The Missing Years

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Kentucky-born, Chicago-bred singer-songwriter John Prine was a battle-scarred veteran of the '70s "new Dylan" club and a superb craftsman whose modest commercial success found him without a major label deal in the '80s. Prine's solution was to move to Nashville and roll his own, setting up the tiny Oh Boy imprint and making records he wanted to hear, a survival game that paid off handsomely with this 1991 set, produced by Heartbreaker bassist Howie Epstein and boasting cameos from Phil Everly, Divinyls' Christina Amphlett, Tom Petty, old pal Bonnie Raitt, and another "new Dylan" alum, Bruce Springsteen. But it's Prine himself who holds your attention here, with his reliably fine songs mixing droll, dead-on narratives of recognizable Everymen, sweetly goofy parables, and unvarnished love songs that his craggy drawl inhabits with touching authority. --Sam Sutherland

The Missing Years,John Prine,Oh Boy,Contemporary Folk,Folk & Traditional,Pop,Singer/Songwriter

Average customer rating: Prime Time... so far from the valley of the unconcerned One of my two favorite Prine recordings... Pure Magic There are some great songs here.

The Missing Years John Prine Manufacturer: Oh Boy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Singer Songwriters | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Fair & Square Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings John Prine Bruised Orange Sweet Revenge ASIN: B0000005XY Release Date: 1991-09-24

Tracks:

1. Picture Show
2. All The Best
3. The Sins Of Memphisto
4. Everybody Wants To Feel Like You
5. It's A Big Old Goofy World
6. I Want To Be With You Always
7. Daddy's Little Pumpkin
8. Take A Look At My Heart
9. Great Rain
10. Way Back Then
11. Unlonely
12. You Got Gold
13. Everything Is Cool
14. Jesus The Missing Years

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John Prine was a battle-scarred veteran of the '70s "new Dylan" club and a superb craftsman whose modest commercial success found him without a major label deal in the '80s. Prine's solution was to move to Nashville and roll his own, setting up the tiny Oh Boy imprint and making records he wanted to hear, a survival game that paid off handsomely with this 1991 set, produced by Heartbreaker bassist Howie Epstein and boasting cameos from Phil Everly, Divinyls' Christina Amphlett, Tom Petty, old pal Bonnie Raitt, and another "new Dylan" alum, Bruce Springsteen. But it's Prine himself who holds your attention here, with his reliably fine songs mixing droll, dead-on narratives of recognizable Everymen, sweetly goofy parables, and unvarnished love songs that his craggy drawl inhabits with touching authority. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews:

Prime Time..........2007-07-18

This is one fantastic recording! A must-have for any J.P. fan or lover of great folk music. God Bless you John and thanks for all the good times!!!

so far from the valley of the unconcerned.......2007-03-07

I am listening to John Prine's CD `The Missing Years' while waiting for my brown rice spinach pilaf to cook for lunch, Tuesday, March 6, 2007. The words of the songs are printed inside the CD case, but you won't get that from me. I have printed words and chords for entire John Prine albums from the internet, with three or four songs per page. There are plenty of words in a song like `It's A Big Old Goofy World,' but it has been years since I tried to memorize the words so I could sing a song the way it would be performed. Now I'm more impressed by words that jump out at me, like the lines in `The Sins of Memphisto':
Sally used to play with her hula hoops
Now she tells her problems to therapy groups
Grampa's on the front lawn staring at a rake
wondering if his marriage was a terrible mistake
I'm sitting on the front steps drinking Orange Crush
Wondering if it's possible for me to still blush
UH HUH OH YEAH.
I have plenty of favorite people playing on this CD: David Lindley, Howie Epstein, Benmont Tench, and Mike Campbell. Four of the names for the people singing background vocals are well known. `Jesus the Missing Years' is the song which shows the greatest imagination, but `Daddy's Little Pumpkin' has the most "fire burning, burning right behind your eyes" kind of sense. There is a great blues song on this CD, `Great Rain' written by John Prine and Mike Campbell, which is something I never expected from John Prine, which has enough greatness to easily picture:
I thought I heard you calling my name
I was standing by the river
talking to a young Mark Twain.

One of my two favorite Prine recordings..........2006-04-11

This is one of my favorite Prine releases, the other being Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings. If you are a long time Prine fan, this is a very nice additon to your collection, if you are new to JP, it is a nice place to start. The best cuts in my opinion are:

Picture Show
Sins of Memphisto
Everybody Feels Like You
Unlonely
Take a Look at My Heart

The other cuts are ok, however I am not as taken with them as I am with the ones listed.

Sins of Memphisto has to be one of my favs, the lyrics are nonsensical and thats what makes the song what it is. Kind of like American Pie, you keep listening, trying to figure out something that can't be figured out.

You won't be dissapointed.

Pure Magic.......2005-12-01

Ever get in a rut where you don't know what to listen to? I can always find my way back to my music roots listening to this CD. Every song is magical and makes you feel like you're sitting there next to John while he tells stories. Don't miss this one. It is a must have.

There are some great songs here........2005-10-11

This is the only John Prine album I've ever really listened to, but it's a good testament to his abilities as a songwriter and musician, and a good advertisement to make a person want to hear his other work.
"The Sins of Memphisto" is a terrific, upbeat song about growing old and gaining regrets.
"Unlonely" and "You Got Gold" are happy, hopeful, beautiful love songs.
And "All the Best" is a slightly bitter well-wishing to an old flame, and may be the album's best track.
"I wish you love
And happiness.
I guess I wish
You all the best.
I wish you don't
Do like I do
And ever fall in love
With someone like you."
All of the songs tell stories (though some are cryptic), and almost all of them are good. Some I could take or leave. Overall though, this is a good collection of songs, and John Prine's voice and the songs and arrangements are all very worth listening to, and all worth getting to know.

Average customer rating: Welcome Back The "Missing Years" Haven't Been Kind to Little Texas Country Is Getting Back Where It Should Be Awesome!!! '90s country hitmakers regroup and come back strong

Missing Years Little Texas Manufacturer: Montage Music Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Little Texas: Live and Loud 5th Gear Big Dog Daddy Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace Pure BS ASIN: B000Q66HB4 Release Date: 2007-06-12

Tracks:

1. Gotta Get Me Down Home
2. Missing Years
3. Rebel
4. Knees
5. A Reason
6. Party Life
7. Texas 101
8. So Long
9. When He's Gone
10. You Aint Seen Me Latley
11. Your Blues
12. Your Woman

Album Description

Little Texas proudly releases it's first studio record from since reuniting in 2004. It features 12 new songs including the hits; "Knees", "Rebel", "Texas 101" and the title track, "Missing Years". Impressively, the band is still among the Top 30 acts consistently being played on country radio today. This is a definite testament of their ability to write and deliver a hit song that touches the heart of a listener like no one else. The band is back and better than ever, with a renewed energy and excitement to make more of the music that fans nationwide came to love and respect during the group's early days.

Customer Reviews:

Welcome Back.......2007-07-01

This is the original line-up of LT, only fewer. Porter Howell comes up from the back and does a great job on lead vocals. There are plenty of good potential singles on here in the fashion of other LT singles. 'Missing Years' is on the radio in some places, and I think we'll hear more. The price is right and if you are a fan or curious, this as a good of an album as anything these guys have done. Try 'Texas 101' and 'Party Life' - two other favorites from this album. Using [..] I bought this along with their recent live album (Live and Loud). Good deal.

The "Missing Years" Haven't Been Kind to Little Texas.......2007-06-27

Prime Cuts: Missing Years, Your Blues, Knees

What happens to a group's identity when its lead singer changes not once but three times over the course of the last decade or so? Despite chartering a formidable identity in country music with hits such as "First Time for Everything," "My Love," and "God Bless Texas," bruised egos and group politics caused its first lead singer Brady Seals to abandon ship in favor of a solo career. After the departure of second front man Tim Rushlow, the group subsequently disbanded. However, when the group reunited in 2004 with Steven Troy as their new lead, Rushlow and Seals held legal injunctions to prevent their previous cohorts from using their patented identity as "Little Texas." Such legal faux pas was enough reason for Troy to throw in the towel without any new material surfacing. In exasperation, guitarist Porter Howell stepped up to the microphone, and "Missing Years" is the result of such onerous struggle. So how does this pertinacious effort fare? There are continuities and discontinuous vis-à-vis their copious back catalog. While these Lone Star State loving-guys had previously depended on big love ballads, the ballads here are more organic and subdued. Nevertheless, for those who have taken a fancy to their rowdy anthemic Bon Jovi-esque rock, there is much in galore.

On the ballad-front, the title track, though somehow lyrically verbose, is a brooding bluesy piece that has a mesmerizing ability to draw one into its narrative plot. The lads' fraternity-like harmonies adds poignancy to this modern day spin of the story of the prodigal son who left home after graduation only to find that home was what he missed the most after his squandered years. Though utilizing some maudlin and poorly thought out metaphors such as "let my lap be your pillow, let my love be your bed," the Brett James/Angelo-composed "Your Blues" is still quite an affecting love song that calls to mind their former number 1 hit "My Love." Save for the title track, the better tracks are the ones not penned by the boys, "On My Knees" coming from the pens of Don Pfrimmer and Marc Beeson, despite some quirky chord changes, is a desperate prayer for divine intervention at the threshold of heartbreak.

Almost endemic to the group's ethos, there is always that obligatory valentine to the Lone Star state to which they have derived their name. "Texas 101" is this disc's entry. In an ingenuous effort to eschew clichés, "Texas 101" tries to stay current in its laudatory praise of the State's contributions with passing references of the George Bush and Dixie Chicks debacle and Willie's weed smoking bus incident. However, the couple of living large and wild rousers, namely "Party Life" and "Gotta Get Me Down Home" are as frivolous as the titles suggest. Perhaps, nothing is more appalling than the lead single "Your Woman," an ill-constructed tuneless uptempo with an irritating chorus, about a man gloating that he now has the heart of his friend's former lover. Dump "Rebel" into the bin of anonymous-sounding mindless redneck anthems that currently flood country music.

Though it is good to see these quartet coming together again jamming through some familiar sounding rockers, it is also pleasing to see growth with the choice of more subtle and hence more affecting ballads. Nevertheless, as a whole, the album does not have the verve and the drive of their previous CDs. Mostly fault at the abundance of self-composed materials that tend to favor clichés over originality glazed over mediocre melodic lines. Sad to say the missing years from recording have not mounded these lads for the better.

Country Is Getting Back Where It Should Be.......2007-06-21

I have to agree with the last reviewer, this album is awesome, the songs are written cleverly and the melodies just sound amazing. There is really no country band that can harmonize as well as a group than Little Texas. I have been a fan of theirs since their first album and I am glad to see some of the 90's artists making a comeback. I have recently added this album, Daryle Singletary's new album, Tray Lawrence and Ty Herndon's new offering to my collection. It is a shame that country radio is just receptive to all the popular acts, I am getting tired of Kenny Chesney's beach music and Toby's rebel, funny lyrical music, don't get me wrong I still like them but I am ready for some great 90's artists to keep resurfacing. Little Texas's new album has substance and meaning. I find their music and Porter's voice a little like Hilljack, which is an awesome group in its own right. In fact 'Texas 101' was written by Johnny Slate, Hilljack lead singer Paul Jefferson and Porter Howell, so it has been used on two albums and is a great "Texas" song. Support more 90's Country Artists and go buy this Great CD. You won't be disappointed. Hopefully more 90's artists like Blackhawk and Bryan White will release new albums in the near future.

Awesome!!!.......2007-06-21

Anyone who is saying this CD isn't good because it doesn't have Tim or Brady on it is just crazy!! This is the best CD they have ever released. Porter sounds so much better then Tim. Brady didn't even do lead vocals that much and he isn't that big of a loss and the same for Tim. It's a shame this music isn't getting the air play with radio. It's a big loss for country listeners. I don't know about everyone else but I'm sick of radio just playing only the "top 10" over and over. There is so much more out there. Most of it sounds better then what is being played!! Good job Little Texas!! I love the song The Reason and Party Life.....and I could just keep going because every song on this disc is great!!!

'90s country hitmakers regroup and come back strong.......2007-06-16

As a sextet, Little Texas had eighteen country hits throughout the '90s, their greatest success coming in the first half of the decade. The group's first run ended with 1997's "Little Texas" and was followed a seven-year hiatus. They reappeared in 2004 with Steven Troy replacing Tim Rushlow on vocals, and returned to touring. Troy left in 2006 and lead guitarist (and founding group member) Porter Howell stepped up to the microphone. Now operating as a quartet, with Howell joined by fellow founders Dwayne O'Brien on vocals and guitar, Duane Propes on vocals and bass, and Del Gray on drums, they've cut their first album in a decade.

Howell's an appealing lead vocalist, singing with a huskiness and geniality that brings to mind Jack Ingram. He's a winning center point for harmonies that are not as beholden to the Eagles as the band's earlier work. The instrumental sound is also a touch more modern, dropping the processed guitars of the '90s in favor of a twangier contemporary country sound. Generous amounts of steel and mandolin give this a rootsier feel than the band's previous albums.

Even with the changes, this still sounds like a Little Texas album. Howell and O'Brien continue to write, and outside songwriters chip in material that suits the band well. The country-blues stompers "Gotta Get Me Down Home" and "Party Life," though a bit late to redneck goodtime party scene, are great vehicles for Howell's soulful voice. The name-checking swing of "Texas 101" could easily serve as the basis for a popular CMT video or fan sing-a-along written concert favorite.

The partying stops for several fine ballads, including the retrospective "So Long" with its study of spouses grown apart, friends passed away, and relationships scattered to the winds of time. The sentiment's flipside, "When He's Gone," is too morose for a bride's first dance with her father, but it's a sweet ode to dads everywhere. The title track's return-to-home travelogue is reminiscent of Tim McGraw's "Everywhere," but the happier ending provides less of an emotional wallop.

After a decade away from the studio, Little Texas manages the neat trick of still sounding like Little Texas without sounding trapped in the past. They've got the musical goods for another run at the charts, but only the vagaries of country radio can make that final determination. Either way, the band's fans should like this updated sound, and contemporary country listeners will find these '90s superstars appealing. 3-3/4 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2007 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]

Average customer rating: Harnoncourt's Bruckner, a viable alternative to Karajan? Depends what you consider good Terrific performance! Unconvincing performance; interesting commentary Harnoncourt roars, but Wildner rages

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (with the Documentation of the Finale Fragment) [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Harnoncourt, Nikolaus | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bruckner | Bruckner, Anton | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (with Excerpts from the Rehearsals) [Hybrid SACD] Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 Sibelius: The Symphonies [Hybrid SACD] Bruckner: Symphony 8 Great Orchestral Highlights from The Ring of the Nibelungs / Szell, Cleveland Orchestra (SACD) ASIN: B0000AF1IG Release Date: 2003-10-21

Tracks:

1. Warum Hat Man Eigentlich 100 Jahre Lang Gedacht, E - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
2. Finale. T. 1-278 - Wiener Philharmoniker
3. Gegen Ende Eine Extreme Dissonanz In Den Trompeten - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
4. Nach Dem Ende Der Durchfuhrung Folgt Eine Wilde Fu - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
5. Finale. T. 279-342 - Wiener Philharmoniker
6. Quasi En Schreckensbild Des Todes - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
7. Finale. T. 343-478 - Wiener Philharmoniker
8. Danach Fehlen 16 Takte; Dazu Ist Nichts Zu Erklare - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
9. Finale. T. 479-510 - Lucke/Fehlender Partiturbog - Wiener Philharmoniker
10. Why Did We Think For Over Hundred Years That Nothing... - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
11. WAB 109: Finale. MM. 1-278 - Wiener Philharmoniker
12. Extreme Dissonances In The Trumpets Towards The End - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
13. At The End Of The Development A Wild Fugue Begins - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
14. Finale. MM. 279-342 - Wiener Philharmoniker
15. A Sudden Vision Of Death - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
16. Finale. MM. 343-478 - Wiener Philharmoniker
17. Then There Are Sixteen Bars Missing. We Will Just... - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
18. Finale. MM. 479-510 - Gap/Missing Score Bifolio - Wiener Philharmoniker

Tracks:

1. I. Satz. Feierlich; Misterioso - Wiener Philharmoniker
2. Scherzo. Bewegt; Lebhaft - Trio. Schnell - Scherzo - Wiener Philharmoniker
3. Adagio. Langsam; Feierlich - Wiener Philharmoniker

Customer Reviews:

Harnoncourt's Bruckner, a viable alternative to Karajan?.......2006-03-19

Even Karajan's detractors, except for the most severe, generally concede that he was supreme in Bruckner. His various performances of the Ninth Sym. with the Berlin Phil. are commanding in their huge scope, yet Karajan was also capable of delicate phrasing and had an intuitive grasp of how to organize these gigantic, sprawling movements. No one has quite reached that magistreial level since. To his credit, Harnoncourt doesn't try to. This is, for him, a straightforward performance that relies on some qualities Karajan's Bruckner doesn't possess.

First of all, Harnoncourt has his own instincts about phrasing and organizing the music. Contrary to a reviewer below, he doesn't exploit extreme rubato or sudden tempo changes. There are some quirky moments where the tempo speeds up unexpectedly, but overall, Harnoncourt's timing of 58 min. is dead center among various recordings (as much as I admire Giulini, his 68 min. traversal drags). Harnoncourt favors brash outbursts from the brass, particularly in the Scherzo, my least favorite movement here. But his main intent is to keep Bruckner simple, to impose himself far less than Karajan did with his ultra-control. This Bruckner Ninth is a bit plain at times, but it always breathes.

As to the recorded sound, I have only heard the regular two-channel CD, which is quite clear; the Vienna Pphil. is placed a bit far back on a wide soundstage. I would have liked to hear the solo winds up closer, but that's a quibble. This Bruckner Ninth satisfied me as much as the great accounts by Walter, Klemperer, Giulini, and Boulez. I sitll feel more thrills from Karajan's analog reading from the Sixties, yet Harnoncourt provides a viable alternative in itnerpretation.

In theory it was an exciting notion to provide a free bonus CD containing Harnoncourt's defense of Bruckner's surviving sketches for a fourth movement, never completed. Could it really be that his ocntemporaries were wrong and that Bruckner left us pages of great music begging to be revived? Harnoncourt's talk is highly persuasive, but when the Vienna Phil. actually plays what survives of the finale, it proves as sorely disappointing as its reputation would lead one to believe.

Depends what you consider good.......2004-06-14

Harnoncourt has done some great things for music in his career, but I would not consider this one of them. He achieves an "authentic" performing style from the Vienna Philharmonic with a thin string sound and little or no vibrato. So anyone expecting that sweet Vienna sound will be disappointed. But his conducting does not meet that goal of authenticity, because he varies tempos too much. It draws attention to itself and weakens the cohesiveness of the work as a whole.
There are other versions, many of which are mentioned by the other reviewers below (Giulini, Karajan, et al.), which communicate this great work more simply and effectively. They are also unique and full of interesting details (some attention to detail is good). In light of them, Harnoncourt's view is radically different. Experience has taught me that subtle differences in interpretation give pleasure with repeated listening. Radical differences are OK in a live performance (which this is), but do not stand the test of time. So I do not recommend this as a first recording to have of Bruckner's 9th.

Terrific performance!.......2004-02-25

The symphony recording is damn good, and the extras are very interesting (to hear Harnoncourt speaking German and English, to hear the sketches of the last movement). In my mind, this ranks among the very best -- with Celibidache on EMI, Giulini on DG, Bernstein on DG, and don't forget the second movement of the Jochum on EMI.

Unconvincing performance; interesting commentary.......2004-01-15

First off, I do not like the performance. Harnoncourt's tempi are erratic, particularly in the adagio (where he speeds up the second theme-group to the point he cheapens it).

Secondly, I found his commentary on the 4th movement "chunks" informative. They could easily have been printed in liner notes; instead, we have each of the chunks played twice, followed first by commentary German, then in English.

Thirdly, I see no reason why he should not have recorded the full movement as completed by someone -- by William Carragan (Chandos: Yoav Talmi, Oslo Philharmonic); by Nicola Samale & Giuseppe Mazzuca (Teldec: Inbal, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orch [with the 5th Symphony]); or by Samale, Mazzuca, and John A Phillips (Camerata: Eichhorn, Linz Bruckner Orch). My first choice is the Carragan: though the Oslo band takes third place among those in these recordings, it is good enough and I find Carragan's completion the most convincing.*

(In January 1984 I went to New York and Carnegie Hall to hear the American Symphony Orchestra perform the premier of the 9th with Carragan's finale. The performance was reviewed the next day in the Times. I immediately wrote Joel Flegel, editor of Fanfare, asking if he knew whether a recording was planned. Joel was dubious and dismissive: "If that college professor really....")

As Carragan noted in his program notes for the ASO "premier," the finale includes the greatest of Bruckner's chorales. That magnificent theme cannot be understood or appreciated by hearing it only in Harnoncourt's chunks. It needs to be heard in context -- and that context can only be provided in a "performing version."

In my opinion, Harnoncourt does a disservice to Bruckner and to listeners by not offering a completed finale. There is certainly room for one in this two-disk set.

* But Carragan will either produce a new version or be superseded as pages not available to him have since been found -- and as still more come to light.

Harnoncourt roars, but Wildner rages.......2004-01-05

As the other reviewers note, this release is essential for anyone interested in this work, for the workshop and documentation of the currently surviving material from the final movement of the symphony. Another important aspect of the release is the use of a new "critical edition" of the initial three movements of Bruckner's 9th, which contains a number of very evident modifications, particularly in orchestration. All the same, it is a concert recording, and, at least in the usual CD format, balances aren't always optimal, trumpets and trombones often too forward, at the expense of the Vienna Phil's strings and (especially) glorious horn section, and timpani are somewhat reticent, especially in the first movement. Harnoncourt also tends to push a bit hard, lacking the natural plasticity in tempo that marks the greatest performances of the first three movements of this work. The impression is one of roaring power, building and receding throughout. Of the 4th movement sketches, Harnoncourt plays exactly what survives, except he omits the 50-odd bars of three coda fragments that have turned up.

Just a few months ago, a recording of the 9th including a reconstruction/completion of the 4th movement, based on the same body of fragments and sketches (including the coda) and prepared by the same editors, was released on Naxos(8.555933-34). The orchestra is the New Philharmonia of Westphalia (Germany) and the conductor is Johannes Wildner. Now, finally, we can hear this work in a form tantalizingly close to the way Bruckner intended. Furthermore, unlike Harnoncourt's Vienna Phil performance, Wildner and his astonishiingly capable Westphalians present what I can only describe as a ferocious performance, with horns and timpani cutting through the fabric of the orchestra at key points, and effectively flexible tempos. It's a performance unlike any I've heard since Furtwangler's furious and terrifying recording made in Berlin during the darkest days of World War II. If you've gotten the Harnoncourt (or even if you haven't), you have to get the Wildner, too.

As an aside, these recordings render superfluous the 1986 Chandos recording by Yoav Talmi and the Oslo Phil of a 4-movement version of Bruckner's 9th. That documented a brave effort by William Carragan to reconstruct a finale. Unfortunately he had barely 3/4 of the body of sketches to work with that we have now, and nothing of the coda at all.

Average customer rating: This film is pathetic Just sorry I couldn't give it less I like it! Their great love... in the last shot! The Thorn Birds 2 - The Missing Years Should have stayed that way, MISSING!!!

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years - Original Television Soundtrack Garry McDonald , and Lawrence Stone Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Thorn Birds The Thorn Birds - The Complete Miniseries Shattered Love : A Memoir The Thorn Birds North and South - The Complete Collection ASIN: B0000014YM Release Date: 1996-03-12

Tracks:

1. Theme From Thorn Birds
2. Main Tittle/Rome
3. Riding To Drogheda
4. The Rose
5. Jack's Letter
6. Luke Comes Back
7. The Envelope
8. The Prayers/Hiding The Jews
9. On The Farm
10. Luke And Maggie
11. Ralph Arives
12. Back To Drogheda
13. I'm Pregnant
14. I Keep Meggie
15. Dane's Billabong
16. Always Have Been
17. Mary Carson Knew
18. God's Revenge
19. Luke Takes Dane
20. Ralph Consoles Meg
21. I Lied To Him
22. Meg And Justine
23. Damn You!
24. Give Him To Luke
25. Jack Comes Home
26. Bad News
27. I Had To See You
28. Frank's Photo
29. The Riders
30. Meggie's Theme
31. Dane Washed Away
32. Luke Saves Dane
33. Pentridge Jail
34. Last Rites
35. I'm Yours
36. Can't You Guess?
37. The Boy Is Mine
38. Homecoming
39. Back To Rome
40. Goodbye
41. Ralph And Meggie
42. End Title

Customer Reviews:

This film is pathetic.......2007-03-13

I LOVE RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN, but this film is horrible!! I don't know how I could spend my money on this!

Just sorry I couldn't give it less.......2007-01-19

The Thornbirds is one of my favorite novels, and though I liked the movie (Richard Chamberlain mainly) I couldn't have been more upset with this movie. It's reaching, pure and simple. It goes against whole concepts in the book, such as Luke coming back. The entire point of Luke was that he was a dead beat, couldn't have cared less, and certainly wouldn't have gone so far as to try to get custody. He loved nothing more than himself and the money he made, he was more than happy to let Meghann have the children he never wanted in the first place and only begat due to his hormones. Above and beyond all the inaccuracies and reachings, another Maggie? Are you kidding?
It's just plain rubbish, and quite frankly it sullies my love of this epic and adored saga.

I like it!.......2007-01-17

Thornbirds - The Missing Years really entertained me. I liked it A LOT. I enjoyed it so much I bought it. Chamberlain reprises his role from the original miniseries and he's great. I agree with a previous reviewer about the final scene. It's one of my favorites too. I also agree with another reviewer who said this one makes good soap opera. Fans of good soap opera should like it. I'm happy to have this miniseries in my DVD collection.

Their great love... in the last shot!.......2007-01-15

The last scene was for me the most touching... The ambitious priest was leaving for Rome... He was waiting to say goodbye... He was anxious to see Meggie... Where is she?

As the train begins to move, every time with more speed, the best shot of the film came when we saw Meggie on her horse in that lovely place, awaiting for the train to pass, barely able to utter last minute thoughts about what she really feels...

Suddenly Ralph sees her from his window... In this precise moment 'everything' was in slow motion... Of course, two lovers were communicating, the world had to stop!

Meggie's eyes were more focused, intense, commanding, and Ralph seemed, momentarily out of himself to bond with her in this gorgeous place... He knew the intensity of this moment would fade... Then we read Meggie's lips saying: " I love you."

This scene said everything... The two lovers were enjoying life at this very moment... Their senses awake and alive, passion burning through their veins, love pounding out such a sweet song in their heart and soul... Love is everything they need... Love is everything humans need...

The Thorn Birds 2 - The Missing Years Should have stayed that way, MISSING!!!.......2006-12-25

The Missing years should have remained MISSING. The one part that really bothers me in the original, at the time of Dane's death Meggie says to Ralph, "Do you think I could ever go back to Luke or any other man after you." The meaning of course being that he should have known Dane was his. The missing years completely blows the whole meaning of the line, along with it the premise of the show. The acting was good, and all in all well done except for Julia Blake who played Fee Cleary. I don't think she did justice to the character created by Jean Simmons whose presence was sorely missed. Amanda Donohoe did a great job. She's a fine actor. Richard Chamberlain was his usual charming and talented actor he has always been. Simon Westaway, who played Luke, did a fine job as well. The story itself was lacking all the way around. The only decent part was when they made love. Yet, another inconsistency. When he goes back to her years later, Meggie says, and I paraphrase "It's not been that long just 20 years since I've seen you." There are just all sorts of inconsistencys through out the whole movie. Henry Mancini's music was also missed. All in all a BAD picture. I would have given this film a 1/2 a star or zero had they been available choices. If you liked or even loved the original you'll be greatly disappointed. Spend your money for the real deal and just imagine what might have been, instead of this very poor attempt to recapture the EXCELLENCE of the first one. Believe me anything you think up and will be far better than this movie. I'll say it again; except for Julia Blake who played the Fee character the acting was very good, including Olivia Burnette who played Justine O'Neill, another fine actor. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY!

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Whispers Brittny Kissinger Manufacturer: Brittny Kissinger ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAE82Y Release Date: 2003-11-04

Tracks:

1. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You
2. Hero
3. Angel
4. My Heart Will Go On
5. Rose
6. Somewhere out There
7. Whispers
8. Somewhere
9. Prayer

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Vol. 1-Missing Years Manufacturer: Pacific Coast ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAJJR8 Release Date: 2005-01-25

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It Don't Smell Funny Yet! U.S.D.A. *blues Manufacturer: U.S.D.A.* BLUES ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAF0RG Release Date: 2005-06-28

Tracks:

1. Hard Drive Blues
2. Studio Soundcheck (PG14)
3. Kren Tgo (Schubert - Public Domain)
4. Blues 433
5. 2 the 4 Blues
6. Joneses 29/7
7. Lrimas
8. Simples Cosas (Columbian Folk Song - Public Domain)
9. Song 4 Airman
10. No Gringo
11. Tumbao
12. Pricilla Orange
13. 2 an Unknown Grave
14. Song for Terri S.

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Damage Steven T. Manufacturer: Charlatan Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00097FASQ Release Date: 2004-09-14

Tracks:

1. The Future Starts Today
2. Nightwalkin
3. Jack, Johnnie and Jim
4. Creatures of Habit
5. Suicide Machine
6. Addicted to Life
7. Home Improvement
8. Back to the Front
9. Warren Zevon
10. Damage
11. In the Name of the Father
12. Saving Grace
13. Alicia Real (The Road that Leads Back Home)

Product Description

In 2004, a year of triumphant comebacks and sad transitions, when Brian Wilson finally gets to SMiLE and Warren Zevon has found peace on a higher plane, Steven T. re-emerges from self-induced obscurity with his first studio album in over two decades, "Damage," a time capsule chronicle of his twenty missing years. Encompassing tales of hope, despair, dependency, love, rebirth, determination, acceptance, and faith, along with two poignant personal tributes, the album explodes with a raw energy, yet nurtures the listener with a balanced sensitivity while demonstrating an observer's curiosity, all seen through the eye of human experience at the university of life. Musically diverse, the collection covers the full spectrum of its genres, from guitar-driven rock and pop tunes to plaintive ballads with one or two instruments, and the occasional dart down a side-road to enjoy the world-beat flavors of Chinese table harp, oud, Mexican ukulele, and koto. Coming from a singer-songwriter in the tradition of Warren Zevon, Bruce Springsteen, and Todd Rundgren, and underpinned by a group of seminal Southern California musicians whose histories include the Byrds, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Kaleidoscope, Pretenders, Little Richard, and so much more, this is definitely a set of stories and experiences to abide by or beware of, depending on your position and viewpoint, but either way to learn from.

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the early years Manufacturer: MISSING RECORDS ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BQYJGE

Product Description

32 tracks

Average customer rating: Track list ??? . . . Gracias!

The Early Years Jackie DeShannon Manufacturer: Missing ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000KRHAPQ

Product Description

33 Tracks of Jackie DeShannon including "Be Good Baby", "Faded Love", "Just Like in the Movies", "Strolypso Dance" and "What the World Needs Now". Original recordings remastered!

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Track list ??? . . . Gracias!.......2007-07-05

Five stars on faith because it is Jackie DeShannon.
Somebody PLEASE provide a track listing for this CD.
Jackie deserves better!

Music Album:

1. The More I Learn
2. This White Man's Burden
3. Trainwreck of Emotion
4. Tribute to George Jones
5. Truckstop Comedy
6. Unconditional Love
7. Under the House
8. Under Western Skies
9. Wanted Man
10. Wild Wild West - Songs of the Silver Screen

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