The 25 Year Collection, Vol. 2

1. For All the Wrong Reasons

2. Country Rap

3. Dancin' Cowboys

4. Lovers Live Longer

5. Old Hippie (The Sequel) [Live]

6. We Dared the Lightning

7. Desperadoes in Love

8. Big Love

9. Almost Jamaica

10. Kids of the Baby Boom [Live]

11. Forget About Me

12. You're My Favorite Star

13. You'll Never Be Sorry

14. Big Hair

15. Rip off the Knob

16. Catahoula

17. World's Greatest Lover

18. Some Broken Hearts

19. Big Hat, No Cattle

20. Santa Fe [Live]

Tracks:

For All the Wrong Reasons
Country Rap
Dancin' Cowboys
Lovers Live Longer
Old Hippie (The Sequel) [Live]
We Dared the Lightning
Desperadoes in Love
Big Love
Almost Jamaica
Kids of the Baby Boom [Live]
Forget About Me
You're My Favorite Star
You'll Never Be Sorry
Big Hair
Rip off the Knob
Catahoula
World's Greatest Lover
Some Broken Hearts
Big Hat, No Cattle
Santa Fe [Live]

Customer Reviews:

Doh!!! I got ripped off twice!.......2006-07-30

The Bellamys have always been one of my favorite C&W groups - since my 20's roughnecking in Wyoming & Okla. So when I was putting together a C&W CD collection, The 25 Year Collection [Vol. 1 & Vol. 2] were two of the first CDs I got. Now I find that like a few other stinkers in my collection [John Anderson, Bill Anderson, Ed Bruce, T.G. Sheppard, ETC.] This is a FREAKING RERECORD!!!
AND EVEN WORSE, I BOUGHT NOT ONE BUT TWO!!!! What I want to know is why Howard & David would do this to their fans???? Is it because they don't have enough $$$? To wrest control away from the greedy record companies? To give their diehard fans a treat? Because no other BB collections are out there? Because other country stars have done it? Whatever the reason, it's just not good enough. Sure the songs sound OK. But don't the hardworking people of this country deserve to know what they're getting? If The 25 Year Collection [Vol. 1 & Vol. 2] is meant to be a special checking in thing, why not mark the dates clearly to make sure that fans know what they're getting? [Sure there is a picture of middle aged brothers, but lots of CDs have up-to-date photos. Leading a casual shopper to think maybe they oversaw the selection] Fact is, the whole business of rerecords is sleazy & underhanded. Not at all the wonderful values that lie at the heart of BB songs. And it makes me never want to buy another C&W CD again! Shame on you guys. You should donate every cent of this travesty to charity! Oh, and you can pick your CD back up it's in the trash with the rest of the garbage.

Second of two volumes covering all their hits - re-recorded.......2004-09-26

Despite being re-recordings, these are all extremely well done and no attempt has been made to do anything dramatically different with them. A few (not many) are live cuts, but the live effects are kept to a minimum.

The two volumes each contain twenty of their best songs. On this volume, you will find many excellent songs, including For all the wrong reasons, Dancin' cowboys, Almost Jamaica, Kids of the baby boom and You're my favorite star.

As I wrote in my review of the other volume, they were released as a double-CD in the UK and it doesn't seem to make sense to buy just one without the other. If you only want one Bellamy brothers CD, you can probably find a single CD which contains the essentials, which are split between these two volumes.

One obvious omission from both volumes is Too much is not enough, a song they originally recorded with the Forester sisters. However, there is much else to enjoy here and you can always buy the Forester sisters greatest hits (worth having even apart from that track) if you want that song without having to buy any other Bellamy brothers CD's.

Don't worry about these not being the original recordings - buy this and it's companion volume and enjoy 25 years of their good-time music.

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Second of two volumes covering all their hits - re-recorded

The 25 Year Collection, Vol. 2
The Bellamy Brothers
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The 25 Year Collection, Vol. 1

ASIN: B00005MANI
Release Date: 2001-07-31

Tracks:

For All the Wrong Reasons
Country Rap
Dancin' Cowboys
Lovers Live Longer
Old Hippie (The Sequel) [Live]
We Dared the Lightning
Desperadoes in Love
Big Love
Almost Jamaica
Kids of the Baby Boom [Live]
Forget About Me
You're My Favorite Star
You'll Never Be Sorry
Big Hair
Rip off the Knob
Catahoula
World's Greatest Lover
Some Broken Hearts
Big Hat, No Cattle
Santa Fe [Live]

Customer Reviews:

Second of two volumes covering all their hits - re-recorded.......2002-09-06

The two volumes each contain twenty of their best songs. On this volume, you will find many excellent songs, including For all the wrong reasons, Dancin' cowboys, Almost Jamaica, Kids of the baby boom and You're my favorite star.

As I wrote in my review of the other volume, they were released as a double-CD in the UK and it doesn't seem to make sense to buy just one without the other. If you only want one Bellamy brothers CD, you can probably find a single CD which contains the essentials, which are split between these two volumes.

One obvious omission from both volumes is Too much is not enough, a song they originally recorded with the Forester sisters. However, there is much else to enjoy here and you can always buy the Forester sisters greatest hits (worth having even apart from that track) if you want that song without having to buy any other Bellamy brothers CD's.

Tracks:

Dich, teure Halle
Ho-jo-to-ho
O patria mia
Du bist die Ruh'
O patria mia
Einsam in truben Tagen
Der Nussbaum
Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen
Liebchen ist da!
Ave Maria
Einsam in truben Tagen
Ho-jo-to-ho
Ave Maria
Erlkonig
Verborgene Wunden
Like The Rose Bud
O patria mia
Allmacht'ge Jungfrau
Dich, teure Halle
Mild und leise
Inflammatus et accensus

Tracks:

Widmung
Standchen
How Much I Love You
The Year's At The Spring
Standchen
Gretchen am Spinnrade
Ritorna Vincitor
Traft ihr das Schiff
Selig, wie die Sonne, Take 1
Selig, wie die Sonne, Take 2
Voi lo sapete
Irish Folk Song
Ich weiss Euch einen lieben Schatz
War es so schmahlich?
Fort denn eile
Dein Werk
Jochanaan, ich bin verliebt
Fliegt heim, ihr Raben
Ewig war ich
Fu la sorte...Alla pompa
La fatal pietra...O terra addio

Customer Reviews:

Marston Does it Again - and Again.......2002-03-13

Ward Marston has developed an amazing ability to bring old recordings back to life. The Gadski collections - there are two of them on his label - are amazing preservations of one of the great but neglected dramatic sopranos of the first 50 years of the 20th century. Listeners brought up on modern sound will have trouble with the surface noise; but learn to listen beyond it. Nobody sings like this today.

terrible sound quality.......2002-01-05

Although this CD has its place as a historic recording of Johanna Gadski, the sound quality is so terrible it is practically impossible to even evaluate Gadski's voice. If you buy this CD, do it only to have a recording of hers in your collection. DO NOT buy this CD for the great repertoire on it. It is not something you will listen to for enjoyment when wanting to hear beautiful music.

An excellent preservation of a remarkable voice........1998-09-23

Here is the "Golden Age" dramatic soprano, captured at her best in excerpts from the German and Italian operas in which she excelled, with some truly exquisite recordings of songs thrown in for good measure. This long-neglected artist has finally achieved the recognition she has so long-since deserved.

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