It Might as Well Be the Moon [Live]

Disc: 1

1. All My Trials

2. Cortelia Clark

3. Willow Tree

4. Sailor

5. Frisco Depot

6. Poison Red Berries

7. Lovers

8. San Francisco Mabel Joy

9. American Trilogy

Disc: 2

1. Introduction

2. Willow Tree

3. After All These Years

4. Goin' to Alabama

5. Apples Dipped in Candy

6. Piper

7. Lie to Me Darlin'

8. Night You Wrote That Song

9. Juble Lee's Revival

10. She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful
It Might as Well Be Spring
I'll Remember April
Paris in the Spring
Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
April in Paris
Spring Is Here
Spring Romance
Stars Fell on Alabama
Moonlight in Vermont
Poinciana
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
Stella by Starlight
Summer Serenade
Summertime
Heat Wave
By the Sleepy Lagoon
In the Still of the Night
June in January
So Deep Is the Night (Tristesse)

Album Details

20 Beautiful Melodies, Produced, Arranged and Conducted by the Legendary Camarata.

Average customer rating:

a masterpeice.
Rain and Trains
A great place to start
One of the must-have CD's from Mickey

It Might as Well Be the Moon
Mickey Newbury
Manufacturer: Mountain Retreat
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music

Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music

Traditional Country | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music

General | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Honky-Tonk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Traditional Country | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Stories from the Silver Moon Cafe
A Long Road Home
Mickey Newbury: An American Treasure
Blue to This Day
Mickey Newbury: Crystal & Stone

ASIN: B00004L8D2
Release Date: 2002-01-15

Tracks:

All My Trials
Cortelia Clark
Willow Tree
Sailor
Frisco Depot
Poison Red Berries
Lovers
San Francisco Mabel Joy
American Trilogy

Tracks:

Introduction
Willow Tree
After All These Years
Goin' to Alabama
Apples Dipped in Candy
Piper
Lie to Me Darlin'
Night You Wrote That Song
Juble Lee's Revival
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
That's the Way It Goes
Sweet Memories
Ain't No Blues Today
That Was the Way It Was Then Let's Say Goodbye One More Time
How I Love Them Old Songs
Danny Boy
American Triology - V and Legacy

Customer Reviews:

a masterpeice........2006-01-31

disc one of this double disc set is an enhanced version of the recording "in a new age", which was recorded on march 2nd, 1988. the original recording featured mickey, violinist marie rhines, and some bass accompanyment by edgar meyer. that recording was released on the ill-fated airborne record label.
the story of how this recording came to be started because some nashville producer wanted to take some new recordings of mickey's and release them in some fashion. that fashion featured "new age" arrangements that mickey objected to. The initial sessions started in 1982, and featured a different vocal performance. some copies (vinyl, cassette, and compact disc) were released in canada as "in a new age" (note..on the cd copy, one will not know if they have a "canadian" version until they look at the actual disc. on the disc it is printed "a legend in a new age" instead of "in a new age"..also..on the back of the cover tray, the track names and order are in a "block" font/format..you will also notice on the very bottom that the printing was done in canada..if your copy features what i have just described, you have the canadian version..this is sort of a "butcher cover" collectible for newbury and audiophites alike). as a result of mickey's disapproval, mickey decided to re-record the same compositions in the same order.
he went into a nashville studio with marie rhines on march 2, 1988 and recorded the songs live, without any overdubs. the songs were recorded in one take, with only a coffee break dividing the session.
this recording is becoming one of my all time favorite recordings by any artist. i cannot express the music in words.
this version "it might as well be the moon" was released as a re-release, with an added bonus of a live recording of mickey and marie in san francisco shortly after the original release of "in a new age". the label that originally released "in a new age" came upon financial hardships, thus, the recording had a limited pressing. re-released ten years after the original recording, disc one features some extra percussion (note: the "newest" version does not have any percussion..a mystery that has yet to be explained..so in short.. the tally comes out to FOUR versions that have been released thus far).
both discs in this double set are wonderful, but it is the recordings done on march of 1988 that will, hopefully, take you to an aural place you have never been.
from the first strains of music that come through after the sounds of rain and ambiance, i was moved and transcended into the world and craftsmanship of one mickey newbury.
i listen to this recording on my best and worst days...passages that many know too well, and need that uplift in the form of recorded music. the material and how it is presented here, if you know a bit about mickey's trials, will make sense as a testament: an aural pictorial.
you are invited.
if you find a copy of "in a new age" (the disc)..snag it!!! Also, if you get lucky, you might stumble across the version that was ill released in canada. this may be sac-relig to write, but i am just as touched by the "canadian" version.
enjoy.

Rain and Trains.......2002-07-05

The first CD is pulled together by the gentle sound of rain and distant trains. The sound effects accent a lonesome sadness, the same mood that made Mickey Newbury distinct so many years ago. Disc 2 has equally good music, nearly twice as much as what's on Disc 1. It's recorded live before an audience and Newbury gives a short history of each song before he sings it. There's nothing lost after all these years. This is good Newbury.

A great place to start.......2000-09-25

This dbl cd's contains a rendition of "In a new age" and a 70 minutes of live tracks cd. The sound is pristine, and many of Newbury's great songs are here. If you've never heard of Newbury, you have probably heard his songs, which have been covered more than 300 times, but his versions are the real thing. Highly spiritual, ethereal. One of the best american singer-sogwriters.

Afer you hear this set you'll want the 8 cd's boxed set, so start putting your money aside from now. Enjoy!

One of the must-have CD's from Mickey.......2000-02-21

I couldn't recommend this (2)CD set more highly. If you would like Mickey's website you can contact me at: randec@earthlink.net . You're in for a treat!

The Love Goddesses/Hollywood's Greatest Themes

Average customer rating:

One More Great Percy Faith Twofer by Collectables
"Miklos Rozsa epic film scores ~ Percy Faith"
Uneven outing for Faith
Love Goddesses/Hollywoods Great Themes

The Love Goddesses/Hollywood's Greatest Themes

Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music

Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000636A6
Release Date: 2002-03-19

Tracks:

Love Goddess [Theme from The Love Goddesses]
Cheesecake
Marilyn
Surrender
Vamp
Keystone Kapers
Virginian [From "The Virginian"]
Our Love
Monaco Theme [From "A Look at Monaco"]
Chico Bolero
Celia's Waltz
Oba! (Bossa Nova)
Cid (Love Theme) [From "El Cid"]
Moon River [From Breakfast at Tiffany's]
Theme From King of Kings
Splendor in the Grass (Love Theme) [From "Splendor in the Grass"]
Maria [From West Side Story]
It Might As Well Be Spring [From State Fair][#]
Over and Over Again [From Jumbo]
Ben Hur (Love Theme) [From Ben Hur]
Too Late Blues [From "Too Late Blues"]
I Enjoy Being a Girl [From "Flower Drum Song"]
Theme From the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse " [From "The Four ...]
Theme from Light in the Piazza

Customer Reviews:

One More Great Percy Faith Twofer by Collectables.......2006-02-12

Two big qualities distinguish the late Percy Faith.

First of all he was an original arranger with all those strings combined as if in a brass section in a unique sound. Second of all, he was a staff arranger for Columbia Records what gave him the opportunity to work on memorable albums by Johnny Mathis and other singers.

This twofer shows two different approaches: the first 12 takes came from his splendid album 'The Love Godessess' full of Mr. Faith's own compositions for films and TV series like 'The Virginian'. They're such inspired songs like the title song and 'Celia's Waltz'.

The second 12 takes came from another album with a miscellaneous movie soundtrack repertoire. They're such great songs by great composers but Mr. Faith's arrangements do not add any special flavor to the originals.

A special note on Collectables Records regarding its extraordinary series of twofers which have finally issued virtually all Percy Faith material.

"Miklos Rozsa epic film scores ~ Percy Faith".......2003-07-04

Every week I would go to the downtown library and check out the latest albums (LP's) ~ my eyes would always look for the Percy Faith releases. One of my favorites was "The Love Goddesses", featuring compositions by Maestro Faith, something about his string arrangements drew me to this album. At that time I had a reel-to-reel recorder/player and cassette recorder, would tape every album by Mr. Faith I could get my hands on. Later I would go to Webster Records the local record store in Old Webster, Mo. and purchase his latest releases.

Entire album is a stand out, but here are some of the highlights ~ "MARILYN", beautiful haunting melody as strings and counter strings open, blending a harp that keeps reoccurring in your head ~ "THE VAMP", solo clarinet with plunking violins, enters the solo violin and full strings answer, simply beautiful ~ "OUR LOVE", is typical Percy Faith with an arrangement to die for ~ "CELIA'S WALTZ", a solo saxophone comes forward with counterpoints from Faith's famous string section, the melody gets under your skin and becomes intoxicating ~ "OBA! (BOSSA NOVA)", what is a Percy Faith album without Latin flavor, and this is what he does best.

Second half of the album is "Hollywood's Great Themes", opening with "EL CID(LOVE THEME), "THEME FROM KING OF KINGS" and "BEN HUR(LOVE THEME)" the legendary Miklos Rozsa could do no wrong when it came to epic films, Faith's brilliant arrangement puts the listener right up there on the big screen ~ "MARIA", the wonderful song from "West Side Story" that will go one forever ~ "THEME FROM LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA", a heart-wrenching film with a light floating melody that lingers on, just take a listen to Faith's strings in top form ~ what a classic arrangement from the git-go!

Total Time: 72:52 on 24 Tracks ~ Collectables 7478 ~ (3/19/2002)

Uneven outing for Faith.......2002-05-20

This twofer, with over 70 minutes of music, provides a showcase for Faith-penned tunes and some lesser known hits from Hollywood. The Love Goddess finds the Faith arrangements full of his trademark strings, but several hits are distinctive in that Faith employs the brassiness of a big band sound, especially on Cheesecake. Keystone Kapers, with whistles and bells, is forgetful, but other selections are an easy listen. Hollywood's Great Themes contains selections that certainly would not make anyone's list of great themes from Hollywood. Would you pick the love theme from Ben Hur, or the theme from Light in the Piazza, or how about Over and Over Again from Jumbo? The only real Hollywood classic here is Moon River, though Faith does add a smattering of Richard Rodgers, with Hart and Hammerstein.

Love Goddesses/Hollywoods Great Themes.......2002-03-23

The Love Goddesses from 1964 is a fairely good album by Faith and oneI'm glad to add to my collection.This album is more jazzeier than a lot of Faith's other albums.Some songs are very lush such as Marilyn Our Love,The Monoco Theme,The Love Goddess,Chico Bolero,and Celia's Waltz.The other songs on this album are upbeat with incarnations of jazz especially Cheesecake.Oba is a bossa nova and is pretty good.All songs from the Love Goddesses album was written by Percy Faith himself.Hollywood's Great Themes from 1962 is movie themes and some are very good.This album features light strings with the exception of the last two Theme From The Four Horseman Of The Apocalypse and Theme From Light In The Plazza These two have heavy strings.My favorite is Splendor In The Grass.This album was only available on cassette several years ago beforecollectibles,taragon,good music and ranwood came along with Faith reissiues.Back then only 4 albums were out by Faith and 2 cassettes this one and Deep Purple which were hard to find than.Liner Notes are included for the Love Goddesses but are not included for Hollywoods Great Themes.Another great 2 on 1 album with 2 great albums by Faith.