Capitol Years: 1965-1977 [Import]

Product Description:
Thorough overview of the Rhinestone Cowboy's 12 years on Capitol Records, 1965-1977. 46 tracks, including hits like 'Rhinestone Cowboy', 'Galveston' & 'Wichita Lineman', as well as hard to find cuts like 1965's 'Guess I'm Dumb' with Beach Boy Brian Wilson. Double slimline jewel case. 1998 release.

Capitol Years: 1965-1977,Glen Campbell,EMI Int'l,Country,Country-Pop,Country/Bluegrass,Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan,Pop,Soft Rock,United States of America,Urban Cowboy

Average customer rating: Same old Relient K Not the Relient K I know Great new CD from Relient K! Another masterpiece Some Good, Some Very Good, One Bad

Five Score and Seven Years Ago Relient K Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Christian Rock | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Alternative | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Oh! Gravity. Cities Portable Sounds Comatose MMHMM ASIN: B000MX7SR8 Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

1. Plead The Fifth
2. Come Right Out And Say It
3. I Need You
4. The Best Thing
5. Forgiven
6. Must Have Done Something Right
7. Give
8. Devastation And Reform
9. I'm Taking You With Me
10. Faking My Own Suicide
11. Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I Care
12. Bite My Tongue
13. Up And Up
14. Deathbed

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Relient K's fifth CD is a diverse modern rock album that's so varied at times it sounds like a mix tape. "Take the Fifth" pulses with lush, Beach Boys-y harmonies, "Forgiven" is a piano-driven tune that sounds like early U2, and the dueling guitar feedback that opens "I Need You" displays deeper punk rock heaviosity. "Faking My Own Suicide"--a great tune powered by Death Cabby vocals, ironic yet playful lyrics, and a killer classic rock organ--seems destined for a movie soundtrack. The true standout is of course "Deathbed," an intense eleven minute ode to regret co-starring Jon Foreman of Switchfoot. Relient K have not only weathered lineup changes (the bassist and guitarist are new here) and mainstream success without "selling out" and foregoing their introspective messages of faith and hope. But they've made the best album in their career in the process. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Relient K's fifth album in seven years and the follow-up to 2004's mmhmm. Special Deluxe Package w/bonus DVD of Five Score and Seven Years Ago also available.

Customer Reviews:

Same old Relient K.......2007-07-12

I was excited to finally get this cd after all the buzz about it. However I found myself a little empty after I listened to it. It had good lyrics although not as good as some of their previous albums and it had the good Relient K sound and I enjoyed it. I loved must have something right, the best thing and Give until theres nothing left. My only problem is that all the songs seemed to follow the same format and they didn't place many things to make the chourus or other lines differen then the previous. Other than that the cd's great.

Not the Relient K I know.......2007-07-05

I'm a long-time Relient K fan, but this new album just doesn't do anything for me. I was deeply disappointed in the music and the lyrics.

Some of the songs have that intentional ambiguity that song writers use to try to get secular air time. The most common technique is to write a song that is unclear: is this to God or to a girl? For instance is "I must have done something right" to God or to a girl? I don't think that it makes complete sense either way. Getting a Christian message out to non-Christians is the point, but the problem is that it means that people who are not Christian will never get the message.

A lot of the songs are talking about how messed up he is. Recognizing our brokenness and need for a savior is a necessary step towards salvation, but the songs stop short of pointing to WHO we need. It just comes off being gloomy and hopeless. "Devastation and reform" is an exception. It does mention God as the answer to the devastation he has created.

The last song, called "Deathbed" is a rambling ballad that goes on for 11 minutes. It is about a man dying of lung cancer recounting how he had messed up his life with alcohol, smoking, a bad marriage and divorce. It has some valid points about the destruction caused by dad's abandoning their families, drinking and smoking, premarital sex, etc. But at the end they tag on something about how he accepted Christ so now it's all ok. What I am missing is any indication that Christ transformed his life. When did he make this decision to follow Christ? How did his life change? It seems like he just wasted his life on bad choices and just used Jesus as his ticket to heaven at the end. Maybe the song is a warning to not be like that, but the point is dulled by the happy ending.

But it gets worse. The song "Faking my own suicide" is just disturbed. Maybe I just don't get it, but I can't find anything redeeming about that song. Is it supposed to be funny? Making light of suicide is not something I can appreciate.

Great new CD from Relient K!.......2007-07-05

This is a really good CD for anyone who likes Relient K's style that varies from punk to acapella... It follows the styles of many of their past CDS but also brings in some totally new styles... awesome album!

Another masterpiece.......2007-06-20

Relient K has been very consistent over the years, and remarkably, they have again raised the bar. This collection of songs rocks, in its entirety. Except for one 15-second interlude, every song is iPod-worthy. The album's opening track "Plead the Fifth" finds the guys skillfully harmonizing a cappella, Beach Boys style. Too bad it's only a minute and thirteen seconds long as it leaves the listener wanting more. The lead single, "Must Have Done Something Right" features a killer hook. Other strong tracks are "Forgiven" and "The Best Thing." The band finishes the album with a dramatic, eleven-minute song called "Deathbed", which tells the story of a man dying of lung cancer who reflects on his life and poor decisions, but recounts the night when he put his faith in Christ. And to top it off, Switchfoot's Jon Foreman sings the final verse. Enough said.

Some Good, Some Very Good, One Bad.......2007-06-15

Relient K is a group that has a sound that is very appealing to teenagers. My daughter really loves this CD.

I am more mixed on it. Most of the songs are good. A few are very good. A couple are silly or worse.

On the plus side, 'Forgiven' is really a terrific song. Another one that is very impressive is 'Deathbed' which is about a dying cancer patient reflecting back on life and considering Jesus. It is very long and quite a story. I had to listen to it a few times before it really caught on with me, but it is actually very good.

Lyrically, most of the songs are either quite positive or even expressly Christian.

One song that is quite silly is 'Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I Care'. It is meaningless. One song that I don't like at all is, 'Faking My Own Suicide.' It seems very out of place lyrically and style wise both. It is about a teenage breakup followed by the boy faking his own suicide to get the girl's attention and make her think that she loved him. This really should have been left off of this project.

With the exception of that song, the rest of this is a good album. In spite of that, I hesitate to recommend it because that one song is so inappropriate.

Average customer rating: WOW!! THESE DESTROYERS CAN ROCK HARD George Thorogood 30 Years of Rock Rockabilly All The Way - George Thorogood Style! RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "ALMOST GREAT TO THE BONE!" Old School Rock

Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock George Thorogood Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Slide Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: ZZ Top - Greatest Hits Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits The Hard Stuff Bob Seger - Greatest Hits Stevie Ray Vaughan - Greatest Hits ASIN: B00020HB1Y Release Date: 2004-05-18

Tracks:

1. Move It On Over
2. Who Do You Love?
3. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
4. Madison Blues
5. Bad To The Bone
6. You Talk Too Much
7. Gear Jammer
8. I Drink Alone
9. If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave)
10. American Made
11. The Sky Is Crying (Live)
12. Reelin' & Rockin' (Live)
13. Willie & The Hand Jive
14. Get A Haircut
15. Rockin' My Life Away (Alternate Take) - Previously unreleased
16. Who Do You Love? (ROTHROCK REMIX) - Previously unreleased

Customer Reviews:

WOW!! THESE DESTROYERS CAN ROCK HARD.......2007-06-22

I certainly found this CD great as these Destroyers are a great blues rock band and my favorite blues rock band along with ZZ Top, Bad Company and a few others. My personal favorites would be Move It On Over, Bad to the Bone, One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer, and I Drink Alone. For great blues rock fans, I would really recomend this CD.

George Thorogood 30 Years of Rock.......2007-05-18

If you like rock and roll. You will love this one.

Rockabilly All The Way - George Thorogood Style!.......2007-04-05

George Thorogood is one of my favorite all time rockers. The reason why is he was able to combine rock with a little bit of country. In essence: ROCKABILLY! I was raised in the South, but did not especially like a lot of country music. This CD has just the right amount of both Rock and Country music all in one great collection. I would not call it a greatest hits album, but most of George Thorogood's songs are on it. This is a must for your CD collection!

RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "ALMOST GREAT TO THE BONE!".......2007-01-28

This is a great CD with some all-time classic Thorogood, slide guitar masterpieces. Such as "One Bourbon Once Scotch, One Beer", "Move It On Over:, Who Do You Love", "Bad To The Bone", and perhaps the most intelligent, "tongue in cheek" "drinking" rock song ever, "I Drink Alone"! And other songs. Why then would you ask, would Shaq "The King Of The World Blues Reviewer", give it 4 stars instead of 5? Because out of 16 songs about 4 of them are not all-time greats, so that is 25% of the songs, don't rate a 5 star grade. Hence, 4 star, still really good, and you should buy it.

Old School Rock.......2007-01-10

Excellent Old School Rock. Makes you want to tap your feet and shake your money maker. Highly recommend!

Average customer rating: And, oh, do I feel fine listening to this collection.... Change of heart "Music that didn't pander to an audience" - it created one More about the remastering Discover This Band

And I Feel Fine...: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 R.E.M. Manufacturer: Capitol/I.R.S. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Jangle Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: R.E.M. - When the Light is Mine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 Video Collection Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? - The Best of the Replacements Endless Wire Live at the Fillmore East In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 ASIN: B000GTJSLM Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

1. Begin The Begin
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Pretty Persuasion
4. Talk About The Passion
5. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
6. Sitting Still
7. Gardening At Night
8. 7 Chinese Bros.
9. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
10. Driver 8
11. Can't Get There From Here
12. Finest Worksong
13. Feeling Gravity's Pull
14. I Believe
15. Life And How To Live It
16. Cuyahoga
17. The One I Love
18. Welcome To The Occupation
19. Fall On Me
20. Perfect Circle
21. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Tracks:

1. Pilgrimage (Mike's pick)
2. These Days (Bill's pick)
3. Gardening at Night(slower electric demo; previously unreleased)
4. Radio Free Europe (Hib-tone version)
5. Sitting Still (Hib-tone version)
6. Life and How to Live It (Live at the Muzik Centrum, Utrecht, Holland 9/14/87; previously unreleased)
7. Ages of You (Live at the Paradise, Boston 7/13/83; previously unreleased)
8. We Walk (Live at the Paradise, Boston 7/13/83; previously unreleased)
9. 1,000,000 (Live at the Paradise, Boston 7/13/83; previously unreleased)
10. Finest Worksong (other mix)
11. Hyena (demo) (previously unreleased)
12. Theme from Two Steps Onward (previously unreleased)
13. Superman
14. All the Right Friends (previously unreleased; later version released on Vanilla Sky soundtrack)
15. Mystery to Me (demo; previously unreleased)
16. Just A Touch (live in-studio version; previously unreleased)
17. Bad Day (session outtake; previously unreleased)
18. King of Birds (last song cut from the best of)
19. Swan Swan H (live, acoustic from Athens, GA-Inside Out)
20. Disturbance At The Heron House (Peter's pick)
21. Time After Time (annElise)(Michael's pick)

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The songs collected on And I Feel Fine... The Best of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 are just good enough to render the previous I.R.S. years collection, 1998's Eponymous, officially dead. The latter was likely the way the masses heard R.E.M.'s underground hits on CD the first time--after all, the band had just come off of their apocalyptic breakthrough single ("It's the end of the world...") and CD players were finally hitting below the $400 mark. It did the trick. We all got up to date and it paved the way for a more sonic R.E.M. to grow into the phenomena they've become. This new version is a welcome history re-write as it pulls more from Murmur and Reckoning days and does a far better job at telling the early story--owing a great deal to the photos and in-depth notes from Anthony DeCurtis.

For our money it's worth $2 to buy the "Collectors Edition" for the massive collection of rarities on disc 2. The DVD companion to this CD is a visual goldmine. --Peter Hilgendorf

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Lifes Rich Pageant	Document	Fables of the Reconstruction
Eponymous	The Best of the I.R.S. Years	The Best of the I.R.S. Years Video Collection

Customer Reviews:

And, oh, do I feel fine listening to this collection...........2007-03-06

I'm not going to lie to you - I like the idea of "Best-Of" & "Greatest Hits" albums in general. This medium allows for bands to gaze backwards through the annals of history so that they might view & review their work, in hopes of gathering together their best songs from a given time period. All of this is done in the hope of providing a means for which their fans (whether old, new, or as-yet-discovered) can listen to those songs in a fairly simple format. With "Greatest Hits" albums, you don't have to carry around all of the albums from your favorite bands just to hear the songs that you like the best. It's a win-win situation for everyone involved - a band gets to make a few more bucks by repackaging old material and a fan of the band only has to carry around one or two albums as opposed to 4, 5, 9, or 10 of them to get their fill of the band's music.

However, there is a dark side from whence a music listener can view a "Best-Of" album, since the whole concept of creating an album or two that will attempt to gather together a band's preeminent songs is one that has been used and disastrously abused for decades now. There are legions of rock snobs out there who disdain (quite rightly) the fact that many of these records only collect a band's singles and/or the songs that receive the widest levels of popularity & notoriety. Record companies too often get involved in the decision-making process, forcing the band to include songs just so that more records will be sold on the basis of that one song (i.e., how record companies have been pushing record sales for years, getting the dumbed-down public to buy an often crappy album for the one poppy, radio-friendly tune). "Best-Of" albums too frequently have been turned into "What-Sells-Best" albums, sacrificing content for sales.

I say all of that to say this - R.E.M.'s prior "Greatest Hits" release, In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003, was plagued by such issues, especially in terms of leaving often strong, fan-favorite songs in favor of ones that were more easily recognized by the average music-buying public. Case in point - while Automatic For The People is one of R.E.M.'s best records, it's also the fan favorite and received 4 nominations on In Time, while the critically-acclaimed New Adventures in Hi-Fi only had two songs included. Yes, an alternate track of "Leave" did make it to Disc Two, but you had to pay extra for it (even though it is an excellent remix). The band was in the thralls of a world tour in 2003 and this compendium of their years on Warner Brothers left much to the imagination. I mean, "Country Feedback" only made it on as a live track to close out Disc Two - as wonderful as the song is and as well-recorded as the live cut is, it's a travesty of justice for this song not to have been on the Disc One.

So, when I heard that And I Feel Fine was going to be released in Fall 2006 as a replacement for the nearly 2-decades-old Eponymous, released when R.E.M. left I.R.S. Records, I was filled with a mixture of excitement & trepidation. I wasn't quite sure what to expect, even with the promise of liner notes & comments left by all four members Yes, I will admit it - even the promise of long-retired drummer Bill Berry contributing to this collection did little to assuage my fears. As such, as highly- and fittingly-lauded as the band's early work is, there is much misunderstanding that revolves around the first five R.E.M. albums: there aren't any true singles until Document, the band seems overly indulgent in regards to experimentation & quirky lack of direction, and no one really knows what Michael Stipe is singing on any of those songs. I wasn't sure if the problems of over-reliance upon one album that afflicted In Time would burden down And I Feel Fine.

And I am so glad that my fears were dismissed (quite quickly at that). Each of the five albums from the I.R.S. Years (Murmur, Reckoning, Fables of the Reconstruction, Life's Rich Pageant, & Document) is appropriately and evenly represented on the 21 songs on Disc One. Four songs were chosen from each of the five albums, plus "Gardening At Night" from the Chronic Town EP. Thus, besides personal favorites such as "Moral Kiosk" off Murmur, I don't think that there's one necessary song missing between the two discs. Name a song that might be missing - I dare you. "7 Chinese Brothers"? It's there. "Disturbance At The Heron House"? Present. "Cuyahoga"? Accounted for. And even more to the point, the tracks on Disc One are arranged in a non-chronological format, with precedence given to how the songs will sound when listened to as a complete album, from song 1 to song 21, as only a mixtape should be.

There are definite highlights that must be pointed out, and they're all from Disc Two (even though Disc One is a wonderful & complete collection). The first notable selection is the 3-song live set from Boston, MA, on 07/13/1983 - "Ages of You," "We Walk," & "1,000,000." The energy of these four boys from Atlanta, GA is never more apparent than on these tracks as they flow effortlessly and seamlessly through their set. In second place comes the at-half-speed, demo version of "Gardening At Night" - the song sounds more hushed & intimate than a great many other songs in the R.E.M. pantheon. "Hyena" (in a scratchy demo version) represents my third choice, complete with the band's revealing in the liner notes that, while the song was released on Life's Rich Pageant, it was originally recorded during the Fables of the Reconstruction sessions. I've always been a fan of hearing songs in their early, unfinished, not-quite-complete phase - it gives new life to how you hear the "finished" version that you've been used to all of these years.

Do I have any complaints? Not really. As I said, there aren't really any songs that have been left off this 2-disc, 42-song compilation. If you've never listened to R.E.M. before, I would suggest you go purchase the album as soon as you finish reading this review. And I Feel Fine is what a "Best Of" album should be - representative of how a band has grown & developed over a given period of time and beautifully illustrative of the contributions that the band has made to the greater picture of music history. But in case you need just one more reason to buy this album, take this into account - it's both poignant and hilarious to read in the liner notes for Disc Two and learn how Bill, Mike, & Peter haven't always understood what Michael Stipe is singing or what his lyrics even mean, but they're certain that they have meaning for someone (and on occasion, the boys even present their differing interpretations of certain songs). So, if the band doesn't know what's going on with Stipe's beautiful mumblings, then it's OK that us listeners have also been confused for almost 25 years now.

Change of heart.......2007-02-23

I thought R.E.M. was just dismissable frat-rock all through the eighties...wow, has my mind changed. I love the jangly rock on this excellent collection...yes, R.E.M. rock for the best.

"Music that didn't pander to an audience" - it created one.......2007-02-18

During 1982-87 REM was probably the best band - possibly ever - if you define best band by great ALBUMS and great concerts. Similar to U2, REM created an audience - a big one - by original ideas that invited the audience to interpret the music. They didn't let tell you what it meant - maybe it meant nothing - but millions (billions?) THOUGHT IT DID. As Michael Stipe stated "Not everyone can carry the weight of the world". They CREATED an audience that wanted something new (the original alternative music). Nowadays - as the last line in U2's "Kite" states ("the time when new media was the big idea") audiences demand technology but the meaning or value of music is not relevant. I'd recommend this album to anyone who wants to hear America's greatest band at its creative best from a time when music could be relevant.

More about the remastering.......2007-01-07

Firstly, the music on this collection is stupendous. In the 80's, R.E.M. was the most consistently excellent, yet idiosyncratic and unconventional, band around and each release was a new gift. I don't have many quibbles with the song selections made for this best-of, and getting the second disc for not much more than the price of the single-disc version is a value. If you don't know early R.E.M. very well, this is a great place to start.

But... as several other reviewers have commented, this release was mastered to sound as loud as possible. And at first listen, it sounds great. Then, after it's on for awhile, you will probably find yourself turning the volume down, and even thinking about turning it off. That's because the mix has been highly compressed - that's how they get newer CDs to sound so much louder than old ones, but it's akin to how a loud commercial suddenly comes on when you're watching a TV show and sends you jumping for the remote to turn it down. It becomes obnoxious and irritating when everything is so loud all the time, and robs the music of all dynamics. And if you listen closely you'll hear distortion - they mix it so high that they're actually introducing clipping, which means flattened sound waves that results in a static-y edge to the sound.

Unfortunately this is a trend that has been going on with CD mastering for the last decade, though it gets very little publicity. The record companies do it because they think we like it, and actually many of us think we do, judging by a lot of the positive comments on the sound of overloud remasters. But once you're aware of it, you'll notice it, and you'll start to feel ripped off. The public needs to tell the record companies we want quality remasters that don't compromise true fidelity and range for shallow loudness and distortion. To learn more on this topic, do a web search on "loudness war".

Discover This Band.......2007-01-06

There was once a band called 'R.E.M.' and they played energetic, inventive, interesting, raw, yet somehow sophisticated jangly rock country punk. Their lead singer sounded like nobody else with sort of a baritone drawl that somehow managed to not really sound country at all, but they were from Georgia. They weren't precious or self-conscious. At the same time that a lot of groups were doing synth-pop or hair metal, this band was sorting out how to fuse art-rock with folk rock. The words the singer sang were sometimes imagistic, sometimes surreal, sometimes obscure. The drums were punchy. The bass was melodic. The guitar was sometimes jangly, sometimes ferocious. This is a collection of what that band sounded like 'in the day'. Not complete without the bonus disc, however.

Average customer rating: Old Blue Eyes A decade's worth of drama, emotion, and swagger! Excellent Sinatra Collection Great quality classics from Frank Sinatra The Best

The Capitol Years Frank Sinatra Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | 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 Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Box Sets | Stores | Music Broadway & Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music Vocal Pop & Oldies | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Best Of Columbia Years 1943-52 [4-CD SET] The Reprise Collection The Very Best of Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely Songs for Swingin' Lovers! ASIN: B000002UWM Release Date: 1990-12-13

Tracks:

1. I've Got The World On A String
2. Lean Baby
3. I Love You
4. South Of The Border
5. From Here To Eternity
6. They Can't Take That Away From Me
7. I Get A Kick Out Of You
8. Young At Heart
9. Three Coins In The Fountain
10. All Of Me
11. Taking A Chance On Love
12. Someone To Watch Over Me
13. What Is This Thing Called Love
14. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
15. Learnin' The Blues
16. Our Town
17. Love And Marriage
18. (Love Is) The Tender Trap
19. Weep They Will
20. I Thought About You
21. You Make Me Feel So Young
22. Memories Of You
23. I've Got You Under My Skin
24. Too Marvelous For Words
25. Don't Like Goodbyes
26. (How Little It Matters) How Little We Know

Tracks:

1. Hey! Jealous Lover
2. You're Sensational
3. Cose To You
4. Stars Fell On Alabama
5. I Got Plenty Of Nothing
6. I Wish I Were In Love Again
7. The Lady Is A Tramp
8. Night And Day
9. The Lonesome Road
10. If I Had You
11. Where Are You
12. I'm A Fool To Want You
13. Witchcraft
14. Something Wonderful Happens In Summer
15. All The Way
16. Chicago
17. Let's Get Away From It All
18. Autumn In New York
19. Come Fly With Me
20. Everybody Loves Somebody
21. It's The Same Old Dream
22. Put Your Dreams Away
23. Here Goes
24. Angel Eyes

Tracks:

1. Ebb Tide
2. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
3. Only The Lonely
4. One For My Baby
5. To Love And Be Loved
6. I Couldn't Care Less
7. The Song Is You
8. Just In Time
9. Saturday Night Is The Loneliest Night
10. Come Dance With Me
11. French Foreign Legion
12. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
13. Here's That Rainy Day
14. High Hopes
15. When No One Cares
16. I'll Never Smile Again
17. I've Got A Crush On You
18. Embraceable You
19. Nice 'N' Easy
20. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
21. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
22. I've Heard That Song Before
23. Almost Like Being In Love
24. I'll Be Seeing You
25. I Got A Right To Sing The Blues

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Including Sinatra's finest recordings from the most consistently accomplished era of his career, The Capitol Years includes three discs and 75 songs worth of swinging standards and bittersweet saloon pop, the music Sinatra made after his career and personal life had crashed and singing was all he had left. His masterful baritone and remarkable phrasing here work in perfect combination with arrangements that swing and swell to the heartbeat of loves lost and found. It is these performances for which Sinatra will be forever remembered, for surely, no one has ever created music more beautiful than this. --David Cantwell

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Classic Sinatra	In the Wee Small Hours	Nice-n-Easy
Romance: Songs From the Heart	Songs for Swingin' Lovers	Come Fly with Me

Customer Reviews:

Old Blue Eyes.......2007-05-08

There are a few entertainers who maintain a consistancy of excellence. Frank Sinatra was one of those entertainers. Everything in this collection is classic. The collaberation of musical talent combined with the high fidelity recording technology of that era preserves for us some of the crown jewels of popular music. Trying to describe this music with words is like trying to describe an oil painting. You have to hear it or see it respectively. Words don't do it, just listen. I have only one complaint. When is Capitol going to release the complete works in a box set. I recently acquired the complete Capitol recordings of Nat King Cole (2 boxes). If they can do it with Nat, why not the "chairman of the board"?

A decade's worth of drama, emotion, and swagger!.......2007-04-05

Few vocalists pack the drama, emotion, and swagger of Frank Sinatra and "The Capitol Collection" compiles Frankie at his best during the era many consider his artistic peak. I'm not going to enter that argument, but listening to this massive 3 CD collection you're going to hear the full range of Frankie's creativity over an astonishingly short span of 9 years (1953 to 1962). And lets be honest, you couldn't possibly pack EVERYTHING her recorded on Capitol into a box set...it would be enormous! This compilation covers the gravy of his recordings for Capitol and shows his career trajectory and growth as an artist during that decade. Anything and everything is pretty much here, so many tracks from the Great American Songbook, Tin Pan Alley, and along the way truly unforgettable tracks indelibly stamped as Sinatra's own and all delivered in the inimitable Sinatra style. Reading over the track listing is a trip down memory lane and so many of these tracks were signature songs Sinatra defined and owned. Of course there's the age-old debate about whether his Capitol or Reprise years were his best; I say who cares! Pop these CDs in and you'll see Frankie was perhaps THE consummate American vocalist of the 20th Century. "The Capitol Years" is a great starting point for someone delving into Frankie's career or for the fan who doesn't want to spring for buying everything Frankie did in that most prolific decade.

Excellent Sinatra Collection.......2007-01-17

I'm a "new" fan of Frank, and not terribly interested in owning his entire discography. So I set out searching for a well crafted collection. The Capitol Years received high marks from many Sinatra devotees. I've listened to quite a few selections so far and am very pleased with this set. It's positively brimming with Sinatra classics, the audio quality is superb, and the included booklet of liner notes and essays is an enjoyable and informative read. I'd recommend this to anyone who's looking for a comprehensive compendium of Frank's work!

Great quality classics from Frank Sinatra.......2007-01-10

I couldn't be happier with this set of CD's. I have been looking for quite a while for a collection that had the original recordings of Sinatra's classic songs. The capitol years provides just that. Some of the recordings on other CD's were recorded again due to a label change, and they just aren't as magical as the originals on this CD set. Great buy for a great price.

The Best.......2006-08-03

Since I don't want to sound like a broken record (how's that for a phrase made obsolescent by the advent of compact disks?) and repeat the superlatives stated by others, I'll keep this brief. This is by far my favorite CD I own. This music is so sensational, just too marvelous for words. If you are not a fan or all you are familiar with is either the latter-year material when his voice started to go or the early years before he developed his trademark style and sound, do yourself a favor and pick up this collection. His voice was in peak form, the arrangements are stellar and the selection is unsurpassable. The Voice recorded more than 1,500 songs, many of them multiple times, so this seventy-five song set is anything but comprehensive. However, it is an excellent choice if you don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to purchase the individual studio recordings. His recordings of standards here are not only the best versions he himself recorded, they are the best versions recorded by anyone. The sound quality is also superb, which is not surprising given the fact that, by the time of these recordings, Sinatra had already been using nothing but the best studio equipment for years. Your life is not complete without Frank Sinatra.

Average customer rating: a space in time A Space in Time - Ten Years After Still Growing On Me A Classic Once There Was A Time...a space in time

A Space in Time Ten Years After Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Cricklewood Green Live at the Fillmore East Pure Blues Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore Ssssh ASIN: B000003JA5 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. One Of These Days
2. Here They Come
3. I'd Love To Change The World
4. Over The Hill
5. Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'N' Roll You
6. Once There Was A Time
7. Let The Sky Fall
8. Hard Monkeys
9. I've Been There Too
10. Uncle Jam

Customer Reviews:

a space in time.......2007-06-10

The best album by Ten years after. It brings back all the memories from late 60's/early 70's.

A Space in Time - Ten Years After.......2007-01-12

This is, in my opinion, one of their best albums. Timeless. After all these years still 100% enjoyable!

Still Growing On Me.......2007-01-04

I was never a huge Ten Years After fan but I did listen to them somewhat regularly "back in the day," as my kids like to say. I had this album and Cricklewood Green in vinyl plus a few cuts on the Woodstock Album.
Now my son is learning to play the guitar so I thought I'd introduce him to some "good guitar" in the form of Alvin Lee. He's not impressed with most of what I listen to but he does like this a bit.
I must say that I wasn't expecting to like this as much as I do. The more I listen to it the more it grows on me. Almost every song on this album has staying power. If you like TYA at all this is a great album overall and worth the investment.

A Classic.......2006-11-27

What I like about this album is that it covers a wide range of emotions and feelings. Lead guitarist Alvin Lee was widely proclaimed as the fastest guitarist of his era. This album was pretty much mandatory in any early 70's high school rockers collection. I highly recommend this album for anyone wanting a taste of classic early 70's rock and roll. Really good stuff from a really good band.

Once There Was A Time...a space in time.......2006-11-10

A friend and I were recently reminiscing of a space in time before there were music downloads, mp3's, i tunes,and i pods. A time when vinyl was the musical medium . Albums contained liner notes and lyric sheets that were printed large enough to read. Cover Art was captivating and meant to be enjoyed. Songs were heard as being just a smaller segment of a larger collection of work. You dropped the needle,sat down and took it in from start to finish. Like a great movie, you wouldn't dare leave before the end. Every song set up the next one. The music was the event of that moment in time, not a wallpaper back drop. 'A Space In Time' is of that time, yet after 35 years it has stood the test. Timeless.

Average customer rating: Rockin' n Rollin' all Night! THE WORST OF POISON!!!!!!!!! Great to hear Poison again! The Best of Poison I always liked this band, no matter how many other people hate it :)

The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock Poison Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits Motley Crue - Greatest Hits Poison - Seven Days Live Ratt & Roll 8191 Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection ASIN: B000EHQ80K Release Date: 2006-04-04

Tracks:

1. Talk Dirty To Me
2. I Want Action
3. I Won't Forget You
4. Cry Tough
5. Look What The Cat Dragged In
6. Nothin' But A Good Time
7. Fallen Angel
8. Every Rose Has Its Thorn
9. Your Mama Don't Dance
10. Unskinny Bop
11. Rock And Roll All Nite
12. Ride The Wind
13. Something To Believe In
14. Life Goes On
15. Stand
16. The Last Song
17. Shooting Star
18. Were An American Band (New track, produced by Don Was)

Album Description

From hair metal stardom to "Behind the Music" melodrama, few bands have rocked as hard and lived as high as L.A.'s famous foursome, Poison. Bret, C.C. and the boys celebrate 20 years of glam-trashed brilliance on the remastered Best of Poison. This must-have set includes all of Poison's biggest hits, including "Unskinny Bop," "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," "Talk Dirty To Me," and "Nothin' But A Good Time," plus a cover of Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band."

Customer Reviews:

Rockin' n Rollin' all Night!.......2007-07-16

If you're talkin' bout Rock n Roll, then definitely you're talkin' bout POISON; the best hair metal band and the sons of glam rock! This 20th anniversary collection shows the undeniable truth that POISON marks as an icon to the 80's rock n roll. But I find it dissapointing that the songs included were almost the same in their first Greatest Hits collection. In my opinion, they should'nt have included songs like Were an American Band, Rock n' Roll All Nite and Your Mama Dont Dance since they were released in a revival album called Poison'd. The new songs included like Shooting Star and Last Song were impressive however. All the rest were truly great POISON classics. Overall, this CD may be the best substitute to their Greatest Hits 86-96 collection.

THE WORST OF POISON!!!!!!!!!.......2007-05-13

I HATE POISON THE SONG I HATE THE MOST IS EVREY ROSE HAS A THORN IS THE MOST HORRIBLE SONG OF ALL TIME THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT I THOUGHT OF THROWING UP THERE ONLY GOOD SONG IS NOTHIN BUT A GOOD TIME. ALL POISON IS IS A ONE HIT WONDER!!!!!MY ADVICE IS DON'T BUY THIS ALBUM!!!!!!!

Great to hear Poison again!.......2007-04-19

I was missing my Poison songs that I remember jamming to when I was in high school. This album brought back floods of memories! Some of their newer stuff isn't too bad either. Great collection of some of their biggest hits. Good purchase...

The Best of Poison.......2007-04-04

This is a good copulation of their work. A recommended purchase for Poison fans.

I always liked this band, no matter how many other people hate it :).......2007-01-22

Poison is one of those 1980s bands that became "unfashionable" after the 1990s grunge craze, and is now looked upon with almost universal scorn. Reviled for their big hair, spandex clothing, and simple song structures, almost nobody even admits to liking them, but I still do! For one thing, who cares if 80s music is no longer hip and trendy? Time waits for nobody, and all music eventually becomes old. The grunge music that replaced hair metal is every bit as dated as hair metal itself is, and I don't see people bashing Nirvana or Soundgarden for being "90s has beens" do you? Nothing stays hip and trendy forever. And the other argument used against Poison is that their music isn't complicated or technically complex, it only has 3 chords, and doesn't require any talent to play. Has it ever occured to you hair metal bashers that there is more to music than lightning fast guitar solos that are so impossible that nobody can play them? Sometimes 3 chords is enough to make an impression on the listener, even if it isn't hard to play. In fact, virtually all rock stars s*ck at playing their instruments. You only need to look at all the Avril Lavigne, Green Day, U2, Nickelback and Nirvana songs that have ever hit #1 on the rock charts to realize that. Nobody thinks anything less of these people for playing 3 chords on their guitars, so why should it be any different for poison? I think this band has always been underrated.

Average customer rating: PURE BLUES Ten Years After True Blue you can name all the styles, but the real style is Alvin Lee possumsmcbikeritems Satisfaction guaranteed

Pure Blues Alvin Lee & Ten Years After Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Live at the Fillmore East A Space in Time Cricklewood Green Anthology 1967-1971 Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore ASIN: B000003JD5 Release Date: 1995-09-26

Tracks:

1. Don't Want You Woman
2. The Bluest Blues
3. I Woke Up This Morning
4. Real Life Blues
5. The Stomp
6. Slow Blues In 'C'
7. Wake Up Moma
8. Talk Don't Bother Me
9. Every Blues You've Ever Heard
10. I Get All Shook Up
11. Lost In Love
12. Help Me
13. Outside My Window

Customer Reviews:

PURE BLUES Ten Years After.......2007-04-04

Could not believe how GREAT this cd was!! Anyone who loves the blues and ten years after should have this cd!!

True Blue.......2007-03-11

True to the title this is Alvin's & (&TYA's) bluest...excellent,throughout. Tracks chosen from past works as well as newer compositions, I think were/are Great choices. My only beef is that more and more people are not aware of the magnificent musicianship of Ten Years After and,of course, Alvin Lee's genius. ...keep playin' on guys there are some of us who live for and appreciate your efforts...a true masterwork or as the French would say a chef-d'oeuvre... WOAH!!!
Peace!!

you can name all the styles, but the real style is Alvin Lee.......2007-03-11

I can see, (hear), now that Lee does indeed use blues, rock, jazz, and rockabilly in his style, after reading mentions of this, but none of this ever occurred to me when I first began listening to him, c.1967. Lee has put all of these influences into seamless personal style that is most accurately communicated by simply calling it "Alvin Lee".

possumsmcbikeritems.......2007-01-10

Mainly for the Alvin Lee or Ten Years After collector, saying that there is some good rockin' and slow blues, but has the same music on it as some others.

Satisfaction guaranteed.......2006-11-10

If you've missed Alvin Lee as I have you will not be disappointed. And having George Harrison playing on a couple of cuts is an added bonus.

Average customer rating: I just spent seven bucks too much for this edicion MUY, MUY recomendable!! How Alvin Lee should be heard Ten Years After - 'Live At The Fillmore East' (Capitol) 2-CD Ten Years After Live

Live at the Fillmore East Ten Years After Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Pure Blues Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore A Space in Time Cricklewood Green Anthology 1967-1971 ASIN: B00005K1ZD Release Date: 2002-01-08

Tracks:

1. Love Like A Man
2. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
3. Working On The Road
4. The Hobbit
5. 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain
6. Skoobly-Oobly-Doobob/I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes/Extension On One Chord

Tracks:

1. Help Me
2. I'm Going Home
3. Sweet Little
4. Roll Over Beethoven
5. I Woke Up This Morning
6. Spoonful

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With its devotion to '50s rock and blues coupled to a manic, if decidedly middlebrow performance tack, Ten Years After could seem positively Jurassic, even by late-'60s standards. This collection culls magnificently recorded performances (kudos to Hendrix/ELP engineer Eddie Kramer) from a February 1970 weekend stand at the Fillmore East, capturing the band at its post-Woodstock performing peak. The running times of most of the tracks (three-quarters of which clock in at seven-plus minutes) will tip listeners to the show's jam-heavy take on covers of Sonny Boy Williamson (an ominous, revamped "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"), Willie Dixon (a slow, 16-minute burn through "Help Me"), and Chuck Berry (atypically economic romps of "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll Over Beethoven"). But with the band's own primordial originals (the titles "Skooby-Oobly-Doobob" and "Extension on One Chord" speak for themselves) there's an elemental, effusive--and, dare we say it--Ramones-like stoopidity to the tracks. Even Alvin Lee's trademark fret-burner "I'm Going Home" is hard to resist. This set perfectly captures one of the era's hardest working bands in a concise, double-disc time capsule. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

UK live compilation for the British blues-rock quartet. Featuring 12 tracks recorded during two nights at the legendary venue, September 27th & 28th 1968. Highlights include, 'Spoonful' & 'The Hobbit'. 2001.

Album Details

Double disc digitally remastered set from Alvin Lee & Co.'s heyday. These recordings from the classic Fillmore East venue showcase the band at their best from their formative years. Includes 'The Hobbitt', which appeared in an evolved form on the 'Recorded Live' album many years later as well as 'Spoonful', 'Good Morning Little Schoolgirl', 'Sweet Little Sixteen', 'I'm Going Home and so many more. Essential for fans of boogie rock!

Customer Reviews:

I just spent seven bucks too much for this.......2007-05-02

which really, really bites. The sound quality is great. The band is tight. Just keep in mind that Alvin Lee has one solo that he plays in every frickin' number the band does. You'll know it when you hear it, trust me. The songs themselves are great, and of course Lee is a tremendous guitarist, but Ritchie Blackmore he ain't. Still, if you were to make a choice between this and "Recorded Live," take this. I've always thought "Recorded Live" sounded uninspired, mostly. This has got many of the same pieces, but done better. You don't get "Choo Choo Mama," but you get a much better "Hobbit" and an "I can't keep from crying" that doesn't sound like it was recorded under a bathtub full of water.

edicion MUY, MUY recomendable!!.......2007-03-02

lo mejor que alguien puede hallar en una placa en vivo es esa sensacion de "haber estado alli" y con estos 2 discos te aseguro que la sentis! gran sonido, grandes canciones, una guitarra fuera de control pidiendo pista...crudeza y sentimiento autentico...el fraseo y la garra de alvin lee son impresionantes..booklet digno con el relato de esas actuaciones...concluyendo, una edicion gratificante, que nos regala la actuacion de una banda que seguramente merecio mejor suerte que la que tuvo!!

How Alvin Lee should be heard.......2007-01-09

Alvin Lee had his own sound and if you are old enough to remember it, get this cd and remember the high--if you have never heard Alvin Lee on guitar you are missing the rocker before Mark Knofler. They even due spoonful.

Ten Years After - 'Live At The Fillmore East' (Capitol) 2-CD.......2006-12-04

Fantastic two disc archive live release from a true music legend,the British blues rockers Ten Years After. 'Live At The...' took place over a two-night stand on September 27-28,1968.My only regret is not ONLY wasn't I there myself,but I've never seen these guys play live.Twelve track concert,with a duration of a little under two hours.You can't go wrong by picking up a copy of this title. Sound quality is great.Also priced pretty nice. Most memorable cuts are "Love Like A Man", "50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain" (one of my personal favorites), the bluesy (also fun)"Skoobly-Oobly-Doobob", "I'm Going Home", "I Woke Up This Morning" and their two Chuck Berry covers, "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll Over Beethoven". Would make a great gift for an old school fan. Highly recommended.

Ten Years After Live.......2005-12-23

This is one of the best live albums that I have. Alvin Lee is one of the must unterrated lead players in the world. His solo on HELP ME is simply the best the speed that he plays some on some of the songs is breath taking. Their verson of SPOONFUL is better then CREAM did on their live album. You can't go wrong buying this album. Also I would compare Alvin Lee's lead playing to Jimmi Hendrix and Eric Clapton any time He is one of the best in the world.

Average customer rating: 30 yrs of B.B. review Great Music, Worth Buying For the Smile Material Alone Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys. MORE THAN JUST A GREATEST HITS, THIS BOX IS ALSO A BEACH BOYS HISTORY LESSON Great Complimation Stereo is not dead

Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys The Beach Boys Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Baroque Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Novelty Music | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Surf Rock | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: The Pet Sounds Sessions Smiley Smile/Wild Honey Friends/20/20 Today/ Summer Days (and Summer Nights) Little Deuce Coupe/ All Summer Long ASIN: B000002UR4 Release Date: 1993-06-29

Tracks:

1. Surfin' U.S.A. (Demo Version) (Previously Unreleased)
2. Little Surfer Girl (Previously Unreleased)
3. Surfin' (Rehearsal) (Previously Unreleased)
4. Surfin'
5. Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring (Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
6. Surfin' Safari
7. 409
8. Punchline (Instrumental) (Previously Unreleased)
9. Surfin' U.S.A.
10. Shut Down
11. Surfer Girl
12. Little Deuce Coupe
13. In My Room
14. Catch A Wave
15. The Surfer Moon
16. Be True To Your School
17. Spirit Of America
18. Little Saint Nick (45 RPM)
19. Things We Did Last Summer (Previously Unreleased)
20. Fun, Fun, Fun
21. Don't Worry Baby
22. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
23. The Warmth Of The Sun
24. I Get Around
25. All Summer Long
26. Little Honda
27. Wendy
28. Don't Back Down
29. Do You Wanna Dance
30. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
31. Dance, Dance, Dance
32. Please Let Me Wonder
33. She Knows Me Too Well
34. Radio Station Jingles (Previously Unreleased)
35. Concert Promo/Hushabye (Live) (Previously Unreleased)

Tracks:

1. California Girls
2. Help Me Rhonda
3. Then I Kissed Her
4. And Your Dream Comes True
5. The Little Girl I Once Knew (45 Version)
6. Barbara Ann (45 Version)
7. Ruby Baby (Party LP Outtake) (Previously Unreleased)
8. Koma (Radio Promo Spot) (Previously Unreleased)
9. Sloop John B
10. Wouldn't It Be Nice
11. You Still Believe In Me
12. God Only Knows
13. Hang On To Your Ego (Alternate Version) (Previously Unreleased)
14. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
15. Pet Sounds
16. Caroline, No
17. Good Vibrations (45 Version)
18. Our Prayer (Previously Unreleased)
19. Heroes And Villains (Alternate Version)
20. Heroes And Villains (Sections) (Previously Unreleased)
21. Wonderful (Previously Unreleased)
22. Cabinessence
23. Wind Chimes (Previously Unreleased)
24. Heroes And Villains (Intro) (Previously Unreleased)
25. Do You Like Worms (Previously Unreleased)
26. Vegetables (Previously Unreleased)
27. I Love To Say Da Da (Previously Unreleased)
28. Surf's Up (Previously Unreleased)
29. With Me Tonight

Tracks:

1. Heroes And Villains (45 Version)
2. Darlin'
3. Wild Honey
4. Let The Wind Blow
5. Can't Wait Too Long
6. Cool Cool Water
7. Meant For You
8. Friends
9. Little Bird
10. Busy Doin' Nothin'
11. Do It Again
12. I Can Hear Music
13. I Went To Sleep
14. Time To Get Alone
15. Breakaway
16. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) (45 Version)
17. San Miguel
18. Games Two Can Play (Previously Unreleased)
19. I Just Got My Pay (Previously Unreleased)
20. This Whole World
21. Add Some Music
22. Forever
23. Our Sweet Love
24. H.E.L.P. Is On The Way (Previously Unreleased)
25. 4th Of July (Previously Unreleased)
26. Long Promised Road
27. Disney Girls
28. Surf's Up
29. 'Til I Die

Tracks:

1. Sail On Sailor
2. California
3. Trader
4. Funky Pretty
5. Fairy Tale Music
6. You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
7. Marcella
8. All This Is That
9. Rock And Roll Music
10. It's OK
11. Had To Phone Ya
12. That Same Song
13. It's Over Now (Previously Unreleased)
14. Still I Dream Of It (Previously Unreleased)
15. Let Us Go On This Way
16. The Night Was So Young
17. I'll Bet He's Nice
18. Airplane
19. Come Go With Me
20. Our Team (Previously Unreleased)
21. Baby Blue
22. Good Timin'
23. Goin' On
24. Getcha Back
25. Kokomo

Tracks:

1. In My Room (Demo)
2. Radio Spot #1
3. I Get Around (Track Only)
4. Radio Spot #2
5. Dance, Dance, Dance (Tracking Session)
6. Hang On To Your Ego (Sessions)
7. God Only Knows (Tracking Session)
8. Good Vibrations (Sessions)
9. Heroes And Villains (Track Only)
10. Cabinessence (Track Only)
11. Surf's Up (Track Only)
12. Radio Spot #3
13. All Summer Long (Vocals)
14. Wendy (Vocals)
15. Hushabye (Vocals)
16. When I Grow Up To Be A Man (Vocals)
17. Wouldn't It Be Nice (Vocals)
18. California Girls (Vocals)
19. Radio Spot #4
20. Concert Intro/Surfin' U.S.A.-Live 1964
21. Surfer Girl-Live 1964
22. Be True To Your School-Live 1964
23. Good Vibrations-Live 1966
24. Surfer Girl-Live In Hawaii Rehearsals-1967

Amazon.com essential recording

From "Surfin'" to "Kokomo," the first four discs of this box chart the Beach Boys' inimitable 30-year course. Here are all the hits and key album tracks, and an assortment of unreleased material that illuminates Brian Wilson and company's immense contribution to the development of pop music. (Especially fascinating are the assembled fragments from Wilson's abandoned 1966 masterwork, Smile.) A fifth disc features demos, radio spots, live tracks, and studio goodies for the hardcore fan. The set confirms Brian's hardworking genius, but also gives each member his due, especially the late Carl Wilson. Rock & roll music grew up with the Beach Boys, and this box is rock's best family album. --Ben Edmonds

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Customer Reviews:

30 yrs of B.B. review.......2007-03-25

First let me say that when they are doing well, I love the Beach Boys. The first time I saw them live was the summer of approx. 2000. I was so totally satisfied and blown away! I heard that they sometimes do sub-par shows but this must have been one of the great ones. Allentown, PA fairgrounds. This set has many good cuts but I must say that in the effort to build a compilation set, they included a bunch of ( to me) space taking junk. If you are into trivia and deep details, you might get into it but if you are into the music, you'll have to pick and choose your way thru the set and maybe burn to CD the ones you really want.

Great Music, Worth Buying For the Smile Material Alone.......2007-03-05

I do agree with some of the criticsm here. There are MANY great songs not on this. "Salt Lake City" for example, or all of the Brian lead ballads on "Today!". And you can get better sound quality and stereo versions of songs like "California Girls" and "Heroes and Villains" on other albums. But because of the inclusion of the Smile work and the bonus disc containing some great material this is worth getting. If I am not mistaken Disc 5 is the only place you can hear "Good Vibrations" in stereo albeit as it is being recorded and mostly instrumental at that phase.

That said I reccomend getting all of their cd's if you really like the Beach Boys because there are TONS of non-hits that are INCREDIBLE!!! Go get "Today!" and listen to the whole album and you will see what I mean.

Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys. MORE THAN JUST A GREATEST HITS, THIS BOX IS ALSO A BEACH BOYS HISTORY LESSON .......2007-02-16

Most of this box set was recorded in mono due to Brian Wilson being deaf in one ear and of course 1960s ancient recording technology. I beleive Capital did a fine job with the song selection of this Beach Boys box set. If your looking at this box set as a greatest hits collection you're looking in the wrong direction. "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" is a greatest hits collection with a following of The Beach Boys through their illustrius history. The booklet is very informative, the outakes disc 5, is really interesting especially hearing "Good Vibrations" played live before it was even released. On disc 5, "God Only Knows" along with the "Good Vibrations" sessions is an incredible facinating look into the disection of two of the most argueably popular pop songs of all time. I don't look at this box set as a great Beach Boys Box Set, but there is something in it for every Beach Boys fan. Please Realize that The Beatles had Lennon and McCartney and the greatest record producer of all time in Sir George Martin. The Beach Boys had talented musicians, but the majority of Beach Boys output was that of Brian Wilson. Brian Wilson in reality had to go up against The Beatles all by himself.
Brian also produced 10 Beach Boys albums by the tender age of 23. The Beatles had George Martin producing all their Magnum Opuses. The Beatles were great, there is no argument from me there, but by (Pet Sounds) 1966 Sir George Martin and The Beatles soon realized that a man named Brian Wilson was just as talented musically, or far surpassed any of The Beatles in musical talent individually. If the missing songs are bothering you, buy all the "Capital Re-issue Twofers" with there expansive linear notes, extra and alternate tracks. Remember the limited sound quality of "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" is due to Brian Wilson being deaf in one ear, as he could only hear in mono, not in stereo like the average person can. Anything that was recorded in mono and was put in stereo during the 1960s, was called Duo-Phonic, and beleive me as I tell you the original Mono recordings sound vastly superior to any Duo Phonic stereo remastering. Duo Phonic was just fake stereo and did not help the original vastly superior sounding mono recording. "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" may seem overkill for casual Beach Boys fans, but as I listened to each cd from 1-5 the music plays the Beach Boys history right in front of your ears.
Bottom line: "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" is essential to any Beach Boys fan to learn their history and to realize they were more than beach and sun music. Ps. This box set is some really good listening, if you give it a chance..............

Great Complimation.......2007-01-04

This boxed set does not disappoint. It has all the songs you love from back when the beach boys were all the rave. Great set would buy again.

Stereo is not dead.......2006-09-19

I just recently bought this and was very disappointed with the sound quality. Stereo became available in 1958 and was around when the Beach Boys cam out with Little Deuce Coupe. Little Deuce Coupe Album was available in Stereo or Mono. Why would anyone at Capital want to release box set with most of the songs in Mono when they were available in Stereo? Capital needs to fire someone. Now I am stuck with a poor sounding box set. Bad move on Capitals part. :(

Average customer rating: A Musiical Treasure How Can One So Young Be So Musically Mature? A very good re-master. Disappointing Remasters Absolutely necessary collection for Ronstadt lovers

The Best Of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years Linda Ronstadt Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Adieu False Heart Prisoner in Disguise Hasten Down the Wind The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt A Tribute to Nicolette Larson: Lotta Lova Concert ASIN: B000CEX20O Release Date: 2006-01-24

Tracks:

1. Baby You've Been On My Mind
2. Silver Threads & Golden Needles
3. Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
4. A Number And A Name
5. The Only Mama That'll Walk The Line
6. The Long Way Around
7. Break My Mind
8. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
9. It's About Time
10. We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus (And A Lot Less Rock & Roll)
11. The Dolphins
12. It Won't Be Easy (outtake from session; previously unreleased)
13. Lovesick Blues
14. Are My Thoughts With You?
15. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
16. Nobody's
17. Louise
18. Long Long Time
19. Mental Revenge
20. I'm Leavin' It All Up To You
21. He Darked The Sun
22. Life Is Like A Mountain Railway
23. He Darked The Sun (Nashville Version-outtake from session;previously unreleased)

Tracks:

1. Rock Me On The Water
2. Crazy Arms
3. I Won't Be Hangin' Round
4. I Still Miss Someone
5. In My Reply
6. I Fall To Pieces
7. Ramblin' Round
8. Birds
9. I Ain't Always Been Faithful
10. Rescue Me
11. Can It Be True (b-side to "I Fall To Pieces" single-previously unreleased on CD)
12. Long Long Time (Live @ The Troubadour 1971)
13. Kate (Live @ The Troubadour 1971)
14. You're No Good
15. It Doesn't Matter Anymore
16. Faithless Love
17. The Dark End Of The Street
18. Heart Is Like A Wheel
19. When Will I Be Loved
20. Willin'
21. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
22. Keep Me From Blowing Away
23. You Can Close Your Eyes

Customer Reviews:

A Musiical Treasure.......2007-04-10

Versatile and impressive are just two adjectives that appropriately describe the music of Linda Ronstadt. This package, The Best Of Linda Ronstadt: The Capital Years, is simply outstanding. I discovered her music as I was growing up in the mid 70's. This probably explains why I had never heard several of the songs on this C.D. I cannot think of another artist in modern music who can compete with Ronstadt in singing a "hard-core" country song and also equally and impressively singing "Big Band" or "Mexican styled" music. A sad reality is that today's music executives would not permit Linda Ronstadt be who she really is - a versatile and impressive artist. Simply put, if you are a Linda Ronstadt fan, you will enjoy this collection of her early music!

How Can One So Young Be So Musically Mature?.......2007-02-25

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine acquired this new collection, and mentioned it to me. Although I have long been an admirer of the magnificent vocals of Ms. Ronstadt, when I looked the item up, I realized that, although I have a good deal of her late material, and her two early "greatest hits" CD's, I was missing the complete albums of these very essential works on CD. When I realized how much of this material I was lacking, I felt slightly embarrassed, and I ordered the CD immediately.

If anything, I am now even more impressed with Ms. Ronstadt than I was before, and that's quite a statement. Having been familiar for a long time with her rock and roll material, as well as her excellent Spanish language albums and her perfectly arranged pop pieces, I had forgotten (even though I was quite aware) of how much excellent, pure country material she had recorded at the dawn of her career.

And, I had somehow forgotten the fact that, like many of my favorite artists, her earthy, early recordings were some of the strongest and most artistically pure records she ever made. I had also failed to remember that her voice was perhaps at its loveliest at this stage of her career. In fact, in listening to this material again, I am amazed at how much she vocally reminds me here of two of my favorite folk artists, Joan Baez and Judy Collins, although, true artist that she is, her voice is refreshing enough and strong enough to stand up to such demanding comparisons.

And the songs! If classic country is your bag, Linda covers a wealth of material that, for her age at the time, is amazing. Her covers of Lovesick Blues, Crazy Arms, I Still Miss Someone, The Only Mama That Will Walk the Line and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight all show a level of maturity and a depth of emotion that some singers never attain, at any stage of their careers.

With a track listing that includes four complete early albums, plus bonus tracks, this is a special collection that any fan of good music will want to snap up. If you are only familiar with Linda's late recordings, especially her forays into pop with Nelson Riddle, or her Spanish language folk albums of traditional Mexican canciones, open up to her early roots and see the true depth of her artistry.

Highly recommended.

A very good re-master........2007-01-20

Although the high frequencys are a little overbearing, this collection is still an improvement over my vinyl copies (all of which I have). And you can't beat the conveniance of having all four albums on two cd's plus the bonus tracks. I just reduced the treble to zero and boosted the bass a bit to make more enjoyable.

Disappointing Remasters.......2007-01-13

I really looked forward to putting this in my CD player after opening it, but the first sounds out of my speakers were harsh. I hoped it would improve as I progressed through the albums, but it didn't. For whatever reason, they put a pantload of compression on these discs, as if they thought you might want to listen to them through an AM radio. While this won't bother the average consumer, they could have done it right and satisfied those of us who care about such things, and the average consumer would have still been happy - everyone would be happy. Suffice it to say that these discs are not intended for audiophiles. Too bad - this is some really good music.

Absolutely necessary collection for Ronstadt lovers.......2006-12-16

Ronstadt has had a long and diverse career, so much so that one forgets the power and rockin' twang of the early years. Her voice is outstandingly powerful as she belts out notes with a range that seems to defy electronic amplification. Equally at home with rockers such as Jackson Browne's "Rock Me on the Water" to Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone" and the plaintive "Louise" with only an acoustic guitar and the baritone of Gary White following behind Ronstadt's voice. She acquits herself well on both Patsy Cline's and Hank William's classics. This is a super value purchase with two CDs containing 46 tracks.

This CD will remind you why you began listening to Linda Ronstadt in the first place. For those of you not on the bandwagon, you will realize you have a lot of catching up to do.

Music Album:

1. Change
2. Chock Full of Country Goodness
3. Christmasville
4. Chrome
5. Circo
6. Clock Without Hands [Enhanced]
7. Cold Hard Truth
8. Come on Down to Texas for Awhile: The Anthology 1969-1991
9. Complete A-Sides & B-Sides [Import]
10. Copperfields

Music Album