann, Georg Philipp | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Alessandro Marcello | Marcello, Alessandro | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Telemann, Georg Philipp | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004T0KO Release Date: 2000-04-15

Customer Reviews:

comments on Zygmunt Zgraja.......2000-12-07

I am a freshman in college, and Zygmunt came from Poland to the United States last week to play with our orchestra. He is a wonderful, wonderful musician and any opportunity to hear his music is an awesome experience. This "fusion" of the accordion and the harmonica is absolutely incredible. Even if you have no interest whatsoever in either instrument, these two virtuosos will fascinate you again and again. Highly recommended!!!

comments ob Zygmunt Zgraja.......2000-12-07

I am a freshman in college, and Zygmunt came from Poland to the United States last week to play with our orchestra. He is a wonderful, wonderful musician and any opportunity to hear his music is an awesome experience. This "fusion" of the accordion and the harmonica is absolutely incredible. Even if you have no interest whatsoever in either instrument, these two virtuosos will fascinate you again and again. Highly recommended!!!

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Ultimate Collection Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Theodorakis | Theodorakis, Mikis | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Easy Listening & Lounge | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000DEOAQ Release Date: 2001-12-19

Tracks:

1. Swedish Rhapsody
2. Delicado
3. Little Bells and Big Bells
4. Portuguese Washerwoman (Les Lavandieres du Portugal)
5. Theme from Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife)
6. Cucaracha
7. Guadalajara
8. Cuanto le Gusta
9. Granada
10. Cielito Lindo
11. Jealousy
12. Temptation
13. Begin the Beguine
14. Tara's Theme
15. Theme from "A Summer's Place"
16. Mucho Gusto
17. Besame Mucho
18. Negra
19. Altenitas (A Gay Ranchero)
20. Perfidia

Tracks:

1. Up on the Roof
2. Can't Get Used to Losing You
3. Theme for Young Lovers
4. I Will Follow Him
5. Rhythm of the Rain
6. Go Away Little Girl
7. Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil)
8. Batucada
9. Amorada (Brasileirinho)
10. Tico Tico
11. Minute Samba
12. There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
13. Release Me
14. Mary in the Morning
15. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
16. Spanish Harlem
17. No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)
18. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
19. Girl from Ipanema
20. Don't Sleep in the Subway

Tracks:

1. I Say a Little Prayer
2. Georgy Girl
3. Born Free
4. Those Were the Days
5. Both Sides Now
6. For Once in My Life
7. Let It Be
8. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
9. Michelle
10. Something
11. Eleanor Rigby
12. Yesterday
13. Fool on the Hill
14. Paso
15. Most Beautiful Girl
16. Annie's Song
17. Behind Closed Doors
18. Sundown
19. For the Good Times
20. Orange Blossom Special

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