Dear Hearts & Gentle People [Import]

Product Description
The leader of the Brendan Shine Super Band sings his best mix of ballads, traditional Irish standards, and humorous songs. Castle Pulse. 2004.

Dear Hearts & Gentle People,Brendan Shine,Castle/Pulse,Jazz Vocals,World Music

Average customer rating: One of a kind humorist from the 60's Dave Gardner Origins of "different" humor Rejoice dear hearts / Kick thy own self Rich in Southern Humor, this CLASSIC is Timeless!

Rejoice, Dear Hearts!/Kick Thy Own Self [2 on 1] Brother Dave Gardner Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Comedy & Spoken Word | Miscellaneous | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Brother Dave Brother Dave Gardner Ain't That Weird? Did You Ever? I GUAR-RON-TEE ASIN: B0000064F6 Release Date: 1998-04-21

Tracks:

1. Part 1: A. I'm Sitting On Top Of The World/B. Swanee
2. Part 2: A. What Am I Living For/B. White Silver Sands
3. Part 1: A. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)/B. You're My Everything
4. Part 2: A. Lover

Amazon.com

Brother Dave Gardner contains multitudes. For starters, this Southern comedian was also an ordained Baptist minister as well as being a drummer and a singer. Judging from this pair of albums from 1959 and 1960, his live shows were amazing performance pieces. His truly expansive routines included Shakespeare parodies, swinging musical passages, and funny digressions. There's also room here for cool-cat philosophizing, riffs on outer space, and preacherlike inflections. Brother Dave can spellbind the listener with his freewheeling rambles one minute and tell a riveting story the next. The routines feature countless hilarious voices and characters, not to mention jaw-dropping vocal sound effects. Incredible charisma and warmth imbue the entire CD. Brother Dave was an artist who was liable to draw from just about everything and anything and somehow make it all work. It's hard to imagine what '50s audiences made of this hipster from Tennessee. Country music legend Chet Atkins produced both of the original records. --Fred Cisterna

Customer Reviews:

One of a kind humorist from the 60's.......2007-05-12

It was gift for my Father. He saw Brother Dave in person several times years ago. Dad enjoyed the gift, for the old LP's he had were so scratched from wear, one could barely understand them. Brother Dave came along at a time when segregation was still in vogue and political correctness wasn't heard of. His stories might offend some, but there is no cursing and no one is a target of tastless humor.

Dave Gardner.......2007-04-11

Brother Dave is one of the best comedians ever. His humor is a little deep but is still the best. If you want good clean humor, this is the man to get.

Origins of "different" humor.......2007-01-16

Takes me back to the times my family spent listening to comedy that was, unknown to them, over the kid's heads.

Rejoice dear hearts / Kick thy own self.......2005-09-05

I was a fan of "Brother Dave", back when he was plying the clubs. I owned most, if not all of his "ROCA Alblims" that over time disappeared. I was happy to get these CD's and have enjoyed them greatly. I look forward to getting others that are available. His humor, imagination, sense of reality and use of our language is not equaled by today's crop of comedians.

Rich in Southern Humor, this CLASSIC is Timeless!.......2004-01-11

Having not heard a Brother Dave recording in many, many years, I was delighted to run across this CD. WOW!!! Amazingly STILL FUNNY, this guy was truly an original. His rich southern humor was on the cutting edge in the late 50's, yet it remains timeless. Had me actually laughing out loud. The characters he created, the weird sounds he made, the "think about it" jokes should tickle most everyone's funny bone...even if they "ain't from the south"!

Average customer rating: The picture

100 Hymns & Songs of Inspiration Manufacturer: Castle Music UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Arne | Arne, Thomas Augustin | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Duruflé, Maurice | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Monk, William Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bruckner | Bruckner, Anton | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Compilations | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music | Contemporary Christian | Gospel Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Praise & Worship | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Heritage of Hymns: Classic Recordings of the Great Songs of Faith and Inspiration Abide with Me and other favourite hymns Best Loved Hymns Praise to the Lord - Hymns From St. Paul's Cathedral Hymns Triumphant 1 & 2 ASIN: B00008GEKT Release Date: 2003-04-14

Tracks:

1. Love Divine All Loves Excelling - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
2. Father Hear the Prayer We Offer - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
3. Now Thank We All Our God - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
4. This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
5. Stars of the Morning So Gloriously Bright - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
6. God Save the Queen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
7. Day of Resurrection - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
8. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
9. Of the Father's Heart Begotten - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
10. O Come All Ye Faithful - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
11. Awake My Soul and With the Sun - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
12. Thine Arm O Lord in Days of Old - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
13. All People That on Earth Do Dwell - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
14. Good Christian Men Rejoice and Sing - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
15. There Is a Green Hill - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
16. Lord of Beauty - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
17. Rejoice Today With One Accord - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
18. New Every Morning - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
19. Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
20. O God Our Help in Ages Past - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral

Tracks:

1. Morning Has Broken - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
2. Happy Are They - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
3. In Christ There Is No East or West - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
4. Silent Night - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
5. Be Thou My Guardian - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
6. Ye Servants of the Lord - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
7. At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Shall Bow - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
8. To Thee O Lord Our Hearts We Raise - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
9. Behold the Great Creator Makes - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
10. Rejoice the Lord Is King - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
11. Creator of the Stars of Night - Ely Cathedral Choir
12. He Comes With Clouds Descending - Ely Cathedral Choir
13. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Ely Cathedral Choir
14. Alleluya Alleyluya Alleyluya - Ely Cathedral Choir
15. This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made - Ely Cathedral Choir
16. How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - Ely Cathedral Choir
17. Lord Thy Word Abideth - Ely Cathedral Choir
18. Jesus Lord We Look to Thee - Ely Cathedral Choir
19. O Lord Our God Arise - Ely Cathedral Choir
20. Lord of All Hopefulness - Ely Cathedral Choir

Tracks:

1. Soldiers of Christ Arise - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
2. Lift Up Your Hearts - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
3. Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
4. Maker of the Sun - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
5. O King Most High - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
6. O Praise Our Great and Glorious Lord - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
7. Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
8. We Love the Place O God - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
9. Let Us With a Gladsome Mind - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
10. Give Rest O Christ - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
11. Come Holy Ghost Our Hearts Inspire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
12. O Thou in All Thy Might So Far - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
13. O Christ, Who Art the Light and Day - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
14. O God Thy Soldiers' Crown and Guard - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
15. Strife Is O'er the Battle Done - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
16. O Christ Our Hope, Our Hearts' Desire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
17. Jesus Shall Reign - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
18. God of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
19. O Jesu Saviour of Mankind - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
20. Immortal Invisible God Only Wise - Choir Of Truro Cathedral

Tracks:

1. Ride on Ride on in Majesty - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
2. All Glory Laud and Honour - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
3. Come Rejoicing - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
4. God Is Love and Where True Love Is - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
5. Magnificat: The Great Advent Antiphons - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
6. Come, Christ's Beloved - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
7. Children of the Hebrews (Palm Procession) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
8. Veneration of the Cross/The Reproaches (Veneratum and Reproaches) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
9. Once in Royal David's City - Choir Of Keble College
10. God Be in My Head - Choir Of Keble College
11. O Thou Who Camest from Above - Choir Of Keble College
12. Judge Eternal Throned in Splendour - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
13. Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
14. For All the Saints - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
15. Thy Hand O God Has Guided - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
16. Christ the Dawn of Our Salvation - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
17. I Was Glad - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
18. Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
19. Locus Iste - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
20. Praise My Soul the King of Heaven - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Tracks:

1. Stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus! - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
2. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
3. O Worship the King - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
4. O Heavenly Word of God on High - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
5. Praise to the Lord, The Almighty - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
6. Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - The Choir of York Minister
7. First Nowell - The Choir of York Minister
8. Abide with Me - The Choir of York Minister
9. Breathe on Me Breath of God - Choir Of Keble College
10. Rock of Ages - Choir Of Keble College
11. On This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Keble College
12. Jesu Sweet and Mary - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
13. O Quam Gloriosum - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
14. Ye Holy Angels Bright - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
15. O for a Closer Walk With God - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
16. Prayer of St Patrick - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
17. Lord's Prayer - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
18. Blessed Be the God and Father - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
19. Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
20. Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet in Ancient Times) - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Album Description

Full Title - 100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration. UK box-set featuring 100 tracks performed by Britain's finest Cathedral Choirs including, Gloucester Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, & many more. Five standard jewel cases housed in a slipbox. Castle Pulse. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

The picture.......2006-12-11

I haven't purchased the CD but the picture of the inside of a church on the cover is not of a British church, like one would assume since it says its a recording of British choirs. This picture is of Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Just thought i'd let you know. I'll be honest; I'm one to judge things by it's cover and if the company took such care to choose a 'British' church for their British choir CD, I'm willing to bet the music is equally well selected... I'm being sarcastic. But I gave the product 5 stars because I didn't want to hurt its ratings just because i'm cynical. But check out the church if you're ever in Montreal, it's truly beautiful... here I'm not being sarcastic.

Average customer rating: a voice teacher and early music fan Songs that Never Fade Heavenly, introspective, definitely the most soulful songs!

Vaughan Williams: Over hill, over dale Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Vaughan Williams - Along the Field on Wenlock Edge · Merciless Beauty · Ten Blake Songs, and others / Ainsley · The Nash Ensemble Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music · Five Mystical Songs · Fantasia on Christmas Carols · Flos Campi / Sixtieen Soloists · Thomas Allen · Nobuko Imai · Corydon Singers · ECO · Matthew Best Vaughan Williams: Willow Wood Vaughan Williams: Complete Concertos Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Four Hymns/Toward The Unknown Region/O Clap Your Hands/Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Re ASIN: B000002ZVP Release Date: 1995-11-21

Tracks:

1. Over Hill, Over Dale: Loch Lomond
2. Over Hill, Over Dale: Three Shakespeare Songs: Full Fathom Five
3. Over Hill, Over Dale: Three Shakespeare Songs: The Cloud-Capp'd Towers
4. Over Hill, Over Dale: Three Shakespeare Songs: Over Hill, Over Dale
5. Over Hill, Over Dale: Alister McAlphine's Lament
6. Over Hill, Over Dale: An Acre Of Land
7. Over Hill, Over Dale: The Seeds Of Love
8. Over Hill, Over Dale: Ca' The Yowes
9. Over Hill, Over Dale: Five English Folk Songs: The Dark-Eyed Sailor
10. Over Hill, Over Dale: Five English Folk Songs: The Spring Time Of The Year
11. Over Hill, Over Dale: Five English Folk Songs: Just The Tide Was Flowing
12. Over Hill, Over Dale: Five English Folk Songs: The Lover's Ghost
13. Over Hill, Over Dale: Five English Folk Songs: Wassail Song
14. Over Hill, Over Dale: The Winter Is Gone
15. Over Hill, Over Dale: Mannin Veen
16. Over Hill, Over Dale: Bushes And Briars
17. Over Hill, Over Dale: Down Among The Dead Men
18. Over Hill, Over Dale: Three Elizabethan Partsongs: Sweet Day
19. Over Hill, Over Dale: Three Elizabethan Partsongs: O Mistress Mine
20. Over Hill, Over Dale: Three Elizabethan Partsongs: The Willow Song
21. Over Hill, Over Dale: Greensleeves
22. Over Hill, Over Dale: Rest
23. Over Hill, Over Dale: Heart's Music
24. Over Hill, Over Dale: Come Away, Death
25. Over Hill, Over Dale: The Turtle Dove

Amazon.com

Even without his highly regarded symphonies, various instrumental works, and monumental and influential work on the revision of the English Hymnal, Vaughan Williams would have made a major impact on 20th-century music with his many original choral works and his folksong arrangements. In fact, Vaughan Williams's folksong-collecting work was one of the more important contributions ever made to English music. This disc offers a wonderful collection of a cappella choral pieces, including some of Vaughan Williams's finest folksong arrangements. Besides "Ca' the yowes," "Full fathom five," "Greensleeves," and "The Turtle Dove," the program includes rarely heard masterpieces such as "Alister McAlpine's Lament," which brilliantly captures the mood of the song with serene, sensual harmonies and gently flowing vocal lines. The Holst Singers seem born to this music, giving us the music's full flavor without ever overplaying it. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-07-21

Ralph Vaughan-Williams loved "the lilt of the chorus at the music hall...children dancing to a barrel organ, the rousing fervor of a Salvation Army Hymn, St.Paul's and a great choir singing at one of its festivals...the Welshmen striking up one of their own hymns...the cries of street pedlars, the factory girls singing their sentimental songs." This disc somehow reflects all of these influences. I think it makes him a true folksong specialist!!!The music included herein covers the whole of the composer's long career-from "The Willow Song"written when he was eighteen, to "Heart's Music",composed three years before his death at the age of eighty-six. The Holst Singers along with the two soloists:Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Michael George (bass)are very excellent in their renditions. The choir is perfection in balance, diction, ensemble and emotional content. Bostridge with his sweet and pure tenor almost moves one to tears especially in "Greensleeves" and "Ca'the yowes". And Michael George was also very moving in his solo:"Loch Lomond". It is as if the entire performing group were aware of a statement made by Vaughan-Williams before his death: "if the roots of your art are firmly planted in your own soil, and that soil has anything to give you, you may still gain the whole world and not lose your own souls."

Songs that Never Fade.......2005-11-21

A selection of the best of RVW's folksong arrangements performed with insight and restraint by the Holst Singers, with help from soloists like the incomparable Ian Bostridge. Vaughan William's respect for these folksongs is evident in his exquisite settings, which reveal their depth and subtlety, without obscuring their simplicity.

This is a recording to cherish.

Heavenly, introspective, definitely the most soulful songs!.......2003-03-16

This collection of English and Scottish folk songs moved me to tears and made me experience a plethora of emotions over and over again. The beautiful melodies flowing from this CD conjure up melacholy, joy, sadness and wonder. They crystalise the most common human experiences and the mystery of existence into certain folksong idioms that, once listened to, will stick in your ears and stir your heart strings for a long time.

Salute to Vaughan Williams for documenting, preserving and arranging these gems of English and Scottish heritage. Holst singers performe splendidly. Their discipline and professionalism, and a sense of artistic direction shine through.

I highly recommend this CD along with John Rutter's "The Lark in the Clear Air" for all the sensitive people who take interest in classical music and traditional folk songs.

I wish I can give this CD 10 stars!

ericformosan@hotmail.com

Average customer rating: Interesting bluegrass album full of quality silver toungue and gold plated lies Addictive IN MY TOP TEN OF 1998

Dear Friends & Gentle Hearts Suzanne Thomas Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hand Hewn Dreaming Long Journey Draw Closer Together ASIN: B000007S7U Release Date: 1998-07-14

Tracks:

1. Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
2. Leaving This Land
3. Faded Coat Of Blue
4. Silver Tongue And Gold Plated Lies
5. Dear Friends & Gentle Hearts
6. I Have No Mother Now
7. Just A Few More Days
8. We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds
9. From The Point Of View Of Ruby Jayne
10. You're Doin' Me Wrong Jim Beam
11. Sweet Sunny South
12. Miss The Mississippi And You

Amazon.com

Suzanne Thomas's voice is remarkable within bluegrass, where for 30 years she's been central to bands like the Dry Branch Fire Squad and the Hotmud Family. She possesses no crystalline soprano or pretty soaring tone nor belting power exactly. Thomas has something else: an ache all around the edges, a tactile sense of emotion, the warmth and tremble marking depth of human feeling. Backing by contemporary bluegrassers IIIrd Tyme Out, the Lonesome River Band, the Seldom Scene, and the Dry Branch Fire Squad never overwhelms Thomas's delivery, which is most moving on the melancholy title track--an ode to Stephen Foster--and Robin and Linda Williams's "Leaving This Land." Her torchy take on "Miss the Mississippi and You" closes Thomas's solo debut, easily one of the year's best bluegrass offerings. --Roy Francis Kasten

Customer Reviews:

Interesting bluegrass album full of quality.......2003-05-10

By the time Suzanne recorded this album, she was a veteran of the bluegrass and old-time country music scene, having previously sung with the Hotmud family and the Dry branch fire squad.

Sweet sunny south, Just a few more days, Faded coat of blue, I have no mother now and are all over fifty years old and you don't them very often these days. Another song of comparable vintage, Miss the Mississippi and you, is better known, having been covered by Emmylou Harris, Crystal Gayle and others down the years.

We must have been out of our minds was a sixties country hit duet for George Jones and Melba Montgomery, while Louisiana woman Mississippi man was a seventies country hit duet for Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn.

The remaining songs are contemporary, including some co-written by Suzanne. Overall, this album has a variety of songs of different tempos, all performed to a high standard. If you enjoy traditional bluegrass, you should enjoy this.

silver toungue and gold plated lies.......2002-12-09

I heard this particular song by Suzanne Thomas on the recently released O SISTER CD. Absolutely enjoyed the vocal and music. I have yet to hear the balance of the album, however based on this single cut, I'm sure I'm not going to be disappointed.

Addictive.......2000-04-17

I have had this CD for a couple of weeks and can't stop listening to it. The selection of music on this CD was obviously given a great deal of thought - excellent choices. Suzanne sings with a great deal of feeling in these songs and she and Ron Thomason together are hard to beat in this type of music. Highly recommended.

IN MY TOP TEN OF 1998.......1999-02-04

This is a delicate and poetic CD that is often in my rotation. It's one of those CD's that can take repeated listens from start to finish. "Leaving This Land", the title track and "Faded Coat of Blue" are just a few of the songs that force me to stop what I'm doing and sit down to listen until they're finished. Thomas's voice can evoke such a sense of worn-out tiredness, such bittersweet sadness, yet on other songs, such as "Louisiana Man", she'll have you tapping your foot and dancing along with the joyous vocals. It's bluegrass, yes, but it's also folk, country-and wonderfully timeless in it's conveyance of emotion. I must confess to not having tremendous patience with a steady diet of bluegrass music, although I certainly own my share, but this CD rises above whatever label one would put upon it. If Iris Dement, Emmylou Harris and Alison Krauss are in your collection, you definitely need this. If they aren't, and you're looking to explore, buy this slice of Americana. You won't be disappointed.

Average customer rating:

Rejoice, Dear Hearts! Manufacturer: Laugh.com ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ain't That Weird? The Very Best of Brother Dave Did You Ever? ASIN: B0009XMONY

Average customer rating: "one classic delivery after another ~ Nat King Cole" Forgotten "Classics" thrill again with the Cole treatment! Classy and Classic ANOTHER GREAT TWO FER from Capitol / EMI Decided to check this one out...

Dear Lonely Hearts/I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore Nat King Cole Manufacturer: EMI Gold Imports 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 Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Where Did Everyone Go?/Looking Back! Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer/My Fair Lady Tell Me All About Yourself/Touch Of Your Lips Sings the Great Songs!/Thank You, Pretty Baby At the Sands ASIN: B0000088DQ Release Date: 1998-04-06

Tracks:

1. Dear Lonely Hearts: Dear Lonely Hearts
2. Dear Lonely Hearts: Miss You
3. Dear Lonely Hearts: Why Should I Cry Over You?
4. Dear Lonely Hearts: Near You
5. Dear Lonely Hearts: Yearning (Just For You)
6. Dear Lonely Hearts: My First And Only Lover
7. Dear Lonely Hearts: All Over The World
8. Dear Lonely Hearts: Oh How I Miss You Tonight
9. Dear Lonely Hearts: Lonesome And Sorry
10. Dear Lonely Hearts: All By Myself
11. Dear Lonely Hearts: Who's Next In Line ?
12. Dear Lonely Hearts: It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around)
13. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore: I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore
14. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore: You're Crying On My Shoulder
15. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore: Only Yesterday
16. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore: I'm Alone Because I Love You
17. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore: Don't You Remember
18. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore: You're My Everything
19. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore: I Don't Want To See Tomorrow
20. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore: Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes
21. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore: Was That The Human Thing To Do?
22. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore: Go If You're Going
23. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore: Road To Nowhere
24. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore: I'm All Cried Out

Album Description

1998 EMI two-on-one reissue featuring the smooth vocalist's 1962 album 'Dear Lonely Hearts' teamed up with his 1964 longplayer 'I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore'. 24 tracks total. Also contains the original cover art of each.

Album Details

Two on One CD Reissue That's Titles have Never Been Transferred to Disc Until Now. Dear Lonley Hearts and I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore Are Beautifully Soulful and Core Listening Not Just for Nat King Cole Fans but for Anyone Who's Ever Had a Broken Heart.

Customer Reviews:

"one classic delivery after another ~ Nat King Cole".......2005-01-12

"Dear Lonely Hearts" and "I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore" gives you 24 of the finest vocals by anyone in musical history...the sound is marvelous stereo...there should have been more like this, but this is it, so cherish the moment...listening to Nat though, is always great...he had a tenderness in his voice, completely flawless...he could never deliver a bad tune...his style and signature of making a song his own has never been duplicated...within this twofer album are songs of the day back in 1962 and 1964...some are timeless and remain classics, while others are songs that have never seen the light of day...but this release is a dream come true...more selections from the greatest entertainer of our time...cause Nat King Cole rules.

You can't go wrong with any of Cole's albums that are now on CD...both are excellent, many are hard-to-find and some not well known...highlights and stand outs are "ALL BYSELF", "ALL OVER THE WORLD", "MISS YOU", "IT'S A LONESOME OLD TOWN WHEN YOU'RE NOT AROUND", "OH, HOW I MISS YOU TONIGHT", "YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING", when it comes to interpretation and expertly performed, Nat is the master at his craft.

The one and only master of interpretation...no other singer in the business had the warmth that this man gave during a performance or recording session...along with Frank Sinatra, Cole built the Capitol Towers and brought them fame and fortune...Nat King Cole in my estimation did more for Capitol Records than any other recording artist of that time (and that my friend is saying something), but is the gospel.

Total Time: 59:03 on 24 Tracks ~ EMI/Int'l 494994 ~ (3/30/1998)

Forgotten "Classics" thrill again with the Cole treatment!.......2003-07-10

What a joy to hear that magnificent voice of Nat "King" Cole on this dual album CD. It makes one realize more and more what a treasure we had in that man.

DEAR LONELY HEARTS showcases the pure, measured voice of Nat performing some long lost classics like "Yearning (Just For You)", "Miss You" and "Oh How I Miss You Tonite" to Belford Hendricks fine arrangements and backed up by one of the best choruses in the business. You know, during the '60's, many of the great singers (Crosby, Sinatra, Como, Williams) recorded with the back up choruses of the Johnny Mann Singers and the Ray Charles Singers among others. Sadly, no one does that anymore. What a loss and a shame. Sadly, the art of good, pure singing waned in the '70's and after and has gradually gotten worse. Today, there are really only a handful of new "pure singers" (just great voices), unadulterated by the affectations of endless boring vocal "runs", poor voice quality and the incessant synthesized background music and drum machines. That small handful includes the wonderful Charlotte Church, Josh Groban, Jane Monheit and Diane Kral to name just a few. With the onset of "American Idol" I am seeing the gradual return of real singing and even more so on "American Juniors" and they are performing more standards.

I DON'T WANT TO BE HURT ANYMORE continues in the same great vein. Sadly, this was one of Nat's last albums but there is nary a trace of the illness that would take him in 1965.

I would rate this dual disc as prime Nat "King" Cole. Some would refer to it as "easy listening" but I would call it just great music performed by one of the industry's giants.

Dick Bobnick

Classy and Classic.......2003-01-16

I bought this CD because I couldn't find the song "I don't want to be hurt anymore" on any other CD, not even the hit collections. I wasn't disappointed by the track - it's the original recording and sounds great. I haven't listened to the rest of the CD very much, yet, but I would classify it as "essential." This is for NKC fans. There aren't many other hits on these albums. Although Nat sounds great. I would recommend buying this album just for the title track and to anyone who likes songs about lost love. NKC is a class act all the way, and this CD proves that.

ANOTHER GREAT TWO FER from Capitol / EMI.......2000-11-11

If we could get Nat's "Cole Italiano" or any of his three Spanish albums on a collection like this, I'd be thrilled! Meantime, we have this great collection. We open with "DEAR LONELY HEARTS", with arrangements by the great Belford Hendricks. Hendricks gave us all the great charts on RAMBLIN' ROSE, which is the counterpart to this album. Some great ones here include "MISS YOU", something of a hit for the McGuire Sisters, "WHY SHOULD I CRY OVER YOU?", treated here with a slight swing tempo and "NEAR YOU", which should be a treat to those of us who only knew this great piece as an instrumental by Roger Williams. The lyrics fit perfectly, and Nat handles this (as anything he ever sang) with class and beauty. While the country/western sound is implied on all the sides here, its interesting to note that not all these songs are of the country and western vein. "LONESOME AND SORRY" does however, and its one of those "one more time!" kind of songs, where the group is arm and arm, singing at last call. The second half of this album contains more of those such songs, only with Ralp Carmichael arrangements. While not in the same class of Nelson Riddle or Gordon Jenkins, Carmichael always wrote excellent charts for Nat. Standouts here include "I'M ALONE BECAUSE I LOVE YOU", "DON'T YOU REMEMBER" and another "one more time" tune, the melodramatic "GO, IF YOU'RE GOING". The orchestras and choruses on all sides here frame Nat's voice perfectly, and considering these albums came late in the game for Nat, he is spectacular form. One of my favorite performers ever, and these albums further that. Listen and enjoy!

Decided to check this one out..........2000-09-26

I wasn't familiar with any of the tunes (except one) that were on this 2-fer CD, DEAR LONELY HEARTS/I DON'T WANT TO BE HURT ANYMORE, but because I am a die-hard NKC fan I decided to buy it anyway to see how I would like it. It has its bright spots but I kept thinking to myself, "Where are Gordon Jenkins and Nelson Riddle (or even Dave Cavanaugh) when you need them?" Since I'm not a country fan, I found I didn't like some of the songs, but I was open-minded enough to at least listen. However, there were some tracks to take notice of: From DEAR LONELY HEARTS (1962), (which like its predecessor RAMBLIN' ROSE, had Belford Hendricks doing the orchestrations) it was the title song, "Miss You", " Oh How I Miss You Tonight", "Lonesome And Sorry", "My First And Only Lover" and "Who's Next In Line?" The last two songs don't sound like country at all to me. "My First And Only Lover" has tinges of early Motown, and "Who's Next In Line?" has an early '60s R&B feeling to it. (Which it should've, because it was co-written by Clyde Otis, who was responsible for hit R&B songs by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton.)

I DON'T WANT TO BE HURT ANYMORE (1964) continues the country/western theme with arranger and conductor Ralph Carmichael at the helm. Before I listened to it, I was hoping for maybe another jazzy Cole/Shearing-like project, or perhaps the lush TOUCH OF YOUR LIPS. (Carmichael was behind both of those wonderful albums.) As with DEAR LONELY HEARTS, there are some songs that are worth putting on repeat, such as "I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore", "You're My Everything", "I Don't Want To See Tomorrow", "Was That The Human Thing To Do?" and "Road To Nowhere". The other songs will have to grow on me because I really wasn't feeling them when I played them the first time. Nat sounds great as always on both albums, even though by the time he made I DON'T WANT TO BE HURT ANYMORE he was already very ill, but you'd never know it. Because it was Nat I gave it four stars.

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Moving and beautiful CD.......2002-11-09

I was lucky enough to sing in the St. James Cathedral Choir the year we recorded this CD. While they were often demanding recording sessions, the music is still some that I've never heard done better. The Biebl "Ave Maria" (track 11), with Howard's tenor solo can still move me to tears with it's soul-wrenching beauty, and the Bruckner "Agnus Dei" (track 8) is divine (just to name my favorites). While the choir has an amazing blend, it did not end up a homogeniged sound like many other large choirs. The listener really gets to hear the minute details of the music and dynamics that make this music a spiritual epihany.

Glorious Music.......2002-07-02

This is a stunning musical treat. The music is beautiful and varied. The Biebl 'Ave Maria', alone, is worth the CD. Highly recommended for choral and pipe organ lovers.

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