Brick [EP] [CD-single] [Import]

Product Description
Japanese release featuring the single 'Brick' & four non- album tracks: 'Smoke' (Live in Los Angeles on KCRW's 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' program, July 17, 1997), 'Kate', 'Fair' and 'Mitchell Lane'. Standard jewel case. 1997 Epic release.

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Average customer rating: The multi-talented Elton Elton John in top form. The Definetive Elton John album Elton! Elton! Elton John rocks strong and even does some "lighter" music to give us all a golden nugget of an album !!!

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Tracks:

1. Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)
2. Candle In The Wind
3. Bennie And The Jets
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5. This Song Has No Title
6. Grey Seal
7. Jamaica Jerk-Off
8. I've Seen That Movie Too
9. Sweet Painted Lady
10. The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-34)
11. Dirty Little Girl
12. All The Girls Love Alice
13. Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'N Roll)
14. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
15. Roy Rogers
16. Social Disease
17. Harmony

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Rarely mentioned as one of the great double albums, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road had to settle for ending up in a few million record collections. So sprawling that it doesn't quite measure up to the earlier, more laid-back Honky Chateau or the later, pushy Rock of the Westies, this still holds claim to a lot of brilliant, very pop-savvy music: the winking rebellion of "Bennie and the Jets" and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," the ready-made nostalgia of "The Ballad of Danny Bailey," the downbeat melodicism of "Harmony." --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

The multi-talented Elton.......2007-07-17

Rightly this album is rated as the greatest album Elton John ever made. In fact its not my favourite but thats a different story.

The breadth of material on this is amazing. It opens with 'Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding' which is a stunning prog-rock overture followed seamlessly by a hard rock song. Remember before he became Elton John the young Reg Dwight auditioned for both King Crimson and Gentle Giant!
Following track 1 is the original and best version of Candle in the Wind. Sadly this tune has been overplayed... Bennie and the Jets is track 3. A great crowd pleaser (with artificial live feel on the track). This track was huge in the U.S. and it went to the top of the R&B charts. It also best displays Elton's Piano playing and has a completely unique feel to it.

The title track Goodbye Yellow Brick Road sounds like a standard that was written in the 40's or 50's. This is one of those songs that Elton will be remembered for in the decades to come.

On these opening tracks you can hear (but not see!) everything that made Elton such a huge star:
Primarily great song-writing, but also high quality musicianship - listen to Nigel Olsson's drumming or Davey Johnstone's guitar playing on this album.

With one exception the rest of the album maintains a similar high standard. Jamaica Jerk-Off is the one track I really don't like but there's 16 others so I'm not complaining!

Elton John in top form........2007-07-13

In 1973, Elton John released his first and only double-album, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". While he also made several other truly fantastic albums in that era, this one always stands out for me as being a completely flawless and true masterwork.

First off, the album opens with the epic "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" which easily ranks as one of my favorite songs of all time. The placement of the songs on this record make for smooth transitions between each song. There's never a track for me that makes me want to skip. Elton John is in top form here. While technically considered a "pop" album, it easily ranks next to such classic albums as Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon", The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", or Led Zeppelin's "Zoso". It's a mostly upbeat album, with a few mellower songs (Candle in the Wind, Sweet Painted Lady, I've Seen That Movie Too) and makes for a great album to bring along on a road trip.

It's not as compact and ragtime-ish as "Honkey Chateau", and not as personal as "Captain Fantastic", but it's downright fun the entire way through and will always stand as the pinnacle in Elton's career.

The Definetive Elton John album.......2007-06-21

If there was ever an album that defined the seventies, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" has got to be one of them. It is also the album that comes closest to being what Elton was about in his grandest. Extravagant, over-the-top, melodic and brash, this double album is probably how many from the period would describe both the album and the performer. As such, it redefined music and super stardom, and is a classic.

Stylistically, the 1973 version of Elton John and Bernie Taupin were now fearless. They were (to quote a line that eventually became part of "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy") turning them out thick and fast. There was the beautiful, melodic piano work on the title track and "Candle In The Wind," the hard rocking "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" and "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting," the western looking "Social Disease" and the melodrama in "I've seen that movie too" and "Harmony." Seventeen near flawless songs over two albums, and that was following the breakthrough of "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" and the number one "Crocodile Rock" from earlier that same year.

It wasn't just the seeming effortlessness to Elton and Bernie's prolific pace that was so attractive, it was the extravagance. Elton's reputation as a showman had already become the stuff of legend, and in the feverish time of the seventies, he allowed that into the "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" artowrk. The original album was a thing of ornate beauty, a triple-fold gate sleeve that expanded out to show Elton stepping into a magic kingdom in ruby red platform shoes. The inner-sleeves were decorated with illustrations for each lyric and the band photos. It was everything you wanted in an album at the time...the full experience. Something you really don't get from too many performers these days. (And better reproduced in the Deluxe "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.")

As such, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is as good as gold. I know it is a cliche, but they just don't make 'em like this anymore.

Elton! Elton!.......2007-06-08

This is one of my favorite Elton John albums. I had it on vinyl when it first came out (was that yesterday?) and bought it recently as a CD because of technology.

Elton John rocks strong and even does some "lighter" music to give us all a golden nugget of an album !!!.......2007-06-03

Elton John has enriched us all with his incredible artistry. He remains a prolific writer and he sings with all his heart. This double LP album entitled Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, here on one CD, shows us just a glimpse of Elton's great artistry in rock, reggae and "lighter" music as well.

The CD starts with one of Elton's greatest masterpieces entitled "Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)." Elton's piano and the work of his band make a smashing musical intro to a song about a love gone bad. Elton displays his raw emotion on this track as he sings about how "love lies bleeding in (his) hands."

The CD track set remains incredibly strong with "Candle In The Wind" and "Bennie And The Jets." "Candle In The Wind" explores how people can be misunderstood and abused and it uses Marilyn Monroe as an example. "Candle In The Wind" also features Elton's piano playing to reflect the sensitivity of the song. In addition, "Bennie And The Jets" paints a portrait of a fictional female rock star and her band. The rock beat on "Bennie And The Jets" is strong, solid and awesome.

The title track actually comes fourth on the set: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" allows Elton to sing of a supposedly beautiful and luxurious lifestyle that he realizes is not as special as he thought it would be. The use of the image of the yellow brick road to a better life from The Wizard Of Oz works well; and we see, just like Dorothy concluded, that there's no place like home.

If you REALLY want to hear Elton at his most versatile, listen to "This Song Has No Title." Elton plays farfisa organ, electric piano, mellotron AND piano!!! This number shines like pure gold and the mixing reflects excellent judgment. The melody of this song is wonderful.

On "Jamaica $erk-Off" Elton and the band turn out an excellent reggae tune that beckons to you to love it; Elton sings his praises for the island of Jamaica and Prince Rhino's "vocal interjections" rule!

Other gems on this CD include the stunningly beautiful "I've Seen That Movie Too;" for this song Elton sings of how he won't let himself be fooled by a woman who doesn't truly love him. The piano and percussion work wonders in the arrangement; and Del Newman's orchestral arrangement stuns you with its beauty. "Sweet Painted Lady" tells the story of a woman who "rents by the hour" as she "satisfies" the sailors in the port; Elton sings this with a type of sensitivity that I rarely experience. Del Newman once again gives "Sweet Painted Lady" a gorgeous orchestral arrangement. Excellent!!!

"All The Girls Love Alice" lets Elton sing about a young lady who enjoys pleasing some of the other girls in town; however the ending is most definitely glum. The musical arrangement shifts back and forth between a hard rockin' song and a type of love ballad with a much slower tempo and great key changes--and this impresses me greatly.

Of course, there's that Elton John classic number, "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting." This number showcases the youthful rebellion young people experience when they are starting their own lives separate from their parents. I can just envision all these young people marching and dancing through the streets chanting this anthem as they shake their fists in the air!

Sadly, all good things must come to an end. "Harmony," the last track on this CD, moves you with its sensitivity; and Elton delivers this with great panache. An excellent number to close the track set!

The liner notes feature an awesome essay by John Tobler; and you get all the lyrics and song credits. The beautiful art work enhances the liner notes as well.

Elton John is a living legend. Long after most "celebrities" are dead and forgotten, Elton John will remain in our hearts and minds because of his incredible music and his legendary performances. Thank goodness Elton has shared his work with us; and, if we're lucky, Elton will be performing for many more years to come.

Average customer rating: Tull - Thick as a Brick Life's a Long Song A wild ride Muddled, Pretentious - But Catchy I don't pretend to be...

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Tracks:

1. Thick As A Brick
2. Thick As A Brick
3. Thick As A Brick (Live At Madison Square Garden)
4. Interview With Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, Martin Barre And Jeffrey Hammond

Customer Reviews:

Tull - Thick as a Brick.......2007-07-13

As an undying fan of the rock opera, my tastes rank the top three in the following order: Genesis, "Lamb"; Tull, "Thick as a Brick" and The Who, "Tommy". Coincidentally, few other rock opera exist unless you include Elton John's "Yellow Brick Road" and The Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper". However, I am not completely convinced that a fine line cannot be drawn between what is a collection of songs having a common theme, hence an album, versus a long piece of music that tells a story as is the case with "Lamb" and "Tommy". The question I have, then, is: Given that "Thick as a Brick" is one very long song covering both sides of an LP, does that necessarily qualify it as rock opera? On the CD, Tull comments on the work and clarifies the confusion somewhat by comparing "Thick" as a followup to "Aqualung" as a concept album. I doubt that anyone who has listened to "Aqualung" would fail to understand a story is being told there, but with "Thick as a Brick", is there really a story to it? Yes, there's a progression in how heirs to lands and title "renew the age-old purpose", but a story? I have to believe Ian when he tongue-in-cheek explains how the band spoofed the media into thinking at the time the album was made that the lyrics were written by a 12-year old boy. That is not to say the the lyrics are stupid, by no means! If they had been written by a 12-year old, I would certainly guess the kid to be a genius. But, my question is: Does "Thick as a Brick" tell a story that would qualify it as rock opera? Though, my logical sense says no, my musical sense revels in the marching band cadences, the beautifully constructed acoustic guitar-flute melodies and the way all the pieces mesh. It is truly a rock opera for the ages, whether there's a story to it or not. I love this album! Always have, always will.

Life's a Long Song.......2007-06-20

Simply a classic. This is a Tull album that will never go out of style and can be played over and over. In fact, I've done just that. I'm not an afficianado, but I know what I like. I like Tull. And I like this album.

A wild ride.......2007-06-13

Many years ago, I purchased "Thick as a Brick" on vinyl, expecting a traditional rock album, with a collection of 8 to 10 songs. I was amazed that there was only one song covering both sides. I listened to it once and was completely lost once it got past the first 3 minute edit I had heard on the radio several times.

I was so bewildered that I returned the album for a refund and was suspicious of Jethro Tull for a few years, thinking that maybe they were just too unorthodox for my tastes.

Now that I own all of the Jethro Tull CDs, I am obviously a huge Tull fan and my opinion of "Thick as a Brick" is quite different. I like this album. It might be the best album Tull ever recorded. Or maybe "A Passion Play" is the best (which is similar to "Thick as a Brick" in the sense that they both are continuous play with many movements within).

Or maybe the idea of a single song covering an entire album is too preteneous and less enjoyable for the listener who doesn't have over 40 minutes to spare in one sitting. I'd say that someone who is just starting to get to know Jethro Tull's music should start with an album with a traditional song format. You could choose 'Crest of a Knave,' 'Songs from the Wood,' 'Catfish Rising,' 'Benefit' or 'A.'

Still, this album is nearly one of a kind. If you are relatively new to Tull, I'd play it safe and buy any of the 'Songs from the Wood,' 'Heavy Horses,' 'Stormwatch,' 'A' albums or perhaps 'Crest of a Knave.' But if you tend to like progressive, ambitious albums, buy this one.

Muddled, Pretentious - But Catchy.......2007-04-27

I cannot believe the way some people go on about this LP ... geez ... here's the reality if it. There's some good material here, enough for 4 or 5 good songs. It's mostly on Side 1. Side 2 is like some weird "remix" of similar themes that is fairly unnecessary. The whole weaving of the songs together and pretense towards viewing this as a "concept album" or some merging of pop and classic forms is unnecessary and serves the material badly. So do a few of the arrangements with bouncing pipe organ and so forth that will make most non-fans wince and remind many of us of Spinal Tap's "Stonehenge" (the penultimate Tull parody) and so forth. And the muddy recording quality does this material no favors either.

That's not to say this is a disaster, because Anderson was still writing good stuff, with energy and imagination. I think we would have all been better served if the tracks were broken out seperately and the pretense removed - if this could have been halfway-a-concept-album, songs that relate instead of interlink, like "Aqualung".

They overreached, and the results are mildly interesting.

I don't pretend to be..........2007-04-26

a Jethro Tull fanatic, but I am an old time rocker and I love both Thick as a Brick and Aqualung, and never get tired of putting either in my player and reveling in the past. The other reviewers have done a great job commenting on the arrangements, the musicianship, the lyrics, etc. so I won't attempt to add anything. My point is that there are any number of musicians who write a song or two or even three spoofing the life and times of a rock and roller, e.g. Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good" and John Entwhistle's "Success Story", but a whole record spoofing the genre, i.e. the "concept" album, in a rather subtle way was and still is remarkable. I can remember the rock critics of those days desperately trying to discern the message when the message ultimately is, no more and no less, just great music. So, buy it, play it, and just plain enjoy it for what it is.

Average customer rating: Content excellent but hard to rip excellent (and much needed) reissue set Soooo close to being perfect, but no! Anything less than 5 stars is absurd Packaging? meh. Music? yeah!

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Tracks:

1. Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
2. New Feeling
3. Tenative Decisions
4. Happy Day
5. Who Is It?
6. No Compassion
7. The Book I Read
8. Don't Worry About The Government
9. First Week/Last Week...Carefree
10. Psycho Killer
11. Pulled Up
12. Love Building On Fire
13. I Wish You Wouldn't Say That
14. Psycho Killer (Acoustic)
15. I Feel It My Heart
16. Sugar On My Tongue

Tracks:

1. Thank God For Sending Me An Angel
2. With Our Love
3. The Good Thing
4. Warning Sign
5. The Girls Want To Be With The Girls
6. Found A Job
7. Artists Only
8. I'm Not In Love
9. Stay Hungry
10. Take Me To The River
11. The Big Country
12. Stay Hungry (1977 Version)
13. I'm Not In Love (Alternate Version)
14. The Big Country (Alternate Version)
15. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel (Country Angel Version)

Tracks:

1. I Zimbra
2. Mind
3. Paper
4. Cities
5. Life During Wartime
6. Memories Can't Wait
7. Air
8. Heaven
9. Animals
10. Electric Guitar
11. Drugs
12. Dancing For Money (Unfinished Outtake)
13. Life During Wartime (Alternate Version)
14. Cities (Alternate Version)
15. Mind (Alternate Version)

Tracks:

1. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
2. Crosseyed And Painless
3. The Great Curve
4. Once In A Lifetime
5. Houses In Motion
6. Seen And Not Seen
7. Listening Wind
8. The Overload
9. Fela's Riff (Unfinished Outtake)
10. Unison (Unfinished Outtake)
11. Double Groove (Unfinished Outtake)
12. Right Start (Unfinished Outtake)

Tracks:

1. Burning Down The House
2. Making Flippy floppy
3. Girlfriend Is Better
4. Slippery People
5. I Get Wild/Wild Gravity
6. Swamp
7. Moon Rocks
8. Pull Up The Roots
9. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
10. Two Note Swivel (Unfinished Outtake)
11. Burning Down The House (Alternate Version)

Tracks:

1. And She Was
2. Give Me Back My Name
3. Creatures Of Love
4. The Lady Don't Mind
5. Perfect World
6. Stay Up Late
7. Walk It Down
8. Television Man
9. Road To Nowhere
10. Road To Nowhere (Early Version)
11. And She Was (Early Version)
12. Television Man (Extended Mix)

Tracks:

1. Love For Sale
2. Puzzlin' Evidence
3. Hey Now
4. Papa Legba
5. Wild Wild Life
6. Radio Head
7. Dream Operator
8. People Like Us
9. City Of Dreams
10. Wild Wild Life (Extended Mix)
11. Papa Legba (Pops Staples Vocal Version)
12. Radio Head (Tito Larriva Vocal Version)

Tracks:

1. Blind
2. Mr. Jones
3. Totally Nude
4. Ruby Dear
5. (Nothing But) Flowers
6. The Democratic Circus
7. The Facts Of Life
8. Mommy Daddy You And I
9. Big Daddy
10. Bill
11. Cool Water
12. Sax And Violins

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Talking Heads' 30th anniversary is commemorated in typically artful style here, sonically upgrading their eight, era-defining albums via bonus-packed Dual Discs and encasing them in a molded white plastic box intricately embossed with the band's song titles. Each disc contains complete album tracks and bonus cuts remastered in High Resolution Stereo on its CD side, while the DVD programming on the flip offers up the audio tracks in expansive new 5.1 Surround Sound mixes, with all of the sonic upgrading personally supervised by Heads drummer Jerry Harrison. Those long overdue audio improvements alone would make it an attractive set, but fans of the band will find its wealth of bonus music (various B-sides and previously unreleased outtakes) and video (including a number of rare live clips seeing their first release here) supplements equally intriguing.

Bonus musical highlights include four rhythmically-charged, unfinished Remain in Light outtakes (including one that eventually evolved into the band's signature "Once in a Lifetime") that allow insightful glimpses into Eno's innovative production techniques on the album, alternate versions of "Cities," "Life During Wartime" and "Mind" from Fear of Music, a countrified version of "Thank You For Sending Me an Angel" from More Songs About.. and a strangely muted early version of another Heads staple, Speaking in Tongue's "Burning Down the House." An early demo of "And She Was" from Little Creatures demostrates that the whole of a glorius pop song can be the assembly of its simple parts. While the additional visual materials (especially the raw early performance clips) are a welcome addition to the Heads' canon, they're also something of a tradeoff: a few of the band's videos are conspicuously absent, including Remain in Light's "Once in a Lifetime." But overlooking a couple of the band's better known promotional moments in favor of revealing new musical treasures and vastly improved, state-of-the-art audio scarcely blunts the appeal of this rewarding career overview. -- Jerry McCulley

Album Description

Formed in the mid-70's by art school chums David Byrne, Chris Franz, and Tina Weymouth-and ex-Modern lover Jerry Harrison-Talking Heads rose out of the CBGB punk crucible and proved themselves one of the most artistically adventurous and influential bands ever. Their visionary, polyrhyhmic sound fused elements including rock, funk, and punk with diverse world beats, avant-garde minimalism, and pure pop genius. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, the band and their groundbreaking repertoire are celebrated in Rhino's deluxe DualDisc upgrade of their catalog. Now their critically praised recordings can be reexperienced as never before, with new DVD-A Surround mixes personally supervised by Jerry Harrison.

Customer Reviews:

Content excellent but hard to rip.......2007-07-09

The music is awesome, the bonus tracks are great, and the dvd features are pretty cool- HOWEVER, Duel Discs are excruciatingly difficult to rip to your computer. Some take hours per disc and you'll get skips in the tracks occasionally but some computers can't even rip them at all. BE WARNED!

excellent (and much needed) reissue set.......2007-06-19

I am beyond satisfied with the Talking Heads' Brick. While some complain of compatibility problems with their standard cd players and dual discs, I haven't experienced anything of the sort (but clearly it pays to check these things before making this purchase).

I'll also say that I do not have a 5.1 DVD system, so I'm only able to comment on the CD audio of this set.

That said, I was immediately taken aback by how good these discs sound. The clarity and depth of the recordings on the remastered cds far surpasses their predecessors, even more so than I anticipated. And I'm not much of an audiophile, but the difference is immediately noticeable, and certainly welcome.

The bonus video content is interesting and enjoyable. Admittedly it would have been more convenient to have a separate DVD disc with all of the video content, but it's not a big deal. The omission of the music video for "Once in a Lifetime" is indeed curious. All of the other promo videos are present (that I know of anyway), and the "Once in a Lifetime" video was a landmark for the group. There is a great live performance of the song included, but I can't imagine why the video was left off.

That's really my only complaint about this set. There are few bands whose catalog I will repurchase without hesitation, and the Talking Heads are among that elite class. And it's well worth it.

Soooo close to being perfect, but no!.......2006-12-09

Since most people visiting this site are already probably familiar with Talking Heads' music, I'll skip the hyperbole. You know how good their music is. And before I say anything else, I have to mention that it's definitely worth owning every single one of the albums included in this box. But you should also know how alternately revelatory and frustrating this boxed set turns out to be.

Now, then...the Brick.

What a great idea. Remaster all the albums, both in 2.0 and 5.1 mixes, one mix on either side of each disc in the DualDisc format, and box them all together. The thing to remember is, this isn't in a regular 5.1 DVD format where you can stick the disc in your DVD player and let it go. You have to have a DVD-Audio compatible DVD player to play these, so be sure about this before you take the plunge. (I've read that other people may have had some luck hearing a 5.1 mix without using DVD-A, but I haven't.) DVD-Audio requires a cable going from each channel on the DVD player to the corresponding ones on your receiver, so it's an extremely pure sound, but I really wish for convenience's sake that they'd formatted it in regular ol' DTS or Dolby Digital 5.1 sound for those without. I'm sure they had the best intentions, but on my Harman/Kardon 31 DVD player this means that you have to hit "play" on your DVD player, then "pause", then hit the "6-Channel" button on your remote before hitting "play" again to listen to the disc. Whatever.

The 5.1 mixes are a revelation...I've been listening to this music for over 20 years and I'm hearing so many things for the first time that have previously been buried in the mix...really incredible. Almost all of the discs benefit from this depth and clarity - especially More Songs, Remain in Light, and Naked. However, these were remixed by Jerry Harrison...so the keyboards are jacked up really high in the mix. Which is cool in some cases as they were initially (unfairly) minimized on certain albums. But it also means that Speaking In Tongues is an entirely different listen. The keyboard parts have dated a little bit, so it becomes a true artifact of the 80's. Huge sound, swirling effects, and distracting stereo trickery. It's almost as if it were reproduced by Esquivel.

Now for the bonuses -- the extra tracks on each disc are fascinating. Not fascinating enough to warrant repeated listenings in most cases, but intriguing if you're a Talking Headsophile. The artifacts from the Fear of Music and Remain in Light sessions, especially, provide indications as to Eno's influence in their writing process at the time. They sound much like Eno songs backed by the Heads. The demos, alternate takes, and remixes of several songs are also very cool. There are also a handful of additional outtakes, such as "I Feel It In My Heart" from the 77 sessions (which was deservedly left off the album) and "Sax and Violins" from the Naked sessions (which would have provided a much-needed ray of hope to close out the oppressively bleak second half of that album). However, some of them are given the 5.1 treatment while others inexplicably are not.

Worse, they've neglected to include some of the outtakes they've released on other collections in the past. Where's "I Want to Live", "Popsicle", "In Asking Land", "Gangster of Love", and "Lifetime Piling Up"? Those last two or three songs are lame, but as long as they're being comprehensive here, what gives? Also missing are the alternate versions of "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" and "New Feeling" previously released elsewhere. You can get some of this stuff on iTunes, by the way -- just not here. But that's not as unforgivable as the video omissions.

Although their last feeble collection, "Once in a Lifetime", was kind of a joke, it came boxed with the spectacular, expanded DVD version of their video collection "A Storytelling Giant". All of their videos were included with the original between-song vignettes intact. The Brick doesn't include this disc. Instead, they give us some early live stuff (admittedly, the shaky footage of "Warning Sign" gives me the shivers, it's so good) some Fear of Music-era live stuff (fine) and a smattering of their videos later on.

Excellent, but where's my favorite video of theirs, for "(Nothing But) Flowers"? How about "The Lady Don't Mind" or "Stay Up Late?" For god's sake, where are the original, revolutionary videos for "Crosseyed and Painless" and "Once in a Lifetime"!? They're shucked for live versions of both songs. This is shocking.

The packaging looks neat from the outside. Like everything else the band does, it's designed to fascinate. But it couldn't have killed them to have the names of the discs embossed on the spines. Likewise, it'd be great to be able to see exactly where the bonus songs are on the disc without digging through the CD insert to find the song titles. But now I'm nitpicking.

All that aside, I've spent hours poring over this treasure trove. It's my favorite band, after all. But you shouldn't spend this much on a boxed set and not get everything they could feasibly have crammed into it. Was it a contract issue or some kind of rights agreement that kept these significant items off the set? Good thing it was a gift, or I'd feel a liiiiiiitle cheated. But I'm going to give the Brick four stars because the band's just about the best thing in the world and this is where you can find (almost) all of it.

Anything less than 5 stars is absurd.......2006-12-02

Good God this is the greatest set EVER!!!
I am a music lover with over 500 CDs and 600+ vinyl. I've got all the Heads on vinyl and always came back to 'em year after year.
So when I found out that Jerry Harrison himself was doing the surround mixes, I couldn't resist. Especially after hearing such good things about the results!
So I bought The Brick. 1st - the packaging is unique. A sturdy molded white plastic box with emboss/extruded song titles all over it. Okay the CD cases are just plain white, and you have to open up the booklet just to see the song titles...but really this is not bad at all, as you tend not to skip around so much and just listen to it even more!
The bonuses consist of DVD videos and live clips, 2 or 3 per disc reflecting each era. Of course they are not up to the quality of the studio stuff, but that's to be expected and really there's little way to 'spruce up' an old videotape from a live show. The bonuses are still really good, though. The only wish that went unfulfilled here is that they don't include either live albums - I would especially have loved to get TNOTBITH with this, but it's understandable since that double album is a compilation in it's own right.
Now for the MUSIC: Holy God, this is the best ever. No band ever grooved like The Heads! The mix goes waaaay beyond typical surround and you feel like you're in the middle of the band itself, with FULL VOLUME instruments all around! That's Dave upfront, Tina thumping underneath, Chris wide open l-r, Jerry popping up in the front, back and sides...Bernie over there somewhere...Eno freaking the rhythm section through the rear...Belew soaring over my shoulders...synths, congas and rhythm guitars pecking away through the sides and rear...it goes on and on. Albums that I always enjoyed but never dug far into before ('77 & Food) are given glorious new mixes and have a whole new freshness and power to them.
There are other essential 5.1 rock discs out there...Roxy Music AVALON and Floyd's DSOTM being two...but this is THE BEST OF ALL.
EVERY SINGLE ALBUM in TOTAL SURROUND!!!

Packaging? meh. Music? yeah!.......2006-10-04

So Talking Heads fans will be wondering whether this is worth it if they already have most or all of the above-mentioned releases, and the answer is YES. This is true for all of the albums, but especially for Remain in Light and Naked, which really sound like new albums. Listening to either one of these records on the DVD-side surround mixes on solid speakers is a life-altering experience. (And furthermore, thanks to some tweaks and editing, in many ways the DVD sides really are different from the CD sides.) Even without surround, the remastered CD sides are an instantly noticeable improvement. The unreleased material and B-sides are generally excellent, and often provide insight into how the album, or its songs, were made or put together. The video extras, while few in number, are surprisingly good and aren't dated, grainy, or cheesy. Given how wretched music videos from the 70s and 80s tend to be, this is a testament to the artistic skill of the Heads.

As mentioned above in the title of this review, the packaging on this, while it looks cool, was really poorly designed. The backs of the individual cases are white, so we don't get to see the rear cover art, and they're also white on the side, so you can't tell which CD you've got until you pull it out. The exterior case is creatively designed but the CDs fit in it rather tightly, which means their cases are prone to breaking when you take them out, and they're rather difficult to get out. Also, many have had problems with the Dualdisc format (on my computer, the DVD-side is finicky on several of the discs and sometimes doesn't want to play).

But the heck with that. You buy CDs for the music, not to look at the tracklist on the back. If you are a Heads fan then get this. Believe the hype.

Average customer rating: We Will Go Home Good music Want to hear Gladiator II? King Arthur Hans' Best

King Arthur Hans Zimmer Manufacturer: Hollywood Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kingdom of Heaven The Last Samurai Gladiator: Music from the Motion Picture Troy: Music From The Motion Picture (Score) Alexander ASIN: B0002IQIWE Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

1. Tell Me Now (What You See)
2. Woad To Ruin
3. Do You Think I'm Saxon?
4. Hold The Ice
5. Another Brick In Hadrian's Wall
6. Budget Meeting
7. All Of Them!

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What are legends if not for reinventing -- and/or hyper-inflating into Hollywood summer fare? In retooling the Arthurian legend for the goth-beguiled video game age, mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer did away with details small (the lady in the lake, sword in the stone, etc.) and large (this Arthur is actually Eastern European, by way of Rome). Composer Hans Zimmer picks up that gauntlet, producing an orchestral score bristling with massed brass, chorus and percussion -- if little of the indigenous mysticism that made his work on Gladiator/ so rewarding. What there is of that precious commodity is frontloaded via the song "Tell Me Know (What You See)," his evocative opening collaboration with Clannad's Moya Brennan. From there, Zimmer emphasized this version's Eastern conceits with a half-dozen suites of cues that thunder in the Russian classical tradition -- and all the melodic range of "Jingle Bells." Zimmer--not to mention Poledouris--has done it better, but fans of outsized orchestral Gothic moodfests may yet take this one to heart. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

We Will Go Home.......2007-07-13

Does this soundtrack include "We Will Go Home," the song Vorna sings to the men in the bar before they find out about their new mission?

Good music.......2007-05-16

I'm a huge Hans Zimmer fan, his scores are rich and deep. This is not his best, but it's still a great listen.

Want to hear Gladiator II?.......2007-04-12

In the end, this is the only relevant question; do you want to hear a more melodramatic version of Gladiator? More melodramatic, you ask?
And you better believe it, Hans Zimmer actually managed to blow up his sound from Gladiator even more, and I really didn't think this was possible, mainly because I thought it would sound utterly pathetic and over the top. And make no mistake, Zimmer's King Arthur is just that.

I am reviewing this score in retrospect, and it is truly fascinating to do that. When you look at other composers and make a little journey to their past, you usually find more creativity. The further back you go, the more original and fresh music you find. With Hans Zimmer, it's the opposite. With each year you go back, his scores just get more dreary, and that's saying alot because his latest works also don't really qualify as schoolbook examples for colourful scoring.

From Gladiator to Pirates Of The Caribbean 2, Hans Zimmer has yet to come forth with a truly fresh and unique score. Zimmer never, ever, not in a million years, escapes his usual box. And King Arthur is no exception whatsoever. From the get go, 20 horns are amassed and play a overly simplistic motif somewhere between a and A, the strings mush together in midrange, melodramatic chords, and dwell in the shallow realm of overbearing dullness.
I don't understand how an artist - and the art of film composing is severely underrated - can be content with repeating the same thing over and over. If I were Hans Zimmer, I would be embarassed by now to even write one more note for that droning bass.
To top it all off, Zimmer incorporates an Enyaesque voice that is easy on the ears, but in the end signifies nothing, does nothing and does all that with an amazing lack of substance.

That is, amongst others, the major difference between a serious film composer and Hans Zimmer: a good and skillful film composer takes an average film like King Arthur and makes it sound like something worthwhile. Hans Zimmer on the other hand embraces mediocrity and underlines it to create an even more average film.

King Arthur.......2007-04-09

I recently purchased this particular soundtrack, and i would have to say it is awesome. Hans Zimmer is a master at what he does. The music suits the film and since I loved the film I had to get the soundtrack. I loved the song Tell Me Now by Moya Brennan, and Another Brick in Hadrians Wall is the best song im my opinion on the soundtrack. Overall I'm so glad I bought this soundtrack and I rate it up there with the likes of Gladiator, Pirates of the Carribean. Keep up the good work Hans

Hans' Best.......2007-03-12

Hans Zimmer is a film composer with dozens and dozens of scores under his belt. Many who do not collect or even listen to film scores know his name. However, much if his film music sounds very similar and lacks a complex edge that other compose like John Williams, James Horner, and James Newton Howard deliver.

That said, King Arthur is Hans' most intriguing score to date. Backdraft and Gladiator (overrated) were very good, but this score is a departure from Hans' usual motifs. The only bad part for me(not related to the music itself) is that there are only seven tracks and each are very long. I like shorter tracks so I can pinpoint the themes or variations I want to lsiten to, but this is extremely minor. The music is great, and I reccommend you go enjoy Hans' best music yet.

Average customer rating: The Best of Brick Regarding full-length "Dazz" by Brick Dazz-cussted Best of Brick Does Not Include It's Best Brick...

The Best of Brick Brick Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Disco | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Disco | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Stellar Fungk: The Best of Slave The Fattest of Fatback The Best of Con Funk Shun The Best of One Way: Featuring Al Hudson & Alicia Myers Galactic Grooves: The Best of Lakeside ASIN: B000002AYH Release Date: 1995-06-13

Tracks:

1. Dazz
2. Music Matic
3. Good High
4. Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody
5. Living From The Mind
6. We Don't Wanna Sit Down, We Wanna Get Down
7. Dusic
8. Push Push
9. All The Way
10. Don't Ever Lose Your Love
11. Free
12. Happy

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An Atlanta jazz band with funk underpinnings, Brick's claim to fame was their No. 1 R&B hit "Dazz." Basically a light funk groove, with jazz instrumentals on top, and a unison vocal, this tune set the stage for Brick's vision of discofied jazz: they followed that first hit with "Dusic" (what else, "disco meets music" much as the prior hit tackled jazz) and then shifted into a straighter funk direction with followup hits like "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" and "We Don't Want to Sit Down, We Want to Get Down." The Best of Brick is a very consistent hits package, though once past the hits there's some filler. Still, for fans of Old School funk, this is an essential band and album. --Tom Vickers

Customer Reviews:

The Best of Brick.......2006-08-22

Excellent & definitely "Old School". I played it at our family reunion and everybody stopped what they were doing and got into it!

Jai40

Regarding full-length "Dazz" by Brick.......2006-07-15

I bought "Old School - Vol. 2" specifically to get the full-length version of Dazz by Brick, among other songs. I was disappointed and angry that it was the 5 min. radio version. After reading your reviews here, I'm glad I didn't choose to get the Best of Brick. Though I enjoy other songs by Brick, Dazz is my all-time favorite. Today I found the long version on the "Disco Super Hits" CD. Though I'm not crazy about other songs on this CD it's worth the money. I will be playing my Dazz over and over with my sun-roof open, a smile on my face, and the wind blowing free in my hair! :-)

Dazz-cussted.......2006-06-14

The Cd itself seems to be pretty good with the hits of Brick but how do you not produce a compilation like this without "Dazz" in it's full length? I should hope that whoever put this one together was on drugs or something so that they would have a legitimate excuse for not doing it especially when there was plenty of room. Without the flute solo in "Dazz", it has no pizzazz.

Best of Brick Does Not Include It's Best.......2006-05-23

I have been a fan of Brick since their breakout song "DAZZ" in 1976. I can remember, as a teenager, being mesmorized by the bass solo on the long version of this song. Naturally that song is on "Best of Brick" as well it should be. But to me their are some obvious omissions that any real Brick fan would notice. Two very fine instrumentals, "Southern Sunset," from their first album, and "The Happening," from their final album, "Summer Heat" are excluded. In fact, the title song of their final album along with "Sweat(Till U Get Wet)," should have been included. Their are several ballads on "Best of Brick," which does'nt make sense to me because Brick was never known for its slow songs. These omissions are the only reasons preventing me from giving this album five stars.

Brick..........2005-11-19

I found this to be a good sample of their wares. Now, just give us the albums, and we'd be able to jam to their tunes at their full length! The versions on this album are just a little "short." Five stars for the music, but three stars for the disc!!

Average customer rating: This young man is, HIP HOP on the real........ 4.5 star debut from Joelle heat rises, expect to see him on the top Joel Ortiz - The Brick: Bodega Chronicles Real Hip Hop

The Brick: Bodega Chronicles Joell Ortiz Manufacturer: Koch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Return of the Mac Red Gone Wild: Thee Album Hip-Hop Lives Desire Port Authority ASIN: B000LP4O24 Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

1. 125 (The Bio)
2. Brooklyn Remix
3. Caught Up
4. Night In My P's
5. 125 (Fresh Air)
6. Hip Hop
7. Modern Day Slavery
8. 125 (Connections)
9. BQC
10. Block Royal
11. Latino
12. Keep On Callin'
13. Time Is Money
14. Brooklyn B*******
15. 125 (Finale)

Customer Reviews:

This young man is, HIP HOP on the real...............2007-07-07

Some one needs to put this young man on the radio and blow him up, he is truely spitting HIP HOP and is not getting the cheese for it maybe is
becouse he's not black.......

4.5 star debut from Joelle.......2007-05-23

I first heard Joelle Ortiz around 2001 on 50 Cent's "F*** You (remix)" and on Kool G Rap's "Giancana Story" album, and I was pleased with what I heard. Over the past few years I heard him here and there on a few songs here and ther and I came across this album. I have about 25 rap albums gfrom 2005, and this is definitely on of the better one so far this year. With 15 songs you get to hear what he is mad eof, and as far as lyrics and flow go, he's right up on the top and he shows it off here. Of the 15 songs, 2 are classicss, 4 are ok, the other 9 are tight songs. Guests are on 6 songs, so you definitely get to hear what he is made of. Production is nice as well and handled by a lot of cats, some known some not. Frank Dukes does 3 songs, MoSS, J Paz, DJ Emz, Ax the Bull, Hecks, Fraze, Alchemist, Prince & Machiavelli, Mighty VIC, P-Money, Street Radio and Show all do 1 track. A great album for fans of NY rap and a breath of fresh air in the rap game.

#1 - 10 (CLASSIC -- raps for over 5 mins. straight -- good beat)
#2 - 8.5 (f/ Cashmere, Maino, Big Daddy Kane -- an ode to Brooklyn)
#3 - 10 (CLASSIC over a GREAT beat)
#4 - 9 (f/ Big Noyd -- nice beat)
#5 - 8.5 (another one going for over 5 min. straight)
#6 - 8.5
#7 - 7.5 (f/ Immortal Technique)
#8 - 8 (f/ Ras Kass, Stimuli, Grafh, Gab Gotcha)
#9 - 7
#10 - 8
#11 - 7 (an ode to Latino's)
#12 - 9 (f/ Akon -- deeper song)
#13 - 8.5 (f/ Styles)
#14 - 8.5 (another ode to Brooklyn)
#15 - 8.5 (deeper song and again he raps for over 5 min' straight)

Joell Ortiz -- b. 7/6/80 -- Brooklyn, NY
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heat rises, expect to see him on the top.......2007-05-11

Joell Ortiz really shows you what he is made of on this CD. Through out this whole album you can hear his true passion, and love for hip hop. Ortiz soaked up all of the lyrics from the legends back in the day such as Kool G Rap, Krs-0ne, Big Daddy Kane, and Rakim he has that same quality rhyme texture. He is not afraid to spit bars for a good 4 minutes on a song with no hook. Joell is going to be around for a long time, and i can tell he will be dropping much more classic material for the future. As for "The Brick" i believe that it is a teaser but it is a classic teaser. the songs that really stand out are; all of the 125 tracks especially the (The Bio) and (Connection), A Night In My P's, Caught Up, Brooklyn B*******, and Time Is Money. I think it is unfair that he has been getting compared to Big Pun, which is only natural because he is big and Purto Rican but he will over come that just by continuing to be him self.

Joel Ortiz - The Brick: Bodega Chronicles .......2007-04-30

Joel Ortiz debut album is "The Brick: Bodega Chronicles" (2007). The Brooklyn MC recently was handpicked by Dr. Dre and signed with Aftermath records. This release has been labelled as a mixtape/street album (Koch) which precedes the Aftermath Studio album currently scheduled for late 2007. While Ortiz has been in the Rap Game for awile now, I have never come across his music. Getting compared to deceased Latin rapper Big Pun can have its pro's and cons. I enjoy Latin Hip Hop, and find myself listening to up and coming artists like Omar Cruz (A.K.A. Blunts LLA) and Aztek Escobar, as well as music from artists like Cuban Link and Immortal Technique. Ortiz provides a fifteen track release which features guest appearances from: Cashmere, Maino, Big Daddy Kane, Solomon, Big Noyd, Immortal Technique, Ras Kass, Stimuli, Grafh, Gab Gotcha, Lord Black, Alex "BQE" Santiago, La Bruja, Akon, Styles P. Joel Ortiz makes his intro on "125 Pt. 1" (The Bio) recalling some of his accomplishments and talking about his life and talking about his ambitions to make it in the Rap game. Joel Ortiz teams up with Cashmere, Maino, Big Daddy Kane, and Solomon to rep their hood with pride on the "Brooklyn Remix". On the street life "Caught Up" Ortiz kicks some reality rhymes about his hustle to get paid, by any means necessary. Ortiz and Mobb Deep affiliate Big Noyd rhyme about grimy life in the hood on "Night In My P's". Rhyming with a fast flow Ortiz keeps thing's going on "125 Pt. 2 (Fresh Air)", then drops a quality cut with "Hip Hop" a track paying tribute to the music. Ortiz and Immortal Technique drop a short social, political track about life in the ghetto on "Modern Day Slavery". Rhyming over a familiar beat Ortiz collabs with Rass Kas, Stimuli, Grafh, and Gab Gotcha on "125 Pt. 3 (Connections)", and follows it up with anothe rep your hood cut in "BQC" which features Lord Black and Alex "BQE" Santiago". Ortiz drops some rhymes about being proud of being "Latino" backed by some singing from La Bruja. Akon is really popular these days so a lot of people want to have him on their releases, "Keep On Callin'" is a remake of an Akon track which has already been released - a cut which fails to make much of an impression. The remake of Styles P "Time Is Money" definitely works though, Styles kills it and Joel Ortiz drops some on point verses to. Joel Ortiz keeps the love for his hood going on "Brooklyn B*******" then closes the album off strong with the introspective "125 (Finale)". Fan's of reality Rap, Latin Hip Hop and people from the NYC may enjoy "The Brick: Bodega Chronicles". 3.5.

Real Hip Hop.......2007-04-26

Joell Ortiz has made a Hip Hop classic and will go down as one of the greatest in the game. The Brick is hip hop in it's puerest form, honest, lyrical and straight gutter. Few rappers have lyrical ability these days but Joell Ortiz brings it raw on his first album. Every track on this album is fire. This cat is nice and not for a latin emcee but for an emcee period, end of story. Being Puerto Rican he gets compared to another hip hop great and legend Big Pun but Joell Ortiz is his own man and brings his own style to the game. Thank God for Joell Ortiz, Jada, Nas, Jay-Z, Saigon, Styles and the rest of the true hip hop heads keeping hip hop alive.

Average customer rating: Keep them coming, Capitol!! Speculation on Vol 3 release Keep Going Through Their Entire Career, Please 1ST RUN USES WRONG VI + SOUL MONO MASTERS!

The Capitol Albums Vol. 2 (Brick) The Beatles Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music British Invasion | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Supergroups | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 The Capitol Albums Vol. 2 (Longbox) Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles Living in the Material World (CD+DVD) Paul McCartney - The Space Within US ASIN: B000EQHXQ4 Release Date: 2006-04-11

Tracks:

1. Love Me Do (stereo)
2. Twist And Shout (stereo)
3. Anna (stereo)
4. Chains (stereo)
5. Boys (stereo)
6. Ask Me Why (stereo)
7. Please Please Me (stereo)
8. P.S. I Love You (stereo)
9. Baby Its You (stereo)
10. A Taste Of Honey (stereo)
11. Do You Want To Know A Secret (stereo)
12. Love Me Do (mono)
13. Twist And Shout (mono)
14. Anna (mono)
15. Chains (mono)
16. Boys (mono)
17. Ask Me Why (mono)
18. Please Please Me (mono)
19. P.S. I Love You (mono)
20. Baby Its You (mono)
21. A Taste Of Honey (mono)
22. Do You Want To Know A Secret (mono)

Tracks:

1. Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey (stereo)
2. Eight Days A Week (stereo)
3. You Like Me Too Much (stereo)
4. Bad Boy (stereo)
5. I Dont Want To Spoil The Party (stereo)
6. Words Of Love (stereo)
7. What Youre Doing (stereo)
8. Yes It Is (stereo)
9. Dizzy Miss Lizzie (stereo)
10. Tell Me What You See (stereo)
11. Every Little Thing (stereo)
12. Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey (mono)
13. Eight Days A Week (mono)
14. You Like Me Too Much (mono)
15. Bad Boy (mono)
16. I Dont Want To Spoil The Party (mono)
17. Words Of Love (mono)
18. What Youre Doing (mono)
19. Yes It Is (mono)
20. Dizzy Miss Lizzie (mono)
21. Tell Me What You See (mono)
22. Every Little Thing (mono)

Tracks:

1. Help! (stereo)
2. The Night Before (stereo)
3. From Me To You Fantasy (Instrumental - stereo)
4. Youve Got To Hide Your Love Away (stereo)
5. I Need You (stereo)
6. In The Tyrol (Instrumental- stereo)
7. Another Girl (stereo)
8. Another Hard Days Night (Instrumental - stereo)
9. Ticket To Ride (stereo)
10. The Bitter End/You Cant Do That (Instrumental - stereo)
11. Youre Gonna Lose That Girl (stereo)
12. The Chase (Instrumental - stereo)
13. Help! (mono)
14. The Night Before (mono)
15. From Me To You Fantasy (Instrumental - mono)
16. Youve Got To Hide Your Love Away (mono)
17. I Need You (mono)
18. In The Tyrol (Instrumental- mono)
19. Another Girl (mono)
20. Another Hard Days Night (Instrumental - mono)
21. Ticket To Ride (mono)
22. The Bitter End/You Cant Do That (Instrumental - mono)
23. Youre Gonna Lose That Girl (mono)
24. The Chase (Instrumental - mono)

Tracks:

1. Ive Just Seen A Face (stereo)
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown - stereo)
3. You Wont See Me (stereo)
4. Think For Yourself (stereo)
5. The Word (stereo)
6. Michelle (stereo)
7. Its Only Love (stereo)
8. Girl (stereo)
9. Im Looking Through You (stereo)
10. In My Life (stereo)
11. Wait (stereo)
12. Run For Your Life (stereo)
13. Ive Just Seen A Face (mono)
14. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown - mono)
15. You Wont See Me (mono)
16. Think For Yourself (mono)
17. The Word (mono)
18. Michelle (mono)
19. Its Only Love (mono)
20. Girl (mono)
21. Im Looking Through You (mono)
22. In My Life (mono)
23. Wait (mono)
24. Run For Your Life (mono)

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Unless your name is Ryan Adams, you're probably not in the habit of releasing four albums in four years, let alone the same number in one. But that's exactly what the Beatles did in 1965, thanks to Capitol Records' practice of mixing and matching tracks from their U.K. releases to create new, shorter records for the American market. Because standard-issue Beatles discs follow the British discography, The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2 marks the first CD appearance of The Early Beatles (March), Beatles VI (June), the Help! soundtrack (August), and the U.S. version of Rubber Soul (December), which are presented in both mono and stereo. And since the Brits' Please Please Me and Beatles for Sale are available only in mono, that means a lot of tracks are making their stereo CD debut here, including "Please Please Me," "Twist and Shout," "Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey," "What You're Doing," and "Every Little Thing." This is also the first CD appearance of Ken Thorne's incidental music from Help! (James Bond intro, anyone?), as well as of the original wide-separation stereo mixes of Help! and Rubber Soul (not the 1987 George Martin digital remixes that appear on the British discs). All told, a full 82 of this set's 92 tracks have never before been available on CD. It's not quite the sonic revelation that was Vol. 1 (that box contained 32 stereo CD debuts, this one only 14), but it's a great listen nevertheless. Also included is a colorful, 60-page booklet featuring rare photos and liner notes by Beatles historian Bruce Spizer. --Benjamin Lukoff

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Album Description

THE BEATLES "THE CAPITOL ALBUMS VOL. 2" includes the four albums released by Capitol Records in 1965: The Early Beatles, Beatles VI, Help! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) & the American version of Rubber Soul. All tracks have been digitally remastered and are presented in both Stereo and Mono. Many tracks appear in stereo for the very first time on CD. Special packaging includes original album cover artwork and a 60-page collector's booklet with rare photos.

Customer Reviews:

Keep them coming, Capitol!!.......2007-05-18

Okay, we're ready for Vol. 3 now, please! I eagerly await the next four albums, "Yesterday And Today", "Revolver", "Sgt. Pepper" and "Magical Mystery Tour". Is Capitol stalling because of EMI's imminent release of the remastered British albums? I hope not. I'd like to see Capitol finish the series all the way through "Abbey Road". And for good measure, throw in "The Beatles Story" and the UA version of "A Hard Day's Night" while you're at it. If anyone in the marketing department at Capitol is reading this, I implore you to release "Yesterday And Today" with the original butcher cover. It's been more than 40 years since that album's release and I don't think anyone today would find it in poor taste. So come on! Let's get the next four out!

Speculation on Vol 3 release.......2006-05-13

I've read commentary on what might or should be included in the next release in the series, The Capitol Albums Vol 3. Since this series is meant to recreate on CD, the original tracks both in mono and stereo, that capitol released in the U.S. from 1964 through 1967, the only logical choices are Yesterday and Today, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour. All subsequent Beatle albums were released on their Apple label. They should not be included and I trust will not be included in this capitol series. Just a note: A Hard Days Night (the UA version) was released by Capitol in the late 70s' or very early 80s' as was their entire catalogue (including the Apple releases) until EMI decided to release only the European versions in the late 1980s' But only contained stereo mixes in those releases.

Keep Going Through Their Entire Career, Please.......2006-04-14

As you can see, Capitol released the second set of Beatles albums onto CD for the first time in the US configurations. This will represent the four LPs that were originally released during 1965: "The Early Beatles", "Help! Original Soundtrack", "Beatles VI" and "Rubber Soul".

The highlight of this set is definitely the US "Rubber Soul", which actually has a more folksy feel than the UK counterpart. Incredibly, I find it more preferable to the UK one as I find songs like "Drive My Car" kind of out of place in comparison to other material on the US version.

Don't get me wrong, I love "Drive My Car", but since I first heard it on the "Yesterday and Today" compilation in the 70s, I have always thought of it as a 1966 tune, more appropriate for "Revolver" than a 1965 tune on "Rubber Soul". Time has allowed me to get used to the UK version of "Rubber Soul" (We've only had 19 years to listen to this version in the US.), but the US version is one of the best "compilations" of mid-60s Beatles music ever to come out if you don't want to consider it The Beatles actual vision.

As far as the other discs go, they are actually very weak in comparison to other earlier and later material, and with good reason. With constant touring, The Beatles well had basically dried up for a time. So all of the material from the UK "Beatles For Sale" and US "Beatles '65" and "Beatles VI" LPs are slightly more weak. That's just being nitpicky as they always seemed to put out great stuff.

People quibble about the US version of "Help!". I may be in the minority, but I enjoy those Ken Thorne instrumentals. I hope that Capitol sees fit to release the United Artist "A Hard Day's Night" soundtrack with its instrumentals intact as well. It makes it seem like a movie soundtrack than just a collection of songs like the UK "Help!" is.

I definitely prefer the UK "Please Please Me" to the US "The Early Beatles", but what can you do? Capitol got the rights back to the early songs and duly released a belated collection that everyone had purchased a zillion times over on Vee-Jay, so I am glad it is here for that reason alone.

Another MUST BUY!

1ST RUN USES WRONG VI + SOUL MONO MASTERS!.......2006-04-12

FOR FULL DETAILS, SEE MY REVIEW UNDER THE LONGBOX EDITION. Bertram F.Christmas

Average customer rating: Bringin the essence back to Hip Hop 9TH BRINGS THE BEST OUT OF PEOPLE Sleeper......... This album is hot!! Kaze and 9th keep it real

Spirit of 94 Version 9.0 Kaze & 9th Wonder Manufacturer: Brick ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Southern Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sleepers National Mayhem Connected Present Cloud 9: The 3 Day High The Chittlin Circuit 1.5 ASIN: B00080EVLG Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

1. For the Record
2. Locked in Chains
3. So/So Amp
4. Should've Been Here
5. Spirit of '94
6. Soul Dojo [Essence of Life Mix]
7. Stay a Customer
8. Waiting to Exhale - 9th Wonder, , The Kaze, Kaze
9. What's Good?
10. Last Laugh
11. Soul Dojo [Enemy of the State Mix]
12. On [*]
13. Move Over [*] - 9th Wonder, The Kaze, Kaze,

Customer Reviews:

Bringin the essence back to Hip Hop.......2006-08-24

Big ups to Kaze & 9th!!! Finally a new MC (new to most) with great skills keepin the music alive with a stellar LP. If you love hip hop music this will for sure make you feel good. A++

9TH BRINGS THE BEST OUT OF PEOPLE.......2006-06-05

i bought this joint on the strength that it was produced by 9th wonder,and wasn't disappointed at all.kaze exhibits what the south has to offer lyricaly,but gets overlooked & overshadowed by crunk and the rest of that nonsense.kaze talks about more than diamonds and candypaint,his words have substance.subjects range from dealing with shady women to his deceased mother.only drawback to this album is that it's mad short plus it has like 3 versions to "soul dojo". if you want a break from the mainstream go copp this.

Sleeper................2006-02-04

This album is really great. It has the deep- meaningful lyrics you have come to expect from Justus League and some dope beats from 9th Wonder. This guy "Kaze" is great on the mic. I never heard of this guy. Best believe I will be keeping an eye out for his next CD. This is just a fantastic CD to listen to when you get tired of the radio flavored emcees. the soulful production and lyrics make this a perfect Cd to purchase.

This album is hot!!.......2005-11-25

After getting hold of the Little Brother albums, Murs's 3:16, and the Buckshot and 9th Wonder album, i really fell in love with 9THs skills. This album is now my favorite out of the lot, and all of them are superb...

The reason this 1 sits at the top of my pedi stool is Kaze. This guy can spit fire, yet keep his lyrical content inspirational and spiritual. His word play and flow can be stunning at times. Put this together with some of the best beats and sampling 9th has come out with, and you have an album worthy of any hip hop library. From the heartfilled and soulful "Should've Been Here", to the base filled, head knocking "Stay a Customer", Kaze and 9th pump liquid ear candy that would get any true hip hop lover wet.

After truly despising the MTV money grown M.C's like 50 on heavy radio and T.V rotation, it truly keeps my faith in Hip Hop when finding diamonds in the rough like this. Who said Hip Hop is getting old.....

Kaze and 9th keep it real.......2005-11-04

9th Wonder is the best producer and Kaze is a true-spoken cat from Chapel Hill. This album slaps and represents real hip-hop.

Average customer rating: cool ep !!!!!!! nicce You shocked?(...)? Grimm is rockin' Classic from Doom Not their best, but still incredible

MF Grimm & MF Doom MF Grimm , and MF Doom Manufacturer: Brick ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Venomous Villain Escape From Monsta Island! Take Me to Your Leader Vaudeville Villain Live from Planet X ASIN: B0000523ML Release Date: 2000-11-28

Tracks:

1. Doomsday Remix - MF Doom
2. No Snakes Alive - MF Doom
3. Impostas - MF Doom
4. The Original Remix - MF Grimm
5. Break Em Off - MF Grimm
6. Dedicated - MF Grimm
7. The Original - MF Grimm
8. Doomsday Remix (Instrumental) - MF Doom
9. No Snakes Alive (Instrumental) - MF Doom
10. Impostas (Instrumental) - MF Doom
11. The Original Remix (Instrumental) - MF Grimm
12. Break Em Off (Instrumental) - MF Grimm
13. Dedicated (Instrumental) - MF Grimm
14. The Original (Instrumental) - MF Grimm

Album Details

Tag team 7 therse ex-KMD & Fondle'Em Super Villans.

Customer Reviews:

cool ep !!!!!!!.......2005-11-30

this is a very nice ep pick it up if u can

nicce.......2005-11-07

Doom and Grim is a perfect combo and the beats are nice!! These two should have made more songs instead of making 7 of the 14 songs on this cd instrumentals>

You shocked?(...)? Grimm is rockin'.......2004-07-15

Underground, heavy hip hop that never treads paths others have already worn down.

Was lucky enough to find a brand new original pressing of this on vinyl, if you can get a hold of it on any format from anywhere you know you'd better start looking!

Grimm flows like water, to steal a lyric, and doom just seems like he's long since lost the last of his proverbial marbles. Crackin' stuff.

Grimm's disc is superior, but doom's is so good it only goes to show how good grimm is.

No doubt 5/5 for the amazingly hard to come-by Grimm vs. Doom EP.

Classic from Doom.......2003-08-07

This one is a classic. The song Doomsday remix, is one of the best hip hop songs ever made (somewhere top 6). Just listen to the flow and the production. Pure magic. It's up there with Erik B & Rakin - Eric B for president, BDP, Smith & wessun - sound boy burreil and so on. Allso, check out KMD - 'constipated monkey' (=Doom + brother Subroc & others), which is also one of the best songs ever made. Buy the original 12" though, since the sound on the cd-reissue is not so good.

Not their best, but still incredible.......2003-03-11

This CD was the first time I heard Grimm or Doom, and I got it because my Brother in Law is a chess player, and he liked the cover. A split EP between Doom and Grimm, ILL. Grimm beats Doom, his tracks on this CD are incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get Operation: Doomsday, then get The Fall of Ibliss, then get this!

Average customer rating: Elton sets the gold standard A Great Elton John Album Great sound, great album 5 For Album itself but make sure you buy the regular CD not the SACD.... One of the top rock albums ever

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John Manufacturer: Island ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Brothers in Arms Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition Madman Across The Water Captain Fantastic The Stranger ASIN: B0000E64TR Release Date: 2003-11-25

Tracks:

1. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
2. Candle In The Wind
3. Bennie And The Jets
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5. This Song Has No Title
6. Grey Seal
7. Jamaica Jerk-Off
8. I've Seen That Movie Too

Tracks:

1. Sweet Painted Lady
2. The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)
3. Dirty Little Girl
4. All The Young Girls Love Alice
5. Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'N' Roll)
6. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
7. Roy Rogers
8. Social Disease
9. Harmony
10. Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady)
11. Jack Rabbit
12. Screw You (Young Man Blues)
13. Candle In The Wind (Acoustic Mix)

Customer Reviews:

Elton sets the gold standard.......2007-06-21

If there was ever an album that defined the seventies, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" has got to be one of them. It is also the album that comes closest to being what Elton was about at his grandest. Extravagant, over-the-top, melodic and brash, this double album is probably how many from the period would describe both the album and the performer. As such, it redefined music and super stardom, and is a classic.

Stylistically, the 1973 version Elton John and Bernie Taupin were now fearless. They were (to quote a line that eventually became part of "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy") turning them out thick and fast. There was the beautiful, melodic piano work on the title track and "Candle In The Wind," the hard rocking "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" and "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting," the western looking "Social Disease" and the melodrama in "I've seen that movie too" and "Harmony." Seventeen near flawless songs over two albums, and that was following the breakthrough of "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" and the number one "Crocodile Rock" from earlier that same year.

It wasn't just the seeming effortlessness to Elton and Bernie's prolific pace that was so attractive, it was the extravagance. Elton's reputation as a showman had already become the stuff of legend, and in the feverish time of the seventies, he allowed that into the "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" artwork. The original album was a thing of ornate beauty, a triple-fold gate sleeve that expanded out to show Elton stepping into a magic kingdom in ruby red platform shoes. The inner-sleeves were decorated with illustrations for each lyric and the band photos. It was everything you wanted in an album at the time...the full experience. Something you really don't get from too many performers these days.

That is one of the many bonuses of this Deluxe version of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." The album art is faithfully reproduced, plus you get reproductions of some of Bernie's typed lyric sheets with correction and the faces of the mastertape labels. I have to admit that I don't care about - or for - the extra B-sides, as they distract from the original album's structure, are all available elsewhere and aren't very good songs. (The exception being acoustic "Candle In The Wind.") Another nice touch is the "tribute to the genius of Gus Dudgeon."

As such, the deluxe "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is as good as gold, and worth the extra bills. I know it is a cliche, but they just don't make 'em like this anymore.

A Great Elton John Album.......2006-11-16

This album is more than one of Elton's best recordings; it is also one of the best rock albums of all time. The production is excellent, the music is played nearly flawlessly, the lyrics are some of the best Taupin ever wrote, and the music is some of the best Elton has written.

This album starts off with a beautiful instrumental, "Funeral for a Friend," which segues into "Love Lies Bleeding." "Funeral for a Friend" should be experienced rather than described.

Everyone knows "Candle in the Wind." This version is the original, and is a moving tribute to Marilyn Monroe.

"Bennie and the Jets;" the song is pretty good, but didn't come off quite as well as Elton wanted it to. The crowd participated less than Elton had intended. Regardless, the lyrics and music are wonderful, and a bit of insider commentary on pop musicians and their fans.

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is a 70s pop/rock anthem. Every greatest hits of the 70's list includes this song. Played heavily on top 40 radio for several years and now frequently on classic rock stations, this song was an instant classic.

The next two songs are underappreciated. "This Song Has No Title" and "Grey Seal" are both very good songs. There is a serious undertone to "Grey Seal" that hints at perceptions and feelings, and perhaps the difficulty of being an individual in modern society. "Grey Seal" was re-done for "Yellow Brick Road," having been previously recorded in a style more like that of "Empty Sky." The original version can be found on the "Rare Masters" CD. I prefer this version, which is more polished.

"Jamaica Jerk-off" is a silly song. However, someone did their homework because while the song is a bit annoying at times, it fits well where it was positioned on the CD.

"I've Seen That Movie Too" is a bluesy song that is mellow and moving, and relates life to - what else - the movies. If you like soft rock with a touch of heavy, this is a good song. "Sweet Painted Lady" laments the life of prostitutes, and is sad rather than condescending. "The Ballad of Danny Bailey" should be part of a soundtrack to a movie; it feels like it came from a soundtrack. The song contains a fictional story that draws imagery from the fictionalized accounts of characters such as Bonnie and Clyde. This song just as easily could have been the ballad of Clyde Barrow. This well-executed song provides enjoyable listening.

"Dirty Little Girl" is lyrically a bit of a puzzler for me. I was unable to definitely divine Taupin's point. On the surface the lyrics appear to be about someone physically dirty needing a bath with the reference to a social worker, likely someone who is poor. But is there a point to the lyrics? Regardless, this song is one of the rocking songs on this CD, along with two others that appear right after "All the Girls Love Alice," which is a sorrowful song about a young female lesbian.

Two back-to-back rockers follow that are the fastest songs on the CD: "Your Sister Can't Dance" and "Saturday Night's alright for Fighting." These are songs to play at that party you were planning, along with "Dirty Little Girl." Elton John can rock when he chooses.

The last three songs cluster nicely since all three deal with different topics. The first song, "Roy Rogers," I really enjoy though it gives me a strong feeling of nostalgia every time I listen to it. Not really a tribute to Roy Rogers so much as a tribute to old movies and TV shows, the feeling they give you, and memories of days gone by.

"Social Disease" is a mixture of thoughts, but the theme seems to be borderline alcohol abuse. I say borderline because the principal character seems to like his life. Perhaps that is an understatement. The principal character seems to revel in his life.

The last song on this CD is one of Elton's beautiful ballads, "Harmony." As happens so often with some songs, this song is flawed in that it could have been twice as long and even then it might not have been long enough. This song is very beautiful, though there seems to be two themes intertwined that may be aspects of the same theme. One theme is that of love by someone who is on the verge of obsession. The other is a musical question; will I continue to be able to sing well in the future, and for how long? Listening to the song I was unable to pick up on the second theme, but reading the lyrics I realized that the song could be interpreted in the second way.
This version of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," which is in sumptuous hybrid SACD, contains bonus songs. "Jack Rabbit" is the first, "Screw You (Young Man's Blues" is the second, "Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)" is the third, and a version of "Candle in the Wind" is the fourth. The first three songs are also available as bonus songs on some versions of "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player" and in the "Rare Masters" boxed set. These songs are okay and nice to have just to fill out CD space.

If you like Elton's music, then you must be reading this review for curiosity, because you already have "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". If you like pop/rock from the 70s, then you already have "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." If you have heard music from the 70s and want to find the better music from that era, you have hit one of the best. I believe that while the music sounds a little dated in spots, I believe that released today it would still sell songs. Perhaps it might even influence younger artists.

Go buy this CD if you have yet to do so. It is one of pop-rock's greats!

Enjoy!

Great sound, great album.......2006-08-16

...and if you're fortunate enough to find it, I recommend buying the version with the bonus DVD, which chronicles the making of Yellow Brick Road. When I bought it, it cost the same as the 2 SACD set without the DVD, so it was still a great deal.

My only complaint--and it's really minor--is that it would have been nice if they could have fit the original album onto a single SACD. A second disc could have included the bonus tracks that are included in this package, plus any extra--maybe even audio-only interviews--still remaining in the vaults. No matter. The important thing, if you are able, is to make sure you have an SACD-compatible player (like the Pioneer DV-563A, or one of the really expensive players if you've got the cash and love audiophile formats in both your hardware and your CDs). Even if you don't, the stereo CD layer still sounds truly excellent.

5 For Album itself but make sure you buy the regular CD not the SACD...........2006-05-03

But it does not play on all CD players due to it being a SACD.

There is false advertising stating it plays on all CD players. -- Just not on PC players!

False advertising!!! Very disappointed.

Please make sure you put that in your description Amazon and smoke it!

Otherwise a great album indeed!

One of the top rock albums ever.......2006-03-07

In October, 1973 "Goodby Yellow Brick Road" was released as two LPs and re-released in 2003 as a two CD set under the cover of "30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition" in a hybrid SACD format. Wonderful way to treat this classic guys!! I'm not going into great detail because there are other good write-ups here that suffice but I will say that this set belongs in any collectors library. Highlights include: 'Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding', 'Candle In The Wind', 'Bennie and The Jets' (my favorite), 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 'All The Young Girls Love Alice', 'Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting' and a bonus 'Screw You (Young Man Blues)'.

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