The Complete Columbia & Monument Hits

Product Description:
Full title - The Complete Columbia & Monument Hits. This is the first serious anthology to examine this missing chapter in the career of one of Nashville's great singers. Offering every hit, most of which have never been on CD, along with notes and pictures. Collectors' Choice Music. 2002.

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Average customer rating: The Definitive "Firebird"!! Essential Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Firebird-Complete/Scherzo/Firework I. Stravinsky , and Columbia Symphony Orchestra Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Petrouchka/ Le Sacre du Printemps Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms/Symphony in 3 Movements Stravinsky: Three Greek Ballets (Apollo, Agon, Orpheus) The Firebird in Full Score (Original 1910 Version) Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring, Fireworks, Petrouchka / Ozawa, Tilson Thomas, Chicago Symphony ASIN: B0000026GI Release Date: 1990-10-25

Customer Reviews:

The Definitive "Firebird"!!.......2004-06-28

There are numerous recordings available of Igor Stravinsky's ballet masterwork "The Firebird" however, the 1961 "Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky" recording available on this disc is one that eclipses all other versions. The recording was performed by The Columbia Symphony and is presented in its complete length of nearly 43-minutes (most other recordings present "The Firebird" in a suite lasting only 25-minutes). The performance under Stravinsky's baton is nothing short of breathtaking. The piece's dynamics, shifting rhythms and unprecidented beauty are all clearly defined and wonderfully executed.
Also included on the disc are two Scherzo pieces ("Scherzo a la Russe" and "Scherzo Fantastique Op.3") along with a recording of "Fireworks", a piece composed for the wedding of the daughter of Stravinsky's friend and teacher Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. These three shorter works also include Stravinsky's signature rhythms and dynamic orchestrations (especially in the "Scherzo Fantastique" which echoes "The Firebird" in some spots).
This is a fantastic CD of some of Stravinsky's finest work conducted by the composer himself. Hearing Stravinsky conduct his own work brings a certain authenticity to the music. You hear exactly the way the composer wishes the music to be executed.
If you enjoy this, pick the other two discs in the "Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky" series ("Petrushka/The Rite Of Spring" and "Symphony of Psalms/Symphony in C/Symphony in Three Movements"). These recordings are just as refreshing and exciting as "The Firebird".

Essential Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky.......2003-07-28

Unfortunately, we will never get to hear Bach play the organ, or Mozart the piano, or Beethoven conduct the 5th Symphony. But thanks to the advent of recording technology, we have been able to hear the great composers of the 20th Century play and conduct their own work. Sadly, recordings of the likes of Elgar, Strauss and Rachmaninov are all in early mono, but there are several brilliant stereo recordings available by Copland and Stravinsky. These recordings of "Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky" were made for CBS in the early 1960s, and along with two other discs (featuring the Rite of Spring with Petrushka, and the other one the Symphonies), are absolutely essential for serious fans of classical music. Often composers were not the best conductors of their own work (their expertise was first and foremost in composing), but they are nonetheless a vital document of their creative and versatile talents. For serious Stravinsky fans I would recommend getting both the Decca Stravinsky Box Set conducted by Ernest Ansermet (see my review), and the three CBS Masterworks titles of "Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky." That way you can compare and contrast, and determine for yourself whether Stravinsky himself was truly the best conductor of Stravinsky.

Average customer rating: Excellent CD...hear the singles as they were supposed to sound!

Complete EMI Columbia Singles Collection Shirley Bassey Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Four Decades of Song Nobody Does It Like Me/Love, Life and Feelings Finest Collection I've Got a Song for You: And We Were Lovers Shirley Bassey - The Greatest Hits ASIN: B000F3A7BO Release Date: 2006-05-08

Tracks:

1. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
2. Bill
3. If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
4. Count On Me
5. With These Hands
6. The Party's Over
7. As Long As He Needs me
8. So In Love
9. You'll Never Know
10. Hold Me Tight
11. Reach For The Stars
12. Climb Ev'ry Mountain
13. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
14. Who Are We?
15. Angel D'Amore
16. Where Shall I Find Him
17. In Might As Well Be Spring
18. Tonight
19. Let's Start All Over Again
20. Ave Maria
21. You'll Never Walk Alone
22. Far Away
23. My Faith
24. What Now My Love
25. Above All Others

Tracks:

1. What Kind Of Fool Am I?
2. Till
3. I (Who Have Nothing)
4. How Can You Tell?
5. In Other Words (Fly Me To The Moon)
6. Just One Of Those Things
7. It's Magic
8. The Song Is You
9. My Special Dream
10. You
11. Gone
12. Your Love
13. Who Can I Turn To
14. To Be Loved By A Man
15. Goldfinger
16. Strange How Love Can Be
17. Now
18. How Can You Believe?
19. No Regrets (No Je Ne Regrette Rien)
20. Seesaw Of Dreams
21. It's Yourself
22. Secrets
23. The Liquidator
24. My Liquidator
25. Sunshine

Album Description

Import only 50-track double-disc collection at a great price! This new collection brings together all of the A & B sides that Shirley Bassey recorded for Columbia Records between 1959 and 1966. The tracks appear in their original mono form, with 49 out of 50 on CD in mono for the first time. EMI. 2006.

Album Details

2006 Digitally Remastered Anthology of Dame Shirley's Great Singles (Both a and B Sides) that were Recorded for Both the EMI and Columbia Labels Between 1959 and 1966. All Tracks Are the Original Monoaural Mixes. The Only Track from the 50 Included Here that Has Appeared on CD in Mono Before Now is "Goldfinger", the Other 49 Mono Versions Are Previously Unreleased on Compact Disc.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent CD...hear the singles as they were supposed to sound!.......2006-10-10

This is an excellent collection of 50 tracks!. The singles are released in their original mono sound...so we can hear them as they were supposed to sound...and they sound better than any stereo enhanced versions that are around!. This 2CD set is a must for all Bassey fans and also of fans of great singers singing great songs! The songs are all listed chronologically and the CDs come with a well written and picture packed insert booklet.

Average customer rating: Sonny James is now in the Hall of fame!! Ron Pruitt the complete columbia & monument hits 70's and 80's recordings

Complete Columbia & Monument Hits Sonny James Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Young Love: The Classic Hits of Sonny James The Best of David Houston The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young Golden Classics Sonny James - Greatest Hits ASIN: B00006BCNX Release Date: 2002-09-10

Tracks:

1. When The Snow Is On The Roses
2. White Silver Sands
3. I Love You More And More Everyday
4. If She Just Helps Me Get Over You
5. Is It Wrong (For Loving You)
6. A Mi Esposa Con Amor (To My Wife With Love)
7. A Little Bit South Of Saskatoon
8. Little Band Of Gold
9. What In The World's Come Over You
10. Eres Tu (Touch The Wind)
11. The Prisoner's Song
12. Back In The Saddle Again
13. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
14. Come On In
15. You're Free To Go
16. In The Jailhouse Now
17. Abilene
18. This Is The Love
19. Carribean
20. Building Memories
21. Hold What You've Got
22. Lorelei

Album Description

Full title - The Complete Columbia & Monument Hits. This is the first serious anthology to examine this missing chapter in the career of one of Nashville's great singers. Offering every hit, most of which have never been on CD, along with notes and pictures. Collectors' Choice Music. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Sonny James is now in the Hall of fame!!.......2007-01-11

I wanted Sonny's music before he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He was always on my stereo during the 60's and then I kind of lost him. Now he is back.

Ron Pruitt.......2005-09-30

It is getting harder to find real country music these days; it is refreshing to be able to here what the genre should sound like or at least resemble. This is well mastered and a treat to listen to. If you like Sonny's music this is a must.

the complete columbia & monument hits.......2005-08-14

I was looking for some of the "oldies" and these are great!
Brings back lots of good memories

70's and 80's recordings.......2003-10-03

The southern gentlemen Sonny James was a major hitmaker in the 50's thru the early 80's. This collection begins in 1972 when Sonny left Capitol for Columbia. Sonny had a long string of hits for the label in the 70's and then went to Monument with moderate chart sucsess. This collection is very good but not as good as his vintage Capitol recordings. Collector's Choice music is excellent in providing collectors with music they want but can't find elsewhere. Sonny James should be in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Average customer rating: More Today Than Yesterday ?Yes!!

More Today Than Yesterday: Complete Columbia Recordings Spiral Starecase Manufacturer: Taragon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Baroque Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Classic Rock | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rhythm of the Rain Mercy, Mercy, Mercy: A Collection The Very Best Of The Foundations Capitol Collectors Series: The Outsiders The First Family of Soul: The Best of the Five Stairsteps ASIN: B000089YB8 Release Date: 2003-04-01

Tracks:

1. Makin' My Mind Up
2. Baby What I Mean
3. Inside, Outside, Upside Down
4. I'll Run
5. Love's The Only Answer
6. More Today Than Yesterday
7. Broken-hearted Man
8. Good Morning New Day
9. The Thought Of Loving You
10. Proud Mary
11. Our Day Will Come
12. For Once In My Life
13. This Guy's In Love With You
14. Since I Don't Have You
15. No One For Me To Turn To
16. Sweet Little Thing
17. Judas To The Love We Knew
18. Get Ready
19. I'll Always Have You
20. She's Ready
21. Walk On By
22. My Cherie Amour
23. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
24. Hold The Sun Back
25. A Lifetime Of Love

Customer Reviews:

More Today Than Yesterday ?Yes!!.......2006-12-24

This an excellent collection for people who enjoy good ,happy, sing along songs.It just baffles my mind that bands like The Monkees, Grand Funk, and others get ridiculed so badly."More Today Than Yesterday" is just an awesome song.How can anyone not smile when they hear it?It's like being unamerican or something of that nature.Pat Upton is a great singer and the band is no slouch either.All the songs are great(Listen to "Get Ready" and you should be convinced)and "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" is just so appealing.If you don't believe me just take a moment and listen.You won't be disappointed.Highly reccomended!!!!!!!

Average customer rating: Must have. ARGUABLY THE MOST INTERESTING PERIOD OF MILES' CAREER 5 Stars for the music, 3 for the box From Here You Can Listen For Miles One of the all-time best Miles Davis box sets

The Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68: The Complete Columbia Studio Miles Davis , Wayne Shorter , Herbie Hancock , Ron Carter , and Tony Williams Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Box Sets | Stores | Music R&B & Soul | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Complete Columbia Recordings: Miles Davis & John Coltrane The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (August 1969-February 1970) The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1964 ASIN: B0002199HM Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

1. E.S.P. - Miles Davis
2. R.J.
3. Eighty-One - Miles Davis
4. Little One
5. Iris
6. Agitation
7. Mood - Miles Davis
8. Circle
9. Orbits
10. Dolores
11. Freedom Jazz Dance

Tracks:

1. Gingerbread Boy
2. Footprints
3. Limbo
4. Limbo
5. Vonetta
6. Masqualero
7. Masqualero
8. Sorcerer
9. Prince of Darkness
10. Pee Wee
11. Water Babies

Tracks:

1. Nefertiti
2. Capricorn
3. Madness
4. Hand Jive
5. Hand Jive
6. Hand Jive
7. Madness
8. Madness
9. Sweet Pea
10. Fall
11. Pinocchio

Tracks:

1. Pinocchio
2. Riot
3. Thisness
4. Circle in the Round
5. Water on the Pond
6. Fun
7. Teo's Bag
8. Teo's Bag

Tracks:

1. Paraphernalia
2. I Have a Dream
3. Speak Like a Child
4. Sanctuary
5. Side Car I
6. Side Car II
7. Country Son
8. Country Son
9. Black Comedy

Tracks:

1. Black Comedy
2. Stuff
3. Petits Machins (Little Stuff)
4. Tout de Suite
5. Tout de Suite
6. Filles de Kilimanjaro

Customer Reviews:

Must have. .......2007-04-05

Some call it transitional music. Everything Miles did was transitional.
What a great band. Everyone soars, great Wayne, Herbie's touch, Ron's the center, Tony's the key, Miles... just funks up my bag.

ARGUABLY THE MOST INTERESTING PERIOD OF MILES' CAREER.......2006-03-18

This remarkable box set focuses on a period of Miles Davis' career that many jazz neophytes tend to overlook. A great deal of attention is spent on Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain and Bitches Brew - all deservedly so - but each of them represent only a portion of Davis' musical scope. Of all the stylistic changes that Miles Davis undertook, few had been as adventurous and rewarding as the work he created with his second `classic' quintet lineup, featuring Wayne Shorter on saxophone, Herbie Hancock on keyboard, Ron Carter on bass and the explosive Tony Williams on drums.
Unlike the most popular works of Miles Davis, this is not easy listening music, not by any means. The music created by this quintet is challenging and demanding, which is precisely why it is so extraordinary. Repeated listening continues to pay dividends, in spades. Difficult, angular arrangements constantly veer off into ingenious, mind-boggling directions. Following the supple movements of this rhythm section is about as difficult as chasing a kitten, but soloists Davis and Shorter (and Hancock, too, who is a major component of the rhythm section and a startling soloist as well) never seem to lose their footing. It is jazz music as an intricate game of prodding and suggestion, able to go in virtually any direction, with all five members listening to each other with an intensity that most musicians could only aspire to.

5 Stars for the music, 3 for the box.......2006-02-27

Although I am a huge Miles Davis fan (His Autobiography is essential reading), I was hesitant to make such a lump-sum investment in this boxed set, even at $70.00 for the 2004 re-issue. However, after reading most of the reviews here and listening to sound bites, I decided to pick it up. I have mixed emotions about my purchase.

First of all, the music is astounding! I concur with most of the other reviews regarding the music, and have nothing to add except to emphasize that every jazz fan MUST own these historical recordings. I honestly can't believe I have been on this earth for three decades, a jazz fan for one, and never owned this music before.

On the other hand, I was disappointed in the packaging. Yes, Todd Coolman's essay, "The Quintet" is revealing and informative, and the packaging has some rare photos that are fantastic additions. However, notably absent are the liner notes and artwork of the original album releases from which these six discs derive most of their material! I was planning to savor the original album art of "E.S.P.", "Miles Smiles", "Sorcerer", "Nefertiti", "Water Babies", "Miles in the Sky", and "Filles de Kilimanjaro", and to read what was written about the musicians and music on these albums when they were released. So, I was disappointed that this classic jazz was not accompanied by these historic visual representations of the music.

Still, the music itself is worth any price. The alternate takes and previously unissued tracks are great, and I personally enjoyed the chronological arrangement of the music. This boxed set is highly recommended and essential if this is how you plan to purchase this music. However, if you want the rest of the history surrounding these recordings, I suggest picking up the individual albums.

From Here You Can Listen For Miles.......2006-02-02

I bought this handsome 6-CD retrospective because I wanted to dig into the birth of fusion, and Miles Davis gets the credit. The booklet is excellent, very informative. I knew that it covered the Miles Davis Quintet from 1965-68, and that the material from many landmark albums was included. (E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, and Miles In The Sky). Dollar for dollar, that's a very efficient buy - each CD is over 70 minutes long. The material makes good on the promise, it reaches from traditional jazz all the way through to pre-Silent Way, Brew long jams. Really fascinating, diverse, beautiful, and thoroughly listenable music. The Davis Quintet creates its own atmosphere, almost its own vocabulary.

As I played one CD after another, I became happier and happier about buying 6 Miles Davis CDs. But I realized something rather obvious that I had overlooked. This was an all-star quintet. I had also purchased 6 Tony Williams CDs, and he has never sounded better. Same for Herbie Hancock, who, at the time, was something of an enfant terrible. Same for Wayne Shorter who simply smokes like a southbound train. Same for Ron Carter who had the nice habit of quietly turning up on just about every jazz record worth listening to in those days. I read recently that Davis wasn't a technical virtuoso and I guess that's true. But he had a genius for picking talent and he was certainly a visionary. This superb collection showcases some of the most interesting and pivotal music of its day. Wonderful.

One of the all-time best Miles Davis box sets.......2005-06-04

"Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-1968" features nothing less than some of Miles' best music. This box set showcases many of Davis' most innovative albums including "E.S.P.," "Miles Smiles," "Sorcerer," "Nefertiti" and "Miles in the Sky." While the music leans towards psychedelia and the impending fusion movement, this is still jazz by any stretch of the imagination. The mood is cool, intelligent and laid back. While the box set documents the inevitable introduction of electric instruments, it is a gentle preamble. The electric piano is a mere suggestion and the plugged in guitar seems light years away from squealing Jimi Hendrix type power chords. While [...] Brew would eventually pass the point of no return, these six discs suggest mind expansion, but never cross the line. With this 2004 reissue, the listener gets the same music as on the original box set release but for about $30.00 less. Considering that this reissue also comes with a handsome full-color booklet, it is a mystery as to why anyone would pay an additional thirty dollars for the original. The Amazon description claims that this contains additional tracks. While this has tracks not found on the 60's releases, this reissue has the same music found on the 1998 box set. If you've always wanted Miles' 'light trip' music in one place, the "Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-1968" is the perfect box set.

Average customer rating: early stanley brothers SWEET BODY AND SOUL SETTLEIN MUSIC This is the Stanley Brothers to get first composer note Carter's song.

The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers The Stanley Brothers Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | 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 Similar Items: The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys: The Complete Mercury Recordings The Complete Mercury Recordings Earliest Recordings: Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s (1947-1952) The Essential Flatt & Scruggs: 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered The Music of Bill Monroe ASIN: B00000294U Release Date: 1996-03-12

Tracks:

1. A Vision Of Mother
2. The White Dove
3. Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
4. Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight)
5. It's Never Too Late To Start Over
6. Have You Someone (In Heaven Waiting)
7. Little Glass Of Wine
8. Let Me Be Your Friend
9. We'll Be Sweethearts In Heaven
10. I Love No One But You
11. Too Late To Cry
12. The Old Home
13. The Drunkard's Hell
14. The Fields Have Turned Brown
15. Hey! Hey! Hey!
16. The Lonesome River
17. I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow
18. Pretty Polly
19. A Life Of Sorrow
20. Sweetest Love
21. The Wandering Boy
22. Let's Part The Best Of Friends

Amazon.com essential recording

It is interesting to note that, despite the mature and sober themes, the Stanley Brothers were relatively young men at the time of these 22 triumphs. When they signed with Columbia in the fall of 1947, lead vocalist Carter was 23 and tenor vocalist and banjo player Ralph was 21. Though Monroe, Flatt, and Scruggs were spearheading the bluegrass movement with fiery licks, the Stanleys looked to older mountain music for their inspiration. Using traditional Appalachian folk forms, the Stanleys created an original and memorable songbook filled with poignant songs of mother, God, murder, and death. With piercing, mournful harmonies (sung by Ralph and mandolinist Pee Wee Lambert), songs such as "A Vision of Mother," "The White Dove," "The Drunkard's Hell," "The Fields Have Turned Brown," "The Lonesome River," and "A Life of Sorrow" remain potent, genre-defining statements. Even when the tempos are jaunty--as on classics such as "Little Glass of Wine," "Man of Constant Sorrow," and the banjo-fueled "Pretty Polly"--the subjects are deep and dark. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

early stanley brothers.......2006-11-10

it's original early bluegrass and it's "complete." not rip-roaring like bill monroe and flatt and scruggs but easily more powerful. must own for anybody who calls themselves a bluegrass fan.

SWEET BODY AND SOUL SETTLEIN MUSIC.......2006-05-22

This is the kind of music that sooths your soul.I go to sleep listenin to this CD often.

This is the Stanley Brothers to get first.......2006-03-20

And if you're new to the genre, perhaps the bluegrass CD period to get first. With the exception of the Carter family, I've never heard harmonies that sound this absolutely inspired and otherworldly. And like the Carter family, these songs succintly concern similar thematic territory: parent's dying, a better life in heaven, lost love. The bluegrass played by the Stanley Brothers looks directly to the mountain music of the Appalachian Mountains for inspiration, which they mixed with the contemporary (at the time) edge of the Bill Monroe that defined the bluegrass genre. There is so much depth and real life experience that easily comes through in these songs. This is music that will be listened to forever. I doubt that the feeling that these musicians so easily put forth could be successfully copied or reproduced by anyone with anything that approach the warmth and emotion of these recordings.

I'm not quite sure if any CD release of the same material matches this compilation (recording between 1949 - 1952) in terms of sound quality. And if sound quality is concern, these mono recordings sound as rich and flawless as just about anything recorded at the time (there is some unobtrusive crackling sounds), and I assume that Columbia Records has worked hard to skillfully remaster this music of the Stanley Brothers at their prime.

composer note.......2005-06-22

To those who think Carter wrote "Man of Constant Sorrow", he didn't. As far as can be ascertained, it was originally an Appalachian mountain song of unknown origin. Richard Burnett, a blind singer/banjoist/fiddler from Monticello, Kentucky (home of many bluegrass greats), wrote the lyrics we know today, and called it "Farewell Song". It is thought that this version was copyrighted, or just written, about 1913, dating it from the year when Burnett was blinded, about 1907 (see the lyrics). Subsequent versions by Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, Carter Stanley, etc., have been copyrighted with slightly changed lyrics, but all are based on Richard Burnett's version.

It's a fascinating story. Burnett recorded with a guy called Rutherford. I am presently searching for a copy of Burnett singing the song. Wish me luck!

Carter's song........2003-04-24

I know that carter wrote man of constant sorrow
but I never heard him sing it. other than to help
out on the chorus. I know he wrote the song for
Ralph. it has to be just a sample of what Carter
was capable of writing and Ralph's voice out shines
any soul singer I have ever heared.
I grew up in dickenson county about five miles from
Carter and Ralph so they have been my heros since
the late fortys. as far as I'm concerned Carter
Stanley was and still is the greatest (singer)that
ever lived bar none.

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Dead Skunk: The Complete Columbia Collection Loudon Wainwright III Manufacturer: Acadia Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up T Shirt/Final Exam Album I Career Moves ASIN: B000RB6UVU Release Date: 2007-07-02

Tracks:

1. Dead Skunk
2. Red Guitar
3. East Indian Princess
4. Muse Blues
5. Hometown Crowd
6. B.Side
7. Needless To Say
8. Smokey Joe's Cafe
9. New Paint
10. Trilogy (Circa 1967)
11. Drinking Song
12. Say That You Love Me
13. Swimming Song
14. A.M. World
15. Bell-Bottom Pants
16. Liza
17. I Am The Way
18. Clockwork Charteuse
19. Down Drinking At The Bar
20. Man Who Couldn't Cry
21. Come It Long Way
22. Nocturnal Stumblebutt
23. Dilated To Meet You
24. Lullaby
25. Sweet Nothings
26. Lowly Tourist
27. Kings And Queens
28. Kick In The Head
29. Whatever Happened To Us
30. Crime Of Passion
31. Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
32. On The Rocks
33. Guru
34. Mr. Guilty
35. Untitled
36. Unrequitted To The Nth Degree
37. Old Friend
38. Rufus Is A Tit Man

Album Description

2007 two CD set featuring Loudon's three albums recorded for Columbia. After two albums with Atlantic, Loudon signed with Columbia and released his third album in 1972, curiously titled 3, which featured his only Top 40 hit, 'Dead Skunk'. The album Attempted Moustache followed in 1973 and the half live Unrequited in 1975, which ended Loudon's association with CBS. Acadia.

Album Details

2007 Digitally Remastered Issue of the Great Authentic American Singer/Songwriter's Three Albums Recorded for Columbia Records in the Early 1970's Compiled to a Double CD Set. "Album Iii" from 1972 Yielded Wainwright with his Only Top 40 Hit Single, the Novelty Song "Dead Skunk", Produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye and Engineered by Brooks Arthur. "Attempted Moustache" Followed in 1973, Produced by Bob Johnston. The Self-produced, Half Live "Unrequited" from 1975 Capped Wainwright's Tenure on the Label and features "Rufus is a Tit Man".

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Second Chance: The Complete Barry! and Columbia Recordings Thelma Jones Manufacturer: Kent UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Fine Time!: The Southside of Soul Street The Leiber & Stoller Story, Volume 3: 1962-1969 Birth of Soul, Volume 4 Troubled Waters - Deep Soul From the Deep South The Pomus & Shuman Story: Double Trouble 1956-1967 ASIN: B000P0JQ46 Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

1. Stronger
2. Never Leave Me
3. Gotta Find A Way
4. Oh - Oh, Here Comes The Heartbreak
5. Souvenirs Of A Heartbreak (Previously Unissued Alternate Take Of Barry 1018)
6. I Won't Give Up My Man (Previously Unissued Alternate Take Of Barry 1018)
7. The House That Jack Built
8. Give It To Me Straight
9. Second Chance
10. Mr. Fix-It
11. Salty Tears
12. You're The Song (That I Can't Stop Singing)
13. I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Ove
14. Love, Look What You Got Me Into
15. Lonely, Enough To Try Anything
16. I Want What You Want
17. I Second That Emotion
18. I Can Dream
19. Now That We Found Love
20. Angel Of The Morning
21. How Long
22. Stay A While With Me

Album Description

Cult 60s/70s soul heroine Thelma Jones has recently made an acclaimed singing comeback, after more than a quarter of a century of audio silence. In celebration of her upcoming UK `live' debut, Kent has compiled - for the first time anywhere - her complete 1960s recordings for the Barry! label, and all of her issued 1970s Columbia masters. Collectively, these comprise Ms Jones' entire catalogue prior to her recent comeback.

"Second Chance" offers full proof that all that prevented Thelma Jones from becoming a full fledged Soul superstar was bad luck. Just as her record `The House That Jack Built' was shaping up to be massive in 1968, Aretha Franklin covered it and had the hit that should have been Thelma's. Despite having a radio hit with the well-remembered `Salty Tears' in 1976, she found herself swimming against the tide of Disco and was unable to place any of her Columbia recordings on the charts. But what Thelma lacked in chart presence she more than made up for in soul - and here's all the proof you will ever need of that.

Writers and producers here that will excite all true soul fans include Sam Dees, Teddy Randazzo, Robert Banks, Bert De Coteaux and many more top-tier talents who were only too happy to bring something to the table for Thelma Jones.

Album Description

Second Chance offers full proof that all that prevented Thelma Jones from becoming a full fledged Soul superstar was bad luck. Just as her record The House That Jack Built was shaping up to be massive in 1968, Aretha Franklin covered it and had the hit that should have been Thelma's. Despite having a radio hit with the well-remembered 'Salty Tears' in 1976, she found herself swimming against the tide of Disco and was unable to place any of her Columbia recordings on the charts. But what Thelma lacked in chart presence she more than made up for in soul - and here's all the proof you will ever need of that. Writers and producers here that will excite all true soul fans include Sam Dees, Teddy Randazzo, Robert Banks, Bert De Coteaux and many more top-tier talents who were only too happy to bring something to the table for Thelma Jones.

Average customer rating: Not for everyone, but great for its target audience

The Complete Columbia Recordings: Miles Davis & John Coltrane Miles Davis , and John Coltrane Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68: The Complete Columbia Studio The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1964 COLTRANE The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings ASIN: B00020W0YM Release Date: 2004-05-04

Tracks:

1. Two Bass Hit
2. Two Bass Hit
3. Ah-Leu-Cha
4. Ah-Leu-Cha
5. Ah-Leu-Cha
6. Little Melonae
7. Budo
8. Budo
9. Dear Old Stockholm
10. Bye Bye Blackbird
11. Bye Bye Blackbird
12. Tadd's Delight
13. Tadd's Delight

Tracks:

1. Dear Old Stockholm
2. All of You
3. All of You
4. Sweet Sue, Just You
5. Sweet Sue, Just You [False Start with Discussion]
6. Sweet Sue, Just You
7. Sweet Sue, Just You
8. Miles Davis Comments
9. 'Round Midnight
10. Two Bass Hit
11. Two Bass Hit
12. Billy Boy
13. Straight, No Chaser

Tracks:

1. Straight, No Chaser
2. Milestones
3. Milestones
4. Sid's Ahead
5. Little Melonae
6. Dr. Jackle
7. On Green Dolphin Street
8. Fran-Dance
9. Fran-Dance
10. Stella by Starlight

Tracks:

1. Love for Sale
2. Freddie Freeloader
3. Freddie Freeloader
4. So What
5. Blue in Green
6. Flamenco Sketches
7. Miles Davis Comments
8. Flamenco Sketches
9. All Blues

Tracks:

1. Someday My Prince Will Come
2. Teo
3. Introduction by Willis Conover - John Coltrane, Willis Conover, Miles Davis
4. Ah-Leu-Cha
5. Straight, No Chaser
6. Fran-Dance
7. Two Bass Hit
8. Bye Bye Blackbird
9. Theme

Tracks:

1. If I Were a Bell
2. Oleo
3. My Funny Valentine
4. Straight, No Chaser

Customer Reviews:

Not for everyone, but great for its target audience.......2006-09-26

Who should buy this set? Well first of all anyone interested in Miles Davis or John Coltrane and especially their interplay together will probably be interested, but this set seems to have been made for the completist or armchair jazz scholar. This is more of a personal library piece, to be treated as such rather than an introduction or overview of these two jazz "giants". This set covers Miles Davis' work with John Coltrane during Miles' time with Columbia Records. The albums that this would entail are:
'Round About Midnight
Milestones
Miles At Newport
Kind Of Blue
Someday My Prince Will Come
As well as many alternate takes and live recordings not found on these albums.
So you may have heard that Kind Of Blue is a great starting point for jazz. This colletion comprises that entire album and some alternate takes, but the disc that has that album has another song at the beginning and some Miles Davis comments as well as presenting the tracks out of order from the original album order. There is nothing like putting in Kind Of Blue for the first time, hearing the low bass strumming and the explosion of Miles' first notes of "So What". Here you would have to skip to track 4 and then back around for that experience. Or what if (like me) Someday My Prince Will Come is one of your favorite albums by early Columbia Miles Davis. Sadly Coltrane did not play with Miles on every track so the album is not included here in its entirety for obvious reasons. Many times alternate takes are placed one after the other for comparison sake. Rather than listening to these discs like albums with an overall feel, these discs should really be approached as study guides and keys to the interworking of Miles and Trane.
If you are new to jazz or at least to Miles and Coltrane then buy Kind Of Blue and explore it over and over, buy Someday My Prince Will Come and listen to "Pfrancing" and see if it does not speak to you.
If you have the aforementioned albums and you do not really care about alternate takes or the liner notes, then this set was not made for you.
If you have had the aforementioned albums for some time and you love Miles and Trane, buy this set and dig deeper. Listen to the alternate takes placed next to the takes you remember from the albums. Study Miles and Trane together, the call and response, the give and take. Read the wonderful booklet enclosed with the set and learn more about Miles and trane and the other musicians in this classic quintet.

Average customer rating: misunderstood? More of a tribute than a soundtrack Again, a Namco Compilation Pretty Good Soundtrack ditto

Complete Sounds of Katamari Original Game Soundtrack Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Anime & Video Game Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy We Love Katamari Ico-Melody in the Mist Katamari Damacy Me and My Katamari ASIN: B000BU6PKI Release Date: 2006-01-02

Tracks:

1. Overture 3
2. Katamari On The Funk
3. Katamari Zode
4. Shabacubi
5. Jesus Island
6. Family Katamari
7. Dan Don Fuga
8. Sogen Toron
9. One Tip March
10. Doremikatamarido
11. Starlight Jamboly
12. One Tip March
13. Doremikatamarido
14. Starlight Jamboly
15. Minna Dancing Katamari Damacy
16. Love&Peace&Katamaru Damacy
17. Dai Cosmo Salon
18. In A Muddle
19. Kanewood Edge-Morning
20. Presto Scherzando
21. Appassionate.Allegro Moderato-[Tales Of Eternia Online]
22. Hanetarodamashi
23. Sadness
24. Stizzoso
25. Kanewood Edge-Day
26. Con Energico
27. Sento Nel Core
28. Kuttuki Taro
29. Misterioso
30. Chaotic Ambience
31. Andante,Con Moto,Grandioso
32. Big Fire
33. Night Mumu
34. Kanewood Edge-Star

Album Details

Two-disc Complete Background Music (Instrumental) Collection for the "Katamari Damacy" Series of Games. Set Includes Full Bgm Collection for "Katamari Damacy" and "we Love Katamari" as Well as Songs from the Upcoming Psp Game "Katamari Damacy" (Temporary Japanese Title "Boku No Watashi No Katamari Damacy"), as Well as Opening and Ending Themes from the Psp Game. Features a Number of Classical Themed Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

misunderstood?.......2007-05-27

apparently some people don't understand what this album is. it is not a soundtrack of the first two games, nor is it a "tribute" or "songs inspired by katamari" album. it is a soundtrack of the third Katamari game PLUS the songs from the first two games that were NOT INCLUDED on the first two soundtracks.

More of a tribute than a soundtrack.......2007-03-08

This cd is actually more of a tribute to the game, rather than an accurate soundtrack. If you're looking for the music from the original game, you need to go track down an album called, "Katamari Damashii Soundtrack: Katamari fortissimo Damashii". That's the cd with all the original music. It's published by Columbia (Catalog # COCX-32760). You'll know you have the right one, by the cover which resembles the original game's cover. (Cows in pasture, rainbow). I got a hold of a copy from a Hong Kong exporter.

Again, a Namco Compilation.......2006-03-02

The First CD is all the missing songs from Minna Daisuki Katamari Damashii (Everybody Loves Katamari Damacy(We Love Katamari)) and all the NEW songs from Boku No Watashi No Katamari Damashii (My My Katamari Damashii(Me and My Katamari)). I also imported the game, and the music is quite good, but getting even farther from the original Katamari Damashii (Katamari Damacy). The game itself has better music, only because of the fact they have some of the great original songs. Que Sera Sera, Lonely Rolling Star, Disco Prince, Moon and the Prince. Gooooooood stuff.

Pretty Good Soundtrack.......2006-02-19

No, it's not all of the songs from the Katamari Damacy series, it's the soundtrack for Boku No Watashi No Katamari Damacy, also known as Me and my Katamari. I have the import game and it's very good, and this soundtrack includes the new songs from that game, and some missing ones from We Love Katamari. The new songs, such as Shabadoobie, Jesus Island, and Family Damacy are VERY good and up to the usual standard of Katamari greatness. The 2nd disc of this soundtrack is a lot of classical pieces, that I suppose are found in We Love Katamari, but I should play through again to find out. If you're wanting some new Katamari songs from an excellent game, I definitely recommend this. If you really want the past soundtracks, then buy them.

ditto.......2006-02-02

Just as the other guys say this is not the songs from Katamari Damashi, and yes it should be pronounced Damashi not Damacy because Japanese people cannot pronounce the "CY" sound. After realizing these were not the songs from the game, which did not take long, I decided to give it a good listen to any ways. I did like a few of the songs Like "Katamari on the Funk" but it is not a must buy. This product is totally misleading but Ok.

Music Album:

1. The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 [Box set]
2. The Last Wild Place
3. The Legacy Of Tommy Jarrell, Vol. 1: Sail Away Ladies
4. The Other Side of Kindness
5. The Return of Wayne Douglas
6. The Very Best of Robbie Fulks
7. The Very Best of T.G. Sheppard
8. This Is Me
9. Tracks
10. Under My Hat

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