Double Live [Limited Edition] [Live]

Amazon.com
Garth Brooks's obvious inspirations for Double Live were all those 1970s double-album concert recordings from album-oriented-rock influences such as Bob Seger, Kiss, and Peter Frampton. The difference between those classic-rock sets and this one is that Live Bullet, Alive and Frampton Comes Alive all helped to rescue their respective artists from virtual obscurity. Coming as they did from still largely unknown commodities, they seemingly promised nothing yet delivered everything. Already a superstar, Brooks merely promises more of the same on Double Live. He delivers, too. "You guys already know what's coming, don't you?" he asks at one point. "And you know what? You're right." Loaded with 22 hits (and three new tunes) recorded in any number of unnamed cities (and studios, too) over the past seven years, Double Live finds Brooks exaggerating his most irritating tics--the Wynnona-ish growls, the ridiculously elastic twang--in the process ruining even his finest songs. Still, even those convinced that Brooks is the Garth Vader of country music will be brought to pause as tens of thousands of admiring fans sing earnestly along to "The Dance" or "Unanswered Prayers," and scream their way through the anthem "Friends in Low Places." (Please note: You may receive any one of the album's six different covers.) --David Cantwell

USA Today
Brooks gives his fans plenty of concert-only goodies on the album's 25 songs, like the additional verses that pound home the points of "The Thunder Rolls" and "Friends in Low Places."

Double Live,Garth Brooks,Capitol,Contemporary Country,Country,Country & Western,Country-Pop,New Traditionalist,Pop,Pop/Rock

Average customer rating: Crass Product, Brooks becomes a sell out Is Great!!!!!!!!!!! Garth Brooks comes alive! Garth Delivers !! garth brooks cd

Double Live Garth Brooks Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Hits No Fences Ropin' the Wind Garth Brooks In Pieces ASIN: B00000DMJG Release Date: 1998-11-17

Tracks:

1. Callin' Baton Rouge
2. Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House
3. Shameless
4. Papa Loved Mama
5. Thunder Rolls [The Long Version]
6. We Shall Be Free
7. Unanswered Prayers
8. Standing Outside the Fire
9. Longneck Bottle - Garth Brooks, Steve Wariner
10. It's Your Song
11. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
12. River
13. Tearin' It Up (And Burnin' It Down)

Tracks:

1. Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)
2. Rodeo
3. Beaches of Cheyenne
4. Two Pioladas
5. Wild as the Wind - Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood
6. To Make You Feel My Love
7. That Summer
8. American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
9. If Tomorrow Never Comes
10. Fever
11. Friends in Low Places [The Long Version]
12. Dance

Amazon.com

Garth Brooks's obvious inspirations for Double Live were all those 1970s double-album concert recordings from album-oriented-rock influences such as Bob Seger, Kiss, and Peter Frampton. The difference between those classic-rock sets and this one is that Live Bullet, Alive and Frampton Comes Alive all helped to rescue their respective artists from virtual obscurity. Coming as they did from still largely unknown commodities, they seemingly promised nothing yet delivered everything. Already a superstar, Brooks merely promises more of the same on Double Live. He delivers, too. "You guys already know what's coming, don't you?" he asks at one point. "And you know what? You're right." Loaded with 22 hits (and three new tunes) recorded in any number of unnamed cities (and studios, too) over the past seven years, Double Live finds Brooks exaggerating his most irritating tics--the Wynnona-ish growls, the ridiculously elastic twang--in the process ruining even his finest songs. Still, even those convinced that Brooks is the Garth Vader of country music will be brought to pause as tens of thousands of admiring fans sing earnestly along to "The Dance" or "Unanswered Prayers," and scream their way through the anthem "Friends in Low Places." (Please note: You may receive any one of the album's six different covers.) --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

Crass Product, Brooks becomes a sell out.......2007-04-22

After Garth Brooks recorded the six albums that made him a superstar, he began to show himself much more a businessman than a genuine country star concerned with the artistic integrity of the music itself, and this album was one of the first indicators of his corporate attitude. Around this same time, Brooks would make a deal with Wal-mart to package his first six albums into a box set, with each album given one bonus song, and which was only around 30 bucks. Naturally, this is dirt cheap, to pick up six albums for only thirty dollars.

The real reason why he was doing this? Because he was chasing The Beatles' record of moving the most units and records of any band in the world to become the biggest selling musical artist ever. He had already shattered Billy Joel's status as most popular male vocalist ever according to record sales. Because each disc counted for one unit, this box set would help him greatly in that chase to topple The Beatles, though this would be done only by inflated sales totals. That is what a sellout Brooks became.

Despite the rather dubious intentions of Garth's first box set, nowhere else does Brooks so blatantly sound like he's selling product. From the unimaginative title (DOUBLE LIVE, which is exactly what it is), to the various hodge podge of different songs from different concerts (none of the performances are dated or noted what concert they are drawn from), to the uninspired set list, Brooks just sounds like he's not playing the music because he loves it or it documents a historic, well known performance, but because he knows anything he puts out will sell. DOUBLE LIVE sounds like patchwork, because it is not a real concert, but rather assembled from various dates and venues.

Most great live albums give us a rather idiosyncratic tour of the respective artist's catalogue. DOUBLE LIVE doesn't do that, or examine some of the lesser known songs of Brooks' catalogue. Rather, it plays exactly like a greatest hits album, only with live tracks, and sounds like Brooks was trying to sequence the record like a fantasy concert where you only hear the songs you want, or more likely when a causal fan is looking at it in Wal-Mart (because he won't sell it anywhere else), the fan realises it has all the songs he knows on the radio so he know it must be good.

Like most other greatest hits packages (which is really all this album is, albeit live), DOUBLE LIVE also includes three new cuts, to entice the Garth Brooks completest (sad that there is such a thing) out to buy this album.

Everything is professional and played to perfection - to the point where it is distracting. In the rush of great performances, occasionally things are out of tune, mistakes are made, etc, but a great concert can overcome these difficulties and still retain the emotional and powerful elements of the music. Not so here. Everything is so polished, and there are a few moments that one suspects studio overdubbing on the original live tapes. Actually, in several songs there is quite clearly studio work done.

In another effort to move more units in pursuit of overthrowing The Beatles (sorry Garth, they will always be much cooler than you), Garth Brooks also put the album out with six different covers, so the `collectors' will try to purchase all six editions.

Even during some of the songs, Brooks acknowledges it is just product. As noted in the Amazon editorial, Brooks says to the audience at one point that they know what's coming. During the live version of "The Thunder Rolls", he asks what a double live album would be without the missing verse of "Thunder Rolls", and then goes on to sing it.

For all that, DOUBLE LIVE is entertaining, and I can see why people enjoy it. But ultimately the songs on the live album don't really differ from the album version that much. That just makes the live album boring. The most entertaining thing Garth Brooks did during the late 1990s was record the, admittedly misguided and confusing, ... IN THE LIFE OF CHRIS GAINS. There he is entertaining his rock and roll fantasies, and while it's not the greatest music around, it is one of his most bizarrely fascinating records.

What is really offensive is Brooks' business tactics. Brooks' underhanded, sleight of hand pursuit of chasing The Beatles' record with inflated sales total, and feeling he is just trying to sell product, not make great music, makes DOUBLE LIVE give a very sour taste for knowing listener.

Bottom line: it's a decent sounding record (it should be, with all the studio overdubs), but give this one a miss. The Beatles got their status as best-selling artist of all time because they're fantastic musicians and rock and roll royalty. They did it by making great music, not by cheap marketing, making blatant product, or trying to artificially inflate their sales totals.

Is Great!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-04-11

I like the live is great to hear Garth Brooks again I haven't heard he's voice an a long time!

Garth Brooks comes alive!.......2007-03-26

Garth Brooks comes alive and kicks rear with this possibly sold-out concert. Being a longtime Billy Joel fan,I'd say Brooks' best recording is Joel's SHAMELESS. In fact,that song is from one of Joel's Grammy-winning albums,1989's STORM FRONT. The other songs rock! Fans of Brooks are also fans of Tim McGraw,Alan Jackson,Toby Keith,Travis Tritt and Kenny Chesney.

Garth Delivers !!.......2007-03-05

Love him or Loathe him, you just cannot take away from the fact that this guy delivers and delivers big-time when playing 'live'. This album manages to capture the electricity, the chemistry and interation with the crowd, the real feeling of regret of not actually being there. A fantastic 'live' album covering all of the hits and more 'Thunder Rolls', 'Pina Colada', 'To Make You feel My Love'..they're all here...Even 10yrs on, the songs still connect and you get reminded all over again of just how good this guy is...Enjoy!!

garth brooks cd.......2007-01-17

love this cd! It is my favorite live music cd.
I bought it used, and it was worth it!

Average customer rating: Skip this double disc and get the Re-Mastered version. Insanely Brutal Guitar Solo's TED'S FINEST HOUR Great "Uncle Ted"!!!!!!! Double Live Gonzo (1978)

Double Live Gonzo! Ted Nugent Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Guitarists | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Live Albums | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Free-for-All Ted Nugent Foghat Live The Ultimate Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever ASIN: B0000025C3 Release Date: 1990-09-24

Tracks:

1. Just Whats The Doctor Ordered
2. Yank Me, Crank Me
3. Gonzo
4. Baby, Please Don't Go
5. Great White Buffalo
6. Hibernation

Tracks:

1. Stormtroopin'
2. Stranglehold
3. Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
4. Cat Scratch Fever
5. Motor City Madhouse

Customer Reviews:

Skip this double disc and get the Re-Mastered version........2007-01-15

This double cd has a number of great performances, unfortunately the sound on the 2 disc set is wretched. In order to do the Great Gonzo justice, pick up the remasted version (on one Disc no less) from Rockcandy records. You will not be disapointed!

Insanely Brutal Guitar Solo's.......2006-08-07

Double Live Gonzo is an all time classic Heavy Metal Masterpiece! The versions of Stormtroopin and Motor City Madhouse are incredible! The Guitar solo's are mind blowing!

TED'S FINEST HOUR.......2006-04-27

HOT DAMN, SWEET BAM-A-LAMB! I give this 4 stars only because it needs to be remastered. An otherwise, balls to the wall, screaming bloody murder, rock and roll show. Sr. Nugent is the man... the main man... the king of the forest. Don't let anyone tell you different. If you did, Ted might come to your house and knock your lights out.

Great "Uncle Ted"!!!!!!!.......2006-02-24

This is one of the greatest CD's of all time! However, it does need to be remastered. This is Ted at his best!! I have seen him a few times, and I have no idea where he gets his energy from. Maybe all the venison he eats.
A must have for anyone who likes great guitar licks and out-and-out ROCK.

Double Live Gonzo (1978).......2005-10-10

Double Live Gonzo captures Ted Nugent in all his glory. The Nuge live in concert, only his very best songs. Double Live Gonzo is all killer no filler, a good rocking time! I can't stand many of Ted Nugent's studio albums, but Double Live Gonzo captures Nugent at his finest in concert, eliminating many of his more dull songs. Double Live Gonzo is full of energy. Highlights include: Great White Buffalo, Cat Scratch Fever, Stranglehold, Wang Dang Sweet Poonstang.

Average customer rating: The Elders get better and better... Fantastic New Release from The Elders Excellent Racing the Tide, by the Elders

Racing The Tide The Elders Manufacturer: CBUJ/Double Deal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Rock | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: American Wake Live At The Gem Pass It on Down Soapbox Heroes With All Due Respect, The Irish Sessions ASIN: B000LSFU1A Release Date: 2007-02-06

Tracks:

1. Send a Prayer
2. Bad Irish Boy
3. Dear God
4. Cousin Charlie
5. Right with the World
6. Racing the Tide
7. Banshee Cry
8. Gonna Take a Miracle
9. Australia
10. Story of a Fish
11. Five Long Years
12. Ever Be a Nation
13. Saint Brendan Had a Boat

Product Description

13-track CD.

Customer Reviews:

The Elders get better and better..........2007-03-02

This is a fantastic CD. The Elders are different than The Pogues, or Flogging Molly, but have a style that fans of those great bands will enjoy. Standouts include Bad Irish Boy, Send a Prayer, Racing the Tide, Gonna Take a Miracle, and Saint Brendan Had a Boat. One of my missions for the next year or two is to travel to see The Elders, since it doesn't look like they'll be in California in the near future. Check out earlier CD's as well, you can't go wrong.

Fantastic New Release from The Elders.......2007-02-17

Racing the Tide, the newest release from The Elders, shows off all the immaculate musicianship, strong songwriting and story telling skills of this Kansas City based Celtic rock band. Formed in 1998 The Elders have been rocking Kansas City and Celtic festivals across the country for the last 7 years. County Wicklow native Ian Byrne fronts the band, lead singer, bohdran and battle drum, with Steve Phillips, guitar (formerly of The Rainmakers), Brent Hoad on fiddle, Norm Dahlor on bass, Tommy Sutherland - drums, and relative newcomer to the band, Joe Miquelon on keys.

Foot tapping, sing-along beckons as the Cd opens with Send a Prayer. The band are well known for telling "true stories" at their live shows, and the first track is followed by some of these true stories... Uncle Charlie, Story of a Fish and Bad Little Irish Boy (could this bad little irish boy be Ian we wonder?). The title track Racing the Tide is my favourite cut on this CD, wonderful harmonies. Brent Hoad's incredible lyrics are showcased in Dear God, St Brendan Had a Boat (another true story if legends are to be believed). The track Australia is a departure from the majority of the Elders tunes, putting one in mind of a 1920's speakeasy. You'll rock out with Gonna Take a Miracle, and Right with the World.

I strongly encourage you to buy this CD.... and see The Elders live if you ever get the chance - you won't be sorry.

Excellent.......2007-02-12

The Elders are an excellent Celtic band. They have songs with energy and meaning along with fun. Ian is a great lead singer and the band has awesome harmony as well. Their songs DO stick in you head long after the last track. Well done...CHEERS!

Racing the Tide, by the Elders.......2007-02-12

A truly remarkable CD. The music is original and ranges from driving, up-tempo pieces that make the listener want to "crank it up" to a couple of tunes that slow things down just enough to help you get into the story that the song tells. Lyrics are creative and compelling. Some are just for fun, some tell important stories, and they stay in your head long after you turn the CD off. This is good stuff! D Schaal

Average customer rating: Live Alive Minus One really good. good as any live album. Not His Best ****1/2. Much underrated SRV is/was great !

Live Alive Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Texas Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Contemporary Blues | Live Albums | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Guitar Gods | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Guitarists | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Live at Carnegie Hall The Sky Is Crying In Step In the Beginning Soul to Soul ASIN: B00000268O Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Say What
2. Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love
3. Pride And Joy
4. Mary Had A Little Lamb
5. Superstition
6. I'm Leaving You (Commit A Crime)
7. Cold Shot
8. Willie The Wimp
9. Look At Little Sister
10. Texas Flood
11. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
12. Love Struck Baby
13. Change It

Amazon.com

Most live blues recordings have a feeling of intimacy, as if the concerts took place in some out-of-the-way venue for an audience who not only know all the lyrics, but know the performers personally as well. Live Alive, in contrast, feels like a large-scale rock concert, an epic production full of grand gestures. But really, nothing suited Stevie Ray Vaughan's style better; everything, from the overall sound to the solos, feels big. The roar of the audience, especially for favorites like "Pride and Joy," "Cold Shot," and "Texas Flood," is huge but distant, an arena sound. Overall, Live Alive leaves the impression of a series of stellar moments caught on tape, with an intensity rarely captured in the recording studio. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Live Alive Minus One.......2006-11-14

This is an excellant SRV album. I had to buy several copies in cassette version because I played it so much I kept stretching it out! The only problem I have with the CD version is that the "powers that be" eliminated the "Life Without You" version that appears on the cassette. This is inexcusable, in my opinion, and I can only assume it happened because of pressure to be "politically correct"....Stevie makes very direct references to South Africa and Apartheid. Stevie "preaches" in the middle of the song and gives one of the all-time classic lines...."I may be White, but I ain't stupid!" I would really, really, REALLY like the studio to reconsider and re-release this album on CD in its original form. In any event, this is a "must have" CD for any serious SRV fan.

really good. good as any live album........2005-11-13

this is a really good live album. some of the songs he sings are first timers for him like Superstition or I'm Leaving You (Commit a Crime). but all and all, a really great album.

Not His Best.......2005-07-12

Stevie's contract mandated that he produce another album. He was so strung out on drugs at the time that he was unable to produce new material. A live album was all he was able to come up with. The available material (mostly the Montreaux performances) evidently didn't meet the highest standards of quality so a lot of overdubbing was done. Stevie's drug induced monologue at the end of Life Without You was an embarrassment to many of his friends and colleagues.

BUT IT'S STILL STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND THEREFORE FANTASTIC!!!!! The CD still rocks. It still has some great guitar work. As far as I'm concerned it's still a good piece of work. This was the first SRV tape I got, and I was not disappointed. SRV was a great guitarist. Period. This CD is also great.

But his other stuff is much better.

****1/2. Much underrated.......2005-06-10

The late Stevie Ray Vaughan rocked on stage. His rendition of Howlin' Wolf's "Commit A Crime" may lack the raw punch of Wolf's original, but that's a minor complaint...most of this album is simply excellent, filled with gems from Vaughan's first three albums.

Stevie Ray's muscular and versatile guitar playing is sublime, with more grit than most of his studio orginals. His vocals are good, too, and the song list is magnificent, featuring the rare, non-LP track "Willie the Wimp" about the bizarre 1984 funeral of a Chicago "wiseguy".

Other highlights include Vaughan's best song, the superbly groovy "Pride And Joy", as well as "Look At Little Sister", "Cold Shot", "Love Struck Baby" and the slow blues "Texas Flood" and "Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love", but there are really no weak songs, and this album should appeal to fans of both blues and rock music.
The sound is good, although not always crystal clear, and the band is excellent. Several songs actually sound better in this live setting than on the original studio albums, partly because of the blistering blues-rock arrangements which include keyboards (piano and organ).

Apparently some people feel that Vaughan's playing wasn't up to his usual standards when this album was recorded, that he must have been having a bad night or something. I've heard a lot of live SRV, and I can't make any sense of that claim, especially since "Live Alive" wasn't recorded during just one show, but actually incorporates cuts from different concerts in both 1985 and 1986. He must have been having some bad years, then, and this myopic claim sounds particularly absurd when it is brought forward by people who then go on to praise Stevie's "Live At Montreux" album. Several of these performances are from, yes, you guessed it, the very same 1985 Montreux performance.

Contrary to what some people have apparently heard and chosen to believe, this is a very enjoyable, soulful live album, and it is highly recommendable to anyone with an interest in Stevie Ray Vaughan, or contemporary blues and blues-rock in general.

SRV is/was great !.......2005-01-21

What a loss. SRV reached superstar status and then like other superstars was cut down in his prime. I read other reviews about this release but I personally love this recording and if you have enough money I suggest you also buy the box set which has some live tracks as well and pick up a vhs/dvd of Stevie playing live. His rendition of voodoo child will drop your jaw.

Average customer rating: Sevendust's Acoustic Live Album. turn off the lights and turn up the sound Interesting change-up, A Sevendust fans Item, but may alienate the rock crowd Only if you're a true 7D follower and enjoy acoustic music Not worth the time....

Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live Sevendust Manufacturer: Tvt ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Live Albums | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Seasons (w/ Bonus DVD) Sevendust Next Animosity Home ASIN: B0001XAMO0 Release Date: 2004-05-04

Tracks:

1. Trust
2. Seasons
3. XMAS Day
4. Beautiful
5. Follow
6. Skeleton Song
7. Disgrace
8. Hurt (dedicated to Johnny Cash)
9. Angel's Son
10. Rumble Fish
11. Too Close To Hate
12. Black
13. Prayer
14. Bitch
15. Broken Down

Album Description

Includes: 70 minute CD, 1 hour DVD, 25 Collector postcards, 1 Sevendust guitar pick, 12-page booklet with tour memorabilia

Customer Reviews:

Sevendust's Acoustic Live Album........2007-05-13

This album is fantastic, I have never heard Sevendust perform these songs acousticly, it brings a different feel to the songs. Also, I love the fact that this album is a Limited edition, as it comes with official tour photos and a pick, as well as a dvd. I truly love this band and this album proves that Sevendust can perform live extremely well and the musicianship of each band member is of a high quality. Thanks Sevendust!

turn off the lights and turn up the sound.......2007-03-20

I got this when it came out, and it never stops delivering. Raw emotion, talent and sound. It is more about the true song structure, performance and lyrics, instead of massive sonic assualt.If you really like this band, then take the time to get this and watch it.
And turn it up loud!

Interesting change-up, A Sevendust fans Item, but may alienate the rock crowd.......2006-08-10

This is an interesting set put out by Sevendust. This was an excellent job at packaging (cd pick, post cards, DVD/Cd) and truely a fans pack. It was interesting to here sevendust as a stripped down version of itself, but not bad. This may have stemmed from the success of Angel's son, but also was a way for the band to showcase not only being a loud, hard pounding rock band, but also a great songwriting band, allowing the melody and vocals stand out and take shape without the loudness. Godsmack did a similar thing around the same time. I must say it took me a few time to adjust to tis album, but I do enjoy it now. But, as a warning for the person expecting to hear the Rock they expect from Sevendust, this will not be your collection. I would recommend the Greatest Hits Cd that came out Last year if you wan the rock versions. I really with they would come out with a regular Live CD, I have seen them live 3 times, and they are awesome, and it would be great to have that captured on CD.

Only if you're a true 7D follower and enjoy acoustic music.......2006-03-02

I love it. I enjoy many styles of rock/metal/alt. what-have you. This package comes with a full length cd (live concert). It also comes with the same material on dvd. Really rocks if you have a surround sound system. Bottom line here is if you don't like acoustic music it's not for you. Definetly check out there new studio album "NEXT". There new album and "SEASONS" are two of my favorites from them, although i can't really pick just one. They all have that special something about them.

Not worth the time...........2005-10-21

This album is bland, boring and a waste of time. Even more so than Seasons.

Sevendust has always been a great band because they make HEAVY music with some good melody mixed in to make aggressive music thats interesting to boot. Recently the band seems to think that their radio-friendly melodies are on par with the likes of Prince or MJ though. I'm sorry, I love the band but when they drudge on for whole songs relying on nothing but their "melodic-content" it puts me to sleep. Its not particularly bad, its just not good. There's nothing exciting about it.

So take all hint of heaviness away from the their songs they get twice as boring. There is nothing engaging about this CD. There's nothing origional about it. Its just not very good. Hopefully the band can get back to what they're good at, not what "everyone" likes them for. I'll be waiting....

Average customer rating: beautiful patriotic music All new recordings, with a strong patriotric theme

Spirit of America Manufacturer: Mormon Tabernacle ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Smith, John Stafford | ( S ) | 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 Mormon Tabernacle Choir | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | 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 Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music | General Christmas | Today's Deals | Box Sets | Children's Music | Classical Instrumental | Halloween | Hanukkah | Kwanzaa | Opera & Vocal | Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Pop Vocal General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Peace Like a River Consider the Lilies Showtime! Music of Broadway and Hollywood Love Is Spoken Here The Wonder of Christmas ASIN: B0000A4G6H Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

1. America the Beautiful
2. Bound for the Promised Land
3. This Land Is Your Land
4. Shenandoah
5. Battle Hymn of the Republic
6. Distant Land
7. They, The Builders of the Nation
8. House I Live In
9. America, The Dream Goes On
10. Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
11. God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
12. Hymn for America
13. Pledge of Allegiance
14. Cohan's Big Three: Yankee Doodle Dandy/Give My Regards to Broadway
15. Goin' Home
16. God Bless America - Craig Jessop, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Orchestra
17. Star-Spangled Banner
18. Call of the Champions

Customer Reviews:

beautiful patriotic music.......2003-08-28

This is an excellent CD. The music, both voices and orchestra, is superb. The content of the lyrics is inspiring. It reminds me of so many reasons I'm proud to be American.

All new recordings, with a strong patriotric theme.......2003-07-16

Surprised that no one has reviewed this yet. Amazon.com doesn't give much info on this release, so I thought I'd rectify that. This is the second brand-new release on the "Mormon Tabernacle Choir" label, following their April 2003 release of "Consider the Lilies." Again, several of the arrangements are by Mack Wilberg, with direction by Craig Jessop and accompianment by the Orchestra at Temple Square. The track list is as follows:

1 America the Beautiful
Music: Samuel A. Ward

Text: Katherine Lee Bates
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:30

2 Bound for the Promised Land
Music: American folk hymn.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 2:35

3 This Land is Your Land
Music: Woody Guthrie
Text: Woody Guthrie
Arrangement: Percy Faith & Michael Davis 2:40

4 Shenandoah
Music: American folk song.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:48

5 Battle Hymn of the Republic
Music: William Steffe
Text: Julia Ward Howe
Arrangement: Peter J. Wilhousky (Carl Fischer, Inc.) 5:19

6 Distant Land
Music: John Rutter
Text: John Rutter
Arrangement: John Rutter (Hinshaw Music, Inc - ASCAP) 4:41

7 They, the Builders of the Nation
Music: Alfred M. Durham
Text: Ida R. Alldredge
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Deseret Book Co.) 3:28

8 The House I Live In
Music: Earl Robinson
Text: Lewis Allen
Arrangement: Michael Davis 3:26

9 America, the Dream Goes On
Music: John Williams
Text: Alan and Marilyn Bergman 3:18

10 Give My Your Tired, Your Poor
Music: Irving Berlin
Text: Emma Lazarus
Arrangement: Roy Ringwald (Shawnee Press, Inc. - ASCAP)
Orchestration: Michael Davis 3:01

11 God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Music: George W. Warren
Text: Daniel C. Roberts
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:12

12 Hymn for America
Music: Stephen Paulus (Paulus Publications)
Text: Michael Dennis Browne 3:08

13 The Pledge of Allegiance
Music: Charles Osgood
Text: Francis Bellamy
Arrangement: Michael Davis 2:39

14 Cohan's Big Three (Yankee Doodle Dandy, +below)
Music: George M. Cohan
Text: George M. Cohan
Arrangement: Floyd E. Werle
+Give My Regards/Brdway, You're a Grand Old Flag 3:53

15 Goin' Home
Music: Antonin Dvorak
Text: William Arms Fischer
Arrangement: Jay Welch 4:36

16 God Bless America
Music: Irving Berlin
Text: Irving Berlin

Arrangement: Roy Ringwald (Shawnee Press, Inc. - ASCAP)
Orchestration: Michael Davis 3:44

17 The Star-Spangled Banner
Music: John Stafford Smith
Text: Francis Scott Key
Arrangement: Robert Russell Bennett 2:21

18 Call of the Champions
Music: John Williams
Text: Olympic Motto 4:47

The sound on this release is, if anything, even cleaner than the previous release, with the Choir and orchestra very evenly balanced. The programming includes a mix of both traditional and brand new songs, a couple of which (Stephen Paulus's "Hymn For America," and Charles Osgood's "The Pledge of Allegiance") were commissioned especially for this recording. Additional note: several of these songs were included on the Choir's 2003 Northeastern States tour, which was a huge success. I highly recommend this recording!

Average customer rating: A TRAILBLAZING GUITARIST bizzare and beautiful A watershed An authentic original. Sadly missed. Accurate for the Era

Live on the Double Planet Michael Hedges Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Aerial Boundaries Oracle Beyond Boundaries: Guitar Solos Taproot Breakfast in the Field ASIN: B000000NGZ Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. All Along The Watchtower
2. Because It's There
3. Silent Anticipations
4. Ready Or Not
5. A Love Bizarre
6. Breakfast In The Field
7. Rikki's Shuffle
8. Woman Of The World
9. The Double Planet
10. The Funky Avocado
11. Come Together
12. Two Days Old

Amazon.com essential recording

Michael Hedges hardly needed to prove that he was an astonishing performer in person as well as in the studio, but Live on the Double Planet does the job nonetheless. Hedges features a number of songs from his brilliant Breakfast in the Fields release, including that album's title track and the acrobatic "Silent Anticipation." He throws a few vocal numbers into the mix as well, including standard-issue covers like Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," the Beatles' "Come Together," and one from far out in left field, Sheila E's (courtesy of Prince) "A Love Bizarre." The album shows off Hedges's sense of humor as well, as he interpolates a vocal riff from the Rolling Stones' "Miss You" into "The Funky Avocado." --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

A TRAILBLAZING GUITARIST.......2006-09-04

This is a wonderful cd but just hearing him does not fully depict how amazing of an artist he was.

If you are here, then you must be a guitar nut. Go all the way and get the dvd "WIndham Hill Live" where Hedges plays 3 or 4 songs.

He is not only phenomenal but also you can see the physicality of his playing. It puts his music in a totally different light! That dvd is the absolutely best work by this tremendous musical visionary.

bizzare and beautiful.......2006-02-10

this being the only Micheal Hedges album that i own and the only one that i have heard, i cannot comment in much detail about how this compares to his other recordings; but Live On The Double Planet is an extraordinary listen. full of inventive and creative playing that is beautiful and mind-boggling. the cover songs are amazing and really break out of the mold of the original...some are almost unrecognizeable until the vocals begin. the quiet pieces are the most effective compositions on here... the mood is very reflective and the beauty in his playing is astonishing.

A watershed.......2004-11-23

Unaware of how into the genre I had become, a friend of mine, one day, told me that if I combined the words new and age it would be read "newage." That, he went on to say would rhyme with sewage, a word perhaps best describing the former. I laughed at the little quip. But in the back of my mind I tried to search for an example of genius in the genre which might turn the tide in his thinking should it come up again. My conclusion was Michael Hedges and specifically this album. "Live on the Double Planet" is a snapshot of the full range Hedges' genius.

An authentic original. Sadly missed........2003-11-26

You ever had that feeling after deciding to be adventurous and plunking down $17, that you wished you'd played it safer? I had this feeling with this CD--for a day or two at most. It grew on me like few CDs have, until it became THE CD of the summer in which I bought it, and one of my very favorites of all time. It's original without being self-indulgent, technically astounding without losing the music, full of different moods, a great live ambience, and even humor. I adore it. I missed hearing Michael Hedges in person, and now I'll never get the chance (it was one black morning indeed when I heard he'd died). Don't you miss this CD.

Accurate for the Era.......2003-09-03

I was fortunate to see many of Michael's shows around the time this was recorded and also got to sit down a few times and talk with him about what he was trying to accomplish with the live recordings. His previous studio album (Watching My Life Go By) had been the first to include vocals, which had not overly impressed the bosses at Windham Hill. So they sent him on the road to do some live recordings, hopeing it would be a learning experience that would eventually yield better studio vocal performances.

For those of you that didn't listen to Michael at the time, many fans seriously disliked Watching My Life Go By, much in the way ardent Dylan fans revolted when he went electric at Newport. Hedges fans just wanted to hear Michael play his Savage Myth Guitar and keep the vocal parts trimmed down to the introductions. But Michael had a vision for his future and a big part of it included singing to compliment his Heavy Mental approach.

I guess I wasn't the typical Hedges fan - I enjoyed his singing, mostly because of the spirit of joy that he experienced while singing. Some of the songs on this set are not my favorites, but they were staples for his concerts in this era. To me, this disc is like sitting through the first half of one of Michael's shows, complete with the crowd energy he was capable of generating with ease.

Also included here are two cover tunes (Love Bizarre and Come together). His live shows often included three or so cover tunes such as the above or possibly Pinball Wizard, Emminence Front, Let's Get It Up, She Drives Me Crazy or Sofa, among others. I always got a kick out of hearing him cover tunes - I mean, think about how many solo acoustic acts have successfully covered AC/DC, Prince, the Who and Frank Zappa? But this just goes to show how versitile and gifted Michael was. I'm so happy to have had (and to have taken) the opportunity to see so many of his shows early in his career. His later tours were also excellent, but these were before the loss of innocence, while he was very hungry for success. That hunger also meant that the negative feedback he got about his vocals was difficult for him to take. But rather than receeding into a shell and reverting back to all-acoustic material, he continued to sing. I believe that this was the right decision. Singing while playing live gave excellent counterpoint to his instrumental works and, in his own words: "Gave me a few minutes to relax, then to focus more intensely on the instrumentals".

Average customer rating: A Good New Irish (Rock) Group

Live At The Gem The Elders Manufacturer: CBUJ/Double Deal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Rock | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: American Wake Racing The Tide Pass It on Down Bring Yer Wellies ASIN: B000BHN7H0 Release Date: 2007-02-06

Tracks:

1. Michael's Ride
2. Packy
3. American Wake
4. Moore Street Girls
5. Love of the Century
6. Turnpike
7. Send a Prayer
8. Haverty Brothers
9. 1849
10. Brettski's Medley
11. Men of Erin
12. Buzz's Jig
13. Fire in Hole
14. Devil's Tongue

Customer Reviews:

A Good New Irish (Rock) Group.......2006-11-02

If you're interested in Celtic or Irish music these guys out Kansas will get your foot dancing, and beyond! The other good CD from them is American Wake. Great music to get you "wild and crazy" some night because they don't slow down with many of their songs. Not old Celtic music, but there are enough of a taste to please any purist. Give it a try!

Average customer rating: impressive livealbum, watch the main guitarplayer! From Good To Great!!! Best Remaster job I have ever heard!

Double Live Frank Marino Manufacturer: Just a Minute Record ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Real Live Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Live From the Hip Full Circle Tales of the Unexpected ASIN: B000A2H6LY Release Date: 2007-01-08

Tracks:

1. You Got Livin'
2. Midnite Highway
3. Free
4. Poppy
5. Roadhouse Blues
6. Who Do Ya Love
7. Guitar Prelude
8. Electric Relections Revisited
9. Sky Symphony to a Little Town
10. Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame
11. Juggernaut
12. Strange Dreams
13. Something's Coming Our Way [*]

Customer Reviews:

impressive livealbum, watch the main guitarplayer!.......2007-02-15

Having released already a fine bunch of albums under the Mahogany Rush banner, after the 1980 closer "What's Next" Frank Marino opted for a solo-carriere under his own name with the aid of brother Vince on rythmguitar and backingvocals but also retaining the same other bandmusicians (Paul Harwood bass, Timm Biery drums) so in fact all is just the same. In 1978 he gave us a live-album simply called "Live" (is there a better title?) which boasted his songwriting, were it not for the fact that at least half of the songs are not by his hand!, and of course the 1979 release "Tales of the Unexpected" was partially live, with 4 excellent outings, this time his compositions solely.
With the 1992 "Double Live" (now a single CD disc) we saw a fine return to form and also the "Mahogany Rush" flag again. Hot on the heels of the truelly excellent "The Power of Rock and Roll" and "Juggernaut" - a twin album, considered by me, they are so close in superb songwriting plus singing and guitarplaying by Frank, backed by a decent rythmteam (whith a change of drummers) - Marino was performing live everywhere and recorded some performances in the US (Texas, California) from which "Double Live" is taken. On vinyl four sides are now reduced to one disc only, with the extension an extra song. Strange as it might be this has nothing showcased from "The Power ...." which is a pity given the quality of those songs. On the other hand, "Juggernaut" (the album) is here presented with "Midnight Highway (spelled as "Midnite Highway"), "Free" and closers "Strange Dreams" and of course the titletrack. Even remarkable is that the 1980 fourpiece band release "What's Next" is presented heartedly with "You Got Livin", the Doors cover "Roadhouse Blues" (given his own songwriting abilities and the wealth of material at hand not really necessary, besides his playing was always more reminiscent of Jimy Hendrix than Robbie Krieger, the only thing they had in common was the use of the same type of guitar), "Rock 'N'Roll Hall of Fame" and as bonus the fuzzdriven "Something's Coming Our Way". Most songs are extended versions with plenty of room for blistering guitarwork. In "Electric Reflections Revisited" and "Sky Symphony To A Little Town" Marino demonstrates his guitarplaying abilities and creates unreal sounds with just a Gibson SG and a few devices, you can even hear a churchorgan. All in all a classic live-album.

From Good To Great!!!.......2005-12-17

Wow I was blown away by the remaster job on this CD done by Frank himself. This disc always took a backseat to the classic "Live" CD from 78...and in it's original form it was OK.

Anyway now with the killer remastering job and bonus cut this is essential to any Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush fan. Some disc's say they're remastered but don't impress. This Double Live sounds so incredible now...it's like your listening to a new album...I waiting on my remasters of Full Circle & From The Hip...if they're done as well as this CD...I'll be very happy.

Frank rules and should be looked on as one of the top guitarist of all time...screw the critic's...and their Hendrix copycat label they've given Frank throughout his career. He might have started off at 16 playing like Jimi...but now he's got style and class all his own...as he plays jazz, funk, blues and metal ...with ease...and all with his own stamp.

Best Remaster job I have ever heard!.......2005-08-16

I have to say that it is almost like listening to this gem for the first time. Frank Marino's first live album is the one that everybody talks about and deservedly so, it is a monster.But "Double Live" has always flown under the radar screen. And it's a shame because people missed a great live album.
One difference between his first two live albums was the production, even though "Double Live" was loaded with great songs, the sound was not that good, it badly needed to be remastered. Well it has been and it is incredible how much better is sounds, I can not remember a better remaster job, and I am big on remasters.
If you like Frank Marino get this album, it is loaded with Marino's brand of explosive guitar playing

Average customer rating: Phenomenal 1982 performance is second to none Amazing - Nicely Put Together get it on DVD 1982 Amazing. Short, perhaps his best.

Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Texas Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Contemporary Blues | Live Albums | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Guitar Gods | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Guitarists | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Live at Carnegie Hall Live Alive Couldn't Stand the Weather In the Beginning In Session ASIN: B00005RGPY Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

1. Hide Away
2. Rude Mood
3. Pride And Joy
4. Texas Flood
5. Love Struck Baby
6. Dirty Pool
7. Give Me Back My Wig
8. Collins Shuffle

Tracks:

1. Scuttle Buttin'
2. Say What!
3. Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love
4. Pride And Joy
5. Mary Had A Little Lamb Live
6. Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town)
7. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
8. Texas Flood
9. Life Without You
10. Gone Home Live
11. Couldn't Stand The Weather

Amazon.com

It's not the familiar, fiery playing of Stevie Ray Vaughan that tips listeners off that this set's first disc has captured an extraordinary moment in modern blues history; it's the jarring, rising chorus of boos that accompanies it. As with previous musicians as disparate as Dylan and Stravinsky, Vaughan's willful tweaking of staid genre conventions initially infuriated purists. Though few could have imagined it at the time, Vaughan and company's July 17, 1982, show at the Montreux Jazz Festival (included here in its entirety) ignited not only a brilliant career, but a widespread revival of the blues as well.

David Bowie was there that night, but he was not booing. He secured the Texas guitarist's services for his smash Let's Dance album on the spot, nearly a year before Vaughan would make his major-label debut.

Straight from the Austin club scene, the band displays their nervous energy in a set that contains several previously unreleased/rare gems from SRV's early repertoire, including the Hound Dog Taylor romp "Give Me Back My Wig." By the time of this set's second disc, recorded just three years later, SRV was a worldwide star, the boos had turned to rousing cheers, and Vaughan's nervousness was replaced by an incendiary swagger he seemed all too happy to push into the crowd's faces. With the band (drummer Chris Layton, bassist Tommy Shannon) now augmented by Reese Wynans on organ and guest guitarist Johnny Copeland sitting in on "Tin Pan Alley," the triumphant show (11 of the 15 songs are included here) centered on the cream of SRV's first three studio albums. While some of these tracks have found their way onto other releases (Live Alive, Blues at Sunrise), the show's "Scuttle Buttin'," "Voodoo Chile," "Gone Home," and "Couldn't Stand the Weather" are released here for the first time. The set's comprehensive liner notes contain new commentary from the band's Shannon and Layton, David Bowie, early confidant Darryl Pitt, and many quotes from the guitar legend himself. All history lessons should be this riveting. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Phenomenal.......2007-05-04

These are two classic SRV shows and a good place to start for anyone just beginning to be interested in SRV (good bang for the buck and includes a solid number of SRV staples). As others have written, the first (1982) was a defining performance -- he was booed, but made the right impression on notables (including Bowie). The second show is a triumphant return.

Highlights include the 82's Texas Flood and Dirty Pool and 85's Voodoo Chile and Tin Pan Alley.

1982 performance is second to none.......2007-02-25

This is a must have for SRV fans. I would suggest the DVD as well captures a world class performance before he was even discovered or released on CD.

The 1982 version of Hideaway/Rudemood will give you goose bumps or you dont like blues.

ENJOY!

Amazing - Nicely Put Together.......2006-10-28

Hats off to Jimmie for tastefully adding to the SRV catalog. This album is a true treat for any SRV fan. The story has been well told about how SRV & DT went to the Montreux Blues Festival as was boo'ed. Afterwards David Bowie approached Stevie to play on the Let's Dance album and Jackson Browne offered the band free use of his LA studio, which produced their masterful debut album 'Texas Flood'. This frist disc is from the 1982 set and it is amazing. The second disc sees the band returning in 1985, but this time to cheering fans. This disc and many of the songs are on Alive Live. It's great to comapre and contrast the two shows and see how they had evolved during that time period. It's great that more material has been made available to the public from his early days. The CD is nicely put together with great pictures and liner notes. This is a great addition to any SRV collection and an excellent way to get to know Stevie for first timers.

get it on DVD.......2006-03-19

I bought this in a 2-DVD set for my husband this past Christmas; he is a big SRV fan. The DVD set is absolutely fantastic. The music is great, but Stevie Ray is also so awesome to watch, especially the 1985 concert. It is a must-have for SRV fans; get it on DVD, you won't regret it!

1982 Amazing. Short, perhaps his best........2005-12-03

I have been a fan since his first album. I bought this to keep the collection complete, thinking it was just another live set. The first disc, from before his first album was recorded, is a brilliant, hungry and energetic set. I understand now why David Bowie and Jackson Browne had to introduce themselves after this concert. Short, yes, perhaps his best. The second disc is great from years later. Buy this CD.

Music Album:

1. Early Tracks [Extra tracks]
2. Everywhere
3. Father Father
4. Fences
5. Front Porch Funnies
6. Golden Country Jukebox Favorites
7. Good for Nuthin
8. Grapevine
9. Greatest Collection
10. Hand-Holdin' Songs

Music Album