Dreaming Of Home

Track Listings

 
1. Close By
2. You Left Me Here Lonely Too Long
3. Put My Little Shoes Away
4. No Letter In the Mail
5. 4 Wasted Years
6. I Could Never Walk Away
7. There Goes My Everything (with Jack Greene)
8. This Weary Heart You Stole Away
9. We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds
10. You're My Darling
11. Cry, Cry Darlin'
12. Little At a Time
13. Lonesome Old Home
14. America Our Home

Dreaming Of Home,Joe Isaacs,Music Mill Entertainment,Bluegrass,Gospel,Pop
100 Favorite Patriotic Songs
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • not to great
  • Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$
  • You get what you pay for.
  • Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ...
100 Favorite Patriotic Songs

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ASIN: B0000A1HT8
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

  1. America the Beautiful
  2. All Quiet on the Potomac Tonight
  3. Ballad of the Green Berets
  4. On Top of Old Smokey
  5. Coyote Warrior
  6. Semper Fidelis
  7. Breeze from Alabama
  8. Onward Christian Soldiers
  9. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
  10. Patriot
  11. Sweet Betsy from Pike
  12. Marines' Hymn
  13. America Is
  14. When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home
  15. Happy the Soldier
  16. American Trilogy
  17. Home Sweet Home
  18. Washington Post March
  19. Enraptured I Gaze
  20. Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
  21. Yellow Rose of Texas
  22. Over There
  23. Simple Gifts
  24. Liberty Bell
  25. Star Spangled Banner

Tracks:

  1. God Bless the USA
  2. Yankee Doodle Dandy
  3. Katy Cruel
  4. I Vow to Thee My Country
  5. King Cotton
  6. Beautiful Dreamer
  7. America
  8. American Patrol
  9. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Beauty
  10. Mohican Dream
  11. Red, White and Blue
  12. Some Folks
  13. Liberty Song
  14. Pomp and Circumstance
  15. Hail to the Chief
  16. Bennington Rifles
  17. Peace on the Battlefield
  18. I've Been Working on the Railroad
  19. Under the Double Eagle
  20. Red River Valley
  21. My Country 'Tis of Thee
  22. Camptown Races
  23. Wild Blue Yonder
  24. Hands Across the Sea
  25. Fanfare for the Common Man

Tracks:

  1. Stars and Stripes Forever
  2. Living in America
  3. Home on the Range
  4. Old Colony Times
  5. Clementine
  6. Invincible Eagle
  7. Ring Ring de Banjo
  8. Yankee Doodle
  9. Largo from "The New World"
  10. To a Wild Rose
  11. Hail Columbia
  12. Alexander's Ragtime Band
  13. Gettysburg
  14. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
  15. Capitan
  16. Prairie Daughter
  17. Little Brown Jug
  18. Marching Through Georgia
  19. Entertainer
  20. Steamboat Around the Bend
  21. Revolutionary Tea
  22. Cassions Keep Rollin' Along
  23. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
  24. Amazing Grace
  25. Grand Old Flag

Tracks:

  1. God Bless America
  2. National Emblem
  3. Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me
  4. Anchors Away
  5. Oh, Susannah
  6. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
  7. Toast
  8. Dixie
  9. St. Louis Blues
  10. Appalachian Spring
  11. Bonnie Blue Flag
  12. Old Hundreth
  13. Swanee River
  14. Battle Cry of Freedom
  15. U. S Field Artillery
  16. Sidewalks of New York
  17. Chester
  18. Auld Lang Syne
  19. Kingdom Come
  20. My Old Kentucky Home
  21. Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
  22. Battle Hymn of the Republic
  23. Shenandoah
  24. Abraham's Daughter
  25. This Land Is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars not to great.......2007-04-04

We were disappointed with this CD, but for the price I guess we can't expect much. I didn't care for the new style presentation of the songs. I like a more traditional rendering.

3 out of 5 stars Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$.......2005-06-22

I red the comments of two other people who have bought this 4 CD BOX SET and it is not really so bad. I will even add that there are some excellent tunes. However, I must agree with the fact that few tunes seem to have been recorded 40 or 50 years ago, mainly when you hear the scratches of an old turntable but it is just 2 or 3 tunes. Furthermore, if you do not know American music, it is a good BOX SET to buy if you consider that you received 4 CD for 4$ including 100 tunes. On these 4 CD, I have heard some orchestration that I have never heard before and I consider that they are different but interesting. Any way, after hearing these 100 tunes, you will say to yourself that you like this tune, this other tune, this other tune and so on and you will be able to buy a more expensive CD with the tunes that you like. However, I have bought many CDs in the last few weeks and as you know, there are always some tunes that you like and some tunes that you do not like on every CD that you will buy. So, don't buy it at 25$ but at 4 or 5$ dollars, it is a very good choice for 100 tunes.

1 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for........2004-07-04

You get what you pay for. The singers put their own spin on the singing of each song. If you didn't hear the words you would not recognize some of them. Even some of the music sounds like a bad recording of music played on a turntable. Definitely not worth the price.

1 out of 5 stars Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ..........2004-07-04

I wish this review had been here when I was thinking of purchasing it. I guess you get what you pay for. If you are thinking of buying this, you are better off recording your own CDs (or at least buying one that you can listen to a sampling of the songs). This album includes songs that were mere recordings of the songs playing on an old record player. It's almost so unbelievable that it is funny.
Stories Of Foster And Sousa
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B000001KDF
Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

  1. Old Folks At Home
  2. Oh ! Susanna
  3. Old Black Joe
  4. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
  5. My Old Kentucky Home
  6. Old Folks At Home
  7. Camptown Races
  8. Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground
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  10. Beautiful Dreamer
  11. The Stars And Stripes Forever
  12. The Crusader
  13. Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne
  14. The Belle Of Chicago
  15. The Gladiator
  16. Semper Fidelis
  17. Washington Post
  18. High School Cadets
  19. The Thunderer
  20. Semper Fidelis
  21. Washington Post
  22. Hands Across The Sea
  23. El Capitan
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  25. Semper Fidelis
  26. Washington Post March
  27. The Thunderer
  28. High School Cadets
  29. El Capitan

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Excellent intro to Foster and Sousa.......2007-02-25

This is a tremendous value considering the price and the number of tracks that you get. The renditions are not bad, but I have heard better Foster. There is a lot of narration, which makes this a great teaching tool to introduce Foster and Sousa. The narration is a bit more for Foster than Sousa. Some of the Foster songs seem to be cut a little short, giving you what is really more of a sampler than a rich collection of complete Foster songs. The Sousa marches seem to be a little longer and don't have quite as much narration. Even though both men were well known American composers, their type of music was quite different, so it's kind of an odd paring on this album. It's a pleasant listen, but not a "must have" item unless you don't have much Foster or Sousa in your music collection; it's a good starter album. Great for kids who might be interested in learning about these two famous composers.

5 out of 5 stars march review.......2001-05-10

this cd gas a great selection of music on it. the sound of the music is perfectly clear and i definately reccomend it. it is an ideal disc for all march fans. two of the greatest american composers on one disc. this is also a great deal considering the amount of songs on this disc. definately but this cd.
Stephen Foster Song Book
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Stephen Foster
  • Terrific choral renditions
  • Make the exquisite into the mundane
  • Great Drinking Music!
  • One of my favorite CDs
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ASIN: B000003FAZ
Release Date: 1993-05-11

Tracks:

  1. Ring de Banjo
  2. Beautiful Dreamer
  3. Gentle Annie
  4. Way Down in Ca-i-ro
  5. My Old Kentucky Home
  6. Old Black Joe
  7. Dolcy Jones
  8. Thou Art the Queen of My Song
  9. Old Folks At Home
  10. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
  11. Oh! Susanna
  12. Gentle Lena Clare
  13. Nelly Bly
  14. Some Folks
  15. Laura Lee
  16. Camptown Races
  17. Traditional:Steal Away
  18. Traditional:Nobody Knows (duh Trouble I See)
  19. Traditional:I Want to Die Easy
  20. Traditional:Dere's No Hidin' Place

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Stephen Foster.......2007-05-13

I saw a program on OPB about him so I got this. But, I didn't like it and don't listen to it. It is now under my bed collecting dust.

5 out of 5 stars Terrific choral renditions.......2006-01-27

I own this CD and am especially fond of it for the solos by Thomas Pyle and Clayton Krehbiel, particularly the latter's singing of "I Want to Die Easy." All other soloists and choristers are equally superb, but those two gentlemen, sadly since deceased, were personal acquaintances and musical influences. If you don't have a taste for great choral arrangements, then pass, but you'll be missing out on something special. Enjoy it, you who adore the finest.

1 out of 5 stars Make the exquisite into the mundane.......2004-07-21

Oh, puleeze, this is the sappiest rendition of these gorgeous songs ever recorded, right up there with sing-a-long with Mitch Miller.

I always hate when songs that are meant to be sung intimately as solos or duets are done by 7,000 harmonized voices.

I recommend this recording only to be listened to in a nice comfortable elevator

5 out of 5 stars Great Drinking Music!.......2002-07-20

This CD Kicks ...! BR>The trombone riff in "Camptown Races" is incredible. The screaming axe in "Oh! Susanna" is mind-blowing. The fantastic jamming on this CD reminds me of HMTT. This CD is one monster hit after another. "Steal Away To Jesus", is a real kicker, although not quite as good as "Will You F'n Give Me Jesus".......

Just sit back, pop a cold one, maybe a whiskey shooter , pop this
baby on the victrolla and enjoy.......

Here's to ya Hawks...........

5 out of 5 stars One of my favorite CDs.......2000-08-09

This is one of the best recordings of historic American music that I have heard, along with Joel Cohen's "Liberty Tree." The arrangements and interpretations of the songs are very beautiful. Some of the banjos are cheesy, but it is much much better than every other Foster recordings that I have heard. If you are in the mood to hear great music of Antebellum America, than I highly recommend this CD to you. You won't regret it!
Stephen Foster: A Family Album
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  • Gem of an Album
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ASIN: B00005YDWZ
Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

  1. Camptown Races
  2. My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night!
  3. Come With Thy Sweet Voice
  4. Old Folks Quadrilles
  5. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
  6. The Merry, Merry Month Of May
  7. Old Folks At Home
  8. Beautiful Dreamer
  9. Village Bells Polka
  10. Old Dog Tray
  11. Nelly Bly
  12. Was My Brother In The Battle?
  13. The Glendy Burk
  14. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
  15. Old Black Joe
  16. Jennie's Own Schottisch
  17. Gentle Annie
  18. Oh! Susanna

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Good, but not great.......2003-06-01

I was looking for a Stephen Foster CD that was not "jazzed up" and maintained the closest fidelity to the old-time recordings. This CD did not disappoint. Most of the renditions of the lesser-known Foster classics are excellent. "Old Black Joe" is particularly moving.

My only problem is with the two old standards: Camptown Races and Oh! Susanna. I get the impression that the vocalist was trying to put his own "stamp" on these two very familiar tunes by accenting odd syllables or using strange intonations. At any rate, they ended up sounding cheesy so that my family members ended up making fun of the idiosyncracies introduced by the singer rather than singing along with the familiar words and melody. Oh! well...

5 out of 5 stars Gem of an Album.......2002-12-26

I have thoroughly enjoyed discovering the full scope of Foster's musical genius through this biography and album of popular Foster songs, choral gems, piano delights, and chamber music arrangements. Douglas Jimerson and Sheryl Cohen have the ideal voices for Foster's beautiful parlor songs.
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Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B00007FPFS
Release Date: 2004-05-18

Tracks:

  1. Ellen Bayne Quick Step
  2. Bronze Bob Tail Horse Quick Step
  3. Why, No One To Love
  4. California Quick Step
  5. Beautiful Dreamer
  6. Dolly Day Quick Step
  7. Hard Times Waltz
  8. We Are Coming Father Abraam, 300,000 More
  9. Colonel Meeker's Quick Step
  10. March. My Old Kentucky Home
  11. My Wife Is A Most Knowing Woman
  12. Maggie By My Side Grand March
  13. Santa Anna's Retreat From Buena Vista
  14. Willie Schottisch
  15. George Hart's Quick Step
  16. Some Folks
  17. Open Thy Lattice Love
  18. Old Dog Tray March
  19. Camptown Quick Step
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  25. Lulu Is Gone
  26. Where Has Lula Gone
  27. Farewell My Lily Dear Quick Step

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars thanks again, naxos!.......2007-04-04

naxos is the greatest budget label of all-time. i've gotten so many great discs from them, and never a bummer. as for this disc, it's a great idea(arrangements of the songs of stephen foster for 19th century brass band, performed on period instruments), wonderfully executed. i have many recordings of stephen foster material, and this is one of the best. this brass band sounds fantastic and the audio quality is very very fine. i highly recommend that you make this a part of your household.

5 out of 5 stars Stephen Foster Played by a Saxhorn (not saxophone) Quintet.......2004-06-20

Imagine a post-Civil War family trooping to the town square on a fine summer evening to hear the town band play a concert of arrangements of popular tunes, that gentler period's equivalent of a rock concert of today. That's essentially what we have here. The Chestnut Brass Company, a Philadelphia brass quintet which on occasion plays on everything from Baroque sackbuts to the most modern trumpets and trombones, here plays on instuments of the saxhorn family. Saxhorns, invented by Adolphe Sax, the fellow who also invented the better-known saxophone, are brass instruments perfected in the 1840s. Their conical bore projects a uniquely sweet and mellow sound. They were exceedingly popular for town bands during the latter half of the century, but their use had waned by the turn of the 20th century. This quintet consists of an E flat soprano, a B flat soprano, an E flat alto, a B flat baritone, and a E flat contrabass saxhorn. The dulcet tones and sonic blend are a marvel to behold. Partly, of course, this is due to the expert playing by Bruce Barrie, Susan Sexton (or is it SAXton?), Marian Hesse, Larry Zimmerman, and Jay Krush.

Stephen Foster wrote very little purely instrumental music, but his songs fostered (pun unavoidable) innumerable instrumental arrangements. Those heard here are taken (and sometimes re-arranged) from the playbooks of such 19th-century bands as the Manchester, New Hampshire town band, the Boston Brass Band and the brass band of the 26th Regiment of North Carolina, not to forget the U.S. Marine Band. The tunes are arranged into quicksteps, waltzes, marches, schottisches and potpourris. Most of the familiar tunes are here: 'Beautiful Dreamer,' 'I Dream of Jeannie,' 'My Old Kentucky Home,' 'Camptown Races,' 'Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming,' and 'Some Folks Do' as well as plenty of relatively unfamiliar songs. And because these arrangements come from all over some of the tunes appear several times like old friends. Some of my own favorites are 'Some Folks' arranged by W. L. Baccus, 'Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming' arranged by Bruce Barrie, 'Camptown Quick Step' arranged by Jay Krush, and 'Gentle Annie' from the U.S. Marine Corps Band archives.

As an unabashed fan of the music of Charles Ives, I can't hear these arrangements without wondering which of these tunes Charlie heard (and played) when his own father, a former Civil War bandmaster, led his town band in Danbury, Connecticut.

Recommended for brass band lovers, Stephen Foster fans, and folks who like, say, the sound track to Ken Burns's 'Civil War' PBS documentary.

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Richard Crooks in Songs and Ballads
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    Richard Crooks in Songs and Ballads

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    Release Date: 1997-09-16

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    2. Absent
    3. A Dream
    4. O Dry Those Tears
    5. Forgotten
    6. Old Folks At Home
    7. Beautiful Dreamer
    8. My Old Kentucky Home
    9. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
    10. Oh Susanah
    11. Old Black Joe
    12. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
    13. Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground
    14. Ah May The Red Rose Live Always
    15. Camptown Races
    16. L' Adieu De Matin
    17. A Dream
    18. Ser, D.957, No.4
    19. Have You Seen But A Whyte Lillie Grow
    20. Songs My Mother Taught Me
    21. Mother O' Mine
    22. For You Alone
    23. The Irish Love Song
    The Civil War
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Historical Time Capsule
    The Civil War
    Douglas Jimerson
    Manufacturer: Amerimusic
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    MarchesMarches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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    GeneralGeneral | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00004SU99
    Release Date: 2000-04-18

    Tracks:

    1. Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
    2. Wait for the Wagon
    3. Clari: Home, Sweet Home
    4. Oh! Susanna
    5. The Bonnie Blue Flag
    6. Do They Miss Me at Home?
    7. Yellow Rose of Texas
    8. Goober Peas
    9. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
    10. Aura Lee
    11. Marching Through Georgia
    12. Just Before the Battle, Mother
    13. That's What's the Matter
    14. We are Coming Father Abraham
    15. Gentle Annie
    16. I'll be a Sergeant
    17. Dixie
    18. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp "The boys are coming"
    19. For the Dear Old Flag I Die
    20. Battle Hymn of the Republic
    21. The Battle Cry of Freedom
    22. America
    23. The Bonnie Blue Flag
    24. My Maryland
    25. Yellow Rose of Texas
    26. Woodman, Spare that Tree
    27. Juanita
    28. Green Grow the Lilacs
    29. Lorena
    30. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
    31. Rock'd in the Cradle of the Deep
    32. How Firm a Foundation
    33. Blue Bell of Scotland
    34. Storming of Monterey
    35. Joys that We've Tasted
    36. Polly Hopkins and Tommy Tompkins
    37. Drummer Boy of Shiloh
    38. Roll, Alabama, Roll
    39. Weeping, Sad and Lonely
    40. Vaccant Chair
    41. Goober Peas
    42. All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight
    43. Dixie
    44. Oh! Susanna
    45. Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground
    46. Old Folks at Home
    47. Camptown Races
    48. Beautiful Dreamer
    49. Nelly Bly
    50. Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
    51. Gentle Annie
    52. Hard Times Come Again No More
    53. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    54. Deep River
    55. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
    56. If You've Only Got a Moustache
    57. Old Dog Tray
    58. The Glendy Burk
    59. My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
    60. Some Folks
    61. When This Dreadful War Is Ended
    62. Was My Brother In The Battle?
    63. Nothing, But a Plain Old Soldier
    64. Battle Hymn of the Republic
    65. America
    66. Barbara Allen
    67. Skip to my Lou
    68. Kathleen Mavoureen
    69. Adam and Eve's Wedding Song
    70. Old Sister Phoebe
    71. Oh! Susanna
    72. Twenty Years Ago
    73. The Ship on Fire
    74. Silver Bell Waltz
    75. Your Mission
    76. Dixie
    77. Go Down Moses
    78. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
    79. Free at Last
    80. Martha: Ach, so fromm
    81. Die Zauberflote, K 620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
    82. Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure
    83. Faust: Gloire immortelle [Soldiers' Chorus]
    84. Hail, Columbia
    85. We are Coming Father Abraham
    86. Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
    87. Taps

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Historical Time Capsule.......2000-08-12

    This is the most comprehensive recording I've found of songs popular during the Civil War period. The performances are a time capsule of Civil War music.
    Those Dreaming Years
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Those Dreaming Years
      Ivor Novello
      Manufacturer: Pearl
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
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        10 Stephen Foster Songs, 8 Serious Songs (and Arias)
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          Manufacturer: GSE Claremont
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          QuartetsQuartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
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          Foster, StephenFoster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Franck, César | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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          GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
          RomancesRomances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
          Romantic (c.1820-1910)Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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          ASIN: B0000049JS
          Release Date: 1995-07-26

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          1. Drivin' Sideways
          2. East Tennessee Christmas
          3. Essentials [Original recording remastered]
          4. Even Stevens
          5. Everybody Knows [Import]
          6. Follow Your Heart
          7. Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight: I'm Little But I'm Loud [Import]
          8. Great [Import]
          9. Greatest [Import]
          10. Guitar Band Classics!

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