Country Standards [Import]

Product Description:
Compiled on this album are many of country's best-loved standards which prove why George Jones is considered to be one of the finest vocalists in country music. 22 tracks including 'Peace In The Valley', 'San Antonio Rose' & 'The Race Is On'. Copy Controlled. EMI Gold. 2003.

Country Standards,George Jones,EMI Int'l,Country,Country-Pop,Honky Tonk,Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan,Pop,Traditional Country

Average customer rating: THE Chronicles totally essential listening The grandfather of the reissue records Necessary. Essential

Anthology of American Folk Music (Edited by Harry Smith) Various Artists Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Memphis Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Texas Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Slide Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Folk | Styles | Music Appalachian | North America | International | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Smithsonian Folkways Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways The Harry Smith Project: The Anthology Of American Folk Music Revisited (2 CD/2 DVD BOX SET) The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4 Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937 ASIN: B000001DJU Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

1. Henry Lee - Dick Justice
2. Fatal Flower Garden - Nelston's Hawaiians
3. House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley
4. Drunkard's Special - Coley Jones
5. Old Lady And The Devil - Bill & Belle Reed
6. The Butcher's Boy - Buell Kazee
7. The Wagoner's Lad - Buell Kazee
8. King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O - Chubby Parker
9. Old Shoes And Leggins - Uncle Eck Dunford
10. Willie Moore - Richard Burnett And Leonard Rutherford
11. A Lazy Farmer Boy - Buster Carter And Preston Young
12. Peg And Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
13. Ommie Wise - G.B. Grayson
14. My Name Is John Johanna - Kelly Harrell

Tracks:

1. Bandit Cole Younger - Edward L. Crain
2. Charles Giteau - Kelly Harrel
3. John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - Carter Family
4. Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand - Williamson Brothers And Curry
5. Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
6. White House Blues - Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers
7. Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
8. When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
9. Engine 143 - Carter Family
10. Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
11. Down On Penny's Farm - Bently Boys
12. Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Masked Marvel
13. Got The Farm Land Blues - Carolina Tar Heels

Tracks:

1. Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
2. The Wild Wagoner - Jilson Setters
3. Wake Up Jacob - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
4. La Danseuse - Delma Lachney And Blind Uncle Gaspard
5. Georgia Stomp - Andrew And Jim Baxter
6. Brilliancy Medley - Eck Robertson
7. Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming & His Pep-Steppers
8. Old Country Stomp - Henry Thomas
9. Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
10. Saut Crapaud - Columbus Fruge
11. Acadian One-Step - Joseph Falcon
12. Home Sweet Home - Breaux Freres
13. Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
14. Moonshiner's Dance (Part One) - Frank Cloutier And The Victoria Cafe Orchestra

Tracks:

1. You Must Be Born Again - Rev. J.M. Gates
2. Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting - Rev. J.M. Gates
3. Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
4. Present Joys - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
5. This Song Of Love - Middle Georgia Singing Conv. No. 1
6. Judgement - Sister Mary Nelson
7. He Got Better Things For You - Memphis Sanctified Singers
8. Since I Laid My Burden Down - Elders McIntorsh & Edwards' Sanctified Singers
9. John The Baptist - Rev. Moses Mason
10. Dry Bones - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
11. John The Revelator - Blind Willie Johnson
12. Little Moses - Carter Family
13. Shine On Me - Ernest Phipps & Holiness Singers
14. Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
15. In The Battlefield For My Lord - Rev. D.C. Rice And Congregation

Tracks:

1. The Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley
2. East Virginia - Buell Kazee
3. Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
4. I Woke Up One Morning In May - Didier Hebert
5. James Alley Blues - Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
6. Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs
7. I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
8. Mountaineer's Courtship - Ernest And Hattie Stoneman
9. The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - Stoneman Family
10. Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band
11. Single Girl, Married Girl - Carter Family
12. Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Cleoma Breaux & Joseph Falcon
13. Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
14. Expressman Blues - Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell

Tracks:

1. Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
2. Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers
3. Country Blues - Dock Boggs
4. 99 Year Blues - Julius Daniels
5. Prison Cell Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
6. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
7. C'est Si Triste Sans Lui - Cleoma And Ophy Breaux And Joseph Falcon
8. Way Down The Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon
9. Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line - Uncle Dave Macon
10. Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
11. K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
12. Train On The Island - J.P. Nestor
13. The Lone Star Trail - Ken Maynard
14. Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas

Amazon.com

This impressive--and frankly, fun--musical document is still sending out shock waves almost 50 years after its original 1952 vinyl release. The Smithsonian's six-CD reissue is painstakingly researched, annotated, and packaged (even boasting an enhanced disc for the techno-capable). Unlike field recorders, eccentric filmmaker/collector/musicologist Harry Smith assembled the Anthology from commercially released (though obscure) 78 rpm discs issued between 1927 and 1935. Its broad scope--from country blues to Cajun social music to Appalachian murder ballads--was monumentally influential, setting musicians like Bob Dylan down the path to folk fandom. The White House started its own national music library with the Anthology; anyone with more than a passing interest in American roots music should do the same. --Michael Ruby

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Album Description

This deluxe 6-CD collector's boxed set contains a 96-page book featuring Harry Smith's original songbook framed by essays by Greil Marcus and other noted writers, musicians, and scholars. Play the enhanced sixth disc on your CD-ROM drive and access historic video footage, rare photos, artist interviews, and additional background information. Edited by Harry Smith. Reissue compiled by the staff of Smithsonian Folkways. Reissue liner notes by Greil Marcus, Neil Rosenberg, Jeff Place, Jon Pankake, Luis Kemnitzer and others. "...the missing link in rock's official history." -Newsweek ***** (five stars) -Rolling Stone

Customer Reviews:

THE Chronicles.......2007-07-12

Great stuff. Yet some of the singing is almost too real, too raw. Bob Dylan cites this album as a main inspiration, and you can hear his singing and songwriting style in a lot of the songs. Not for everybody, and may be even too much for casual folk music fans. Has to be listened to in the context of a historical document.

totally essential listening.......2007-02-15

This CD compilation set is more than just an album of music--it's a historical document. I first heard of the AAFM in a Bob Dylan biography--after buying this and listening to it, I can understand how Bob was inspired to ditch his Little Richard aspirations and travel the rugged road of folk. Through the three sections--Ballads, Social Music (mostly instrumentals), and Songs (kind of like ballads, but less story-oriented), this collection not only contains some great, timeless music and performances, it's also steeped in pure humanity--the real essence of true folk music. The people Harry Smith collected and anthologized were mostly just that: folk. People like you and me who love music, and play the songs they've been handed down. You don't have to be Bob Dylan to appreciate and be moved by songs that have been passed down through the generations and soulfully interpreted by many different artists.

Aside from some essential listening ("Coo Coo Bird," "Stackalee," "Mississippi Boweavil Blues," "I wish I Was a Mole in the Ground," etc. etc.), the package has some great supplementary material. It's very interesting to learn about the song information and performer information that Smith collected with his anthology, but it's also interesting to get a glimpse into his project, seeing how he relentlessly collected and chose which songs to represent. He was a true lover of music, and that love is reflected in his project.

Please don't come to this compilation expecting pristine sound quality--it was assembled in the 50's, which means that the recordings come from then as well as much earlier--it's about the music and performers anyway, and a little bit of scratch really doesn't detract that much from the organic, down home experience. It IS a bit of a shame that there are 6 CDs, but really only about 4 full CDs worth of music--it would have been OK with me if the Ballad/Social Music/Songs organization was not cleanly divided between discs to save space, since the division isn't very efficient, but I suppose the reissuers wanted to emulate the original vinyl collection. I don't really find the material to be homogeneous like the second spotlight reviewer does, although I do agree that Roots and Blues: A Retrospective is also a great compilation--I'd recommend getting both for a great complementary experience.

Hopefully this set never goes out of print, as it's a great piece of art that any music fan or musician can learn a lot from--and enjoy, too! It's a shame that Smith had to preserve this music as it was beginning to die out even as he was collecting it, but it's also heartwarming that such classic sounds can be preserved for us to hear so many years later and keep the tradition alive. Enjoy the living history!

The grandfather of the reissue records.......2005-02-21

This collection led to the "re-discovery" of many artists who had dissapeared after when the depression crippled the recording industry. Mississippi John Hurt is probably the most famous as of now, but others, like Clarence Ashley were major finds at the time - and when Folkways sent a field crew to do a new record by Ashley he requested some assist from a young friend named Doc Watson. Watson was unknown outside his home town at the time but went on to become a major star in a field which has very few stars.
Listening to many cuts on this album you can hear the source of much material for folk groups as diverse as the New Lost City Ramblers and The Holy Modal Rounders, rock groups like Canned Heat, and The Grateful Dead. Some of the melodies will be familiar to fans of Dylan, others to Jorma Kaukonan listeners. There are otehrs -- many many others.
This set is the source, the headwaters of reissues, and revivals. An essential part of any folk music collection.

Necessary........2003-05-28

I dont think there is a need to go into to much detail about this *6 CD* set. If you can fork over the cash, just buy it. If you have any interest in roots music, just buy it. If you thought ol' Bobby Dylan and the Band made some great weird music in the basement of big pink in '67 .. for the love of god, BUY THIS! strange, unadorned, raw music , just buy it.

Essential.......2002-11-30

Much ink & many electrons have been devoted to explaining both Harry Smith (and a lot of explanation is necessary -- very interesting man) and this wonderful collection of recordings from the 1920's and 30's, so I won't go into too much detail here. If you'd like a good treatise on the work itself as a cultural object, and how it relates to other thematically similar items, I would reccomend Griel Marcus' book Invisible Republic.
This is the greatest mix tape ever made, and an essential cultural artifact, not only of the vernacular music of the hills & highways of pre-electrification America, but also of the folk movement ofthe fifties and sixties (the primer fromwhic all else was derived) and by extension of the hippy movement following closely thereafter.
SOme of this music is really wild...

Average customer rating: Thank You Love it Romantic tunes a real winner Great Records Of The Decade: 40's Hits, Vol. 1

Great Records Of The Decade: 40's Hits, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Curb Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1940-1949 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Songs That Got Us Through WWII Billboard Pop Memories: 1945-1949 Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II Songs That Got Us Through WW2, Vol. 2 G.I. Jukebox: Songs from World War II ASIN: B000000CVK Release Date: 1990-08-20

Tracks:

1. Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby
2. On The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer
3. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Nat 'King' Cole
4. Manana (Is Soon For Me) - Peggy Lee
5. Slippin' Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
6. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams
7. That Lucky Old Sun - Louis Armstrong
8. The Trolley Song - Judy Garland
9. Personality - Johnny Mercer
10. A Tree In The Meadow - Margaret Whiting
11. Rum and Coca Cola - Andrews Sisters
12. Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
13. Baby It's Cold Outside - Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting

Customer Reviews:

Thank You.......2007-05-14

I loved the CD. I used it for my parents 60th wedding anniversary. Thank you.

Love it.......2007-04-05

This is music from before I was born, but I love the happy beat.

Romantic tunes.......2006-11-05

This is a nice CD to bring back more soothing and romantic music. Wanted a more diverse collection to add to my currect CDs.

a real winner.......2006-10-11

wonderful collection- good clear sound- you can't go wrong with this collection-can't wait for Vol. 2

Great Records Of The Decade: 40's Hits, Vol. 1.......2005-08-30

Great. I love for the classsroom.

Average customer rating: Good Ol' Engelbert Excellent music from Engelbert. Still going strong Must Have Collection Engelbert Gold CD

Gold Engelbert Humperdinck Manufacturer: Hip-O Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music International | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gold Engelbert: What's in a Name?: The Autobiography #1 Love Songs of All Time Engelbert Humperdinck - His Greatest Hits Engelbert Humperdinck - Totally Amazing ASIN: B000929AF0 Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

1. Release Me
2. There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)
3. This Is My Song
4. There Goes My Everything
5. Take My Heart
6. My World (Il Mondo)
7. The Last Waltz
8. A Place In The Sun
9. Two Different Worlds
10. Am I That Easy To Forget
11. Everybody Knows (We're Through)
12. A Man Without Love
13. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
14. Spanish Eyes
15. Quando Quando Quando
16. Wonderland By Night
17. What A Wonderful World
18. By The Time I Get To Phoenix
19. The Shadow Of Your Smile
20. Les Bicyclettes De Belsize
21. Let Me Into Your Life
22. The Way It Used To Be

Tracks:

1. I'm A Better Man (For Having Loved You)
2. Winter World Of Love
3. Cafe
4. A Time For Us
5. My Marie
6. We Made It Happen
7. Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)
8. Just Say I Love Her
9. Sweetheart
10. Santa Lija (Sogno d'Amore)
11. When There's No You
12. Another Time, Another Place
13. Too Beautiful To Last
14. In Time
15. I Never Said Goodbye
16. I'm Leaving You
17. Love Is All
18. Free As The Wind
19. Catch Me I'm Falling
20. Precious Love
21. This Is What You Mean To Me
22. After The Lovin

Customer Reviews:

Good Ol' Engelbert.......2007-06-28

This album takes you back into the past-right into the 1970's. Most songs I've heard of,and that's the reason why I bought the album. Some songs I did not recognize,but overall I enjoy listening to this album.

Excellent music from Engelbert........2007-05-12

Really excellent compilation spanning many years from Engelbert---5 stars for sure.

Still going strong.......2007-01-10

At this price this album is a very good bargain. It contains some rare songs which are of very good quality. On some of his songs though his voice lacks some of the youthfulness of his songs on vinyl discs.

Must Have Collection.......2006-01-15

For fans, and even just those who enjoy good vocal presentation, this is a "must have" collection. Every hit and the best of his songs that were not hits but got frequent airplay on (at the time) Easy Listenting stations are here. The sound quality is superb. I highly recommend this set.

Engelbert Gold CD.......2005-09-26

This CD is a must have for all serious Engelbert fans. It comprises songs from the beginning of his career to the late 70's and it is E at his best!

I highly recommend this one.

Average customer rating:

Greatest Hits & More Engelbert Humperdinck Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Engelbert Humperdinck: Greatest Performances 1967 - 1977 Engelbert Humperdinck - Totally Amazing Engelbert Humperdinck - Totally Amazing This Is Tom Jones Embraceable You-An American Songbook ASIN: B000N3SPAQ Release Date: 2005-04-02

Tracks:

1. Release Me
2. Have I Told You Lately
3. There Goes My Everything
4. Last Waltz
5. Am I That Easy to Forget
6. Man Without Love
7. Bicyclettes de Belsize
8. Way It Used to Be
9. I'm a Better Man (For Having Loved You)
10. Winter World of Love
11. Another Time Another Place
12. Too Beautiful to Last
13. Quando Quando Quando
14. Spanish Eyes
15. Can't Take My Eyes off You
16. Love Letters
17. Strangers in the Night
18. Let There Be Love
19. It Had to Be You
20. Stand by Me

Tracks:

1. What a Wonderful World
2. Ten Guitars
3. Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
4. My World [Il Mondo]
5. Can't You See
6. There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
7. My Marie
8. Sometimes When We Touch
9. Dance the Night Away
10. Sometimes When We Touch
11. I Want to Wake Up with You
12. How to Win Your Love [Album Version]
13. This Guy's in Love with You
14. She
15. Totally Amazing
16. Strangers in the Night
17. It's All in the Game
18. Angels
19. Columns of Grey
20. Your Love Stays with Me
21. Jerusalem

Album Description

2007 two CD compilation that rounds up Engelbert's greatest hits and finest musical moments to date. The dapper and debonair Englishman burst upon the scene with a three-and-a-half octave vocal range and, with the help of Tom Jones' manager, became an international sensation. Best known as a balladeer who can easily make the women swoon, Engelbert has tackled several different styles and languages over the decades, expanding his fanbase with each new release. This double disc collection features 36 tracks including 'Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)', 'There Goes My Everything', 'Man Without Love' and many more.

Average customer rating: Good but short songs for the romantic at heart Power Love Unchained Part Deux Doing justice to the classics

#1 Love Songs of All Time Engelbert Manufacturer: Masters Intercontine ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 International | 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: Engelbert Humperdinck - His Greatest Hits Ultimate Collection 16 Most Requested Songs Greatest Love Songs Greatest Love Songs ASIN: B00004U44Y Release Date: 2000-08-29

Tracks:

1. Too Young
2. Secret Love
3. Unchained Melody
4. No Other Love
5. Stranger In Paradise
6. I Apologize
7. Smoke Gets In Her Eyes
8. Love Me Tender
9. Love Is A Many Spledored Thing
10. There's No Song Like A Slow Song

Customer Reviews:

Good but short.......2007-01-09

If you're looking for beautiful love songs sang by an old pro,
this is it. Englebert has his own style and was true to form
in this cd. I'm not a real fan of his but I bought this as
a gift for someone who was and I ended up listening to it
because of the selection of songs included. If your an
Englebert fan and also if you're not, this will please. My only
complaint is there are not enough songs included.

songs for the romantic at heart.......2005-02-14

Culled largely from Engelbert's fabulous collaboration with arranger/conductor Bebu Silvetti, the 1995 "Love Unchained" album, which has a gorgeous, lush orchestral backing for Engelbert's timeless, extraordinary voice, this is a marvelous collection of mostly classic songs, with choice picks for me being two of my all-time favorite melodies, the beautiful "Love is a Many Splendored Thing", and "Unchained Melody", both sung to perfection by Engelbert. He is 59 here, and there is a world weariness and a mature huskiness added to the glorious sound of his voice, when compared to his hits of the late '60s and '70s, and a depth of heartfelt emotion that goes straight to the heart.

Bebu Silvetti is well known in the world of Latin music, where he creates his instrumental magic for superstars like Luis Miguel and Rocio Durcal. His arrangements are a fantastic blend for Engelbert's style, who with good reason has earned the title of "The King of Romance".
This CD has 9 of the most tender and loving of the 12 songs found on the "Love Unchained" CD (missing from the CD are "Answer Me", "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay", and the upbeat "Such a Night"), and the final track, "There's No Song Like a Slow Song" is from Engelbert's 1996 CD, "After Dark", and is a lilting number with a contemporary country feel, and a spoken verse that is a reminder of that other King of music, Elvis.
This compilation is a winner...perfect for lovers, candlelight dinners, and those ever young at heart. Total playing time for this nicely priced CD is approximately 37 minutes.

Power.......2004-11-14

The power of Engelberts voice is incredible and excellently displayed in this collection of songs. He never ceases to amaze me with his unequaled vocal stamina. Highly recommended! Buy it NOW!

Love Unchained Part Deux.......2002-05-03

Mr. Humperdinck is my favorite singer,therefore I may be biased toward his work. This CD however is cut straight from "Love Unchained" with the exception of the last track, so I feel this review is really about a compilation of classic vocal magic. Englebert sings in three octaves and never seems to run out of voice. I have read where he has been called the voice of the century. Pound for pound you will agree with this assessment after listening to this disc.

Doing justice to the classics.......2002-02-09

Engelbert Humperdinck's long career - now in its fifth decade - is largely down to his versatility as well as his enduring voice. He has retained the impressive vocal range that he first displayed in the 60s with hits including Release Me, The Last Waltz and There Goes My Everything. His loyal fan base continue to buy concert tickets in droves, and he has continued to record new albums at a rate of at least one per year during each of the past 35 years, a statistic that none of his contemporaries from the 60s can claim. Still recording new and original material, Englebert occasionally returns to his musical roots to record classics from the 50s and 60s - the content of this recently-recorded album is one such project. A long-time fan of Nat King Cole, Engelbert's emotional performance of Cole's Too Young is a worthy tribute. Another highlight, and another triumph, is Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - this song is one of popular music's most demanding, requiring superb breath control to sustain the repeated crescendoes that feature throughout the song. Engelbert delivers quality performances on every song, equalling (and sometimes surpassing) the standard set by the original artists. An essential album for Engelbert fans and anyone who enjoys classic 50s and 60s love songs.

Average customer rating: Nipper's vaults are a tad sparse on music from the 1950's "Catch a Falling Star" in Real Stereo! A wonderful way to revisit the '50s!

Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 50's, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music 1950s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Oldies | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music 1950-1959 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 50's, Vol. 2 Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 40's, Vol. 1 Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 30's, Vol. 1 Nipper's Greatest Hits - The 20's Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1 ASIN: B000002WC8 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. My Heart Cries For You - Dinah Shore
2. Be My Love - Mario Lanza
3. Slow Poke - Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys
4. C'Est Si Bon (It's So Good) - Eartha Kitt
5. Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado & His Orchestra
6. The Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold
7. Dungaree Doll - Eddie Fisher
8. The Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr
9. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
10. Banana Boat (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte
11. Melodie D' Amour (Melody Of Love) - The Ames Brothers
12. Catch A Falling Star - Perry Como
13. Lazy Mary - Lou Monte
14. Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson
15. Send Me The Pillow - Hank Locklin
16. Guess Who - Jesse Belvin
17. Makin' Love - Floyd Robinson
18. The Three Bells (Les Trois Cloches) - The Browns
19. Oh! Carol - Neil Sedaka
20. He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves

Customer Reviews:

Nipper's vaults are a tad sparse on music from the 1950's.......2001-12-28

I wish I could figure out the rhyme and reason as to what songs Nipper has access to and what they do not because the Greatest Hits Collections for the 50's (and 40's) are not as great as the ones for the 60's (and 30's). Go figure. Yes, there is Elvis doing "Heartbreak Hotel" and Harry Belafonte singing "Banana Boat (Day-O)," but I have not heard of half of the artists on this CD left along half of the songs. If anything this particular album leans more towards country, with "Oh Lonesome Me" by Don Gibson and songs by Jim Reeves and Eddy Arnold, and easy listening with Perry Como and Dinah Shore. Of course, most of us would be hoping for a bit more early rock'n'roll than Neil Sedaka's "Oh! Carol" and "The Rock and Roll Waltz." Instead we get Mario Lanza, not that there is anything wrong with that. As always the rule of thumb is quite simple: If there are five songs that you would like to add to your music collection, then this album is worthy of your consideration. Of course, if you were old enough to have heard some of these songs in the first place, then the odds might be more in your favor.

"Catch a Falling Star" in Real Stereo!.......2000-07-18

This CD compilation contains the only ever BMG released real stereo version of Perry Como's 1958 classic "Catch a Falling Star". For many years, RCA Victor denied the existence of these tapes, now referred to as binaural, where Perry's voice is recorded solely on one side with everything else on the other. Listening to Perry's vocal harmony with the Ray Charles Singers within this simple arrangement is remarkable . . . considering that it was never supposed to exist! RCA's release of this song, and others, subjected to electronic reprocessing to simulate stereo seems all the more ridiculous when you hear the real thing! This stereo version was also released by Time-Life within their series "Your Hit Parade" for the year 1958. "Catch a Falling Star" was the very first record certified as "Gold" by the Record Industry Association of America" and Perry received a Grammy that same year for his performance.

A wonderful way to revisit the '50s!.......2000-06-18

This Nipper's collection does a marvelous job of representing the bewildering hodge-podge of sounds that made up the popular music of the 1950s. There is mainstream pop like Perry Como's "Catch a Falling Star", mainstream country like Hank Locklin's beautiful "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" and the early rock sounds of Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" and Neil Sedaka's "Oh, Carol."

Mario Lanza's "Be My Love" is nearly operatic, Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" represents the big band sound, and Harry Belafonte's catchy "Banana Boat (Day-O)" has a strong calypso character.

The mastering of this disc is very good and the sound quality may surprise you. The Nipper's 1950s GH discs are an excellent way to jump start a '50s collection or to just take a quiet journey back to a simpler musical time. Either way, this disc and its companion will provide many hours of listening pleasure. Highly recommended.

Average customer rating: Heart&Soul,Crystal Gayle Can this woman sing or what? Talented singer pays homage to great American composer Crystal Gayle Never Disappoints This One's From The Heart & Soul

Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart & Soul of Hoagy Carmichael Crystal Gayle Manufacturer: Intersound Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: All My Tomorrows Best of Crystal Gayle: Talking in Your Sleep 20 Great Love Songs Best of Crystal Gayle The Collection: 20 Songs from the Heart ASIN: B0001CNQPI Release Date: 2004-04-06

Tracks:

1. Heart And Soul
2. Stardust
3. In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
4. One Morning In May
5. Lazybones
6. Old Buttermilk Sky
7. Georgia On My Mind
8. Two Sleepy People
9. I Get Along Without You Very Well
10. Lazy River
11. Rockin Chair
12. The Nearness Of You
13. Small Fry
14. Skylark
15. Cant Get Indiana Off My Mind

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Crystal Gayle always left the twangy stuff to big sister Loretta Lynn in order to concentrate on more mainstream pop balladry, a form she still handles with grace and style. Although born in Kentucky, Gayle was actually raised in Indiana, and here she interprets 15 gems from fellow Hoosier Hoagy Carmichael. Credit Gayle for putting Carmichael's timeless melodies front and center on this delightful, charming record. Though the arrangements range from small ensemble to full orchestra, they are always in service to the song, as are Gayle's elegant readings, which are tastefully colored with tinges of blues and jazz. Willie Nelson, no stranger to the American standard, duets on one track, and like Gayle, he's wise enough to let great songs do most of the work for him. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Heart&Soul,Crystal Gayle.......2007-05-11

This masterpiece is professionaly done ,produced,arrainged by some
of the best.Crystal's emote and timing is top notch,the romance is
intense.We need to start a new catagory for music like this,"ADULT ROMANCE
This set is an all time classic and a must for connoisseurs of sophiticated music.Hoagy Carmichael ,of course, was a big band superstar
in the 40's and is famous for the song"stardust".I love "buttermik sky"
here and the song could be perfect for weddings.You won't regret buying
this.I guarrentee it.

Can this woman sing or what?.......2005-09-19

In an age where sounding just like the singer next to you seems the safest bet, Ms. Gayle stands out with a voice that is hers alone - melodic, vibrant and emotional. You can hear the smile or the tears in every one of the songs on this CD. Heart and Soul, In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening, Lazy River, Nearness of You and Two Sleepy People (her Willie Nelson duet) are my favorites. Listen and you will find you have several favorites, too.

Talented singer pays homage to great American composer.......2005-02-01

If you are a fan of any of the following, buy this CD!
- The songs of Hoagy Carmichael
- Traditionally jazzy music
- Crystal Gayle
Don't be deterred by the fact that this CD is apparently out of print; order one of the new or used copies from Amazon (I did).
This is classic American music, beautifully performed by Ms. Gayle.
- You might think that "Heart and Soul" is just that simplistic little duet that kids play on the piano. In fact, it's a sweet, pretty love song, as you'll find when you listen to the lovely arrangement on this CD.
- How about "Georgia on my Mind"; you've heard the Ray Charles version, but try Crystal's -- it'll make you homesick for Georgia even if you've never been there.
- And "Stardust", Hoagy's most famous song, has been performed in countless different versions. Crystal's is one of the prettiest I've heard.
- Next is "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening". When it starts up, you may conclude that it's just an old-fashioned, corny song; but when Crystal swings into the refrain, you might not be able to keep from tapping your toes.
- "Two Sleepy People" is a Hoagy song I was not familiar with; Crystal teams up with Willie Nelson (another Carmichael fan) to deliver a charming duet.
And it goes on and on, one wonderful song after another.
This CD is a winner all the way. Highly recommended!

Crystal Gayle Never Disappoints.......2004-11-22

Crystal Gayle has a great voice and while this album is quite different than her country and pop albums, she does a very good job on most of the songs. "Stardust" is a difficult song to sing well and while Crystal does a passable job on it, maybe it could have been better. Everything else sounds wonderful, even though a couple of songs may sound a bit different than the way you might have heard them originally. That's probably a good thing; Crystal does her own interpretation and it's not the same old tired renditions that you may have heard many times before.
For those who like these old songs, you should enjoy this album a lot. This was unavailable for a while, so if it's back in print, I suggest you snag a copy before it is withdrawn again.

This One's From The Heart & Soul.......2003-04-01

WOW! What a spectacular return to the recording studio! I know this woman had to go raise her children and put her recording-singing career aside, but, they should be grown by now and it's time for "reinvention". I have the soundtrack to "One From The Heart"(1982) and she explores a Jazz atmosphere throughout with Tom Waits[as a duet partner and on a few solos]too perfectly to just set it aside. Crystal, if you're reading the reviews on your incredibly impassioned Hoagy tribute, PLEASE, if it works for Natalie Cole, then you should resume your career in JAZZ. You definitely have an awesome voice that is extremely well suited to sing whatever you desire to conquer. This Hoagy cd is flawless, from the song selection, SINGER, & musicians all the way up to the passionately performed vocals...this one's from the heart and soul!

Average customer rating: Perfect late night music "Rich" it is!! definitely a desert island disk Charle Rich Sings Rich charlie rich sings late nite jazz, blues, standards and r&b

Pictures and Paintings Charlie Rich Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | 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 Similar Items: Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich Set Me Free/The Fabulous Charlie Rich The Silver Fox/Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High) Boss Man/Very Special Love Songs The Complete Charlie Rich on Hi Records ASIN: B000002LR8 Release Date: 1992-04-14

Tracks:

1. Pictures & Paintings
2. You Don't Know Me
3. Don't Put No Headstone On My Grave
4. Anywhere You Are
5. Somebody Broke Into My Heart
6. Mood Indigo
7. Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)
8. Juice Head Baby
9. Am I Blue
10. Go Ahead & Cry
11. Feel Like Going Home

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On Pictures and Paintings, Charlie Rich got the chance before he died to make the jazz record he always had in him, though of course, this is Charlie Rich, so even when he's doing Duke Ellington's "Mood Indigo," it's never just jazz. Always a singer's singer, Rich slides gracefully here--in the same song, sometimes even in the same phrase--from jazz and blues to pop and gospel, his gruff vocals straining, sighing, tearing, pausing, living in these songs until you'll swear you've lived them too. Backed by a swinging combo that includes his own Stan Getz-influenced piano, Rich is flawless throughout, whether he's laying down a definitive "Am I Blue" or revisiting his own "Feel Like Going Home." --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

Perfect late night music.......2007-03-18

Much like Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich had spent about ten years in the wilderness before he was afforded the opportunity to show that he could live up the legend that had grown around his name. Unfortunately, like Orbison, he died shortly after his greatest artistic statement. I wish I could say that record executives heeded the lesson from these swan songs and resolved to give older, established artists more time and breathing space when it came to recording, but it has not yet happened, if it ever will.

"Pictures and Paintings" is just that; a series of pictures and paintings giving us a glimpse of the palette of influences that made Charlie Rich one of the most eclectic artists to come out of the Sun Studio stable, which is saying something considering that Sun produced not only Presley, Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and a group of singing prisoners. Sam Phillips often said that Rich was the most talented musician he ever had at Sun. Presley, Perkins, Cash and Lewis made it bigger, sooner, but Rich kept true to his soul and made records that were so challenging and varied that consistent success eluded him for years.

You may not hear anything on this disc as lush as "Behind Closed Doors" but songs like "Anywhere You Are" and "You Don't Know Me" come close in their simple, understated style. Gutsy, Delta blues like "Don't Put No Headstone On My Grave" and "Juice Head Baby" reveal a gritty sound that comes mainly from life/survival. Overall the disc has good sound and feel (coincidentally recorded, in part, at Sam Phillips' studio) that makes for perfect late night listening, alone or otherwise.

Could Elvis have made an album like this say in 1987 or 1997, had he lived and cleaned up? The world will never know, but we get a glimpse of what might have been with "Pictures and Paintings", a great final musical statement from a fellow Delta musician.

"Rich" it is!!.......2002-09-06

This set of laid back combo type jazz/blues was Charlie Rich's swan song,and these pieces reveal THE REAL CHARLIE RICH,the soulful jazzman who got stuck in the country rut and never found his way home,until this magnificent set of piano blues. The title song,"Pictures and Paintings" is such a haunting,achingly beautiful piece of music that anyone who has ever lost a love can identify with. I first heard this set in 1994 when it first appeared,it grabbed me then,and it still does." Don't Put No Headstone On My Grave","Mood Indigo","JuiceHeaded Baby" are all stellar,as are the other cuts.Charlie left a real statement as to who he truly was with this offering,and I for one was left wanting more.Give it a spin.Oh yeah,his version of "You Don't Know Me" has got to be THE definitive one,it grabs you way down deep and doesn't let go...

definitely a desert island disk.......2002-03-24

The Memphis-based Rich embodied the confluence of that city's multiple currents of American music. The result is genre-busting American popular music integrating country, jazz, blues, R&B, and even gospel into a seamless whole. Most of the tracks feature a piano/guitar/bass/drum line-up augmented by horns on half the cuts; the selections range from public domain blues ("Juice Head Baby"), to Rich originals, standards ("Mood Indigo"), and the songs by other accomplished songwriters (the title track by Doc Pomus and Dr. John). The final cut, "Feel Like Going Home," is a fitting epitaph for Rich who died not long after its release. Definitely a desert island disk.

Charle Rich Sings Rich.......2000-10-01

"Pictures And Paintings" C.D. was Charlie Rich's last musical release before his death in 1995. "Pictures And Paintings" finally shows off the "REAL" Mr. Rich. Charlie Rich was not a country singer. He first became a star as a country singer but Charlie could sing it all. In this C.D. Charlie went back to the piano and went back to his soul. Jazz. The song "I Feel Like Going Home" is a heart wrenching story of a man that feels like he has giving his all but it isn't good enough. The man feels tired and weary and he feels like going home. Charlie Rich wrote this song and one has to wonder if this wasn't an autobioghraphy song?? Smile Charlie you deserve to.

charlie rich sings late nite jazz, blues, standards and r&b.......1998-06-15

the original "sun records" eclectic sings laid back, late night jazz, blues, standards and r&b. not a country album - charlie rich sings and plays the piano in a small combo setting. his last album a masterpiece and harkens back to his jazz and soul beginnings. if you like a great voice and very nice piano work, try this one.

Average customer rating: Smokey Mountain Hymns, Vol 2

Smoky Mountain Hymns, Vol. 2 Various Artists Manufacturer: Brentwood ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Contemporary Christian | Compilations | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Smoky Mountain Hymns, Vol. 3 Smoky Mountain Christmas Hymns from the Heart Country Mountain Hymns Sunday in the Smoky Mountains ASIN: B000003OMN Release Date: 1996-03-26

Tracks:

1. Send The Light - Craig Duncan
2. Church In The Wildwood - Ron Wall
3. Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Eric Silver
4. Jesus Loves Me - Craig Duncan
5. The Old Rugged Cross - Jack Jezzro
6. Mansion Over The Hilltop - Larry Beaird
7. Power In The Blood - Craig Duncan
8. When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder - Alisa Jones Wall
9. Count Your Blessings - Jack Jezzro
10. Near The Cross - Craig Duncan
11. Love Lifted Me - Alisa Jones Wall
12. Leaning On The Everlasting Arms - Alisa Jones Wall

Customer Reviews:

Smokey Mountain Hymns, Vol 2.......2000-08-06

This CD is a great compliment to the original volume. All intrumental makes for very easy listening. The choice of song titles is very good as you will recognize most. I highly recommend this CD for anyone interested in good old mountain music.

Average customer rating: a bit silly A History of Black Music in America an absolute must have!! What.....No Stevie???? No James Brown???

Say It Loud! A Celebration of Black Music in America Various Artists Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Slide Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Doo Wop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Vocal Pop & Oldies | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Box Sets | Stores | Music R&B & Soul | 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: The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music Afro-American Spirituals, Work Songs, And Ballads The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 The Jimi Hendrix Experience ASIN: B00005NTQB Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

1. Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
2. Sound Bite: Booker T. Washington on The Negro Population in the South
3. The St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
4. Black Bottom Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
5. Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
6. Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson
7. Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller
8. Pony Blues - Charlie Patton
9. My Black Mama (Part I) - Son House
10. Tiger Rag - Mills Brothers
11. Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
12. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
13. Sound Bite: Jesse Owens on the 1936 Olympics
14. Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
15. Rock My Soul - Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
16. If I Didn't Care - Ink Spots
17. Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie & His Orchestra
18. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
19. Stormy Weather - Lena Horne
20. Tiger Rag - Art Tatum

Tracks:

1. Straighten Up And Fly Right - The King Cole Trio
2. Ko Ko - Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys
3. If You Could See Me Now - Sarah Vaughan
4. Sound Bite: Joe Louis Returns from the Army
5. The Midnight Special - Leadbelly
6. Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) - T-Bone Walker
7. 'Round About Midnight - The Thelonious Monk Quartet
8. Sound Bite: Frank Stanley on Negro Newspaper Week
9. How High The Moon - Ella Fitzgerald
10. It's Too Soon To Know - The Orioles
11. I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
12. Boogie Chillen' - John Lee Hooker
13. Sound Bite: President Harry S. Truman's Civil Rights Legislation
14. In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down - Charles Brown Trio
15. Baby, Get Lost - Dinah Washington
16. Sound Bite: Civil Rights Bill Narrowly Defeated in Senate
17. Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II) - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
18. Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair
19. Sound Bite: Jackie Robinson on the Eve of the 1949 World Series
20. Rocket "88" - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
21. (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown
22. Money Honey - The Drifters
23. Shake, Rattle And Roll - Joe Turner & His Blues Kings

Tracks:

1. I've Got A Woman - Ray Charles
2. Ain't It A Shame - Fats Domino
3. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
4. Sound Bite: Sammy Davis, Jr. on Prejudice
5. That Old Black Magic - Sammy Davis, Jr.
6. Four - Miles Davis Quintet
7. The Great Pretender - The Platters
8. Sound Bite: W.E.B. Du Bois on the Place of the Black Man in Society - W.E.B. Du Bois
9. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
10. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Chuck Berry & His Combo
11. Banana Boat (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte
12. Touch The Hem Of His Garment - The Soul Stirrers featuring Sam Cooke
13. Sometime I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Marian Anderson
14. Misty - Johnny Mathis
15. Sound Bite: President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Address to the Nation on Segregation
16. The Twist - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
17. I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf
18. I Pity The Fool - Bobby Bland
19. At Last - Etta James
20. Sound Bite: Interview with a Dade County Janitor
21. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting - Charles Mingus
22. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
23. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock

Tracks:

1. You've Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles
2. Take My Hand Precious Lord - Mahalia Jackson
3. Sound Bite: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" Speech
4. Cotton Fields - Odetta
5. How Blue Can You Get? - B.B. King
6. No Pity (In The Naked City) - Jackie Wilson
7. Sound Bite: President John F. Kennedy's Address To The Nation
8. Change Gonna Come - Otis Redding
9. Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
10. Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops
11. Sound Bite: Malcolm X on "Our Common Enemy"
12. Land Of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
13. Respect - Aretha Franklin
14. Hey Joe - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
15. The Klan - Richie Havens
16. Love Child - Diana Ross & The Supremes
17. Sound Bite: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Mountain Top" Speech & the Report on His Assassination - Martin Luther King, Jr.
18. Say It LouI'm Black And I'm Proud - James Brown
19. Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey - Sly & The Family Stone
20. Choice Of Colors - The Impressions
21. To Be Young, Gifted And Black - Nina Simone
22. Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone - Charley Pride

Tracks:

1. I Want You Back - Jackson 5
2. I Want To Take You Higher - Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes
3. Sound Bite: Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall on Segregation
4. Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) - The Temptations
5. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
6. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron
7. My Tribute - AndraH Crouch
8. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
9. Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green
10. Sound Bite: Gordon Parks & Melvin Van Peebles on Shaft
11. Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
12. Be Real Black For Me - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
13. Sanford & Son Theme (The Street Beater) - Quincy Jones
14. Love Train - The O'Jays
15. Ghetto Child - The Spinners
16. Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
17. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
18. You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White
19. Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
20. Chocolate City - Parliament
21. Wake Up Everybody (Part 1) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

Tracks:

1. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
2. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
3. Fight The Power Part 1 - The Isley Brothers
4. Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
5. The Breaks (Part 1) - Kurtis Blow
6. The Message - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five
7. A House Is Not A Home - Luther Vandross
8. If You Only Knew - Patti Labelle
9. Sound Bite: Jesse Jackson at the 1984 Democratic National Convention
10. Proud To Be Black - Run-D.M.C.
11. Colors - Ice-T
12. Sister Rosa - The Neville Brothers
13. Express Yourself - N.W.A.
14. Sound Bite: Louis Farrakhan on the Million Man March
15. Me Myself And I - De La Soul
16. Ladies First - Queen Latifah
17. Elvis Is Dead - Living Colour
18. Sound Bite: Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley on the Rodney King Verdict
19. Fantastic Voyage - Coolio

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

As with 1999's Respect box, which chronicled women recording artists, Rhino again attempts to capture and condense a mighty field with the six-CD Say It Loud! And again, it largely succeeds. A companion to the VH1 series of the same name, Say It Loud! tells one story and many. It covers the development of many related genres, the business of locking many outsize talents and personalities into the grooves of records, and the music as it mirrored a rustling, ever-changing society--that last underscored by the inclusion of spoken sound bites (everyone from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Sammy Davis Jr.). But within these larger themes move many smaller but no less compelling tales. The roughly chronological programming allows for accidental, startling juxtapositions--disc one places Paul Robeson's pained, dignified reading of "Ol' Man River" just a few tracks away from bluesman Son House's insistence in "My Black Mama (Part 1)" that "there ain't no burnin' Hell." From there, pop ballads, big bands, bop, gospel, doo-wop, rock & roll, soul from Motown! Memphis! and Philly!, gorgeous civil-rights-era jazz, funk, and rap cohere and speak to one another in a selection about as good as can be expected given its length and various legal restrictions. (The most glaring omission is Stevie Wonder.) Any taint of "this stuff is good for you" is lost in the parade of great gifts, personalities, statements, dance crazes, poetry, and word games. If the above track listing contains lots of names you don't recognize, Say It Loud! will offer you a topnotch one-stop survey course. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

a bit silly.......2005-12-05

Isn't this a bit silly? Black music is the basis for a lot, if not most, of the American music we cherish today. Limiting it to 6 CDs just seems disrespectful. It would take someone's entire collection to do justice to black music, which is American music itself, at its finest and most original.

A History of Black Music in America.......2003-02-01

When I found this collection on Amazon.com, I nearly cried (okay, I did cry). This includes much that anyone who truly loves African American music could ever want. It's not only entertaining, it's educational. How pleased I was when it arrived that there were not only six exceptional CD's, but a beautiful book included also. Additionally, I love the excerpts of famous speeches and quotes, etc. that are included between songs. If you truly love R&B as well as it's roots, buy this compilation and be satisfied that this was money well spent.

an absolute must have!!.......2002-08-04

To any black person who wants educate their child musically, this is a must have, yes there are some omissions, but the depth and breadth of the artists represented is astonishing. I will listen this with my child very often, as a history lesson.

What.....No Stevie????.......2002-02-13

Stevie Wonder has to be the epitome of stylistic uniqueness among song writers, African-American or otherwise. He is also one of the most proliferate, with a body of work that spans nearly 4 decades. The influence of his genius upon the music world is unquestionable. How, then, could this musical phenomenon been omitted from an otherwise outstanding collection?

No James Brown???.......2002-01-18

They really have a History of Black Music Compilation and leave out James Brown? No James Brown? Uh...what's going on here? One of the most important figures in music of this century and he's excluded...for shame

Music Album:

1. Cowboy Code
2. Crossroad: Unplugged Live [Live]
3. Dark-Eyed Lady
4. Don Williams [Import]
5. Drover Road
6. Ernie Sings & Glen Picks
7. Everythingupsidedown
8. Faded Love 1947-1973 [Box set]
9. Feel This Free [Import] [Limited Edition]
10. Forty Great Country Duets [Import]

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