Toot Toot

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The Wiggles, that wacky, kid-wowing Australian outfit, welcome preschoolers for a lively, loopy musical fiesta with Toot Toot! Chiming in on this 23-track charmer of a dance- and sing-along are the usual wiggly suspects: Captain Feathersword relates how he loves to dance in his pirate pants on the spoken-word "Raincoat Story"; Henry the Octopus's "marvelous talent" for baking, roasting, and frying seaweed pies is celebrated on "Henry the Octopus"; and Henry's tireless tentacles also inspire the next get-you-moving tune, "Move Your Arms Like Henry." The gang drops in on Dorothy the Dinosaur on "Tell Me Who Is That Knocking?" Then rascally pup Wags gets down on "Wags the Dog, He Likes to Tango" (which, we're reminded, rhymes with mango). Mostly, this is silly, groove-along good fun, but the goofball foursome of Anthony, Murray, Greg, and Jeff also slip in a solidly educational number here and there: "Look Both Ways" drives home an important safety message for little pedestrians, and "John Bodlelum" and "I Climb 10 Stairs" reinforce recently acquired counting skills. As always, the Wiggles dish up a dose of Australianisms, but here they're easy to digest. Listening to "Food, Food, Food," curious kids who don't hail from Oz will want to know what paw-paws and rock melon are; chalk it up as a chance to turn a song they'll like into a foreign-culture learning experience, and keep on wiggling. --Tammy La Gorce

Toot Toot, Music, Wiggles, Children's, Childrens, Pop
Toot Toot!
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great for the preschool set
  • Great Kids item
  • Wiggles Review
  • The Wiggles Toot Toot
  • Best Wiggles album!
 Toot Toot!
The Wiggles
Manufacturer: Koch Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000C8AWE
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

  1. Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
  2. Look Both Ways
  3. Dorothy The Dinosaur (Tell Me Who Is That Knocking?)
  4. Food Poem (Spoken)
  5. Food Food Food (Oh How I Love My Food)
  6. John Bradlelum
  7. Captain Feathersword's Raincoat Story (Spoken)
  8. Go Captain Feathersword, Ahoy!
  9. Wah Hoo Hey, I'm Combing My Hair Today
  10. Heads, Shoulders, Knees And Toes
  11. Zardo Zap
  12. Henry The Octopus
  13. Move Your Arms Like Henry
  14. Do The Wiggle Groove
  15. Balla Balla Intro (Spoken)
  16. Balla Balla Bambina
  17. I Climb Ten Stairs
  18. We're Dancing With Wags The Dog
  19. Wags The Dog, He Likes To Tango
  20. Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep On His Pirate Ship
  21. Rocket
  22. Officer Beaples' Dance (Instrumental)
  23. Let's Have A Ceili (Instrumental)

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The Wiggles, that wacky, kid-wowing Australian outfit, welcome preschoolers for a lively, loopy musical fiesta with Toot Toot! Chiming in on this 23-track charmer of a dance- and sing-along are the usual wiggly suspects: Captain Feathersword relates how he loves to dance in his pirate pants on the spoken-word "Raincoat Story"; Henry the Octopus's "marvelous talent" for baking, roasting, and frying seaweed pies is celebrated on "Henry the Octopus"; and Henry's tireless tentacles also inspire the next get-you-moving tune, "Move Your Arms Like Henry." The gang drops in on Dorothy the Dinosaur on "Tell Me Who Is That Knocking?" Then rascally pup Wags gets down on "Wags the Dog, He Likes to Tango" (which, we're reminded, rhymes with mango). Mostly, this is silly, groove-along good fun, but the goofball foursome of Anthony, Murray, Greg, and Jeff also slip in a solidly educational number here and there: "Look Both Ways" drives home an important safety message for little pedestrians, and "John Bodlelum" and "I Climb 10 Stairs" reinforce recently acquired counting skills. As always, the Wiggles dish up a dose of Australianisms, but here they're easy to digest. Listening to "Food, Food, Food," curious kids who don't hail from Oz will want to know what paw-paws and rock melon are; chalk it up as a chance to turn a song they'll like into a foreign-culture learning experience, and keep on wiggling. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great for the preschool set.......2007-05-20

My 2 year old grandson is a Wiggles fanatic. This sound track is identical to the DVD of the same name, which he has memorized. This way Wiggles can go with us in the car as he sings along verbatum.....yippee....great for kids...hard on parents. Enjoy.

5 out of 5 stars Great Kids item.......2007-01-16

My daughter loves this CD. We listen to it over & over! Great for long car trips.

5 out of 5 stars Wiggles Review.......2007-01-15

I bought this for my 2 year old daughter and she absolutely loves it! It has all the best songs from the Wiggles and is very entertaining. The songs are the most recognizable from the TV show. We listen to it in the car and it's definitley a great buy for Wiggles fans!

5 out of 5 stars The Wiggles Toot Toot .......2006-03-21

My 2 year old dt loves this CD, and its so adorable to see her do all the moves while she's sitting in her car seat. My 5 year old son is still willing to listen to it too. We have 2 other Wiggles CD and we've yet been disappointed by any of them. My 5 year old fell in love with them when he was 18 mos and now he says its for "babies" but secretly he still sings the songs and will dance to the music. If your kids enjoy The Wiggles, they will love this CD.

5 out of 5 stars Best Wiggles album!.......2006-01-13

My daughter loves all these songs -- and I really like most of them myself. *blush*
The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • This is a MUST for anyone who enjoys classical music ...
  • PDQ Bach -- The Spike Jones of Classical Music
  • Recaptured (Twisted) Youth
  • I store it in the CD changer in my car.
  • New Horizons in Music Appreciation Indeed...
 The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach

Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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ASIN: B000000EDR
Release Date: 1993-12-03

Tracks:

  1. Allegro/Tema Con Variazione/Menuetto Con Panna E Zucchero
  2. Aria/Recitative/Ground/Recitative/Aria
  3. New Horizons In Music Appreciation Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
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  5. What's My Melodic Line?
  6. Madrigal, 'My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth'

Tracks:

  1. IV Andante-Allegro
  2. I. Introduction/II. Overture/III. Recitative And Aria, 'Now Is the Season'/IV. Trio, I'm Sure I'd Be'/V. Opera Whiz/VI. Synopsis Of Plot/VII. Finale Of Opera
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  4. Oratorio, 'The Seasonings', S. 1/2 Tsp.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars This is a MUST for anyone who enjoys classical music ... .......2006-06-07

...BUT not if you take it SO seriously that you have lost your sense of humor.

Peter Schickele (with whom I am occasionally confused - we apparently look alike!) - has got to be one of my all-time favorite composers. When I was in graduate school, I took considerable abuse from my fellow music lovers for actually having MORE albums by P.D.Q Bach than by J. S. Bach (though I think it was barely a one-point margin, really...)

But the "New Horizons in Music Appreciation" approach to Beethoven's 5th symphony is not only a musical analysis of the piece as it is being played, but a slam on the constant "blah-blah-blah" that one hears during ANY sports event.

"My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth" has got to be my all-time favorite spoof of the overly pompous "art song" oratorio. I've encouraged one of my colleagues (who directs the college chorale where I teach) to include it in a program, to no avail. One of these days, I'll put my money where my mouth is - and buy sheet music for the entire chorale.

This is one of only two albums that I have in (a) vinyl, (b) tape, and (c) CD format. That should be some indication of how very, very special I believe this to be. [The other, for those who are interested, is Joan Baez' "Diamonds and Rust."]

This has been around for years, and there's a good reason. Schickele is not only funny when he wants to be, but a supremely accomplished composer and musician, with dozens and dozens of serious musical scores to his credit as well.

5 out of 5 stars PDQ Bach -- The Spike Jones of Classical Music.......2006-03-16

For the classical music lover, this is an amazing spoof. For those who do not know classical music well, this is still highly entertaining.

5 out of 5 stars Recaptured (Twisted) Youth.......2003-03-31

My friend and I saw the good Prof. Schickele here in Pasadena last night (March 29th-- AND the conductor of the Pasadena Symphony is Jorge Meister!)-- and the last number on the program was the WONDERFUL "The Seasonings"-- I had a very hard time even after all these years of first hearing this on a REAL record of not singing along with every little tune!!! This piece last night, being sung by singers whom I do not doubt were not even born when I first heard a recording of it, were as good as the ones I remember from my decadent youth on the original recording. Buy this C.D. if only for this piece!

5 out of 5 stars I store it in the CD changer in my car........2002-10-06

My favorite single line of music from this is from "The Unbegun Symphony". Who would think to combine "You are my sunshine", a
tune I have always thought of as sappy sweet, played on violins,
with a background of horns, (I don't know what piece, but it
makes me thing of something noble and civilized) making it a
definitive statement of a benevolent sense of life.
PDQ Bach's other works are delighfully absurd, as are Peter
Schickele's commentaries. (Well I have a new set of friends now)

5 out of 5 stars New Horizons in Music Appreciation Indeed..........2002-08-08

It was while sitting in Music Appreciation in college that I was first introduced to the work of P.D.Q. Bach, specifically the track "New Horizons in Music Appreciation: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony," in which Professor Peter Schickele and Robert Dennis serve as the announcers for a spirited game involving the first movement of that particular work. Not only was it funny ("He's playing a cadenza! He's out of his mind! He thinks its an oboe concerto!") it was also more informative than the professor ("I get the feeling we are going to hear a lot of that four note motif, Bob").

One of the things about P.D.Q. Bach is that the more I learned about classical music the funnier I found it. Yes, I have enough memories of my mother insisting on playing the Texaco Opera quiz throughout the house on a Saturday afternoon to appreciate why "What's my Melodic Line?" and its exploration of the mysteries of the Baroque is funny, but it was not until I saw "Amadeus" and listened to "The Marriage of Figaro" that I understood why the recitatias in the Cantata "Iphigenia in Brooklyn" were hysterical (I was tempted to share this story of Iphigenia with my Classical Mythology class, but given their tentativeness to explore Euripides I did not think it wise to have them get neck deep in Schickele). Then again, the Madrigal "My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth" really needs no explanation, so there is something for everybody here, no matter what you level of understanding of classical music.

In discussing the works of P.D.Q. Bach with others it becomes clear that you can no more put together an idea collection of his "best" work than you can for lesser composers like Mozart or Beethoven. But you are certainly going to find a few old favorites and maybe one or two pieces that you have hitherto managed to avoid.

Now, if we can only get a University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople t-shirt...
Toot Suite
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Delightful
  • The Master album from the absolute Master
  • Jazz classical fusion...wow
  • A Lot of Fun!
  • Terrific
 Toot Suite
Claude Bolling
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ASIN: B0000025JP
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Toot Suite: I - Alle
  2. Toot Suite: II - Mystique
  3. Toot Suite: III - Rag-Polka
  4. Toot Suite: IV - Marche
  5. Toot Suite: V - Vesple
  6. Toot Suite: VI - Spirituelle

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Delightful.......2007-02-14

I've always loved Maurice André, who, sadly, is now past his use-by date. Nobody played the wicked little clarino trumpet better than he, nobody could extract such gorgeous, burnished tone from a bit of brass tube. The greatest André crossover is "Trompettissimo", now inexplicably deleted, where the young André performs feats of trumpetting that are scarcely credible. This is not as good, but it is still a bright little record, one of a series of jazz suites by Claude Bolling and his trio with distinguished classical soloists (Yo-Yo Ma, Jean-Pierre Rampal, etc.). They are a bit formulaic, but they do make pleasant listening, with André on trumpet, clarino and flugelhorn. If you want bright, bouncy listening brilliantly played, you should try this.

5 out of 5 stars The Master album from the absolute Master.......2004-03-06

I bought this album on record when it first came and out and it was never off my system. The playing is superb by all, very tight in the accompaniments. I have over 40 CD recordings of Maurice Andre and this rates as one of his best.
His playing is unsurpassed in my mind he seems to have the right style for everything he plays and his sound is just beautiful. If anyone wants a lesson in trumpet playing listen to this or any of his other brilliant recordings (the Hummel with the Berlin Phil is stunning).

5 out of 5 stars Jazz classical fusion...wow.......2002-03-16

Bolling, while being a beast on jazz piano, is best know for his compositional skills. Listen to this album and you'll know why. Each piece has it's own distinct style, but all have that amazing jazz groove without being pure jazz. In addition, Maurice Andre is considered to be the greatest classical trumpeter of all time, and this album shows off his many skills, from the mellow flugelhorn to his brilliant pic trumpet work, he is a master of all styles. Jazz fans, pianists and trumpeters will love this album, as well as classical buffs looking for something different. Truly great stuff here.

5 out of 5 stars A Lot of Fun!.......2001-01-03

Anyone who loves trumpet, jazz piano, or just plain jazz will love this CD. Composer/pianist Claude Bolling has the ability to write great melodies that you'll find yourself playing over and over in your mind. You just can't have a bad time listening to this CD. Maurice Andre is right on target, giving listeners a good sampling of trumpet colors (C trumpet, Eb trumpet, cornet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn). The musicians sound like they are having a great time playing, and they play expertly. Give this one a try.

5 out of 5 stars Terrific.......1998-11-04

I have owned and played this CD for so long that I must now order another CD. I've worn the original out. The mucic is lilting and full of energy. It should appeal to those who love jazz but, may have a hard time with the modern, more dissonant sounds. This is almost a jazz/classical fusion. Claude Bolling beautifully interprets his own compositions with the inspired help of Maurice Andre on trumpet.
CBS Dinner Classics: Cocktail Party
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Recordings with a twist
  • Bolling holds a swinging party & I won't leave
  • Class Act
 CBS Dinner Classics: Cocktail Party

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ASIN: B00000277L
Release Date: 1991-01-09

Tracks:

  1. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Baroque And Blue
  2. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Sentimentale
  3. Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Ragtime
  4. Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Baroque In Rhythm
  5. Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano Trio: Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano Trio: Africaine
  6. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No.2: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No.2 : Jazzy
  7. Toot Suite: Toot Suite: Mystique
  8. Picnic Suite: Picnic Suite: Canon
  9. Picnic Suite: Picnic Suite: Tendre
  10. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 2: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 2: Amoureuse
  11. Toot Suite: Toot Suite: Rag-Polka
  12. California Suite: California Suite: Black Folks

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Recordings with a twist.......2006-08-03

This CD is full of jazz in spite of the fact that I have associated most of the performers with classical music. This shows the diversity in their ability to perform a wide array of music that I never heard in the past from them.

If you like jazz without too much dissonance, this is a great CD to purchase. The interesting and awkward rhythms are the best parts of this CD.

You can have your own party just from listening to this music.

5 out of 5 stars Bolling holds a swinging party & I won't leave.......2001-04-29

I had this CD around and was going to put it up for sale via Amazon Marketplace. I listen to other Bolling CDs. But, somehow I had "missed" the jivvy jazz in this recording.

As the sounds of "Baroque and Blue," 5:15, Track 1 started playing, the thoughts of selling the CD disappeared.

Bolling plays the piano superbly and Maurice Andre's trumpet radiates pure jazz notes. This is a clasical jazz CD. The 12 tracks tie together like movements of a symphony and there is a bewitching common theme, best heard in track 7 "Mystique." After Andre and Bolling swing in #7, track 8 "Canon," emerges with Jean Pierre Rampal's flute, golden. Guy Pedersen's string bass is crisp and Daniel Humair plays the drums with unhearlded pizzaz. And, how can one overlook the strumming of guitarist Alexandre Lagoya?

This is one of the best jazz or instrumental CDs I have ever heard. I normally listen while writing and use the sounds as background music. Lagoya's contribution to #9, Tendre, matching Rampal's clarity is mystical. So, I am enjoying each note and marveling at the classical synergy displayed.

The cover notes cite "recipes from Martha Stewart's "Entertaining" and her other best-selling books on food and lifestyle." Sure enough, Martha has a menu: 1. Cocktails & Sparkling Water...the CD's sounds sparkle. 2. Crudites with Anchovy Mayonnaise, complete with the recipe. 3. Chicken on Skewers, also including what to use & how. 4. Prosciutto and Figs: Anyone can lay this dish out. 5. Cornmeal-Fried Oysters: The recipe is for 2 dozen.

So, a person can buy this album (just) to get great recipes for dishes to accompany superb jazz. The recipes are simple to follow and delicious to read. One can buy the CD for the delightful cocktails that Bolling presents. But here "one = two." Or, to put this in other words "With two you get eggroll." The eggroll is the delightful dish one savors listening to the music while nibbling on the chicken & oysters. Magnifique!

...

4 out of 5 stars Class Act.......2000-11-19

Very entertaining, classy music that I can listen to anytime, best of all with friends and suitably classy nosh!
Bolling's Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Bolling's Greatest Hits
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  • Great Price, Great CD.
 Bolling's Greatest Hits
Claude Bolling , and Roger Huyssen
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ASIN: B0000026O9
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. From Suite For Flute & Jazz Piano Trio, No 1: Baroque And Blue
  2. From Suite For Flute & Jazz Piano Trio, No 1: Sentimentale
  3. From Suite For Violin & Jazz Piano Trio: Ragtime
  4. From Suite For Cello & Jazz Piano Trio: Baroque In Rhythm
  5. From Concerto For Classic Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio: Africaine
  6. From Suite For Flute & Jazz Piano Trio, No 2: Jazzy
  7. From Toot Suite: Mystique
  8. From Picnic Suite: Canon
  9. From Picnic Suite: Tendre
  10. From Suite For Flute & Jazz Piano Trio, No 2: Amoureuse
  11. From Toot Suite: Rag-Polka
  12. From California Suite: Black Folks

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Bolling's Greatest Hits.......2007-05-13

If you haven't heard Claude Bolling's music, this is the CD you want to buy first. Not only does it have the best tunes of all his CDs each tune shows which CD it came from.

I love playing a Bolling tune and asking a friend is this Classical or Jazz? They'll always say it sounds like Classical and then it shifts to Jazz. Everyone that has heard his CDs goes out and buys it.

4 out of 5 stars Smart Jazz.......2006-03-08

A clever and talentous work on the pulse of jazz, mixing it with classical music.

4 out of 5 stars A Flutist's Intro to Bolling.......2002-10-20

Get this cd if you want to hear Bolling's works for flute before deciding if you would like to perform them. A great cd overall, maybe another brave flutist would like to redo these works? Although the late Jean-Pierre Rampal was known for doing 'the Picnic Suite' and 'Suite For Flute and Piano' I would like to add another artist to my collection.

5 out of 5 stars Amazing Collection of Artist's & Bolling Compositions.......2001-05-01

Seems as here exhibited that the best of classical and jazz do have an area of union. Bolling combined the two by writing his suite for Flue and Jazz Piano, as well as these others for the specific performers.

How about writing a piece just for Jean-Pierre Rampal and Yo-Yo Ma?

Favorites include Baroque and Blue, Baroque in Rhythm and Rag-Polka.

This is music of a different sort, but most enjoyable. Bravo, Claude!

5 out of 5 stars Great Price, Great CD........2000-10-06

This is a collection of some great Claude Bolling pieces, including one of my favorites on track 4. If Bolling's style appeals to you, or if you are just looking for some good clever jazz, go for this. It's quite different, and it's good.
(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great set of wartime rarities
  • Cure for the Blues
  • Standard Transcription Collection
 (Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection
Spike Jones
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007JR3K
Release Date: 2003-04-08

Album Description

Holiday blues comin' on? Well, put a spike in `em! Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet—79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great set of wartime rarities.......2003-05-14

Spike Jones was the king of the novelty song performers, with hits like "Der Fuehrer's Face" and the parody version of "Sheik of Araby" becoming huge hits during World War II. This is a swell 3-CD set, gathering a full eighty-one of Jones' best tracks from his 1940s heyday, drawn from an extensive archive of radio broadcasts made for the Standard Transcription service. The tightness of his City Slickers band is amply demonstrated in these manic, kookily orchestrated performances. Toots, squonks, blatts and bleats whiz by at lightning speed, as one daffy song after another will delight devoted fans. Amazingly, Jones had the unusual, almost unique ability to perform a repertoire almost entirely made up of comedic material, and yet still be quite listenable and engaging. His jazz chops were hardly in question, and from time to time Jones would dash off a non-novelty ballad or two, just to give the rubes something to think about. Of course, just as often he would perform a song that *sounded* like a straight ballad, but would turn out to be another goof. (One great example of this is the sultry "Serenade To A Jerk," sung in slinky, burlesque tones by Myrtle Horwin.) This collection may seem a little overwhelming, but like his studio recordings, these radio performances have a certain brilliance and joie de vivre about them that will leave you enchanted. Definitely worth checking out!

5 out of 5 stars Cure for the Blues.......2003-04-25

Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet-79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

4 out of 5 stars Standard Transcription Collection.......2003-04-12

This collection has remastered material from the large stack of Standard Transcription discs from the early 1940's. There are many songs not recorded on RCA, many on the theme of wartime ("48 Reasons Why"), and the quality is excellent. The packaging is threadbare but this is an essential CD package for true music lovers.
My Toot Toot: Definitive Antology
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    		My Toot Toot: Definitive Antology
    Denise Lasalle
    Manufacturer: Smith & Co
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000DGDOK
    Release Date: 2003-09-25

    Tracks:

    1. Trapped By A Thing Called Love
    2. Now Run & Tell That
    3. Man Sized Job
    4. Do Me Right
    5. Married, But Not To Each Other
    6. Lady In The Street
    7. I Was Not The Best Woman
    8. Come To Bed
    9. DonT Mess With My Man
    10. Right Place, Right Time
    11. Why Does It Feel So Right
    12. Keep Your Pants On
    13. Bump & Grind
    14. Caught In Your Own Mess
    15. You Gotta Pay To Play
    16. Bring It On Home To Me
    17. DonT Cry No More
    18. DonT Mess With My Toot Toot
    19. If You Can Do Me Right
    20. Write This One Off (As A Loss)
    21. Love & Happiness
    22. Trapped 1990
    23. Drop That Zero
    24. Wet Match
    25. Paper Thin
    26. I'm Loved
    27. When WeRe Making Love
    28. Love Me Right
    29. When WeRe Making Love
    30. Love Me Right
    31. DonT Pick It Up
    32. Fast Hands & A Dirty Mind
    33. Three People
    34. Dial 1-900-Get-Some
    35. No Supervision
    36. Child Of The Ghetto
    37. Woman Needs To Be Loved
    38. Blues Party Tonight

    Album Details

    Denise Lasalle is Undoubtedly One of the Longest Serving Ladies of Soul Having Made her First Recordings in the 60's for the Legendary Chess Label and She Hasn't Stopped Singing Yet. Her Initial Successes were in the 1970's When She was Signed to the Westbound Label and was Being Produced by the Inimitable Willie Mitchell. During this Period She Had 10 R&B Hits, Four of Which, "trapped by a Thing Called Love", "now Run and Tell That", "man Sized Job", and "married, but Not to Each Other" Crossed Over to the Billboard Pop Charts. These Are of Course Featured on this Album. This Anthology, Compiled by the Guru of Black Music Ian Dewhirst, Brings Together all the Great Recordings from Denise Lasalle and for Anyone who Like to Here their Music Performed with Passion, Intensity and Soul is Going to Love this Collection of her Best Works.
    Honk Toot Suite
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • An uplifting and mostly cheerful album
    		 Honk Toot Suite
    Eamonn Coyne & Kris Drever
    Manufacturer: Compass Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000LP5DEC
    Release Date: 2007-01-30

    Tracks:

    1. House Jigs
    2. Lucy's Swamp
    3. The Peninsula Set
    4. The Viking's Bride
    5. Lakeside Barndances
    6. Roscommon Reels
    7. Walking In The Dew
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    5 out of 5 stars An uplifting and mostly cheerful album.......2007-04-11

    Saw them live in an intimate venue in SW Scotland. Superb musicianship. Chris Dreever has a fine voice and the combination of his rhythm guitar and Eamonn Coyne's driving banjo makes a for a fine and mostly cheerful album
    Blow for Me a Toot for You
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      		Blow for Me a Toot for You
      Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns
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      ASIN: B00006NSCU
      Release Date: 2003-05-27

      Tracks:

      1. Up For The Down Stroke
      2. A Blow For Me A Toot To You
      3. When In Doubt Vamp
      4. Between Two Sheets
      5. Four Play
      6. Peace Fugue
      7. Up For The Down Stroke (45 Edit)
      8. Four Play (DJ Promo 45 Edit)
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      10. Half A Man
      11. Say Blow By Blow Backwards
      12. Mr Melody Man
      13. Just Like You
      14. Circular Motion

      Album Description

      Full title - A Blow For Me, A Toot For You & Say Blow By Blow Backwards. 2 0n 1 reissue of 1977 & 1979 albums produced by George Clinton and Bootsy Collins and featuring Maceo Parker. Remastered. Slipcase. Atlantic. 2003.
      The Dreaded P.D.Q. Bach
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Hours of Strange and Wonderful Enjoyment
      • PDQ Bach lifts the standard of musical humor
      • Essential for any classical fan with a sense of humor
      • calamity in high C
      • Totally corny and totally classic!
      		 The Dreaded P.D.Q. Bach

      Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000000EDK
      Release Date: 1996-08-27

      Tracks:

      1. In the Vanguard Vault, Part 1
      2. Introduction
      3. Allegro
      4. Tema con variazione
      5. Menuetto con Panna e Zucchero
      6. Introduction
      7. Aria
      8. Recitative
      9. Ground
      10. Recitative
      11. Aria
      12. Introduction
      13. Allegro
      14. Adagio
      15. Allegro
      16. Introduction
      17. Sehr unruhig mit schmalz
      18. Andante senza moto
      19. Presto nicht schleppend
      20. Introduction
      21. Chorus: "Tarragon of virtue is full"
      22. Recitative: "And there were in the same country"
      23. Duet: "Bide thy thyme" (soprano and alto, with slide whistle, windbreaker and tromboon)
      24. Fugue for Orchestra
      25. Recitative: "Then asked he"
      26. Chorale: "By the leeks of Babylon There we sat down, yea, we wept"
      27. Recitative: "Then she gave in"
      28. Aria: "Open sesame seeds" (Bass with kazoos, windbreaker, and slide windbreaker)
      29. Recitative: "So Saying"
      30. Duet: "Summer is a cumin seed" (soprano and alto, with slide whistles and
      31. Chorus with Soloists: "To curry flavor, favor curry"

      Tracks:

      1. 'Unbegun' Symphony, By Professor Schickele - Introduction
      2. 'Unbegun' Symphony, By Professor Schickele - III. Minuet
      3. 'Unbegun' Symphony, By Professor Schickele - IV. Andante - Allegro
      4. Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Ballons (S. 66) - Introduction
      5. Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Ballons (S. 66) - Allegro Moulto
      6. Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Ballons (S. 66) - Romanze II (Adagio Sereno)
      7. Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Ballons (S. 66) - Minaret And Trio
      8. Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Ballons (S. 66) - Romanze I (Chi Largo)
      9. Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Ballons (S. 66) - Presto Changio
      10. Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Signature Theme- Intro
      11. Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Echo Sonata For Two Unfriendly Groups Of Instruments - Tag
      12. Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Station Break
      13. Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Commercial: 'Do You Suffer?'
      14. Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Intro
      15. Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: New Horizons In Music Appreciation: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
      16. Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Time - Weather - News
      17. Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Intro
      18. Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Traumarei For Unaccompained Piano
      19. Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Station Break - Tag - Signature Theme
      20. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Signature Theme - Intro - Schleptet In E Flat Major
      21. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Schleptet In E Flat Major: Larghissimo - Allegro Boffo
      22. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Schleptet In E Flat Major: Menuetto Con Brio Ma Senza Trio
      23. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Schleptet In E Flat Major: Adagio Saccharino
      24. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Schleptet In E Flat Major: Yehudi Menuetto
      25. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Schleptet In E Flat Major: Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio
      26. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Tag - Station Break
      27. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: What' My Melodic Line?
      28. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Time - News - Intro
      29. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Fugue In C Mnor (From The Toot Suite For Calliope Four Hands)
      30. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Tag - Station Break
      31. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: What's Happening In Home Economics (Beethoven's Revenge)
      32. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Commercial: 'If You Have Never'
      33. Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Sign-Off - Signature Theme

      Tracks:

      1. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Introduction
      2. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Overture
      3. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Aria: 'Let's Face It-I'm Lost'
      4. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Recitative: 'Boy!'
      5. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Aria: 'Now Is The Season'
      6. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Recitative: 'Gesundheit!'
      7. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Duet: 'Woe'
      8. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Recitative: 'Hark!'
      9. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Aria: 'Look At Me'
      10. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Recitative: 'That's The End'
      11. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Trio: 'I'm Sure I'd Be'
      12. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Intermission Feature: Opera Whiz
      13. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 2: Plot Synopsis
      14. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 2: Recitative: 'I Hate To Interrupt'
      15. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 2: Quartet: 'Don Octave'
      16. Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 2: Finale: 'O Saviour'
      17. Program Of Broadcast: Announcement
      18. Program Of Broadcast: Two Madrigals From The Triumphs Of Thusnelda: 'The Queen To Me A Royal Pain Doth Give'
      19. Program Of Broadcast: Two Madrigals From The Triumphs Of Thusnelda: 'My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth'
      20. Program Of Broadcast: Final Announcement

      Tracks:

      1. Introduction
      2. Overture
      3. Aria: 'I Am A Quaint Old Innkeeper'
      4. Aria: 'Like A Lonely Pilgrim'
      5. Aria: 'My Name Is Hansel Hunter'
      6. Aria: 'I'm The Village Idiot'
      7. Aria: 'Et Expecto'
      8. Aria: 'There's Something About A Monk'
      9. Duet: 'Do You Love Me?'
      10. Interlude: Medical Examination
      11. Aria: 'I Hope You'll Take This Friendly Advice'
      12. Aria: 'Teddy Nice Is My Name'
      13. Duet: 'Jump Not To Conclusions'
      14. Finale: 'Just Tell Me What You Name Is'
      15. The O.K. Chorale From The Toot Suite For Calliope Four Hands (S. 212) - P. Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach), David Oei
      16. Introduction 'Erotica' Variations (S.36Ee) For Banned Instruments And Piano
      17. Theme: Windbreaker
      18. Variation I: Balloons
      19. Variation II: Slide Whistle
      20. Variation III: Slide Windbreaker
      21. Variation IV: Lasso D'amore
      22. Variation V: Foghorn, Bell, Kazoo, Gargle
      23. Introduction: The Art Of The Ground Round (S. 1.19 Per Lb) For Three Baritones And Discontinuo
      24. Loving Is As Easy
      25. Please, Kind Sir
      26. Jane, My Jane
      27. Golly Golly Oh
      28. Nelly Is A Nice Girl
      29. Encore (Nelly Is A Nice Girl)
      30. In The Vanguard Vault, Part 2
      31. The 'Sanka' Cantata
      32. In The Vanguard Vault, Part 3

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Hours of Strange and Wonderful Enjoyment.......2006-07-19

      This is a fine collection of the work of the "oddest of Bach's 20-odd children." The intros and commentary by Professor Peter Schickele (University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople) are as sidesplitting as the "music" itself. One learns, for example, that PDQ Bach is the only composer to have written for double reeds -- without the use of oboes or bassoons. . . . Just four of the high(low)lights on this 4-disc set include: "Concerto for Horn and Hardart," "Iphigenia in Brooklyn," "Unbegun Symphony," and "Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle, and Balloons." The PDQ Bach corpus is (fortunately) not exhausted with this box set, so there will likely be others, but this one is terrific and will provide hours of strange and wonderful enjoyment.

      4 out of 5 stars PDQ Bach lifts the standard of musical humor.......2005-09-16

      Excellent 4 CD album from PDQ Bach. Although most music is meant to be humoresque, it is also brilliantly composed/'borrowed' from other composer. Nice item for music lovers that do have sense of, almost British, humor.

      5 out of 5 stars Essential for any classical fan with a sense of humor.......2005-08-09

      This recording is a treasure trove of PDQ Bach music. It is good for many, many laughs, and even my husband who is not well-versed in classical enjoys it to bits. A must-own for anyone who loves the wit of Peter Schickele!

      4 out of 5 stars calamity in high C.......2003-04-10

      if you cant sing and laugh at the same time just wait til he tries to do a Rap song. look for my favorite song of his "o little town of hackensack" for christmas time

      5 out of 5 stars Totally corny and totally classic!.......2002-11-29

      What can I say? These attempts to poke fun at classical music and aficionados of the genre are silly, puerile, well-informed, beloved by said aficionados, and utterly hilarious. With a style of humor that is something like a cross between Garrison Keillor, Victor Borge and Monty Python, "Professor" Peter Schickele has been perpetrating the P.D.Q. Bach phenomenon since 1959. "Researching" and sometimes even dressing up as the alleged "last and least" of Johann Sebastian Bach's many children, Schickele has composed, conducted and performed send-ups of various composers and musical styles. This four CD set compiles some the best (or should I say "worst"?) of his efforts. Included are "The O.K. Chorale", "The Unbegun Symphony", "My Bonnie Lass, She Smelleth", "The Seasonings", "Schleptet in E flat minor", "Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments", "Concerto for Horn and Hardart", and my two personal favorites: "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony" (with commentary by sports analysts discussing the "competition" between the conductor and the orchestra) and the hilarious cantata "Iphigenia in Brooklyn". I can remember my father rolling on the floor in hysterics upon first hearing "Iphigenia", and anyone who is familiar with the Baroque oratorio style of such ubiquitous works as Handel's "Messiah" or J.S. Bach's cantatas will undoubtedly howl too at all the "in jokes". If you're serious about Baroque or classical music, do yourself a favor--let your hair down, get un-serious, and listen to these CDs every once in a while. And may every genre of music be fortunate enough to have a "P.D.Q. Bach" invented for it!

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