New Country Classics [Box set]

Disc: 1

1. If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) - Joe Diffie

2. Set 'Em Up Joe - Vern Gosdin

3. Strong Enough to Bend - Tanya Tucker

4. We Believe in Happy Endings - Earl Thomas Conley, Emmylou Harris

5. If You Change Your Mind - Rosanne Cash

6. Highwayman - Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson

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Disc: 2

1. Daddy's Come Around - Paul Overstreet

2. There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With the Radio - Aaron Tippin

3. Nobody's Home - Clint Black

4. My Baby Loves Me - Martina McBride

5. Straight Tequila Night - John Anderson

6. Bop - Dan Seals

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Disc: 3

1. Life's Highway - Steve Wariner

2. Drive South - Suzy Bogguss

3. Brother Jukebox - Mark Chesnutt

4. Could've Been Me - Billy Ray Cyrus

5. Small Town Saturday Night - Hal Ketchum

6. Oh, Lonesome Me - Kentucky Headhunters

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Average customer rating: Love Vaughn Williams Ralph! Good readings lacking passion in good sound Vaughn Williams: Serenade to Music Tolkien, a cup of Darjeeling by the fire, and this CD

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; The Lark Ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves; English Folk Song Suite; In the Fen Country; Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 Vaughan Williams: Fantasies; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Variants Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies ASIN: B000002S2R Release Date: 1991-10-11

Tracks:

1. Serenade To Music
2. English Folk Song Suite: I. March (Seventeen Come Sunday)
3. English Folk Song Suite: II. Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy)
4. English Folk Song Suite: III. March (Folk Songs From Somerset)
5. Norfolk Rhapsody No.1
6. Fantasia On 'Greensleeves'
7. In The Fen Country
8. The Lark Ascending

Customer Reviews:

Love Vaughn Williams.......2007-02-22

I bought this because Vaughan Williams has so many wonderful compositions. This particular recording contained many favorites including, but not exclusively the English Folk Song Suite conducted by Sir Adrian Boult and performed by the London Symphony... very moving!!!

Ralph!.......2007-01-09

Ralph Vaughn Williams at his best; lush, sometimes-inspiring presentation of a well-chosen collection of his works.

Good readings lacking passion in good sound.......2006-11-07

Many years after his death, Sir Adrian Boult continues to be admired as one of the linchpin -- and perhaps the archtype -- conductors of the music of his friend and countryman, Ralph Vaughan Williams. This recording, made in the autumnal years of Boutl's life, is a generous collection of bucolic English music from Vaughan Williams.

While these performances are lovely, as the other reviewers here have reported, they pale in comparison to the passion Boult provided earlier in his career. On a recording made from a Westminster LP, Boult provided more passionate and committed versions of the English Folk Song Suite, Greensleeves Fantasia and Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 linked to a dramatic reading of the Variations on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, one of Vaughan Williams most popular and enduring tunes.

Like the comparison between his early mono recordings of Vaughan Williams' symphonies and his later stereo recording, Boult was simply older and more at ease with the music in the later recordings. While they are still wonderful, the later stereo recordings lack some of the mystery and passion of his earlier work, especially his "Antartica" symphony. People that search the Internet relentlessly can locate the earlier recordings including a CD restoration of the old Westminster record.

For those not interested in that, these renderings of Serenade to Msuic, English Folk Song Suite, Norfolk Rhapsody No.1, Fantasia On 'Greensleeves', In The Fen Country and violinist Hugh Bean's The Lark Ascending are beautifully done at a lower voltage. Either gives you the ethereal Boult although his earlier recordings, sometimes in mono, give life and breadth to these works not reflected here.

Vaughn Williams: Serenade to Music.......2006-11-03

Fantastic recording. Having a British conductor (especially Sir Adrian Boult), with a British Orchestra, playing works composed by a British composer, brings an exhuburance and attention to detail not found in other recordings.

Tolkien, a cup of Darjeeling by the fire, and this CD.......2006-07-17

I laughed when I read one reviewer here who admitted that he liked to play this lovely CD while reading Tolkien. And why not? It's the magic of art to make those of us who live in the desert Southwest (or midtown Manhattan) believe we are atually in an English thatched cottage around the time of WW I, nourishing our English souls with the comforting music of Vaughan Williams.

There have been better, certainly more modern composers, but VW had the rare ability to evoke an entire culture. Every work here speaks of his total union with the English spirit, and these readings by Boult are beyond reproach. I don't traffic in "best recording ever" talk, and there are versions of the Serenade to Music that I cherish from Matthrew Best and (above all) Leonard Bernstein at the opening of Philharmonic Hall in 1962. Yet this would probably be the one CD I'd give a young friend to win him or her over to one of the most lovable and accessible of great composers.

Average customer rating: Golden Classics Edition: The Very Best of the New Christy Minstrels Golden Classics Edition: Today/Ramblin' Presenting/In Person The New Christy Minstrels Excellent

Golden Classics Edition: Today/Ramblin' The New Christy Minstrels Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Revival | Folk | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Contemporary Folk | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tell Tales! Legends and Nonsense/Land of Giants Presenting/In Person Michael, Row the Boat Ashore: The Best of the Highwaymen Christmas With the New Christy Minstrels: Complete The Very Best of the Seekers ASIN: B00000093G Release Date: 1997-04-22

Tracks:

1. Company of Cowards
2. This Ol' Riverboat
3. Love Theme (Today)
4. Whistlin' Dixie
5. Anything Love Can Buy
6. Ladies
7. Charleston Town
8. Company Q Whistle March
9. Way Down In Arkansas
10. Brackenby's Music Box
11. Riverboat Theme
12. Today
13. Ramblin'
14. Mighty Mississippi
15. Hi Jolly
16. A Travelin' Man
17. Down the Ohio
18. The Drinkin Gourd
19. Green, Green
20. Rovin' Gambler
21. Wagoner's Song
22. My Dear Mary Anne
23. Ride, Ride, Ride
24. Last Farewell
25. Chim Chim Cher-ee
26. This Land is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

Golden Classics Edition:.......2007-05-12

They need an age tune up so they can sing again poor stuff as far as quality!!

The Very Best of the New Christy Minstrels.......2007-01-10

When I was a small boy in the 1950s, my dad used to bring young sailors home with him sometimes. He or my mom would give them a home-cooked meal and an opportunity to visit with their kids (my siblings and me). In return, sometimes, they would provide engaging conversation and/or musical entertainment. So it was with a couple of young doughboys who would later wow audiences across America and around the world: Dean Jones and Randy Sparks.

While Dean went on to become an actor in the Disney stable and star of such classic films as 'The Love Bug' and 'Beethoven', Randy formed a band and 'sparked' (pun intended!) the Folk Music fad that swept like a wave around the world in the mid-1960s. Named for the Christy Minstrels who rambled from town to dusty town in the Old West entertaining far-flung American settlers, Randy Sparks and the New Christy Minstrels traveled around the world and fanned the cooling embers of our rich folk heritage to a bright, new flame.

Songs like 'Green, Green', 'Ramblin'' and 'Today' as well as many made popular by such other folk artists as Peter, Paul and Mary and the Kingston Trio, were often written and first performed by the Christies. Many of Randy's troupe, such as lead singer Barry Maguire, went on to have great solo careers in the music business.

Randy Sparks and Dean Jones may not remember us, but my dad, Frank King, never tires of reminiscing about entertaining them in our San Diego family home 'way back when.

Golden Classics Edition: Today/Ramblin'.......2006-12-12

I am so happy NCM have come out on CD. I have almost every NCM album (yes, vinyl) they made. My father taught me to love good music, no matter what the genre. NCM were my favorites growing up, because they so heavily relied on the voices, rather than a show or the instruments. It is a simple form of performance music, but when you look into the combinations of harmony and the talents that sprang into other areas from this group - it is one of the foundations of today's music.

Presenting/In Person The New Christy Minstrels.......2006-11-05

I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the CD. Given that there are two albums on the CD, it is a good value if this is your type of music.

Excellent.......2005-06-09

Both albums on one CD...what a bargin! A nice touch for the NCM fans!

Average customer rating: HEAVENLY Sweetest voices ever! Awesome Soothing and thought provoking Pure Crystal

Free Chris Dodd , Fiona Pears , Anthony Chadney , Ben Crawley , Christopher Robson , and Raoul Platt Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Luminosa Visions Libera Angel Voices Angel Voices 3 ASIN: B0002RUAAQ Release Date: 2004-10-05

Tracks:

1. I Am The Day
2. Stay With Me
3. Voca Me
4. A Song Of Enchantment
5. Ave Verum
6. Do Not Stand At My Grave
7. When A Knight
8. A New Heaven
9. I Vow To Thee My Country
10. Lament
11. Twilight
12. Be Still My Soul
13. Adoramus

Amazon.com

English composer Robert Prizeman has taken a conventional English boy's choir--usually a haven for sweet songs and ecclesiastical renderings--and made them contemporary without selling out any of their intrinsic charm. Their stacked choral voices and lead sopranos, dressed up with electronica rhythms, synthesizers, and strings still sound like they could be coming from the church balcony, even while they exude an Enya-like appeal. While there are adaptations of Gregorian chants and Sibelius hymns, most of the songs are Prizeman originals based on those styles, with texts often drawn from Latin Liturgy. Except for the chilled romanticism of "Stay With Me," and the rhythm driven "Adoramus," whose chorus sounds like a Harry Potter incantation, few of the songs on Free have the anthemic pop appeal of "Salva Me" or "Vespera" from previous albums. Instead, Prizeman has opted for a more serene sound on Free, even with their first video from the disc, the yearning "I Am the Day." Some of it, like Prizeman's setting of a Walter de la Mare poem on "A Song of Enchantment," gets lugubrious. But most of Free floats on gentle soprano breezes, intrinsically innocent, even if the boys might be smoking cigarettes behind the altar. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

HEAVENLY.......2007-06-19

This cd is like listening to a heavenly choir. "Free" is an awesome audio experience. It can turn a stressful day into a calm evening.

Sweetest voices ever!.......2007-06-16

I happened across this CD at Borders and was able to listen to it! One of the sweetest and heavenly CDs ever! I bought two: one for myself and one as a gift.

Awesome.......2007-01-04

I never knew that young boys could have such wonderful voices, almost angelic. The music is very relaxing and haunting at times, but that's what makes it a good album to hear to. The harmonies were so beautiful. To all choir fans, this is a must-have album.

Soothing and thought provoking.......2006-02-23

Libera is an amazing group of boys and Robert Prizeman really knows how to put everything together. My favorite songs on "Free" are Voca Me, Stay With Me, Adoramus, I Am the Day and Twilight. Each time I listen to this disc, another song seems to start growing on me. This was my first Libera CD (I have since bought Luminosa, Libera and Visions) and at first I liked the faster more upbeat songs but as time went on I started to really love the softer ones like Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep (beautifully done by Ben Crawley and Joseph Platt). The soloists are lovely with clear and pure voices, and the chorus just swells with harmonies. This is choir music for people who hate choir music.

Pure Crystal.......2006-02-20

Like Luminosa, this is incredible. I can only compare it to the beautiful, pristine, classical pieces of antiquity, such as Vivaldi's Spring and Bach's many ethereal melodies. It's beautiful.

Average customer rating: Rarities...an absolute gem Hello, Is Anybody Out There?

Together at the Bluebird Cafe Steve Earle , Townes Van Zandt , and Guy Clark Manufacturer: Snapper Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Workbench Songs Old No. 1/Texas Cookin' Live at Montreux 2005 The Hard Way Cold Dog Soup ASIN: B0001E8D3G Release Date: 2006-03-13

Tracks:

1. Baby Took a Limo to Memphis
2. My Old Friend the Blues
3. [Introduction to Katie Belle] - Townes Van Zandt
4. Katie Belle
5. Cape
6. [Introduction to Valentine's Day] - Steve Earle
7. Valentine's Day
8. Ain't Leavin' Your Love
9. Randall Knife
10. Tom Ames' Prayer
11. Interfaith Dental Clinic - Townes Van Zandt
12. Song For
13. Dublin Blues
14. I Ain't Ever Satisfied
15. Pancho and Lefty
16. Immigrant Eyes
17. Sirocco's Pizza - Steve Earle
18. Mercenary Song
19. Tecumseh Valley
20. Copperhead Road

Album Description

Full Artist - Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt & Guy Clark. The holy trinity of modern country songwriters on one stage for one historic night. Features 20 remastered tracks packaged in a digipak. Snapper Classics. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Rarities...an absolute gem.......2006-09-05

Great album, bringing together three of the great songwriter-poets of our time, who along with Blaze Foley constitute a world unto themselves. They got together to perform this benefit for a Dental Clinic! Townes even comments that he can't get dental (or any) insurance. All three are tight and brilliant, but the most heart rendering songs in this collection belong to Guy. The man is a treasure - he plays one of those guitars that he made himself (yes!!), it sounds beautiful..the same care and thoughtfulness is present in the songs..buy this...today!!
Oh..one correction to the other review on this page: Lucinda Williams' Drunken Angel isn't about Townes, but about Blaze Foley.

Hello, Is Anybody Out There?.......2006-03-09

I find it hard to believe that no one has reviewed this beautiful album. So I'll give it a go.
If you're a fan of one or all of these artists, you'll love this album. The intimacy of the live performance in what sounds like a very small cafe is perfect. These guys write personal songs. Songs that are sometimes very, very close to the heart.
Guy Clark, for some reason, is an unknown treasure. His songs have no peer. Steve Earle is a rebel with a cause. And Townes Van Zandt is the drunken angel and poet that Lucinda Williams sang about.
My advice: listen and learn.
And thanks to the reviewer above regarding my Drunken Angel comments. I stand corrected.
But Townes was a bit of a drunken angel himself, I would say.

Average customer rating: The Essential Mark O'Connor

Essential Mark O'Connor Manufacturer: Sony Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by O'Connor | O'Connor, Mark | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Essential Broadway More Motown Classics Gold The Essential Joshua Bell Gold Crossing Bridges ASIN: B000NDIAXS Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

1. Appalachia Waltz - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, , Mark O'Connor
2. Tiger Rag - Jon Burr, Wynton Marsalis, , Mark O'Connor, Frank Vignola
3. Caprice No. 1 in a Minor - Mark O'Connor
4. Butterfly's Day Out - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, , Mark O'Connor
5. Caprice for Three - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, , Mark O'Connor
6. Stephane and Django - Jon Burr, , Mark O'Connor, Frank Vignola
7. Midnight on the Water/Bonaparte's Retreat - Mark O'Connor
8. College Hornpipe - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, , Mark O'Connor
9. Flailing - Mark O'Connor
10. Brave Wolfe - Wynton Marsalis, , Mark O'Connor
11. Misty Moonlight Waltz - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, , Mark O'Connor
12. F.C.'s Jig - Yo-Yo Ma, , Mark O'Connor
13. Caprice No. 6 in G Major - Mark O'Connor
14. Vistas - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, , Mark O'Connor
15. Amazing Grace - Mark O'Connor

Tracks:

1. Surrender the Sword for Violin and Strings - Nashville Symphony Orchestra, , Mark O'Connor
2. Call of the Mockingbird from Fanfare for the Volunteer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, , Mark O'Connor
3. Sons of the Liberty Bell for Violin and Strings - Nashville Symphony Orchestra, , Mark O'Connor
4. American Seasons (Seasons of an American Life) For Violin and Orchestra - Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, , Mark O'Connor
5. American Seasons (Seasons of an American Life) For Violin and Orchestra - Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, , Mark O'Connor
6. American Seasons (Seasons of an American Life) For Violin and Orchestra - Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, , Mark O'Connor
7. American Seasons (Seasons of an American Life) For Violin and Orchestra - Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, , Mark O'Connor
8. Appalachia Waltz - Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, , Mark O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

The Essential Mark O'Connor.......2007-06-13

This is a wonderful 2-disc set. Mark O'Connor is extremely versatile. He plays beautifully, no matter what type of music he is playing; classical, jazz, bluegrass. His talents as a composer and as a violinist are showcased.

Average customer rating: This is a must have Some valuable "Critical Edition" performances here. A Well Lit View of Ives My Rosetta stone for Ives

The Orchestral Music of Charles Ives: World Premieres and First Editions Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ives: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4/Hymns Ives: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 Ives: Holidays Symphony Charles Ives: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces; Five Take-offs; Hallowe'en; Sunrise Ives: An American Journey ASIN: B000001SDH Release Date: 1993-03-11

Tracks:

1. 'Country Band' March
2. Set Of Four Ragtime Dances: Ragtime Dance No. 1 (Allegro moderato)
3. Set Of Four Ragtime Dances: Ragtime Dance No. 2 (Allegro moderato)
4. Set Of Four Ragtime Dances: Ragtime Dance No. 3 (Allegro)
5. Set Of Four Ragtime Dances: Ragtime Dance No. 4 (Allegro)
6. Postlude In F
7. Calcium Light Night
8. Yale-Princeton Football Game
9. Set For Theater Orchestra: In The Cage
10. Set For Theater Orchestra: In The Inn
11. Set For Theater Orchestra: In The Night
12. Largo Cantabile: Hymn
13. Three Places In New England: The 'Saint-Gaudens' In Boston Common
14. Three Places In New England: Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut
15. Three Places In New England: The Housatonic At Stockbridge

Customer Reviews:

This is a must have.......2003-03-19

The Ragtime pieces in the beginning are really *very* good and imaginative. I realized while listening that the composer that wrote for the early Loonie Tunes cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny *must* have been thinking of this music when he wrote his. Considering the time period, this thought makes perfect sense. The music manages to capture the zietgeist of Ives' world yet stands as a timeless expression of what it is to live. This is such extraordinary writing and is captured with some of the best playing I have heard of Ives since Bernstein.

Some valuable "Critical Edition" performances here........2003-01-05

James Sinclair, for many years, has been associated with the music of Charles Ives, through both the Charles Ives Society and his work with the Ives Library at Yale University. So it should surprise no one (well, no Ivesian) that any performances of the music of Ives that Sinclair commits to disc will be authoritative.

That is certainly the case for this Koch Classics release, in which Sinclair conducts the Orchestra New England, formerly the Yale Theater Orchestra and a group that understands Ives performance practices as well as any; they've got this music in their blood. Better yet, every Ives piece on this CD is either [a] a world premiere or [b] a first recording of a Charles Ives Society critical edition, prepared either by Sinclair or by Kenneth Singleton, Sinclair's colleague.

To me, the most important piece on this CD is the version-for-small-orchestra performance of a true Ives masterpiece, his "Three Places in New England" (also known as his "First Orchestral Set"). Much of Ive's music was never performed within his lifetime, except for his (largely) private benefit, on those occasions when he would pay the musicians of a small "theater orchestra" out of his own pocket, just so he had some idea of what his compositions would sound like. Fortunately, "Three Places in New England" is one work that was. But not in its original form, for large orchestra. As Sinclair makes clear in his booklet notes, Ives - at the request of Nicolas Slonimsky - rewrote the work for small orchestra (Slonimsky's Boston Chamber Players), who premiered the work in this form in 1931. (Slonimsky then concertized in Europe with the music of Ives and other "moderns - Cowell, Ruggles and Varèse to name three - in a tour that included Slonimsky's conducting of the Berlin Philharmonic, a separate saga unto itself.) This critical edition largely restores the "for Slonimsky" chamber orchestra version at the same time that it cleans up many errors that were the result of Ives's doing the transcription under conditions of time pressures and poor health. Heard in this form, "Three Places" is truly a revelation in terms of how the textures are clarified and cleaned up and thus how the individual instrumental lines are permitted to "sound" without their being submerged in the background of a large symphony orchestra. Nowhere is this more evident than in the final movement of "Three Places": "The Housatonic at Stockbridge." Some call this Ives's very finest work, and I'm not of a mind to argue with them. Its initial quiet impressionism soon overwhelmed by full orchestral dynamics, only to have the full orchestra stop while leaving just soft strings at the very end, is a sublime example of Ives at his transcendental best. And I've never heard it performed (or sound) better than it does in this "Critical Edition" performance for small orchestra, surely in a form very close to its first performances by Slonimsky.

All of the works on this album can be considered "early" works, in that even the newest ("Three Places in New England") almost "makes it" into the first fully-productive decade of Ives's life as a composer. It is actually a canard - and an unfair appraisal of Ives the composer - to state that his music became more complex, both harmonically and rythmically, as he grew older. He wrote complex works as a relatively young man, and simple works as he got older. The "long arc" of his work was not from "the simple to the complex" but from the "commonplace (in terms of its materials, not its complexities, for which rhythmic and harmonic complexities abounded) to the ultimately transcendental, whether simple or complex."

Thus, on this album, we have the near-contemporaneous juxtaposition of a rather "Brahmsian" style of the early "Postlude in F" (but not without its Ivesian harmonic touches) and the riotous "Calcium Night Light." And, over an equivalently short span of time, we have the "Set of Four Ragtime Dances" set against the far more modern-sounding 1906 "Set for Theatre Orchestra," wiith its near-atonal (but very impressionistic) "In the Cage" (at barely a minute and a few seconds, a minor masterpiece). And, from the same period, the lovely "Largo cantibile" Hymn" with a beautiful cello solo.

Aside from my earlier comments on the beauty of "Three Places in New England" in terms of its small-orchestra setting, it can further be said that every work on this album benefits not only from the editorial scrutiny of Messrs. Sinclair and Singleton, but from the superb playing of the Orchestra New England througout. Fine sound, too.

The booklet notes state that Jim Sinclair arrived at Yale in 1972, and that he founded the Yale Theater Orchestra in 1974. This would have been a most propitious time for founding it, inasmuch as it was the year of the Ives centennial. It was also the year in which - on August 17 - Jim Sinclair and Ken Singleton were involved in an Ives centennial celebration concert on the lawn of Charlie's house in West Redding, CT, performing a few Ives premieres on that occasion with a mutual friend, Paul Winter, and his Consort. (Yes, THAT Paul Winter!) Thus, while Leonard Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas were celebrating the Ives centennial in a BIG way (in Danbury, Ives's birthplace but a town which he had largely put behind him when an adult), Jim Sinclair and Ken Singleton and a few surprisingly unusual friends - from a strictly musical standpoint - were having their own Ives centennial on Charlie's lawn, in a manner that I think Charlie would really have liked. I'm one who is fortunate to have a souvenir program from that concert. Charlie would have loved the program, too.

Bob Zeidler

A Well Lit View of Ives.......2002-07-28

I was skeptical about this disc. Since I already owned every work on it, in one way or another, I just kept walking past it. But just like the Ives disc "When the Moon...", this disc offers up a glimpse of many of the Ives minitures that are not to be had elsewhere. Done by a chamber orchestra, which vividly brings out all the quirkiness and crazy-quilt Americana that can be buried with larger ensembles, the music here is brisk, profoundly well detailed and irresistable. Sinclair and the New England Orchestra, do justice to every note, making this CD a perfect adjunct to any Ives collection. In fact, I would consider it an essential for any Ives fan. Don't be put off by the cover you see above. This is a serious disc, and well worth the purchase. You can thank me later.

My Rosetta stone for Ives.......2001-08-26

For years I'd been intrigued by Ives' music but had been stymied and ultimately put off by the knottier passages (which are many!)...Not for lack of trying or wanting to understand - no Rollo I! - I just didn't know what he expected me to make of all that "good strong dissonance." Whereas, say, Stravinsky's (even Schoenberg's) famously "dissonant" music generally communicated to me pretty readily, Ives' didn't. Was it SUPPOSED to feel inscrutable? Or was there something else to get out of it? How was I supposed to parse it? Well, this recording was a sort of Rosetta stone for me. The early pieces here - the 'Country Band' March and the Ragtime Dances particularly - filled in the gap that I'd felt for so long, the missing link between Ives' music and the popular music which hovers in and around almost everything he wrote. These pieces are, essentially, "take-offs" of standard forms (as per the titles): outlandishly adventurous for their time (and thoroughly amusing) but nonetheless relatively down-to-earth compared to Ives' later works. The Ivesian outbursts and distortions are here more clearly etched against their contexts and are therefore, to my ear, far easier to swallow. (An slight case of mixed metaphor, there, but let's move on.) The recording then offers the chance to see how Ives reworked the same material in more elaborate and obscure ways - "Putnam's Camp" incorporates the 'Country Band' March; "In the Inn" recasts one of the Ragtime Dances. Not to mention that the 4 Ragtime Dances are a fascinating chance to hear Ives work over essentially the same materials in four different ways. One can't help but begin to understand Ives' idiosyncracies (how he livens up a dull harmony with some extra dissonance, or a dull rhythm with some unexpected jerks and starts.) I would recommend supplementing these pieces with a recording of the First Piano Sonata, which, again, reuses much of the Ragtime material, but all in all aims for something much loftier. After having heard this recording I found that I was able to listen much 'deeper' into the First Piano Sonata - a profoundly satisfying experience. That in turn led me to a fuller appreciation for the celebrated Second Sonata, and from there the rest of Ives' output suddenly seemed entirely accessible. Well, a lot of it, at any rate. Perhaps I'm making this recording sound as though it's merely some sort of music appreciation tool; let me be entirely clear: this music is terrific in its own right. What I AM saying, in fact, is that even if you've already decided Ives isn't for you, you still ought to give this recording a chance. To the best of my knowledge, most of this material is unavailable on any other recording (this is, incidentally, an interesting smaller orchestration of the "Three Places" than the familiar version), and regardless, these are excellent, thrilling performances. Highly recommended.

Average customer rating: Well done Amazon Hot Rods Great Music Lots Missing Though Essential for every road lover Essential relief fer hot rod fetishists!

Hot Rods & Custom Classics Various Artists Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Doo Wop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Surf Rock | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Vintage Rock & Roll | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Greatest Car Songs Hey Little Cobra and Other Hot Rod Hits All The Hits: From Surf City To Drag City G.T.O.: The Best of the Mala Recordings Loud, Fast & Out Of Control ASIN: B00000I5M0 Release Date: 1999-03-16

Tracks:

1. New Car Attitude - Hot Rods & Custom Classics
2. Action Packed - Ronnie Dee
3. Stick Shift - The Duals
4. Hot Rod Man - Tex Rubinowitz
5. Hotrod Gang - Stray Cats
6. Cruisin' - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
7. Radar Love - Golden Earring
8. Mercury Blues - David Lindley
9. Maybellene - Chuck Berry & His Combo
10. The Ballard Of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum
11. Forty Miles Of Bad Road - Duane Eddy(His 'Twangy' Guitar & The Rebels)
12. SS 396 - Paul Revere & The Raiders
13. See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet - Dinah Shore
14. Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys
15. Hot Rod - The Collins Kids
16. Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy) - Howlin' Wolf
17. Lost Highway - Hank Williams
18. Highway Patrol - Junior Brown
19. Heavy Traffic Ahead - Bill Monroe
20. Radar - Mr. Bear & His Bearcats
21. Motorhead Baby - Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
22. Led Sled - Denny Freeman
23. Rev Off - Steve Wertheimer's 1951 Mercury Custom & Mike Young's 1960 Chevrolet 'Exotica' Impala

Tracks:

1. Rockin' Down The Highway - The Dobbie Brothers
2. Hey Little Cobra - The Rip Chords
3. Hot Rod Queen - Deke Dickerson & The Ecco - Fonics
4. Hot Rod Lincoln - Johnny Bond
5. Hot Rod Race - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan
6. Drag Race - Hot Rods & Custom Classics
7. Draggin' - Curtis Gordon
8. Dragster - Johnny Fortune
9. Race With The Devil - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
10. Devil In My Car - The B - 52's
11. Ride On Josephine - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
12. Rocket '88' - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
13. Key To The Highway - Little Walter & His Jukes
14. Low Rider - War
15. Whittier Blvd. - Thee Midniters
16. Every Woman I Know - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
17. One Pieve At A Time - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three
18. Cadillac Assembly Line - Albert King
19. I Want A Lavendar Cadillac - Maurice King & His Wolverines
20. Bring My Cadillac Back - The Knighmares
21. Pink Cadillac - Sammy Masters & His Rocking Rhythm
22. Transfusion - Nervous Norvus
23. Crawling From The Wreckage - Dave Edmunds
24. Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean
25. James Dean 1955 Interview - Hot Rods & Custom Classics

Tracks:

1. Let's Go For A Ride - The Collegians
2. On The Road Again - Canned Heat
3. Drive South - John Hiatt
4. I Gotta New Car - Big Boy Groves & Band
5. No Money Down - Chuck Berry & His Combo
6. Dear Dad - Dave Edmunds
7. Little Forty Ford - Leon Smith
8. '41 Ford - The Grand Prix
9. '64 Ford - Phranc
10. Stolen Car - The Green Hornets
11. Go Lil' Camaro Go - Ramones
12. Road Runner - Bo Diddley
13. Beep Beep - The Playmates
14. Black & White Thunderbird - The Delicates
15. Pink Thunderbird - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
16. '54 Corvette - The Customs
17. Sting Ray - The Routers
18. Route 66 Theme - Nelson Riddle
19. Gas Money - Jan & Arnie
20. Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart

Tracks:

1. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
2. Hopped-Up-Mustang - Arlen Sanders
3. Wild, Wild Mustang - Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
4. 409 - The Quads
5. Automobiles - The Spaniels
6. V-8 Ford Blues - Mose Allison
7. Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
8. G.T.O. - Ronny & The Daytonas
9. Go Go G.T.O. - Carol & Cheryl
10. Bite Bite Barracuda - Buddy Randell & The Knickerbockers
11. Ford V-8 - Honey Boy Allen
12. No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry
13. Four In The Floor - The Shutdowns
14. Big Green Car - Jimmy Carroll
15. Spark Plug - Four Teens
16. Buick 59 - The Medallions
17. Freeway - The Fugitives
18. Two Lane Highway - Pure Prairie League
19. Six Days On The Road - Dave Dudley
20. Wheels - Flying Burrito Bros.

Amazon.com

Here's an educated guess that road tapes are the second most popular type of homemade mix cassette. (One suspects that old off-road standard--the bedroom mix--would clock in at No. 1.) Hot Rods & Custom Classics is Rhino Records' big daddy of road mixes: four discs housed in an elaborate box that includes a scrupulously assembled 66-page booklet, a catalog of hot-rod accessories, a strip of decals, and even a set of fuzzy dice for your own resto rod. Musically, this collection is all over the road, ranging from selections that seem like they were written with one foot on the accelerator (Johnny Bond's "Hot Rod Lincoln," Chuck Berry's "Maybelline," War's "Low Rider") to more tangential tracks that might force you to pull into a rest stop (Hank Williams's mournful "Lost Highway," Rod Stewart's "Gasoline Alley"). Spanning multiple genres and five decades, Custom Classics is enlivened by film and ad snippets, including a public-safety message from high-speed-crash victim James Dean on, naturally, safe highway driving. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Well done Amazon.......2005-09-07

I read a review of this in an English music magazine some years ago and have been trying to get it ever since. The only place from where i could get it sent was "Amazon.com".This is an amazing set with songs from the 50s right through to the 80s and I love it to bits. Particularly pleased to have the wonderful "Black & white Thunderbird" by the Delicates on CD now but it's all really good. Yes there's a lot missing as one reviewer said but you'd have to have a 25CD set to get it all on and you'd still miss out on stuff even then. Be thankful for what it HAS got on it - it's wonderful. And the service from Amazon was first class - arrived 3 weeks before it was due to do so. Thanks

Hot Rods.......2005-09-06

We just DJ'd a "Car Cruise" in our area. Not only did we enjoy the songs on these cds, but most of the people in the crowd were jammin' right along with us. The "Rev Off" between the '41 Merc and the '61 Chevy was AWESOME! We used it as a contest. Actually had someone able to guess both vehicles! If you are a DJ, and play at any car shows, this is a must have!

Great Music Lots Missing Though.......2004-11-15

this is a great set.Sure to be collectible in the future and some of the songs are treasurs.I personally love hearing all the rare unknown stuff and im happy they didn't load it up with known stuff.Drag City and Little Duce Coupe are great songs but I have enough copy's allready.I wish there had been some more surf derived songs on here like

Beach Buggy-The Shutdowns
GeeTO Tiger-The Tigers
Burning Rubber-Gene Moles(also released as Batmobile for Batman fans)
Twin Pipes-Gene Moles
Ballad Of Boneville-Don Brandon
R.P.M.-The Four Speeds
Mag Wheels-Gary Usher
Four On The Floor-The Four Speeds
My Sting Ray-The Four Speeds
Surfin Hearse-The Quads
Nifty 50-The Customs
Dragster On The Prowell-The Dovells
Chicken-Burt Convoy
Road Runner-The Gants

The list goes on.They did a good job but they could have dome better.My personal favorite is off the set is Hoped Up Mustang by Arlen Sanders.Yeah its just a re-write of Hot Rod Lincoln and he does basically talk through it rather than sing but there is a certain attatude about that song.One song they should have thrown on or maby Rhino will do a Christmas cd some day is Hope Rod Sleigh by The Reindeer.So werather its

My Dad He Said Son You Gonna Drive Me To Drinkin If You Don't Quite Drivin That HOt Rod Lincoln

Santa Said Elves You'll Never See Christmas Day If You Don't Quite Drivin That Hot Rod Sleigh

There All Good To Me.

Essential for every road lover.......2003-10-16

I expected this box 2 be good, but it's amazing. I just think this box should be in every road music lover's collection, because the songs are just mind blowing, the book is something wonderful, plus you get decals and fuzzy dice, what do you want more??? If you like cars and road songs, all you need is here.
Long life to Rhino Records.

Essential relief fer hot rod fetishists!.......2000-07-25

This is sooo good. The package is great: excellent book featuring Tom Wolf's very intellegent "The Kandy-Kolored-Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby" and other nice little bits and over 80 classic, humorous and just darn right bizarre tracks about cars, hot rods and driving 'em and lovin' 'em, covering 5 decades. If you're into that, grab it, you'll love it I'm sure. If you're not ...mmmm think about it 1st and then probably get it! P.S. Mr. Amazon, I was so impressed with it that I wrote a revue for a friend's magazine and I know another friend of mine is going to revue it in another 'special interest' magazine here in the UK ...but I've already checked and you can't get this box set from Amazon .co.uk. Let me know if this changes and I'll pass on the details (for a small consideration of course! ).

Average customer rating: hard to find tunes 4 1/2 Stars: Great Series From Rhino Must Have Something worthwhile from the lost decade!! One of the best 70's selection

Poptopia!: Power Pop Classics Of The '70's Various Artists Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music Blue-Eyed Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Comedy Rock | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Poptopia: Power Pop Classics Of The '80's Poptopia!: Power Pop Classics Of The '90's D.I.Y.: Teenage Kicks: UK Pop I (1976-79) D.I.Y.: Starry Eyes: UK Pop, Vol. 2 D.I.Y.: Come Out And Play - American Power Pop (1975-78) ASIN: B0000033ZE Release Date: 1997-05-27

Tracks:

1. Go All The Way - Raspberries
2. Couldn't I Just Tell You - Todd Rundgren
3. Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her?) - Blue Ash
4. September Gurls - Big Star
5. Just A Chance - Badfinger
6. I'm On Fire - Dwight Twilley Band
7. Shake Some Action - Flamin' Groovies
8. Baby It's Cold Outside - Pezband
9. Come On, Come On - Cheap Trick
10. Where Have You Been All My Life - Fotomaker
11. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - The Rubinoos
12. Starry Eyes - The Records
13. Girl Of My Dreams - Bram Tchaikovsky
14. Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
15. Good Girls Don't - The Knack
16. Too Late - Shoes
17. Yellow Pills - 20/20
18. Rock N Roll Girl - The Beat

Customer Reviews:

hard to find tunes.......2007-03-19

My first purchase from a seller- I was very satisfied with the response and quality of the product.

4 1/2 Stars: Great Series From Rhino.......2005-05-07

another great compilation from rhino. they make the 70's pop music scene look much better than it really was. for the most part, the obvious choices are here (the artists, not necessarily the songs) - raspberries, badfinger, big star, cheap trick - as well as some who are just as deserving but less well-known - nick lowe, dwight twilley, flamin' groovies. as we all know, cds can never replace vinyl albums as far as the packaging goes, due to size limitations, but rhino sure gives it a helluva try. the packaging in the poptopia series is A+. the booklets have short but interesting essays (many by the featured performers), there are abbreviated band histories, great photos, several of the original 45 covers, and great "pop" artwork (in bright primary colors). even the jewel case is a small marvel: the tray card (beneath the cd spindle/holder) is a 3d depiction of a 45 record spinning on a turntable! unfortunately, as is often the case with rhino releases, this entire series went out-of-print shortly after it first appeared.

Must Have.......2002-08-19

I am a huge fan of power pop and if you are too you might already be familar with most of these songs. If you are just getting into this great genre this is a wonderful starting off point. I could probably write a review on each of these songs but I will spare you that! This collection has so many definative Power Pop tunes such as the shimmering September Girls, the bubblegumish I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, and the soaring Starry Eyes. While it's hard to pick a favorite song on this album, the reason i bought it in the first place is Bram Tcaikovsky's Girl of My Dreams. This is a great 'lost' song of the seventies.

Something worthwhile from the lost decade!!.......2000-12-24

It's remarkable that amidst all the garbage passing for music in the '70's, Rhino was able (as it seems only they can!) to compile this gem of a collection. It's easy to quibble about certain selections, but the important thing is bringing to light artists who NEVER got their due, or have been unjustly forgotten. Examples include the Flamin' Groovies (Shake Some Action might just be the all-time "shoulda been a hit"), Big Star (what can I say that hasn't been said already - how many bands today owe a huge debt to these guys?), The Records, Bram Tchaikovsky (I'd love to see "Strange Man, Changed Man" come back in print), and Shoes. Anyone who likes guitar-based pop with hooks that grab you around the throat and won't let go, and that you can't get out of your mind for days, get this disc, slap it on, and lose yourself in pure pop heaven! The only danger is , you'll start to think things like "Let's see, Starland Vocal Band had a monster hit in the '70's, but nobody ever heard of Big Star..."

One of the best 70's selection.......2000-07-01

It is a great selection. Probably one of the best selections of the period. Some songs are still very strong and new such as Shake Some Action. I will suggest a volume 2 of Poptopia 70 with the same quality: Baby Blue (Badfinger), Nobody (Doobie Brothers), Ride Captain Ride (Blues Image), Head First (The Babys).

Average customer rating:

"One Woman's Life - Linda Hargrove Linda Hargrove Manufacturer: Panacea Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000BGQXYA Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. God Bless The Wine
2. One Woman's Life
3. Tennessee Whiskey
4. I've Never Loved Anyone More
5. Hole In The Universe
6. Pretty Little Panacea
7. Other Side of Goodbye
8. Never Crossed A Bridge
9. Surrounded By My Own
10. Dreamin'
11. Pour It Out
12. I'll Live On

Product Description

"One Woman's Life - Linda Hargrove" is a semi-autobiographical collection of songs and music by lengendary singer/songwriter Linda Hargrove. Hargrove, who was a pioneer among women musicians and songwriters in Nashvile in the 70s recorded for 3 major labels and had hits with major artists until she contracted leukemia in the 80's. She underwent an experimental bone marrow transplant in 1990 and was the only patient out of 30 others to survive the procedure. "One Woman's Life" contain a few Hargrove classic hits as well as new entertaining songs that reflect the faith that has brought this remarkable woman through life.

Average customer rating:

Country Classics John Anderson Manufacturer: Rhino Flashback ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | 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: John Anderson - Greatest Hits [BNA] Seminole Wind Anthology Paradise Easy Money ASIN: B000G8NXB4 Release Date: 2006-07-25

Tracks:

1. Swingin'
2. Black Sheep
3. Chicken Truck
4. Would You Catch A Falling Star
5. Your Lying Blue Eyes
6. She Sure Got Away With My Heart
7. It's All Over Now
8. Honky Tonk Crowd
9. Let Somebody Else Drive
10. I Wish I Could Write You A Song

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1. No Sir
2. Not So Silent Night
3. Once More It's Roy Acuff/King of Country Music
4. Our Behind the Barn [Box set] [Import]
5. Planet of Love
6. Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album [Import]
7. Power of Love
8. Rainbow
9. Ridin' the Hi-Line
10. Rockin' Up a Storm: Best of King Recordings [Original recording remastered]

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