Strictly Instrumental

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Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson trading licks--what more do you need to know? Toss in a fine solo or two from Josh Graves's Dobro, Paul Warren's fiddle, or Charlie McCoy's harmonica. Sure, the songs are the simplest of springboards and the running time is abominably low (less than 25 minutes), but it's hard to find fault when Scruggs's banjo magically rolls and Watson's flat-picking fingers fly. Both men have always shared an ability to make the impossible sound effortless and virtuosity sound elementary, and this 1966 gem is further proof of that. As the notes dart, the mood remains relaxed and intimate. --Marc Greilsamer

Strictly Instrumental,Flatt & Scruggs With Doc Watson,County Records,Banjo,Bluegrass,Country,Country & Western,Instrumental Country,Pop,Traditional Bluegrass

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Strictly Rumba The New 101 Strings Orchestra Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rhumba Cha Cha Let's Dance! : The Best Of Ballroom Foxtrots & Waltzes Fox-Trot Strictly Dancing: Waltz ASIN: B00004Y6L0 Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

1. Taboga
2. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
3. La Ultima Noche
4. Besame Mucho
5. Burbujas De Amor
6. Solamente Una Vez
7. Perfidia
8. Rompe Saraguey
9. La Media Vuelta
10. Sabras Que Te Quiero
11. Till There Was You
12. Emborrachame De Amor
13. La Pollera Colora
14. Cuando Vuelva A Tu Lado (What A Difference A Day Made)

Average customer rating: Just what I wanted Yikes!! Singing is way out of tune! Tennessee Waltz Bingo!

Strictly Slow Waltz The New 101 Strings Orchestra Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Strictly Dancing: Waltz Let's Dance! : The Best Of Ballroom Foxtrots & Waltzes Rhumba Cha Cha Fox-Trot ASIN: B00004Y6KT Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

1. Tenderly
2. Tennessee Waltz
3. Fly Me To The Moon
4. Fascination
5. Could I Have This Dance (For The Rest Of My Life)
6. Anniversary Waltz
7. You Light Up My Life
8. Vito's Waltz (The Godfather)
9. Edelweiss
10. Try To Remember
11. Always
12. Hello Young Lovers
13. So This Is Love
14. Moon River

Customer Reviews:

Just what I wanted.......2006-07-07

I ordered this CD to practice the various waltz steps. It is perfect, not too fast and a nice variety of waltzes, some vocal, all very useful in our quest to become decent ballroom dancers!

Yikes!! Singing is way out of tune!.......2006-04-06

The singing is terrible on "Fly Me To The Moon". Don't take my word for it. Listen to the free sample supplied by Amazon.com . At 16 seconds into it, when she sings "all I worship and adore", she goes almost a whole note sharp for several notes! Even someone with no musical training can hear it.

The rest of the pieces sound fine.

Tennessee Waltz.......2005-02-10

Fabulous!!! I may be a little partial to this particular song...Redd Stewart, co-writer of "Tennessee Waltz" was my dad!
Visit our tribute site to him at: www.reddstewart.com
Enjoy & please sign our guest book! (Billy Stewart)

Bingo!.......2001-06-06

This is it! If you're looking for a CD for your Waltz dances, especially for your wedding first dance. This is 'D' one! Also perfect for beginners who're learning to waltz. All songs (vocal and instrumental) are in the range of 28-30 mpm. Very easy to follow and dance to. It took me several weeks to find this CD and it's well worth the time spent.

Average customer rating: a truly gifted guitar player

Strictly Guitar Merle Travis Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Country Music's Two Guitar Greats Country Guitar Giants Hot Pickin Guitar Retrospective Corn Pickin' and Slick Slidin' ASIN: B000BJS4LW Release Date: 2005-11-22

Tracks:

1. Heart of My Heart
2. Lazy River
3. Guitar Rag
4. Dance of the Goldenrod
5. Cuddle Up a Little Closer
6. Cannon Ball Rag
7. Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me
8. Ill See You in My Dreams
9. Gotta Have My Baby Back
10. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
11. Fishers Horn Pipe

Album Description

Guitar legend Merle Travis—the man who wrote Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1955 smash "Sixteen Tons"—was a fretboard master dubbed "the most original guitarist ever" by his peers. Strictly Guitar finds Travis re-visiting classics of the '20s and '30s—the stuff he cut his teeth on—in a purely instrumental set that will intrigue and enlighten anyone searching for the headwaters of Country & Western music.

Customer Reviews:

a truly gifted guitar player.......2007-01-04

Regardless of your individual taste in music, this guy is a guitar player's guitar player. And, if one understands how all music genres form parts of one musical continuum, this is truly one of the best examples of the art form.

Average customer rating: Just average, needs more bounce!

Strictly Foxtrot & Quickstep The New 101 Strings Orchestra Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Let's Dance! : The Best Of Ballroom Foxtrots & Waltzes Fox-Trot Strictly Dancing: Waltz Rhumba Cha Cha ASIN: B00004Y6KX Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

1. La Mer (Beyond The Sea) (Foxtrot)
2. Night And Day (Foxtrot)
3. 'S Wonderful (Foxtrot)
4. Waiting For Katie (Foxtrot)
5. I Love Paris (Foxtrot)
6. Cheek To Cheek (Foxtrot)
7. The Cat (Foxtrot)
8. Somebody Loves Me (Foxtrot)
9. Dancing In The Dark (Foxtrot)
10. I'll See You In My Dreams (Foxtrot)
11. You're Just In Love (Foxtrot)
12. How Deep Is The Ocean (Foxtrot)
13. Sing, Sing Sing (Quickstep)
14. Route 66 (Quickstep)
15. Blue Skies (Quickstep)
16. He Loves And She Loves (Quickstep)

Customer Reviews:

Just average, needs more bounce!.......2007-01-27

This album needs more zip, more bounce, more fun! Foxtrot can be smooth, but it is also an opportunity to strut your stuff. None of these really strut.

Tracks 4, 5, 7, 9, & 16 are danceable, but certainly not often because they are boring.

Tracks 10 & 11 work as Foxtrots, and they almost strut.

Track 14 is the only Quickstep here I would bother with.

Hmm. Most of these titles are available elsewhere, so three stars is generous.

Average customer rating: Solid dance music 41 well recorded tracks

Strictly Ballroom Dancing Various Artists Manufacturer: Solid Gold ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Ballroom Dance | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Let's Dance! : The Best Of Ballroom Foxtrots & Waltzes Let's Dance, Vol. 5: Modern Collection (Michelle) Ballroom Dancing The World of Ballroom Hits The Fabulous Ballroom Collection ASIN: B000BFH4QC Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

1. Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
2. If I Should Fall in Love Again
3. London by Night
4. Cavatina
5. Charmaine
6. Masquerade
7. So Tired
8. I Know Why
9. Dream
10. Dance in the Old Fashioned Way
11. New York, New York
12. Ecstacy
13. Serenata
14. Mexicano
15. Tango Erotique
16. Rosita
17. Lover [Quick Step]
18. Love Come Back to Me [Quick Step]
19. Deed I Do [Quick Step]
20. Just the Way You Look Tonight [Quick Step]
21. Let's Face the Music and Dance [Quick Step]

Tracks:

1. Tea for Two
2. You Turned the Tables on Me
3. What a Difference a Day Makes
4. I Talk to the Trees
5. It's in His Kiss
6. Cucaracha
7. Tico Tico
8. Get Me to the Church on Time
9. Copacabana (At the Copa)
10. Fools Ruch In
11. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
12. If Ever I Would Leave You
13. Stranger in Paradise
14. Come Closer to Me
15. Begin the Beguine
16. Pennsylvania 6500/Tuxedo Junction (Jive)
17. Near You (Jive)
18. Trumpet Blues/Take the a Train (Jive)
19. Have I the Right/Green Door (Jive) - Raymond Chuchuk
20. Chattanooga Choo Choo

Customer Reviews:

Solid dance music.......2007-05-12

I like all the tracks except for the tangos. They are too fast for my taste, but the sound quality is excellent for all.

41 well recorded tracks.......2007-04-12

All of the tracks are played by the Dennis Hayward Orchestra. If you like the Columbia Ballroom Orchestra, or the Swiss Ballroom Orchestra, buy this double album! There are 41 well recorded instrumental tracks with carefully measured tempos. You will enjoy practicing to this music and for just 30 cents a tune!

There is a full orchestral sound in the waltzes and foxtrots on the first disc. The quicksteps are exceptional and they make me want to dance. Disc two is better than the first. It makes good use of brass and woodwind solos, and the Latin percussion is well done. The rumbas are especially good. Let's hope there is a volume two.

Here are the titles, durations, and suggested dance for each track:

Disc One
Dancing with tears in my eyes 3:29, Waltz
If I should fall in love again 3:28, Waltz
London by night 3:30, Waltz
Cavatina 3:32, Waltz
Charmaine 3:32, Waltz
Masquerade 3:29, Waltz
So tired 2:54, Foxtrot
I know why 2:56, Foxtrot
Dream 2:55, Foxtrot
Dance in the old fashioned way 2:54, Foxtrot
New York New York 2:54, Foxtrot
Ecstacy 3:07, Tango
Serenata 3:08, Tango
Mexicano 2:38, Tango
Tango erotique 3:07, Tango
Rosita, La 2:37, Tango
Lover 2:05, Quickstep
Lover come back to me 2:05, Quickstep
Deed I do 2:05, Quickstep
Just the way you look tonight 2:06, Quickstep
Let's face the music and dance 2:03, Quickstep

Disc Two
Tea for two 2:54, Cha cha
You turned the tables on me 2:53, Cha cha
What a difference a day makes 2:51, Cha cha
I talk to trees 2:52, Cha cha
It's in his kiss 2:52, Cha cha
Cucaracha, La 2:55, Cha cha
Tico Tico 2:26, Samba
Get me to the church on time 2:04, Samba
Copacabana 2:25, Samba
Fools rush in 3:25, Rumba
Bewitched, bothered & bewildered 3:26, Rumba
If ever I would leave you 3:28, Rumba
Stranger in paradise 3:27, Rumba
Come closer to me 4:06, Rumba
Begin the beguine 4:43, Rumba
Pennsylvania 65000 / Tuxedo Junction 1:18, Jive
Near you 2:39, Jive
Trumpet blues / Take the a train 1:44, Jive
Have I the right / Green door 2:35, Jive
Chattanooga choo choo 2:33, Jive

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Strictly Cha Cha The New 101 Strings Orchestra Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cha Cha Rhumba Let's Dance! : The Best Of Ballroom Foxtrots & Waltzes Strictly Dancing: Waltz Fox-Trot ASIN: B00004Y6KZ Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

1. Obsesion
2. Almendra
3. El Pollo De Carlitos
4. Casate Y Veras
5. Frenesi
6. Los Marcianos
7. Makin' Whoopee
8. Cachita
9. Sabor A Mi
10. Piel Canela
11. Noche De Ronda
12. Vereda Tropical
13. El Raton
14. Recordando A Mama Ines

Average customer rating: Flat Picking At Its Best A must for bluegrass lovers.

Strictly Instrumental Flatt & Scruggs With Doc Watson Manufacturer: County Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: Foggy Mountain Banjo Foggy Mountain Breakdown: 16 Bluegrass Instrumental Hits Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998 Bluegrass Breakdown: 14 Instrumentals "Dueling Banjos" From The Original Soundtrack: Deliverance ASIN: B0000012E5 Release Date: 1995-08-22

Tracks:

1. Pick Along
2. Nothing To It
3. Evelina
4. Jazzing
5. Liberty
6. Tammy's Song
7. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man
8. Lonesome Ruben
9. Spanish Two-Step
10. Careless Love
11. Bill Cheatham

Amazon.com

Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson trading licks--what more do you need to know? Toss in a fine solo or two from Josh Graves's Dobro, Paul Warren's fiddle, or Charlie McCoy's harmonica. Sure, the songs are the simplest of springboards and the running time is abominably low (less than 25 minutes), but it's hard to find fault when Scruggs's banjo magically rolls and Watson's flat-picking fingers fly. Both men have always shared an ability to make the impossible sound effortless and virtuosity sound elementary, and this 1966 gem is further proof of that. As the notes dart, the mood remains relaxed and intimate. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Flat Picking At Its Best.......2000-07-22

This is an example of guitar flat picking at its best. With Flatt, Scruggs, and the addition of Doc Watson's genius, there is no way this CD could be anything but fantastic - and it delivers as you might expect...If I had to pick one bluegrass CD on the merit of instrument playing alone - this would unquestionably be it. The only downside is there is less than 30 minutes of music - I wish the trio had cut twice as many selections...

A must for bluegrass lovers........1998-06-22

A must for lovers of bluegrass guitar and banjo pickin' by three of America's greatest musicians. Some classic stuff and, thankfully, some pieces I'd never heard. Very high quality recording. Unfortunately, there's only 11 cuts and I could listen for hours.

Average customer rating: Great Dance Music!

Strictly Viennese Waltz The New 101 Strings Orchestra Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gold Star Ballroom: Viennese Waltz Favorite Waltzes Fox-Trot Strictly Dancing: Tango Strictly Dancing: Waltz ASIN: B00004Y6KS Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

1. Tales From The Vienna Woods
2. You And You
3. The Blue Danube
4. The Queen's Laced Handkerchief Waltz
5. Vienna Life
6. Vienna Ladies
7. Morning Journals
8. Voices Of Spring
9. Emperor Waltz
10. 1001 Nights Waltz
11. Artist's Life
12. Roses From The South
13. Wine, Women And Song
14. Vienna Bon Bons

Customer Reviews:

Great Dance Music!.......2004-08-09

I have thoroughly enjoyed this CD. All pieces are performed at 54 measures per minute; playing time is between 2 and 2.5 minutes on average, the longest being 3 mins 19 secs. A few pieces have very brief introductory measures. The orchestration is also pleasant to listen to. The only reason I did not give this album 5 stars is that I have heard more sophisticated orchestrations [but at least 5 times the price].

Average customer rating: Strictly Swing and Jive

Strictly Swing & Jive The New 101 Strings Orchestra Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Let's Dance! : The Best Of Ballroom Foxtrots & Waltzes Strictly Dancing: Waltz Cha Cha Strictly Dancing: Tango Fox-Trot ASIN: B00004Y6KU Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

1. Zoot Suit Riot
2. In The Mood
3. All Of Me
4. Tuxedo Junction
5. Just A Gigolo/Ain't Got Nobody
6. Begin The Beguine
7. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
8. Why Was I Born
9. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
10. Pennsylvania 6-5000
11. Chattanooga Choo Choo
12. More Than You Know
13. Take The 'A' Train
14. Jump, Jive And Wail

Customer Reviews:

Strictly Swing and Jive.......2007-03-10

This CD is not what I expected. I thought it is one with fast pace swing dance music. Well, for those of you out there who wanted to get a CD, you need to try playing it first before placing an order.

Average customer rating: Outstanding! Don Reno is the man

Strictly Instrumental: The Best of 16 Rural Rhythm Don Reno , and Red Smiley Manufacturer: Rural Rhythm 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 General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Folk | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 20 Bluegrass Originals Founding Father of the Bluegrass Banjo Pioneer Of The Bluegrass Banjo Together Again 31 Banjo Favorites, Vol. 1 ASIN: B0001ENXV8 Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

1. Dill Pickle Rag - Don Reno
2. Lee Highway Blues - Don Reno
3. Dear Old Dixie - Red Smiley
4. Whiskey Before Breakfast - Red Smiley
5. I Don't Love Nobody - Don Reno
6. Whistlin' Rufus - Red Smiley
7. Silver Bells - Red Smiley
8. Kansas City Railroad Blues - Don Reno
9. Black Eyed Susan - Red Smiley
10. Lost Indian - Red Smiley
11. Under The Double Eagle - Don Reno
12. Katy Hill - Red Smiley
13. Salt Creek - Red Smiley
14. Limehouse Blues - Don Reno
15. Big Sandy - Red Smiley
16. Kingdom Coming - Don Reno

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding!.......2007-02-13

I'm no bluegrass expert, but this album is smokin' in my opinion! Though it is on the short side, the musicians are outstanding on this one and it is well worth the price. The lack of vocals makes you concentrate on the music, and it is some of the best I've heard to date. An album doesn't have to be modern to be good!

Don Reno is the man.......2004-07-19

Don Reno proves that he is the man on this CD. The tracks are a collection of instrumentals recorded between 1954 and 1964 but they still sound very fresh today. If you like Scruggs style banjo pickin you will love this CD.

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