Big Choice

No Depression, January 2004
"Evangeline's sophomore outing is drenched in Americana romanticism, covering plenty of classic country-folk territory.

Product Description:
For the band's second album, Seattle's Evangeline has added a touch more Midwestern grit and rock & roll kick to its honest and open country-rock sound, and 2003's Big Choice manages to improve on one of the more impressive alt-country debuts of the past few years. While the band doesn't exactly bash it out on Big Choice (and it hardly seems in the group's nature to do so), "Little World" and "Tupelo" boast a few shades more guitar-driven fire than Evangeline delivered on Felt Like Home and songwriter and sometimes vocalist Chris Cline's tales of regular guy angst and romantic frustration suggest a marriage of Paul Westerberg's eloquent gripe and the Jayhawks sweetly lovelorn contemplation of the plains. Cline is also lucky to have a vocalist as good as Jennifer Potter on board to interpret his material; with a voice that sounds rich but silky and sweet at the same time, Potter is a simply wonderful singer, and her performances here show flashes of the grace and! gravity Emmylou Harris displayed on her early sides. And though Evangeline isn't much for showboating, that's also one of the strengths of Big Choice - the musicians give this material a strong, concise delivery that's clean, realistic, and satisfying, and Cline and Kevin Suggs are both top-shelf pickers when they step into the spotlight. No jokes, no irony, just ten great songs played with heart, soul, and clarity - Big Choice makes it clear that Evangeline isn't just another act with potential - it's a band with talent and vision that knows how to make its music work in the studio, and has made a lovely album that's well worth your attention.

Big Choice,Evangeline,Squatch On The Rocks,Alternative Country-Rock,Americana,Bass (Electric),Drums,Folk-Rock,Guitar,Harmonica,Harmony Vocals,Pedal Steel,Pop/Rock,This group draws from the last era of "pure" country music - the turn of the 70's & textures their sound with the folk-rock innocence of the same era. Honest and lush female vocals laced with haunting pedal steel.,United States of America,Vocals

Average customer rating: Fats plays Fats All Around Musical Force Puts a smile on your face! FATS WALLER, SECOND ONLY TO LOUIS ARMSTRONG!!! FAT, HIP AND SWINGIN'

The Very Best of Fats Waller Fats Waller Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Stride Piano | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Jive Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Handful of Keys Birth of the Hot Are You Hep to the Jive? The Original James P. Johnson 1942-1945 Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues ASIN: B00004X0AT Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

1. Fats Waller Stomp
2. Handful Of Keys
3. The Minor Drag
4. Ain't Misbehavin'
5. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (And My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Me)
6. A Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid
7. How Can You Face Me?
8. Viper's Drag
9. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
10. Dinah
11. Truckin'
12. When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful
13. I Got Rhythm
14. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
15. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
16. The Curse Of An Aching Heart
17. Honeysuckle Rose
18. The Joint Is Jumpin'
19. Two Sleepy People
20. I'll Dance At Your Wedding
21. Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)
22. Your Feet's Too Big
23. All That Meat And No Potatoes
24. The Jitterbug Waltz

Product Description

1. Fats Waller Stomp
2. Handful Of Keys
3. Minor Drag, The
4. Ain't Misbehavin'
5. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (And My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Me)
6. Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid, A
7. How Can You Face Me?
8. Viper's Drag
9. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter)
10. Dinah
11. Truckin'
12. When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful
13. I Got Rhythm
14. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
15. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
16. Curse Of An Aching Heart, The
17. Honeysuckle Rose
18. Joint Is Jumping, The
19. Two Sleepy People
20. I'll Dance At Your Wedding
21. Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood, Mama)
22. Your Feet's Too Big
23. All That Meat And No Potatoes
24. Jitterbug Waltz, The


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Fats plays Fats.......2007-02-07

This is a delightful compilation of Fats' at his best. The remastering is excellent and I would recomend this CD to anyone wanting to listen to jazz piano playing - the CD is worth getting even if only for the scintillating improvisation of 'Aint Misbehavin'

All Around Musical Force.......2006-10-04

Fats Waller had a strong touch on the Keys, could write very good&had a distinctive voice that fueled so many tracks. his band was tight as well. he had such a feel good quality in his playing&overall vibe as a Musician.I got Rhythm is one song that never gets old from this collection. this is a very fully well represented compilation. Fats Waller doesn't get his full due as a all around force. this is a strong collection.

Puts a smile on your face!.......2005-08-02

Excellent compilation of Fats Waller's recordings...both solo piano tracks and with his band. He sings on some of the songs too...as always, his music making puts a smile on your face and gets your toes a tappin'!

FATS WALLER, SECOND ONLY TO LOUIS ARMSTRONG!!!.......2004-03-17

THOMAS FATS WALLER RULES! NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! THE MUSICIAN, A PIANIST AND VOCALIST, POSSESSES THE CHARISMA OF CAB CALAWAY, THE INNOVATIVE BRILLIANCE OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND THE DOWN AND DIRTY, NEW ORLEANS SWANKINESS OF THELONIOUS MONK.

SON OF A SOUTHERN BAPTIST MINISTER & A FEMALE PIANIST, VOCALIST AND ORGANIST, WALLER WAS OBVIOUSLY BORN INTO THE MUSICAL LIFE. FOR A MAN OF OVER 300 POUNDS, HE SURE KNEW HOW TO SWING. AND THE GUY WROTE OVER 400 SONGS, MANY MANY OF THEM HUGE HITS.

HE JUST MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD, DAMMIT!

IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, WALLER'S GREATEST EFFORTS INCLUDE: YOUR FEETS TOO BIG, THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN', AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' AND CRAZY 'BOUT MY BABY.

FAT, HIP AND SWINGIN'.......2004-03-06

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Average customer rating: So excited It's NOT David Sanborn! Seduction In The "Seduction Zone" Seduction by James Last

Seduction James Last , and David Sanborn Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Germany | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Music from Across the Way Holiday Classics Remembers the Sixties Songs from the Heart Very Best of James Last ASIN: B0009A6MWG Release Date: 2005-08-02

Tracks:

1. Fantasy
2. Dancing Shadows
3. Vibration
4. Seduction (Love Theme)
5. Falling Star
6. So Excited
7. Night Drive
8. Glow
9. Infight
10. It's Over

Product Description

1. Fantasy
2. Dancing Shadows
3. Vibrations
4. The Seduction (Love Theme)
5. Falling Star
6. So Excited
7. Night Drive
8. Glow
9. Infight
10. It’s Over


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

So excited .......2007-07-08

I am so excited to have finally found this after 20 plus years of searching. This is the ultimate mood music!!! It is like Christmas in July!! I haven't been this excited since receiving Carol King Tapestry in 1972(or 1973) for Christmas!! I could just pee my pants!!!! I have to give credit to my adoring husband who found this for me and never even heard of James Last Band until I turned him on to it!! Thanks, honey....love you to bits!!

It's NOT David Sanborn!.......2007-01-28

It's actually Ernie Watts playing the alto sax solo on this version of "The Seduction." David Sanborn recorded this tune on his "Hideaway" album after the James Last Band version hit the charts. In fact, on earlier pressings of the "Hideaway" LP, "The Seduction" is not on it. It was added to a later pressing of the album as an afterthought, I suppose...

Seduction.......2007-01-04

My Mom wanted a particular song on this CD - I did not know when I ordered it that it would contain profanity and not the version that she heard on the radio. Would not recommend, there is no reason for profanity in a love song.

In The "Seduction Zone".......2006-11-21

Nowadays, in part due to the noodlings of Kenny G., it is common to dismiss instrumental pop and rock music as nothing more than glorified Muzak, even though quite a few of those instrumental records have endured over time. Such is the case with this album from German-born band leader and arranger James Last which was originally released in 1980.

Straddling the worlds of disco, synth-pop, new wave, and smooth jazz, this is a thoroughly underappreciated ten-track collection of instrumental pop. All but two of the tracks were composed either by Last himself or by his son Ronald Last, and are extremely inventive combinations of jazz-rock fusion influences and synthesizers. The two non-original ones both have their origins in Giorgio Moroder's score for the Paul Schrader-directed 1980 film AMERICAN GIGOLO. One of them is "Night Drive", whose main melody is derived from the Blondie song "Call Me" that is on the AMERICAN GIGOLO soundtrack. The other one, of course, is "The Seduction", this album's title track and that movie's haunting love theme, with an uncredited alto sax solo by David Sanborn. That track was widely played on the radio and actually peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1980.

Last's "band", so to speak, consists of a lot of great musicians, including string arranger Sid Sharp; drummer Rick Marotta; guitarists Robert "Waddy" Wachtel and Lee Ritenour; keyboardists Don Grolnick and Michael Boddicker; bassist Abe Laboriel; and sax maestro Ernie Watts. All combine on this album for a lush but not syrupy experience from a time when production gimmickry had yet to swamp the recording process. A hugely worthwhile album for anyone with a taste for instrumental pop and rock of a compelling kind.

Seduction by James Last .......2006-02-26

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Average customer rating: SOME OF ISB'S BEST MADE BETTER STILL TISB-Wee Tam/Big Huge Wee Tam and the Big Huge The ISB at their very, very best in this SINGLE album A High Water Mark of the ISB

Wee Tam / Big Huge Incredible String Band Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: 5000 Spirits / Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Changing Horses / I Looked Up U The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending/Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air ASIN: B00006BC50 Release Date: 2002-09-10

Tracks:

1. Job's Tears
2. Puppies
3. Beyond The See
4. The Yellow Snake
5. Log Cabin Home In The Sky
6. You Get Brighter
7. The Half-Remarkable Question
8. Air
9. Ducks On A Pond

Tracks:

1. Maya
2. Greatest Friend
3. The Son Of Noah's Brother
4. Lordly Nightshade
5. The Mountain Of God
6. Cousin Caterpillar
7. The Iron Stone
8. Douglas Traherne Harding
9. The Circle Is Unbroken

Product Description

Disc 1: Wee Tam:
1. Job's Tears
2. Puppies
3. Beyond The See
4. Yellow Snake, The
5. Log Cabin Home In The Sky
6. You Get Brighter
7. Half-Remarkable Question, The
8. Air
9. Ducks On A Pond

Disc 2: The Big Huge:
1. Maya
2. Greatest Friend
3. Son Of Noah's Brother, The
4. Lordly Nightshade
5. Mountain Of God, The
6. Cousin Caterpillar
7. Iron Stone, The
8. Douglas Traherne Harding
9. Circle Is Unbroken, The


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

SOME OF ISB'S BEST MADE BETTER STILL.......2006-08-06

While the remastering is expert and reveals even more of the human warmth of this work, it's difficult to write about the music of Robin Williamson and Mike Heron for the simple reason that they pretty much created their own genre. Who will we compare to the Incredible String Band? The sources and reference points of and in their music are many and widespread. Typically filed under "FOLK", the music of The Incredible String Band was and is much more. A few years after the band broke up, Robin wrote of his interest in creating a "fusion" of different musical cultures, traditions and styles. Seen from this perspective, "Wee Tam / Big Huge" must be one of the first fully-realized examples of that fusion.

In a seemingly simple, quiet framework, ISB delivers a dazzling array of ideas about music and about humankind and our perceptions of the worlds in and around us -- what are we and what we are -- with diverse and complete musical authority. How else could you possibly pull off a song titled "Puppies" without being accused of creating kitsch? This is profoundly ambitious stuff. "Wee Tam / Big Huge" allows us to witness nothing less than the patchwork creation of a being in "Maya" who is comprised of the many archetypes of the human race: "businessmen his nervous system, no-hustle men his stomach" and, my personal favorite, "opinions are his fingernails". Here, as throughout this record, small metaphors create greater metaphors, leading to saturated meanings. Throughout, the lyrical content matches the musical innovation. Always poetic and illuminating, I'd question the typical "psychedelic" conclusion: this stuff is too aware and well worked out. Remember: "At bath time the hippies, in chains, they are crossing the hall..."

As a contrast to the long and almost tone-poem-like pieces such as "Maya" and "Job's Tears" and rollicking fiddle tunes like "Log Cabin Home", there are a pair of very short, haiku-like pieces that are as pure as they are beautiful. "Son of Noah's Brother" and the more remarkable, myth-imbued "Yellow Snake" demonstrate that condensed and concise poetry can be as powerful as the more elaborate and extended work.

There is also a sense of the sacred throughout, from the every day in "Air" and the wonderfully inventive "Duck's on a Pond" to the collage of religious and literary phrases that comprise the lyrics of "The Mountain of God". Through a rich mix of musical and cultural ideas, "Wee Tam / Big Huge" makes the monumental accessible, and the miniature profound without ever resorting to cloying sentimentality, cliche or the dead ends of blind faith. This is music of approachable, constant and everyday beauty. Music as easy to love today as it was when the world was new.

TISB-Wee Tam/Big Huge.......2006-02-22

The other reviews correctly describe the richness and beauty of these albums. Mystical yet fun, fascinating musical concepts, still fresh after so many years. Highest rating...BUT...while wonderful on the ears, terrible on the eyes. Bad job on the lyrics insert, which are truly microscopic to the point of being unreadable. I'm lucky to have the original vinyl for reading. Otherwise, get a high-powered microscope. Still, a gorgeous recording, as are all their early releases.

Wee Tam and the Big Huge.......2005-08-10

I had not heard this for thirty years. Many of the songs have stayed with me. The best recordings they ever did - before they got too self conscious. Still a classic - modern bands are just too cautious. They all want to be cool.

The ISB at their very, very best in this SINGLE album.......2005-06-03

`The Big Huge' and the `Wee Tam' are nominally two different albums by The Incredible String Band (TISB) when actually; they were released simultaneously in 1968 as if they were a double album where you could buy the two disks independently. The sense with which the two titles can be combined as `The Big Huge Wee Tam' is one small sign of how these two albums were always supposed to be seen as a single work, in much the same way as Dylan's `Blond on Blond' and the Beatles' `white album' are two phonographs in a single album.

It is due to this title combination that I always considered `The Big Huge' as the first of the two recordings. The second reason is because the first cut on this album, Williamson's `Maya' so completely captures the style and spirit of both albums. It also clearly connects TISB with the style of Donovan Leitch as exemplified in his song `Atlantis'. There must be some name for this kind of song in song writing circles, and I wish I knew it, as it is so distinctive in construction. Basically, it enumerates between eight and twelve things, generally people, in a group where each type serves a particular person or fits a role in the whole. The simplest example of such a song might be the `Do-Re-Mi Song' from `The Sound of Music'. Both `Maya' and `Atlantis' are much more complicated, but fit the same basic pattern.

`Maya' is doubly interesting in that it is almost certainly based on the famous illustration on the frontispiece of Thomas Hobbes' great work `Leviathan' on political philosophy, where the head of the sovereign sits on a body composed of smaller bodies.

This pair of albums may have been the high point of the TISB recording career. At the very least, together with `The 5000 Spirits or The Layers of the Onion' and `The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter', it created a body of work which at the very least insured the durability of the groups modest popularity well into the 21st century. And, I believe it is the last set of recordings they did in the style of original writing they established in `5000 Spirits...' With their next works, I detect definite changes in style and more independence from Mike Heron, as he released a solo album around this time.

I made the observation in a review of `The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter' that many of the songs can be heard as evening entertainment for children on their way to bed. I can strengthen this analogy with this album with the references to Tolkien's fiction in one or two of these songs. Add to this references to A. A. Milne's `Winnie the Pooh' and songs about caterpillars and I rest my case. Very few of their songs relate to that most favorite song subject, romantic love. Much more time is spent on adventure, discovery, tall tales, and nonsense rhymes.

For those of you who may be coming to TISB from encounters with Fairport Convention and The Pentangle, I suggest that TISB is the gold standard of original writing based on Celtic and other world folk traditions. Fairport Convention, especially Sandy Denny may have written some great songs and Jansch and Renbourn of `The Pentangle' are probably greater instrumentalists, but TISB conveys a folkish charm that is truer to the great 1960's counterculture spirit than any other band.

A High Water Mark of the ISB.......2003-12-16

This is a magical album (and yes, it is one album, as a reviewer below noted). There are songs here which feel simultaneously ancient and totally innovative, achingly beautiful and unfathomably mysterious -- at this moment I am thinking of the songs "The Circle is Unbroken" and "The Iron Stone." But really everything here is amazing. This is one of those albums where you feel that the artists were stretching every nerve and muscle, reaching out beyond themselves to grasp something which they had glimpsed. A masterpiece is made when they succeed, and that's what happened here. And the beauty is not just conceptual. Sure, these guys were picking up a bewildering variety of instruments they had never learned how to play, but they pull it off; it all works. And Williamson's voice... a careless listener will think he's just tunelessly jibbering sometimes, but he's not, he's not... His voice glides and modulates all over the place, always exactly where he wants it to be. This work was really a transcendent, watershed event. For myself, I find it has an intensity unrivalled by any of the Incredibles' other albums, though "U" and "5000 Spirits" and "Hangman's" are all essential listening as well. But this is really something special.

Average customer rating: One of the best of the 80's A Pop Classic fantastic album at last on CD... Makes 1986 feels like 2004

Big Plans for Everybody Let's Active Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Jangle Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Cypress/Afoot Every Dog Has His Day Like This Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man/Jamboree Dynamico ASIN: B0000AQVE6 Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

1. In Little Ways
2. Talking To Myself
3. Writing The Book Of Last Pages
4. Last Chance Town
5. Won't Go Wrong
6. Badger
7. Fell
8. Still Dark Out
9. Whispered News
10. Reflecting Pool
11. Route 67
12. Invisible Hills
13. Horizon

Album Description

With the departure of drummer Sara Romweber, this album became kind of a studio project for Mitch Easter, but hey, if anybody was ever up to the task of a self-produced solo record, it would be Mitch! The music's a little less new wave-y here, and a little more personal…one of the better albums released in 1986. Includes 'In Little Ways; Talking to Myself; Writing the Book of Last Pages; Last Chance Town; Won't Go Wrong; Badger; Fell; Still Dark Out; Whispered News; Reflecting Pool', and 'Route 67'. Mitch has also come up with two bonus tracks, 'Invisible Hills' and 'Horizon', a later version of which ended up on his subsequent album, 'Every Dog Has His Day,' which we're also reissuing. A 'Collectors' Choice Music' exclusive!

Customer Reviews:

One of the best of the 80's.......2007-04-16

I listened to my cassette copied version of this--given to me by one of my indie-friends back in the 80's--over and over. Each time, it surprised me....one of those recordings that don't get old, don't get boring, and just seem to strike the right chord. While slightly dated, it actually sounds a lot like many of the bands attempting to be indie today. I find it odd that no one knew of them then and even fewer know of them today. I do like REM's first few albums, but this is much better. Also worth getting Cypress/Afoot. Definitely one of the my favorite "obscure" albums of the 80's (along with the Sound-- both albums, the Chameleons's Strange Times, and Died Pretty's Free Dirt--good luck finding that one!).

A Pop Classic.......2006-03-23

I'm so happy to see that this has been rereleased and hope that it sells so that others can discover what a great talent Mitch Easter has at writing songs and playing guitar. Sure, REM can thank him for doing the knob-twiddling for their first 3 releases that set them apart in college radio, but Easter deserves credit for all of the work that Let's Active did as a band. They were fantastic live as well if you ever got the chance. If you like some of the quirkier indy bands that are popular these days you'll find a lot to like on "Big Plans . . ."

fantastic album.......2006-01-24

i love cypress/afoot, will always love it. the 2 albums are different enough that comparisons need not be made. so let's enjoy the greatness of this album seperately.

writing the book of last pages is grand, as is won't go wrong, these sound like the growth of the band we came to love. mitch's involvement of other musicians helps the album sound fresh and energetic, which can be the downside of one-person albums (the toms pulls it off as well!)

i have listened to this alot since i got it, and it's layered production is great to get lost in.

at last on CD..........2005-05-05

If ever a band was criminally overlooked by the music industry, it's Let's Active. Each album they did is excellent. All their songs appear to be middle-of-the-road pop/rock at first but each listen seems to bring something new with it. You could put Mitch Easter right up with any recognized 'great' songwriter of the past 30 years, easily. 'Big Plans For Everybody' is their 2nd LP, and it sounds like a cross between REM's 'Green' and The Stone Roses first album, and yeah it pre-dates both of those. 5 stars.

Makes 1986 feels like 2004.......2003-12-02

As my tastes in music have come full circle, Let's Active has always been in the loop. Every 2 months, I listen to Big Plans... for the last 16 years! I never get tired of it. The Shins, Built to Spill, Elliott Smith, owe something to Let's Active. It takes a few listens, but the reward is definitely forthcoming in the end. Until these reissues, CDs of Let's Active were running $50+ on eBay if that means anything. Get 'em while you still can.

Average customer rating: good selection of tunes KILLER Arrangements ARE Billy May Definitive 50's Billy May

A Band Is Born/Big Band Bash Billy May Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Swing Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Big Fat Brass/Bill's Bag A Proper Introduction to Billy May: Billy's Best Plays the Standards Nelson Riddle - Best of the Capitol Years Joy of Living/Love Is a Game of Poker ASIN: B000055X29 Release Date: 2001-01-09

Tracks:

1. All Of Me
2. If I Had You
3. Charmaine
4. Unforgettable
5. Fat Man Mambo
6. Lean Baby
7. My Silent Love
8. There Is No Greater Love
9. I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
10. Mayhem
11. When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
12. Lulu's Back In Town
13. You're Driving Me Crazy
14. When Your Lover Has Gone
15. Perfidia
16. My Last Affair
17. Easy Street
18. Gone With The Wind
19. Diane
20. Please Be Kind
21. Tenderly
22. Orchids In The Moonlight
23. Romance
24. From The Land Of The Sky Blue Water

Customer Reviews:

good selection of tunes.......2007-01-10

I realize this is not stereo but the transfer sounds tinny and not up to par with other mono cd's I've aquired.

KILLER Arrangements ARE Billy May.......2001-11-24

These two high-fidelity albums are finally, thankfully released by Collector's Choice. Thank God for them!!

To hear "Unforgettable" by just the May charts, makes the entire song new!! All those great Sinatra charts are reworked a bit, and do not need the vocalist at all!! These tracks are terrific, immortal and not dated in the least. The amount of talent, electricity and that GREAT '50s vacuum tube recording is abdundant in their remastering of the disc.

GRAB this while it is still in print. The ultimate CD to please just about anybody, will be a much-played addition to your library. Musicianship, talent, fun, and incredible beauty; it's ALL HERE!!

Definitive 50's Billy May.......2001-04-27

Collector's Choice music continues to try to out do themselves. This recent two LP issue on one cd contains two classic mid 1950's May records.

These wonderful sides contain many of Mr. May's greatest hits of the 1950's and there simply isn't any mediocre material. For those who lived during that period, it's nostalgia galore.

For those unaware, May's big band was noted for its first rate musicianship, straight-ahead driving swing interjected with intermittent twists of humor and surprises. The excellent production values of this cd coupled with its outstanding sound quality makes this cd a bargain value. Get it while it's still in print.

Average customer rating: Never too old.... Punk at it's Funken best!!! Face To Face... This CD kicks ass!!! FACE TO FACE ROCKS

Big Choice Face to Face Manufacturer: Victory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Face to Face Don't Turn Away Reactionary Ignorance Is Bliss Standards & Practices ASIN: B000001BG3 Release Date: 1995-02-28

Tracks:

1. Struggle
2. I Know You Well
3. Sensible
4. A-OK
5. You Lied
6. Promises
7. Big Choice
8. It's Not Over
9. Velocity
10. Debt
11. Late
12. Untitled
13. Disconnected
14. Bikeage

Customer Reviews:

Never too old...........2003-11-17

When I originally bought this CD I was 19, single and a lover of good punk. I am now pushing 30, married, a mother of 3 and have run more in the direction of music a little more mellow. We recently moved to Hawaii from the mainland and I was having a couple cocktails while I was unpacking and hit my long lost box of "cassette tapes"heehee. I found all of the music I haven't listened to in ages...because of the simple fact that we only buy CD's now. Anyhoo, I decided to mosh down memory lane....I am buying back all of my Face to Face tapes on CD because they are a great band....no matter how old you get! 'Disconnected' is still the best! Enjoy!

Punk at it's Funken best!!!.......2001-12-17

This is Face To Faces second album. And it is a must have. This is not a [lousy] Band like All. Anyone that likes older punk like the Romoans or the Smiths would love this. This is another great Face to Face album. MUST HAVE

Face To Face..........2001-06-21

I am into punk music. When my brother introduced me to the idea of a punk band that didn't "use foul language"...I was kind of in doubt that they were an actual punk band. I love this CD, I ended up taking it from my brother and I listen to it all the time. It is worth the money...you'll never get tired of it!

This CD kicks ass!!!.......2001-02-14

This is Face to Face's 2nd album, and it is way better than the first! This album, Big Choice, gets you pumped up to do whatever you do that requires lots of energy. This is a kick-ass album to skate to, buts its not one of those backround crappy punk bands they play in the beginning of a tv show or something stupid like that, this CD you can sit down and listen to it, and it means very meaningful lyrics from one of the best punk bands, ever! You can listen to it over and over and these awsome songs such as "struggle", "sensible", "you lied" and "promises", and all the other sweet songs never get outplayed. "Don't Turn Away" was in '92, and "Big Choice" was released in '95. Face to Face put lots of effort into this album, almost 3 years, and they did a great freakin' job my friends! Face to Face's "Big Choice" is by far their best album, and I recommend you getting this album if you like punk and music to get to you pumped up!

FACE TO FACE ROCKS.......2000-07-30

THIS CD ROCKS. I'VE HAD IT FOR 4 YEARS AND I STIL LOVE IT. GO OUT AND GET IT TODAY.........PUNK ROCK!

Average customer rating: Great music for the kids, big and small in your life. Not as Good as "Big Trouble", but still great A Classic Feel-Good-Silly music that will make you tap your feet! Great Children's Album

Mine! Trout Fishing In America Manufacturer: Trout Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Folk Music | Children's Music | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Big Trouble inFINity Merry Fishes to All My World It's a Puzzle ASIN: B000003JXD Release Date: 1994-08-31

Tracks:

1. Boiled Okra And Spinach
2. 18 Wheels On A Big Rig
3. Mine!
4. Hall Of A Hundred Doors
5. Swimming Pool
6. Count On Me
7. Wishes
8. Carry Me
9. Five Little Ducks
10. I Can Dance

Customer Reviews:

Great music for the kids, big and small in your life........2006-01-07

AS another reviwer wrote, big trouble is a bit better album, but this one still packs a punch of fun fammily entertainment.
We have had trout fishing in our collection long before we had kids. Once you go Trout fisning you'll never want to buy another stupid sugarly popular character Fad CD.

Not as Good as "Big Trouble", but still great.......2003-01-12

Compared to most others who write children's music (if you've seen the Wiggles, you know what I'm talking about), Trout Fishing in America writes songs that are smart and funny.

While this album isn't as good as "Big Trouble", there are several tracks that are quite good. "Boiled okra and spinach" will stay in your head for a while, and "18 wheels on a big rig" is just a trip. Ever heard anybody count to 18 in roman numerals? Quickly?

This album still receives 5 stars when compared to most other children's music. Even though "Big Trouble" is my favorite, we enjoy "Mine!" very much.

A Classic.......2000-04-08

I first heard the "Big Rig" song while cruising in another family's car. I was hooked instantly -what a total riot! The other songs are terrific too, and the Trouts are wonderful musicians and great lyricists - wry, silly and tender. Do yourself a favor - introduce yourself, your family or just about anyone to the Trouts. This is one 'kids' CD that will not make you gag when you hear it. Get it - you won't be disappointed.

Feel-Good-Silly music that will make you tap your feet!.......2000-03-30

I have this and about 3 other albums from Trout...and I have no children. This music always puts a smile on my face and helps me deal with the ride home from work! This is definately a children's album, but if you can hand over your maturity, sing this at the top of your lungs....you will DEFINATELY have fun! Be careful...you might start humming "Mine!" while your walking down the halls at work!

Great Children's Album.......1998-11-26

As a 10 year fan of Trout Fishing in America, I can unequivocally say that this is my favorite band of all time. I see them live whenever they come thru Texas. This album is a good childrens album, with lots of songs you can sing along with (even if you don't have kids).

If you are looking for more adult songs, check out "Who Are These People?", "Truth Is Stranger Than Fishing", or "Over the Limit".

Average customer rating: Boop-Boop, Diddem-Daddem This is how a "Best Of" should be... Kay Kyser's Best Really IS... The Ol' Perfesser ...

The Best of Kay Kyser & His Orchestra Kay Kyser & His Orchestra Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vintage Dance Bands | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Strick Education in Music: 50 of the Best The Best of Orrin Tucker And His Orchestra Music for Romancing and Dancing A Melody from the Sky That Old Feeling ASIN: B00003W0XT Release Date: 2000-05-09

Tracks:

1. Isch Ka Bibble (I Should Worry)
2. It's Love I'm After
3. Did You Mean It?
4. 'Cause My Baby Says It's So
5. Cry, Baby, Cry
6. So You Left Me For The Leader Of A Swing Band?
7. Music, Maestro, Please!
8. Ya Got Me
9. The Umbrella Man
10. (Gotta Get Some) Shut-Eye
11. Cuckoo In The Clock
12. I Promise You
13. Three Little Fishies
14. The Tinkle Song
15. The Merry Old Land Of Oz
16. Way Back In 1939 A.D.
17. Who's Yehoodi?
18. Alexander The Swoose (Half Swan-Half Goose)

Tracks:

1. 'Til Reveille
2. (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover
3. A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal)
4. Who Wouldn't Love You
5. He Wears A Pair Of Silver WIngs
6. Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
7. Let's Get Lost
8. Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition
9. Strip Polka
10. Can't You Read Between The Lines?
11. Rosemary
12. Horses Don't Bet On People
13. Slowly
14. One-zy Two-zy (I Love You-zy)
15. Ole Buttermilk Sky
16. The Old Lamp-Lighter
17. On A Slow Boat To China
18. Woody Woodpecker

Customer Reviews:

Boop-Boop, Diddem-Daddem.......2007-05-12

I bought this collection for "Three Little Fishies", which song a friend of mine from college had included on a mix tape he made for me back in the mid-70s (which tape has long since disintegrated), and which had been stuck in a corner of my brain like a wad of gum for over 30 years. I didn't really know much about Kyser; but apparently, he was known for wearing a mortarboard onstage (as the professor of his "Kollege of Musical Knowledge"); for the musical trademark of having one line of the song sung at the beginning of the record, before the band took a verse and chorus; for having a veritable army of band singers all at once (including Ginny Simms, "Handsome" Harry Babbitt, and someone or something called Ish Kabibble); and for launching the career of Mike Douglas. Over the course of the 1930s and 40s, the Kyser outfit went from a "sweet" band (sort of Guy Lombardo-ish) to a "hot" swing band, all the while leaning towards novelty (witness "Who's Yahoodi", "Alexander the Swoose (Half-Swan Half-Goose)", and the aforementioned "Three Little Fishies") . Their music is workmanlike, if wholly unremarkable throughout, which is not to say it isn't fun -- it definitely is. Even swing fans will likely only need one Kay Kyser collection in their lives. I recommend this one.

This is how a "Best Of" should be..........2005-09-27

I'm trying to enhance my collection of recorded music from the period, but the 30s and 40s are a little before my time. So, I'm using Joel Whitburn's "Pop Memories" to guide me as I go about collecting this music.31 of the 36 tracks on these two discs are listed in Whitburn's book - a huge track-count and an admirable percentage of ORIGINAL, "Best Of" recordings. (It really bugs me if a recording isn't "the original".)Plus, Kyser and company's popularity at the time makes this one of the best musical investments I ever made.

Kay Kyser's Best Really IS..........2000-10-25

As a Kyser collector for 11 years, this double CD IS the most comprehensive collection I've seen yet from the Ol' Professor of Swing. What most people don't realize is many of the tracks here are alternate takes, which makes this even better! From his early recordings on Brunswick to later Columbia hits, Kay, Ish Kabibble and the other featured vocalists are well represented here. For more info on this once hugely popular, but almost forgotten Big Bandleader, go to kaykyser.net C'mon chillen, Yess Dance!

The Ol' Perfesser ..........2000-08-12

Not just PURE corn, this compilation contains many serious renditions of classics (Ole Buttermilk Sky, On a Slow Boat to China, etc.). The novelty tunes, frankly the reason that I bought the CD, cover the gamut of silliness. We all know "Three Little Fishies" but how many can say that they have a copy of "Horses don't Bet on People"! With 36 songs, on two CD's, you can be assured that you'll know all there is to know about Kay Kyser, avoiding any remedial Klasses at Kollege. (and Mike Douglas! He didn't have a voice when I watched his TV show as a kid. Apparently he DID when he worked with Kay.)

Average customer rating: Excellent A perfectly done cd!!!

The Complete Tony Pastor with the Clooney Sisters Tony Pastor with the Clooney Sisters Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Capitol Collectors Series ASIN: B00004SR2I Release Date: 2000-05-09

Tracks:

1. Tira Lira Li (The Song Of The Gondolier)
2. I'm Sorry I Didn't Say I'm Sorry (When I Made You Cry Last Night)
3. Bread And Butter Woman
4. My O'Darlin' My O'Lovely My O'Brien
5. Grieving For You
6. Gonna Get A Girl
7. The Chowder Social
8. The Click Song
9. It's Like Taking Candy From A Baby
10. At A Sidewalk Penny Arcade
11. I'm My Own Grandpaw
12. The Secretary Song (Bibidi Boo Bot)
13. A Boy From Texas, A Girl From Tennessee
14. Saturday Night Mood
15. Who Killed 'Er (Who Killed The Black Widder?)
16. There's A Man At The Door
17. You Started Something
18. When You're In Love
19. It's A Cruel, Cruel World
20. Busy Line
21. 'A' You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)
22. San
23. If I Had A Million Dollars
24. Cabaret
25. Bargain Day
26. Sentimental Music

Product Description

1. Tira Lira Li (The Song Of The Gondolier)
2. I'm Sorry I Didn't Say I'm Sorry (When I Made You Cry Last Night)
3. Bread And Butter Woman
4. My O'Darlin' My O'Lovely My O'Brien
5. Grieving For You
6. Gonna Get A Girl
7. Chowder Social, The
8. Click Song, The
9. It's Like Taking Candy From A Baby
10. At A Sidewalk Penny Arcade
11. I'm My Own Grandpaw
12. Secretary Song, The (Bibidi Boo Bot)
13. Boy From Texas, A Girl From Tennessee, A
14. Saturday Night Mood
15. Who Killed 'Er (Who Killed The Black Widder?)
16. There's A Man At The Door
17. You Started Something
18. When You're In Love
19. It's A Cruel, Cruel World
20. Busy Line
21. "A" You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)
22. San
23. If I Had A Million Dollars
24. Cabaret
25. Bargain Day
26. Sentimental Music


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2005-08-17

Exactly as I expected. I brought me back in the years l950 and the CD is an exact reproduction of our Long-playing Columbia Records at the time.

A perfectly done cd!!!.......2003-12-19

This cd is not complete, but it does have the majority of Rosemary Clooney's vocals with the Tony Pastor Orchestra. This is an exellent cd, it features a wide variety of big band material, including solos vocals by Rosemary and duo vocals by the sisters, and vocals by Tony Pastor harmonizing with the clooney Sisters. This cd is essential for Rosemary Clooney fans, for it finds the young singer in prime form, sounding very sensious! Pastor's vocals are deep rooted in the Louis Armstrong tradition of Italians who want to sound like Satchmo(included in this genere are Louis Prima & Nat Gonella). This cd features a great big band and plenty of fun vocals. An interesting vocal on San too!

Average customer rating: Great set of wartime rarities Cure for the Blues Standard Transcription Collection

(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection Spike Jones Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Contemporary Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Novelty Music | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Strictly for Music Lovers Fonk Spike Jones - Greatest Hits Spiked!: The Music of Spike Jones The Spike Jones Story ASIN: B00007JR3K Release Date: 2003-04-08

Album Description

Holiday blues comin' on? Well, put a spike in `em! Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet—79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Customer Reviews:

Great set of wartime rarities.......2003-05-14

Spike Jones was the king of the novelty song performers, with hits like "Der Fuehrer's Face" and the parody version of "Sheik of Araby" becoming huge hits during World War II. This is a swell 3-CD set, gathering a full eighty-one of Jones' best tracks from his 1940s heyday, drawn from an extensive archive of radio broadcasts made for the Standard Transcription service. The tightness of his City Slickers band is amply demonstrated in these manic, kookily orchestrated performances. Toots, squonks, blatts and bleats whiz by at lightning speed, as one daffy song after another will delight devoted fans. Amazingly, Jones had the unusual, almost unique ability to perform a repertoire almost entirely made up of comedic material, and yet still be quite listenable and engaging. His jazz chops were hardly in question, and from time to time Jones would dash off a non-novelty ballad or two, just to give the rubes something to think about. Of course, just as often he would perform a song that *sounded* like a straight ballad, but would turn out to be another goof. (One great example of this is the sultry "Serenade To A Jerk," sung in slinky, burlesque tones by Myrtle Horwin.) This collection may seem a little overwhelming, but like his studio recordings, these radio performances have a certain brilliance and joie de vivre about them that will leave you enchanted. Definitely worth checking out!

Cure for the Blues.......2003-04-25

Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet-79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Standard Transcription Collection.......2003-04-12

This collection has remastered material from the large stack of Standard Transcription discs from the early 1940's. There are many songs not recorded on RCA, many on the theme of wartime ("48 Reasons Why"), and the quality is excellent. The packaging is threadbare but this is an essential CD package for true music lovers.

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2. Candlewyck
3. Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos
4. Country Classics 2 [Import]
5. Country Drinking Songs
6. Country's Greatest Hits, Vol. 9: 80's Country Duets
7. Country Wedding Music
8. D.L. Menard Sings "The Back Door" and His Other Cajun Hits
9. Delta Dream
10. Don't Think Twice

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