In Tennessee [Import]

1. Let's Boogie

2. Rock & Roll Girls

3. Take My Time

4. I'm Gonna Make It

5. Something's Gonna Get You

6. Why Did You Do It

7. Getting Nowhere Fast

8. How Do You Do It

9. Let's Get It On

10. Tell Me Why

11. I'm Going Home

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
2004 release featuring Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana, Pete Pritchard, & Willie Rainsford. Repertoire.

Tracks:

Home For The Holidays - Perry Como
White Christmas - Bing Crosby
Jingle Bells - Ella Fitzgerald
Do You Hear What I Hear? - Andy Williams
Carol Of The Bells/Deck The Halls - The Robert Shaw Chorale
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day - Harry Belafonte
Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
My Favorite Things - Eddie Fisher
Joy To The World - Julie Andrews
Here We Come A-Caroling - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
March Of The Toys - The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
O Holy Night - Luciano Pavarotti

Tracks:

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Andy Williams
The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Roger Whittaker
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy - The Boston Pops Orchestra
Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
I'll Be Home For Christmas - Elvis Presley
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
Sleigh Ride - Johnny Mathis
Tennessee Christmas - Alabama
Baby's First Christmas - Connie Francis
The Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale
Auld Lang Syne - Guy Lombardo

Customer Reviews:

Only half the songs of the original set!!.......2007-01-17

Although I love the CDs, I was disappointed that there were only about half of the songs I thought there would be. I bought the original double cassette set back in the early 90's and when I found the CDs with the same name and cover, I thought I was getting the same thing only on CD. But the Cassettes had twice as many songs, including Let it Snow,Have Yourself a merry Little Christmas,The First Noel, Jingle Bells by Jim Reeves, The Christmas song by the Carpenters and so many others!!

Its all Christmas.......2007-01-09

It reminded me of Christmas as a child. I played this all throughout the holidays.

A Good Basic Collection.......2006-02-11

This is a good, basic collection of Christmas Music. As a general rule, Time-Life has selected what is probably the definative artist/arangement of each song.

My only complaints are that there are only 24 songs on two disks and one or two of them are not ones that I would have picked (not my style).

Overall, it's a good set that I would recommend to anyone who wants to start a collection.

cd reviews.......2006-01-15

this cd was very good, much recommended

Poor Quality.......2005-12-05

The only good thing about this collection is the inclusion of so many Christmas standards. I was very disappointed in the quality of the recordings, they obviously need digital inhancement.

Average customer rating:

might be his best
alvin lee/tennessee
I AM IMPRESSED!
Olde time Rock and Roll
His best solo album yet.

In Tennessee
Alvin Lee
Manufacturer: Rainman
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000223562
Release Date: 2004-05-18

Tracks:

Let's Boogie
Rock & Roll Girls
Take My Time
I'm Gonna Make It
Something's Gonna Get You
Why Did You Do It
Getting Nowhere Fast
How Do You Do It
Let's Get It On
Tell Me Why
I'm Going Home

Customer Reviews:

might be his best.......2007-06-08

This album is a fine example of fifties style rock-n-roll/swing as only Mr. Lee can play it--with plenty of bite. If you liked TYA when they ventured into this territory (Speed Kills and Hear Me Callin' just to name two) then you will absolutely love this. There's not a bad track on it. Any other band playing this kind of stuff might sound just a little bit forced but this is Alvin's turf. I love the double bass and big sounding rockabilly drums. The only recommendation I've read and tend to agree with is that there could be some covers but I suspect Alvin Lee forked out enough cash for the fantastic line-up and didn't want to pay song royalties as well. Goin' Home is, as Alvin Lee puts it, the way it should be played and it will knock you out. Great stuff.

alvin lee/tennessee.......2007-04-08

was not expecting this to be so completely polished. what a great tribute from an outstanding rock guitarist to the old sun label/rca victor rock sound from the 50's.

I AM IMPRESSED!.......2007-04-02

What could be better, Alvin Lee slowed down to a musically understandable
pace, and The King's side men sped up to a musically enjoyable pace, who
would of thunk it! I look at this CD-"In Tennessee", with my ears, and
find no fault. Talk about one of those 70's super groups, this
unasunming but unbelivealbly good CD puts them to shame, not a note out
of place, every muscian knew where they were going, and the flow of the
album was as mighty as the mississippi right up to the end. What an end
to the CD, "I'm Going Home", oh fellow babies, you could compare it to
the Ten Years After version, and be hard pressed to choose between them
for the best one. This is a must buy CD if you like well produced
Rock/Country fusion with musicians that have a feel for the music, and
arn't affraid to play it.

Olde time Rock and Roll.......2007-01-11

What can I say Alvin Lee does it again.If you like Olde Time Rock and Roll,I mean the hand clappin,foot stompin,early 50's and 60's type of rock and roll then this is your album.It's a great mix of rock and blues that shows Alvin's true musical roots.Truely one of the most under rated guitar players of our time,Alvin takes us back to the days of drive-in movies and car-hops.A great album.

His best solo album yet........2006-11-15

Alvin Lee have long been one of the finest gunslingers alive in Rock and Roll. His studio albums showed rock and rolls what it should be as he and his band mates blazed thru one song after another. He have for the major of his career, with the exception of the album Space and Time, avoided the limelight. His orginal two live albums (Undead and Recorded Live) with TYA are classic. And then there was his woodstock performance.

His solo career, with the exception of his first solo album, On the Road to Freedom, however have been a disappoinmemt. Not that the albums have been bad, but sometime it hard to live up to your own history. The Stones are the perfect example, once you did Exile on Main Street and everything that lead up to it, everything afterward never lived up to what you did in the 60 and early 70s. The problem is that you always end up comparing it to what came before. The same hold true with Alvin Lee

With In Tennesse, he departed the British Blues that he have used and master thru out his career and tried something different. As a result, this album made you for length of time forget that he was TYA. It was fresh, different and soulful. A musically style that have been dormat for decades. It was like listening to Elvis, Roy and others from the early 50s Memphis for the first time.

It is a shame that this album will be lost in the annual of Rock and Roll. It is a fine piece of recording that stands outside of one of the true unsung guitars players.

The only thing that could of made this album better was to leave off track 12.

The Alamo: The Essential Film Music Collection

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More expensive than the other Essential but worth it.
Excellent compilation of an important composer.
"film composer Dimitri Tiomkin gave his all and then some"

The Alamo: The Essential Film Music Collection
Dimitri Tiomkin
Manufacturer: Silva America
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ASIN: B00022MBNK
Release Date: 2004-07-13

Tracks:

Night Passage
Tension At Table Rock
High Noon
The War Wagon
The Wild Wild West: Main Theme
The Wild Wild West: The Ballad Of Jim West
Gunfight At The O.K. Coral
Rio Bravo
Rawhide
Red River
The Unforgiven: Across The Texas Panhandle
The Unforgiven: The Need For Love
The Unforgiven: Horse Ballet
The Young Land
Duel In The Sun

Tracks:

The Fall Of The Roman Empire: Overture
The Fall Of The Roman Empire: The Fall Of Love
The Fall Of The Roman Empire: Pax Romana
55 Days Peking
Land Of The Pharaohs
Circus World (The Magnificent Showman)
Dial M For Murder
Strangers On A Train
Giant: Main Title
Giant: Love Theme
Giant: The Jett Rink Theme
The High And The Mighty
Wild Is The Wind
The Guns Of Navarone

Tracks:

Cyrano De Bergerac
The Well
Friendly Persuasion
Town Without Pity
It's A Wonderful Life
Tarzan And The Mermaids
The Thing From Another World
The Alamo: Overture/Prologue
The Alamo: Davy Crockett
The Alamo: Tennessee Babe
The Alamo: The Battle Of The Alamo
The Alamo: The Green Leaves Of Summer
The Alamo: Finale

Tracks:

Giant: This Then Is Texas
Rawhide: Rawhide
High Noon: Do Not Forsake Me
Night Passage: Follow The River
Giant: The Ballad Of Jett Rink
Friendly Persuasion: Thee I Love
It's A Wonderful Life
Wild Is The Wind
The High And The Mighty
The War Wagon: The Ballad Of The War Wagon
Rio Braco
The Young Land: Strange Are The Ways Of Love
The Wild Wild West: The Ballad Of Jim West
The Wild Wild West: The Wild Wild West

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Dimitri Tiomkin was one of the most prominent composers of Hollywood's Golden Age and beyond, his career spanning a half-century and some of America's most classic films. This sprawling, four-disc anthology (its title a marketing nod to the modern remake of one of Tiomkin's notable collaborations with John Wayne) features new digital recordings of full-bodied performances by the City of Prague Orchestra and Festival Chorus, the most ambitious and comprehensive tribute to the composer yet attempted. There's something here for film score buffs (rarities like a suite from his sci-fi genre-defining Thing From Another World and the "Main Theme" for the pilot of TV's Wild, Wild West) and novice alike; indeed one could scarcely ask for a more complete overview of Tiomkin's robust orchestral oeuvre. Divided into four chapters, disc one chronicles how the Ukrainian immigrant concocted a rich Western film heritage (including such genre landmarks as Red River, High Noon, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and Rio Bravo) from largely European traditions, while the next two CD's cover his rousing work for epics and thrillers of every stripe, and collaborations with Hitchcock, Wayne, Capra, Stevens and more. The concluding disc pays homage to Tiomkin the unlikely pop tunesmith, via his hit vocal themes to Rawhide, Wild is the Wind and High Noon's "Do Not Forsake Me." --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

More expensive than the other Essential but worth it........2007-04-22

This is an excellent set of music of Dimitri Tiomkin's music! The 4th disc is short (at just over 30 minutes), but thats because it is just the vocal versions of tracks which appeared in instrumental form throughout the first 3 discs. Whenever you buy a silva screen compilation, the first thing you ask yourself is 'when were these recordings made' and 'do I have these tracks on other compilations? Thankfully, this set has TONS of new recordings, but there is some recycled stuff and they are as follows:

Dial M For Murder is from the 1993 History of Hitchcock Vol. I, while Strangers on a Train is from 1995's History of Hitchcock Vol. II.

Three tracks originate from 1994's "Music From the Films Of John Wayne". They are "The High and the Mighty", "The Alamo - Overture" and "The Alamo - Green Leaves of Summer".

Red River is from 1996's "How The West Was Won: Classic Western Film Scores Vol. One".

The Thing From Another World suite is from the excelllent 1998 set "Alien Invasion: Space And Beyond II"

Many tracks first appeared on "Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection Vol. Two". They are: "Duel In The Sun", "The Alamo (Davy Crockett)", "Friendly Persuasion", "Giant (Main Theme)", "Gunfight at the OK Corral", "High Noon", "Rio Bravo", and "The Unforgiven (The Need For Love)".

The rest of the tracks are brand spankin new, and most are not available on other discs, so snag this one up in a hurry!

Excellent compilation of an important composer........2004-07-16

This long overdue collection of Tiomkin standards and rarities is a must for any fan of symphonic music; albeit, for film or concert hall. As the liner notes clarify; these recordings are a real labor of love for James Fitzpatrick and the Silva Screen team. Tiomkin is; undoubtedly, one of the most difficult of composers to replicate. This recording comes extremely close to "hitting the nail on the head" particularly with tracks such as: "Across the Texas Panhandle" from the Unforgiven, The Entr'acte from Duel in the Sun, The Guns of Navarone, The War Wagon, and the main title and Jett Rink theme from Giant. This recording is a bargain, particularly for collectors who have sought after many of Tiomkin's composer conducted soundtracks (which are getting harder and harder to obtain). Listeners who enjoy this set should consider seeking out previous cd releases of the soundtracks to "The Guns of Navarone" (SONY, Varese Sarabande), "The Fall of the Roman Empire" (Varese Sarabande, PEG), "55 Days at Peking" (Varese Sarabande), and "The Alamo" :original soundtrack (still available on SONY-Legacy).

"film composer Dimitri Tiomkin gave his all and then some".......2004-07-13

Silva America presents the ultimate in film music during the illustrious career of an icon and legendary composer of film scores ~ "Alamo:Dimitri Tiomkin Essential Film Collection/O.S.T", featuring some long forgotten 53 cues that sent chills and thrills into the pulses of world events ~ selections from a limited collectors edition that would make any "film-score-buff" green with envy.

Tiomkin was born in Ukraine, Russia [1894-1979] attended and graduated from St. Petersburg Academy[studied under the famed composer Glazunov] ~ had a degree in music as well as law ~ came to America in 1925, shown great interest for Native American music early in his film career.

Great fondness for "The Western" ~ "DUEL IN THE SUN" (1946) (Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton, Lionel Barrymore, Lilian Gish and Charles Bickford - one of biggest and successful epic Westerns ever, score & photography was simply breathtaking), "RED RIVER" (1948) (John Wayne, Monty Cliff and Walter Brennan - the Duke should have won an Oscar for his performance as the aging cantankerous cattle baron)"HIGH NOON" (1952)(classic film with Gary Cooper in his Oscar winning performance of Will Kane), "TENSION AT TABLE ROCK" (1956), "GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL" (1957)(Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp & Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday pulled this off with the help of the Main Theme), "NIGHT PASSAGE" (1957), "RIO BRAVO" (1959) (top box office leaders John Wayne, Dean Martin, Walter Brennan and Ricky Nelson), "THE YOUNG LAND" (1959) (young Dennis Hopper), "RAWHIDE" (TV Series) (1959-66) (Eric Fleming as trail boss Gil Favor & Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates), "THE UNFORGIVEN" (1960) (Burt Lancaster, Audie Murphy and Audrey Hepburn), "THE WILD, WILD WEST" (TV Series) (1965-69)(Tiomkin's music never saw the light of day), "WAR WAGON" (1967) (John Wayne & Kirk Douglas starred) (beautifully melodic) ~ it's easy to see why Tiomkin loved Western lore.

Second disc contains The Epics ~ "LAND OF THE PHARAOHS" (1955) (Jack Hawkins as Pharaoh Cheops and a beautiful Joan Collins as his scheming wife), "55 DAYS AT PEKING" (1963) (Charlton Heston, David Niven and Ava Gardner is the all star cast), "THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE" (1964) (featuring Alec Guinness as emperor Marcus Aurelius), "CIRCUS WORLD" (1964) (John Wayne, Claudia Cardinale and Rita Hayworth under the big top) ~ next we Hitchcock Thrillers with "STRANGERS ON A TRAIN" (1951) (a masterpiece film featuring Robert Walker and Farley Granger are both very convincing as we learn, never talked to strangers on a train or anywhere), "DIAL M FOR MURDER" (1954) (tense moments come from Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings - they don't get any better than this) ~ finally Drama and High Adventure with "HIGH AND MIGHTY" (1954) (another outstanding performance by John Wayne, as the co-pilot of an airline whistling the haunting theme), "GIANT" (1956)(another big epic film with Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean and Chill Wills show us what it's like to be a Texan, with oil and money), "WILD IS THE WIND" (1957) (Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani and Anthony Franciosa), "THE GUNS OF NAVARONE" (1961) (World War II film featuring Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, David Niven and Stanley Baker on a small Greek Island trying to outwit the Germans and a very big gun) ~ some of Tiomkin's most inspiring themes rise to the surface.

On disc three ~ as we continue with Drama and High Adventures "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" (1946) (James Stewart, Donna Reed, Thomas Mitchell, Lionel Barrymore and Ward Bond with wholesome warm and endearing themes from our favorite composer), "TARZAN AND THE MERMAIDS" (1948) (in his 12th film as Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller still had what it takes to swim and defeat the man-god Balu - Weissmuller and Tiomkin the perfect combination for this Tarzan adventure), "CYRANO DE BERGERAC" (1950) (Jose Ferrer stars as Edmond Rostand's famous swordsman with a even more famous nose), "THE WELL" (1951) (intense cues give the film musical triumphs in final scenes), "THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD" (1951) (exciting Howard Hawks film with a score to match), "FRIENDLY PERSUASION" (1956) (director William Wyler shows the life and times of a Quaker family played by Gary Cooper, Dorothy Mcguire and Anthony Perkins during the American Civil War, very touching), "THE ALAMO" (1960) (big budget epic western with Big John Wayne it's producer, director and star as Davy Crockett with a haunting and never to be forgotten "The Green Leaves of Summer"), "TOWN WITHOUT PITY" (1961) (Kirk Douglas in a post-war Germany story, blends jazz themes with Tiomkin signature arrangements) ~ Tiomkin always made the difference when it came to scoring a film.

The last and final disc four ~ The Tiomkin Vocal Songbook featuring "This Then is Texas" (Giant), "Rawhide" (Rawhide), "Do Not Forsake Me" (High Noon), "Follow the River" (Night Passage), "The Ballad of Jett Rink" (Giant), "Thee I Love" (Friendly Percuasion), "It's A Wonderful Life", "Wild Is The Wind", "The High and the Mighty", The Ballad of the War Wagon" (The War Wagon), "Rio Bravo", "Strange are the Ways of Love" (The Young Land), "The Ballad of Jim West" (The Wild Wild West), "The Wild Wild West" (The Wild Wild West) ~ many were hit makers of the day and in the top ten.

Outstanding performances by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Nic Raine, Paul Bateman, Mario Klemens - are the conductors), Crouch End Festival Chorus (David Temple - choir master), featuring vocals by Jason Howard and Keith Ferreira ~ hats off to James Fitzpatrick (producer), Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Olilvia Tiomkin Douglas, John Waxman, Rick Clark and Gareth Williams (associate producers) ~ all film producers and directors welcomed the legendary composer with open arms for their forthcoming projects ~ the "film-score-buff" collectors are ecstatic about this four disc release on the essential film music collection of DIMITRI TIOMKIN, the arrangements and performances are top notch inclusive of HDCD/Dolby Surround.

When listening to the music of a film, you had the feeling of the storyline, characters and convictions of the whole picture, they'll never be another to come this way again ~ Silva America has outdone themselves on this one, it is definitely a five star film score box set...gotta love it!

Tracks:

Main Title Medley: Three Little Words/Thinking of You - MGM Studio Orchestra
Where Did You Get That Girl? - Fred Astaire, Anita Ellis
She's Mine, All Mine [#]
Mr & Mrs. Hoofer at Home (Dancers at Home) - MGM Studio Orchestra
My Sunny Tennessee - Fred Astaire, Red Skelton
So Long, Oo-Long - Fred Astaire, Red Skelton
Who's Sorry Now - Gloria DeHaven
Come One, Papa - Anita Ellis, Chorus
Nevertheless, I'm in Love With You - Fred Astaire, Anita Ellis, Red Skelton
All Alone Monday - Gale Robbins
You Smiled at Me [#] - Andrrevin
All Alone Monday (Reprise) - Gale Robbins
I Wanna Be Loved by You [#] - Fred Astaire, Helen Kane
I Wanna Be Loved by You - Helen Kane
Thinking of You - Anita Ellis
I Love You So Much - Male Chorus
Thinking of You (Humming Reprise) [#] - Anita Ellis
You Are My Lucky Star [#] - Phil Regan & Orchestra
Three Little Words [#] - Phil Regan & Orchestra
Medley: My Sunny Tenessee/Who's Sorry Now/I Wanna Be Loved by ... - Fred Astaire, Red Skelton
Three Little Words (Finale) (End Cast) - Fred Astaire
Yolanda (Main Title) [*] - MGM Studio Orchestra
This Is a Day for Love [From Yolanda and the Thief][*] - MGM Studio Chorus
I've an Angel [From Yolanda and the Thief][*] - Trudy Erwin
Ballet/Will You Marry Me? [From Yolanda and the Thief][*] - Marion Doenges,
Yolanda [From Yolanda and the Thief][*] - Fred Astaire
Coffee Time [From Yolanda and the Thief][*] - MGM Studio Orchestra, Chorus

Customer Reviews:

Thank you Rhino & George Feltenstein!.......2005-09-06

I've been waiting for this CD for years and it's finally here. Where else can you find a collection of Kalmar and Ruby songs? If you love the movie, you'll love the soundtrack. As with all Rhino soundtracks, both the audio, art work, and liner notes quality is great. Buy it before all 2500 copies are taken...

beautiful old time music.......2004-07-13

there are so many great songs sung by beautiful women-Gale robbins singing I love you so much, Arleen doll on All alone Monday, but the best is the enchanting unforgettable Thinking of you, sung by Vera Ellen, the best dancing lady ever on the screen. Sad we cant see Miss Ellen dance to the song but the wonderful scene will live in your memory. A very nice record,Also Miss Debby Reynolds does a very nice imitation of Hellen Kane on I wanna be loved by yo.

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Beauty
Wonderful.
Wayfaring Stranger: Folksongs
Surprisingly good
Brilliant

Wayfaring Stranger: Folksongs

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ASIN: B00005OC0C
Release Date: 2001-11-13

Tracks:

Wayfaring stranger
Down by the Salley Gardens
My love is like a red red rose
Wild mountain thyme
Henry Martin
Charming beauty bright
I will give my love an apple
She moved through the fair
Blow the wind southerly
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The German countertenor Andreas Scholl takes risks on his latest CD, Wayfaring Stranger, and not all of them pay off. It is a recording of 17 English-language folksongs, some of them very well known, such as "Down by the Salley Gardens" and "My love is like a red, red rose." This is not usually a repertory tackled by classically trained singers, who can sound prissy, but Scholl's clear, plaintive alto, with its rich low notes and gentle top range, is a quite plausible vehicle. "Wild Mountain Thyme" evokes real sadness, while "Barbara Allen" aches with unhappy love. A surprise awaits in the ballad "Henry Martin," as Scholl uses his rough, nondescript baritone to identify the hero. It is rather a jolt. At least, it is good to know his voice has actually broken. In this song, too-feminine endings in the lyric fall clumsily on stressed beats. Scholl does nothing to counter the infelicity; English, of course, is not his mother tongue. In the beautiful title track, which opens the disc, he sings endearingly of a "why-farring straincher." The accompaniments for various combinations of chamber orchestra, lute, dulcimer, and harp tend to be slushy, sentimental, and over-fussy. The bass uncomfortably parallels the tune in "Salley Gardens" and would have won a big red line through it in old-fashioned harmony classes. Still, on the whole, this is a worthwhile disc. Scholl clearly loves the songs he sings with great tenderness, and he deserves credit for his courage even where the experiment fails. --Rick Jones

Customer Reviews:

Beauty.......2006-05-12

This is one of the most beautiful CDs I know: so pure in tone, so haunting in its harmonies. The reservations of some other listeners seem to make this quality a sort of fault, and perhaps it is if you like your ballads gritty; but I find the selections, the arrangements, and Scholl's singing so ravishing that I felt I had to write this review just to urge everyone to try it. Listen to "I Will Give My Love ..." You might feel your heart stop.

Wonderful. .......2006-03-14

This is the perfect CD to listen to one a cold winter's afternoon with a warm cup of tea and a good book. Scholl's voice is so pure and smoothing. The orchestral arrangements are very creative and lush - sort of an English version of Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne. The one down note I would have is eventhough Scholl's voice is very expressive his phrasing can be a little square. I would have liked him to take a bit more liberties with the sentences. The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra musical fluidity more than makes up for any of Scholl's rigidity however.
A recommended buy.

Wayfaring Stranger: Folksongs.......2005-10-26

This is a fantastic CD. The countertenor voice of Andreas Scholl gives an entirley new
meaning to traditional folk music. The orchestration is just enough to give a haunting sound to each selection. ' Wayfaring stranger' and 'Wild mountain thyme' are two selections that make the purchasing of the CD worth the pice.

Surprisingly good.......2005-03-05

At first I was suspicious due to the album's sleek marketing and desing. But right from the start I was delighted to hear the lush arrangements of these peculiar songs.

Granted, we do hear quite a lot of strings and even some sound effects that make the music sound dangerously "romantic", or worse, "exotic"...

And yes, the arrangements become very similar to those used by Sarah Brightman, Bocelli and other musical aberrations.... but Scholl's scholarly perfection of voice and delivery save the day. Not only that, but his (limited) potential to characterize the music is in full capacity... especially in the songs where he actually sings in his baritone in a self-contained duet.

Yes, the strings are too warm. And yes, there are parts that could even fit as background music for Disneyworld rides... And yes, it can at times sound cheap and "postcard-ish".........

But, truth be told, sometimes a Coke tastes better than Bordeaux, and sometimes a "Little Debbie" cake hits the spot better than the Sachertorte.

So, if you want to listen to songs that are warm and glowing -albeit effectist-, sung by a first class musician... this album will do the trick.

For those who are new to Scholl, I strongly reccomend his earlier CD's --namely those containing the Handel Arias, the English Lute Songs, and the German Baroque lieder.

As for "Wayfaring Stranger", play close attention to "My Love is a Red Red Rose"... If you've ever felt true love, this is the song to make you cry.

Brilliant.......2005-01-11

Putting this wonderful voice together with an easy-listening style of ochestration was simply a brilliant idea.

This compilation will surely bring this wondrous voice to the attention of a wholly different public to the one which presently adores Andreas, and secondly, it will introduce these folk treasures to an audience at present virtually ignorant of them.

Add this one to your Scholl collection

A Shot in the Dark: Tennessee Jive 1945-1955

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A Shot in the Dark: Tennessee Jive 1945-1955
Various Artists
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Talking The Blues - Pete Pyle
Living In Sorrow - Pete Pyle
Oklahoma Honky Tonk Gal - Shab Wooley
That's All She Wrote - Texas Troubadours
I'm So Lonesome - Clyde Moody
Jealous Hearted Me - Minnie Pearl
That Cheap Look In Your Eye - Frankie Pee Wee King & The Golden West Cowboys
Guitar Blues - Chester Atkins
Hamtramck Mama - York Bros.
My Tears Will Never Make You Change - York Bros.
Doin' The Boogie Woogie - Johnnie Barfield
Sweet Woman Blues - Ramblin' Tommy Scott
Chattanooga Boogie - Zeb Turner
Ain't Had No Lovin' - Zeb Turner
Coal Miner's Blues - Zeb Turner
High Faultin' Mama - Bill Nettles
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues - York Bros.
Saftey Pin Rag (Instr.) - Merl Lindsay & His Oklahoma Night Riders
Don't Try It - Leon Payne
Lifetime To Regret - Leon Payne/Jack Rhodes' Lone Star Buddies
Brown's Ferry Boogie - Zeke Clements And His Western Swing Band
Swamp Woman Blues - Smiley Burnette
Alley Cat Blues - Tommy Scott
Empty Arms - Leon Payne
Lipstick Trail - Leon Payne/Jack Rhodes' Lone Star Buddies
Big Fat Papa - Zeb Turner

Tracks:

Lost Highway - Leon Payne
Rolling Stone - Leon Payne
They'll Never Take Her Love From Me - Leon Payne
Gonna Go Back To Texas - Dale Belmont & Her Texas Townsmen
You've Got To Leave Those Other Guys Alone - Autry Inman
The Girl At The End Of The Bar - Butterball Paige
Honky Tonk Pete - Butterball Paige
Double Cross - Autry Inman
Think Twice - Pete Pyle
I'm Too Old To Boogie Anymore - Butterball Paige
Rag Mop - Johnnie Lee Willis & His Boys
Hospitality - Jimmy Work & His Tennessee Border Boys
Jealous Lies - Ray Price
Tennesee Jive - Tani Allen
Mule Boogie - Roy Hall And His Cohutta Mountain Boys
Walking Up Stairs - Paul Blunt And The Frontiersmen
Linger Longer Little Darling - Wally Fowler
I Feel Like The World Belongs To Me - Wiley Jordan
Move It Over Rover (Dog House Blues) - Al Clauser
I Needed You - Johnnie Lee Willis & His Boys
Station Door Blues - George Lee
The Band's A Rockin' - Johnnie Lee Willis & His Boys
One Dollar Boogie - Si Jenkins & The Ozark Ramblers
Careless Me - Johnnie Lee Willis
Levee Blues - Johnnie Lee Willis
When Hillbillie Willie Met Kitty From The City - Tani Allen & His Tennessee Pals
More And More - Shorty Ashburn
Bear Cat Daddy - Ray Batts
Wild Man Boogie - Ray Batts

Tracks:

Boogie Woogie Tennessee - Ricky Riddle & Hal Bradley's Band
Dog Hauled Around - Billy Wallace
You Got Some Explaining To Do - Billy Wallace
Oh! Babe - Jack Hardy & The Ranch Boys
Marning After Blues - Bob Williams
Waiting For The Tide To Change - Bob Williams
Shufflin' Shoes Boogie - Wes Holly
Beer Drinkin' Blues - Mississippi Slim
Crackers, Cheese And Beer - Bob Williams/Bill Russell/Dick Stratton
Love Is Just A Sometimes Thing - Peggy Carroll/Billy Wilson
Pickup Truck - Bob Williams
Hot Rod Race No.3 - Bob Williams
I'm All Broke Out With Love - Helen Carter
Down Yonder - Del Wood
Easy Monthly Payment Blues - Randy Hughes
No Trespassing - Randy Hughes
As Long As You Believe In Me Little Darling - Helen Carter/Bob Eaton
Intoxicated Harmony - Carl Runner
Birthday Cake - Randy Hughes
Boogie Woogie Plowboy - Tiny Bennett/Blackie Bennett's Band
I've Shed A Million Tears - Bob Pettus/Blackie Bennett's Band
Just Wait And See - Dick Stratton/The Nite Owls
Ramblers Blues - Kirk McGee
It's Too Late To Change Your Mind - Kirk McGee
Talking In Your Sleep - Randy Hughes
My Little Country Rose - Randy Hughes
Uh Huh, Honey - Lee Bond
You've Been Cryin' Sweetheart - Lee Bond
With A Heart Full Of Misery - Johnny Rowland
Where The Bright Lights Glow - Johnny Rowland

Tracks:

I'll Have The Last Laugh Yet - Allen Flatt
Tapping That Thing - Randy Hughes
Tired Of Your Lies - Mississippi Slim
No Money - Carl Runner
Southwind - Billy Wallace
I'm Gonna Turn You A'Loose - Billy Wallace/The Nite Owls
We're Steppin' Out Tonite - Bob Williams
Twice The Loving - Floyd Huffman
I Couldn't Stand To Hear You Say 'I Do' - Rebe & Rabe & The Sunny Valley Boys
My Empty Arms - Rebe & Rabe & The Sunny Valley Boys
She's My Gal - Ted West
She Bent My Pole - Ted West
My Heart Slowly Died - Floyd Huffman
I've Found My Own - Smiley Wilson/Kitty Carson
Walk Off And Leave It - Sonny Sims
Two Kinds Of Women - Sonny Sims
I'm Glad That I Love You - Lee Bonds/Sonny Sims
I Want You Too - Don Windle
Ramblin' Blues - Jimmy (J.D.) Simpson
When My Baby Gets Home - Don Windle
I Hope Some Day You'll Think Of Me - Jimmy (J.D.) Simpson
Oilfield Blues - Jimmy (J.D.) Simpson
That's What She Wrote - Allen Flatt
Don't Come Crying On My Shoulder - Clary Eager
Throwing Kisses (And Making Eyes At You) - Larry Dexter
Parking Worries - Ted West
Magic Girl - Tommy Smith
Cause I Love You - Larry Dexter/Betty Jo Foster
That'll Be Love - Glenn Reeves
Devil's Little Angel - The Kelleys
Leaving Tennessee - The Kelleys

Tracks:

With All Your Heart - Buddy Estes
Flyin' Saucer Baby - Georgia Jim
Jig Saw Puzzle Heart - Georgia Jim
Juke Joint Johnny - Lattie Moore
It's Good Enough For You - Lattie Moore
Dog House Blues - Tennessee Slim
It's Raining Tears - Tennessee Slim
The Devil Paid Me (With A Mother In Law) - Joedy Lea
My First Love - Lattie Moore
Baby I'll Soon Be Gone - Lattie Moore
It's Your Turn To Cry - Tennesee Slim
I'm An Old Wolf - Tennesee Slim
Night Life And Wine - Shorty Sargent
You'd Better Think Again - Shorty Sargent
Lov-ie Lov-ie - Chickie King
Patches On My Heart - Tex Cronas
You'll Need My Help - Betty Jo
Pinball Fever - Jack Toombs
Confess That You're Mine - Little Bun Wilson
One Sided Love Affair - Tennesee Slim
Crazy Hazy Kisses - Tennesee Slim
Yesterday's Lovin' - Bobby Helms
Hangin' Around - Bobby Helms
Little Bit Late For Lovin' - Bob Rogers
I Want To Be Babied (By A Gal Like You) - Bob Rogers
This Lesson Of Love - Little Bun Wilson
Freedom Lovin' Guy - Bobby Helms
I Need Your Lovin' - Chickie King
Hen Pecked Boogie - Billy Wilson
I Can't Stop Loving You - Billy Wilson

Tracks:

The Life That I'm Living - Tommy Hill
Good Deal Lucille - Al Terry
Say It Now - Tommy Hill
Tennessee Courtin' Time - Opal Jean
That Done It - Opal Jean
I'm Gonna Salt My Sugar Away - Ernie Chaffin
Lonely Wind - Ernie Chaffin
Hey Whattya Say - Al Terry
Honky Tonk Romance - Tommy Hill
C.N.R. Special - McCormick Brothers
Part Of Your Heart - Opal Jean
I Can't Lose The Blues - Ernie Chaffin
Get Me On Your Mind - Ernie Chaffin
I'm Not Giving Up That Easy - Jimmy Collie
So Lovely, Baby - Rusty & Doug
Why Cry For You - Rusty & Doug
Just For A While - Wilma Lee/Stoney Cooper
Cross My Heart - McCormick Brothers
I'll Give My Heart To You - Wiley Barkdull
Look Around (Take A Look At Me) - Rusty & Doug
Can I Be Dreaming - Rusty & Doug
Mr. Juke Box - Tommy Hill
Let's Stay Together - Rusty & Doug
Honey Honey - Rusty & Doug
Row Number Two, Seat Number Three - Wilma Lee/Stoney Cooper
'Cause You're Always On My Mind - Wiley Barkdull
Shuffle, And Deal - McCormick Bros.

Tracks:

Near You - Francis Craig
Danger Zone - Sunshine Boys
That Old Moon Seems To Know - Bob Jennings & The Eagle Rangers
Lover's Blues - Buck Buchanon & The Rhythm Rogues
After We Are Through - Big Jeff
Hom Bru Boogie - Big Jeff
Ten-E-Cee Hom Bru - Big Jeff
Chili Dippin' Mama - Vernon Way & His Carolina Swing Band
Fat Gal Boogie - Dick Stratton
You're The Two Timin' Kind - Ray Anderson
Hillbilly Sweetheart - John Talley
Music City USA - Dick Stratton
Steppin' Out - Allen Flatt
I'm Lonely Because - Ray Anderson/The Tennessee Mountaineers
Draft Board Blues - Ray Anderson/The Tennessee Mountaineers
If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time - John Talley
A Broken Heart And A Glass Of Beer - Allen Flatt/The Nite Owls
You're Under Arrest - Shorty Ashburn
Crazy 'Bout The Boogie - Vance Morris & His Alabama Playboys
Slap Happy Pappy - Vance Morris & His Alabama Playboys
Lonely For You - Dixie Ramblers
Weeds Of Hate - Bob West
Maybe It's You, Sweetheart, Maybe It's Me - Ray Batts
You're The Only Good Thing - Jack Toombs
Somebody Clipped Your Wings - Don Haggard/Judy Bess
Broken Hearted Means Nothing To You - Rainbow Valley Boys
Talkin' 'Bout Susie - Slim Lay/The Crossroads Follies Gang
I'm A Fool - Tommy Smith
Step It Up And Go - Big Jeff/The Radio Playboys

Tracks:

Interview With Jim Bulleit - Jim Bulleit
Interview With Christine Kittrell - Christine Kittrell
Interview With Hutch Carlock - Hutch Carlock

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Historic Ragtime

The Neglected Professor

Manufacturer: Delmark
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004S3A4
Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

Lily Rag #1
Delmar Blues
When Sambo Goes To France
Delmar Rag (Alternate)
The One I Love
Centennial Rag
The Dream
Dicty's On 7th Avenue
Lingering Blues
Carolina Shout
Five Foot Two
St. Louis Blues
12th Street Rag
Maori
Derby Stomp
Leola (Two-Step)
Lily Rag #2
Brother-In-Law Dan
Delmar Rag
St. Louis Blues (Alt)
When Sambo Goes To France (Alt)
How Deep Is The Ocean
Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night
Tennessee Waltz
Chimes Blues
Lily Rag #3

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Historic Ragtime.......2001-03-31

Charles Thompson was a contemporary of Jelly Roll Morton and James P. Johnson, and was one of the leading figues of the second generation of St. Louis ragtime pianists.

This album, made up of live recordings from the early 1960s, finds Thompson in reasonable form, playing some of his best known pieces plus a few standards. His powers had declined a little from his 1948-49 American Music recordings, but he was still able to play in an entertaining fashion. Many of the performances are rather short, but these are historic recordings by a little known but important figue in ragtime.

Tracks:

Everybody's Reaching out for Someone
Green Door
Half the Way
Wrong Road Again/Somebody Loves You
Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For
Talking in Your Sleep
You Don't Even Know My Name
Old Songs - Crystal Gayle, Jay Patten
Coal Miner's Daughter - Crystal Gayle, Peggy Sue Wright
Blue Moon of Kentucky - Crystal Gayle, Peggy Sue Wright
Ready for the Times to Get Better
Midnight in the Desert
More Money - Crystal Gayle, Peggy Sue Wright
Don't Come Home a Drinking (With Lovin' on Your Mind) - Crystal Gayle, Peggy Sue Wright
That's What I Like About the South - Crystal Gayle, Peggy Sue Wright
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Gospel Medley: I Saw the Light/Somebody Touched Me/I'll Fly Away/Jesus
When I Dream

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Back Home in Tennessee
Johnny Maddox
Manufacturer: Crazy Otto Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Red Hot Ragtime Volume 1
Dixieland Blues

ASIN: B000253CFI
Release Date: 2004-08-31

Tracks:

Just Try And Picture Me Back Home In Tennessee
Goorus
Roll Along Kentucky Moon
Are You From Dixie? 'Cause I'm From Dixie Too
Some Sweet Day
Honey Man My Little Lovin' Man
Let The Rest Of The World Go By
Dixie Medley
Arkansas Blues
Down Yonder
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Glad Rag Doll
Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
Broken Doll
Corsica Rag
Manzanillo

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