True Blue - the Very Best of [Import]

Product Description:
1995 release celebrating 25th anniversary for Australian singer-songwriter, country-rock artist, features 43 tracks including studio & live tracks recorded September 1995. EMI.

True Blue - the Very Best of,John Williamson,EMI,Country,Folk

Average customer rating: True Blue CD is a beautiful remembrance Can't get it away from Mum Fond memories True Blue is great Jphn Williamson

True Blue: The Very Best of John Williamson John Williamson Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Wildlife Warriors: It's Time Anthems: A Celebration of Australia He Changed Our World - Steve Irwin Memorial Tribute Australia: Our Land, Our Music The Crocodile Hunter: The Incredible Life and Adventures of Steve and Terri Irwin ASIN: B0000257AB Release Date: 2003-12-02

Tracks:

1. You and My Guitar
2. Goodbye Blinky Bill
3. Just a Dog
4. Wrinkles
5. Diggers of the Anzac
6. Old Man Emu
7. Shed
8. Hawkesbury River Lovin'
9. Breaker
10. I'm Fair Dinkum [Live]
11. Bush Barber [Live]
12. Bush Town (The Lawnmower Song) [Live]
13. Dad's Flowers [Live]
14. Billabong [Live]
15. Chain Around My Ankle [Live]
16. I Can't Feel Those Chains Any Longer [Live]
17. Vasectomy Song [Live]
18. Stuffed If I Know [Live]
19. Home Among the Gum Trees [Live]
20. Waltzing Matilda [Live]
21. No One Loves Brisbane Like Jesus [Live]

Tracks:

1. This Is Australia Calling
2. I'll Be Gone
3. Rip Rip Woodchip
4. Mallee Boy
5. Cracker Night
6. Boomerang Cafe
7. Budgie Song
8. Boogie with M' Baby
9. I'm in the Mood
10. Waratah Street
11. Bushman Can't Survive
12. Drover's Boy
13. Papa Whisky November
14. Crocodile Roll
15. Cootamundra Wattle
16. Shelter
17. Bill the Cat
18. Beachcomber from Wollongong
19. Galleries of Pink Galahs
20. Raining on the Rock
21. Flag of Our Own
22. True Blue

Album Description

1995 release celebrating 25th anniversary for Australian singer-songwriter, country-rock artist, features 43 tracks including studio & live tracks recorded September 1995. EMI.

Album Details

2003 Issued Double CD Anthology of the Legendary Australian Country Singer/Songwriter and Balladeer. These Tracks Are Truly Creme De La Creme of his Distinguished Recording Career. The Title Track is Perhaps his Best Known Tune, but Other Notables Include "Just a Dog" (About Dingoes), "Diggers of the Anzac" and "Beachcomber from Wollongong". There Are Several Live Tracks Included in the Set, Like the Comic "The Vasectomy Song", "Home Among the Gum Trees" and "Chain around My Ankle". Naturally, Australia Turned to Williamson for Comfort in the Wake of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's Tragic Passing and He Performed his Magic with Grace and Spirit.

Customer Reviews:

True Blue CD is a beautiful remembrance.......2007-02-21

My mother and I first heard John Williamson's song "True Blue" when he sang it at Steve Irwin's memorial service. It is a fantastic song, a lovely remembrance of a loved one who has passed. My mom was terminally ill, and we will be using it at her memorial service. The CD is mostly upbeat, with lots of happy Aussie folk songs. There are, in fact, over 40 songs on the CD. But "True Blue" is Williamson's chef d'oeuvre. It's worth the price of the CD simply to have this song in your collection.

Can't get it away from Mum.......2007-02-17

I gave this to Mum for Christmas with the selfish intent of her letting me 'keep it for her'. It's not worked out that way! She's been listening to the CD in her car ever since. She keeps saying I really must hear "Mister Emu" and "The Vasectomy Song", but she never makes a move to let me borrow it. Even when hearing "True Blue" made her cry while driving and she said I must take the CD away, she's kept it. She has graduated to quoting bits of some song about a crocodile. I am seriously considering buying my own copy because at this rate I never ever will get to even borrow the album let alone 'keep it for her'.

Fond memories.......2007-01-20

This music reminds me of the trip of a lifetime my daughter and I spent in Australia last summer. Great folk music from a very special country.

True Blue is great.......2007-01-07

"True Blue" John Williamson's 25th anniversary CD is great !!!!!
He is such a wonderful musician. His guitar playing is awesome.
I am more than pleased with this CD; it puts a smile on my face every time I hear it!

Jphn Williamson.......2006-10-25

I haven't gotten this CD yet but I have to say that I learned about him from Steve Irwin's funeral. His music just captured me and I became an instant fan. It's too bad that it took such a tragic event to bring him to USA citizen's fan base.

Average customer rating: The best? I think not. can't understand the words

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Tracks:

1. H.M.S. Pinafore: Ov - Orch Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr/John Owen Edwards
2. H.M.S. Pinafore: We Sail The Ocean Blue - Tom McVay/Gordon Sandison/Yvonne Barclay
3. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore - Tom McVay/Gordon Sandison/Yvonne Barclay
4. The Yeomen Of The Guard: When Maiden Loves She Sits And Sighs - Janine Roebuck
5. The Yeomen Of The Guard: Here's A Man Of Jollity - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
6. Iolanthe: Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither - Yvonne Patrick/Madeliene Mitchell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
7. Iolanthe: The Law Is The True Embodiment - Richard Suart/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
8. Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar - Richard Suart
9. Iolanthe: Strephon's A Member Of Parliament! - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
10. Iolanthe: When Britain Really Rul'd The Waves - Lawrence Richard/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
11. Iolanthe: Finale Act Two: Soon As We May - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
12. The Pirates Of Penzance: Ov - Orch Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr/John Pryce-Jones
13. The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wand'ring One - Marilyn Hill Smith/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
14. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model - Eric Robertson/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
15. The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bares His Steel - Simon Masterton Smith/Marilyn Hill Smith/Patricia Cameron/Eric Robertson/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte...
16. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread - Gareth Jones/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
17. The Mikado: If You Want To Know Who We Are - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
18. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - Bonaventura Bottone/Eric Roberts/Deborah Rees/Thora Ker/Malcom Rivers
19. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River - Eric Roberts
20. Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen - Donald Maxwell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
21. Patience: If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery - Donald Maxwell/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
22. Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved - Simon Butteriss
23. Patience: If You're Anxious For To Shine - Simon Butteriss
24. The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri - David Fieldsend/Alan Oke
25. The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore - Richard Suart/Jill Pert/Elizabeth Woollett/Philip Casey
26. The Gondoliers: For Ev'ry One Who Feels Inclined - David Fieldsend/Alan Oke/Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr
27. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes - David Fieldsend
28. The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha - Chor Of The D'Oyly Carte Opr

Customer Reviews:

The best? I think not........2004-01-11

This disc includes some songs that, while I like them, are not what people might consider the "best" of G&S. Of course, anything by G&S is good, it's still not the "best of the best."

There has got to be something that better represents the G&S canon.

can't understand the words.......2004-01-08

Don't know about those other reviewers, but I just can't make out very much of the lyrics. Maybe those folk have better CD players or better hearing, but it's pretty much a blur to me. I strongly recommend "The Ultimate Gilbert and Sullivan" instead.

Average customer rating: Great compilation A disappointment

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Tracks:

1. A Day In Hollywood A Night In Ukraine: Just Go To The Movies - Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison/Frank Lazarus/Stephen James/Peggy Hewett/Kate Draper
2. Babes In Arms: I Wish I Were In Love Again - Christopher Fitzgerald Jessica Stone
3. Pal Joey: Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered - Patti LuPone
4. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - KT Sullivan
5. Nunsense: I Just Want To Be A Star - Christine Anderson
6. Louisiana Purchase: Wild About You - Debbie Gravitte & New York Voices
7. Oil City Symphony: Beaver Ball At The Bug Club - Mike Craver/Mark Hardwick/Debra Monk/Mary Murfitt
8. Falsettoland: The Baseball Game - Michael Rupert/Chip Zien/Faith Prince/Janet Metz/Heather MacRae/Stephen Bogardus
9. Very Good Eddie: Isn't It Great To Be Married? - Virginia Seidel/Spring Fairbank/Charles Repole/Nicholas Wyman
10. The Fantasticks: A Perfect Time To Be In Love - Harvey Schmidt
11. Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love - Tyne Daly/Lewis Cleale
12. Taking My Turn: Fine For The Shape I'm In - Margaret Whiting/Marnie Nixon/Cissy Houston
13. A Party With Betty Comden & Adolph Green: The French Lesson - Betty Comdon/Adolph Green
14. The Madwoman Of Central Park: Better - Phyllis Newman
15. Greenwillow: Never Will I Marry - Anthony Perkins
16. Song Of Singapore: I Can't Remember - Loretta Swit & Company
17. Tintypes: Elite Syncopation/I'm Goin' To Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Lynne Thigpen
18. I Love My Wife: Someone Wonderful I Missed - Joanna Gleason/Ilene Graff
19. The Good Companions: The Pleasure Of Your Company - Malcolm Rennie/Christopher Gable
20. Forbidden Broadway 20th Anniversary: Liza One-Note - Christine Pedi
21. Meet Me In St. Louis: The Trolley Song - Donna Kane & Ensemble

Tracks:

1. 4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria!: Feel It - Philip Anthony/Henry Gainza/Allen Hidalgo/Ricardo Puente
2. Fame - The Musical: There She Goes!/Fame - Natasha Rennalls & Ensemble
3. Do Re Mi: What's New At The Zoo? - Heather Headley/The Animal Girls
4. High Society: Once Upon A Time/True Love - Melissa Errico/Daniel McDonald
5. Tenderloin: Artificial Flowers - Patrick Wilson
6. State Fair: Driving At Night/Our State Fair - Company
7. Kiss Me, Kate: Were Thine That Special Face - Brian Stokes Mitchell
8. Black And Blue: Black And Blue - Linda Hopkins/Ruth Brown/Carrie Smith
9. The Green Bird: O Foolish Heart - Company
10. Out Of This World: From This Moment On - Marin Mazzie/Gregg Edelman
11. The Boys From Syracuse: This Can't Be Love - Davis Gaines/Sarah Berry
12. Snoopy!!!: Poor Sweet Baby - Pamela Myers
13. SeesawNobody Does It Like Me - Michele Lee
14. March Of The Falsettos: I Never Wanted To Love You - Michael Rupert/Stephen Bogardus/Alison Fraser/Chip Zien/James Kushner
15. Lunch: Perfectly Alone - Carol Burnett
16. 3hree: Foolish Dreamin'/Something Beautiful/Real Enough To Change My Mind - Jessica Molaskey/Will Gartshore/Rachel Ulanet
17. Lucky In The Rain: Love Me As If There Were No Tomorrow - Barbara Cook
18. Godspell: All Good Gifts - Sal Sabella & Company
19. The Act: Walking Papers - Liza Minnelli & Company

Customer Reviews:

Great compilation.......2002-05-10

I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does.
The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.

A disappointment.......2001-12-15

There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.

Average customer rating: Old recordings

The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan Manufacturer: Prism Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004XR7M Release Date: 2000-08-15

Customer Reviews:

Old recordings.......2002-08-26

Tracks are from performances in 1949, the rest
are from performances in 1929. The quality is
what you would expect from these years.

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