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Average customer rating: One stop on the road to immortality Must Stop Ordering When Drinking - Or Maybe I Got Foxed

Beggar's Opera / Polly Gay , and Austin Manufacturer: Symposium ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: John Gay - The Beggar's Opera / Jonathan Miller · John Eliot Gardiner · Roger Daltrey · English Baroque Soloists ASIN: B0000799KV Release Date: 2003-03-25

Customer Reviews:

One stop on the road to immortality.......2006-11-19

This is a more than competent CD transfer of acoustic recordings of Sir Nigel Playfair's legendary 1920s revivals of The Beggar's Opera and its sequel Polly. Quite sufficiemt to show why the Beggar;s Opera production, meant to fill a few weeks' gap at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, ran for three years. And while Gay's sequel was like most sequels, not up to the original, this recording is the only source for the second-best ballad opera.

Must Stop Ordering When Drinking - Or Maybe I Got Foxed.......2006-09-02

Right. Can't remember what state of sobriety I was in when I ordered this cd and I may have missed some key clues about its nature. But I was so excited to find anything claiming to relate to Gay's "Polly" (which otherwise seems to have completely disappeared after it was censored in the 18th century - even internet wise) that I bought this cd. Turns out it is a cd version of some music originally recorded in the early 1920's. It is moderately interesting even for someone who is not primarily interested in antigue recordings (aka "scratchy records") because the style may be closer to that of the original performance. (There is no reason to think that common tastes were better in the 18th century than in 1920.) It is certainly different than contemporaneous performances of BO.

Don't mean to be sexist - which I am - but the duets, choreses and male performances seem to be less antigue than the soprano pieces. The broads are simply squeaky. Something to do with frequency loss in early recordings, I expect. On the other hand, the bass songs are equally abrasive and archaic.

Even the notes about "Polly" in this cd are disappointing. No mention of the history of "Polly", no mention of the source for the music. Try googling for a link for Gay and Polly. If you find one, be sure to post - I would love to know.

Unless you are an academic involved with some of the most obscure corners of the history of recorded music, I would forget this one. Instead, root for someone to find and record Gay's Polly. And buy a more modern interpretation of the Beggar's Opera. I have certainly heard antique recordings restored more vibrantly than this cd - but I would think that depends to a large extent on the quality of what you have to start with.

The only reason I gave it 2 stars (for some reason, Amazon refuses to record my change from 1 to 2 stars; but that is computers for you) instead of 1 was because of I love the melodies of the songs so much. But I will also admit that it is possible that Gay have been lucky that Polly was suppressed - the melodies and lyrics are not nearly as good as BO. On the other hand, this cd is so antique that is an unfair basis for judgment, But what the H!

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Microphone Music Manufacturer: Basta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002NAIE8 Release Date: 2003-02-04

Tracks:

1. Egyptian Barn Dance
2. Penguin
3. Christmas Night in Harlem
4. Pretty Petticoat #1
5. Square Dance for Eight Egyptian Mummies
6. Moment Whimsical
7. Devil Drums
8. Little Bit of Rigoletto
9. Hypnotist in Hawaii
10. Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals
11. Toy Trumpet
12. Suicide Cliff
13. Siberian Sleigh Ride
14. Steeplechase
15. Peter Tambourine
16. Celebration on the Planet Mars
17. Brass Buttons and Epaulettes
18. Bumpy Weather Over Newark
19. Pretty Petticoat #2
20. Turkish Mish-Mush

Tracks:

1. Microphone Music
2. Twilight in Turkey
3. New Year's Eve in a Haunted House
4. Tobacco Auctioneer
5. Girl With the Light Blue Hair
6. Sleepwalker
7. Happy Farmer
8. Oil Gusher
9. Boy Scout in Switzerland
10. Reckless Night on Board an Ocean Liner
11. Swing, Swing Mother-In-Law
12. Girl at the Typewriter
13. Yesterday's Ice Cubes
14. Pretty Petticoat #3
15. War Dance for Wooden Indians
16. Dead End Blues
17. Harlem Hillbilly
18. Quintet Goes to a Dance
19. Bugle Call Rag
20. Powerhouse

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Indoubliable Alfred Deller: A Portrait Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Instruments | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000074Z Release Date: 1996-02-12

Tracks:

1. The Plaint - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie/Roderick Skeaping
2. If Music Be The Food Of Love - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
3. I Attempt From Love's Sickness - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
4. Fairest Isle - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
5. Sweeter Than Roses - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
6. Not All My Torments - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
7. Thrice Happy Lovers - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
8. An Evening Hymn - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
9. From Rosy Bow'rs - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
10. O Lead Me To Some Peaceful Gloom - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
11. Retired From Any Mortal's Sight - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
12. Music For A While - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
13. Since From My Dear Astrea's Sight - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
14. O Solitude - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie/Robert Elliott/Jane Ryan

Tracks:

1. Miserere My Maker - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
2. Shall I Sue - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
3. I Care Not For These Ladies - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
4. Come Heavy Sleep - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
5. Of All The Birds - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
6. I Saw My Lady Weep - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
7. Wilt Thou Unkind - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
8. The Cypress Curtain - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
9. What Then Is Love - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
10. Rest Sweet Nymphs - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
11. The Fair Lover And His Black Mistress - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
12. The Self-Banished - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
13. The Glory Of The Arcadian Groves - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
14. Oh! The Mighty Pow'r Of Love - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
15. In Her Brave Offspring - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
16. My Time, O Ye Muses - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
17. O Ravishing Delight - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
18. A Hymne To God The Father - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
19. What Then Is Love But Mourning - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
20. Fine Knacks For Ladies - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
21. Flow My Tears - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott

Tracks:

1. Flow, My Tears - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
2. Galliard - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
3. The Lady Laiton's Almain - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
4. Fortune My Foe - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
5. The Frog Galliard - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
6. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
7. Me, Me, And None But Me - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
8. What If I Never Speed? - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
9. Lasso, Vita Mia - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
10. Toy: The Shoemaker's Wife - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
11. Galliard: Can She Excuse - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
12. Mistress White's Thing - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
13. The Round Battle Galliard - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
14. Wilt Thou, Unkind, Thus Reave Me - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
15. Come Away, Come, Sweet Love - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
16. Sorrow, Stay - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
17. If That A Sinner's Sights - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
18. Midnight - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
19. Say, Love, If Ever You Didst Find? - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
20. Lachrimae Pavan - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
21. Galliard: Can She Excuse - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
22. If My Complaints Could Passions Move - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
23. Katherine Darcy's Galliard - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six

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Happy Toy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000PMGU3O Release Date: 2007-07-03

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Happy Toy Chara Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000IHBQ Release Date: 1999-01-07

Tracks:

1. Baby Baby
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3. [Japanese Title]
4. [Japanese Title]
5. [Japanese Title]
6. Happy Toy
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8. [Japanese Title]
9. [Japanese Title]
10. [Japanese Title]

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Happy Songs for Happy People Mogwai Manufacturer: Toy's Factory Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000093FJ5 Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

1. Hunted By a Freak
2. Moses? I Amn't
3. Kids Will Be Skeletons
4. Killing All the Flies
5. Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep
6. Ratts of the Capital
7. Golden Porsche
8. I Know You Are But What Am I?
9. Stop Coming to My House
10. Sad DC [*]

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Happy Songs for Happy People Mogwai Manufacturer: Toy's Factory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00008Z6QO Release Date: 2003-06-02

Tracks:

1. Hunted By a Freak
2. Moses? I Amn't
3. Kids Will Be Skeletons
4. Killing All the Flies
5. Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep
6. Ratts of the Capital
7. Golden Porsche
8. I Know You Are But What Am I?
9. Stop Coming to My House
10. Sad DC [*]

Album Description

Full title - Happy Music For Happy People. Japanese edition of the Scottish indie act's 2003 and fourth album, includes the bonus track 'Sad DC'. Rock Action/Toy's Factory.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: "Sad Dc".

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