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Average customer rating: MacRae and Jones head a superb and O.K. adaptation Broadway in a movie setting at it's very best! Wonderful Beauiful Oh, what a beautiful sound!

Oklahoma! (1955 Film Soundtrack) Jay Blackton , Charlotte Greenwood , Shirley Jones , Gene Nelson , Gloria Grahame , Rod Steiger , James Whitmore , and Gordon MacRae Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Rodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: South Pacific (1958 Film Soundtrack) The King and I (1956 Film Soundtrack) Carousel (1956 Film Soundtrack) The Music Man (1962 Film Soundtrack) My Fair Lady (1964 Film Soundtrack) ASIN: B00005A7XB Release Date: 2001-03-13

Tracks:

1. Overture - Rodgers & Hammerstein
2. Main Title - Rodgers & Hammerstein
3. Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - Gordon MacRae
4. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top - Gordon MacRae/Shirley Jones/Charlotte Greenwood
5. Kansas City - Gene Nelson/Charlotte Greenwood/Men's Chorus
6. Kansas City Ballet - Rodgers & Hammerstein
7. I Cain't Say No - Gloria Grahame
8. Many A New Day - Shirley Jones/Girls' Chorus
9. Many A New Day Ballet - Rodgers & Hammerstein
10. People Will Say We're In Love - Gordon McaRae/Shirley Jones
11. Pore Jud Is Daid - Gordon MacRae/Rod Steiger
12. Out Of My Dreams - Shirley Jones/Girls' Chorus
13. Out Of My Dreams Ballet - Rodgers & Hammerstein
14. Entr' Acte - Rodgers & Hammerstein
15. The Farmer And The Cowman - Gordon MacRae/Charlotte Greenwood/Gene Nelson/J.C. Flippen/James Whitmore/Gloria Grahame...
16. The Farmer And The Cowman Ballet - Rodgers & Hammerstein
17. All Er Nuthin' - Gloria Grahame/Gene Nelson
18. All Er Nuthin' Ballet - Rodgers & Hammerstein
19. People Will Say We're In Love - Gordon MacRae/Shirley Jones
20. Oklahoma - Gordon MacRae/Shirley Jones/Charlotte Greenwood/Gloria Grahame/Gene Nelson/Rod Steiger...
21. Finale: Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - Gordon MacRae/Shirley Jones/Charlotte Greenwood/Gloria Grahame/Gene Nelson/Rod Steiger...
22. Overture (LP Version) - Rodgers & Hammerstein

Customer Reviews:

MacRae and Jones head a superb and O.K. adaptation.......2007-03-16

The film adaptation of Oklahoma heralded a technological breakthrough in widescreen cinema just as the original stage musical ushered in the integrated book musical. As such this film adaptation was treated as a special occasion, well-supervised by the creators themselves. The soundtrack, featured here, boasts sterling performances from MacRae and Jones making the most of their portrayals of Curly and Laurey, backed by a charismatic cast and superb orchestrations. And of course let's not forget the enveloping stereo sound that holds up well even today.

Despite being a Hollywood star, Gordon MacRae performs the part of Curly as if he was born to play it even on the stage. He shines vocally in his renditions of Oh, what a Beautiful Mornin' and Surrey with the Fringe on Top. He is well-partnered by Shirley Jones as a fresh and pert Laurey, lending her beautiful voice to the part. Although we don't hear much of her on this soundtrack, her partnering MacRae in People Will Say We're in Love exudes a masterful chemistry, as if they were setting sparks off at each other in their rendition of the song. Gene Nelson makes a dashing Will Parker and is equally well-matched by Gloria Grahame as Ado Annie. Grahame renders I Cain't Say No splendidly and partners Nelson in All er Nothin'. The supporting cast is filled out by Charlotte Greenwood's suitably caustic Aunt Eller and Rod Steiger's Jud. It's a pity that the film cut the song Lonely Room, otherwise Steiger would have better demonstrated the dark hues of the character of Jud. Yet it all adds up to a wonderful renditionh of this classic musical, enough to elicit a spontaneous YEOW! during this year of the Oklahoma centenary.

This EMI-Angel reissue offers one the advantage of the dance music and the main titles. This means that the listener gets the Kansas City and Farmer and the Cowman dance sequences, as well as the extended Dream Ballet. The only downside is the extraneous sound effects lifted from a DVD copy of the movie. Yes I share many of your sentiments that these sound effects tend to grate, and long for Didier Deutsch to have used the original untainted studio vault versions. However, let's at least be thankful that the CD producers have offered us a more comprehensive version of the Oklahoma soundtrack that we could only have dreamt of in the past.

In short, this is a wonderful and valuable addition to the R&H discography, and is an equally celebrated rendition of the score like the original Broadway cast recording. Warmly recommended to those who seek even their first version of Oklahoma.

Broadway in a movie setting at it's very best!.......2007-03-06

I have the original Broadway version, but prefer this movie selection.
The CD is flawless and, in my opinion, there's nothing better than a Rodgers
and Hammerstein musical for music, lyrics and pure joy! This is the best!

Wonderful.......2007-01-30

A great way to introduce oneself to the world of the nearly extinct Hollywood musical.

Beauiful.......2006-06-05

A true musical theater classic. Wonderful melodies that will last for years to come.
Other classics not to forget about are:
Mary Poppins
My Fair Lady
The Wizard of Oz
Chitty Chitty Bang Band
The first Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Sound of Music
Oliver
West Side Story
Fiddler on the Roof
Singing in the Rain
The Wiz
Little Mermaid
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
Grease
The King and I
Oklahoma
The Music Man
South Pacific

My Voice Students are always asking me for recommendations so I though I'd post it for all! We can't forget about these great musicals!

Oh, what a beautiful sound!.......2006-03-26

Oklahoma has never sounded better as sung by Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones in the 1955 movie version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's unforgettable Broadway musical. The memory of MacRae's beautiful voice lives on with this CD. I never tire of hearing this wonderful music. From the opening overture to the finale you will feel as though you're right in the theater.

Average customer rating: Saw the Broadway show!!!! Just saw the Broadway show! XANADU still rocks! great for nostalgia I love Xanadu

Xanadu Manufacturer: MCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Test | Stores | Music Similar Items: Xanadu Magic: The Very Best of Olivia Newton-John All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978 Film) Grease (Original 1978 Motion Picture Soundtrack) ASIN: B00000AG8R Release Date: 1998-09-08

Tracks:

1. Magic - Olivia Newton-John
2. Suddenly - Olivia Newton-John
3. Dancin' - Olivia Newton-John
4. Suspended In Time - Olivia Newton-John
5. Whenever You're Away From Me - Olivia Newton-John
6. I'm Alive - Electric Light Orchestra
7. The Fall - Electric Light Orchestra
8. Don't Walk Away - Electric Light Orchestra
9. All Over The World - Electric Light Orchestra
10. Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra

Album Description

Unavailable on CD in the U.S., this is CBS's 1989 reissue ofMCA's top five & double platinum 1980 soundtrack to directorRobert Greenwald's 1980 musical starring Olivia Newton-John at a high point in her career and Gene Kelly at the bottom of his. The album features 10 tracks, five each from E.L.O. & Olivia Newton-John, including the #1 smash 'Magic' by Newton-John, the top 10 title cut by both her & E.L.O. and the top 20 duet 'Suddenly' by Newton-John and Cliff Richard!

Album Description

Unavailable on CD in the U.S., this is CBS's 1989 reissue ofMCA's top five & double platinum 1980 soundtrack to directorRobert Greenwald's 1980 musical starring Olivia Newton-John at a high point in her career and Gene Kelly at the bottom of his. The album features 10 tracks, five each from E.L.O. & Olivia Newton-John, including the #1 smash 'Magic' by Newton-John, the top 10 title cut by both her & E.L.O. and the top 20 duet 'Suddenly' by Newton-John and Cliff Richard!

Customer Reviews:

Saw the Broadway show!!!!.......2007-07-13

Holy Moly- The movie is terrible and the broadway musical is PURE Heaven! What a blast. Go Go GO! It's the most fun I've had in a theater in years!

Just saw the Broadway show!.......2007-07-09

let's face it the movie sucks; the soundtrack is pretty great (with nostalgia's glow). so, i was sooo shocked by the stage version. the creators figured that taking a crappy, dated film and sending it up is, if not easier, better than trying to recreate a classic. trust me, that's the only reason i looked at this listing, haha. it made me realize that even the crap from our past can be good enough to look back on fondly.

XANADU still rocks!.......2007-06-04

Yep! Proud to say I own the CD and DVD. The movie was corney but the soundtrack was great! I remember seeing the movie when I was younger and left the theater happy because it was all fantasy and I hummed to all the songs. Olivia has a voice of a goddess and I I'll never get tired listening to "MAGIC" over and over again. If anybody come visit NYC go see XANADU on broadway. I had such a good time and the show is real funny because they make a parady of the movie.

great for nostalgia.......2007-05-22

Great CD for "old" people that remember it. The Cliff Richard songs are kind of plain, but the rest is good to listen to.

I love Xanadu.......2007-03-23

I've been a big fan of this movie and soundtrack since I was a kid so I may be a little bias, but if you like the movie you'll mostly likely like the soundtrack as well. Nice 80s music.

Average customer rating: Gene Pitney - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits perfect album great collection Gene pitney-25 all greatest hits Gene Pitneys- 25 All- Time Greatest Hits

Gene Pitney - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits Gene Pitney Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Teen Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Dion & Belmonts - Greatest Hits Come a Little Bit Closer: The Best of Jay & the Americans Del Shannon - Greatest Hits The Vogues - Greatest Hits ASIN: B00000I8AJ Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

1. (I Wanna) Love My Life Away
2. Every Breath I Take
3. Town Without Pity
4. Hello Mary Lou
5. (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance
6. Only Love Can Break A Heart
7. If I Didn't Have A Dime (To Play The Jukebox)
8. Half Heaven - Half Heartache
9. Mecca
10. True Love Never Runs Smooth
11. Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
12. That Girl Belongs To Yesterday
13. It Hurts To Be In Love
14. Lips Were Redder On You
15. I'm Gonna Be Strong
16. I Must Be Seeing Things
17. Last Chance To Turn Around
18. Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
19. Princess In Rags
20. Backstage (I'm Lonely)
21. Nobody Needs Your Love
22. Just One Smile
23. Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
24. She's A Heartbreaker
25. Yours Until Tomorrow

Customer Reviews:

Gene Pitney - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits.......2007-06-13

Great CD, brings back alot of good memories

perfect album.......2007-05-24

This is the most perfect album I ever have from Gene Pitney so far, the finest recordings with a fair price tag too. Most of the tracks brought back memories of my younger days. As a matter of facts, I only heard a few of his most hits like Town without pity, Man who shot Liberty Valance, 24 hours from Tulsa, It hurts to be in love, Only love can break a heart and Something's gotten hold of my heart over the radio airwaves in the early sixties. So this 25 All time greatest hits I thought only a few tracks like I mentioned above were all I wanted, To my surprise most of the tracks are wonderful. For those who need a relaxation listening pleasure, take my opinion. Peter Lee

great collection.......2007-05-07

This is truly the all-time greatest hits of Gene Pitney, all original recordings, that's very important. A truly underappreciated singer, whom we lost too soon, and now even my wife takes this CD on the road with her. It passed her test, too.

Gene pitney-25 all greatest hits.......2007-02-08

This is one fantatsic collection of Gene's greatest hits! My favorites are, Only love can break a heart,half heaven,half heartache and Town with out pity.There are many great songs on here that are great,he was a singer with great talent who will be remembered.I play this cd everyday.I love it! It'll be nice to have and listen to when we go up to the camper on week-ends this summer! Oh yes and to hear, everylittle Breath I take.Gene has such a talent,he can sing anything. What a voice!
S Maddern,New Germany,Minnesota

Gene Pitneys- 25 All- Time Greatest Hits.......2007-01-15

Alot of great songs you don't hear anymore.

Average customer rating: Offbeat enough to be worth your time. A great album Little Shop At Its Musical Best Great Soundtrack Little Shop of Horrors -The Moview CD

Little Shop Of Horrors (1986 Film) Manufacturer: Geffen Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classical | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Little Shop of Horrors Little Shop of Horrors (2003 Broadway Revival Cast) Little Shop Of Horrors: Original Cast Album (1982 Off-Broadway Cast) Rocky Horror Picture Show: 25 Years of Absolute Pleasure The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975 Film) ASIN: B000000OQ7 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Prologue (Little Shop Of Horrors) - Michelle Weeks, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell, Bill Mitchell
2. Skid Row (Downtown) - Michelle Weeks, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell, Ellen Green, Rick Morranis Donny Gerrard
3. Da-Doo - Rick Moranis, Michelle Weeks, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell, The Do Wops
4. Grow For Me - Rick Moranis, Michelle Weeks, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell,
5. Somewhere That's Green - Ellen Green
6. Some Fun Now - Michelle Weeks, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell,
7. Dentist! - Steve Martin, Michelle Weeks, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell, Robby Perkins, Robert Billig,
8. Feed Me (Git It) - Levi Stubbs,Rick Moranis, Michelle Weeks, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell
9. Suddenly, Seymour - Rick Moranis, Ellen Green, Michelle Weeks, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell
10. Suppertime - Levi Stubbs, Michelle Weeks, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell
11. The meek Shall Inherit - Rick Moranis, Michelle Weeks, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell, Robby Merkin, Frank Oz...
12. Mean Green Mother From Outerspace - Levi Stubbs, Chorus
13. Finale (Don't Feed The Plants) - Chorus

Customer Reviews:

Offbeat enough to be worth your time........2007-06-02

This adaption of a famous Broadway play is a truly funky story with overtones of science fiction and some of the greatest music ever performed on screen. I never get tired of the soundtrack and play it often.

A great album.......2007-02-04

This album contains must of the song fron 1986 movie. This movie is great the music is fantastic. Unlike the on the movie the song are all unabriged on the track. The final song one the second version of the movie mean green mother from outer space for reason I don't understand was abriged for the movie. The songs running time was drasticaly cut from about 4.5 minutes on the album to about a little over 2 minutes. This originally was not the final song for the movie. When this movie was original first the last song was Don't Feed the Plants from the off brodway play. However six months after the movie was first released the whole ending sequence of the movie with Rick Morransis, Ellen Greeen. Levi Stubs and Jim Bilusie had to be shot over again due to negative audience reactions from several people who were upset and not stastified with director Frank Ozze's original first ending. As a result of the ending being modified from a sad depressing ending to a lovely romantic happy ending the song Don't feed the plants and the footage that went along with it were instantly trimed out of footage and only a small fragmet of it exist on the dealete scenes and out take portions of the dvd. However for reason I could never figure out don't feed the plants is include as the final song one the last track of the album even though it no longer exist in the current dvd and vhs formats of the movie

Little Shop At Its Musical Best.......2006-09-21

The film recording of Little Shop is the best recording of the score yet (despite missing many of the stage version's more superflous and campy ditties)The vocal arangements and orchestrations are the best and most appropriately complementary to the piece. They capture the sound, and spirit in full and with fun and excitement. The cast is superb, and Ellen Greene proved herself quite brilliant in her ability to adapt her stage performance for the small size of film. The performance of Levi Stubbs, criticized on this site, is actually the BEST interpretation and vocal performance of Audrey II to date, anywhere. It is the only performance to truly bring the role to life and is damn funny. The cuts and changes are all logical for the medium of film, and obviously approved of as they were made by Howard Ashman himself. The original off-broadway cast (yes, the show was NOT an official broadway show, therefore could not have won a tony for anyone) is the next best recording. But to those who harp on the film for cutting the stage songs, the original cast album is not the full score, and has cuts made as well. The New Broadway Cast recording, which had great potential and money behind it, is the full stage score. Yet the worst in orchestration, quality, and casting to date. Though bland enough to easily digest, it is no where close to the film's sound and energy.

Great Soundtrack.......2006-07-25

Nice adaptation of the show to the screen. Rick Moranis in the best part of his career. And having Ellen Greene preserved on film as Audrey is wonderful. One of the best musical comedy performances of the 80's. Too bad the original was an Off-Broadway production. She deserved a Tony.

Little Shop of Horrors -The Moview CD.......2006-02-18

If you are a fan of the movie, then you will really enjoy this CD. It revives the memory of the movie in every song that is played. First rate soundtrack.

Average customer rating: Better Than Expected Solo Byrdman! "More like a dream than reality" is dead-on Another Gene Clark "Hit Album" A Gene Gem

White Light Gene Clark Manufacturer: Ume Imports ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: No Other The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark/Through the Morning, Through the Night Roadmaster Mr. Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of the Byrds' Gene Clark So Rebellious a Lover ASIN: B000068PQ7 Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

1. The Virgin
2. With Tomorrow
3. White Light
4. Because Of You
5. One In A Hundred
6. For A Spanish Guitar
7. Where My Love Lies Asleep
8. Tears Of Rage
9. 1975
10. Because Of You
11. Stand By Me
12. Ship Of The Lord
13. Opening Day
14. Winter In

Album Description

The classic ex-Byrd's solo album known as White Light. This is a 2002 remastered reissue of the 1972 album that's deleted domestically with 5 added bonus tracks 'Because Of You', 'Stand By Me', 'Ship Of The Lord', 'Opening Day' & 'Winter In'.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered 1971 Solo Album from the Late Singer/Songwriter, Best Known for Hsi Tenure with the Sixties Pop Band the Byrds. The Album Now Includes Five Bonus Tracks ('because of You (Different Mix)', Stand by Me, Ship of the Lord', 'opening Night', 'winter In').

Customer Reviews:

Better Than Expected.......2007-05-01

I have always been a major Byrds fan and yet I had never really explored Gene Clark as a solo artist. Fortunately this was my first Gene Clark solo record purchase. Over half the songs are really great. I really don't think that he is like anyone else. Yes, you can hear the Dylan influence slightly but he has a unique voice and the knack for weird chord combinations that lend a mood to the music. I personally loved Gene's earliest stuff before he felt he had to be a "poet". Even on White Light it seems that he tries a little too hard at times and he misses the mark that could have been hit with simplicity. It is definitely worth the money to buy this CD.

Solo Byrdman!.......2007-01-19

Wow! All this time I thought that Gene was just the tambourine bashing front man for the original Byrds! So this is where the Eagles learned to fly.............buy it, read the notes,enjoy!Kurt.

"More like a dream than reality" is dead-on.......2006-12-29

It really is more like a dream than reality that Gene Clark could make an album like White Light then all but disappear from the annals of American pop music history without ever achieving mainstream success and recognition. This record is my first non-Byrds introduction to Gene Clark (excepting a great cover of "Spanish Guitar" by Plainsong). Let me tell you, it's a purchase I'm glad I made and I can't wait to pick up more of his music (the best, from what I hear, are Dillard and Clark, Roadmaster, and No Other).

White Light, in spite of its comparisons to Neil Young, Dylan, etc. surprised me--it's a quite laid-back affair. At its heart it's an acoustic record--the lead electric guitar is clean and the songs are always driven by the acoustic rhythm guitar and the percussion is generally not the standard in-your-face rock kit drumming that usually accompanies folk rock. Admittedly, the album's overall mood failed to grab my on first listen. However, this isn't dime store pop--the merits of Gene Clark and White Light aren't in throwaway hooks that get old after one listen.

Here's what makes the album classic for me: Clark's got a great voice. It's not derivatively Dylan-esque like a lot of similar artists of the day. Clark sings simply and evocatively, channeling the emotions of his songs in a really compelling way. The songwriting is great--excellent, somewhat melancholy lyrics that are accessible but ambiguous enough to retain a bit of mystery. Last, the arrangements are great. The lead guitar may not be hardcore, but most every song has a great lead line (often slide guitar) that really accompanies the mood of the songs and is actually pretty gnarly from time to time (i.e. the opening line on "The Virgin" and the melodic counterpoint on "One in a Hundred"). Despite the album's overall mellow vibe, there's actually some pretty rocking numbers, like "White Light" and "1975," in which the drums really kick in and the country bass starts to accent the beat in a harder way. The only weakness here, in my opinions are the keyboards. They're pretty much buried in the mix on most of the songs, making them less of a part of the band and more of a support for the mood. I guess they do add to the record, but I wonder what they could have contributed if used in a more melody-oriented position.

Some highlights for me are the desolate solo guitar and voice on "With Tomorrow," the immediately accessible and haunting "Because of You," and the cover of "Tears of Rage." Although it doesn't obviate Richard Manuel's soulful, definitive take from Music From Big Pink, it's definitely well-chosen and a rocking reinterpretation that really works. Really, though, all the songs on here are great and essential. I can't pick out a track (bonus tracks excepted) that doesn't contain meaningful lyrics, memorable musical moments, and characteristics that don't set it apart from the others. I highly recommend White Light to fans of Dylan, Young, the Byrds, folk, folk rock etc., and also to fans of similar newer music. Congratulations on finding one of the 70's best-kept musical secrets--I hope you take the opportunity to capitalize on your discovery!

Another Gene Clark "Hit Album".......2006-08-27

Gene Clark has got to be the most under rated rock and roll star with the largest selection of supurb albums that flopped.

A Gene Gem.......2006-04-12

Gene Clark was a superb, terribly underrated American songster, and this is as good as any instance of his other, somewhat more well-known work. The only songs or performances to compare to these are on "The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark." On this still more personally styled collection of songs, Gene Clark explored the quests of his generation, ("The Virgin") ... Or examined his own life's work as an artist and creator, as in a piece of particular beauty,"Spanish Guitar" -the only song I've ever heard Bob Dylan say he wished he had written. Not even collaborators like Robbie Robertson ever received such praise from Bob. As always, Gene's romanticism ("With Tomorow") and full-hearted writing are moving throughout. Gene was an American treasure, and it's a shame that he wasn't better recognized here during his life. This is one prime example of his work - sweet and understated.

Average customer rating: Singin' with the film An Accurate Sountrack Great Soundtrack Ridiculous. Singin' in the Rain (1952 Film Soundtrack)

Singin' in the Rain (1952 Film Soundtrack) Nacio Herb Brown , Arthur Freed , Gene Kelly , and Debbie Reynolds Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Purists | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954 Film Soundtrack) The Music Man (1962 Film Soundtrack) My Fair Lady (1964 Film Soundtrack) Oklahoma! (1955 Film Soundtrack) ASIN: B0000033JG Release Date: 1996-04-23

Tracks:

1. Main Title - Gene Kelly/Debbie Reynolds/Donald O'Connor/M-G-M Studio Orchestra
2. Dignity - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
3. Fit As A Fiddle - Gene Kelly/Donald O'Connor/M-G-M Studio Orchestra
4. Stunt Montage - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
5. First Silent Picture - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
6. Tango (Temptation) - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
7. All I Do Is Dream Of You - Debbie Reynolds/M-G-M Studio Chorus
8. Gene Dreams of Kathy - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
9. All I Do Is Dream Of You (Outtake) - Gene Kelly
10. Make 'Em Laugh - Donald O'Connor
11. Beautiful Girl Montage - Jimmie Thompson/The Girl Friends/M-G-M Studio Orchestra And Chorus
12. Beautiful Girl - Jimmie Thompson
13. Have Lunch With Me - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
14. The Stage Is Set - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
15. You Were Meant For Me - Gene Kelly
16. You Are My Lucky Star (Outtake) - Debbie Reynolds/M-G-M Studio Chorus
17. Moses - Gene Kelly/Donald O'Connor
18. Good Morning - Gene Kelly/Debbie Reynolds/Donald O'Connor
19. Good Night, Kathy - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
20. Singin' In the Rain - Gene Kelly
21. From Dueling to Dancing - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
22. Would You? - Betty Noyes
23. Broadway Melody Ballet (Extended Version) - Gene kelly/M-G-M Studio Orchestra And Chorus
24. Would You? End Title - Gene Kelly/Betty Noyes
25. Singin' In the Rain (In A-Flat) (Extended Version) - Debbie Reynolds
26. Finale - Gene Kelly/Debby Reynolds/M-G-M Studio Chorus
27. Main Title (Alternate Version) - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
28. Beautiful Girl (Alternate Version/Tempo Track) - Jimmie Thompson/Gene Kelly/Lennie Hayton
29. Would You? (Unused Version) - Debbie Reynolds
30. Singin' In the Rain (Radio Broadcast) - Arthur Freed/M-G-M Studio Orchestra

Amazon.com

This MGM musical helps to epitomize the genre. The 1952 film starred Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. Reynolds's tracks, particularly "All I Do Is Dream of You" tend to make her sound like one of the munchkins from The Wizard of Oz, which is unfortunate. It's Gene Kelly's songs that are the most enjoyable. The title track is still wonderful, and so engaging you'll want to swing on lightpoles all over town. An outtake of Kelly's version of "All I Do Is Dream of You" is another gem, and the M-G-M Studio Orchestra is at its flawless best throughout--even if some of the incidental music sounds like a Tex Avery cartoon score. --Scott Wilson

Customer Reviews:

Singin' with the film.......2007-02-25

This is a superb soundtrack; I agree with comments thankful for the lack of too much tap dancing (on cd?!?) or dialogs...
I am a big fan of this film (it's hard not to be) and when I want the whole experience, I sit and watch it.
Naturally, if you have no experience with this cinematic Donen/Kelly masterpiece, the cd would seem a bit bland regardless of some really fine tunes. In that case, go get your self the film itself! And then you might want to purchase this soundtrack as well.

An Accurate Sountrack.......2007-01-10

Many of the cuts were very short but the disc covers the entire movie.

Great Soundtrack.......2006-03-13

This soundtrack was a great buy. I had tried to find it every where and I finally found it here on Amazon.com at a reasonable price. If you like to listen to the orchastrations or just to the cast of this movie the Singin' in the Rain Soundtrack is an excillant find.

Ridiculous........2005-12-31

What good is a soundtrack of Singin' in the Rain without taps? For goodness' sake, that's what the whole movie was about. Lost is a beautiful artistry of Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly, in favor of bland music that was meant to serve only as a background for their talents. Their rhythms were what brought out the best in the dance numbers, not the dumb orchestra! Boooo.

Singin' in the Rain (1952 Film Soundtrack).......2005-09-05

I purchased this CD at the request of my 9 year old daughter! She danced to "Good Morning" with her dance troupe this year. So, we rented the DVD, which she loved, and then wanted to own the DVD and the soundtrack. The music is fabulous! We all love to listen and sing along, and both my dancing daughters love to play the CD and make up their own dances. It is a CD the whole family enjoys!

Average customer rating: love old music Gene Watson 18 Greatest Hits The very best This guy is COUNTRY with capitol letters! Excellent Album

Gene Watson - 18 Greatest Hits Gene Watson Manufacturer: Tee Vee Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ultimate Collection Vern Gosdin - Super Hits Honky Tonk Amnesia: The Hard Country Sound Of Moe Bandy It Couldn't Have Been Any Better The Essential Gary Stewart ASIN: B0000365Q2 Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

1. Love in the Hot Afternoon
2. Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)
3. Paper Rosie
4. Nothing Sure Looked Good On You
5. Where Love Begins
6. Farewell Party
7. Pick The Wildwood Flower
8. Her Body Couldn't Keep You (Off My Mind)
9. I Don't Need A Thing At All
10. One Sided Conversations
11. Because You Believed In Me
12. The Old Man and His Horn
13. Cowboys Don't Get Lucky All the Time
14. No One Will Ever Know
15. Raisin' Cane in Texas
16. Bedroom Ballad
17. You Could Know As Much About a Stranger
18. Bad Water

Customer Reviews:

love old music.......2007-01-03

Gene Watson was real country. Every song is exceptionally intertaining. You would have to be my age and enjoy Gene Watson as he was very unique.Very pleased with the purchase.

Gene Watson 18 Greatest Hits.......2006-11-05

It's a great CD. I bought this for a good friend of mine, and she loves it.

The very best.......2006-08-31

We enjoy Gene Watson very much. The CD. is Great. Great service.and a GREAT PRICE

This guy is COUNTRY with capitol letters!.......2006-05-03

Since I don't like today's country (since the mid 90's)and here
in Europe we don't have country radio stations to listen to, the
only way to hear country is buying CD's from the States something
I'm doing since the past 18 months. These mostly are from the
70's and 80's and I am so happy to re-discover all those artists
I used to listen to during my many business trips through the USA
and whose LP's I always brought back after each trip. Now I am
recuperating them on CD and buying many I didn't have then or
didn't even know the existence of. This is the case with Gene
Watson. Last month I received "Ultimate Collection" and gave it
5 stars. Gee, how I love his music. I would have liked to give
these "18 greatest hits" 5 stars as well but again I received a
CD with zero information. Who wrote these songs? When were they
recorded? Does the record company release them this way to cut
down prices? What a shame.

Excellent Album.......2005-10-10

Gene Watson was one of the finest voices in country music, and this compilation of 18 hits provide a fine sampling of that voice. Considered by some to be "hard country", I find Gene Watson to have a more "pop" oriented voice that combined well with his selection of songs; and in the '70's, that proved to be enough to keep him on the charts. While many of the songs on this album are pure country, others are the typical, drab, 70's pop that filled the void between the Nashville Sound and the New Traditional era of the 80's. In any case, there is no doubt that Gene Watson earned his spot in Country Music, and this collection carries those hits that made him the household name he is today; including his signature songs "Farewell Party" and "Love in the Hot Afternoon". If you prefer the more traditional country sound, his "You Could Know as Much About a Stranger" and "Should I Come Home" are also included.

Average customer rating: A Great Addition to the World Premiere Recording At Long Last!

Howard Hanson: Merry Mount Manufacturer: Naxos American ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Hanson | Hanson, Howard | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Schiff: Gimpel the Fool Howard Hanson: Organ Concerto; Fantasy Variations; Nymphs and Satyr; Summer Seascape; Pastorale; Serenade Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 60; Guitar Concerto; Khrimian Hairig Songs by Mahler, Handel & Peter Lieberson Hailstork: Symphonies 2 & 3 ASIN: B000OQDRZA Release Date: 2007-05-29

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This is the first modern recording of Howard Hanson's opera. A broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera in terrible sound, where it was premiered in 1934, is available in Europe, but this recording makes it redundant. The opera, based on a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, concerns the clash between New England Puritans, with their rigid religiosity, and a group of Cavaliers who come to their town and scandalize everyone with their Maypole dancing and merry-making. There is an interrupted Indian massacre, a scene in Hell for the town's fanatical preacher, Wrestling Bradford, and a self-immolation at the opera's close. While it's good to have such a fine recording of this work available - and this performance, with Richard Zeller as a passionate Bradford, the remarkable Lauren Flanigan as Lady Marigold (the object of Bradford's desire), and a fine cast of American singers, is nothing if not superb - it is impossible to avoid the fact that the work is bloated, lacks true melodies, relies too heavily on repeated drumbeats for effect, and does not offer any appealing vocal writing for the principals. The music adds up to something vaguely cinematic and, more vaguely, true background. It's clearly a work that was probably better seen than just heard. This recording was taken from two concert performances in 1996. It will be of interest to fans of American opera who should not expect a forgotten masterpiece. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

A Great Addition to the World Premiere Recording.......2007-06-12

For a number of years in the 1920s and 30s, the MET opera was looking to premiere *the* American opera, in a period where American culture wanted to exert its identity separate from European influences and culture. This was a time of isolationist ideology wedged betweeen two world wars. After a number of unsuccessful commissions, one opera finally emerged in the mid 1930s that had promise: Howard Hanson's Merry Mount.

The premiere of Merry Mount brought such an enthusiastic response from the audience, that applause broke out on several instances in the middle of acts, often after a rousing chorus. And the shocking progression of events in the second act floored the audience then as well as listeners today.

As noted in other reviews, another recording of the opera exists, also produced by Naxos, but is unavailable in the US due to legal issues with the release of any live recordings of MET operas from the time. By today's standard, the recording quality is poor, but the engineering on the recording is phenomenal enough when taken into context: it was on mid-1930s 78 rpm acetate and metal discs. Yet about all scratches and surface noise is absent, though there are still dents in the recordings that make an unfortunate explosion at times.

Levine, in his editorial review, says that this recording makes the earlier one redundant; I would differ. The premiere performance is scads better in orchestral and vocal quality than the Schwartz/Seattle Symphony recording. The premiere features Lawrence Tibbett, who executed the main role with both focal force and dramatic passion. His expression creates the character of Bradford. Gota Ljunberg also has a stellar performance of Marigold, and the Metropolitan Orchestra produces a reading of the opera score that tops about every recording I've heard of the Merry Mount Suite.

Thus, I find this new recording as a compliment to the other. For those not interested in acquiring both CDs, I would of course recommend the Schwartz CD because of its sound quality.

Schwartz's recording is also performed live, and that being about ten years ago. It was not performed as a full-blown stage opera, and the vocal performance quality is set back a bit because of this. The roles don't hold the passion and character development that the earlier one does, and the recording is free from the "additional" expressions of gasps, shouts, etc... from a staged performance that add to the drama. Yet, the vocal quality is by no means poor, and Scwartz's interpretation is equivalant to the quality of his other Hanson recordings. And with Scwartz's performance being live, there are moments of applause.

The music itself may appear relatively simple to some, and yet it is captivating. Many of the orchestral techniques Hanson uses for effect were innovative for the time, and if we are worn out by them, it is only because of their abuse by many lesser composers since. While the highlights of the opera are the choruses (especially the Hellish Rendezvous), Hanson does write several good arias, such as in the last scene for Marigold.

So what happened to the opera? While enjoyed by the audience, the critics were less merciful, and as has happened to so many enriching pieces of music throughout history, the opera fell victim to the saber of criticism, and has only been rediscovered recently. In addition, Hanson's music was influenced by Scandinavian style, so was to some not a true American opera. Still, in most written discussions of great American operas, even brief discussions, mention is made of Merry Mount alongside Susannah, Porgy and Bess, Baby Doe, Amahl, Candide, and Vanessa.

My primary disappoint with this recording is the absense of a libretto. While the scene synopsis is good, I've longed for a libretto; it is available in neither this recording nor the earlier one. And even the synopsis is nothing new, as it is the same synopsis given in the earlier recording. This is my main reason for giving four stars instead of five, but I still offer my deep thanks and gratitude for the present recording. It has helped me hear parts of the orchestra I couldn't hear in the other recording, and has broadened my comprehension of the earlier recording. While I wish the strengths of each recording could be brought together for a stellar performance, I am glad for the strengths of each; not much is left lacking between the two.

In addition, for those familiar with the earlier recording, you'll be pleased to know this new recording has more music; the prelude to Act III is now 7:30 instead of 1:29. There is a 'forest' chorus in addition to a more dramatic and longer development of the Indian war theme.

Now that Merry Mount has a clear-sounding recording available, I have but one more request for the record industry regarding forgotten American operas: will we have the chance to hear Douglas Moore's Pulitzer Prize-winning Giants in the Earth?

This recording is highly recommended for lovers of romanticism, tonality, passionately engaging music, and sweeping Scandinavian styles of Sibelius and Atterberg.

At Long Last!.......2007-06-08

Have you ever listened to Howard Hanson's Merry Mount Suite and wished there was more of it. If so, you need to buy this 2-disc set of the most complete and best sounding recording of the full opera. The Suite kind of compiles and summarizes much of the best music in the opera but there is a lot more fine music as well as many variations on themes included in the Suite.

Is it a great opera!? I wouldn't know. I am not particularly a fan of opera and opera makes up a very small portion of my collection. But I really like Hanson, and I love this opera. And my collection does include 4 versions of this opera.

This is first commercial recording of Merry Mount. Naxos has also issued a recording, available in Europe, but apparently not in the USA, of the premier performance of the opera, the Metropolitan Opera broadcast of February 10, 1934, with Lawrence Tibbet, but the sound on that is bad for its time. If you want to hear how the leads sing their rolls and listen to their performances, you can do it, because if you want to listen to those singers, you have undoubtedly listened to others of their recordings of the period and can make the mental adjustments necessary to enjoy their performances. In that case the 1934 recording is recommended to you. But if you want to hear what the orchestra is doing, it is a real stretch, even if you are used to listening to orchestral recordings from the early 1930's or even acoustic orchestral recordings, as I am. In 1955, Hanson conducted several concert performances of Merry Mount at the Eastman School of Music with students and faculty performing the singing and orchestral parts. An experimental stereo recording of (at least) one of the performances was made at the time. I suspect it was done by the Mercury recording team since Hanson recorded exclusively for Mercury at the time--and it sounds Mercury-like. This recording was never released commercially--and hopefully the masters are in the Mercury vaults--but some copies were made, perhaps for Hanson and the performers, and copies do exist. It is worthy of commercial release, especially as a composer's recording. It is a wonderful performance, but Hanson made some significant cuts, and also added a scene--what this Naxos release of the Seattle performance calls Act III, Scene I. This scene does not appear in the original libretto or in the Premier recording. When the Seattle Symphony did its two dress rehearsals and two evening performances back in 1996, the opera was broadcast either live or tape-delayed. At least one someone recorded that off the radio, unfortunately in mono, and that recording has also been circulated somewhat, but its sound pales in comparison to this long delayed official issue of the Seattle performances. If you have that, you still want this. And this performance is probably somewhat different, being taken, apparently, from the two evening performances, whereas the broadcast is probably just one evening or the other. There were also performances by the San Antonio Opera with Beverly Sills as Lady Marigold in 1964, directed by the composer, I believe, and by Rochester's Opera Under the Stars in 1976 with the composer present, but apparently not conducting. I know of no recordings of those two performances. Hanson also recorded about 35 minutes of excerpts from the opera about 1964, released on Mercury LP and long out of print, and the Suite from Merry Mount, currently available on a 4 disc Mercury box set which is most highly recommended and which also contains his first 3 symphonies and a variety of other shorter works. That Mercury recording of the Suite also includes on a separate disc Hanson doing a lecture/demonstration/deconstruction/reconstruction of the themes, orchestral colors, and construction of the music in the Suite which is quite fascinating as well as beautifully and naturally recorded.

This Seattle Symphony version has slightly more very minor cuts than the Tibbet version, but includes the extra scene that Hanson apparently added years later, so it is the most complete version, as well as being the best recorded and only one readily available in the United States. The orchestral writing is very important and always clear. The singers and chorus are quite clear and their voices are always well balanced with the orchestra. The opera contains much beautiful orchestral and choral writing. I wouldn't presume to speak about the quality of the operatic writing, but there is much beautiful music there, too. And Hanson's music is so powerful that one really grows to care about the characters and their plight, even the aptly named Wrestling (with his personal demons) Bradford. Despite the clarity of the voice recording, it is still really helpful to have a libretto (though no performance I am aware of follows the original exactly), but unfortunately, that is long out of print, probably for decades. Mine dates from 1933 and cost 50¢ when new (I paid considerably more and counted myself lucky). When the performances were done in Seattle, rather than passing out a libretto, supertitles were used which presumably followed the performance exactly. Naxos should get rights to make a transcription of the supertitles available online or by mail order since they don't include a libretto with the discs. However, the summary of Merry Mount that they do include in the booklet is the best I've seen and really enhances one's enjoyment of the opera.

Average customer rating: Through a different prism Great to have this available again

Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers Gene Clark Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Baroque Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark/Through the Morning, Through the Night Live at Massey Hall (CD/DVD) Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Jefferson Airplane Live at the Fillmore East 1969 John the Wolfking of L.A. Stand in the Fire ASIN: B000MEYJ6U Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

1. Echoes
2. Think I'm Gonna Feel Better
3. Tried So Hard
4. Is Yours Is Mine
5. Keep On Pushin'
6. I Found You
7. So You Say You Lost Your Baby
8. Elevator Operator
9. The Same One
10. Couldn't Believe Her
11. Needing Someone
12. Tried So Hard
13. Elevator Operator
14. Only Colombe
15. The French Girl
16. So You Say You Lost Your Baby
17. Is Yours Is Mine

Album Description

On the first solo album by an ex-Byrd, Gene Clark doesn't stray too far from the nest. Cut in 1966 upon Clark's departure from the iconic L.A. combo, with current Byrds Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke forming the rhythm section, and spotlighting brothers Vern and Rex Gosdin, a pair of former bluegrass pals of Hillman's who chime in with sweet harmony vocals, Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers stands as one of Clark's supreme achievements. Add session guitarists Glen Campbell and Jerry Cole and future Byrd Clarence White and beautiful orchestration by Leon Russell to Clark's melancholy melodies and weatherbeaten voice and the result is a classic country-rock primer that sounded like nothing else in '67 and continues to astound and inspire today. Five unheard bonus tracks from the sessions only sweeten the deal of this eye-opening work.

Customer Reviews:

Through a different prism.......2007-04-24

When in 1972 I paid 40 pence for a second hand copy of the original (and even then long deleted) album, I remember being a little disappointed. The music seemed dated by the standards of Gene's earlier work with The Byrds and certainly did not appear to bear any comparison with their contemporaneous masterpiece 'Younger Than Yesterday'. Since then it has been re-released in different guises, six times! During the early 70's it appeared in a re-recorded form as 'Early LA' - this version had one of the best songs 'Elevator Operator', inexplicably removed. Edsel/Demon gave the original album a UK release in 1988 and then followed this up some years later with an edition that was superior for its extensive information - including a rather touching letter from a female fan to a British pop music magazine. Whilst all this was going on Sony released 'Echoes' probably to compensate for the fact that (the by now late)Gene Clark had been under represented on The Byrds Box Set of 1990. Finally, just in case anyone thought that this music was still being neglected , Sony then released the original version of the album with a single bonus track. And now we have with this latest release on Sundazed, the best of all possible worlds. Bob Irwin's work on the original tapes yields stunning results. The packaging is certainly well up to the standards of the second Edsel release although Gene's poem which had featured so prominently on the back of the original cover has not been included. And as for the music - well to my ears now it sounds much fresher and more exciting than it did when I was an angst ridden student all those years ago - but then that's in the nature of musical appreciation.....isn't it?

Great to have this available again.......2007-03-30

It wasn't immediately apparent to me that it is a big sonic upgrade over the "Echoes" CD, but no matter. This is an excellent album from the ex-Byrd and is essential for fans of the group or of Gene's later solo masterpieces such as "White Light," "Roadmaster," and "No Other." The liner notes and booklet layout are also better and more informative than was "Echoes."

Average customer rating: Maybe the Most Underrated Singer In Nashville. NOT DEFINITIVE WITHOUT FAREWELL PARTY!!! Brilliant CD ultimate singer Lots of Great Memories

Ultimate Collection Gene Watson Manufacturer: Hip-O Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Gene Watson - 18 Greatest Hits It Couldn't Have Been Any Better Honky Tonk Amnesia: The Hard Country Sound Of Moe Bandy Vern Gosdin - Super Hits Good Ol' Boy: His Greatest Hits ASIN: B00005RIN7 Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

1. Love In The Hot Afternoon
2. Where Love Begins
3. Paper Rosie
4. Pick The Wildwood Flower
5. Nothing Sure Looked Good On You
6. Between This Time And The Next Time
7. Maybe I Should Have Been Listening
8. Fourteen Carat Mind
9. Speak Softly (You're Talking To My Heart)
10. This Dream's On Me
11. What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her
12. You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without
13. Sometimes I Get Lucky And Forget
14. Drinkin' My Way Back Home
15. Forever Again
16. Got No Reason For Goin' Home
17. Cold Summer Day In Georgia
18. Memories To Burn
19. Everything I Used To Do
20. Everybody Needs A Hero
21. Don't Waste It On The Blues
22. Back In The Fire
23. The Jukebox Played Along

Album Description

Gary Gene Watson never intended on a career in music. When you take a look at the tracks on this Ultimate Collection, it becomes evident his absence would have left a gaping hole in country music, for as one of Nashville's premiere country journalists, Robert K. Oermann, has said, "The world stops spinning when he sings." So, while, as Watson says, "I never did go looking for music, music found me," music was obviously destined for this unassuming man born in Palestine, Texas and raised in Paris, Texas. But because he took his singing in church, and with his 6 siblings, for granted, never considering that it could be a profession, to this day it is difficult for him to trace the origin of his realization that indeed it would end up being the crux of his life.

"As far back as I can remember talking, I can remember singing. My brother just younger than me played lead guitar and I was the singer, and we would entertain at a lot of the school functions and local get-togethers. But music was never one of my goals. All I ever dreamed of was working on cars," says Watson, who still enjoys dabbling on cars in his little Houston shop.

By 17, he was married (still is, to the same woman he married in 1961), and had to lie about his age to get a job building missile silos in Abilene. Six years later, in 1966, Watson moved to Dallas where an uncle helped him get his first professional job as a singer at a club called The Palms. Still, he didn't take the possibility of making a living at music seriously, until moving to Houston where he formed a band called Gene Watson and the Other Four, dropping the Gary from his name.

Customer Reviews:

Maybe the Most Underrated Singer In Nashville........2007-02-07

Gene Watson had been on the Country charts from the 70' to the 90's and with this collection you'll see how great a Country Stylists he was. The only song that I missed was the 1986 gem "Carmen". He only had one number 1 record but a this is a treasure trove of an artist at his best. You hear the hits and the songs that should have been. (Everybody Needs A Hero, The Juke Box Played Along and many more.) Add it to your Country Collection!!

NOT DEFINITIVE WITHOUT FAREWELL PARTY!!! .......2006-10-07

Don't get me wrong. I love Gene Watson. I love this CD. But anyone who knows anything about Gene Watson cannot call this a definitive collection because it is missing his trademark song..."Farewell Party". This is the reason I am only giving this four stars. There are a couple of other songs that should have been included in this collection but weren't: "Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)" and "No One Will Ever Know the Truth But Me". But a Gene Watson collection without his most famous tune, "Farewell Party" is most certainly not definitive. This is still a great collection though and one which will disappoint none of his fans and those who like traditional, great country music sung by a man with a distinctive, clear, beautiful voice who doesn't sound like everyone else. And best of all, its not bubblegum!! Enjoy! P.S. If you're looking for the CD that has "Farewell Party" on it get the Curb compilation, "Gene Watson's Greatest Hits". That one also contains "Should I Go Home".

Brilliant CD.......2006-04-11

If you happen to have single songs by Gene Watson on C&W
compilations which you probably liked - Paper Rosie - and
you would like to know more about him GET THIS CD!
I was as astonished about the number of brilliant songs on
this single CD - as when I bought "It couldn't have been any
better" by Johnnie Duncan. This "Ultimate Collection" won't be
the only Gene Watson CD and I already applied for more CD's
by this real C&W singer. Ballads and honky tonk songs
will really cheer you up. The sound quality of the recordings is
brilliant as well. Quite a surprise when at least 21 out of
23 songs on a CD are all great and make you repeat them over
and over. Nowadays with those "pop rock C&W" stars more than
half of their songs can only be heard once. Their just fillers-up. It's impossible to beat those C&W voices from the 70's &
80's. Long Live the real C&W music.

ultimate singer .......2006-03-19

gene watson not only has a voice for music .but an ear for music .as for threw the yrs he has picked some awesome songs to lend his voice to . and most are on ultimate collection .my favorite ones of his music are 14 carat mind .and memories to burn . but i love everything he has recorded .he is the last of the real deal singers . him and jones . and his music has been constant from love in the hot afternoon .to the jukebox played along . and everything in between . the first thing i ever heard from gene watson was farewell party .and was hooked on his style of music .and 14 carat mind is the best recored country song ever . and never get tired of hearing it . it sounds as good today as when he first released it . if you can not find your favorite gene song on this c d .then it would for sure be on 18 hits c d . like sittin on a gold mind .and a few others that might be missing on this c d . but as another stated with both these a person could want for nothing .and miss nothing . except winos prayer.

Lots of Great Memories.......2006-03-13

I had never been a big Gene Watson fan, but he was a favorite of my husband who passed away in 2004. I bought the CD because of a couple of his favorite songs, but found that I loved everything on the CD myself.

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