The Complete MCA Recordings

Disc: 1

1. Will The Wolf Survive?

2. They Ain't Got 'Em All

3. Working Without A Net

4. Where Does Love Go

5. That Dog Won't Hunt

6. What You'll Do When I'm Gone

7. Suddenly Single

8. The Shadow Of Your Distant Friend

9. I've Got A Woman

10. The Devil's Right Hand

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Prologue

2. Chapter One...Childhood: Littlefield

3. Chapter Two...Texas: You'll Never Take Texas Out Of Me

4. Chapter Three...First Love: You Went Out With Rock 'N' Roll

5. Chapter Four...Lost Love: A Love Song (I Can't Sing Anymore)

6. Chapter Five...Nashville: If Old Hank Could Only See Us Now

7. Chapter Six...Crazies: My Rough And Rowdy Days

8. Chapter Seven...Drugs: I'm Living Proof (There's Life After You)

9. Chapter Eight...Jessi: You Deserve The Stars In My Crown

10. Chapter Nine...Reflections: Turn It All Around

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Average customer rating: All the wheat and not much chaff Early Efforts A Must - Have for Griffith Fans! Nice Remastering Job! Excellent Nanci - Great Box Set 4 albums for the price of 2. Nanci is brilliant.

The Complete MCA Studio Recordings Nanci Griffith Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Box Sets at 30% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Last of the True Believers Other Voices, Other Rooms Hearts in Mind One Fair Summer Evening From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith ASIN: B00009PJPQ Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

1. Tumbel And Fall
2. Lone Star State Of Mind
3. Cold Hearts/Closed Minds
4. From A Distance
5. Beacon Street
6. Nickel Dreams
7. Sing One For Sister
8. Ford Econoline
9. Trouble In The Fields
10. Love In A Memory
11. Let It Shine On Me
12. There's A Light Beyond These Woods
13. Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool
14. I Knew Love
15. Never Mind
16. Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War)
17. So Long Ago
18. Gulf Coast Highway
19. Little Love Affairs
20. I Wish It Would Rain
21. Outbound Plain
22. I Would Change My Life
23. Sweet Dreams Will Come
24. Wooden Heart

Tracks:

1. I Don't Want To Talk About Love
2. Drive-In Movies And Dashboard Lights
3. You Made This Love A Teardrop
4. Brave Companion Of The Road
5. Storms
6. It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go
7. If Wishes Were Changes
8. Listen To The Radio
9. Leaving The Harbor
10. Radio Fragile
11. It's Just Another Morning Here
12. Late Night Grande Hotel
13. It's Too Late
14. Fields Of Summer
15. Heaven
16. The Power Lines
17. Hometown Streets
18. Down 'N' Outer
19. One Blade Shy Of A Sharp Edge
20. The Sun, Moon, And Stars
21. San Diego Serenade
22. Stand Your Ground

Customer Reviews:

All the wheat and not much chaff.......2006-02-20

There's something a bit frustrating about the MCA portion of Nanci Griffith's career. She has a couple of five-star albums to her credit dating to before and after the period covered here, but none from during the MCA era. All four of the albums collected here have some wonderful songs and a few forgettable ones. The good news, though, is that none of the songs are actually bad. Besides, with four albums for less than the price of two, a few weak links are perfectly acceptable.

If any of those four is missing from your collection (and especially if you only have a greatest-hits CD), this is worth picking up. All four of the MCA albums featured at least one great song that hasn't turned up on any of her live albums or compilations. "Lone Star State of Mind," "Never Mind," "Love Wore A Halo," "San Diego Serenade," and "You Made This Love A Teardrop" have all aged just as well as concert staples like "Gulf Coast Highway" or "I Wish It Would Rain" (which are, of course, here as well).

For the completists, there are three previously unreleased (or nearly-unreleased) songs here. Of these, the bouncy "Tumble and Fall" is definitely a keeper, and "Stand Your Ground" is also pretty good. The third, a cover of "Wooden Heart," is just about identical to every other version of that song I've ever heard, so if you liked those, you'll like her version too.

Early Efforts.......2006-02-06

I enjoyed listening to these tracks, but I found Ms. Griffith's later recordings to be much more powerful. In particular, "Last of the True Believers" just blows me away whenever I play it.

This "Complete Recordings" double-CD set is a good value, and anyone who loves Nanci Griffith will appreciate that this appears to be a complete collection of recordings from a period in the artist's life.

A Must - Have for Griffith Fans!.......2005-12-02

This is one of the best compilations of her music I've heard - and at a good price to boot! It's a great sampling for new fans and old ones alike - an absolute delight to my ears!

Nice Remastering Job! Excellent Nanci - Great Box Set.......2005-03-08

this is the way I like it!
4 albums on 2 cd's..
couldn't have come at a better time since I just now discovered this inviting angelic heart warming voice.
she is a beautiful lady
these are her beautiful songs

Highly Recommended!

4 albums for the price of 2. Nanci is brilliant........2004-12-14

This collection includes four complete Nanci Griffith albums: Lone Star State of Mind, Little Love Affairs, Storms, and Late Night Grande Hotel, plus a couple of previously unreleased tracks. They're all very good albums, so this collection is a real bargain. It's not meant as a "best of" collection, but rather four of her albums, in their entirety. I like that, because best-of collections inevitably leave out some really good tracks. I'm a big fan of Nanci Griffith, with her bell-like little-girl voice and tuneful songs. Almost all of these songs are classics in their own right, and anyone who likes Nanci will appreciate them. Newcomers will be won over. Her music is exceptional: melodic, beautifully performed and with obvious emotional involvement. If you already have one or more of the albums, you'll have to weigh the price of getting the rest of them included here as a batch vs. buying them individually. On the other hand, there are a couple of nice bonus tracks not on the albums. If you're just starting a collection of Nanci's music this is a fabulous deal, a wealth of great music for a great price.

Average customer rating: just a data point regarding the 'Stones' intro Uni/MCA done right... almost. Best Neil Diamond collection including his early years The mystery of Neil Diamond Fantastic Collection for the Neil Diamond Fan!

Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings...Plus! Neil Diamond Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Stages In My Lifetime In My Lifetime Serenade Three Chord Opera ASIN: B0000639AP Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

1. Two-Bit Manchild
2. A Modern Day Version Of Love
3. Honey-Drippin' Times
4. The Pot Smoker's Song
5. Brooklyn Roads
6. Shilo
7. Sunday Sun
8. Holiday Inn Blues
9. Practically Newborn
10. Knackelflerg
11. Merry-Go-Round
12. Broad Old Woman (6 A.M. Insanity)
13. Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
14. Dig In
15. River Runs, New Grown Plums
16. Juliet
17. Long Gone
18. And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind
19. Glory Road
20. Deep In The Morning
21. If I Never Knew Your Name
22. Memphis Streets
23. You're So Sweet Horseflies Keep Hangin' Round Your Face
24. Hurtin' You Don't Come Easy
25. Sweet Caroline
26. Everybody's Talkin'

Tracks:

1. Mr. Bojangles
2. Smokey Lady
3. Holly Holy
4. Both Sides Now
5. And The Singer Sings His Songs
6. Ain't No Way
7. New York Boy
8. Until It's Time For You To Go
9. Cracklin' Rosie
10. Free Life
11. Coldwater Morning
12. Done Too Soon
13. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
14. Childsong
15. I Am The Lion
16. Madrigal
17. Soolaimon
18. Missa
19. African Suite
20. Childsong (Reprise)
21. I Am... I Said
22. The Last Thing On My Mind
23. Husbands And Wives
24. Chelsea Morning

Tracks:

1. Crunchy Granola Suite
2. Stones
3. If You Go Away
4. Suzanne
5. I Think It's Gonna Rain Today
6. I Am... I Said (Reprise)
7. Song Sung Blue
8. Porcupine Pie
9. High Rolling Man
10. Canta Libre
11. Captain Sunshine
12. Play Me
13. Gitchy Goomy
14. Walk On Water
15. Theme
16. Prelude In E Major
17. Morningside
18. Lordy
19. Kentucky Woman
20. Thank The Lord For The Night Time
21. Solitary Man
22. Cherry, Cherry (Single Version)
23. Red, Red Wine
24. Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon

Amazon.com

The seven studio albums Neil Diamond recorded for Uni Records between 1968 and 1972 are all collected on the three-disc collection Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings. And it's quite a revelation to listen to them front to back in succession like this, as these records highlight the most dramatic artistic evolution in Diamond's career. Diamond was no neophyte when he signed with Uni in '68; he'd already penned million-sellers like "I'm a Believer" and "Cherry Cherry." But he was still coming into his own as a solo artist, and albums like Velvet Gloves and Spit and Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show are wildly erratic, even for an artist renown for producing uneven albums. That said, there are countless life-affirming, goose-bump-inducing, campy, and brilliant songs on this collection. And one could easily make the argument that they're somehow made more likable--more human, in a way--when heard in their original context, bookended by unsuccessful experiments such as "The Pot Smoker's Song" and "I Am the Lion." This may not be the single Neil Diamond collection to get, but it surely should be the second or third one you buy. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

just a data point regarding the 'Stones' intro.......2006-02-26

One reviewer mentioned that the intro to 'Stones' "is abbreviated by a couple of bars of guitar". I noticed that also when playing the CD on a portable CD player. However if I instead insert the disc into my Apple PowerBook, and play the CD in iTunes, these "missing" bars are actually there and play perfectly. Ditto if I drag the 'Stones' track onto the PowerBook's "Desktop" and play it (the AIFF file) using QuickTime. :):):):)

Uni/MCA done right... almost........2005-08-25

Every now and then, unfortunately more often than not, there's a release that's so close to being done right and yet falls short due to obvious consumer ploys, leaving one with that dirty frustrating anticlimactic feeling. "Play Me" falls into this category I'm afraid. The upside of this release is that it contains all of Neil's Uni/MCA studio records on three handy cds. The downside is the layout of the records across the discs. A seemingly obvious way to do a release like this correctly would be to put two albums per disc, so a listener could listen to the albums complete without changing the disc. Instead, here the organizers have arranged the tracks to accommodate a handy consumer ploy at the end of disc three. So, in the end two of the records are spread across two discs: "Touching You, Touching Me" on discs 1 and 2, and "Stones" on discs 2 and 3. The live tracks come from "Gold" and "Hot August Night" and of course are tunes that Bang owns in their studio versions, so MCA figures throwing the live versions on here will make this set more appealing to the casual fan trying to get more of the "hits" in one package. The only upside is that the version of "Cherry, Cherry" is the single version, which the completists out there will want. I wish the producers of this set had a little more vision and respect for the flow of the original albums and instead of the bonus live tracks here had simply placed two albums per disc and otherwise focused on a remastered "Gold", or had just added that disc to this set as a fourth cd. Aside from this major flaw though this is still the best way to get these albums for a nice price. This set is almost done right... almost.

Best Neil Diamond collection including his early years.......2005-07-17

Some of the best Neil Diamond material is stuff he recorded before he really had a sense of where his commercial niche was and as a result I truly believe that the definitive Neil Diamond collection must include his early recording years. In this set, you have some of the most soulful and unique tracks he's ever written including some outtakes and material you may have never heard before. From his introspective bliss on "River Runs" to his late night failed recording "6AM insanity" you will be wonderfully pleased you explored Diamond's early career.

If you're looking for the best Greatest Hits album - I highly recommend Glory Road. If you're looking for the only Neil Diamond collection (and I'm including for consideration, the Box set "In my Life", which is unforgiveably missing many of his early hits) that has all of his 'keeper material' from his early recording years, then this is what you're looking for.

The mystery of Neil Diamond.......2004-02-27

It all comes down to a song called Captain Sunshine. The words are so dumb, but the melody is so nice, and the singing is so heart felt that in spite of myself I find myself enjoying it. Why his record company wouldn't insist on someone to edit his lyrics and protect his voice (Diamond was the biggest selling artist on the planet during the time this was recorded, and a heavy heavy smoker) is beyond me. But listen to Captain Sunshine, see if it hooks you, and if it does, there are lots of non hit gems on this collection. And I'm also grateful for the Cherry Cherry version available only on this cd which was a radio hit but different than the Hot August Night version.

Fantastic Collection for the Neil Diamond Fan!.......2004-02-07

I love Neil Diamond, and I love this collection of his songs. Being an Eighties child, I grew up with some of Neil's biggest hits, passed on from my parents, but on this set, I found some new songs that have become favorites, like Porcupine Pie and River Runs, New Grown Plums. The only songs I feel that I am genuinely missing are Forever in Blue Jeans and Love on the Rocks.

Side Note: This should have nothing to do with your decision whether or not to buy this set, but I happen to think the colors of the CDs are beautiful and earthy-looking. Somehow, this just makes me feel good, and it reminds of the whole Neil Diamond feeling.

Average customer rating: Waylon - The Untouchable Country Music Man at MCA "I DON'T EXPLAIN IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND." ...Waylon "Trouble Man" Jennings Four albums from the eighties A different Waylon... 80's Waymore

The Complete MCA Recordings Waylon Jennings Manufacturer: Mca Nashville ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ultimate Waylon Jennings I've Always Been Crazy Are You Ready for the Country/What Goes Around Comes Around Wanted! The Outlaws Legendary ASIN: B00026WTUQ Release Date: 2004-05-25

Tracks:

1. Will The Wolf Survive?
2. They Ain't Got 'Em All
3. Working Without A Net
4. Where Does Love Go
5. That Dog Won't Hunt
6. What You'll Do When I'm Gone
7. Suddenly Single
8. The Shadow Of Your Distant Friend
9. I've Got A Woman
10. The Devil's Right Hand
11. Baker Street
12. I Can't Help The Way I Don't Feel About You
13. Rose In Paradise
14. Crying Don't Even Come Close
15. Chevy Van
16. Fallin' Out
17. Deep In The West
18. Between Fathers And Sons
19. The Crown Prince
20. Defying Gravity (Executioner's Song)
21. Even Cowgirls Get The Blues

Tracks:

1. Prologue
2. Chapter One...Childhood: Littlefield
3. Chapter Two...Texas: You'll Never Take Texas Out Of Me
4. Chapter Three...First Love: You Went Out With Rock 'N' Roll
5. Chapter Four...Lost Love: A Love Song (I Can't Sing Anymore)
6. Chapter Five...Nashville: If Old Hank Could Only See Us Now
7. Chapter Six...Crazies: My Rough And Rowdy Days
8. Chapter Seven...Drugs: I'm Living Proof (There's Life After You)
9. Chapter Eight...Jessi: You Deserve The Stars In My Crown
10. Chapter Nine...Reflections: Turn It All Around
11. Chapter Ten...The Beginning: Where Do We Go From Here
12. Trouble Man
13. Grapes On The Vine
14. Which Way Do I Go (Now That I'm Gone)
15. Yoyos, Bozos, Bimbos And Heroes
16. It Goes With The Territory
17. How Much Is It Worth To Live In L.A.?
18. Hey Willie
19. You Put The Soul In The Song
20. G.I. Joe
21. Woman I Hate It
22. Somewhere Between Ragged And Right

Customer Reviews:

Waylon - The Untouchable Country Music Man at MCA.......2007-03-20

This is a truly outstanding CD set and it is a "must have" for every serious Waylon fan. The audiobiography on Disc #2 provides a heartwarming glimpse into this legend's ability as a writer, singer, and story teller. A true genius, the likes of which we probably will never again see.

"I DON'T EXPLAIN IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND." ...Waylon "Trouble Man" Jennings.......2006-11-25

At one time I owned, individually, all four of the WAYLON JENNINGS albums collected in this 2-disc set: WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE? ('85) / HANGIN' TOUGH ('87) / A MAN CALLED HOSS ('87) / FULL CIRCLE ('88). Then one night in 1995, Julie Newmar, Susan Dey, Valerie Bertinelli, Judy Norton, Sally Field, Gene Tierney, and Dolly Parton broke into my house. The first six held me down and - Oh! - the things Dolly said she would do to me unless I gave them my Waylon CDs. Well naturally, not being a total lunatic, I turned over the Waylon discs, and back out through the bathroom window those women went. I'm a little ashamed to admit that I was a victim of strong-arm robbery, but it was either that or death by suffocation...that is, AFTER the unspeakable acts of mind-melting, "Mama!"-crying torture that would have been perpetrated upon my body - a fate worse than life itself!

Now I'll admit that initially I thought perhaps this all occurred while I was sleeping because at one time or another, I have fantasized about all of those women (except for the gang's bigwig, of course), and also because Gene Tierney looked awfully alluring for a woman four years dead - and let's face it, that Parton part smacked of Nightmare City! And why MY Waylon albums? Why wouldn't they have just sent Chauffeur James out to get their own? I couldn't say, yet mysteriously, all four of these Waylon discs were missing in the morning and I discovered that I now had some rather interesting bruises.

At any rate, I just recently reacquired those four Waylon albums that were stolen from me, by purchasing THE COMPLETE MCA RECORDINGS. And I gotta tell ya, they sound every bit as good as I remembered. Well, to be Cowboy Code honest, Disc One (WOLF & TOUGH) is a bit uneven. Oh, heck yeah, there are some first-rate Waylon cuts here: The bittersweet WHERE DOES LOVE GO?; the barking THAT DOG WON'T HUNT; the humorously sexy I'VE GOT ME A WOMAN; the #1 C&W hit ROSE IN PARADISE, with its nimble, smoky Country pickin'; and the raw, fully rollin' and half rockin' duet with Johnny "Man In Black" Cash, EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES.

But while Waylon's terrifically expressive baritone rumbles through everything with its trademark intensity that conveys an "approach cautiously" warning, there is some (what I would term) "filler" here. This is not a defanged Waylon, but a Waylon perhaps a bit long in the tooth, fairly tame and satisfied to just snarl from his comfortable spot on the front porch rather than charging across the yard to take a big ol' bite out of some knuckleheaded trespasser.

But now we address Disc Two, and the return of the DANGEROUS OUTLAW, the REAL Waylon "Waymore" Jennings:

Track one through eleven constitutes Waylon's audiobiography, A MAN CALLED HOSS; each song representing a chapter in his legendary life. It opens with LITTLEFIELD, a high-powered Country Swing piece that has the sweet fiddle juxtaposed with Waylon's "bulldozing" electric guitar clearing the way and announcing the Outlaw's return in no uncertain terms: "I'll bet I was the only boy that was ever expelled from Sunday school / Lover, fighter, wild horse-rider, and purdy dern good windmill-maker / Look out world, here I come!"

The whole album's a winner: Sad, rough and rowdy, tender, and just flat-out rocking. "Sometimes it's hard to live like I was raised, trying to survive these modern days the old-fashioned way", Waylon sings in the closer, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?, just before launching into a full-blown electric guitar and tenor saxophone blitzkrieg to the fade out, and tearing us a new one in the process. (Crank it up!)

And if anything, FULL CIRCLE (tracks 12-21) is even better: "I was so ugly, the doctor slapped my Mama when I was born" is the hilarious opening line of TROUBLE MAN, which quickly transforms into a ferocious Maverick Man anthem. Watch it! This ol' boy ain't bluffin'; this one BITES! And Waylon never sounded better.

FULL CIRCLE moves from touching ballads evoking pathos to blistering Country rockers with Waylon's guitar snapping and that guttural growl in his voice enough to scare the hell out of demons!

Shortly after FULL CIRCLE's release, I went to see the Outlaw perform at a small club in Los Angeles. On the way there, I wondered if he'd have enough guts to sing HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH TO LIVE IN L.A.?, a funny critique of Angeleno insanity. Ha! He wasn't called an "outlaw" for nothing...he sang it, much to my delight. (And I didn't see anyone stand up and tell him, "Hey, you can't do that song HERE!")

This collection closes with the bonus track, a duet with John Anderson, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN RAGGED AND RIGHT - a real wang dang doodle!

WAYLON JENNINGS: THE COMPLETE MCA RECORDINGS (including a nice booklet) is a great buy, whether you're already a Waylon fan, or just about to discover the greatest singer to ever emerge from the Country-Western genre. I'm so glad to have this music again after that unfortunate little incident way back when.

Wait a minute - there's someone at the door. It sounds like a gaggle of girls. Probably selling Girl Scout cookies. I'll be right back...

Four albums from the eighties.......2005-04-19

Waylon's legacy ultimately rests with the music he recorded for RCA, particularly his peak years of the mid-seventies, but fans should not overlook his four albums for MCA - Will the wolf survive, Hanging tough, A man called Hoss and Full circle - all presented here in their entirety. As if that were not enough, there are a couple of bonus tracks including a duet with Johnny Cash, Even cowgirls get the blues, which appeared on a duet album (Heroes) that they recorded for the Columbia label.

Highlights include Rose in Paradise (a country number one hit) and Baker Street (a cover of the Gerry Rafferty classic), but perhaps the most interesting aspect of this collection is the third of the four albums, A man called Hoss. Legend has it that Waylon thought about writing his autobiography but that doing it properly would bring libel actions by several people (although he eventually wrote that book before he died). He therefore decided (at the time) to do a musical audio-biography instead, hence the album. Of course, an album can never explore the depths that a book can but it is still fascinating.

Some of the music has a definite eighties feel to it but Waylon's fan should still find plenty to enjoy here. Nevertheless, anybody just starting to collect Waylon's music should begin with his seventies music before worrying about this.

For Waylon's fans, this easily justifies five stars.

A different Waylon..........2004-07-19

This was a different era for Waylon. He moved to MCA, was using many studio musicians (but he still used his bass player, Jerry Bridges, studio ace and Waylon regular Reggie Young, and even the future head of his horn section, Jim Horn), and didn't start introducing his own compositions, really, until the last two albums, A Man Called Hoss and Full Circle which, in my opinion, are the two best of his MCA era.

Even though he was moving back to a fuller, more polished sound with his last few RCA albums, the sound with MCA was... quite different. In a way, it was the Nashville Sound all over again. Waylon said in his autobiography that he didn't feel right with these albums -- he felt like he wasn't good enough, in a way. I believe he said his heavy smoking was hurting his voice, and it could be heard. In my opinion, he turns out some of the best vocal performances of his career on these albums. His voice was once again sounding fresh and rich -- sober, if you like.

The sound here is fine. It's DDD (all digital), so don't look for the analog warmth that you might hear on Honky Tonk Heroes or the DCC Dreaming My Dreams, because you won't find it. The last two albums don't sound as sterile. They sound much more natural. A Man Called Hoss is just a great sounding album. As we progress through the set the electronic drums and big digital reverb sound goes away a bit and, like I said, the sound is quite good on the last two albums. From a technical perspective, these are well produced albums, but, of course, there are some '80s sounds here, particularly the electronic drums. Waylon's performances are fantastic, though, and that's all that matters.

I have given this set 5 stars because any Waylon fan would, I imagine, be very pleased to have these four albums on a two CD set. The bonus tracks are also very nice. If you're familiar with Waylon's MCA years, this set will be a welcome addition to your collection. Don't buy this expecting the "outlaw" Waylon, because he's not here. But Waylon didn't have to be an outlaw to be badass, and he proves that on these albums. The production is slick, many of the songs (particularly on the first two albums) are from outside songwriters, and sometimes there are sounds that you wouldn't expect from Waylon's music, but overall the music is very good because of one key factor: Waylon Arnold Jennings.

Waylon fans, you'll love this.

(By the way, does anyone else think the title "Full Circle" was Waylon's way of saying he realised he was back to the "Nashville Sound" and whatnot and was not pleased with it? Food for thought...)

80's Waymore.......2004-06-09

This album is a collection of the recordings that Waylon made for MCA upon leaving RCA in 1986 after 20+ years with Nipper. You will find all four MCA albums in their entirety plus two bonus tracks. These records marked a departure from Waylon's approach to making records during his heyday. For example, there is a much greater dependence on/use of studio musicians and Nashville songwriters. The one exception to this from a songwriting standpoint is the audio-biography "A Man Called Hoss".~ The albums were co-produced by Waylon & Jimmy Bowen, recorded digitally and have a very clean, crisp sound to them.
There are a few interesting covers, such as Los Lobos' 'Will The Wolf Survive', Gerry Rafferty's 'Baker Street' and Sammy Johns' 'Chevy Van'. Personally, I think the two best of these albums are his MCA debut, "Will The Wolf Survive" and $Q

Average customer rating:

• Jimmy Rogers Legacy
• Yet another South Side star shines brightly...

Complete Chess Recordings (Chess 50th Anniversary)
Jimmy Rogers
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
General | Blues | Styles | Music
Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music
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1. The Parrot Sessions
2. Blues & Ballads
3. Blues Hit Big Town
4. The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson
5. Chicago/The Blues/Today!

ASIN: B000005KQJ
Release Date: 1997-04-08

Tracks:

1. That's All Right
2. Luedella
3. Goin' Away Baby
4. Today, Today Blues
5. I Used To Have A Woman
6. The World's In A Tangle
7. She Loves Another Man
8. Money, Marbles, And Chalk
9. Hard Working Man
10. Chance To Love
11. My Little Machine
12. Back Door Friend
13. Crying Shame
14. Mistreated Baby
15. The Last Time
16. What's The Matter?
17. Out On The Road
18. Left Me With A Broken Heart - Jimmy Rogers J
19. Act Like You Love Me
20. Blues All Day Long (Blues Leave Me Alone)
21. Chicago Bound
22. Sloppy Drunk
23. You're The One (First Version)
24. You're The One
25. If It Ain't Me (Who Are You Thinking Of)

Tracks:

1. Walking By Myself
2. I Can't Believe
3. One Kiss
4. What Have I Done
5. My Baby Don't Love Me No More
6. Trace Of You
7. Don't You Know My Baby
8. Don't Turn Me Down
9. Looka Here
10. This Has Never Been
11. Rock This House
12. My Last Meal
13. You Don't Know
14. Can't Keep From Worrying
15. Luedella (Alternate)
16. Act Like You Love Me (Alternate)
17. What Have I Done (Alternate)
18. My Baby Don't Love Me No More (Alternate)
19. Trace Of You (Alternate)
20. Don't You Know My Baby (Alternate)
21. Don't Turn Me Down (Alternate)
22. This Has Never Been (Alternate)
23. Rock This House (Alternate)
24. My Last Meal (Aternate)
25. You Don't Know (Alternate)
26. Can't Keep From Worrying (Alternate)

Customer Reviews:

Jimmy Rogers Legacy.......2001-02-22

This is Jimmy Rogers complete output of work from Chess Records. Muscians take note in the many styles that Jimmy encompasses throughtout his work which shows through the sophistication of the songs(learning from the likes of T-bone Walker and Tampa Red).Just a very enjoyable body of work by one of the Blues greats who influenced people like Freddie King and Otis Rush. Excellant singer also!!!!!

Yet another South Side star shines brightly..........1998-12-28

Like his Muddy Waters Band contemporary, Little Walter, some of Jimmy Rogers' best work was done before he went solo. After "Luedella" broke in 1956, Rogers had already become yet another star in the galaxy that was launched by Waters' seminal band. Although the two Chess "Muddy Waters: His Best" would serve as the ideal introduction for both Rogers and Little Walter, I think this disk would be a good buy for anyone interested in Rogers guitar style or anyone that might be interested in hearing the Muddy Waters Band without Muddy Waters on lead vocals. Recommended, but not essential though the craftsmaship is, of course, superb and influential throughout.

Average customer rating: Bing and the Andrews Sisters complete! Upbeat, fun music with class and style The BEST of both worlds World would be a better place if everyone listened to this Gets into your head

Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters: Their Complete Recordings Together Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters A Centennial Anthology of His Decca Recordings Bing! His Legendary Years, 1931 to 1957 Her Life in Music 1940-1966 I've Heard That Song Before: Hits of Harry James ASIN: B000002P37 Release Date: 1996-11-19

Tracks:

1. Ciribiribin
2. Yodelin' Jive
3. Pistol Packin' Mama
4. Vict'ry Polka
5. Jingle Bells
6. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
7. Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin
8. Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)
9. Don't Fence Me In
10. The Three Caballeros
11. There's A Fella Waitin' In Poughkeepsie
12. Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
13. Along The Navajo Trail
14. Good, Good, Good
15. Happy, Happy, Happy Wedding Day
16. Betsy
17. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
18. South America, Take It Away
19. Anything You Can Do
20. There's No Business Like Show Business
21. Go West, Young Man
22. Tallahassee
23. The Freedom Train
24. Apalachicola, Fla.
25. You Don't Have To Know The Language
26. A Hundred And Sixty Acres
27. At The Flying 'W'

Tracks:

1. Weddin' Day
2. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
3. Here Comes Santa Claus
4. Quicksilver
5. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
6. Lock, Stock And Barrel
7. Ask Me No Questions (And I'll Tell You No Lies)
8. Life Is So Peculiar
9. High On The List
10. Poppa Santa Claus
11. Mele Kalikimaka
12. Black Ball Ferry Line
13. The Yodeling Ghost
14. Forsaking All Others
15. Sparrow In The Tree Top
16. I'll Si-Si Ya in Bahia
17. The Live Oak Tree
18. South Rampart Street Paradise
19. Cool Water
20. Jingle Bells (Rehearsal Take)
21. Don't Fence Me In (Blow-up)
22. The Three Caballeros (Blow-up)
23. There's A Fella Waitin' In Poughkeepsie (Blow-up)
24. Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive (Blow-up)
25. The Freedom Train (Blow-up)
26. A Hundred And Sixty Acres (Parody Version)

Customer Reviews:

Bing and the Andrews Sisters complete!.......2005-06-16

This album (CD) is fantastic! I listen to it frequently. My favorite track is "Jingle Bells," my very favorite rendition of this song. I also love the outtake at the end of the last disc where they mess up Jingle Bells! Every song is wonderful. I am a big fan of both der Bingle and the Andrews Sisters. Their style together is jazzy, light and I will bet it helped a lot of people through some tough years! I didn't know the discs were arranged chronologically until I read one of the other reviews, but I will pull mine out and listen with that in mind! I say buy this if you are a fan of either Bing or the sisters. You won't regret it!

Upbeat, fun music with class and style.......2002-07-29

Bing and the Andrews sisters made such great music together and all of it is collected together on this double CD. There are also a few out-takes (they call them blow-ups on the track listing, and they appear near the end of CD 2) and they provide further proof of just how much FUN Bing and the ladies had recording this music.

The official recordings are presented in chronological order, beginning with Ciribiribin and Yodelin' jive, which provided them with a double-sided hit in 1939 and 1940, up to and beyond their last hit (Sparrow in the tree top, a top ten hit from 1951). In between, you get all the classics, including two number ones (A hot time in the town of Berlin and the often-covered Don't fence me in).

The music is happy, upbeat, swinging, good-time music of the type you expect from the Andrews sisters. If you want the slow, romantic stuff, look elsewhere (including Bing's solo recordings).

The sisters really had only one way of singing, and they were better than anybody else at their type of music. Their contribution to popular music remains unique to this day, and I find their music very addictive. They will always have a special place in my CD collection.

Bing was more versatile. He could sing all types of song, but he just fitted in with the sisters when he sang with them. What he added to their music was a certain gravitas, and the combination made for some of the best - and most enjoyable - music ever recorded.

The BEST of both worlds.......2002-05-30

When I listened to this CD, I was like a child at Christmas. I could not wait to hear the next song! I happened to be in the Air Force at the time, and I knew that my Grandmother had always liked them. So I bought this CD and I was blown over. This CD has everything. And the harmony is legendary, (they ARE the Andrews Sisters, after all!). From the Christmas classics of "Jingle Bells" to "(There's a Hot Time) in the town of Berlin", I know that anyone who wants to hear the core of wartime music on the civilian side should have this CD in their collection!

World would be a better place if everyone listened to this.......2002-01-20

If I'm down I listen to the Andrews Sisters and "bing! --I'm happy." (get it?) Inspiring music, full of happiness and wonder! Sometimes I cry because it's so beautiful! It's the sound of birds chirping in the spring -- the sound of horses' hooves and people laughing. When you listen you feel as if the whole world is your friend. The best remedy yet invented. Buy it!

Gets into your head.......2001-10-02

Crosby and the Andrews Sisters were made for each other.
The harmony is great, the music unforgetable.

One small warning... If you find tunes get stuck in your head,
beware... this album is full of tunes that just won't go away
(not that you'd want them to anyway.)

From the songs I knew and have always loved to those that I
had never heard before... There isn't a bad one in the bunch.

The first song on Album 2 has been running thru my head for
days. "Tomorrow Morning is My Wedding Day" and I don't recall
ever hearing it before. The last 5 cuts on Album 2 are bloopers
and show the great fun Bing and the girls had making these
records.

They all started on vinal, but have beeen remastered to be
better than ever.

If you pass this one up you'll end up kicking yourself...

Roger - Tampa

Average customer rating: A little too complete Redundant Complete, but not all is good VERY ESSENTIAL! Don't even know what to say! ok here goes

The Complete Chess Studio Recordings Buddy Guy Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Complete Vanguard Recordings Last Time Around-Live At Legends DJ Play My Blues Door to Door (With Albert King) Live: The Real Deal ASIN: B000002OBS Release Date: 1992-03-10

Tracks:

1. The First Time I Met The Blues
2. Slop Around
3. I Got My Eyes On You
4. Broken-Hearted Blues
5. Let Me Love You Baby
6. I Got A Strange Feeling
7. Gully Hully
8. Ten Years Ago
9. Watch Yourself
10. Stone Crazy
11. Skippin'
12. I Found A True Love
13. Hard But It's Fair
14. Baby (Baby, Baby, Baby)
15. When My Left Eye Jumps
16. That's It
17. The Treasure Untold
18. American Bandstand (a/k/a American Bandstand Thing)
19. No Lie
20. $100 Bill
21. My Love Is Real
22. Buddy's Boogie

Tracks:

1. Worried Mind (a/k/a Stick Around)
2. Untitled Instrumental
3. Moanin'
4. I Dig Your Wig (Unedited)
5. My Time After Awhile
6. Night Flight
7. Crazy Love (Crazy Music)
8. Every Girl I See
9. Too Many Ways
10. Leave My Girl Alone
11. Got To Use Your Head
12. Keep It To Myself (a/k/a Keep It To Yourself)
13. My Mother
14. She Suits Me To A Tee
15. Mother-In-Law Blues
16. Buddy's Groove
17. Going To School
18. I Cry And Sing The Blues
19. Goin' Home
20. I Suffer With The Blues
21. Lip Lap Louie
22. My Time After Awhile (Alternate Vocal And Mix)
23. Too Many Ways (Alternate With Background Vocal)
24. Keep It To Myself (Alternate With Organ Overdub)
25. I Didn't Know My Mother (She Suits Me To A Tee Alternate)

Amazon.com essential recording

Although Buddy Guy's first singles were for Chicago's Cobra Records, the bulk of his work in the early to mid-'60s was for the Windy City's most important blues label, Chess. Much of his work for the Chess brothers was as a sideman, but this collection of Guy's own singles and alternate or unreleased takes showcases the stinging guitar tone and preaching vocal style that were to become his trademarks. Among these recordings are the earliest versions of his signature tunes "I Got My Eyes On You," "Stone Crazy," "Watch Yourself," "When My Left Eye Jumps," and the nervy cry for revenge "My Time After Awhile." --Ted Drozdowski

Customer Reviews:

A little too complete.......2005-01-26

Even the liner notes say it, " Buddy Guy was always the proverbial odd man out during the Chess Years. " These recordings taken from when Guy was basically a top side man for Chess show an artist who was trying to find his place at a company that didn't know what to do with him. Wacky dance songs like "Slop Around" and novelties like "I Dig Your Wig," are mixed with great tunes like "My Mother," and "I Suffer the Blues." This one is really for the Buddy Guy fan who wants everything he has recorded.

Redundant.......2003-07-18

Interesting as a complete collection of George 'Buddy' Guy's Chess sides may seem, there are just too many lesser songs here.
You should go get the Chess anniversary album "Buddy's Blues" instead. That one hand-picks the best of these cuts, and virtually everything worthwhile is there. I own both albums, and I only ever listen to the songs on "Buddy's Blues", so don't worry about missing out on anything.

Complete, but not all is good.......2000-12-22

First of all, Buddy didnt became a legend for these recordings. They didnt sold either. Only on a few of these tracks you'll hear the guitar genious that he is. He became what he is for his live performances, on which he could get loose and play what he wanted. The recordings are good and historical, but not good enough for a 2 CD set which is too expensive by the way. Go get the very best of buddy guy, which contains some live tracks and some tracks of the 70's that do showcase his guitar abilities at his best. This cd is only for completists: it contains leave my girl alone, and going to school (which is mary had a little lamb), which is a better version than the one on a man and the blues album.

VERY ESSENTIAL!.......2000-04-18

BUDDy GUY IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BLUES VOCALIST&Of COURSE GUITARIST.THIS Two-Disc Set is a Must.IT Never Loses It's Spark.Buddy Guy is A Musical FOrce.

Don't even know what to say! ok here goes.......1999-10-03

Buddy Guy is the greatest. the few lousy songs on this album (lip lap louie, baby baby baby baby) are completely overshadowed by the rest of the songs on the album which are great. "Keep it TO Myself", "My Mother", and "She suits me to a Tee" are three of the songs I had not heard before owning this album and they are all amazing, especially vocally, and the horns on My Mother are powerful. Of course "First Time I Met the Blues", "When my Left Eye Jumps", "Let Me Love You Baby", "Watch Yourself" and "My Time after a while" are classics. Anyone with an ounce of soul will love this album. There are only a couple bad songs out of 47.

Average customer rating: A Piece of Music History Piece of folk history, but the other CD is a better buy...

Their Complete General Recordings Almanac Singers Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Traditional Folk | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Folk | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4 Wasn't That a Time! We Shall Overcome: Complete Carnegie Hall Concert ASIN: B000002P32 Release Date: 1996-10-22

Tracks:

1. Blow Ye Winds, Heigh Ho
2. Away, Rio
3. Blow The Man Down
4. House Of The Rising Sun
5. Ground Hog
6. State Of Arkansas
7. The Weaver's Song
8. I Ride An Old Paint
9. Hard, Ain't It Hard
10. The Dodger Song
11. Greenland Fishing
12. The Golden Vanity
13. The Coast of High Barbary
14. Haul Away, Joe

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They were only together for about a year in the early '40s, but the Almanac Singers' repertoire, and individual members, would go on to much later greatness in the decades that followed. Comprised of folk legends Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Pete Hawes, and Millard Lampell, the group performed mostly at left-wing political conventions and labor rallies with a set list that mixed the traditional with the political. The songs contained on Complete General Recordings are some of their finest moments, and many of the tunes would see later life covered by the Weavers (Seeger and Hays's future band) and even--in the case of "House of the Rising Sun"--the Animals. Produced by another music legend, Alan Lomax, Their Complete General Recordings is an essential document of folk music's history and a great chance to these classic numbers in a raw, unadulterated form. The Almanac Singers may not have sold as many records as their contemporaries (blame that on the unpopular pacifism they preached as the United States entered World War II), but their versions of these tunes are simply timeless. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

A Piece of Music History.......2005-06-26

This is an outstanding collection of American folk songs, sung with great skill and enthusiasm by the Almanac Singers. The Almanac Singers were the predecessors to the the great folk group, The Weavers, and included Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, Pete Hawes, and Millard Lampell. It is a must for those who understand the rich heritage of American folk tradition, and who appreciate the early stirrings of the 'folk revival' that gave birth to such popular performers as Peter, Paul, and Mary, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Gordon Lightfoot, and of course, Bob Dylan, as well as those on the cutting edge of the protest movement that were not so 'mainstream,' such as Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs. Woody and Pete are the daddies, or perhaps grandaddies now, of them all, and on this album you can hear Woody in his prime, and Pete in his younger days. It's a treasure!

Piece of folk history, but the other CD is a better buy..........2003-09-21

The Almanac Singers were a commune, collecting some superbly talented artists like the young Lee Hays, Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, joined by a rotating group of competent supporting musicians. In 1940-41 they had several recording sessions and performed mostly for labor union rallies and left-wing political meetings. This CD features their versions of traditional sailor songs and agricultural ditties, rather than the controversial union stuff and pre-WWII neutrality songs and early WWII anti-facist tunes. For one-take sessions, done on the lowest of budgets, these renditions are pretty wonderful. If you just want to have a sample of what the Almanacs, who pioneered the folk recording group genre, and paved the way for The Weavers a decade later, were like, it will do nicely. However, if you want an Almanac CD which presents 29 of the total of 35 tracks the group ever preserved, and includes the union and political stuff along with these songs, too, then go buy the disc titled "Songs of Protest." It is a great value. (By the way, the sound quality on both of the available Almanacs CD's is surprisingly good.)

Average customer rating:

The Complete Decca Original Cast Recordings Judy Garland Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Meet Me In St. Louis (Two-Disc Special Edition) ASIN: B000002P2U Release Date: 1996-10-22

Tracks:

1. Embraceable You
2. Could You Use Me - Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
3. But Not For Me
4. Treat Me Rough - Mickey Rooney
5. Bidin' My Time
6. I Got Rhythm
7. Meet Me In St. Louis
8. The Boy Next Door
9. Skip To My Lou
10. Boys and Girls Like You And Me
11. The Trolley Song
12. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
13. In The Valley Where The Evenin' Sun Goes Down
14. On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
15. Wait And See - Kenny Baker
16. It's A Great Big World - Judy Garland, Virginia O'Brien and Betty Russell
17. Swing Your Partner Round And Round
18. The Wild, Wild West - Virginia O'Brien
19. March Of The Doagies - Judy Garland and Kenny Baker

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2. The Early Rebel Recordings: 1962-1971 [Box set]
3. The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982 [Box set]
4. The Fabulous Johnny Cash [Original recording remastered]
5. The Gilded Palace of Sin [Import]
6. The Instrumental Hits of Buck Owens & His Buckaroos
7. The Mavericks [Live]
8. The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001
9. These Boots Are Made for Walkin': The Complete MGM Recordings
10. Trio Live [Import]

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