Deep Waters

Product Description:
The long-awaited spontaneous instrumental violin worship CD by Leonard Jones of MorningStar.

Deep Waters,Leonard Jones,Destiny (Select),Bluegrass,Country,Pop

Average customer rating: Yet another original fighting to get through..... Leaves you wanting more a real jewel

On a Good Day Jude Johnstone Manufacturer: Bojak Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Coming of Age These Four Walls Black Cadillac The Calling Carnival ASIN: B0007LLPW4 Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

1. On A Good Day
2. 20 Years
3. Hard Lessons
4. Hold On
5. In This House
6. Old And Gray
7. Evelyn
8. Pen And Paper
9. Deep Water
10. Long Way Back
11. The Hereafter

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If an artist can be judged by the company she keeps, the vocal harmonies of Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Rodney Crowell, and Julie Miller on Jude Johnstone's second release attest to the esteem she enjoys from fellow singer-songwriters. Though Johnstone's songs have been recorded by singers from Bette Midler to Johnny Cash, the confessional conviction she invests in the title track, "Hard Lessons," and "Pen and Paper" makes her material seem as personal as a diary. As a narrative of marital breakup, "20 Years" has a melodic bounce at odds with its lyrical despair, yet most of the settings for these older-but-wiser reflections are as somber as Johnstone's writing is poetic. Some listeners might find the results a little precious, self-consciously so--as if musical maturity mainly involves the morose acceptance of painful truths--but fans of artists from Jackson Browne to Nanci Griffith should recognize a kindred spirit here. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Yet another original fighting to get through............2005-06-19

I remember back in the late 70's when a new singer/songwriter
performer named Karla Bonoff was a "hot" songwriter and established artists took notice and covered her song catalogue
until she to finally got her own recognition. I see the same thing happening to Jude. She writes some wonderful stuff and the
likes of Bette Midler to Bonnie Raitt have covered her emotional
turf. This collection has some outstanding songwriting and
open hearted Joni Mitchell like realism injected into the mix,
very moving material.
Well worth owning. Jude is one of our NEW & BEST songwriters.

Leaves you wanting more.......2005-03-13

I have only one complaint about this CD: It's too short!

By the time the last track begins, I'm already wishing it was a double album or, better yet, a box-set with 100 tracks of new and old material, demos, covers, Christmas songs, commercial jingles, and Jude singing phone book listings. I just don't want the music to end.

I first heard Jude perform when she opened for Shawn Colvin last year at a show in California, and I truly can't remember the last time I've had such a strong initial reaction to a performer. I remember specifically being floored by her performance of "Doesn't Anybody Know But Me" from her first CD, Coming of Age, and "Old and Gray" from this CD. Although I was there to see Shawn Colvin, I must admit that Jude stole the show that evening with her performance and gained a life-long fan in me.

It seems that every review written about Jude's CDs makes note of the fact that Jude has written hits for many top artists like Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, Trisha Yearwood, and Stevie Nicks. While that does bear repeating here as further testimony to Jude's talent and reputation as a top-notch songwriter, it shouldn't overshadow Jude's talent as the exceptional performer she has proven herself to be on stage and on both her albums.

Jude's second CD, like her first, is filled with highly emotional and intelligent music which will appeal to music lovers who demand substance in their music-listening experience. Jude's music requires "active listening" and is not, as Jude terms it, "music to cook by." Although the instrumentation on this CD is beautiful in and of itself, it is not by any means merely pleasant background music. To fully appreciate the CD (and Jude's complete body of work for that matter) one must really listen to the lyrics as well. All the tracks on this CD tell interesting stories of life's everyday occurrences--of "busted heart[s]" and watching "friends go one by one"--all told through Jude's use of vivid imagery and storytelling.

Her most obvious "story" song is "Evelyn." The lyrics tell of Jude's arty (for lack of a better word) great-aunt who was expected to become the next "Clara Bowe or...Harlow" until a fire left her disfigured and relegated to "playing piano for the silent shows." Jude's impeccable word choice makes the young girl's heartache palpable to the listener while completely avoiding the maudlin tone a less-talented writer would likely have set in telling such a story.

Jude uses some wry humor in "20 Years," to recount the story of the decay of a marriage. Jude tells of a wife who, when dealing with her husband, cannot "connect the dots on his page" and the husband who sardonically states, "Go ahead and take the kids/ I'll see them twice a year." The potentially depressing topic of divorce becomes almost deceptively lighthearted in the adept hands of the songwriter.

A personal favorite is the last track, "The Hereafter." Written about the death of a family member, the song manages to be inspirational without being preachy or precious. This track contains two of the most poignant and affective uses of imagery on the album: "...the sky up above us/ Is filled with red wings/ As they welcome you/ In the hereafter" and the CD's last line, "Now the wind's at your back/ And whatever you lack/ You will find it/ Out in the hereafter." Pure lyrical perfection like this, coupled with a beautiful and memorable melody, makes this track a standout while also representing ALL the tracks on this CD.

In the title track Jude sings of being left "wanting more." After listening to this CD you will feel the same way.

a real jewel.......2005-02-27

Jude's first cd was a hard act to follow--given it was filled with great songs which had already become famous from the cover performances of other singers. It was great for many reasons--especially to hear her take on songs we thought we knew. But, this new collection is magnificent. Just one great song after another. It would be a surprise and an injustice if several aren't taken up by others in additional cover performances.

First, her instrumentalists. Jude accompanies herself with piano on virtually every song--recalling the noble tradition of the singer/songwriter performing from the piano. She knows just how to accompany herself and does it beautifully. Mary Ramsay's violin and viola are superb. Didn't she do the same for Patty Loveless? Co-producer Charles Duncan acquits himself finely on guitar, organ, slide guitar, bass and poignantly on pennywhistle. He also does some backing vocals, along with an amazingly talented group of others--most especially Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Rodney Crowell and Julie Miller. Jude certainly knows how to use these voices to particular advantage in each song.

What can I say about the songs? They are all good, many are great...from the fine title tune which opens the cd to the amazing simple chorus of "Hold On," the sad and lovely "In This House," the poetic and image-filled "Old and Gray" (sung with Julie Miller), "Evelyn"--a wonderful, autobiographical song, the plaintive yet somehow hopeful "Pen and Paper," the sharp imagery and moving chorus of "Deep Water," the painful dilemma expressed so well in "Long Way Back," and the final song--a stellar, lovely tribute to a lost comrade--"The Hereafter" (with an amazing pennywhistle being played). It's a grand, impressive collection. What's amazing, as well, is how Jude--with a dusty, low, narrow-range of a voice--can sing so well and so rightly the emotions expressed in these songs. She's terrific.

In spite of the darkness and sadness in many of these songs, Jude finds reason for light and hope in many of them. I hope the talented Lori McKenna is listening and can find similar light and hope in future songs. She didn't in those on BITTERTOWN.

Average customer rating: A Fine Soundtrack of a Fine Movie Review(How original huh?) Music that transcends simple meaning...

A River Runs Through It Manufacturer: Milan Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Legends Of The Fall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Horse Whisperer: Original Score A River Runs through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition Dances with Wolves A River Runs Through It ASIN: B0007NFL54 Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

1. A River Runs Through It
2. Casting Presbyterian Style
3. A Land Filled With Wonder
4. Down The Alley (With You)
5. A Summer Of Lumber And Fishing
6. Shooting The Schutes
7. Three Fishermen
8. A Trip To The Unknown
9. A Four Count Rhythm
10. The Shiek Of Araby
11. Bye Bye Blackbird - Prudence Johnson
12. Je Ne Sais Quois
13. Swing Me High, Swing Me Low
14. A Place Remembered
15. A Remark Was Passed
16. Rugged Cross
17. Muskrat Ramble
18. Rawhide
19. The Wild Ride
20. Early Departure
21. The Splendor In The Grass
22. Jessie And Norman
23. Lolo's
24. The High Road
25. Yes, Quite A Day
26. A Fine Fisherman And The Big Blackfoot River
27. The Moment That Could Not Last
28. Too Deep For Tears
29. Without Complete Understanding
30. In The Half-Light Of The Canyon
31. Haunted By Waters - A River Runs Through It (Reprise)
32. Exclusive Interview With Mark Isham

Album Description

A River Runs Through It features Mark Isham's Grammy-and Academy Award-nominated score, plus the songs "The Sheik of Araby" written by Harry B. Smith, Ted Snyder & Francis Wheeler, "Bye Bye Blackbird" written by Mort Dixon & Ray Henderson, and "Muskrat Ramble" written by Ray Gilbert and Edward 'Kid' Ory.

Customer Reviews:

A Fine Soundtrack of a Fine Movie.......2007-07-15

I basically love the movie, because it's poetic along with Montana wilderness and I am a fly-fisherman. I have just bought this CD as my background music while I am tying flies. And it works very very well. Each track reminds me of each moment of the movie, especially, tracks from Track 25 "Yes, Quite a Day" to Track 31 "Hauted by Waters" just make me poignant. An exclusive interview with the composer is also very unique and worth to hear about the background of the movie. "The Moment That Could Not Last" last only 1:24, how about in our real life? Is it gonna be like Paul's? I am hautend by this soundtrack.

Review(How original huh?).......2007-01-25

Personally, this is one of the absolute BEST soundtracks I have ever listened to. The music is calming, soothing, and truly wonderful. The music is so well put together and nicely coordinated and I feel like I am watching the movie again...it also makes great to read the Laura Ingalls Wilder books too. Try it...you might be suprised how well it fits. :)

Music that transcends simple meaning..........2006-07-16

Mark Isham's score for the motion picture A River Runs Through It is one of the most memorable and emotionally captivating film scores of all time. The arrangements of strings, piano, woodwinds create a meditative and reflective range of music throughout the film capturing all the emotions of this powerful drama about an American family in rural Montana. It is at once deeply haunting, moving, nostalgic and sentimental and captures the innocence and beauty of nature and childhood, as well as darker themes of rebellion and tragedy. There is a profound sense of emotion that is embedded within the music that sweeps over me every time I hear it. A combination of happiness, sadness, excitement, and reflection. There is something simply sweeping and majestic within his music. I couldn't think of anything else that would better compliment the film. Highly recommended.

Average customer rating: Will bear the test of time Hurry, buy this

Down in the Delta Paul Oscher Manufacturer: Blues Fidelity ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: Alone With the Blues Delta Hardware Blues According to Zacariah Think of Me Nickels & Dimes ASIN: B000A1IKOW Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

1. Driftin' Blues
2. St. Louis Blues
3. Blues and Trouble
4. 32-20 Blues
5. Blues Before Sunrise
6. Deborah's Baby
7. Sugar Mama
8. Take A Little Walk
9. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
10. I'm Goin' Away Baby
11. So Lonesome
12. You're Still My Baby
13. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
14. Georgia

Album Description

Blues singer/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Paul Oscher's Down in the Delta was recorded live "the old-school way"--with no overdubs--and features Oscher on vocals, harmonica, guitar, piano and melodica with special guests including Levon Helm (drums), Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (drums), Calvin Jones (bass) and David Maxwell (piano). Down in the Delta captures the no-frills, down-in-the-alley, gutbucket, lowdown and lonesome deep blues of Oscher's live performances.

Paul Oscher first came to national attention as Muddy Waters' harmonica player from 1967-1972 (following in the footsteps of Little Walter, Junior Wells, James Cotton and Big Walter Horton). The first white musician to become a full-time member of a world-class black blues band, Muddy treated Oscher like a son. Oscher shared the basement in Muddy's southside Chicago home with the great Otis Spann. Working alongside Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Sammy Lawhorn, Pee Wee Madison and S.P. Leary, Oscher learned deep Blues phrasing and timing. He learned to play slide guitar from Muddy--literally by looking over Muddy's shoulder--and piano from Otis Spann.

"I certainly draw from the time I was on the road with Muddy and the experiences I had living on the southside. I give thanks everyday for that--it's the biggest gift of my life and it's given me my foundation..."

Brooklyn, New York native Paul Oscher started playing the blues at the age of twelve when his uncle gave him a harmonica. By the time he was fifteen, he had hooked up with guitarist/singer Little Jimmy Mae and was playing professionally in soul revues at black clubs around NYC including the Baby Grand, The 521 Cub, Seville Lounge and the Nitecap.

Still in his early teens, Oscher met Muddy Waters back stage at the Apollo Theatre in the mid-l960's. A couple years later, Muddy came to New York without a harp player. Oscher sat in with the band and played two numbers: "Baby Please Don't Go" and "Blow Winds Blow." Muddy hired him on the spot.

With the Muddy Waters Blues Band, Oscher toured the US and abroad and played a range of venues from the rough and tumble juke joints of the chitlin' circuit to the major concert stages of the world. During that time he backed up blues luminaries John Lee Hooker, Earl Hooker, Son House, Fred McDowell, Lightning Hopkins, T-Bone Walker, Albert King, Magic Sam and Big Mama Thornton. Oscher recorded a number of albums with Muddy for the legendary Chess Records label.

Paul Oscher toured with Muddy's band till late 1971 when he left to form his own band under the name Brooklyn Slim. In 1976, he toured Europe with Louisiana Red and continued fronting his own band in the New York area in addition to backing up Big Joe Turner, Doc Pomus, Victoria Spivey, Big Walter Horton and Johnny Copeland.

In the '80s, Oscher quit music and got a day job. But the blues kept calling and in 1992 he hooked up with piano players David Maxwell and Bob Gaddy and his old drummer Candy McDonald and started playing again. Still performing under the moniker Brooklyn Slim, Oscher recorded for Mojo Productions and Lollipop Records. In 1994, Paul toured the US with Jimmy Rogers and the Muddy Waters Tribute Band.

In 1995 Oscher released his first solo CD, The Deep Blues of Paul Oscher, for Blues Planet Records. His follow-up, Knockin' on the Devil's Door (Viceroy Records), received a W.C. Handy Award nomination. In 2000, Paul Oscher received the L.A. Music Award for "Outstanding Blues Artist of the Year." Oscher's Alone with the Blues (2004/Electro-Fi Records), was nominated for four 2005 W.C. Handy Awards: "Acoustic Blues Album of the Year", "Blues Song of the Year", "Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year" and "Instrumentalist of the Year - Harmonica".

Paul Oscher appears on Mos Def's release New Danger (October 2004) and is a featured guest on the Mannish Boys' CD on Delta Groove (November 2004). Oscher appears on Mark Hummel and Johnny Dyer's Muddy Waters tribute CD Rollin' Fork Revisited (Mountain Top Records/November 2004) and is featured on the January 2005 Hubert Sumlin release About them Shoes (Tone Cool/Artemis) along with Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, and Levon Helm.

Nowadays, multi-instrumentalist Oscher performs primarily as a solo artist. "I really dig playing alone, I follow my own time, my feet are my drummer and I can play the harmonica and guitar together like the way I want to, and I can change up in the middle of a number without having to rehearse anyone. Plus me and the band is getting along real good. I don't have to worry about nobody getting drunk or not showing up for the gig and the only one I argue with is myself. Yeah, except for the guitar player--he's always fightin' with the harp, the harp player gets all the women".

There are only a handful of artists left that can carry on the tradition of the deep blues and Paul Oscher's one of them. "When I was a young man I played other peoples blues. Now that I'm older, I write and play my own and when I play a blues classic, I put my own stamp on it. And I always keep that lowdown and lonesome feelin' I learned in Muddy Waters' band--I keep it real and in the moment."

Customer Reviews:

Will bear the test of time.......2006-12-25

this is a great blues cd offfered at a time when most blues records have been diluted in an age of digital manipulation. This cd is old school in everyway and refreshing to that extent, great music, great artist. no wonder this cd won the 2006 blues music award (handy award) for "acoustic album of the Year" A totaly fulfilling blues experience.

Hurry, buy this.......2006-08-23

Traditional and modern, at the same time. It has a live sound because it is essentially live in the studio. I'm guessing that no computers were used to make this music. What a joy.

Average customer rating: Well worth the price. Two great albums from 1970

Still Waters Run Deep/Changing Times The Four Tops Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music Motown | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: On Top/Reach Out Yesterday's Dreams/Soul Spin The Four Tops' Second Album Make It Happen/Special Occasion Great David Ruffin: The Motown Solo Albums 1 ASIN: B000055XXQ Release Date: 2001-11-12

Tracks:

1. Still Water (Love)
2. Reflections
3. It's All in the Game
4. Everybody's Talkin'
5. Love Is the Answer
6. I Wish I Were Your Mirror
7. Elusive Butterfly
8. Bring Me Together
9. L.A. (My Town)
10. Still Water (Peace)
11. In These Changing Times
12. Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)
13. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
14. Right Before My Eyes
15. I Almost Had Her (But She Got Away)
16. Try to Remember
17. Something's Tearing at the Edges of Time
18. Sing a Song of Yesterday
19. Long and Winding Road/In These Changing Times

Album Description

UK reissue combines two out-of-print Motown classics together on one CD, 'Still Waters Run Deep' (1970) & 'Changing Times' (1970). Slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

Well worth the price........2005-07-19

By the time these two albums were released, The Four Tops weren't very high on Motown's priority list. That's really a shame because these albums contained some of their strongest material. Frank Wilson was the appointed producer for both albums and the production is top notch, using many of Motown's highly talented musicians. Some of the recordings truly stand out. Although skimpy in the lyric department, "Still Water (Love)" is a true R&B classic. The Tops rendition of "Reflections" is better and tighter than the Supremes original version, in my opinion. "Love Is The Answer" brings back memories from when I was a child. (I owned a copy of the single.) It's a fun song with some really swinging horns.
I also owned the Changing Times album when I was very young and I played it to death. The track "In These Changing Times" with it's strange collage of street sounds and distorted voices taking up over two minutes before the song actually kicks in, is one of those songs that easily gets stuck in one's head.
Levi Stubbs lead vocal on "I Almost Had Her (But She Got Away)" is heartbreaking and the arrangement is brilliant. "Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)" is a moderately paced gem about a fella whose male ego keeps him from calling his girl first to talk things through. My favourite track on the album has to be "Right Before My Eyes." The vocals and musicianship on this great track are stunning. The rhythm section alone is priceless.
I would have given this cd five stars if it weren't for the fact that I would have preferred more original tunes on the albums. Motown was notorious for putting a lot of remakes on their albums, even having several of their own artists record the same material.
Still, the pros definitely outweigh the cons. I highly recommend this cd.

Two great albums from 1970.......2003-05-17

The first of the albums featured in this twofer - Still waters run deep - contains two major international hits. It's all in the game was a hit for various singers in the fifties. Originally a USA hit for Tommy Edwards in 1951, it became a much bigger USA hit for him in 1958, when it also became a massive UK hit. It was also a huge UK hit for Cliff Richard in the sixties, but all that didn't stop the Four tops having a top five UK hit and a top thirty USA hit. Still water (love) just missed the USA top ten but just made the UK top ten. There are some notable covers here, including Elusive butterfly (Bob Lind), Everybody's talking (Harry Nilsson), Reflections (Diana Ross and the Supremes).

The second album - Changing times - yielded Just seven numbers, a minor hit in the UK and the USA, plus another minor USA hit, In these changing times. On the album, this latter song is the second half of a medley with Long and winding road, the Beatles classic. Other covers on this album are Raindrops keep falling on my head and Try to remember.

Most, if not all, of the other songs on this collection are originals and definitely worth listening to. Perhaps the Four tops were past their absolute peak by the time these albums were recorded, but there is still plenty of interest here. So don't begin your Four tops collection here, but if you're really into Motown, this is well worth investing in.

Average customer rating: Rarities from the Malaco vaults.

Troubled Waters - Deep Soul From the Deep South Various Artists Manufacturer: Grapevine ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Southern Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Confessing: Deep Soul from New Orleans A Fine Time!: The Southside of Soul Street Birth of Soul, Volume 4 The Pomus & Shuman Story: Double Trouble 1956-1967 The Leiber & Stoller Story, Volume 3: 1962-1969 ASIN: B00013MWYS Release Date: 2006-04-25

Tracks:

1. SAM DEES - Troubled Waters (unissued)
2. PATTERSON TWINS - Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right
3. BILLY CEE - I Believe In Love (unissued)
4. RUBY WILSON - Bluer Than Blue
5. McKINLEY MITCHELL - The Town I live In
6. KING FLOYD - I'm Missing You
7. HANK SAMPLE - If You See That Girl Of Mine
8. TOMMY TATE - Hold On
9. DOROTHY MOORE - Two Of A Kind
10. JIMMY DOBBINS - A Quitter Never Wins
11. SAM DEES - Say Yeah
12. JOE WILSON - When A Man Cries
13. CAROLYN FAYE - Warm Loving Man
14. JOE JOHNSON - The Blind Man
15. TOMMY TATE - Get It Over Anyway
16. BETTY and CHARLES - You Can't Find Love
17. JOE CHAPMAN - I'll Be Your Eveything (unissued version)
18. EDDIE HOUSTON - I Won't Be The Last To Cry
19. CHARLES WARREN - I'm Praying
20. ANITA MITCHELL - Lovin' On Borrowed Time
21. HARAN GRIFFIN No - Time To Lose (unissued)
22. J. COUNT HUGHES - Why, Oh Why (unissued version)
23. SAM DEES - My World

Album Description

Troubled Waters is a lovingly compiled collection of 23 amazing deep soul tracks from America's deep south. This wonderful and unique style is so often ignored and misunderstood but the staff at Grapevine have a love and understanding of deep soul music, and that's why Troubled Waters is an essential album. Featured here are some true masters of the deep soul style, including Sam Dees, Tommy Tate, McKinley Mitchell, King Floyd and Dorothy Moore, plus many lesser-known artists who deserved far more attention than they got. The 12-page booklet has informative liner notes by John Ridley, and all tracks have been digitally remastered from the original tapes by Paul Mooney at South Union.

Customer Reviews:

Rarities from the Malaco vaults........2007-01-06

This compilation focuses almost exclusively on rarities and previously unreleased tracks from the Malaco label's vaults. Malaco, of course, is probably one of the very few labels still recording and releasing REAL Soul music and this collection gives you a good overview of the label's sound an d style. The songs by Sam Dees, Dorothy Moore, The Patterson Twins, Tommy Tate, Anita Mitchell, Charles Warren and Carolyn Faye are my favorites but the whole CD is very good. Both ballads and more uptempo tracks are featured here.

Average customer rating: It's beautiful. Don't miss out.

Deep Waters Leonard Jones Manufacturer: Destiny (Select) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Similar Items: Worship Glory ASIN: B0001GZA6M Release Date: 2004-08-31

Product Description

The long-awaited spontaneous instrumental violin worship CD by Leonard Jones of MorningStar.

Customer Reviews:

It's beautiful. Don't miss out........2007-06-16

This album is powerfully anointed. It is perfect music for praying. I listen to it early in the morning when I am alone with God. It's all instrumental with only a piano and a violin, but it is in no way dull or boring. Every track is really good. It never gets too loud or too fast which is what I look for when I'm choosing music for my prayer times. I highly recommend it.

Average customer rating:

Reach Out/ Still Waters Run Deep Manufacturer: Motown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000IFJMGA

Product Description

Two classic Motown albums on one CD. REACH OUT- 1.Reach Out I'll Be There 2.Walk Away Renee 3.Rooms of Gloom 4.If I Were A Carpenter 5.Last Train To Clarksville 6.I'll Turn To Stone 7.I'm A Believer 8.Standing In The Shadows Of Love 9.Bernadette 10.Cherish 11.Wonderful Baby 12.What Else is There To Do STILL WATERS RUN DEEP 13.Still Water (Love) 14.Reflections 15.It's All In The Game 16.Everybody's Talking 17.Love Is The Answer 18.I Wish I Were Your Mirror 19.Elusive Butterfly 20.Bring Me Together 21.L.A. 22.Still Water (Peace)

Average customer rating:

Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54 Manufacturer: Coro ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00008OP0N Release Date: 2002-03-25

Album Description

Of all Handel's great oratorios, Israel in Egypt is second only to Messiah in drama. It is dominated by massive virtuosic choruses, making it the perfect piece for The Sixteen, acknowledged by audiences and critics alike as "one of the great choirs of our day" (Gramophone).

It's not surprising that Israel in Egypt is much-performed. Hailstones and lightning, buzzing flies and leaping frogs, are all brilliantly evoked for choir and orchestra in a series of incisive choruses leading us excitedly through the plagues of Egypt and the crossing of the Red Sea as we follow Moses and the Children of Israel through the story of the Exodus. The epic nature of the story could not be more suited to Handel's genius for story-telling and drama.

This CD is based on the first published edition (1771), omitting five arias and two short choruses.

Average customer rating: Remember-Mckinley was president when these tunes were new Loves Old Sweet Song Leaves a Bitter Taste

Love's Old Sweet Song: Twenty Five Singers in Popular Ballads Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Moore | Moore, Thomas | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Giannini, Dusolina | ( G ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Victorian Parlour Evening ASIN: B000001HHT Release Date: 1994-07-26

Tracks:

1. The Last Rose Of Summer - Landon Ronald
2. For You Alone - Enrico Caruso
3. By The Waters Of Minnetonka (An Indian Love Song) - Landon Ronald
4. The Green Hills O' Somerset - Peter Dawson
5. She Wandered Down The Mountainside - Rosina Buckman
6. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise - Charles Hackett
7. By The Bend Of The River - Grace Moore
8. I Know Of Two Bright Eyes (Myrrha) - Walter Widdop
9. A Fairy Went A-Marketing - Clara Butt
10. Myself When Young (In A Persian Garden) - Norman Allin
11. Love's Old Sweet Song - Amelita Galli-Curci
12. Bird Songs At Eventide - John McCormack
13. Ciribiribin - Lucrezia Bori
14. The Song Of Songs - Richard Crooks
15. Homing - Percy B. Kahn
16. The Blind Ploughman - Fyodor Chaliapin
17. The Fairytales Of Ireland - Florence Austral/Hils Nelson
18. Ich Liebe Dich, My Dear - Armand Crabbe
19. I Love You Truly - Dusolina Giannini
20. Love Sends A Little Gift Of Roses - Gerald Moore
21. Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) - Dora Labette
22. Kashmiri Song (Pale Hands I Loved) - Richard Tauber
23. Deep River - Marian Anderson
24. Leanin' - Harold Williams
25. A Perfect Day - Rosa Ponselle

Customer Reviews:

Remember-Mckinley was president when these tunes were new.......2007-03-10

In the 1890s and the early years of the 20th century sound recordings were very new and very fascinating to the population at large..Being able to hear a recording of a popular song,or listen to a piano roll transcription was,at the time,considered something of a miracle...Alas,since the technology was new the recording process was primitive...VERY primitive...often entire orchestras played into a recording horn,and the resulting sound reminds one of listening to something in a tunnel...very little could be done to make the sound pristine,and because of it the recordings from that period all have an antique and primitive atmosphere to them...recordings that old,and not saved upon tape,or disc,often poorly kept and poorly maintained,tend to deteriorate ,and,in many cases with regard to the items presented upon this album,the original"master"recording is lost,and only a copy remains,often a badly deteriorated,commercial copy..scratches,recording anaolomies,as well as warpage and general age have taken thier toll..Some would think,rather foolishly as it turns out,that such modern restorative processes such as"Cedar" might erase the imperfections,the scratches,the warpage,the cracks and hisses,but this is just not so...
For those of you old enough to have had long-playing records,45s,or 78s,just imagine that the ONLY copy of a particular album or song title is your old,scratched,worn disc...not some master tape or disc held in a vault somewhere,but your old beat up copy...Imagine further that you submit this old beat up copy for restoration...Sure,it may sound better afterwards than it did before,but,all in all,it still sounds pretty bad,at least by modern standards...
This is the sort of sound reproduction one gets on this album...Efforts were made to restore these sides(contrary to the opinion of another review found here about this album)but when one is dealing with recordings 100 or so years old,made when recording tecniques were primitive,and ,in some cases,having to attempt restoration on a used COPY sold to and played by someone like you and I way back when,restoration to a"perfect" sense is just not possible..Indeed,even if "perfection"could be achieved,the original sound of some of these old sides never was too good to begin with..
Be this as it may,the sides presented here are historic,to say the very least,and representative of what the public of the 1890s liked to hear...Listening to these sides,imperfections and all,gives one a sense of that time,a sense of the enormous technological gulf between these recordings and the ones available today,and,perhaps most importantly,gives us an overview of the sort of entertainment that drove our great great grandparents wild...
If you can get over the primitive sound of these recordings,or get yourself used to it,then give this album a try...

Loves Old Sweet Song Leaves a Bitter Taste.......2003-04-27

While the performances on this CD are great the transfers from the original recordings are about the worst i have ever heard. No care whatever was spent in dubbing these records to Cd. The originals in my collection sound many times better than these. I bought this for convenience but find it too terrible to listen

Average customer rating: Harvest Box Set: A Fantastic Overview

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Tracks:

1. Evil - Edgar Broughton Band
2. It Didn't Work Out - Michael Chapman
3. Hard Road (Wring That Neck) - Deep Purple
4. Morning Call - Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments
5. Tom Tiddler's Ground - Roy Harper
6. Stone Circle - Third Ear Band
7. Real Cool Word
8. Octopus - Syd Barrett
9. Round and Round - Panama Limited Jug Band
10. Mother Dear - Barclay James Harvest
11. Maybe My Mind (With Egg) - Tea & Symphony
12. Postcards of Scarborough - Michael Chapman
13. Glade Somewhere - Forest
14. Out Demons Out - Edgar Broughton Band
15. Living Life Backwards - Pete Brown & Piblokto!
16. Black Sheep of the Family - Quatermass, Quatermass
17. Big Bear Ffolly - Bakerloo
18. Good Mr. Square - The Pretty Things
19. Lady Rachel - Kevin Ayers
20. Forsaking -- Our Captain Cried - Shirley & Dolly Collins

Tracks:

1. Speed King - Deep Purple
2. Things May Come and Things May Go But the Art School Dance Goes on ... - Pete Brown & Piblokto!
3. Apache Dropout (Apache Intro Droupout Boogie) - Edgar Broughton Band
4. Everyday - Climax Blues Band
5. Butterfly Dance - Kevin Ayers
6. Mocking Bird - Barclay James Harvest
7. Kodak Ghosts - Michael Chapman
8. Words of Aaron - The Move
9. Fireball - Deep Purple
10. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
11. Breathe - Ron Geesin, Roger Waters
12. Medicine Man - Barclay James Harvest
13. Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes - Kevin Ayers & The Whole World
14. Fennario - Michael Chapman
15. Same Old Rock (End Section) - Roy Harper
16. Hotel Room - Edgar Broughton Band
17. Effervescing Elephant - Syd Barrett
18. Song from the Bottom of a Well - Kevin Ayers

Tracks:

1. Money - Pink Floyd
2. South Africa - Roy Harper
3. Interview/International Anthem - Kevin Ayers
4. Mexican - Babe Ruth
5. Do Ya - The Move
6. Something Said - Southern Comfort
7. Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape - Be Bop Deluxe
8. Dear Elaine - Roy Wood
9. Take Me to Tahiti - Kevin Ayers
10. Things on My Mind - Edgar Broughton Band
11. Hombre de la Guitarre - Babe Ruth
12. Another Day [Live] - Roy Harper
13. Roll Over Beethoven - Electric Light Orchestra
14. Maid in Heaven - Be Bop Deluxe
15. You Make Me Sick - Climax Chicago Blues Band
16. Ball Park Incident - Wizzard
17. Showdown - Electric Light Orchestra
18. I'll See You Again - Roy Harper

Tracks:

1. Poor Old Horse - The Albion Band
2. Old Hog or None - Martin Carthy
3. Hopping Down in Kent - The Albion Band
4. Postman's Knock - The Albion Band
5. Spring Song - Gryphon
6. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? - Unicorn
7. Fair Exchange - Be Bop Deluxe
8. Ballad of a Salesman Who Sold Himself - Kevin Ayers
9. Electrical Language - Be Bop Deluxe
10. Short and Sweet - David Gilmour
11. When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease - Roy Harper
12. Erotic Neurotic - The Saints
13. Reuters - Wire
14. (This) Perfect Day - The Saints
15. Lonely Android - Shirts
16. Little Girl - The Banned
17. I Am the Fly - Wire
18. Swing for the Crime - The Saints
19. Revolt into Style - Bill Nelson's Red Noise
20. Touching Display - Wire

Tracks:

1. Black Night - Deep Purple
2. Flying Hero Sandwich - Pete Brown & Piblokto!
3. California Man - The Move
4. Magic Woman Touch - Greatest Show on Earth
5. Caribbean Moon - Kevin Ayers
6. Calendar Song - Trinidad Oil Company
7. Rock, Pt. 1 - Matumbi
8. I Should Have Known Better - Wire
9. Life in a Scotch Sitting Room [Excerpt] - Ivor Cutler
10. Young Ones - Viv Stanshall
11. Sabre Dance - Spontaneous Combustion
12. Ships in the Night - Be Bop Deluxe
13. Breathless
14. Dancing in the City - Marshall H
15. Radar in My Heart - Bill Nelson's Red Noise
16. Child of the City - Strapps
17. Hallelujah - Deep Purple
18. Wells Fargo - Babe Ruth
19. Mess Around - Professor Longhair
20. Golden Hair - Syd Barrett
21. Up Yours! - Edgar Broughton Band

Album Description

Five disc set celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Harvest label. Spanning its' 1969-79 heyday, it comes packaged in a full color 12 inch x 12 inch hardback 'coffeetable' book with each CD stored safely inside of the front & back cover. Also contains a 120 page book with full color photos, interviews with some of the artists, producers, engineers, managers and record company employees involved, plus full color reproductions of advertisements & memorabilia. Musically, it contains 99 tracks from artists signed to the label's roster during t

Album Details

Deluxe Five CD Box Set Housed in Glossy 100 Page Hard Back 12x12 Coffee Table Book on the History of the Harvest Label. Includes Exclusive Interviews and Exclusive Photos.

Customer Reviews:

Harvest Box Set: A Fantastic Overview.......1999-08-08

Anyone looking to explore the early years of progressive music need look no farther then this fine 5CD box set. Representing the years 1969-1976 this set is one of the most well put together sets attempted by a major label to put into perspective it's own history. Housed in an oversized book format, the 120 page booklet enclosed features many rare photos of the Harvest rouster as well as an extensive overview. The music inside speaks for itself with many fine moments from Kevin Ayers, Roy Harper, Sid Barrett,Barclay James Harvest, Pete Brown, ELO, The Pretty Things, Deep Purple,Babe Ruth, Gryphon and many more. Highly recomended for all those interested in the formative years of progressive music and it's evolving influance on future music, popular and otherwise.

Music Album:

1. Double Live [Limited Edition] [Live]
2. Early Tracks [Extra tracks]
3. Everywhere
4. Father Father
5. Fences
6. Front Porch Funnies
7. Golden Country Jukebox Favorites
8. Good for Nuthin
9. Grapevine
10. Greatest Collection

Music Album