Farewell to Paradise

Product Description
2003 Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue of the singer/songwriters 3rd and final album from 1973. Once again a one-man-band affair, it does differ, however, from his earlier efforts. The record has a much more wistful, almost Harry Nilsson-like feeling. Em

Farewell to Paradise,Emitt Rhodes,Universal,Pop,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Great Hits from Sigmund Romberg

Great Hits from Sigmund Romberg Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Romberg, Sigmund | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Songs of Victor Herbert Music of Sigmund Romberg A Victor Herbert Showcase: The Greatest Hits of the Father of American Popular Song The Desert Song / The New Moon Deep in My Heart ASIN: B000000X26 Release Date: 1992-06-12

Tracks:

1. The Desert Song: It
2. Maytime: Waltz Medley
3. Girl Of The Golden West: Who Are We To Say?
4. The New Moon: Introduction - Stout Hearted Men - Lover Come Back To Me - Girl On The Prow - Try Her Out At Dances - Wanting You - Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - One Kiss - Finale
5. Nina Rosa: The Gaucho March
6. The Desert Song: Waltz
7. Viennese Nights: Introduction - I Bring You A Love Song - Here We Are - You Will Remember Vienna - Regimental March
8. Blossom Time: Song Of Love
9. My Maryland: Introduction - Dixie - Boys In Grey - Mother - Silver Moon - Your Land Is My Land
10. Bimbo: In Old Granada
11. The Desert Song: Introduction - Riff Song - One Flower In Your Garden - Waltz - The Foreign Legion - Romance - One Alone
12. Maytime: Farewell To Dreams
13. Nina Rosa: Your Smiles, Your Tears
14. The New Moon: Marienne
15. The New Moon: Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
16. Nina Rosa: My First Love, My Last Love
17. Viennese Nights: I Bring A Love Song
18. The Night Is Young: When I Grow Too Old To Dream
19. The Student Prince: Intorduction - Arrival Of The Prince - Serenade - Deep In My Heart, Dear - Drinking Song - Just We Two - Students' March Song

Customer Reviews:

Great Hits from Sigmund Romberg.......2007-01-04

Excellent audio product, especially considering its age and the state of technology.

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A Delius Festival Manufacturer: Classics for Pleasur ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Delius, Frederick | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000027FC0 Release Date: 1993-08-20

Tracks:

1. Songs Of Farewell: How Sweet The Silent Backward Tracings! - Royal Chor Society/Sir Malcolm Sargent
2. Songs Of Farewell: I Stand As On Some Mighty Eagle's Beak - Royal Chor Society/Sir Malcolm Sargent
3. Songs Of Farewell: Passage To You! - Royal Chor Society/Sir Malcolm Sargent
4. Songs Of Farewell: Joy, Shipmate, Joy! - Royal Chor Society/Sir Malcolm Sargent
5. Songs Of Farewell: Now Finale To The Shore - Royal Chor Society/Sir Malcolm Sargent
6. Late Swallows - Halle Orch/Sir John Barbirolli
7. A Song Before Sunrise - RPO/Sir Malcolm Sargent
8. To Be Sung Of A Summer Night On The Water: Slow, But Not Dragging - Chor Of King's College/Philip Ledger
9. To Be Sung Of A Summer Night On The Water: Gaily But Not Quick - Robert Tear
10. A Village Romeo And Juliet: The Walk To The Paradise Garden - RPO/Meredith Davies
11. Cynara - John Shirley-Quirk
12. Margot La Rouge: Prld - RPO/Meredith Davies
13. Wanderer's Song - Baccholian Sgrs Of London
14. Koanga: La Calinda - PO/George Weldon

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Kismet/The Sound of Music Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005YHUX Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

1. Sands of Time
2. Stranger in Paradise - Percy Faith
3. Zubbediya (Samaris' Dance)
4. He's in Love!
5. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
6. Rhymes Have I
7. Rahadlakum
8. And This Is My Beloved
9. Fate
10. Night of My Nights
11. Not Since Nineveh
12. Bazaar of the Caravans
13. Sound of Music
14. Maria
15. My Favorite Things
16. Do-Re-Mi
17. No Way to Stop It
18. Climb Ev'ry Mountain
19. So Long, Farewell
20. Ordinary Couple
21. Lonely Goatherd
22. Sixteen Going on Seventeen
23. How Can Love Survive?
24. Sound of Music (Reprise)

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The Queen's Men Manufacturer: Crd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gibbons, Orlando | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Holborne, Anthony | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000479BD Release Date: 1994-04-05

Average customer rating: A True Recording Artist I Agree with Phyllis Great cd... wonder where mine is. Not his best work,but still worth having Incomparable

Farewell to Paradise Emitt Rhodes Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Baroque Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Listen, Listen: The Definitive Collection ASIN: B000068W58 Release Date: 2002-04-29

Tracks:

1. Warm Self Sacrifice
2. See No Evil
3. Drawn to You
4. Blue Horizon
5. Shoot the Moon
6. Only Lovers Decide
7. Trust One More
8. Nights Are Lonely
9. Bad Man
10. In Desperate Need
11. Those That Die
12. Farewell to Paradise

Album Description

2003 Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue of the singer/songwriters 3rd and final album from 1973. Once again a one-man-band affair, it does differ, however, from his earlier efforts. The record has a much more wistful, almost Harry Nilsson-like feeling. Em

Album Details

First Time Available on CD.

Customer Reviews:

A True Recording Artist.......2007-02-28

In the original LP gatefold jacket, Rhodes discussed how he did not choose to mask his musical weaknesses (although none were evident) by having other musicians play on the album. Every note written, played or sung on his three solo albums was performed by Rhodes. This album was completed while Rhodes was being sued by his record label (ABC/Dunhill) for not completing his contractual obligations in a timely manner. The label did this with less popular performers to recoup some of their investment. They also sued the more popular performers to negotiate extending their contract (i.e. re-sign and the law suit goes away). I digress! While Rhodes purposely shrugged the Beatlesque harmonies, this is by far his best recording. The use of instruments far exceeds the first two albums, as witnessed by the closely-miked strumming of the piano strings with a guitar pick on the title song. While it produced a sound akin to a harp, the flat-clicking of the pick adds to the effect. The album title was Rhodes' admission that he would likely not record again, so I believe he poured his heart and soul into recording his best musical effort. Hopefully, this album will be reissued on a more affordable release. In the meantime, I still have two vinyl copies (one near mint) to enjoy until it is reissued on CD or DVD.

I Agree with Phyllis.......2006-08-21

I also think this is Emmit's best work. His debut and MIRROR were great, but as an ALBUM this is record is much more carefully crafted than its predecessors; the song transitions are breathtaking and the production work is clearly his best. Just as emotional as his first two if not more so. I've come to the conclusion that many people think his debut was his best just because so few have ever really heard his next two from start to finish.

Great cd... wonder where mine is........2006-07-18

On June 2nd I ordered this title, which Amazon was offering at the time for $30. Anytime you see those low Amazon prices with the "usually ships in 4 - 6 weeks" (or anything over 24 hours), don't believe it. They really mean "It's just possible we can get our hands on this, but in the meantime at least we'll keep you from ordering it elsewhere and tie up your money just in case we come up with it." Ever wonder why Amazon is so gung ho to rate the merchants and customers, but doesn't allow itself to be rated? I don't think they'd come out looking too great. (Fortunately I managed to obtain this wonderful Emitt Rhodes cd elsewhere.)

Not his best work,but still worth having.......2006-01-03

I remember in 74 looking through some albums for something new,when lo and behold here was a Emitt Rhodes album I didnt even know existed.It had been quite awhile since I had bought ''MIRROR'and I had missed hearing something new from him.Estatic I hurriedly put it on the turntable and heard the opening piano part for Warm self sacrifice,starting off slowly then going into a rock and roll style and felt it was like his last two albums.But after awhile I realized he had changed his style somewhat and after a few plays
I have to admit I was quite disappointed.However realizing that his record company was trying to squeeze everything out of him at once,its no wonder that this album wasnt as good as it should have been.Badfinger went through the same ordeal which basically destroyed them.Luckily Emitt didnt try to take his life like two of the members of that group did.Never the less,some thirty one years after buying this album there are some songs that I really like and some that are not so good.My two favorite songs are,the georgous ''Only lovers decide'' and the title track''Farewell to paradise''.The other good ones are''Warm self sacrifice'',See no evil'',''Drawn to you'',''Blue horizon''and ''Trust once more''.Im not too crazy about ''Shoot the moon'',''Nights are lonely'',''Bad man'',and ''In desperate need'', so I only give this album three stars.Still I think its worth having just for the good songs.

Incomparable.......2004-08-31

While it's true that he never duplicated the consistency of his 1970 masterpiece "Emitt Rhodes" (being sued by your own record comapny while you're working on your new album will have that effect!), Farewell to Paradise contains some of the most beautiful songs Emitt Rhodes ever recorded. The title track which ends the album is as near perfection as you'll find in pop/rock - gorgeous guitar hook, soaring verse & chorus, perfect middle 8, with his as-usual stunning bass & percussion. There are a number of tracks on this record which fall far below the standard he set with his best work - some are downright maudlin - but Warm Self Sacrifice, Blue Horizon, Trust Once More, and Only Lovers Decide, along with the title track, make this an essential album. Do the world a favor - pass the word about the incomparable Emitt Rhodes: his songwriting, sweet & soulful singing, masterful musicianship, and amazing production make him as rare in the world of recorded music as a .400 hitter in baseball.
Emitt we miss you!

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