California Girl
Editorial Reviews
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This particular California Girl originally hails from Jersey City, a fact that only underscores the mythic nature of the Golden State. And make no mistake: this is something of a kitsch record, even if it doesn't quite match the scale of Sebastian Cabot Sings Dylan. A musical tie-in with Disney's California Adventure park, this theme album fairly seamlessly melds previous Cali-related tracks from the Nancy Sinatra canon with newly recorded versions of Bobby Troup's "Route 66," Bachrach's "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," Chicago's "Saturday in the Park," and even a duet with Brian Wilson on his evergreen "California Girls." If Nancy's voice has never quite benefited from the family gene pool lottery, it's developed a bit of jazzy brass and character over the years, a factor that helps recast even a melodramatic chestnut like the Mamas and Papas' "California Dreamin'" into a bluesy, world-weary lament. Guest stars like Blondie drummer Clem Burke and former Guns 'n' Roses ax-slinger Gilby Clark attempt to give the project some rock credibility, but Sinatra's take on Roy Wood's Move classic, "California Man" (inspired more by Cheap Trick's searing cover versions), and a William Shatner-worthy version of "Hotel California" only recall the Chairman's own disastrous flirtations with the medium; perhaps it's something in the genes. But when she sticks to more pop- and jazz-tinged material, Sinatra shows she can definitely sell a song. --Jerry McCulley
California Girl, Music, Nancy Sinatra, Baroque Pop, Oldies, Pop, Pop Vocals, Popular Music, Sunshine Pop
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Spectrum
Manufacturer: Spy-Fi
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000CA7XEO
Release Date: 2003-09-02 |
Tracks:
- Lost
- Star
- Exile
- How Are You
- Letters
- May Queen
- Saturday
- Tonight
- Rue The Day
- Rumors
- Faster
- Another
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The Ultimate Irving Berlin, Vol. 2
Manufacturer: Pearl
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ASIN: B000063BIH
Release Date: 2002-05-21 |
Tracks:
- Dance And Grow Thin
- You'd Be Surprised
- A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
- I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now
- Mandy
- Someone Else May Be There When I'm Gone
- You'd Be Surprised
- The Girls Of My My Dreams
- Tell Me, Little Gypsy/Bells
- Tell Me, Little Gypsy
- School House Blues
- Say It With Music
- Will She Come From The East?
- Lady Of The Evening
- Bring On The Pepper
- Little Butterfly
- Learn To Do The Strut
- An Orange Grove In California
- Listening
- Tell Her In The Springtime
- Rock-A-Bye Baby
- Tokio Blues
- Who?
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- Blue Skies
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Essential history.......2007-06-24
Hooray for Pavilion Records and all other organizations collecting early recordings and transferring them to CD for the world to enjoy! Of course since they are EARLY recordings (1917-1927) it has that fizzy wax sound to it and the lyrics get mushy at times. That either makes it endearing or annoying, depending on your perspective. It's lovely to finally hear the Brox Sisters sing again, let John Steel's tenor soar, and to hear what You'd Be Surprised sounded like sung by a girl. The earliest songs of Irving Berlin may not be his best, but are a refreshing glimpse into his 30s. Half of the songs on this disc debuted in Berlin's own Music Box Revue at the theater he built after WWI.
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Puttin' on the Ritz
Manufacturer: Chandos
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ASIN: B00013BOEC
Release Date: 2004-02-24 |
Tracks:
- Puttin' On The Ritz
- It Must Be True
- Toot, Toot, Tootsie!
- The Sheik Of Araby
- Let's Get Friendly
- Honeymoon Lane
- Happy Feet
- Oh! What A Night
- Roll Along Covered Wagon
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- She's A Latin From Manhattan
- Horatio Nicholls' Californian Serenade
- Loving You
- Tiger Rag
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Superhits: 1966 (Time Life Music)
Bobby Hebb , Bob Lind , The Mindbenders , The Happenings , The New Vaudeville Band , The Seekers , B.J. Thomas and the Triumphs , Petula Clark , Dusty Springfield , and Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Manufacturer: Time Life Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000SY0MPQ |
Product Description
SONG LIST :1. California Dreamin - The Mamas & Papas 2. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys 3. Sunny - Bobby Herb 4. DayDream - The Lovin' Spoonful 5. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind 6. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield 7. A Groovy Kind of Love - The Mindbenders 8. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Cher 9. See You in September - The Happenings 10. Message to Michael - Dionne Warwick 11. When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge 12. You Can't Hurry Love - The Surpremes 13. I'm a Believer - The Monkees 14. Sweet Talkin' Guy - The Chiffons 15. Cherish - The Associations 16. She's Just My Style - Gary Lewis & the Playboys 17. You Didn't Have to Be So Nice - The Lovin' Spoonful 18. Georgy Girl - The Seekers 19. Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band 20. My Love - Petula Clark 21. (You're My) Soul and Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers 22. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - B.J.Thomas
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- Makes Her Sound Bad
- A pleasant day trip to Nancyville
- California Girl is California Gold
- Slapdash collection of new and old material
- Freshly squeezed Nancy Sinatra brand California music
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California Girl
Nancy Sinatra
Manufacturer: Buena Vista
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000065GRA
Release Date: 2002-04-30 |
Amazon.com
This particular California Girl originally hails from Jersey City, a fact that only underscores the mythic nature of the Golden State. And make no mistake: this is something of a kitsch record, even if it doesn't quite match the scale of Sebastian Cabot Sings Dylan. A musical tie-in with Disney's California Adventure park, this theme album fairly seamlessly melds previous Cali-related tracks from the Nancy Sinatra canon with newly recorded versions of Bobby Troup's "Route 66," Bachrach's "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," Chicago's "Saturday in the Park," and even a duet with Brian Wilson on his evergreen "California Girls." If Nancy's voice has never quite benefited from the family gene pool lottery, it's developed a bit of jazzy brass and character over the years, a factor that helps recast even a melodramatic chestnut like the Mamas and Papas' "California Dreamin'" into a bluesy, world-weary lament. Guest stars like Blondie drummer Clem Burke and former Guns 'n' Roses ax-slinger Gilby Clark attempt to give the project some rock credibility, but Sinatra's take on Roy Wood's Move classic, "California Man" (inspired more by Cheap Trick's searing cover versions), and a William Shatner-worthy version of "Hotel California" only recall the Chairman's own disastrous flirtations with the medium; perhaps it's something in the genes. But when she sticks to more pop- and jazz-tinged material, Sinatra shows she can definitely sell a song. --Jerry McCulley
Customer Reviews:
Makes Her Sound Bad.......2006-09-15
I'm sorry, but the arrangements/production of these songs just don't cut it. Nancy does not sound her best to me here. I barely like one song on the whole album. Nice try with a concept album about California but it sounds bland. Missed the mark for me on this one.
A pleasant day trip to Nancyville.......2004-12-04
This is a pleasant, unassuming compilation of some songs Nancy did that have some theme relating to the State of California. Nancy Sinatra, of course, is not the singer her father was, nor even her brother, nor even as good as most of the many female singers she directly or indirectly inspired: you had to wait for Britney Spears to find a more limited vocalist of any major notoriety in Nancy's line of sponsorship.
Nevertheless, she uses what she has as well as she can, and having the name and resources she does, she's got some good musicians and studio people here, including the magnificent Clem Burke and several of the oldtimers. If you want to hear some nice songs done pleasantly you won't be too disappointed, but if you are not already a hardcore fan, this won't convert you.
California Girl is California Gold.......2004-11-23
This is one of Nancy Sinatra's best albums. This is the perfect album to play when you want to share intimate time with your lover. If you are not a Nancy Sinatra fan, you will be after listening to this album. All songs are great on this album. My favorites are "How Are Things In California?," "San Fernado Valley," "99 Miles From LA," "Hello L.A.Bye-Bye Birmingham," "Route 66," "Do You Know The Way to San Jose?," "California Man," and "Hotel California." This album proves Nancy Sinatra is an icon on her own without her famous father. A+
Slapdash collection of new and old material.......2003-04-15
Concept album by our Boots never really takes off, but has some great moments. With a terrific band backing her up on the new songs, I'm surprised the CD doesn't rock more(she and the guys were much tougher live when I caught the tour last June). The best song("How Are Things in California?")goes way back(it's an old 45 flip-side), but "99 Miles from LA" is hot stuff and "California Man" is a decent cover. The rest is just a little colorless. But, hey, there are a few terrific photos in the booklet to keep interest during the dull spots. B-
Freshly squeezed Nancy Sinatra brand California music.......2002-07-12
A California theme album sounds perfect for Nancy Sinatra, most of them being cover songs. No problem, she did super on covering other people's songs on her previous albums. And I must say, most of the songs are divine slices of orange succulent to the taste.
Songs like Art Garfunkel's "99 Miles From LA" and "How Are Things In California" resurrect that 60's Mamas and Papas-like sound--"You may have the sun, the sand and the sea, but why must you be so far from me?" So does Gordon Jenkins' "San Fernando Valley," which could've fit on her first two albums. And "Hello LA, Bye Bye Birmingham" from Country My Way is included. Her rendition of the Beach Boys' "California Girls" isn't bad either, with backing vocal contributions from Brian Wilson.
There is only one not-too-satisfactory number here. The slowing down that worked on her cover of "Light My Fire" does not work on her version of the Mama and Papas' California Dreamin'." No, Med fruit flies have infested that song, so let's blow dry that into orange Tang drink mix or squeeze them for Fanta Orange soda.
The 40's jazz number "Route 66" works well, as does Chicago's brassy "Saturday In The Park." The best cover is her rendition of Dionne Warwick's "Do You Know The Way To San Jose." The cheesy standard "Hooray For Hollywood" saves this album from complete disaster. As for her cover of "Hotel California," it's okay, I guess.
Yow! She goes into classic rock-and-roll boogie woogie with "California Man" and into soft-rolling bossa-nova with "There's No Place Like Home."
In eying the CD picture of Nancy resting on an orange slice, that would make Nancy a tiptop Valencia or Navel orange.
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- Accordion as you have never heard it!
- Excellent Album
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Vaudeville Accordion Classics: The Complete Works of Guido Deiro
Manufacturer: Bridge
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0000UX502
Release Date: 2003-11-25 |
Tracks:
- Temperamental Rag
- Pink Slippers Valse
- Preparedness March
- Il Pentimento Waltz
- Royal Flying Corps March
- Kismet Fox Trot
- Orazione e Marcia Militare
- Western Stars March
- Moonlight Waltz
- Hand Grenade Throwers March
- Deiro Rag
- Muskateers March
- Deirina Mazurka
- I Don't Care Polka
- Lido Tango
- Queen of the Air march
- Valse Caprice No. 1
- Neapolitan Polka
- My Florence Waltz
- Egypto Fantasia
- Zampa Rag
- Lola Fox Trot
- Breitenbush March
- Tango Tosino
- Guido's Royal March
- Light & Shadow Waltz
- Variety Polka
- Valse Pirouette
- Marines March
- Dolores Waltz
- Los Bomberos March
- Accordionette Waltz
- Young Accordionist March
- Little Accordion Player Waltz
- Torpedo March
- Beautiful Girl Waltz
- The Peasant Quadrille
- Radio Waltz
- Dimples Polka
- The Accordion Girl Waltz
- Sharpshooters March
- Veno (Duet) Fox Trot
- Jewel Waltz (Duet)
- King Boy (Duet) Fox Trot
- Minneapolis March (Duet)
- California Mazurka (Duet)
- Sharpshooters March (Reprise)
Album Description
Guido Deiro, the Italian-American accordion virtuoso-- frequently called "The Great Deiro"-- was of paramount importance in the popularization of the accordion in the early 20th century. The first accordionist to perform on the Vaudeville stage (1910), he was also the first accordionist to make sound recordings (Edison Wax Cylinders, 1911). For many years Deiro was a headline attraction at the great vaudeville houses throughout America and abroad, and made more than 100 recordings for the Columbia record company. On Bridge's 2-CD set, Henry Doktorski's sparkling performances of Deiro's music quickly confirm the reason for Deiro's immense popularity. In 1913, Deiro met the young vaudeville performer, and later-to-be Hollywood starlette, Mae West, while both were performing on a vaudeville show in Detroit. The couple quickly fell in love and secretly married. Henry Doktorski's liner notes detail Deiro and West's torrid love affair, and early photograph's of Deiro, provided by Deiro's son, Count Guido Deiro Jr., add to the significance of this release. Deiro's delightful compositions are a window onto an era long past, much like the re-discovery of Scott Joplin's music, twenty-five years ago.
Customer Reviews:
Accordion as you have never heard it!.......2007-04-03
Guido Deiro was the first virtuoso of this much maligned and very difficult to play instrument. An accomplished composer and recording star, Deiro was a hughely popular in Vaudeville. The liner notes reveal his marriage to Mae West and I enjoyed the vintage photos. Henry Doktorski plays Deiro's compositions with great technique and every piece is a revelation of what the accordion is really capable of when played by a master musician.
Excellent Album.......2005-01-04
This two CD set is certainly worth the money. Henry Doktorski's performance is indeed breathtaking. It is as if someone were transported back to the days when Guido Deiro himself was performing these songs. Guido Deiro was a recording pioneer who he became the first star piano-accordionist, the first piano-accordionist to perform on the vaudeville stage, and to make sound recordings(I've got at least two of Mr. Deiro's old Columbia 78 RPM records at home). In fact, Guido became the first person to coin the phrase "Piano-accordion." You'll find plenty of good stuff about Guido in Mr. Doktorski's liner notes on the two-CD set as well as on the GuidoDeiro.com website. Mr. Doktorski's sparkling performance certainly does Mr. Deiro's songs justice.
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California Girl / Down to Earth
Eddie Floyd
Manufacturer: Stax UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00000246C
Release Date: 1995-09-05 |
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very good.......1999-06-09
very good eddie floyd can sing very very goo
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- Nothing Like It Exists
- Interesting Cd
- Don't confuse with sound trackfrom Aus.movie 'Heavens Burnin
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Heaven's Burning
Manufacturer: Heaven's Burning
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00000G1FV
Release Date: 1998-08-10 |
Tracks:
- In the Stillness of My Soul
- Shout!
- The Box
- Love Will Burn
- Death Is the Truest Love (It's the Truest Lie)
Album Description
Self-titled debut EP from the all-girl alternative rock band, Heaven's Burning. Heaven's Burning is a compelling mix of edgy, moody guitars and haunting, intense, melodic vocal lines driven by a funk/rock backbeat.
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Nothing Like It Exists.......2002-12-26
I've had the pleasure to know the HB girls after I heard this CD. Its been 4 years and I still pop in now and again when I need that sort of mythical, sad-but-happy, mood in my world. Too short, thats true. Wish there was more. The second CD is good but doesnt have that same vibe going on with this one. Compare to the mood of Boys For Pele by Tori Amos (latter 1/2) but not the music. The music would best be compared to a garage version of Smashing Pumpkins Adore. You wouldnt know it but a Christian thread is there.
Interesting Cd.......2000-01-18
This CD is excellent, in the limited tracks that it offers. It brings many types of influencial styles together in a stew. You hear some folk, heavy metal, oldies, and hip hop in many of the tracks and are suprised by how well they meld together.
Don't confuse with sound trackfrom Aus.movie 'Heavens Burnin.......1999-02-22
Unfortunately I purchased this CD thinking it was the soundtrack. Even though Amazon shows this title when you search -soundtracks-. I think I would be hard pressed to even give it away definetly not my kind of music. The soundtrack I wanted was for an Australian Movie 'Heaven's Burning'
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Just Be Glad!
Patty Hall
Manufacturer: Native Daughter Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Traditional Blues
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ASIN: B000CAJUTU
Release Date: 2005-09-24 |
Tracks:
- The Coo-Coo
- Native Daughter of the Golden West
- I Know This Town
- Solo Blues
- Confidence Man
- Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
- Don't Take the Lady for a Fool
- The Golden Rocket
- Back in the Olden Times
- You've Been a Friend to Me
- Raggedy Candy Heart
- Organic
- Just Be Glad
Product Description
LOU CURTISS REMEMBERSâ¦I first heard Patty Hall sometime in the early 1970s and immediately booked her for a concert series I was doing at Folk Arts Rare Records, my store in San Diego. Her original songs were clear and well put-together (still are) and she also played traditional and old-timey music. One appearance led to another, and then I booked her for the 1974 and 1975 San Diego Folk Festivals. When Patty moved to Nashville to take an internship at the Country Music Foundation in late 1975, the West Coast lost one of its musical Movers and Shakers. After a 25-year hiatus, Patty moved back out our way with new songs, more musical experience, books written (and published), and lots of life lived. Sheâs back playing coffee houses and concerts and in 2004 and 2005, she appeared at the Adams Avenue Roots Festival, the successor to the San Diego Folk Festival. And now sheâs done this CD thatâs a mix of country, old-timey, and some original songsâboth old and newâwith a variety of musical accompaniment and an overall presentation thatâll make you mighty glad you tuned in. Patty plays guitar or banjo on every track, and sometimes a little keyboard or percussion. She also sings some harmonies with herself and is joined by a variety of folks playing various kids of backup (you can see who they are in the song lineup). Thirty years ago when Patty left for Nashville, I figured âWell, sheâll have a record out soon,â and us West Coasters could all talk about how we knew her when. Now sheâs got this new CD out, and Iâm still proud to talk about how I knew her when...Recordially, Lou Curtiss
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Welcome To The Suck
The Rezidudes
Manufacturer: Screaming Ferret Wreckords
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000RDXEJE |
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20-track CD on Screaming Ferret Wreckords.
Music:
- Christmas Sing-Along with Mitch
- Christmas Songs
- Cinema Paradiso
- Classic Collection [Import]
- Cole After Midnight
- Dark Dear Heart
- Disney Presents The Music Man (2003 TV Film) [Soundtrack]
- Duets With the Dames [Import]
- Echoes of an Era [Original recording remastered]
- En Espanol/ Hoy
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