What's Your Pleasure [Import]

Product Description
The Swedish band Phrank are noisy, industrial and techno, the missing link between Rammstein and The Prodigy. Features the debut single, an outstanding hard and heavy cover of P.I.L.'s 'This Is Not A Love Song'. 14 tracks in all. Future Sounds. 2002.

What's Your Pleasure,Phrank,Future Sounds,Rock/Pop

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Handel: The Masterworks (Box Set) Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trio Sonatas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Recorder | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Passions | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Blowout Box Sets | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 20% Off | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Brilliant Classics | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Vivaldi: The Masterworks (Box Set) Haydn: The Masterworks [Box Set] Mendelssohn: The Masterworks [Box Set] Dvorák: The Masterworks [Box Set] Schubert: The Masterworks [Box Set] ASIN: B00062FLI8 Release Date: 2004-11-30

Average customer rating: Great compilation A disappointment

DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Previn, André | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Barbara Cook at the Met with Special Guests Curtains (2007 Original Broadway Cast) 110 in the Shade (2007 Broadway Revival Cast) ABC (Adler, Bock, Coleman) Company (2006 Broadway Revival Cast) ASIN: B00005Q6IN Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

1. A Day In Hollywood A Night In Ukraine: Just Go To The Movies - Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison/Frank Lazarus/Stephen James/Peggy Hewett/Kate Draper
2. Babes In Arms: I Wish I Were In Love Again - Christopher Fitzgerald Jessica Stone
3. Pal Joey: Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered - Patti LuPone
4. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - KT Sullivan
5. Nunsense: I Just Want To Be A Star - Christine Anderson
6. Louisiana Purchase: Wild About You - Debbie Gravitte & New York Voices
7. Oil City Symphony: Beaver Ball At The Bug Club - Mike Craver/Mark Hardwick/Debra Monk/Mary Murfitt
8. Falsettoland: The Baseball Game - Michael Rupert/Chip Zien/Faith Prince/Janet Metz/Heather MacRae/Stephen Bogardus
9. Very Good Eddie: Isn't It Great To Be Married? - Virginia Seidel/Spring Fairbank/Charles Repole/Nicholas Wyman
10. The Fantasticks: A Perfect Time To Be In Love - Harvey Schmidt
11. Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love - Tyne Daly/Lewis Cleale
12. Taking My Turn: Fine For The Shape I'm In - Margaret Whiting/Marnie Nixon/Cissy Houston
13. A Party With Betty Comden & Adolph Green: The French Lesson - Betty Comdon/Adolph Green
14. The Madwoman Of Central Park: Better - Phyllis Newman
15. Greenwillow: Never Will I Marry - Anthony Perkins
16. Song Of Singapore: I Can't Remember - Loretta Swit & Company
17. Tintypes: Elite Syncopation/I'm Goin' To Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Lynne Thigpen
18. I Love My Wife: Someone Wonderful I Missed - Joanna Gleason/Ilene Graff
19. The Good Companions: The Pleasure Of Your Company - Malcolm Rennie/Christopher Gable
20. Forbidden Broadway 20th Anniversary: Liza One-Note - Christine Pedi
21. Meet Me In St. Louis: The Trolley Song - Donna Kane & Ensemble

Tracks:

1. 4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria!: Feel It - Philip Anthony/Henry Gainza/Allen Hidalgo/Ricardo Puente
2. Fame - The Musical: There She Goes!/Fame - Natasha Rennalls & Ensemble
3. Do Re Mi: What's New At The Zoo? - Heather Headley/The Animal Girls
4. High Society: Once Upon A Time/True Love - Melissa Errico/Daniel McDonald
5. Tenderloin: Artificial Flowers - Patrick Wilson
6. State Fair: Driving At Night/Our State Fair - Company
7. Kiss Me, Kate: Were Thine That Special Face - Brian Stokes Mitchell
8. Black And Blue: Black And Blue - Linda Hopkins/Ruth Brown/Carrie Smith
9. The Green Bird: O Foolish Heart - Company
10. Out Of This World: From This Moment On - Marin Mazzie/Gregg Edelman
11. The Boys From Syracuse: This Can't Be Love - Davis Gaines/Sarah Berry
12. Snoopy!!!: Poor Sweet Baby - Pamela Myers
13. SeesawNobody Does It Like Me - Michele Lee
14. March Of The Falsettos: I Never Wanted To Love You - Michael Rupert/Stephen Bogardus/Alison Fraser/Chip Zien/James Kushner
15. Lunch: Perfectly Alone - Carol Burnett
16. 3hree: Foolish Dreamin'/Something Beautiful/Real Enough To Change My Mind - Jessica Molaskey/Will Gartshore/Rachel Ulanet
17. Lucky In The Rain: Love Me As If There Were No Tomorrow - Barbara Cook
18. Godspell: All Good Gifts - Sal Sabella & Company
19. The Act: Walking Papers - Liza Minnelli & Company

Customer Reviews:

Great compilation.......2002-05-10

I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does.
The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.

A disappointment.......2001-12-15

There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.

Average customer rating: The highest quality performance

Purcell: Dioclesian (complete); Timon Of Athens /Pierand * Bowman * Ainsley * George * Collegium Musicum 90 * Hickox Henry Purcell , Richard Hickox , James Bowman , John Mark Ainsley , Michael George , Catherine Pierard , and Collegium Musicum 90 Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000A5U Release Date: 1995-11-14

Tracks:

1. Dioclesian: First Musick
2. Dioclesian: Second Musick
3. Dioclesian: Overture
4. Dioclesian: Act I - First Act Tune (Hornpipe)
5. Dioclesian: Act II - Song (Bass): Great Diocles the Boar has kill'd -Chorus: Sing Io's
6. Dioclesian: Act II - Song (Soprano): Charon the peaceful Shade invites
7. Dioclesian: Act II - Symphony for Trumpets and Violins
8. Dioclesian: Act II - Duet (Soprano, Bass), Chorus: Let all mankind the pleasure share
9. Dioclesian: Act II - Martial Song, Trio, Retornello, Trio, Retornello
10. Dioclesian: Act II - A Symphony of Flutes, Song (Alto), Quartet
11. Dioclesian: Act II - Dance of Furies
12. Dioclesian: Act II - Second Act Tune
13. Dioclesian: Act III - Two in one upon a Ground. Chaconne for Flutes
14. Dioclesian: Act III - The Chair Dance
15. Dioclesian: Act III - Prelude for Hautboys - Song (Tenor): What shall I do?
16. Dioclesian: Act III - Third Act Tune
17. Dioclesian: Act IV - Butterfly Dance
18. Dioclesian: Act IV - Tune for Trumpets
19. Dioclesian: Act IV - Song (Tenor): Sound, Fame, thy brazen trumpet sound
20. Dioclesian: Act IV - Chorus: Let all rehearse
21. Dioclesian: Act IV - Fourth Act Tune

Tracks:

1. Dioclesian: Act V - Country Dance
2. Act V - Masque - Cupid, Chorus: Call the nymphs
3. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Duet (Bacchanalian, Silvan): Come, come away
4. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Chorus: Behold, O mighty'st of Gods
5. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Paspe (The first entry of heroes on the stage)
6. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Duet (two Wood-Gods): Oh, the sweet delights of love!
7. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - A Fawn, Chorus: Let monarchs fight
8. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Two Bacchanals, Bacchus: Make room
9. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Dance of Bacchanals
10. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Follower of Cupid: Still I'm wishing
11. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Canaries
12. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Shepherd & Shepherdesses: Tell me why
13. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Dance
14. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - A Pleasure & Chorus: All our days
15. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Let us dance
16. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Dance
17. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Trio & Chorus: Triumph, triumph victorious Love
18. Dioclesian: Act V - Appendices - Song (Soprano): Since from my dear Astrea'ssight
19. Dioclesian: Act V - Appendices - Song (Tenor): When first I saw
20. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Duet: Hark how the songsters
21. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Cupid: Love in their little veins
22. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Trio: But ah! how much are our delights
23. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Bass solo: Hence with your trifling deity
24. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Trio: But over us no griefs prevail
25. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Cupid: Come, come all to me
26. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Chorus: Who can resist such mighty charms
27. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Bacchus: Return, revolting rebels
28. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Cupid: The cares of lovers
29. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Alto solo: Love quickly is pall'd
30. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Duet (Cupid & Bacchus): Come, let us agree
31. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Chorus: Come, let us agree
32. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Curtain Tune on a ground

Customer Reviews:

The highest quality performance.......1999-03-13

The music on this recording presents a typical example of a semi-opera, popular in Britain in Purcell's time. Semi-operas were based on a dramatic spoken play, and were accompanied by "incidental" music (dances and masques). It is this incidental music that usually finds its way onto a disc. This recording follows this convention. What distinguishes this recording is its high quality. Collegium Musicum 90 and Richard Hickox are experts in baroque music. The soloists include the biggest names in English vocals. Even the two additional tenors, brought in to merely double the voices in two places, are not just anybody, but Mark Padmore and Ian Bostridge (!). That tells you something. The biggest highlights include the Wood-god duet in Act V of Dioclesian, and the soprano song "Since from my dear Astrea's sight" which is placed in an appendix because musicologists don't seem to know where exactly it originally belonged. This song, which seems to speak of a man's, rather than woman's, anguish over the lost love, concludes with the most wrenching words: "alas, with weeping eyes, And bleeding heart I lie Thinking on her whose absence 'tis That makes me wish to die." Isn't that beautiful?

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Complete Secular Songs (3cd) Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs of Henry Purcell / King's Consort Sacred Music Complete Purcell: Complete Ayres for the Theatre Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys ASIN: B0000DJENT Release Date: 2004-01-13

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Handel: Susanna (Highlights); Theodora (Highlights) Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Music of Peter Lieberson: Rilke Songs, The Six Realms, Horn Concerto Handel: Ariodante (Highlights) Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs Handel - Theodora / Peter Sellars · William Christie · Upshaw, Hunt, Daniels, Croft · Glyndebourne Opera Handel: Clori, Tirsi e Fileno; Apollo e Dafne ASIN: B0000APHO5 Release Date: 2003-11-11

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What's Your Pleasure Manufacturer: Future Sounds ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Alt Industrial | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000066IBN Release Date: 2003-05-27

Tracks:

1. Arse Punch
2. Bebopelula Bikini Baby
3. Funeral One
4. This Is Not A Love Song
5. Super Flu
6. Cash Is King
7. Clay Penetration
8. Lard Ass
9. Holy Moly
10. Nuke The Children
11. Six Past 7
12. Destroy The Hole
13. Whale Song
14. Whats Your Pleasure

Album Description

The Swedish band Phrank are noisy, industrial and techno, the missing link between Rammstein and The Prodigy. Features the debut single, an outstanding hard and heavy cover of P.I.L.'s 'This Is Not A Love Song'. 14 tracks in all. Future Sounds. 2002.

Average customer rating: Purcell stole my heart

The Secular Songs of Henry Purcell, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Bonney, Barbara | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Secular Solo Songs of Henry Purcell, Vol. 1 Purcell: The Secular Solo Songs, Volume 3 / The King's Consort ASIN: B000002ZUD Release Date: 1994-06-14

Tracks:

1. I Love And I Must ('Bell Barr'), Z382
2. When Her Languishing Eyes Said 'Love'! Z432
3. Not All My Torments Can Your Pity Move, Z400
4. Ah! Cruel Nymph, Z352
5. Sylvia, Now Your Scorn Give Over, Z420
6. Since One Poor View Has Drawn My Heart, Z416
7. I Resolve Against Cringing And Whining, Z386
8. Gentle Shepherds, You That Know The Charms, Z464
9. If Grief Has Any Pow'r To Kill, Z378
10. She That Would Gain A Faithful Lover, Z414
11. Fly Swift, Ye Hours, Z369
12. Hears Not My Phillis How The Birds (The Knotting Song, Z371
13. Phillis, Talk No More Of Passion, Z409
14. Celia's Fond, Too Long I've Lov'd Her, Z364
15. In Vain We Dissemble, Z385
16. When My Aemelia Smiles, Z434
17. Farewell, Ye Rocks, Z463
18. What A Sad Fate Is Mine, Z428A
19. I Take No Pleasure In The Sun's Bright Beams, Z388
20. Love's Pow'r In My Heart Shall Find No Compliance, Z395
21. How Delightful's The Life Of An Innocent Swain, Z373
22. She, Who My Poor Heart Possesses, Z415
23. Love Arms Himself In Celia's Eyes Z392
24. When First My Shepherdess And I, Z431
25. Through Mournful Shades, Z424
26. If Music Be The Food Of Love (Second Version), Z379B
27. Scarce Had The Rising Sun Appear'd, Z469
28. Who But A Slave Can Well Express, Z440
29. High On A Throne Of Glitt'ring Ore, Z465
30. Incassum Lesbia, Incassum Rogas (The Queen's Epicedium), Z383

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Purcell fans will delight in this collection of 30 of his 85 secular songs. Barbara Bonney, singing with ease and controlled fervor, steals the recording with her endearing sound and impeccable musicianship. Soprano Susan Gritton brings a more dramatic perspective, singing with zest and a little edge that almost, but never quite, grates. Sometimes, however, she vibrates mildly out of control. Tenors Charles Daniels and Roger Covey-Crump sing with grace, joviality, and tenderness, but both are a little shallow throughout the bottom. Countertenor James Bowman occasionally stumbles with intonation, but always lands standing upright. This buffet of various voices captivates the listener's attention span, totally avoiding potential monotony. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

Purcell stole my heart.......2001-02-08

Alas, with the help of phenomenally expressive singers on this CD, Purcell has stolen my heart. I listened to this CD a few times then immediately emptied my pocketbook to the nearest consort putting on a Purcell concert. Such poverty is love.

Average customer rating: Just BUY it!!!! Excellent Project from former Smithereens Guitarist Hook, line & sinker... Buzzed on Buzzed Meg!

The Music From Jim Babjak's Buzzed Meg Jim Babjak Manufacturer: Tex Remy Music Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Meet the Smithereens! ASIN: B00005V6EL Release Date: 2001-12-15

Tracks:

1. Blaming It All On You
2. It Was A Pretty Dream
3. Corner Of The World
4. You're So Cool
5. Lost In Love
6. Love Is Gone
7. How Many Dead?
8. Hollywoodland
9. Lester Said
10. Needle In My Vein
11. Hey, You're Lookin' Good
12. That Ain't All
13. The Theme From Buzzed Meg
14. You Get Me So Excited
15. Corner Of The World (remix)
16. South Of The Sun

Album Description

Fans of The Smithereens and Jim Babjak's Buzzed Meg have held a collective breath of anticipated excitement for quite some time now...it's time to exhale! The anticipation is over, even though the excitement is just beginning. THE MUSIC FROM JIM BABJAK'S BUZZED MEG has finally arrived, and not a moment too soon!

For fans of classic rock, power pop, ballads, angst, and/or background music (not to mention great potential soundtracks), and for music aficionados who are frustrated with the quality of music generally produced today, this album features a collection of songs with so many moods and so much emotion it will sound fresh with each and every listen.

Customer Reviews:

Just BUY it!!!!.......2006-10-17

I bought this over the weekend and all I can say is that it is a GREAT album!! The songs, the melodies, the music, the playing...it's all spot on. Wonderful pop music and rock!! You can NOT go wrong with Buzzed Meg. Well worth every penny!

Excellent Project from former Smithereens Guitarist.......2006-06-14

I have been a fan of the Smithereens for years, and ordered this album immediately from Jim Babjak's site after I saw the Smithereens live in 2004. Every side/solo project that the Smithereens has spun off has been as good, if not better than The Smithereens, and this is no exception. Jim has some melodies and rhythms that may sound familiar, but also adds enough new spice and zip that just creates a great rocking/bluesy/poppy/catchy album that has songs that stick in you head. A must buy for any smithereens fan, or anyone who like good music. This disc has been spun many times in my player, and is one that frequently travels with me, cause I just hate to be without it.

Hook, line & sinker..........2002-01-26

Can't get enough of this band! Supreme talent through out. I've also seen them live, and would strongly suggest that anyone who has heard the cd go out and catch them in person! "You're So Cool" is killer hot and "Pretty Dream" is one of those songs that once you hear it, never leaves your head. It's a good thing! Buzzed Meg is Babjak's coolest project yet...can't wait for Volumes II & III!!!

Buzzed on Buzzed Meg!.......2002-01-24

Saw these guys live in New York and they completely rocked my world!!! The band all around is exceptional and it's clear Babjak was the hidden talent in the Smithereens. There are some real gems here and I would strongly recommend this disc to fans of the Flaming Groovies and the like and yes, even the Smithereens.

Average customer rating: Very interesting $5 for these wonderful Traviata highlights is a steal.

Verdi - La Traviata / Cotrubas, Gedda, MacNeil, Krips [highlights] Kurt Equiluz , Ernst Gutstein , Emmy Loose , and Cornell MacNeil Manufacturer: Gala ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001XMR Release Date: 2000-06-06

Tracks:

1. Act One, Toast: 'Let's Drink From The Joyous Chalice' - Nicolai Gedda/Ileana Cotrubas/Cornell MacNeil/Edita Gruberova/Kurt Equiluz/Ernst Gutstein...
2. Act One, Toast: 'One Happy Day' - Nicolai Gedda/Ileana Cotrubas
3. Act One, Scene And Aria (Violetta)-Finale: 'How Strange It Is!...Was This The Man' - Ileana Cotrubas
4. Act One, Scene And Aria (Violetta)-Finale: 'It's Madness! It's Empty Delirium!...Free And Aimless' - Ileana Cotrubas/Nicolai Gedda
5. Act Two, Scene And Aria (Alfredo): 'There's No Pleasure... My Passionate Spirit' - Nicolai Gedda
6. Act Two, Scene And Aria (Alfredo): 'Oh, My Remorse' - Nicolai Gedda/Emmy Loose
7. Act Two, Scene And Aria (Alfredo): 'Mademoiselle Valery?' - Cornell MacNeil/Ileana Cotrubas
8. Act Two, Scene And Aria (Alfredo): 'As Pure As An Angel' - Cornell MacNeil/Ileana Cotrubas
9. Act Two, Scene And Aria (Alfredo): 'You Cannot Know The Kind Of Passion' - Ileana Cotrubas/Cornell MacNeil
10. Act Two, Scene And Aria (Alfredo): 'One Day, When Time' - Cornell MacNeil/Ileana Cotrubas
11. Act Two, Scene And Aria (Alfredo): 'Say To Your Daughter' - Ileana Cotrubas/Cornell MacNeil
12. Act Two, Scene And Aria (Alfredo): 'Tell Me What I Must Do...Say You Don't Love Him' - Ileana Cotrubas/Cornell MacNeil
13. Act Two, Scene (Violetta): 'Heaven, Give Me Strength!' - Ileana Cotrubas/Emmy Loose
14. Act Two, Scene (Violetta): 'What Are You Doing?...Nothing' - Nicolai Gedda/Ileana Cotrubas
15. Act Two, Scene (Violetta): 'What Has Vanished From Your Heart' - Cornell MacNeil
16. Act Two, Scene (Violetta): 'I've Asked Him To Follow Me' - Ileana Cotrubas/Nicolai Gedda/Cornell MacNeil/Edita Gruberova/Kurt Equiluz/Ernst Gutstein...
17. Act Two, Scene (Violetta): 'For Me This Woman Lost All She Possessed' - Nicolai Gedda/Ileana Cotrubas/Cornell MacNeil/Edita Gruberova/Kurt Equiluz/Ernst Gutstein...
18. Act Two, Scene (Violetta): 'A Man Who Offends A Woman' - Cornell MacNeil/Nicolai Gedda/Edita Gruberova/Kurt Equiluz/Herbert Lackner/Harald Proglhof...
19. Act Two, Scene (Violetta): 'Alfredo, How Should You Understand' - Ileana Cotrubas
20. Act Three: 'You Kept Your Promise...I Wait, But They Never Come...Farewell Happy Dreams' - Ileana Cotrubas
21. Act Three, Scene And Duet (Violetta Ed/And Alfredo): 'We'll Leave Paris, My Dearest' - Emmy Loose/Ileana Cotrubas/Nicolai Gedda
22. Act Three, Last Final: 'Ah, Violetta!...You, Monsieur? - Cornell MacNeil/Ileana Cotrubas/Nicolai Gedda
23. Act Three, Last Final: 'Take This Picture Of Me' - Ileana Cotrubas/Nicolai Gedda/Cornell MacNeil/Emmy Loose/Herbert Lackner

Customer Reviews:

Very interesting.......2005-02-15

Josef Krips is my favorite conductor of all time, especially of Mozart. I had never heard him conduct Verdi, and even though he would have been of an advanced age in 1971 (the year of this recording), I bought it anyway.

This is good collection of highlights: it is over 70 minutes long and includes pretty much every major aria and ensemble in the opera. The conducting of Krips is, as I expected, logical and elegant in his Viennese fashion. As another reviewer has noted, there are a few beats where the singers and orchestra aren't in the same groove - but it's a live performance, and the performers are on their toes and are back together in no time. These mistakes are merely ripples and no energy is lost.

Nicolai Gedda annd Ileana Cotrubas (who is to me the most splendid of all Violettas), are no-brainers. They sparkle together in as Alfredo and Violetta should, and sink together properly later on as well.

The recording quality is merely decent; but for a budget label, such is hardly unexpected. Get this if you like Krips, or great conducting in general, and certainly if you enjoyed Cotrubas in the Kleiber set.

$5 for these wonderful Traviata highlights is a steal........2000-12-07

Both Ileana Cotrubas and Nicolai Gedda are in fine voice for this 1971 live performance from the Vienna Staatsoper. Cotrubas, in particular, was in the early spring of her career and had just signed a three year contract with the house. All the promise of a magnificent career can be heard in her already maturing artistry and dramatic emphasis, and that, combined with the youthful bloom and beauty of her lovely, evenly placed soprano, makes this a thrilling operatic introduction. We get a generous hour and a quarter of music and the particular joy of hearing Cornell Macneil's authentic Verdian baritone in it's prime. Josef Krips conducts with rather too much enthusiasm at times, and leaves his tenor, soprano and chorus behind for a moment or two in Act 1. It's interesting to hear them musically bumping into each other and the overall musical and dramatic effect is not badly spoiled. The recording quality is surprisingly, very good. This is a must buy, especially at the excellent price.

Average customer rating: Review of Americans in London

Americans In London 1947 - 1951: Original London Cast Recordings From Oklahoma! (1947) / Annie Get Your Gun (1947) / Carousel (1950) / Zip Goes A Million (1951) Oscar Hammerstein II , and Erich Mashwitz Manufacturer: Encore ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001ZRD Release Date: 2000-01-01

Tracks:

1. Oklahoma!: Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'/The Surrey With The Fringe On Top/Out Of My Dreams
2. Oklahoma!: Kansas City/I Can't Say No/People Will Say We're In Love
3. Oklahoma!: The Farmer And The Cowman/Pore Jud Is Daid/It's A Scandal, It's An Outrage
4. Oklahoma!: Many A New Day/All 'Er Nothin'/Oklahoma!
5. Annie Get Your Gun: The Girl That I Marry/They Say It's Wonderful/There's No Business Like Show...
6. Annie Get Your Gun: You Can't Get A Man With A Gun/My Defenses Are Down/I Got Lost In His Arms
7. Annie Get Your Gun: Moonshine Lullaby/They Say It's Wonderful/Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
8. Annie Get Your Gun: Who Do You Love, I Hope?/Anything You Can Do/I'm A Bad Bad Man/I Got The Sun...
9. Carousel: June Is Bustin' Out All Over/Mister Snow/When The Children Are Asleep...
10. Carousel: If Loved You
11. Carousel: A Real Nice Clambake/Blow High, Blow Low
12. Carousel: What's The Use Of Wond'rin/My Little Girl/You'll Never Walk Alone
13. Zip Goes A Million: Saving Up For Sally
14. Zip Goes A Million: Ordinary People
15. Zip Goes A Million: Zipe Goes A Million/Running Away To Land/Zip Goes A Million
16. Zip Goes A Million: It Takes No Time To Fall In Love
17. Zip Goes A Million: Nothing Breaks But The Heart
18. Zip Goes A Million: Pleasure Cruise

Customer Reviews:

Review of Americans in London.......2006-03-09

The recording is excellent and replaces my old 78 recordings which I transferred to tape some years ago. But they have that horrible hissing noise which spoils my enjoyment of them.
It is to be observed that although the cast is American, the orchestras and conductors are British (except for Debroy Sommers). I know qite a bot about Deboy Sommers and Lew Stone, but can anyone fill me in about Reginald Burston?
The CD is great. Thank you to Amazon for this.

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