High Lonesome (Dts)

Book Description
This album-matching folio contains a center pull-out photo section. Titles are: Down to New Orleans * Given More Time * High Lonesome Sound * Jenny Dreamed of Trains * A Little More Love * One Dance with You * Pretty Little Adriana * Tell Me Lover * Worlds Apart * You and You Alone. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description:
This album-matching folio contains a center pull-out photo section. Titles are: Down to New Orleans * Given More Time * High Lonesome Sound * Jenny Dreamed of Trains * A Little More Love * One Dance with You * Pretty Little Adriana * Tell Me Lover * Worlds Apart * You and You Alone. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

High Lonesome (Dts),Vince Gill,Digital Sound,Country,Pop

Average customer rating: Vince Gill Sings My Heart Diverse, Well Written - Appeals to Country & Mainstream Fans Maintaining the expected quality My First Vince CD Won't Be My Last a classic from Vince Gill

High Lonesome Sound Vince Gill Manufacturer: Mca Nashville ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: When I Call Your Name I Still Believe in You When Love Finds You Souvenirs Next Big Thing ASIN: B000002P06 Release Date: 1996-05-28

Tracks:

1. Once Dance With You
2. High Lonesome Sound
3. Pretty Little Adriana
4. A Little More Love
5. Down To New Orleans
6. Tell Me Lover
7. Given More Time
8. You And You Alone
9. Worlds Apart
10. Jenny Dreamed Of Trains
11. High Lonesome Sound

Customer Reviews:

Vince Gill Sings My Heart.......2005-07-29

I love Vince Gill's music. His sweet, mellow vocals embrace you and take you on a journey of heart and soul. His musical versatility makes him a singer for all seasons. I highly recommend "High Lonesome Sound"!

Diverse, Well Written - Appeals to Country & Mainstream Fans.......2004-11-10

In the 1990s, the Country Music began to go through some transitions. Country music which had for the most part stayed in a vacuum began to go mainstream and embrace other genres of music. As a result, the sound started to change. By the end of the 90s, Country Music had full blown established music superstars in Shania Twain and Faith Hill. One may argue that Twain and Hill have deviated from their Country Music roots - and to some extent I can agree with that argument. I do think that other Country Music artists have found a way to go toward the mainstream while keeping to their Country Music roots. One such artist is Vince Gill, who proves his album "High Lonesome Sound" that it possible to go mainstream and keep to the roots of Country Music. In addition, Gill also proves that the end product can be something that is very enjoyable.

By no means do I consider myself a Country Music expert. The nice thing about "High Lonesome Sound" is that I believe it caters to a fan like myself that may not be deep into Country Music, but can appreciate many of the elements Country Music can bring to the table. While Gill's Country Music could be directed to a more casual fan like myself, I think Gill does an admirable job at addressing the fan who is deeper when it comes to the Country Music genre. Vince Gill also isn't afraid to explore some different directions - and I think this goes a long way for helping this become more appealing to the mainstream fan.

Gill assembles a nice cast of studio musicians to help him on this effort. The most noteable musician is Leland Sklar on Bass. Sklar is best known for being a part of Phil Collins "Serious" band. He was the long hair, long bearded bass player. Sklar does an admirable job on Bass on this collection. There are also some noteable vocalists that help Gill out. Patty Loveless does harmony vocals on "Given More Time" while Shelby Lynne lends vocals on the tune "You and You Alone". Lynne's vocals really connect well with Gill and I wish they would do more work together. Other vocalists, Jeff White and Kim Richey lend some terrific background vocals on multiple tracks.

The opening track is "One Dance With You". When you listen to "One Dance with You", there immediately is a feeling for a country sound. However, there almost is a Doo-Wop-ish type of theme to this song. This Doo Wop-ish theme can be heard in the melody as well as some of the names that are in the lyrics ("Peggy Sue", "Mary Lou", etc). This is a very nice track and appealed to a casual fan like myself.

The title track "High Lonesome Sound" appears on the collection twice. This is a very Country sounding tune that is a very catchy tune. This song is the second track and the last track. The difference is the latter track has Alison Krauss and Union Station helping out with this song. You will hear a stronger fiddle element on the latter track that will give it a much more of a "Dixie Music" feel to it. Alison Krauss plays fiddle on that track and also lends background vocals to both of the tracks. I find the earlier track is the one that will appeal to a more mainstream fan, but the latter track isn't bad either.

The most popular track is the ballad "Pretty Little Adriana". This is definitely a cross-over track. Although it does sound more Pop/Adult Contemporary-ish - the gentle melodies and powerful vocals of this song I still think remain true to the Gill's Country Music Roots.

Another song where Gill does things a bit different is the song "Down to New Orleans". While Gill explored a Dixie sound on the latter version of "High Lonesome Sound", Gill integrates some Jazz and Blues sounding elements into a definite "New Orleans" feel of a song. Once again, Gill doesn't abandon his Country Music Roots and the end result is another great product.

Gill also proves he can be an outstanding storyteller. This is shown on the track "Jenny Dreamed Of Trains". This is an oustanding written song by both Vince Gill and Guy C. Clark. A lot of this song reminds me of Dan Fogelberg. It has a Dan Fogelberg-like soft piano introduction for about one minute. The song then proceeds to be a story in which he tells the story of a girl named Jenny who had a love of trains and then deals with the decline of the railroads in the U.S.. Another song in which Gill tells a nice story is "Given More Time" in which Gill portrays himself as a Working Man trying to balance time with his family. The song "Worlds Apart" is also very well written and deals with a couple going through empty nest syndrome and starting to question the love between them. There is a pause a little after 4 minutes into the song - giving it a very powerful effect.

Another good track that is very enjoyable is "A Little More Love" is another example of a Country Music song that appealed to a mainstream fan like myself.

The liner notes do contain all of the lyrics to all of the tunes. They do a nice job at lining up the studio musician credits to each song. This album pretty much surprised me. I originally wanted it for the song "Pretty Little Adriana", but I ended up discovering so much more. I especially got hooked on the title track. I also discovered what a diverse musician and talent that Vince Gill is. I think this is the perfect album to introduce yourself to Vince Gill and I think Gill fans will not be disappointed with this collection. I'd recommend adding it to your collection.

Maintaining the expected quality.......2004-06-10

Vince has a very distinctive voice, which he uses to good effect on this interesting collection. Vince wrote or co-wrote all the songs, which are an excellent mix of ballads, mid-tempo and up-tempo songs.

Perhaps the strangest song is Jenny dreamed of trains, about a girl living near a deserted railroad. I wonder what inspired Vince to write this song, which was covered by John Denver for his train song album, All aboard.

Two versions of the up-tempo title track are included, both with Vince singing lead and Alison Krauss sing harmony but with one featuring Alison Krauss's band, Union Station, giving the song a bluegrass treatment. Apart from Alison, other harmony singers featured on the album include Kim Richey (A little more love), Patty Loveless (Given more time) and Shelby Lynne (You and you alone).

Other outstanding songs include Pretty little Adriana and Down in New Orleans, but every song here is worth hearing.

While I don't regard this as Vince's best album (my favorite is When I call your name), it has much to commend it. No self-respecting fan of Vince's music should be without it.

My First Vince CD Won't Be My Last.......2003-02-28

I bought this because of "Pretty Little Adriana" and "Worlds Apart", which are two of the prettiest songs I have ever heard from anybody. I ended up discovering some of Vince's most outstanding material that never got the attention it deserved. "You and You Alone" is a really good love song, and the 2 versions of "High Lonesome Sound" are one of a kind. I would recommend this album in a second, especially if you like songs with plenty of heart and true emotion.

a classic from Vince Gill.......2003-02-27

A very nice album from Vince Worlds apart are a classic and one of his greatest songs definately get it if you are vince gill fan he has one of the nicest smoothest voices in theis album so definately listen to it

Average customer rating: Old and in the Way Jerry Garcia and former Blue Grass Boys put on a good show Just gets better and better ... Bluegrass lovers top notch stompin' fun!

That High Lonesome Sound Old & In the Way Manufacturer: Acoustic Disc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Bluegrass Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music Jam Bands | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jambands | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Breakdown: Live Recordings 1973 Shady Grove The Pizza Tapes Old & In the Gray Grisman & Garcia ASIN: B00000391G Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

1. Hard Hearted
2. The Great Pretender
3. Lost
4. Catfish John
5. High Lonesome Sound
6. Lonesome Fiddle Blues
7. Love Please Come Home
8. Wicked Path Of Sin
9. Uncle Pen
10. I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home
11. Lonesome L.A. Cowboy
12. I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent
13. Orange Blossom Special
14. Angel Band

Customer Reviews:

Old and in the Way.......2007-05-12

If you likes The Grateful Dead and if you like bluegrass, then this is something you have to have

Jerry Garcia and former Blue Grass Boys put on a good show.......2006-02-25

This awesome album combines the signature rough vocals of Jerry Garcia (who also plays banjo!) with the crisp mandolin sound of David Grisman, agile fiddling of Vassar Clements, and solid guitar of Peter Rowan in a collection that pulls heavily from the repertoire of Bill Monroe's old Blue Grass Boys. Bluegrass fans and Garcia fans alike will enjoy this enthusiastic live performance by Old and In the Way.

Just gets better and better ..........2002-01-17

I bought this album because it's considered a classic, and because I love the fiddle stylings of Vassar Clements. At first I was irked by some out-of-tune vocal harmonies (it's live, after all). But I kept the album on and set the CD player to continuous play. Well, the second time it started at the beginning, I was hooked. I listened a couple more times and had to force myself to turn it off. It is really a true gem of an album. Vassar's fiddling is top-notch, a great example of his classic licks and style. Garcia, Grisman and Rowan also rock. This is indeed a classic bluegrass album, and should be in any respectable collection.

Bluegrass lovers.......1999-07-28

This CD is great! If you are not a bluegrass fan, it will certainly make you one! Some of Jerry Garcia's finest work without his electric guitar. He sure picks a mean banjo!

top notch stompin' fun!.......1999-02-11

Listen to this classic, bluegrass sound and you'll be hard pressed not to become a foot stompin', leg-smackin bluegrass fanatic in no time. This is blue ribbon bluegrass!

Average customer rating: Real Americana A must buy for fans of good music Peculiar, Strange, Moving, and Powerful Roscoe Holcomb: Beautiful Untamed Master Not bad

The High Lonesome Sound Roscoe Holcomb Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Appalachian | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Smithsonian Folkways Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: An Untamed Sense of Control Mountain Music Of Kentucky [2-CD Set] Ballads, Banjo Tunes, And Sacred Songs Of Western North Carolina Clarence Ashley And Doc Watson: The Original Folkways Recordings, 1960-1962 [2-CD Set] Dock Boggs: His Folkways Years 1963-1968 ASIN: B000001DK0 Release Date: 1998-01-20

Tracks:

1. Moonshiner
2. Old Smoky
3. Little Birdie
4. House In New Orleans
5. Trouble In Mind
6. The Wandering Boy
7. Hook And Line
8. Married Life Blues
9. Omie Wise
10. Willow Tree
11. Boat's Up The River
12. In The Pines
13. Fox Chase
14. Little Gray Mule
15. I'm A Free Little Bird
16. Little Bessie
17. Motherless Children
18. Darlin Corey
19. Roll On Buddy
20. A Village Churchyard
21. Walk Around My Bedside

Amazon.com

With a voice that could crack the same cement he worked all his adult life, Roscoe Holcomb, along with Dock Boggs, Wade Ward, and Banjo Bill Cornett, was one of the most searing singers and pickers of the Appalachian banjo style. He performed mostly in Holiness Church services and impromptu square dances, and his style was never polished by an extensive professional career. His banjo playing is distinguished by speedy, irregular meter, and seems to mimic his vocal approach (or vice versa). First released in 1965, this John Cohen edited collection includes the well-known traditional cuts "Moonshiner" and "House of the Rising Sun," and is fleshed out by the guitar playing of Mike Seeger. --Roy Francis Kasten

Album Description

The legendary Roscoe Holcomb performs 21 powerful songs shaped by the hard times and conflict between old and new that marked his life in the Kentucky mountains. A hard-hitting singer and banjo-player, he also performs unaccompanied ballads, banjo and harmonica solos, and with a guitar. These recordings from 1961, 1964, and 1974 were previously released on three different Folkways LP records and had a powerful influence on the folk music revival. Accompanied by extensive new notes and photographs by John Cohen. 71 minutes. "Roscoe Holcomb is a true genius." -San Francisco Chronicle

Customer Reviews:

Real Americana.......2007-01-22

The title characterizes the music; it's high lonesome music at its best. No high tech mixing, just honest, straight from the heart music that has been passed down from generation to generation, with Roscoe Holcomb's distinct voice and style of play. A must for the serious "old-timey" music collector.

A must buy for fans of good music.......2005-08-26

I'm not gonna get up on my high horse like some people do on these Amazon reviews, but I will say this: The High Lonesome Sound is a CD I have never gotten sick of. It is probably the best bluegrass/old timey album I've ever bought.
Holcomb's vocals, particularily on the first track, give me goose bumps every time I hear it. His harmonica playing and banjo picking is distinctive and first rate. If you are a fan of older music, bluegrass, blues or country... BUY THIS CD!

Peculiar, Strange, Moving, and Powerful.......2003-07-22

My wife gave me this recording several years ago as a birthday gift. After listening to it once or twice (and reading the fascinating and impassioned liner notes), I set it aside as odd, strange, and most peculiar. Although Mr. Holcomb is a fluid instrumentalist, his voice is so high and unusual that I did not see how his songs could bear repeated listening.

I was wrong, about as wrong as a body could be. A couple of years later, I picked up the recording again and listened to it with care. The peculiar and high-pitched voice grows on you, and the powerful and honest delivery is moving in the most compelling way. I now think that Roscoe Holcomb stands on a par with Blind Willie Johnson (in his time an equally obscure and strange singer) as one of the greatest exponents of American-born and bred music. This recording grows on you. I'm extremely grateful that this legacy of Holcomb's great artistry has been preserved for those of us who did not have the joy of listening to his searing voice and delivery while he still lived.

Roscoe Holcomb: Beautiful Untamed Master.......2003-07-14

This review is for THE HIGH LONESOME SOUND and also for AN UNTAMED SENSE OF CONTROL.

After many years of listening to the recordings of Roscoe Holcomb, of letting myself become intimately open to and familiar with them, of brooding upon them, then listening some more, I am convinced (conviction)that the true reason that Roscoe Holcomb has never become widely recognized and acknowleged in America as one of the greatest artists to ever live out some seventy odd years on its soil is not because he spent most of his life in the little backwoods community of Daisy, Kentucky where people have strange, unpleasant accents. Or rather I should say that that is only the apparent reason, the pretext. It is rather because wider American 'culture' can not embrace expression of such depth and intensity of unfiltered feeling, such depth of undecorated honesty, such depth and directness of response to life, such depth of raw, unpretentious beauty, such depth of blazing strength and haunted vulnerability, and such fierceness of unambitious artistic focus, without being intensely confronted by its own utter mediocrity.
American 'culture', which has been reduced to the hustling entertainment of an endless carnival, is tyranically controlled by capitalistic business interests and academic prejudice and pretension (backed by more capitalism). Its dominant characteristic on all levels is manipulation and self-interest. Its pseudo-passion is akin to simple lust. Roscoe Holcomb's genuine passion is a raw response to, and an unpretentious but fiercely focused hunger for, truth. He is a guileless, intelligent, aware, sensitive, gifted Kentucky 'hillbilly' who is far too large in soul to be drawn in by the smug, meretricious banality of American 'culture'. He is a grim and beautiful reminder of what wider America might have been.
As an artist and a man, he is indifferent to the illusions of 'civilized' high life, but he has no illusions about the facts of poverty and want. He is a mature, decent, gifted man trying to walk a truthful path through a bewildering maze, a man burning with life and love and suffering, and passionately confronting death and producing great art in response.
The art of his singing and playing, though clothed in Appalachian style, reaches beyond the conditioned behavior of any historical time-period, it reaches into primal emotion. He reaches into ancient, even primitve, feeling. But he is far from being unsophisticated. I am amazed by the people who claim to admire Holcomb, then submit to the terms of his critics by conceding that he is "unpolished, but...", or some such rot. Holcomb's musical knowledge, his vocal and instrumental ability, and his artistic imagination and insight are highly sophisticated and anyone who can not see this simply can not see Roscoe Holcomb. The fact that Holcomb was born in a setting that afforded him no "education' is utterly trivial and has no bearing on his artistic greatness. When, in his matchless version of LITTLE MAGGIE (UNTAMED SENSE OF CONTROL), he vocally holds that maj. 2nd (of all things!) as in the line:

low d o w n sorry man

he is being highly original and highly sophiticated. He knows exactly what he is doing, but he is not doing it for the sake of originality or sophistication, but for its artistic truth-value.
And Holcomb is quite capable of 'polish'. Listen to his beautiful mellow vibrato in his a capella version of MOONSHINER (THE HIGH LONESOME SOUND). If he usually gives his music a jagged edge it is because he has a conviction that it takes him closer to truth. I think here of another great and abused American artist, Herman Melville, who wrote:

"Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its jagged edges."

If you share this interest in truth then I would suggest that you get THE HIGH LONESOME SOUND and AN UNTAMED SENSE OF CONTROL and listen and listen and listen and learn about art and life from this master, burning intensely, though quietly, unambitiously, lost in the crowd.

Not bad.......2003-02-13

This is a great CD. Featuring good ol' time music. This has been in my CD player for weeks and I'm still not tired of listening to it. Great value.

Average customer rating: Quantity Over Quality Mediocre One Hundred Greatest TV Themes Pretty close to original recordings Really Good Collection

One Hundred Greatest TV Themes Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schifrin | Schifrin, Lalo | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sousa | Sousa, John Philip | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mancini | Mancini, Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Trek | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: All-Time Top 100 TV Themes TV Land Presents: Favorite TV Theme Songs TV Guide: 50 All-Time Favorite TV Themes NBC: A Soundtrack of Must See TV Six Million Dollar TV Themes ASIN: B00005Y49F Release Date: 2002-08-27

Tracks:

1. The A-Team - Nic Raine
2. The Addams Family - Nic Raine
3. The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe - Nic Raine
4. Airwolf - Derek Wadsworth
5. The Avengers - Mike Townend
6. Barnaby Jones - Jerry Goldsmith
7. Batman - Nic Raine
8. Battlestar Galactica - Nic Raine
9. Baywatch - Derek Wadsworth
10. Beverly Hills 90210 - Derek Wadsworth
11. Bewitched - Nic Raine
12. Between The Lines - Mark Ayres
13. The Bill - Nic Raine
14. Bonanza - The Philharmonia Orchestra
15. Brideshead Revisited - Derek Wadsworth
16. Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - Nic Raine
17. Burke's Law - Derek Wadsworth
18. Cagney And Lacey - Derek Wadsworth
19. Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Mark Ayres
20. Casualty - Mark Ayres
21. Cheers - Mark Ayres
22. Dallas - Nic Raine
23. Dangerman (Secret Agent) - Mike Townend
24. Doctor Who - Mark Ayres
25. Doctor Kildare - Jerry Goldsmith

Tracks:

1. Doogie Howser, M.D. - Derek Wadsworth
2. Dynasty - Nic Raine
3. The Equalizer - Derek Wadsworth
4. Falcon Crest - Derek Wadsworth
5. Fireball XL-5 - Derek Wadsworth
6. The Fugitive - Nic Raine
7. Hawaii 5-0 - Mike Townend
8. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Nic Raine
9. The High Chaparral - Nic Raine
10. Highway To Heaven - Derek Wadsworth
11. Hill Street Blues - Derek Wadsworth
12. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Mark Ayres
13. The Incredible Hulk - Derek Wadsworth
14. Jason King - Mike Townend
15. Jesus Of Nazareth - Paul Bateman
16. Joe 90 - Derek Wadsworth
17. Johnny Staccato - Derek Wadsworth
18. Knight Rider - Derek Wadsworth
19. Kojak - Mike Townend
20. L.A. Law - Derek Wadsworth
21. Land Of The Giants - Nic Raine
22. Little House On The Prairie - Derek Wadsworth
23. Lonesome Dove - Nic Raine
24. Lost In Space - Nic Raine
25. Lou Grant - Derek Wadsworth

Tracks:

1. Magnum, P.I. - Derek Wadsworth
2. A Man Called Ironside - Mike Townend
3. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Derek Wadsworth
4. M*A*S*H - Nic Raine
5. Miami Vice - Mark Ayres
6. Mike Hammer - Derek Wadsworth
7. Mission Impossible - Mike Townend
8. Monty Python's Flying Circus - Nic Raine
9. The Munsters - Derek Wadsworth
10. Murder She Wrote - Derek Wadsworth
11. Newhart - Derek Wadsworth
12. North And South - Derek Wadsworth
13. Northern Exposure - Derek Wadsworth
14. NYPD Blue - Mark Ayres
15. The Outer Limits - Nic Raine
16. Perry Mason - Mike Townend
17. The Persuaders - Mark Ayres
18. Peter Gunn - Mike Townend
19. Police Squad - Nic Raine
20. The Prisoner - Mike Townend
21. Quantum Leap - Derek Wadsworth
22. Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) - Mike Townend
23. Red Dwarf - Mark Lambert
24. The Rockford Files - Mike Post
25. Roseanne - Dan Foliart

Tracks:

1. The Saint - Mike Townend
2. Seaquest DSV - Nic Raine
3. Space 1999 - Derek Wadsworth
4. Star Trek - Mike Townend
5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Derek Wadsworth
6. Star Trek: Voyager - Nic Raine
7. St. Elsewhere - Derek Wadsworth
8. The Streets Of San Francisco - Nic Raine
9. Stingray - Barry Gray
10. Taxi - Derek Wadsworth
11. Thunderbirds - Derek Wadsworth
12. Thirty Something - Derek Wadsworth
13. The Time Tunnel - Nic Raine
14. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - The Philharmonia Orchestra
15. The Twighlight Zone - Nic Raine
16. Twin Peaks - Derek Wadsworth
17. U.F.O. - Derek Wadsworth
18. The Virginian - Nic Raine
19. Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Nic Raine
20. Wagon Train - Paul Bateman
21. The Waltons - Jerry Goldsmith
22. The Wild Wild West - Derek Wadsworth
23. Young Riders - John Debney
24. Xena: The Warrior Princess - Paul Bateman
25. The X-Files - Mark Ayres

Customer Reviews:

Quantity Over Quality.......2007-01-15

As a musician myself, I know too well that one of the most important ingredients in ANY performance (live or recorded) is passion. The recordings here generally lack the same passion and sheer drama of the originals. Much of the instrumentation has been reduced to a cheezy, thin, plastic synthesized replica. The performances are simply a watered-down lackluster version of the classic originals. If it were not for the sheer volume of tracks compiled here, I would have rated the comp only "one star".

Mediocre.......2006-05-17

The sound quality for this collection isn't much better than the samples offered by Amazon.

One Hundred Greatest TV Themes.......2005-08-06

I have watched almost all the shows that are on these 4 cd's. Many were made before I started watching TV. Most I've seen once or twice before.

Pretty close to original recordings.......2005-07-24

Definitely not as good as the originals. You'll probably notice the slight differences since it's stuff you saw and listened to every week or everyday in reruns growing up, but it's still an amazing collection.

Really Good Collection.......2004-07-11

I bought this in part because it had soundtracks to tv shows that are unavailable. My husband and I watch aome British programming. Many of the theme songs are for what seems like obscure British shows. That said; it has been enjoyable to hear music that I would normally never hear. Some music does sound tinny; some are very very rich, and some music is derived from actual preformances from the original artists. I think this is worth buying because is has a wonderful blend of music. The pieces are full soundtracks so they includes the parts of the theme song which are often edited out. I think the orchestra's who preformed the music did a great job. I have MonsterMania which redoes the soundtracks to the Godzilla movies. The interpretation is less heavy and stark than the preformance we associate with the original soundtrack; but I regard it as a new way to appreciate the music and all the componets which make the song unique.

Average customer rating: Fine western-flavored roots music Bluegrass Cowboy I was blown away!!! unbroken and unfixed

High Lonesome Cowboy Peter Rowan , and Don Edwards Manufacturer: Shanachie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: All on a Rising Day Muleskinner Live -- Original Television Soundtrack You Were There for Me ASIN: B00006GO7S Release Date: 2002-09-10

Tracks:

1. Take Me Back to the Range
2. The Old Chisholm Trail
3. Ramblin' Cowboy
4. Reno Blues
5. The Old Grey Mare Came Tearing Our of the Wilderness
6. Trail to Mexico
7. The Night Guard
8. Buddies in the Saddle
9. Goodbye Old Paint
10. Midnight on the Stormy Deep
11. I'm Going to Leave Texas Now

Customer Reviews:

Fine western-flavored roots music.......2003-02-17

Peter Rowan and Don Edwards have been around awhile, and their grey hair shows it as they lean against the truck old as they are on their CD cover. Rowan is a bluegrass performer, and Edwards sings western songs. Together with veteran guitarists Tony Rice and Norman Blake, they have put together a wonderful collection of mostly traditional songs that sound like they've sprung straight from the high plains and Rocky Mountains of Colorado Springs, where this album was recorded.

I first learned of Rowan and Edwards hearing a song "Buddies in the Saddle" on the bluegrass channel of satellite TV (wonderful invention for music lovers otherwise stuck with urban format commercial radio -- deliver us from what's happened to C&W). Turns out "Buddies in the Saddle" is a Maybelle Carter song, about the friendship of two cowboys, one of whom is lost in a storm. Sung in harmony with an upbeat tempo and such sweet sincerity by two seasoned voices, it got me to buy the whole album, and I was not disappointed. Every song in the collection is arranged handsomely and performed with fine accoustic muscianship -- guitars, mandolin, banjo, and bass.

The songs make up a rich variety of styles, tempos, instrumentation, and voices. There is the aching ballad "The Night Guard," about a lovelorn young cowboy on the trail who is killed by a long-horned steer. In another vein is Woody Guthrie's "Reno Blues" about the fate of a Philadelphia lawyer. The traditional "Goodbye Old Paint," sung simply with two voices, guitar and banjo, evokes another era of wagon trains and dusty cattle drives. And there's a long, mellow, gently rocking version of Bill Monroe's "Midnight on the Stormy Deep."

I recommend this one to anyone with a heart for western-flavored roots music. You can't go wrong.

Bluegrass Cowboy.......2003-01-13

If you like western lyrics put to the bluegrass sound you will love this CD.

We have all come to expect a certain type of music associated with a cowboy tune and this definately is a veer from the norm.

The musicians are excellent, the arrangements great and Don and Peter sound wonderful.

When can one say.........."It's different".

I was blown away!!!.......2002-10-07

I love this Cd. Both Peter Rowan and Don Edwards are great. I would highly recommend this to anyone who appreciates really good music and lots of talent. This is very simple, old time music, so refreshing compared to what is coming out today.

unbroken and unfixed.......2002-10-01

Some of the first songs I ever heard were traditional Western ballads. I guess a taste for them was imprinted on my brain, and I'm sure they had a lot to do with my eventual discovery of folk music in general. Which is a way of saying I came to this recording with warm feeling and confident expectation. And of course, with two pros like Peter Rowan and Don Edwards in charge, with luminaries such as Norman Blake and Tony Rice backing them, how could I have been disappointed?

High Lonesome Cowboy is nothing fancy, just acoustic guitars, mandolin, and stand-up bass. The songs are mostly standards, though -- given that Rowan and Edwards aren't exactly tourists here -- still able to surprise. Rowan and Edwards find some fresh verses (out of the many hundreds, some printable, that must be out there) to "The Old Chisholm Trail." "Ramblin' Cowboy" -- a moving Western variant of the Appalachian "I've Always Been a Rambler" -- was new to me. "Goodbye, Old Paint" happily departs from the familiar text, borrowing verses from the ancient (circa 1870s) variant John Lomax collected from old-time Texas cowboy fiddler Jess Morris. Perhaps less happily, their take on the Woody Guthrie chestnut "Philadelphia Lawyer" (retitled "Reno Blues" for no clear reason) affords the song a graver reading than Guthrie meant -- unless those funereal harmonies are intended for ironic effect.

Edwards, whose vocals sometimes almost eerily echo the late Marty Robbins's, handles most of the lead singing. He proves again that he's as fine a cowboy singer as any who's put mouth to microphone. If the songs and the performances break no new ground, they're all the more appealing for that. After all, something that has lasted a century and a half, as American cowboy song has, isn't exactly broken. Rowan and Edwards know better than to fix it.

Average customer rating: Great traditional country album This is a good record for a good price hight lonesome A Great CD. Sweet melodies, catchy lyrics, resonant vocals.

High Lonesome Randy Travis Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: This Is Me No Holdin' Back Old 8x10 Always & Forever Heroes and Friends ASIN: B000002LQB Release Date: 1991-08-27

Tracks:

1. Let Me Try
2. Oh, What A Time To Be Me
3. Heart Of Hearts
4. Point Of Light
5. Forever Together
6. Better Class Of Losers
7. I'd Surrender All
8. High Lonesome
9. Allergic To The Blues
10. I'm Gonna Have A Little Talk

Customer Reviews:

Great traditional country album.......2005-05-16

Together with George Strait, Reba McEntire, Ricky Skaggs and others, Randy Travis helped to revive traditional country music in the eighties. He burst on the scene in 1986 with a phenomenal debut album, Storms of life, and continued to impress country fans for a number of years. He was still very popular when this album was released in 1991, as proved by the three top three country hits here. Randy co-wrote two of them (Forever together, Better class of losers) and another song here (I'd surrender all) with Alan Jackson. Alan does not appear on the album but he also provided another song here - Allergic to the blues, which Alan co-wrote with Jim McBride. It is worth noting that Randy and Alan co-wrote a number of songs, some of which Alan recorded including She's got the rhythm I've got the blues (a number country hit).

Both of those hits are brilliant but my favorite track here is the third hit - the one that Alan and Randy didn't write. Point of light (co-written by two established songwriters, Don Schlitz and Thom Schuyler) contains plenty of wisdom in its lyrics. All the songs here are wonderful including Let me try, Oh what a time to be me, Heart of hearts, High lonesome and I'm gonna have a little talk.

The three country hits from this album all charted in 1991. Randy had a couple of number one country hits in 1992, recorded for greatest hits compilations. He recorded an album of western songs in 1993 then had another major country release (This is me) in 1994. That yielded three more major country hits but subsequent appearances on the charts became less frequent although he continued to have occasional hits into the new millennium.

This is one of Randy's finest albums - five of its tracks made in to the double-CD Anthology. If you wish to collect some of Randy's original albums, you should definitely include this one.

This is a good record for a good price.......2002-06-08

If you are only a little bit into country, I think you might still enjoy this record. Travis is always in fine voice even though he is more of the traditional country singer. Some of the folks he reminds me of most had a little pop culture success themselves without losing the roots-Lefty Frizell and George Jones. Randy does a song called Oh, What a time to be me, and it almost has a Jimmie Rodgers sound with the horns added. There really are a lot of honky-tonk qualities in here with Better Class of losers and Allergic to the blues which are favorites of mine. High Lonesome is just a great example of a perfect country song it's simple and it shows how beautiful country can be, the mandolins and all. It has some ballads and it shows off what Travis can do and every aspect of his sound too I think. The songs go from lots of instrumentation to minimal instrumentation, and in all between. And there is back up singing here and I personally don't care for back up singing in general and think it ruins alot of country recordings, though this is not quite intrusive like with other records. The singing done in the background, does harmonize well and is not intruding on Randy's distinct vocals nor does it ruin his performance; for me anyway. If you know what I'm talking about, some country songs have become ridiculous and hokey with back-up singers. Who in Nashville or Mars or wherever ever decided that we all like that? That we don't think it is incredibly stupid, annoying and not really suited to guys like Johnny Cash and Hank Williams Jr., etc?
I think more traditional fans and more pop oriented fans can appreciate this record as it is often as catchy as it is traditional. The players on the record are also great. The Slide guitar is fantastic and having Marty Stuart play on it sure didn't hurt and Alan Jackson's writing was a help too. I recommend it to anybody who has heard Travis' voice and liked it. He is a fine example of a real country artist, no offense to the pop country people intended.

hight lonesome.......2002-02-04

i think that is is very bad!!

A Great CD........2000-06-30

I Like Randy Travis Alot. I Have This CD At Home. One Of The Songs On Here I Like Is "Better Class Of Losers". He Does A Great Job On Singing Songs.

Sweet melodies, catchy lyrics, resonant vocals........1998-09-10

"High Lonesome" is some of Randy Travis' best work. Smooth, melodic title track is pure sonic bliss. "Allergic to the Blues" and "Better Class of Losers" are instantly likable honkey-tonkers. Good stuff through and through.

Average customer rating: great album worth every dime.

High Lonesome and Blue Del McCoury Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Country Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: The Company We Keep Family Classic Bluegrass It's Just the Night I Wonder Where You Are Tonight ASIN: B0001LYFTK Release Date: 2004-04-20

Tracks:

1. Road of Love
2. Lonesome Wind
3. I Feel The Blues Moving In
4. Youll Find Her Name Written There
5. High on a Mountain
6. Ill Pretend Its Raining
7. Dont Our Love Look Natural?
8. Cheek to Cheek with the Blues
9. Old Memories Mean Nothing to Me
10. If Youve Got The Money Honey
11. Queen Annes Lace
12. If You Need a Fool
13. The Bluest Man in Town
14. The Cold Hard Facts
15. Blackjack County Chains
16. Dont Stop the Music

Album Description

Perennial winner of the International Bluegrass Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award and recent Grand Ole Opry inductee, Del McCoury possesses one of the most soulful voices in bluegrass. Here are the best of his definitive Rounder Records recordings, made as he was on the cusp of his now burgeoning popularity with bluegrass, country, jam band and rock audiences alike. There's one great song after another here, sung "high lonesome and blue" as only Del McCoury can.

Customer Reviews:

great album worth every dime........2005-01-13

this is a great album by mr del mccoury and his band, all great tunes, the song dont our love look natural was also done by keith whiitley on one of his albums. country version or bluegrass that songs is very pretty. buy the album its worth it.

Average customer rating:

High, Wide and Lonesome David Olney Manufacturer: Philo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Real Lies Roses Eye of the Storm Migration Through a Glass Darkly ASIN: B0000003VI Release Date: 1995-09-05

Tracks:

1. Walk Downtown
2. You Gotta Hold On Me
3. Caterpiller
4. Another Place, Another Time
5. My Family Owns This Town
6. Brays
7. Raw Bone
8. Ruby Ann
9. In Your Eyes
10. Flood Of '93
11. Blue Grey Eyes
12. Vincent's Blues

Average customer rating: Don Edwards-Hi lonesome cowboy for sure

High Lonesome Cowboy Peter Rowan and Don Edwards Manufacturer: Dualtone Music Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Goin' Back to Texas Last of the Troubadours: Saddle Songs, Vol. 2 Best of Don Edwards Songs of the Trail Saddle Songs ASIN: B0002IQLIK Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

1. Take Me Back To The Range
2. The Old Chisholm Trail
3. Ramblin Cowboy
4. Reno Blues (Philadelphia Lawyer)
5. The Old Grey Mare Came Tearing Out Of The Wilderness
6. Trail To Mexico
7. The Night Guard
8. Buddies In the Saddle
9. Goodbye Old Paint
10. Midnight On the Stormy Deep
11. Im Going To leave Old Texas Now

Product Description

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Don Edwards-Hi lonesome cowboy.......2006-08-07

For the real cowboys or just plain folks who love the old time music, this is great. As someone who grew up cattle ranching and playing bluegrass and old standards myself, I can listen to this over and over again. Great blend of mandolin,banjo, guitar and good strong vocals but not in the bluegrass way. The old time way. I can almost feel myself standing in an old dusty saloon or at a dance hall during the time period most of these songs come from. This is a must for the cowboy purist. I'd say one of the best assemblies of musicians as well; Peter Rowan,Nancy & Norman Blake,Tony Rice, Billy & Bryn Bright bring this project together very well to get the exact feel and emotions of the time. Great job!!

for sure.......2005-06-17

irresistable...infectious....quaint....you'll be humming along in no time at all...acoustic guitar padding and the stellar cast of musicians including Tony Rice make this a one of a kind must have....even the kids will love this one.

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A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song Alan Bates , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , and Graham Johnson Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005S85Q Release Date: 2001-12-11

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