Junior [EP]

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Average customer rating: Harmonica mania! Junior Wells (& Buddy Guy): Hoodoo Man Blues One Of The Best Chicago Blues Albums Nobody out does the Hoodoo Man! Junior Wells at his best

Hoodoo Man Blues Junior Wells Manufacturer: Delmark ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Harmonica Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Chicago Blues | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Contemporary Blues | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: West Side Soul The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James His Best Howlin' Wolf: His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) The Original Delta Blues ASIN: B000004BI9 Release Date: 1993-06-10

Tracks:

1. Snatch It Back And Hold It
2. Ships On The Ocean
3. Good Morning Schoolgirl
4. Hound Dog
5. In The Wee Hours
6. Hey Lawdy Mama
7. Hoodoo Man Blues
8. Early In The Morning
9. We're Ready
10. You Don't Love Me Baby
11. Chitlin Con Carne
12. Yonder Wall
13. Hoodoo Man Blues, Alternate
14. Chitlin Con Carne, Alternate

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This 1965 album is where vocalist and harmonica player Junior Wells comes into his own. An early collaboration with Buddy Guy, the two of them sum up the 1960s funk-rock-blues that lay ahead. Hoodoo Man Blues inspired Paul Butterfield, Eric Clapton, and a host of other musician-fans. Wells and Guy don't shy from creating James Brown-funkified blues, or from putting a rock edge to their blues; but neither do they shy from traditional blues. Their version of "Good Morning Little School Girl" is a proper update--still menacing, with less of a country blues feel. Also not to be missed is the instrumental workout "Chitlin Con Carne." --Robert Gordon

Customer Reviews:

Harmonica mania!.......2007-06-25

Junior Wells is one of the premier harmonica players ever to his the blues circuit, and this definitely shows off his talent. Very nice to have Buddy Guy playing guitar along side Junior. If you like Little Walter and Muddy Waters, Junior Wells fits in right along side of them, having replaced Little Walter in Muddy's band after Walter left. Highly recommended to any blues lover!

Junior Wells (& Buddy Guy): Hoodoo Man Blues.......2007-04-08

I'm pretty horrified by the thought that I almost wrote off the praise of this album as hype. It is not just one of the coolest blues CDs I have ever heard, but one of the coolest albums period. Even if you (like me) prefer the Delta Blues but aren't so hot on Chicago -- and *especially* if you dislike Chicago blues because of the tendency for slow, long, boring guitar solos with too much string bendage -- then you need to check this album out. It's tight, contains not one boring solo from beginning to end, and includes some of the best amplified harmonica I've heard (made even better by Wells' tendency to gasp for air right into the microphone between harp blows, the way Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson does when playing his flute). The bass part on "Yonder Wall" will blow your mind. This album has attitude.

One Of The Best Chicago Blues Albums.......2007-01-23

Both Junior Wells and Buddy Guy Shine on this recording. Junior with his all out raw vocal style and killer blues harp and Buddy Guy with a solid riffing rythym. Not enough can be said about either artist on this recording but Buddy is not the Buddy Guy we all know on this album. This Album shows a whole different side of Buddy. Here he is not the bombastic screamer on a fender stratocaster we all know and love but a strong and steady side man with a real heavy groove. Almost no solo's for Buddy on the whole album but his rythym playing shines through and should be an inspiration to every guitarist proving that even the high and mighty can play rythym when needed. The songs are all solid blues and the liner notes well worth the cost of admission. I love everything about this album. One of my favorite spots is "Chitlins Con Carne" A tune written by Kenny Burrell and I have heard many others play it but none quite like this version.

Nobody out does the Hoodoo Man!.......2007-01-16

Junior Wells is my favorite blues harp player. This album was as good as they come, but so many of his that I have I could say the same about. This album is a must for all-out blues harp fans. I love the Hoodoo Man!

Junior Wells at his best.......2007-01-10

I think this product is a "must have" in anyone's blues collection. Having listened to this type of music for over 40 years, I can say that this CD shows the versatility of Junior Wells and you will never get tired of listening to it.

Average customer rating: Hank J.r. As good or better than his father. Country of today is pure Pop! Now This Is Real Rebel Country "Hank, Whyyyy Do You Drink...Whyyyy Do You Roll Smoke?"

Hank Williams, Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol.1 Hank Williams Jr. Manufacturer: Curb Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hank Williams, Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol.2 David Allan Coe - 17 Greatest Hits Hank Williams Jr. - Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 A Decade of Hits Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound: Original Classic Hits, Vol. 4 ASIN: B000000D7C Release Date: 1993-10-05

Tracks:

1. Family Tradition
2. Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound
3. Women I've Never Had
4. Old Habits
5. Kaw-Liga
6. Dixie On My Mind
7. Texas Women
8. The American Dream
9. A Country Boy Can Survive
10. All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)

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This is Hank Jr. in his late-'70s/early-'80s version, that brief moment after he'd discovered a sound and persona that wasn't just inherited but before he devolved into a good-old-boy caricature. Not that Bocephus isn't engaging in some posturing here already--the preposterous "Texas Women," for example, could stand unaltered as a Saturday Night Live parody of redneck lechery. More often, though, the 10 hit singles on this disc combine a low-key brand of Southern rock boogie with plenty of twang to fashion a wholly distinctive take on country tradition. Williams's work here is always indelible, and though he likes to drop his daddy's name a bit too often, it's hard to argue with introspective numbers like "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" and "Family Tradition," which each offer a unique and timeless take on the honky-tonk blues. --David Cantwell

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Hank J.r........2007-05-02

The CD Hank Williams J.r. greatest hits is a great CD, and his famous song Famliy Tradtion is on this CD. There are ten song on this CD. Hank Williams J.r.talks about his dad in the song Family Tradtion. This is a great CD to listen to.


Ethan

As good or better than his father........2007-01-23

This album should be considered a classic for collectors for a long time to come. Well worth the amount paid for it.

Country of today is pure Pop!.......2006-01-28

This is great. Generally, Country Music is weak. Tim McGraw, Brooks and Dunn, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and Randy Travis all create simple music for simple people. That is a fact.
But Hank serves up the real deal. Buy this and play it loud. Maybe you can drown out phonys of country. Better yet! Blast it in your F150's, while you run over the Nashville's corporate pretty boys.

Now This Is Real Rebel Country.......2005-02-19

Even though trendy folks like Gretchen Wilson and Big And Rich are abusively gripping to his coattails, you have to remember that Hank, Jr. wasn't always the popular kid on the Nashville schoolbus. It took them years to recognize him as a true performer who stood on his own. Perhaps it was having to deal with the shadow of his father, or just that Nashville didn't want him to be a popular act, Bocephus never received his due until he was well into his career.

Hank, Jr. remedied the problem of being the outcast in Nashville by doing what so many artists can't do: be himself. Sure, he's loud, a little too honest, and just a flat-out hellraiser, but that's what folks like to hear. That's what has staying power.

This disc, which features Bocephus' biggest hits from the late 70's/early 80's, is loaded with enough attitude to shake up even the biggest poser in Nashville. Things open up with "Family Tradition," the song that is a legend unto itself in bars and honky-tonks across the USA. Next we have "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound," "Women I've Never Had," and seven more instantly recognizable hits. My personal favorites include "Texas Women"(maybe 'cause I married one), and "Dixie On My Mind."

The biggest song on this disc has to be "A Country Boy Can Survive." It's the song that has spawned countless arguments over what would happen if the world fell apart tomorrow. It has empowered the good, bad, and ugly of the rural world. It makes city boys quiver in their metrosexual underpants. In short, it is one of the most popular songs ever put out there. It's influence is still felt today in acts like Montgomery Gentry and even Kid Rock.

In closing, buy this disc if you want real rebel country. Folks who like music by artists like Waylon Jennings will probably like this. Also, youngsters who enjoy Kid Rock need to check this out since without Hank, Kid Rock might have turned out to be another Vanilla Ice.

Give Bocephus his due, he's an integral part of the Country/Southern rock genre.

"Hank, Whyyyy Do You Drink...Whyyyy Do You Roll Smoke?".......2004-04-18

Hank Williams Jr. made me a Country Music fan. He mixes the perfect blend of Southern Rock and Country into his songs, creating music that even folks who dislike country music can learn to love; but make no mistake, it's without question classic Country music, and dang good music at that. This CD is a list of hits from 1979-1981, and if you're new to Hank's music, it's a good place to start getting acquainted with him.

What I love about Hank is that he shamelessly let's you know that he's a country boy and that he's proud of it. He's a real maverick and blazes his own trail instead of following country music trends. Hank does his thing and makes no apologies for it. If for no other reason, I personally would listen to his music for that reason alone.

Some of my favorites on this CD are the incomparable good-time bad-boy songs, "Family Tradition," "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound," and "Women I've Never Had." If you've never had a good time drinkin' with Hank in the speakers, you're missin' out and need to toss back a few with the music blaring! Then there's one of the proud anthems for country folks all around America, "A Country Boy Can Survive," which is a favorite around my hillbilly-in-laws' house. Then there's the sober, "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)," which is still a fun song to listen to even though all his rowdy friends have settled and "rowdy'd on down."

How can anyone not like Bocephus? He's plain spoken and sings his songs like he's just there to have a good time. Hey, anyone who sings a song that proclaims, "He likes happy and don't like sad," is worth listening to in my book; and any guy who sings songs about a ramblin' man, while askin' for a cold one in his hand is my kind of guy.

Don't stop to think it over, just put yourself in his position. Buy this CD, and make it a family tradition! It's a classic and worth every penny. Yee-Haw!!!!

Average customer rating: Go Harry! for our wedding song Wonderful! Kind of blah... Houndslair

Only You Harry Connick Jr. Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | 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 Contemporary | Vocal Pop | 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 $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: We Are in Love Come by Me Oh, My Nola Harry For The Holidays Blue Light, Red Light ASIN: B000127EUQ Release Date: 2004-02-03

Tracks:

1. More
2. The Very Thought Of You
3. Save The Last Dance For Me
4. My Blue Heaven
5. You Don't Know Me
6. All These Things
7. For Once In My Life
8. Only You
9. My Prayer
10. Other Hours
11. I Only Have Eyes For You
12. Good Night My Love (Pleasant Dreams)

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Having long been unfairly dismissed as an ingenious Sinatra impersonator in some critical quarters, it's easy to see why Harry Connick, Jr., has been reluctant to record the sort of pop standards cover album that's become the career refuge of rock artists as diverse as Bryan Ferry and Rod Stewart. But that's exactly what the New Orleans pop revivalist has done here on a slate of familiar chestnuts from the 1950s and '60s. But there's a notable conflict at work between Connick the arranger/conductor and Harry the pop crooner. The former seems eager to infuse his charts with the sort of restless, reinventive musicality he's displayed on recent works as diverse as the stage foray Thou Shalt Not and the neo-bop jazz instrumental collection it inspired, Other Hours, bringing to bear arranging influences as diverse as Ray Charles and Nelson Riddle. But the oft Sinatra-smitten vocalist cruising over those masterfully stripped-down arrangements and bluesy, laconic tempos still seems sometimes reluctant to step out of The Chairman's long shadows--and occasionally basks in them, as on the repeated "Jilly" references in "My Blue Heaven." Still, it's artistically head and shoulders above most marketing-driven retro collections, an album that should delight the Connick faithful with its jazzy arrangements and bittersweet takes on the title track and "I Only Have Eyes For You"--and maybe win a few new converts willing to forgive the periodic genuflection to Sinatra. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Go Harry!.......2007-01-08

I love this CD. My daughter (8), son (2) and I know every word to every song. They love making up moves to My Blue Heaven, while I swirl around the kitchen cooking dinner. This song is great for mellowing out, or a classy evening of entertainment at home. Something about this CD just invites candlelight and a glass of wine. This is my first HCJ disc, and I was so excited to peruse his collection. Honestly I don't like anything else he's put out as much as I adore this album! And hey, I was born in the 70s too. I can dig it.

for our wedding song.......2006-12-09

After we played "for once in my life" from this CD as our "first dance" at our wedding, I had not only my entire family, but my 5 year old niece singing/dancing/playing this song 24/7!! A nice alternative to Britney Spears for a while.

Wonderful! .......2006-09-05

Harry Connick is amazing on this CD! It's soft and romantic and jazzy all at the same time! It makes you want to marry him!! :) I can't wait to buy another of his CDs!!

Kind of blah..........2006-04-12

I am a huge Harry Connick fan, have seen him in concert... own many of his recordings... listen to his Christmas albums to the point of annoyance...

That being said, I wasn't all that thrilled with this album. I purchased it for my wife for Valentine's Day but it's taken a backseat on the shelf for us.

Maybe I'm just used to the remakes of a lot of these songs, but the tempo that HC uses here is just way too slow and boring. The arrangements are nondescript and overall it's just kind of blah.

Personally, I'll stick with his other big band albums like Songs I Heard, We Are in Love, Come by Me, When Harry met Sally (soundtrack) and the Christmas albums.

Houndslair.......2006-03-09

My husband bought me this for my Birthday. I suppose it was supposed to be romantic, but it about put me to sleep and definitely out of the mood. I am not into the swing band era. Perhaps being born in the seventy's puts me at a disadvantage for appreciating this type of music.

Average customer rating: Excellent music even if it's not exactly the actual soundtrack When Harry Met Sally: Music from the Motion Picture Great film! How good this is depends on what you're looking for Must say, this best jazz vocal cd ever heard

When Harry Met Sally: Music From The Motion Picture Harry Connick Jr. Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | 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 Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sleepless In Seattle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack We Are in Love Blue Light, Red Light Come by Me You've Got Mail: Music From The Motion Picture ASIN: B0000026V6 Release Date: 1989-07-13

Tracks:

1. It Had To Be You (With Big Band And Vocals)
2. Love Is Here To Stay
3. Stompin' At The Savoy
4. But Not For Me
5. Winter Wonderland
6. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
7. Autumn In New York
8. I Could Write A Book
9. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
10. It Had To Be You (Instrumental Trio)
11. Where Or When

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Plucked from the piano bars of New Orleans, Harry Connick Jr. was an unlikely choice to pen the soundtrack for a major Hollywood release. But everyone concerned hit the jackpot. As with the best of Connick's music, When Harry Met Sally resonates with a whimsical yet sophisticated and urbane energy. That smooth, breathy tenor, combined with some inventive arrangements, brought color and setting to the film, playing a plum supporting role for Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. Beyond the film, this collection of reworked standards stands on its own quite well. A lustrous vocal line bookends the hopping instrumental swing in the middle of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," playing that song's central melancholy up with a Nelson Riddle-esque big-band sweep. Connick's take on "Love Is Here to Stay" puts a gentle cha-cha behind the familiar verses, slowly working in a lazily wandering tenor sax. By the time the record fades out in a hushed, tender rendition of "Where or When," Connick has managed to thoroughly charm us, whether we'd seen the movie or not. --Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews:

Excellent music even if it's not exactly the actual soundtrack.......2007-03-06

Rob Reiner's movie entitled When Harry Met Sally deserves the fine soundtrack it had; and this CD of songs based on the movie soundtrack will delight you, too. Sure, these renditions are not what you'll hear when you watch the movie; but this CD gives us plenty to be happy about anyway.

Harry Connick, Jr. was just hitting the big time when he was tapped for this film; and this CD proves he had great talent from the start. Even though he was a mere 21 at the time these songs were recorded, Harry displays a mature and polished sensitivity to the nuances in the lyrics of these songs. Harry croons wonderfully on this CD.

The CD opens with "It Had To be You" with Harry Connick, Jr. playing piano and singing the vocals. The big band arrangement by Marc Shaiman shines brightly as this grand music flows so silky smooth through your speakers. "Our Love Is Stay" gets the Latin slow dance treatment with Frank Wess on tenor saxophone and Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums. Harry and the musicians are in total synchronicity for this number--I love it!

Other special tracks on this CD include the high octane arrangement for the instrumental rendition of "Stompin' At The Savoy;" the bluesy "But Not For Me" with its excellent orchestral arrangement and the angst expressed by words and music in the number entitled "Don't Get Around Much Anymore." Moreover, "Autumn In New York" boasts a great arrangement for piano--and as always on this CD, Harry plays it to perfection!

"Let's call The Whole Thing Off" begins with Benjamin Jonah Wolfe on a brief bass solo; and Harry joins in singing marvelously. Once again we get a beautiful arrangement by Marc Shaiman--awesome!

The CD ends with an instrumental rendition of "It Had To be You" which gets a faster cabaret-type beat than it received on the first track of this CD as well as the romantic, pensive number entitled "Where Or When" performed by Harry Connick, Jr. The piano solo for "Where Or When" moves me and I'm sure that you'll love it, too.

Congratulations to Harry Connick, Jr. on his coup with this album; and the arrangements by Marc Shaiman impress me greatly.

The liner notes feature the song credits and there is a brief essay by Rob Reiner, director and producer of When Harry Met Sally. You get some great color still photos from the film, too.

Harry Connick, Jr. and these exceptional musicians weave a magic spell to create a remarkably professional album. This CD gives you a festival of music you won't forget anytime soon. I highly recommend this CD for fans of classic pop vocals; and fans of Harry Connick, Jr. will love every moment of this CD.

When Harry Met Sally: Music from the Motion Picture.......2007-01-09

I loved the music in this movie, but the soundtrack just doesn't seem like the same music of versions of the music. I only listened to it once.

Great film!.......2006-10-30

One of my all time favorite comedies. When two college grads, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan drive together to NY to start their new jobs, they can't stand each other. Crystal acts like a jerk, while Meg is persnickity and can't wait until he's out of her car and her life. Every now and then they run into each other. Meg has a boyfriend, and Billy is married. Neither relationships work out. So they finally stop arguing, and in time become good friends. But when romance enters the scene, neither knows how to handle it. Not woth missing. And the music background is wonderful.

How good this is depends on what you're looking for.......2005-11-04

If you're looking at this because you want the actual songs played in the movie WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, this ain't it. These are songs that were heard in the movie in renditions by New Orleans jazzer Harry Connick, Jr. (who was quite literally a 'young lion' at the time of this recording..just 21) rather than the cuts from Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra that were in the flick. [Connick DID sing "Don't get around much anymore" in the movie along with a medley of "It had to be you/Let's call the whole thing off/But not for me" (over the ending credits) but those are different versions than the ones heard here.] Connick's band DID provide much of the score with instrumental renderings of "Autumn in New York","Isn't it romantic?", "I could write a book", "The tables have turned". "Stomping at the Savoy", "But not for me", "Say it isn't so" and "Don't be that way".

So if you are looking for an actual soundtrack to WHMS, sorry to tell you it doesn't exist. You'll need to buy several CDs and burn your own. If however you're open to hearing more of that voice from the movie, read on.

Connick could be one of the last of the crooners, utilizing creamy smooth vocals, however he keeps the delivery diverse thanks to his jazz chops. He's not afraid to do new things with arrangements of hoary old standards (like his take on "Winter Wonderland" that turns the familiar carol into Naw'lins boogie-woogie or making big band showcase "Stompin' at the Savoy" into a trio number).

Those who are looking for "big band" might find this recording disappointing: only "It Had to Be You", "But Not for Me", and "I Could Write a Book" actually fit THAT mold. Most of this reminds me more of a smoky nightclub: tasty small combo playing with an emphasis on subtlety more than brassy braggadocio. The focus is quite squarely on Connick's vocals and piano. For this reason, this is probably a love it or hate it proposition: If you don't like Connick's voice you'll loathe it, if you like it you'll adore the disc.

HIGHLIGHTS:
A bossa nova backbeat from the sticks of "Tain" Watts makes for a distinctive version of "Love is Here to Stay". Frank Wess contributes a breathy tenor sax to the proceedings, commenting on the phrases Connick sings before adding a relaxed solo. A trio of Connick, bassist Benjamin Jonah Wolfe, and drummer Watts conjures up plenty of sound on a swinging version of Benny Goodman stand-by "Stompin' at the Savoy". Harry's work on the ivories is shown to best advantage here. For "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" he plays it two ways: Is the character simply too LAZY to "get around"? The lackadaisical tone up until the bridge would suggest that, but then the band charges in up until the close to reveal the passion and fire lying underneath...he really CAN'T bear it without her after all. Connick adlibs "I need you baby" as he faces the prospect of yet another lonely night. The finger-snapping hipster opening of "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" is delightful. By the end of the tune, Connick is a jovial store-front preacher testifying to his band as they shout out "Call it off!" in reply.

LOWS:
There's way too much melodrama in "But not for Me"..it sounds a bit too much like a Walt Disney song. The arrangement of "Autumn in New York" is simply too busy...too much is happening with the rhythm that distracts from the melody.

BOTTOM LINE:
It's not the soundtrack. It IS nice modern jazz interpretations of time-tested classics and it hangs together well. If you have a love for vocal jazz, you should give this a listen.

3 1/2 stars

Must say, this best jazz vocal cd ever heard.......2005-06-21

Cannot complain about cd, it is one of favorites, in entire collection. Love jazz, so when heard soundtrack at friends house, asked if Sinatra, said no Harry Connick Jr. Then went to store bount immidiately. Never have stopped playing since, one of favorites. Connick have smokey voice, and great Thelonios Monk meeets swing style of piano playing. Connick has big band with unique arrangements, very swing but as same time very jazz. Ah so!!! Great cd!!!

Average customer rating: Repackaged New Year's Concert 1984 with VPO, etc. I am glad I bought this one Great Music as usual A gem! Amazing truly Amazing

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Tracks:

1. The Blue Danube - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
2. Anna Polka - (French Polka) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
3. Morning Papers - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
4. At The Hunt - (Polka) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
5. Light of Heart - (Fast Polka) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
6. Wine, Women And Song - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
7. Pleasure - Train - (Fast Polka) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
8. Vienna Bonbons - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
9. Perpetual Motion - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
10. Accelarations - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
11. Pizzicato - Polka - (Johann And Josef Strauss) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
12. Tales From The Vienna Woods - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.

Tracks:

1. The Emperor Waltz - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Thunder and Lightning - (Fast Polka) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
3. Die Fledermaus: Overture - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Voices of Spring - (Waltz) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
5. Prince Methusalem: Bandit Gallop - (From 'Prince Methusalem') - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Artist's Life - (Waltz) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
7. Persian March - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
8. Roses from the South - (Waltz) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
9. Eljen a Magyar! - (Fast Hungarian Polka) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Chit-Chat Polka - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
11. Vienna Blood - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
12. Radetzky-March - (Johann Strauss, Father) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Repackaged New Year's Concert 1984 with VPO, etc........2005-02-23

If I'm not mistaken, most of the pieces were recorded originally live during a 1984 New Year's Concert conducted by Lorin Maazel with the Vienna Philharmonic playing in its grand concert hall, the Musikverein. Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic have had a longstanding relationship dating from the 1960's, and without question, this CD does rank among my favorite New Year's Concert performances (However, the most mesmerizing ones I've heard have been those with the late Carlos Kleiber and Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.) for the superb quality of the Vienna Philharmonic's playing. Maazel leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in some of the most popular works composed by the Strauss family, most notably Johann II Strauss' Tales from the Vienna Woods Waltz, Emperor Waltz, Pizzicato Polka, Blue Danube Waltz and his father's Radetzky March, which traditionally closes out the annual New Year's Concert. Fans of the Strauss family, Vienna Philharmonic and Lorin Maazel, will not be disappointed with this excellent two CD compilation.

I am glad I bought this one.......2003-04-25

I listen to this cd to relax and it is so soothing. It starts with The blue Danube, which is my favorite. But the rest of the songs do not disapoint.

Great Music as usual.......2002-10-08

This is great recording,
I enjoy listening to it
veru much. This is a
compilation of all the
favorite waltzes by
the Strauss family, that
one might hear at a
New Year's eve concert
of the Vienna Philharmonic...
All waltzes and Polkas are
favorites of audiences everywhere
in the world...

A gem!.......2001-10-29

Who else knows Strauss better than Viennese? I attest that no other orchestra in the world plays Strauss better than the Vienna Philharmonic. Their light sound is exactly what the composer wanted, and it really makes other clumsy, heavy attempts by some other orchestras like Berlin and Chicago seem pathetic.

As far as the content of these CDs go, they are fantastic. They have every waltz, march, and polko of Strauss II that you could possibly want, as well as a nice addition of "Radetzky March" by the composer's father. If you are looking for a Johann Strauss Jr. CD, get this one!

Amazing truly Amazing.......2000-05-09

This 2 CD is amazing. It is great for plane rides and other things. I always listen to it at work. Allmost every song on this CD is beautiful and graceful. The blue danube is a classic and my personal favorite song on this album. Some of the songs are okay but none are bad. Overall this is an amazing 2 CD collection and it is worth every cent of your money . . .

Average customer rating: GREAT, GREAT The Sweetest Sax this Side of Heaven Junior Walker & the All-Stars Great Trumpet Consensual Sax

The Ultimate Collection Junior Walker & the All-Stars Manufacturer: Motown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music Motown | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music R&B | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits The Best of Sam & Dave The Very Best of Sam & Dave The Very Best of Wilson Pickett ASIN: B000001AO1 Release Date: 1997-10-07

Tracks:

1. Shotgun
2. Shake And Fingerpop
3. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
4. Cleo's Mood
5. Shoot Your Shot
6. (I'm A) Road Runner
7. Pucker Up Buttercup
8. Do The Boomerang
9. Tune Up
10. Money (That's What I Want)
11. Come See About Me
12. Sweet Soul
13. Cleo's Back
14. Satan's Blues
15. Hip City - Pt. ll
16. Home Cookin'
17. Twist Lackawanna
18. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
19. These Eyes
20. Gotta Hold On To This Feeling
21. Do You See My Love (For You Growing)
22. Take Me Girl, I'm Ready
23. Way Back Home
24. Walk In The Night
25. Last Call

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Saxophonist Jr. Walker was the most gutbucket of Motown's consistent '60s hit makers. Even when trying his hardest to conform to label formulas ("What Does It Take [To Win Your Love]," "Gotta Hold On to This Feeling"), he sounded like he'd be just as much at home in the backroom of a barbecue joint. When pursuing his muse in even more minimalist form ("Shotgun," "[I'm a] Road Runner," the smoky "Cleo's Mood"), he sounded like the owner of the place. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

GREAT, GREAT.......2007-06-08

I one of people who do not have much liking for much of the music of today, I guess you can say I'm into the what they call 'Old School' style
of music.
This CD by Jr. Walker & the All-Stars has so much 'Soul' that it brings back that spirit when artist could sing and they were able to carry
a message in their songs where it made you feel good a time when artist could play instruments. To understand what I'm trying to say go to number 23 on this CD 'Way back home' I don't have
to say much more. If this CD do not move you then you don't have SOUL.

The Sweetest Sax this Side of Heaven.......2007-02-03

Nobody, I mean nobody, played saxophone like Junior Walker. When he passed away several years ago, the world of Rock and Soul suffered a major loss. This collection provides a rich history of Junior and his legacy as an artist. I challenge anyone to listen to songs like "Home Cookin", the seminal "Shotgun", "How Sweet it Is", and numerous others, and see if you can sit still. I guarantee you'll be moving to the music! But Junior's sax can evoke other moods as well. On "What Does It Take", (a major hit in 1969, and one of my all-time favorite songs), you can feel the despair and desperation in his voice and sax. He also reaches the heighths of happiness and exuberance on songs such as: "Gotta Hold On To This Feeling", "Take Me Girl I'm Ready", and "Do You See My Love".

I was privileged to see Junior Walker and the All Stars live in concert twice. This CD stimulates warm memories for me, and every song is a winner. Junior, I miss you, man.

Junior Walker & the All-Stars.......2007-01-10

This C. D. is just what I was looking for, to copy some sounds on the sax....J. W. was really ahead of his time ...

Great Trumpet.......2007-01-10

This product is recommended for true lovers of great music. I hope other albums by the same artist could be made available.

Consensual Sax.......2006-11-05

Junior Walker wrote the book on soul, R&B, and funk sax, nobody has touched him since. His singing was not flashy, but it was strong, and he succeeded by staying within his comfort zone.

Even as a kid plugged into Motown I noticed that Jr. Walker & The All Stars stood apart. For one thing, the sax was up front, ahead of the vocals. More than that though, JW&TAS had an earthy, funky groove that was raw, authentic, and infectious. While the other Motown acts were going for smooth, Walker went for the down-home, house party foot stomp.

What I didn't know then was that the folks at Motown had made a conscious decision to step back and let Junior do his thing. The times they did decide to run him through the Motown mill produced his most forgettable efforts, (How Sweet It Is, Come See About Me, What Does It Take, and These Eyes.)

Songs like Shotgun, Shake And Fingerpop, I'm A Road Runner, and Pucker Up Buttercup caused uptight, suburban teenagers to leap out of their seats and be transformed by the sheer joy of line dancing. Walker's music felt good all the way down to the shoes.

No discussion of Junior Walker is complete without mentioning Cleo's Mood, arguably the sexiest, sultriest song ever recorded by anyone. He stretches the groove out in Cleo's Back, and shows it off again in the outrageously slinky Satan's Blues. Sweet!

Many obscure gems on this anthology. Tune Up is the perfect throwdown track while Twist Lackawanna is so hot it could only have been played before an intermission. Hip City, though not obscure, is wonderful to hear again. Folks, if it gets any better than this - nobody told me.

Average customer rating: Essential Down-Home Blues Essential Blues Great Collection but Not All Inclusive A True Icon of Blues No-frills, serious but fun

You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough Junior Kimbrough Manufacturer: Fat Possum ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Burnside on Burnside Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down First Recordings Chulahoma Worried ASIN: B00006AWM0 Release Date: 2002-08-27

Tracks:

1. Release Me
2. All Night Long
3. Meet Me in the City
4. You Better Run
5. Done Got Old
6. Sad Days, Lonely Nights
7. Old Black Mattie
8. Most Things Haven't Worked Out
9. I'm Leaving You Baby
10. Keep on Braggin'
11. Tramp
12. Nobody But You

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When Junior Kimbrough died in January 1998, part of the spirit of Mississippi hill-country blues went with him. He was a proud musician, aware of his African roots and his artistic singularity--perhaps the last unique voice in the genre. The sound of his bawling singing and unpredictable, serpentine guitar were as eerie as a warm wind humming through a field of tombstones, as hypnotic as the ancient village drum music it was based on, thanks to his complete command of his rhythm sections. This collection serves full notice of Kimbrough's authenticity, from his first recording, an impromptu-sounding "Release Me" played with rockabilly cult figure Charlie Feathers, through his last '90s albums for Fat Possum. It's in the latter cases that Kimbrough paints a colorful portrait of his hardscrabble life just above the Delta. Rape is wrongly equated with love (in the brutal-but-fascinating title track), and sexual prowess ("All Night Long") is the only true coin of manhood. Finally, "Done Got Old" serves as the best epitaph for this blues hell-raiser, whose decades of bootlegging, boozing, and womanizing seemed to catch up with him in his final years. Nonetheless, that song and the 11 others prove that no matter how tired and worn he became, Kimbrough's crackling music never lost its edge or its feeling of danger and menace. --Ted Drozdowski

Album Description

A career spanning collection of tracks from one of the most influential & original blues musicians in the past fifty years, Junior Kimbrough, hailed by such folks as Bono & Iggy Pop as a primal force in American music, Junior never reached the mass audience that he deserved while alive, but his music endures & continues to be discovered by music fans from all walks of life. 12 awesome tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Essential Down-Home Blues.......2007-06-19

"You Better Run - The Essential Junior Kimbrough" serves as a fascinating collection of tunes from one of the most hypnotically, bare-bones musicians on the twentieth century.

Junior Kimbrough was a Mississippi Delta bluesman to the core, and these tunes, all recorded live, reveal a classic musician who perfomed at his own juke joint in the Mississippi woods, and seemed to be playing for himself as much, if not more, than for others.

"All Night Long," "Meet Me In The City," "Done Got Old," "You Better Run," and the outstanding "Most Things Haven't Worked Out" display Kimbrough rough-hewd vocals and mezmerizing guitar playing.

This collection shows that there will always be musicians who live and play on their own terms. Junior Kimbrough was definitely one of the best.

Essential Blues.......2007-04-20

You thought Robert Johnson's Hellhound On My Trail was spooky? You haven't heard anything until you've heard Junior Kimbrough's You Better Run. How this brand of blues was overlooked for so many years is inexplicable, yet understandable as the Mississippi delta and Chicago styles of blues dominates what record labels choose to release. But up in the hill country of north Mississippi a different style of blues developed. You can hear echoes of it in Mississippi Fred McDowell and John Lee Hooker. Thank God that Fat Possum Records brought bluesmen like Kimbrough, RL Burnside, and T-Model Ford into the studio and preserved this music for future generations. Start here, then search Amazon for "Fat Possum." You will never listen to blues the same way again.

Great Collection but Not All Inclusive.......2006-08-02

I am not one to write a review when so many people have already said so much (and they are all spot on) but there was something I needed to add here. This was the first Junior Kimbrough album I bought and it blew me away. I love Junior Kimbrough's brand of punk blues. Enjoying this collection prompted me to pick up all his other works (6 CDs in all) and they were all worth it. What I'm getting to, in a roundabout way, is that not all Junior's albums are represented on this collection. His two earliest Do the Rump and All Night Long seem to be left off of this collection, or at least the versions of songs from those albums. It is worth your money to buy this as a starter but I deplore you not to stop there pick up Junior's other works- he really deserves the spotlight which he has never gotten.

A True Icon of Blues.......2006-05-20

Everything that the above reviewers stated I thank them for. What you hear is respect for the music of a stand up man that worked and had his own, very unique way of expressing himself. A gem, a jewel; Like all the Masters, his music has the uniqueness that is David Junior Kimbrough.

I grew up in Houston listening to Sam Hopkins on records and after I got older, in person. If one could have managed to put aside the egos that most hard working, hard playing real blues players need[ed] to survive, I can only imagine what that collaboration might have sounded like. Junior taken Lightin' into the mystical, hypnotic place, and Sam workin' fearlessly, fiercely, and deep behind Junior in a whole new scene as only he could have done. Where ever they are, I know they are friends; sitting on a porch somewhere; maybe a little jug on the floor between them, and keepin' the good lord slappin' his hand on his knee and shufflin' his feet to the beat whenever he/she/they is[are] in the neighborhood...

No-frills, serious but fun.......2006-01-06

For those who value the unspoiled era of Blues music, You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough is a highly recommended addition to your collection. The music is pure.

Average customer rating: Not Bad A Must Have... The Legend continues . . . Halfway Tree-Reinvention of Rebel Music I LOVE HIS VOICE!

Halfway Tree Damian "Junior Gong" Marley Manufacturer: Motown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dance Hall | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | Compilations | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Welcome to Jamrock Mr. Marley Mind Control Dragonfly Lion in the Morning ASIN: B00005NWKI Release Date: 2001-09-11

Tracks:

1. Educated Fools
2. More Justice
3. It Was Written
4. Catch A Fire
5. Still Searchin'
6. She Needs My Love
7. Mi Blenda
8. Where Is The Love
9. Harder (Interlude)
10. Born To Be Wild
11. Give Dem Some Way
12. Half Way Tree (Interlude)
13. Paradise Child
14. Stuck In Between
15. Half Way Tree
16. Stand A Chance

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Covering everything from roots reggae to dancehall, culture to (mild) slackness, and hip-hop to R&B, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley's sophomore offering, Halfway Tree, bridges the gap between several disparate Jamaican sounds. "Where Is The Love?"--set to a slinky American R&B rhythm--juxtaposes the youngest Marley's roughneck toasting against Ruff Ryder Eve's assertive feminist rap. His posh uptown pedigree can be observed in the smooth grooves and salsa-infected vibes of the Sly & Robbie-produced "She Needs My Love," which also showcases graceful vocalization by Yami Bolo. "Catch a Fire," featuring brother Stephen's raw silk harmonies, drops some straightforward African diaspora history in a classic roots reggae style, deconstructing and updating their father Bob's classic "Slave Driver." Overall, Halfway Tree is above average, and "Give Dem Some Way" is the album's most outstanding selection. After opening with a truly funny spoken-word intro, a funky bass-drum-and-flute "wild apache" beat kicks in, and then Jr. Gong and talented newcomer Izzy set it off for the educated rude-bwoy youth. --Rebecca Levine

Customer Reviews:

Not Bad.......2007-06-05

I was expecting a lot more from this album and was so excited when it was released. I found it to be a disappointment, probably because my expectations were so high. I'd recommend his second album much more highly.

A Must Have..........2007-04-24

When I first heard this album, I was blown away. This is not a reggae album, as most ppl describe it. But a classic nonetheless. Jamrock is a little more matured in lyrical content but this album is very deep lyrically as well. If I had to choose between Jamrock and Halfway Tree, I honestly couldn't have one without the other. That's how important this album is. If you have Jamrock, and you don't have Halfway Tree, then you are missing out tremendously. Or you aren't really a Jr. fan.

The Legend continues . . ........2006-09-02

One of the best reggae albums I've heard in some time with its raw, driving, hard and relevant lyrics. I like this one even better than Jamrock. This brother has a style that is his own, and his interpretation of the Marley message will ensure that the word of the Last Known Living Prophet survives . . . If you like hard unfiltered reggae, you'll love this one.

Halfway Tree-Reinvention of Rebel Music.......2006-08-24

Halfway Tree, Damian Marley's major label debut is a ground-breaking blend of reggae riddims and dancehall bass lines. beginning with the electrifying reality rhyming of Educated Fools, and pushing into more solemn and inspirational songs such as It Was Written (my favorite), he then pays a beautiful homage to his father in Catch a Fire, doing a very worthy job putting a modern twist to Bob's Slave Driver. From there Damian moves into some R&B and more dance-able tunes, but brings the revolutionary spirit back with the Halfway Tree Selah, and with the humbling social critiques of Stand a Chance. Overall, this album is a well-rounded and fantastic reinvention of Rebel Music and Damian shows his roots and inspirations, mixing everything together, and creating an album that you can dance too and draw inspiration from. His BEST album!
You can lead a revolution with this stuff...

I LOVE HIS VOICE!.......2006-08-05

I am totally in love with Damian Marley's voice. It is edgy, but smooth and incredibly easy to hear. I have all of his albums and there is absolutely NO WAY you can get tired of listening to him sing. On this album, one of my favorite songs is "Still Searchin'". You can't get enough! Seriously. If you are not convinced, listen to the sample. A girl could fall in love, literally! I highly recommend this album to anyone. Very well put together!

Average customer rating: NOT COMPLETE claasic country Hank Walliams Jr. bocephuspalooza Almost Perfect

The Complete Hank Williams Jr. Hank Williams Jr. Manufacturer: Curb Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Box Sets | Stores | Music Box Sets at 30% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Bocephus Box That's How They Do It In Dixie - The Essential Collection Ultimate Waylon Jennings David Allan Coe - 17 Greatest Hits 40 #1 Hits ASIN: B00000IFW5 Release Date: 1999-04-06

Tracks:

1. Mobile Boogie
2. I Fought The Law
3. Family Tradition
4. Whisky Bent and Hell Bound
5. Women I've Never Had
6. Kaw-Liga
7. Old Habits
8. Texas Women
9. Dixie On My Mind
10. All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)
11. A Country Boy Can Survive
12. All For The Love of Sunshine - (with the Mike Curb Congregation)
13. Honky Tonkin'
14. The American Dream
15. If Heaven Ain't A Lot Like Dixie

Tracks:

1. Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight
2. Leave Them Boys Alone
3. Queen Of My Heart
4. Man of Steel
5. Attitude Adjustment
6. All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight
7. Major Moves
8. I'm For Love
9. This Ain' Dallas
10. Ain't Misbehavin
11. Country State of Mind
12. Mind Your Own Business
13. Born To Boogie
14. Heaven Can't Be Found
15. Young Country

Tracks:

1. If The South Woulda Won
2. That Old Wheel
3. Early In The Morning and Late At Night
4. There's A Tear In My Beer - (with Hank Williams Sr.)
5. Finders Are Keepers
6. T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness
7. Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'
8. Don't Give Us A Reason
9. If It Will It Will
10. Angels Are Hard To Find
11. Come On Over To The Country
12. Everything Comes Down To Money and Love
13. I Ain't Goin' Peacefully
14. Hog Wild
15. I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - (with Hank Williams Sr./Hank Williams III)

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Hank Jr.'s career stands as the most frustrating of all modern honky-tonkers', as much for the way the industry has managed his immense catalogue as for the way he has managed his undeniable gifts as a songwriter and singer. At three CDs, Curb's overview is a far cry from "complete": his best work, especially the tough, bluesy songs of Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound, is slighted in favor of a play-the-hits approach, even though Williams's singles haven't always been his best work. Likewise, the collection includes nary a cut from the sadly out-of-print Hank Williams Jr. & Friends, though the liner notes recognize that 1975 album as a landmark. Instead Curb has cobbled material readily available elsewhere on existing hits packages and complete albums. That said, Jr.'s country-fried rock--newcomers may be shocked at how hard he rocks--and his unreconstructed hillbilly ideology can be bracing on "Come On Over to the Country," on the foreboding "A Country Boy Can Survive," and on his best '80s performance, a scorching duet with Johnny Cash on "That Old Wheel" (from Cash's classic Water from the Wells of Home). But instead of focusing on similarly strong tunes, this box includes the tasteless beyond-the-crypt duets with Hank Sr., the silly, unblushing prejudice of "Young Country," and the war-mongering diatribe "Don't Give Us a Reason"--as if the listener needed reminders of just how bad Bocephus can be. What Hank Jr.'s legacy needs is a thorough, critical, and eclectic compilation of his finest performances. This set isn't it. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

NOT COMPLETE.......2007-03-09

The description "complete" on box sets gets more ridiculous all the time. Only 45 songs from a guy who had 9 of the top 40 albums on the Billboard country chart at the same time?! Those 90 songs would barely be the beginning of a real Complete Hank Jr. Better off getting the bargain price CD reissues of the original albums than a bogus set like this.

claasic country.......2007-01-16

a fine retrospective of hank williams work and in our case a great price.
all our favorites were there and she who must be obeyed was very happy with the cd.

Hank Walliams Jr........2007-01-12

It's a must have CD for any music lover. I like that it has most of his hit songs.

bocephuspalooza.......2006-11-04

If you like Hank Jr. then you get a great compilation here. If you enjoy the "new" bad boy country singers then you should get this set to hear where they all got it from. The original (Hank Williams Jr.) outlaw country singer is still the best!

Almost Perfect.......2006-10-11

What a great collection of pure honky tonkin' country music. All of his biggest hits are here, as well as a few of the minor (but still excellent) tunes. In the late 1970's and early 1980's I don't think a day went by that I didn't have Hank Jr. on my turntable at home or on my tape deck in the car.
What I would like to add to the other reviews of this very fine collection is the fact that some of Hank's mid-1970's music is always over-looked. Great hard-edged country songs such as The New South, Montgomery In The Rain, and a great drunken version of Uncle Pen. Then there's other fine tunes like The Conversation, Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way, and If You Don't Like Hank Williams. And that's why this collection received a "4" instead of a "5" - it is in no way complete, and should not be called that.
Hank Williams Jr., in my opinion, did not get the true acclaim that he should have. The radio play, at the time most of these releases came out, seemed to be hung on Barbara Mandrell and Lee Greenwood, and others of their ilk, so many of these tunes did not get the hot airplay that they should have. And, as for Country Music Awards, well, it took clear until the mid-80's before he truly began to be recognized for his contributions to Country Music.
So, all n' all this is a very good collection of Hank Williams Jr.'s biggest hits, and you definitely will not be disappointed. He's back to being played quite often in my house, and he sounds just as good as he did twenty plus years ago. Go Hank!
By the way, many of Hank Jr.'s earlier albums/cd's are available at extremely low prices here at Amazon (The New South, Old Habits, Pressure Is On, & Friends). Check them out. You'll be glad you did.

Average customer rating: Hartman Johnny Hartman - the gold in the dross Takes you back to a special time and place The Bridges of Madison County all time favourite album - but put it in the vault !

The Bridges Of Madison County: Music From The Motion Picture Dinah Washington , Johnny Hartman , Hal Mooney and His Orchestra , Barbara Lewis , and Irene Kral w/ the Junior Mance Trio Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Bridges of Madison County Hartman for Lovers Collection: 1947-1972 John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman The Bridges of Madison County ASIN: B000002MZS Release Date: 1995-05-30

Tracks:

1. Doe Eyes (Love Theme From The Bridges of Madison County) - Lennie Niehaus
2. I'll Close My Eyes - Dinah Washington
3. Easy Living - Johnny Hartman
4. Blue Gardenia - Dinah Washington
5. I See Your Face Before Me - Johnny Hartman
6. Soft Winds - Dinah Washington
7. Baby, I'm Yours - Barbara Lewis
8. It's A Wonderful World - Irene Kral
9. It Was Almost Like A Song - Johnny Hartman
10. This Is Always - Irene Kral
11. For All We Know - Johnny Hartman
12. Doe Eyes (Love Theme From The Bridges of Madison County)(Reprise) - Lennie Niehaus

Customer Reviews:

Hartman.......2007-02-28

The real reason to get this cd and the follow up cd is to get the tracks of Johnny Hartman. I've also been trying to find tracks w/ the underrated guitarist Al Gafa; he backs Hartman on some of these tracks -- a real find. Any jazz junkie should attempt to score these two cds.

Johnny Hartman - the gold in the dross.......2007-02-26

The best thing about Clint Eastwood's 1995 tearjerker, "The Bridges of Madison County," is the soundtrack. Although most of the album (other than Eastwood's syrupy "Doe Eyes" which appears twice on the disk) is listenable, it's the recordings of Johnny Hartman that make this disk indispensable. Hartman, who has to be considered on the short list of the greatest male vocalists of all time, recorded the material heard here for the now out-of-print album, "Once in Every Life," on the Bee Hive label in 1980, three years before his untimely death at age 60. The album, a late masterpiece surpassed only by his 1963 collaboration with John Coltrane, has never been released on CD but Eastwood has done us all a huge service by releasing the entire content of the album spread out over two disks (this one and its sequel "Remembering Madison County"). Hartman's voice, a smoky baritone, is perfectly suited to the mature romantic ballads he performs here with a very complementary sextet. Hartman recorded some of the tracks, notably "I See Your Face Before Me," earlier in the mid 50s also. On the soundtrack he sings the song at a slower tempo, shading it with nuances earned over the many years he had lived with the lyrics. His renditions of the aforementioned song, "It Was Almost Like a Song" and "For All We Know" may well be the definitive versions.

This is an essential purchase for anyone who loves male jazz vocals.

Takes you back to a special time and place.......2007-01-10

This CD is filled with many warm memories of a great movie and a great time.There are no weaknesses in this collection of songs;just pure pleasure.

The Bridges of Madison County.......2006-08-24

My husband and I have watched this movie over and over and we have listen to the music driving along and I'll turn to him and say "RRRRObert....you wanna F_ _ _ on the linoleum one more time" We just laugh..If you seen the movie as much as we have you will understand. Great cd. It definatly sets a mood you cannot, nor ,want to escape. Pour a brandy,sit close and the music will do the rest.

all time favourite album - but put it in the vault !.......2006-01-25

I bought this album after seeing the movie( what 10 yrs ago?) We were only 30 at the time and still listening to Inxs and George Michael etc... so had never even heard of Johnny Hartman!!) Well 10 years and 3 kids later we are completely addicted to this album. My husband knows that if this is on when he gets home it will be in a very nice evening indeed.About two years ago we lost this cd - probably on a weekend away - and spent another year trying to replace it. There wasnt a single music store in Australia that had a new or second hand copy in stock. Where did they all go ?? I ended up ordering it from the U.K. - it took 3 months and cost $30 ( approx $50 us). Needless to say we have several copies of it now and continue to play it constantly. We now own various Hartman/Washington albums but the mix on this album ( plus we are big fans of Clint's) just seems to be perfect. Sublime.

Rock Music:

1. Legends of Rock [Box set] [Import]
2. Liberty [Import]
3. Limbo
4. Live at the Paramount [Import] [Live]
5. Love Again [CD-single]
6. Machine
7. Mad Season [Australia CD Single] [CD-single] [Import]
8. Math & Science
9. Maximum [Import]
10. Music of the Year: 1980 [Import]

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