Pete Pike is one of the early guitar and singing greats of hillbilly, country & western, twangy folk, bluegrass whatever you want to call it. One of the first performers to bring that music to the clubs and shows of the Washington, D.C. area, he had two hit records that earned Billboards Five Star Pick Hit designation, ran one of the first bluegrass festivals and his TV show, Hayloft Hoedown, was one of the first five-day-a-week hillbilly TV shows. It paved the way for Hee Haw, gag acts and all. Today Pete Pike is a busy man, recording new songs, attending the many bluegrass festivals that now flourish in his home state of Virginia, and keeping in close touch with new talent. "Country bluegrass" is how he likes to describe the music he is making now. With his new CD, Rolling Again, recorded with the southern West Virginia-based Black Diamond Band, Pike ties together his long history.
Rolling Again,Pete Pike & Country Bluegrass,Copper Creek,Bluegrass,Country,Pop,Traditional Bluegrass
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Homeward Bound
Revels Manufacturer: Revels Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00006JM8D Release Date: 2002-10-01 |
Tracks:
- Roll Down
- Can't You Dance The Polka?
- Threescore And Ten
- The Maid On The Shore
- Ocean
- The Leaving Of Liverpool
- Here's A Health To The Company
- Drake's Drum
- Run Th eRiggin' Again
- Noah's Ark
- The Herring's Head
- The Fush Of The Sea/Yea Ho, Little Fish
- Dance Set
- Euroclydon
- Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy
- Boston
- Blood-Red Roses
- Anchor Song
- Lady Franklin's Lament
- The Last Leviathan
- Rolling Down To Old Maui
- The Jamestown Homeward Bound
- Rolling Home To Old New England
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Traditional songs of the sea........2007-07-07
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The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Manufacturer: Metro Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005Y47E Release Date: 2002-02-22 |
Tracks:
- Any Dream Will Do
- Close Every Door
- Heaven On Their Minds
- Everything's Alright
- Gethsemane
- I Don't Know How To Love Him
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Could We Start Again Please?
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina
- Another Suitcase In Another Hall
- Buenos Aires
- Rainbow High
- High Flying Adored
- Memory
- Jellicle Cats
- Mister Mistofeles
- Unexpected Song
- Last Man In My Life
- Rolling Stock
- U-N-C-O-U-P-L-E-D
Tracks:
- Only You
- Starlight Express
- There's Me
- Pie Jesu
- Angel Of Music
- Masquerade
- Wishing Somehow You Were Here Again
- All I Ask Of You
- The Phantom Of The Opera
- Music Of The Night
- Love Changes Everything
- The First Man You Remember
- Seeing Is Believing
- As If We Never Said Goodbye
- Sunset Boulevard
- With One Look
- Too Much In Love To Care
- Half A Moment
- Whistle Down The Wind
- Our Kind Of Love
Album Description
Full title, 'Essential Songs Of Andrew Lloyd Webber'. UK budget-price compilation. 40 superlative performances featuring songs from every one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musicals. Guest artists include John Barrymore, Issy Van Randwyck, Dave Willetts, Maria Friedman, Kim Criswell, Graham Bickley and the National Symphony Orchestra. Housed in a slipcase. 2002.Customer Reviews:
Okay, but kind of disappointing.......2006-04-17
It is a good collection for inexpensively getting a lot of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most popular songs in one place and having them there to be able to listen to get the idea of what a certain song sounds like and is about. It isn't the collection of definitive recordings for certain roles. In fact in a couple examples, I wonder if the performer fully understood the context of the song he or she was singing &/or what it was about. Overall, the album is good, for the most part, if not excellent.
However, the liner notes for "The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber" is another matter. I don't mean to be unkind, but the author of the comments on the different tracks (one Rexton S. Bunnett) is blatantly WRONG in multiple instances. I don't mean just in nit-picky details, but in major plot details/context of songs, like the fact that Bunnett identifies "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" as being sung by "our heroine" (who he does not even identify by name as Christine Daae) as she thinks about her lover, not as being sung about Christine's dead father. He also says that the Phantom has found his perfect love and "Angel of Music" in Christine... because HE is the Angel of Music who Christine believes has been sent to her by her dead father, and because although the Phantom is obsessed with Christine, that relationship is far from "loving" (even if Christine shows him compassion. I feel like these (and a couple other mistakes) are major plot points to get wrong. A good amount of the commentary reads as if Bunnett might have written it at the last minute, fudging his way through entries on musicals of which he had little knowledge; like what an essay I might write on a book I never read for my college class but had quickly looked up on Cliff's Notes would sound like. In terms of sheer editing, there are spelling mistakes, run-on sentences and spacing errors ("Any DreamWill Do")in the liner notes. Where was the copy editor?
And the most frightening fact of all, under Bunnett's credentials, it says "Harper Collins has just published his revision and updating of the Collins Book of the Musical."
I am being very critical, but I think that for a widely-released CD it is reasonable to expect the liner notes to be at a professional level, as they were most likely supposed to be.
Not quite what I expected..........2005-04-23
Some great performances, some not so great..........2005-04-18
Pros:
Two classic songs that are performed excellently are Phantom of the Opera and I Don't Know How to Love Him.
Of course you want to compare Phantom to the classic Michael Crawford/ Sarah Brightman version. Well, guess what? This version is BETTER. The woman has a deeper voice than Brightman, and her singing style is just awesome. The ending of this version (you know, the "Sing, my angel of music, sing for me!") is different, but in a good way... I think.)
And of course, the standard for I Don't Know How to Love Him is Yvonne's version. This version is different, but it grew on me quickly. This version has a country feel to it, almost. Somehow it works and sounds great.
There are a lot of great performances in this collection. My favorites include: Heaven on Their Minds, Everything's Alright, Could We Start Again Please, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Buenos Aires, Rainbow High, Only You, Starlight Express, Angel of Music, Masquerade, All I Ask of You, Half a Moment, and Whistle Down the Wind. I think they're all great versions of their more famous counterparts.
Cons:
First of all, there are some technical problems that are kind of disappointing. A few of the songs have a very echoey sound. Any Dream Will Do, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, and There's Me are the songs that come to mind that are the worst in this regard. It isn't really bad, just enough to be slightly annoying, more so when the volume is turned way up on your CD player.
A few songs are worthy of skipping over when listening to this collection. In my opinion, Superstar, Sunset Boulevard, and Gethesmane are the biggest disappointments.
Superstar just doesn't cut it for me. The singer really overdoes it, making it overstylized... really makes you yearn for Murray Head. I can't stand listening to it. Just my opinion.
Sunset Boulevard is one of my very favorite musicals, so I was really hoping that the singer would do justice to its title song. Unfortunately I don't think he did. You can't help but compare it to Alan Campbell's fantastic version. This guy has a very choppy way of singing, when I'm used to it being sung so smoothly. Maybe it would grow on me, but I don't think I'll give it a chance to. However, that last note is much stronger than Alan Campbell's. It doesn't make up for the rest of the song, though.
Finally, Gethsemane. The inevitable fact is that NO ONE can sing this song like Michael Ball. This guy tries, he really does. But he doesn't have the right voice or the right style. So please listen to Michael Ball's performance of Gethsemane if you want to know how breathtaking of a song it can be. It's on the Royal Albert Hall DVD, and I'm sure he's got it on one of his CDs.
Anyway, overall, this is a good CD if you like quantity over quality. Don't buy it for the classics, you'll probably end up disappointed with many of them. Buy it for the lesser known songs. You probably won't like every song, especially if you're a big ALW fan, but for the price, it's worth it.
If you want classic versions of classic ALW songs, you might prefer something like "The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway Collection".
Disappointed.......2005-03-11
Musical Talent at Its Best.......2003-01-03
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Sounds of the Eighties - The Rolling Stone Collection: 1983-1985
Various Artists Jump - Van Halen/Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top/Some Guys Have All The Luck - Rod Stewart/What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner , Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty & Heartbreakers/Will The Wolf Survive - Los Lobos/Drive - Cars/Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham , Rockit - Herbie Handcock (5:20)/Walk Of Life - Dire Straits/This Charming Man - Smiths/Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood , Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics/I Love L.A. - Randy Newman/Forever Man - Eric Clapton/ , and Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper/I Can't Live Without My Radio - L.L. Cool J/Close (To The Edit) - Art Of Noise Manufacturer: Warner Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000NPGF4W |
Product Description
R988-27 (Warner Special Products OPCD-2745) - Sounds of the Eighties - The Rolling Stone Collection: 1983-1985 - Various Artists [1995] All tracks stereo. Jump - Van Halen/Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top/Some Guys Have All The Luck - Rod Stewart/What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner/Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty & Heartbreakers/Will The Wolf Survive - Los Lobos/Drive - Cars/Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham/Rockit - Herbie Handcock (5:20)/Walk Of Life - Dire Straits/This Charming Man - Smiths/Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood/Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics/I Love L.A. - Randy Newman/Forever Man - Eric Clapton/Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper/I Can't Live Without My Radio - L.L. Cool J/Close (To The Edit) - Art Of Noise (5:35)
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The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Manufacturer: Metro Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000B9G6O4 Release Date: 2005-10-03 |
Tracks:
- Phantom of the Opera/All I Ask of You
- By Jeeves/Half a Moment
- Beautiful Game/All the Love I Have
- Jesus Christ Superstar/I Don't Know How to Love Him
- Phantom of the Opera/Think of Me
- Aspects of Love/The First Man You Remember
- Starlight Express B'way/Starlight Express
- Starlight Express/Only You
- Tell Me on a Sunday/Unexpected Song
- Aspects of Love/Seeing Is Believing
- Beautiful Game/Our Kind of Love
- Tell Me on a Sunday/The Last Man in My Life
- Phantom of the Opera/Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
- Sunset Boulevard/Too Much in Love to Care
- Tell Me on a Sunday/Tell Me on a Sunday
- Aspects of Love/There Is More to Love
- Evita/Don't Cry for Me Argentina
- Aspects of Love/Love Changes Everything
Tracks:
- Sunset Boulevard/With One Look
- Evita/Another Suitcase in Another Hall
- Cats/Memory
- Jesus Christ Superstar/Could We Start Again Please?
- Requiem/Pie Jesu
- Phantom of the Opera/Angel of Music
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)/Close Every Door
- Jesus Christ Superstar/Gethsemane
- Whistle Down the Wind/Whistle Down the Wind
- Sunset Boulevard/As If We Had Never Said Goodbye
- Starlight Express/U-N-C-O-U-P-L-E-D
- Phantom of the Opera/The Point of No Return
- Aspects of Love/Anything But Lonely
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat/Any Dream Will Do
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat/There's Me
- Jesus Christ Superstar/Pilate's Dream
- Evita/High Flying Adored
- Phantom of the Opera/Music of the Night
Tracks:
- Cats/Macavity
- Jesus Christ Superstar/Heaven on Their Minds
- Evita/Rainbow High
- Starlight Express/Rolling Stock
- Phantom of the Opera/The Phantom of the Opera
- Jesus Christ Superstar/Hosanna
- Evita/Oh What a Circus
- Phantom of the Opera/Masquarade
- Starlight Express/Starlight Express
- Jesus Christ Superstar/King Herod's Song
- Evita/Buenos Aires
- Cats/Jellicle Cats
- Sunset Boulevard/Sunset Boulevard
- Jesus Christ Superstar/Everything's Alright
- Cats/Mr. Mistoffelees
- Phantom of the Opera/Prima Donna
- Cats/The Jellicle Ball
- Jesus Christ Superstar/Jesus Christ Superstar
Album Details
Lovesongs, Ballads and Show Stoppers. 54 Tracks, Including Some Brand New Titles Released Here for the First Time.
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The Great Voices of the Century, Vol. 2
Manufacturer: Rajon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007KUIU0 Release Date: 2005-02-14 |
Tracks:
- Stars Were Brightly Shining (From "Tosca")
- Come In The Gondola (From "Night In Venice")
- Because
- Open Road (From "The Gypsy Baron")
- Merry Widow Waltz
- Count Your Blessings
- All Through The Night
- Maidens Of Cadiz
- Tristesse
- If You Were The Only Girl In The World
- Silver Threads Among The Gold
- Deep In My Heart, Dear (From "The Student Prince")
- Songs My Mother Taught Me
- Torna A Surriento
- Over The Rainbow (From "The Wizard Of Oz")
- Parted
- Bachelor Gay (From "Maid Of The Mountains")
- Trottin To The Fair
- White Wings
- Lost Chord
- Creed
- Drinking Song (From "Merry Wives Of Windsor"
- De Glory Road
- Ol Man River (From "Showboat")
- Changing Of The Guard
- Blue Danube
- Huguette (From "Vagabond King")
- If I Were A Blackbird
- ILl Sing A Song Of Love To You
- Intermezzo
- Panis Angelicus
- Berceuse De "Jocelyn"
- WeLl Gather Lilacs (From "Perchance To Dream")
- Holy City
- O For The Wings Of A Dove
- Goodnight (From "Cousin From Nowhere")
- Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
- Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
- ChElla Mi Creda Libero ( From "Girl Of The Golden West")
- Loves Old Sweet Song
- Last Rose Of Summer
- River Stay Way From My Door
- OSilver Moon (From "Russalka")
- La Marseillaise
- Nessun Dorma (From "Turandot")
- Who Tied The Knot (From "Gypsy Baron")
- They Call Me Mimi (From "La Boheme")
- Rosary
- Song Of India (From "Sadko")
- Serenade
- My Heart & I (From "Old Chelsea")
- Smilin Through
- Sanctuary Of The Heart
- Vilia (From "Merry Widow")
- ILl Take You Home Again, Kathleen
- I Love You Truly
- Road To The Isles
- Eriskay Love Lilt
- Vivere
- Old Father Thames
- Tales From The Vienna Woods
- Oriental Prayer (From "Lakme")
- My Song Goes Round The World
- I Love Thee
- On The Road To Mandalay
- Wiegenlied (Cradle Song)
Album Description
3 CD set from the Rajon 'Great Series'. 66 tracks. 2005.
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The Musical Genius of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber Manufacturer: Metro Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005B0E5 Release Date: 2001-05-15 |
Tracks:
- Aspects Of Love: Love Changes Everything - Company
- Sunset Boulevard: With One Look - Kim Criswell
- Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Any Dream Will Do - John Barrowman
- The Phantom Of The Opera: The Phantom Of The Opera - James Graeme/KAtrina Murphy/Chorus
- Requiem: Pie Jesu - Janis Kelly
- Evita: Another Suitcase In Another Hall - Grania Renihan
- Cats: Memory - Maria Friedman
- Starlight Express: Starlight Express - Andrew Halliday
- Song And Dance: Unexpected Song - Clare Burt
- Jesus Christ Superstar: I Don't Know How To Love Him - Issy Van Randwyck
- Evita: High Flying Adored - John Barrowman/Maria Friedman
- Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Close Every Door - Clive Carter
- Starlight Express: U-N-C-O-U-P-L-E-D - Diane Langton
- The Phantom Of The Opera: The Music Of The Night - James Graeme
- Song And Dance: Tell Me On A Sunday - Liz Robertson
- Starlight Express: Rolling Stock - Graham Bickley
- Phantom Of The Opera: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - Clarie Moore
- Evita: Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Jan Hovath
- The Phantom Of The Opera: All I Ask Of You - Graham Bickley/Katrina Murphy
- Jesus Christ Superstar: Jesus Christ Superstar - Clive Rowe/Chorus
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36 Essential Hits from Stage and Screen
Manufacturer: Solid Gold ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BFH4OE Release Date: 2005-11-01 |
Tracks:
- Phantom of the Opera/Masquerade
- Cats/Macavity
- Jesus Christ Superstar/Could We Start Again
- Evita/Rainbow High
- Requiem/Pie Jesu
- Phantom of the Opera/Music of the Night
- Evita/Buenos Aires
- Jesus Christ Superstar/Gethsemane
- Sunset Boulevard/With One Love
- Phantom of the Opera/Think of Me
- Evita/Another Suitcase in Another Hall
- Whistle Down the Wind/Whistle Down the Wind
- Starlight Express/U-N-C-O-U-P-L-E-D
- Sunset Boulevard/As If We Never Said Goodbye
- Starlight Express/Rolling Stock
- Evita/Don't Cry for Me Argentina
- Tell Me on a Sunday/Tell Me on a Sunday
- Phantom of the Opera/The Phantom of the Opera
Tracks:
- Aspects of Love/Love Changes Everything
- Phantom of the Opera/All I Ask of You
- By Jeeves/Half a Moment
- Jesus Christ Superstar/I Don't Know How to Love Him
- Aspects of Love/The First Man You Remember
- Tell Me on a Sunday/Unexpected Song
- Starlight Express/Only You
- Tell Me on a Sunday/The Last Man in My Life
- Aspects of Love/Seeing Is Believing
- Cats/Memory
- Phantom of the Opera/Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat/Close Every Door
- Sunset Boulevard/Too Much in Love to Care
- Aspects of Love/There Is More to Love
- Starlight Express/Starlight Express
- Aspects of Love/Anything But Lonely
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat/Any Dream Will Do
- Beautiful Game/Our Kind of Love
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" When Will I See You Again " - The Three Degrees - (London Import)
Manufacturer: Javelin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000GFDI7Q |
Product Description
London Import - 15 Great Songs; 1)Dirty Ol' Man - 2)I'll Be Around - 3)T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia) - 4)Do Right Woman, Do Right Man - 5)When Will I See You Again - 6)Midnight Train - 7)Vital Signs - 8)Let's Get It On - 9)Make It Easy On Yourself - 10)After The Night Is Over - 11)A Tender Lie - 12)Lock It Up - 13)Are You That Kind Of Guy - 14)I'm Going To Miss You - 15)I'm Doing Fine Now
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Rolling with the Dogs
Douglas Marsh Manufacturer: JumpStart Studios ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000B2TMO Release Date: 2003-08-01 |
Tracks:
- Rolling with the Dogs
- In The Morning
- Around Midnight
- I'm Leavin'
- By the Way, What's Your Name?
- All I Ever Dream About is You
- Badtooth Henry
- Brushfire
- Luwayndalyn
- Mama Don't Cry
- Falling in Love
- Once You Taste the Delights
- I Don't Know Nothin Anymore
Album Description
Douglas Marsh - singer/writer/guitarist for over 40 years finally releases a CD representing a small sample of his great volume of material. A 3 1/2 octave vocal range singer -- truly an artist worthy of significant recognition. R&B, country, alt-country, rock, americana genres.
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Be Here Again (Live Solo 1998)
Manufacturer: Rolling Tide ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000ERH9PS |
Product Description
Rare live CD from Steve Forbert. Tracks include: 1) What Kinda Guy, 2) Real, Live Love, 3) Some Will Rake the Coals, 4) Good Planets Are Hard To find... and 18 more tracks.Music Album:
