Light The Fire [The New Sound Of Worship - Volume I]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Light The Fire is the debut worship project from Remedy. Light The Fire contains 10 powerful worship songs including 3 originals. From popular titles such as Breathe, You Are My Hiding Place and the title track Light The Fire, the CD is diverse in song as it is in style.

Joining Rob, Rubie and Sarae from Remedy are worship leaders Krista Meadows and Abe Smith (lead singer for No Ordinary Day). 5 worship leaders who have come together to write and record worship which captures the heart of our generation. Light The Fire is the first CD in The New Sound Of Worship collection.

Tracks:

Introduction: As God The Lord Of Israel Liveth
Overture
No.1 Help, Lord! Wilt Thou Quite Destroy Us?
No.2: Lord! Bow Thine Ear To Our Prayer!
No.3: Ye People, Rend Your Hearts
No.4: If With All Your Hearts
No.5: Yet Doth The Lord See It Not
No.6: Elijah! Get Thee Hence
No.7: For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee
Recitative: Now Cherith's Brook Is Dried Up
No.8: What Have I Do To Do With Thee?
No.9: Blessed Are The Men Who Fear Him
No.10: As God The Lord Of Sabaoth Liveth
No.11: Baal, We Cry To Thee: Hear And Answer Us!
No.12: Call Him Louder, For He Is A God!
No.13: Call Him Louder! He Heareth Not!
No.14: Lord God Of Abraham, Isaac And Israel!
No.15: Cast Thy Burden Upon The Lord
No.16: O Thou, Who Makest Thine Angels Spirits
No.17: Is Not His Word Like A Fire?
No.18: Woe Unto Them Who Forsake Him!
No.19: O Man Of God, Help Thy People!
No.20: Thanks Be To God!

Tracks:

No.21: Hear Ye, Israel; Hear What The Lord Speaketh
No.22: Be Not Afraid, Saith God The Lord
No.23: The Lord Hath Exalted Thee
No.24: Woe To Him, He Shall Perish
No.25: Man Of God, Now Let My Words Be Precious
No.26: It Is Enough; O Lord Now Take My Life
No.27: See, Now He Sleepeth
No.28: Lift Thine Eyes To The Mountains
No.29: He, Watching Over Israel, Slumbers Not
No.30: Arise, Elijah, For Thou Hast A Long Journey
No.31: O Rest In The Lord
No.32: He That Shall Endure To The End, Shall Be Saved
No.33: Night Falleth Round Me, O Lord!
No.34: Behold! God The Lord Passed By!
No.35: Above Him Stood The Seraphim
No.36: Go, Return Upon Thy Way
No.37: For The Mountains Shall Depart
No.38: Then Did Elijah The Prophet Break Forth
No.39: Then Shall The Righteous Shine Forth
No.40: Behold, God Hath Sent Elijah
No.41: But The Lord, From The North Hath Raised One
No.41a: O Come Everyone That Thirsteth
No.42: And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful, but not my first choice.......2007-04-07

I believe this was the first recording of Elijah in English that used an "international" conductor and some international singers. Fruhbeck gives a good, dramatic sweep to the piece, with some wonderful dramatic moments. This is an old fashioned performance, with only a solo quartet, and if there is a semi-chorus, I can't tell the difference. This means that the soprano is the Widow, and an Angel, the mezzo the Angel and Queen Jezabel, etc. You really should have a libretto, but you don't get one at this price.
Fischer-Dieskau roughens up his voice for the role, and therein lies a problem. The voice spreads and his diction suffers because of it; that and his unidiomatic pronounciation, with far too many rolled "r"s. He does the drama well, but what works well in lieder works here less well on the large scale. Odd, given his success as on opera singer (check out his Iago), that here he frequently comes off blustery.
Dame Gwyneth Jones belies her reputation and gives a contolled, dramatic performance, using her "edge" to advantage in "Hear Ye, Israel". Gedda's diction is amazing, with exactly the right color for this literature, and projecting a little more blood than an English tenor.
Dame Janet Baker is my star in this performance. Dramatic, heart-rending when need be, and in wonderful voice. She'll chill your blood when she tells the people of Baal to "slaughter him, do what he hath done!".
And as for the people of Baal, the Philharmonia Chorus is wonderful. Incisive and dramatic, with beautiful tone. I could do without the trick of the boy choir for "Lift Thine Eyes", and I miss the small ensembles, but all in all a fine performance, and good recording, circa 1968.
First choice in English, Daniels/Terfel: better Elijah in Terfel, better recording, more authentic orchestra, small vocal ensembles (as per the score) but inferior women (including Fleming: beautiful tone, but where's her head?). In German, it's Sawallisch/Adam all the way.
But if you're singing Elijah, and have a score, this is a good choice.

THE BEST recording of the BEST oratorio ever..........2006-08-15

Okay, I'm gonna admit I'm biased- I first sung in the chorus of Elijah when I was 14 and it made a BIG impression on me!
This recording is in every way wonderful. Starting with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. He IS Elijah to me. His singing is perfection. He has amazing phrasing and his diction makes it possible to understand the lovely, inspired libretto to this heavenly music. There are so many pieces that are ephemeral, but a couple of my favorites are: #14, Lord God of Abraham and #37, For the Mountains shall Depart. Dieskau does a great job of what I think of as compassionate, heartfelt singing. His interpretation sounds like the voice of God himself. It has a quality of kindness and yet he sounds just as convincing reprimanding the people of Baal. He is the true highlight of this recording.

That said, the rest of the cast is wonderful as well. Gwyneth Jones has a lovely, silvery voice that has a clarion bell-like tone that rings over the large orchestra with ease. She has occasional "misfire" but is a consistent performer. Dame Janet Baker and Nicolai Gedda both perform at a consistently lovely level. The orchestra and chorus are both wonderful. #15, Cast thy Burden upon the Lord, #32 He that Shall Endure to the End, and #38 Then Did Elijah are all highlights.

All said, for me the main reason to get this recording is Dieskau's Elijah- after all, he's the main character. But don't forget the lovely music. This story is exciting and passionate and sacred all at the same time. For me, it's the best oratorio that has a moving story and great music too.

Too bad there are so few recordings of Elijah.......2006-07-03

This is a good recording of an oratorio that deserves more attention. The chorus and soloists are very good--I just wish Fischer-Diskau wouldn't slide around so much in singing the title part!

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"Concerto" says everything
The Vietnam Concerto
Interesting music - haunting and beautiful
Sorry...
Beautiful, Smart

Riders on the Storm: The Doors Concerto

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004YMTH
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

Riders On The Storm
The Unknown Soldier
Spanish Caravan
Love Street
Hello, I Love You
Light My Fire
People Are Strange
Strange Days
The End

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Love him or hate him, Nigel Kennedy can play a mean fiddle. And on Riders on the Storm: The Doors Concerto, the violinist, arranger Jaz Coleman, and the Prague Symphony Orchestra pay energetic tribute to--who else?--the Doors. These instrumental string arrangements try their damnedest to avoid becoming elevator-music covers, but they only vaguely resemble the Doors' originals. The violinist loves a jam, and these arrangements thankfully give him plenty of room to solo. The longer tracks--"Light My Fire" and "The End"--work best, with Kennedy offering inspired playing and plenty of drama. Doors fans may be interested in hearing fresh takes on their favorite tunes ("Riders on the Storm," "Light My Fire," "The Unknown Soldier," and more), but those accustomed to Kennedy's more classical endeavors may be disappointed. Oddly enough, the living members of the Doors have nothing but great things to say about this disc. Strange days, indeed. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

"Concerto" says everything.......2006-12-19

This is a very well executed adaptation of Doors music into classic. I also own the fantastic George Winston's "Night Divides the Day", and I could say both CDs, even though different in it's category, perform a fantastic tribute to The Doors. But this is not a CD for "The Doors" fans, as it is more directed to Classical lovers. You will find very interesting versions of: Spanish Caravan & The Crystal Ship

The Vietnam Concerto.......2006-11-05

I really love this album. To me, it evokes all the tragedy and sadness of the Vietnam war. Every time I listen to it, I feel very moved. Kennedy is an inspired violinist, and his instrument fairly weeps at times. So, if you are a baby-boomer like me, you may really respond to music that captures the times in which the Doors wrote and sang.

Interesting music - haunting and beautiful.......2006-01-07

As a music guy, I can listen to classical and then go to rap and appreciate both.

As I really like the Doors, I saw this CD and recognizing what Jaz Coleman did with Led Zeppelin, I bought this CD.

It is not much like the LeZeppelin effort. However, both are equally beautiful. The LZ disc sounded like a movie soundtrack. Here the music sounds like a sad concerto.

Truly, I was struck by the sadness in the music. It is powerful though, and the arrangements strike the right chord (terrible pun - sorry) between being exactly similar to the Doors music, and a fresh interpretation.

Should you buy this disc? Well, if you enjoy classical music and you are not a snob - then yes. This disc may get you to enjoy some contemporary music in a vital interpretation. If you are a Doors fan, I would think you would enjoy hearing your favorite songs being played in a new way.

Overall, I believe this is an interesting disc to own. Well worth it. It is and does stand within my classical collection. It ain't Horowitz, but it sure is sweet!!

Sorry..........2005-09-08

Sorry this review is short, but this album was terrible. The members have talent, but the songs bare no resemblance to Doors songs what-so-ever. I have found this at every library in the city of Kootenai County in Idaho, so you should try your local library. Really bad CD. For more details, e-mail me at moviefreak144@hotmail.com

Beautiful, Smart.......2005-08-22

If any rock group deserved to be recorded in classical arrangements it would be The Doors. This could have been thrown together haphazardly to make a quick buck like some classical rock recordings but thankfully it hasn't. A lot of work was put into this. The Doors were much more musical and clever than many rocks bands. Jim Morrison was an extremely dynamic and sensitive vocalist and Nigel Kennedy pays complete homage to him. There is nothing but utter respect for The Doors music here. They chose some of the best musical Doors songs but I wish they would have included The Crystal Ship with maybe a soft piano solo. I think "Crystal Ship" was Ray Manzarek's most creative work. These are very, very deep orchestrations and the feelings of the original songs are preserved throughout (although I had trouble with "Unknown Soldier" and "People are Strange"). You will hear new things every time you listen to it. The diversions in each piece are true to the original songs. Jim Morrison's melodies are eerily mimicked on many instruments and you can hear Jim's beauty and wonderful phrasing. "Spanish Caravan" features a very competent classical guitarist and the melody played by an extremely sensitive violinist. My favorite song on this recording "Love Street" (allegedly written for the street which Jim and Pamela Courson lived in Lauryl Canyon) is double the length of the original song, a very, very emotional, very beautiful and haunting composition. If one song could summarize Jim and Pam's relationship and their sad and tragic lives it would be this song. During "Love Street" one can envision Jim and Pam in an eternal embrace. The spirit of "Light my Fire" comes shining through, if not maybe a little too bouncy and campy and not soft enough. The violas play the left-hand organ accompanyment and there is plenty of counterpoint. I didn't quite understand "People are Strange". It is turned into a romantic and galloping song whereas the original song was quite odd and spacey with shifting vocal effects. I had the most trouble with "Unkown Soldier", it's highly romanticized and I didn't recognize it. Likewise, "Strange Days" is drawn out and romanticized with harps, etc. The End is extremely well done, the eastern modality gives you the sense of a caravan on an endless trek through the Sahara desert. The recording mix is perfect: the lead violinist or any of the other soloists are not sharp or favored in the least. I only wish this was a double CD and included other emotional songs like Queen of the Highway, Hyacinth House, Wild Child, Love Her Madly, LA Woman, Blue Sunday, Wishful Sinful, Unhappy Girl, The Soft Parade and definitely Moonlight Drive and The Crystal Ship. Ray Manzarek (and Robby/John) should be very proud of what Nigel Kennedy has done. I think Jim would be proud, too. You do not have to be a classical music lover to enjoy this recording, you will understand most of these songs. This is an absolutely wonderful CD to sit down and relax to. Thank you very much Nigel and Ray, please record more Doors!

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A Masterpiece
Clear and simple

AMERICA'S BUGLE CALLS

Manufacturer: Documentary
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005OA52
Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

Reveille/Morning Colors Sequence
First Call
Attention
To the Colors
Carry On
Assembly
First Sergeant's Call
Adjutants Call
Mass Call
Pay Call
Officer's Call
Semper Fi
Roast Beef of Old England
Marines Hymn
Anchors Aweigh
Army Song
Semper Paratus
Air Force Song/Evening Colors Sequence
First Call
Attention
Retreat
Carry On
Tattoo
Call to Quarters
Taps [Single Bugler Version]
To Arms
General Quarters
General Muster
To Horse
Fligh Quarters
Man Torpedo Defense Battery
Main Battery Fire Control Exercise
Call Away All Boats
Fix Bayonets
Commence Firing
Charge! [Version One]
Charge! [Version Two]
Cease Firing
Abandon Ship
Light Smoking Lamp
Out Smoking Lamp
Company Left March
Company Right March
Liberty Call
Church Call
Recall
Mail Call
Police Call
Sick Call
Stable Call
Band Call
Movie Call
Surgeon's Party
Hail to the Chief - Matthew Farquhar, The Flourishes
General's March - Matthew Farquhar, The Flourishes
Flag Officer's March
Secure
Taps [Two Bugler Version]

Album Description

Music: Instrumental only

The famous bugle calls from America's Armed Services including Reveille and Taps.

Customer Reviews:

A Masterpiece.......2007-06-20

Clear and crisp and played with vigor and heart. Mass call is of course Mess Call that someone spelled wrong. What worked for me is that I review four or five calls each night before bed. I hum them first and then listen to the call on the CD. The next day, I work out on the bugle until lip fatigue sets in.

Clear and simple.......2006-08-04

Single bugle calls, clear and simple-recognizable to this Navy/Marine Corps veteran. Also some army stuff if you desire that sort of thing. Quite a lot of quality stuff.

Epics: The History of the World According to Hollywood

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EPICS THAT DO NOT DISAPPOINT
Interesting selections . . .
"Epics featuring The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra ~ 60 years of film scores"

Epics: The History of the World According to Hollywood

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Release Date: 2005-09-06

Tracks:

Pre- Historic: One Million Years B.C.
The Ancient World: The Ten Commandments
The Ancient World: Alexander
The Ancient World: Sodom And Gomorrah
The Ancient World: The 300 Spartans
The Ancient World: Troy
The Ancient World: Alexander (Eternal Alexander)
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The Might Of Rome: The Robe
The Might Of Rome: Demetrius And The Gladiators
The Might Of Rome: Cleopatra
The Might Of Rome: Antony And Cleopatra
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The Might Of Rome: Gladiator (Now We Are Free)

Tracks:

The Fall Of Rome: Masada
The Fall Of Rome: Spartacus (Main Theme)
The Fall Of Rome: Spartacus (Love Theme)
The Fall Of Rome: The Fall Of The Roman Empire (Pax Romana)
The Fall Of Rome: The Fall Of The Roman Empire (Overture)
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Biblical Epics: Jesus Of Nazareth
Biblical Epics: Ben-Hur (Parade Of The Charioteers)
Biblical Epics: Ben-Hur (Love Theme)
Biblical Epics: The Silver Chalice
Biblical Epics: The Passion Of The Christ
Medieval Europe: The War Lord
Medieval Europe: El Cid (Love Theme)
Medieval Europe: El Cid (Overture)
Medieval Europe: The Vikings (Suite)

Tracks:

Medieval Europe: Flesh & Blood
Medieval Europe: The Last Valley
Medieval Europe: Prince Valiant
Medieval Europe: Taras Bulba
Pirates & Swashbucklers: The Sea Hawk
Pirates & Swashbucklers: The Crimson Pirate
Pirates & Swashbucklers: Pirates Of The Caribbean
Pirates & Swashbucklers: Captain Blood
Kings & Queens: The Lion In The Winter
Kings & Queens: Henry V (1989)
Kings & Queens: Henry V (1944)
Kings & Queens: Mary Queen Of Scots
Kings & Queens: The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex

Tracks:

Heroes: Excalibur - O Fortuna
Heroes: First Night
Heroes: The Adventures Of Robin Hood: March Of The Merry Men
Heroes: Braveheart
The New Worlds: Mutiny On The Bounty
The New Worlds: 1492 - Conquest Of Paradise
The New Worlds: Captain From Castle
The New Worlds: The Mission
The New Worlds: The Alamo
The British Empire/The Orient: The Charge Of The Light Brigade
The British Empire/The Orient: Lawrence Of Arabia
The British Empire/The Orient: Zulu
The British Empire/The Orient: The Last Samurai
The British Empire/The Orient: Exodus

Customer Reviews:

EPICS THAT DO NOT DISAPPOINT.......2007-05-14

WHAT A BRILLIANT IDEA TO TAKE HOLLYWOOD'S COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL EPIC MOVIES, EXTRACT THE BEST PORTIONS OF THE SCORES AND COMBINE THEM FROM THE DAWN OF MAN TO THE RECENT PAST. I PARTICULARLY ENJOY THE SUITES FROM GLADIATOR, BRAVEHEART AND THE VIKING. THE REPRODUCTION OF THESE SCORES BY THE CITY OF PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS IS BRILLIANT, AND THE RECORDING WAS EXCELLENT. I ONLY WISH THERE WERE EIGHT DISCS INSTEAD OF FOUR TO COVER THE VOLUMES OF SCORES THAT COULD NOT BE INCLUDED. LET'S HOPE FOR A VOLUME II.

Interesting selections . . ........2006-12-15

This compiiation album makes an excellent gift for that person wanting to discover great, epic scores. I'm surprised, however, that Vangelis' Alexander is included in this one. Not bad, just surprised.

The reason I give this album 4 out of 5 stars is because of the swashbuckler section. How is it that CutThroat Island - one of the greatest epics in history - was scrubbed out of the list? Pirates of the Caribbean is included on the selection but nothing from Debney's masterpiece?!

Yes, that is a huge compilant. If you haven't discovered CutThroat Island, I suggest you get it then you'll understand my frustration. Still, this album is a great buy and worth looking into!

"Epics featuring The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra ~ 60 years of film scores".......2005-09-07

When I think of the "Golden Age of Hollywood", many composers come to mind...you gave the usher your ticket in the theater and sat down, knowingly you were going to get your moneys worth...when the curtain opened and you heard those first few notes...you sat back, watched and listened as the film score and orchestra worked their magic...now we have the ultimate from Silva Screen Classics "EPICS:THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HOLLYWOOD", featuring a four disc set of the essential film scores of the past 60 years...covering several decades right and up to the present 2005.

There are compilations and then there are "Compilations" beginning with a classics that even the youngsters today recognize...sweeping scores that capture the drama, mystery, adventure, action and romance...one great cue after another, it doesn't get any better than this...many nominated and winners by the Academy for Best Original Score...

Silva Screen Classics as usual, has put quality into this 4-CD-Set featuring The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus conducted by Kenneth Alwyn, Paul Bateman, James Fitzpatrick, Mario Klemens and Nic Raine. Recorded in "Dolby Surround" with the new technology of "HDCD", this is a "film-score-buffs" dream, one to treasure now and years to come...this collection is aimed directly at the "Serious Film Score" music fans and collectors...Silva is as always, perfect in every way...just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 4-CD-Set ~ Silva America 1170 ~ (9/6/2005)

Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World

Average customer rating:

Ensemble Galilei's music is lilting, elegant and unexpected!
beautiful
Excellent!
It will bring about many gentle nights
Visualizing Beauty

Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World

Manufacturer: Telarc
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Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

Mister Issac's Maggot, Chestnut (Dove's Vagary)
Woodycock
Death's Second Self
Jack's Health, Vale Of Years, Jack's Health Reel
Come, Gentile Night
Departe, Departe, The Cobbler's Hornpipe, Third Act Tune
But Let Them Go, Ladies, Sight No More
In A Garden So Green, Childgrove
Fire, Burn, and Cauldron Bubble
The Asp
Rumble Thy Bellyful
Pastime With Good Company, O Lusty May
Irish Lament
Joy To THe Person Of My Love
The Winter's Tale Set: Love's Winter Light, Apples In Winter, Drive The Cold Winter Away, Jenny Pluck Pears
Lilli Burleo
The Scottich Play Set: Life Is But A Walking Shadow, Mill, Mill O', Pawky Adam Glen
Heart's Ease, Now That The Spring, Gathering Peascods
No Longer Mourn For Me

Customer Reviews:

Ensemble Galilei's music is lilting, elegant and unexpected!.......2002-11-29

With their soulful playing and artful, sometimes even ephemeral arrangements, the six women of Ensemble Galilei convey a rare depth of emotion. In the insert notes, gamba player Carolyn Ann Surrick describes their creative process: "[In making this recording, we engaged in]...a kind of work that is so focused and intense that years can go by in one afternoon... Extraordinary music-making requires trust... [We] live for the times when the only thing that exists right then is the music--when the instruments are speaking as if we don't exist, and they are having their own conversation." Thank you, Ensemble Galilei, for allowing the rest of us the privilege of coming along for the ride! It's simply delectable. This chamber ensemble, featuring fiddle, harp, gamba, oboe, pipes and percussion, can also be heard on their other Telarc release, "From the Isles to the Courts", and "The Mystic and the Muse: Celebrating 600 Years of Women in Music", on the Dorian label.

beautiful.......2001-01-22

Sheer beauty, as a lover of English music I found this to be one of the most beautiful of all Shakespearean albums. Such harmony, such subtlety, one wishes that the gentle night will never stop.

Excellent!.......2001-01-04

Ensemble Galilei provide some excellent arrangements of English renaissance compositions. I believe that John Playford (English Dancing Master) fans will be particularly satisfied with the renditions presented here. It is very unfortunate that E.G. did not provide more arrangements from such early music sources. Some of E.G.'s own compositions seem very weak and not in the renaissance spirit of the rest of the CD. Nonetheless, this CD is highly recommmended.

It will bring about many gentle nights.......2000-11-22

I found this album to be solid. Very sweet, but not afraid to use percussion which makes it livelier and more fun. I adore the quiet, peacefulness of the music and the flawless execution of these renaissance songs.

Visualizing Beauty.......2000-08-20

I recently had the good fortune to direct a performance of King Lear--the ENTIRE five acts, in a community theatre, non-profit setting. I used twenty-four fully committed non-actors, who for the love of the ideas, participated in this performance. The first and main challenge that I faced was, how do I go "behind" the words, and invoke the right emotions, etc., to give these actors the range and tools needed for an effective, powerful performance? Critical to this performance was the beauty and brilliance of this recording, which I used throughout the various scenes of the play. This helped the performers tremendously, creating the different tapestries in the mind of the Bard. In short, this work is real genius, that I was so happy that I stumbled across. I am now putting in our performance programs, along with our most heart-felt thanks to E.G., the name of the recording and I have copies from Telarc to sell at each performance!

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Another Blood & Fire winner!
hold up!
Light is Nice
Dubroom Review
Quintessential

In the Light/In the Light Dub
Horace Andy
Manufacturer: Blood & Fire Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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Do You Love My Music
Hey There Woman
Government Land
Leave Rasta
Fever
In The Light
Problems
If I
Collie Herb
Rome
Music Dub
Dub There
Government Dub
Rasta Dub
Fever Dub
Dub The Light
Problems Dub
I And I
Collie Dub
Dub Down Rome

Customer Reviews:

Another Blood & Fire winner!.......2007-06-12

2 lp's on 1 cd. The 1st is the great In The Light vocal album. The 2nd is the stupid-rare dub version. The dubs by Prince Jammy are worth way more than the price of this set alone.
Another fantastic value from one of the best reissue labels out there.
Quit reading and start buying.

hold up!.......2004-02-06

the dubs on this album are jaw droppers.
problems dub is the sickest dub cut. period.
no ifs, ands ,or buts.

Light is Nice.......2002-06-19

While I don't don this CD as the "best" of Horace Andy, it offers a variety of Andy's style and charisma. I found many of the rhythms to be a bit bland, while some of the stand out cuts, are Government Land, Leave Rasta, and Rome. The Dubs are cut nicely, but it is obvious Tubby is not on the controls. Jammy does a good job, but leaves me still wanting more from the dub side.
In The Light is listenable and an essential album to have, but Horace Andy has many more essential tunes that I think could have covered this album better.

Dubroom Review.......2001-09-27

Blood and Fire has been re-issuing old essential reggae music on CD for quite some time now. They did good releasing this album as well. Actually, this CD is a combination of two albums, the vocals and the dubs for Horace Andy's In the Light. Both albums are equally essential. Horace's beautifull voice is known from his works with the Trip Hop group Massive Attack. On this CD you can hear where he is coming from: Horace Andy singing over classical roots reggae. Especially because every song gets accompanied by it's dub version, I think you will enjoy each and every one of these tracks. Real gems are "Government Land", "Leave Rasta" and "Rome".

As much as this album is Horace Andy, it is Prince Jammy as well. The dubs from In The Light are mixed by the Great Prince (now: King) Jammy, King Tubby's protegee. You can hear Tubby's pupil just before he started to have his own label. Killer dubs that certainly belongs in every dub-collector who takes him or herself serious. Jammy remixes the vocals of In the Light in such a manner, that they are absolutely different than the vocals. You can play these versions apart from the vocals, and they will stay interesting, also if you're not such a big dubhead like me.

Needless to say, as it is with every Blood and Fire release, this CD comes with very nice artwork and a lot of information written by Steve Barrow, who can be considered a living reggae encyclopedia.

Quintessential.......2001-09-24

This is just one of those reggae albums that incorporates all of the elements that make reggae such a great form of music: Solid riddims, sweet vocals, catchy hooks, and wicked dub versions. This album is as close to perfect as you can get.

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Excellent Collection

Light My Fire
José Feliciano
Manufacturer: Bmg/RCA Camden
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Feliciano!
Legendary José Feliciano
Absolutely the Best
Feliz Navidad
Jose Feliciano - All-Time Greatest Hits

ASIN: B000024GEL
Release Date: 1997-03-10

Tracks:

Light My Fire
Stay With Me
Chico And The Man (Main Theme)
And I Love Her
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
You're No Good
Pegao
Nature Boy
California Dreamin'
(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
Here There And Everywhere
Sunny
And The Sun Will Shin
Daytime Dreams
Yesterday
Essence Of Your Love
Rain
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
In My Life
And The Feeling's Good

Album Description

20 of the virtuoso acoustic guitarist's best, including histop three version of the Doors' classic 'Light My Fire', plus his hit theme to the '70s sitcom 'Chico And The Man', andnumerous other renditions of pop hits like 'Sunny', 'Here, There & Everywhere', 'Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying', 'California Dreamin'' and '(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me'. 1997 release.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Collection.......2003-07-05

For those of you who love the sound of a crisp and clean acoustic guitar and a soulful voice to go with it, this is a great album to own. This collection of HITS is not by any means the complete and definitive anthology of Jose Feliciano's Greatest works but is a great place to begin. After you listen to this CD in its enirety you will realize why this artist is so loved and respected by the masses. For the people that don't enough about this artist amazing talent and international appeal this set delivers to the maximum potential and provides the listener a beautiful and rewarding listening experience. Jose is the kind of musician/performer that once you have listen to his easygoing layback style of singing you will be immediately hooked on what has been universally known for more than 30+ years as the Feliciano sound. This album include's four of Jose's greatest classics that are an absolute MUST to become more familiar with this artist's classic repertoire. They are LIGHT MY FIRE, the only song in pop history to go to #1 twice. The Doors original in 1967 and Feliciano's colossal remake in 1968. CALIFORNIA DREAMIN, another remake of a classic by the Mamas and The Papas. CHICO AND THE MAN, the song that Jose wrote and performed for the popular TV sitcom of the same name starring the late Freddie Prinze. Last but certainly not least RAIN, another Feliciano composition who is a favorite among his many fans (myself included). The rest of the album's tracks are superbly performed and a few of them make their debut for the first time on CD. One of my favorites AND THE FEELING'S GOOD from the fantastic LP of the same name release in 1974, is a true Feliciano classic in my opinion. BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX, is a beautiful instrumental that displays Jose's gentle and pure but nevertheless brilliant skill as a guitarist. This track was originally included in what many consider to be Feliciano's greatest album ever 10 TO 23 released in 1969, produced by Jose's longtime friend and collaborator in the studio Rick Jarrard. Overall this CD and his legendary career now in it's fourth decade prove to be a powerful account of how a little boy from Puerto Rico who was left permanently blind at birth defied all the obstacles and insurmountable odds and went on to become one of the most versatile and gifted entertainers the world has ever known. Accumulating massive stardom and phenomenal wealth along the way. Get this CD, you will love it.

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Excellent 2-on-1 Reissue
Can't go Wrong With German Melodic Metal
Bonfire is awesome!
Bonfire is awesome!
Deutsche 80s Metal / Power Metal at its best!

Don't Touch the Light/Fire Works
Bonfire
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Red, Hot and Heavy
Electrified
Time Will Tell
Double Eclipse

ASIN: B00004TFDF
Release Date: 2000-06-20

Tracks:

Intro
Starin' Eyes
No More
SDI
Hot to Rock
Don't Touch the Light
Longing for You
Ready 4 Reaction
Never Mind
Sleeping All Alone
Champion
Don't Get Me Wrong
You Make Me Feel
Sweet Obsession
Rock Me Now
American Nights
Fantasy
Give It a Try
Cold Days

Album Description

Bonfire ignited their career on both sides of the Atlantic in the early to mid-'80s. Originally from Germany, Bonfire fit right into the booming Heavy Metal world with their hard-rocking heavy metal sound. The two original albums collected together on this one CD offer over 75 minutes of head-banging music, including the radio hit, Sweet Obsession.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent 2-on-1 Reissue.......2007-05-10

If you look at European AOR and melodic rock today, the different styles are quite noticeable, with British, Swiss, Swedish, and German being the major sounds. The German melodic rock sound pretty much comes back to Bonfire (and later Fair Warning). Bonfire's brand of melodic rock merged the radio-friendly approach of Bon Jovi with the hard yet melodic style of their countrymen the Scorpions.

This affordable 2-on-1 reissue features Bonfire's first two albums in their entirety. Here's what you get:

Don't Touch the Light - With just 8 songs (9 if you count the instrumental introductory track) at 37 minutes, this 1986 release is a relatively brief introduction to the band. Still, you get a pretty good idea of what Bonfire's sound is all about, with plenty of hard rocking tracks like "Starin' Eyes", "Longing for You" and the title track, as well as the occasional ballad ("You Make Me Feel").

Fireworks - 20 years later, this 1987 release remains the best example of Bonfire's sound. The album features a great assortment of hard rockers (Ready 4 Reaction, Never Mind) and catchy party anthems (American Nights and the cover of Surgin's Sleeping All Alone), and as ballads go, Give It a Try isn't half bad. Great guitar work, great vocals, great melodies...great album!

Both Don't Touch the Light and Fireworks are important albums in AOR/melodic rock, and are albums that most 80's rock fans should check out. They don't make `em like this anymore!

If you're new to Bonfire and are looking for a place to start, look no further! If you're already a Bonfire fan and have had trouble tracking down one (or both) of these albums, this reissue is probably your best bet.

Can't go Wrong With German Melodic Metal.......2005-07-22

Recommended for fans of the Scorpions, in particular, and 80s style melodic metal in general. This disc is a fair value too, since it actually contains 2 albums (Don't Touch the Light 1986 and Fireworks 1988). The second release, and second half of this disc, is the better of the two. The first album, Don't Touch the Light, while not containing any bad tracks, is not quite strong enough to stand on its own, having only two standout tracks and being on the brief side -- only 7 tracks total.

Highlights of the disc in order of appearance are: No more, SDI, Champion, You Make Me Feel, Fantasy and Give it a Try.

Fans of the band should be pleased with this release. The two albums display a nice variety of rockers and ballads. Claus Lessman has an attractive voice and good sense of style. He often sounds quite similar to Klaus Meine, especially on the ballads.

Also of note -- the overall sound is crisp, unlike that heard on so many other 80s metal discs, where it seems as if the band are playing from the depths of a giant tin can.

Bonfire is awesome!.......2002-10-02

I got Fireworks on Vinyl while stationed in Germany in the Army back in '87. I just picked up the CD yesterday and it sounds as good as ever. Nevermind is my personal favorites on this disc and I've listened to it so many times! These guys have a nice edge but remain melodic - a fine balance. There are many other excellent songs on here including Ready 4 Reaction. This disc is one of my all time favorites & these guys are one of the best European metal bands to never quite make it in the US.

Bonfire is awesome!.......2002-10-02

Deutsche 80s Metal / Power Metal at its best!.......2002-06-05

Fireworks is undoubtedly one of the landmarks in the annals of 80s metal and power metal. Imagine Scorpions-style vocals with huge melodic choruses, keyboards, and heavy Teutonic guitar. Very inspirational, fist-pumping 80s metal at its best.

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A fitting end to a trilogy
Our Love is Like a Wire

Full of Light and Full of Fire
The Mendoza Line
Manufacturer: Misra Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Fortune
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If They Knew This Was the End
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ASIN: B000BKUX42
Release Date: 2005-11-22

Tracks:

Water Surrounds
Catch a Collapsing Star
Golden Boy (Torture in the Shed)
Rat's Alley
Settle Down, Zelda
Pipe Stories
Name Names
Mysterious in Black
Morbid Craving
Lethal Temptress
Our Love Is Like a Wire

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A fitting end to a trilogy.......2006-01-03

This record really is a masterpiece. It chops and changes from political(Pipe Stories) to personal(Lethal temptress), from lament (goldenboy) to celebration (our love is like a wire), from country jamming (collapsing star) to electronic-ish (mysterious in black) paranoia. It reeks of the best bits of Dylan (collapsing star, rats alley), Waits (Settle down Zelda), Cohen (Love is like a wire), Velvets (Morbid Craving), The Stones (Name Names) and thats just the male vocals courtesy of Timothy Bracy and Paul Deppler.

Then you bring the dulcet tones of Shannon MacArdle into the mix, and you get an honest unflinching sincere delivery of heartfelt and topical lyrics to the unmistakeable sound of a band at the top of their game.

McArdle and Bracy are the definitive sound of this year. Their honesty and sincerity, dipped into a wellspring of humour, humility and irony betray their personality as the most likeable couple on record today.

For those of you who already have 'Lost in Revelry' and 'fortune' this is a fitting end to the trilogy that began in 2002.Pete Hoffman has taken a hiatus on this record but that doesn't compromise the quality of songwriting. If you want a record thats (a) Thought provoking and (b) rock 'n roll then you can't go wrong with this one.

Click the 'add to cart' button now. You won't regret it...

Our Love is Like a Wire.......2005-11-30

There are a million bands these days. It used to be so simple. I had my circle of friends and we all liked mostly the same music and every now and then one of us would show up with a tape by some band we've never heard of and we'd have a new favorite band until the next new tape showed up.

Things aren't so simple anymore.

Every time I turn around or get on the internet there's some new band that everyone loves and the reviews are so good that I wonder what I'm missing. Usually, after having purchased said album, it turns out that I wasn't missing anything. Just another hyped up band with no substance.

The Mendoza Line does not fall into this category.

The Mendoza Line is one of those bands that other bands will be namechecking in interviews ten or fifteen years from now. Much like The Mendoza Line themselves have been known to namecheck The Replacements or American Music Club. And this new album is the latest in an increasingly long line of masterpieces they've recorded over the last decade.

This time around the songwriting has been split between just Shannon McArdle and Timothy Bracy with one achingly beautiful contribution from Paul Deppler. From the beginning of my infatuation with The Mendoza Line, it was Timothy's songs that I obsessed over more than the others, each one at one time or another I have proclaimed the best song in the world. But over the last several albums, Shannon's songs have increasingly been placed on that same pedestal. The first time I heard "Mysterious in Black" it stopped me dead in my tracks and I had to sit down on the curb in the middle of a late night stroll, unable to move until it was over.

But the real surprise of this album comes at the very end with Paul's song "Our Love is Like a Wire." I am not exaggerating at all when I say that this song is one of the fifty best songs of the last century. And yes, I have taken into account all of "Blood on the Tracks", "Rust Never Sleeps", "New Songs for the Old Ceremony", and Timothy Bracy's back catalog. I do not say this lightly. It made me cry. Not tears of sadness, just those rare tears when you hear something so beautiful it makes you hurt.

Do yourself a favor and worship this band now instead of later. It will happen one day anyway, so go ahead and buy this album and their others so you can say you were there when it happened.

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a voice teacher and early music fan
Serious Drawback
Pleasant recital of Dowland contemporary

Campion: Elizabethan Songs

Manufacturer: Hmf Classical Exp.
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Binding: Audio CD

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Handel Opera Arias, Vol. 1 ~ Drew Minter, PBO, McGegan

ASIN: B000059WLG
Release Date: 2001-03-13

Tracks:

Beauty, Since You So Much Desire
Love Me Or Not
Your Fair Looks
Never Love Unless You Can
O Never To Be Moved
The Cypress Curtain Of The Night
Awake Thou Spring Of Speaking Grace
Come, You Pretty False-Eyed Wanton
So Tired Are All My Thoughts
Fire, Fire
Pined I Am, And Like To Die
Author Of Light
See Where She Flies
Fair, If You Expect Admiring
Shall I Come, Sweet Love, To Thee?
It Fell On A Summer's Day
Kind Are Her Answers
Beauty Is But A Painted Hell
Sweet Exclude Me Not
Are You What Your Fair Looks Express?
I Care Not For These Ladies
Never Weather-Beaten Sail

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-12-24

Thomas Campion (1567-1620) was a poet as well as a musician, and his songs definately reflect this ability, for they could just as well be read as sung. Philip Rosseter ( his friend) states that his 118 songs were "superfluous blossomes of his deeper Studies," no doubt referring to his Latin poetry , or perhaps medicine, which was his profession. What Campion did better than Dowland, or any other English composer of the day, was to "couple my words and notes lovingly together, which will be much for him to doe that hath not power over both." It is best to listen to them in order of priority to poem, melody and lastly singer. His melodies are simplistic and unadorned by shocking harmony designed to overpower the weight of the word itself. T.S. Eliot was in no doubt about Campion's quality:"except for Shakespeare, the most accomplished master of rhymed lyric of his time."
The performance of these songs by Drew Minter (countertenor) accompanied by Paul O'Dette (lute) is really quite outstanding. I must say that this disc is so much better than Minter's other disc of lute songs "Sweeter Than Roses". His voice had a much clearer tone quality and he did not get 'nasal' or 'edgy' as he is prone to do. He kept his voice light and distinct with very neat diction. When he goes for a loud full sound like Michael Chance or David Daniels his voice is not pleasant to hear. But this album is very good and his emotional investment into each song was excellent. Just a very good LISTEN!!!!

Serious Drawback.......2006-04-08

Elizabethan Songs. Twenty-two songs by Thomas Campion (1567 – 1620), performed by Drew Minter (countertenor) and Paul O’Dette (lute).
Recorded in November 1989 at Bethel United Church of Christ, Manchester, Michigan.
Harmonia Mundi. Originally issued as HMU 907023, now re-issued as part of the budget-price Classical Express series as HMCX 3957023. Total time: 58’23”.

Thomas Campion was a contemporary of both Shakespeare and Dowland and was a medical doctor who wrote poetry which he also set to music. Drew Minter performs twenty-two of these here with his inimitable coppery countertenor, a voice which is, in fact, very beautiful, but needs considerable getting used to if you are new to it. (Minter sings at alto pitch, but nobody would mistake him for a female!) He is accompanied by master lutenist Paul O’Dette, whose contribution remains fairly quietly in the background. The songs themselves are, of course, in Elizabethan English, making them rather difficult to understand. And this is where this CD suffers a serious drawback: the texts are not printed in the thin CD booklet; instead, there is a note saying that they can be downloaded from the internet, but when I tried to visit the site mentioned (on more than one occasion recently), the server was down, the address unknown. I nevertheless enjoyed listening, but without really knowing what Minter was singing so delightfully about. Campion’s melodies sound to my ear a little “samish”, and I occasionally found myself wishing that the program had been interrupted by a lute solo or two.

Pleasant recital of Dowland contemporary.......2001-03-28

There is little overlap between this Campion CD and the similar recital featuring another American countertenor, Steven Rickards, on Naxos. However if forced to choose between the two note that the Naxos release includes sung texts, while this one from Classical Express does not. On the other hand O'Dette is a more characterful lute player.

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